Shadows In The Dark

454

“Sir subject 454 is successful only one problem he’s completely lost his memory he’s completely blank” the voices were barely audible he was awake but he couldn't move “How much has he lost.” another voice asked “everything except speech and his combat training” the voices got closer he felt his head be touched “That's fine work with the virus more try to reduce the memory damage put him back in, I want him marked for disposal he's not useful if anything he’s more of a danger” He felt the area around him move down he fell back to sleep. He felt the spinning of the revolving pod holder. “Activating thawing process of Subject 454” the small room intercom said it rang in 454s ears. The door to the casing opened and 454 tried to walk but fell. The lights hurt and the littlest sound hurt his ears. It took him 3 hours before he got used to it “454 vitals normalizing. GoodIt is important that you are in good shape. I need you to do things for me. ImportantThings. Do these TASKs and i'll let you….out” It caught his attention all he knew was the facility “Outside the cell door there is a dead S.E.T. The team takes their guns. You will Need it.” The door opened in front of him and he picked up the gun. It was a familiar feeling though he didn't know what it was upon inspection of the bodies of the dead S.E.T.s They appeared fresh, torn apart by something and still bleeding this left 454 curious but did want to ask the woman speaking to him, he didn't want to speak. From above him a loud clanking was heard and two dark figures busted out the top vent. They had long claws and dagger-like teeth while having elongated limbs, their skin was completely black. At first 454 attempted to wave at the creatures but then realized their hostility when one lunged at him, instinctively, 454 shot it in the back of its head. The shot scared 454 causing him to drop the gun, the second one saw an opportunity and ran at 454 in response he punched it in the head shattering its skull. He was confused about what happened but quickly got over it. "Good You stillHave your….skillsNowi will…I'll introduce myself. My name is Active Defense System or A.D.S. Call meAds. I'mIn control of thisSubterranean researchStation." Her speech was odd, stopping randomly throughout the speech, waiting about 1 second to continue the sentence. "I need you to….. Do something….. The reactor is….. Deeper in the…. Facility head down the elevator. When those men activated…. Me. ...It set me to the…. Emergency generator." A door opened and 454 picked the gun and continued down the hall to the elevator. The room 454 was in seemed to be exit level; he didn't know that the exit gate that led to the surface elevator was right behind him. It was a large room and the floors were gridded metal. Through the holes of the grid he could see pipes and machines working “Enough Sightseeing 454 if it will…. Make you work faster I'll…give you something as a … token of my appreciation all you need to…..start the reactor ....” 454 got into the elevator and headed down to level 06. Upon reaching the floor he exited the elevator “Maintenance tunnels under your feet…i believe you're strong enough to lift without the….. Standard tool.” 454 grabbed the latch and slammed it open and dropped into the tunnel. Near the hatch there was a dead maintenance worker slumped over against the wall. 454 began to shake him to wake him up “You Are not very observant his head is……missing. He's Dead Take the light move….there is something coming at you….” suddenly 454 was startled by a loud screech and fast clicking. One of those things was headed towards him. 454 unloaded the clip in the pistol but it didn't stop it, it caught up to him but he kicked away “RUN 454 YOUR NO USE….. DEAD” 454 began to run through the tunnel until he reached the reactor room. “QUICKLY ACTIVATE THE…..REACTOR” 454 flipped the switch down and it sparked a bit. Then the room got extremely hot and the blast doors in the room closed “Sorry 454….. You've lost your usefulness…. 243 will finish the rest of the…..others” Ads seemed to notice the heat and radiation from the reactor was not enough and activated the sentry's “....They don't….work but maintenance was yesterday checking maintenance log last maintenance was….. no 430 years ago…………. Looks like you will still be of use 454, you could control the virus and your…. Combat skills could prove to be…..useful. I have control over the normal function. The maintenance elevator works again. Take that down to level 7, 8 , 9 and 10 stairs only on these floors the elevator shaft has collapsed…..here on down" Without question he went into the elevator and headed down.