I have only just received orders from Farrus to escort Ismilda to the surface helicopter pad, which will fly her to safety. With me, are my squad members, who are going to undertake this mission alongside me.
"our orders are to get our boss out of this facility within exactly two hours. We should be able to pull this off" my squad mates ready their weapons and agree. We will escape as fast as we can. We reach the door to Ismilda's office and enter the room, finding our boss on her computer calmly typing away. In her hand is a weird, red phone which she is currently talking on.
"it is guaranteed. It will be called 'The Formation' because there is no other way to describe the scale of the event" Ismilda notices my squad near her table and ends the conversation on her phone.
"what is the situation down there?" I know we have no hope of re-containing the subjects. So we might as well escape while we can.
"boss, we need to leave this facility. I am afraid it is already lost to the rising water on the lower levels" Ismilda closes her eyes and nods to us.
"okay then. I will be escorted out by your squad" we have little time to lose.
"then we should get going right now, just in case we run into trouble along the way" Ismilda walks into the middle of the group and we form a protective circle to stop any threats from getting to her. Now that we have our boss under the protection of our squad, we can proceed to the elevator.
"the express exit elevator is only a few rooms away from us. We are going to evacuate as fast as we possibly can" Ismilda nods to me and we pass through the first room. I do not expect to run into any subjects while we are on an administrative level such as this one. Each room we are entering was evacuated when the outbreak first started, so we are not picking up any extra personnel as we go. The intercom makes a little chime which means something just happened and is about to be announced.
"power subject: 3E has been successfully re-contained" with a brief announcement, the intercom chimes again and now the area falls back into silence.
"so they successfully dealt with the child of many faces" Ismilda starts to mumble to herself. I guess that subject was powerful and the fact that the guards were able to re-contain the kid confuses Ismilda. Ahead of us I can see the elevator which is coming into view.
"I have a visual of our escape path. We must reach that elevator immediately" my teammates acknowledge my order and we start to run to the elevator. I am not certain of the amount of time we have left before this facility is doomed, so we must leave immediately.
"the subject who merged with the body of water when it first started in the lower levels. He had been mutating and evolving in unpredictable ways. I fear that he has done something which will become a huge threat in the future" this is a rather odd but relevant confession.
"why are you telling us this?" Ismilda puts on a grim face.
"after you have assisted me to flight out of here, I am placing you in-charge of the evacuation of this facility. I will assign someone to permanent security if the subject becomes too dangerous" so I will be overseeing the evacuation of both guards and subjects from this place.
"i will get out as many people as I can boss" Ismilda smiles at my reply to her.
"that is excellent. I will be organizing meetings with other European leaders when this situation has been mostly dealt with" I understand and will do my best. Now we have finally reached the inside of the elevator.
"once we get to roof level, we will move to the air pad and help our boss board the helicopter there" my squad mate presses the button for roof level and we start to ascend. The executive view that the elevator presents to us as we are rising is the pit that the facility surrounds. A large percentage of the facility is engulfed in flames while the occasional fight is erupting from holes in the walls. The chaos has completely overtaken the facility and is bringing it down piece by piece. Ismilda is looking at the view with a nearly non-existent sadness.
"I guess I will have to start again" haven't we already ruined the lives of enough kids? Ismilda grabs a gun from one of my squadmates while they are not looking.
"this will satisfy my need for a weapon. Although I do not really need one" why would she not need one?
"but you would be defenseless without it" to my words, Ismilda looks to me with a sneaky expression.
"are you sure?" what is she talking about? Does she have something which can fight our enemy without shooting at them? While I am still thinking about what she said, we have reached the roof level. On the air pad outside, I can see the helicopter which will transport her out of here.
"alright everyone. Let's get our boss out of here!" with that shout, our squad rushes out onto the roof and we establish a temporary perimeter so we can safely escort Ismilda to her escape. Ismilda hops onto the seat and looks back to me while she is putting her seat belt on.
"remember, I am tasking you with the evacuation of all loyal guards and subjects. I have already requested the evacuation of Farrus, so you will not be tasked with helping him escape. So do not disappoint me!" the helicopter door closes and the aircraft flies away. Now we must begin the process of clearing out this facility. As the helicopter makes a scenic escape, we proceed to the elevator and descend into the chaotic outbreak which is occurring down in the depths below. The best way to evacuate in an orderly manner is to announce the operation to everyone over the intercom. So now we are heading to the intercom room to talk to Harvey Mighten, who is the intercom operator. Nearly an hour ago, we heard a kid on the radio who killed some men while broadcasting it. But we eventually found out it was not Harvey who was in danger, so now we are heading for him to ask for assistance. The door indicating the control room is closed, so I knock on the door so we can get his attention.
"who is on the other side of this door?" a voice demands aggressively, which I guess is Harvey.
"it is Victor, I have orders from Ismilda which require your intercom system to relay the message to all guards AND subjects" Harvey seems hesitant from the pause in his answer. A camera lowers itself and starts to engulf my face in purple to scan me.
"I guess it is you Victor. So what is your order from Ismilda?" I thought he would already understand the general idea from the details about talking to both guards and subjects.
"I need to start an official evacuation of the facility" the door to the intercom room opens and Harvey jumps out to shake my hand.
"it is nice to meet you Victor. The intercom is now yours to use for a temporary amount of time" now we can begin our real and 'noble' escape from this place.
"this is Mr. Dallas of the Apricot squad. We are beginning a full site evacuation. So please gather at the mid-level mess hall for an orderly evacuation" I step off the intercom and gather up my squad.
"we are ready to do our job, but what are you going to do Harvey?" he puts on a weak smile and turns to his intercom microphone.
"I am most likely going to stay here and continue with my announcements until the last moments. Then I will try to escape" so he is ready to die here.
"I would not want my friend to die somewhere like here" Harvey laughs to himself and puts his arm on my shoulder.
"telling people what is happening is my job, and I will do my job well until I can not" I understand what you mean Harvey.
Now my squad has set up a checkpoint at the mess hall on the lower levels, so now we can quickly get everyone out who is not going to be a threat. Since there are fires all throughout the facility, there is occasionally ash flowing into the hall. Soon this place will be derelict and devoid of all life, which gives me hope of surviving this place and having some time off. The first guards and subjects are entering the mess hall and gathering near the checkpoint. The best part about this mess hall is the fact that there are only two known ways to get into and out of the hall. One being the lower levels entry point, and the other being the way to the upper levels and to the main exit. While we start to direct everyone through our temporary checkpoint, the fight between 1T and 5X is raging in the pit close by. Their fight is making for a worrying sound that is the only thing we hear besides the footsteps of everyone in the checkpoint. I am on one of the checkpoint gates that are letting people through. A boy walks into my gate and steps up to my station to be questioned.
"so what is your identification and what are you carrying on your person?" the kid pulls out his pockets to reveal they are empty.
"my name is 10J, I am currently not carrying any weapons and want to be safely evacuated from this place before it is submerged in water" that is one of the most common answers from every subject we have had.
"alright, you are free to join with the others who are also being evacuated in area GC-4" the kid smiles and thanks me as he walks off to meet with his friends. BANG!
Two balls of energy crash into the mess hall and just nearly hit a kid who is nearby. The two energy balls fade away and what is remaining is 1T and 5X who are still fighting each-other. 5X grabs onto 1T and throws him into the wall before he throws a powerful punch into 1T's face. But 1T dodges it and grabs onto 5X, throwing the two of them back out through the hole and disappearing, only to make loud sounds again.
"okay everyone, we need to get out of here as fast as we can! Come on!" we pick up our speed and are reminded of the approaching dangers that are near us. One of my squad-mates approach me and call for my attention.
"sir, you are needed on the surface for the building of a wall in which will contain the water and prevent a dangerous entity from escaping" I see, so we are thinking this far ahead then.
"alright, I shall go up to help. Please take care of my station while I am gone" my squad mate nods and sits on my chair to manage the evacuation of the guards and kids. I run through the exit to the upper levels and progress through the facility to reach the top. As I get further towards the surface, there are more and more bodies of kids and guards spread around each room. The amount of dead kids and guards here is unnecessary and the only enemy the kids should have is the people in-charge of this facility, like Ismilda. Most, if not all of these kids were just innocent victims of Ismilda's ambitions, while the guards were only hired to keep things in order. But both of these groups have killed each other for some reason. I am saddened at the amount of people who killed each other because they were ordered to. But I can not think about these things now, since I have to build the wall to stop the water from flowing out into the world. The echos of the fight between 1T and 5X are still very loud even though I am already so close to the surface. The main gate to get out of the facility is littered with many dead kids and a fair few dead guards. But there are also soldiers, who also seem to have been fighting the subjects while they tried to escape. How serious is this outbreak for the military to be called in? Did Ismilda order it since she is now the very disputed leader of Sweden? What kind of power does she desire for such actions to be taken? I meet up with the leader of the forces that are stationed here on the surface so we can organize a proper evacuation.
"I'em Jeremiah of the 'Minefield Vanguard', which is what wer called since wer takin the brunt of the attack that the subjects wer takin" there sure are weird names for the groups of the facility and their roles. Jeremiah is what you would call a walking Irish stereotype just from looking at him, with his overly ginger hair color.
"so our job is to build a wall around the facility which will prevent the water from flowing out?" Jeremiah laughs and shakes his head up and down energetically.
"ay, wer gonna build a hard and sturdy wall which will keep the dangers inside" that is good to hear, I hope it will do it's job well.
"how long will it take to build?" that water is rising fast and we do not want it to pass our defenses.
"it won't take long at all" I hope he is right, because we do not have too long to build it.
While we are building the wall piece by piece, Jeremiah and I start talking about what is currently happening in the facility.
"are 1T and 5X still fighting it out in the facility like the wild creatures they are" Jeremiah must have seen them clash up here and witnessed them flying back into the facility.
"yeah, they have destroyed a good portion of the pit inside and it is causing a general collapse of the facility" Jeremiah puts on a concerned expression.
"I heard 1T talking to some of his other young friends while they were trying to escape. He is not really a bad guy at all. He just wants his friends to be safe and away from Ismilda and er evil experiments. This is bringing me back to the same question that I am pretty sure you had on the way up here too. Who are the bad guys here; us, or the subjects?" I did think about this while I was walking up here not too long ago.
"neither we or the kids are the 'bad guys', it is Ismilda, her friends and the kids she has corrupted" Jeremiah looks down with a broken, complicated expression.
"so when those kids are evacuated under Ismilda's orders, the ones who are not yet corrupted by her. What is going to happen to em?" I have a small gut-wrenching feeling. Will those kids be saved? Or will they be corrupted in the future? I do not want to think about these things.
"that is a sad and depressing thought. I do not want to think about the fact that we are saving them, but it might turn out to be for nothing eventually" Jeremiah places down another part of the wall and looks back to me.
"why don't we save those kids then-like actually save them" I have obligations that I must adhere to.
"i wish I could. I would not object to many of you rebelling against our boss to save the kids, I just have to stay with her" Jeremiah shifts to a confused expression.
"why would you stick with that evil creature?" I do not want to work for her, but I am working for her because someone I can trust is.
"I am only on her side because Farrus is also on her side. He has never lead me down a wrong path yet, so I trust him" Jeremiah nods an agreeable tone and places another part of the wall.
"that man is someone I would also trust, so I do not blame you for that. I just hope you are on the right path" yeah, I also hope that what I am choosing is also right.
A group of soldiers run past us with their rifles ready to be used. I just hope they do not confuse the evacuees for some desperate deranged subjects who are on a killing spree.
"hey! We are evaluating many subjects and guards, so please do not fire on sight" the leader of the group of soldiers acknowledges me.
"understood, we are now under orders from the current person in-charge to hold our fire unless provoked" am I really the person in-charge of this facility currently?
"but I thought the security chief would be in-charge of the operations here" the leader stops for a second and turns back to me.
"he would be. But he is currently missing and is not responding to orders to evacuate through the authorized gates. So now you are in command sir" this is surprising, so I wonder what happened to Lothar? Did he turn against Ismilda and escape on his own? Is he on the run, or is he dead? I may never get that answer, but I hope he is still alright during this chaotic event.
There are many kids in the facility who are corrupt and murderous that are killing many people amid the chaos. But there are also many kids who are innocent and want to live a happy life. I want to help those kids live a better life than this one. The number of guards here has been increased dramatically to compensate for the amount of power some of the subjects have. 5X, 1T and 5A are a few very powerful subjects to name. Although I have not heard about what 5A is doing, because only 5X and 1T are fighting in the open. 5A is most likely in hiding to escape without any worries from pursuing guards or soldiers who are trying to capture 5A. The amount of death that is contained within this facility is a tremendous loss for us. It really does sadden me to see the many dead children and guards that are littering the halls. With each successful evacuation of a subject or guard, I can feel relief slowly flowing in my body and mind. There will be hope to prevent the evils of this facility from escaping once this wall is completed and reinforced. The intercom chimes and I wonder what announcement this will be.
"the power in the lower levels of the facility are now falling below operating requirements and now only necessary lighting and intercoms will operate in those areas" the intercom chimes again and shuts off. I would not like to be in those areas right now.