"Not good at all.." Kai says. "Wait- If the power is off,how will we use the elevator?" I ask. "Well, during a Poweroutage, electricity systems work, but the lights are dimmed to avoid a power surge." Kai replies. "Oh, so we can just use the elevator and get down there?" I ask. "Yeah. But there is one slight problem. THE POWEROUTAGE GOOTRAXIANS ARE ROAMING. And can potentially free normal gootraxians from their cells! Isn't that exciting!" Kai exclaims.
"So, what so we..do?" I ask. "Going out to the lab would be WAY too risky. We should barricade ourselves in here." Kai says. "But what if..one of the gootraxians break through? And..eat us?" I ask. "Well, that wouldn't be very good now, would it? Let's just start barricading the door." Kai says. "Alright." I reply, taking the chair next to the desk and propping it sideways, pushing against the door. Kai takes a nightstand and places it up against the door.
I then help Kai lift up the couch, setting it down by the door and rotating it so that it covers the whole thing. I wipe a few drops of sweat off my forehead as Kai does the same. "Is this..strong enough to hold them back?" I ask. "I mean..it should be. A metal door should be enough already." Kai replies. "So..we're going to be fine...right?" I ask. "Yeah, we'll be fine as long as we don't do something dumb." Kai says.
I take notice that the only weapon Kai has on him is his glock, in a holster. "Shouldn't you have..another weapon with you?" I ask. "I mean..I have a taser. And a baton. And a glock. So we're fine." Kai replies. "Oh. I didn't notice.." I say. "Alright, time to see how long this thing lasts.." Kai says, laying down on the bottom bunk bed.
Suddenly, a pounding sound is heard at the door. My blood runs cold. "..you said we would be fine.." I say with a hint of worry. "There's no way a gootraxian could use an elevator, Jake." Kai says. "Haha..yeah...right.." I say.
The pounding gets louder. Suddenly, the couch blockading the door falls over. "OH SHI- DAMN!" Kai exclaims. Now the only thing blocking the door is the nightstand and the chair. I look down at the fallen over couch. Kai then jumps off of his bed, and jumps over the couch, watching the metal door and the pounding becoming louder.
It becomes louder and louder, until...
*CRACK*
*SHBOOF*
*TINK*
"AH, FUCK! THE DOOR IS GETTING BLOWN OFF OF ITS HINGES! HELP ME PUSH AGAINST THE DOOR JAKE!" Kai exclaims, pushing on the metal door. My heart skips a beat, the pace of it becoming faster and faster.
"JAKE!" Kai yells out to me. I run over to him, helping push the door. Suddenly, a red and purple gooey paw bursts through the door, bearing claws. Whatever is on the other end of the door swipes blindly, clawing Kai in the arm.
Kai groans in pain, stepping back from the door. "AGH...SHIT!" Kai exclaims. I push the door forward with as much force as I can, but to no avail. The thing on the other side of the door is definitely stronger than us. I glance back over at Kai with fear in my eyes.
"ARE YOU OKAY?!" I exclaim. "ARGH- FUCK...YEP, ALL GOOD! JUST A SCRATCH..BUT I AM BLEEDING.." Kai says, going back to pushing the metal door with me. Suddenly, the door is thrust open, sending both me and Kai into the wall. We both groan in pain, as I slump over.
What stands behind the door is what seems to be a 'manic', one of the gootraxians I saw from the bestiary. It towers over us, and looks at us, before averting its gaze to a voice behind them.
"HEY! YA ANIMAL! COME CHASE ME! YOU WANT ME! YOU KNOW IT!" An all too familiar voice yells out. The manic begins to chase this unknown person down the hallway.
Dr. L's POV
I notice a manic banging at someone's door. I rush over there, standing a far distance away from the creature. 'Alright..someone is in there..and I am not letting them become a gootraxian on my watch.' I think to myself. I then devise a plan, as I watch the manic burst the door open. I hear groans of pain from two different people behind the door.
I then walk up behind the manic. "HEY! YA ANIMAL! COME CHASE ME! YOU WANT ME! YOU KNOW IT!" I yell, as the manic averts its gaze to me. 'Ah shit.' The manic begins charging for me as I run down the hallway towards the elevator. I then swiftly turn around, unholstering my colt python, as I aim in between the manic's eyes. I then pull my finger on the trigger, and watch as the manic falls to the floor, a goo puddle forming on the ground under the manic.
'A job well done.'
Jake's POV
A loud gunshot rung out, causing me to flinch. I hear footsteps approaching our room, fast. As soon as I look up at the person entering the room, I realize who it is. "Dr..Dr. L!" I exclaim, trying to get up from laying against the wall, but fail. I turn to Kai, who is clutching the wound on his arm, still laying against the wall.
"What a turn of events. The man notorious for pranking, ends up saving you two's lives." Dr. L says. "Yeah.." Kai says, getting up from laying against the wall. "Wait..shouldn't you be in the breach shelter?" I ask. "Shouldn't YOU two be in the breach shelter?" Dr. L asks. "We didn't have enough damn time to get there. If we went down the elevator, then we would've been met with death, cause you know how long that ride is." Kai says. "Fair point." Dr. L replies.
"Can we not worry about who's winning an argument, and instead worry about Kai, who's clearly injured?" I ask. Silence in the room.
"Eh, I think I'll be fine.." Kai says, letting go of his wound to show his hands covered in blood, with more leaking out of his arm. "That is a wound. You're clearly NOT fine. Anyways..it doesn't seem to be a bite mark, so that's good.." Dr. L says, stepping forward to investigate Kai's wound. "..mhmm.." Kai says.
"Conclusion, you need disinfectant and a bandage, which I just so happen to NOT have with me." Dr. L says. "Are you a medic or something?" I ask. "Me? A medic? Pfft, nah..." Dr. L replies. "Let's focus on getting somewhere safe..." Kai says. "Well- Staying here seems like your safest option. If you go down that elevator, like Kai said earlier, you'll be met with gootraxians that want to infect you." Dr. L says.
Silence.
"..yeah, I'd rather stay here." I reply. "Good choice then!" Dr. L says. "..but..what if more Poweroutage gootraxians get here?" I ask. Dr. L doesn't reply, but instead points to a colt python in one of his pockets. "I see.." I say. I look back to Kai, trying to find something to put pressure on his wound. Kai eventually finds a towel and applies pressure to his wound with it.
"Maybe staying in a small room like this isn't a good idea...what if there is a horde of gootraxians or something that approach us?" Kai asks. Dr. L puts on his thinking face for a second. "Valid..." He says. "..but...isn't out there more dangerous?" I ask. "In here is probably more dangerous, we could get cornered easily, and without barricades or a door to block them out...I'm gonna say we should probably get a move on. I know where the breach shelter is anyways..soo..." Dr. L says.
"Lets go then..." I say. "Aight." Dr. L says. I walk over to the door knocked over on the floor, and peek my head out into the hotel hallway. "Clear." I say. Kai and Dr. L move up behind me as I walk out into the hallway. Dr. L then moves up in front of me, as Kai stays behind me. "Kay, the elevator should be working, unless one of those damn protogens mess the elevator up like last time..oh wait- I forgot. Protogens are extinct in this site!" Dr. L says, making his way towards the elevator with me and Kai behind.
As soon as we reach the elevators, we hear a loud boom below us, causing the floor to shake slightly. "And that...I'm not sure what that was." Dr. L says. "I don't think I want to know..." I say. Dr. L presses the 'lab' button on the elevator, and sure enough, the doors close, and I can feel the elevator moving downwards. "..sooooo..." Dr. L says, trying to strike up a conversation. Yet, no response.
I wait a few minutes, and the elevator doors open. "Alright, we're going to have to be as stealthy as possible while we make our way to the breach shelter." Dr. L says. I watch as Kai takes his glock out from its holster, and Dr. L does the same with his colt python. That's when realization hit me like a truck. 'I don't have a weapon.'
"..have you noticed I'm the only one without a weapon?" I ask, as we make our way through the reception room. I look back at Kai, who is grabbing his baton. He then hands the baton to me, and I gladly accept, taking it. "Thanks." I say. "Yeah, no problem." Kai says, peeking around the corner for any gootraxians.
"Hey. We got a slight problem..." Dr. L says, looking into the garden hallway. "HORDE!" Dr. L exclaims. Me and Kai walk over to Dr. L, noticing a horde of Poweroutage gootraxians, running straight this way. My heart skips a beat as I see this.
"THERE'S TOO MANY OF EM! RUN, C'MON, LET'S GO!" Dr. L yells. I start to run with Kai into the security sector, but I trip and hit my head on the floor. I grunt in pain, not being able to recover for a few seconds. I lazily open my eyes, looking at the approaching horde of gootraxians. I can count at least fifteen of them. Dr. L runs to me and offers me a hand. I take it as he pulls me back up.
Suddenly, another manic pounces onto me, sending me to the floor. "SHIT!" Dr. L yells, aiming his colt python at the manic. The manic tries to aggressively grab my arm, to which I fight back with resistance. The manic eventually gets a hold of my arm, and begins running off, with me in its paws. Dr. L fires a shot off, but misses. I suddenly pass out, the stress being to much.