Chapter 6 – The Sigmadig Incident
Hait picks himself off the ground barely able to see the wreckage of the at-least 4 mag-levs that had just crashed into the mine through the cloud of concrete dust.
“You okay Hait?” Fizz yells from the office room looking out through the thick dust noticing the elevator doors shut in the chaos.
“Im fine” He yells back.
“Well I think that about ends the investigation, lets get out of here before the place collapses.” Green comments picking up her shield and walking towards the door stopping when she hears the deafening sound of Lixs rifle.
Meanwhile Lix scrambles to put on his oxygen mask after throwing himself into one of the side rooms as the poisonous air of mine seeps into the hallway, his ears still ringing hes unable to hear the thing he knows is quickly approaching the doorway and just as he turns the air tank on he sees it
It was clearly human, atleast at some point, its jaw replaced with bloodstained cable that weave through its body like black tendrils connecting to strange components placed seeming randomly across it and what lix recognizes as a fairly common mass produced laser canon welded into its arm connected directly to some kind of camera system cut into its face where its eyes once where.
It raises the cannon to Lix, and without time to grab his sword he rushes the technological monstrosity barely avoiding the stream of light that blasts out of the canon which lix grabs with both arms his body covered in psychic energy he presses his foot against as it slashes at him with a razor sharp blade that has replaced its other arm leaving a deep gash in Lix's side.
Before it can get another hit in Lix tear’s the cannon from the creatures body making a terrible ripping noise as the creature is pushed onto its back in the hallway fresh blood pooling beneath it, not giving it a single chance he throws the canon with all his psychic and physical might into the things head crushing it like a grape.
Quickly Lix welds his wound shut not caring to make it clean and draws his rifle, he turns around the door frame seeing more of the bio-mechanical horrors fast approaching he kneels raising his weapon as the front one does the same with a howl the gunpoint expels its explosive cleansing down the hallway causing the creatures the explode into blood and metal, with out wasting a moment lix cracks the weapon open, reloads, and fires repeating the process five times blasting into the mine before he turns and runs back to the party his ears now bleeding.
“FIZZ, GREEN, OXYGEN!” Lix screams down the hallway barely able to hear himself
“Wait oxygen?” Green expresses to Fizz as he puts on his oxygen mask
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“Your supposed to grab one before you head down here” Fizz says sounding a little annoyed and a little worried.
“I wasn’t heading into the mine” she pauses “I thought I wouldn’t need it.”
“There should be some extras in the storage rooms wait here and try not to breath too much.” Fizz says running out of the room “Hait help me out”
As they pass Lix he gestures at his air mask and Lix points him at the door he saw them behind.
When Lix reaches the station room another explosion is not heard by him as the side of one of the crashed mag-levs blasts open and running out three well armed Fractals lock eyes with Lix
“Who the fuck are you” Jack yells
“WHAT?” Lix screams back.
“I SAID WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?” Jack reply’s now also screaming
“I CANT HEAR ANYTHING, I THINK TC3 IS TRYING TO KILL US!” Lix screams back before gesturing them to join him in the office room as he runs in.
Seeing as this wasn't the time to argue or ask silly questions the three battered fractals follow him.
“GREEN YOU HAVE TO MEDIATE, IM TEMPORARILY DEAF” Lix screams a few feet away from her as Jacks crew make their way in.
“you don’t have to-” Green stops as Jack presses his pistol to her head
“Alot of people would be very happy if I did” Jack whispers playing with the revolvers hammer “Honestly the last thing I though id see today was the fucking Silent Massacre, but today has been nothing but surprises.”his companions stop and the air grows a little colder.
“Im…. Can this wait?” Green says a little surprised but otherwise unfazed.
“How many of my friends asked you to wait when you and your goons torched our city?” He presses his gun harder against her head.
Green hears the elevator moving and speaks “The Red Wake was a mistake, Im sorry I cant undo what ive done.”
“How many?” Jack asks looking back at Spinned.
“No idea the headsets fucked” he says throwing it off and unplugging it from his now slightly more accurate then average firearm.
Jack pulls his gun back leaving a clear red mark on her head “Your lucky Ive had four hundred years to get over it coward.”
“GOOD NOW THAT WE AREN’T KILLING EACHOTHER, WE NEED TO HEAD THROUGH THE MINE!” Lix screams causing everyone to jump.
“Wait into the swamp?” Jack and Green ask in unison
“I WILL ASSUME YOU ARE QUESTIONING ME, BUT ITS EITHER TAKE THE BUTCHERS CHALLENGE OR FACE WHATEVER IS COMING TO PUT US DOWN, THERES A WEAPONS CACHE IN THE MINE” Lix screams back.
“Im running out of bullets.” Kisla whispers to Jack “Didn’t expect to need this many.”
“Got anything else in your bag of tricks Spiny?” Jack asks
“Just a few explosives and a little more ammo.” He reply's setting his bag on the desk as everyone but Lix hears the elevator stop.
“Good take the ammo and toss the bag we are going now, they cant follow us through rubble” Jack orders
“I uh cant breath the air down there.” Green protests
“Well great time for you to suffocate, lets go” Jack laughs while Spinned and Kisla grab as much ammo as they can
Green takes a deep breath wasting no time running to find her less aggressive new companions while Spinned tosses the bag infront of the now opening elevator door.
“ILL TAKE THE LEAD” Lix screams his hearing slowly returning as the three follow after Green down the hallway
Hait meets Green in the hallway handing her an air tank and mask. “Sorry it took so long, they where waiting for us” he says glancing back at Fizz finishing one off with his spear.
The party runs to the air lock the footsteps of the force behind them echoing through the cave “Would you do the honors?” Spinned asks tossing a detonator to Kisla whos expression changes from determined to an anatomically impossible smile.