Raptor One - Chapter 24
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Snapping my eyes open with a cold look, i look at the roof.
“I’ll comfort you sooner or later girl, I'll make you stop crying, that’s for sure.” My cold voice resounds inside the room as i lower my head and close my eyes again.
*OP: The new strain continuous crying is hitting you nerves? Also, we have some talk to finish as we forgot to even talk it.*
“Da, it’s irritating after some time, what’s it kumpel.” I sigh as i feel the pulsating red lines in my body stop and calm down, i unconsciously activated ‘Wrath overdrive’.
*OP: Let me resume our situation...*
*When you became a egg, your mother was already infected with the transfur virus, as your family was not human it’s effects where pretty horrifying, but your family was accomplished researchers so they joined the Nexus research facility n5, there they and many other scientists remade a old super soldier protocol into a cure by making it assimilate and convert the virus into useful genome or give complete immunity to it, and you was placed with the others as the youngest infected, as you did not hatch yet, as the virus did not let the infected Avali reproduce because eggs get deformed, it’s DNA chopped off, or it just explodes before forming the leathery membrane, you was one of the 0.5% change of a successful egg laying in the entire planet, and luckly your mother was close to the research facility when you where placed, you where not the only one, but the only egg survivor, as most just exploded before being contained and rescued.*
“That’s a harsh virus for humans, and even harsher for non humans...” I sigh at the information retrieval...
*Research facility as i said, researched super soldiers, so after being contained and rescued into the facility, you where implanted with the prototype protocol that enabled for your success in living, and as the virus got worse and more Avali died horribly and humans transformed close by, a lock down was enacted, all personal was to shoot at sight any non avali, and rescue any living avali researcher and civilian for cybernetic enhancement and experiment, that’s how bad the situation was.*
“Sigh...”
*The result of the Project was a recycled super soldier protocol known as ‘Nexus Protocol’, it’s main objective was to make unfeeling killing machines that obeyed orders, but it was repurposed to cure or assimilate the virus, it worked at first.*
*The bombs came, the world was glassed, and in doing that the outsiders thought it was over and the planet dead, but many underground labs, including research lab n5 survived the glassing, the surviving cybernetically enhanced avali completed the research, part of it was your parents.*
“I remember this part, and their voices...”
*Your parents was not happy giving you the refurbished ‘Nexus Protocol’, in the end it still was a super soldier protocol, so they made me and placed me in you so when ‘Nexus Protocol’ finished it’s part and deleted itself i would take over as the main frame, but the world was worse than expected, the EMP pulses brought down the protective shielding of the facility and soon damaged many important components, with the shielding gone the extreme heat cooked the cybervalis, your family included, after that the logs from ‘Nexus Protocol’ say that as time passed and the situation was considered non habitable, it kept the survivors, but long time with no maintenance can even kill A.I if no worker bots are working, and that’s what happened, the ‘mainframe’ responsible in taking care of the survivors suffered catastrophic damage and had to format and recover, that was the end of the straw keeping the survivors alive.*
“... I still remember the carnage inside the augmentation pods...”
*Yes... With the ‘mainframe’ formatting and recovery, the data and protocol also returned to it’s base protocol, so as it detected many avali’s in augmentation pods with the wrong protocol it started it’s work as directive mandates... it’s was a carnage... i can’t stomach the amount of logs about failed tries on making super soldiers of the now non infected avali’s...*
“Just ignore that part... even better if you delete it...”
*I hope i could... Many years later, there was no more living subjects so it shut down, that put you out of cryo, and you started developing, as soon as you hatched it started implanting the old 'Nexus Protocol', but for our luck it did not delete me, and the refurbished one did it’s work as you assimilated the virus while you where still a egg, saving your life in the process, and as you where small, the ideal age to make super soldier, the implant was a success, as the ‘mainframe’ had no other directives it shut down again after placing you in cryo again, the rest you lived it.*
“In other words i have a ‘Mainframe’ that should not be there, it’s not complete, and it’s also has a kill switch on me, while the one i should have is being contained...” I mutter, my markings pulsating with my anger as i get a more complete detail of my hatching.
*OP: Yes, that’s the case, but this ‘Prototype’ acts more like a parasite than a ‘Protocol’, so as soon as it came online, that is, the first time you awoke for real, it contained me so badly i could not even give you hints of my existence, but as the parasite that it is, i saw my usefulness and instead of deleting me, it contained me, and tried to use me, but the small opening it gave me was enough for me to make a back door in it, right now it’s suppressed, but when it returns back to operational status, it will be a blood bath for the protection of the back door.*
“How can i help you Freund.” my voice more serious than it already is.
*OP: If you manage to get your hands on something with powerful processing power, connect me to it, it will allow me to use it to assimilate that protocol, in the worst case scenario, I'll just delete it and help you from zero...*
“I’ll do my best, I'm sure this city is not truly dead. The glowing lines that i got some glimpses before entering it show’s that there must be something controlling it.”
*OP: Permission to access Sem’ya memory.*
“Can’t day niet for that kumpel.” I grin, but it does not show because of the mask.
*OP: Complete, all data points to am activated Artificial Intelligence of at least Gamma level, that’s good, if you manage to reach it, you can help both yourself and the grid sectors.*
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I chuckle as i get up and head out the door as i drink some water again.
As i was walking through the corridor to where the staircase is, i hear the system.
*OP: Hey there freund, i just finished a side project.*
“Da, what’s it kumpel?” i ask in curiosity.
*OP: I decided to remap the avali genome, after that i decided to give the screamer strain genome some looks, and i found a way for you to sing again, no avalonian songs in that list, sorry.*
“Ostanovka! You serious!? That’s great news!” My happiness is not transmitted by my voice nor my face, or eyes, but being able to sing again is a blessing for me even with no avali songs.
*OP: Yes kumpel, it’s true, and the upgrade cost nothing as you already have the ability, just need to change it a little.*
Do it!
The feeling was small and quick, but the happiness did not let me know i was already in front of the staircase.
Overwhelmed i tried one of the mid zone level of difficulty to sing.
Kalinka kalinka.
The strong russian, the emotion, the speed, the high notes, the low notes, all perfect, the emotion is great.
I remember my objective and go down the 3th floor to look while i sing kalinka kalinka.
The 3th floor is just more residential rooms, so i just give it a cursory glance before going.
The infected looks really interested in my singing for some reason and are even following me as i go down the 2th floor.
As i get in the 2th floor i end kalinka kalinka and start singing korobeiniki as i looks around.
The 2th floor looks more like a mall with high ceiling and all, i do catch a putrid smell, a new strain, need research about it.
After a cursory look at the 2th mall floor i finish singing korobeinoki, so i try to push my voice a little with some dorogoi dlinnoyu as i go to the first floor.
Getting on the 1st floor was no surprise, what is a surprise is the small horde of infected following me as i sing dorogoi dlinnoyu as i move about the first floor.
As i was walking around the 1st floor i met a screamer almost face to face as i was singing, it did not like me singing it seem as it tries to shriek my way, but surprisingly the infected following me did not want any of his voice interrupting me and attacked the screamer....
And the screamer died screaming, funny situation...
More exploring to the south and two ambushes by hunters, poor guys...
I finish exploring the south area, so i head north singing the more chill katyusha.
As i explore north i finally consider the 1st floor a military emplacement, as the things i find are choke points, cargo areas, vehicle garage’s, and some here and there barracks.
Further north i find the 1st floor was cut in two and close to the area is a guarded hospital.
Guarded by what... Gravekeepers, the new strain must be there inside, and it must be special because here and there i see completely new infected going out of the hospital.
As i approach the Gravekeepers tense, ready to attack and so does the infected following me.
A tense minute of watching later i hear among my singing the opera like cry of the new infected.
Female, young, no normal infected entering, only exiting, it must really be rooted there and need defenses or the Gravekeepers would not tense at my appearance.
The infected all relax a little but still wait my reaction, my singing have a rallying aura it seen.
I decide to return back alone next time, that way the new strain will not feel threatened.
I go back to the 2th floor as i happily keep singing katyusha over and over.
Exploring the 2th floor is a little more chill as there is mostly item stores and empty food ones long gone are the food as it was ransacked by the infected for energy.
I do find the new strain of the 2th floor and it managed to be uglier than the child of a disfigured ghoul with a corpse zombie, and managed to get the achievement of inheriting the worst genes!
It looks and acts weak, smell horrible, act in groups, are opportunity ambushers, and can hide better than a Hunter strain.
Looking close to the dismantled ugliness personification i do find out that they have one good trait, and that is their core trait of their strain, digestion, that makes this type of strain scavengers.
With no better words to describe this... thing I'll call it ‘Scavenger Strain’, too bad the brain’s gone, or i could avoid the trouble of hunting one.
Meh, not taking my happy mood out.
Going back to the 3th floor i do smell some very... different smell?
Going to the room that is very close and opening it...
I see a room, that’s normal, but looking right, or south i see a king size bed... full of dildos... and a staring female infected... staring at the dildos that is...
That managed to make me shut it as the feeling of threat was a little too much from a simple infected, and it’s no new strain...
“...” I am still surprised.
*OP: ..... did you see the hentay videos close to the TV?*
“Not the normal ones that’s for sure as they are the anime category type, my fear is what dark kink this one have hidden...” i mutter as i slowly close the door...
“Well, that was strange...” i say, my cold and threatening voice back at full force, and i sigh because of it.
*OP: More weird than normal infected following you as you sang russian songs...*
“... Is that sarcasm kumpel?” i ask as i look around.
*OP: ... more or less?*
I shrug as i find no infected around anymore, so i just return to the 4th floor and go back to my safe zone.
“What’s that infected....”
*OP: By my analysis, it’s must be a original, one of the first infected 300 years ago.*
“If you’re right that means the closer to the middle the worse the infected...” i sigh as i open the door of my room and enter.
*Not the best situation as we are running for time here, not much need to run yet, we have one year before Nexus Protocol manages to find out we are trying to kill it, unless something bad happens that is.*
“Not helping kumpel... And we don’t have food... forget that, we don’t have enough water to last one year.” i sigh again as i sit and grab my bottle of water.
*OP: You’re sure about that? If you want, finding emergency water rations on the military areas is easy, and we have one here in this building.*
“Da, da...” I say as i drink some water before closing the cap, placing the bottle of water back in the belt and going to sleep.
*Will try to make contact with the new strain tomorrow or hunt the Scavenger?*
“Depends... But I'll try the new strain first, if that fails I'll go for the Scavenger.” I mutter before falling asleep.
*Nanite storage: 1800u/4000u*
Status:
Health: 100%.
Will: 100%.
Day: ? (Brightdawn) Month: 12?
Age: 16 (Legal adult)
Credits: 10050 (No change.)
Nanite storage: 1750 units (Max 4000 units, 50u Needed per day)
Mainframes:
Nexus Protocol: Mainframe type, Being Suppressed by O.P.
Omega Protocol: Mainframe type, Contained by N.P.
Auxiliary Protocols:
Alpha Protocol (O.P): Needing resources.
Scavenger Protocol (O.P): Liberated.
Harvest Protocol (O.P): Needing resources.