Echo of dreams

[Destiny]

This story is based around the event's before Gordon was brought into city 17 and after Black Mesa.

Echo of dreams

Chapter one: Life after death


"What did he do?"

"I heard he pissed off someone high up."

"Seems to be alot of people are pissing the suits off latly."

"Yes, but i don't ask questions, I just enjoy the killing."

"Hah, yeah."

I awoke on the shoulder of a combine soldier, dazed and un-sure of what the hell lead to this.

I looked around trying to see where i was but my vision was blurred, I tried to move my hands but they where bound by
some kind of restraints.

"Looks like he's awake."

"well.........end of the line buddy."

The combine stoped, pulled me off his shoulder and threw me into a deep pit.

"Give my regards to the barnacles!"

"hahaha, I love my job."


My brain went into overdrive, I didn't care where the hell I was, all I wanted to know was how to escape.
I strained to see an exit, but even if their was,the darkness was hiding it.
All of a sudden I heard a slurping sound come from above, I thought it was my best chance to call for help.

"Anybody their!?"

"If so, please help me out of here!"

No reply came, just more slurping, and that slurping started to get louder and louder and louder.
I started wildly hammering the pit's moist wall's with my hands, hoping to break through a secret wall.

I felt something on my shoulder, it started slowly curling around my body, I panicked and attempted to rip it off me,
but my hand stuck to the thing and wouldn't budge.

"Argh what the **** is this thing!"

I started to rise, the thing was pulling me towards the exit, it must have been somone trying to rescue me!
I could see light again, I was safe.

"Thankyou so, hay what the hell the exit is their, hay stop, no wrong way idiot!"

I kept rising and rising and rising until I stoped, I looked up to see what it was, this thing was a tounge and I was about
to be eaten.

The jaws slowly opened driping salvate all over me, It's jaw's opened wide in preperation for it's new meal.
I knew that this was it, I was dead, the jaw's of the beast came down on me, I shut my eye's ready for it.


"I have a propersition for you Mr Kain."

I opened my eye's too see that the jaw's where frozen inches away from my head, even the saliva was frozen in mid air....

"You, Mr Kain have something that my employers like."

"They didn't exactly tell me but what matters is that they wish you to stay alive, at least for awhile longer."

"Who the hell are you!"

"Who am I?"

"That really isn't something that I'm at liberty to say Mr Kain."

"I'm sure you have heard of Gordon Freeman."

"Who hasn't, the disapearing hero of Black Mesa."

"Well I have him in my......services and wish you to, let's just say, stack the domino's so he can knock them down."

"What are you planning?"

"Something bigger than you I asure you Mr Kain."

"Now, do you accept my offer and live, or do you continue with this, pradicament that you find yourself in."

"Fine, I accept"

"You will know what to do when the time comes Mr Kain, do not worry about that."

"Kain, wake up damnit!"

"Kain you moron there here!"

"He's dead Jane, he isn't waking up!"

"Yes, he is!"

I opened my eye's and looked around, the light flooded my eye's, but i could make out 2 people yelling at each other.

"We have to go, he's dead you saw the bullet hit him!"

"Where am I?"

"Kain, how the ****!"

"I knew you would wake up!"

"Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter we just have to move and move fast!"

The woman lifted me up on her shoulder and we both ran towards the door.

"Remember our deal Mr Kain, if you void the contract, my employers will void your life!"

The voice echoed through my head.

"Kain are you alright?"

"Yeah, fine."


Well that's that, critisism is welcome, constructive or not, it's the only way one can learn.

 

[Deathwish-uk-]

I quite liked it actually, like the written style. Just think it is broken up a bit too much.

 

[Destiny]

Thankyou, I'm glad you liked it here comes chapter two


Chapter 2 : The underground

"Shit, back up, the've got the man hacks out!"

I looked at my body and it was in a mess, blood was dripping down my leg,
I had a gash down my leg, I felt my for-head."

"What the ****!"

"What Kain, are you alright!?"

There was a hole in my head where a bullet had been.

"I have a bullet hole in my head!"

"Yes, it was a combine sniper, I have no idea how you survived, your heart stoped beating."

My heart started to beat faster, my mind was racing, did i get shot and dream of that man in
the suit, or was he real and has powers that I cannot comprehend.......

"Ok, there gone we can move on."

"We have to move fast, I heard that Deus is in the area."

"Who the hell is dues?"

"He's a combine general, he was augmented with nanites to make full use of his combine
abilities, we've seen him take on a full platoon of rebels."

"Anna take the alleyway, i'll meet up with you in the base."

The man climbed up a fire escape ladder and disapeared onto the roof.

"Ok, we have to keep moving, the base is down this alleyway."

We moved down the alleyway and stoped at a man hole cover.

"Ok,down here"

Anna helped me down the ladder, I could hear beeping of machines going on down below.

"Look he bloody took down 2 platoons and one of our general's, we have no chance ok!"

"Shutup, we can do it, we just need to flank them to the west and hope the ant lion's do the
rest!"

"Oh, anna didnt see you and....oh my god Kain, what happened to you!"

"He was shot in the head by a combine sniper, he shouldn't be alive."

The man speaking to me wore a brown zip jacket and was about 40 years old, he really didnt
look like a rebel, more like an average citizen.

"Lay him here, let the machines stich him up, we have much to talk about Anna."

I lay on a cold metal bench, a machin came wizzing toward me and zoomed in on my face and
made a few beeping noises, before a knew what had happened I was unconcious once again.

"Yes, deus and ex have converged apon the rebel base in the northen section, no one will
survive, im sure you know this....."

"Yes, it is painful but we knew it would happen sooner or later."

"Ugene I want you to warn all the coastal bases that the time has come."

I got up and walked into the control room of the base, the machines all seemed to be
survaying city 17, one in particular had a picture of an old man talking form a screen in
a town square.

"I have been accused of bieng evil, some even say i am the devil's incarnate but I would
like to ask you, what is evil?"

"Evil means to do something morally bad or wrong but I ask you this, is securing humanities
imortality wrong?"

"I'm sure you would all agree that you want the human race to remain the dominant race of the
world and through my benefactors I will ensure that humanity will live forever!"

I turned to Anna and the other she was talking to.

"Ok, I will inform him."

"Oh I see you have awoken Kain, just in time."

"As you can see on this screen Dues is commencing on the western rebel base, since you are
our best, we are sending you to confront him."

"but, isnt he an augmented super combine!?"

"Yes, but I'm sure you will do fine."

I had just escaped one deadly situation, now I was to face another.

"Anna will be going with you, I'm sure you will both protect the base with your lives."

"Ok Kain let's move, we don't have much time."

Anna lead me into a vehicle loading bay, there was at least 30 dune scout car's.

"Ok i'll start up the car and you go load up."

I really wasn't sure where to go but i looked for an equipment sighn, It led into a small
weapons cache, I looked around and grabed two pistols and a machine gun, seemed fine to me.
I walked back to Anna and jumpe dinto the back seat.

"You ready?"

"Yeah."

"There's a few combine on the way, so i suggest keeping your weapons ready."

I got my machine gun ready and as the door to the garage opened Anna said.

"Get ready this could get a bit crazy!"