Half-Life (book) Chapter 10

… a small bald man, waving sheets of paper, fled along a well-lit corridor, trying not to fall and not to dump the guards of the guards occasionally. Finally he found himself near his goal – an inconspicuous door, the same as hundreds in this building. Opening her, he ran into the office and immediately closed her.

Breathing heavily, he went to the table and croaked in a broken voice:

-Sir, we have problems with the zone-56! There is no connection for five hours. We sent a sea infantry there – they still have no hearing or spirit!

The owner of this cabinet sat his back to the heavy oak table, examining the picture showed a huge screen on the wall. For a minute he thought, tapping his fingers on the handle of a huge leather chair, then said:

-What with the project-x?

-Curse … Okay, what are our options?

-Wait, sir. Just wait ..

-Well … no. There is another option. The fact is that Black Mass is a former missile base. Although it is re -profiled, no one even thought to take away missiles. They lie in warehouses – all these “squeaks” and “Polaris”.

-Clear. Send a group of “black operations” there. Order-find out what happened to project-X, find our agent and destroy the base and everything connected with it.

… heavy metal doors swung open, and Gordon found himself in a small courtyard, surrounded by cliffs from all sides. A wide tunnel was made on the right in the rocky thickness, now laid down with boxes and sandbags. There were several corpses in white robes around, blood spots were everywhere. It was clear that the soldiers were not going to leave anyone alive.

Having made his way through the fence, Gordon found himself in another courtyard, in the corners of which there were barrels of fuel in heaps. Absolute silence reigned around, it was even audible how a small fly flew past.

Several shots raised from the opposite end of the courtyard quickly brought Gordon from a stupor. He saw that the machine guns were slowly going to him, four soldiers, one of whom, the same sergeant who talked with a mysterious person, shouted:

-Throw a weapon, Freeman! Immediately!

There was no way out. Gordon did not want to become like a sieve, and his M-16 hit the ground. Two soldiers twisted him from behind and led him along the road that led to the dam ..

… McNamara’s car rushed along the canyon, gracefully around the ledges and cliffs. The pilot, trying not to crash into a rock, barely heard a voice on the radio:

-The thirtieth is the base! We were pushed from the dam, there are too many of these creatures! Try to damage it and flood the base, reception!

-You are crazy, base? We have an anti-tank helicopter, not B-52!

-You may well damage the shutters, reception! Jack, what the hell? They are here? Lord, guys, soon help ……………………

The connection was interrupted. Tommy noticed:

-The guys were clearly unlucky … Chiffphi, to the dam 3 miles. We fly?

-Yes. Let’s see what we can still do ..

Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice sounded in the headphones:

-The thirtieth is the base. All you will see near the dam are enemies. Destroy any signs of life, you understand me?

-Name yourself! Who you are?

-I’m from the landing group. We are leaving for a safe place, reception. Cover us!

-Okay, the base. We are already on the way!

McNamara stopped gear and asked the shooter:

-What do you think, what kind of dick is?

-I don’t know … Probably some doctor or engineer ..

… A man in a blue suit put a microphone on the table and, turning around, told the Ninja Soldier standing nearby in black uniforms:

-Do not dare to climb on the dam. Your work is to destroy this base. Go to the warehouses, find a warhead, bring it to the Alpha point and blow up. Clear?

The man went out into the corridor, leading into the base somewhere. The soldier wanted to ask what to do with the prisoners, but when he went out into the corridor, he saw that there was no government agent there and at all. Thinking where he could go, he went to his subordinates and said:

-Boys, lively in trucks and warehouse. You know our task. Forward!

Turning to the two paratroopers sitting in the corner under the sights of machine guns, he said:

-And I will do these myself.

After a few seconds, a short automatic queue crashed ..

… the soldiers brought Gordon straight to the dam, and then the sound of an approaching helicopter was heard. The sergeant said with satisfaction:

-Well, that’s our heavenly chariot. What, Freeman, you will soon meet our boss! Hey! What a ..

Not far from them, leaning against the wall, a seriously wounded soldier sat. A bloody spot blurred under it, and it was clear that the guy would not live for a long time. The sergeant ran to him and shouted:

-Jack, what’s going on here, damn it.

-Traitors … we betrayed us … – the soldier’s head fell on the chest.

The sergeant turned to Freeman https://bigspinx.co.uk/ and spoke, looking around:

-Nothing, turntable on the way. We will be at home soon … And here she!

In the depths of the canyon appeared anti -tank “Apache”.

-What kind of … it’s not “sowing”! Guys, something is not the same … ..

The gun on the nose at the helicopter turned towards the soldier and spit out a short line of shells. One of them hit the sergeant right in the neck, tearing his head off.

The soldiers, having forgotten about Freeman, rushed at the scatter. Two of them decided to hide behind the boxes, which were stacked by stacks near the dam, and in vain – two seconds later several Nurses smashed the boxes and soldiers to molecules. The third from all legs ran through the dam to a tent that was visible behind it. He almost managed to get to her when the tracing shells of “Apache” flashed around. One of them fell into a warrior in the chest, and his life broke off.

Gordon only managed to jump behind the rock, as the top was smashed by the direct hit of Nurs. A few more missiles exploded on the slopes of the rocks. The helicopter, meanwhile, went to the U -turn, intending to make a few more visits.

Not far from the dam, a tower rose directly from the water, in which there were power control panels. A small bridge walked from her to the dam, along which, looking around, another soldier fled. The helicopter, meanwhile, turned around, and the pilots noticed a fugitive. Four missiles burst from the containers under the wings of the helicopter and, leaving a smoky mark, rushed to the bridge.

Two of them fell into the dam, one exploded, crashing into the antenna on the tower, and the latter fell directly into the center of the bridge, completely destroying it. A soldier who had almost reached the dam by that time, only managed to touch the saving coast with his hands. The unfortunate fell into the water and, emerging, sailed to the stairs that led upstairs to the tower.

Suddenly the swimmer disappeared under water, then emerged for a second, screaming wildly, and then disappeared for good. A bloody spot broke out on the water, and the back of the same creature appeared as Gordon killed in a flooded warehouse.

Carefully looking out because of his shelter, Gordon saw that the helicopter was turning again for attack. The pilots seemed to notice him – the car slowly flew in his direction. And Gordon had no choice but to run a few meters to the dam, jump down into the water, in which a huge alien creature swam ..

… Damn, you saw it? – Surrendered Tommy.

-Yes. Okay, we’ll put a couple under the water, and flew out of here! -Maknamara answered him and pressed on the gashter ..

… Gordon flopped into muddy water and began to look around in search of a creature. It was not visible, and Gordon, trying not to make sudden movements, sailed to the tower in the hope that there he could hide until the helicopter does not fly away.

Suddenly, a ragged mouth of a creature appeared in front of him, which, apparently, was few soldier. She had already prepared to swallow Gordon, when suddenly the water column was cut through several Nurses. One of them fell directly into the ragged mouth, instantly destroying the creature.

Mentally thanking heaven and pilots, Gordon carefully stuck his head from under the water and saw that the helicopter was moving away from the dam. Quickly sailing to the tower, he climbed the stairs and entered the control room.

Everything was like that as if there was no disaster. Everything was clean and intact, multi -colored bulbs flashed on the remote controls, arrows trembled on many devices. Having examined the remote control, Gordon saw a lever under which there was an inscription “Detachment of the valves”. Pressing him, Freeman noticed that the low rumble was heard from somewhere from under the tower, a verse.

Going down the stairs, Gordon began to look for a way to rise back to the dam. There was no way at all, and he had no choice but to dive. Below it was found that several tunnels separating the reservoir from the canyon were open, and Gordon, without hesitation, made his way into one of them.

Emerging from the other side, he saw that the canyon, from where the Apache flew, is now slowly flooding. The dam was inaccessible from this side, so Gordon swam deep into the canyon. He soon ended with a dead end – a steep rock rose directly from the water, at the bottom of which a barred pipe for drainage was made for water. There was a small platform on it, where Gordon got out.

A navelous dark ventilation pipe, closed with a rusty grill, came out. It was not difficult to break it, and soon Gordon was already crawling along a winding pipe, collecting dust and dirt from its walls ..

… “Apache” flew along the canyon, trying to stay lower. McNamara drove a car to a small abandoned checkpoint in the mountains. Previously, he served as a warehouse for nuclear missiles. Now, after the end of the Cold War, the base was given to scientists, and the warehouses remained – no one wanted to spend money on the export of missiles.

Below was the old walls stained with barbed wire. No signs of life were visible and audible, the only thing that violated the silence was the noise of the Apache screws. The car made a circle over the entrance to the checkpoint, and Tommy said:

-Chief, here is empty, like in my stomach. Flew to the base, and?

-OK, Tom. Let’s make a couple more circles – and home, in the arms of beauties from the communication battalion ..

-Oh, yes, chief! There is one there, with boobs 4 sizes … Here is shit! Look!

Right opposite the entrance to the checkpoint, the sand suddenly rose, forming a small hill. He grew up and grew up. Suddenly a column of dust burst from his top, and through it the pilots saw something like a huge snake with a beak on his nose from under the ground.

-Tom, “Hellfire” to battle!

Hellfair fell off the pylon under the wing of the turntable and, gaining speed, rushed to the snake. She turned the head in surprise in the direction of the car, hearing the noise she made, and received an anti-tank rocket directly into the only bright red small eye. Roaring terribly in pain, she disappeared underground.

-No, Chif, it seems that it’s too early for us to feel these boobs! Hey, look! There, at the exit from the ventilation!..

… even at the exit, Gordon suspected something was wrong when he heard the noise of the screws. Looking out, he saw that the helicopter already familiar to him launches the rocket for some purpose that he could not see. Sumocketing the moment when the pilots cannot see him, he emerged from the pipe and ran to a small cave visible in the rocks.

Unfortunately, the “Apache” turned out to be more agile. A second before Freeman ran to the cave, the car turned around, and the pilots noticed him. Immediately around the guns whistled around.

Gordon literally flew into the cave, and then a pair of Nurses burst in front of the entrance, which is why everything around was covered with dust and burning. Several fragments hit his suit, the couple scratched the glass of the helmet.

It was clearly dangerous to get out of the cave, and Gordon decided to see where this path would lead him ..

… -sed, again this moron in a yellow suit! This is what, special forces?

-I don’t know, Tom. Maybe this is some guard who decided to play the Terminator in old age ..

-Okay, chif, flying home!

-Wait, you need to make sure that he is a corpse. If he survives, they will demolish our heads ..

… the cave was very winding and dark, and Gordon already began to seem that it would never end. Knees and elbows have long been covered with bruises, the suit was already cracking at the seams. Suddenly the light appeared around the corner.

The cave broke abruptly, and Gordon barely managed to stop before the cliff. Gently looking out, he froze in surprise.

A picturesque view of him opened in front of him, at the foot of the mountain, the plain. In the distance, the mountains darkened, a narrow mountain rivulet wriggled far below with a serpentine. There was absolute silence, breaking only pebbles flying out from under the knees of Gordon.

Suddenly past him, rummaging the turbine, the army fighter F-16 rushed. Having laid an elegant turn, he turned around the mountain, towards the Mass.

Trying not to make sudden movements, Gordon carefully crawled out of the cave to a narrow stone cornice, which walked along the steep cliff. Quietly, clinging to the rock and trying not to look down, he began to move towards the big pipe, which came out directly from the thickness of the mountain, hoping to find the path back there, to the hard earth. Small pebbles rolled out of his feet every now and then, which did not add confidence to him at all ..

… -Well, Chif! They flew home! He died, I’m sure of that!

-Eh … Okay, Tom. You are right…

McNamara tilted the pen forward, and Apache, gaining speed, flew home, to the base in Arizon. The car maneuvered between the sheer cliffs, lifting the pillars of dust above the rare sandy hills. Tommy talked about the delights of a familiar radio opera, and McNamara continually reflected on what happened to them today. It was clear that it was better not to talk about this on pilot gatherings in the bar – the Black Mass was included in the list of super -secret guides of the government, and they did not suppose much to know about it.

Finally, the car escaped from the tight hugs of the rocks and was high above the picturesque valley. The mountains remained on the left, and a base was waiting for them ahead – a hot shower, a delicious lunch, a lustful radio system ..

Tommy occasionally glanced on the mountain. Pipes, moves, caves, sometimes served for Mass purposes, came out of her thickness and there, sometimes just the work of nature. He noticed a huge thick pipe that walked down the steep slope, and a deepening in the mountain next to it.

Suddenly his attention was attracted by some kind of movement near the pipe. Looking closer, he distinguished the human figure. Sunny glare sparkled on it every now and then, but Tommy managed to distinguish the color of clothes. It was yellow. Yellow suit.

-Chief! This bastard is alive! He is there at the pipe!

McNamara looked, unable to believe ..

… Gordon barely evaded the line of shells from the gun. The helicopter, flying by, laid a dashing turn, catching Gordon into the sight. Several Nurses escaped from the container, who got into the pipe without hitting Gordon. She, unable to withstand such an appeal, broke, and a huge piece, falling apart, flew down. Gordon, on the other hand, was feverishly advanced to a small cave next to the pipe.

Bursting inside, he barely managed to take a breath – and immediately a hail of shells fell upon him. They torn the ground, forming a cloud of dust, with a whistle ricocheted from the stones, dug into the thickness of the mountains, knocking out the hail of gravel.

Gordon looked around quickly. The cave was an old warehouse – here and there, rotten boxes and fear. However, in the corner he noticed something useful.

In the depths of the caves stood several open boxes with emblems of the Marine Corps Corps. Two dead soldiers were lying nearby, one of whom was holding a grenade launcher in his hands. Not believing his eyes, Gordon grabbed him – and immediately froze, amazed. Yes, it was a grenade launcher. But – anti -tank. It was pointless to use it against the helicopter. However, there was nothing to do. The shells were controlled, a laser guidance system was arranged in the weapon, and Gordon decided to try. Devigating – so with music!..

… through the efforts of Maknamara, the car hung right in front of the cave. Tommy peered into the darkness, trying to catch the slightest movement. Something flashed in the depths of the cave, and Tommy aimed the gun:

-Well, now I’ll fuck you, bastard!..

… Pulling a heavy grenade launcher on his shoulder, Gordon turned on the guidance system. A small speck of laser ray slipped through the green shell of a helicopter, flashed on the pilot’s head and, finally, rested directly on the air intake of the left engine. Having posted the sight, Gordon pressed the descent ..

… an extended charge with a deafening cotton burned down, pushing the rocket from the trunk. The marshmallow engine turned on right away, and the rocket rushed to the target ..

… Tommy noticed a bright flash, but did not have time to do anything. He only whispered:

Maknamara in the last second instinctively pulled the pen to himself, trying to dodge. His last thought was: “But I will not accept a hot shower today …”

… the rocket went a little not the course that was given to her at the start. Once in the air stream from the Apache rotor, she wagged her tail and hit the pilot cabin right into the glass. The last thing McNamara saw was a rapidly approaching black dot. The rocket hit him right into the chest, broke through the lungs and heart and exploded from a blow to the armored armor, smearing the pilot in the cabin. The dashboard, amazed by the shock wave, broke off its place and collapsed right onto the arrow, instantly breaking his spine. The cumulative stream formed during the explosion of the warhead sewed the thin case of the car, breaking through the main tank, which by that time was already almost empty. The fuel vapors accumulated in it exploded instantly, the remnants of fuel were detonated, incinerating the pilots and tearing the car into small pieces ..

… stunned by a shot and blinded by the outbreak of the explosion that followed him, Gordon recoiled into the depths. Shaking his head in an attempt to recover, he, staggering, went outside.

A huge cloud of smoke formed in front of the cave, small burning fragments, circling in the air, fell down. There was practically nothing left of the helicopter, only the tail beam with a slowly swaying screw stuck between the two cliffs protruding from the thickness of the mountain.

Looking around, Freeman noticed a small rusted door that was in the depths of the cave, behind the boxes. There was no other way, and the unlucky young scientist again went to crawl along the caves ..

… the indicator of the number of Mach showed “1, 25”. “Fiting Folkon”, loaded with vacuum bombs, rushed to the north, towards the center “Zone-56”, better known as the Black Mass.

Captain Jimmy Warwick, sitting in the cabin of the fighter, carefully peered into the haze, which spread over the mountains. The enemy could be anywhere, and it was impossible to relax – still waiting for a take -off, he received a message that a group of soldiers sent for verification disappeared without a trace. He was also informed that several reports were received about strange aircraft in the form of a slope. At this thought, the Warwick stroked his finger button of the activation of the “Saizders”, which hung at the ends of the short wings of the “folcona”. If there is a UFO – they will not be able to fly!

The sun, before that hiding behind the mountain ridge, looked out again, blinding Warwick for a second. Jimmy loved the sun, and always sought to be closer to it – so he went to the Air Force Academy, and not to the financial university, where his mother tried to send it in vain. And the girls always loved the pilots – when he and his friends fell into the bar for the weekend, a flock of young beauties always curled around them. All his friends still did not even think about the family, and often touched Jimmy, who had already met for 2 years with the same girl. Her name was Sasha, young people once met on a picnic and have not parted since then. Jimmy hoped to make her a proposal just today, but – this task crossed out all his plans. Now the Golden Ring lay in the breast pocket of his flight costume, waiting for the owner.

Suddenly, against the background of the sun, something flickered, some two small points. Jimmy tightened his eyes, trying to notice something, but in vain-the sun trampled him. He already thought what seemed to him – when suddenly the two points blinked again and no longer disappeared. They began to increase in size, and Jimmy learned those aircraft that he was talked about at the briefing. Bifurcated tail, sheathing all the colors of the rainbow – everything coincided.

The captain pulled the handle over himself, and F-16 laid a dashing turn, from which the pilot darkened in his eyes. The fighter now flew right on the UFO, those snakes, unfolded and began to get closer. Warwick’s hand herself pressed the missile activation button ..

… after a half -hour (at least so it seemed to him) climbing the caves of Freeman ache absolutely everywhere. I just wanted to lie down and fall asleep, and forget about all the horrors of this day – aliens, soldiers, helicopter … Refusing the number of Freeman understood what would happen if he stops talking to freedom now – and only this spurred him. The light appeared ahead, and Gordon sighed in relief.

The cave was replaced by a large concrete pipe, which, in turn, came to the surface. Looking around, Gordon discovered himself in a small courtyard, surrounded by all sides, only at the very end was a hefty door closing the entrance.

Carefully getting out and looking around, Gordon slowly went down the courtyard. There was not a soul, the air was quiet and calm. The sixth feeling told him that this was not so, something should happen-but I did not want to believe in it. He experienced too much in all this short time-too much so that something else happened.

Gordon sat down, leaning his back to the boxes. He was hungry, I wanted to drink and sleep. The small supply of water that was in his suit, he had already drank for a long time, and to drink what was poured from the explosions of the sewer, he would not even become under the muzzles of the assault rifles of the entire US Army. Licking his dried lips, he got comfortable, and then Drem was wrinkled.

Before Gordon’s eyes, a dark veil of sleep spread when he heard a distant hum and a clay coming from behind the door. The sound grew, and soon became deafening. Gordon shook his head, trying to understand what could make such a sound.

Suddenly everything was subsided. Gordon began to think that he had gone, when suddenly a monstrous roar came, and the door to the courtyard flew out, passing the hefty tank Abrams. The tower slowly turned towards Gordon, the smoking gun aimed at Gordon.

He barely managed to break from his place, as a landmine hit there, scattering the fragments of the boxes and clods of land throughout the courtyard. The hatch in the tower opened, releasing powder smoke, and Gordon realized that this was his only chance.

Granding the grenade instantly, he pulled the check and threw the round iron ball into the open tower. Turning around the armor, the grenade scooped off the lid and fell right among the shells lying inside the tank.

The charger noticed her too late. He only managed to shout about the danger, as the grenade exploded, the rest of the landmines were detonated from it, and the tank’s tank, drawn by an explosive wave, tumbling in the air, flew up 30 meters up and fell in the distance.

Rubbing his head circling from the next explosion that fell on her unfortunate share, Gordon went to the passage from which the tank broke. He was thinking about a grenade launcher who was lying now on the stone floor of the cave – as he was not enough now.

… F-16 and UFOs flew towards each other, quickly approaching. Warwick barely caught the moment when the UFO, gracefully tilted, rushed past with a rumble and began to go into his tail. Jimmy pulled the handle over himself, feeling the usual overload, and the air battle carousel spun.

He was a rather experienced pilot, and soon managed to be on the tail of one of the UFOs. The warhead quickly found a target, notifying this with a joyful squeak, the “Saizder” broke off the pylon, hit, the explosion – and now one of the UFOs is in the sky with a torn half tail, trying to get out. Smoke, he fell and fell, until in the end he buried himself into the rock, scating into pieces.

The second, seeing the death of a comrade, laid a dashing turn and dived to the ground, trying to hide from F-16 ..

… a slave sitting behind the levers of the car shuddered, seeing the death of his fellow tribesmen. In a car that had just crashed here, in the rocks of this uncomfortable planet, 10 infantrymen flew – a whole platoon! Behind him, in the gateways, five more were expected – he had already dropped half.

After the teleports opened, Nihilant ordered the response to the response – and what, it helped? No! These two -armed simply chopped them on the xenian salad! The car flew, clinging to the ground, another piece of a huge base appeared ahead, and the slave, turning to the infantrymen, nodded his head as a sign that it was time to land. All as one roared a combat cry as a sign of readiness. Under the bottom of the ship, the base began, and the slave pressed the button that turns on the control panel that turns on the gateways ..