Bill
"Wonder where everyone else is gonna go." I told myself as I nimbly avoided the mountains around me. "Here's a good place to land." I said as I lowered the landing gear and started to slowly descend. After I landed and hid my jet I grabbed my weapon cases out of the storage area I added. I decided that I would take out military facilities along with drug dealers and gangs, with this genetic research facility being first. I climbed to the top and caught my breath while surveying the area. There was a large fence surrounding the facilities entrance. The rest was inside of the mountain itself. There was one entrance for vehicles and personnel in the fence. It was heavily guarded with two towers that had spotlights and machine guns on each side. I decided that stealth wouldn't be very useful in this situation so I'd use my gloves and Mossberg.
I went back down the mountain and put my gloves on before strapping my shotgun loaded with slugs to my back. I also put extra ammo into my pockets and belt until they were full. After I set all that up I put my extra weapons back into the Raptor and went back up to the top of the mountain. I waited until it was dark before I decided to attack them them. I climbed the fence, ignoring the painful shocks going through my arms, and hopped onto the other side. I climbed up all the towers one by one and quietly dispatched the guards before heading into the main facility building. I pulled out my shotgun and pumped it once, loading the shell. I turned the corner and shot the two guards with one shell. I shot the rest of the people in that hallway before reloading and heading through the door to my right. I opened the door and a man shot me in my leg with his Glock before my slug went through his chest. I went back into the hallway and broke through the wall into a locked room to my left. I ripped the wall away with a quick tug and started shooting. I ran out of slugs so I caved the last persons skull in with the stock before reloading with buckshot shells. I went room to room, clearing each one of them, before coming to the largest research lab.
I shot every scientist and guard in there before reloading again and looking around. I looked into the tube beside me and stared in horror at what was inside. It was a child, about the age of nine, with wires stuck into his arms and legs. I looked at his face and saw that he was conscious and watching me. I went over to the control panel and drained the fluid out of the tube. Once all the fluid was drained out I broke the glass and pulled him out of the tube. "Are you okay?" I asked him while holding him above the floor. "Kill me, please. They hurt me so much." he begged me. I took my hand and put it under his chin with the claws poking into his soft skin. "You'll never be hurt by anybody ever again." I told him before carefully pushing into his skull. After I released him I covered him with a labcoat and started heading out the door when I felt something stab my foot. I looked down and saw that one of the doctors were still alive and had stabbed me with a syringe. I stomped on his head, removed the syringe, and continued to the outside of the building. I broke through the gate and left the facility with a message written in blood on the ground. It warned that I was coming for the rest of the military labs and that whoever is there when I show up will die. After climbing back up to the top of the mountain I began cleaning the blood off of my gloves. I finished that, went back down to my jet, and got my gun cleaning supplies. After about ten minutes I was finished with cleaning the gun and storing it and the ammo with the rest of my weapons. The sky was already beginning to show signs of the coming sun so I took out my pistol crossbow and a quiver of bolts for them before trying to find a cave that I could see my jet from. I found one and climbed up to it before making sure that I couldn't be seen from the sky if a helicopter or another jet flew above me. I set up a small form of a camp in that cave while keeping an eye on my jet. I decided that I could get a little sleep so I layed down and lost consciousness almost immediately.
I heard the sound of a helicopter above me so I carefully looked up and saw that there were people rappelling down to my jet. I slipped on my gloves and took aim at one of the men with my crossbow. Once the helicopter left I shot him and reloaded. I quickly made my way down the mountain and took aim at another one of the men. I fired but was discovered this time by a man that was hidden from my field of vision. I watched as they swarmed around me. One of them rose their gun up at me but a higher ranked officer pushed it down. "If you shoot that you could cause us all to be buried alive." he told the private first class while pulling his knife out of his sheath. I watched as the rest of them followed his example and they slowly came closer to me. One of them charged and tried to slash at my arm but when he made contact sparks flew. I grabbed his back and flung him into another one of the men, killing them both. I counted that there were four people left surrounding me.
I put my pistol crossbow and quiver down behind me before facing my opponents. I went to attack one and he avoided me while the other three moved to my other cardinal directions. I heard the ones to my left and right both charge me. I moved back and avoided them but got my back cut by the person behind me. The three in front of me charged at once so I pulled out my knife and blocked all three of their blades at once. While they backed off slightly I cut the throat of the man behind me with my claws. I faced the others and prepared for a quick and messy fight. Two charged while the other waited for a second before joining them. I slashed and broke the two knives that were coming at me, flinging the blades high, and kicked the man who had hesitated to charge. I jumped off of him and dropped my knife before I grabbed the blades of the two other knives and threw them at their owners, killing them both. I landed and picked up my knife before going over to the person I used as a launch pad. "I wish I could have worked with you while you were still on our side. It would have been an honor serving with you. Unfortunately, it seems that I have to die at your hands. Oh well, just get it over with." he said closing his eyes. I bent down and stabbed him in his heart before grabbing my crossbow and quiver and putting them back in the jet. I cleaned the blood off my blade before slipping it back in its sheath. "I guess it's close enough to nighttime for me to leave safely." I told myself before starting up the jets engines and putting my crossbow and quiver back.
After I took off I decided that I should hide out until things cool down a little bit. A few hours later I found a nice stretch in the middle of a forest that had been clear cut and landed my jet. I camouflaged my jet and went into the forest with my compound bow drawn taught. I heard a noise to my left and quickly turned to face the source. I looked through the lower branches of a tree and saw that it was a hunter with a 270 rifle. I let my bow go slack and threw a rock into the bushes in front of the man to distract him. As soon as he heard the leaves rustle he shot in the direction of the sound so I drew my bow taught again and shot him in the back. I grabbed his rifle and all the extra ammo he had before I found a pit and threw his body into it. Before I left I grabbed my arrow and knocked it again after resetting the springs in the tip. I slung the rifle across my back, put the ammo in my pocket, and continued looking around. I heard a pack of wolves howling about fifteen minutes later and cursed myself for leaving my gloves in the jet.
As I listened I heard them surrounding me quickly. I started jogging in one direction until a wolf jumped out in front of me and blocked my path. I put my arrow in the quiver and slung the bow onto my shoulder before bringing out my knife and facing the wolf. It howled and charged at me with its teeth bared. I ducked down and stabbed upwards into its chest, throwing it over me. I turned my head to the right and saw another wolf coming at me. As it jumped I kicked it into the trunk of a pine tree and twisted around to face yet another member of the pack. This one barked and growled, trying to distract me from the attack that was coming from behind before charging. I did a backflip onto the wolf behind me, breaking it's back, before crushing the charging wolfs muzzle between my fingers and throwing its body onto the ground. I felt something bite my tail so I spun around and stabbed into its head. After pulling my knife out the remaining wolves retreated, leaving me alone with only carcasses as company.
After walking for a while I fell off the edge of a cliff and landed on my feet when I hit the water. I swam to the shore and looked up before realizing that I wasn't alone. I yanked out my knife and turned to face the person watching me. "Come out of the shadows." I told my visitor. As I watched, I saw a woman slowly walk out of the shadows and face me. "Why are you here?" I demanded while showing her the black blade in my paw. "Why are you here?" I asked again while raising my voice. "I came in here with my friends to explore the cave systems. Our rope broke and they drowned with the gear. The only way out is over there." she said pointing to a crack in the wall. "Goodbye then." I told her before turning my back on her. "Please help me out of here. I'm too weak to make it alone." "Too bad, because I don't help humans. You should have left when you had the strength to do so. I will not help someone who doesn't want to help themselves." "Why are you being so heartless to me?" "You made your choice so you should live with the consequences. It is that simple." I told her before walking through the tunnel she pointed towards.
After I got out of that labyrinth and relaxed for a few days I decided that it had cooled down enough for me to get back to work. I took the scope and ammo from the rifle before throwing it far into the forest. Once I finished with all the preparations I took off and turned on the autopilot before taking out my PDA. I quickly hacked into the military mainframe and started trying to find out where I should go next. I located a base in the middle of the ocean and decided to go there. I dialed in the coordinates and took a bag out from under my seat. I reached inside and pulled out a few pieces of fruit. I looked in the bag and noticed something hidden beneath the food and drinks so I moved everything out of the way and picked it up. It was a framed picture of my old team and me before my transformation. After it began bringing back memories I threw it into the seat behind me and began eating in silence. I put the peach pit into the bag to my left and began eating the apple. After I got halfway finished with the apple I put it back into the bag on the right along with the package of grapes before pulling out the little box and putting it in my lap. I lifted the lid on my box of bullets before I took the tool out of the right pocket and grabbed a bullet from the middle portion.
After I finished the scrollwork I began carving the animal in the middle of it. "Arriving at your destination in five minutes." my PDA told me after I finished with it. "How long till sunrise?" I asked before gently placing the bullet right side up in the left part with the five others. "You have seventeen minutes before sunrise." "Once we get over the island I want you to land away from the base itself." I told my PDA while grabbing another bullet. I put the tip of the tool to the side of the bullet before my plane shook violently. I looked at the screen and saw that another jet was attacking me. "You are in restricted airspace. I have been ordered to shoot any non civilian aircraft down." I heard over the communication system before another rocket hit my jet. After disengaging the autopilot I started avoiding his rockets with ease.
Once he fired for the fifth time I maneuvered behind him and shot once into his back. He began falling and my jet began descending as well. "What happened? Why am I going down?" "The engines were severely damaged. They have failed and are causing you to descend rapidly." "Damn it." I said before grabbing everything, putting it in a bag, and putting on a parachute. I pressed two buttons at the same time. The back hatch opened up along with the cockpit. While I was falling I was also trying to grab as much as I could before being forced to pull my chute cord. As I drifted down I saw the explosions of both aircraft below me. 'At least I'm not in the ocean.' I thought before landing in a tree. I sliced the cords with my claws and carefully made my way down the tree. Once I got to the ground I saw just how little I was able to grab.
I had my bow, my crossbow, my bulletproof vest and a couple dozens arrows and bolts. I went to the wreckage of my Raptor and searched through it while hoping to find something that wasn't destroyed. I only found my PDA, that was still miraculously working, and the picture. When I picked it up I noticed that something was sticking out of the bottom so I grabbed it and pulled it out from under the photo. When I looked at it I saw myself looking at Sorath and the others. I also saw that someone had glued a picture of Zachary to the back of it. I saw a piece of paper lying on the ground and picked it up. Apparently the person who put that picture there was also the one who wrote this, and judging by the writing I knew that it was Delilah. 'We will always be with you. Don't forget that.' I folded the letter back up and stuck it in the bag along with the pictures. I started heading in the direction of the base when my PDA pinged. "You have arrived at your destination." "But there's nothing here except for a forest." "Base is located three miles underground." "Pinpoint the location of the entrance and make that our new destination." I told it before climbing up in a tall oak tree. I found a nice place up a few dozen feet and got as comfortable as I could before nodding off.
I was abruptly awakened by falling hard onto my back. I stood up and cursed because of the pain. I might not have died like a human would have but it still hurt like hell. I looked up and saw that it was nighttime. I grabbed my PDA and opened up the GPS before heading in the direction of the entrance. After walking for about three miles I felt five things stick into my back. I pulled one out and held it up to see that it was a tranquilizer dart. I started to feel drowsy when I was hit by five more. I passed out right after hearing human voices talking about me.
When I regained consciousness I looked around and saw that I was in a cage. I laughed a little and tried to stand up but I realized that I couldn't. My front and back paws were tied down and shackled to the table I was on. As I struggled I realized that whoever did this knew that I wouldn't be able to break free. "I see you're finally awake Bill. I've heard about you from some of the older scientists here but I never thought I would be able to see you in the flesh. Or would it be fur?" When I looked towards the sound of the voice I realized there was a scientist in the corner of my cage. "Once I break out of here you're gonna be the first one to die." "You aren't going anywhere so you might as well stay still and relax." he told me as he got up. "Why the hell would I relax? I'm bound to a table in a highly guarded government base in the middle of nowhere." "We just need blood samples, tissue samples, and the location of the rest of your team." "Should I even ask what will happen to me after you get all you need?" "We'll dispose of you. In the eyes of almost everyone who knows of your existence you are considered a failed experiment. You will be burned and the ashes sealed inside of a radioactive waste drum. Nobody will even know that you ever existed."
"I'm not talking." "We don't need you to. We salvaged your jets mainframe and it is being searched through as we speak. As for the tissue and blood samples, you don't need to be awake for that." "Good luck getting my friends locations. We had to split up because some dumbfuck attacked our base with a small army." I told him as I started working away the knot keeping my arms secured to the table. "Sir, we found something in the wreckage that you may want to see." said another scientist as she opened the door. "What could be so damn important that you had to interrupt our conversation?" "We found a box. It's what's inside that you should see." "Fine. I'll be back in a little while so don't go anywhere." he said with a smirk as he left. When the door closed I finished undoing the knot and started untying my other hand and legs as well. Once I finished that I realized that the chains would be a problem to break.
"This is gonna hurt." I told myself before biting down hard on the chain connected to my right arm. I yanked the chain hard enough to completely break it and did my best not to scream because of the pain in my muzzle. I broke the chain on my left paw off as close to the bottom as I could and ripped off the shackles from my hindpaws. After I stood up I walked over to the entrance and tried to push it outward while hoping it was unlocked. I continued pushing harder and harder until it finally ripped off the hinges. I destroyed the computers and turned around to go out the door. The guard was standing with his pistol drawn and pointed at my face. I ran towards him, avoiding the shot he was able to get off, and put the chain around his neck. I pulled the chains taught and heard multiple cracking sounds. I undid the chain and picked up his pistol.
I checked the clip and saw that it had seven bullets left. 'Lucky number seven.' I thought as I walked out the door. As soon as I looked around I noticed that there were six guards in the hallway. They all drew out their weapons and fired. I jumped out of the way just in time for one officers bullet to hit another one in the chest. I grabbed his body and saw that he had on a bulletproof vest. Before I could react I was shot twice in my right arm. I took my pistol and jammed it down his throat before firing it twice. I drug him into the room and locked the door behind me. I took his bulletproof vest and put it on along with his pistol. The door burst in just in time for me to start firing on the intruders. I was missing most of my shots due to my arm but I was doing good until both clips ran out. I dropped the guns and hit the man in the face with my chain. I closed the distance and hit him with the shackle on my right paw in his stomach. I held him up so he could clearly hear me and bared my teeth. "Where is my stuff?" "Why would I tell a freak like you?" he yelled before spitting in my face.
I grabbed his fingers with my paw and started crushing them causing him to scream in pain. "Tell me where my stuff is or these fingers are going to come off." " It's on the upper levels. Room 17B." "They don't train people like they used to." I casually remarked before sending my hand through his head. I gathered all the ammo and weapons that I could before carefully peeking out into the corridor. I didn't see anybody so I fully opened the door and walked out. I went left and walked for a while before making a right turn and running into a group of scientists. Before I even grabbed for one of my pistols they all had guns pointed at my chest and firing. I was able to avoid one of the bullets but the rest hit me and knocked me onto my ass. I felt that they had gone through the vest and out the back as well. I stood up and gasped at the level of pain that was coursing through my body before stumbling into a door to the left and seeing a woman's face before collapsing.
I slowly awoke to feel someone clamping my arms behind my back. "Alright sir, he should be tied up enough. If not then I doubt he's going to get out of this room." "How do you know that Darrel?" "It's simple. His arms are positioned so that if he struggles then it'll put strain on his shoulder joints. He's also completely subdued with about fifteen metal bands around his body." I opened my eyes and saw one of the people who had shot me. "It seems that he's awake now Mr. Reynolds." "Good. I'll go and grab my tools." "No need to do that John." said the woman walking through the door. "What are you doing here Ms. Hairston?" "I wanted to talk to him. I'm the one in charge of the operations in this base so I believe I have the right to talk to our little friend." she said as she pointed her thumb in my direction.
"Okay, but why did you say that it would be unnecessary for me to get my tools?" "Because I'm going to talk to him alone, without him being drugged or chained up." "There is no way I can allow that." Darrel said while walking away from me. "You don't have a say in the matter. I am taking that key from you and you are going to get out of here along with Jake over there." she said while pulling the keys out of his hands. "I can't let you risk your life and the life of everyone in this building." "Get out now before I put you two on cleaning duty." I watched in shock as they both left and closed the door behind them. "Now that those two are out of the way lets get you out of those restraints." she said as she walked over to me and started unlocking the metal bands. Once she finished I jumped towards the door. When I grabbed the handle I was shocked hard enough to make me let go.
"You might as well not try to get through that door. The entire thing is electrified when locked and if you decide to try and ram it down you'll be dead as soon as you touch it. The handle is the least electrified part of it. Come and sit down so we can talk." I turned around and grabbed her neck and squeezed tightly. "Let me out of here now before I crush your windpipe." I said with only a few inches between us. "You actually think I'm going to let you out of this room. I guess you aren't very smart after all." After she said this I felt a gun at my elbow before she shot it. I immediately let go and pulled back. As I looked at her face she showed no hint of fear or hesitation. "How about we sit down and talk. I was kind enough to take off your restraints and you pay me back by trying to choke me. Your file said you were more respectful than that." "You might as well have kept me in those bands because I'm about to kill you and take those keys." told her before ducking and running towards her while she sat.
She calmly pointed her pistol at me and took a single shot. I moved to the right and felt the bullet go through my left shoulder. I tried to move it forward and fell flat on my face. "What the hell?" I said as I stood up and moved my left arm perfectly. "Using a quadruped stance for fighting? You truly are becoming more beastly. I guess that's why you and the rest of them are considered failed experiments." "We did well enough for you to make more than one of us." "That was before we saw the side effects of that injection. I'm wondering what your capabilities are. I'm planning on finding that out." she said to me while pulling out a radio set. "Send twelve heavily armed guards and two scientists down to room 33 now." "Yes Ms. Hairston" She put the radio back into her pocket. "We're going to take you to a training field and test out what skills you have left." she told me before standing up and moving over to the doorway.
"Why would I agree to that? I could just kill you right now and break out of here." "That's why we moved you down here. From here to the surface there are eight floors full of armed people. You didn't even make it up one floor last time before being knocked out again. What we're going to test is how effective our new injections are compared to our old ones." "I'm not going to help you with that shit." "When I say somebody is going to do something then they have no choice in the matter. We have a little bit of 'insurance' just in case you decide to try and break free. You have a small charge of C4 at the base of your skull. One push of a button and you die." she said while pulling out a remote. "There's no way you'd kill me so easily." I confidently stated. She didn't say anything as she prepped the remote and put her finger over the trigger. "You were meant to be destroyed anyway so many years ago. Why would I be hesitant to kill you myself?" Before she let me answer she cuffed my paws behind my back before I knew she did anything. "I run this place for a reason. Get moving." she said while pushing me towards the opening door.
"We're here." "Good. Surround him and keep your guns pointed at his heart. If he tries to escape empty your clips into him." "Yes ma'am." After walking for twenty minutes I was pushed into a dark room and heard the door seal behind me. As I struggled against my restraints I felt the ground below me start to drop. A few seconds after I felt it I saw what looked like a city in front of me. "Can you here me Bill?" someone asked over the intercom. "I can hear you fine jackass." "Good, now go behind the first building to your left. There you will find a set of keys to your cuffs and a gun with one bullet in the chamber. You're going to test out our latest subject." I followed their instructions and uncuffed myself before checking this pistols chamber and clip to see that there really was only one 45. bullet.
"Get to the middle of the area to meet our new experiment." "Why would I listen to you? I now have a gun and uncuffed paws." "Do it or you'll be killed." "Fine you stupid bitch." I said before making my way to the middle square. All I saw was a tall woman dressed in black. "They're expecting me to fight you?" "It isn't going to be much of a fight." she said before charging at me and punching me hard in the face. I was knocked back about five feet before landing on my tail.
"You alive over there you stupid animal?" "Don't call me that!" I yelled when I ran at her and tried to punch her stomach. She grabbed my paw and kicked me in the face before throwing me into the wall to the left. "Is that all you can manage to do? The standards of excellence must have been so low back then." she said while walking over to me. I tried to stand up but she grabbed my throat and lifted me up and put me back on my feet. I tried to punch her in her face and gut but she grabbed both my fists and twisted them both around each other and threw me up into the air. As I was falling I twisted so I would land on my front and back paws. I saw her jump off the side of one of the buildings and heading straight for me. I couldn't react when she kicked my back and threw me faster towards the ground while staying on my back.
A few feet from the ground she jumped off me and caused me to land even harder. I looked up and saw that she had landed six feet away perfectly. "I guess the one thing you have is endurance. I haven't been able to go all out on anyone they've sent in here so far. All of those others were just weak convicts who were on death row. Just regular humans who were stupid enough to kill others. Only a few of them tried to fight me. After the first punch they decided to use their one bullet on themselves." she told me while pulling me up by my ears. "Let go damnit!" I yelled before slashing her cheek with my left paw. "AAAAAGGGGGHHHH." she screamed as she dropped me and stumbled back. I stood up and looked to see that I had taken off half her face. While she was distracted I rushed forward and punched through her face with little effort. I was shocked to see how fragile she was considering the fact that it felt like being hit with steel when she had hit me.
"Looks like we need to work on the durability of our experiments. Cleanup team report to the square at once. You're done for a while Bill. Report to the medical building for your checkup. You might as well also find a building you like because you're going to be living here for the rest of your life. You can't escape and your life is in my hands." I, very reluctantly, went to the building and had the checkup and found out that she managed to crack a few of my ribs. "They'll naturally heal up in a few hours for you. I know you aren't happy about this but at least you get to stay alive." the medical person said before leaving me alone.
It's been about five months since I had to ditch everyone else. They were kind enough to give me back my claws and my little bullet carving box with the bullets still in them. Luckily my jets mainframe was to damaged to retrieve any locations at all. I did tell them where our old base was and that I had no idea where the rest of them were. I only have to fight every now and then but they seem to be having no progress in fixing their problems with the durability of the others. At least I don't have to deal with a lack of food or water. They give me almost any food that I request. I guess I'm stuck in this hellhole from now on.