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Rachel was confused and frightened by all the voices around her. Reaching out, she found a concrete wall and pressed her back up against it, thankful for the support.

Oblivious to the rest of the group, Jared was studying the array of odd technology that dominated one far wall. As he traced a finger along the blinking consoles and numbered keypads, he entertained the most suspicious notion that this technology wasn't as decrepit as it humbly appeared.

In abrupt epiphany he whirled on the old man. "Who in their right mind would build something like this under a college, in the sewers?" he demanded, eyes flashing accusingly. "You knew, didn't you? You knew this would happen."

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Lindsay felt faint. The fumes that were produced in the closet had dazed her slightly. She rubbed her temples and looked around.

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Roy continued to stare at the old man demandingly... something was awfully screwy here.
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Ariel, due to circumstances, was NOT in a good mood whatsoever... and was beginning to doubt everything life had taught her about humanity.

“Well, are you coming?” she asked Lindsay, continuing to crawl through the vent. “I mean, it’s fine with me if you want to stay and get blown the pieces, but I’m finding a way out of here... and fast. Roy and the others went through this vent... to god knows where. I plan on following. You?”

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Zrglst roared and pulled out a raygun and blasted away randomly, slowly cutting his way to whoever was there.


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"These are my friends," their guide replied, as if it was the obvious thing in the world. "I brought them here, just like you." Going over to one of the walls, he flipped a switch, causing several fluorescent to light up the room. "We need to conserve these, but they can stay on for now while we get settled."

Curious, Ben joined Jared over at the machines and reached out to touch one. "What do these-"

"Don't touch!" the old man hissed, swatting away both young men. "An' I said I knew, didn't I? Tried to warn people, but they didn't listen. Never do. 'Too much time in th' lab,' they said. 'Ol' Sam's cracked,' they said. 'Too many machines. Too many experiments. Too many hours locked up in that blasted room.' But I was right. They were coming. We could've stopped them, if people had listened. But now they're here. They're not gonna get us, not for a while. The provisions should last us several weeks. But they will find us eventually. And when they do, it's only a matter of time."

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Belladonna reached over and grabbed Mark pulling him down into a courner next to her, and covering his mouth with her hand. "Look kid, the more noise you make the more likely they are to find us, so i can either knock you out or you can be quite" she hissed. After a moment she removed her hand, and squeezed his shoulder. "Don't worry kid, i'l not let them get you." She smiled indicateing her gun.

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Zrglst burst out of a concrete barrier near mark and used mechanical tentacles to snatch at him.

With a cry of rage Bella drew her gun and began sooting into the approximate chest of the alien

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A tentacle whipped at Mark and grabbed him by the leg while the others formed a shield from bullets over the aliens vital spots. Another alien came in the opposite side of the room, reinforcement.

Rachel flinched and ducked back against the wall, covering her ears. The sounds of the ray gun and bullet fire sounded like they were some distance away, but that wasn't very reassuring at the moment.