Gears Of War
Theory Of A Deadman
Chapter 1: Wasteland
"Mya? আপনি should have a look at this..... It's bizarre." ব্যক্ত a feeble scientist wearily as he pushed his round glasses back up the precipice of his rigid nose as his eyes flitted from the clipboard in his hand to the experiment before him. A pencil was clad to his hand as he scribbled away ferociously at the clipboard.
"This had better be good, not like what আপনি thought was amazing the last time."
The brunette snarled sharply. Her heels clicked and echoed through the placid laboratory, bouncing off the walls and glass 8" tall tubes full of creatures and yellow liquid.
Her eyes quickly darted upward once she was beside the fragile scientist. Their eyes were laid upon a peculiar test tube containing a naked female with dark hair flowing about her.
"What....is this?"
She inquired slowly as her curious eyes flitted about the mysterious woman. Her features were flawless, her nose turned up slightly, প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে a small bit of immaturity on her mature pale face. Her eyes were closed, long lashes brushing the tops of her high cheek bones.
"It's...experiment "Theory: X13"...a hybrid."
ব্যক্ত the weary man beside her.
"Hybrid?"
The woman ব্যক্ত cautiously and touched the frigid glass with her fingers. The "human" inside the tube slowly clenched her hands into fists; her face twisting up in frustration. She turned to the male beside her with a quizzical look plastered upon her features.
"Wha-"
Her fear was interrupted দ্বারা a ঝরনা of broken glass and the screaming of an alarm. A spray of liquid erupted from the test tube, and a woman stood where it once did. Myrrah had fallen backward, covering her face with her hands. Her cautious eyes wandered up to find the female standing in the shattered glass. Her feet bled, but not the color of blood. The glass had cut into her , emulsion pooling at her feet. She seemed unphashed দ্বারা the gouges, and continued to stand and stare. Her eyes wandered around the room, her head following the action; they were an icy blue, sheathed in gold. The mysterious woman lurched অগ্রবর্তী in a gangly motion, her head twitching and body convulsing as she continued to stumble. She squealed with vigor and stood up straight with a ear shattering crack.
She let out a growl and walked অগ্রবর্তী through the shattered glass and snapped her head down to the quivering scientists below her.
"Scared?!"
The creature hissed, her voice sounding like a stir of echoes, millions of voices clawing their way up her windpipe. She barred her carnivorous teeth and let out a scream much like a banshee. The two scientists scrambled to their feet and made an attempt to stand without falling back to their shaking knees. Mya had managed to get to the door of the laboratory, just as guards had rushed to her aide. Her male counterpart was not as lucky. The hybrid had extended claws from her fingertips and gouged one দ্বারা one into the helpless man. She screamed and retracted her fingers from the bleeding form and pushed it aside.
"What the fuck is that?!"
ব্যক্ত one guard, as he readied his Lancer. The banshee noticed this; and ran full force toward these glowies. The সেকেন্ড guard shook ferociously, but managed to get his finger onto the trigger and pull.
"Is this it? What we have been raising for almost five years?"
A female voice ব্যক্ত with wonder.
"This is it."
The hybrid was bound into a large metal contraption binding it's head, waist, arms and legs to prevent it from struggling অথবা squealing.
"You are aware this....thing, killed Arleon, right?"
"She's an infected little thing, that's for sure."
The experiment opened its eyes slowly and felt a great pain in the center of her forehead. She was clothed now, in a গাউন, gown made of rags and stained with oil and blood. The rags were stitched precariously and barely holding onto eachother.
"It's awake...."
ব্যক্ত a voice with venom dripping off the words and stinging the tense air.
"Theory: X13."
ব্যক্ত creature struggled in her iron prison and hissed at the woman before her.
"Queen Myrrah? What was your plan for this hybrid?"
Cold eyes stared out from a scowling skull, gouging deep trenches into Myrrah's uncaring irises.
"Simple really..."
She took in a sharp breath.
"COG has been suspicious, they don't think I can see what they are up to. I know Marcus wants to find his father, and I can't let that happen."
Her voice was like a vice grip, kept tightening and squeezing the tense air. Theory:X13 hissed and made a failed attempt to free herself দ্বারা kicking her legs. She stopped and flinched when a searing pain tore through her forehead. She had taken a bullet to the forehead, from a Boltok pistol wielded দ্বারা one of the "glowies".
Myrrah strode across the laboratory floor, never breaking eye contact with the hybrid.
"You're quite a sick thing."
The কুইন took a few confident steps toward the confined invalid. She stuck her nose in her face.
"I'm gonna use আপনি to spy on the Delta Squad."
"Fuck. You."
The creature spat directly into the queens face, watching her face pinch up in disgust with the acid like saliva dotting her face.
"You bitch!"
She sneered through grit teeth. She sighed and regained her composure.
"I'll just put আপনি to good use."
She looked over her right shoulder and motioned with her hand.
"Bring the vaccine."
A large needle was placed into her hand, filled with glowing azure liquid. She brought it level with the hybrid's neck and grinned wickedly.
"This will humanize you, bitch."
In one quick and powerful motion, she brought the syringe down into her neck, the creature gnashing and clawing at her restraints, howling like mad. The woman fell limp in her prison as her eyes grew wide, and pupils appeared and expanded.
Marcus had sprinted toward the upper deck with Sam not far behind, they had just hit the stairs when Marcus' earbud had fuzzed and flickered to life.
"Fenix. Presscott here. Just got word that Myrrah's been doing some experimenting on a few glowies."
Marcus' face wrinkled up in confusion as he pushed the mechanism further into his ear.
"Yeah? What of it?"
Marcus began up the steps. Sam keeping up with him.
"One has escaped..."
He paused for a সেকেন্ড and turned to look at Sam. She gave him a quizzical look and stepped up one আরো stair.
"Rumor has it that it needs to be killed, it's supposed to be extremely powerful. Track it down."
He shook his head and continued up the stairs. Sam was still frazzled, as she retch the শীর্ষ stair.
"We'd better get everybody ready. We gotta find Baird, he's working on that Rover."
"Aye! Baird!"
A maverick of a man was hunched over a large motor belonging to what looked like a land rover. His goggles pulled down over his eyes.
"What?! Kinda busy here!"
He hollered over his shoulder, then returned to his work.
"Baird!"
A feminine voice called this time, আরো persistent though.
"Jeez Louise! What the fuck?!"
He whipped his head around to find Sam and Marcus. They both stood with their arms crossed.
"Almost finished?"
Asked a sarcastic Sam as she batted her eyes. She smiled slightly, her lips curling back and revealing her pearly whites. Her mocha eyes were swallowed up দ্বারা her tan cheeks.
"Oh Sam, আপনি don't ever learn do you? আপনি can't rush art."
Baird stood up and towered over her, his chin coming to the শীর্ষ of her brunette head. He ruffled her hair with his oil-caked gloves and grinned cockily.
"We're almost out of Lambent territory. Get that Rover ready."
The ship rocked violently and threw all three COG members off their balance momentarily. Baird stabilized himself on the corner of the rover.
"That rover is gonna have to be good enough."
Marcus ব্যক্ত as he helped Sam up.
"But it's not-"
"Its good enough! We've hit shore."
Marcus shouted as he ran back to the upper deck.
"Fuck..."
He cussed under his breath in a gruff tone as he pulled his goggles back over his blonde head.
The Sovereign had docked in Mercy about an ঘন্টা ago, Delta Squad had been tromping through the city for a while, and Marcus had informed the rest of the group about the rampaging invalid, so far they hadn't found anything relevant. Screeching had startled the group, it was a hollow howling. They all readied themselves,K wielding their lancers. They were led through a piece of dismantled building to a large dark cemetery. They each tried their best to keep quiet.
"So...what is it that we are looking for?"
Baird whispered.
"A ghost?"
Sam nudged him with a mean look on her face.
Then came the screech again. A woman appeared form the darkness, dressed in the usual COG gear, sporting a Lancer. An infected human had been on her heels, but she skidded to a stop and revved up her chainsaw, and on a dime, cut the creature in half.
"What the hell...?"
Marcus walked toward the mystery woman, the squad following close behind.
"What are আপনি doing way out here?"
She whizzed around, Lancer still in hand.
"Marcus Fenix. Delta Squad."
He held out his hand as he scanned her features. She was fair with high cheekbones and long lashes jutting out from her Polynesian eyes with deep blue irises which sparkled with bright yellow specks, resembling emulsion. Her hair was long and dark and straight, coming to her mid waist, parted on the side and with her bangs pulled back in a clip. Her nose stood out from her bright face, turning up slightly.
"Nicole Theory. COG."
She shook his hand, her grip was firm, yet lady like.
"Why have we never met আপনি before?"
Anya asked as she stepped from beside Cole.
"I've been here awhile. I'm out here looking for that mutant."
"You too?"
Inquired Baird. Her eyes fixed upon the man, scanning his posture and eyes. She bit her lip slightly.
"I was a COG that was left behind when the rest fled to Anvil Gate."
Her voice trailed off.
"Whatever happened to 'Brothers 'till the end'?"
Cole ব্যক্ত as he shuffled around. Marcus fanned out one of his arms in the direction of his friends.
"Nicole; this is Cole, Anya, Dom, Sam, Carmine, and Baird."
They nodded and saluted with two fingers.
"Nice to meet আপনি all."
Marcus motioned with his hand to follow him.
"If আপনি don't mind, I'd like to ask a few questions. If you'd come back to the ship with us."
"Of course, Mr. Fenix."
Theory Of A Deadman
Chapter 1: Wasteland
"Mya? আপনি should have a look at this..... It's bizarre." ব্যক্ত a feeble scientist wearily as he pushed his round glasses back up the precipice of his rigid nose as his eyes flitted from the clipboard in his hand to the experiment before him. A pencil was clad to his hand as he scribbled away ferociously at the clipboard.
"This had better be good, not like what আপনি thought was amazing the last time."
The brunette snarled sharply. Her heels clicked and echoed through the placid laboratory, bouncing off the walls and glass 8" tall tubes full of creatures and yellow liquid.
Her eyes quickly darted upward once she was beside the fragile scientist. Their eyes were laid upon a peculiar test tube containing a naked female with dark hair flowing about her.
"What....is this?"
She inquired slowly as her curious eyes flitted about the mysterious woman. Her features were flawless, her nose turned up slightly, প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে a small bit of immaturity on her mature pale face. Her eyes were closed, long lashes brushing the tops of her high cheek bones.
"It's...experiment "Theory: X13"...a hybrid."
ব্যক্ত the weary man beside her.
"Hybrid?"
The woman ব্যক্ত cautiously and touched the frigid glass with her fingers. The "human" inside the tube slowly clenched her hands into fists; her face twisting up in frustration. She turned to the male beside her with a quizzical look plastered upon her features.
"Wha-"
Her fear was interrupted দ্বারা a ঝরনা of broken glass and the screaming of an alarm. A spray of liquid erupted from the test tube, and a woman stood where it once did. Myrrah had fallen backward, covering her face with her hands. Her cautious eyes wandered up to find the female standing in the shattered glass. Her feet bled, but not the color of blood. The glass had cut into her , emulsion pooling at her feet. She seemed unphashed দ্বারা the gouges, and continued to stand and stare. Her eyes wandered around the room, her head following the action; they were an icy blue, sheathed in gold. The mysterious woman lurched অগ্রবর্তী in a gangly motion, her head twitching and body convulsing as she continued to stumble. She squealed with vigor and stood up straight with a ear shattering crack.
She let out a growl and walked অগ্রবর্তী through the shattered glass and snapped her head down to the quivering scientists below her.
"Scared?!"
The creature hissed, her voice sounding like a stir of echoes, millions of voices clawing their way up her windpipe. She barred her carnivorous teeth and let out a scream much like a banshee. The two scientists scrambled to their feet and made an attempt to stand without falling back to their shaking knees. Mya had managed to get to the door of the laboratory, just as guards had rushed to her aide. Her male counterpart was not as lucky. The hybrid had extended claws from her fingertips and gouged one দ্বারা one into the helpless man. She screamed and retracted her fingers from the bleeding form and pushed it aside.
"What the fuck is that?!"
ব্যক্ত one guard, as he readied his Lancer. The banshee noticed this; and ran full force toward these glowies. The সেকেন্ড guard shook ferociously, but managed to get his finger onto the trigger and pull.
"Is this it? What we have been raising for almost five years?"
A female voice ব্যক্ত with wonder.
"This is it."
The hybrid was bound into a large metal contraption binding it's head, waist, arms and legs to prevent it from struggling অথবা squealing.
"You are aware this....thing, killed Arleon, right?"
"She's an infected little thing, that's for sure."
The experiment opened its eyes slowly and felt a great pain in the center of her forehead. She was clothed now, in a গাউন, gown made of rags and stained with oil and blood. The rags were stitched precariously and barely holding onto eachother.
"It's awake...."
ব্যক্ত a voice with venom dripping off the words and stinging the tense air.
"Theory: X13."
ব্যক্ত creature struggled in her iron prison and hissed at the woman before her.
"Queen Myrrah? What was your plan for this hybrid?"
Cold eyes stared out from a scowling skull, gouging deep trenches into Myrrah's uncaring irises.
"Simple really..."
She took in a sharp breath.
"COG has been suspicious, they don't think I can see what they are up to. I know Marcus wants to find his father, and I can't let that happen."
Her voice was like a vice grip, kept tightening and squeezing the tense air. Theory:X13 hissed and made a failed attempt to free herself দ্বারা kicking her legs. She stopped and flinched when a searing pain tore through her forehead. She had taken a bullet to the forehead, from a Boltok pistol wielded দ্বারা one of the "glowies".
Myrrah strode across the laboratory floor, never breaking eye contact with the hybrid.
"You're quite a sick thing."
The কুইন took a few confident steps toward the confined invalid. She stuck her nose in her face.
"I'm gonna use আপনি to spy on the Delta Squad."
"Fuck. You."
The creature spat directly into the queens face, watching her face pinch up in disgust with the acid like saliva dotting her face.
"You bitch!"
She sneered through grit teeth. She sighed and regained her composure.
"I'll just put আপনি to good use."
She looked over her right shoulder and motioned with her hand.
"Bring the vaccine."
A large needle was placed into her hand, filled with glowing azure liquid. She brought it level with the hybrid's neck and grinned wickedly.
"This will humanize you, bitch."
In one quick and powerful motion, she brought the syringe down into her neck, the creature gnashing and clawing at her restraints, howling like mad. The woman fell limp in her prison as her eyes grew wide, and pupils appeared and expanded.
Marcus had sprinted toward the upper deck with Sam not far behind, they had just hit the stairs when Marcus' earbud had fuzzed and flickered to life.
"Fenix. Presscott here. Just got word that Myrrah's been doing some experimenting on a few glowies."
Marcus' face wrinkled up in confusion as he pushed the mechanism further into his ear.
"Yeah? What of it?"
Marcus began up the steps. Sam keeping up with him.
"One has escaped..."
He paused for a সেকেন্ড and turned to look at Sam. She gave him a quizzical look and stepped up one আরো stair.
"Rumor has it that it needs to be killed, it's supposed to be extremely powerful. Track it down."
He shook his head and continued up the stairs. Sam was still frazzled, as she retch the শীর্ষ stair.
"We'd better get everybody ready. We gotta find Baird, he's working on that Rover."
"Aye! Baird!"
A maverick of a man was hunched over a large motor belonging to what looked like a land rover. His goggles pulled down over his eyes.
"What?! Kinda busy here!"
He hollered over his shoulder, then returned to his work.
"Baird!"
A feminine voice called this time, আরো persistent though.
"Jeez Louise! What the fuck?!"
He whipped his head around to find Sam and Marcus. They both stood with their arms crossed.
"Almost finished?"
Asked a sarcastic Sam as she batted her eyes. She smiled slightly, her lips curling back and revealing her pearly whites. Her mocha eyes were swallowed up দ্বারা her tan cheeks.
"Oh Sam, আপনি don't ever learn do you? আপনি can't rush art."
Baird stood up and towered over her, his chin coming to the শীর্ষ of her brunette head. He ruffled her hair with his oil-caked gloves and grinned cockily.
"We're almost out of Lambent territory. Get that Rover ready."
The ship rocked violently and threw all three COG members off their balance momentarily. Baird stabilized himself on the corner of the rover.
"That rover is gonna have to be good enough."
Marcus ব্যক্ত as he helped Sam up.
"But it's not-"
"Its good enough! We've hit shore."
Marcus shouted as he ran back to the upper deck.
"Fuck..."
He cussed under his breath in a gruff tone as he pulled his goggles back over his blonde head.
The Sovereign had docked in Mercy about an ঘন্টা ago, Delta Squad had been tromping through the city for a while, and Marcus had informed the rest of the group about the rampaging invalid, so far they hadn't found anything relevant. Screeching had startled the group, it was a hollow howling. They all readied themselves,K wielding their lancers. They were led through a piece of dismantled building to a large dark cemetery. They each tried their best to keep quiet.
"So...what is it that we are looking for?"
Baird whispered.
"A ghost?"
Sam nudged him with a mean look on her face.
Then came the screech again. A woman appeared form the darkness, dressed in the usual COG gear, sporting a Lancer. An infected human had been on her heels, but she skidded to a stop and revved up her chainsaw, and on a dime, cut the creature in half.
"What the hell...?"
Marcus walked toward the mystery woman, the squad following close behind.
"What are আপনি doing way out here?"
She whizzed around, Lancer still in hand.
"Marcus Fenix. Delta Squad."
He held out his hand as he scanned her features. She was fair with high cheekbones and long lashes jutting out from her Polynesian eyes with deep blue irises which sparkled with bright yellow specks, resembling emulsion. Her hair was long and dark and straight, coming to her mid waist, parted on the side and with her bangs pulled back in a clip. Her nose stood out from her bright face, turning up slightly.
"Nicole Theory. COG."
She shook his hand, her grip was firm, yet lady like.
"Why have we never met আপনি before?"
Anya asked as she stepped from beside Cole.
"I've been here awhile. I'm out here looking for that mutant."
"You too?"
Inquired Baird. Her eyes fixed upon the man, scanning his posture and eyes. She bit her lip slightly.
"I was a COG that was left behind when the rest fled to Anvil Gate."
Her voice trailed off.
"Whatever happened to 'Brothers 'till the end'?"
Cole ব্যক্ত as he shuffled around. Marcus fanned out one of his arms in the direction of his friends.
"Nicole; this is Cole, Anya, Dom, Sam, Carmine, and Baird."
They nodded and saluted with two fingers.
"Nice to meet আপনি all."
Marcus motioned with his hand to follow him.
"If আপনি don't mind, I'd like to ask a few questions. If you'd come back to the ship with us."
"Of course, Mr. Fenix."