FalloutJack

Metroid: Final Protocol

The door was now closing. And while Zen was not exactly known for his expressions of emotion - since he had the three red eyes and no proper face - he had been mildly irked by the fact that it had taken as long as it did. However, this all quickly vanished because his escape had also been assured by some covering fire from people beforehand. The blast door would drop down on a release - as blast doors were want to do - once triggered. Zen turned and fired his engines as soon as he heard the click.

SHOOM!!!

The android flew by the people gathered at the doorway so fast that they would feel his passing through the sudden vibrations in the air. He did so, his foot scraping the floor and briefly raising sparks, and was in just in time, just as calculated. The Serris were all charging at high speed at once, also as predicted, and the door slammed down in their faces. Following this, the team would hear repeated Thunk-Thunk noises of the creatures banging against the door. Zen dropped down in front of it and scanned.

"They are unable to penetrate the blast door. We are isolated from them now."

He turned to the others now.

"When we are prepared to leave, I will remote-activate my ship to commence suppression fire on the area and draw any attention on this outpost away. That is assuming the perimeter guns are not operational, of course."

Actually, the guns were operational. Judging by the look of things, some of them had been wrecked, and the rest had either been de-powered or switched off. As Zen approached the security station computer to switch, he found out that it was the former problem, as trying to reach the main computer from here or activate the turrets outside produced sparks flying from a junction box on the wall (for regulating the flow of energy to the perimeter lights, shield, and guns) and a number of torn high-test cords along the ceiling (for reaching the main computer.

"This station is of no particular use. However, the evidence of local damage suggests that the main computer - which would be our goal anyway - will yield results for all our concerns through back-up information and auxiliary lines. As it is obvious that a creature of great impact entered the bunker through the front door, we will need to be on our guard."

Yeah, but...what did it?

✧ Adventure Must Continue ✧

Mostly, he had wanted to see what they would DO, and the answer was that apparently...they would stop. A whole entire legion of warriors - six hundred strong - had come to a grinding halt because a cat had just intersected their path.

Today was a good day.

It all started with the man in the lead, their king...according to the burning lady. Yes, yes, the word used was valkyrie. Garlock didn't care, not unless she was actually a bird woman and she tasted like chicken. Truth be told, however, he began to wonder about these people. Not one of them was human. A form of demon? Semi-minotaurans and satyr-kind? The possibilities were endless. He couldn't just kill these people yet. Not only did he have no idea if they were take-on-able, but he wanted to know what they were, especially since King Lucius wanted to engage him as an equal, having reasoned out that he was not a simple cat, maybe not even just an extraordinary cat. Besides, there was a third reason... For now, though, let's keep to this little encounter. The burning captain, who was probably skeptical of her king's assessment, would now hear Garlock's voice, clear as day. He was laughing as he straightened up into a sitting position.

"I guess you can't fool a king with instincts as sharp as yours. Who'd survive your line of work without 'em?"

That was a bit of a dig on the lady who apparently HAD been fooled by his innocent play.

"But even still, curiosity doth prod me forwards."

A swirling flame of darkness engulfed the cat as Garlock made his proper entrance, changing forms into a humanoid shape, clad in his robe, his belt, his gauntlets and boots, and so on. He crossed his arms and the red eyes gleaning from the darkness of his hood glared at the army of potentially-demonic-people.

"I am Garlock the Wandering Mage of the Black Staff. I go where the muse takes me, and any man who would hire me as a mere spy is wasting both his time and mine."

And just a little 'Take That' to the Lords of the Cathedral. Now, the cat smiled as he said...

"So, was it war, or merely pest control? Your battle, I mean."

Of course, at this point, we can't really tell if Garlock is following the orders that were given to him or messing around with the king for funsies or planning to go on a little trip or WHAT. You can't really get a read on him, EXCEPT for the fact that he is some kind of dark magus who seems interested in this army of six hundred demons and whatever war they were in. It's one of those things.

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@UltimoScorp Pokey?

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@SimpleWriter Oh, this is fine. The only real plan I have for the moment is that as soon as the door is released, Zen will be in there like nno tomorrow.

Gurr'Kha - The Dead World

I'll be posting later.

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It was probably a good thing that Kathrine and them were forcefully taken away from the situation assaulting them. The truth was that contact with a flailing, monstrous creature trying to snap its jaws at you was going to have a minor drain on the quarantine field. After all, the creature was made of X-matter and actively trying to harm her. It was also a fact that while she had been dealing with that, the other two Serris dove at Zen now, forcing him to use a combination of eye beams and pulse shots to throw them both back. His suppression wasn't going to hold if all three got in a good charge. One of them would get past and assault the team. With them having retreated, Zen began to back up further to give himself more room to work with.

For those making their way into the bunker itself, things were a mess in here. Wrecked vehicles, torn uniforms, dents and blaster burns on the walls, explosive damage... There were damaged interior doors here, as well, including a torn-open guard station that looked like something had been crushed against the back wall of it...but most of the controls here were in decent enough condition to manage the perimeter and the blast doors. There was also a very obvious blast door switch on a wall that was not harmed, fortunately. They were gonna need it, because the perimeter guns looked like they needed time to reinitialize, and the status on some of them would - naturally - be completely kaput.

Outside, time was running out. The three Serris were becoming more coordinated. Zen estimated another ten seconds at the max before they rushed him at one. This was going to be close, hence why he had given himself a head start and was already airborne.

"Everyone get inside immediately and close the door. I will enter at maximum speed before it is shut."

You could hear his thruster pack humming to full capacity.

Gurr'Kha - The Dead World

@Lady Selune Divine concussion.

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Soons. I had stuff to deal with, myself.

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@CAS1006 The X need their mass to be roughly the blob size you see floating around to get around, otherwise they're at the mercy of the air currents and the elements and so on. They can't just gas you.

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@CAS1006 You're right! Farts aren't even REMOTELY X-related, so why WOULD they be blocked?