CREATED by dsweet: 5/26/00 0a1,132 > 000521 -- The Sunken Horrors -- part I > ====================================== > > AUTHOR: dsweet > COMPOSED: 5/26/00 > STORY: > Our heroes wander the under water complex. > They walk in many directions and try many hatches. > Many hatches are protected by a card swip device. > After an hour the group tries to force a door with a card swip but in the end > they decide to continue walking. > They get the gist from the area they have already explored that the base is > made of concentric circular halls occasional linked. > They must have arrived in the outer most circular halls. > They decide to head towards the center of the complex. > > Meanwhile, Rick has a really good look at the white worms in the water. > He uses his biology background and pronouces these worms only exist in the > Atlantic Ocean. > > After another forty minutes they spy a man in a grey-blue uniform walking > towards them. > Jay immediately assumes this man one of the people responsible for their > predicament, "what the hell have you done to us?" > The man in the uniform starts to yell at them simultaneously, "where the hell > have you all been?" > Now standing only a few feet from each other, the man in the uniform has his > hands on his hips while he looks up and down the motley crew in front of him. > The focus group begin to make demands. > "Get us out of here." > "Your legally responsible for our mental hardships." > "Tell us where we are." > "Who the hell are you?" > The posture, attitudes, and questions worry the man in the uniform. > The man does tell the group his name is Captain John Henrikson before he > reaches for the commication device on his shoulder. > Jay blurts out, "get him.". > The Black Scorpion goes into action placing the Captain in a full nelson before > he get communicate a single word. > > The questions begin to fly. > Despite how bizarre they are the Captain answers as many as he can. > They are in a Hiromatsu Power Station. > The station amoung other things mines Hyperiote. > Many of the card swipe protected doors are to transport tubes. > They are obviously the Gamma team sent by the company to investigate the weird > lights, dolphins, and hunter killer subs that have recently been seen nearby. > It is June 27th 2045. > The U.S government, like many governments, still exist but is a mere country. > It is considerably weaker then many of the multi-national corporations like > Hiromatsu. > He believes they are suffering from nitrogen narcosis as a result of a pressure > leak in the sub used to transport them to the power station. > He urges the group as strongly as his situation would allow that the gamma team > should follow him to the sick bay so they can be depresurized properly. > > Eventually the Captain is released. > Together they all walk to a transport tube and travel to the sick bay. > When they arrive the Captain is surprised to find Doctor Hyperron is not there. > The tech Grigori Tiche is capable enough of running much of the Doctor's > equipment so he performs the necessary tests on the gamma team. > Due to the behavior the Captain described Grigori is surprised to find the > internal body pressure of each of the gamma team is at sea level. > Grigori theorizes that there must have been a small leak in the sub but since > they have been on the station they must have equalized to the sea level > pressure inside the station. > This seems to satisfy the Captain who asks Grigori to equip the team and get > them to VP Butler. > > Grigori walks the team to the locker room designed for any visiting gamma teams. > The team puts on various pieces of the equipment but none seem to want to get > into full uniform. > All of them are interested in carrying the blaster pistols though. > Grigori suggests that each at least put the Gamma team emblem on their > shoulders. > Grigori walks Cherry to the women's locker. > > Rick decides to prove they are in a video game by showing everyone the blasters > are just lazer tag guns. > He successfully terminates the locker in front of him. > When Grigori hears the weapon's discharge he radios in and suggests Cherry > stays here until the unavoidable scrimish is avoided. > > The Captain arrives with an eight man security team. > They are all armed and at the ready. > Common sense wins out. > Rick agrees to go with the Captain for a full physical. > Rick's weapon is taken from him. > Rick is taken to the isolation cells. > Just as Rick reaches the cells a man in a white lab coat rushes him and his > security retinue. > He grabs for a security guard's blaster and demands they shoot him. > The guards are able to keep the gun away from him and usher him into his cell. > Rick is placed in the cell next to him. > Rick eventually communicates with the man who turns out to be Dr. Hyperron. > He is confused but remembers his year of birth. > He talks about the lights and the dolphins and is sure they will all die > horrible deaths. > > Meanwhile, the equipped team reaches Executive Vice President Bulter for their > briefing. > The VP doesn't reveal very much additional information about their mission but > does let it slip the complex is short handed. > He will be able to provide a sub pilot for them if they need one. > He is surprised to discover that no pilot was a member of the team. > He also mentions that the sub spotted is probably from their competition, the > Rio Largo Corp. > Jay insists that Rick is a essential member of their team and should be > released. > The rest of the team vouches for him and as a result gets him released. > > The team meets Leon Vlasky at the Mini-Submarine Troop Transport. > They take it out for a spin. > Leon explains the sub's operation to Jay who picks it up quickly. > Navigation, sonar, and weapon systems are explained. > The sub has a mini-torpedo and a Blue-green vehicular laser. > After a short time they head back to the docking bay and Leon departs. > > Jay takes control of the sub and steers it towards the ridge where the lights > have been spotted. > Rick takes this time where the team is alone to describe his encounter with the > Dr. > He believes they are truely in 2045 and should takes this very seriously. > Jay says that if this is real explain why I am able to pilot this sub. > > While skimming over the ocean floor everyone scans the water around them. > Rick sees what he thinks a eerie group of eyes starring at them from north of > the ridge they are heading for. > Despite how much this disturbs him he shakes it off and annouces his find to > the group. > They decide to head towards the eyes which turn out to be the running lights of > a hunter killer sub. UPDATED by dsweet: 5/26/00 5a6 > UPDATED: 5/26/00 121,122c122 < Rick takes this time where the team is alone to describe his encounter with the < Dr. --- > Now that the team is alone, Rick describes his encounter with the Dr. 124c124 < Jay says that if this is real explain why I am able to pilot this sub. --- > Jay says that if this is real then explain why he is able to pilot this sub. 127,128c127,128 < Rick sees what he thinks a eerie group of eyes starring at them from north of < the ridge they are heading for. --- > Rick sees what he thinks is an eerie group of eyes starring at them from north > of the ridge they are heading for. 132c132 < a hunter killer sub. --- > a hunter killer sub. UPDATED by dsweet: 5/26/00 127c127 < Rick sees what he thinks is an eerie group of eyes starring at them from north --- > Rick sees what he thinks is an eerie group of eyes staring at them from north UPDATED by kube: 5/30/00 6c6 < UPDATED: 5/26/00 --- > UPDATED: 5/30/00 77c77 < Grigori walks Cherry to the women's locker. --- > Grigori walks Amber to the women's locker. 82c82 < When Grigori hears the weapon's discharge he radios in and suggests Cherry --- > When Grigori hears the weapon's discharge he radios in and suggests Amber UPDATED by dsweet: 5/30/00 77c77 < Grigori walks Amber to the women's locker. --- > Grigori walks Amber to the women's locker room.