[b][u]The Green Zone Part VI: Downfall.[/u][/b]
[b]Recovered Full-Band Audio Transcripts, Greenspear DMZ, Terra, Starting at 2210H.[/b]
Subject 1, hereby designated [b]S1[/b]:
[b]Hey, Mercy Actual's back in. They found something in the sewers under that hospital. Some kind of container. [/b]
Subject 2, hereby designated [i]S2[/i]:
[i]Have them cut it open, see what's inside.[/i]
ERROR: Surveillance devices detect massive spike in temporal/electromagnetic energy. Systems show massive blackout wave radiating from Greenspear medical facilities.
[b]S1: What in the hell was that?[/b]
[i]S2: Mercy Actual, report.[/i]
[b]S1: Hey, boss. Some kind of container. It's got vials inside, and some kind of- Johannes, don't touch that- [/b]
TIMECHECK 2215H: Second blackout wave is emitted. Biological incursions detected in residential zones, ICUs of medical centers. Surveillance devices record explosion in sub-basement 5b.
[b]S1: Oh, crap. OPEN FIRE, OPEN FIRE![/b]
[i]S2: Mercy, report! Jackson![/i]
TIMECHECK 2225H: Formerly deceased contacts are seen regaining ambulatory function & thermal signature. Heavy levels of EM radiation detected. Multiple detonations and temporal incursions recorded throughout Greenspear AO.
[b]S1: They're coming in! Overlord, this is Mercy Actual! They're everywhere! Hostile units exhibit teleportation capa-[/b]
ERROR: Sounds of ripping, tearing. Voice patterns matching S1 & accompanying units heard screaming, calling for help, etc.
[i]S2: Mercy, report! We just got a big wave of-[/i]
TIMECHECK 2233H: Greenspear command facility experiences blackout wave. Deceased signatures multiply, heading for location of S2.
[b]S1: This is... Mercy Actual... to all Greenspear personnel. Evacuate all civilians via SG systems. Sauve qui peut, and may whatever Higher Power you believe in guide you. [/b]
[i]S2: We confirm, Mercy Actual. Beginning-[/i]
TIMECHECK 2235H: Deceased signatures close in on personnel section of onshore facilities. Greenspear vehicles & personnel that escape said signatures are recorded as using relative motion relays to shift to offshore site SHERWOOD. Remaining Greenspear units are quickly pushed back.
[i]S2: They're coming in! Attention, sites SHERWOOD and GREEN ZONE: Broken Arrow engaged, per Protocol 65-Gamma-Epsilon.[/i]
TIMECHECK 2240H: At this point, two missiles are launched from offshore site SHERWOOD.
[b]S1: Mercy Actual copies last, Sherwood. Make your peace, folks. Our father...[/b]
TIMECHECK 2245H: Missile 1 begins arc toward site GREEN ZONE, but is detonated at airburst level.
[i]S2: (gunfire) COME ON, YOU APES! YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER?[/i]
TIMECHECK 2250H: S2's broadcast point is overrun by unknown signatures.
[b]S1: And the power.... (gunfire)[/b]
TIMECHECK 2256H: Missile Two begins its terminal descent path.
[b]S1: (physical struggle, gunfire) ...Forever and ever, amen.[/b]
ERROR: BLAST RECORDED AT GREENSPEAR SITE GREEN ZONE AT 2300H. DETONATIONS ARE CONFIRMED TO BE NUCLEAR STRIKE WEAPONS, ORIGINATING FROM SITE "SHERWOOD." ALL MAINLAND GREENSPEAR FACILITIES CURRENTLY OFFLINE. BLAST PATTERNS SHOW THAT FALLOUT PRECIPITATION IS EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD, DUE TO REFINEMENT OF MISSILE PAYLOAD. SEMPER VIGILIS.
[spoiler]Open. Happy day of the Turkey.[/spoiler]
English
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The DMZ seems largely abandoned on the Greenspear side. A large spectrum of isotopic and electromagnetic radiation is present across the area, with a steady EM pulse being emitted from the site's hospital section.
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Inside the hospital are the strewn-about bodies of several hundred soldiers and civilians. Surrounding them are bare skeletons, lying atop piles of ash. A high-pitched frequency begins to pulse across the soldier's radio unit, and does not cease.
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The walls and ceiling of the hospital are charred and broken from the nuclear detonation. The outlines of various humanoid figures, incinerated in the blast, can be seen, along with some form of tendrils, which point backward, into the hospital's subterranean sections.
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The pulsating signal becomes stronger. A grinding noise becomes evident, seconds before a group of terribly malformed corpses emerge from holes in the walls and floor of the hospital. The source of the tendrils is now evident, as a large carpeting of dead, burnt flesh is seen covering the walls and ceiling in hallways leading to the hospital's morgue.
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The corpses shuffle forward, their flesh hanging in long strips. Some are covered in pustules or long, bloody gashes. Many wear the remains of hospital gowns and Greenspear hazmat suits. The tendrils begin to glow slightly, emitting a semi-luminescent orange cloud.
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The holes that the lasers create do not affect the figures, until a lucky shot manages to ignite the fuel pack of one of the broken hazmat suits. The creature begins to writhe about, and soon lies still. The other corpses begin to be slowly blown apart, but only firing towards the chest and brain does damage. The orange cloud begins to eat through the men's suits.
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The creatures keep up their assault until one of the corpses, set aflame by a lucky laser blast, stumbles into one of the cloud-producing polyps. The EM pulses become a prolonged shriek before all the undead forms collapse, disintegrating into skeletons, atop small piles of ash.
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"What the hell were those things?!" Asks one of the troops, his tone a frightened one. "I dunno, but we need to warn the others. Ramsey, Harrison, head back to the Vertibird." Says the squad leader in a rather calm tone considering the situation.