PROJECT METRONOMICON

Chapter Two: METRONOMICON

I wake up to a buzz, I rip my hand out of the muddy wall of trench and fumble for my phone. I pull it out, a message from an unknown number has been sent. 

  You've made it to the trench line, please direct yourself to the train station to your left, located in Minsk Belarus, there will be one functional train, train number 308. it will take you to 61-40-48'N 68-10-50'E, where will you check in to join. 

I slide the phone back into my chest rig, I pull myself up and grab my rifle, I pan my head to my left, where I see a silver entrance to what seems to be a tunnel, at least 200 yards away. I yank my boot out of the mud and jog down the abandoned trench. I reach the entrance and peer down the once moving escalator. I jump over the rail and slide down. 

When I arrive, I see a dozen or so creatures, all about 7 feet tall, covered in a white web like cocoon, all sticking out of what seems to be pillars from the ground, I dart my eyes at the floor and sit on a bench. Not sure how, but I drift off to sleep after about 30 minutes of waiting, I wake to hear the sound of a train rumbling down the shattered tunnels, followed by a notification. 

You have 5 minutes to board the train, if you are on before that, hit the button located to the left of the second to last door. 

 With that, I get up as the train comes to a slow stop. I jog over to the second to last door and get on, I turn to my left and hit the button labeled "Metro-" the rest seems to be scratched out.

Now at this point, you may be wondering what the fuck a "METRONOMICON" is, and honestly I'm not sure, all I know is what the group is. Earlier into my diary I wrote down some quotes from Knyazev Vladimirovich, a Russian scientist who was working on a secret project, unrelated to the outbreak, when the outbreak on January 17th started. He had been working on bio-engineering for the Russian government to create a super weapon, or a creature to beat anything, so naturally, some creatures that are beating the US military show up, he is going to use them to create an even better one. After studying the creatures until late 2038, almost all governments had fallen, leaving military groups to defend against the creatures. Knyazev Vladimirovich, residing in Siberia, founded a group of bunkers and labs around the area which he dubbed "Project Metronomicon" which was meant to protect the scientists and study the creatures in order to kill them. After 6 years of the city being open, a group of Ex-Russian infantry members stumbled across it, which at this point, them all being stuck in Siberia, begged to stay with the scientists. They accepted, but used their injured as test subjects, the now city had a population of roughly 3,000. And on a fateful day, they made a broadcast to the world, like they had years earlier. 

  I am Knyazev Vladimirovich, formally of the Russian Federation, the date is September 28th of 2047, it's been 11 years since the outbreak of the creatures. We have made a break through, 1,576 creatures have been studied at Metronomicon, since 2038. Entity 1, known as "The Sphere" is a fractured metallic creature that is round in shape, has a single robotic seemingly, eye and comes in the shape of a sphere. We've trained it, the creature is fully capable of speech however it refuses to talk, but it can and will understand[10:20 PM]us, it has been weaponized, being able to fire weapons of our own, and their own, creation. We are working towards this being the case for several dozen other entities, but this is our first. Project Leshy, started in 2032, formed to Project Metronomicon in 2038, and today, the city Metronomicon, consisting of 11,763 people, has formed. We have creatures guarding us from their own, a military personal of 9,000, and an infrastructure superior to even the peak of the former United States. If you need us, instructions on how to arrive will be sent via text message, our number is the same as our radio frequency. So, see you soon, wanders.