The Apocalypse 2: Rise of Zephiles [The Original]

Ch. 1

It was night and it was cold and two guards were patrolling the compound. The other military personnel were inside either sleeping or monitoring the security cameras. They worked in shifts, switching back and forth from sleeping to monitoring and then back to sleeping. It was just another ordinary night except when the patrol team didn't report in.

"Hey, Barnes! Go check on them, will ya?" asked one of the guards monitoring the cameras.

"Sure." said Barnes, and he headed outside. "Where are you guys?" he yelled. "This isn't funny! It's not my turn to be out here! Now, where are--" he stopped when he noticed a pair of feet sticking out of an open doorway of a shack a couple feet away.

He ran over to investigate. When he swung the door open he saw the two dead guards who were supposed to be patrolling. They were, of course, dead.

The guard inside was still watching the cameras when he saw something blue-ish zip by the camera that was outside. He was about to call Barnes when...

"We have two down! I repeat, two down."

"Barnes! Get back in here! Now!"

"What?"

"Get back inside! There's something out there!"

"There's what? What's out--"

His voice suddenly stopped.

"Barnes?" asked the guard. "Barnes?" No answer. He got up and pulled out his gun. "You guys. With me." he said, pointing to two nearby guards.

"They exited the building, guns drawn. The guard who was monitoring the cameras signaled the other two to split up. He went straight and the others went left and right. He heard a thud and turned around. One of the guards was dead.

"Jimmy?" he asked, pointing his gun.

He heard a gunshot and looked. The other guard was dead, too. He fired off a couple of rounds, hoping to hit something.

"Where are you?" he yelled.

"Right here." came a voice.

He turned around and saw a blue-ish hedgehog standing in front of him. In a split second, the hedgehog knocked out the guard.

"Foolish human." said the hedgehog.

"He entered the base. There were a bunch of corridors. The hedgehog took the one on the left and rounded a corner. There were two guards patrolling the corridor.

"This is too easy." the hedgehog said, rushing the two guards.

The guards were down in a matter of seconds. The hedgehog turned down a couple more corridors until he came to a large metal double-door. There was a sign on the right side of the door. It read, "Do Not Open Under Any Circumstances". This, of course, didn't bother the hedgehog. He walked to the doors and evaporated into a cloud of black smoke. He eased his way through the small crack in between the large doors. He re-formed on the other side. He saw what he was after; a large machine. It was circular with the center being hollow. It looked like the Stargate. The hedgehog walked over to it and hit some buttons on the side. The machine powered up and the center was filled with a blue energy. The hedgehog stepped back as a giant, dark green, reptilian creature emerged from the blue energy. It had a long tail that had spikes near the end. The creature let out a long growl. When the creature stood up, it was a full 40 feet.

"It feels good to be back!" the creature said in a deep,

guttural voice. He looked down at the hedgehog. "Who are you?"

"Me? I'm the one who freed you."

"'Freed me'? Why?"

"Well, I have a plan I think you might be interested in."

The creature thought for a minute and then said, "I'm listening."