(IN STASIS) Assimilated Consequences: Half Life x Murder Drones

Man(n) vs Machine

Gordon continues to stare at the fire emitting from the lighter. He sits concerned about what is happening all around him. He watches as the fire dies out, similar to his own sanity. As he sits he wonders who he could really trust on this icicle. As he sits staring at the lighter N watches, concerned. "Uhhh. I understand how amazing fire is but...You've been doing that for a while Mr. Freeman." Gordon just looks back at N with a sad smile on his face. He turns back to the fire conflicted still on what to believe. He wants to protect his new friends, but after Uzi's strange episode, he's not so sure. He fought against the combine and they also had plots to destroy Humanity, so why is he helping someone with the same intent? As Gordon sat running through his choices Uzi called out from the pod. "N! Gordon! I found something here." N looks back at Gordon and then towards the pod unsure if Gordon heard her call him as Gordon still didn't move. N turned around and walked towards the pod. Inside the pod Uzi's eye is glitching out showing the symbol, immediately after the mirror she was staring into shatters. V, who's chained to the Pods controls watches. "That's weird and concerning." V sarcastic remarks cause Uzi to turn around. "Bite Me! This is probably you weirdos' fault!" V seems unbothered by the accusation and simply retracts the bubble wand. "I've never seen that symbol before" V's claw hand appears and a wide smile grows on her face "Wanna do an autopsy and find out?" Just then N comes down into the pod. V goes back to blowing bubbles. Uzi pulls out a pilot pin showing it to N. "Did you know that was a pilot hat?" Uzi gives the pin to N who looks at it astonished. "I was the pilot? That's awesome!" His gleeful demeanor immediately changes to one of sorrow. "I crashed and ruined everything." He then immediately goes back to his usual joyful attitude. "Space Pilot: Origin Story." Just then Gordon climbs down the pod, he stares at Uzi and then N who now had the pin on his hat. "Hey, Mr. Freeman!" He points excitedly to his hat. "I was the pilot!" Gordon smiled softly. V stops blowing her bubbles looking at Gordon. He makes eye contact as well, giving her a small glare. She hisses at him but immediately goes back to blowing bubbles to calm her down. V and Gordon haven't gotten along at all. Whenever Uzi and N went out to scavenge for stuff, Gordon was usually left back to keep an eye on her making sure she doesn't escape. V was itching for a rematch. She was humiliated by Gordon and continuously reminds Gordon whenever. She gets that if he didn't have that Orange Suit, he'd die quickly. Gordon seems to just ignore her, it's kinda hard to argue with someone who doesn't talk. As Gordon and V stare at each other with pure hatred N turns to Uzi. "Speaking of piloting to earth, we sure 'murder all humans' is, uh, morality?" Uzi, who was busy fixing up the pod, turns to N. "The humans sent you without a communication relay reformatted your memories to soup." She quietly looks towards Gordon who was looking inside some cabinets when he turns towards Uzi she quickly snaps back to N. "Covering their tracks means their past negotiating...Not like they tried negotiating with my mom." Gordon looks towards Uzi at the mention of her mother, Khan said her name was Nori, she seemed to have a deep understanding of how the inner workings of this place worked. "Or you missed negotiations!" V lurches forward inches away from Uzi's face,being kept back by the chains, N cowers in fright and Gordon pulls out his pistol aiming it at V. "The humans programmed us to solve a problem, Where's the proof of YOUR backstory? The one where your kind's so conveniently innocent." She then turns towards Gordon who still holding her at gunpoint feels uneasy. "Or YOU. I know you're not as clueless as you let on. Sooner or later we'll see what's in that little tiny head of yours. She knocks Gordon on the head to prove her point. Gordon stays his ground eager to put this sadistic bitch out of her misery. N grabs Gordons Free hand, Gordon looks back at N who softly shakes his head at him. Gordon slowly puts the gun down sitting in one of the chairs as V looks at him grinning. "J was getting orders from someone. If not the company through relay, then who....and how?" Uzi attempts to say something only for her to slump back defeated. "Quit complicating my Murder plan." As she pouts N tries to comfort her with a pat on the head but she quickly slaps it away. Gordon, who once again needed to take a piss, steps outside to do so. As he does however he notices G-man from afar. He watches as G-man straightens his tie and walks toward the colony. Gordon, worried about what he had planned, follows G-man close by. Gordon lost G-man almost immediately but Gordon knew where he was going he went to the colony banging on the door. A Worker Drone answers it as the door opens slightly, their head peering out. "Uuuuh, you're the human, who helped kill that Murder Drone, right?" Gordon nodded slowly looking into the crack to see if he could see Gman. "Well, come on in, just don't enslave us to do your bidding or anything." Gordon nodded as the doors opened up fully. Gordon walks in.