Goddammit, I fell asleep again. I can hear things happening around me. I can't open my eyes. Why? I can feel my hand move a little bit. "He's waking up! Restrain him!", a man with a deep voice shouted.
My eyes snap open. I see four men standing over me. I punch the man trying to restrain me in the crotch. He rolls up into a ball of dismay and crumbles to the ground. One of the men was very young, perhaps even a boy. He looked 17 or maybe 18. He was holding a pistol at me and looked terrified. In one quick motion I punch his wrist and grab the gun as it starts to fall. I the hit him over the head with it and knocked him out.
How do I know how to fight like this?
Two other men were there but they had no weapons. They were just some scientists that I assume work at this facility. I point the gun at them. "Give me your access card!", I shouted while striking them with the fear of God. How did I know they had access cards? One of them quite swiftly handed me something that looked a hell of a lot like an access card, so I took it and ran.
I was running down long hallways with tons of doors. All of the doors looked exactly the same. Glowing red and a plaque on the wall next to it with a number written on it. I needed to find my door and get the gun that I hid. I only had one clip in the one I stole from the boy.
All of a sudden a loud ass alarm goes off and I see flashing red lights. Damnit, I should have done something about those two scientists. Nothing I can do now. I need to find my room and get that extra ammo.
I ran down the hall until I found 042.
I needed to get the extra clip from the gun I hid. I opened the door by sliding the key card across a small pad on the wall. The door turned green and opened with a hiss. I quickly ran inside and flipped over the mattress.
Thank God. The gun was still there. I took the clip out and slid it into my pocket. If I am going to escape this place I am going to need as much ammo as I can get. How do I know how to do all this? I am an excellent fighter and seem to know a lot about combat. But how?
I heard footsteps down the hall and ran the opposite direction. "Freeze!", someone yelled as they rounded a corner. I kept running and made it around a corner when a single gunshot went off and hit the wall right next to me. I need to hide!
I kept running down the hallway, rounding corners and dodging bullets. I was much faster that the guards were and I wad gaining distance. I eventually found a door to what looked like a lab of sorts. I slid the card, and the door opened. I quickly ran inside as the door closed and hid behind a server rack.
I could hear the guards run right by the room and their foot steps eventually became distant. Hell yeah! I lost them! I looked around the room and saw a few computers and of course the server racks. I decided to look at one of the computers to see if it has information about this place.
It was a plain terminal with an empty line the had some presumably login information.
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $
It's a Linux terminal. How do I know that? Perhaps I know how to use it. I tried something simple. I typed "help".
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $ help
Bash: help: not found
Okay, well this is going to be very difficult. Maybe there is some documents around somewhere that have a list of commands. I looked in the drawers on the desk and happend to find a binder with lots of scratched down notes about various things. On the back cover there was just what I was looking for. A list of commands.
ls - list directory
cd <path>- change directory
touch <name> - create file
nano - built in text editor
sudo <command> - override permission denial
There was a lot more on the list but this seemed to be all I needed. I typed "ls" to see what was in the directory.
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $ ls
Subjects
Locations
Staff
Weapons
Experiments
Server_logs
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $
There are a lot of folders here that must contain the information I need. I decided to open the "Subjects" folder hoping I could find myself and figure out who I am.
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $ cd Subjects
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $ ls
Sub1 Sub11 Sub21 Sub31 Sub41
Sub2 Sub12 Sub22 Sub32 Sub42
Sub3 Sub13 Sub23 Sub33 Sub43
Sub4 Sub14 Sub24 Sub34 Sub44
Sub5 Sub15 Sub25 Sub35 Sub45
Sub6 Sub16 Sub26 Sub36 Sub46
Sub7 Sub17 Sub27 Sub37 Sub47
Sub8 Sub18 Sub28 Sub38 Sub48
Sub9 Sub19 Sub29 Sub39 Sub49
Sub10 Sub20 Sub30 Sub40 Sub50
There are 50 people imprisoned here? Godamnit, what the fuck do they want with us? What are they doing with us? So many questions, not enough answers. Perhaps I will read my file and figure out what is going on.
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $ nano Sub42
Subject ID: 042
Full name: Xavier Llewoh
Date of capture: 060182020:2248
Location: Earth gate 3
Description:
6'1"
32 years old
Master Chief Petty Officer; SEALs
Found outside of earth gate 3. Taken into the program's custody in order to maintain secrecy. Strangely well adapted to specimen E.13. Very strong and resistant, must be restrained when being transported. The Icelands do not seem to affect his sense of time. If we can convince him to comply he could weild E.13.B, however we must wipe his memory after each attempt.
END OF SUBJECT FILE.
lab6_2@ice_plane2: / $
Bash: Session force closed by server.
Oh shit. They must know I was on this computer. I need to find a place to hide. I looked around the room and found a heating duct that was loose. I might as well climb into it. I pulled off the vent, climbed inside, and replaced the vent cover.
So many questions filled my mind. I'm a prisoner here? What is today's date? I must have my fighting skills from the seals but what is going on here? What is E.13? Who are the other subjects? What are The Icelands?
I need to find a way out...
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The Icelands
Science FictionA man by the name of "042" wakes up in some sort of laboratory with no memory of his life before the lab. He eventually discovers that the lab is experimenting with ancient technology that was stolen from an Egyptian tomb. He must fight his way out...
