Syndicate: The Underground

Chapter 1: The Base

Project 27 walked along in the darkness. He trained his eyes forward, yet he continued to get distracted. There was so much to see in the Underground. He was very cautious though. With every step he took, he had the feeling that he was being watched. Project 3 was helping Project 2 in the darkness as best he could. The gash in her neck was still bleeding and everyone was worried about their Alpha. He turned and paused. He had to wait for the others to catch up. He looked back through the rubble and starred at the others in the darkness. He considered them his family, after all, he didn't have one. Except for Project 1. He growled at the thought of his brother. He shook his head with a whimper. He did not want to think about it. As the others caught up he turned around to begin walking forward again but then he froze in his tracks... Dark red eyes glared at him and his fur stood up on end. His face fell and he silently whisper,

"Fall back... Walk very very quietly..." Project 2's head shoot up and she tried to struggle up to the front of the pack. She climbed up the ruble and stood next to project 27 and didn't step forward.

"What is it 27 what do u see?" He was silent and then quietly nudged her back with his head. She looked down at him confused and afraid as he pushed her back to project 3 and once he got her there he silently whispered,

"It's a Stalker, it's currently offline but we really shouldn't wake it up...the creators will kill us if they find out that we escaped the Dæmons." Project 2's eyes widened and she skittered back a bit making a slight noise. Project 27 bit his lip and held his breath and looked over his shoulder. A small whirring sound made him flinch and the sound of gears grinding make him quiver. The sound of a large machine starting up made everyone start to run back into the darkness. Project 2 began to limp and project 3 supported her while 27 stood still, frozen, as the machine in front of him sparked to life and then the eyes flashed with light showing that the start up was complete.

"PROJECT 27 MOVE!!!!" Project 2 shouted at the top of her lungs bring him back to his senses. He got up and ran and hide the monster began to move and his joints grinded together as he shook out his rusted limbs. A low robotic snarl echoed and shook the walls around it and then it stepped forward. It's eyes lot up brighter reaching to the end of the long area. It scanned through the area looking for a sign of life it's body still had it's camouflage on and only the eyes were visible floatin around the room like a Spector. Everyone held their breath as the monster walked around the room they could hear it's long claws screech on the ground which sounded like chipped glass on a black board. An occasional growl allowed the pack to pin point it's location and decided wether they needed to skirt around in the darkness to remain hidden. Project 27 retracted his claws and ran around on his soft quiet paws, light- footedly he stepped through the darkness and his again. He could hear the lite electrical current running through the monster like electricity on electrical wire that familiar buzz levitated and hummed throughout he area. As project 27 came up to project 2 he could she she was tryin to not bite his head off,

"What are we going to do idiot? He sensed you which is why it's looking for us." Project 27 lowered his ear and then whispered back.

"If we keep playing cat an mouse we might be able to wait this out until it shuts down again."

Project 2 snarled, "We don't have time for that we need to get deeper into the underground we need to get it out of here." Project 27 rolled his eyes and then growled at her,

"Are you vollenteering to let it chase you to the surface so the rest if us can move on?" 2 bowed her head and remained silent. She knew better than anyone that Stalkers only leave if someone sacrifices themselves for the good of the pack. She ha lost many members that way, members giving themselves up to save her life. She whimpered a little.