114 Hostile Construct

Part 1: The Fall

114 is a safe unit that was built in the 90s. The island that our facility resigns is circle-like, has a giant lake in the middle, and the interior walls of the island that surround the lake stand tall. Construct 114 hangs off the interior wall. The unit was designed to break apart from the rest of the facility hidden within the island, and shoot off to the other side, getting whoever is inside to safety. In case of emergency, it is also designed to provide supplies for survival and can withstand almost any happening that may go wrong. Almost.

There they are. The sirens I've been dreading to hear all day. We all know why those sirens are going off. "We're under attack," I say. Red lights flashing, security running through the halls, yelling at us all to hightail it to the main hall. We all know where we need to go. We must follow protocol, head to Construct 114.

We all run as fast as we can, not looking back, or at least I wasn't. There were so many noises; the sirens, rapid gunfire, screaming, some of the screams sounded completely horrific. I finally made it through the door, into the safe unit. I turn back as I enter, keeping the door open for those behind me... Except, there was no one behind me. Only bodies and blood and it were everywhere... But then, I saw someone. Someone was running in my direction. I held the door open yelling for them to hurry up "Come on! Hurry!" He was getting closer... but something was wrong. As he got closer I noticed the lack of humanity; he was covered in blood, a little disfigured, and looked to be coming for me. I shut the door as fast as I could and activated the door locks. The man banged his head on the door's window. Blood was getting all over it. I turned away and I put my back to the door, slowly sliding downward until I was sitting on the ground. I say to my self "you just had to do it." Every single one of my coworkers just died, all because we didn't want to lose our stupid research. Well... our research has led us to this moment and now... and now it has caused the fall of our facility.

I stand up and walk over the control panel. I press the button. Everything starts to shake, the thrusters are warming up, and all I can hear is huge machinery unlocking and rearranging. But then, something goes wrong. More sirens, "just great, now what?" The entire structure seems to break away from the facility in an instant and I feel it. "Now what?" I say. But before I know it, Construct 114 starts to fall. I panic, wondering what I've done wrong. I start mashing buttons on the control panel. Why aren't I being shot off to the other side of the island? I feel it when the unit hits the water below and then starts to sink. "No, no, NO!" I yell in a panic. The unit keeps sinking and sinking until it finally reaches the bottom, and I fall to the ground from the rough impact.

I am now stranded at the bottom of a huge lake in the middle of this island. I wonder to my self how things went worst than worst... Well, I must follow protocol. I have an elevator take me to the main room. I always wondered why a unit this big is only supposed to use only several rooms, though it probably has something to do with the fact that this place has to shoot off like a rocket or something.

Out of nowhere, the big screen in front of me turns on and a voice says "Construct 114, do you copy?" I have a quick sigh of relief as I pull my self together. "Construct 114, do you copy?!" "Hello! Yes! I am so relieved to hear someone survived." "Barely, I had to lock myself away to get away from the monsters." "...It happened, didn't it?" "I'm afraid so." I look down for a second. "...You need to get your self to safety, take one of the boats at the docks" "I'm in the lake." "...Sorry, could you repeat that?" "I said I'm in the lake. The unit must have malfunctioned and instead of shooting off to the other side of the island when it detached it just fell." We both sit in silence for a second before he spoke again "Well... We both know that unit is fit to withstand anything. It will provide you with food, oxygen, first aid, and it has a detachable submarine to help you get to the surface." "A submarine?" "They built the thing over water, you didn't think they saw this coming?" "Guess your right. I'll head there now." "Good, if you need anything else, just call for 'Reaper'." "What about you?" "I'm a soldier, this is my job, and my job is to get sorry asses like your self, off this island until this mask-wearing freak is dealt with." "Yeah... Alright." The screen cuts off. "Time to get out of here."

I use the elevator once again to head down to another room below that seemed much bigger. This room was really dark but had illuminating lights coming from four hatches in the floor. Each hatch had a ladder sticking slightly out to head downwards. I go down the hatch to the far right. Once I entered the room, I was a bit confused as it was completely empty but had a big open door. Looking out the door I could see nothing but pitch black. Well... I do need to get used to my surroundings around here, so I head in.