How to play god

Chapter 6: friends

Justin sat on the ground across from the motionless corpse. tearing its head off had made him feel strong momentarily, but the adrenaline had quickly worn off, resulting in him being exhausted. The door behind him wouldnt budge no matter how hard he tried to open it. He was still trying to make sense of everything that had happened to him. He was going to die, that was all there was to it, there was nothing he could do to stop it. he was dead. as he looked at the body in front of him, all major limbs missing, he realised just what kind of situation he was in, if those things caught him, they would tear him apart, limb from limb. It would be very painful indeed. He neede to keep moving if he wanted to live. As he looked at the body in frobt of him, mutilated and desicrated beyond reason, he couldnt find the strength to stand. So many things were running through his head at once he couldnt focus. The sound of a quick alarm blare snapped him back to reality. He heard a hiss from behind him, he leaped to his feet and turned around quickly, the large gate behind him was slowly opening. A green light illuminated over the gate. It slid aside revealing a large, completely clean, brightly lit room with chairs, tables, and corkboards. And standing in the doorway, were 3 figures. His eyes were slightly blurry and it took him a minute to make out the figures. The figure in the middle was slender but muscular, he held an mp-40 in both hands and wore an officers hat. The man on the left was much larger, held low in his hands was a huge mg-42. The large green drum magazine mounted on the side. The third figure had no weapon, and wore a long white lab coat. The lead man stepped forward and grabbed nathan around the neck. He said something in german. Justin panicked and recited the only thing he knew how to say. "i dont sprechen Deutsch" the mans eyes widened with suprise. He shouted to his colleague with the large weapon. He approached justin an thumped him on the head with the butt.

Justins eyesight was very blurry, he couldnt make out anything other than a large light on the roof. He reached up and rubbed his eyes, trying desperetely to clear the smeared images before him. "Where am i?" He said out loud. There was no answer. Was he dead? He thought. Justin could feel a hard, cold surface beneath him. Gradually his vision cleared, and as he saw the world return to normal around him, he felt a large headache wash over his forehead. He winced and put a hand over his forehead. He sat up with much effort. As he sat up he heard footsteps, he panicked and began frantically looking around. The room was just like the one hed seen through the door, it was pristine, no blood or bodies, there were 4 black couches arranged in a square in the middle of the room, in the middle was a glass table covered in mountains of paper. against the far back wall were at least twenty metal crates, the tops were removed and laying on the ground. inside were dozens of mp40 clips lined up tidily. he froze as he felt something round press against the back of his head. He put his hands slowly into the air beside his head. He heard a man with a very thick getman accent speak. "Tourn around" he said slowly, pronouncing "turn" with an o. Justin slowly and awkwardly turned on his knees. He fced rhe man in front of him. He was not very tall, he had skeletal features and the eyes of a psychopath. He held an stg-44 assault rifle was held with its barrel milimeters from justins head. "Who are you?" He said, his voice like a snake. Justin was speechless while he attempted to sort out what he was going to say. "Um, i uh." The mans mouth curled. "Speak up!" He barked. The stutter was knocked right out of him. "My name is justin." He said, making sure the man could understand him. "Where are you from?" The man asked. "Britain." Justin said before he could come up with a lie. But his fear was unnessecary because the mans features were left unchanged. "Vou are british?" He asked quizzicaly. "Yes, i am british." The man spat on the ground. "Vell, i suppose we are at an impass zen." justin was confused. "what?" he asked. the man put on a look of pity. "vell it dosent veally matter if our countries are enemies, you still managed to fuck yourselves and get in here." he smiled, the 2 other men behind him laughed. "i find it quite amazing that vou managed to zet in here." justin thought about everything that had happened over the last little while. he had almost been killed, he had been seperated from his friends, and now he was being asked to ally with an ss officer. it had been a crazy day. "why would i work with you guys?" he asked the man. "vell, ve both have a common enemy now." he then pointed his thumb at the large iron door behind him. "if you vant ve can throw you back out there?" justin shook his head. "no ill work with you guys." the officer smiled "good choice." he helped justin to his feet then held a dirty hand out to justin. "how rude of me, my name is commander varvenchek." justin nervously took his hand and shook it. "my friends here are adler," the large man who had hit him on the head nodded. "and this is Bernt." he gestured at the man in the labcoat. justin looked around the room. "what happened here? what are those things.?" Varvenchek held his hand to justin. " i can tell vou have many questions you vant answered, but vone at a time please." varvenchek gestured the 3 other men to the couches. "please sit." justin nervously walked over and sat down on the nearest couch. he sunk a few inches into the leather. the 3 other men walked over and took a seat, varvenchek on the one next to him. Adler and Bernt sat down across from Justin. "now, i see zat you have many questions, and i hope ve can answer zem." Justin was beginning to settle down as he realized they were being hospitable. he had so many questions he couldnt figure out what to ask first. "what is this place?" he asked. Varvenchek smiled. "vhat an excellent question. this is Der Drache, or the dragon. the vorlds largest biological testing facility." justin nodded. " Here we conduct testing and research zhat is more cutting edge zhen anyzink else in the vorld." Bernt sat forward. justin was suprised at how well he spoke english, he didnt seem to say w's like v's. "most of the testing we do here is living testing, such as seeing what certain chemicals and solvents do to the bodies of animals." justin was getting a bit clearer picture, Testing facility, got it. Bernt continued. "you see, several months ago we discovered a strange type of rock, inside the rocks was a very strange liquid, almost like slime. we, of course being scientists, took the rocks and brought them here." "i get it." justin said. "we were puzzled by the rocks, and were eager to discover what secrets they held. we fed some of the slime to a pig, which resulted in the animal becoming faseter, stronger, and somewhat smarter than normal." Bernts face quickly turned into a frown. "however when some of the slime was accidently spilt onto a wounded rat, we realised how wonderful it was." "you tested it on humans." justin said. Bernt shook his head. "no, not at the time, you see we were originally quite low on personnel. but varvenchek saw this as an opportunity." he glared over at a expressionless varvenchek. " he contacted german command and demanded for over 150 soldiers to be shipped here. for some reason they agreed, claiming that the testing needed to be protected. he had a much darker plan." justins heart sped up. here it comes he thought. " once the soldiers arrived here they were briefed and immedietely send into the bowels of the facility. We would take soldiers one by one each day. we would wound them, torture them, and then soak them in the slime, which we decided to call iqurium. we couldnt control them, they became vicious, killer, cannibals." justin frowned as he thought about the demonic yellow eyes. " i came up with the theory that the creatures had a hive mind, where they could think when together. we tortured all 150 of the soldiers, as well as many of our own scientists and dunked each one of then in iqurium, the result was catastrophic. several soldiers managed to escape, such as us three. but many were killed. they took over the facility, ripping apart and eating anyone in their path." justin looked blank faced. "and thats where we are now." 

Amy felt something insde her, ever since she drank the iqurium she had felt strange. the effects it had spoken of had not taken place yet. marvin walked ahead of her by a few feet, the gun in his hands constantly at the ready. up ahead was another door. with more german wording on top. "dive testing." she read. marvin looked down at a gutted female body slumped against the wall, on the ground next to her was an stg-44, clip inserted with 2 other magazines on the ground. he bent over and picked up the weapon, he lifted the automatic rifle with one hand and tossed it back to Amy. she caught the weapon in both hands. the weapons metal body was cold from being exposed to the cold night air. she noticed something when she caught the gun, the weight of the weapon wouldve normally made her almost drop it if she caught it, but it felt like it weighed nothing. she smiled at marvin and slapped her palm on the bottom of the magazine. "lets go." she said. they reached the dive testing door and marvin went to the lever, same as the other room. right when he was about to pull the lever, they heard something behind the door. there was a scratching noise, like fingernails against metal. "get ready with that thing." marvin said to amy. she nodded and raised the weapons iron sight. she lined up the small peg in the middle with the polygonal aiming reticule. marvin hesitated for a moment then pulled the lever. the same alarm blared for a second then there was a hiss and the door slid open. as the door opened marvin fought to keep whatever was in his stomach back. laying on its back in front of the door was what appeared to be a diver, his mask still on his face with the 2 eyeglasses cracked, the yellow spotlight eyes shining through. its chest was completely open, the ribs had been spread apart, revealing a rotting crimson cavern. a long white stick of spine was protruding from the bottom. the creature layed there, looking at them, unable to make any noise due to the absence of lungs. its fingers slowly raked the air as it tried to grab amy even though she was five feet away. "poor bastard," marvin said. Amy lined up the sight with the creatures forward and shot, there was a squirt of blood and the creature fell backwards. now that that was over they got their first good look at the dive testing. the chamber was large, at least 20 meters each way. lined on each walls were large, transparent vats filled with a fluorescent blue liquid, iqurium amy thought. floating in each of the vats was a person in diving gear. their eyes clearly visible in the beautful liquid. a square of steel girder was placed in the middle of the room. marvin slowly entered the room, stepping over the dead diver. he kept the mp40 steady as he made his way up to one of the vats. inside the monster simply stared back at him. all over the mans body the blue veins puffed out from the grey skin, the man had several large gashes on his chest and was missing an eyeball. marvin moved his head closer until he was face to face with the monster. the creature suddenly began flailing inside the tank, bubbles rising from the limbs as he slammed its fists clumsily against the thick glass. marvin screamed and jumped back. he raised the gun and fired at the glass. there was a huge shattering noise as the tank exploded. a wave of iqurium rushed from the large hole in the tank, soaking the floor. marvin leapt backwards, avoiding any of the liquid and remaining completely dry. The soldier fell forwards, slicing itself badly on the remaining jagged glass pieces. the glass sliced through the soft stomach tissue, spilling his inards all over the floor. it kept walking forward, loobs of intestine and other gut hanging from the unzipped wound. marvin fired a barrage of bullets, they sliced up its flesh and it collapsed. "whats with this place." marvin said quietely.