Images of Black Mesa in a chaotic mess still stuck in his mind,he wish he can undo all the damages he had done to the facility since he's the first guy to activate the Antimass Spectrometer even though it was the administrator order to initiate the test but he still blames himself for what he did.he hopes his mentor Kleiner has escaped,along with Barney his drinking friend.their fates are unknown to him but he highly doubt that will survive.
Gabe alongside Freeman are walking on the street to the hotel,which now can spotted a tall building with a huge neon sign said "The Hazbin Hotel".Gabe notices something wrong with Freeman,he seems to be stuck in a trance as he almost bumped into someone.thank goodness he able to pulls him out of the demon way to prevent hitting them,which cause Freeman to snaps out from his mind.
"Mister,are you alright?
Not doing well contemplating your life choice,mhm?"
Not exactly but close,he looks down at the goat who is blinking his eyes few times at him before turning his head away to the street in front of him to see where he is heading.Freeman does the same while clutching his hand,trying to cope with his current mental state after what he had witnessed.Gabe take notice of it and puts his hooves over to his hand,smiling
"Hey hey,don't be stressed out.i can guess you are having some sort of trauma attack there,PTSD?"
He is not sure if he got one but considering how he often thinking about Black Mesa and how's hard to forget about it and his colleagues death inside the facility....maybe the goat is right.it would be difficult to survive in here if he keep getting flashback of hell he has seen.he hope there's somebody that can help him.
"Thank goodness my friend is a professional therapist,I mean...what's the point of opening a rehab center for demons if they can't forget about their past and what they regretted right.mental help is always appreciated there,we don't mind aiding those who are hurt inside...except Alastor of course"
The goat explains,which caught the attention of Freeman.the fact he is in Hell and someone,to be more specific a demon who wanted to help everyone in here...it's pretty cool and wholesome.who know in such a terrific place,there's one innocent soul who want help everyone despite their ugly looking appearance of course.the goat realized something as his little fluffy ears perks up and turn his head again to Freeman
"Oh Satan I forgot to introduce myself!
I-uhmm...my name's Gabe,Gabe the fluffy goat as what my friends called me.you may know me as the weakest demon alive ya know...in the news last ye-wait oh yeah,you're a newcomer.whoops!"
He giggles in embarrassment as they are now getting closer to the hotel,it can seen on top of a hill with vehicles parked on its side.seems like it's weekend here,which he supposed to know but can't keep track with the days since he was busy kicking alien asses.Freeman is intrigued by the words 'weakest demon demon',meaning there is some sort of ranking system in here.well he shouldve know that,Hell is an infinite realm and everyone wants to show dominance to the weak and become powerful to control them.
Freeman and Gabe arrives at the parking lot of the hotel,walking on the side as they both head over to the entrance of the hotel.it seems to be locked,which mean its still closed for awhile.Gabe look dumbfounded as he try to open the door, twisting the knob around.Freeman thinks they come in too early,the staffs might unavailable to welcome them.he couldn't tell if it is night or day here as he lifts his head up to the sky to observe it while Gabe picks up his phone to call his friend.they hears ringing behind the door then heavy foot stomps coming towards them.someone is unlocking the door,which open up to reveal grey goth demon with a spear strapped on their back.they seems to be a female,judging by the feminine features they had and how she looks of course.she look tired and exhausted as she worked for today.her eyes widen up to see Gabe and him,which she observes him and give him a weird look
"Another fantasy friend,Gabe?"
She said with slight hint of anger and in rude manners,crossing her arm.man she just stared at him and immediately see him as somebody that will ignores her?
Well that is one good welcome for a mortal like him.Freeman stares at them while Gabe laughs at her,acting like it is joke.
"Oh Vaggie,nah nah!
Just a newcomer,don't worry he's nice.if he is not nice,I'll be dead again ya know!"
She rolls her eyes and let them to come in,moving to the side.they both nods at her as a thank you before stepping inside.Freeman is surprised,his mouth sort of dropped to see the fancy decoration and architecture inside the hotel.its a mix of modern and traditional style with vintage items arranged on the side and couple of old pictures of somebody on the wall.he feels he is going to be totally fine,all safe and well... hopefully.the female demon which he think her name is Vaggie as what Gabe called her,move over to a receptionist table not far away.Gabe brings him over to there and Freeman leans forward to see how many rooms are available today by checking the keyslots behind her.its almost full,only 5 rooms are available.he is lucky to come in early thanks to Gabe being one of the patron.
"So...which one sir,we got one with master bedroom,two bed bunks,a special backroom which I think...*ahem* angel used already and the rooftop"
Huh,the rooftop is count as a room?
Maybe it's for people who loves to enjoy the sky night of Hell,the nice view and probably the chaos that can be observed on the ground.Freeman thinks which room he should take and raise one finger to the air,meaning he picks the first option.Vaggie understands what he said and hand him a key,the room is located on Floor 7 with number '37' on it.she then gives him a paper to fill,which contains few questions asking for,name,age,his birthday, information about his life and cause of his death.he is given a pen by Gabe and he immediately face trouble on how to fill it.it cause Gabe and Vaggie glaring at him as it usually didn't take too many times to write everything down.Freeman decides to put random things except for his name and age.she then gestures him to head out,allowing him to leave.he nods and head away with Gabe following him to bring him to the elevator
"You got traumatized there again?
Demons don't usually just stare and think when they writes,hm?"
Freeman doesnt pay any attention to him as they walks over to the elevator in the lobby,pressing the button to call it down.after a minute,the elevator slides open and they step inside.Freeman gaze his head to the selection of the floors available in this hotel.theres a total of 36 floors inside,which surprised him a bit as he thought it would be lesser than that.Gabe goes for the floor 7 as he hops to press the button due to his small height.they descends upward and waits.....
"So....hope you like this hotel.i mean-who doesn't,it's the best hotel available in hell.free for everyone who wanna try it first time,no capitalism.its OUR hotel!"
He feels something is blaring in the background,sound of an anthem playing but he couldn't recognise it as the elevator slides open.Freeman steps out and see he didn't follow him,only waving his hooves at him as a goodbye because he got something to deal with.the door shuts off,leaving Freeman in the long corridor to find his room.it didn't take time to find it as the room is just like few step away from him.he quickly rush over to the door and open it,inserting the key and spins it to unlock the door.he head inside and look around inside the room,it give him a same feeling of the classic generic hotel room on earth.well more like a motel but better and in good condition.he see the master bed and walks over to it before he sits down and taking off his helmet,thinking its safe now.he then collapse down to the bed with his suit still on and doze off,falling asleep and ending his...day.
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Half Life:Hell Phenomenon
Adventure(event before half life 2) Gordon didn't wasted his time in Black Mesa as a coward escaping the facility,rather pick the way to end the Zen Invasion.after defeating the Nihilant,G-man took interest in him and gave him a choice but he declined it and...
