by Angel Medina
Angel, Fabian, Dayvon and Luis head up stairs but before they can get up there another BattleGlooba shows up. Dayvon and Luis say “Him again, how many times is he going to come back from the dead!” However with teamwork they take out the BattleGlooba rather easily. Angel then explains “Guys you see all these BattleGloobas these are simply weaker clones of the main BattleGlooba that we killed back in the Mohawk temple.” Dayvon asks “So that means they are more of these bastards running around?” Angel responds “Exactly I’m sure you guys have bumped into one at least once.” Dayvon says “I haven’t yet but I found something even worse “green slimmer that eat you alive” yeah and their eggs.” Luis says “Sounds disgusting I could only imagine if these aliens do rule the world and these freaks are the population.” After the small talk they head to the door for central command. Once they reached upstairs Maria is there waiting for them, Maria is happy to see all of them especially Angel then she asks who Fabian is. Angel tells Maria who Fabian is and Maria responds “Hmm Fabian I have a brother who’s name is Fabian and he looks just like you, can it be? Nah never mind.” Fabian says “What it is?” Maria says “It’s fine nothing serious, okay everyone lets put our Access cards in.” Maria, Dayvon and Luis insert their Access cards in but the door doesn’t open or unlock, instead a console comes out behind the access card panel with Greek Symbols. The console reads “SB, 1, 2 and B” and Greek symbols (Alpha, Beta, Delta and Omega) appear below the floor numbers. Angel says “Ok Fabian so Sub-Basement was Omega, Basement was Beta and the first floor was…” Angel can’t seem to remember that the sign for the first floor is; Fabian reminds Angel that it is Beta. So by process of elimination the second floor was Alpha. After figuring out the puzzle the lights lit up and a loud sound is heard then the door to central command begins to open.
When the doors open the heroes see a huge computer system which is supposed to control the satellite dish but has be reprogrammed to control the heat ray. While the angle could be controlled but to the heroes disappointment the heat ray could not be turned off or destroyed. That meant that at best our heroes could only buy some time, they still needed to find a way to shut off the heat ray. While Angel starts to hack into the computer to adjust the heat ray’s angle, numerous amount of enemies start to enter central command. Several iguana enforcers, flying salamander troopers and sentry drones enter central command ready to take our heroes out. Dayvon freezes several of the aliens, Maria uses her machine gun to take care of the iguana enforcers, while Luis fights off the troopers in melee combat and Fabian uses his warclub to defeat his enemies. With the ground troops defeated Maria uses her machine gun to shoot the sentry drones. When she destroys one of the sentry drones the other drones are so close to it that a domino effect is created. As a result all of the sentry drones explode with no harm to our heroes. Angel finally finishes reprogramming the heat ray; he programs the ray to the northern mountains to slow down the warming process before the hills completely melt. Luis says “Well that’s dealt with finally, what’s next?” Fabian responds “According to the map the gloobas have built a lab of their own for their research and to raise their armies. I see a big building to the north which looks to be out target. It should be much easier now that the snow has stopped although at this time of year it really is unusually warm and calm.” Dayvon says “Good should be easier to get to these alien creeps!” Maria agrees “Yeah for once Dayvon I agree with you!” Angel responds “Yes it will be easier but it doesn’t necessary mean it’s a good thing it only means the warming is taking place quicker than expected. If we don’t stop them here the flooding damage caused maybe too much to reverse even with the anti-matter ball.” A rattling noise is heard then two shafts in the central command room break out of nowhere. A huge group of slimers come out of the shafts; Dayvon then says “Yo those are the slimy things I was talking about that eat you alive!” Maria starts to shoot them but there numbers continue to grow, Dayvon tells Maria “No use shooting them their numbers are too great we gotta run for it!” With the room filling up with the slimers our heroes head to the balcony and jump out of the main tower before the slimers begin to eat everything in the room and begin to grow in size. Our heroes who narrowly escape from the slimers start to head for the laboratory in their search for the heat ray.
Our heroes despite facing many hardships during their journey in the main communication tower find many answers. Not only that they are able to buy some time by slowing down the melting of the Arctic Circle and possibly saving Earth from a catastrophic flood at least for now. All of our heroes find out that BattleGlooba was cloned into although weaker versions of the actual BattleGlooba but were still as deadly. What other surprises are in store for our heroes as they head to the laboratory? Where is the heat ray and can it be destroyed in time? Finally is Quentin being held in the laboratory? For without Quentin the anti-matter ball will be useless as Quentin is the only one who can formulate the ball properly to reverse the damage done to earth already. Our heroes don’t have much time to waste; time is literally melting away for them.
Chapter 8
Arctic Laboratory Hell
Our heroes just survived the horrors of the main tower and gained a new ally (Fabian) for now at least. Although there’s no question of Fabian’s loyalty, our heroes still act with a bit of caution towards him. Meanwhile the hills surrounding them were melting away although not as fast as before. The snow had stopped completely, winds were completely non-existent and the sun was shining brightly. While the weather was calm, the action was about to get even tenser for our heroes.
After barely getting out of the main communication tower alive our heroes are back outside and are on their way to the laboratory. As they walk Angel introduces Fabian better to the others when it comes down to his identity. After the others are properly introduced to Fabian they arrive to a small compound of cabins. While the cabins looked empty and quiet in reality they weren’t. The gloobas launched a surprise attack on the heroes, the heroes were outnumbered mightily. However the aliens were being shot from behind by an unknown person, along with the stranger the heroes are able to repel the surprise attack. Angel asks the stranger who he is; the stranger replies “I am Commander Jeremy Clash but people always call me “commander clash” what are you intruders doing here?” Luis responds “Intruders! We’re not here to do anything crazy, look at who your real enemies are! If it wasn’t for us…” Angel cuts Luis off “Luis bro keep your cool this guy is just a bit nervous. Commander Clash please excuse my friend's outburst we are here to stop the aliens from melting off the ice cap here, the story is much more complex but I know you might not really care.” Clash responds “No apology necessary I’m the one who needs to apologize, you see I’m in charge of keeping this area safe and free from any intruders.” Maria asks “Hey you should tag along with us; we sure can use an extra hand we’re on our way to the laboratory.” Clash says “Sorry but I like to do things by myself and besides my crew needs me back in my outpost. Sorry but I must decline your request. Now if you mind…” Dayvon says “You kidding me bro right? Everything here is melting but you rather keep your ego than save the world, you don’t get it…” Angel calms Dayvon down and says “Leave him he’s obviously blind to the actual consequences. He’ll be back, don’t worry about it once he wakes up to the truth.” Luis responds “He better wake up ASAP!” Angel, Maria, Dayvon, Luis and Fabian continue their journey to the laboratory. Meanwhile some rouge polar bears begin to go after the heroes Angel and Luis shoot a few down but more keep coming. The five of them see a small cave to their right and decide to go inside to hide. Each of them find a hiding spot and stay in their places until the bears leave. Maria says “These aliens even have control of our beautiful polar bears, God damn it!” Angel says “Yup in the future of the gloobas polar bears will no longer be our friends and that’s only the tip of the iceberg if we fail.” All of them see that the coast is clear leave the cave and continue on their way.
Eventually the heroes get
to the laboratory or at least the entrance of the lab. Angel says “This building is big but we need to stick together for this one, too risky to split up without any means of contacting each other.” Dayvon says “I agree with you on this one.” Then everyone says yes in unison. They proceed through the gate which surprisingly is easy to get through with no problem or any gimmicks. Luis says “That was easy enough; well here we go guys we got company!” All of a sudden gloobas from all directions start to approach the heroes. Luis and Dayvon take the right side, Angel and Maria take the right while Fabian found a turret and helped out whoever needed the most help. It was a long and bloody battle then a sentry drone crashed into Fabian causing him to fall along with the rubble. When the other four check the condition of Fabian he was unconscious and did not move but still breathing. The heroes go inside the laboratory and place Fabian in a security room with a bed. After a few minutes Fabian is able to regain consciousness but Angel tells Fabian "You should relax here for a little bit, one of us will have to stay here with Fabian until he recovers and we come back." Maria quickly says "I'll stay here with Fabian." Dayvon and Luis look at Maria with a surprised face, Dayvon says to himself "Hmm I'm surprised she wants to stay here instead of going with Angel but I better keep it to myself." Then says out loud "Ok sounds good, hey three radio's just what we need to keep in contact." Dayvon then says "I should get one, Angel takes the other just in case we get separated and one for Maria." The heroes test the radios, the radios work just fine. Angel says "Ok sounds like a plan to me, don't worry Maria and Fabian we'll be back when we find out what's going on." Maria tells the three "Please be careful out there, I'll lock the door just to be sure." Angel, Dayvon and Luis begin their adventure inside the laboratory.
Maria and Fabian meanwhile stay behind in the security room until the others return. Fabian begins to tell his story to Maria of how he found Angel in the wilderness left for dead and how he had taken care of him. Maria says "Thank you so much really I mean that from the bottom of my heart. You remind me of my brother Fabian you almost look like him. Are you my brother?" Fabian says "I wish I was but sadly I'm not, you seem to take a liking of Angel." Maria responds "Yeah I think he's cool and I took care of him as well when he had gotten hurt." Fabian says "Are you sure that you are just "cool" with Angel or are your feelings deeper than that. Listen if they are its fine I won't tell anybody I promise." Maria asks "You promise now? If you break it I gotta hurt you." Fabian replies "Yes I'm sure I'm not the one to tell tall tales or myths." Maria says "Well whatever that means? To be honest I'm in love with Angel ever since I met him. He just funny even when he's serious I just love it when a guy can make me laugh." Fabian asks "So why did you not go with Angel if you love him?" Maria replies "Believe it or not that's a good question; I guess I'm just afraid to tell him... Ah I don't know he may already have a girlfriend already." Fabian says "You won't know until you ask and what's the worse he can say? NO. Besides the sprits are telling me that Angel feels the same way about you. Let me ask you does he protect you more often than the others?" Maria responds "Yes he does and he tends to treat me very well but I think he does that just to be respectful because I'm a girl." Fabian says "No my dear you aren't mistaken Angel does loves you but he's like you scared to ask or say anything." Maria says "You're right about being scared I did tell Angel that I loved him but he was still unconscious he probably didn't hear me. Ah damn it." Fabian says "Take it easy my friend there's no rush tell him when you feel the time is right you'll know when the tine is right." Maria happily replies "Thanks even though you're not my real brother but I feel like you are my brother. Now rest up you gotta get better, don't worry I'll stand guard." Fabian falls asleep as Maria awaits the return of Angel, Dayvon and Luis.
Angel, Dayvon and Luis enter the main hallway of the lab which is three bridges with a middle room; the room surrounded by a massive area of pipes and electrical circuitry. The three walk up to the middle room which has a sign that says "power core" only that there was no core inside. A couple of sentry drones pop out of trap doors but they are easily defeated by the heroes. One hall with a shade of blue reads "East Area" another hall with a shade of red reads "West Area" and the other hall with no shading was the hall they just came from. The three decide that they will stick together instead of splitting up. They first go into the "west side" hallway door and then they see a sign in red letters stating they are in the west area. They try to open the shutter door right next to the sign but it doesn't open. That's because there is no power to the switch and the door itself. Angel says "Hmm looks like we got to activate the power core to open this door." They head to right and find two doors one of them locked from the other side. They head to the door that opens and find there are slimer eggs ready to hatch, so they begin to crack the eggs to prevent slimers from being born. They destroy the eggs but slimers sneak from the shafts and one of them get onto Luis and it begins to bite Luis. Luis says "Get this piece of shit of me or I'll be his next meal!" Dayvon uses his freezethrower to freeze the slimer and Angel punches it to pieces. Luis says "Good riddance! I though I was a goner for a moment there, eww all this fuckin slime is annoying!" The three investigate the room and find nothing of interest except a ventilation shaft. Angel decides to go in by himself since he is the only one that can fit inside the shaft. It's a short run to the other room where he gets into a melee fight with a couple of salamander troopers; he defeats them easily and then finds a lab keycard for the lower level. Angel opens the door then finds it was the locked door in the hallway; Angel calls the others to come out.
Angel says "Well let's go explore the east side now, I found a keycard for the lower level but where it leads to I have no idea." The three head for the east area but are met by several flying salamander troopers; Angel easily takes care of the troopers with the "devastator" weapon he found which blows all of the troopers and their body parts fall into the black hole of death below the bridge. When the heroes get to the hall leading up to the east area they are met by iguana enforcers, Angel doesn't use his weapon due to the explosive nature of his weapon and close proximity of the aliens. The three get into melee combat with the three. Dayvon gets slash slightly by the blade on the enforcers chain gun but is able to recover and rip the chain gun off the enforcer then uses the blade to cut the enforcers head. Angel jumps up; He lands on the enforcers head and uses his lower body strength to twist the enforcers head backwards which causes the enforcer to fall off the bridge. Luis gets into a boxing match with the iguana enforcer then punches out the heart of the enforcer and throws it off the bridge. The heroes head toward the east side of the laboratory. Angel calls Maria on the radio to give her an update on his progress.
With Fabian and Maria in the security room waiting for Fabian to recover from his injuries, Maria is relieved to hear that Angel and the others are still alive. Maria reveals her feelings for Angel to Fabian who vows to keep the secret until the time is right. Meanwhile Angel, Dayvon and Luis begin to explore the lab running into a dead end in the west area now going to the east area to investigate. The three search for three things: the anti-matter ball, Quentin himself and the heat ray that is heating up the polar ice caps. However what other secrets lie for our heroes and are Maria and Fabian really safe inside the security room?
Angel, Dayvon and Luis head inside the east area hallway they meet a few aliens and kill them off. They run into a couple of locked areas including a door and another shutter. Angel says "Shit another locked door, we gotta get power here or we aren't going anywhere." The three spot a door which has a bit of permafrost as they enter the room the three notice that the room is pretty cold. Dayvon says "Damn it's cold in here!" Angel tells Dayvon "Get a grip will you! Experiment room hmm." The room contains the same alien creatures inside capsules that were frozen as they were being experimented on, probably to increase their overall attributes. Luis picks up a weird capsule which reads "nitro hydroxide can be poured into the power capsule." Dayvon finds a machine to place the capsule and the m
achine reads "Capsule will contain nitro hydroxide which will power the laboratory but caution is required. Running with the filled capsule will disturb the molecules and result in explosion." The machine fills up the capsule with the nitro hydroxide and Angel asks "Who's going to be the lucky one to carry this?" Luis and Dayvon give Angel the mean look, Angel says "Fine I'll carry it but you guys gotta have my back!" The three head back to the hallway core to place the capsule in the core but as the instructions read Angel must not run or risk exploding.
The three get to the main hallway when they encounter a group of aliens. Angel throws his devastator weapon to Luis and says "Use this I can't make any sudden moves, cover me!" Luis and Dayvon take care of the numerous flying salamander troopers and iguana enforcers. The three make it to the core area; Angel begins to insert the capsule into the core. However a salamander trooper throws his shadow blade aiming for the capsule and at the last minute Dayvon blocks the blade with his freezethrower then freezes the trooper. Angel inserts the capsule then the machine grabs the capsule, makes a loud noise then stops with the console reading "Power has been restored to areas that had none before." Angel asks "So what do we do here, do we split up or do we stick together?" Luis says "I say we stick together this lab is looking very funky." Dayvon replies "I have to agree we gotta stick together here, it'll be much harder for the enemy to take us out together." Angel says "Ok that's all I needed to know, on we go!" Angel and company head to shutter that was once down powered, Angel hits the switch. The shutter opens and a couple of ugly looking plant monsters with vines as arms are found; along with a few slimer eggs and a horrible odor. The plants spit out an acid looking substance and the trio jump out of the way. The plants moved very slowly towards the trio; however Angel sees their weak spot when they open their mouths. When one of the plants opens their mouths Angel launches a devastator missile into the plants mouth and the plant explodes. The other plant uses its vine to grab Luis; the plant opens its mouth ready to bit off Luis's head. However Dayvon throws a shadow blade that he stole from a salamander trooper into the plants mouth. The plant then goes down, its vines start to dissipate and blue blood can be seen from its corpse. Angel uses the devastator to mop the floor with the slimer eggs; Angel takes a closer examination of the plant. Angel decides to call the creature "Poison Ivy" and says "Great! Now we got plants trying to kill us, theses glooba bastards have gone too far!" Luis says "I agree but gotta give them credit for their creativity." The trio goes into a room cover by a huge live vine, they notice as long as they stay away from the walls they cannot be caught by the vines. They kill another poison ivy along the way and then they climb down a ladder leading to the lower levels of the lab. However when all three make it down, Angel and Luis go through the door while Dayvon is caught by one of the vines on the walls brought to an unknown location, when Angel and Luis realize Dayvon is missing they begin to search for him.
