Chapter 8: Chapter V5.5 OPTIONAL: Rough Start Part 2

ACCESSING PANDORA’S BOX -Search Query: ELYSIUM MASSACRE 5234 RESULTS -OPENING FILE DIRECTORY: “EDEN MILITARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE” 698 RESULTS -REFINE BY CATEGORY: “AUDIO LOGS” 325 RESULTS AUDIO RECORDING FILE 1 OF 325 NOW PLAYING FILE 15 of 325.. SUBJECT: Elysium Massacre “This is Corporal David.. Van Wong of the Third Guardsman Defender's Brigade, calling out in the blind. I’m the last one left. Everyone. Everyone else is dead. District Two is overrun... It's a damn massacre out there. The Horrors are about to break through the sealed bulkhead leading to the central tram line any minute now. So I’ve... I’ve rigged a few IEDs in place to collapse this access shaft, so they don’t reach the lower levels, unfortunately for me... It has to be manually detonated. Ha, what a joke. So.. uhh yeah, if anyone can hear this... Tell my old man and momma… I don't regret my choices and. I love them and...and I hope to have made them proud. Over.” “- Cataloged Audio recording received by Watchdog Observer from Corporal David Van Wong. Capturing his last moments before the detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device to halt the Horror's advance. 1800 Hours FEB 29th 2344 UNCLASSIFIED REFERENCE H0/C1-D2/C/Y/T-M1*

 

 

Chapter V5.5/OPTIONAL Rough Start Part 2

  Some time passed before Angelica finally woke up. As she came to her senses she sat up noticing that she was no longer strapped in the back of the dark SUV anymore. 

 

A few seconds passed while Angelica attempted to get her bearings before she realized she wasn’t alone in the small room. Immediately she pounced on the stranger wearing a lab coat, causing them to let out a yelp of surprise that sounded oddly very feminine.

 

“Motherfucker!” Angelica screamed in a blind rage, throwing a punch at the person she had knocked over and pinned down. Contrary to her expectations, she felt her fist being caught, and her entire worldview spun as she was soon flipped over and found herself planted on the ground with her face pressed into the hard ceramic floor.

 

“Calm down Sergeant!” a woman’s voice barked. At the sound of her voice, Angelica’s eyes widened at the realization that the stranger wasn’t the psychopath-crazed scientist she had earlier interacted with. She was still angry though, and who better to take out her anger on than someone who was clearly connected to the man?

 

“Let me go! I’m calm, the calmest there ever was! I swear I’m not going to castrate that son-of-a-bitch! Fuck a duck why are you so strong!?” Angelica seethed with rage.

 

“That’s not very convincing Sergeant, I’m going to have to ask you to please refrain from castrating Doctor Domino. He’s, unfortunately, one of the brightest minds humanity has.” The woman replied with a grunt, tightening her grip on Angelica’s arm while increasing the pressure of the knee that was dug into the struggling woman’s back.

 

“How about a little castration?” Angelica offered, still struggling to break the woman’s pin.

 

“As amusing as that would be to watch, unfortunately, you’ll need to join the queue behind me. Now I understand you’re angry, but you need to calm down otherwise I’ll be forced to either break your arm or have the MPs put you back in the van and detain you until you calm down.”

 

“That asshole drugged me!” Angelica screamed, getting more agitated at the mention of the van.

 

“I’m aware!” The woman yelled back, steadily increasing the pressure to counteract Angelica’s rabid flailing

“-and IT has already been explained in DEPTH to Doctor Domino as to why drugging non-consenting adults is wrong and he’s being punished for it as we speak!

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The two women sat in silence for several minutes before Angelica finally calmed down enough to respond.

 

“You can let me go now.” Angelica huffed unsatisfied. All of the fight, evaporated from her body as she started to relax.

 

“Ok.” 

The woman immediately eased her grip and soon the pressure on Angelica’s back disappeared as the woman got off her.

 

Upon being freed, Angelica rolled over to the side and was immediately helped up to her feet by the woman. 

After dusting herself off, and checking her body for any holes or new additions. Angelica straightened her uniform before finally taking a look at the person she tried to assault in a blind rage.

 

The woman was a head shorter than Angelica, with unassuming features, brown eyes, and brown hair. Features that Angelica probably wouldn’t look twice at before moving on. She was skinnier than Angelica which surprised her considering the woman’s gorilla-like strength. More surprising, however, were the two silver bars pinned on the woman’s uniform collar that was underneath the lab coat.

 

“Ma’am! My Apologies for assaulting you, I was drugged and unaware of my surroundings at the time! Ma’am!” Angelica immediately barked out, saluting.

Her entire body straightened as fear at the realization that she had just attempted to assault a superior officer began to weigh down on her. Thoughts of being jailed, dishonorably discharged, or being sent to the assault squads started to run rampant in Angelica's mind, causing her to break out in a cold sweat. 

The military didn't take too kindly to NCOs and enlisted assaulting commissioned officers, much less one of decently high rank.

“At ease Sergeant, it’s all justifiable under the circumstances, and no one was hurt. Water under the bridge,” The woman replied, surprising Angelica. The woman shrugged her shoulders at Angelica's reaction, causing Angelica to let out the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. 

“Anyway, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Captain Ophelia, I’m in charge of the applications division of the engineering department. Though a good chunk of my job is babysitting Mi’shaka, err Doctor Domino. Seeing as I’m one of the few female officers in the department. Everyone thought it’d be better if I were here to talk to you when you woke up.” Captain Ophelia said, holding a hand out for Angelica to shake. 

“Finally some rational decision-making skills are being put to use around here.” Angelica retorted shaking the extended hand.

“Please don’t take too much offense, Doctor Domino isn’t a bad person he just gets…”

“Excited?” Angelica interjected, angrily remembering the excitement in the man’s expression as he watched Angelica struggle to stay awake.

 

“In a way, yes, he has a certain… obsession when it comes to his work and studies. Which has helped us achieve a lot in the way of technological advances both in military and civilian applications. We try to keep him under wraps here and occupied with tinkering, but somehow he found his way to our newest transport vehicle and also managed to procure materials that we don’t even have listed in our manifest.” Captain Opehlia said, her tone apologetic, as she tried to reassure Angelica that the man performing experiments on unwilling participants wasn’t a bad person.

 

“With all due respect ma’am that sounds like a nightmare to deal with,” Angelica replied empathetically. At her remark, the officer flashed a quick smile in agreement before it disappeared and was replaced with a more neutral expression.

 

“Well Sergeant, who’s to say? As much as I'd like to chat some more, I've spent enough time idling here as is and I’ve got to oversee the development of some new cement formula that’s going to be used for construction.” Captain Ophelia said, a hint of excitement in her tone. She took a moment to check her watch before grimacing and heading towards the door at the other side of the room where she paused at the entrance.

“There's a pair of Corporals just outside waiting for you, so once you’ve gotten your bearings together go and see them and they’ll give you the tour. And I know it was a bit of a bad reception, but let me be the first to welcome you to the seventy-seventh.” Ophelia said, exiting the room. 

 

When the door and closing the woman Angelica let out a sigh of relief. Assaulting your superior's is certainly a good way to make an impression. Angelica thought to herself as she sat alone in the medical room.

 

She sat down on the operating table and took a moment to collect herself and organize her thoughts.

 

Subconsciously, she reached into her pocket for the familiar hand clencher to help relieve her anxiety yet all she found was pocket lint.

 

“Wait a minute, where's all my shit?!" Angelica yelled, suddenly angry that all her possessions we're gone.

 

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