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Just decided I'd put up some Quake fiction I wrote a while back, with some new material as well...


Part 1 - Old

You step slowly out of the slipgate you have just teleported through and into what seems to be a deserted slipgate complex. Still, you could not be sure it’s really deserted, so you tightly grip your shotgun in hand. Bright fluorescent lights shine upon you from above, yellow lights flicker on and off to your right, and a door stands at the far end of the room to the left. You walk forward, shotgun ready, towards the door.
As you approach, the door jerks open to reveal a small room, and inside, a grim looking man, holding a shotgun. You leap back the way you came as he pulls up his weapon and fires. A loud shot echoes throughout the area. You turn around and pull the trigger. He falls, but stands up again. You walk closer and you blow him away. He groans and falls to the ground with a thud. You take the shells from his pack and move into the room. A red button stands in front of you, apparently to activate the lift. You reload your weapon and push the button. It turns green and the lift suddenly activates, moving downward.
The lift reaches the bottom and you step off to see a stream, with a bridge over it. Stone surrounds you, and metal, man-made objects protrude from it. On the other side of the bridge is another man with a shotgun, and a snarling guard dog. The man raises his shotgun and fires, but misses as the dog starts barking. The dog charges across the bridge as the soldier continues missing. It leaps at you, only to have a bunch of buckshot blow through its brains. It falls to the ground, and you run across the bridge, firing your shotgun. The soldier is quickly down, and you take his ammunition. A door, not unlike the last one, stands before you on that side of the bridge, bright yellow light shining on it from the nearby lights.
You reload your shotgun and step forward.


Part 2 - Old

Two soldiers patrol just on the other side of the door. A dog lays to the right, apparently sleeping. You see a familiar-looking crate. It resembles a crate used for transporting pure O2 back home, and you remember it being highly explosive under certain conditions. Such as being shot by a 12 gauge. It’s worth a shot. You carefully aim your shotgun at the crate and pull the trigger.
The crate suddenly explodes, throwing the soldiers to the wall. The dog rolls over and continues sleeping. You always liked dogs, with the exception of the kind that charge at you and attempt to rip you apart. You step closer to the dog and swiftly kill it with your axe.
You continue, reloading your shotgun as you move forward. You see another soldier, raise your shotgun, and fire. The soldier is shoved backwards, but remains standing. You duck behind a corner as he returns fire. You then lean around the corner and fire a well-aimed shot, taking him down.
You peek around the next corner to the right, and see a pool of slime and two patrolling soldiers on the other side. You crouch and roll to the side, revealing yourself to the soldiers, and fire your shotgun several times. After a few shots, both soldiers are down.
You peer at the bubbling green slime and ponder how you are going to get across…


Part 3 - New

The green slime bubbles before you, waiting to suck in a poor victim. You look around the room, trying to find a way across. You see a button, right next to you. What's the worst it could do? You reason. You run into the gigantic 2 foot, flashing button with your chest, and a platform extends across the viscous death below. You step lightly across the suspended platform, peering morbidly over the edge at the sizzling, green acid below. You feel some relief as your feet step off the platform, firmly on the surface of the other side. You creep close to the turn in the hallway ahead. You round the corner, shotgun up, and utterly destroy an enemy in two shots. You hear enemies become alert nearby. The room ahead lay dark and forboding. You reload your 12 gauge and step forward.


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