Endgame

cheese57132 · Oct 30, 2011

Like a book

seth73 · Jan 11, 2012

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*iPimella (01) · Jan 11, 2012

Us there ever going to be MOAR?

*iSniffChloroform (01) · Jan 11, 2012

why would we read this ****?

Renatum · Jan 12, 2012

1. not ****

2. IT'S ******* EPIC, DAMNIT NOOB.

seth73 · Jan 12, 2012

I dare someone to bump the feedback thread.

Platinum2 · Jan 16, 2012

Omg... Seth's back!?

little_killer · Jan 16, 2012

seth73 said:

Chapter 2
The room we were in vanished and we appeared in a large room with a table big enough for the six of us. There were 4 doors leading out of the chamber. On each wall, there were also two storage lockers, each one with one of our names on it.
"I think this is a…" I began but then a robotic voice cut me off.
"Welcome to your training facility" it said.
"Training facility..." I continued, letting my voice trail off.
"Well let's explore then get some rest, we can start training tomorrow" I said.
"I agree we are all weary" said the Defender.
Two of the doors led into a small bedroom with three beds, as well as a separate bathroom. The other, was a small room with 6 panels, presumably simulators. The last door refused to open, but we were all too tired to investigate. So, put our things down in a room and went to sleep.
My vision swam, I was in a small room...
Blam!
I jolted up and slammed my head against the bunk above mine. Groaning, I rolled off the bunk onto the ground. With another moan, I got up, got dressed and headed out to the main room. Avril was already there, sipping coffee.
"Hi Seth" she said, and rather cheerily at that.
"Hey Avril" I said, rather groggily
"Where'd you get the coffee?" I inquired, beginning to wake up.
"It was in my bag" she replied
"Cool, want to get the others?" I asked, an evil grin spreading across my face.
"Sure" she answered.
I walked into the room, and flicked on the lights.
"Wake up!" I hollered
Thud!
Thud!
I walked out of the room, knowing they would eventually get up. Half an hour later, we were all gathered around the table. We decided to use the simulation room to train individually, then in the afternoon, as a group.
The knife impaled itself in the training dummy.
Not bad I thought...
After a long afternoon of group exercises, I was able to open the last door, where a swirling blue portal awaited.
"Tomorrow we start" I said to the others.
The morning was silent and uneventful. We got up and made coffee, then packed up our gear.
"You guys ready?" I asked. Everyone nodded. I moved over to the door and opened it, revealing the portal "Then let's do this" I commanded, eager for some excitement.
We all gathered in a line and stepped through the portal. We re-appeared in a maze of illuminated caves. I looked over to Stora, and I could already see the nervous look on her face. She didn't like confined spaces, never did, and caves were her least favourite. We took a moment to take in our surroundings. We began to move in the only direction that the tunnel allowed us. The compass in my helmet told me it was north, and that we were coming to a point where four tunnels cross. As we neared that point, I noticed something on the floor. As we moved closer, it became a form, then a figure. My vision enhanced by my helmet, I figured out that it was a girl, and that she was merely unconscious...
"Be careful, whatever knocked her out is probably still out there." I whispered.
More nods. We formed circle around Avril and Stora and moved into the crossway. There we spotted a dozen or so small creatures, with long wooden clubs. My helmet identified them as "gremlins". I quickly threw my knives, scoring two hits. Then, I pulled out my zweihander and got to work. After several minutes of cutting through dozens and dozens of gremlins, we finally killed them all. I turned to the girl. She was unarmed. Her skin seemed very pale, and her ears were pointy. And then I saw it... She had tail, bare except for the hair at the end. To my surprise, my helmet identified her. Her name was Matea.
"Matea" I whispered.
"I’ve heard of her, they say she permanently wrote herself into the game to avoid her less than perfect life" commented Stora. “She plays through the game over and over again, constantly avoiding the last level.”
I examined her head, and found a large bruise on the back of her neck.
"We really need a healer" I said to nobody in particular.
As if on command, we began to hear noises from one of the corridors, but they sounded like someone running, running towards us.
"I'm gonna go investigate, iZ, your’re in charge. Avril, cover me as I move down the tunnel." I ordered.
A nervous expression crossed iZ's face, but after a moment he nodded. As I moved down the tunnel, I noticed my throwing knives had returned to their sheaths. The corridor emptied out into a large circular room. There, surrounded by gremlins was a girl, fending them off with a broadsword. She was short and thin, and had long blond hair. She seemed to be doing pretty well, but I saw a pair of gremlins sneak up behind her, I drew both knives, threw and killed both gremlins. The girl and the gremlins looked up. Knowing any element of surprise had been ruined. I charged, cutting down a dozen or so gremlins. The room was small, and there were many gremlins, so one stroke went a long way. I decided to try and join up with the girl, trusting Avril to pick off any who got behind me. After a few moments of slashing through gremlins, I finally got to the girl. I noticed several herbs and vials of various liquids on her back.
"Are you a healer?" I asked.
She nodded.
"I need your help, me and my friends found a girl farther down the tunnel. She is unconscious, but has a bad bruise on her head."
Again she nodded.
We began to gain ground on the rapidly decreasing amount of gremlins. After about ten minutes, we were free.
"My... My name is Moragana" the girl finally said pausing in between words to catch her breath. "I will help your friend, as you saved my life"
"Great” I reply "She is just down this tunnel.”
As we headed down the tunnel, we began to hear the sounds of fighting and our footsteps quickened.
When we got to the crossway, the rest of my squad had formed a line, blocking the gremlins, coming through the tunnel to the left of where we originally entered. This "line" effectively protected Matea and Stora from the gremlins.
"Good work iZ" I yelled as I took my place in the line.
"What should I do" asked Moragana.
"Tend to Matea" I said, mentioning to her.
After several more minutes of combat we had killed all of the gremlins.
"Let’s move her down there" I said, mentioning to the tunnel where I had met Moragana. "It’s easier to defend, we will post one guard, with two hour shifts"
Carefully, we moved Matea to down the tunnel, laying her at the back of the chamber. "Any volunteers for first watch?" I asked, not expecting any answers.
"I will, I'm sure you all saw more combat them me today" Moragana said.
"Really? Well ok then." I said.
With that decided the rest of us laid down our bedrolls and instantly drifted off to sleep...
I awoke to the sound of movement. I expected Moragana to come pick me for next watch, but instead she had gone over to Rika, and the two quickly spoke in hushed voices. They seemed to already know each other. Then Rika took Moragana's place and quiet returned. I began to doze off again, but then, I saw something, it looked like a tail. Yes, it was a tail! Rika had a tail!
"I must really be losing my mind" I thought. I chuckled silently, then fell back asleep.
The rest of the night was uneventful, and to my surprise, no one came to wake me up to take guard duty. That morning still groggy from sleep, we took a unanimous decision to make coffee.
"Is, is that coffee?" Moragana asked. Then, before anybody could answer, she dashed over and poured herself a glass. "I can make something a bit stronger, it might help wake her up" she continued, between sips of coffee.
"Ok, she'll need all the help she can get. Rika, go help her." I replied.
With a nod, the two girls went off to make the brew.
I took the opportunity to go and make sure everybody had sufficient ammo and no wounds to treat.
In a few moments, the girls returned, with a strong smelling, coffee-like substance. We all formed a semi-circle around Matea and Moragana. She first held the glass under her nose, before slowly pouring it down her lips.
We waited a minute...
Five…
After ten minutes, we were ready to give up, but then, Matea began to stir... Matea's tail shot out from beneath her, and curled itself around Moragana's neck, effectively strangling her.
We all began to move towards the two, but then the tail released Moragana and she fell to the ground gasping for air. Rika went over to help Moragana, and the rest of us went over to Matea. "Give me some room" I say, trying to sound as come as possible. Then, Matea began to speak in a hushed voice. “Where am I?"
"You are in the game" I respond, quietly.
"Wha, what happened?" she continues.
"A gremlin must have hit you over the head" I reply. Her hand goes to the nasty looking bruise on her neck. I seize her wrist before she gets the chance. "Don’t touch it; it will only make things worse." I ordered in a commanding tone. “My friends and I will help heal you. Now get some rest"
She obeys, and instantly falls asleep, so I decide to go see if Moragana has recovered.
"Is, is she alright?" she asks in a raspy voice.
"Yes, how about you?" I reply.
"My throat is a little sore, but I'll manage. I have some herbs to help." she replies.
She goes over and begins to make some sort of tea, so I tell my hunter squad we will be staying here for awhile. I sit on a flat rock and watch my friend rest, wondering if I will ever get out of this.
I was once again woken up to the sound of shuffling. I rolled over and noticed that Matea was awake and trying to get up. I quickly rushed over. "Stay down" I whispered.
"No" she replied. I was taken aback by how determined she sounded.
"Fine, but I'm helping you" I proclaimed.
"No" Matea maintained. She was a stubborn one. With that she attempted to get up. She wobbled and began to fall back. I reached out and helped her to a sitting position. "My, my weapons, where are they?" she demanded.
"I don't know, you were unarmed when we found you." I replied.
“Wait... I remember. After the gremlins hit me in the head, I was in and out of consciousness. I heard them say that they would take my weapons to the Kremlin. My guess is that the Kremlin is their leader,” she retorted.
"I agree we will help you retrieve your weapons. But first, you need to rest." I replied as I handed her a water bottle.
"Fine” she declared, rather harshly, “but don't pamper me.” with that, she thrust back the water bottle and went back to sleep. Satisfied, I returned to my bedroll and caught up with some much needed rest.
When I woke up, I guessed it was around 11 o'clock. I decided to get everybody else up. After a few moments, everybody looked much more awake then this morning, when Matea first regained consciousness. They all gathered around me, and I began to tell them of my plans. "As you all know, along our journey, we discovered Matea. She was ambushed by gremlins, which knocked her out and stole her things. She believes they took her weapons to their leader, the Kremlin. Matea, we will help you retrieve your weapons." I paused, letting my words sink in. "Check your weapons and ammo and have all your injuries tended to by Moragana. We leave in an hour." Matea seemed to be a little dazed, and deprived from her stubbornness. She had merely nodded throughout my orders. I figured the coffee had worn off, but I kept a close watch, just in case. As everyone began to pack up their things, I went over to speak with the Defender. "Can you do me a favour?" I asked.
"Sure, what did you have in mind?" he answered.
"When we go out to fight the Kremlin, I want you to keep a close eye on Matea. Got it?" I replied.
"Can do Seth" he replied.
The conversation ended. I left. I quickly went over to make sure Matea was in traveling condition. She still seemed a bit dazed, but other than that she seemed fine. I walked over to my already assembled things, pulled out my stone and began to perfect the edge on my blades. Satisfied, I put them back in their respective places, hoisted my pack over my shoulders and stood up. "Let’s do this" I said, loud enough for everybody to hear. They all nodded and picked up their things. I heard two clicks as Stora and the Defender armed their weapons and a faint hum as Avril strung her bow. I also heard a loud hissing noise as Rika slides her dirks in and out of their scabbards. After about five minutes of walking, we again reached the intersection.
"My guess is that the Kremlin is that way I said, mentioning to the tunnel directly in front of us. That's where the goblins came from last time." I thought aloud. "Circle formation."
We began to move down the tunnel, and my helmet began to pick up several heat signatures in the room ahead. "There’s something out there" I said in a whispered voice, "Stay focused."
We reached the entrance of what appeared to be a very large chamber. As our eyes adjusted to the light, we realized that the chamber was crawling with zombies! But these were not regular zombies; they were the zombies of all the gremlins we had killed before! They were faster, and more numerous. They outnumbered us five to one.
"Not bad odds" I whispered. "Now let's kick some zombie ***."
"Make a half circle around the entrance, that way a smaller amount of zombies can attack us at a time." I declared. We adjusted our formation."Ready... Go" I threw a lit firecracker into the mass of zombies. It exploded, setting off a shower of bright sparks. Stora and Avril began to shoot while the rest of us fashioned flashlights to our weapons. There were lights built in to my helmet, so I switched those on. I threw my knives at the first pair of approaching zombies. Then they were onto us. We were actually holding up quite well, with Matea making quick work of any zombies that got past us. Then, it came: a beast of a gremlin in heavy armor. My helmet began to identify it. It was riding a large boar. It seemed to be holding something... A lance! As I noticed its intentions, I was already too late. The lance soared through the air, strait towards Rika.
"Rika!" I yelled, but I was too late to stop it. It came closer and closer. Then, right before the lance penetrated Rika, something shot in front of it, taking the lance in the arm. I quickly realized it was iZ. Rika dropped to the ground to help him."Moragana!" she cried, on the verge of tears.
"We have to destroy it first" I said, "It’s not safe."My helmet identified the creature as the Kremlin, although it was pretty obvious. It also identified its weakness, fire.
I had an idea...
"Rika, Avril come here." I said, trying to sound calm. "Its weakness is fire. Rika give me your flame Dirk, and Avril, give me an arrow." I commanded. They did as I asked. I bring the flaming dirk to the poisoned arrowhead, and voilà, the poison ignites. "here, use this” I told Avril, “And give me your quiver.". I take the dirk and quiver and hand them to Rika. "Light the arrows and give them to Avril. I hear a scream of pain. "Good, it worked" I thought. "Stora, try and kill the boar." I ordered. "Defender, stay here with them, Moragana, go help iZ, but keep your head up." I said. "I'm going to go distract it."
I charged towards the Kremlin, making loud noises as I went. It noticed me, but seemed more interested in the fire arrows flying towards him. So I jumped on the boar’s head, enfront of the Kremlin, and bashed its exposed nose with my zweihander. Then I rolled off, slashing downwards as I went, effectively separating snout from boar. "Keep shooting Avril!" I yelled. Then I slowly ran over to the other side of the chamber, letting the enraged Kremlin and his mount chase after me. We ran around the room for awhile, the Kremlin only getting more frustrated every time I avoided him. I noticed the fire arrows were doing damage, but not enough.
"Avril, I'm going to line you up, aim for the heart!" I yelled. I ran in Avril's direction, then stopped halfway to her. I turned and watched the overconfident Kremlin let his mount claw at the ground, preparing for a charge.
"Now!" I hollered, just before he began to charge at me.
Thud.
The arrow imbedded itself deep in the creature's chest and it fell from the boar, quite dead. The boar was still coming at me. I leaped over it, preparing for a killing blow when I saw a brilliant red flash pierce the beast. It was dead before I hit the ground.
"Nice shooting" I said as I landed. Then, I collapsed to the ground.
When I opened my eyes I seemed to be in the same place I was, but from a lower perspective. My head was propped up against what felt like my bedroll. I looked around and noticed that the others were all sitting around, grim looks on their faces. Avril was sitting next to me, and noticed I was awake.
"Moragana! He's awake" she called.
Moragana rushed over.
"You should take better care of yourself Seth I am pretty sure you passed out from exhaustion." she said "Now drink"
I took a long swig from the canteen she gave me. A sweet taste filled my mouth.
"That should get your energy back up." she added.
"Will iZ live?" I asked.
"The wound is not fatal, but I do not have the supplies to heal the injury, and without proper treatment, he may lose his arm." Moragana replied, a sad tone in her voice. "Also, I am worried about Rika, she seems to have developed an obsession over protecting him" she continued "iZ is resting now, as should you" she added, and then she walked away.
Satisfied, I allowed myself to drift off to sleep.
I woke what I guessed to be ten hours later. I had had an idea while in my sleep, so I called to Stora and Moragana.
"I have a plan for iZ." I said, "But first help me up." Moragana handed me another canteen of the sweet liquid first. Then they helped me rise. The world spun for a moment, but after that I felt fine. "Ok, here's that deal. I think that past that door is a room with Matea's weapons in it. As well as a portal leading to an upgrade chamber. I think Moragana; you will find supplies to help iZ there. Now I want to look at iZ's wound, assess the damage" I proposed.
"Very good idea" Stora said, "but why am I here?"
"Well, if we do have to amputate, I was wondering if you could build a robotic arm for him." I replied, solemnly.
"Sounds like it would be a challenge, one I am up for." Stora announced with an eager nod.
Moragana then led me to where iZ was. As we rounded the corner, I saw Rika there, staring, not acknowledging our presence whatsoever. I looked at the wound and I knew for sure we would need to amputate. The spear had gone clean through, destroying nerve and muscle tissue. All that was left was a gaping hole in his arm.
"Well, unfortunately, his arm is screwed,” I declared, “even if we kept infection out, his arm would be of no use with a hole that big."
I called everyone around me to explain the plan.
"This is the plan: in that room, we will in theory find Matea's weapons. We are going to move iZ in there. You have fifteen minutes to pack your things." I explained.
I already had my things ready, so I went to help Moragana make a stretcher for iZ. In fifteen minutes, we had a rather crude stretcher made and ready to go. "Ok everyone, let’s go, Defender, take the front." I ordered.
As expected, inside we found a pile of weapons. Most of them were rusted, but in the corner, there was a group of gleaming new ones. I assume they belonged to Matea. She rushed over and looked them over, before fitting them into her belt, then she turned to face us.
"Thank you all for helping me recover my weapons, but now that I am healed, I no longer need your help." With that, she darted out the door. We all reached to stop her, but she was too quick. Before any of us could engage in pursuit, the room blurred, and began to shift. Before we knew it, we were in another upgrade chamber! This time however, there were 7 pedestals.
"It's about time," exclaimed Avril.
"Yeah, we earned the upgrade," the defender added.
"Ok, before you get your updates, let's all go to Moragana's upgrade," I said, controlling my eagerness.
Moragana stepped up to the pedestal, and a tank of what I guessed to be anesthetic and a strange looking contraption rose from the ground. Several eyebrows raised then looked at me.
"Ok everyone, we are going to amputate iZ's arm now, but don't worry, Stora is making him a new one, any volunteers?" I asked, grinning at the last sentence.
"I'll help," Rika exclaimed.
"Ok, get your upgrades while Moragana applies the anaesthetic." I proclaimed.
We all returned to our pedestals, but this time, there was no awkward shuffling, everyone knew what to do. "Rika, you'll be helping out so you go first, then you Stora," I commanded. We all watched as the main altar came up. In it was... A book... Must be a special book, because, for the first time in days, Rika seemed awake, and in awe...
"What is it?" Stora asked.
"It's a summoning tome, only a beginner one, but still something I've always wanted." she replied. Then, the next altar rose. On it was a pair of Kevlar pants, to go with the vest. The other altar held a new fully filled travelling pack. Then, her face took a more serious tone. "I'll go help Moragana now."
"Stora, your turn," I said.
She stepped onto her podium and the altar began to rise. On it was a Swiss army knife times 10. It had every tool imaginable on it. There was also a pile of spare parts next to the tool. Stora also got some Kevlar pants, and a new travelling pack.
"Umm... Avril, you go," I said uncertain of whom to pick next.
On her altar was another quiver! This one supplied fire arrows, which I noticed were still poisoned. She also got Kevlar pants and a travelling pack. I mentioned to the defender to get his upgrade. He got a second reverse bladed katana, and a special sight for his M-16.
He also got some Kevlar pants, which he immediately put on, under his suit of course. He also got a new travelling pack.
It was my turn. I stepped up to the podium and waited. Then my altar rose up from the ground. On it was a repeaters crossbow! I had always wanted one of these. I quickly slung the rack of bolts over my shoulder and examined them. They seemed plain enough, but with a diamond tip, for increased penetration. I also got some leg armor, and a curious little disk. It took me some time to figure out what it was for. It was a system upgrade for my helmet. I quickly slid it into the side, and a loading screen appeared. I quickly grabbed my travelling gear and stepped off the podium. Then, unexpectedly, the room blurred, and began to shift again.
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umm is this interseting enought to read?
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Devmau5 · May 5, 2012

Love this story

*epicsucess (01) · Jul 12, 2012

BUMP

*DrgnSlayer (02) · Jul 18, 2012

Ok so I see few have tried to bump this but: this is possibley the best thread in the history of KaW

R.I.P Seth :cry:

hellomelinck4321 · Jul 19, 2012

This is really gd! plz plz plz continue!

Interrobang · Jul 20, 2012

2 Years.
GG Seth.
Wanna Re?

*epicsucess (01) · Sep 2, 2012

BUMP again this is TOO GOOD to neglect

Glage · Sep 3, 2012

This is awesome

daman9 · Sep 3, 2012

Where is Seth?

*PielordTy (01) · Sep 3, 2012

Sadly he is gone.

seth73 · Sep 16, 2012

Prove it.
Also, don't post here.
Also, I'm going to completely re-write Endgame when I find the time, although I plan on keeping the new version a bit more private.

*LaBOY (01) · Sep 17, 2012

Seth!!!!

GD-LaserKing · Sep 17, 2012

This is.. just pure genius. GJGJ

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