The Nucleus Incident Chapter 1
Chapter 1 “Alert! The control point is being contested!”The announcer's point was moot before the last word had even left her lips. Ankle-deep in what remained of the BLU Heavy, the RED Soldier admired...
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Chapter 2Now THIS is living, Soldier thought to himself. A variety of military surplus weapons, two crates full of ready-to-eat military surplus rations, and a basic shelter he’d rigged together with...
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Chapter 3Medic squinted, trying to see his way through mist so thick he could almost reach out and grab a handful. He wasn’t sure where he was or how he ended up here, but it was like he was back in...
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Chapter 4“So then I realised I was inside an egg or some shit. But it didn’t seem weird, ya know? Seemed like I was supposed to be in there.”Engineer listened, giving the occasional nod. After a long...
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Chapter 5In his army days, he’d been a surgical artist. He'd done anything to get soldiers back on their feet again, creating abominations of stitched flesh and wired bones that shouldn’t have been...
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Chapter 6This sucks. This sucks so hard it BLOWS. Shit, I am so bored. I wonder if I could steal Spy’s mask from up here? Man, that’d be funny. He’d probably kill me though. Still, dyin’ would be...
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Chapter 7“I found ‘em...it wasn’t easy, but I bloody well found ‘em.”Spy looked up as Sniper shut the door behind him. He could sense the relief flooding into the room; RED usually frowned upon walking...
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Chapter 8“Get avay from him! Get AVAY, you Dummkophs!” Medic shouted angrily, shoving his way past his team-mates.Soldier looked at the plastic cup he’d just dropped, the coffee slowly forming a puddle...
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Chapter 9Sniper looked at the dusty soil beneath his feet. The evening light turned dull brown into a vivid orange, but it was still a far cry from the blood-red sands of the Australian Outback....
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Chapter 10 Very carefully, Sniper touched his palm to the concealed handprint scanner in their spawn room, the door to their living quarters sliding open silently. It was very early morning now, the...
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Chapter 11“Heavy.”“Da, Doktor.” Heavy answered, revving his gun as he peered around the corner.The sewer ahead seemed clear, but he’d been in enough narrow spaces to take a quick glance over his...
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Chapter 12The kitchen was filled with laughter and song, and the lingering smell of sweat, booze, and barbeque sauce. A fairly typical victory party. But right now it was also something normal for them...
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Chapter 13Spy watched from the corner, holding his breath until his counterpart cloaked, disappearing from his view. He’d disguised as the enemy plenty of times, imitating every little habit and...
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Chapter 14“I really don’t know how to thank you enough, mes amis.” The creature dropped from the ceiling. The men hardly had time to notice that its spindly rear legs had snapped the thick support...
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Chapter 15“The enemy has received additional time!”“Fall back, men!” Soldier yelled, holding onto his helmet with one hand as he prepared to rocket jump back towards his team-mates....
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