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| Coup D'etat | | | Author: | | | IP: | max01-dyXXXX | | Date: | 03/24/02 12:03 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 8, Min: 8
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It soon became clear to the four that the tank they were in wasnt exactly first class. The bumps were faint in the minds of the four, though, as rumors and thoughts flowed as clear and rapidly as a mountain spring.
"James...terran...you set us up, I am positive of it," Zeltior said scornfully.
"Now doncha think if I set ya up I would be in a slightly more comfortable tank?" James said logically.
"He's right Zeltior...blaming eachother for this will do nothing..." Xaniir said, refusing to allow the group to resort to blame.
The small dank prison room inside the tank returned to silence, all that was heard was the sound of the sand scrunching beneath the treads of the tank. Some time passed in the dark silence, all four of them engrossed in their own thoughts.
"Xaniir...how did they know where we were...?" Kelvena said, finally breaking the silence.
"We shall soon know young one..." Xaniir replied, still lost in thought.
"...Do we want to know...?" Kelvena said, fearing the worst.
Xaniir left the question unanswered, leaving only the ominous silence as a reply to Kelvena.
"We must escape, who knows what horrors the terrans could have in store for us at their base!" Zeltior said after contemplating the possibilities.
"And how do you propose we do so Zeltior?" Xaniir said skeptically.
"Simple, you use your psionic powers to break the chains, then I'll use my warp blade and cut through this tank, then its open sands!" Zeltior said, showing a rather obvious lack of planning.
"Yes...I see...so I guess we just strut out of here amidst all these tanks? And how long do you suppose four people with no water or food would last in the open desert, we dont even know where we are." Xaniir loudly yet calmly said.
Zeltior let out a gruff bark but never responded, knowing now that any chance of escape would be in vain. Once again they all returned to thought, just awaiting their arrival at the terran camp.
The minutes were like hours and the hours like days as they all anxiously yet apprehensively waited for any sign of something new. But their wait was short lived as a sudden stop jarred them from their thoughts.
"Are we here...?" Kelvena said curious as to what could be going on.
Suddenly a loud explosion rocked the tank, causing it to flip over, breaking the chains bound around the four and causing them to sprawl down on the side of the tank. Countless explosions continued all around the four as they struggled to regain their balance.
"Now's our chance to escape!" Zeltior announced as he drew his warp blade.
Zeltior made short work of the steel carapace of the tank, cutting a wide hole in it. The four jumped out of the tank and to their amazement, two giant military tank/goliath forces were in the heat of battle. The four quickly ducked under the cover of the tank and tried to recollect their thoughts as tank blasts rocked their ear drums.
"Alright! We need weapons!" Kelvena screamed out trying not to be drowned out by the blasts.
"In the cockpit of the tank! There should be a couple gauss rifles!" James said at the top of his voice.
Kelvena and James scampered to the blasted tanks cockpit and quickly rumaged through the scrap and found the two rifles. The two went to leave the cockpit when the opposing force caught Kelvena's eye.
"James! Those men in the base! They are the same men in lab coats I saw when I went to MAXIM's laboratory!" Kelvena said, once again booming her voice over the tank blasts.
"Yes! Thats MAXIM's force! We have to help them!" James bellowed out grabbing a few clips for his rifle.
James and Kelvena soon met up with Xaniir and Zeltior who had already engaged their one time captors. But despite their most valiant efforts the ground shook from the tank blasts and they could not find any leverage to engage the attacking tanks.
"Alright! new plan! We have to reach base!" James bellowed out, realizing that the anti-personel gauss rifles were about as effective as throwing rocks at the tanks.
Without another word spoken, Xaniir quickly summoned up a small army of hallucinations and sent them to the base, followed by the four. As expected, the tank blasts made short work of the many hallucinations but managed to clear a path for the four.
They quickly ran through the scrapped metal, dodging the occasional tank blast before finally reaching the terran base. Three of the men in lab coats, armed with anti-tank rocket launchers, came up to the four.
"Zee master vill see joo now," One of the men said, beckoning to the lead command center.
The four quickly made their way through the ravaged terran base, hearing the tank blasts in the distance become fainter and fainter. Inside the command center, not a single soul could be seen, the hallways were dark and the various computers were all turned off, as if the place had been abandoned.
They quickly followed the men in lab coats as they made their way finally to that door, ominously marked "laboratory A". They quickly set foot inside the laboratory and once again the place was bustling with activity as countless numbers of the mysterious men worked on their computers.
Glancing from body to body, the four soon made it to the giant control room where MAXIM rested. Zeltior and Xaniir stood awe struck at the massive control room falling behind James and Kelvena.
As Kelvena and James approached, MAXIM was quick to speak in his usual monotone voice.
"They seek to overthrow me..." MAXIM bellowed out.
"I dont understand...what's goin on MAX?" James questioned.
"To answer that, I'm afraid I require much more time then we have, these men who run the laboratory are my spawn just as you James...But...I regret to say, they are the only ones loyal to me now, and they will be over run by the fake generals tank force, they are just attempting to buy me some time so that I may speak with you one last time." MAXIM announced.
"Tell me! What did I see in that valley!" Kelvena screamed out at the computer as Zeltior and Xaniir caught up.
"I'm afraid I must keep this brief so I will only say this: what you saw was not an illusion, history is destined to repeat itself." MAXIM said then slightly paused before continuing, "They seek to take all I have created and use it to capture the power of this planet...I cannot allow that to happen."
MAXIM's screen began flashing red, James bit his lower lip then turned to the others.
"Maxie boy has initiated his self destruct sequence, we're in trouble..." James said in mid thought.
The four began frantically looking around, the only exit was out the front door...into the waiting guns of the fake generals army. The lights of the control room flickered off, signaling the opposing force had already destroyed the power generators.
The four huddled close together near the base of the MAXIM computer, frantically thinking of any possible escape when suddenly, through the dim red light emanating from the MAXIM computer, a single giant shadow was seen.
The four were quick to realize the identity of the shadow and this time paranoia took its grip around the four.
"Shit! That's that big guy we saw in the valley!" James bellowed out backing up slightly.
Without any time to react the giant man charged head first towards the four and in a massive show of strength, he wrapped them up in his huge arms and leaped down to the darkness below.
A brief moment passed as the opposing force tore their way up each level of the ravaged command center. The remaining members of MAXIM's spawn had all converged on the laboratory to defend. But the power of the terran force would not be denied and in a matter of just a couple minutes they had completly obliterated the weak defenses.
Knowing his life was about to come to an end, the last remaining member of MAXIM's spawn went into the control room and locked the doors.
"Our duty iz done fahzer, it iz all up to Jamez now," The man calmly said, nearly drowned out by the hammering on the door.
The man smiled slightly, folding up his lab coat and laying it at the base of MAXIM. Slowly he knelt down admist the gunfire in the darkness showing that the opposing force had made its way past the steel doors and was now navigating the darkness.
A single bullet tore its way through the mans chest, then another through his stomach, and another through his shoulder. He collapsed on the ground, feeling his breathing shorten and his eyesight fade. He slowly raised his head, feeling the bullets whiz by his body, and smiled as the screen of MAXIM turned all red. Closing his eyes and allowing the darkness to overcome him, he died happy, knowing the enemy terran force was just a little bit too late.
In a brilliant flash, a powerful shockwave tore through the base and surrounding area ripping the enemy terran force to shreds. Soon there-after a great fireball erupted from MAXIM in a catastrophic explosion, incinerating what was left.
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