label day162:
"The city is a warzone. Blackened buildings. Overturned cars. Smoke curling from collapsed skyscrapers."
"Above, the sky is torn open. A colossal horror floats and twists through the clouds, limbs unfurling like a blooming nightmare."
"On the ground, it's almost as bad. Hulking creatures drag themselves through the ruins. Mutated monstrosities pulsing with unholy energy."
"Jets scream overhead. Blasts of pink plasma fire from sleek guns, grafted with monster tissue. Tanks open fire. Troops shout."
Aos "Hmm, looks like you've got you're work cut out for you."
play sound "audio/laser3.mp3"
stop music
scene pblue with hpunch
scene black with dissolve
You "Wha-"
play music "audio/fight45.mp3"
play sound "audio/monster5.mp3"
scene ecl4 with hpunch
Monster "Grrgghh!!!"
"Six legs crunch through the earth, a thick-bodied monster scrambling after its prey."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene dodge with hpunch
"The human turns a corner, sprinting as fast as his two legs can carry. The one eye he has left darting through the parking lot, desperate for an escape."
play sound "audio/explode.mp3"
scene bluntimpact5 with vpunch
"Another monster lands beside him, he stumbles, rolls and sprints in the other direction."
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
scene ecl1 with hpunch
Stephen "Argh! Fuck me!"
"Breath ragged. Legs burning. Stephen flees, his heart racing a mile a minute."
play sound "audio/monster5.mp3"
scene ecl2 with hpunch
"Behind him, come the chittering echoes. The six-legged creatures, fast and ravenous, eager for his meat."
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
scene bluntattack with hpunch
"He bolts through a parking garage, leaping over a smashed motorcycle. One of the beasts lunges from behind a pillar. He ducks, the claw skimming his jacket."
scene ecl3 with dissolve
"Down the exit ramp, he spots a corpse... one of his men. Half-crushed beneath a beam. A shotgun lies just out of reach."
play sound "audio/monster5.mp3"
scene ecl4 with hpunch
Monster "GrrrghhH!!"
Stephen "Fuck-"
play sound "audio/gunshot.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood with hpunch
"Snatching up the shotgun he fires. The blast punches into its chest and black ichor sprays.... even so, it keeps coming."
play sound "audio/gunshot.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
play sound "audio/gunshot.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood2 with hpunch
Stephen "Fucking hell!"
"He pumps two more into the head and finally, it drops."
scene ecl5 with dissolve
"The other two catch up, crawling over their fallen kin."
Stephen "Fuck me..."
play sound "audio/woosh2.mp3"
scene ecl6 with hpunch
Stephen "*pant* Wish I still had my right hand."
"Stephen turns, feeling out into the burning street."
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
scene sliceattack with hpunch
"One leaps and lands behind him, claws raking at his leg-"
play sound "audio/gunshot.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
"He spins, fires at point blank."
play sound "audio/gunshot.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood3 with hpunch
"It recoils, screetching. He fires a second blast and it drops like the other."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene sliceattack2 with vpunch
"Another drops from above. Stephen dives, rolling under a broken car-"
scene ecl8 with dissolve
"Then comes out the other side and stands, aiming-"
play sound "audio/noammo.mp3"
scene ecl9 with dissolve
Stephen "Shit. Empty."
scene ecl10 with dissolve
Monster "GrrraaghghhH-"
Stephen "Fuck-"
play sound "audio/gunshot3.mp3"
scene ecl11 with hpunch
Monster "Grrrhlk!!"
Stephen "Huh-"
play sound "audio/gunshot3.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood3 with hpunch
Monster "..........."
scene ecl12 with dissolve
stop music fadeout 3.0
Derek "*pant* *pant*"
scene ecl13
show derek sigh flip at left2
show dadd n at right
with dissolve
Derek "Stephen, thank fuck. You alright?!"
Stephen "Barely. We need to regroup. Take command."
show derek n flip with dissolve
Derek "Comms are dead."
Stephen "I know."
play music "audio/fight46.mp3"
scene ecl14 with dissolve
Monster "Grrrrrgghhhhhh......."
"More beasts crawl from the rubble, growling."
Derek "Fuck. This wasn't supposed to be possible! Where the hell was our warning?!"
Stephen "Later! Let's get the fuck out of here."
play sound "audio/gunshot2.mp3"
scene gunshots with hpunch
scene gunshots with hpunch
scene gunshots with hpunch
Derek "Right! I'll follow you!!"
"Derek fires into the crowd of crawling monsters, aiming for the eyes, trying to slow them in any way he can-"
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl15 with hpunch
"Before turning to run. Following Stephen down a scorched alley. Past a collapsed bus. Bodies in the street. Civilians. Soldiers."
"They dash through torn rubble, damaged vehicles and crumbling buildings, taking as complex a route as possible to outwit the tailing monsters and throw them off their tail."
"But the creatures are everywhere and too fast to outrun directly."
scene ecl16 with dissolve
Derek "Shit-"
"Cornered, they hide behind a crumbling wall, as more shrieks sound around them, half a dozen monsters crawling over the ruins."
Derek "*pant* Fuck. We can't keep this up, I'm too old to outrun fucking monsters."
Stephen "*pant* Me too. But they're E class, D at the most and they don't seem good at tracking. We can survive; we've just got to take control."
show ecl 17 with dissolve
Derek "How?"
Stephen "The broken radio over by that store, see it? That's H.E.R.O. tech, there may be agents inside. We've got to find them."
Derek "What if they're dead?"
Stephen "We'll hope their weapons are still intact. Come on."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl18 with hpunch
Dad "Ready...... Go!!"
"Watching for the surrounding monsters to pass, Derek and Stephen take their chance and sprint across the road. Into the shattered storefront."
stop music fadeout 5.0
scene ecl19
show dadd n flip at left2
show derek sigh at right2
with dissolve
Derek "Fuck, we made it. Did they see us?"
Dad "I don't think so. Quick, let's look around."
Derek "Yeah."
play music "audio/interest18.mp3"
scene ecl19 with dissolve
"Together, they search through the crumbling store. Carefully checking every corner."
show ecl 20 with dissolve
Derek "Be honest Stephen, how fucked are we?"
show ecl 21 with dissolve
Stephen ".....Pretty fucked. Comms have been dead since the second wave hit, if we don't get them back up..."
Derek "You think it's jamming? Can the monsters do that?"
Stephen "Maybe. EMPs, psychic interference, atmospheric distortion... hell, they could be warping space around their units or broadcasting a localized signal disruptor. These things can do all kinds of shit."
Stephen "Or they could've physically hit the uplink, torn out the satellite towers. If they were targeting infrastructure, they wouldn't have missed it."
show ecl 22 with dissolve
Derek "And even if they're not... the big motherfuckers could have busted it on accident...."
Stephen "Maybe. But it happened fast. It feels planned."
show ecl 23 with dissolve
Derek "Can monsters do that...? Make plans?"
Stephen "They can."
show ecl 20 with dissolve
Derek "....Do we have anything to fight back? H.E.R.O. sent us something, didn't they?"
show ecl 21 with dissolve
Stephen "A clone unit is still active and five superhumans, though the clone's timer was running out last I checked."
Stephen "Command also sent an armored brigade combat team with fifty tanks and 4000 troops using H.E.R.O. tech. As well as a squadron of fifteen jets."
Derek "Is that it?! We're up to our fucking arse in monsters here!"
Stephen "They were sent in before we lost contact. The scale's changed...."
Stephen "Especially after those two arrived."
show ecl 105 with dissolve
"Stephen peeks out of the store, looking up to the north at the monster hanging low over the skyline, a massive bulk of black and dull red, clouding the sky."
show ecl 95 with dissolve
"Meanwhile Derek does the same, looking to the east to a landbound creature so tall it can be seen over the many buildings between."
"Their presence presses down on the city and everyone in it, a heavy weight on the mind and body, incomparable to the countless lesser monsters invading."
Derek "What the fuck are they...?"
Stephen "I don't know.... but they're at least A class, if not higher..."
show ecl 24 with dissolve
Stephen "Nothing we got can handle them, especially that one up there... If we don't find some way to communicate with H.E.R.O., we're fucked."
Derek "........."
show black with dissolve
Derek "Oh, fuck. Is that...."
Stephen "Huh?"
scene ecl 25 with dissolve
"Stephen follows Derek over to the edge of the store, where they find a pair of dead men. H.E.R.O.'s security troopers. Torn apart."
Derek "Poor motherfuckers."
Stephen "Hmm, yeah... but they left their weapons for us a least. Let's take what we can. We'll need it."
scene ecl 26 with dissolve
"They work fast. Derek puts aside his rifle and picks up what looks like a flamethrower."
Derek "Damn, you think this thing still-"
play sound "audio/fire.mp3"
scene efireball flip with hpunch
Derek "Woah-"
scene ecl 27 with dissolve
Derek "Shit, it works alright. I wonder how much gas is left?"
Stephen "It's fueled by monster blood, not gas, it will last a while."
Derek "Sweet."
scene ecl 28 with dissolve
Stephen "............"
"Stephen picks up a pink plasma pistol, checking its charge. Almost unused, still glowing, humming softly. H.E.R.O.'s premium tech, advanced significantly over the past year."
scene ecl 29 with dissolve
"He also finds grenades. Four."
Stephen "Here, take two."
Derek "Nice."
play music "audio/fight47.mp3"
play sound "audio/monster3.mp3"
scene ecl19 with dissolve
"Outside, something shifts in the wreckage. A low rasp, the grinding of bone on concrete."
"Stephen and Derek freeze, backs against the wall of the ruined shop. Silence presses in around them."
play sound "audio/monster3.mp3"
"Then, another growl."
scene ecl31 with dissolve
"Many limbs, dragging themselves forward across the tiles. They enter, wooden limbs twisted unnaturally and moving at strange, awkward angels."
show ecl32 with dissolve
"Their upper bodies look more human, or perhaps are human... prey claimed and absorbed by the creature, used for their nervous systems...."
scene ecl30 with dissolve
"There's four, two on the floor, crawling across shattered glass, and two more on the roof, their tentacles... or roots, digging in the stone."
"As they approach the air smells suddenly of composte and rot, the entire store quickly filled with it."
scene ecl33 with dissolve
Stephen "........"
scene ecl32 with dissolve
"One of the wall-crawlers freezes. Its head tilts. A hiss escapes its throat, a high-pitched whine-"
scene ecl34 with dissolve
"Stephen acts first, stepping out from behind the shelving, rifle already raised."
play sound "audio/gunshot2.mp3"
scene gunshots with hpunch
scene gunshots with hpunch
scene gunshots with hpunch
Stephen "!!!!!!!!!"
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood3 with hpunch
"The first shot hits the roof-crawling beast mid-center. It shrieks, falls, crashing onto the one below it."
Stephen "!!!!!!!!!"
"The other falls much the same, the two creatures crawling along the roof now tangled with their kin."
"But still alive."
play sound "audio/gunshot2.mp3"
scene ecl 35 with hpunch
scene ecl 35 with hpunch
scene ecl 35 with hpunch
Stephen "!!!!!!!!"
"Stephen fires again. And again. He targets the human bodies, the wood too thick and tough for bullets to pierce..."
scene ecl 36 with dissolve
"But they keep coming. Limbs twitching, bodies shuddering, whatever purpose these human hosts serve, they're not a requirement for the immediate survival of the D-class monsters."
play sound "audio/noammo.mp3"
scene ecl 37 with dissolve
Stephen "Fuck, out again-"
scene ecl 36 with dissolve
Monster "Grrrghh....."
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
scene ecl 38 with hpunch
Derek "Gotcha now-"
"Derek steps out from the rubble, behind them. And the moment he does Stephen leaps back behind the shelves-"
play sound "audio/fire.mp3"
scene efireball flip with hpunch
Monster "GrrAAaaaghk!!"
"The beasts shriek as fire washes over them. Their bodies convulse, muscles liquefying. Together, the monster's burn, melting in the face of H.E.R.O.'s terrifying tech."
scene ecl27 with dissolve
Derek "Hah, this thing is amazing!!"
play sound "audio/monster3.mp3"
scene ecl 39 with hpunch
Monster "!!!!!!!!!"
"From the burning corpses, one rises, the charred limbs stretching out, ready to launch its attack, to absorb Derek into its body and replace the human he destroyed-"
Derek "Oh fuck...."
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene jakeend80 with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood2 with hpunch
Monster "Gllllrrkk!!"
"But its head splits open. A ray of pink plasma ending the creature's life, permanently."
stop music fadeout 4.0
scene ecl19
show dadd n flip at left2
show derek sigh at right2
with dissolve
Derek "Phew. Fucking hell, saw my life flash before my eyes for a second there."
show dadd sigh flip with dissolve
Stephen "Urgh, yeah. C'mon. We have to keep moving."
scene black with dissolve
"Derek and Stephen rush through the burning buildings and out into the street, avoiding as many monsters as they can."
play music "audio/interest34.mp3"
scene ecl 44 with dissolve
Derek "So what now?"
Stephen "We need to get a signal out, bring coms back up. So, we'll need a relay point."
Derek "Any idea where to find one?"
show ecl 43 with dissolve
Stephen "City Hall's reinforced. Has a command bunker underneath. It might still have a functional uplink."
Stephen "If the towers are gone or jammed, we'll need to hardwire into one of the ground uplinks, there should be a fiber spine beneath City Hall."
show ecl 44 with dissolve
Derek "Alright. City Hall it is. We clear that site, find the uplink, get comms back and get some backup."
show ecl 43 with dissolve
Stephen "Be good if we can find a fucking working car, City Hall is miles-"
show ecl 42 with dissolve
Derek "Woah, check it out-"
scene ecl 45 with dissolve
"Derek pulls aside a cracked slab of concrete, revealing the rusted frame of an old motorbike, half buried in the rubble. He pulls it out, dust and dirt falling from the chassis."
"The tires are still inflated. Engine casing intact, for the most part."
Derek "What a piece of shit. I wonder if it's still working..."
scene ecl 46 with dissolve
"He kneels beside it, rips off the ruined control panel and digs his fingers into the exposed wiring. "
Stephen "Can you it thing working?"
Derek "Watch and learn rich boy."
Stephen "I'm not rich."
"He twists a pair of wires, then grabs a combat knife from his belt and strips two more. Sparks snap."
play sound "audio/bikestart.mp3"
scene ecl 46 with hpunch
Derek "Argh- fuck me."
"He bridges the connection with the blade, and the bike rumbles to life... coughing, sputtering, but running."
scene ecl13
show derek laugh flip at left2
show dadd n at right
with dissolve
Derek "Hah! Never doubt this old motherfucker, as my dad would say back when stealing was a real job."
show dadd sigh with dissolve
Stephen "That was never a real job."
Derek "Fed the family. Now get on, I'm driving."
scene black with dissolve
stop music fadeout 5.0
"Stephen hops on the back with a grunt and Derek kicks the bike into gear. The two of them driving off to city hall."
play music "audio/horror12.mp3"
scene ecl 47 with hpunch
Brianna "Hnngh-"
play sound "audio/splash2.mp3"
scene ecl 48 with hpunch
Jeff "Damn-"
"Water blasts slam into the barricaded doors of Town Hall, punching through the frame."
Brianna "It's gonna break!"
Jeff "Get back-"
play sound "audio/splash2.mp3"
scene effectwater2 with hpunch
"Jeff and Brianna dive break away from the door and dive behind an overturned desk as more water strikes the door like a pressure cannon, shattering the wood and metal."
scene ecl 49 with dissolve
Jeff "Argh- my back! I'm too goddamn old for this."
scene ecl50 with dissolve
"The front door and a good chunk of the concrete framing is cut away... and the scaled monsters beyond it, slither through."
Monster "Grrrghh....."
Brianna "Ready boss?"
Jeff "*sigh* Ready."
play sound "audio/gunshots.mp3"
scene gunshot with hpunch
scene gunshot with hpunch
scene gunshot with hpunch
"Together, they leap out. Handguns drawn. Bullets spark against slick, armored skin. The creatures, fish-scaled things with bloated torsos and thick spines along their backs, rumble as the bullets hammer into them."
scene ecl51 with dissolve
"Though to limited effect."
Brianna "It's not doing shit!"
Jeff "I know!!"
scene ecl52 with dissolve
"Other officers rush down the hall, large guns in hand. One tosses Jeff a pump-action shotgun, another throws Brianna an assault rifle."
Officer "Use these! It'll bite through-"
play sound "audio/laser8.mp3"
scene ecl53 with hpunch
"Before the words finish, a water blast catches him in the neck. His head explodes in half, upper skull flying back in a bloody arc."
Brianna "S-Shit-"
play sound "audio/gunfight.mp3"
scene ecl54 with hpunch
"The officers don't hesitate. With continuous automatic fire, they spread out, forming a perimeter around the four creatures, hammering them from all sides."
play sound "audio/splash2.mp3"
scene ecl55 with hpunch
Monster "Grrraagghh!!!"
Cop "Gnngh-"
"They retaliate, water beams slicing through a cop's neck. Blood sprays. He drops to the floor."
play sound "audio/gunfight.mp3"
scene ecl56 with hpunch
Brianna "Dammit-"
scene ecl57 with hpunch
Jeff "Tsk-"
"They keep moving despite the loss of their allies, guns roaring on all sides-"
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene ecl58 with hpunch
"One beast collapses, finally now missing too much flesh to function."
play sound "audio/splash2.mp3"
scene ecl59 with hpunch
Monster "!!!!!!!!!!"
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blood2 with hpunch
Cop "Gaaarrhhk!!"
"Its kin splits another two cops in half, the water beam slicing through their bellies-"
play sound "audio/monster1.mp3"
scene ecl58 with hpunch
Monster "Grrrghgk!!"
play sound "audio/punch.mp3"
scene ecl60 with hpunch
"Only to fall a few moments later, the shotgun pellets grinding through the scales and splattering its brain."
play sound "audio/gunfight.mp3"
scene gunshots with hpunch
stop music fadeout 5.0
"The battle continues for some time until eventually, the last monsters draw their last breaths, pelted with so many bullets they have barely any flesh left."
stop sound fadeout 2.0
scene ecl61 with dissolve
Jeff "*pant* *pant*"
scene ecl62 with dissolve
"Jeff slumps, breath still ragged. He sighs, looking down at what's left of the officers, broken bodies, blood mixing with the water pooling on the floor."
Jeff "What a waste. All dead for four lousy monsters..."
Brianna "*sniff* Yeah."
play music "audio/fight25.mp3"
play sound "audio/bikestart.mp3"
scene ecl63 with dissolve
"An engine howls in the distance... growing closer, louder."
Brianna "The hell is that?"
Jeff "............"
show ecl 64 with dissolve
"The motorbike screeches around a burning car, the frame rattling, engine coughing. Behind them, several six-legged creatures give chase, long, lean bodies covered in coarse chitin, each one sprinting with unnatural speed."
show ecl 65 with dissolve
"Their mouths gape open, revealing orifices rows of countless teeth-"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl66 with hpunch
"Projectiles shoot from within, spines of bone and viscous liquid, whistling through the air."
play sound "audio/explode.mp3"
scene bluntimpact with hpunch
"One slams into the pavement beside the bike. Another embeds in a traffic sign, dissolving it in seconds with bubbling acid."
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene jakeend80 with hpunch
"Stephen twists, firing his plasma pistol behind them. The beam carves through one creature's leg, sending it tumbling, but the rest don't slow."
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl66 with hpunch
play sound "audio/explode.mp3"
scene ecl67 with hpunch
"A sharp crack sounds and another projectile slams into the back wheel. The metal twists and flips-"
play sound "audio/smash.mp3"
scene bluntimpact with hpunch
Derek "Fuck!"
"The bike flips at high-speed. Metal shrieks. Sparks shower. Stephen and Derek are launched like missiles, flung clear. They crash hard onto the concrete steps of City Hall, skidding to a stop inches from Jeff and Brianna."
show ecl 68 with dissolve
Jeff "........Stephen!?"
show ecl 69 with dissolve
Stephen "Urgh....."
Brianna "You...."
show ecl 70 with dissolve
Derek "Oh, the sexy cop... you're-"
show ecl 69 with dissolve
Derek "Urgh, fuck!!"
"Stephen and Derek both groan, their bodies battered and broken."
play sound "audio/monster6.mp3"
show ecl 65 with dissolve
Monster "Grrrghh...."
"Meanwhile the monsters pursuing them grow closer-"
Jeff "Fuck- more of them."
Derek "*wheeze* Just E-class. We can cough handle it-"
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
show ecl 71 with hpunch
"Derek pulls a grenade from his pocket, thumbing the pin with practiced urgency. He doesn't wait and lobs it in a high arc-"
"The blue casing blinks twice."
play sound "audio/explodefire.mp3"
show effectfireimpact2blue with hpunch
"There's a flash, followed by an eruption of searing blue flame, the grenade detonating midair-"
"It vaporizes a chunk of the lead creature and splashes incendiary plasma over the rest. The monsters scream, writhing, limbs flailing as fire eats through their bodies."
play sound "audio/gunshot2.mp3"
scene gunshots2 with hpunch
scene gunshots2 with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood with hpunch
stop music
"Jeff raises his shotgun, fires point-blank into the nearest. Brianna mirrors him, her shots ripping through scorched flesh. They finish off the pack in short order, a final shot to the brain being enough for each."
play music "audio/interest35.mp3"
scene ecl72
show jeff nt flip at left2
show briannasu n flip at left
show dadd n at right2
show derek n at right
with dissolve
Jeff "What the hell happened to you two?"
show dadd nt
show jeff n flip
with dissolve
Stephen "Was at M.O.O.N. headquarters when the attack happened, but after we cleared out to help the defense effort I got separated from my guys."
Stephen "After that, all communication went down. Everywhere. So I came here, found Derek along the way."
show dadd n with dissolve
Stephen "What about you?"
show jeff nt flip with dissolve
Jeff "We found some intel on Langdon, but when the attack happened, the uplink was disrupted."
Jeff "Monsters were everywhere, people were dying, so Carson and I decided to aid in the evac effort."
Jeff "City Hall's bunker is the biggest underground shelter left. We were moving people in when they hit us."
show briannasu sadt flip
show jeff n flip
with dissolve
Brianna "Most of the force got wiped out. Didn't even have time to regroup."
show derek sad with dissolve
Derek "The same is true everywhere. I don't know how any of us are still alive."
show briannasu sad flip with dissolve
Brianna "..........."
show jeff nt flip at left2
show briannasu n flip at left
show dadd n at right2
show derek n at right
with dissolve
Jeff "If you're here to re-establish comms, you're out of luck. The underground infrastructure is fucked. Monsters must have taken it out during the attack."
show dadd ant with dissolve
Stephen "Shit!!"
show derek an with dissolve
Derek "Well then what the fuck do we do now? The military has no direction; it's basically every man for himself out there!"
show dadd n
show derek n
show jeff n flip
with dissolve
Jeff "*shrug* Join any combat teams still active and support as best we can? Unless M.O.O.N. has some secret resources we can use to counterattack?"
show dadd sigh with dissolve
Dad "*sigh* No. We don't have shit. All our agents are spread across the sectors. We didn't expect an attack like this."
show derek sigh with dissolve
Derek "You still haven't explained how that's possible. What happened to our warnings? How were they able to get us with our pants down like this?"
show briannasu ant flip
show dadd n
show derek n
with dissolve
Brianna "I'm sorry, but who the fuck are you guys again?"
Derek "..........."
Stephen "......................"
Jeff "That bald one is the one signing your checks, and-"
stop music
play sound "audio/explodehuge.mp3"
scene smash with hpunch
"*BOOOM*"
"The ground splits with a thunderous crack, a shockwave rippling outward"
"A massive, brutish figure crashes into the center of the plaza, pulverizing the pavement beneath it. Debris flies in all directions. Smoke and dust erupt in a choking cloud. The thing stands."
play music "audio/fight49.mp3"
scene ecl73 with dissolve
"Fifteen feet tall, maybe more, with the musculature of a gorilla. Its arms hang too low, fists dragging like weighted maces."
"The head is nothing but a cracked helmet of fused bone, a single gaping hole as its eye."
Jeff "Fuck, not again...."
Brianna "T-This one is a lot bigger than the last...."
play sound "audio/laser10.mp3"
scene ecl74 with hpunch
Stephen "!!!!!!!!!"
"Pink bolts slam into the monster's chest. It jerks, then growls..."
scene ecl 75 with dissolve
"And takes a step forward. Unlike the creatures before, the beams cannot fully penetrate its body."
Stephen "Shit-"
Derek "Move! I got it!"
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
show ecl 71 flip with hpunch
"Derek pulls a grenade, yanks the pin, and hurls it-"
play sound "audio/explodefire.mp3"
scene effectfireimpact2blue with hpunch
"The blue fire engulfs the beast. It roars, pained, but keeps walking. Through the flame. Skin bubbling, cracked plates flaking away, but it doesn't stop."
show ecl 76 with dissolve
Derek "Oh fuck me."
Stephen "Shit, a C class. We're not gonna beat it with just us. We gotta get inside the hall!"
play sound "audio/monster9.mp3"
show ecl 77 with hpunch
"They stumble away, the monster closing the distance. It flexes both arms, claws curling like hooks."
play sound "audio/splash.mp3"
scene effectmud with hpunch
"It opens its mouth. A deep hiss escapes, then a rush of boiling mud blasts toward them. Two slower officers immediately engulfed and drowned as the sentient mush invades their bodies."
"Those that remain dive through the shattered doors of Town Hall just in time, rolling onto the cool stone floor."
show ecl 78 with dissolve
Jeff "Dammit..."
Brianna "W-What the do we do now?!"
show ecl 79 with dissolve
Stephen "....I don't know. Maybe if we can get a grenade in its mouth...."
"The lumbering monster draws closer, blistering hot steam smoking from its nose and mouth."
show ecl 80 with dissolve
Monster "Grrghh-"
"But it freezes as a sound cuts through the chaos."
play sound "audio/laser8.mp3"
scene ecl 81 with hpunch
Monster "GuuunnghH!!"
"From behind the beast, a piercing bolts slams into the side of its skull-"
play sound "audio/laser8.mp3"
scene ecl 82 with hpunch
"Then another. And another. The creature lurches, staggered. More bolts fly in from multiple angles, spiraling, curving midair."
"Homing rounds. Each finds its mark, punching into the head and detonating in sharp bursts of orange light."
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood3 with hpunch
"The monster roars. Its helmet of bone cracks, dark fluid spraying from fissures in its skull."
play sound "audio/laser10.mp3"
scene ecl 83 with hpunch
Stephen "!!!!!!!!!"
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene ecl 84 with hpunch
"Stephen doesn't wait. He opens fire at the back of its legs. Pink plasma rounds sear through flesh, the sizzling beams cutting deep, severing tendons."
show ecl 85 with dissolve
"The beast's stance falters and it collapse to one knee."
play sound "audio/fire.mp3"
scene ecl 86 with hpunch
Derek "HaaaarrrghhHH!!!!"
"Derek and everyone else joins him."
play sound "audio/explodefire.mp3"
scene ecl 87 with hpunch
"Bullets rain. Fire and plasma ignite from the modified weapons. They spray across the creature's body, its flesh blistering, peeling away."
play sound "audio/monster9.mp3"
scene ecl 77 with hpunch
Monster "GrrrAArrghhhH!!!"
"But with a roar, the creature forces itself back to its feet. Staggering forward-"
play sound "audio/monster6.mp3"
scene ecl 88 with hpunch
Monster "GrrrgghhhH!!"
"Its mouth opens again, supernatural mud building in its maw."
play sound "audio/dodge2.mp3"
scene ecl 71 with hpunch
"Jeff snatches a grenade from Stephen's belt. He dashes wide, and tosses it-"
play sound "audio/dodge3.mp3"
scene ecl 89 with hpunch
"It's a perfect throw. The metal sphere arcs, spins and drops into the monster's maw."
play sound "audio/explodefire3.mp3"
scene ecl 90 with hpunch
"BOOOOM"
"Its head explodes from within, chunks of bone and flesh spraying outward, steam venting from its ragged neck stump."
show ecl 91 with dissolve
Monster "..........."
"The creature sways.... burning.... headless...."
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene effectmud with hpunch
Monster "!!!!!!!!!!"
"But then mud floods from its gaping neck, power still infused in its flesh-"
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood3 with hpunch
"Only for more homing rays to crash through it, the piercing projectiles rushing through its gaping neck and into its heart."
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl92 with hpunch
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl92 with hpunch
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl92 with hpunch
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl92 with hpunch
"It crashes to the ground with a quake, more and more homing rays falling upon it to ensure the beast remains dead, permanently."
show ecl 93 with dissolve
stop music fadeout 4.0
Nathan "..........."
Derek "*sigh* Nathan, thank fuck for you. Thought we were done for, for a second."
play music "audio/interest36.mp3"
scene ecl 94
show nathan n at right
show jeff n flip at left2
show briannasu n flip at left
show derek n flip at left4
show dadd n flip at right4
with dissolve
Nathan "You all alright?"
Stephen "Good. How'd it go?"
show nathan nt with dissolve
Nathan "Tanos's info was good. But the cultists were killed in the attack before I could get anything out of them. Fucked everything up."
Stephen "For all of us."
show nathan n
show derek h flip
with dissolve
Derek "At least we got a superhuman on our side now."
show nathan nt
show derek n flip
with dissolve
Nathan "Yeah, but I'm just a level 2. There's no way I can fight...."
scene ecl95 with dissolve
Nathan "That."
scene ecl24 with dissolve
Nathan "Or that..."
Stephen "...He's right. We need H.E.R.O., without them, we can't-"
play music "audio/action11.mp3"
play sound "audio/nuke2.mp3"
scene ecl97 with hpunch
"BOOOOOOOOM"
"A flash. The sky splits open in a flash of blue."
Brianna "What in the....."
Jeff "Is that-"
scene ecl98 with dissolve
Aos "Fret not, feeble humans..."
Dad "Aos....?"
Aos "For your allies, the Daoine Sidhe are here, to deliver you salvation."
Aos "To cleanse your skies of the taint that now flies them."
Aos "To clear a path...."
Aos "To a glorious, new...."
play sound "audio/nuke.mp3"
scene ecl99 with hpunch
Aos "Controlled Horizon."
Derek "Holy-"
"The gargantuan amount of energy released from the fairy, creates a technique of unfathomable magnitude."
"A miniature black hole, smaller than a grain of sand, warps the space around it, its intense gravitational lensing and the swirling halo consuming all matter around it."
"Every monster roaming the sky is pulled into it, the condensed sphere crushing each and every one of them under its unimagineable weight."
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl100 with hpunch
Monster "GrrAarrOOoRRRgghhHHH!!!!!"
"The S class titan disperses into a dark cloud and retreats from the immense attack, leveraging the entirety of its incredible power to remove itself from the city-"
show ecl 101 with dissolve
Aos "Oh...? The Typhon. It's been some time...."
show ecl 102 with dissolve
Aos "But you won't escape me."
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene ecl103 with hpunch
Aos "!!!!!!!!!!!"
"The colossal titan vanishes from the sky, its enormous mass moving like a bullet. With Aos following quickly after..."
stop music fadeout 3.0
show ecl 104 with dissolve
"Leaving the skies... for the first time since the invasion began... entirely free of monster kind."
Brianna "A-Are we saved?"
play music "audio/hero9.mp3"
play sound "audio/quake2.mp3"
scene ecl104 with hpunch
scene ecl104 with hpunch
scene ecl104 with hpunch
"*BOOOOOOOOOOM*"
"The ground quakes. Tremors and fissures continue bursting through the city."
play sound "audio/monster12.mp3"
scene ecl106 with hpunch
Monster "RrrRRRRRGHHHHHH!!!!"
"While the skies are now clear, the land-bound monsters still rage. Thousands of creatures running rampart, led by a mountainous monstrousity, towering over sky-scrapers."
Nathan "No......"
Stephen "Fuck... that thing..."
Nathan "A Gigante. H.E.R.O. have reports on it..."
Jeff "If we can delay it until Aos returns...."
Stephen "No, Aos isn't what he used to be. And if that thing was an S class... it could take him some time to defeat it."
Derek "Then what do we do??"
Stephen "I'm not sure... we'd need a nuke just to scrat-"
play music "audio/fight50.mp3"
play sound "audio/nuke2.mp3"
scene ecl107 with hpunch
Monster "GggggrrrRRRRaaoaoooOOOrrrhhhhHH!!!"
"A streak of light cuts upward from the horizon, then a blinding white explosion blooms above the city, consuming the skyline in a roiling sphere of fire."
"The shockwave ripples across the clouds, vaporizing moisture in its wake. Buildings rattle. Windows shatter miles away."
Derek "What in the fuck...?"
show ecl 108 with dissolve
"The giant takes the full blast."
"Its massive body crashing down as the nuclear fireball punches into it. Segments of its body peel away, black blood raining like ash."
Brianna "Was that a fucking nuke?!"
play sound "audio/explode12.mp3"
scene ecl109 with vpunch
play sound "audio/explode12.mp3"
scene ecl109 with vpunch
play sound "audio/explode12.mp3"
scene ecl109 with vpunch
play sound "audio/explode12.mp3"
scene ecl109 with vpunch
"More missiles streak up from the ruined outskirts, trailing smoke. They're smaller than the nuke, sleek, fast, guided."
"Each one hammers into the Gigante's scorched frame, erupting with piercing flashes of orange light. The great beast roars, body twisting."
Nathan "Someone's engaging it.... But who the hell brought firepower like that?"
Stephen "We have to get closer. We need to know who's still standing, and if they've got a plan."
play sound "audio/monster12.mp3"
show ecl 111 with dissolve
Gigante "GrrrrAAAAAAAARRrrrghhh......"
"The Gigante, forced down from the impact... rises, furious."
show ecl 112 with dissolve
"Its mouth gapes open, stretching unnaturally......"
play sound "audio/laser8.mp3"
show ecl 110 with hpunch
"Clouds blacken. The air thickens."
"With a deep pulse from its maw, the atmosphere convulses. Wind tears through the upper levels of ruined skyscrapers. The sky churns as unnatural pressure builds."
scene ecl 113 with dissolve
"And then come the tornadoes."
"Dozens of them spiral downwards, shredding everything in their path. Steel bends. Cars are lifted and flung like toys. Streets are gouged into canyons."
play sound "audio/monster12.mp3"
scene ecl114 with vpunch
"The Gigante roars again, not from pain, but fury. Its storm is alive, and lashes out in every direction."
scene ecl 115 with dissolve
Soldier "Surround it!!"
"With the flying monsters destroyed, all the jets converge on the Gigante."
play sound "audio/laser5.mp3"
show ecl 116 with hpunch
Gigante "Rgrrgh......."
"They unleash salvo after salvo of pink plasma. The beams sizzle across the beast's armored hide, but leave little mark."
"Fighters peel off in pairs, coordinating angles, trying to find soft spots between the lethal tornadoes."
"Below, the tanks adjust their positions across the fractured streets, turrets groaning as they track the monster's bulk."
"Barrages of plasma shells slam into its lower body, bursts of brilliant pink lighting up the smoke-choked battlefield."
"Infantry clusters near command APCs, setting up mobile artillery stations. Tanks roll, and plasma coils fire."
play sound "audio/smash.mp3"
show bluntimpact with hpunch
show bluntimpact with hpunch
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl 118
Stephen "Shit!!!"
Derek "Watch it!"
Jeff "Let me drive!"
Nathan "Shut up! We're almost there!"
"Meanwhile Stephen and the rest crash through the ruined street in the armored truck Nathan commandeered."
scene ecl 117 with dissolve
stop music fadeout 6.0
"The vehicle screeches to a halt near a temporary command post, hastily fortified with sandbags, wreckage and armored vehicles."
Soldier "Halt!!!"
Dad "Wait! I made contact with your commander earlier, before I was separated from my team. Stephen [sname]."
play music "audio/interest29.mp3"
"A senior officer spots Stephen, his eyes widening in recognition before offering a terse nod."
scene ecl119
show dadd n flip at left2
show soldierc at right2
with dissolve
Commander "You're alive."
Stephen "For now. How are you holding up? What's the situation?"
Commander "Fucked. That's about it."
scene ecl116 with dissolve
"He points toward the Gigante looming over the city."
Commander "We haven't scratched it. Our heaviest cannons can vaporize the smaller monsters at full charge, but that thing's absorbed every hit like it's nothing."
Commander "And those tornadoes? They've chewed through our emplacements. Ground teams can't set up long enough to hold position, and the jets-"
scene ecl120 with dissolve
"He gestures upward as one fighter spirals out of control, vanishing into a cyclone."
Commander "We've lost half of them. It's killing us by just standing there."
Stephen "Then we need a new plan. What was it that bombed the thing just before? It seemed to do something at least."
Commander "Ah... that..."
scene ecl121 with dissolve
"The commander goes silent; gaze fixed on the distant skyline. Far off, something stands beyond the ruined blocks, a massive structure, part machine, part monster."
"Massive cannons line its shoulders, bristling with high-caliber launch tubes and a twitching bio-cannon. Around it, across the floor are even more huge weapons, some as large as the creature itself."
Commander "That thing showed up about half an hour ago. Dropped out of the clouds and just started... shitting out weapons. Turrets, drones, artillery. Some it even delivered to us to use."
play sound "audio/explode3.mp3"
scene ecl 122 with hpunch
"A deep vibration rolls through the ground. Everyone covers their ears as the construct releases a chorus of whirring and mechanical screeches, followed by repeating blasts."
play sound "audio/explodehuge.mp3"
scene ecl 123 with hpunch
"A fresh wave of missiles streak across the sky, dozens, crashing into the gigante."
scene ecl119
show dadd s flip at left2
show soldierc flip
with dissolve
Stephen "It's on our side?"
Commander "No fucking clue."
stop music fadeout 2.0
show soldier1 at right with dissolve
Soldier "Commander! We've got incoming!!"
play music "audio/fight55.mp3"
scene ecl124 with dissolve
"From the smoke beyond the barricades, a towering twenty-foot beast lumbers forward, each step shattering the pavement, dozens of smaller creatures trailing after it."
Stephen "Oh fuck. Not more of these things-"
"The men panic. Scrambling. Yelling."
Commander "Get the railguns hot! I want that thing down!"
"The weapons begin to charge, plasma nodes humming. But before the cannons can fire-"
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl125 with hpunch
"A new shape crashes through a side alley. A massive thundering blur."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl126 with hpunch
"A hulking, monstrous rhino, jet-black and plated with jagged armor, spikes lining its legs and flanks. The ground quakes under its charge. With a bellow, it slams its horn into the monster's midsection."
play sound "audio/smash.mp3"
scene ecl127 with hpunch
"The enemy is lifted off its feet, impaled and carried through the barricades like a battering ram."
play sound "audio/explode2.mp3"
scene bluntattack with hpunch
"The rhino doesn't stop. It roars through lines of smaller monsters, crushing them underfoot, dragging the impaled beast as it vanishes into the chaos beyond."
scene ecl129 with dissolve
"The soldiers watch in stunned silence."
Derek "...What the fuck?"
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene sliceattack with hpunch
"From the same direction, a moment later, shoots up a black blur that tears through the air like a bolt of lightning, cleaving straight through the smaller monsters one after another."
"Each impact sends chunks spiraling, beasts bleeding across the ground. The soldiers stand frozen, weapons lowered, eyes wide. "
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene slicebarrage2 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene slicebarrage2 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene slicebarrage2 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene slicebarrage2 with hpunch
"It's too fast to track, just flashes of black streaking in and out of view. Outpacing even the fastest jets several times over."
Commander "What the hell is happening...? The monsters are fighting amongst themselves?"
scene ecl130 with dissolve
Monster "Grrrrgg......"
Commander "Shit, stop gawking! Kill these motherless fucks!!"
play sound "audio/laser10.mp3"
scene ecl131 with hpunch
"Several monsters swarm the encampment. But the rail cannons, already primed, fire instantly, huge arcs of plasma cutting down nearly half the attackers in a single synchronized blast. But more charge in, relentless."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene emcattack4 flip with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene blackblood4 with hpunch
"The black blur returns. Spinning midair with limbs extended, twin blades flashing from each wrist, it becomes a cyclone of death. Monsters are sliced apart before they can even screech."
"Heads severed, torsos carved clean through, limbs flung aside like shredded cloth."
scene ecl132 with dissolve
"Soldiers lower their weapons, stunned as he halts. Just above the encampment. Wings keeping him aloft and for the first time, they see him clearly."
"Humanoid. Sleek black armor flickering with faint violet light. Long blue hair, obscuring his face."
Brianna "It's... it's [hname]!!!"
play sound "audio/cheersoldiers.mp3"
"The stunned soldiers erupt into cheers, voices hoarse with adrenaline and disbelief, rallying around the sight of their long-absent savior... [hname], returned at last. Just in time, it seems."
You "........"
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene dodge with hpunch
"He turns, dashing toward the heavily armed construct, its weapons still glowing hot from constant fire."
scene ecl133 with dissolve
"But now, it holds what seems to be a bazooka-like launcher the size of a delivery truck."
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl134 with dissolve
"As it aims upwards at the titanic monster, the weapon pulses and shifts, a serrated harpoon folding outward from within, grown from the cannon's mouth, glistening with stored energy."
Stephen "What's it doing now?"
play sound "audio/explode11.mp3"
scene ecl135 with hpunch
Deryl "!!!!!!!!!"
"It launches the harpoon, explosions erupting from both sides of the launcher as the spear rockets into the sky."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene elance flip with hpunch
"The air cracks from its speed. Mid-flight, the harpoon expands, plates unfolding and stretching as it grows larger and heavier."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl136 with hpunch
"It slams into the Gigante's flank like a missile, punching into its neck. The creature grunts, though the wound is too small to cause any real harm."
play sound "audio/thunder2.mp3"
scene ecl137 with hpunch
"Then, comes the lightning."
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene ecl138 with hpunch
"Bolts arc upward from the construct below, funneling into the embedded harpoon. The weapon pulses, then detonates from within. Blades of steel tear outward in every direction, shredding muscle and armor."
"The Gigante howls a deep, otherworldly wail that echoes across the broken skyline."
Nathan "Their attacks.... they're hurting it...."
Stephen "[name]....."
Commander "All units, concentrate fire! Draw its attention, keep it off [hname]!"
play sound "audio/missiles.mp3"
scene ecl139 with hpunch
"Cannons pivot, turrets spin, and plasma streaks light the sky as everything focuses on the Gigante."
"Jets dive from above, even without orders they see the shift in target and join the offensive."
"Several vanish into the swirling chaos, but more follow. They aim for its faces, hammering the beast's vision with every round they can spare."
play sound "audio/gunshot3.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
play sound "audio/gunshot3.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
play sound "audio/gunshot3.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
Nathan "!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Nathan does the same. Snatching up his pistol, he fires homing bullets directly into the creatures open wounds, over and over again."
scene ecl121 with dissolve
Deryl "........."
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene ecl140 with hpunch
Deryl "!!!!!"
play sound "audio/explodehuge.mp3"
scene ecl107 with hpunch
"But all of their attacks are drowned out by the sheer magnitude of their mysterious ally's onslaught, thermonuclear missiles crashing into the Gigante's bulk with thunderous explosions."
stop music fadeout 6.0
scene ecl141 with dissolve
Deryl "........."
Deryl "(How's it going in there?)"
play music "audio/horror15.mp3"
scene ecl142 with dissolve
You "(Urgh, almost there. Keep it up. Liz, are you ready?)"
Liz "(Yeah.)"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl143 with dissolve
"Through the massive, open cavity torn into the Gigante's flank, Liz appears, emerging from the sickly black blood."
Liz "Fuck, this thing smells disgusting."
You "How do you think I feel digging through it?"
play sound "audio/quake.mp3"
scene black with hpunch
You "Shit!!!"
"Liz and I tumble through the slime as the creature roars and twists, another salvo from Deryl striking it hard. The outward attack keeps it from noticing my presence, for the most part."
scene ecl144 with dissolve
You "Urgh.... you alright Liz?"
Liz "Fine."
You "Alright, the artery is through there."
"I point to a large tunnel I've dug in the creature's flesh, close to one of its three hearts."
Liz "Let's go."
scene ecl145 with dissolve
"We head through. The tunnel pulses around us, fleshy walls slick with ichor. The air reeks of rot and acid, each step sinking into spongey, mucus-slick tissue that squelches wetly underfoot."
You "Here."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl146 with hpunch
"I slice into the membrane, and it parts with a wet, fleshy rip. The artery beyond throbs violently, pulsing with each beat of the monstrous heart."
"Hot, dark fluid surges past, most still through its intended path. But some spurts out at us."
Liz "Fuck... this is gonna suck..."
You "I'll let you know when I'm ready next."
scene ecl147 with dissolve
"With a grimace, Liz climbs into the artery, and is immediately swept away by the surging blood, the current like a violent, pulsing river."
"But before she can be carried too far, the path abruptly shifts."
play sound "audio/laser3.mp3"
scene ecl148 with hpunch
"A gateway tears open near the ocean shore, and within seconds, Liz along with a wave of black blood erupts from it in a crashing torrent, fountaining across the beach, soaking it black."
scene black with dissolve
Liz "Ugh...."
scene ecl142 with dissolve
You "Alright, I..."
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene effectwind with hpunch
You "Oh, fuck!!"
"Roaring wind whips through the monster's inner flesh, a shockwave of force that tears my body apart. What remains dives instinctively, burrowing into the creature's own tissue."
scene ecl149 with dissolve
"As my body reconstitutes, it shifts into the form of a giant screw worm, based on the larval stage of the various flies I've absorbed."
"My head flattens and tapers, forming a hardened chitinous cone perfect for boring. Rows of hooks line the ridged segments of my body, gripping and pulling as I contract rhythmically."
"I drive downward, my body flexing and rippling with every twist, forcing its way through muscle and nerve as I tunnel away faster. The friction and fluid helps ease my passage."
"Behind me, the tunnel collapses, flesh knitting partially shut from the wound. But I'm already ahead of it, pressing through the colossal monster's insides like a parasite."
scene black with dissolve
stop music fadeout 10.0
"A parasite that paves the way for a greater sickness."
play music "audio/suspense13.mp3"
play sound "audio/monster5.mp3"
scene ecl150 with dissolve
Monster "Grrrghh...."
Commander "What's happening?"
"The creature stirs, its form retreating from the city. Seeking a reprieve from the constant bombardment as it feels it blood rapidly draining away."
Nathan ".........."
"Nathan's hawk-like eyes spies the creature from afar."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl151 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl152 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl153 with hpunch
"He watches as giant blades erupt from the Gigante's hide, massive by any ordinary standard, but tiny by the scale of the creature itself."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl154 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl155 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl156 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl157 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl158 with hpunch
"They glint for a moment, sharp and wet, before being swallowed by the beast's constant shifting mass, only to appear somewhere else."
Nathan "Something's inside it. Attacking it from within."
Nathan "It's probably trying to escape the battle to focus on eradicating it."
play sound "audio/nuke2.mp3"
scene ecl159 with vpunch
Deryl "!!!!!!!!!!!"
Derek "Doesn't look like our friend there wants to let that happen."
scene ecl117
show soldierc
with dissolve
Commander "We won't either. We can't miss this chance."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl160 with vpunch
"He leaps into a command vehicle, an armored transport still running. Grabbing a field mic, he shouts to all that can hear."
Commander "To all armor in range, follow my signal flare and visual movement orders. Target retreats to the east. Infantry teams, mount any mobile units and follow grid vectors. Form staggered lines and follow the push."
play sound "audio/explode.mp3"
scene ecl161 with vpunch
"He fires a flare through the transport hatch, arcing into the air above the convoy path."
scene ecl162 with dissolve
"Troops begin mobilizing. Tanks roll forward in staggered formation, using manual formation alignment without relying on digital comms. Command vehicles coordinate by visual signals and backup laser designators."
"Inside the command vehicle, Nathan, Derek, Stephen, Brianna, and Jeff pile in. The roar of the engine barely muffles their voices."
scene ecl163 with dissolve
Jeff "So, Stephen. [name] has returned."
Brianna "Finally... *sniff* He's ok."
scene ecl164 with dissolve
Nathan "After a year... I pray Amber and Liz are with him."
Derek "And Deryl....."
Stephen "Yeah..."
show ecl 165 with dissolve
Stephen "That must be him inside it. Don't you think?"
Nathan "Most likely. Though it's hard to tell with him, and I'm still adjusting to my new eyes."
stop music fadeout 4.0
show black with dissolve
Stephen "It must be him... it has to be."
Stephen "Right, Syla?"
play music "audio/fight53.mp3"
scene ecl 166 with dissolve
"They arrive at the coastline, the Gigante is still thrashing violently, sending roaring winds into its own wounds."
play sound "audio/explode5.mp3"
show ecl 167 with hpunch
"But it has yet to find the isolation it sought, still too distracted externally to focus on what crawls inside."
"For jets scream overhead, dodging erratic air currents and tornados. Fusion engines forcing the aircrafts beyond mach 9."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
show ecl 168 with hpunch
"And beside them, the construct soars, its arsenal expanding by the second. "
"Shoulder-mounted railguns fire kinetic slugs at hypersonic speed, while missiles launch from tubes all over its body."
play sound "audio/laser13.mp3"
show ecl 172 with hpunch
"Additionally, it shields the jets from the Gigante's spiraling winds, the construct projecting vast purple barriers, flexing against cyclonic pressures, allowing the jets to keep fighting."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl154 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl158 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl155 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl152 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl156 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl153 with hpunch
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl157 with hpunch
"Inside the Gigante, the battle is even fiercer. Blades burst from within, stabbing out in sudden eruptions."
"Serrated, jagged edges like living shrapnel pierce through the monster's flesh and retract before reemerging elsewhere"
scene ecl142 with dissolve
You "*pant* *pant* (I'm getting tired...)"
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene ecl173 with hpunch
You "Argh- Motherfucker!!"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl149 with dissolve
You "!!!!!!"
Liz "(Shit, it's moving again, my gates keep closing. I need to open some more.)"
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl184 with hpunch
Deryl "(But it's getting weaker.)"
You "(Yeah, most of its blood is gone. It's just pumping air at this point. But.... it won't be enough; it doesn't need blood to function.)"
Liz "(It's time then, I'm coming back.)"
You "(Wait, there's still tornadoes inside. Deryl, distract it. Use the big one.)"
Deryl "(I gotcha.)"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene effectplasma with hpunch
"Twin plasma lances rotate from Deryl's forearms, slicing into the beast with steady beams of searing light."
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene elinv948 with hpunch
play sound "audio/explodefire2.mp3"
scene elinv895 with hpunch
"Ground cannons eject swarms of drones, each armed with high-impact explosive charges that dive into the Gigante's open wounds like fireflies."
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene effectmissile with dissolve
"And then, firing from his back.... comes the last and largest of Deryl's nuclear arsenal."
"A huge rocket, painstakingly researched and designed from the moment he first became superhuman. Its warhead not just explosive but atomic, requiring the precise compression of fissile material at perfect timing."
"Complexity at a scale almost impossible to reproduce, even with his ability. At least, until the most recent advancement of his stone, its power filling in the gaps and constructing the weapons in less than an hour."
play sound "audio/nuke.mp3"
scene ecl175 with vpunch
Deryl "Gotcha-"
"It strikes through a bloody opening carved between the spines on its back. The dense plutonium core within collapses inward, charges forcing it to critical mass and igniting a searing flash."
play sound "audio/explodehuge.mp3"
scene ecl176 with vpunch
Monster "GrrooooAAarrrghhH!!"
"And then a moment later, the sky blooms white, hydrogen fuel igniting in a chained thermonuclear blast that flattens buildings across the city as a thunderous roar rolls through the streets."
show black with dissolve
You "(Alright Liz, now!)"
play sound "audio/splash.mp3"
scene ecl177 with vpunch
scene ecl178 with dissolve
Liz "!!!!!!!!!!"
"Liz appears beside me, in the same location we were before. Right by the opening I cut into the creature's artery."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl146 with vpunch
"And like before, she jumps inside, sinking into the mucus, opening a gateway to the depths of the deep ocean."
play sound "audio/splash2.mp3"
scene effectsplash with hpunch
You "Woah-"
"Water floods through in violent torrents, high-pressure seawater bursting from the gate like a ruptured dam. The monster's own heart seizes control of the flow, pumping the ocean deep into its vascular system."
"An alien circulatory hijack, replacing blood with the sea itself."
"Liz warps through to each of its other hearts the moment the sea water reaches them and opens new gates to fill the rest of its body."
play sound "audio/splash.mp3"
scene ecl179 with vpunch
"Until finally, she's beside me again, the monster full and flowing with the ocean."
Liz "(Be careful, we don't know what this will do to you.)"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
stop music fadeout 5.0
scene ecl180 with vpunch
scene ecl181 with dissolve
Amber "!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"And with her job done, she swaps in Amber, the water around us already quivering at her presence."
You "(Ready Amber?)"
Amber "(Ready.)"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl182 with vpunch
Amber "!!!!!!!!"
"She disperses, becoming one with the sea of water surrounding us-"
play music "audio/hero6.mp3"
play sound "audio/explodefire3.mp3"
scene ecl123 with vpunch
Deryl "!!!!!!!!!!"
"The battle stretches on for the better part of an hour."
play sound "audio/woosh.mp3"
scene ecl120 with hpunch
"The last surviving jet spins out above the city, its pilot cursing bitterly as he tries to ejects-"
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene ecl185 with vpunch
Deryl "!!!!!!!!!"
"Bombs rain from the sky. dozens of small warheads, linked to a detonator...."
play sound "audio/punch.mp3"
scene ecl186 with vpunch
You "!!!!!!!!"
play sound "audio/dodge.mp3"
scene ecl187 with hpunch
"And tentacles emerge from the Gigante, snatching each warhead out of the air. Dragging them inside the many tiny wounds created from within its body."
play sound "audio/explodefire2.mp3"
scene ecl188 with hpunch
Gigante "GrrROOOOOAAAAAAGHHHHH!!"
"They're detonated all at once. Alien organs rupturing as the explosives erupt from inside it."
play sound "audio/explode3.mp3"
scene ecl189 with vpunch
Deryl "Urgh....."
scene ecl190 with dissolve
"The construct descends heavily, one leg buckling as its plating sheds in chunks. It plants itself in the road, smoke billowing from its cracked joints."
Deryl "(Fuck... I'm almost out of juice. How's it going in there?)"
scene ecl182 with dissolve
You "(Amber?)"
Amber "(I'm in control. All the water here... is mine.)"
play sound "audio/gunshot.mp3"
scene ecl191 with hpunch
Nathan "!!!!!!!!!!!"
play sound "audio/laser6.mp3"
scene ecl82 with hpunch
"Nathan leaps from the command vehicle, sliding into a firing position and launching his homing bullets directly into the Gigantes eyes. The rounds curve through the sky, one after the next, finding their mark."
scene ecl192 with dissolve
"But then... pauses."
Nathan "Wait... something's different."
Stephen "What do you mean?"
scene ecl193 with dissolve
"Nathan narrows his eyes, focusing past the chaos."
Nathan "Its energy. It's dropping...."
Stephen "From the wounds?"
Nathan "No. Not just that. Something's draining it. Pulling its power away."
scene ecl194 with dissolve
"As they watch, even the hurricanes begin to waver, slightly smaller, slower. The howling wind loses its pitch."
"And Nathan feels something, a pull in his genetic code, as he sees the colossal monster leak energized water."
stop music fadeout 5.0
Nathan "It can't be....."
play music "audio/horror7.mp3"
scene black with dissolve
Amber ".........."
"Darkness swirls."
Amber "What..... what is this feeling....?"
"The deep sea, mixing with black and violet blood. Energized and volatile."
Amber "I........ I am........"
"The water.... unfathomably deep. "
Amber "The Great....."
"A gateway to the cosmos.... as much as the sky above."
stop music
play sound "audio/mind2.mp3"
Amber "Great Ocean: Strength... Re-balance."
play music "audio/choir8.mp3"
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl195 with vpunch
"More blades come. Larger, greater in scale. Fed by the enormous energy of the monster itself. A re-balancing of strength between it and those inside it."
play sound "audio/blimpact.mp3"
scene ecl196 with hpunch
You "!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"They ripple with power, soaked in Amber's great ocean, her strength supplementing theirs, all of it taken from the great monster, its own hearts pumping the energy through Amber."
scene ecl197 with dissolve
Deryl "(Here comes my last shot. Watch out.)"
"With his last reserves, Deryl initiates a final creation, the hydrogen cannon in its chest expanding, plates unfolding as it swells to the size of a city bus."
play sound "audio/nuke.mp3"
scene ecl183 with vpunch
"A fusion beam bursts forth, engulfing the Gigante's head in roaring, blinding light. The monster groans, its flesh bubbling, weakening, the searing hydrogen cooking it alive."
"Then comes the rupture."
You "Eight Tails: Eight Memories"
play sound "audio/explode9.mp3"
scene ecl198 with vpunch
"From deep within the Gigante, a body blooms outward. Flesh splits. Bone cracks. A hydra erupts from inside, eight colossal serpents."
play sound "audio/flimpact.mp3"
scene ecl199 with vpunch
"The monster devours the other from within and from without. Jaws tearing into limbs, into organs. Flesh, already cooked to a roast by constant bombardment, consumed by the ton."
"The Gigante shudders from the loss, more than just its body, its very strength is also eaten by the water."
play sound "audio/laser7.mp3"
scene ecl200 with vpunch
"It roars in defiance, hurricanes surging with new strength, tearing through the hydra..."
"But that very same strength now surges through the hydra, repairing each loss."
Monster "Grrrrrr...ggh..rrrhh......"
"More.... and more..... and more......."
"Torn. Shredded. Devoured. Butchered."
"The Gigante's might body, wittled away piece by piece...."
"Until finally, that great strength runs dry."
play sound "audio/explodehuge.mp3"
scene ecl201 with vpunch
"The Gigante collapses, its writhing mass crashing into the burning city with a crash so heavy the earth quakes."
scene black with dissolve
stop music fadeout 3.0
"Dead."
scene ecl129 with dissolve
Everyone "..................."
play music "audio/interest28.mp3"
Everyone "................................................"
Derek "What the fuck was that? Another monster ate it?"
Stephen "It... it was just like...."
scene ecl119
show soldierc
show soldier1 flip at left
with dissolve
Commander "Ready, the guns."
Soldier "*nod*"
scene ecl190 with hpunch
Deryl "Grrnngh-"
Derek "Oh shit-"
Derek "That thing's still alive?"
play sound "audio/laser.mp3"
scene ecl203 with dissolve
"The hatch on Deryl's mech opens and Deryl drops out with a groan, before absorbing it back into his stone."
scene ecl202
show deryle sigh at left
with dissolve
Deryl "*sigh* Fuck me. Now that's what I call a plan."
Derek "DERYL!?"
show deryle s flip with dissolve
Deryl "Huh? Dad?"
show derek sad at left1 with moveinright
play sound "audio/punch.mp3"
hide deryle
hide derek
with hpunch
Deryl "Ooof!!"
Derek "*sob* Deryl!!!!"
scene ecl204
show lightmc at right3
show amberf sigh flip at left3
with dissolve
You "You alright? You took in a lot there."
Amber "*sigh* I spent most of it. Honestly, I'm feeling a little empty. And hungry..."
You "Yeah, well, don't take any of mine. I'm practically melting over here."
show amberf m flip with dissolve
Amber "Heh, we'll see."
play sound "audio/punch.mp3"
scene ecl205 with hpunch
Nathan "AMBER!!"
Amber "Dad!!"
Nathan "*sob* Y-You're ok...."
scene ecl206 with dissolve
Amber "*sniff* Yeah..."
scene ecl204
show lightmc at left
show jeff n
show briannasu sad at right3
with dissolve
Jeff "[hname]..."
Brianna "[name]... is that you?"
show lightmc flip with dissolve
You "Hm? Oh... Brianna. What are you doing here?"
You "And...."
show dadd n at right with moveinright
You "Dad."
Stephen "[name]...."
You "You...."
play sound "audio/punch.mp3"
hide lightmc with hpunch
You "Ungh-"
scene black with dissolve
"I drop to my knees, vision going black. The vast amount of energy I've expended has finally caught up with me."
Deryl "Shit...."
Amber "Nnngh..."
"Amber and Deryl too, our strengths spent to the last."
Derek "Fuck! Are you kids alright?!"
scene ecl204
show nathan n at right3
show dadd n at right
show derek sad flip at left3
Nathan "Just exhaustion of their powers, I think."
show dadd nt with dissolve
Stephen "We need to get them back to base."
show aosf n flip at left
show derek s
show dadd s
show nathan s
with dissolve
Aos "Oh, there you all are."
Stephen "Aos."
Aos "Yo."
show black with dissolve
stop music fadeout 6.0
"I fall from my knees to the ground, my consciousness at last slipping."
"The last thing I see, being a flash of blue light."
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