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FIVE- Chapter 11- Mixed

John-

Today we left for the military. As we snuck in, we chose to go straight towards the briefing room. It wasn't difficult to get past the gate. We scouted enough to find a weak point in their defences. Once in the room we heard the general talking to a small group of commanders.

"Men, we have found the location of the biggest attack yet. At paronamic beach, coming out of the sea, at least 48,000 of them are coming."

"We have had so many casualties already, we must try to prevent any more."

"This attack is so close to this base, we must send all the troops we can to prevent it."

"It starts today at 4:00. We are loosing this war. Have your squadrons ready to leave in one hour. Dismissed."

And then we ran.



Eddie-

We were there when the fighting broke out. Right there on the front lines. Well, me and John at least. Carter was sniping from a nearby mountain top. Chicken.



Carter-

The starting act of the starfish was to send out the first wave. And no, not a line of troops, but a literal wave. When the wave rose out of the sea, it splashed away all the rows in front of them. They were exposed. Giant tsunamis pelted the troops around them. A nemesis that was capable of telekinesis with water? Insane. Next came the first 1,000 starfish riding a giant wave. I had to zoom all the way in, but I got a few with my suit's built in arm lazer. Most of my hits did nothing though, I learned to kill them you'd need a direct hit towards the center or else they'd just regenerate. I discovered several neat features of the suit during the battle. One wrist had rockets attached, and I had at least 3 things strapped to my back. The first of which was a super sniper blaster, much better and more stable for my current set of work. The second was a bow. The third was a rucksack with a large open compartment just for arrows. Curious, I fired a few. Some were normal, some were special. One exploded on impact, another poisoned so the starfish couldn't regrow. One contained a neat device at the tip that sent lightning in twelve directions, and for each starfish it hit, it added another device just like it, creating a chain, then a web, then electrocuted them all. Another arrow contained a web that trapped, stunned, and electrocuted its contents. More useful still, inside the sack I found a grenade that electrocutes the area around it. I missed, but that didn't matter. I hit the wave. It's made of water. Suddenly, the force of a million lightning bolts struck each of the starfish. Issue: I had very few of those.

Next the second part arrived, with 8,000 starfish riding it. We were all too shocked to do anything. The wave hit the ground and all the fish leaped through the air, surrounding and tackling many of the troops. 

A new jet of water containing 20,000 starfish curved around the mountain on both sides, meeting back up on the other side, heading straight for the base. In panic, I ran in circles before falling into a concealed pit, leading into a dark cave…


FIVE- Chapter 12- Carter Clemons

A torch suddenly came aflame next to me. Grabbing it, I walked slowly down a narrow but long, damp hall, hearing a constant dripping sound from the ceiling. Strange, it sounded somehow... heavier, denser than water.  Reaching the end, I came across a small, dim lit cavern, roughly spherical in shape. Holding my torch up, I saw writing along the ceiling and walls, in a dark red, almost maroon color. It read things such as:

The threat is real!

The starfish exist!

The end is near!

The cake is a lie!

They will all kill us!

Die, Die DIE!

The end!

The fish come!!!

They speak the truth!

Truth

Truth!

Lie!

Lies, lies, lies!

It's all a lie!

Things like that. Out of no where, Picard dude appears from the shadows.

"You saw through it. Good job. The marine biologists have known for years, but no one listened. Except a few, that is. We called ourselves the survivors. We tracked their movements from the start. We fought them before they were strong. All the aquatic species died do to a massive relocation of their prey. To an area not far from here, actually. So we set up camp here. This was large base here until it all collapsed. There were never very much of us to begin with. As you can see," he said, indicating the room around him," most went insane. We all came to a large event, shutting down their main reactor core, sabotage from the inside. Those of us who made it to the room all gathered around. We closed the blast doors, keeping them out. We infected the core, almost ruining the stars forever. But something went wrong. As they pounded to get in, the core glowed yellow, then blue, then green, then red. We had to make a decision, fight those on the outside or risk staying here. Suddenly it exploded, releasing a toxic gas. Those of us who survived escaped through the air vents, just as the door broke down."

"Soon after we learned that was hardly the main base, it was one of many located around here, only third from highest tier. In the weeks that followed, the seven of us that remained were locked up in this cave. But the gas had effected us. One by one, we each either got powers, or went mad. Only two of us got powers. I was one. The other five went insane. The only other sane one here died in the cave collapse, caused by the other's crazy rants. I almost went crazy too, surrounded by them. Slowly, one by one, they died, and I was left alone. Only then did I find a way out of here. Soon I was living on the streets, roaming from one restaurant to another. Not a month later I found you. During the time in between I realized that along with accelerated speed comes accelerated age. So do an old man a favor, and don't let them win."

Then, as quickly as he had arrived, he vanished, leaving only a doorway of bright light behind him.

Slowly, but surely, I made my way, and stepped in.


FIVE- Chapter 13- John Benderson

Half the starfish's current invasion force rode the waves over the mountain towards the base. Quickly I grabbed an anti-tornado grenade and threw it. Usually it creates a strong, circular wind force, going in the opposite direction as a tornado. Ordinarily this would combine with a tornado and they would cancel each other out. Today, however, it created a strong, pushing force, much like the pulling force of a tornado. It landed in front of them and flung the wave back in our direction. Then I pulled out the magical purple button. Included with my suit was a set of buttons for emergency purpose only. The purple one is special. It creates a small, inter-dimentional gateway to a fictional universe. It broke often, took a lot of power, had a long cool down time, and could only be used a few times, but it could be quite useful. Pushing it, I discovered an old fashioned trap used to get anomalies, as showcased on a movie about those who bust this type of anomaly. All the starfish suddenly were sucked in to it. Through a hard fight we were eventually able to wipe out the remaining fish. As we came back together for a regroup before returning to the hotel I noticed something. Carter's missing!


FIVE- Chapter 14- John Benderson

We looked everywhere. I mean everywhere. We didn't find him. Wherever he was he must have been lost. I hope he wasn't captured! Anyways, afterwards  we went towards the military base, sure we would find him tomorrow. As we went through the vents of the mess hall, we heard some of the officers talking.

"...and woosh! A few thousand just disappeared."

".. The real question is where he is, how he is, and who he is. Same with his companions."

"What sort of tech were they using?"

All the talk was about us. We quietly crept along before reaching the captain's quarters. We stopped the second we heard this:

"Yes come in. Yes about them..."

We listened intently.

"Find them. They will need to be taken in."

Wide eyed, we ran, well crawled, out of there as fast as we could. Upon reaching the hotel, we discussed the events at hand.

"We should really go back there. This is our chance to actually join the military." I said.

"No."

"Why not?"

"It's too risky. What if it's a trap?"

"We've only helped them. Why would they be enemies?"

"You can't be sure. Everyone is an enemy."

"I guess I'll have to go on my own then."

"No! Don't you get it? Carter's gone. This isn't a game anymore John. They're real people."

"I know that!"

"What if something happened to you too, huh? What if you were captured? What then huh? What'd happen to me?"

"I don't know..."

"I'll tell you what! I'd be back on the streets that's what. No home, no friends. I can't go back to that. I can't do it John! I can't... I can't... I, I..."

"FINE!" I concluded, as we both went to bed, unhappy with the day's events.


FIVE- Chapter 15- Paul Hues

As usual, absolutely no contact back from the guys out in the field. I, however, have done a fair bit of research on the symbol. It is broken down into several parts. There is a triangle within which a plus is located. Above the triangle there is a circle with a line over it. The top part translates into: 'The conquerors who won' and the bottom is: '5 armed saints'. Whoever this guy is he is working with the fish and should be avoided whenever possible. He is very likely to set up a trap.

I have some other issues. I have reason to believe their radios are confiscated. I sent a drone over to get better surveillance. I did this knowing full well it was illegal to fly so close to a military base. At this point though, something very bad probably happened.

I actually sent two drones, however the first of which seemed to have been shot down. Who by is currently unknown. I have some theories, however, and they aren't good. I was almost to the base when it came down. I am worried  it may have been the government. This is exactly what I was trying to avoid when I didn't come!