DualJay

And that spelled the doom of the thread.

All is going according to plan... Also, expect a long next chapter sometime. EDIT: Actually, a shorter chapter really soon.

Do you even gear up?

Revolver Ocelot?

I will validate the hell out of your steam cache. Their is no greater threat that man can speak.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX

Patrience. Great things are in store for you. lolno

Best map ever.

Fair enough. Now, back on topic: what levels are your perks? Far as I can remember, it's... Field Medic 1 Commando 2 Sharpshoot 3 Support Specialist 2 Berserker 2 Firebug 1

Book 1 Part 1 Chapter 8 [spoiler2]Unknown Hotel Room “So, tell me more about Jason Dual.” Cavera shifted, picking her head up off of Simon’s shoulder. “Hmm?” She blinked, and her eyes cleared slightly. “Oh, he’s kinda creepy, I guess. And he knows some weird people.” “Weird people?” “There was the shadowy guy, and he made me feel filthy for just being near him. I couldn’t really look at him.” She felt Simon stiffen next to her, and he withdrew his arm from around her shoulder. “Did he - it - say anything?” “Kinda. Like, umm, someone evil is coming?” “Simon says remember.” “Something wicked this way comes.” A brief flicker of fear passed over his face, instantly hidden under a caring mask. He kissed Cavera on the brow. “I’ll be right back. Get some sleep, okay?” “Mmmhmm.” ************************** Abandoned Warehouse You wish to become stronger. “I must.” A small man, clad in dust-grey, stood in the middle of the warehouse. You will pay a terrible price. “I know.” You must become your own demons. And to do so, you must break them. “I understand.” Very well. The darkness around Jay thickened, until his even newly eyes enhanced could not pierce it. First, to make you human again. Every part of him that he had worked so long on enhancing burned like hydrochloric acid had been poured on it. It became even darker. Scents that had been clear faded. Sounds vanished. He was afraid. You fear the unknown. So, you must become the unknown. But first, you must defeat it. Shadows lashed out at him. Random, chaotic, invisible. Unknowable. Forms moved in the darkness. He who hunts monsters must be careful not to become a monster. But sometimes, to hunt monsters, you must become a monster yourself. And then Jay’s battle with the Unknown began in earnest. ************************** Byron’s Office Byron sat wearily across from Cube. “And you haven’t seen... Catherine... since when?” “Last night.” Cube was frantic. “And there was a corpse in her apartment, which is currently being investigated. Along with a message, for her. Ok, we’ll investigate it, but we’ve got priority on the Surgeon. By the way, Rammite and I were attacked last night by a freak. You know where Jay is?” “No, he disappeared... my God.” “What?” “He doesn’t like Cav-Catherine. And I’ve heard him say ‘you can’t run from heaven’ several times.” “I doubt it’s him. I mean, you’re a telepath. Could he hide it from you?” “I can’t even sense him. He just doesn’t show up to my sixth sense.” Byron sighed. “I’ll have someone track him down.” ************************** Abandoned Military Base Simon adjusted his collar nervously, then pushed open the door to the infirmary. “Hello, Simon.” The voice came from the small man, bent over a cadaver. There was an inhuman distortion to his voice. “Umm, sir. I was questioning our prisoner, and she said that, well, Jason Dual might have been meeting with the Stranger.” A slow exhale came from the black-clad man. “We will work around it. Now get out.” “Y-yes sir.” Simon practically sprinted back to his car. Back to Cavera. The black-clad man grinned inside. ************************** Office of Dual & Cube’s Consulting Ring. Ring. Cube grabbed the phone. “Hello?” “Umm, this is Dodge. Dodge Opliss.” “Oh.” Octavius had been desperately hoping it would be Cavera. “I’m looking for someone.” “Just about everyone is, so I’m kinda-” “Her name is Cavera Seventa. I understand that you know her.” “Yes! You have any lead?” Octavius was excited again. “No, but... listen, she’s like a sister to me. Any help you need, I’m here.” “All right. And... if you hear anything, call me immediately.” “I will. Same for you. Seeya.” “Bye.” Octavius put down the phone, feeling like he’d just had a conversation with an old friend. Dodge had sounded like a really cool guy. Maybe he’d meet him sometime soon.[/spoiler2]

:offtopic:

I applaud your strength of will.

I'm rooting for the Patrons.

..........

cough aperture cough I find the weld points come naturally. It's the shotty damage that takes forever. lol 5.5 million for top level.

But maybe I don't like doom.

Resurrection again. After some thought, and looking at the numbers, I've decided to max out support specialist. Which I've been trying to do off and on, but now I'm going to do it utterly. Why? Twenty. Four. Max. Carry. Weight. Think about it: that's the Hunting Shotgun, the HSG-1, the Flare Revolver, and the M79. And you'll still have room for pipe bombs. Plus you've got 11 grenades.

How many are you?

Aaaand fixed the first chapter's formatting and spoiler2'd all the chapters.

Book 1 Part 1 Chapter 7 [spoiler2]Cavera’s Apartment After staring at the words for a moment, Cavera shivered and rand for her bedroom, intent on gathering her weapons before she ran like hell. Her eyes had turned a odd pink color. A growl came out of her room, quickly followed by its maker: a massive, impossible hulking, faceless beast. She somersaulted over the beast’s head and heard it crash into the wall behind her. If it had killed Rex in a straight fight, she couldn’t beat it. She had to move. Grabbing her bag, she leaped out the window, somehow unscathed despite having jumped through a pane of glass. She ran, calling Stanley. “Stanley! Something killed Rexic! I’m on North Counterstrike Street!” “Pinkskaya, I assume? I’ll meet you at the corner of East Global Drive.” “Cavera’s in shock. It can’t catch me - it’s not very fast.” “Good. See you at the corner.” Pinkskaya was completely calm - she had dealt with situations like this countless times. “You don’t need to run any more, Cavera.” She skidded to a halt, confused. A strange feeling of well-being flowed over her. Cavera took back over. “W-what?” The shock of seeing Rex’s destroyed body had fallen away from her mind. “It’s okay, you can rest now.” “Who...” She trailed off, confused. A handsome young man with hazel-brown hair and chocolate eyes was suddenly at her side. “Simon says go to sleep.” His voice was gentle, warm, comforting, but still the most intense voice she’d ever heard - that still sounded sane. Her eyelids drooped, and she slumped. He caught her unconscious body. ************************** Byron’s House Byron tensed. He’d heard something, but over the sound of the soccer game Rammite was watching, it was difficult to be sure just what. “Rammite!” Byron yelled. “Did you hear a noise?” “I heard a GOAAAAAAAAAAL! YES!” Byron heard something else. “There it was again.” “I heard it too. Someone’s at one of the downstairs windows.” Rammite left the TV running, not wanting the infiltrator to pick up on any cues that something was wrong. He grabbed a shotgun and a revolver. Byron went unarmed. They both creeped down the stairs, Byron in a low crouch, Rammite standing behind him prepared to fill the first thing he saw with slugs. Something snuffled. Snuffled? Byron glanced back at Rammite and raised an eyebrow. Rammite mouthed the word freak. A hulking creature broke through the wall, hitting Byron with a devastating punch. Time slowed down. BOOM. Pump. BOOM. Reload... The beast stumbled, and its brief flicker of imbalance opened it to a devastating hit from Byron's bionic arm. Crack. The freak collapsed. “Staples.” “Shuddup, Rammite. We need to get this to Jay. Call someone to move it.” “It can’t weigh that much.” The freak had more muscle mass than your average body builder. “I can carry it.” “Sniff it.” Rammite sniffed, and promptly pulled out his phone. ************************** Unknown Hotel Room Simon stroked Cavera’s dirty-blonde hair, contemplating. She whimpered in her sleep. “Finally waking up, hmm?” Her eyes fluttered open. “W-where am I?” “You’re safe.” That’s right, she was safe. “Who are you?” “My name is Simon.” Cavera was having trouble focusing. She could barely remember her name with the constant distraction of his beautiful voice. “Oh...” She giggled, not really sure what she’d been planning to say. “Mind if I ask you a few question?” Of course she didn’t. ************************** Office of Dual & Cube’s Supernatural Consulting We cannot access that number. Octavius drummed his fingers nervously. Cavera always had her cell phone on and with her. Why didn’t she now? Had it been destroyed somehow? Did she not want to talk to him? Did Stanley not want her to talk to him? Worried, he grabbed Jay’s P250 and got in his car. In her line of work, who knows what might have happened to her? He’d better check that she was all right.[/spoiler2]