Post by non fungible tingle

VOID TECH SUPPORT
Part 5 - Everything we do makes it worse

me: shut it down. shut it down now.
goji: are you sure? the security systems are linked.
me: i know that
goji: the biolabs locks and everything
me: well, ill be able to access the server room
me: we are out of options
we hit the button
reboot the systems
and wait
the systems cannot reboot.
database error.
kabat: we fubard it!
me: oh my god what is this
me: everything we do makes it worse
goji is freaking out
i think he had too much caffeine
goji: we should go to the helipad
me: no, it might not be safe out there
me: the creatures got out when we shut down
goji: i think i can make it, its not too far
me: we have no idea whats out there
goji: im quick.
goji: ill come back with the choppa
me: do you even know how to fly it. and the drone...
goji: ill figure that out later.
me: there must be a reason...
goji: im not waiting here to get attacked!
paranoid and stressed
he takes a red bull
and runs outside
on the path
up the hill
to the helipad!
i spend hours trying to bring systems online
it is after midnight
everything we do makes it worse
kabat: hey murray check this. i have a plan
kabat: i found these building schematics
kabat: theres a maintenance tunnel to the helipad
kabat: underneath the chapel
kabat: i have planned the entire route
me: ok, i like the plan.
me: but we still don't know what the cause is
kabat: so what lets gooo
me: no. goji said he will come with the choppa
kabat: he would be here by now
kabat took his plan and left

goji is running to the helipad.
he is about 2/3rds of the way there.
he encounters a problem
out here on the loose
freed from their enclosure
komodo dragons
genetically enhanced
with ai chip brain implants
they have spotted him and taken an interest
slowly headed in his direction
he is outrunning them for now
the ground here is a bit muddy
a little bit of rain here and there
his feet are sinking in
its slowing him down
tripping him up
he twists his ankle
limping as fast as he can
but the komodo dragons
are too fast, too furious

kabat enters the chapel
he finds the tunnel out to the helipad
he is about 2/3rds of the way there
he encounters a dead end
the documents were wrong
someone forgot to update them
either that or he misread them
he decides to turn back
the fire exit doors only open one way
he is lost in these tunnels
it is very dark
he is looking at the map
not looking where he is going
he walks into a spider web
the spiders... are big
genetically enhanced
with ai chip brain implants
they have spotted him and taken an interest
slowly headed in his direction
he is trapped in their webs
having his insides liquified