============================================================================== 2d. Water Hazard ==============================================================================
(Gordon continues his way down the river and he comes upon a citizen on a bridge above him) Citizen 1-Hey! You down there! Supplies! (The citizen throws down some supply crates) Citizen 1-Look out below!
(Gordon continues on, he reaches a closed floodgate, he goes inside the building and inside he sees Dr. Breen on a monitor) Dr. Breen-We now have direct confirmation of a disruptor in our midst, one who has acquired an almost meesianic reputation in the minds of certain citizens. His figure is synonymous with the darkest urges of instinct, ignorance, and decay. Some of the worst excesses of the Black Mesa incident have been laid directly at his feet. And yet unsophisticated minds continue to imbue him with romantic power. Giving him such labels as, the one free man, or the opener of the way. Let me remind all citizens of the dangers of magical thinking. We have scarcely begun to climb from the dark pit of our the evolution of our species. Let us not slide backward into oblivion, just as we have finally begun to see the light. If you see this so called free-man, report him. Civic deeds do not go un-rewarded and likewise complicity with his cause will not go un-punished. Be wise. Be safe. Be aware.
(Gordon continues on and opens the flood gate, and passes further down the river, after eluding a chopper, he comes upon a resistance outpost with two citizens and a vorigaunt.) Citizen 2-Hey! You are freeman arent you? Citizen 3-Well! I wouldnt believe it if I couldnt see it with my own eyes. Dr. Gordon Freeman himself! Citizen 2-You are just in time doc, we have gotta move out before the combine picks us up, we are getting ready to pull out. Citizen 3-We better hurry, we have to tear down this camp before the combine gets here. Vorigaunt-Greetings to the Freeman. Citizen 3-Come on in, I will show you what you are up against. (The citizen leads Gordon into a room with a map and radio) Citizen 3-Here take a look at this. This here is the dam just up ahead. (The citizen points to the map) Citizen 3-The hideout is here, a stones throw away from the apron and nestled in the old hydro plant. But getting there, with that hunter chopper on your ass, next to impossible. Good news is, the vorigaunt is working his magic on your airboat, so you will have a little more firepower going forward. I think he is just finishing up now. Go on out. (Gordon goes back to the dock and checks on the airboat, it now has a gun mounted on it) Citizen 3-There we are. That gun came off of one of the same hunter choppers that you are up against. I always like to bring a little irony to a firefight. Voriagunt-The freeman will accept this weapon, or suffer greatly on the road ahead. Citizen 3-Farwell Dr. Freeman. Vorigaunt-For Freedom! Citizen 2-Give them hell doc.
(Gordon leaves the outpost, just as he gets to the hideout the flood gate closes and he has to shoot down the chopper)
============================================================================== 2e. Black Mesa East ==============================================================================
(Gordon passes through the dam and finally reaches the hideout, he enters a chamber but it is sealed and some alarms go off) Judith-We have got something. Okay, its human. Hello? Take it easy in there you are safe now. You will have to forgive the scanning process we cant take any chances. (Some machines begin to run a series of scans on Gordon) Judith-Dr. Freeman? Gordon Freeman?! Is that you? You made it here this quickly? Well is Eli is going to be amazed, not to mention relieved. I am Dr. Mossman, Dr. Judith Mossman. I have been hearing about you since long before the Black Mesa incident. Oh! Black Mesa. I do so envy you working with Eli and Dr. Kliener when they were at the top of their field. Ah! There we go you can come through now. (The scanners stop and turn off and the door in front of Gordon opens)
Judith-I will take you down to Eli right away. He would never forgive me if I kept you waiting. (Judith leads Gordon down through the facility) Judith-We could certainly use the extra help around here. We have covered a lot of ground in the last few months, but things would go much more faster if we had more people with your training. We are closing in on a reliable local teleport technology, something even the combine has not mastered. Eli thinks their portals are string based, similar to our Calabi-Yau model, but they have failed to factor in the dark energy equations. They can tunnel through from their universe, but once they are here they are dependent on local transportation. If they knew what we were doing with entanglement... (Judith gets into an elevator and Gordon follows) Judith-Oh listen to me, I sound like a post-doc. I am just so excited to think that we will finally get the chance to work together. (The elevator goes down) Judith-Were was I? Oh yes, Dr. Kliener compressed the xen relay far beyond anything he imagined at Black Mesa. We figured out how to use xen as an unexpressed axis, effectively a dimensional slingshot so we can swing around the borderworld and come back in local space without having to pass through.
(The elevator reaches the bottom floor) Judith-Oh! Here is Eli now. (Eli is speaking to a vorigaunt) Eli-Alright good you keep right on it. Judith-Eli! Look who I found in the airlock. Eli-Gordon Freeman! Let me get a look at you man! My god man you havent changed one iota. How do you do it? Now lets see the last time I saw you, I sent you up for help after the resonance cascade. I never thought it would take you this long to get back to me. Welcome to the lab anyway, its not Black Mesa but it serves us well enough. Judith-Its going to be a lot more like Black Mesa with Gordon here to help. Eli-Right you are, M.I.T. graduates are few and far between these days. We will get you out of that hazard suit and back into your lab coat where you belong. Judith-Lemme just finish up some work and I will see what I can dig up. Dr. Freeman? It has been a real honor. I am looking forward to working together. Eli-Feel free to look around.
(Eli goes back to his business, after a short while Alyx walks in) Alyx-Ah! Gordon, the vorigaunts said you were here. I cannot believe you made it so quickly on foot. Eli-I believe he broke your record honey. Alyx-Well he earned it. I guess you proved you can handle yourself out there. Eli-There is nothing Gordon cannot handle..with the possible exception of you. Alyx-Dad! Eli-Haaaa
(Alyx goes and works on one of the machines while Eli activates a display for Gordon to look at) Eli-Take a look at this Gordon.
(Judith comes out of the room she was working in) Judith-Alyx I though you were on watch? Alyx-The vorigaunts relieved me show I could come see Gordon. Anyway I should be in here working on the portal. Judith-I have the repairs well in hand. Someone misjudged the capacity of the combine thyristor.. Alyx-Are you blaming me? Judith-No it was a calculation error not a mechanical problem. Alyx-Then maybe you should let me do the calculations next time, as well as the installing. Judith-Alyx really, sometimes I think you deliberately misunderstand me. Eli-Ahem. Alyx why dont you take Gordon and show him the gravity gun. Alyx-Sure, come on Gordon, lets go have some fun. Judith-The zero point field energy manipulator is not a toy Alyx Aylx-Lets get out of here.
(Alyx opens up a door with keypad and leads Gordon down a hallway) Aylx-So I seen you met Dr. Mossman, she is one of the main reasons I spend so much time outside. You should hear her drone on about how it should have been her in the Black Mesa test chamber that day. I am sorry I shouldnt be talking behind her back, it just gets a bit cluastraphobic down here. (Alyx points down a hallway) Alyx-Thats the old passage to Ravenholm. We dont go there anymore. Come on.
(Alyx leads Gordon through another airlock into an area outside) Alyx-So here we are, the scrapyard. This is the gravity gun my father was talking about, you can call it the zero point energy field manipulator if you really want to. (Alyx opens a glass case and hands Gordon the gravity gun) Alyx-Its designed for handling hazardous materials, but we mainly use it for heavy lifting. Give it a try. The primary trigger emits a charge, you can punt stuff and send it flying. I found it handy for clearing minefields. The secondary trigger lets you grab things, you can send them flying with the primary. Once you have picked something up, you can drop it gently by pressing your secondary trigger again. Pick up some stuff and toss it. You can also pull stuff over from a distance. Try grabbing those barrels from that ledge up there. All right.
(Alyx leads Gordon into the scrapyard) Alyx-Now let me call dog, he loves to play fetch. Dog! Come! (A large robot comes out of a metal shack on the other side of the scrapyard) Alyx-Gordon this is dog, my dad built him to protect me when I was a kid. First model way about yay-high I have been adding to him ever since. Ok dog lets play catch with Gordon. You will need to use the gravity gun. Go ahead dog. Throw!
(Dog throws a series of crates as Gordon catches them with the gravity gun) Alyx-Dog, go get your ball! (Dog runs over to a metal crate and removes a round glowing object, he throws this object back and forth with Gordon) Alyx-When I told you that you would be playing fetch, I didnt tell you who would be fetching did I. (This continues for a short while) Alyx-Ok Gordon lets try something else. Throw something bigger dog. (Dog runs over and picks up a dumpster) Alyx-No Dog! No boy put that down! What is it dog? (A explosion can be heard) Alyx-Oh my god what was that? Scanners! The combine is sweeping the area! We have to head back to the lab come on Gordon!
(Gordon follows Alyx back to the airlock along with dog, Alyx contacts Eli over the monitor) Alyx-Dad its Alyx are you there? Eli-Alyx.. Honey Aylx-Whats going on in there? Eli-Where are you Alyx? Alyx-We are in the scrapyard airlock stuck in a full autocycle. Eli-Is Gordon still with you? Alyx-He is right here. Eli-Good, I want you two to.. (The power shuts off) Alyx-Dad? (The power comes back on) Eli-Take Gordon out of here, head for the coast! Do not go through raven.. (The monitor cuts off) Alyx-Dad? Dad! Damn it! Dog open the airlock get us out of here! Hurry now! Tear it apart if you have to, just get it open! Thats enough dog. Come on Gordon! Come on!
(As Alyx and Gordon run back to the lab a pile of rocks collapses separating Gordon from Alyx, a firefight can be heard taking place, she speaks to him through a hole in the rubble) Alyx-Gordon you need to get out of here, I cant leave my father. Dog, take Gordon to the Ravenholm tunnel, then circle around and try to meet up with me.
(Gordon follows dog down the hallway Alyx pointed out earlier, Dog opens up a tunnel door and Gordon continues on alone)
============================================================================== 2f. We Dont Go To Ravenholm ==============================================================================
(Gordon fights his way through Ravenholm, a horrid abandoned town infested with headcrabs and zombies, after a short while he hears a mans voice) Father Gregori-For it was said that they had become like those peculiar demons which dwell in matter, but in which no light may be found. Father Gregori-For the days of my life have vanished like smoke, and my bones are parched like ash, and let all my impurities be as fuel for that fire until nothing remains but the light alone. Father Gregori-May they become like dust before the wind, may the angel of the lord pursue them.
(Gordon comes upon a burning yard with several zombies coming at him on fire, a man kicks open the door at the top of the yard and kills the zombies with a shotgun) Father Gregori-But whos is this? Another life to save? I will keep my eye on you, more than that I cannot promise. (The man heads back into the door)
(Gordon continues to fight his way through Ravenholm when he sees the man again) Father Gregori-Well done brother. Make free us of my traps. But take care not to fall in them yourself. Behind you! (Father Gregori shoots a zombie behind Gordon) Father Gregori-In Ravenholm, you do well to be vigilant. (Father Gregori walks away and Gordon continues to move forward)
(After a short time Gordon sees him again) Father Gregori-Better and Better! I am Father Gregori, you have already met
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