(barney uses a keypad to open up a garage like door, inside this small room there is a glass case which contains the HEV suit) Barney-Here we go.. Awahh! (Dr. Klieners pet headcrab Llamar jumps on barney) Barney-Damn it! Get it off me! Dr. Kliener-Llamar! There you are! Barney-I though you got rid of that pest! Dr. Kliener-Certainly not. Never fear Gordon, she is de-beaked and completely harmless. The worst she might try to do is couple with your head. Fruitlessly. Llamar-Guwakkh! Barney-Get that thing away from me! Dr. Kliener-Here my pet. Hop up! (Llamar jumps up onto a shelf with some crates and computers) Dr. Kliener-No not up there! Dr. Kliener-No, No! Careful Llamar those are quite fragile. (Llamar jumps into a vent) Dr. Kliener-Oh fie! It will be another week before I can coax here out of there! Barney-Yeah. Longer if we are lucky. Alyx-Barney.. You are not an animal person? Barney-Ugh. Dr. Kliener-Well Gordon go ahead, slip into your suit now.
(Gordon steps into the glass chamber and puts the HEV suit on) Dr. Kliener-Well Gordon I see your HEV suit still fits you like a glove, at least the glove parts do. Dr. Kliener-I have made a few modifications, but I will just acquaint you with the essentials, now lets see.. (Dr. Kliener picks up a clipboard with a paper on it and begins reading from the paper) Dr. Kliener-The Mark V Hazardous Environment Suit has been redesigned for comfort and utility..
(A loud alarm sounds in the background) Dr. Kliener-Oh dear! Barney-Doc we dont have time for this. At least get that suit juiced up Gordon. Dr. Kliener-Good idea, there is a charger on the wall. I have modified your suit to draw power from combine energy outlets, which are plentiful wherever they patrol. Aylx-Meanwhile, lets get this show on the road.
(Dr. Kliener moves a picture frame around, this opens up a retinal scanner which he uses to open up a secret room behind the wall, Gordon enters the room along with everyone else, inside is a large mass of computers and wires along with a platform in the middle of the room, Alyx gets onto the platform and the guard rails close behind her) Dr. Kliener-Gordon, why dont you position yourself near the panel over there and wait for my word?
(A man appears on a monitor behind barney) Eli-Issac are you there? Dr. Kiener-Yes, yes, Eli, a bit of a hold up on this end. You will never guess who found his way into our lab this morning. Eli-Thats not who I think it is, is it? Dr. Kliener-Indeed it is, and its our intention to send him packing straight away, in the company of your lovely daughter. Aylx-Are you ready for us dad? Eli-We are all set on this end. Aylx-Then lets do it (the platform Alyx is standing on begins to rise) Dr. Kliener-Lets see, the massless field flux should self-limit and I have clamped the manifold parameters to include CY Hilbert and GC orbitfold inclusive. Conditions could not be more ideal. Barney-Thats what you said last time. Aylx-Hey, uh, yeah, about that cat.. Dr. Kliener-Initializing in three.. two.. one.. Oh fiddlesticks what now? (One of the plugs comes lose out of its outlet) Aylx-Uh, doctor the plug. Dr. Kliener-Dear me, you are right, Gordon would you mind plugging us in. (Gordon plugs the cord back in) Alyx-You gonna let Gordon throw the switch? Dr. Kliener-Gordon, go right ahead. (Gordon throws the switch) Dr. Kliener-Very good, final sequence commencing..now. Barney-I cant look. Alyx-Uh, ok, oh ah ohhh!
(Aylx disappears from the teleporter) Dr. Kliener-Well, did it work? Eli-See for yourself Aylx-Hey doc! Dr. Kliener-Thank goodness, my relief is almost palpable Eli-Fantastic work Izzy Dr. Kliener-Well I cant take all the credit, Dr. Freeman proved an able assistant Eli-Lets go ahead and bring Gordon through now. Dr. Kliener-Right you are, speak to you again in a few moments. Barney-Good job Gordon, throwing that switch and all, I can see your M.I.T. education really pays off. Dr. Kliener-Alright Barney, your turn. Barney-Gee thanks Dr. Kliener-Gordon, as soon as you are in position we will send you to Eli. (The loud alarm sounds again) Barney-And not a moment too soon (Gordon steps into the teleporter, the guardrails close and it begins to rise) Dr. Kliener-Excellent, initializing, in three.. two.. one.., eh Barney if you would be so kind? Barney-Good luck out there Gordon Dr. Kliener-Yes indeed, we are ready to project you Gordon, best of luck in your future endeavors, and bon voyage, final sequence.
(An alarm begins to sound) Barney-What the hell? (Llamar jumps out of a vent a breaks some wires connected to the teleporter) Dr. Kliener-What is it? Barney-Its your pet the freaking head humper! Dr. Kliener-Llamar? Hedy! No! Barney-Look out! (Llamar jumps onto the teleport as it begins to malfunction, Gordon is transported to a beach, then back to the lab) Barney-There he is! Dr. Kliener-Is Llamar with him? Barney-Forget about that thing! (Gordon is now transported to his intended destination) Alyx-He is coming through dad! Eli-What is going on Judith? Judith-Im not sure, it seems to be some kind of interference. Eli-Gordon stay put we will get ya out of there. Judith-Something is drawing him away. (Gordon is teleported into an unknown location, he sees the same man he saw on the monitor) Breen-What is the meaning of this? Who are you? How did you get in here? (Gordon is now teleported back to the lab) Barney-He is back, Im getting him outta there. Dr. Kliener-You cant just wade into the field! It will peel you apart! Alyx-We just lost Gordon what is going on? Dr. Kliener-I wish I knew, Im encountering unexpected interference Barney-Dont worry Gordon we will.. (Gordon is transported back to his original destination) Aylx-There he is! Judith-Ah! We are losing him again! (Gordon is transported back to the unknown location) Breen-The man I saw, im all but certaint it was... Gordon Freeman (Gordon is transported underwater, A giant alien comes rushing at him but he is transported again at the last second, this time he is outside of the lab looking in through a window behind Dr. Kliener) Dr. Kliener-What do you mean he is not there? Eli-He didnt come through. Dr. Kliener-Then where is he? Eli-Behind you. Dr. Kliener-Ahh! Eli-Shut it down! Shut it down! Dr. Kliener-Gordon run! You must get out of here! Barney-Get down outta sight I will come find you!
(Gordon makes his way through the area behind the lab until he sees barney on a ledge above) Barney-Gordon! I have never seen the citadel on full alert like that! Take the old canals out of city 17 to Eli, its dangerous but there is a whole network of resistance members who run the underground railroad. I would come with you but I have to look after Dr. Kliener. Oh and before I forget, I think you dropped this back at black mesa. (Barney throws down a crowbar) Barney-Good luck out there buddy, you are gonna need it. (Gordon makes his way away from the lab and through a train station while being chased by civil protection)
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(Gordon makes his way through the sewers of city 17 while being chased by civil protection, as he rounds a corner he comes upon the scene of yet another combine beating)
Citizen 1-Help me! Stop we didnt do anything! (The combine soldiers are beating the husband of the woman, they notice freeman and come after him instead, he kills them with his crowbar) Citizen 1-They will be looking for you now. You should run there is nothing else you can do here.
(Gordon continues his trek through the sewers while fighting civil protection, after passing over same train tracks Gordon finds a citizen and a vorigaunt) Citizen 2-Good god! Guess those sirens are for you huh? Good thing you found us, you are not the first to come through by a.. Vorigaunt-This is the freeman, the reckoning of the combine has come. Citizen 2-Look we are just a lookout for the underground railroad. Main station is right around the corner. They will get you started on the right foot. Meanwhile let my vorigaunt friend here give you a jolt to get going. (The vorigaunt charges up the HEV suit) Vorigaunt-That is all we can spare. Citizen 2-Be careful now, we REALLY cant afford to get noticed. Civil protection catches you down here, its bad news for the whole railroad. Vorigaunt-We serve the same mystery. Citizen 2-Get outta here.
(Gordon continues to find his way through the sewers and slums of city 17, he comes upon a combine soldier killing a resistance member) Citizen 3-Wait. what are you.. no.. please.. dont shoot! Ahhh! (The radio in the underground railroad station is going) Woman on radio-Station 12 come in. Station 12 do you read? Man on radio-This is station 8! We heard 12 go down and out! Surgical strike units are targeting the railway stations! Repeat Civil Protection is coming down on the stations! We are already getting refuges from 9 and outlying, looks like..(static) Woman on radio-Station 8 do you copy? Station 8 are you there? We have confirmed reports of manhacks. Repeat they are filling the underground with manhacks.
(Gordon continues to battle the combine and go through the sewers, he comes upon a resistance member hiding in a piece of concrete pipe) Citizen 4-Over here! Keep going friend that station was raided but there are still others up ahead. I am gonna stay here in case any others come through. Gotta keep the railway alive.
(Gordon continues to press on through the sewers, he finds a combine patrol standing on a grate above him) Civil Patrol 1-Anyone else get a 647-E reading? Civil Patrol 2-Check for miscount. Civil Patrol 1-Still getting that 647-E reading. (They see Gordon) Civil Patrol 3-There he is!
(Gordon escapes through the sewer tunnel and heads on, he comes across another resistance station) Citizen 5-Get in here, hurry! Civil protection is on to us. We are tearing up the railroad, covering up our tracks. Looks like you are going to be the last one through. Be glad you are not the guy they are looking for. Poor bastard does not stand a chance. Sounds like they are calling in every CP unit in city 17. Now they are flooding the areas up ahead with manhacks. You better get going before they sweep through here (The citizen opens the viewing slot on the door and is greeted with the site of several manhacks flying towards him) Citizen 5-Oh shit! (The citizen grabs a pipe and tries to defend himself, Gordon and the citizen destroy all the manhacks) Citizen 5-Thanks for your help. Look it isnt safe here, I will give you some supplies to get you going but then you have to leave. Good luck out there!
(Gordon continues to press on into the sewers, he comes to another resistance station) Citizen 6-Hey! You are Freeman arent you? We got word that you were coming. You got here at a bad time. (A voice comes over the radio) Aylx-Black Mesa East to station 6 do you read? Dr. Freeman is on his way downriver. Lend him the airboat and give him all the help you can. Repeat Gordon Freeman has returned, it is critical he reaches Black Mesa East. Citizen 6-You better get going now.
(Gordon freeman heads on past the station, the area up ahead is being hit with artillery shells filled with headcrabs, he reached a small shelter with a airboat and another citizen) Citizen 7-Hey, Dr. Freeman I had been hoping you would show up, got this airboat all gassed up and ready to go. Its gonna be tough dodging civil protection out there in the open, but drive hard and you will make it. You will find more help at station 7, just up the river, its the red barn. Climb on in, and fire her up. You had better get going now! (Gordon drives the airboat out of the shelter and out of city 17 and into the river)
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