The Longest Day: Part 3

[b]9:00 A.M. Inside the Abyss[/b] After 10 minutes or so of walking in the near dark, they had reached the second part of the camp. It was a night and day difference between what was inside the cave and outside. No blood, no signs of struggle. It was almost peaceful. Bruce motioned to Vincent to open the side of the only tent. Looking down the sights of the gun, Bruce readied himself for whatever was on the other side. Vincent yanked the cloth and breathed relief when he heard what was on the other side. [i]It's not a total massacre.[/i] A woman with black hair in black pants and a white buttoned up lab coat came out and yelled happily; "Bruce!" They hugged with Bruce breathing a sigh of relief. Vincent thought she looked very young, probably barely 20. [i]That's why you're on Valkyrie patrol...turns out there is a soft spot underneath those tattoos & armor[/i] They broke away from the hug with the woman extending her hand to Vincent. "Hi, I'm Amelia, Bruce's sister." "Vincent. nice to meet you." "I take it my brother has been cryptic, stoic, and intimidating thus far?" The question made him smirk and look to Bruce. "No, in fact he seems well-suited for Valkyrie patrol." Amelia's face turned from relief to confusion. "Valkyrie Patrol? Not your domain don't you think?" Bruce answered the question. "I volunteered this morning when I heard the news." Amelia shook her head in understanding. Bruce finally asked what had been gnawing away at him ever since he got off his Pike. "Amelia, what did this?" She dreaded the question. [b]9:06 A.M. Deeper in the Abyss[/b] They walked & talked, Amelia barely convincing them to go further as she explained. "We came out here two months ago when we picked up a Vex signal." Bruce looked as if we was about to protest before Amelia cut him off. "I know. We came out here with some local Hunters who knew the area very well. After all, we were rightfully granted security but who would come out here? Anyways, we started digging and made the valley outside before we discovered this. Inside, we found old Vex corpses, or salvage as you would call it." She paused before she said the next part. "Along with...works stations." After a moment of silence, Vincent said what was one everyone's mind; "What does that mean?" Amelia responded with a surprising answer "The Awoken created them, judging by the technology. But that's not all. If you go deeper, there is a signal we activated that made them all somehow turn on. Dr. Ross was fiddling around at one of the work stations and did it by accident. When it all started, we both hid in the tent. Once it died down, he said he was going to activate the Emergency Transponder to get help. Clearly he did, but never came back. I was alone for an hour before you two came." While stunned by the information, they would not be able to soak it in for long. A whirring of machinery could be heard, and sounded too close for comfort.