Chapter 22 –Epilogue
Gordon Freeman sat atthe bar with a bottle of beer in his hand. On his right sat BarneyCalhoun and on his left Adrian Shepherd. The three former rebels hadnot changed much in the last ten years, except for the fact that theywere all wearing denim coveralls. They were all on their lunch breaksfrom their construction jobs. They had spent the last ten yearsworking with the rest of the surviving resistance members to rebuildCity 17. The amount of survivors was higher than Gordon ever thought.Even after the days of the Combine, there were still enough citizensto meet the original population level of the city and help rebuild itquickly. The re-construction was almost done. It was strange though.Without the Citadel towering over them, City 17 felt much smaller.
'Who's buying thisround?' Adrian asked looking over at Barney.
'Don't look at meman.' He said. 'I think that it's Gordon's turn to buy.'
'Thanks for thatBarney.' Gordon replied sarcastically. 'You owe me a beer fortwenty years and now you will take any opportunity not to pay.'
'Don't blame me,that's just the way I was raised.' Barney replied before takinganother swig of beer. 'Plus, I bought you that beer already.'
'Fine, I'll paytoday.' Gordon looked at his watch. 'Well, we've gotta goanyway. If we're late one more time, Izzy's gonna be pissed.'
'I highly doubtthat.' Adrian added. 'I don't think Kliener's even capable ofanger. Magnusson though…you know what let's go.' Gordon andBarney smiled. Gordon paid the bill and the trio walked out. Oncethey were outside, Adrian lit a cigarette and the three began to walkdown the road.
'I thought Chellmade you quit.' Barney asked.
'She doesn't wantme to smoke around her anymore, but she says it's okay when I'mwith you guys.' He replied. The work site wasn't far from thebar. Dr. Kliener and Dr. Magnusson were working as co-foremen of thebuilding. The city was almost done and this would be the lastbuilding that they would be working on completely rebuilding. Klienerand Magnusson stood outside over a table that had the originalblueprints for the building. They argued over trivial things asalways.
'No, No NO! Thiswall was knocked down!' Magnusson yelled.
'Oh, reallyMagnusson? Does it really matter? Can't we just finish thisbuilding? I would like to get home tonight.' Kliener argued.
'Whoa, Whoa, Whoa.'Barney said. 'Calm down you two. Jeez, you two act like five yearolds on a daily basis. Now, I'm gonna go work with DOG over there,can you two handle the mad scientists over here?' Adrian and Gordonnodded and Barney walked across the build site to where DOG was. Thebig mechanical pet was more than helpful with the re-buildingprocess. He mostly worked with Barney and helped move large pieces ofmetal or machines.
'Because of thatoutburst, I'll overlook the fact that you three are three minuteslate.' Magnusson remarked. 'Now we're almost done thisbuilding, I'd appreciate it if you would help out.'
'Geez, give us abreak Magnusson.' Adrian said. 'Come on Gordon, let's finishthis place.' The two walked into the building and got to work.
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Gordon's pickuptruck rumbled over the rocks layering the forest trail. He was on hisway home after a long day. DOG followed close behind him. Adrian,Barney, Dr. Kliener, and Dr. Magnusson sat in the car as well, thelatter three in the back.
'City 17 isofficially rebuilt boys!' Barney said. He put his arms aroundKliener and Magnusson. 'Now doesn't that just make you two wantto celebrate?' Magnusson gave Kliener a look of disgust.
'Barney,' Adrianbegan. 'There is no way you are going to make those two get along.I think it's literally impossible.' Adrian took out a cigaretteand his silver Zippo lighter.
'Really Adrian?'Gordon asked. 'We're this close to home and you're lightinganother one?' Adrian rolled his eyes and put them away. 'I thinkwe all deserve to celebrate. So, later how about we go back to thebar later and Barney buys us a round?'
'Oh, now that'sjust mean Gordon. That hurt real bad.' Barney replied. Gordonpulled up to Black Forest. After the end of the war, Dr. Klienerdecided to build a new home for everyone, which was still under someconstruction. It was much like White Forest, but more accommodatingas a home. It didn't go far underground and was built into the sideof a mountain a mile outside of City 17. It could house a maximum offifteen people and had enough room hold everything they wanted.Gordon had dubbed it as 'Black Forest', which everyone (exceptMagnusson, of course) accepted. From the outside, the house showedthree walls. One of which was one complete window. Gordon pulled upto the right side of the house. He shut off the truck and got out.
'Honey I'm home!'Adrian yelled as he walked in the door. Chell walked out from thehallway on the right. She looked slightly older, but really shelooked the same as she had ten years ago. She had developed a likingfor orange clothes, since wearing that inmate jumpsuit for two years.She now wore a long orange dress that she liked to wear on warm days.
'Hi honey.' Shesaid. She kissed him on his cheek.
'What is thatenticing aroma?' Barney asked.
'Alyx and I aremaking barbeque outback for you guys.'
'Splendid!'Kliener added.
'If you likebarbeques…' Magnusson murmured.
'The Magnusson isstill as belligerent as ever.' Uriah said behind them. TheVortigaunt had stayed with the group along with Lo-gen and Rezlan.The latter two were still working on some buildings back in the city.The help of the Vortigaunts was greatly accepted in City 17. Itaccelerated the building process a great deal.
'He's eatinginside.' Gordon added. The group laughed and walked outback. Theterrace that Kliener had created was truly beautiful. There was abrick patio that was immediately outside through a sliding glassdoor. The backyard was on the side of a small hill, from which aperfect view of City 17 could be seen. The entire city could beviewed from the yard, which Kliener had fenced off for safety. Theywere not high above the city, but they were high enough to view it inits entirety. The old, decrepit canals had been obliterated by theexplosion of the Citadel and did not hinder the beauty of the revivedarea.
'Hey Gordon.'Gordon looked to his left at the woman at the grill. Alyx was workingon it. She hadn't changed a bit since her rebel years. Years mayhave passed, but she still looked as beautiful as ever. She still hada fondness for jeans and still wore her gray Black Mesa hoodie, whichshe had patched up after the Hunter attack all those years ago. Sheshowed no scars from that attack to this day, a result of theVortigaunt healing. Two years after the events at Aperture Science,Magnusson became an ordained priest so he could marry the couple.They had been living at Black Forest with the others ever since.
'Hello beautiful.'Gordon replied. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms aroundher. He slowly kissed her on the lips. 'The City's done.'
'That'swonderful.' She replied.
'How's he doing?'Gordon asked.
'He's fine. Ithink I felt him again today. He'll be so happy to see a completecity when he comes home.'
'I'll be happytoo.' Gordon knelt down and kissed Alyx's stomach. She wasseven-months pregnant. Dr. Kliener examined her a few months beforeand concluded that it was a boy. If it had been a girl, they weregoing to name her Judith Freeman, but as a boy, Eli Freeman. About ahalf hour later, Lo-gen and Rezlan arrived home and the group sat atthe large picnic table outside to eat their food. Gordon stood upwith his glass in his hand.
'Everybody. I'dlike to make a toast. Today marks the tenth anniversary of the deathof the G-Man and the destruction of GLaDOS. And now it marks thefirst day of the new City 17.' Barney and Adrian started clapping.Gordon signaled for them to calm down. 'Let us remember this day asthe beginning of a new era. Let us remember this day not for theevils we faced all those years ago, but for the memories of friendswe will remember forever. Let us take this moment to remember thefallen rebels from the war.' Barney spoke up.
'For Eli Vance,Judith Mossman, and Zenlo! The greatest heroes this world has everknown!' he yelled with glass raised. Everyone else replied in thesame with a loud 'For the rebels!' Gordon continued hisstatement.
'And let us all liveprosperous and long lives ourselves.' Gordon said. He raised hisglass and took a sip from his cup, as did the others. This statementseemed perfect in the mind of Gordon Freeman. In a way it was,because he knew when every ones' time would come, thanks to Zenlo'smemories and visions. He had always refused to tell the others oftheir times, adhering to Zenlo's final wish. He didn't fretthough. His life was happy and he knew he was too. He would be afather soon and he couldn't wait to see what that was like. Heturned around to look at City 17 once again. The citizens recognizedthat the subtraction of the Citadel and the canals made the city seemsmaller. However, as Gordon looked over the city, he realized that itwas the most prosperous and largest city in the world to him. It washis home now, and it always would be, the home of the last Free Man.Gordon turned back to the table and ate with his friends.
THE END
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It's been a month since the prologue for the redone version of this FanFiction was published, and I decided that this FanFiction needed something added to it. For people who've read this already, sorry, but it isn't extra content. It's a hub for the machinima.
Deremix, a loyal reader who found the original Fanfic and has been reading ever since, asked me if he could make a machinima for the fic. I quickly answered the affirmative. His Youtube account is Deremixproductions and he's made some excellent GTA IV machinima including the Hospital Shootout series and the hilarious - albeit short - Actions Flicks.
At the time of writing, only the trailer is up, but I'll be updating this every time a video is added.
Trailer link: http://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=p-v-3QyauN8
Um, there's also another thing: ArtisticLemur, another reader, has also offered to make a mod out of this game. Yeah, a machinima and a mod. However, this was only an offer - that I accepted, yes - but he also clearly stated he didn't intend on making Gordon talk, so we'll have to see how things work out.
And now, onto the story!
-=Half Life 2: Episode 3: Possibilities=-
-=Prologue: T-Minus One=-
T-Minus One.
At the time, I had no idea it was talking about the minutes until Dr. Eli Vance's death.
At the time, all I was concerned with was pressing down the button under my gloved hand.
At the time, all I wanted was the end.
The end of the Combine's iron fist.
—
I had heard the stories from witnesses of the Seven Hour War. People who had been in Eastern Europe when it happened.
They remember running. Explosions, gunfire, garbled grunts from Combine respirators. They also recall the sound of human voices, yelling over the screams of their fellow man.
At the end of it all, they remember the burning cities, lighting up the twilight that was the final few hours of the war.
Then the UN surrendered, the decision made by Wallace Breen, and he was elected leader of the Combine forces on Earth.
I wasn't there to stop it.
But I'm sure someone was. And he didn't.
Why?
I have no idea.
And all the effort in the world would have gone to waste..
Maybe I should be thankful I am able to do what I can.
—
These are the things I thought as I watched the resistance rocket launch and heard the personnel cheering from across the complex.
White Forest was filled with the joy of salvation.
That salvation was the rocket.
I have no idea what was inside it, whether it was nuclear or something else. All I know is that it cut off the Combine.
So many things people think I know.
So many things they themselves do not.
—
Nobody was expecting an Advisor to turn up.
Alyx wasn't. Eli wasn't. Kleiner wasn't. Magnusson wasn't.
And I wasn't.
But then it happened.
In it came, suddenly, without warning.
I didn't even have time to reach for a weapon, whether it was my crowbar, or my 357, or even my RPG.
I can't even remember if I had my crowbar in my hand.
All I do remember is the vivid image of Eli swinging a rusty pipe at the Advisor's head.
Alyx's choking sobs.
My vain attempts to wrestle free of invisible forces holding Alyx and I to the wall.
Eli's calm, soothing voice.
'I love you, Alyx.'
The sickening noise of Eli's head being impaled.
Dog.
Shattering the glass.
A whole lot of insanity.
—
Dog saved Alyx and I that day.
Nobody blames him for coming too late. Everyone is thankful for him being there to save us.
But I know.
Alyx wishes he had been there.
To save her father.
—
I remember when Dr. Kleiner came in, expecting to see us off as we headed for the Borealis.
When he saw Eli's body, Alyx bent over him, crying, and myself, with my arm wrapped around her, he almost had a heart attack.
Help came quickly. About two minutes between Eli's death and their arrival.
But it was too late. About two minutes too late.
The Advisor got what it deserved. I saw it later, lying on the ground, ripped the shreds. I almost felt sorry for it.
But I didn't. I hated it. I still do.
It and the Combine.
—
I try to see things from their point of view. But I can't.
They have no reasons.
They enslaved the Nihilanth and its kind. The Vortigaunts.
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Everything on Xen was a refugee, seeking refuge from the Combine.
And us.
They enslaved us.
We did nothing to provoke them. We didn't even know they existed.
We did nothing.
And yet they came and took over.
Why? Because they believe they are superior to all of us?
I would like to see them make such a claim back on their hellhole homeworld when they hear about our rocket.
Superior my ass.
—
We had a funeral inside the complex. There was no music.
I said a few words.
I noticed people watching me, their eyes desperate for a leader.
As if I was making a presidential candidate speech.
They wanted Gordon Freeman.
—
Why am I so special in their minds? Why do they see me as a saviour?
Wallace Breen shared my confusion.
I remember him saying so in Nova Prospekt, to the Overwatch as I blew them away with my array of slugthrowers.
How could one man have slipped through your forces fingers? Time and time again? How is it possible?
I asked myself that question. How was I doing all this?
This is not some.. agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing. Gordon Freeman is a theoretical physicist who had hardly earned the distinction of his PhD at the time of the Black Mesa Incident.
This was true. I had only had my PhD for a few months when everything went down, and it wasn't some sort of militant doctorate.
I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, he was in a state that precluded further development of covert skills.
Again, the truth. I had been in stasis for twenty years.
The man you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that, an ordinary man. How can you have failed to apprehend him?
An ordinary man. That is all I am.
So now I have two questions:
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Why then do I have such a reputation, one verging on messianic?
—
This question I can answer myself, I guess.
I single-handedly crushed both alien and United States Marine Corps shock troops at Black Mesa.
I destroyed Nova Prospekt.
I fought my way into the Overwatch Nexus.
I killed Dr. Breen and destroyed the Citadel Dark Energy Reactor.
I halted the Citadel's implosion and allowed more citizens to escape.
I stole Dr. Mossman's transmission from the heart of the Combine forces.
I brought Alyx back to life.
I protected White Forest twice against both soldiers and ten or so Striders and more than double the Hunters.
I launched the killing blow rocket.
While most of these things were done with other people's help, I usually played the critical part that was the epicentre of these endeavours.
Now I know why I am viewed as a hero.
But one question remains.
How?
As Wallace Breen clearly reminded everyone, myself included, I am a theoretical physicist. Before the Black Mesa Incident, I had only ever fired guns at my cousin's place, and that was only pistols and an AR-15.
And yet I can kill trained marines, alien soldiers, metrocops and their elites.
I've never had military training. All I'm trying to do, every time, is stay alive.
Is that all one needs? Survival instincts? Or is a genius brain part of the equation?
I don't understand.
—
I told Alyx my thoughts the night before the funeral.
The sorrow was still fresh, so all I got was a weak smile and a brief answer that I found most unsatisfactory.
It's because you're different, Gordon. You're an amazing person and you can do amazing things.
Then she left with a simple goodnight.
I stood there, even after she'd left, alone in the hallway.
My brain asking more questions than had been answered.
How am I different? How do I do amazing things? Am I a bad different?
I may never get the answers I desire.
—
Gordon Freeman, The One Free Man.
The only thing I lack freedom from is my questions.
Gordon Freeman, The One Enigmatic Man.
..
Rest in peace, Eli.
OK, the prologue hasn't changed at all. This is because Mr. Deremix has already recorded Gordon's voice over and it didn't really need changing. It still lays everything out and sets up Gordon's thoughts about himself.
From here on out, you will be getting extra chapters, chapter rearrangements and lengthening of existing chapters. I've already written the first seven chapters (half of which are extensions and fix ups) so updates should come quickly.
Chapter 2 and 3 are going up straight away to give you something slightly new.
I always have a hard time defending the White Forest base against the oncoming Striders and Hunters. My problem is that I cannot kill the Striders as long as the Hunters are alive as they always shoot the Magnusson Devices before I can attach them to the Strider or before I can shoot them to blow up the Strider.
For this reason I always kill the Hunters first before I take on the Striders. The problem with Hunters is that they are somewhat tough. So I usually resort to running them over with my car. This is, however, not as easy as one would hope because the map is full of obstacles and Hunters sometimes move in the last seconds before I can run them over. Also they are often very close to their Strider so that the Strider's legs get in my way. This means I frequently have to reverse and try to hit the Hunter again and again.
Hitting the Hunters takes up most of the time I spend on the entire battle. This is a very lengthy process which means I usually end up losing all buildings on the map and towards the end it is always a very close call whether I can hold the Striders off from shooting the base.
I was wondering what your tactics are to take care of the Hunter issue. Is there some better way that could kill them faster? I am aware of the secondary fire mechanism of the AR2 but I usually have only 3 shots of ammo for that and that is not going to be sufficient for the about 20 Hunters that will need to be killed in the course of the battle.
Chris
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My favourite tactic consists in picking up a log with the Gravity Gun, and whack those hunters with them; and when there's no log in convenient proximity, I use the Revolver or Shotgun (but I prefer the Revolver, since it's more accurate) to kill them as fast as possible.
The advantage of using logs (or rocks), is that they are available in abundance and that they can kill a Hunter with a single shot, assuming the shot hits, which is why you'd want to get close and personal.
There are only few weapons that can kill Hunters in a single shot, and all of them have extremely limited ammo. The advantage of the Revolver and Shotgun, is that they can kill a Hunter in about 2-3 shots, although in the case of the Shotgun it can require more than 3 shots due to the Shotgun's low accuracy and range.
Of course, this assumes that you can survive a close encounter with the Hunters, which you'll have to anyways, since they rarely leave the Striders' side and you'll have to be fairly close to the Strider, if you want to successfully land a Magnussen.
You may want to explore the neighbourhood first though, so you won't waste time finding the Striders as they appear.
P.S: You actually can kill the Striders without dealing with the Hunters first, but in order to do this, you'll need to be extremely fast, both when picking up the Magnussen and launching it, and when switching to the handgun and detonating the device.
This is also extremely useful (if not required) when going for the Neighborhood Watch Achievement/Trophy, as you usually have plenty of time to deal with the Hunters in between two Strider waves, yet barely enough to deal with them before the Strider destroys a building.
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Remember that the car is itself a weapon. Hitting a Hunter at a moderate or higher speed will kill it instantly. My tactic was to use the car's on-board radar (plus the loudspeaker announcements) to locate and intercept the Striders and Hunters as soon as they appeared. This is critical to the strategy, so that the silo is not taking damage while you are dealing with the Hunters. On the initial intercept, largely ignore the Striders and focus on running over the Hunters. Once they are taken out, drive back to one of the Magnusson-dispensing huts closer to the silo before getting out of the car and going after the Striders.
This is harder than it sounds, and I went through a lot of death/reload cycles refining the timing and technique. The car, like all of the vehicles, can be a pain in the ass to steer with an Xbox controller. I imagine it would be easier on a PC. There's also a significant element of luck to it. You want to catch the Hunters on one of the more wide-open roadways, such as near the sawmill. They are pretty good at jumping sideways to avoid getting hit, so you have to be ready to make that last-second swerve. Sometimes you get lucky and are able to hit one then back over the other. Generally, though, you want to avoid having to back up whenever you're within their weapons range. You'll take less damage if you make a run at them, get past their range, and then turn or loop around for another run. Hunters won't follow you very far from the Strider they are escorting.
This tactic does require a willingness to take a good bit of damage. Some Hunters are particularly good at jumping out of the car's path, and the only time they'll remain still is when they've got those barbs stuck to you. If you drive out of range or run over the Hunter before the barbs explode, you will take less damage. Remember that the health kits at whichever hut you are away from will respawn after each autosave when you kill a Strider, so in the brief lull before new Striders appear on the radar you need to race to the other hut and resupply.
The vehicular assault tactic works pretty well against one or two Strider/Hunter teams at a time. For the final onslaught, you may be able to run down only one set of Hunters before needing to return and defend the silo. At that point, it helps to be aware of what the Hunters are paying attention to. You may be able to occasionally kill a Strider without first killing all its Hunter escorts if the Hunter is occupied with your squad members.
Oh, and create a manual save point every time you kill a Strider. That helps a lot.
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My strategy I was using before I came to this site, was to try and tank the Hunters using the shotgun, revolver and RPG (Grenade in the M-SMG works fine too) but I came to a problem because I ran out of ammo quickly.
I got very frustrated after that because the 9mm Pistol is completely useless and the Hunters jump out of they way when you try to snipe them with the crossbow. The assault rifle is kinda OP but that also runs out of ammo quickly.
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