Year 3000 : Contagion

Cats and Rats

Secret Underground Tunnel

Frank's House, Morayta, Manila

August 2992

08000H

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"This smell gross! Ughhh!"

Mark said as he, Frank, and Ethan are waddling in the murky waters of the underground tunnel.

"Well, what do you expect? Its sewers after all"

Frank said to Mark. He covering their six, looking at the rear to further check their safety.

"How many times you've been here? There's a lot of 3-way tunnels here. Are you sure we're going in the right direction? I wanna see my daughter right now."

Ethan said to Frank while his eyes rolled, covering every little detail, his hearing feels sharper than ever. Every tiny drop of water, the murmuring of rats and lizards, their breathing, their conversation, and the ripples of water they're making while moving was amplified due to echo. He reacted to all of them.

"Chill son, I know this place more than anyone else."

Frank said to Ethan, then tapping lightly on his shoulders, calming his mind.

"I need you guys to focus. We don't know what might be lurking in this goddamn place"

Frank added.

A sudden memory pops up into his mind. A memory of him and Rowan Flynt, when they were still kids.

" Come on Frank! Run!"

Rowan yelled at Frank.

"I'm running as fast as I can you damn stupid ass b***h!"

Frank exclaimed as the zooming headlight of the underground train suddenly rips out the darkness of the tunnel. It's screeching sound as its wheels grazing the metal rails creeps out near their ears.

"Damn you, Rowan! If we die down here, I'm gonna kill you!"

"You're the one who told me about the secret passage down here because you found a treasure map in your gramps stash!"

"Yeah, but I didn't say that we will come here during train hours! You f*****g i***t!"

"There's that exit!! Run as you mean it, Frank!"

"Rowan you little s**t! This is the last time I gonna be playing with you!"

As the train closes in, they managed to get out of the tunnel by a strand of the hair, barrel-rolled to the vacant field of rocks, inflicting scars on their knees and arms.

"You're the worst playmate in the whole world! "

"f**k you and your treasure map s**t!"

Both are them starts to laugh hysterically while laying on the ground, catching up their breaths.

"Once we got older, let's hit this tunnels once again Frank"

"You bet! Haha next time you'll be in the back, Rowan"

Frank's trip to memory lanes abruptly snaps when they saw a door on the upper right corner near the 3-way route tunnel. They have been running for 30 minutes.

"Mark, go to the door on your right, we need to pick something from there"

"Okay, is it locked?"

"Yes but I know the code. Go quick"

They make their way to the door on the right. It's a metal door. At least 2.5 inches in thickness. It has a coded lock in it. Even if it's still in the tunnel, it looks like it's well maintained.

"How come there a door in here? How long is this door?"

Ethan asked Frank. He then grabs Frank's backpack and sits in the corner nearby to get some rest.

"I and Rowan created it even before HeilPharma was established. It was way before you guys were even born. We used this as a covert bunker since we are infamous to the gang members in Manila before."

He then goes in front of the door and puts in the code to the locks, opening it.

" Come, go inside quick! "

They all went inside. It's dark and Ethan's face suddenly caught in spider webs. He brushes it off and stays put. Frank finds the power source breaker in the sides and the room is illuminated, shedding light on a lot of arsenals, heavy guns, explosives, suits, armors, and what looks like a safe place with foods and water in it.

"Are you f*****g kidding me right now? Where the hell did you get all this equipment?"

Mark asked Frank. He touches one M116A1 rifle and aims it at the air while smiling.

"Yeah, this is some kind of underground gunshop. And you got guns from other countries too! That's so freaking badass!"

Ethan looks around as well, checking on every crates and display of guns. Even he's an army reserved, he doesn't have the privilege to see a lot of guns in one place.

"Rest for a while, I have some things to take care of."

Frank said to the two busy individuals. He went into one of the rooms and open up the lights. There's a lot of spider webbings inside it as well. He went into one of the computers and brush away some dirt and booted it up. The subtle clicking and typing of keyboards filled the room. After some clicks, a series of coded messages appear. Frank then gets a chair and becomes busy typing.

"Hey Ethan, not sure about where to use?"

Mark approaches Ethan while looking at the high caliber guns in front of them.

"Yeah, but I have my sights AR-15 rifles though. I think I'm picking that up"

Ethan then picks up the AR-15 rifles and checks it.

"It's a good choice. As for me, I'm taking up this FRX pump shotgun"

Frank suddenly leaves out in the room and pick the SVD sniper rifle and a backpack full of ammo. They geared out before leaving the metal door.

"Let's go. I have my phone connected to the main servers of HeilPharma."

"But you can't do that unless..."

"Unless you're a core member, yeah. No. I don't, but my son is. Now, we have to go now."

The three move out and proceed with the middle tunnel. They were entering the tunnel when suddenly, a slimy figure falls of tho the top of the tunnel, and then the blob which looks like big worms start to stack up, forming into a large creature, with razor-sharp teeth with eyes on its mouth. It's head grows tentacles with scythes on each end. The other hand was big with something pulsing inside of it, and it's chest has a mouth with razor-sharp teeth and a long tongue. It started to move towards them.

"What the f**k is that thing!!"

Mark yelled as the three of aim their gun at it.

"Let's back out!! Go run! ! We'll lose him in the left tunnel! "

They started running towards the left tunnel, the creature then turns into slime and follow them through the walls.

"What is that thing, Frank?? "

"That's one of the NovGen Cats".

Frank said then he presses one button on the phone.

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What will happen to the three of them? How will they defeat the creature? Follow on the next chapter of Year 3000