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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: S.B.A

Finn's eyes slowly started to open again not that it made a difference it was still dark. Gently moving his hand to locate his flashlight he found it and turned it on.

He tried getting up although his body was weak as of now he ignored the pain and managed to sit up right. He was incredibly lucky if he had fallen just a few meters away he would've been dead. Right now he had to find the generator and quick the darkness was starting to really bother him now.

Shining the light towards the hallways of the bunker , there were three intersections one to the left, one to the right and lastly one straight forward. 

'This is gonna take a while isn't it'

With a sigh he slowly rose to his feet and started making his way deeper. 

Horrendous was one of the words that could describe the state of how this place was the walls were deteriorating pieces were chipped off while other parts where completely gone. The housing rooms in the bunker were in shambles old objects were knocked over and broken and the windows were shattered some looked as if someone had jumped recklessly through them in crazy pursuit or as if someone was thrown thrown through them in a ferocious battle.

Nonetheless Finn kept moving ignoring all the signs that show that this place would be dangerous and finally he made it to the intersection. Lucky enough some of the walls still had the signs on the to where things were located.

To the left lay the Dining Room and some Living Quarters .

To the right lay the Water Sterilization and another thing that Finn wasn't able to read due to how damaged the wall was.

Forward lay the Storage , Weapon Smiths and something else that Finn couldn't read.

Finn decided to sit down for a second to gather his thoughts and devise a plan moving forward also to have a snack and a drink he was quite drained after that arduous fall. Opening his bag terror struck...

'Not good... This is a disaster!'

The food he had packed was all turned into mush and crumbles and he lost most of his water. His rations for staying down in the bunker were basically gone he had to hurry! Finn drank the last bit of water he had left and headed left towards where the water salination was.

Moving quickly he made his way down the hall and again he could see the damage done to the walls and rooms. In his hurry Finn tripped on something and fell down he quickly got up and shone his light on what tripped him...

It was a decaying human body of a man wearing different shades of blue and something that looked like a badge on his shirt.

Finn was in a bit of shock he didn't expect this turn of events and this find made Finn realize something worse.

'If someone was killed here that means...'

This could leave two possibilities either the bunker was raided or even worse a creature attacked the bunker. The former was fine by Finn but the latter meant that the creature could possible still be here after all these creatures don't age but since the bunker seems to be many centuries old the creature probably left.

'Even if the the chances of it being here are low... there is still that chance'

Then another thought made its way to his head. What if its not just one creature?

Finns heart was racing the situation just worsened.

'Is turning on the generator on the right move anyway?'

Turning on the generator might very well alert the creature if it was still here. But still it was his only way out after all.

Finn ended up deciding on turning on the generator. He turned away from the body and continued on his way.

The deeper he went the more bodies he saw counting up to five bodies. Albeit he kept moving eventually he reached a a wide room and there in the middle with big wires entering and exiting from it lay a generator.

Finn approached the big machine ran his fingers on it and then brushing the dust of his fingers.

'Such a fascinating contraption'

He grabbed one of the filled fuel tanks near by and filled the generator. Opened the box and pulled the switch. 

Finn was relieved the power was back on and the bunker was now lit. He made his way back to the elevator making sure not to trip on anything. Atlas he was at the elevator.

He was about to leave but hesitated. Thinking of how it'd be a waste to leave without any valuables and how much he went through just to get to where he was right now.

'We need that representative' 

He made the difficult decision to stay and look for scraps or loot.

He looked back into the unsettling bunker his eyes filled with determination. Then he took his steps back into the bunker.

***

Finn made his way into one of the rooms where he found something interesting. 

A journal? From what it seemed at least, this was great! 

This journal most likely contains information about back then and could help Finn uncover the truth about the tree. He put the journal in his bag and continued on his way. 

Going deeper he found himself in the armory but obviously there were no weapon of use the room itself looked better than the others at least this one still had its color. The walls were painted in some blue linings each of a different saturation of blue. For some reason the walls looked familiar to Finn.

Looking around he noticed a sectioned off part to the room. Behind shielded glass there was some expensive looking tech.

'That's it!' 

If Finn was able to get inside and get that tech he'll be able to get back with it to Brock. 

"Now to get this door opened"

The door wouldn't open though after some trial and error Finn realized the door needed some kind of key and then was when it hit him the cloths that decaying body was wearing it really looked like the lining on the walls.

He quickly made his way to the decaying corps. He then looked over the mans belongings and found a keycard.

'Perfect' 

Finn grabbed the key card and made it back to the door. With a quick swipe the door unlocked with a click noise.

Finn walked inside and started stashing the expensive tech into his bag in his greedy he failed to notice the giant cylindrical container made of glass next to him.

Finn turned around and looked at it mesmerized he observed it for a few more seconds until he clicked the button that was next to it. 

Slowly the glass slid open and a suit made of intricate black linings with some white stripes around the arms was represented Infront of him.

Finn reached out his hand to feel the soft fabric of the suit when suddenly the suit starting liquifying in the area where he was touching and slowly started flowing on his arm.

Finn flinched at this and fell back causing more of the suit to liquify and stretch.

'What is this?'

The suit was flowing from under his clothes covering all the parts of his body all the way up to his neck and all of a sudden...

[Greetings! I am S.B.A which is short for specialized battled armor and who might you be?]

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