Mobile VI-RS Unit Designate VIRGO-37: Active
Time: 1019
I/O Uplink: 100%
Mandate: Focused Reconnaissance
Arena: 812 Wyeth St.; Local; Residential Home
Status: Receiving
RECEIVING BRIEF: Minor gravitational fluctuation detected at residential home 812 Wyeth at 0930, reconnaissance team Mu deployed on scene at 0952, contact lost at 0957. Armed suppression team Aleph deployed on scene at 1013, contact lost at 1017. Data from teams before loss of contact indicates gravitational anomaly located inside basement storage closet, noted on blueprints being transmitted concurrently with brief.
RECEIVING ORDER: Enter residential home 812 Wyeth, proceed to basement storage closet, reconnoiter. If met with hostility, employ immediate lethal force. Transmit log in real time.
RECEIVING ORDER: Deploy.
Status: Logging
[VIRGO-37]: Unit active and initiating mission. Target: 812 Wyeth, located at a distance of 12 meters. Building is intact and no threat is apparent, Unit approaching.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has reached entry point FRONT DOOR, no threat is apparent, Unit is proceeding through FRONT DOOR.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has entered 812 Wyeth. Visible areas ENTRY HALL, ASCENDING STAIRCASE, LIVING ROOM are unpopulated, though all show signs of recent human occupation, including notable bootprints, which Unit attributes to reconnaissance and/or suppression teams. No threat is apparent, Unit is proceeding through LIVING ROOM toward KITCHEN.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has entered area KITCHEN. Unpopulated and significant of recent occupation similar to previously reconnoitered areas. BASEMENT DOOR loca-
[VIRGO-37]: Incoming radio transmission, frequency identified as that of suppression team Aleph. Transcribing.
[Dear God why is nobody answering me? If you're reading this, Command, do not send anyone else in here, I repeat, do not send anyone else in here. Oh, Jesus. Jesus Christ, I don't know what's going on... Grease the site, Command, torch it, something, just for the love of God don't let anyone else walk in here. It's dark behind the door, it's dark and it's thick and it gets into you and-]
[VIRGO-37]: Radio transmission ended. BASEMENT DOOR located, shows signs of recent use which Unit attributes to reconnaissance and/or suppression teams. No threat is apparent, Unit-
[VIRGO-37]: Incoming radio transmission, frequency identified as that of suppression team Aleph. Transcribing.
[IT'S COMING IT'S COMING I CAN HEAR IT DON'T! DON'T! NO-]
[VIRGO-37]: Radio transmission ended. No threat is apparent, Unit is proceeding through BASEMENT DOOR.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has detected single gunshot in area BASEMENT. Weapon systems are on standby.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has entered area BASEMENT. Area contains a human corpse Unit identifies as Sgt. Salvador Hill of suppression team Aleph. Unit attributes death to cranial gunshot wound. Corpse is holding standard issue sidearm and radio, does not appear to be a threat.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has located reconnaissance target STORAGE CLOSET. STORAGE CLOSET DOOR shows signs of recent use which Unit attributes to reconnaissance and/or suppression teams. Floor area in front of door contains an unusual quantity and selection of items. Unit identifies two standard issue radios, one plastic coffee cup, one standard issue sidearm, three standard issue boots, one plush representation of a rabbit, one pink bathrobe, one hand held graviton detector. Unit is replacing each item 0.6 meters west of its current position in order to gain access to STORAGE CLOSET DOOR.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit has completed task. Graviton scan of STORAGE CLOSET DOOR provides positive corroboration of area STORAGE CLOSET as site of gravitational anomaly. No threat is apparent, Unit is opening STORAGE CLOSET DOOR.
[VIRGO-37]: Unit is attempting to reconnoiter area STORAGE CLOSET. Attempting to view visible light spectrum. Visibility: negative; attempting to view infrared spectrum. Visibility: negative; attempting to view ultraviolet spectrum. Visibility: negative; attempting to view X-ray spectrum.
[VIRGO-37]: WEAPON SYSTEMS ACTIVATED, FIRING.
[VIRGO-37]: Weapon volley appears to have had no effect on word not found word not found-
[VIRGO-37]: ERROR: library.cdxv not found, please contact an admini-
[VIRGO-37]: imlmpem yawe unflnhm UNIT IDENTIFIES UNFLNHM THE EYE SWELLS IN THE DARKNESS system allows users to tie strong tight ropes without the knowledge of rope ties unflnhm THE BODY OF NIHIL with family audiences consisting mainly of children and parents THE LASHER IS BORN AND THE BLACK BELL TOLLS unflnhm the body is cold YOU ALL WILL DIE you all will die YOU ALL WILL DIE YOU ALL WILL DIE YOU ALL WILL DIE YOU ALL DIE YOU ALL WILL-
Status: Remote Log Abort Initiated by Controller
Mobile VI-RS Unit Designate VIRGO-37: Contact Lost
Time: 1023
I/O Uplink: 0%
Mandate: Unknown
Arena: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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©2009 Marcus Walker
Tags: Marcus Walker
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:32 am
I enjoyed this - a nice story told in a most unusual way.
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
I think that the clinical voice of the [Virgo37] team member really added to the suspense and eventual creepy outcome of the story. Great job!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
Yes, quite creepy through and through. “You all will die,” really says it all.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Nice and creepy. The militant, official manner of the transcript gave this an auditory feel. It was difficlut to picture, which added to the scariness of the story. I agree with Bob; “Nice story told in a most unusual way.”