Connor RIley Scott's Story

Rapture. Believed to be paradise, but it turned into something far from it. The funny thing is, Ryan, Fontaine, and Atlas, while they fed the fire, they actually didn't start it, ADAM did. A good portion of Rapture are now Psychotic splicers, which while can be directed, most certainly can not be fully controlled. Most of them are idiots, few maintaining any brainpower or sanity. The amount of free willed people are becoming more and more rare.

Connor knew of the cities "Heroes", Atlas, Tennenbaum, their allies. He put about as much faith in Atlas as Ryan, and he preferred to avoid Tennenbaum as much as physically possible. While he and Tennenbaum did agree on a few points, he had made it a point to keep as much details about himself hidden, because he knows what she used to do, and there are facts about him he would prefer hidden.

He did have one person he could trust however. His brother. He was hidden, somewhere safe, where no one would find him.

That's when he heard the rambling of splicers. They approached a box labeled "ADAM", though the label was hand written. They quickly picked up the box, and Connor watched them explode. There was a Proximity mine under the box. Connor hadn't set it, but he made use of it.

"Splicer idiocy at its finest..." he noted to himself, looking back at one of the older dead bodies below. He grabbed a bag of food he had been collecting, and made his way towards the nearest Pnuemo, to send the supplies to his brother.

Connor:

Connor made his way to the Pnuemo, sending the supplies....along with various decoys just in case.....to their locations. That's when he heard the sound of something drilling into another something. He looked around the corner, and saw Mr. Thumper. He had seen him before, on a few different occasions, and knew he worked with Tennanbaum. Or, his little sister did at least. Alice. He saw them both, along with what was left of two vending machines.

Technically, they were allies, because technically he was allied with Tennanbaum. However, he knew Mr. Thumper's reputation, and therefore decided to avoid physical sightings as much as physically possible. All he had to do was spook Alice, or even creep her out, and that drill would be aimed right at his head.

Of course, before he could back up, a group of splicers, and a large one at that, attacked. About 11 of them. A good portion with automatic weapons. He was, momentairily, stunned by how large a group there was. The only explanation was splicers were getting more intelligent, which he doubted, or there were multiple little sisters, around 3-4, in the area. (Remember the one Jack saw mentioned Angels, so it could be neither of the little sister characters)

Connor then started shooting the splicers, and then using Telekinesis to launch a grenade back at the sending splicer.

(Oh Captain, please post now! Your Knight in Shining armor is there!)

Alice hadn't even had the chance to enjoy her ill-gotten goodies when the gunfire started. At first, Thumper was more occupied with why his arm felt heavier than the Splicers in the distance. They weren't there for Alice, and that was all that mattered. Alice had already crawled into her safe area, wedging her small form in between the two large tanks on his back. In here, she was safe from all angles save one, and Thumper could feel her wiggling her way into that nook. That put him at ease, which made him content with simply moving on. Until a stray bullet pinged off his back, which did the exact opposite. Alice eeped and closed her eyes, she knew what was going to happen and could feel Thumper's breathing escalate.

His external Supplementary Adrenaline Supply began pumping the fluid straight to his heart, causing his muscles to contract and flex in preparation. He spun in a 180 on a single foot with an extremely palpable thud, which was also enough to dislodge the vending machine from his drill. The bio-luminescent fluids within his helmet began reacting to the boiling rage which clouded his mind, causing those portholes to glare with a hateful red shine, as he let loose a jaw-rattling roar. The thunderous force of which caused several lights around him to shatter and burst. All traces of thought left his mind, replaced only by sheer homicidal anger. There was no need for thinking anymore. Things just..... needed to Die.

That beastly, horrifying roar permeated over all gunfire and sound in general. One of the twisted shells of humanity turned to spy the source of the profound anger, only to see the worst thing any citizen of Rapture could hope to see. A giant, airborne Big Daddy. Thumper's drill spat out glowing sparks from it's twisted cone of teeth, making it look like something straight from Dante's Inferno, as the Daddy brought it down upon the Splicer with the force of something from Norse mythology. The terrible weapon smashed straight through the Splicer, filling the air with a cloud of bits of meat, blood, and powdered marble from the floor the now-nonexistent cannon-fodder once stood on.

Upon seeing their ally get literally dematerialised, all of those standing of unfortunately close proximity to ground zero decided to try fleeing. That just pissed Thumper off even more. With a resounding battle cry, the steel-coated monster charged forward, batting away at least two of these little annoyances. His drill rending chunks of flesh from them and splattering the rest of their mangled bodies across the surrounding architecture. But lo and behold, one managed to escape the reach of the spinning tool of death, successfully dodging Thumper's mad swing. He didn't, however, foresee the massive stomp, which reverberated with enough force to cause him to trip and stumble.

The splicer scrambled and flailed, but it wasn't enough to get away from Thumper's grip on his leg, which alone was enough to shatter his shin. The berserking metal monstrosity then proceeded to slam it's victim's body off the ground in rapid succession till the beaten and bloody body on the other end of that leg was no longer recognizable as a human being. Or.... a Splicer. The only thing that managed to stop the mad Daddy's savage thrashing was the flying segment of a stone column which was flung by the little band leader of these merry bunch of looters, which would be one of Raptures newly emerging Brute population. The stone slab smashed directly into Thumper's right tank, spinning him around and dislodging Alice from her little safe haven.

She hit the ground with a scream and swiftly scrambled for cover. Out here, away from her valiant and brutal protector, all the horrors of this world just seamed so much more real as she desperately tried to find a place of hiding. Thumper however was simply too consumed by sheer rage to remember that Alice wasn't immortal anymore. His brain had disregarded all thought entirely. In his mind, all he had to do was kill everything and all would be fine. Alice would be safe so long as everything Died! He turned to see this cretin who would dare challenge him, bellowing out his acceptance and charging his competitor.

His title of undisputed King of this city was on the line.

The Brute lunged forward with it's fist, only to be countered by Thumper's spinning drill auger. The result was something akin to sticking your hand into a wood chipper, as the massive Big Daddy shoulder tackled the muscle bound Splicer through the remains of a building, disappear into the dust and debris of their chaos. The sounds of blows landing accompanied the various deep-voiced swears and loud, structure shaking roars. The remaining Spilcers now had a new item in their sights. That thing being what their twisted minds conceived as being a Little Sister. Alice hid behind an overturned Vita-Chamber with her hands clamped over her ears. She'd never been in a fight this large before. Usually Splicers simply ran away after Mr. Thumper crushed a few of them. These ones were persistent. But worse yet.....




(That's 5 dead. Figured I'd leave the majority for Connor.)

Connor shot one of them charging at him, when he heard something troubling. He turned around, only to see a Houdini Splicer lighting an explosive right next to him. "Ah shi...." he got out, before the explosion blasted him right by Mr. Thumper. The exact place he did not want to be. He quickly got up. At this point, more splicers were comming in. (Remember how there were significantly less splicers at the start? This is why)

"Okay, I really hope you can understand me, because this logic should be flawless to you. I don't hurt you, you don't hurt me. I don't harm Alice, you don't kill me. We both kill the Splicers trying to kill and harm us, and then we simply leave and not hurt or kill each other. Sound Fair?". He hoped that processed, shooting a charging Splicer.

(I can change this part if necessary, but I thought it would be a good twist)

Andrew Ryan's voice came over the loudspeakers, saying "Well well, look who we have here. A rogue little sister, a rogue big daddy, and you.....you who have managed to keep your free will. I would very much like to know how....now, denizens of Rapture, I know you would like to avoid this "Mr. Thumper", but I want both Alice and the boy. Alive, preferably. There will be a hearty amount of ADAM for the person, or people, who do. Equal amounts each. Now, play nice....". And the intercom went dead.

"Any objections to me saying 'I REALLY hate that man.....".

(Echo comming soon!)

Suddenly from out of the ruins flew the body of a Brute, still alive and swearing as he crashed back first into a lamp post. His injuries were deep, with now a missing hand, a torn up face, and most of the meat on his left leg removed, but he wasn't out. Yet.


The monolithic Thumper strode out from the rubble, a fresh dent on the left side of his face-cage. The two charged, with the Brute trying to land the final hit. Thumper simply threw his full body into that fist, shattering the Brutes hand as he countered with his own massive hook. The punch spun the Brute around, landing him face-first into the now badly dented lamp post. The muscle bound Splicer barely had time to recover, before Thumper's drill found the center of his spine. Impaled and hoisted on the spinning death-machine, the conical blades dug deeper and deeper through the Splicer's body, till it finally got to the augers at the bottom.



Those were it's last words before it's body was ripped in half, crimson fluids exploding everywhere and all over Thumper. His title was defended. All Hail The King. That's when something.... strange happened. Someone tried talking to him. Still heavy in the throws of his rage, the roaring red glow from his ports washed over this boy. Thumper's mind was so clouded, it could barely piece together two thoughts.



By the time the thought of this young man being a threat to Alice pushed it's way into his head, he heard the one thing nobody wanted to hear. Alice screaming. That was bad. It would be worse for the Splicer which Thumper was now diving at in the signature style of Bouncers. The twisted being caught glimpse of this, and it was almost like the realization had knocked some of the sentience back into him. In his eyes, you could truly behold that this man realized what he did was wrong. Though it mattered little when Thumper's fist made contact, imploding every bone in his body. The Big Daddy, successful in his duty, roared out his superiority. His bellowing moan seamed to shake the foundation around him, the kind of roar that felt like it could vibrate your bones out of socket. The only thing that could compare was the big mouth of Mister Andrew Ryan, who's voice came blathering over the intercoms.

Mr. Thumper, still burning red from the adrenaline surging through him, didn't even hear his name being said. The voice, though..... It seamed familiar. Yes, yes he'd heard that voice before many times. Even before....... something. Something...... but what? His mind grinded against this thought like gears turning in opposite directions. It was...... so hard to think. His mind being drugged wasn't helping, but it was more than that.... It.... it was just so hard. That single thought had disrupted him enough to slowly bring him into a clearer state of being, with Alice tugging on his arm bringing him the rest of the way. She had heard what was said, and knew that with a promise like that these monsters would never stop attacking. Ryan would just send more and more, the whole damn city if he had to.





Thumper struggled with the concept, they'd never run from a fight before. He had never run from a fight before. The concept of it alone made his brain hurt. It was nearly impossible to comprehend, and it went against all his instincts. But..... Alice could be hurt now. They had to leave. As handfuls of bullets pinged and panged off his back, his swiftly scooped the small girl up in his one arm, lumbering with surprising speed away from the advancing horde. Alice barely caught sight of a boy who looked...... human. She desperately tried to call out to him, but she was simply swept away too fast by her Big Daddy. The massive tonnage of his armor barely slowed him down at all as his titanic foot-steps echoed throughout the Plaza, leaving visible imprints on the floor. His enormous stride and spliced muscles were putting up vast distances from the encroaching Splicers. This had never happened before. The King was in retreat. Away from the fight.

And towards the Medical Pavilion......

(Right, well due to thinkgs and how they turned out, I am not entirely sure how to post now. Thumper apparently not being able to hear anyone but Alice has made things slightly difficult. He didn't have to speak, he just needed to listen..... >.>)


(Anyways, this is the best I can do now. Actually, tis the only thing I can really do and keep it from sounding stupid)

Connor:

Thats when there was some sort of hit or collapse felt. As if....a plane crashed into the Ocean or something. This knocked a few screws in the areas around the crash site above. Mainly, the entire floor underneath Connor collapsed. Along with a good portion of stairs. Several doorways were also sealed. Thats when he saw another big daddy. Different then Thumper. He quickly got back behind cover. At the same time, he saw three turrets and a camera. He quickly used some hack darts on them, and took control of them, entering the room they were guarding.

It was some sort of monitor system. A name was on some papers about, someone named "Johney". He apparently was monitoring the entire place. He also had this phrase, "Would you Kindly" written down. "Hmm, weird". He began to switch all the security from the console to his side (This ironically causes the alarms to go off when Jack tries to go to Neptune's Bounty and the entire place locks up on him, making him go through Medical, however, at the same time, it does not mess with Atlas's Camera, because it is on a different network)

That's when he severed this console with its previous connection, setting it up on a private connection. A connection neither Ryan nor Atlas can get access too. He made sure of that. He was using something The Thinker made for him. It was a simple exchange. He set the plans in motion to have Sigma Freed, and the Thinker gives him untraceable unjammable unhackable communications.


Echo:

Echo finished off the splicers that were left, then looked at Vinni. MOre were comming. He needed to get Cheryl safe. However, thats when things went from bad to worse. He could hear a large group of Spiders, Nitro's, and Leadheads. He quickly ran to a sealed door, and opened it, squeezing through (notably, Vinni would have ample time to get through as well). He then closed the door behind them. The door itself was broken, so it would not open for any splicer. Thats when he turned around, and saw a body below. Normally, he would wait for Cheryl to tell him ADAM was on it, but there was no need. He was holding a half empty bottle of ADAM. The Funny thing is, up the stairs, there is a Gathers Garden and a Broken Rail.

"Hmm, fell to death.....". Echo noted, putting her down. This means, half a bottle of ADAM is in the body. He set up Trap Rivets in the vital areas, and took out his shotgun. He was still a big daddy. He knew what to do....


(Sorry, a bit tired, but I wanted to get this in)

(Umm, wow, totally accidental. Just realized the reference I made there. Wasn't it a Bouncer though, not an Alpha?)

Echo:

Echo looked at the body. She was right, he was alive. And breathing. And not a splicer. Echo then replied "I know. But better us then a splicer....". If a splicer can get his or her hands on ADAM, it can be used to make that splicer more powerful. The more powerful they are, the more dangerous they are. Simple logic, to say the least.

That is when Echo reved his drill, realizing a sane person is a much bigger threat then a splicer. But before he could do anything, there was this sound. An alarm, saying that something is incomming. As well, several splicers entered to attack. And they all died due to trap rivets. He quickly picked Cheryl up to protect her, and went down another hallway, forcing the door open and shutting it behind them. The alarm also seemed to shut off.

That's when he looked down the corridor they had entered. There were children, dead children. Echo remembered his family, their faces. It was getting harder and harder to remember them. He could no longer remember the name of his younger child, and had trouble remembering the name of his wife and older child. Isab, probably short for Isabel, though he had forgotten everything about her name except Isab, and he barely remembered the name Chris, though he kept spelling it Cris, without the H. He could not remember why, but it was probably the aging memories. To be honest, he wasn't sure if that was even right. Cris could have been their dog's name. In fact, he couldn't be sure any of those names were accurate, or random names he had heard or seen recently.

He continued on, for Cheryl's sake, and his own. He found himself heading towards one of the emergency routes between where he was now, and medical, though he would have to go through a Sullivan Security checkpoint. "Need....anything?"

Connor:

Connor made a note of where everyone was going. Notably, the medical pavilion. He saw everyone. Thumper, Alice, as well as three others, Vinni, Echo, and Cheryl. "Hmmm...maybe I can use this......I need to get my brother to safety.....if I can secure a Bathysphere....". He quickly disabled the security turrets into Medical, and began an override sequence on the barrier, when he was stopped midway. Someone was attacking the defenses outside, and damaged the wires supplying power to this station.

He looked out and saw a brute splicer. "I want that ADAM!".

He charged at him.

(will post more of Connor later)

Connor: (continued)

Connor jumped the charging brute splicer, getting behind him, and shooting him 3 times in the back of the head. The brute picked up a turret and threw it at him, but Connor caught it with Telekinesis and put it down safely, allowing it to shoot the brute splicer some more.

It charged at Connor and the turret again. The turret was knocked down some hole to who knows where, and for a split second, he thought he heard the words "I'm different" come from that hole, but he dismissed this as a splicer probably being delusional or whatever.

Connor set the brute on fire, and shot it in the head a few more times. It finally went down. However, that's when the entire building shaked, and water began flooding down into the room. Now, while he can breath underwater, he would rather avoid getting wet. That was the one thing about Connor. He could breath underwater, but he was a horrible swimmer.

He quickly made his way, to the nearest bulkhead. However, he could hear gunfire behind him, though he did not see anyone firing at him. He kept running anyways though, just in case. He passed through the bulkhead, right when he heard an alarm get set off behind him. "Hmm, must have triggered one of my security measures I hacked...".

That's when he looked up. He entered the Medical Pavilion. "Oh damnit.....". He knew who was here. A loyal follower of Ryan. He would have to be careful. This couldn't get any worse.

"Well, nice of you to drop in". The day just got worse.

"Hello Tennanbaum......met Mr. Thumper again, but why do I get the feeling you knew that..."

"Yes, well, that's not why I am here.....we have a new arrival in Rapture...."

"What?! How?"

"A plane crash....in the middle of the ocean...." Tennanbaum replied.

"Atlas, or Ryan?"

"I see you didn't lose much if any intelligence yet. Though, it's highly unlikely Ryan would get outside help...."

"Unless he isn't from the outside, but from here in Rapture, then hidden in the outside world. However, it's more likely to be Atlas...." Connor finished.

"Atlas will maintain his good guy routine for as long as it serves him, but we both know what man he really is...". (Please note that this only suggests they know his real identity, but does not solidify it)

"And if he sees me, Atlas will have him go after me...." Connor sighed. This kept getting worse.

"Yes, but if you keep your distance....Ryan is not totally focused on him. The bounty on you is still good. As long as you and him don't meet, Atlas won't have any good excuse to send him after you, and you can pull splicers away from him. The more powerful ones will go after you first, but as his bounty increases, they will begin to focus more on him. Atlas will probably end up sending him after Ryan. Which will help us both. You see what I mean?"

"As soon as Ryan dies though, Atlas will take control, and Ryan's bounty on both of us will be void.....but Atlas will send everything he has at me then.....and probably at you too...."

"Then we will just have to be re..." she started, when the bulkhead next to them started to open. "Quickly. We must go. Things are about to get very dangerous....".

Tennanbaum ran off in one direction, and Connor in another. Connor realized he had little time now. He needed to find an escape for him and his brother. But more likely, he would need help....

And then he remembered the others...

(wow, that's big. Anyways, I hope I didn't screw with anything or whatever. Let me know if I did!!)

(Still sick as fuck. Check OOC)