Through the Canyon
"Fingerprint identification required." came EVA's electronic voice.
I put my thumb on the scanner until it beeped.
"Fingerprint identified -- welcome Dr. Ignatio Mobius."
I walked into the large room where the other scientists were waiting. I took slow, silent steps and took my place next to Dr. Tyler Kinta, my Tiberium research assisstant. We were viewing a rare Tiberium subject, a Tiberium floater (submerged in a water chamber),found 7 miles west of Samoha, near an oasis in Samoha's small desert that extends to the edge of the evergreen forest. The evergreen forest near Samoha is the largest man-made forest ever and covers a distance of eleven miles that the city pays citizens to water 3 times a day. The forest was planted before the desert formed and has been maintained for 94 years, as long as Samoha has been thriving. Now the desert is part Tiberium-infested and the civilians are worried it might spread to the forest, but that will take a while because tiberium doesn't grow fast in deserts. The Tiberium part of the desert contains large quantities of Tiberium and veins. There is a lot of fona arouns that area which is why Nod put propoganda efforts onto it (see "Attack On Samoha") and captured it. near the veinhole is where we found our second Tiberium creature to experiment on -- the Tiberian Fiend, which Dr. Dremen Fiche and Dr. Telan Midden were viewing. Our last creature to experiment on was a visceroid, the most common. We had to get the visceroid from near Samoha, too because that's where the tiberian creatures are most docile, the place seems to attract them. Dr. Denero Chapman and his assisstant, Dr. Hinta Jives were viewing that creature.
When Dr. Kinta noticed me he smiled.
"Glad you couuld make it." he told me, keeping his eyes fixed on the creature.
"Yes, well I am a very busy man, you know, but I wanted to see your findings." I replied, also keeping my eyes locked on the floater.
"Very well, I will give you the filesf what we have found out so far." he answered back.
"Very well." I repeated.
Dr. Kinta turned around and walked towards his desk to get the files. I started humming "Into the Ocean" by Blue October when he came back with a folder marked 'classified and handed it to me.
"Nice song."
"Yes, it reminds me of the ocean, and it relaxes me."
"Well read these files and get back to us to tell us which experiments to run."
"Okay, I will." I said with a smile then turned around and left the way I came.
I walked through the white halls while thinking of painting them green and turned right at the end of the hallway. I looked at the document I held now thinking of what it could do in the wrong hand. How many people could be hurt? What things in here could be used against us? and more unsettling thoughts. I turned left. I was now in the hallway with doors leading into the scientists' break room and the cafteria for the GDI officers and soldiers guarding this facility. It also lead to the men and womens' bathrooms. My destination was the break room, where I could have a cup of coffee and a doughnut and read secret files on the subject of Tiberian creatures. I opened the door with the slightest of ease and proceeded to get the said items. I sat down and opened the files.
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Visceroid
Order: Tiberius
Family: Riparius Lamciphodus
Type: Tiberian Creature
Method of reproduction: Transmogrification
Precedent: Human + Tiberium --> Visceroid
(Strong Human + Tiberium --> Mutant)
Description: The visceroid is the most common Tiberian creature and first appeared as rolling balls of goo during the First Tiberian War; these were labeled as 'baby visceroids' when officials realized that when two baby visceroids combine together, they form a much deadlier, more aggresive adult visceroid. Adult visceroids will eat anything in their path that is organic or tastes good to them, but they prefer to eat meat. Visceroids can live for 3 days in water, and a year without Tiberium. A normal visceroids' lifespan is about 45 years. Visceroids secrete their waste through their slime they constantly make and attack victims by swallowing them whole.
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I flipped to the next page to read it. I already knew most of this stuff, but I was stille learning.
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Tiberian Fiend
Order: Tiberius
Family: Riparius Cannus
Type: Tiberian Canine (Dog + Tiberium --> Tiberian Fiend)
Method of Reproduction: Mating
Description: Tiberian fiends have Tiberium crystal growing out of their backs whicgh makes them hard to spot in the Tiberium fields they sleep in. They often get angry at Harvesters for bumping into them or for accidentally harvesting their back crystals. Fiends are actually dogs that strayed into Tiberium fields and mutated from their curious nature. Tiberian fiend can shoot the crystal off their backs at high speed into the victim. Tiberian fiends tend to roam alone or in pairs. Unlike dogs, Tiberian fiends do not eat meat, but grass or Tiberium crystals. Tiberian fiends also sleep more than any other animal with the exception of the housecat.
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I still wasn't learning much, but then again, they were mysterious creatures, because they are so hard to catch.
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Tiberian Floater
Order: Tiberius
Family: Vinifera Gellious
Type: Tiberian Jellyfish (Jellyfish + blue Tiberium --> Tiberian Floater)
Method of Reproduction: Pollintion, cross-pollination
Description: The Tiberian floater is an extremely rare because only jellyfish washed up on the beach into patches of blue tiberium can form a Tiberian floater. It is often a dare that causes kids to catch a jellyfish and throw it into a patch of blue Tiberium, which often grows near the coast and near volcanoes. The only reason jellyfish mutate is because of their simple structure, they readily accept the change that Tiberium brings which is why we just turn into visceroids or mutants when we mutate. The mutation always turns the creature into a sinpler form, but beacause the jellyfish is so simple, it forms a complex Tiberian creature. The Tiberian floater is capable of releasing powerful electric shocks on the victim it is attached to. Tiberian floaters can also release toxic Tiberium gas that mutates any human not in a chem suit into a visceroid. Floaters will eat practically anything organic.
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I closed the folder and licked the doughnut crumbs and icing off my fingers. I though about what I had read. It turned out I knew most of the stuff, but I still learned more, which is all that matters. I decided to talk a walk, but first I had to drop off the folder to my assisstant. I left the break room and headed back towards the experimentation room where they were waiting. I took out my keycard again. I opened the door to the waiting scientists. I gave the folder to Dr. Kinta.
"Anybody up for a walk in the fresh air?" I inquired.
"Unlike you we are very busy." replied Dr. Chapman.
"Who wants to walk in the desert?" came Dr. Midden's answer.
"I do." I answered back.
"Well I don't want to go for a walk." answered Dr. Jives.
"I'm too busy." said Dr. Kinta.
"Ditto." answered Dr. Fiche.
"Fine, I will walk alone, by myself, with no one else with me." I sulked.
"Have fun." said. Dr. Kinta, smiling.
I frowned.
"Wait, you still have to tell us what experiments to run." Dr. Midden piped up.
"Whatever you think of."
With that, I left and wlked down the hallways to the lobby. Where the receptionist, Julie Ripken was sitting at the front desk, looking over her files. I got a bottle of water from the vending machine and began my walk outside around the dome-shaped research facility. I opened my water bottle and took a sip. I walked my usual route around the building, but stopped when I saw a rather large dustcloud to the north. I went back into the building and got my binoculars so I could get a closer view. To my surprise a squadron of attack bikes and attack buggies cam into view. I ran back in.
"The Brotherhood Is coming!" We nee evac helicopters, APCs, anything!" I screamed in despair.
"Oh, no! I'll alert GDi officials right away, but it would take 2 and a hlaf hours for a GDI defense force to come and counter-attack." came Julie's reply.
"Why?!?!" I asked angrily.
"No one though the Brotherhood would find this place."
"Well they did."
"You and the other top scientists can take the jeep in the garage, here's the keys."
"Thank you."
I then ran into the door where the other scientists still were. I entered the passcode once I swiped my keycard then put in my thumbprint.
"Everyone, drop what you are doing, the Brotherhood is coming!" I yelled.
They were busy trying to measure the ever-changing visceroid's shape. They willingly dropped everything, though and followed me into the garage. I turned the key in the ignition.
"It's out of gas!" I screamed.
"I'll fill it up!" answered Dr. Jives.
Once she did, I opened the door of the garage and sped out with Dr. Chapman on the machinegun and the rest huddled together in the back with Dr. Midden next to me. I saw the facility starting to take artillery fire and the GI's were firing for their lives. I saw three buggies gaining on us.
"Dr. Chapman, take those buggies out, NOW!" I ordered frantically.
The roar of the machinegun started and the first buggy burst into flames while bullets pierece the sand beside us. I would take Angel's Pass, a small canyon, 7 miles south of Samoha through Nod territory into GDI territory then finish a 17-mile trip to the GDI-held town of Dellaria. Angel's Pass was filled with the docile Tiberian life usually found near Samoha. It was also bumpy with small sand dunes, which atracted daredevil college students that loved thrill rides. Today, though, it would be empty; college is in session. I flew over the sand dunes at over 90 mph. A second buggy came up right next to us and started firing into the jeep's now empty chairs until Dr. Chapman shot both driver and shooter while we passe the empty buggy. One more buggy to go.
"We'll get him in the pass!" I yelled over the roar of the machinegun.
Dr. Chapman gave me a thumbs-up. The last buggy was too far away for either of us to get a good shot at each other. We practically flew over a sand dune and into the Angel's Pass, where we passed so many Tiberian creatures, I lost count. There were mainly visceroids; probably 'staring' at us. I clocked in at at least 100 mph over the bumpy terrain. the last buggy just entered the canyon and blew out our hind left tire. I stopped the jeep.
"What are you doing!?!?!?" screamed Dr. Jives.
"Defend the jeep until either we get the spare on, or Dr. Chapman gets a bead on that bastard!" I commanded.
I pulled the canvas off the spare tire and yanked it off the back.
"Here he comes!" Dr. Chapman yelled.
We jumped behind the jeep while Dr. Chapman handled the last buggy.
"I better get a medal for this." Dr. Chapman replied in lieu of our antics.
I heard a boom and a piece of flaming debris flew overhead. We looked up and saw a flaming buggy and crew.
"And that's how you win a medal." I said.
Dr. Chapman smiled.
We finished putting on the tire and discarded the old one.
"Now, let's go home." I finished.
This is my 5th story I think; I am on a hot streak!
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Give it a little polish and a bit more time and it wouldn't be tha bad.
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. here in America we only really allowed handguns and some shotguns (not sawed-off shotguns and I think some others) 
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