Tammy gripped the kinetic pistol with both hands. "Just like the VR, just like the VR, breath, and squeeze," she said to herself in between gasping for air. She could hear the banging on the door and knew she didn't have long; the half-window was cracking. Her colleagues were scattered, most were dead, and she was probably about to join them. As the window shattered, Tammy took a deep breath, stood up, turned around, and took aim. She could see the first of the gremlins clambering over through the broken pane. She imagined the goofy VR targets, took aim, and fired. With a squishy explosion, the head of the nearest gremlin exploded sending its body limply to the ground. "Holy shit....." She took aim again, breathed, and fired. BLAM, another head exploded. She didn't have time to think, so she repeated the process until every red-skinned mover in her immediate area lay still.
Fast forward, Tammy raced down the hallways clearing room after room. She didn't question her aim anymore, she only focused on doing what she could. She had a tail of guards and coworkers as she worked her way to the docks below. Turn a corner, run to the first door, listen, twist, aim, fire until clear, and repeat. She wasn't perfect, and her scrubs were slashed through red, but she kept moving. A few brave souls stuck with her while the rest took to the boats for safety, racing to escape the island. Tammy continued on, clearing the research of gremlins one by one.
theroosterofatoms t1_iy091dx wrote
Reply to [WP] The research facility has been overrun. A lone scientists barricaded in his office readies a pistol to take as many of them with him as he can, but is shocked to see he is a naturally extremely skilled shooter. He begins singlehandedly reclaiming the entire complex where the guards failed. by Epictauk
Tammy gripped the kinetic pistol with both hands. "Just like the VR, just like the VR, breath, and squeeze," she said to herself in between gasping for air. She could hear the banging on the door and knew she didn't have long; the half-window was cracking. Her colleagues were scattered, most were dead, and she was probably about to join them. As the window shattered, Tammy took a deep breath, stood up, turned around, and took aim. She could see the first of the gremlins clambering over through the broken pane. She imagined the goofy VR targets, took aim, and fired. With a squishy explosion, the head of the nearest gremlin exploded sending its body limply to the ground. "Holy shit....." She took aim again, breathed, and fired. BLAM, another head exploded. She didn't have time to think, so she repeated the process until every red-skinned mover in her immediate area lay still.
Fast forward, Tammy raced down the hallways clearing room after room. She didn't question her aim anymore, she only focused on doing what she could. She had a tail of guards and coworkers as she worked her way to the docks below. Turn a corner, run to the first door, listen, twist, aim, fire until clear, and repeat. She wasn't perfect, and her scrubs were slashed through red, but she kept moving. A few brave souls stuck with her while the rest took to the boats for safety, racing to escape the island. Tammy continued on, clearing the research of gremlins one by one.