Blood Cult - Part 4

Now having the cult know of his presence in their base Crow made his way deeper into the cave, knowing that doing a head on assault isn't the wisest option he examined the cave walls as he went deeper, looking for a secret entrance or anything that could be of use.

Finding nothing along the way he was stopped by a closed metal door. Crow hides at the door frame and taps the door a couple of times checking its thickness and seeing if there would be any reaction from the other side.

"No reaction?" he thought, thinking they might set some trap or is on standby over the door, Crow peeked over the slight opening between the doors, there were many cultists waiting there, as much as if not more than the cultist group that came before.

"So that's their plan... Lets see how many flashes do I have remaining?" Crow thought while checking his pockets. "three flashes and one explosive grenade, since I need the grenade to set that off then what else can I use to wipe them out..." Crow thought of ways he could wipe the cultist. "that might be the only way I can wipe them out without risking any injuries huh..."

Crow took out the power source of the plasma gun he brought with him and gently placed it on the ground. He then slightly pushed the door open and rolled a flashbang over to the other side, hoping it would blind them.

As the flashbang was set off, catching the cultist off guard. they started firing blindly hoping it would hit something. Crow then cracks the power source's glass casing and rolls it over to the other side and quickly closes the door shut and runs away from the doors.

The power source then exploded, incinerating all the cultists behind the doors. Crow peeked to see the situation, upon seeing the damage he was amazed at how durable the door was. The hallway was charred with burnt bodies or what was left of their body lying on the hallway and the metal doors he hid behind melted on the other side and started collapsing on itself. seeing no other person in sight he went deeper in the cult's base.

Walking for a while the charred hallway transitioned to a murky white wall, the place looks like an abandoned facility of some kind. and walking a bit further inside the path was split once again the right hallway have one door at the right and two doors at the left, as for the left path it has one door at the right and two doors at the left.

Deciding to go left Crow peeked into the first door, it was an unkept medical bay. seeing that it's overgrown, Crow just skipped it thinking nothing valuable is inside. walking over to the second door it has signs of being used unlike the other door it was also tightly closed.

Preparing for the worst, Crow kicked the door and prepared to shoot, but no one was there. It was their armory with some weapons, armors and exo-suits.

"Odd, if they have these powerful items why don't they use them?" Deciding not to think too much Crow made his way towards the final door, as he was getting closer to the door he could smell an awful stench, it was so awful that it went through his suit's filtration system. The door also has signs of recent use. thinking it's maybe their waste dump he opened the door.

In it there were rows of bunk beds with some of them still sleeping, looking around there was human waste all over the floor not being cleaned up. not wanting to enter the room Crow just shot the sleeping cultist from afar and quickly left the room.

"Ugh... how could someone even live in a place like that not to mention sleeping..." Not wanting to think about that horrific room anymore he made his way towards the right hallway.

Checking the first door on the right, like the first door on the left he was able to peek over. it was also overgrown with some signs of usage, it seemed to be a cafeteria with all the tables and the counter across the room.

Crow went to check the room, it was dark with the lights not working and it being overgrown. walking towards the counter, behind the counter was still lit up and somewhat operating, Crow opened one of the refrigerator. Seeing its content Crow was disgusted to the point of almost puking. It was human remains preserved in the fridge, not even properly kept, it was just all jumbled up, Internal organs, limbs, eyes, and other body parts.

Crow being a mercenary had his fair share of gore, but still having seen that it made him very disgusted. Leaving the room he went towards the first door on the left. It was another hallway , the hallway was straight with one path going right in front of the door on the left.

The door was locked, and the only way to open it seemed to be a Id reader next to it. Not wanting to find an id card, Crow tapped the door to see if there was any reaction. as he was tapping some faint movement can be heard.

Confirming that there are some people in the room Crow prepared for the worse and kicked the door open, as he was about to shoot he stopped seeing that they aren't cultist but the slaves that were brought before.

They are quivering, hiding on the corners. They were afraid and had no intention to fight, some of them even had lifeless eyes like they had given up on living.

"Go." Crow said with an authoritative tone. "No point in staying here." They seemed hesitant to move and some didn't even show any intention of leaving. The sight made him remember his past, to how he use to be before being Crow. "GO DAMN IT! YOU'RE FREE, NO NEED TO STAY IN THIS HELL HOLE!" he shouted. Some of them quickly ran past Crow looking for the exit but some still stayed. seeing that there are some who still stayed he became slightly annoyed because they don't seem to have a will to live. Crow then leaves them alone and still has the door open.