After fighting their way through several infected soldiers, they knew the contamination was likely not just limited to deck 11, the entire facility could be at risk. Director Draay had been nagging Viking repeatedly for a status update and to restrain Engel. Viking hadn't updated him, he was too focused on fixing the shock absorbents. Along the way they had acquired another pilot by the name of Lena Reimann, a young ambitious woman, but soft. She and some of the Agents showed hesitation in killing several of the infected men and women they had once fought side by side with. It didn't matter to Viking however, he knew the consequences of failure would be far more dire than the reality of success.

Luckily for them the shock absorbents weren't heavily damage, as the group worked their way into the room where the controls were they could see that the absorbents were manually turned off. The date recorded that they were shut off before the outbreak happened which told Viking someone had intentions of sabotage. That someone likely being Dr. Engel, given his access codes were used to enter the room just a few minutes before the absorbents were shut off. Viking immediately contacted the two men escorting Engel out of the facility again.

RESTRAIN ENGEL DO NOT LET HIM LEAVE THE SURFACE UNTIL I ARRIVE PERSONALLY.

We have him restrained sir, we're up at the primary entrace desk.

Hold there until we arrive.

Viking switched channels and contacted Director Draay the other soldiers and Lena stood by as he spoke.

Director, we have Engel restrained, it's likely he's the one that caused this, he disabled the shock absorbents and likely crippled other parts of the facility before the outbreak. I'm heading up to interrogate him now, I'm ordering the rest of the forces back up to the higher levels. The lower decks are completely overrun. I'll contact you as soon as-

A strange growling noise could be heard in the distance, the lights went out. As they switched on night vision googles, they could see a horde of infected personnel moving towards them. Viking didn't hesitate, he shouted and gunfire rang out immediately.

HOLD, DON'T LET THEM GET ANY CLOSER, GO FOR THE HEAD, CONSERVE AMMUNITION!

The barrel of Viking's assault rifle began to overheat, he switched to his sidearm. After nearly 15 minutes of shooting they couldn't see anything else, it went quiet.

We need to get to deck 3, we have a traitor waiting for us, you'll either be staying here to fight this or be re-deployed elsewhere.

It was as if they were walking over a graveyard as they made their way to the elevator. The faces of what were good people and friends had quickly been stolen by the nomads, Engel had a lot to answer for. Viking opened a facility wide comm to the security forces.

All security forces move back to deck 3, this wasn't a coincidence it was sabotage, we have the traitor restrained. Re-group at deck-3.

Gas masks weren't an issue for security, every SOA agent and security operative in the Tangier labs wore one 24/7. However, the surviving scientists and non-security personnel were an issue. There were only 20-30 survivors, and the Armory was on deck 5. There was no way, with the amount of infected soldiers below deck 4, they couldn't chance the lives of more security personnel. We're evacuating, we can't lock down the facility with the amount of hostiles, Director Draay is going to gas the facility. Get the non-security members, and head to the mining facility over the western ridge. The soldiers nodded and started to round up the scientists and engineers. A gas leak might kill a large portion of the infected population, but the infected security guards wearing masks themselves would be another issue.

About 20 minutes since he gave the order, all of the non-security personnel where in vehicles on their way to a nearby mining facility. Viking rounded up what arms and ammunition he could, and made his way over to Dr. Engel with two other agents. Engel was lying on the ground, his nose was bent sideways and there was blood running down from his nose over his mouth and chin. He had one black eye, and was sweating so much the light reflected off of his forehead. Get up, NOW. Viking grabbed his shoulder and yanked him off the ground. He pressed the barrel of his gun against Dr.Engel's back.Luckily for you, the Director want's you alive, that being said, I won't stop you from leaving. Move, or you'll be left for the infected. Dr.Engel remained silent, but started walking forward along with the two guards in front of him. As they approached the elevator Viking heard a violent roar behind him. His head snapped to the side. DOUBLE TIME NOW! As they entered the elevator Viking turned back to see a horde of infested soldiers and strange looking alien objects moving towards them. He slammed his fist against the "up" button and the doors slowly started closing, his ears rang as he and the other soldiers let off a barrage of rounds down at the infected. As the elevator doors closed the group felt themselves being pulled up to the surface. The doors opened and the heat from the erupting volcanoes invaded the room. Get on one of the vehicles, let's go. As the group got inside one of the vehicles Viking opened up a comms link to Draay. Director, we can't provide masks to all the personnel, we've evacuated the facility. You're clear to make the bombing run. Viking looked up and saw the massive war machine over the clouds with each strike of lightning giving away its position.