Survival CYOA

I think she may have just been passing by.

A. The Overlook!

Edit: Damn crazr, the writing bug has bitten you eh? So much writing! Good luck on all your projects

Tell me about it! I think I might have to put the survival CYOA on hold once more after this episode to concentrate on these two other works. Hopefully I don't plateau and burn myself out anytime soon. Anyway, this new work means a lot to my friends and I so I've been putting a lot of love into it. I just uploaded it so you guys should go check it out! Anyway, on with the show, Xenon won this time with the coin flip.

"How much ammo do you got," you ask Claire.
"The clip in it now and one extra," she answers as you hear water coming from around the corner.
"Doesn't matter," you say. "Just run!" The two of you run towards the infirmary, jumping over the Broodkeeper's body. You see Rachel's arm underneath it, squished by its massive weight as you now see the water flooding in, coming from the hall that led to the Overlook. It washes away Rachel and her pet as it catches up to you faster than you can run. You then suddenly feel the entire facility start start to creek and shake. Nuts and bolts start to fly out of their sockets with high velocity as you assume the water is now crushing the facility. The metal on the hallway leading towards the infirmary bends before rupturing and allowing a large amount of ocean water to spill in. It washes over you and Claire, carrying the both of you back towards the crossroad. Here, you see water pouring in from the hall leading to the Research Labs as well as the Overlook. They converge as you and Claire ride the water against your will. The force of their convergence feels like hitting a brick wall and you notice Claire has stopped moving and that her eyes are close. With no other place to go the water travels down the hall leading to the Docking Bay. You are completely disoriented as your body rolls and flips around in the underwater torrent. You manage to notice a pipe sticking out in the open and you grab for it. You reach out and catch Claire as she passes by and you scan the hall as the water current fights to make you let go of the pipe. You then notice a vent right above you before you feel your grip loosen. You consider all possible options before you decide to:

A. Try to swim against the current
B. Let the current take you to wherever it leads
C. Guarantee that you can enter the vent by letting Claire go
D. Risk your chances of entering the vent and hold on to Claire
E. Other

Current HP: 2
Equipment: Biogel(4 uses), Assault Rifle(With Claire), 3 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

D, because we're a hero.

Man, you guys are more noble than me. I wouldn't sacrifice unnecessary HP.

You stubbornly cling on to Claire and refuse to let her go. Knowing that you do not have both hands, you pull your body body against the current. You feel the strain as your legs reach the pipe and you wrap them tightly around it. At this point, pure adrenaline is the only thing keeping you from taking a breath. Your entire body aches as you shimmy up the pipe and reach the ceiling of the hall. Taking a moment to collect yourself, you left go with your hand and reach out for the went. You manage to poke your fingers through the flimsy metal and you are relieved to find out that it has not flooded. You grip it tight with your fingers and rip off the cover. The first thing you do is get a good hold of the vent. You then let your legs go, causing your body to twist painfully as the water rushes by. Just as you struggle to pull yourself up, the task suddenly becomes much easier as you feel the current stop. You assume that the water has equalized and you are thankful. You then pull yourself up with Claire and lie next to her, breathing heavily. After a few breaths, you quickly try to resuscitate Claire. She coughs out water and you sigh in relief. "Are you okay?" you ask. "I thought I lost you."
"I-I'm fine..." she says. "I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it," you say as you suddenly feel a delirious spell. You take the Biogel out of your pouch and spray it in your ear. "What should we do?"
"I don't know," Claire says hopelessly. "The whole facility's probably going to collapse under the pressure any moment now. At that point, we won't even be able to go in the water..."
"Don't lose hope on me now," you say as you think of what to do. You decide to:

A. Go back into the flooded halls and see if you can reach another area
B. Follow the vent and see where it leads
C. Go back into the flooded tunnels and see if you can reach the deep sea suits you wore
D. Rest here for a moment
E. Other

Current HP: 4
Equipment: Biogel(3 uses), 3 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

B, I suppose.

B indeed!

Almost over, haha. Just a few more decisions and the survival CYOA will take a break until the next season is ready. I'll probably concentrate on my two other submissions until then.

"If this vent isn't flooded, it could lead to a room that might not be flooded. Right?" you ask Claire.
"In theory..." Claire answers.
"Then, let's go," you say.
"And what if this is also a dead lead?" Claire asks.
"Then we'll keep trying until we find a lead that isn't," you answer. "I'm not letting you die here. I promise."
Claire says nothing and simply follows. You convince yourself to believe in your own words as the two of you carefully crawl through the vent. You pass by many areas where all you see underneath is water. As you near the point of losing all hope, you find a room that is absent water. You motion Claire to hurry and the two of you stare down into the room. "Wh-what do you think?" Claire asks.
"It's a blessing in disguise," you say with a smile as you kick at the vent. The cover comes off and you stick your head down to see. What you see both shocks and relieves you. It is the docking bay, and you see a giant pulsing yellow eye in the dark abyss through the glass. You estimate the eye to be at least fifty feet. You can see thick veins crisscrossing all over it as well as Egglayes walking over it. The eye zips back and forth, following the movements of the Egglayers on top of it before it shuts itself. "I-it's the Master..." you say in fear.
"W-we can't do this!" Claire says. "We have to find another way."
"Relax, Claire," you say trying to compose yourself. Rachel says the Egglayers keep him from moving. As long as they stay on him, we'll be fine." You take a deep breath before you:

A. Jump down into the Docking Bay by yourself
B. Convince Claire to jump down the Docking bay with you
C. Follow the vent back to where you started
D. See if the vent lead anywhere else.
E. Other

Current HP: 4
Equipment: Biogel(3 uses), 3 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

I would say D, but B. We are trying to escape, right? What's the point of going anywhere else?

Oh man, Xenon's taking all the risks!

B. I will follow suit. I wonder how fast the egglayers will eat us. We should also tell Claire to be prepared to launch jelly fish.



Understood!

You jump down into the room with a feeling of dread. You know that the only thing separating the giant monstrous eye and you is thick glass designed to withstand extreme pressures. If the Egglayers were not keeping it dormant, you believe that whatever creature this "Master" is, it could easily break through the glass. You scan the room as Claire simply looks at the ominous creature with thousands of equally ominous creature's living on it. You call to her to break her frightened trance and she begins to scan with you. You find about half a dozen submersibles, all of which are out of order. You sit and bang you first against one of the vessels half submerged in the water of the Docking Bay exit. "Dammit," you say as you stare at the water lit up by dozens of Phosphoric Jellyfish of all sizes. You then jump to your feat as you hear the sound of a bolt. You and Claire turn in unison to see that it came from the bulkhead that would normally connect to the hall that lead to the Docking bay if it were not flooded. You see water begin to leak in as another bolt flies off straight towards your direction. You quickly move to the side, causing the bolt to fly pass you and hit the glass. You and Claire look with a panic as you see the bolt pop out of the glass where it lodged itself momentarily. There is now a hole in the glass and it begins to leak water as well. The pressure of the deep see causes the glass crack to enlarge as more water pours in. "We're screwed..." you say.
"O-over there!" Claire points out to one of the submersibles. "That's a transport class submarine, there should be high pressure escape pods on the back!"
"Alright!" you exclaim as you run for the vessel. Your run is stopped short as a heavily injured Broodkeeper pops out of the water, knocking Claire away and into the walls. It looks at you before charging and falling short just at your feet. You sigh in relief before you scream in pain as you feel a sharp object dig into your foot. You look at the Broodkeeper's mouth and see a hand with a knife protruding from its maw. As the hand retracts the knife, you rear back and fall on your behind as Rachel pulls herself out of the creature's body with knife and gun in hand. "No way..." you say in disbelief. "You let it..."
"Eat me so that the pressure wouldn't kill me," Rachel finishes your sentence with a sadistic smile. "The last antibody is dead, but there's nothing stopping me from killing you two. It's your fault that the Master can never awake now, and for that I shall exact vengeance." Rachel charges at you with the knife as you:

A. Kick at her legs and try to trip her
B. Try to catch her wrist as she stabs at you
C. Get up and and see if you can counter her charge with a tackle of your own
D. Attempt to move out of the way
E. Other

Current HP: 3
Equipment: Biogel(3 uses), 3 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

E, parry her arm and spray the biogel in her eyes when she's close...What? It could be an eye irritant, or at least surprise her before we counter her in the gut and disarm her.

I vote B. Or the first half of Xenon's E with the parry. Can't throw our biogel away! What if the biogel heals her?!

Xenon has persuaded me, I'm feeling edgy enough to throw biogel now. E!

A risk I'm willing to take if it gains us the element of surprise in battle. It's a dirty trick, kicking sand in the eyes, but even if it heals her slowly, we would force her into submission despite it. I'm just thinking outside the box here, trying to utilize what materials we have at our disposal, and it seemed like an interesting tactic that may just catch her off-guard. She's an experienced fighter, so we need the upper hand somehow despite being unarmed.

You think quickly and whip the biogel out of your pack and spray it at Rachel. She screams as her eyes get irritated and she pauses he assault for just a moment. You quickly get up and attempt to disarm her. As you put pressure on your foot, you feel the pain and it causes you to stagger as you approach Rachel. This momentary pause gives her enough time to pull back as you attempt to disarm her, and she drags the knife across your hand in the process, leaving a deep cut. Now it's your turn to rear back once again from the pain as she aims her pistol at you. She shoots without hesitation and the bullet zips pass your left side. You notice here eyes are extremely red and that they are moving back and forth as if trying to lock on to two targets. She readies to fire once more as you decide to:

A. Attempt to disarm her knife
B. Attempt to disarm her pistol
C. Try and tackle her to the ground
D. Run away while she's confused
E. Other

Current HP: 2
Equipment: Biogel(2 uses), 3 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

I want to say D and catch up with Claire, but our wounded foot may make that quite difficult. Should try anyway.

You look at Claire and stumble your way towards her. As the water continues to flood the room, you feel the sting on your foot from both the cold and salt. You reach Claire and shake her awake. She opens her eyes and looks at you. "Are you okay?" you ask Claire as she simply nods her head. "Good," you say with a smile. "There's not much time left before we're buried alive under the water. Claire's eyes widen, making you surprise that she was that shocked by your words. You then realize that that was not the reason why she was surprised when you feel a hand on your right shoulder followed by a sharp pain in your left lung. You feel the pain continue as you feel something violently ripped out of your body. You stagger to your feet and turn around. You see Rachel with a triumphant smile holding a bloody knife as you fall back and hit the wall, sliding down until your are seated against it.
"Gotcha..." Rachel says.
You say nothing in return and simply watch as Rachel drags Claire away by the hair. You watch as she beats Claire slowly before you:

A. Waist no time and try to help Claire
B. Wait and pick the right moment before you help Claire
C. Risk Rachel noticing you and reach out for the Biogel
D. Yell at Rachel to stop and punish you instead
E. Be content with what you've done and surrender

Current HP: 0
Equipment: Biogel(2 uses), 3 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

Two new updates will be up for my other submissions at some point today.

A. I can't really say anything else logically. Biogel takes too long to react.

On the plus side she's beating Claire slowly so...

B! We are on our last breath, we'll need to make our action count. Even at the cost of some of Claire's hp!

Sorry nine, but Xen won again. Looks like old Washington just doesn't like you.

You use what little strength you have left and push yourself off the wall. You lean forward, forcing your body to run as your weight is shifted in front of you. The water makes it hard to run fast, but you try with all your might as you see Rachel beating Claire's body into different shades of black and blue. Rachel finally notices you just as you near her. She holsters her weapon and shoots, grazing your shoulder and causing it to bleed. You tackle her down to the ground, knocking away her gun as she tries to stab at you with the knife. You grab her arm and wrestle with all your strength. You think of the promise you made to Claire and you muster all the strength your body can give. At this point, you feel blood dripping from all of you wounds, including your ear as you manage to twist Rachel's hand. You push down, forcing the knife into her left lung. She screams as you rip the knife out and stab her once more before she kicks you off. You notice that the Biogel is no longer in your possession as you lie on the flooded floor. You hear a distinct spraying noise and you sit up, seeing Rachel applying it on her wounds. "So close," she says with a smile. You turn around and crawl away, only to feel a sharp pain in your leg as Rachel buries the knife in it. You kick at her, causing her to stagger back as she rips the knife out. She smiles as you continue to crawl and she easily passes you, stabbing the knife into your palm before ripping it out. You fall onto your stomach and simply watch as Rachel readies the knife for the final blow. "So close!" she says once more, with feeling. Just as she lunges at you, you hear a gunshot and Rachel pauses. You are two weak to turn, but your see Rachel start to bleed. You hear a few more gunshots and Rachel staggers back as her chest is riddled with four more bullets. You catch Claire in the corner of your eye and you see her hand Rachel something. She then runs up to you and drags you away as Rachel falls on her back onto the cold floor. After a few seconds, you see Rachel's body ignite into a fiery green explosion, vaporizing her. The entire facility shakes and more cracks form on the glass, causing the place to flood faster. Claire struggles to drag your body in her weakened state as she hauls you towards the submarine. You:

A. Say nothing and let her drag you
B. Tell her to leave you behind

Current HP: 0
Equipment: 2 Jellyfish(With Claire), Lighter(With Claire)

A. She'll probably just argue against such a notion regardless and that would take up valuable time. If she's struggling and it takes too long, admit defeat, but see how this goes. We're probably gone regardless, but mission accomplished anyway so YEAH BOIIII!