The Masks of Nyarlathotep: Australia pt 4

The journal of Mad Ginger Muldoon

February 19^th 2009 (continued)

After getting tooled up and though I took a lightning gun I was more than like not gonna use it, as I had Betsie and an AK.

We set out on our rescue staying to the unlit corridors as much as an’ there was no sign of them cultist types the yank and the alien thing were up front as they seemed to know where to go. While I went at the back.

As I was close I noted that Dave had started talkin’ to hisself an’ was acting like there was another person with us. Pretty soon after I found out that he was talkin’ ta Syd which is nuts cos he’s copped it.

It’s some steady plod down endless corridors, afore we finally get to at a well-lit area with a barricade at the far end that’s fitted with arc lights an’ though its ‘ard ta’ tell there appear to be blokes waiting for us probably them snipers. This was a real long straight run, so we’d be like tin ducks in shootin’ gallery here so we weren’t gettin’ in that way but Abbie said there may be another way in.

This involved goin’ down another passage that was blacker than a Dingo’s arsehole an I musta got turned around some as I lost contact with the guys. Mind you, I weren’t the only one as Winston was in the same boat.

Dave obviously realised they’d lost us as he called out that we should come to the light but there weren’t no light. I then heard a few words afore a dull glow appeared some 30 feet away we closed in an’ sure enough it were the guys an’ Abbie’s hand was glowin’ from then on we stayed together by contact that was until the Yank found a torch.

Shortly after this we came upon another right turn with no arc lights, though it were a bit ripe mind as it smelt like an owd dunny. There was a faint light at the other end and there seemed be some sort of half-built barricade, but this looked like a way in.

The yank took the lead here as he had low-light goggles and me an’ Winnie dropped in behind him. The alien backed us up while Abbie brought up the rear. As we got closer it became clear that the barricade was not what we thought cos it appeared to be cages an’ there was something in ‘em as we could hear cryin’ and whimperin’ as it appeared these cages contained people. Maybe Blondie was here as these seemed to be prisoners.

As we got closer Dave asked if Eliza was there, so it looks like they’ve lost that Sheila too. Anyhow we get a reply saying ‘I’m here’ from the next ta the last cage. Dave then starts rattlin’ the cages to see if they’re open an’ he has no luck. So he starts looking around for the keys and once again he has no luck.

During this time however the Yank has been sneaking forward and as he did so he tripped over somethin’, settin’ off his shotgun as he went down an’ makin’ a right din, buggerin’ up any chances of a stealthy rescue an tellin’ tellin’ the guards we’re here. (What side is this geezer on as this is the second time he’s done this an’ he also killed Syd so ya gotta ask).

To emphasise this two figures appear at the far end and this needs to be dealt with so I let Betsie loose on one while Winnie tapped the other one. Both go down but mine was still active so I moved in an’ finished ‘em with a well-directed size 14.

Unfortunately we now started to come under fire from the others as there were dozens of ‘em. So I tried to take cover behind the body. But I was a bit slow getting’ down and was hit in the left arm by lightning and the gut by a bullet which hurt like a bastard till everythin’ went black.

Suddenly I was standing next to the guys an’ the pain was gone and what was more I weren’t injured no more as it appeared that it was all a dream or a nightmare in my case.

The guys had forgotten something on Syd’s body and we needed this to get the cages open as they seemed to think that the dream was real, and they also wanted to find Mad Dave as we needed more guys for the rescue, but I don’t see how one geezer will make much difference.

We trek back only to find that some bugger has nicked the body but this ain’t the strangest thing we find as the dead guys we find are all rottin’ at different rates which shouldn’t happen. This place is seriously F*****d up. Blondie is also supposed to have a silver needle in her collar that they want but that ain’t there neither. Leavin’ the place we try to find Mad Dave and have no luck so as were a bit knacked we decide to bed down for the night an’ it turns out that Mad Dave finds us though he seems confused as he seems to think that we ain’t seen each other for years.

Winnie also had a vision of Houston havin’ dinner wi’ Blondie in an area above the hall wi’ the cultists and that while she looked to be smiling she was decidedly non-plussed by this.

Anyhow we were able to get Mad Dave ta join us an’ he said there were allies to be had as there were some Mimi’s, slimy snake things, windy octopus things and somethin’ he called dog snappers, but it was clear that the snakes and octopus things was workin’ for Houston still we may get help from the others. Though he weren’t none too keen about the Mimi’s, Anyhow he agreed to take us too ‘em.

First we went to see the Dog snappers which looked like tall skinny blokes wi’ dog heads an’ I was about to ask what we were supposed to do now when the one we found started talkin’ as there leaders can, It called itself Greg and agreed ta’ help as they ‘ad his girlfriend an’ he was able to get 5 of his mates to come along one of which called hisself Dame Nellie Melba, an’ they explained why some of ‘em have names but I went over my head. All that matters was we had doubled down.

We now had ta’ find and talk to the Mimi’s and once again it was Mad Dave who found one of ‘em an as we talked it seemed this one was like an Aboriginal clever man as he drew pictures on the walls an’ I have ta’ say he has some seriously long arms. Anyhow he seemed ta’ wanna’ help as he opened a mystic doorway in the wall and asked we go though.

A seriously weird experience as ended up in a cave wi’ 15 more Mimi’s 5 of which were female, weird as I ain’t seen a female before an’ I have to admit they was quite sensual, they tried ta’ give us things which we politely refused before agreein’ ta’ help us if we trapped the windy things for them. Though we only got six of ‘em ta’ join us still six is better than none an’ maybe they can do that gateway thing ta’ get us into Houston’s private area.