A new anomaly Was born. FINALE

I began to Focus Once more, as my mind was pulled back, I felt a brief moment of weightlessness as my consciousness entered the Mind menu, I Appeared Inside the hanger, with the System panel right in front of me. I instantly chose to go to the "Squadron" Tab, the Screen hummed and began to change. The screen Changed But was Mostly blank except for the two insignia of Overwatch Soldiers appearing on the top left within boxes. Both of them conveniently have their names below.

I clicked on "C40's" Box and Another system screen materialized in front of it, it displayed his Status like I've seen before, so I didn't idle on it for too long, I quickly turned my attention to two buttons that appeared on the status screen beside it.

[Begin Customization]

[Kick from squadron.]

"Alright, then time to Spend my Points to fix this guy up."

I chose to "begin customization."

His status Screen disappeared along with his Symbol in the Squadron menu, I turned over to the platform Funnily Seeing an Overwatch Soldier, A-posing on the platform, I Flew over, and the System Screen followed me It had Already changed to the "Body Customization" All of the options were there Aswell as one new one.

[Firepower.]

[Vision/detection.]

[Body/Movement.]

[Mind]

[Repair/Maintain equipment.]

I chose the repair option and, Soon Another menu Came up Showing All of his equipment, as well as his Current health.

"Woah! So strange seeing all of their insides..."

My mind began to unconsciously wander down, And the sight made my jaw drop mentally.

"Welp... I guess we are more like than I thought." 

"Okay let's see How much it's going to take to Fix You Up! How many points did I get anyway?"

[ Points available] 

[ Tech: 88]

[ lethality: 60]

[Biomass: 28]

"Holy moly, That's a Spicy meat-a-ball!"

"How did I get so lucky? I should thank the system for handing these to me on a silver platter!"

"...now that I think about it, it's also why I'm currently in an Antlion nest, so never mind the thanks have been retracted."

I Looked down Seeing the repair button I clicked it and A prompt appeared

[ Would you like to repair equipment as well?]

[Hard plate-reinforced personal Combat armor. (Durability: 65%] Status: Torn.) 

[Gasmask (Durability 98%] Status: Functioning)

[Overwatch standard issue Pulse rifle (Durability 90%] Status: Functioning)

[Overwatch Combat helm W, Night vision. (Durability 40%] Status: Functioning, Broken Comm radio)

My mind hovered over the reject button, and after some consideration, I chose No.

 And the prompt disappeared and turned into a new one.

[To Fully restore injury's Will cost]

[ Biomass -20 ]

"20?! for only a broken leg? well. I'm guessing it's more than just a broken leg Looking at his status thing here he probably has some internal bleeding and a concussion "

I watched as the 20 Biomass Points disappeared from my Point wallet and reduced to a measly 8 points. "Dammit. well, oh well At least he can make himself useful."

I clicked "Done." His body disappeared from the platform along with the system repair Status Screens, I turned back to the main Screen which was still on the "Body Customization." tab

"Alright, so hey system What do you recommend I upgrade first?"

[You are free to Upgrade yourself however you See fit.]

"...real helpful system..."

[The user wishes to Have legs?]

"Yes! But I doubt I could Create them Myself I'm Not exactly an engineer... And the way How top top-heavy my real body is and how it's weirdly shaped it is, would probably look funny if I gave it a pair of human legs."

[...]

[If the user is Not sure if they can create A body from scratch you can always use the Blueprint function, Right Now it is empty... But You May be able to Use the Body plan of Some of the Native Life, to use as a basis then, I Shall carry out the rest in transforming it into what you desire.]

"Hehehe..."

[...]

"Oh! sorry, I just got an idea... Say, could you drop the Stealth field for me?"

[Are you sure?]

"Yes! I'm sure!"

[Once you leave your menu the stasis field will Drop, I Sure hope you know what you're doing.]

I Focused my Mind and exited the Mind menu and was met with the Same Black dropship container. "So, System did you drop the field yet?"

[Affirmative, I Should warn you How dangerous this is.]

"Dangers my middle name!"

[that is false.]

"it's just-never mind..."

So, I sat there In Silence, waiting for A little while I began to hear the earth rumble.

[ Warning! Dangerous Lifeforms Approaching rapidly.]

"Good."

I waited a bit longer, my anticipation growing as the sounds intensified, reverberating through the confined space. Suddenly, a thunderous crash shattered the stillness, as if the earth itself had been violently torn open nearby. The air was filled with a menacing symphony of hisses and chittering, each sound more unsettling than the last.

Through the container's walls, I heard the creature's footsteps, a rhythmic and deliberate pacing that suggested a methodical search. It moved around the chamber, its movements cautious yet predatory, as if meticulously hunting for any signs of intrusion.

"Okay... that Sounds Like a lot of them... hope they Don't Swarm me...Okay... time to execute... my plan!"

I began to "Speak" making a *BEEP*, All sound in the room instantly Stopped, and then I heard the pacing get faster Until I Heard...

*Tap tap. *

*Tap tap tap. *

" This is Freaky! The anticipation is killing me! this is Just like a horror movie. Alright... keep it cool... Once one of those bugs gets inside, I'm going to Light it the Hell up!"

It seems One of the Antlions clambered onto the top of the container, its Spike-like legs scraping against the metal.

I looked up as I watched an Insectoid like head, peek inside.

"A worker?" I thought, "It Seems these guys must have been the closet nearby and came to check out what the fuss was...about I Should Kill this one Just... as soon as it crawls its thorax inside, I'll turn it into mincemeat.

The Antlion worker, Chittered, green Siliva Falling onto the floor Sizzling the container as it Spotted the two Bodies inside... 

"uhuh... yeah, you're probably thinking ... oooh free food! I bet you just can't resist Coming in here so you can feed your baby grubs...Ough... I Don't want to think about that's Gross."

"Come on.... "

The Antlion worker began to Crawl Down inside the hole, I was taken aback by how big these things were, not as big as a Soldier or "Holy Crap You're too big! Can... I even kill this thing quick enough before the others rush me. hopefully. At least their only one way to get inside, I'll Just kill them off one by one then.

The worker Got onto the floor, and turned Facing away from me, "You dare present to me your behind Leggie?! Alright, that's it... Eat Pulse Rounds!

I Aimed at the Antlions behind it so graciously Directed at me, and as if second nature, I let out a Barrage of Pulse Ammunition!

and Franklin's turret roared to life. The chamber echoed with Gunfire; each round exploded from the barrel with a resonant thoom.

*Vrr.-Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat! * 

Most of the streaks of light hit their mark, causing the Antlion worker to lurch back with a painful, screeching whimper. It whipped its head around, arms raised defensively, gurgling ominously. Before it could retaliate with a blast of its spit, I swiftly diverted my aim and fired a volley straight at its head.

I fired several more shots into it before it rolled over on its side, twitching... Dead.

[You Killed an Antlion worker. 12XP!]

I celebrated a bit too early as I heard the Symphony of Aggressive Screech's Coming from outside, With the rumbling of more dirt, I could only guess that they'd either brought more friends or retreated to inform the others. the container, it wouldn't be too long before they figured out where that came from.

It was Just then I heard, a Groaning Noise come from nearby, I looked down and saw that one of the Soldiers had woken up, hopefully, he could help me with all of these bugs now..."

[C40's POV]

I groaned in pain as consciousness slowly seeped back in. "Shhiitt... nnghh.... I'm still alive...?" My vision cleared, and I lifted my head Looking at my hands, Still wet blood spots on my armor, Strangly I felt Perfectly Alright, I was Started when I heard noise.

*BEEP*

 I looked over only to be greeted by the sight of a turret, its optical eye glowing an ominous blue as its gun was trained on me. I didn't act irrationally, as I knew it wouldn't Shoot me, but before I could move, the turret abruptly swiveled away. I followed its gaze and saw a giant Insect creature, Lying by my feet in a bloodied heap on the floor

"Shit... I'm guessing, They Patched me up, but why the hell did they Just Leave me here...? and why not take the turret with them?

coughing as I pushed myself off the wall. My friend lay face down on the floor. I hurried over, propping my rifle against the wall as I grabbed C178's arm and flipped him over. I checked for a pulse, relieved to find that the only injury he suffered was being a bit battered.

"Not a scratch on him... lucky bastard. But where the hell is everyone else?" I stood up and tried to check into comms, but my radio was busted from the crash. "Useless, Radios Busted."

I couldn't shake this feeling I had... I looked around the Container and the Only thing inside, was me my Friend, and that turret.

"Not an Ounce of blood besides what I'm covered in, Somethings off..."

I looked down at C178 And I began to try to wake him up, I gave Him a Little Shake, but after that didn't work...

"Come On... wake up... Wake up!" I slapped C178 across the side of his helmet, which Made Him, Grunt, I moved back Standing up as he Sat up Looking up at me.

"grh...ow..wha-.*yawn*"

"What the hell man? Couldn't you have let me sleep for a couple more minutes?

I Grunted angrily as I slapped him over the back of the head.

"ouch!..What was that for?"

C178 held the back of his head.

"Look around you, we are kind of in a real fucking mess right now, or did the Crash landing Somehow give you amnesia?"

C178 Looked up and Around, Seemingly Putting together the puzzle pieces in his head. 

"While you are scraping back parts of your identity, I'm going to get this door open, we Don't have much time we need to get the hell out of here.

I stepped around him, and walked to the back of the container, and began to Bash my shoulder into it trying to open the Dropship Container Door.

*THUD* *THUD*

"hey dude- What's up with the?...."

*THUD*

"H-holy Shit..n-no what the fuck!"

"Okay Now I'm convinced you've lost it. get up and help me with this door!"

I felt A hand Grab my shoulder, I Turned my head, to See C178.

"What."

I realized he was pointing at something, but that something already had my attention. And in All my life have never seen something so Bizarre, So unnatural.

"..."