Night 9

Once again, the few remaining crew members had dreaded the nightfall. When it finally came, they all went to their own defensive positions to try to hold off against the attackers. It was more than likely for any one of them to be attacked now; no one was safe.

As usual, Admiral Dane was in his office behind the command center.


Unexpectedly, there was a sharp knock at his door. Cautiously, the Admiral got up to answer it. He stood behind the heavy steel door and spoke to his visitor over the intercom.

“Who’s there?”

A voice replied back, throughout the whole time sounding as if it were to burst out laughing.

“Special delivery for Admiral Dane!”

Dane was puzzled for a moment, but before the next moment passed, the door was forcefully blown open into his face and he was thrown backwards onto the ground. In the doorway stood a familiar figure.


“You DID order the trooper flambé, didn’t you?”

The odd Hunter held out its arm cannon, and at the end of the barrel a large amount of superheated plasma was charging up. Dane did not make any effort to get up, but sat calmly.

“No? Well, in that case I’ll make it right now! HYUK HYUK HYUK HYUK!”

The odd Hunter fired the charged Plasma Beam at Admiral Dane. Instantly, the Admiral threw up his hands and an impenetrable force field appeared. The beam shot bounced right back at the Hunter and struck it square in the chest. The Hunter was sent flying back out of the office by the blast. As the Hunter escaped, its taunts could be heard.

“Next time, your hat is MINE! HYUK HYUK HYUK!”

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Goombario was hiding in the destroyed medical wing.


He figured that with his short stature, he would be able to hide very well in the darkness and survive that way. Of course, there was another small creature hiding in the darkness nearby; one that had better eyesight, too.

Goombario was mesmerized by the glowing blue eyes in the shadows at first, but then he realized he was in immediate danger and panicked. He tried to run, but he had concealed himself in a corner, and there was nowhere to go.

“PIKA…”

Goombario felt the air around him become very hot, almost to the point where it singed his mushroomy skin. Then the creature in the darkness unleashed its attack.

“CHUUUUUUUU!”

A massive fire blast attack was launched at point-blank range and struck Goombario directly. Under any normal circumstances, a blow like that would have made a pan-seared Portobello out of him. Somehow the lucky Goomba managed to survive… but the Energy Tank he had found cracked and shattered.

The light caused by the flame had lit the room up just enough for Goombario to see his foe.


Pikachu was out of breath from the attack. Upon seeing the creature, Goombario’s mind flipped to the GF database on heroes he had memorized, and he tattled out Pikachu’s description.

“Pikachu. Small mouse with electric pouches on its cheeks… but this one used a fiery attack? The blue eyes suggest Phazon Corruption. It’s momentarily stunned. I think I can escape.”

After concluding that he could indeed escape, Goombario did so. He was extremely lucky; fireballs happen to be the second-most leading cause of death for Goombas.

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The sole living GF Demolition Trooper on board was in the Mess Hall.


It was still set up in the chest-high wall formation that Master Chief had created, and the Demo Trooper intended to use it to his own advantage. He had rigged the entrances with mines and had a grenade launcher at the ready.

What he was not expecting was a massive pulse of energy that detonated all of the mines harmlessly. Cursing under his breath, he then saw the monster that had unleashed the pulse enter the room.


Gorea could not see where the Demo Trooper was behind all of the walls, but it knew that he was in here. And as long as he was in the room, it didn’t much matter where, exactly. Gorea roared, and then unleashed the same pulse it had used before, but amplified to a greater magnitude.

This time, all of the tables were disintegrated by the blast, and the Demo Trooper was thrown against the far wall. Growling with delight at finding his prey, Gorea now prepared to unleash its ultimate attack. The Demo Trooper got up and desperately fired a barrage of grenades at the monster, but the majority of them simply bounced right off of it, and Gorea remained undeterred.

The beam hit the Demo Trooper head-on. The massive surge of energy ravaged his armor suit and shattered the Energy Tank he had installed into it, but somehow he remained intact.

Gorea roared with rage, and threw such a tantrum that it did not realize the Demo Trooper sneaking out of the room, nor the shadowy pool creeping up from behind.

Eventually, Gorea calmed down, and underwent a glowing transformation. Standing in Gorea’s place, the shadowy pool observed the bounty hunter known as Spire.


Spire began to exit the room, but suddenly a figure surged up out of the pool and struck him in the back with a burning fist.



Vivian’s fists burned with flames and she used them to duel against Spire’s rocky appendages. Being made of stone, Spire was powerful, but in his current form he was outmatched by the rapid, agile strikes that Vivian made. Vivian threw one extra-powerful punch to Spire’s face, and his rocky exterior cracked, he felt the Energy Tank he had acquired shatter.

Feeling the rage surge up within him again, Spire gave in to the temptation. He transformed back into Gorea, growing to twice his normal size. The attacks that Vivian launched now could not even put a scratch on Gorea. The monster roared in her face and backed her into a corner. The end was near for her…

Entering the mess hall from the other side of the room was the GF Researcher.


Though she began this trial defenseless, the Researcher had put a massive amount of effort into studying Samus’s suit technology. She wore the end result on her right arm: a prototype arm cannon.

Shaking with fear, she barely managed to hold the arm cannon still as she leveled it at Gorea. The end of the barrel opened into an X-shape, and the four blades began spinning faster and faster. Out of the cannon shot a Super Missile, and it impacted Gorea directly at the glowing orb at its center. There was a blinding flash, a huge explosion, and a terrifying roar.

When the dust cleared, Gorea was no more. Vivian and the Researcher collapsed with exhaustion. The prototype arm cannon that the researcher had created fell to pieces almost immediately after firing the Super Missile. But they were both alive.

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Living: 11/47
a completely inoffensive name2 (Replaced Khazaar)
autolycus2 (Replaced Rebel Jeb)
Beefy187
Csargo
Diamondeye
Greyblades2 (Replaced Motep)
landlubber
Nictel
pevergreen
Sasaki Kojiro2 (Replaced Yaseikhaan)
Skooma Addict


Dead: 36/47
a completely inoffensive name - Professor E. Gadd (IDFH Survivalist)
AntiKingWarmanCake88 - Diddy Kong (IDFH Survivalist)
robbiecon - Trace (GF Survivalist)
Choxorn - GF Mechanic (GF Survivalist)
Reenk Roink - Pit (IDFH Survivalist)
Greyblades - Aurora Unit 242 (GF Survivalist)
TinCow - Corrupted Cloud Strife (Phazon Corruption)
autolycus - GF Quarantine Officer (GF Survivalist)
Sasaki Kojiro - Rundas (GF Survivalist)
Secura - Commander Shepard (IDFH Survivalist)
YLC - GF PED Marine (GF Survivalist)
Nightbringer - Noxus (Hero)
Renata - Dark Samus (Phazon Corruption)
Link - Barrett Wallace (IDFH Survivalist)
Winston Hughes - Gandrayda (GF Survivalist)
Beskar - Shadow Peach (Bowser Corruption)
Insanious - Ness (IDFH Survivalist)
Askthepizzaguy - Meta-Ridley (Space Pirate)
woad&fangs - Sora (IDFH Survivalist)
Jarema - King Dedede (Neutral)
Choxorn2 - K. G. Misawa (GF Survivalist)
Romanic - Knuckles the Echidna (IDFH Survivalist)
Captain Blackadder - Maurice Favreau (GF Survivalist)
Double A - Sylux (GF Survivalist)
Cecil XIX - Master Chief (IDFH Survivalist)
God Emperor - Roll Casket (IDFH Survivalist)
Frozen in Ice - Adam Malkovich (Hero)
ByzantineKnight - Anthony Higgs (Hero)
Ironside - The Deleter (Bowser Corruption)
Glenn - Slippy Toad (Hero)
classical_hero - Samus (Bowser Corruption)
Thefluffyone93 - Weavel (GF Survivalist)
Seon - Amaterasu (Hero)
Yaropolk - Link (Hero)
dcmort93 - Lyle Smithsonian (GF Survivalist)
johnhughthom - Gorea (Omega Weapon)

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Begin Day 10

It's going to be another 36-hour phase. It will end at 6:00 PM EST on Sunday.

I'll have results out ASAP.