Babalu and I hoped out of the Warthog and grabbed all the items we needed, making sure clips were loaded and we had all the necessary items in our knapsacks. I looked through the clear glass doors for any signs of life. Not a single thing moved or made a sound. This could only mean the whole place was crawling with vermin and waiting for us to enter. We slowly opened the entrance doors which made a very sharp creaking sound...as if the museum was very ancient and hadn't been opened in years. There was a control panel on the left wall as we walked in and we clicked/moved the switches a few times but nothing happened. "Looks like the power is gone. We'll have to find a backpack source or something" I told my partner. We pulled our flashlights out of our backpacks and held it in our hand along with a pistol in the other. Since we were in the front lobby I went over to the Information booth and tried turning on the computer but to no avail as it didn't turn on. Rummaging through the table with scattered financial papers and check-in statements, I found a little pamphlet giving us a layout of the museum. I opened it up and searched for the Ancient Egypt exhibit. The directions were as the following:
Information Desk --> make right to Ice Age exhibit--> take elevator to second floor --> Go straight through the Colonial Period exhibit --> take another right to the Jurassic Period Exhibit --> Make a left and enter the Ancient Egypt exhibit
Looking through the information booth one last time for anything useful the only thing I picked up was some scissors, a granola bar, a pack of matches, a pack of gum, and a pen. Normally nothing useful in our predicament, but you never know right? Once we both got out of the booth we found three different entrances leading to a various exhibit. I found the sign saying "Ice Age Exhibit" on the right hallway and me and Babalu opened the doors and entered the huge exhibit. Just from where we were standing I could see across the huge area and noticed how it took upon the appearance of the Ice Age by having some blue icy looking tiles and plainness looking scenery. Scanning thoroughly I saw a little patch of vegetation and scrummaged through it just in case something was there. Low and behold I found a GREEN HERB! I put it away for later use in my knapsack. Babalu was looking through and examining all the fake creatures.
QUOTE ("Babalu")
"Hey Logan, how awesome would it be to have one of these Sabertooths?! Instead of taking it out for a walk, you could just ride it and go big game hunting!"
I just laughed and shook my head. "Yeah too bad they're extinct and the closest shot you have is this stuffed one" We moved on and stuck side by side as we trekked through the Ice Age area. So far nothing went wrong and we neared towards the end of the lobby. For once it looked like we could be on our way without something crawling up our rear. But of course there is always something.
QUOTE (Babalu)
"Hey you hear that little...clicking sound? Sounds like Chirping..?"
"Yeah that is strange..I think it's coming from over there" I pointed to a scenario in which Two Caveman had taken down a giant buffalo of some sorts. There was even a blood pool on the floor that made it look fresh. Some pretty neat special effec---
Wait a minute....
We slowly walked over with our flashlights held low and as we got closer I saw what looked to be a lone arm...a human arm....and then
It was like a great big brown oval with a single black spot on top of it. It had six legs and what looked to be antennas on it's forehead. And it was eating away at what was formerly a human torso.
QUOTE ("Babalu")
"Holy kitten dude, its a kittening cockroach!!! A mutant cockroach of all things! These bastards have been around ever since the freaking dinosaurs!"
Not only was he talking too loud but Babalu made the faint mistake of shining his light on the giant insect which instantly attracted its attention. But unlike normal cockroaches which would typically run away, it's big red eyes glared at us both and began to ..hiss? as it barred its teeth. "What the hell is this thing?!?" Babalu didn't waste a second and unloaded his clip into the thing as it simply squirmed and yellowish guts splatted to the floor.
QUOTE (Babalu")
Jesus Christ I don't want to mess with something like that. I HATE bugs. Seriously thank God it wasn't a freaking spider, but no way in hell do I want to deal with more of these things.
And as if on cue, we heard more chirping and turned around to see what looked like fourteen pairs of red eyes staring directly at the both of us. "I hope you brought a can of raid..."