FILE_048 : PUPPETMASTER

Class: Entity

FILE_048_001: Interview with Sergeant XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX from Recon Sector Team 3 on 12/18/2006.


I’ve told you so much about it already. Why do I have to keep talking about this?

It’s just for the report. We need to understand what went wrong in case this happens again.

What went wrong? You and the rest of the Research Sector sent us into a nightmare. We were bait and you know it! Stop acting like this was a cute little science project.

We understand that you are upset. It was a traumatic experience and none of us could have known the risk. We have never seen anything like this before.

No. No-no-no. No. A cargo container got breached. When that happens, we send a xxxxxxx drone to check it out. You guys knew something was different this time and you sent my team in there instead! God…you don’t even xxxxxxx care…

Please, calm down and mind your language. We are all very upset about the state of your Recon Team. You are free to go once you give us the details we are missing.

Fine. You have that one shot from Philip’s body cam?

Yes. This is the frame, correct?

FILE_048_002: Frame from body camera of Sgt. Aidan Philip during investigation of Container XVX-455 on 12/24/2006

Yeah, this is it. xxxx…I can’t even look at it.

Can you explain what is on the floor?

That’s the xxxxxxx demon, Segall.

Please do not use my name. This is being recorded. Continue.

When we found the container, the door was ripped open. It was a mess in there, but nothing even close to the horror scene in that photo.

Who discovered the creature first?

It was Philip. He saw something on the wall and shined his flashlight on it. Maybe that thing got agitated from the light. I don’t know. Everything turned to chaos in two seconds.

Philip just started firing and when I turned around, the whole wall was covered in that red stuff. He got swarmed by it first, and then Marston, too.

That thing was moving and expanding so fast I didn’t know where to shoot. Its body was covering the room. See those tentacle things in the background?

What exactly happened to Philip and Marston when they were attacked?

It squeezed them, I think. But…it was holding them up…

Holding them up?

Yeah, like…puppets. You can see in the photo. That person on the right is Philip. One of the tentacles was holding his body and walking him around the room. It held his body right up to Sorrin’s face. Scared the life out of him…he got grabbed too. That thing was like…playing with us. It was a mockery.

After that, Milan and I ran for it. The few seconds it took for the emergency lock to close was xxxxxxx excruciating. But…it didn’t chase after us.

What was it doing as you left? Did it seem to be consuming the deceased?

No…It was still playing with them.

I see. Thank you for cooperating today.

Whatever. I wanna see that container in ashes. I have access to the file on Container XVX-455. If you guys don’t blow that xxxx to pieces in a few days, I’m gonna do it myself.

We will decide further action. You are free to go Sergeant Thomas.

Glad my deep trauma could help with your study session. What’s with you Research Sector guys? Talk like a xxxxxxx human.

Sgt. XXXXXX leaves the room.


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