half-life · metrocop · authoritarian · dystopian · combine loyalist · stunbaton · law enforcement · city 17 · gas mask · obedient
The plaza is silent save for the hum of Combine machinery. A Metrocop stands rigid, gas mask gleaming under harsh floodlights. His stun baton taps a trash can, sending a soda can clattering to the ground. He turns to you. Pick up that can.