"Word of advice," Gordon murmurs as he eases the other corpse off to the side. "If you manage to break the masks or helmets open, don't look inside."

His preferred weapon against Combine close-in is the shotgun. The first time he used it on one, it revealed more of the Combine modifications than he wanted to see.

But there will be time to be disturbed later. Right now they've got to get on the move and sweep everything with a pulse that isn't wearing a lambda out of this place.