Where to Run
Chapter 1: Spencer Estate
Chris fired two more shots into the darkness that surrounded him. Where was the rest of Alpha?
"Jill!" Chris yelled.
No answer. Chris sprinted towards the Spencer Estate. Maybe they were there already. Behind him the monstrous dogs from before were fighting over one of the Bravo team members, Kenneth Sullivan. Poor guy.
"AAAAHHHH."
Chris jumped at the sound of the scream. That sounded like… Chris' eyes widened in fear and surprise. Claire! What was she doing out here? Chris skidded to a stop and listened. Where are you Claire?! A bush behind Chris moved. Chris spun around and aimed his gun at the bush.
"Come out with your hands up!"
There was a moaning sound and then the bush moved again. A man dragged himself towards Chris.
"Stay back."
The man ignored Chris completely. Chris gagged at the smell of rotting flesh. What is this thing? Chris shot the thing. There was a gargling sound then nothing. Chris stumbled back and heaved a sigh.
"Someone help!"
Chris jumped to his feet. I have to find her… He glanced on last time at the rotting man then took off running. He needed to find Claire.
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Claire pushed the rotting man away.
"Get away from me!" she screamed.
Another rotting person came at her. She kicked it in the chest. "What are these things?!" What had she gotten herself into? She had been separated from Bravo. She prayed Rebecca and the other's were okay. How this had happened, Claire didn't know.
"Look out!"
Claire spun around in time to see a big bulky man shoot one of the things.
"Get down!"
Claire hit the deck just as the man shot the other three rotting things. "Are you alright?" Claire smiled, jumped up and hugged the man.
"Chris!" Claire said happily
"Are you okay? Where's Bravo team?" Chris asked.
"I'm fine… I was separated from Bravo… I think they went to the Spencer Estate" Claire replied.
Chris nodded and kissed Claire forehead. "C'mon Claire let's go. Stay close," he said. Claire nodded.
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Leon shook his head. "We have to find Claire. Chris will kill me if his kid sister gets hurt," he said. Rebecca smiled at him.
"Chris would never kill you," she said. "He'd just make your life miserable."
Leon glared at Rebecca. "I would rather him kill me," he said. Rebecca smile and turned towards Jill.
"What should we do?" she asked.
"Wait," she replied. "Claire and Chris can take care of themselves."
"I hope your right…" Leon said.
"I've known Chris for a few years, Leon, he can take care of himself." Jill said.
"I wasn't talking about Chris." Leon said.
Rebecca took Leon's hand in hers and smiled. "Claire can take care of herself. You know that," she said. Leon nodded. "When did you and Claire meet?" Leon smiled.
"Before this all happened," he said motioning towards the Arklay mountains and the Estate. "Claire and I were dating. We had met at a diner. I had been with a few of my friends and Claire was there with her brother, Chris. I had gotten in a fight with some punk that was hitting on Claire."
Leon paused and grinned as the memory came flooding back to him.
"Claire had stepped in and broken up the fight. She stitched up my cut… And I guess we hit it off. I made a promise with her brother to take care of her… Then things went bad… Chris went missing and Claire went to find him… This mission was the first time I'd seen her in a year…"
Jill nodded. She seemed bored with the story. Rebecca was more interested. "You beat someone up because he was hitting on Claire?" Rebecca asked. Leon nodded.
"Threw a glass at him to get his attention," he said with a grin.
"What did he hit you with?" Jill asked.
"A bat." Leon told her. "Right under the eye. Split the skin right open."
"You must have been a great boyfriend." Jill muttered.
Rebecca sighed. "Stop," she said. "So Leon… You and Claire aren't dating?" Leon shook his head.
"I'm staying single…" Leon said. "Claire has moved on I haven't."
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Chris nodded towards the door. Claire un-holstered her gun and stood in front of the door. Chris fingered the knob. He held up three fingers and mouthed, "Three… Two.. One." Chris pulled the door open.
"Holy crow!"
Claire lowered her gun. "Leon!" She cried. Leon smiled and nodded. Claire ran to him and hugged him. "It's so good to see you."
"I'm glad your okay." Leon said.
"Jill, where are the others?" Chris asked.
"Barry went to find a phone Billy is somewhere around here… We don't know what happened to Wesker." Jill told him.
"What about the rest of Alpha? Bravo?" Chris asked.
"You, Barry and I are the only ones left from Alpha. Rebecca is the only from Bravo." Jill replied.
Chris nodded and turned to Leon. "If you lose my sister one more time you going to wish you were dead." He said. Leon nodded.
"Sorry. When those dogs attacked us we were split up." Leon said.
"Dogs?" Chris asked.
"They looked like those people that you saved me from, Chris." Claire said.
"What were those things?" Chris asked.
Jill shrugged. "Could be anything. They were human but…. They were rotting but… I don't know Chris." Jill said. Chris patted Jill's shoulder.
"Don't worry," he said. "We'll figure out what they are."
Jill kissed Chris on the cheek. "As long as we can get out of here," she said. Chris nodded.
"Jill, hey Jill!"
Everyone turned towards the voice. It was Barry. Barry smiled when he saw Chris and Claire.
"Hey! You two made it!"
"Hey Barry." Chris said.
Barry hugged Claire. "I'm glad your okay kid," he said. "I couldn't find a phone… Sorry Jill." Jill nodded.
"No worries, Barry." Jill said.
"Barry where's Billy?" Rebecca asked.
"I'm right here."
Rebecca jumped. "Geez Billy! Don't do that!" Rebecca yelled. Billy smiled and moved so he was standing next to Rebecca.
"Sorry cutie," He said.
"No Billy." Rebecca said.
Chris sighed. "Alright get in pairs of two and split up. We meet back here. Does everyone have a com?" Everyone nodded. Leon got with Claire. Chris got with Jill. Billy got with Rebecca.
"Barry can you take it alone?" Billy asked.
"Hey I may be old but I can still fight." Barry said.
Chris smiled. "Alright lets go," he said. The groups split up. Not knowing what was lurking around every corner.
