Resident Evil: The Chaos Ensues
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Resident Evil, nor do I own much of anything.
The hallway was dark, but she liked them that way. It made it easier to sneak around unnoticed. She winced as the floor creaked below her feet. She could hear her breathing in the silence of the darkness. She looked up and saw a light down at the end of the hall. Hesitating slightly, she moved toward it. She could hear sounds coming from the room, splashing, gurgling, and the sound of footsteps. She walked more slowly, tried to breathe more quietly. She gathered her courage and moved farther toward the light.
"You're losing your skill Kelly, I heard you coming from down the hall." A voice called from inside the room.
Damn.
"Aw, come on Greg, seriously? Am I really getting that bad at sneaking up on you? I used to be so good at it." Kelly asked.
"Well, it also helps that I could see you coming down the hall in the mirror. But hey, I'll give you credit for trying." Greg replied, smiling. Kelly slapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Did you put Jamie and Tara to bed yet?" Kelly asked as she walked toward the twins' room.
"Yeah. And I left the window open; it's hot in there, and you know how hard it is for the twins to sleep when it's hot. Maybe I'll put the fan on in our room too. You coming to bed?" Greg moved toward their bedroom.
"I'm just going to kiss the kids good night and I'll be right there." Kelly said. She went to the door to the twins' room and softly pushed the door open. She could hear shuffling coming from the open window.
Probably Tara trying to get a peek out the window. I'll just-
"Ow! Dammit." Kelly swore under her breath. Her foot had hit something on the ground, probably one of the Jamie's toys, and she had almost fallen, stumbling instead into the twins' bedside table. She clicked the lamp on.
Her scream pierced the night like a gunshot. She was staring down at the bed where her twins' were laying, except these were not her twins. These were horribly mangled bodies, without a trace of life in them, looking as if life had never been in them. Kelly looked down and saw what she had thought was Jamie's toy was actually Jamie's head. It stared up at her with wide eyes and a gaping mouth; blood was seeping across the carpet.
"Honey, what happened?" Greg yelled as he ran into the room. He saw the shapes in the crib. "What the hell?!"
The creature that had been hiding behind the crib made its move.
***
"How many this time?" Detective Rivers asked police chief Bettis. Bettis was large, bald, and short-tempered. Unfortunately he was also in charge of the police force for Green City.
"Four. Two adults, and two children. Jesus, this is the 8th attack this week. Have we any clue as to who is attacking these people?" Bettis inquired.
"None whatsoever. All the killers apparently disappeared as soon as the murders were committed. Sounds like another Raccoon City. Probably a copycat, definitely not the real thing." The detective replied.
Bettis motioned for the detective to follow him over away from the cops inspecting the scene.
"Okay honestly Jake, what are we looking at here? The public is not going to stay calm forever. Dammit, we've got to start doing something about this!" Bettis pleaded desperately.
"Rob, calm down. We've got the whole thing under control. This won't turn into another Raccoon City. These murderers will be caught and brought to justice. You just have to trust that we'll get the job done." Rivers said calmly to Bettis.
"Maybe we should get the S.T.A.R.S in on this…" Bettis began.
"No!" Rivers yelled, then lowered his voice quickly. "I mean, come on Rob. Do you really want the S.T.A.R.S involved in something like this? The public thinks S.T.A.R.S deals with only the really big cases. If they got involved, the whole city would think that there was a national emergency or something. Do you really want that on your hands? Just hold off on the S.T.A.R.S for now. We'll find the murderers before they're even needed." Rivers explained. He looked rather alarmed.
"Alright, fine. I won't call them just yet. But you better be damn sure we don't need them now, or it'll be your head on my plate when the city starts pulling me apart." Bettis snarled. He walked off to join the investigation. Rivers hung back and gave a sigh of relief.
We can't have those meddling S.T.A.R.S in here yet. It's too early in the developmental stages for them to be called in. Just a little longer until I hear from-
"Detective Rivers!"
"Coming, I'm coming." Rivers snapped out of his thoughts. He ran over to the cop who had called him. "What is it, you find anything?"
"Yessir."
Rivers looked down where the man was pointing. He saw the body of one of the children, but it was so badly mauled that he couldn't tell if it was human.
"Look at the bite marks here, they look human to you?" The cop asked.
"No they look like…wait a second, they DO look human! What the hell? Are we talking cannibalism here? What kind of sicko murders a family and then eats them?" Rivers asked in a voice he hoped sounded surprised.
These morons are too stupid to connect this with what the guys in the lab are cooking up. Since the project in Raccoon went up in smoke, we needed somewhere to continue the research. This was the closest place with an area big enough to house a facility big enough for the labs.
"Sir! We've just got news! There was another attack on the other side of town. Marks on the victims resemble those found on all previous victims." Another cop reported.
Looks like the tests are going well already.