Resident Evil:

Survivalism

Disclaimer: So I don't work for capcom, I don't own any of these characters mentioned excepts for Karthak and Rain (No, its not the Rain from the movies, she's only biased after her attitude;) )

Author note: This is really just to introduce the main character. Trust me the next chapter will be SOOO much better….

Prologue

The rain pattered on the young girl's hair, as she jogged down the road which leads away from Jerome. Her eyes darted from left to right, searching for any sign of the ever lurking danger. She lived in Cottonwood Arizona, and had met some friends at the park, when the attack happened. There had been rumors of cannibalistic people going around, mauling and dismembering there victims while eating them, and once they were finished, they became zombies, and she had finally witnessed it first hand.

She had been switching between a run and a jog for nearly a half an hour, and was nearly to old town when she noticed a nice blue dodge ram pickup truck in the ditch along side the road. She wasn't exactly the "innocent" fourteen year old, she had been behind the wheel on a daily basis, and hot wired her fair share of cars.

She cautiously approached the truck, and peered inside, only to find that it was empty. She looked hopefully in the cab for keys in the ignition, only to have disappointment, but none the less, she popped the hood, and began to hotwire the truck the way her older brother had taught her using a screwdriver and messing around with the starter. Eventually, it grumbled to life and she slammed the hood before climbing into the cab of the truck.

She flipped down the visor to check herself in the mirror, when something and heavy landed in her lap. She gingerly looked down, only to find that a set of keys with one for the truck had fallen into her lap.

"Well, that would have been much easier." She placed the keys into the ignition, and drove out of the ditch towards her home.

The drive wasn't much longer than a half an hour. She was a runaway, and hoped that her parents weren't home, so she could grab some stuff before leaving.

The driveway didn't have any cars in it, but just to be on the safe side, she parked in the driveway next door, before sneaking into her bedroom window.

She hurriedly grabbed some clothes, and went into the kitchen, and shoved nearly all the food and drinks they had into a separate duffel bag. Before going to the photo album and grabbing a few of her favorite pictures. She then walked over to her phone, and picked up the receiver before dialing her best friends number.

"Karthak? It's me, Rain. Listen I think its time to put our zombie plan into action. Meet me at the spot, and I'll tell you the rest."

With that, she hung up, and walked toward the door. With a sigh, she took one last good look at her childhood home before walking out the door for the last time.

Chapter 1

Bloodwork

It had been three years since that day, and the memory of it was still as fresh as the sand that seeped through Rain's fingers. She leaned against the same pickup truck that had served them so well, while Karthak was busy striking up the fire that was to keep them warm during the chilly night until they went to bed. The gentle wind toyed with her blood red hair softly as she looked out over the desert wasteland. The evening glow of dusk painted a perfect picture across the landscape that reflected the sky above.

"You okay?" he asked, taking a seat beside her.

"Yeah, just thinking." She said as she tossed a small pebble into the now roaring flames.

"About you family?" he asked bluntly, making her head snap his direction. "I can always tell, because you get this distant, almost longing look in your eyes every time you think of them. Come on Rain, if you didn't expect me to notice something like that after seven years of being next to you in the cab of a pickup truck, you've got bigger issues than I imagined."

She hit him playfully on the arm, as the two burst into fits of chuckles. When they settled down Rain said quietly. "I just wonder sometimes what happened to them that's all. If they made it out of Cottonwood alive like we did or if…" She paused, swallowing hard.

Karthak placed a gentle hand around her shoulder. "Listen to me. You can't dwell on the past if you plan to survive this. I know it gets harder every day, but neither of us can survive without the other, you and I both know that to be a fact." She looked into his icy blue eyes, as he returned it in her green. "Rain, you know I grew up an orphan, and then you came into my life, and showed me what it was like to have a true friend. I promise you that as long as I live and breathe, no harm will come to you. Hell, we even made a zombie plan together, so I'm kinda stuck with you."

That earned him another punch, as the two chuckled. Then Karthak held out his fist. "Woot?"

"Woot." She pounded it, in there secret oath to there friendship. "I'm hungry." She then got to her feet, and began to search under the backseat for some food.

The entire cab was basically there living space. The back seat was folded into a bed when they were parked for the night, and was accommodated with the simple accessories of three blankets, and two big, fluffy pillows each. Underneath, Karthak managed to rig it so that there was a basket for all there duffel bags that healed there food, first aid and clothing. The front seat was a bench seat that was rather comfy, if neither felt like sharing the back seat. The bed of the truck was strictly for gas, the tool box, water jugs, camping gear the solar generator and a few lights.

Rain managed to pull out two bags of Jalapeño Cheddar Cheetos, and tossed one to Karthak before nuzzling down beside the fire.

As she munched on one of the Cheetos Karthak murmured quietly into her ear. "Happy Birthday, Rain."

She jumped, then began to cough and nearly spilled her food, which was like gold these days. "What did you say?"

Karthak looked confused. "Happy Birthday, Rain?"

"Karth, my Birthday isn't for another couple of months."

"No, I've been keeping track of the years. You turn seventeen today."

"How the fuck, do you do that?" She asked her brows crinkled.

"I know when the leap years are and such. It's December 11th 2007." He proudly declared.

"Sure as hell doesn't feel like it." Rain muttered. "I can't believe its been three years already. It feels much longer."

"Well, at least we've still got each other."

The rest of the night went by slowly as they kept guard for the undead. Finally, about three hours after dark, the two crawled into the pickup and fell asleep with the doors locked, and everything prepared for a quick getaway as always.

Rain opened the window of the truck, took aim with her sniper rifle and fired catching one of the zombies near a man with a jump suit in the head. The man looked up to see where the cover fire was coming from and realized it was her, then with a happy wave, he turned and ran off.

Suddenly her arm was grabbed by a cold hand. "Huh?" She looked down and Karth was pulling himself up from the bed. "Karth you should be...!" She saw his eyes. Her heart and stomach seemed to drop to the floor.

He was one of them.

UGHHHH...

His hot breath washed over Rain's face, which was odd because he didn't seem to be breathing, as he pulled her to the floor. Rain fell on her back, but put both of her hands on his chest to push him away. His power hadn't waned one bit since he turned and he was getting closer.

She cried out as Karthak inched closer and closer to her. His drool pelting off her exposed neck that he wanted to feast on. His cold wet lips touched her neck, twitching at the taste of flesh. Tears rushed from her eyes, down her face as she screamed for her life, and the loss of her only friend.

BAM!

Rain shot straight up in the bed, grabbing the pistol she kept under her pillow, she took a deadly aim at the window directly in front of her. There snarling, and biting at the window was one of the undead that haunted her to this very day. The pickup suddenly roared to life, as she looked to the driver seat to see Karthak at the wheel.

"Hang on!" He shouted as the truck leaped to life, and began speeding away into the starry night, running carelessly over corpses, then entire time chanting "Shit! Fuck, fuck, fuckity!"

The truck sped on over the sandy road, some where in southern Iowa, heading straight, no particular destination in mind and sure as hell not planning to stop for quite a while. The trip was bumpy, and rather uncomfortable, but both had been through worse.

Much worse.

Rain reached behind her, and draped a warm blanket over her shoulders. Neither spoke, as the noise of the engine filled the cab. Rain was afraid to speak, as she looked over at the tall, dark haired boy in the seat next to her. He was her best friend, brother, partner and defender. They walked in the shadows of hell together, and she only wanted to survive if he was next to her, and that dream had made that point all too clear.

"I think we've lost em for a while." He said yanking Rain out of her thoughts as he looked in his side mirror. She could only nod.

It wasn't uncommon for her to have nightmares, and she hadn't had a full nights rest in only god knows how long. 'That was probably when I was 12 or 13.' She thought to herself.

Karthak met her gaze, and wrapped his arm around her, and she curled up next to the crook of his side. "You okay kiddo?"

Once again, she could only nod. "It was just another dream."

He nodded, knowingly. Every time she had a dream, it was always about him joining the cult of the undead. He never pushed for the details, unless it was a new dream, which didn't happen very often, but he always had that magical way of calming her down, and bringing her back to reality.

"I think you'd better let me have that back." He said, taking the magnum from her hand. She smiled, at the fact that she hadn't even realized she still held it. Karthak gingery placed it on the dash, as they passed an old speed limit sign.

Curious, Rain looked over to see that they were going so far past the limit they would have had there license suspended even though neither had it, and it was considered reckless driving when your going nearly fifty over.

But that was before the world was over run by a real life 28 Days Later.

"So, how did you get up here so fast?"

"I woke up when you began tossing and turning, that's when I noticed a Zombie really close to the truck so I hopped up here, and that's when you went all 00Zombie on them."

She laughed, then stiffed a yawn. "Get some rest. I'll be fine."

"You sure?" She asked, through another yawn.

"Yeah, just sleep." With that said, she crawled into the back seat, were she fell asleep to the sound of the engine going down the road.