Valley of Death
Sequel to 'No More Running'
Prologue
Leon could almost see the line of bullets fired from RepliClaire's rifle, he moved out of the way. The first round zipped past his head, the second tore past his arm. RepliClaire saw the buckshot come straight at her, she moved with the same speed as Wesker and dodged the shot. The pellets flew past her and struck a UT square in the chest, knocking him back a few feet. Chris flicked the switch on his gun to semi auto and fired off three shots, taking down two UT's. Barry fired from his hip, the large gun's barrel flared as it shot out bullet after bullet.
7 UT's went down as black ooze exploded out of their chests and backs. Ark fired a grenade at a large cluster of UT's, the grenade hit the ground at their feet, propelling them into the air and smacking into trees. Kevin turned his gun sideways and fired his rifle, the upkick from the gun pushed it from left to right. David and Hunk ran for cover behind Hunk's Bronco. Barry, Chris and Carlos took cover behind Barry's Explorer. Leon and Billy took cover behind George's BMW.
Everybody was exchanging gunfire and the UT's were losing. Their numbers started with 300 were reduced to 203 and their numbers continued to drop. Suddenly a whoosh was heard and one of the APC's exploded. Claire stood in the doorway, toting a Predator SRAW rocket launcher. Claire chuckled to herself. "CLAIRE GET YOUR ASS BACK IN THE HOUSE" Leon bellowed at her. Claire dropped the empty launcher and ran back in the house, not before closing the door behind her.
The UT's were having problems. In the effort to make them smarter, they didn't realize they gave them a certain human emotion: self-preservation. Two UT's were trying to hide behind a tree that only had enough room to hid one of them, one of them pushed the other out into the open who was quickly cut down by automatic gunfire.
One of the APC's cannons swivelled around until it sighted in George's BMW. "Uh-Oh." Leon and Billy said at the same time. Both men ran for more cover as the shell from the cannon hit the side of the BMW, the car was launched several feet into the air before it came crashing down. The UT's forces were still being drastically cut down despite the fact they outnumbered their enemy. RepliClaire muttered to herself as she loaded a buckshot grenade into the M203 tube. "I knew these things were fucking useless"
She closed the chamber and shot out from behind her cover: her Hummer. Leon finished reloading his shotgun and sprang out from his cover as well. He unfolded his metal stock and pressed it against his shoulder. Both Leon and RepliClaire ran at each other, both firing their guns at each other, snow fell around them, bullets flew every which way. Leon's shotgun clicked empty, the sound barely audible above the gunfire. Leon tossed the gun in the air and caught it by the barrel. RepliClaire's gun clicked empty as well. Her hand went down to the grenade launcher. Leon hit her in the jaw with the metal stock, her head snapped to her right.
The grenade launcher went off, the pellets from the oversized shotgun round tore thru Leon's right pant leg. Leon fell to the ground and started combing the hole, probing for the wound. By some miracle, the pellets missed their target. Leon stood up and drew a handgun from his belt: a SIG P220 Equinox .45. RepliClaire pulled out a Glock 21 .45 as well. Leon pointed the gun at her but she grabbed his wrist and turned the gun outward, at the same time Leon grabbed her wrist and pointed it outward as well.
Both of them fired off their clips while struggling with each others guns. RepliClaire kneed Leon in the stomach, Leon head butted her. RepliClaire dropped her gun and sucker punched Leon, Leon stumbled back and dropped his empty gun, he ran back to cover as did RepliClaire. Suddenly there were sounds of screaming coming from inside the house. "Claire." Leon breathed as he ran back into the house, Chris and Hunk not far behind. Leon saw a UT in the kitchen, Leon brought his shotgun up and fired. The UT was propelled onto the counter then exploded in a bubble of black goo, spraying the tar like substance everywhere. "Claire's gonna kill me." Leon muttered. Leon, Chris and Hunk ran downstairs to the safe room, several more UT's were in the safe room, the door was blown open. Chris and Hunk made quick work of them, the only people in the safe room were Jim who was hit and George who was tending to his wounds.
Meanwhile outside, a troop transport truck roared past the line of cars from behind the house. The flap came up and Claire appeared. "Leon! Chris! Help!" Someone dragged her back and the flap closed. The remaining UT's boarded the trucks and took off. Ark fired a grenade into the back of one of the troop transports and it exploded spreading flames and black goo everywhere.
Leon, Chris and Hunk ran back outside, Barry jogged up to them. "They got Claire again." Leon ran for the garage. "They got the girls!" Leon yelled as he pulled open the doors, Chris put a hand on his shoulder. "Listen to me! We're going to get them back. I promise!" Leon shook his head. "No, this time it's personal!" Chris shook his head as well. "You're right about that: Cause we're a family. Remember?" Leon nodded. Chris patted his shoulder. "We need to find out where they're going."
End Prologue
Not much of a prologue but I hope this interests you all.
