"What the hell is that?" Jill shrieked as a large, hulking creature emerged from the corner in front of her. The thing looked inhumanly strong, presumably one of Umbrella's experiments. It wore a hood over its rotting head. The thing dragged a large, bladed anchor-shaped weapon across the rough stone floor. Jill sent a few rounds from her MP-5 into the vulnerable-looking, bulb-shaped appendage attached to the creature's shoulder. A loud crack resounded through the filthy hallway as the B.O.W released a low growl from its throat as it seemed to stop moving. Her gaze went from the thing's bulb to its face, realizing the thing's eyes had gone wide. The beast toppled over like a broken stone pillar, revealing her partner Chris Redfield standing behind the beast, clutching an M-3 combat shotgun.
"Nice shot, Chris" she said with a smile.
"All part of the job." He replied quickly. He looked up from his gun, only to see Jill absentmindedly staring at the corpse. "Come on. The faster we get the hell outta here the faster we get back to Raccoon City." Chris re-informed her.
"Oh joy" came the grim, sarcastic reply. "Well, let's get moving" Jill said, standing up, her stare never leaving the body. The pair stepped over the giant corpse, careful not to trip over the thick legs. They began trudging through the cloudy, brown water once more. Without warning a zombie, thin and gray-skinned, burst from the water, grabbing hold of Jill's shoulders. "Get this fucking thing off me!" she yelled to Chris. Immediately a machete zipped past her ear, burying itself in the face of the man-eater. The things grip on her shoulders released quickly, and Jill placed a powerful kick right in its chest. Chris pulled his machete back, and returned it to the sheath.
"Damn him. Wesker really knows how to piss me off sometimes" Chris stated as he pulled out a First-Aid spray. "Look, I can see the tunnel entrance from here. Let's move". Again they set out, heading in the direction of the train. They moved briskly, trying to get out of the underground pathway as fast as possible. After another thirty yards of walking through water, they were able to step onto the cold, metal platform of the train. They reached the train, relieved to be finally leaving. Chris navigated his way to the front car, searching for the controls. "Ah, here they areā¦" Chris whispered to himself. Now to just put this in 'forward', and we'll be on our way.
The train jolted to life, jerking and jostling like a rodeo bull. They began moving back towards The Hive in high-speed, somewhat relieved to be leaving the hidden levels of the Spencer Estate, but somewhat grim to be returning to the horrors of The Hive.
"Hello? Come in Umbrella Squad Echo. Alice? Anyone?" Jill said into the train's built-in radio. They had been using the radio to keep in touch with the team back in The Hive. A crackly voice came back over the radio.
"Hello? Jill? Is that you? Thank God. Everything's fine down here in The Hive. Thing is, it's only Rain and I left. Kaplan had to sacrifice himself so e could get away from the initial horde. Please hurry. Alice out." The radio signal went dead. Jill slammed her fist down on the metallic desk.
"Damn it!" she yelled angrily. "Chris, how close are we to The Hellhole- I mean 'Hive'?" Jill asked nervously. The train halted to a sudden stop.
"You still need me to answer that?" came Chris' reply. They stepped hastily out of the train and onto the platform. "You reloaded?" Chris asked, turning his head in Jill's direction. She nodded quietly as they opened the sealed doors of The Hive. Jill stepped in front of Chris as the doors slid open slowly, revealing an acrid smell of rotting flesh. Almost immediately a zombie came rushing at Jill, who in turn dug her knife into the temple of her attacker, planted a karate kick in his chest, and ripped her knife out of the corpses' head. The zombie fell to the ground, dead. Just to confirm it was dead, Chris came forward and stomped the zombie's head. Blood began to pool underneath the sole of his boot. They began to walk down the white hallway, and ducked behind two corners of an intersection. Jill peeked around her corner and saw the Licker, which terrified her out of her mind. She gathered her courage and threw an Incendiary Grenade at it. The grenade exploded, giving the signal to open fire on the Licker. Shots rang out from Jill's MP-5 and Chris' M3 shotgun, echoing off the walls. The Licker turned its head in the general direction of the S.T.A.R.S members as the bullets penetrated its soft, rotting flesh. The body was on fire when Jill and Chris walked by.
"Chris, take the left and search for Rain, Alice, and any survivors. I'll take the right." Jill said firmly. Chris nodded, and began to walk off. "Oh, and one more thing, don't hesitate to open fire on anything that attacks you, alright." she called over her shoulder.
