I stare at the gun in my hand as the elevator ascends to the top of the tower. I sigh as my bangs covers my eyes in a complete shadow hiding any emotion from my friend Moira.
'Why Neil... Why... I thought..."
"Claire. Are you going to be Okay?" I break out of my thoughts as I turn to look at the brunette.
"Yeah... I'll be fine." I remove the empty clip and replace it with a new one. From the corner of my eye I see Moira turn around and look at the wall behind us. I face her before turning around as the elevator comes to a stop. "Time to meet the cause of our misery." The elevator doors open and I raise my gun up in front of me. I begin to walk out but stop when Moira hesitates to come out. I give her a reassuring smile before facing forward with my gun in my hands.
"What is this place?" Moira asks as we begin to walk further in.
"Doesn't matter." I say harshly. "Let's find the Overseer." I look at the device around my left wrist before looking at our surroundings. The walls are covered in glowing panels that gave the room a blue hue. There are bundles of rods and wires going from the ceiling and onto the platform were on. I notice a door to my left with a green light above it. I look at my partner before heading towards the door making a couple of turns before finally reaching it. As I wait for Moira, the door slides open catching me off guard. We slowly enter the new room being careful with where we step. To my left is a panel with a video of an area I've never seen before with two big sluices. I pull the lever on the panel and watch as one of the sluice comes down and stops the water flow. I look at the screen with confusion.
"That sluice changed the direction of the water." I say as I turn around to face the brunette.
"Yeah, but where? I don't recognize the place." I nod my head before looking at the computer storage compartments behind her. I go up to them trying to piece everything together.
"Look at the video feeds." I hear Moira say from across the room. I turn around and walk up behind her noticing the different monitors scattered across the wall. "We've been through most of these areas." She says giving me a worried look. I bring my attention to the two medium sized screens in front of us, displaying both of our mugshots and the cells we woke up in.
"And she's been watching our every step." Moira looks at her wrist with fearful eyes. I place my hand on her shoulder and offer her a kind smile. "Hey, we're going to get out of this, Okay."
"Okay." She gives me a small smile before we head towards the exit of the room. We go through two flights of stairs before entering a bedroom. The room was decorated in shades of gray with some hints of blue. Book shelves lined the whole wall to my left, a queen sized bed was pressed up against the wall, centered with the room and a fish tank built into the wall above it. Two couches, on in the shape of an L, and a small coffee table lay in the center of the room with multiple dressers and nightstands littered in every corner. I walk up to the coffee table and pick up the opened journal.
'Notes on the Transfer Procedure.' I skim through the pages before handing the book to Moira.
"What do you make of it?" She asks after reading it.
"I don't know. I just can't figure the Overseer out." I say before walking up to a fish less fish tank.
"There seems to be something behind it." I get closer to the tank and push it out of the way making the water splash out form the top and onto the floor. Once I pushed it away a lever is revealed. I place my hand on it before looking at Moira. She nods her head motioning me to continue. I pull the lever causing a platform from outside of the room to come down allowing us passage further in.
"Alright, we're through. Let's hurry." I say before walking out and into the new area. We go up three flights of stairs before coming to a room at the center of the building. Once we enter the room, a force field separates us from the Overseer.
"We meet at last." I say as a woman with blonde hair and a white suit appears once a part of the thick shield comes down. Moira comes to stand next to me as the Overseer turns around slowly walking towards us with her arms open like she expects to receive a hug.
"You came all this way just to say goodbye? Oh, I'm touched." She brings her hands down to her sides as she clutches a folder in her left hand. She brings her hand to her chest as she walks in front of me. I look at her wrist and notice her wearing the exact same bracket that Moira and I have except it's still green.
"It's already done. I've conquered fear and earned the right to be a god." She says before walking between us in a taunting manor.
"Come out from behind that glass so I can choke a god." Moira says putting her fists up against the shield.
"All that remains is one final test. One last threshold to cross." The Overseer says stopping for a moment to look at us.
"Is she even listening to us?" I say looking towards my friend. The woman looks in her folder before closing it and drooping it on the floor.
"My brother's escape was death."
'Her brother? She knows Spencer that's for sure. Could her brother be Albert Wesker?'
"And soon it will be mine as well." She then come between us moving her hand behind her back. "I will share his fate. And then I will surpass him." She says bringing a gun out from behind her and pointing it directly at me. I raise my gun and point it at her as Moira flinches away from us.
"What are you trying to do?" Moira asks in a small voice. The room is quiet for a few seconds before she positions the gun to the side of her head.
"...Escape." Once those words left her mouth she pulls the trigger, splashing blood across the glass in front of us.
"...Just like that." I say in a low voice. The room begins to shake as a flashing red light appears all over the room.
"Warning. Confidentiality protocol initiated. Self-destruct sequence of the facility's upper spire will begin immediately. If you are currently situated in an affected area, please remain calm." We here a female voice say over the intercoms. I quickly turn to the door and open it as fast as I could.
"We need to get out of here." Moira says afraid.
"And let the answers die with her? Fine. Back to the elevator. Hurry!" I say upset. We both begin to run and doge falling debris as we try to make our way out of the area.
"I'm not sharing a coffin with that nutjob." I hear her say behind me. The building continues to shake as we finally reach the elevator but it's to late. The elevator begins to spark before rapidly descending and crashing at the bottom. I cover my face when an explosion happens in front of us making a large pipe fall.
"Holy Fuck!" Moira screams.
"There's a passage down below. Find another way through." I say. I look at the fallen pipe and decide that would be the fastest way down. I stand on it and walk my way down stopping at a fallen platform. I look at Moira before we slide down the platform and continue to run. A giant pipe lands in front of me causing me to stop and shield myself and Moira. I quickly regain my composure and continue to head out of the room trying to get to the door at the end of the walkway. Once we reach it, another explosion goes off behind us. I quickly push Moira in shielding her from any debris. When we enter the room, I notice two big generators sparking and glowing red. I look at the fork in our path and decide to go to the right. We go up a few steps before stopping at a giant metal gate with rusted locks and chains. I knife at the locks, breaking them, causing the door to fall backwards shaking the ground more than it already was. We run through and jump off the platform to the one below us. I wait for Moira before we bolt it down the path. I stop for a moment when a high pitch ringing starts up in my ears as my vision begins to get blurry. I look up and notice a box be moved by nothing.
"Somethings wrong." Moira says behind me scared.
"You're right. I can't see it, but there's something in here with us." I say before grabbing an explosive bottle from Moira and throwing it near the moved boxes. When the bottle made contact with the floor, it exploded killing and revealing the creature. It had a disfigured body, the back was lumpy with holes and some sort of mucus seeping out from them. Small wings that shouldn't be able to hold its weight rested on its sides. Its appendages hooked and inhumanly thin and long. But what stood out the most was the female face it had above its lumpy body.
"What else is hiding in here?" Moira says after looking at it.
"Just keep your eyes peeled." I say as we continue our way, being more cautious than ever. We go down one more level before having to choose with path to take. I immediately go for the path on the right, going straight before taking a left revealing our exit to this room. As I approach the door my vision starts to blur again. I grab another explosive and through it in front of me killing another one of those creatures. We run up to the door and open it as quickly as we can causing me to trip and almost fall to my death. The door lead us to the outside of the building.
"Are you kidding me? Nice fucking emergency exit!" Moira exclaims in frustration.
"Protocol phase two initiated. If you are currently in an affected area, you are now authorized to panic." The same female voice from earlier says. I run down some metal bindings with the brunette not far behind.
"Ah, I made it this far." She says as we press ourselves against the wall and carefully and quickly walk on the narrow path.
"We can't let her win!" I scream over the roaring wind. Once our path ends I jump down to the next, spraining my ankle in the process.
"Claire! You alright." Moira asks once she gets down.
"I'll be fine. we gotta hurry." I pull her beside me as I limp across anther thin platform but thankfully it lead to a fuller walk way. I carefully jump off and land on the ground below us grunting in slight pain. Moira comes by my side and helps me up before we continue to run. A fence and some crates block our way. I quickly scan the area looking for anything to help us out in the limited amount of time we have. I notice a makeshift box and run to it. With Moira's help we set up the box, making our escape route possible. Moira goes on top of the crates, before helping me up. Once up we quickly jump down to the other side.
"Hurry!" I exclaim as I run up to another narrow walkway. I press my self against the wall and make my way to the other side.
"I swear to god I'm gonna survive the fuck out of this!" We jump down and over platforms a couple more times before stopping and staring at the giant gap between us and the door. I notice some doors tied to the fence an my right that could create a passage way. I bring Moira to the right where I can hoist her up onto some crates to the other side. She looks at me confused before realizing my plan. We get into position and I push her up the crates hoping she can make it over. Once shes over I quickly make my way back the the other side and wait for the path to be made.
"Hang tight! I'll figure something out." I hear her shout over the explosions. One by one the doors fall down creating a path for me.
"You can make it, Claire. Hurry!" I start to run and jump on the doors, crossing over to the other side. Once at the door I push away a box filled with metal away from the small opening to let her through but another box blocks her path. She begins to push the one in front of her until it hit the one I moved. Once she has space to get out I come to her and pick her up by her arms. I push the door open only to be greeted with more debris and explosions.
"The whole place is coming down!" I hear her say. I look around noticing a wide opening on the side of the building. I pull her by her arm as we continue to make our way across.
"Then race it to the bottom!" We duck under a fallen piece of the wall before stopping when a piece of the ceiling falls right in front of me. Coughing and swiping at the dust in front of me, I try to regain my vision. We continue to run, going on top of a fallen latter before jumping off to the platform bellow.
"Run, run, run, run, RUN!" We continue to run dodging the falling pieces.
"You're gonna make it!" I scream out to Moira. We slide down a platform before we continue to run. The building shakes violently causing more pieces of the ceiling to fall.
"Claire!" I hear Moira scream. Before I have time to react she pushes me away getting crushed by the falling derbies. I lay on the floor for what seem like hours before slowly getting on my knees. I look around trying to find the brunette. I turn to look behind me and my eyes widen in horror.
"Moira!" I crawl to the edge of the platform looking at the gap between me and my friend. Blood is coming out from under her as the rocks press down on her body. I stand up placing my hand onto my wounded side.
"No! Don't you fucking dare." She weakly says.
"Moira. Oh god!" I say as tears stream down my face. I'm getting you out of there!" I say in a broken voice trying to find a way to get to her.
"Go... Claire. Save your... self." She says as I hesitantly walk away, not wanting to leave her. "It's okay... Don't look back." More tears stream down my eyes as I get closer to the opening. I stare down at the water below me as the building shakes violently.
"God help me. " I say completely broken. I sigh before I back up and run, jumping off the ledge and into the water as the tower explodes sending me farther out.
'Moira... I'll come back for you. I promise.' Is the only thing that goes through my mind as I start to lose consciousness.
I eventually wake up to rain drops hitting my face, slightly irritating my eyes. I get up off of my side as I look at my surroundings. Two brick walls are on both sides of me covered in fading paint of a fist in an upside down triangle. Trash and other things are scattered across the floor near the brick wall.
'An alleyway. Great.'
I slowly get up holding my left arm in pain. I look down at my wrist, my eyes widening in fear as I stare at the bracelet's orange glow.
'It's sill active. I need to be careful.'
I quickly look at the floor and see my shotgun laying not to far from where I was. I pick it up and hang it around my left shoulder as I make my way out of the alleyway. I slowly walk towards the opening, being cautious with every step. I place my hand on my outer thigh getting ready to take out my pistol. Once I'm out of the alley I look around the street to see the whole area covered in futuristic technology. The taxi's are self driven, bus stops holding resting stations for androids? Everything seems perfect.
'Where have I been taken to now?'