RESIDENT EVIL
PROJECT-Y
January 5th 2004
The moon lit up the ground nicely, white powdery snow blanketed most of the ground, the wind was mostly still, but the air was bitter cold the stars could be seen brightly, and the sound of a helicopter could be heard in the air. The helicopter ride was bumpy and long, Hawk seemed to bounce back and forth, as the tiny aircraft continually shook. Hawk was just less than six feet tall, his eyes were a light blue, his hair sandy blonde, Hawk was slim, and he had some muscle and he had a lot of agility..
Hawk was nervous, his brow had little beads of sweat it seemed to have gotten hot inside. Hawk knew then wiped away the sweat, he stood up and tried to shake of the feeling. Hawk then looked up at the pilot who was already looking back at him, the man smiled politely and turned his attention back to what was in front of him, six hours left before an incident that could turn America into a disaster area.
It was very odd. The feelings Hawk had. He remembered when he'd left there was no real feeling of concern, or fear, not much anyway, but as time went on, he'd grown nervous, he was scared, scared of what might happen. Hawk looked down on the ground of Siberia, a wasteland by all means to him, nothing out there, nothing around him, he then looked ahead peering into the bleak darkness, regretting the situation. Hawk then looked up front into the helicopter, when the man signaled it was time for him to jump. Hawk then looked out into the darkness once more, and could see lights on inside a building, not to far ahead. He checked his gear once more, and then opened the door, he took a deep breath, and closed his eyes tightly, he then began counting back from five. He stopped at three and jumped.
He was falling quickly down to the ground, there was a quick rush, and he felt a bit strange. He silently counted to himself until he pulled out his parachute. Instantly he was yanked back, and felt an immediate slowdown. Slowly Hawk glided to the ground. As he came down and touched the ground he could hear the crunching under his feet of the white snow.
Hawk looked up ahead and could see the massive building, a lab actually, probably ten stories high. Lights were on in some windows, he could even see people moving by them.
"This is perfect." Hawk mumbled, and then started off to the facility in a light sprint. Hawk ran quickly through the area trying to find an entrance. Cameras were all looking over the area, Hawk moved cautiously and quickly, with all the light out anyone could easily see him. As Hawk surveyed it all, he could see no sentries patrolling the outside, which was odd.
Hawk didn't focus on that too much longer, he just studied the area closely, the best way in seemed to be through a window and from there he could get to the stairs easily. Hawk then got to the side of the lab and crouched low and he reached into his pocket, and grabbed a tiny locket; he squeezed it and made a light prayer.
Hawk thought for a second exactly why he was here. Details were sketchy but he knew the following.
Four hours ago, this military research outpost, occupied by United States scientist was seized and taken over by a group called Red Faction, Hawk knew the leader as Karl Silverman, a known terrorist thought to have some connection with the 2002 U.S. Embassy bombings down in England and France adding five to his career total. Karl's demands were simple, thirty billion dollars and the withdrawing of U.S. troops over in Northern Korea, the consequences for not following the demands would be a missile launch on the West Coast of the United States.
Hawk orders were also simple; he was to see if the possibility of a strike was possible, and if so destroy it. He was also being ordered to recover information from the computer in Lab 2 on floor five in the north end of the complex. Hawk's only communication was via a tiny receiver in his ear, he could only talk to one man, Colonel Todd Marshall, head of the operation.
Hawk carefully, took out three plugs from his vest. He then placed them on the window followed by a forth, he then hit the forth one and the glass shattered into tiny pieces.
"What the hell was that?" Hawk heard a man cry and slowly came to investigate, Hawk then quickly came in through the window and ducked into a nearby closet.
He could hear the guard as he stepped on the glass; "What the hell?" he asked and then Hawk could hear the static sound of the radio and heard the man speak.
"Sir we may have an intruder breach, I've found a possible entrance by the northern hall on the first floor."
"Thanks I'll send a team down immediately." the man over the radio replied. The men sounded American.
Hawk took a deep breath, hopefully the closet wouldn't be checked, and maybe he'd get lucky.
Moments past by when the guards finally came, Hawk's heart rate seemed to jump, he panicked as he listened out, both his adrenaline and breathing also went up, Hawk tried his best to remain silent. A few more moments passed by, they seemed to last forever. Hawk then breathed a big sigh of relief as the guards finally agreed that if there was an intruder, he probably fled before they had gotten there.
Hawk waited for all of the guards to walk off, and once confident he slowly opened the door a crack, and peered out into the hall, no one was there and so he then proceeded to go out, investigating his surroundings as he did he activated the link up.
"I'm in." Hawk then whispered.
"What's your status?" Todd asked.
"I had a somewhat close call but I'm fine, security seems tight, this may be a little harder than intelligence thought but it's weird, there's no security patrolling the outside."
"Don't worry about it Hawk, there's no time for that. Make sure you stay out of sight, you're the only hope we've got, you've only got six hours so hurry up."
"Yes sir." Hawk replied and then ended the conversation.
Todd was a strong principled man, very light hearted, and very dedicated to his job, he was somewhat of an older brother to Hawk, always looking out for him. Hawk felt more relaxed knowing that it was Todd in charge of the mission.
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Hawk carefully checked the area waiting for the first sign of trouble. Once he was certain that he could proceed, Hawk began to walk off. As he walked along the area he had a feeling of anxiety, this was all new to him, no longer just practice, but the real thing, these men would actually try to kill him, and he'd be trying to kill the. His thoughts seem to dwell on that for a few moments.
Hawk found a stair well, and proceeded upward. According to the blueprints Lab one was on the third floor of this building, Hawk carefully and quickly climbed the stairs he made sure to make as little noise as possible.
Elsewhere…
Nicholai stared silently at Karl, he looked deep in thought, something that no longer surprised him, Kyle lightly sighed, and seemed to sneer in frustration, he then looked up at Nicholai, "How many do you think they sent?" he then asked looking up at the ceiling.
Nicholai took a moment to process all he knew and then looked at Karl, maybe five, and that's pushing it, if I know Frank he's just sending in one, he thinks it is something we won't expect.
"So you think Franks just sending in his best trained man, to take all this on?" Karl then questioned not taking his eyes away from the ceiling.
"Yes." Nicholai said without hesitation, it's happened before, is you remember Black Widow?"
"Oh yes, she would be the one exception, but I don't think anyone else would be suited to actually deal with this and if I recall Widow retired a long time ago."
"No she did not." Nicholai then said firmly, "in fact, we have reason to believe she may be in the base."
"What?" Karl then looked at Nicholai surprised by the news.
"Sir, we know it may be a long shot but about two hours ago, we found that there was an open vent leading inside this base."
"No one saw this?" Karl asked irritated, his eyes now locked on Nicholai.
"The guard on duty says that he didn't notice it at all until just an hour ago, but I can say that this is her style."
Karl then stroked his chin a second and looked down, "Nicholai, I want tighter security, especially around Rolland and the bio lab, we can't afford to lose them."
"Yes sir," Nicholai then saluted, and left the room.
Karl then, sat down in a chair behind him, "So the U.S. wants to try and solve this the hard way huh?"
Hawk was now on the third floor, it was a well-lit area, the floor was marble and bare, it had brown walls and the light seemed to be bouncing around.
"Where should I go?" Hawk then asked himself, and looked around the small area to see where the lab was.
It didn't take long to find the lab, the room labeled was in big bold letters on a gray door. Hawk walked up and noticed a tiny control panel, all doors on the base were electronically sealed, but the boys at HQ had prepared him. Hawk took out a small black object from his belt and opened up the control panel, he then hooked up the tiny machine to the panel, and there was a slightly loud beeping sound.
"Jeez!" Hawk whispered aloud and then went silent wondering for a moment if anyone had heard, he then felt a little bit lax, as no one seemed to come.
The door then slowly slid open and Hawk walked in.
The lab was almost pitch black, a little bit of light came in when the door opened but then as it shut behind him it went all dark. Hawk pressed his hand against the wall to see if a light switch was nearby, but couldn't find anything.
Hawk stood still a moment as a slight sound could be heard, shuffling, Hawk looked to see where the sound came from yet he couldn't see in the dark, hawk then began to search one more and then smiled as he finally found it, Hawk then turned on the lights, and almost jumped back as a woman could be seen holding a gun at him, Hawk then shook his head, as he could see that she had on some goggles.
"Not what I need." Hawk grumbled aloud.
"Who the hell are you?" The woman asked looking Hawk over, sizing him up, she looked to be in her early twenties, long dark hair, dark mocha skin, her face very nice, she had a small frame, was attractive and had her long hair black in a pony tail. The woman wore a lab coat with her I.D. on her right pocket, Hawk looked oddly at her, he realized he was sweating a little and so was she, she also seemed to be a little adjective.
"First time huh?" Hawk said nervously trying to sound calm and cool, but he was positive his shaking would give him away.
"First time what?" She then asked, taking her goggles off with one hand holding the gun in the other.
"First time you've ever been put in the situation where you have to shoot someone."
"Don't mess with me." She said trying to act tough but she still seemed to be trembling.
"It's okay." Hawk said nervously thinking of what to do as he stood there with the gun pointed at him, "I'm not exactly a veteran myself."
"Shut up," The woman then ordered. "So who are you with, Nicholai's men?"
"Who the hell is that?" Hawk then asked.
"You're not a terrorist are you?" she then asked lowering her gun.
Hawk breathed a sigh of relief as she seemed to lower the gun. "What makes you think I'm not one Nicholai's men?" he asked curiously.
"Just your look, and the fact that you aren't armed."
"Oh, well then just who the hell are you, a hostage? Are there more?"
"I'm no hostage, I'm one of the remaining scientist stationed at this base, name's Cynthia, Cynthia Williams."
"How many others are there left?" Hawk then asked.
"Just me and Rolland, the others were…" Cynthia then looked down at the ground.
"Jeez, how many were there?" Hawk then asked knowing by the look in her eyes what had become of them.
"Eight, myself included."
"How did you survive?"
"I escaped."
"How?" Hawk asked puzzled.
"Guards were way too loud, I could hear them down the hall so I hid."
"Oh," Hawk said walking up to her, stopping a few feet in front, he then held out his hand, "Give me the gun." he then ordered.
"Huh?" Cynthia asked skeptically.
"You're to shaky, you pause, and you die." As Hawk said this, he was thinking about how he'd cope, he had yet to shoot an actual person, training dummies, and simulated figures was all he'd ever fired at.
"Fine," The woman said giving him the gun, "I guess I can find somewhere to hold out at."
"Good, remember to stay put, Hawk said as he then activated his link up.
"What is it Hawk?" Todd asked.
"I've found a scientist."
"Where?"
"in the lab on the third floor."
"Good, now see if you can get some information out of her." Todd said sounding a little upbeat
"Yes sir." Hawk said ending transmission.
Hawk then looked over Cynthia who seemed to be looking oddly at him.
"Who is that?" She asked.
Hawk hesitated a second but then nodded, "a friend," He then said, "Do you have any information that may be useful?"
It was Cynthia's turn to hesitate now, she the shook her head.
"Listen if you know anything you need to tell me." Hawk then said sensing she was hiding something.
Cynthia paused and the mumbled "forgive me." under her breath, "Do you know of Project Y?" She then questioned.
"Huh?" Hawk asked puzzled.
"I'll take that as no." She then thought of whether to go on or not, but she knew that he'd want more so she had to. "Many believe this place to be a simple base made to conduct research, but in all actuality, it's a base that's been conducting experiments using biological weapons. One of those weapons just happens to be a virus capable of mutating anything it comes in contact with, the mutation usually ends up turning it's host into a mindless flesh eating zombie."
"You can't be serious." Hawk then replied in disbelief.
"Oh, I'm serious." Cynthia said her eyes locked on Hawk's.
"Do you remember the Raccoon City incident?"
"Yeah, an epidemic out of control, had to bomb the place to make sure it didn't spread outside the city." Hawk replied.
"That's not the full story." Cynthia said, "Do you remember the tabloid stories after that?"
Hawk then snickered at the thought, "Yeah, some of the weirdest things I've ever heard of."
"The tabloids were the only people who got the story right, from the giant worm, to the flesh eating zombies, they were right on the money in almost everything they reported."
"Oh, and why didn't the New York Times or USA Today report any of these things?" Hawk then asked suspiciously.
"Easy your idiot," Cynthia smiled "they have voice and recognition, it might raise thoughts in some peoples minds. Tabloids on the other hand, aren't as believable, tell me, do you believe in Bat Boy? Or do you think that Hillary Clinton was really dating an Alien?"
Hawk then stopped to think where she was getting at, maybe she did have a point, "I think I understand." Hawk then said taking it all in.
"You have to believe me when I say that the payload on this base could bring Hell on Earth literally." Cynthia went on, "The things you would have thought only capable in a horror movie would become reality. Just release this thing on one major city and the virus would spread like a wild fire, that's why Raccoon was bombed. Once the President found out that this thing could be crawling in the White Hours lawn in a number of weeks he ordered the city to be terminated. The epidemic was known as the 'T'-Virus, the sister Virus of 'Y', the virus that terrorist are threatening to unleash on the U.S. West Coast."
"Why would we develop something like this?" Hawk wanted to know as he listened intently.
"Well, if you remember we had the rising tensions down in the Middle East, and the threats of a nuclear attack and biological warfare became even more real."
"So we did research on this, T-virus, and even keep a supply of it, and now the worst scenario possible has come true huh?" Hawk then sighed.
"Exactly but it gets worse from there." Cynthia then added.
"What do you mean?" Hawk asked not sure if he wanted to hear this.
"This base is also the sight of the super solider product."
"Huh?" Hawk asked a puzzled expression on his face.
"As I mentioned the virus has the ability to mutate genes. With the rising tensions through out the Middle East, it seemed like a good idea to begin the project."
"And then it was postponed?"
"Yeah, the company conducting the project filed bankruptcy."
"Why?"
"I don't know, but from what I understand we lost a lot of information on the project and had to start from scratch."
"So this is a prototype?"
"No, there have been a few other versions."
"You've gotta be kidding me, when?" Hawk said taken a little by shock.
"Raccoon, and various other places."
"What, so then that means they knew about everything that was going on in Raccoon before hand?"
"Not everyone, the President had no idea about the projects, only a select few."
Hawk wanted to know more, he did feel he wasn't told everything, but it was a lot more then he'd known at first. Hawk needed to start going he was wasting more time then necessary talking to her. "Listen," Hawk then spoke "I've wasted to much time talking I've gotta get moving," he then handed her a small radio, "I'll contact you when I need more information, but right now I've gotta go, times wasting, find a place to hide, and do it quickly, once you do, contact me, that way I don't have to worry about you."
"Why not let me tag along?" Cynthia then asked.
"You'll slow me down, I can't hold your hand the entire time, I need to concentrate."
"Oh come on," Cynthia pleaded, "I know this place much better then you."
"Exactly, I need you alive that way you can tell me where I need to go, you know what around the corner, that's why I need you alive."
Cynthia and Hawk looked directly at one another, the gazes locked on each other.
"Fine," Cynthia then said reluctantly, "I'll find somewhere to hide,"
"Good," Hawk said, and then exited the room, carefully checking left and right to see if anyone might be around.
When Hawk left Cynthia, whispered something under her breath, "Good luck, your gonna need it." She then took out a radio and switched it on.
"What now?" A voice whispered over it.
"You've got company." Cynthia replied.
Note- This is the final rewrite, a few less characters, anyways, any suggestions on what should happen next are welcomed if you have some E-Mail me at
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Next Chapter- The action comes into play, and Hawk digs up more on the Y-virus and meets one more character.