Resident Evil: Secrets in the Shadows
Chapter 1 of the second story in my new Resident Evil series, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom
Chapter 1: A Surprise Meeting
In 1995 The Umbrella Corporation was at the height of its power. They were the leading providers of all sorts of pharmaceutical products. However they were secretly responsible for the development of an experimental viral weapon called the Tyrant-Virus, or T-Virus. Umbrella thought themselves above the law and that their corporate lawyers would prevent any problems.
The Chairman, Trevor Maxwell, sought to use the T-Virus for monetary gain, yet something happened that they did not expect. The Vice-Chairman, Trevor's son, Jason Maxwell went rouge and Trevor tried to eliminate him. However the attempt failed and unleashed the Virus into the city, turning the inhabitants in zombies. Jason was also infected but for some reason did not become a zombie.
While Jason and the people he had met attempted to escape, another group was also attempting to escape, unaware of the events that would soon have them meeting with Jason and, for one of them, changing their life forever.
07:09 AM 10th May 1995
In the zombie infested Racoon City, within a small store room within a warehouse a young woman slept. The young woman was and eighteen year old Asian girl with shoulder length black hair and black eyes. She was clad in a pair of denim short shorts, a white T-shirt which showed a little of her stomach and a noticeable amount of cleavage, she also wore black socks that reached up to her knees and brown knee high boots. She groaned as she woke up and sat up.
'Great, just great.' She thought, 'Still trapped in this nightmare.'
She stood up and stretched before leaving the small store room and entering the main warehouse.
'I can't keep running and hiding here, there is no evacuation on the way, at least not for someone like me.' She thought sadly, "'I've gotta try and find a way outta here...Just wish I had some kind of weapon, to deal with those crazies.'
She sighed and knew she had no other choice; she walked over to the door and opened it, heading out into the city streets.
She looked around, luckily the street was empty, no undead anywhere.
'Maybe there are some people still alive.' She thought, 'I better keep my eyes open.'
She slowly began to walk down the street, she couldn't see anyone, but she could hear something moving. She then saw the source of the noise. It was a young man, walking up the street ahead. She remembered last time however when she tried to help someone, they had turned out to be one of those crazies. So the Asian girl was cautious as she approached the man.
"Sir, are you okay?" She asked cautiously, keeping a reasonable distance.
The man turned and she saw her precautions had saved her life; the man was indeed one of those crazies. The man reached out and tried to grab her.
"Shit!" She cursed as she jumped back, out of the man's reach.
She slowly backed up before realizing she wasn't going to escape so easily. Just then a gunshot rang out, shocking the girl and causing the man to stumble back, a gunshot wound to the heart. However the man recovered and began to shamble forwards again.
"What the hell?" The Asian girl gasped, "How did..."
"Get down!" Another voice yelled, she ducked and heard three more gunshots.
She looked up and saw the man fall to the ground and stop moving. She stood up and turned to face the shooter who had just saved her.
The shooter was a young Caucasian woman; she looked to be about twenty-four with medium length white blonde hair tied up in a bun and emerald green eyes. She was dressed in a police uniform, a pair of black pants, a light green shirt, police badge, green and black police cap and black boots. The official outfit of the Raccoon City K-9 Unit. She approached the Asian girl slowly, she kept her gun pointed at her, the Asian girl noticed and raised her hands.
"Hey, c'mon, don't shoot, I'm not like them." The woman lowered her gun and breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank God, someone sane."
The woman holstered her gun and held out her hand.
"Lydia Caliente." She introduced herself; the Asian girl shook her hand and also introduced herself, "Lisa Richards."
Lydia nodded and then looked Lisa up and down.
"Bit dangerous to be out and about without any weapons Lisa." She stated, Lisa sighed, Lydia smiled, "Don't worry, I know where you can get some, follow me."
She led Lisa away from the scene and into one of the alleyways. They soon arrived at a small area where a small ammo cache was sitting.
"I found it about ten minutes to ago." Lydia explained, "We better grab everything we need and get ready to go."
Lisa agreed and quickly armed herself with a handgun and a pair of submachine pistols. Lydia grabbed a shotgun to go with her handgun and they both grabbed as much ammo as possible.
"Let's go."
They returned to the streets and soon arrived at a T-Junction, a large truck carrying a gasoline tank had crashed into the building at the head of the junction.
They approached the truck and heard the now familiar sound of those crazies. They drew their guns and looked around. To their shock they were surrounded by them coming from all three directions. They immediately opened fire but strangely, shots to the heart, normally fatal, seemed to do nothing to them. They fired some more, reloading when necessary when Lydia noticed something.
"Lisa careful, the gasoline!" But it was too late.
Lisa tried to dive out of the way but the gas truck exploded, sending both young women flying through the air. They landed and quickly recovered but realized they faced a new problem. The explosion had brought down some nearby buildings and now they were trapped on opposite ends of the mountain of rubble.
"Great, now what?" Lisa yelled out, Lydia thought for a moment and then spoke. "Listen we can get to the Elementary School from here, we'll meet up there, keep your eyes open for any survivors!"
Lisa nodded, "Okay, be careful." Lydia simply nodded before readying her gun and heading down the side of the street she was on, Lisa followed suit, heading the other way. They kept their eyes and ears open for more of those crazies, hoping that they weren't the last two survivors left.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.