Chapter One
Pain. All over my whole body. It's really hard to move. I can barely open my eyes without feeling pain. Smoke? Lots of it. I have to get up or else I'll fall asleep and not wake up. Taking several deep breaths in, I force myself to get up. It takes a few tries, but with a loud cry, I make it to my feet. Looking around, I see an overturned train car, with a few fires near it. Trying to walk, I hear another voice somewhere around and yet I couldn't see them. Ignoring it, I look for a way out. I find what looks like an elevator and a single door. Where was I? My head was hurting so much, it was hard to focus on anything. Even turning the doorknob was difficult until someone's hand appears next to mine and opens it.
"Here. Let me get that."
Almost having a heart attack, I look over to see a tall guy, around my age. He's wearing a greyish tank top, dark blue jeans, and has a very large tattoo on his right arm saying 'Mother Love'. Not saying a word, we head through the door and into what looks like a sewer. And there at the end of it was a ladder leading up to something.
"I'll go up and when I say it's clear, come up." He tells me as he starts to go up the ladder. It doesn't take him long to look around and come back. "It's clear. Come up."
Breathing in, I climb the ladder slowly. Thank god, the guy was understanding and wasn't pressuring me to hurry up. Once I got to the top, I found myself in a large main hall of what I could only guess to be someone's mansion. Must be nice to have all this money to waste.
"What is this place?" My voice was strained and it hurt to talk.
The guy walks to the middle of the room. "The Umbrella Research Center?"
"Who's Umbrella?" I felt kind of stupid asking this as he gives me a confused look.
After what seemed like forever, he finally moves up the stairs where he stops to look at this painting. I wonder what's so important about it. Heading over, I look down.
"The first general manager, Doctor James Marcus." I read the small plaque.
As we watched it, I couldn't help but feel as tho we were being watched ourselves. Question is, by whom?
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In a dark room, two men watch as six small monitors, showing them different locations of the center. A young man standing, points to one monitor in particular.
"Who the hell are those people?"
"I'm not sure." The other says in a low and calm voice.
"We have to do something before they fuck everything up." Our young friend turns, his face looking tired as his fist hits the console.
"Calm down William. They won't last long enough to tell anyone about what they find here." He never takes his eyes off the monitors.
"Attention. This is Dr. Marcus. Please be silent as we reflect upon our company motto. Obedience breeds discipline. Discipline breeds unity. Unity breeds power. Power is life." The speakers crack as they haven't been used for ages.
Soon, the picture of the main hall changes to show a young man. Dressed in white and laughing.
"Who are you?" William's friend says, with no hint of any emotion.
"If you are wondering who is responsible for scattering the T-Virus and contaminating the train, look no further. For it was I who did it." He talked as if he was better than them.
"Why the hell would you do that!?" William couldn't help his anger.
Going serious, the camera zooms in on the young man. "Revenge...on Umbrella."
Before anyone could say a word, the guy starts to sing in what sounds like Latin. As hundreds of leeches sworn in front of him. Slowly forming the shape of an elderly male.
"Dr. Marcus?!" Williams's shocked voice breaks the silence.
Laughing the young man walks in in front of Marcus. "It was ten years ago that Umbrella had Dr. Marcus murdered. And it was you two that helped them. Wasn't it?"
Not waiting for a response, he laughs before the screen goes black and reveals the main hall again.
"What do we do, Albert?" William says as he turns to him.
Focusing on the monitor, Albert thinks about it. There was a lot to process.
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Looking over at the girl, I wondered if she was going to make it in those heels. They don't look user friendly. Nor does any other part of her outfit in fact. Black leather pants, blood red tube top, and a large black bag. I could tell I was making her feel awkward as she puts her long brown hair up.
"So what do I call you…" Her eyes drift down my arm to the stupid handcuff that won't come off.
"The names Billy. Billy Coen and you are?"
She goes to tell me, but then stops. Closing her eyes, I soon see this massive bump on her forehead. "I, I don't know my name."
There was a look of confusion and fear on her face. I wasn't too sure of what I was doing, but something told me it was the right thing.
"No problem. I'll call you….." She looks over at me, and a name pops out. "Kim."
She smiles a little. "Not bad. Thanks Billy."
"Any time."
As we look around the place it's clear this place hasn't seen visitors in about a decad. Maybe more. There wasn't anything useful so we head to the next floor.
"What door should we go through?" Kim asks me as we step off the last stair on the left. I think about it. I didn't want to take Kim anywhere dangerous, at least not till she has a weapon in hand.
"This one." I start heading for the closest door on the left.
Nodding her head, Kim follows behind me as I open the door. Inside we find a nice looking sitting room, with a single candle burning. Putting my gun away we check things out. Just in case there's something here that will be useful to us. As Kim walks along the windows, I swear I could hear some very large crows. But I couldn't see them looking out the windows.
"Hey Billy, I found a crank handle." kim says as she bends down to get it.
And just as she puts it away, several crows smash through the window. Causing Kim to scream and me to panic. Grabbing her arm, we run for the door. There's too many of them. Slamming the door shut, we take a bit to recover from what just happened. And from the sounds of it, the crows aren't happy we got away.
"Now where?" Kim looks over at me, with half a smile.
"Let's try a door down stairs this time." I wasn't looking forward to exploring.
Heading down the stairs, we head to the right this time. Through some double doors made of solid wood. I really hope we can find Kim a gun. As we headed through the doors, we're not just faced with an expensive dining room, but two….zombies. I had to call them what they are. And now, I've lead Kim into danger. Great.
Backing up, Kim grabs something in my back waistband. "Where do I aim!?"
"The head!" I yell as I shot the closest zombie to us.
Looking over, I could tell she's never used a gun before. It seems to have taken her two shots to hit it in the head. Before she turned to me, I wondered how I could forget that I found a second gun on the hell train.
"Was that for real?" Kim says looking just as shocked as I was, the first time it happened to me.
Allowing her time to process it. I start looking around the room. Aside from every dish being covered in a thick layer of dust, there wasn't much here. Tho there was an unusual rusty red door, leading into what I could only believe to be the kitchen. Checking to see if it was locked, I don't notice the weird symbol till after I find it to be locked.
"I found some bullets." Kim hands them to me.
I smile. Just a bit. "Thanks. Let's check out the other door."
Heading that way, I was feeling a little bit better now that she was armed. Only thing left, was to teach her how to use it. But this wasn't the best time. Before we opened the door, Kim kicks a body seeing if it would more or not. When it did nothing, we continued on. Once on the other side, there was the sound of a machine humming to our left. Going to our right, we come across another door, only this one was unlocked, tho not empty. As soon as we got a few feet in, a zombie comes running at us. Moving fast, Kim takes it down in one shot.
"Nice shot." She was learning fast, tho it was still a shock to her.
"Thanks."
Walking forward, the room looks like a storage area, and right by the window was a ladder. Oh and yet another zombie.
"These guys are really smelly." Kim walks over to the boxes.
"You said it." I pick something up. 'Look at this."
"Cool. A black headless, one winged statue." Kim smiles as she puts it in her bag.
I couldn't help but laugh a little as I found a shotgun behind us. "Look what I found." I show Kim.
"Looking good Billy." Kim says as she heads back to the door.
Catching up to her, we head back to the main hall. There wasn't anything else to look for. At least nothing that will help us get out of here. Looking at the door across from us, I was starting to get a bad feeling about it.
"Let's check out the second floor again." I says as I start heading up the stairs.
"Sounds good to me." Is all that Kim says as she follows me.
Once at the top, I wasn't sure which door to go through. And I'm guessing Kim could sense it.
"Let's check this one." Kim heads to the middle doors.
Going through we find ourselves in a classroom. Most of the computers are still working. Just waiting there, for someone to use them. It was a little sad. But how the hell was the power still on? While I was wondering this, Kim was checking out these armour statues, before moving on to the door next to them.
"Great. We have to start looking for very small keys, lying around." Kim starts heading back to me. "Doors locked, with what looks like a mini suit of armor."
I let out a loud sigh. "Before we do that," I head over to door closest to entrance.
It was nice to come across an unlocked door, for once. And what made it better was it was zombie free. Walking around, the hall was dark and kind of depressing. Makes you wonder if the person that designed it was maybe a goth...or a really cheap person.
"Just when I thought we'd lost you guys." I say as we turn the corner and was greeted by two zombies. Turning to Kim I wink at her. "I got this one."
Taking aim, I smile as I finally get a chance to use my new shotgun. Which takes a single shot to take them down. It was easy. Just the way I liked it.
Walking over to the first door, Kim turns to me. "I have a good feeling about this door."
"Same here." I say with a smile as I open it.
A library? Well, kind of. There were books covered in dust, a desk with a broken computer, and something hidden in the dark. Looking around, I couldn't find anything until I headed to the desk where I found this microfilm. Taking a quick peek behind me, I see that Kim has found some ammo and is now heading over to the far corner.
"Billy I found something." Kim calls to me.
As I walk over, I try to remember if I saw Kim on the train before it crashed. I mean, why else would she have been there, if she wasn't on the train. And yet. I don't recall seeing her there. Every inch of that train, I searched never once bumping into her. Maybe when her memory comes back, she can tell me how she got there. But until then, I'll leave it alone.
"What did you find?" I ask, hoping not to sound like something was bothering me.
"I found a map of the place." She holds it out.
Avoiding her eye contact, I scan it for a way out, and from the looks of it, there are three possible exits. The front door, the third floor, and the area where what's left of the train is. Other then that, I couldn't see any others. Looking up, I finally see what was hidden in the dark. A lift.
"I wonder where that goes." I say as I walk over to it.
From the looks of it, it was one of those lifts that required someone to manually send someone up. Turning to Kim, I see her getting the crank out. Steeping on the lift, I wait for her. But it seems, I'm too heavy for her to send me up. Tho she did get me atleast a foot off the ground.
"Guess I'm not as strong as I thought." Kim looked defeated.
"Take this radio. I'm not happy about this, so please. Don't take long." I hand over an extra radio I found on the train, before using the crank.
I could tell she was nervous about this. Sending her up, I started to have this horrible feeling that something bad was going to happen and I wasn't going to be there to help her out. I really hate this place.
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It was interesting. Watching these two go through the training facility. There was just one thing that bothered me. And it was that girl. I wasn't sure what it was, but it was there. Will had refused to leave. Guess he's worried they will somehow find their way to his lab. He's yet to tell me, what it is he's working on down there.
"Do you think they will make it here?" Will suddenly asked as the girl heads for the attic.
Once she steps off the lift, does she encounter one of Umbrella's many pets. She keeps her cool as she aims her gun at the closests head and shoots. Not bad for someone who's just learning how to use a gun. It takes her a whole clip to take them down. Heading to the door I almost lose her when she appears outside.
"Well!?" He starts to sound annoyed.
"I don't see them making it this far." I keep my attention on the monitor.
Looking at the others, I see every now and then that strange looking man. Wandering around. Whoever he is, better not get in my way. I don't care who he says he is. I will not fail my mission.
End of Chapter.