RESIDENT EVIL: STATEFALL
Chapter 1: The Dominoes line up
Lianshang, China
3 hours after the events of the attacks...
A man in a completely black suit was walking down a ruined street, twirling a cane in his right hand. The street was littered with the corpses of dead civilians and BSAA troopers killed in the attack, some were either slain zombies or civilians murdered by the C-virus Zombies. He walked along until he stopped at the corpse of a man wearing a blue suit covered in blood...
" Rest in peace, brother." The man said.
He adjusted his cane, and began to screw off the hook at the top, which was actually an extractor, and pulled a cylinder out from the shaft. He put the cylinder into the extractor, and stuck it into the dead man's neck, extracting a sample of the man's C-Virus infected blood. He pulled the cylinder out of the extractor, and held it up to the sun...
" The key to a new world lies within you." The man said.
He put his cane back together, and then proceeded to leave the area. He caught a flight out of China, and was picked up back in the United States by a woman in a red dress driving a black car...
" Do you have it?" The woman asked.
" Yes, one sample of the C-Virus." The man said holding the cylinder.
" Radames's research will be the key to Project: Nubius." The woman explained.
" Have your contacts acquired what they needed from Africa, Scarlett?" The man asked.
" Yes, the Progenitor flowers are in our possession and are on their way to Outpost Nexus." Scarlett explained.
" The T-Nubius strain will be the key to our plans." The man said.
" Yes, it will." Scarlett said as they arrived at an abandoned warehouse.
" Why are we here?" The man asked.
" We're going to be having a conference call with the other cell leaders." Scarlett said, leading him into the building.
They arrived in a secure room, where a series of monitors were on the main wall, in which Scarlett pressed a button in which several individuals appeared on them, as they were the leaders of the other cells...
" Good evening, everyone." Scarlett said.
" Scarlett, Beckman, do we have what need to launch Project Nubius?" Lazarus, the leader of the New York Cell, asked.
" Yes, Progenitor flower specimens are on their way to you, and we'll forward a sample of the C-Virus your way." Beckman explained.
" Good, but why are we having this conference call?" Donald, leader of the Vermont cell, asked.
" You remember the Umbrella Organization?" Scarlett said.
" Yes, their research is what has driven many of the major bioterrorism events that have happened around the Globe." Denali, leader of the India Cell, said.
" We're going to rebuild it, only better." Scarlett said.
" What?" All cell leaders said.
" Under our leadership, we will create a new world order that will ensure a pure humanity." Scarlett said.
" A human race made stronger from the virus, while those who aren't worthy are eradicated." Beckman explained.
" I see, we of the New York Cell will back you." Lazarus said.
Every other cell offered their allegiance to Scarlett and Beckman, and they officially announced that " The New Umbrella" was born. Beckman eventually coordinated efforts of Project Nubius research with members of the New York Branch, in which they contacted back with information...
" Uh-Huh, I see." Beckman said as Scarlett walked into the room.
" What is it?" Scarlett asked.
" Lazarus has just informed me that he has a viable strain that he wants to test immediately." Beckman said.
" How large is the scale?" Scarlett asked.
" He wants to test it out on... A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN NEW YORK." Beckman said.
" Are you serious?" Scarlett asked.
" I am, the man said he already gained positive results and wants to see it's effects on a larger scale." Beckman explained.
" So do you think he's ready?" Scarlett asked.
" No, we've just started up and he already wants to trigger an outbreak to test the virus." Beckman said angrily.
" You're right, we do not have the resources and manpower to oversee the outbreak." Scarlett said.
" I'll tell him that." Beckman said.
Beckman denied Lazarus's request to initiate an outbreak in Northern New York, which angered Lazarus...
" Sir, what are we going to do?" Cole, his assistant said.
" We don't need them, we are going to test our strain of the Virus." Lazarus said.
" Sorry?" Cole asked.
" We need to show that bastard Beckman and that bitch Scarlett we have succeeded." Lazarus said in anger.
" But sir, The New Umbrella had just recently started up." Cole pointed out.
" Don't you know anything about intimidation tactics?" Lazarus said.
" What?" Cole asked.
" We show that we mean business, others will follow us and supply us with what we need." Lazarus explained.
" So what do we do?' Cole asked.
" Start research on transmission vectors, and begin looking for application sites." Lazarus ordered.
" Yes, sir." Cole responded.
Lazarus was determined to test his strain of the T-Nubius virus and wasn't gonna let Beckman's politics get in his way...
3 weeks later...
Brewerton, NY
6:45 am
Dante Perez was getting up after sleeping for a couple of hours, and walked outside to wait for his bus. In which he saw a pale, sluggish man walking down the road just as his bus, Bus 356, had turned the corner, and stopped right in front of him.
" Hey, Xavier." Dante said to his friend as he walked to his seat.
" Hey, Dante." Xavier responded.
" Alright, sit down and buckle up." Donna Peck, the bus monitor, said.
" Okay, jeez." Dante said.
Dante sat down into his seat and buckled up, and the driver, Barb, drove to the middle school...
" Wait, don't we have other kids to pick up?" Dante asked.
"Yeah, only Jared, the rest are out sick." Xavier explained.
" Really?" Dante asked.
" Not just that, half of the middle school kids are out sick too." Miss Peck said.
" What the-" Dante said before a out-of-control truck knocked the bus off the road, spiraling into a ditch on it's side...
12:34 pm
Beckman was sitting his office coordinating resource development for the organization, when an angered Scarlett arrived in the room...
" GODDAMNIT!" Scarlett said.
" What's wrong?" Beckman asked.
" Lazarus betrayed us!" Scarlett explained.
" What?!" Beckman exclaimed.
" He's unleashed his strain on New York State." Scarlett explained.
" The idiot! This strain could be unstable." Beckman said.
They were eventually interrupted by a knock at the door, in which they looked out the door to see a young man with discolored skin and bleach white eyes...
" James?" Scarlett asked.
James didn't respond, he lunged at his mother and tried to bite her, but only to be shot in the head by Beckman's who was wielding his revolver...
" YOU KILLED MY SON!" Scarlett exclaimed.
" I didn't, Lazarus did." Beckman said.
" He's gonna pay." Scarlett said angrily.
" I know just the way." Beckman said as he walked over to the console.
Beckman walked over to his central console with intent, as he was ready to declare war...
" ATTENTION ALL CELLS, THE NEW YORK CELL HAS GONE ROGUE, ANYONE WHO CAN ELIMINATE IT WILL GAIN CONTROL OF THEIR TERRITORY." Beckman announced.
" DO NOT KILL LAZARUS CARISLE. HE IS TO BE KILLED BY ME." Scarlett said.
Eventually, cells from all across the nation pledged to hunt down the New York State Cell and wipe them out, which had pleased Scarlett and Beckman...
Bus 356 wreck
4:30 pm
Dante had woken up after being knocked out by the wreck of their bus, in which he looked around. The bus was a mess, and there was blood on the windows, and Xavier was nowhere to be seen...
" Xavier?" Dante asked, with no response.
He looked up to see that Barb and Miss Peck had been killed in the crash, which had horrified him as Barb's head looked smashed open upon impact. He started to hear somebody moving around outside the wreck...
" Dante? Are you alright?" Xavier asked.
" Xavier?" Where are you?" Dante asked.
" Right here." Xavier said as he turned the corner.
" Why are you walking like that?" Dante asked his friend.
" The bus is a wreck, lets just focus on getting you out of your seat." Xavier said.
" Okay." Dante responded.
Xavier grabbed the seatbelt cutter and cut Dante free, and they quickly exited the bus in case it was to explode...
" What the heck happened?" Xavier asked.
" Looked like an out-of-control driver." Dante responded.
" What should we do now?" Dante asked.
" The Middle school's only a couple of blocks away, let's go there and get cleaned up." Xavier recommended.
" Yeah." Dante said.
The boys started walking down the street towards the middle school where they saw the buses still lined up, without knowing the danger that awaited around the corner...
" Hey, is your phone still working?" Xavier asked.
" Yeah." Dante said as he checked his phone.
" What's the time?" Xavier asked.
" 4:30?" Dante said with shock in his voice.
" Dang." Xavier said.
The trouble was only just beginning as the dominoes were falling into place...
This is the start of a story request that was given to me by a friend, and it centered around him and myself trying to survive in New York State after a bioterrorist attack carried out by a faction calling themselves " The New Umbrella."
ENJOY.