Enduring the Evil 3: Nemesis
Disclaimer: Yes, I know, it was most likely quite obvious that this story would be happening. This is my third Resident Evil fic. The story is the Resident Evil plot but due to some changes that I have put in, it is non-canon. Resident Evil and its characters belong to CAPCOM, all OCs in this story belong to me and my friends and other authors who will be named later. Story has been updated, all spelling mistakes and errors that I could find have been fixed.
Summary: Nearly a whole two months have passed now since the Mansion Incident, while Chris is planning on making a move to take down Umbrella, Jill remains in Raccoon City to continue her life while trying to figure out herself what Umbrella is up to. Alex and the others have managed to regain control over themselves and move on, but not forgetting about their friends, however, below the streets of Raccoon City, the wheels of fate begin to turn again and place them all in the very same situation. Unknown to how it started, an outbreak has slowly began within Raccoon City itself, Jill must fight to survive and to escape, with the help of Alex and the others, however, the zombies aren't their biggest concern this time, something much worse, hunts them down.
Chapter 1 - Saying Goodbye
September 20, Raccoon City, Jill's apartment, 11:00 PM, 'Jill, Alex'
Jill walked into the living room and placed a glass of water on the table and sat down on her chair while looking at the tv. She took a sip of her coffee and placed it on the table and faced Alex who was sitting at the other side of the table.
"Jill..." Alex began.
"Hm?"
Alex faced her. "Do you know where Chris is right now?"
(Alex Robertson, 19 years old, Bare-Knuckle Boxer, Teacher at a Bare-Knuckle Boxing school)
Jill shook her head. "No...he was supposed to meet up with me days ago but...well, he never showed."
Alex took a sip of water and put it back on the table. "I can only assume that he went off somewhere by himself, of course, that's just me talking, I wouldn't really know."
Jill remained silent.
"He's keeping something from me isn't he?" Alex asked.
"Yes...he didn't want you or your friends to get involved, I know this is personal for you and the guys but, you and them, you have all been hurt enough as it is, there was no point in making you guys go through something like that again." Jill replied.
Alex took another drink and sighed. "I understand Jill...it's just, I'm a guy of vengeance, I had a reputation for that back when I was still in high school. But this time it has gotten way too personal for me to just leave it and not do anything about, are you sure you don't know where Chris is?"
"I'm sure." Jill replied nodding her head.
"Ok..." Alex finished his glass of water and got to his feet. "I better head back, the guys can only endure for so long with Scott keeping an eye on them."
Jill looked at him again. "Now that you mention it, how are they doing?"
Alex shrugged. "Better than before, we managed to put things behind us, everyone is managing again. Scott's the same as usual, Jamie is just happy there's no zombies, Connor, he's, well, let's just say he's up to his old shit again, making the usual jokes. Bryan and Danny..."
"What about them?" Jill asked.
Alex continued. "They're better, they still haven't forgotten about Andrew and Kyle, but they're back to normal. Bryan is just a little, well, he's in a little bit of a depressed mood because Rebecca and Richard are leaving Raccoon City soon and he wanted to talk to them before they left."
Jill raised a brow. "Really? Well I think I can help out with that, Rebecca and Richard haven't left yet, they're supposed to be leaving first thing in the morning. If Bryan gets up early and goes to their apartment in time then he'll have enough time to talk to them." Jill got a piece of paper and wrote something down on it, after which she handed it to Alex. "Here, this is the address."
Alex took it and put it in his pocket. "Thanks Jill, we can always rely on you, I mean, that's saying something even though we've only known each other for a short while."
Jill smiled at him. "That means something, it does, and I'm sure the guys rely on you also."
Alex returned her smile with one of his own. "Heh, yeah, speaking of which, I better get going before Scott decides to come out looking for me. Oh, and sorry for visiting so late Jill."
"It's all right, get home safe and get some sleep, I'll give you a call if I find anything that might be of some help." Jill replied.
Alex put on his long black coat and walked to the door. "Goodnight Jill." He opened the door and left closing it behind him.
Jill turned back to the tv and just remained in her chair, she took another sip of her coffee and placed it back on the table. She lay her head against one of the cushions and eventually drifted off to sleep.
September 21, Raccoon City, Alex's apartment, 9:00 AM
"Alex!"
Alex turned to the source of the voice, he saw Kyle getting dragged away into the fog by a group of zombie dogs.
"KYLE!" Alex ran to him, but he couldn't keep up, for some reason, it looked like he wasn't even going anywhere, Kyle was slowly vanishing into the fog, Alex continued to run but he was still in the same place where he stood. "KYLE!"
"ALEX! ALEX! HELP ME! HELP ME ALEX! AHHH!"
Kyle's screams eventually went silent, Alex just stood frozen still and turned around, he fell down at the sight of Andrew who was laying dead right in front of him.
"Andrew..." Alex slowly walked over to his dead friend and kneeled down next to him. "Andrew..." He placed a hand on Andrew's chest.
Alex looked at all of the bite marks and all of the blood that was spilling out from all of the openings in Andrew's body. The next instant, Andrew's eyes opened and immediately faced Alex.
Alex's eyes widened after he noticed this, but it was too late, Andrew lunged forward and grabbed him, Alex began to scream as he felt his throat being torn apart.
"Fuck!" Alex shouted quickly sitting up. He looked around, he was in his room lying in his bed, the room was dark but was lit up a little bit enough for him to see. "Just another nightmare...fuck...oh fuck..."
Alex took a deep breath and got out of bed and put his housecoat on. The other room doors were closed and there was no light peaking through so the others were most likely still asleep, except for two rooms which belonged to Scott and Bryan. Alex made his way downstairs and into the living room, as usual, Scott was sitting in the kitchen reading the newspaper, Bryan was sitting at the table in the living room eating breakfast and watching the tv.
"You two are up really early." Alex said.
Bryan faced him. "I've had enough sleep to keep me going for like a week, plus I wasn't really tired so I got up like half an hour ago."
(Bryan Hunter, 18 years old, martial arts freak)
Alex snickered and walked into the kitchen. "Morning Scott."
Scott spoke without taking his eyes off of the newspaper. "Morning..."
(Scott Calver, 20 years old, former military, gun shop owner)
Alex poured himself a bowl of cereal and sat down at the kitchen table next to Scott. "So, what's new?"
Scott replied again while reading the newspaper. "Nothin'...the last few papers these days have been pretty shit, not a single fucking thing that can actually get my attention." Scott closed the newspaper and put it down and took a sip from his cup of coffee.
Alex took his time with his cereal, there wasn't really anything happening so the days had been going pretty slow lately. "Well, Jill said she'd give me a call if she found out anything, I'd assume if she finds anything new on Umbrella and whatnot she'll call me immediately."
Scott looked outside. "Whatever...I might actually make a phone call to some of my old buddies back in the british military."
"And do what?" Alex asked with a curious look.
Scott faced him again. "Bomb Umbrella."
Alex nearly choked on his cereal and coughed before replying. "Are you serious bro?!"
Scott smirked a little. "Give me a break, you know I wasn't serious, that'd be a fucking stupid idea despite how much I want to do it."
Alex finished his cereal and got up. "Well, what's todays schedule I wonder."
Scott walked into the living and sat down on the couch. "Sit in all day and watch movies, that seems to be the only thing we can do right now while we ain't workin'."
Alex walked in and sat down next to him. "What's on?"
"Wrestling." Scott replied.
Alex smirked. "Awesome!"
Bryan finished his breakfast and faced them. "So, what are we doing today?"
Alex shrugged. "You heard Scott, sit in and watch movies all day."
Bryan raised a brow. "Really? That's it? No going out for a walk, to the shops or something?"
Alex shook his head. "Nope, no need to, we have enough stuff in the kitchen to last us a month, we don't have to go and buy groceries."
"Ugh, I hate it when you do this." Bryan said with his face in the palm of his hand.
Alex's eyes widened. "Oh wait, now that you mention it Bryan, Jill told me that Rebecca hasn't left Raccoon City yet, she's supposed to be leaving today."
Bryan got to his feet and walked upstairs.
Scott looked at Alex. "So...he get's to go out for a stroll while we sit in all day, that's quite fair."
Alex shrugged. "Well, he has a reason, we don't Scott." Alex took a piece of paper out of his coat that he had on last night and put it on the table and sat back down. He just had the feeling that Bryan did like Rebecca, he didn't need to figure that out, it was quite obvious considering how protective he was of her back at the mansion. But then, it was also the other way around and Rebecca was the cop after all, sometimes she seemed protective of him aswell.
Bryan came back into the living room, he was wearing black jeans and a white shirt, he put on his dark blue jacket and was about to leave until Alex spoke again. "Hold up Bryan, do you even know where she lives?"
"Uhh, now that you mention it, I didn't think about that part..." Bryan replied.
Alex pointed to the paper on the table. "The address is on that piece of paper, Jill wrote it down."
Bryan took and put it in his pocket and nodded. "Got it, thanks." Without another word he put on his black trainers and left.
"So what now?" Scott asked.
Alex turned back to the tv. "Get back to watching the wrestling."
"Predictable." Scott quietly muttered as he turned back to the tv.
Raccoon City, Louise's Apartment, 10:00 AM
Louise put her housecoat on and sat down in the living room, Stuart was in the kitchen making cups of coffee for him and her, Marc had a glass of orange juice, he didn't like coffee.
Stuart entered and put the cups of coffee on the table and sat down, they all watched the tv, Louise however looked at both of them for a quick second, she found it hard to believe that their very own friends had suddenly gotten involved with monsters, even worse, that two of their friends were killed in the process. That was nearly two months ago now, Alex and the others have managed to move on but they still haven't forgotten, Stuart and Marc weren't affected as much as the others since they weren't with them at the time.
Marc took a sip from his orange juice and finally broke the silence. "So, what are we gonna do today?"
(Marc Wallace, 18 years old, Boxer, works at a gym)
Stuart shrugged. "I dunno, I think I might stay in the whole day, or I may go to Alex's place and chill with them for a bit, or I might just stay here, I haven't exactly been spending as much time with Louise like I have with the others."
(Stuart Reilly, 19 years old, Kickboxer, works at a gym)
Louise shook her head. "Oh no it's ok Stuart, I don't mind really, I need to go to work in an hour anyway. I'm pretty busy so far, I don't get holiday breaks like you guys."
Marc smirked. "Yeah, that sucks, well, too bad."
"Marc!" Stuart said.
"I'm kidding! It's fine Louise, it's cool, we'll hang around and clean up for a bit while you're gone, it's the least we can do, what with you letting us stay here and all." Marc said.
Louise smiled. "Thanks, well, I'd better go and get ready for work, I'll bring a newspaper back for you guys."
"Sure thanks!" Marc said.
Louise went back into her room to get changed.
Stuart's smile lowered into a frown. "Dude we need to do something about this."
Marc's smile faded also. "Yeah I know but what exactly can two civilians do? Why don't we ask Scott to give his friends in the british military a call, maybe they'll be able to help."
"By doing what exactly?" Stuart asked.
"I dunno, bomb Umbrella maybe?" Marc replied.
Stuart sighed. "That is the most stupidest thing, you have ever said, and that's saying something."
Marc snickered and took another sip of his orange juice. "Well, I try."
They heard the door open and shut, Louise must be heading off to work now they thought.
"Well Marc, we better get to cleaning." Stuart said standing up.
Marc just looked at him. "You serious?"
Stuart nodded. "What? Would you rather we not clean up and have Louise mad at us? Let me tell you something Marc, I'd rather face Scott's wrath than have her mad at me. The only thing more scarier than Scott, is Louise when she's mad."
Marc shrugged. "Good point..."
Stuart pulled him to his feet. "Let's get to it then..."
Marc sighed. "Fuck..."
Raccoon City, Outside Rebecca's Apartment, 11:00 AM
Rebecca and Richard were moving back and forth taking things out of the apartment and putting them into the trunk of the car parked outside, if they wanted to get away from all of this then the first thing they had to do was to leave the city and go back to wherever they lived before. Raccoon City was just too much of a reminder of the horror they went through nearly two months ago.
"I think that's everything Rebecca..." Richard said closing the trunk.
Rebecca exited again and walked over to the car.
Richard raised a brow. "Why are you still wearing your STARS uniform Rebecca?"
Rebecca shrugged. "Well, just in case you know. If something comes up, or if we pass by someone who's injured, I can get my medical equipment and treat them, atleast they'll know I'm a medic because of the uniform."
Richard nodded. "Good point, well, I guess we..." Richard stopped after noticing a familiar figure approaching them. "Wait, is that..."
Rebecca turned and was surprised to see who it was.
"Bryan! What are you doing here?" Richard asked.
Bryan stopped walking after he reached them. "Just thought I'd stop by before you two left, you didn't really think I was gonna let you leave without saying goodbye did you?"
Richard laughed. "Hahaha! Yeah, you're right, sorry, maybe we should have thought about stopping by your place before we left."
Bryan shook his head. "It's ok Richard..."
Rebecca turned to Richard and whispered to him. "Hey Richard could you go inside for a minute, I need to talk with him."
Richard nodded and went back inside.
"Forget something?" Bryan asked.
Rebecca shook her head. "No, I just asked him to step inside right now, I wanted to talk to you alone."
Bryan nodded. "That makes two of us."
Rebecca looked at the ground. "Umm, Bryan about the note I sent you, I just sent you it because, after everything that's happened, I didn't really think you'd be in any condition to be talking to anyone. I assumed you may not have wanted to talk to anyone at the time."
Bryan raised a brow. "Not wanting to talk with you? Give me a break, you saved my life Rebecca, I owe you, even if I lost all of my friends I'd still come and talk to you, I'd still do what I can to repay you for saving me."
Rebecca smiled. "Well, that's good to know, I guess I just didn't really put any thought into it at first you know?"
"Heh, yeah, I know what you mean." Bryan sat on the front of the car and took in a deep breath.
Rebecca sat on the front of the car next to him and spoke again. "Hey Bryan, I do have one question."
"Go ahead."
"I was just wondering, what are you and the guys going to do when you all leave Raccoon City and go back to the UK?" Rebecca asked.
Bryan shrugged. "I'm not sure, although I'd say Alex is probably gonna go after Chris so he can help fight Umbrella, and it's the usual, if he goes, we all go aswell. Wherever Alex goes, we go, so we'll follow no matter where he goes."
Rebecca smiled. "You guys, always relying on Alex and each other, I wish I had friends like you."
Bryan looked at her and gave her a confused look. "What? Come on Rebecca, you have Richard, you have Jill, Brad, Barry and Chris, it's no different really, that's one of many things that we all have in common Rebecca."
Rebecca looked back at him, he was right she thought, six and six, and they all relied on each other, it was one of many things they had in common, they were a lot alike.
"Rebecca..."
Rebecca noticed the soft tone in his voice, she looked down and saw his hand holding her own, she smiled and looked back at him.
"I wouldn't be here today right now if weren't for you. Back at the mansion, I was on the verge of death, I was about to be another victim just like my other friends, but you saved me. You kept me alive and helped me, even though we had only known each other then for a short amount of time." Bryan said as he gently tightened his grip around her hand.
"Bryan..." Rebecca said in a soft voice.
"Thank you Rebecca. You're like a guardian angel, the guardian angel that I never had." Bryan said as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a big gentle hug.
Rebecca was almost surprised by his actions, instead, she returned them by putting her arms around him aswell. In this position, right now, they both felt like all of their troubles had just disappeared, like nothing happened, their minds were not on the mansion or anything else, just each other.
They both slowly pulled away and looked at each other. "And you're like the bodyguard that I never had." Rebecca said smiling at him.
Bryan chuckled a little before resting his head on her shoulder. "When we leave, we'll meet again, I promise."
Rebecca put her hands on his face and made him look at her. "Don't worry, I'll hold you to that, like you said, you owe me." Rebecca replied.
Bryan snickered. "Hehe, yeah you're right."
They both slowly pulled away and smiled at each other once more, Richard then exited the apartment and walked over to them. "Ok, I made sure we didn't leave anything behind, we're pretty much ready to go."
"Alright." Rebecca said facing him.
Richard looked at them for a moment and grinned. "Heh..."
"What's up Richard?" Bryan asked.
Richard shrugged. "Nothing, you two just look cute together."
Bryan and Rebecca looked at each other for a quick second, upon realising they were still sitting very close to each other, and with Richard looking at them, they turned away in embarrassment, they were both blushing. "Umm, g-glad to know Richard." Rebecca said.
Richard walked over to them and put his hand on Bryan's shoulder. "I know we've only known each other for a short amount of time, but I know you're definitely one of my good friends Bryan, and thanks for your help months ago, if you and the others weren't around I'd probably have gotten eaten or something."
Bryan laughed. "Hahaha! Yeah probably, good thing we were around."
Richard shook his hand and then gave him a quick hug. "Goodbye Bryan, I look forward to seeing you again, maybe we'll go for a couple of drinks or something eh?"
Bryan nodded. "Yeah sounds good."
Richard smiled at him once more and then entered the car.
Rebecca spoke up again. "Well Bryan, I'm leaving, are you and the others going to be all right?"
"Yeah, don't worry about us, we'll be leaving Raccoon City pretty soon aswell, when we do, we'll do everything we need to do, then we'll meet up again so we can talk more." Bryan replied.
Rebecca nodded. "Yeah, I'd like that..." She leaned forward and gave him another quick hug and walked to the other side of the car. "Goodbye Bryan. See you again soon."
"Goodbye Rebecca, see you again soon." Bryan said, they exchanged smiles one more time before Rebecca entered the car.
Bryan stepped back and watched as the car started up, then it began to move, Richard and Rebecca waved at him as they began to drive off, Bryan waved back in time for them to see and watched as their car slowly disappeared from his sight.
Authors Notes: Chapter has been updated. Well, I can actually honestly say that I'm glad to be writing Resident Evil fics again, I really can't stay away from them for too long, anyway I'll make these notes quick and simple. Chapters 1 to 19 in this story take place before Chapter 3 of Enduring the Evil 2, whereas chapters 20 to 30 take place after Enduring the Evil 2. If you know your Resident Evil timeline then you should understand no problem. Hope you liked the chapter.
