Enduring the Evil
Disclaimer: This is my first attempt at a Resident evil Fanfic. The story is the Resident Evil plot but due to some changes I have put into it, it is non-canon, and takes place during the mansion incident. Seven friends decide to go on a camping trip and go to the Arklay Mountains. However they later find out something is wrong and with their car broken down, they decide to travel deep into the forest and take shelter in a mysterious mansion, only later realising that the mansion may be just as dangerous as the outside. All OCs in this story belong to me and my friends. Story has been updated, all spelling mistakes and errors that I could find have been fixed.
Chapter 2 - A Trip gone wrong
Raccoon City, Highway, 1:00 PM
"Ok Alex I got another one, when was the RPD Special Task Force STARS founded and why?"
Alex read his book as they drove through the highway. "STARS was founded in 1996 in order to combat the increasing rate of terrorism and other crimes. And I agree that they do a damn good job at it too."
Bryan nodded. "Yeah they do. Ok try this one, what was the standard sidearm of the unit?"
Alex shrugged. "A customized Beretta 92F?"
Bryan smirked. "Damn you're good."
Alex nodded. "Yeah I know, because I was close to getting into STARS but they rejected me because I didn't have all the skills they required from me."
Jamie gave him a confused look. "You? What were you missing?"
Alex looked back at him. "I didn't have any skill with a gun."
Kyle spoke while keeping his eyes on the road. "Oh come on Alex, that's complete bullshit. What about now? You know how to use a gun now don't you?"
Alex nodded. "Yeah."
"Then why don't you go back and ask to join now then, since you have all the necessary requirements." Kyle continued.
"Because not only do I think they would immediately reject me but I think there are no open positions now, it doesn't matter, besides, I got my own STARS unit with me." Alex said jokingly.
Bryan smirked. "Hey I know you, Jamie, myself and the others are a team and everything, and we learned how to use firearms, thanks to Scott, but I don't think we would be as good as STARS, I mean, they have way more skills that we don't have."
Jamie spoke up. "Let's not forget there's like what, twelve of them and, seven of us."
Alex sighed. "Guys calm down, jeez, I didn't mean it like that. Look, all I'm saying is that we're alot like STARS, except we aren't as good as them."
Kyle nodded. "Yeah, the day you guys become as good as STARS is the day Raccoon City goes to hell."
Bryan smirked. "Heh...well if we're lucky, it might just happen."
"I prefer it if it didn't happen." Jamie said.
"Jamie, I said if we're lucky, it MIGHT happen, doesn't mean it will happen." Bryan replied.
Jamie shrugged. "Whatever, hey give me a question Bryan."
Bryan nodded and looked through the book he had in his hands. "Alright let me see...who is the police chief of the Raccoon City Police Department?"
Jamie thought for a moment and spoke. "Was it...Brian Irons?"
Bryan nodded. "Correct."
Alex went back to reading his book. "Hey Kyle what have you been up to lately?"
Kyle smiled. "I got a girlfriend waiting for me back home in the United Kingdom, when I'm done driving you guys to the Arklay Forest, I'm gonna get a plane back to the UK and see my parents, I miss them."
Alex nodded in agreement. "Yeah I know what you mean, when we get the chance, me and the others are gonna return to the UK so they can see their families too."
Jamie shrugged. "That's if we don't get slaughtered by a bear first."
Bryan nudged him. "Jeez Jamie, there are no bears in Arklay Forest, why can't you just accept that?"
Jamie laughed. "Hahahaha! That's funny Bryan, you remember the time when we went fishing and you said there were no sharks?"
Bryan remained silent.
"And then one nearly got me!" Jamie finished.
Bryan raised his hands in defeat. "Ok I admit it, I can be wrong sometimes, but, I know I'm not wrong this time, there are no bears in Arklay Forest! You got that Jamie!"
Jamie nodded. "Ok, and what if you're wrong?"
"If I'm wrong then I'll let the bear eat me for not believing you." Bryan said with a smirk.
Alex looked over his shoulder at them and smiled. "Bryan we all know that even if you were wrong, you would never let that happen, you always make up for it by doing some pretty good things for those you didn't believe after that, and frankly, I'm ok with that."
Bryan shrugged. "Yeah well, I do stuff here and there and whatnot..."
Everyone returned to their own thing while they were still waiting to arrive.
Bryan smirked and broke their silence. "Hey Kyle...are we there yet?"
Alex's eyes widened. "Oh god here we go..."
Raccoon City, Alex's house, 1:30 PM
Danny, Andrew and Connor were running about the house packing up their bags, getting everything they needed, spare clothes, food, and of course, to defend themselves, their hunting rifles.
Scott sat outside and waited patiently for Kyle's return.
Andrew walked outside and sat down beside him. "So Scott, what're we gonna hunt exactly when we get there?"
Scott shrugged. "Depends on what's there, deer maybe."
Andrew sighed. "Damn, I feel sorry for those things."
"Even if deer weren't getting hunted, they would still get slaughtered by other animals, so no one has to feel sorry, they're one of the biggest targets for food, for human and animal alike." Scott said not looking at him.
Andrew nodded. "Yeah I suppose you're right, it's just, I find it sad that cute animals like them have to be a big target to many for food."
Scott looked at him. "You know there's a saying, only the fittest survive in this world. If you're strong you live, and if you're weak you die."
Andrew remained silent.
Scott continued. "Of course, what others should take into mind is, even the weak can survive by becoming strong themselves."
Andrew smiled. "Yeah, you're right."
Scott nodded and stood up. "So before you go thinking about how sad it may be to kill an innocent animal, keep in mind, that if it dies, then it was its time because it wasn't strong, the others that knew it, will learn from its death, and become stronger."
"Hey Danny, you want to go hunting as soon as we get there?" Connor asked as he sat down and took a sip of his drink.
Danny looked up from his comic at him and shrugged. "I dunno, it depends, if it isn't dark then sure, but I ain't going out hunting at night."
Connor smirked. "Scared the wolves will get ya?"
"Shut up Connor, or I'll tie you to a tree when we get there and leave you to get eaten by a bear." Danny said looking back at his comic.
Connor shrugged. "Ok ok it's cool, by the way doesn't Scott have his own car? Why doesn't he just drive us there himself?"
Danny spoke up, not taking his eyes off of his comic. "Maybe because he can't be bothered to open the garage and drive it out? And maybe because Kyle is already driving us, why would he trouble himself of having to drive to the Arklay Forest and back?"
Connor shrugged again. "Well first off, Kyle has to make five trips, and Scott has enough room in his car for five, why not?"
Danny sighed. "Well you see, he likes to keep his car fresh, if he had to drive us there, he would have to put in gas when we got back, and I know how much he hates having to pay for gas."
Connor nodded. "True...well I guess as long as Kyle doesn't take long to pick us up then I'm fine with that."
Danny looked at him. "He better not take long though, I'm giving him one hour."
Raccoon City Outskirts, Arklay Forest, 2:00 PM
Jamie looked outside the car window, they were still driving through the forest until they eventually arrived in a small open area.
The four teens got out of the car and started taking out some of their bags.
"This place is starting to give me the creeps." Jamie said as he looked around nervously.
"Dammit Jamie, we just got here and already you're being paranoid." Bryan said.
Jamie unpacked his bag and set up some wood. "Whatever, I'm starting the fire right now, I'm freezing."
Bryan smirked. "Heh...should have brought your jacket."
Jamie looked at him. "Hey! You can handle the cold Bryan but I can't!"
Bryan shrugged and threw him a lighter. "Use this, it'll light easier."
Jamie caught it, lit up the fire and put his hands close to it. "Finally, I thought I was gonna die."
Alex shook his head and unpacked his own bag. "Hey Bryan, you brought the celebrations with you right?"
Bryan nodded and held the box of chocolates in his hand. "You got it."
Alex sat down next to them and looked at the fire.
Jamie raised a brow and moved next to him. "Hey Alex you ok?"
Alex nodded. "Yeah, I'm just a bit upset that Louise couldn't come with us."
Bryan shook his head. "You're gonna have to learn to get over it Alex, come on, let's just wait until the others get here and then we'll have a party!"
Alex shrugged. "I guess..."
Kyle nodded. "Alright I'm gonna go and pick up the others so I'll be back soon."
Kyle walked over to his car and opened the door.
Alex, Jamie and Bryan remained silent, but there was no sound of the car starting up.
"Kyle what the hell are you doing?"
"Yeah seriously, are you delaying just to piss the others off?"
"If that's what you're doing then...that's actually ok because I like to piss them off sometimes too." Bryan said with a smile.
"Bryan!" Alex and Jamie both shouted.
Bryan stepped back and shrugged. "Sorry, force of habit."
Kyle stepped out of the car and sighed. "I'm out of gas."
"...You kidding?" Alex asked.
Kyle shook his head. "Alex, why would I fucking joke about my car running out of gas?"
Bryan checked it and nodded. "He's right, the cars fucked."
Kyle looked at him. "Well that's a nice thing to say."
Bryan shrugged and sat back down.
Alex stood up and checked it also. "Well why don't you just use your phone then."
Kyle checked his phone and tried calling. "Shit, nothing, I'm gonna have to walk back until I get a better signal."
Jamie looked around. "In this place? Yeah good luck with that."
Alex sighed. "We'll go with you Kyle, just in case."
Kyle nodded. "Alright."
Bryan shrugged as he followed them. "Damn, Danny is probably getting impatient right now."
Raccoon City, Alex's house, 3:00 PM
"It's been over an hour, and I'm getting impatient." Danny said as he glared at the clock.
"Well maybe they ran into a bit of trouble, maybe the car got stuck in traffic or mud or something." Andrew said.
Scott shook his head. "Raccoon City isn't busy on Sundays you idiot. He probably just ran out of gas and is trying to get a good signal on his phone so he can call for a tow truck."
Connor shrugged. "I highly doubt it, Kyle isn't stupid enough to not put gas in his car before driving back and forth to drop us off for our camping trip. Arklay Forest is pretty muddy so he probably got his car stuck in mud."
Scott sighed. "Whatever."
Danny stood up. "That's it, I'm getting a taxi."
Scott raised his hand. "Before you do that then you should think about it for a second, Raccoon City Outskirts, Arklay Forest, traffic is already building up, now tell me, do you think there will be any taxi service out at this time when all that shit's happening?"
Danny stayed silent and sat down.
Scott smirked a little. "Thought so."
Connor checked the clock. "Dude, Danny does have a point though, where the fuck is Kyle? He should of been back a while ago."
Scott looked at the clock also and shook his head. "Give the kid a break, Arklay Forest is quite far away so it'll take a while for him to get there and back."
Andrew nodded. "Yeah I guess..."
Danny took the time to look at his hunting rifle. "So Scott, how many bullets can these hold?"
Scott looked at the rifle. "It can hold atleast over eight..." Scott took something out of his bag. "But I prefer these babies anytime."
Connor raised a brow. "Your Beretta 92s?"
Andrew laughed. "Haha! No offence Scott, but we're going camping, and we're supposed to use hunting rifles to hunt, you make it seem as if we're going to war."
Scott put the pistols back in his bag. "Watch it, I've had those pistols with me ever since I joined the army, wherever I go, they go."
Danny nodded. "I suppose..."
Scott smirked. "But hey, I didn't say I was gonna use them to hunt now did I?"
Connor shook his head. "No but you might decide to use them to kill us if we piss you off for some apparent reason."
Scott just stared at him. "Why do you always have to make it sound as if I'm a trigger-happy, cold, bloodthirsty bastard?"
Connor shrugged. "Umm, maybe...because...you are one?"
Scott grinned. "Well I can be one right now if you want, you can be my first victim, how does that sound?"
Connor raised his hands. "Ok! ok! Jeez, you seriously can't take a joke."
Danny looked at them. "Well you know what I think? I think this is some kind of sick joke they're playing on us, I think they decided not to come and pick us up, just to piss us off."
Scott nodded. "Ok look, we'll wait a bit longer and if Kyle doesn't show up then we'll take my car to Arklay Forest."
Andrew sighed. "Ok...they better have not eaten anything yet."
Scott shrugged. "Don't worry, if they run out of food then they can eat each other."
Arklay Forest, 4:15 PM
"Hey you got anything yet Kyle?" Jamie asked as he looked around.
Kyle shook his head. "No nothing yet."
Alex stopped and looked at Bryan. "Hey Bryan, you're gonna break you're back if you carry two hunting rifles."
Bryan nodded. "True, I just wanted the extra bullets for hunting but I guess you're right..." He threw a hunting rifle at Jamie.
Jamie caught it and looked at him. "But...I'm a pacifist Bryan."
Bryan shook his head. "For the last time Jamie, animals and self-defence are way different than fighting!"
Jamie walked on with them. "But doesn't self-defence also mean you have to fight to defend yourself? Come on, how can they be different?"
Bryan spoke not taking his sights off the rifle. "Well, you see self-defence is basically you just doing something to take down you're attacker before they can start a fight with you, so if you're good with that rifle, you'll shoot anything and take it down fast."
Jamie stayed silent.
Alex smiled. "Come on Bryan I think your expecting a little too much out of Jamie..."
Bryan shrugged. "Hey I'm just trying to make sure he's capable of helping out with hunting."
Jamie nodded. "Yeah...I can help don't worry."
Kyle shook his head. "Fuck man, still no signal, what the hell is wrong with this thing? Am I still too far away?"
Alex sat down on a log and looked at the ground. "Well Kyle, we should sit down and take a break, it's been over an hour since we started walking, we should rest for a few minutes."
Kyle shook his head. "No, I need to be getting home soon so I can get a plane back to the UK to see my parents." Kyle walked on.
Jamie sat down next to Alex. "He really wants to go home, what about you Alex, do you miss your parents?"
Alex faced him. "Just my mom. Honestly Jamie, I never knew my dad, in fact, I've never even met him. Every single time I'd bring him up, my mom would avoid the subject. I don't know why."
"Oh...I see." Jamie replied.
Bryan rested the hunting rifle on his shoulder. "Hey I'm gonna go with Kyle, the last thing we need is for him to get attacked by a bear or something, if he is gonna go home then I want to make sure he is all right before he goes."
Alex nodded again. "Ok, we'll catch up with you."
Bryan ran off to catch up with Kyle.
Jamie stood up and looked around. "Alex, the fog is getting thick."
Alex shrugged. "Don't worry, Bryan's with Kyle and we're together, and besides, we have the radios that Scott gave us so if we get seperated or lost we can just use those."
Jamie smiled. "Scott sure did come prepared didn't he?"
"Yeah...he used to be in the army remember? He comes prepared all the time." Alex said.
"I bet anything he and the others are getting impatient right now waiting for Kyle to pick them up." Jamie said as he looked around.
Alex stood up and nodded. "Well there's nothing we can do right now, we'll just have to wait and hope that Scott decides to take his own car and drive the others here."
"ALEX! JAMIE!"
Alex and Jamie's eyes widened and sprinted off towards where they heard Bryan's voice.
Something caught their sights as they sprinted through the fog, Bryan and Kyle were standing in front of something big.
Alex and Jamie stopped running and set their sights on what they were looking at. "Whoa..."
A malfunctioned helicopter was right in front of them, it looked like it hadn't been used for a while.
Bryan looked at Alex. "What's a helicopter doing all the way out here?"
Alex tilted his head towards it. "Check it out."
Bryan nodded and walked towards it. He observed it and looked around for any signs of who it may belong to, that's when he wiped some dust off and spoke. "STARS?"
Jamie's eyes widened. "Did you say STARS?"
Bryan nodded and faced them. "This helicopter belongs STARS, no doubt about it, the logo is right here."
Alex walked over and checked it out. "Yeah he's right, this is a STARS helicopter."
Jamie raised a brow. "But why would a STARS helicopter be out here? You think they're looking for someone?"
Kyle shrugged. "Who knows, but hey, maybe we can check it out to see if there's anything in there to help boost my phones signal."
Jamie nodded. "Yeah, plus it's a good thing because now we can wait here for them to come back and get us out of here."
Bryan spoke as he struggled to open the door. "We...ain't goin'...anywhere!" He managed to open it and hopped inside to find anything useful. "Besides...the damn thing is a wreck...it looks as if it's been here for a while."
Alex laughed. "This is ridiculous, searching through a STARS helicopter, I won't be surprised if we get caught and arrested."
Kyle nodded. "Anyway guys, I'm gonna go on and see if I can get a better signal."
"Alright, just be careful you don't get lost." Alex said.
Kyle gave them a smile before he walked off, vanishing into the fog.
Jamie shrugged. "Well anyway, we better make our way back to the campsite when we're done here, I could use the camp fire to warm myself up right now."
"Yeah, we'll have to wait for the others remember so we can't do anything until they get here." Alex said as he looked at his watch.
Raccoon City, Alex's house, 5:00 PM
"Ok guys I think we've waited long enough, he definitely has some trouble with his car right now so we're taking mine." Scott said as he exited the house carrying his bag.
Connor, Andrew and Danny followed while carrying their own bags.
"Ok so who's driving?" Connor asked jokingly.
Scott glared at him. "You can rot in hell for all I care if you think I'm gonna let you drive MY car."
Connor laughed. "Hahaha! I was joking man, jeez..."
Scott opened the garage door and inserted his keys into the car inside.
Andrew looked at Danny. "Hey Danny what do you think we should do when we get there?"
Danny entered the car with him and replied. "Well first off, I think we should kick Kyles ass for not coming to pick us up, then we should start enjoying our camping trip."
Connor looked at the back of the car at them. "Well that's if something doesn't go wrong."
Andrew shrugged. "Come on Connor, how could the trip possibly go wrong?"
Danny smirked. "He's referring to bears and wolves, although there shouldn't be any around there, but he, like his brother, is just being paranoid."
Connor faced the front again and sighed. "Just step on it Scott so I don't have to put up with this."
Scott started the car up and drove off.
Arklay Forest, 5:00 PM
"But seriously, I really think someone should go and find Kyle just to make sure nothing bad happens to him, you know what kind of animals live in forests." Jamie said as he looked around nervously.
Alex raised a brow. "Oh come on Jamie what could possibly-" Before he could finish he heard Bryan shout and leap out of the helicopter. "SONUVABITCH!"
Alex gave him a confused look. "What's wrong Bryan?"
Bryan pointed. "See for yourself!"
Alex and Jamie looked inside and stepped back in surprise at what they had seen. "WHOA!"
Jamie held his hand over his mouth. "I think I'm gonna be sick."
Inside was a dead pilot, there was blood everywhere, he had claw and scratch marks all over his body, and his left eye looked like it was clawed out.
Jamie turned away. "You noticed that now Bryan?"
Bryan nodded. "Yeah but, I was just searching the back of the helicopter, as soon as I was getting out I saw him, jeez I nearly had a heart attack."
Alex shook his head in disbelief. "What the hell happened?"
"AHHH!"
The three turned towards the direction of the scream. "KYLE!" Alex bolted through the forest followed by Bryan and Jamie ignoring the branches hitting against them as they ran through the thick fog. They eventually came to an open area and found Kyle lying down on the ground getting attacked by a dog.
"Kyle?" Alex said hoping the dog hadn't done much damage to him.
The dog chewed off a huge piece of him and blood splattered all over the ground.
"NO!" Alex shouted aiming his rifle and shot the dog right through the head. He ran over to Kyle and checked his pulse. "Oh...shit..."
Bryan and Jamie just stood there and stared speechlessly at him.
"I got a girlfriend waiting for me back home in the United Kingdom, when I'm done driving you guys to the Arklay Forest, I'm gonna get a plane back to the UK and see my parents, I miss them."
Bryan snapped out of his thoughts and spoke up. "Alex...please tell me he's..."
Alex looked at them, a tear was dripping down his eye. "He's...he's dead..."
Jamie fell to his knees and just stared off into space. "What? That can't be...no way..."
Bryan walked over to Kyle's body and kneeled down beside him. "That's...that's ridiculous." He looked at Kyle and slowly shook his head. "What...what are we...what are we gonna say to his parents? What are we gonna do?"
Alex sighed and sat down. "I dunno...fuck the trip, it's gone wrong, horribly, we need to fucking get him out of here."
Bryan nodded. "I know but..." He stared back down at Kyle. "How can we get him out of here without a car?"
Alex stood up and looked around. "Look, let's just take him back to the camp first, we'll figure out what to do from there, Jamie..."
Jamie looked up and nodded, tears were running down his face but he wiped them away and walked over to Kyle. As soon as he bent down to pick Kyle up his eyes opened.
Jamie's eyes widened and jumped back. "HOLY SHIT!"
Alex and Bryan turned and saw Kyle moving, he was struggling to get up, but he was getting up slowly.
"Kyle! Thank god man I thought you were-" Before Alex could finish, Kyle leaped ontop of him and tried to bite him.
"What the fuck?! Kyle what are you doing?! KYLE!" Alex shouted as he struggled to restrain Kyle.
Bryan and Jamie just stared, wondering what was going on.
"Well don't just stand there! GET HIM OFF OF ME!"
Bryan and Jamie grabbed Kyle but he immediately went for them, they both shoved him back and helped Alex up.
Bryan looked at him. "What's wrong with his eyes?"
Jamie shook his head. "Kyle what's wrong?"
Alex clenched his fist. "How is that possible? That dog ripped him apart and he's still alive? That ain't possible, but..."
Kyle was slowly limping towards them.
The trio backed away from him. "Kyle?"
"Kyle don't you recognize us?"
"It's us!"
Alex shook his head. "No...something's wrong, I don't think any human being could survive something like that, he got ripped apart. I don't know what's wrong but we have to take care of him."
Bryan looked at him. "What do you mean?"
Alex looked at Bryan and tilted his head sideways towards Kyle. "Bryan, you know what I mean."
Bryan's eyes widened. "What? No way man! I ain't shooting him!"
Alex grabbed him. "He just tried to bite me, he's crazed all of a sudden, I don't know why and I personally don't want to know, do him a favour Bryan."
Bryan stepped in front of them and looked at his hunting rifle and back at Kyle. "Kyle..."
Kyle continued to limp towards them.
Bryan lifted his rifle up and aimed it at Kyle's head, a tear dropped down his face. "I'm sorry man." Bryan pulled the trigger and a bullet shot out of the rifle and went through Kyle's head. The noise of the bang slowly got quieter until everything went silent. Kyle fell to the ground with a loud thud and was no longer moving.
The trio just stood there frozen still for a few minutes before they walked off unable to believe what just happened before their eyes, they had just killed one of their friends, but he tried to kill them also. Finding the ability in them to move again, they headed off back to the campsite.
Authors Notes: Chapter has been updated, I fixed all the mistakes and errors that I could find, hope you liked the chapter. Review, as always, feedback is appreciated.
