Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Soldiers and Survivors. Enjoy the 1100-word chapter. I don't own Resident Evil; Capcom and a few others do.
(1998, September 30th, Racoon city)
Marcus lowered his AR-15 as bullet casings littered the ground, he sighed and reached for another magazine when the door opened, Leon had already gone on another the first wave of Zombies.
Marcus aimed his rifle at the door, the door opened and a girl with brown hair tied into a ponytail, a red jacket and black tank top, blue jeans and piercing blue eyes entered.
"Easy!" The girl yelled as Marcus rested his rifle on his shoulder and looked at her.
"You must be that girl I heard Leon talk about before he left. I'm Marcus, Marcus Hunter of RPD SWAT… Is that a revolver?" Marcus asked, looking at the gun in the girl's hands.
The girl fired with one hand and Marcus watched a zombie crash at his feet as the girl blew the smoke off the barrel.
"Yes, it's a SLS 60… I'm Claire Redfield." Claire said as Marcus nodded and then there was a thud at the door.
"What the hel-…" Marcus and Claire managed to state before Warrior barged into the police station, he looked at Claire and went to crush her.
"NO!" Marcus yelled as he tackled the hulking brute into the wall, Marcus watched Claire roll and fire 2 shots which hit Warrior in the chest and caused it to stumble.
"Behind the desk, now!" Marcus ordered as he tore the grenade off his chest and tossed it at Warrior, slamming it into the creature's gut.
Marcus rolled back as the Grenade knocked the creature to the ground, it went to get up before Marcus slammed his booted foot into its head.
"It's not going to stay down, we need to go…" Marcus stated to Claire as she nodded and rushed off, Marcus turned only to check on the recovering B.O.W who was aiming it's minigun at him.
Marcus leapt the counter as bullets bit into everything behind him, he rolled behind the desk and spotted Claire near him. Hunter recovered and advanced on them, Marcus motioned for Claire to move when he did and she nodded.
Warrior walked around the desk and both Claire and Marcus ducked down, Warrior walked past them and into the station, probably to hunt Leon.
Marcus waited until the footsteps were gone before turning to the still ducking Claire.
"I've seen that thing outside, I heard it ripped through a squad of cops, but it let one live so it could follow it towards more cops… Damned thing I've named Warrior." Marcus muttered as Claire climbed to her feet.
"You've seen anyone called Chris Redfield? He's my brother, I'm looking for him." Claire stated; Marcus was about to tell her shake his head before he noticed something.
Claire had a S.T.A.R knife on her waist, Marcus raised an eyebrow in shock under his helmet.
"Your brother was S.T. ?" Marcus asked as Claire nodded, Marcus inched closer, on the off chance that Warrior circled back, he didn't want him to think he and Claire were still in the lobby.
"I haven't seen them, but I don't think they're here…. I'll help you find him, but we're going to need better guns… That thing took a grenade to the chest and got back up, I doubt pistols and a rifle are going to cut it… Plus I think there's probably worse things within the police station, people were slaughtered in here." Marcus stated; Claire nodded as both peeked over the counter to see a pack of Zombies.
Warrior had probably left a pack of them to make sure that if they were killed, he'd know Claire and he were still in the lobby when he returned.
"Ok, I can bring you to an armory, but then we have to sneak around, I doubt we can make it through tonight alive shooting everything that moves." Marcus muttered, Claire nodded and Marcus stood up and began to lead Claire towards the armory.
2 of the 4 Zombies noticed them and Marcus and Claire drew their guns.
Marcus fired 3 rounds from his pistol as Claire fired twice, 3 of the Zombies fell to the ground. Marcus watched the last Zombie lunge at them.
Marcus blocked it with his elbow before firing a shot into its head, blowing it apart and then dropping the slain Zombie to the ground before turning to Claire.
"Nice shot for someone who probably hasn't seen combat… Your brother teaches you?" Marcus asked, Claire smiled.
"I've been in a few fights, but yes… Now then, armory?" Claire asked, Marcus nodded and they continued into the police station.
"You've been a cop long?" Claire asked, trying to spark up a talk to counter the crazy adventure she had been through so far.
"Few months, I'm 19, I just watched that walking horror show kill my entire squad. You have a backstory or you want me to guess, Ms. Redfield?" Marcus jokingly asked, making sure he could reach a fresh magazine if he needed it.
"I came to look for my brother who I think is here… I ran into Leon at a gas station outside town. I didn't think I'd be dealing with Zombies… And it isn't 'Ms. Claire' I'm as old as you." Marcus heard and he chuckled.
"And yet you brought a gun that will murder a zombie in one good bullet to the head." Marcus said, Claire elbowed him in the ribs.
"Says the teen with an assault rifle." Claire responded; Marcus chuckled and both began walking again down the hallway.
"Fair enough, Claire… I haven't seen Leon before you ask, we ran into some Zombies and while I was busy shooting them in the head with Leon, he moved deeper into the police station. I hope Warrior didn't track him down, last thing I want to find is another dead cop because these walking corpses got lucky." Marcus muttered, he opened a door and they were inside a room.
"Wait, this is the… Evidence room… Crap." Marcus muttered; Marcus noticed there was a grenade launcher behind the glass.
He turned to see Claire grab a wrench.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I know this isn't following the game, but its different and will follow its own path. I want to point out that this story will mostly be following Marcus and Claire and thus Leon and Chris will be showing up now ang again. Next chapter will be next week and will show Marcus and Claire getting their weapons, Until then, Lighting Wolf out!