Chapter 2: The Fight for El Salvador

The Plan of Escape

Panchimalco, El Salvador

The sun had yet to rise on this morning in El Salvador as soldiers from the BSAA North and South American Branches stood in a small village they had turned into a military post for their next mission. Amongst the sea of soldiers was the walking legend himself Special Operations Unit Captain Chris Redfield. His presence here was not unforeseen, since the dead of Pierce he's been almost like a workhorse for the BSAA. He's been all over the world combating BOW threats, and a threat that he thought was put down with the death of Carla Radames…Neo Umbrella.

He knew a terrorist organization like Neo Umbrella wouldn't just disappear because of the death of Carla. He assumed it would take years for them to get back on their feet but it only took a few months for the organization to get back on their feet. These past few months there have been an increase in Bioweapons being used in Central and South America.

The first outbreak was in a small town in Chile, the next was a bigger outbreak in Peru, the next came in the mountains of Columbia, and the last was in Costa Rica. Each attack yielded a small number of infected and a small number of J'avo. What it showed was a pattern of attacks that was moving from South America and going to travel into the North and that's something he wasn't going to let happen.

The outbreaks were small and led which showed they weren't initial but this new outbreak in El Salvador was different it was larger and threatened the capitol of San Salvador which prompted a joint operation between the North and South American Branches of the BSAA and even a few from the West African Branch.

As Chris walked into a large tent quickly came face to face with a West African woman who stood about five foot six with short brown hair tied with a ponytail in the back and wearing a light purple sleeveless t-shirt, black pants, with a gun holster on her right hip, and black boots.

"The soldiers are ready Captain." Said Sheva earning a nod from Chris as the duo made their deeper into the tent.

It had only been a month since Chris reunited with his former partner Sheva Alomar. With things in Africa calming down Sheva came to him after the death of Pierce and wanted to take over as his new partner. The duo had worked together in the past and Chris couldn't lie when he said that he trusted her watching his back then most others so he was quick to take her and since then the duo had become inseparable.

As the duo entered a large room filled with BSAA soldiers they quickly moved to the front of the room where a board was located with everyone quickly turning to them and closing their months.

"Alright then everyone we all know why we're here. Our target is Neo Umbrella and cleaning up their messes they make while moving to take them down." Said Chris before he pointed to a map on the board.

"This is the city of Soyapango it's got a reputation for being the most dangerous city in Central America with violent street gangs roaming the streets and terrorizing the people. Similar to the rebels of Edonia Neo Umbrella gave strains of the C-Virus to these gang now there are hundreds of J'avo armed with running amuck in the city and they're looking to moving into San Salvador." Chris stated earning nods from the group.

"We're all familiar with the J'avo and they're adaptive capabilities and that's really the only thing these gang members have going for them. Unlike the Mercenaries who were well armed with Assault Rifles and Rocket Launchers these guys don't have guns like that swimming around. They have guns, Grenades, and a few Rocket Launchers but we shouldn't see Tanks, Mini Guns, and even a great number of Snipers like Edonia but still be on your guard." He continued before turning back to the map.

"Most of the J'avo are concentrated around the central district, that's why we're going to hit them from all sides and make our way to middle driving out all J'avo as we go along. Any questions?" he asked earning silence from the group.

"We all know the music people let's get ready to dance." He finished causing everyone to rise from their feet before making their way out of the tent.

"Sergeant!" he said earning the attention of a muscular African American man that looked to be in his early thirties and stood about six feet with short black hair, bright brown eyes, and was a BSAA uniform similar to Chris's

"Are you ready for this?" the Captain asked earning a nod from his man.

"Aye Captain." The man replied before turning to walk out of the room while Sheva turned to Chris.

"Sir I think you pull him from this mission, he may seem clear-headed but there's no telling how he's gonna behave when those bullets start flying." Stated Sheva earning a few seconds of silence from Chris before he spoke.

"His younger brother was on Oahu went that explosion went off. Right now Sergeant Roman needs to take his mind off his family. I can sit him down from this battle but I have a feeling Martin will find his way on the battlefield." Said Chris earning a slight nod from Sheva before she watched the Captain walk away without even looking her way.

Oahu

The sun had been risen on this new day on Oahu as a loud thump radiated throughout the lush green forest as Helena stood over the body of a Zombie dressed in a black wife beater, military cargo pants, and black boots with a metal baseball bat in her hand and her pistol in a holster on her right hip.

"What did it get?" asked Acosta as he walked up behind Helena wearing a dirty white wife-beater, his military cargo pants, and camouflage boots with his M16A2 in his hands.

"A turtle." Helena replied as Acosta noticed the headless turtle under the dead Zombie while Helena started to walk away.

"Turtle would have made some good soup." Acosta said earning a slight chuckle from Helena.

"Hunger starting to get you." She asked earning a nod from the man.

"Still wondering how you've lasted this long I'm just hoping the scout teams had better luck then us." He replied.

"Who was on the scout team?" Helena asked as Acosta rubbed his chin.

"Mark, Lee, Akamai, Sarah, and a few others." He replied to Helena's confusion.

"Mark, I haven't seen him in a while." She replied earning a chuckle from Acosta.

"That's because you two have basically been avoiding each other. He came back night me and Solder with Akamai and they left out that next night." Acosta stated earning silence from Helena.

"What's up with you two anyway one day you were all happy the next you barely want to see the other?" he asked.

"Nothing!" Helena replied before breaking the tree line with Acosta where the duo noticed that they were standing in front of a high rise hotel on the outskirts of Honolulu. It wasn't sage to be on the ground during the night and the day didn't offer much protection so a few months after the group had discovered the hotel and noticed that it was close enough to Honolulu for the group to do supplies runs in the city and far enough away from the city to be away from the Zombies.

As the duo made their way to the front door that quickly watched as two people removed the makeshift barricade away from the door and opened it for them to walk inside. Much of the electricity on the island had shut off a few days after the outbreak so lights, heat, cool air, the internet, and the phones didn't work making communication hard on the island. So it seemed like time was at a standstill for the group.

As Helena and Acosta entered the lobby they were quickly greeted by Sergeant Solder who raised off the couch with a smile to greet the duo.

"About time you got back, did you find anything?" he asked earning a shake of the head from Acosta.

"Nope and we went a few miles in the city before we got chased off by the infected." He replied earning a nod from Solder.

"The scout teams find anything?" Acosta asked as Solder gave a deep sigh.

"We kinda got a problem, most of the scout teams came back but two of them came back without their partners." Solder stated to Acosta's surprise.

"What two came back?" he asked.

"Akamai and Sarah." He replied to Helena's shock.

"Where are Mark and Lee?" she asked.

"Still out there and they've been gone almost two weeks. The day you left a week ago Akamai and Sarah came back and they ain't telling anyone what happened out there." He replied as Helena and Acosta gave the man confused looks.

"Where are they?" Helena asked.

"There rooms-." Solder started before Helena walked away from the man while Solder gave her a confused look.

One of the main benefits of living in a hotel is that there isn't any shortages of rooms. So everyone was able to get their own room despite having a group that was composed of fifty survivors. Over the next few months a hierarchy had been built within the group. Acosta was running things because of his military experience and people skills, Helena was like his advisor on how to deal with the different type of infected, and Solder handled the food as well as the scouts. They were people who were trained by Solder in limited military combat, mostly how to use a gun. They would then go out on supply runs throughout the city and find food, medical supplies, and basic household needs.

With a group of fifty people supply runs had to be done almost every week just to keep things in stock. The scouts would go out in three to four man teams and go around the city to gather supplies. It was a dangerous job but it had to be done.

After arriving on the fourth floor Helena quickly made her way to Akamai's room at the end of the hall and started knocking on the door before watching it slide open with Haruko standing on the other side. Over the last few months she'd become an almost temporary doctor for the group and helped if there were injuries with the scouts.

"Where's Akamai?" Helena asked as Haruko stepped aside and allowed the woman to enter the room where she noticed the Japanese girl sitting on her bed Indian style with a Katana resting on her lap. As Helena looked her up and down she noticed that the girls long black hair that once reached to the center of her back now barely went past her neck.

Alongside her was another girl that was African American with short curly black hair tied into a ponytail, bright brown skin, bright brown eyes, and wearing a black muscle shirt, blue jean pants, black shoes cleaning a silver Glock 19.

This girl was Sarah and she too was just another American who came to the island for Spring Break but was sucked into this mess. The group quickly found her after arriving at the hotel, she had managed to survive much of the outbreak on her own and quickly offered her skills to the group. Over the last couple of months she grown a close to Mark, Lee, Akamai, and Haruko who had developed a tightly knit bond that many of the others didn't understand.

"Where are Mark and Lee?" Helena asked breaking Akamai from her concentration as he turned to face her.

"Off still getting supplies." Akamai replied with little emotion in her voice as Helena watched her run her hand over her sheathed blade that she picked up from an old dojo that had become a haven for the infected.

"Really well why did you leave them?" Helena asked while folding her arms over her chest.

"Let's just say we had conflicting agendas that we aren't going over." Stated Sarah earning Helena's attention.

"That so?" she asked while eyeing the girls closely.

"There's no need to worry I'm certain they're fine." Said Akamai as she looked away from Helena.

"We'll see about that, if they don't show up in a few hours we're going after them." She replied before walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.

"Good luck with that." Said Sarah as she went back to cleaning her gun while Helena made her way down the hall to a familiar room before reaching into her pocket for the manager's key that opened all the doors before sliding it into the lock and quickly opening the door then walking inside the room.

This hotel room wasn't hers it belonged to a familiar Samoan teen. As Helena eyed the bed she noticed that it was nicely made with shoes sticking out from underneath it. Over the course of their time here Mark and Lee both made several trips to their apartment relocated their things here as Helena's eyes fell on a laptop resting on a desk while a black suitcase was on the floor beside it and a series of baseball hats lined rested on the nearest dresser.

Helena then moved to the dresser and quickly opened it to see a small stash of sweets like honey buns, chips, powdered lemonade, some peppermints, and a few pill bottles. Hoarding food is a bad thing within the group but over the course of time they've been together Helena had learned that Marcus had a types of Sickle-Cell. He didn't show much sickness but he explained to everyone that the biggest way to see it was his height. He explained that he was shorter then both his mother and father because of his trait. He also had the beginning stages of diabetes, he didn't need to take a shot and he kept his weight down so it wasn't too severe but he did have to eat something sweet every now and then.

Despite his diseases Mark wasn't letting them hold him back as Helena looked at his wall and noticed scratches on the side that were made by a knife. The scratches didn't represent days they represented how many Zombies Mark had dropped and as Helena eyed the scratches she didn't have to guess that there were over a hundred.

She then quickly turned away from the wall and reached into her front pocket before pulling out a pack of hard fruity candies and sticking it in the dresser. In truth she still didn't have much feelings for Mark other than his general well-being. The two hadn't had sex since their short time in the bathroom the day of the outbreak and they hadn't spent much time around one another either. In truth she hasn't really seen Mark in almost two months because once he came back he'd stay the night and leave before the sun rose and he went well beyond Honolulu to the point where Helena figured he may have covered the entire island.

She worried for his safety but when it came down to loving or even caring about him as a fruit she didn't have much feelings there. As she walked out of Mark's hotel room she noticed that people were running down the hall catching her by surprise.

"What's going on?" she asked as a Native Hawaiian turned back to her to speak.

"Mark and Lee are back." He said before running off with Helena following behind him. As she made her way down the stairs she noticed more people making their way downstairs among them Akamai, Haruko, and Sarah. She knew that when Mark and Lee returned they brought most of the provisions so they'd receive a lot of praise from people who would always fight to get what they bring.

As the group made it down stairs they quickly came to a halt as Helena looked past the group and took in the sight of Mark and Lee with wide eyes.

"Oh god!" she said upon seeing the duo. Mark was standing before dressed in a black wife-beater, black jeans, dark blue shoes, a studded belt, and carrying a H&K416 with a Holographic Scope, 10 inch barrel, and AG-C/EGLM Grenade Launcher on the under barrel of the gun while a Mossberg 500 Cruiser was slung across his back, and a Combat Knife was strapped to his right hip. Lee was standing beside him dressed in a black t-shirt, black jeans with a blue towel hanging from his back pocket, a white shoe, and a studded wrist bands, in his hands was a MP5 Submachine Gun with Red Dot Scope, on his hips were two holsters for his Glock 20's and on his back was an AR-15 Assault Rifle with a scope fitted for a Sniper Rifle and underneath it was a large Bolo Knife.

The city of the boys wasn't what had everyone on edge as they eyed them they noticed blood leaking from Mark's forehead and the side of his cheek, he had scratches on his left arm that had covered his arm in blood, his right pant leg had been torn, and he had a scar on his right cheek while Lee had a long scratch going down his left cheek, his short was ripped with scratch marks going his chest, his pants were also ripped, he had scratches and bruises on his arm, rips in his pants, and he was missing a shoe. Both boys had large bags slung across their back as they smiled at the group.

"How you doing." Said Mark as both he and Lee dropped their bags while Acosta and Solder quickly rushed to the group and started to help them room that was used as a medical room.

Soyapango, El Salvador

The road was bumpy and the air was filled with heat as Chris road in the back of a BSAA Military Humvee with his Assault Rifle on his lap at the ready while Sheva sat beside him with her Shotgun at the ready and four more BSAA soldiers in full body gear sat around the duo with Assault Rifles of their own.

"Two minutes in." said the driver as the group cocked their guns while hovering above the group was a BSAA Little Bird Helicopter with Martin Roman hanging off the edge with his Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle with Foregrip was in his hands as he looked at the long stretch of road before them that led to the town of Soyapango.

"One minute-." Started the driver before an explosion caught everyone's attention as they noticed the first Humvee being launched upward in a cloud of smoke and fire before crashing with a violent thud.

"RPG!" yelled the driver as he noticed a hooded J'avo armed with a RPG standing on the side of a small building but before he could fire another rocket he was taken down by a hail of bullets from the Miniguns mounted on the Humvee's.

"Alright this is our stop." Said Chris as he piled out of the Humvee with Sheva and the others before running up the road where they noticed three BSAA soldiers engaged in a firefight with six three J'avo.

"Bring us down." Said Sergeant Roman as the pilot quickly descended his helicopter on a rooftop allowing the man to hop out of the helicopter before moving to the edge of the building with his Sniper at the ready before firing off three shots that collided with one J'avo and blowing off his head while another firing another shot that missed the head of the next J'avo and hit it's arm as Chris and Sheva watched as a larva like creature sprouted from the arm.

"Shit look out." Yelled Chris as the creature sent its arm flying at the group hitting one BSAA soldier in the head with enough force to crush his skull but before it could kill another Sheva had fired a blast from her Shotgun that blew a hole into the creatures chest and sent pellets out it's back causing it to hit the ground with a thud while Chris fired a barrage of rounds at the last J'avo striking it in the back of the head.

"Move up!" Chris yelled as Martin reloaded his rifle before watching as Chris and his team ran down an alley of house while cutting down any J'avo that got in their way.

"Guns Guns Guns." Said the pilot of the little bird as it performed a gun run down a street that was filled with J'avo allowing the BSAA soldiers to move up the street before moving to the side as an APC came flying down the streets firing it's heavy guns into the fleeing J'avo.

"Cut them down!" yelled Chris as he and Sheva cut down a group of fleeing J'avo before reloading their weapons but while they were reloading a J'avo armed with a Machete lunged at Sheva causing the woman to take a step back while Chris grabbed the creature by the neck from behind before giving it a violent twist and creating aloud snapping sound that resonated through the gun fire.

"You okay?" he asked earning a nod from Sheva before three J'avo turned the corner aiming their weapons at the group but before they could open fire they were instantly cut down by a hailstorm of bullets as Chris and Sheva noticed a Mexican woman who looked to be in her mid-twenties with long black hair tied into a ponytail and wearing BSAA gear and armed with a M4A1 Assault Rifle stood before them.

"Saved your ass captain." She said earning a slight chuckle from Chris.

"Report Martinez." He said earning a nod from the woman.

"Much of the East and Western parts of the city has been taken and the J'avo are falling back to the Central District." She replied earning a nod from Sheva.

"Martin what do you see?" Chris asked as the man looked out the scope of his Sniper and noticed J'avo running down the road.

"They're heading for the Central District alright be on your guard I'm seeing Assault Rifles, RPG's, and Hand Grenades. Looks like they're arming up for the final push." He replied.

"How you holding up on the roofs?" the woman asked earning a slight chuckle from Martin.

"I'd feel a lot better on the ground." Martin replied with a slight chuckle.

"Alright moving in!" said Chris as he led the group down the road.

Oahu

"Ah what the fuck is that acid?" asked Lee as Haruko rubbed rubbing alcohol on his chest.

"We gotta disinfect your wounds." She replied while continuing to wipe the scars on the man's chest as he layed on the bed with a bandaged Mark lying beside him while Helena, Acosta, Solder, Akamai, and Sarah stood around the duo.

"So you mind telling us where the hell you two been these last couple of days and what happened to you?" asked Solder as Mark flipped him off.

"You're mom's house tag teaming her." Mark replied with an evil chuckle. Over the last few months Mark and Lee had developed an animosity to Solder stemming from Solder's authoritative attitude and playground bully-like mentality that clashed with the duo's rebellious nature and take no disrespect mentality.

"You wanna say that again?" Solder yelled.

"Enough you two just tell us where you've been." Said Helena earning a low sigh from Mark.

"Well after we split up, me and Lee spent a few days on the otherside of the Island on the beach. Speaking of which there's something we gotta show all of you." Said Mark earning confused looks from the group.

"We'll go into details when we get there." Said Lee with a chuckle.

"After we left we went east and I guess we stumbled upon some navy prison or something because when we went inside it was filled with guns and these holding cells." Said Mark to Acosta and Solder's confusion.

"You sure it was due east?" Acosta asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm not a professional navigator but yeah we're pretty sure it was east." Said Mark.

"There was this big ass hole where the front door should have been and we just walked right in. We saw holding cells, blood on the walls, and then we got to this armory that was filled with guns. Fully and Semi-Automatics, Assault Rifles, Handguns, everything. They even had a food court with stuff." Said Lee.

"We started to pack some stuff up in bags, then when we came out they had us surrounded." Said Mark.

"What are they?" asked Helena.

"These creatures they looked like inside out people with long claws." Stated Mark.

"Bloodshots they're very dangerous pack hunters that's are hard to kill." She replied earning a chuckle from Lee.

"Yeah we noticed." Said Lee as he pointed at the scars on his chest.

"We had a lot of guns and ammo so we managed to hold them off, but then something else came after us." Said Mark.

"It's not something we've ever seen before it looked like a Bloodshot but walked on all fours like a dog, it had no eyes but a big ass brain on top of its head, and it's tongue was long as fuck and sharp teeth." Said Mark as Helena's eyes started to widen.

"A licker, I've never seen one up close but I've heard stories about them and if that is what you ran into your lucky to have killed it and got out alive." Said Helena.

"Yeah it ain't dead." Said Lee to everyone's surprise.

"The hell do you mean it ain't dead?" asked Solder.

"Yeah we pumped almost a hundred rounds into that thing and over thirty shells and it just kept coming. Then we used Grenades and it still kept coming to eat us." Stated Mark.

"The bitch ate the food we had, it ate his pistol, it ate a chair we threw at it, and the bitch ate my other shoe. I really put all these things in its mouth and ate it." Stated Lee with anger in his voice as the group turned to the dirty sock on his foot.

"So how did you get rid of it?" asked Acosta.

"It didn't follow us out of the building. When we ran out it stopped like a guard dog and we came back here with what we had." Said Mark earning confused looks from the group.

"What was in those bags anyway?" Lee with a raised eyebrow.

"Guns, ammo, some medical supplies, and other things." Said Helena earning a nod from Mark.

"Well give me some of that ammo I ran out of rounds for that Rifle and I'm keeping that." Said Mark with a chuckle.

"Alright we got a licker to deal with." Said Solder as Acosta sent a look to Helena and shook his head to the left.

"We'll be back to check on you but right now get some rest." He said earning a nod from Mark before walking out with Helena and Solder while Akamai, Sarah, and Haruko turned to Mark.

"You're still here." Said Sarah as Lee started to chuckle.

"Unfortunately." He said with anger in his voice.

"We had a change of heart, can't go anywhere without you." Said Mark as he reached into the back of his pants before pulling out a Walther P99 and then presenting it to Akamai.

"What's this for?" she asked while taking the gun in her hand.

"You're good with that sword but you're gonna need a gun if you're going against something like we went up against." Mark replied as Akamai stuffed the gun in the back of her pants.

"What did you bring me?" Sarah asked while turning to Lee.

"That AR-15 with the Suppressor and High Powered Scope. You're our best shot and you need a good weapon." He said earning a slight smile from Sarah.

"Thank you." She said before walking off while Akamai sent Mark a smile before walking off with Haruko.

"So why'd you pull me out?" asked Helena as she folded her arms across her chest.

"Mark said they had traveled east from the other side of the Island and got those weapons from a Navy Prison on the otherside of the island." Said Acosta earning a nod from Helena.

"There isn't a Navy prison on this island or even another military instillation on that of the island." Said Solder earning a raised eyebrow from Helena.

"So what's there?" she asked.

"The sight of the explosion we were going to investigate." Said Solder to Helena's surprise.

"The Explosion isn't that where you first encountered the infected?" Helena asked earning a nod from Acosta.

"We couldn't get to that location because the dead were all over, but it looks like now we gotta investigate. We'll get Mark to take us there after he shows us what he needs to show us." He stated earning a nod from Helena.

"Even with that BOW playing guard dog?" she asked.

"We don't have much of a choice we're going to have to engage it, because sooner or later it's gonna come out of that building and if it's as dangerous as they say it is, I want to strike it before it strikes us." Said Acosta earning a nod from Solder.

"We may need to put a strike team together for that kind of job." The man said earning a nod from Acosta who turned to Helena.

"Will you help us?" he asked.

"Most likely." She said earning a smile from Acosta before he walked away with Solder while Helena took a look back at the room with Mark and the others.

Soyapango

The city was silent with small burst of gunfire every few seconds as Chris, Sheva, Diaz, and a the rest of the BSAA as they surrounded a series of old style apartment building that were covered in graffiti in the town center while reloading their weapons.

"Alright get ready for an all-out attack." Said Chris over his earpiece as Martin loaded his Sniper before switching to thermal vision and noticing J'avo moving around the windows of each building armed with weapons that were as small as Mac-10's to as large as RPG's.

"Captain they've got a lot of firepower on every opening on that building. I recommend shelling the place on all sides before moving in." the man said earning a nod from Chris.

"Alright little birds prepare for gun run." Said Chris as three Helicopters started to fly towards the building Martin looked through his Sniper Rifle and caught sight of two J'avo carrying Javelin Launchers moving to the window.

"They've got Javelin's abort the gun-run abort abort ABORT!" Martin yelled over his Walkie Talkie but it was too late as the J'avo fired the guided missiles and watched along with everyone as they slammed into two of the helicopters before sending them crashing to the ground.

"Pulling out-." Started the pilot of the remaining chopper before he felt a sharp pain in his chest as ten rounds from a High Powered Gun Turret slammed into his chest causing him to lose control of the chopper and leaving it spiraling out of control before crashing and hitting the ground and creating a violent explosion.

"I guess Neo Umbrella armed these guys as well." Said Chris while Sheva got on her earpiece.

"Martin we don't want to storm that building and have a Normandy incident so your gonna have to take out that turret." She said as Martin put down his Sniper before reaching into his backpack and pulling out an M79 Single-Shot Grenade Launcher before taking aim at the position of the turret.

"Firing!" he said before firing the weapon and watching as an explosion went off in the room as the turret.

"MOVE UP!" yelled Chris as he led his team towards the building while receiving fire from the J'avo who had taken up positions around the building and were putting up heavy resistance as three BSAA Agents were quickly cut down only for Chris to pull the pin on a Grenade before heaving the weapon at the door and watching it go up in a violent explosion and creating an opening the for the soldiers as they rushed inside firing their weapons.

"Take um out!" Chris yelled as he fired his Assault Rifle down a hall and quickly cutdown three J'avo and blowing the legs off a fourth as the group watched as Sniper legs started to emerge from the creatures back but before it could use these new appendages it was taken out by a Shotgun blast courtesy of Sheva as the team continued through the building.

"AH!" yelled a J'avo as it ran at Chris with a Machete only for the Captain to dodge the blade before grabbing the back of the creatures head and ramming its face against the wall with enough force to shatter its skull while Sheva and Diaz made their way down the hall and killed three more Sheva with rounds to the head, chest, and back.

"Let's see what you got." Said Martin as he reloaded his Grenade Launcher before firing another Grenade at the building and hitting the room the J'avo that were manning the Javelin Launchers and causing the floor to collapse and sending the duo falling to their demise.

"We're almost done." Said Chris as he slammed the butt of his gun into the stomach of a J'avo before shooting it in the head and sending its brain flying across the room while Sheva and Diaz cleared out the remaining J'avo before the group came to a room at the end of the hall.

"Alright prepare to breach." Said Chris as he and Sheva moved to the left and right of the door before kicking it open and finding that the room was only filled with dirty furniture, blood stains on the wall, and a table in the middle of the room with a voice recorder resting on it.

"What's this!" said Chris as he approached the voice recorder before flipping the device on and pressing the play button.

"Captain Redfield, I may not be there but I knew you couldn't resist bringing down my little outbreak yourself so I know you're listening." Said the voice on the other end as the group eyed the tape recorder closely.

"Don't bother guessing who I am it'll come out in the future, no I have a message to deliver. You may think these outbreaks are small little infections but no these are just test and it's only a matter of time before we get to the grand finally." the voice said with an evil chuckle that made Chris grit his teeth angrily.

"I suggest you take these battles with a smile because they'll be your last." He finished before the message ended as Chris put down the voice recorder but before anyone could say anything an explosion went off that sent the group flying out of the room followed by a series of others on the bottom floors.

"Guys there were bombs on the bottom of that building I suggest you get outta there now." Yelled Martin as the group quickly ran down the hall as more explosions shook the building and caused the group to stumble and the floors to fall in causing the group to jump over a hole in the ground before jumping out a window as another explosion went off that caused the building to fall and pick up a violent dust cloud.

Oahu

He never was one for laying in the bed all day so seeing Mark out of his room wasn't a big surprise for Helena as she walked into his bedroom and noticed him loading 5.56x45mm NATO rounds into four thirty round magazines for his HK416. As she watched him Helena couldn't help but wonder about Mark, it didn't take him long to learn how to fire a gun, in fact he and Lee caught on a lot faster than anyone else and had moderate skills with firing pistols. She wondered how they both knew how to shoot but at the same time she didn't want to get into a conversation about himself less she would have to explain herself and the less they knew about each other was the better on this island.

"What's on your mind?" Mark asked without looking at her as Helena folded her arms over her chest.

"You should be resting." She said earning a chuckle from Mark.

"I never was the type to keep still." He replied earning a slight smile from Helena.

"Alright then what is it that you wanted to show us?" she asked while watching Mark load a magazine into his HK416 before turning to his Mossberg 500 Cruiser and loading shells inside of it.

"You'll find out in four hours we're going to leave be leaving in thirty minutes." Mark replied to Helena's surprise.

"We still have a few hours of daylight left and we need to get this done today because I got things to do." Said Mark as he cocked his Shotgun before loading 9mm shells into a magazine for a Pistol.

"What do you have to do that's so important?" asked Helena with a chuckle.

"Well I gotta work on what I'm going to show and I'm going to kill that long tongued bastard that tried to kill me." Said Mark to Helena's surprise.

"I suggest you wait on doing that Acosta and Solder are putting together a team to help bring that thing down." She replied earning a low growl from Mark.

"Well they better hurry there asses up because time isn't what we have." He replied before grabbed two magazines for handguns and presenting them to a surprised Helena.

"Speaking of you while I was in that building I grabbed something I think you're familiar with." Said Mark as he walked over to his closet before pulling out a three-barreled Sawn-off Shotgun to Helena's surprise.

"A Hydra." She said earning a nod from the youngest Roman.

"I remember you saying you had one, hopefully this can replace it." Mark stated before handing the woman the weapon causing her to quickly inspect it while Mark picked up his Pistol and tucked it in the back of his pants, then throwing his Shotgun over his shoulders.

"I never was good with short-barreled Shotgun so hopefully it's in better hands with you." He said to Helena's surprise as she watched him stuff a few shells for his Shotgun in his pockets.

"Mind telling me where you learned how to use guns?" she asked earning a slight chuckle from Mark.

"Rule number three no personal conversation." He said before walking past Helena who watched him closely. She expected him to talk to her instead of brushing her off, but it seemed he was beginning to lose interest in her. As Helena watched him depart she couldn't help but notice how much he'd changes physically he was still short but thanks to food being scarce, his constant moving, and fighting the infected Mark's body had transformed almost overnight. When she first met him he was chunky, not obese, but by a doctors measurement he was still overweight. He was male swim suit model or movie star muscular he didn't have a six pack but he much of his stomach had gone down, his arms had gotten muscular, and because he wasn't around a barber his hair had grown out to being that he had to keep it in a ponytail.

His appearance along with his arm that was covered in Samoan Tribal symbols made him look more like a native Polynesian to Helena then when she first met him. They had only been on the island for eight months but it seems like a lifetime since she last saw the young man. She then quickly checked the Hydra for ammo before following after him as he made his way downstairs.

Panchimalco, El Salvador

The ride back to base wasn't long Sheva and the others for her throbbing headache was enough to keep her mind preoccupied as she sent a look to Chris who looked to be in deep thought. In truth it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why he was in such a deep thought.

His mind was pondering on who could be the new leader of Neo Umbrella and what his big plan was. She knew by the way the trail looked it seemed like Neo Umbrella was attempting to make their way to the United States, but Sheva knew that in this game of war the easiest answer is never the correct one.

As she walked to the command center with Chris, Martin, and Diaz the group quickly stood before a large computer before watching as it turned on and a woman with long black hair, bright blue eyes, and wearing a black and white suit stood on the other end with a man with short black hair, bright blue eyes, and a wearing a blue suit who was standing behind her.

"Captain Redfield." She said earning a slight smile from Chris.

"Director Valentine." Chris replied as he looked at the woman who used to be his former partner but was now his boss. After forming the BSAA with her, Clive R. O'Brian, and the few others a director was needed to oversee the operation. The director would have more of a desk job and desk work wasn't what Chris was best so after much debating it was decided that Jill would run the BSAA. Especially since she was still being tested for things after being used for research by Wesker.

She wasn't used to overseeing worldwide operations on countering bioterrorist attacks but Chris had faith in her and it seemed to be paying off greatly because with Jill leading the BSAA had prevented and cleaned up numerous Bioterrorist threats across the globe so complaining wasn't on everyone's mind.

"I'm guessing this J'avo outbreak was taken care of without incident." she said.

"We lost three Choppers and about a dozen men are dead with twenty others injured. They were better armed then we were expecting." He replied earning a slight chuckle from the man behind Jill.

"Of course you did, an airstrike on the city would have made for less casualties." He said with venom in his tone.

"We took back the city and much of it didn't receive any real damage. An airstrike would have left the city more damaged then it already is." Said Sheva.

"Does it matter?" The man replied earning a low growl from the woman.

"Enough Keller." Said Jill causing the man to keep quiet while smiling at the group. Chris was very familiar with the silver-tongued John Keller. He was once a member of the Federal Bioterrorism Commission or FBC but quickly switched to help work for the BSAA because of his past military experience as one of the leading commanders of the Europe Branch and a great advisor for the North American Branch.

He was a great leader but his flaw was his brutality. Keller was known to be like a machine on a mission because he didn't give much thought and only followed his orders without thinking about civilian casualties or unnecessary force. He was the kind of guy to blow up a building that was harboring terrorist with hostages instead of sending in a rescue team. He was the very definition of a soldier but not much of a person.

"Did you find any valuable intel?" Jill asked earning a nod from Chris.

"Yes the new leader of Neo Umbrella left us a message, it seems he's got something big planned and all these attacks are just test to see how strong we are." He replied causing Jill to rub her chin.

"Alright then we can't do much with that other than wait it out. I'll keep you posted on things HQ out." Jill said before the screen went dark.

"I really hate that guy." Said Sheva with venom in her tone.

"Join the club." Said Martin as he walked off with Diaz following behind him.

Oahu

The sky had now turned a dark shade of red signifying that it was late in the afternoon as Helena found herself following after Mark and Lee with Acosta, Solder, Akamai, and Sarah. The group was trekking through the jungle with their weapons at the ready in case something jumped out at them and in the last hour since they left they've already had three encounters with the infected but they were made short work of without even firing a shot thanks to Akamai.

Helena didn't know much about the girl other than that she was good with a sword. She told people it was because she was captain of her schools Kendo Club which explains her skills, but when it came to killing the infected she was as cold as herself, Mark, and Lee like it came natural for them. As Helena eyed her she sent a look to the girl's sword that she had acquired and noticed blood staining the blade almost like writing on the wall.

"We're here." Mark said breaking the group from their trance as they noticed a metal fence that stretched across a beach but to their surprise had nobody protecting it as Helena noticed a single Zombie clutching the fence from a distance she turned to Mark who had picked up a rock and tossed it at the creature catching it in the side of the head and earning its attention before running at the young Samoan who only drew his Combat Knife while Akamai stood beside him and waited until the creature was inches away from him with its arms ready to grab at him before spinning away from the creatures hands while Akamai swung her blade with enough force to cut off the creatures legs causing it to stumble forward before Mark brought his blade down on top of the creatures head with enough force to pierce the skull and actually wedge his blade in the Zombies head.

"Don't you just hate that." Said Lee with a chuckle as Mark used his foot as support to pull his knife out of the creatures head while Helena, Acosta, and Solder watched the group closely.

"Are you coming or not?" asked Mark as he put his knife back in his sheath before jumping at the fence and beginning to climb it with Lee, Akamai, and Sarah following behind him. The fence was rather high but it didn't have any barbed wire at the top making scaling it to the other side simple but in terms of protection it could protect against the Zombies maybe even Shriekers but Bloodshots, Bloaters, and any other BOW was running right through it.

After climbing the fence Mark quickly led the group past the tree line to a beautiful beach on the otherside of the island where they noticed a wooden shack on the beach that the young Samoan quickly approached before knocking on the door repeatedly as the group watched the door open to reveal a Samoan man who looked to be in his late forties with long black hair, bright brown eyes, and wearing a short sleeved red shirt that revealed the tribal tattoos that covered both of his arms, khaki shorts, and black boots.

"Marcus you returned." The man said earning a nod and a smile from Mark who quickly shook hands with the man.

"Aye and brought my people." Said Mark as the man took a look at Helena and the others.

"This is Pua Sinamoi, we met him and his family while they we were out." Said Mark earning nods from the group as Sinamoi extended his hands for the group to shake.

"Nice to meet you." Said Acosta as Sinamoi nodded his head.

"Likewise!" the man said.

"So what is it that you wanted to show us Mark?" Solder asked with impatience in his tone as Mark sent a look to Sinamoi who started to lead the group away from the shack and towards a large shack on the otherside of the island.

"Behold!" said Mark as he and Lee helped Sinamoi open the door the large to the groups surprise as they looked inside and noticed that it was filled with four wooden boats.

"Sinamoi is a ship builder and navigator he's been building the same double hulled-canoes and outrigger canoes Polynesians used to navigate Oceania for over thirty years and he's willing to help us get off this island." Said Mark as he smiled at the group while Acosta still looked stun.

"Four boats how many can they carry?" asked Acosta.

"Outrigger can carry six while the double hull can carry up to seven on each side." Said Sinamoi.

"Well I don't know how big your family is but we got a group with over fifty people and I don't think there's enough room." Said Solder with frustration in his voice.

"I'm willing to build more but I need something from you." The man said earning confused looks from the group.

"What can we give you?" Acosta asked.

"Protection, it's only me and my daughter on this side of the island and as you can tell the fences don't offer much protection and we don't have any firearms. To keep those things out." He said earning nods from the group.

"We need to talk this over." Said Helena as Sinamoi watched the group walk away to talk amongst each other.

"Okay I like where your heart is Mark but I doubt we can sail all the way back to the states on those things." Said Solder.

"We don't need to sail to the states just the Big Island." Said Mark.

"He's right last broadcast we got was the military was evacuating there. That means things are probably normal there." Said Acosta earning a nod from Mark.

"Yeah but if you are forgetting what happened the last time ships tried to leave this island." Said Sarah.

"None of those boats use a motor it's all paddle and if we use the current to just push us to the island we may not need all the problems." Said Mark.

"And no motor means it won't be picked up on sonar and if it is it'll be so small they'll just regard it as a piece of debris." Said Acosta.

"Okay this plan has promise but how long will it take to build enough ships if all of us pitch in?" asked Solder.

"Not all of us only the Polynesians, ship building is a sacred art and Sinamoi is really traditional." Said Mark to Solder's anger.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me." He said.

"It doesn't matter we've got quite a few Polynesians in our group, how long did it take you build those four?" asked Helena.

"Yeah thing is we build one and it took us a week, the others he already had made." Said Mark to Solders anger.

"Great we're gonna be here a while." He said.

"Zip it, how long will it take all of you to build those ships for everybody?" asked Helena.

"Depends on how many people come back alive." Said Mark to everyone's confusion.

"You're accounting for people to die when we fight that creature?" asked Akamai earning a nod from Mark.

"Me and Lee got out because we were small, mobile, and had enough firepower but if we take an entire team in there with spitwads not everyone is coming back alive." Lee stated.

"Come on this thing can't be that bad." Said Solder earning a chuckle from Mark.

"Then let's go see him." Said Mark before he turned to Sinamoi.

"We got a deal." He said earning a nod from the man before leading the group away from the beach past the fence and back deep into the jungle as Helena took notice and watched as Mark cocked his Shotgun while Lee readied his MP5.

The duo had faced the creature in question and knew better than anyone just how dangerous it was, but the actions seemed to draw a half smile from Solder who assumed the duo were exaggerating. Helena had heard stories of Lickers from Leon and was told just how dangerous they were, but she herself had survived battles against monsters like Simmons, Ustanak, and Brzak so going up against this creature should be no different for her.

"Through here." Said Mark as he broke the tree-line allowing the group to see a large cube shaped white building in the distance with a large hole in the front of the building.

"What is that place?" asked Acosta as he looked through the parking lot.

"Gotta go in to find that out." Said Lee with a chuckle.

"Where's the creature?" asked Sarah as Mark sent a look to Lee who reached in his back pocket before pulling out a flare gun.

"If it doesn't come out we're going in." said Mark as Lee fired the flare gun and sent the illuminating fire ball slamming in front of the hole as the group watched it closely for what felt like three minutes.

"Where is the-." Started Solder before a loud screech caught everyone's attention as they watched a large creature jumped from the hole and pounced on the flare while giving a loud growl similar to that of a lion that just took down its prey as the group to in the sight of the creature with wide eyes.

It was just as they described it like an inside out person with an exposed brain for eyes a long razor like tongue and sharp teeth and claws but what they forgot to mention was the creature's size. The Licker was larger than most of the ones in the story Helena was told. This one was the size of van and high as one to with teeth and claws that Helena guessed were longer then her arm and as Helena watched the creatures tongue she guessed that it was as long her entire body and powerful as well.

"You were saying." said Mark with a smile earning silence from Solder who seemed to be frozen in fear at the sight of the creature.

"I think you guys hurt it." Said Akamai as the group looked over the creature and noticed bullet holes covering the creature's body along with burn wounds that danced along its torso and as the creature moved Helena noticed that it walked with a limp.

"All the bullets we put in that thing it's amazing it's still moving." Said Lee.

"This is good if it's hurt it'll be more vulnerable for an attack." Said Solder earning a nod from Acosta.

"Well then if we're gonna strike that thing we better do it fast." Said Acosta as Helena continued to look at the creatures as it lifted its head almost directly at them before giving a violent shriek.

Washington D.C.

The sun was beginning to set on this day in the state capitol as Devlin sat in his office with a smile on his face. He couldn't help but smile thanks to his little lie about what happened in Oahu he was in the clear. As he sat back in his desk Ms. Winter quickly entered the room carrying a brown envelope.

"Sir we have a problem." The woman said earning Devlin's attention as he watched her set the brown envelope on his desk causing him to open it and see a picture of an African-Samoan and Chinese-American who appeared to be in their early teens.

"These were taken at The Cube on Oahu." She said to Devlin's shock.

"I thought the BOW was defending that area." He said while moving through the papers and noticing files on Mark and Lee.

"It is but these two put up a fight before leaving the area. They damaged it so much that it going to its main operation and protecting the island, but that isn't the only problem." She said before handing Devlin another picture.

"They have friends and they know its weak-." She said while showing Devlin pictures of Akamai, Sarah, Solder, and Acosta.

"But the real problem is her." Said Ms. Winters as Devlin's eyes widened at the picture of Helena as she stood beside Mark, Lee, Acosta, Solder, Akamai, and Sarah.

"My God!" he said with anger in his voice.

"What would you have me do sir?" she asked as Devlin looked at her with anger in his eyes.

"Release another BOW on the island to kill Ms. Harper." He replied earning a smile from Ms. Winters.

"I have just the weapon for that sir." Said Ms. Winters as she dropped a file on his desk that read Hunter: Farfarello in big red letters the sight brought a smile to Devlin's face.

"I want it on a plane to Oahu tomorrow A.S.A.P." Devlin said while looking down at the picture of Helena

Authors Note: And here's the end of this chapter, I hoped you enjoyed it and psyched for the next one. I know I didn't put Leon's story in this chapter but decided to put it in the next one and alternate between Leon and Chris stories.

We introduce Jill in this chapter as being the director of the BSAA, it was never revealed who runs the entire BSAA only that Chris, Jill, and a few others started the organization so I decided to have Jill run the organization while Chris runs alpha team which consists of himself, Sheva, Martin, Diaz, and a few more soldiers.

If you aren't familiar with Martin, he's a regular in a few of my stories and is the older brother of Mark. Visually in this story he's based off Idris Elba and like Chris is able to alternate positions between Sniper, Demolitions Expert, Heavy Weapons Specialist and a few more roles.

Diaz is his partner while Sheva is Chris's. She's visually based off Michelle Rodriguez, the RE movies weren't the best but I liked her role in the series and decided to put her in the story but don't expect other characters like Alice. Whereas Martin is another serious character Diaz will be the one with the jokes.

I also introduced John Keller who will act as Jill's trusted advisor. He's visually based off Christopher Meloni and we'll see more of him in the future even on the frontline along with Jill.

There's also Sarah who will act as Lee's partner. Whereas he's more skilled in close combat she'll be better in distance fighting. She's visually based off Camille Hyde.

The BSAA raid on Soyapango idea came from how in RE6 Chris's first mission was the J'avo attack in China but the mission had attributes of the mission in Edonia as well as movie references like Black Hawk Down and the assault on apartment building was similar to the raid on the White House in Call of Duty MW2.

Adding the Licker as sorta a boss for Helena and the Oahu survivors was originally a theory but I knew I wanted to add it in the story. To me the Licker is the face of the Resident Evil Series even more so then the Tyrant because you see it more, but I decided to make it more of a threat in this story then it is in some games.

Stick around for next chapter because the Hunter: Farfarello will be targeting the Island Survivors and Leon will have his mission hunting down a member of the Family honest.

Have a Nice Day Zilla Out.