I think this is one of my most ambitous chapters, ahahha! Probably because of how long this chapter is and there are lots of characters introduced here too. I had also considered splitting it into 2 chapters but I didn't because it all fell inside the same category! Enjoy :)


We landed on a soft green plain. Leon nodded to the pilot and he took off again. I breathed in and out heavily, I had forgotten this feeling of anxiety, but none the less, I had missed this feeling.

"Leon, have you and Selene landed yet?" Jun asked over the communicator.

"Yeah we just did."

"Okay, I just wanted to make sure."

We kept walking quietly, taking in everything about our surroundings. There was little light in this part of the forest, but the eastern part still had less light. We walked deeper and deeper into the eastern part of the forest, the tension growing bigger as we encountered and found nothing. Half an hour into the forest we encountered 2 dead bodies. They seemed dead but I was willing to bet they would come back in a few minutes.

"We'd better hurry and find them." I passed the bodies and started jogging up the road, Leon close by my side.

"Jun, come in." Leon muttered into the communicator.

"What is it," Jun said out of breath.

"We just encountered two casualties."

"Well that's better than running into 2 dogs and a licker."

"Are you both alright?"

"Of course we are, don't forget who you're talking to." At that instant behind the trees we just passed I heard a rustling noise.

"Leon, we gotta go." He looked at the trees and hurried me forward. The campsite was within distance now; I ran faster, I heard gunshots behind me. "Leon-"

"Get in I'll cover you." I heard growling and gunshots, I wanted to keep running towards the cabin, but I turned around. Three very angry dogs had chased us in the shadows, and they were tired of waiting, the first one jumped at Leon but he shot it down, I shot the other one but the third one had vanished.

"Crap, where did you go…" Leon signaled me to get back to back with him. We waited, I heard a soft pitter patter sound to the left, I readied my weapon when into view came Jun and Luis.

"This is one hell of a forest," Jun said moving the branches and plants out of her way. Daniels walked his way towards us cautiously when out of nowhere two dogs came running towards him I focused and aimed, I hit the first one and Jun had already gotten the second one.

"Let's search the cabins individually." I suggested.

"Are you crazy, Selene we are NOT splitting up." Leon said angrily.

"It's faster, may I remind you," I snapped back.

"Selene, you may have a point." Jun said puzzling her chin.

"And it will be dark soon." Luis said.

"How soon?" I asked suffocated.

"In one hour."

"That means we'll have to search 12 cabins in less than an hour if we expect to meet up with the helicopter in daylight." Leon said.

We decided that each of us would search 3 cabins within the time limit. Leon and I would search the cabins that were farther north of the campsite, Jun and Luis would search the one in the vicinity. We had to search our share of 3 cabins thoroughly. As I started jogging north with Leon, I prayed everything would turnout okay.

Jun's P.O.V-

"Alright Daniels, try not to get yourself killed."

"Don't worry Captain." Luis said while saluting me. I nodded back and we went our separate ways. I breathed in the air; it was so fresh but extremely deep with stress.

"Alright Jun, no time to be a wimp." I said to myself before I opened the first cabin door. "Is anyone here?" I said aloud. No response, not a single movement, the cabin was deserted. I still searched the cabin in detail, for anything any information, but there was nothing. I moved along to the next cabin.

I walked in and much to my surprise there was still nothing, this was very, very odd. I was expecting some type of atrocity by now but then again, I thought it was better not to find anything disturbing. No matter how strange finding nothing is, especially in a situation much like this.

As I moved to the last cabin something stopped me in my tracks, a deep putrid smell came from the cabin. I was never much scared when it came to facing something dangerous but this scared me. I gagged, I felt a bit faint, and I wanted to vomit. I reached for the handle and I busted through with my gun held tightly and ready. The putrid smell came from the rotting stench of zombie.

The room was filled with dead bodies I, gagged hard this time. Nothing moved, I stood by holding my breath, the bodies started moving ever so slowly. I thought I can't let any of them escape. So I went in, shut the door, held my breath and cleaned the mess up.

Luis's P.O.V-

I turned away from Captain Nivans and sighed heavily but silently so she wouldn't hear, she would probably slap me if she thought I was cowering. I walked cautiously toward my first cabin. Before I went in I looked around hoping another dog wouldn't come out, out of nowhere. I reached for the door opened it and much to my surprise a licker feasting on something that looked like a human. I paused holding still, silently awaiting my opportunity to shoot it down. At least I have the element of surprise, but this is still rotten luck, I thought. I carefully unhinged my 44 magnum and pointed straight for the monster's head and with a loud BOOM, the bullet pierced its head and it collapsed. I entered the cabin cautiously; I shot the monster once more in the head just to make sure, I looked around to see if I could find anything significant, but nothing. The only thing that caught my eye was that most everything was labeled D.R.S.

I moved to the next cabin, I moved slowly to open the door and I entered, thankfully this cabin was normal. I checked every nook and cranny and I found a locked wardrobe. "Is anyone in their?" I asked. "I'm not infected; I'm an S.R.T member here to rescue any survivors."

"You're here to save me?" a soft voice said.

"Yes, you and anybody else." The wardrobe shuddered and unlocked itself, the girl threw herself at me, hugged me and sobbed. I held her there for a while before I asked her, "Are there anymore survivors?" She paused looking up to me and spoke softly under her tears,

"I came here with my uncle and we saw another family too, a women and two boys but I think that was it." Her uncle? Don't tell me that-that was the man being eaten by the licker. I shuddered not wanting to ask her anymore.

"I need to go check one more thing then I'll come back for you okay?" She hesitated but nodded back.

"Promise you'll come back?"

"I promise." I smiled at her she smiled softly back and hid back in the wardrobe, locking it. I left the cabin happily knowing I had found someone. I was making my way to the third cabin when I heard gunshots coming from the cabin next to me, so I ran toward it and busted it open. Jun was standing over a bunch of dead bodies.

"Captain Nivans?"

"Just cleaning the mess that was left here, did you find anything?"

"Yes, a girl." I held my breath, the cabin smelled terribly. Jun must have noticed so she closed the door and gestured me to walk forward.

"Well where is she?"

"I left her back in a cabin, just in case I ran into anything undesired."

"Okay you go get her, I'll check the cabin you didn't check, I suppose you didn't check it right?" I nodded Captain Nivans knows me so well. "Will meet up with Leon and Selene in the middle of the camp alright."

"Got it." And with that we left towards our destination.

Selene's P.O.V.-

I jogged up the road with Leon. I was so frustrated and anxious to find my family. "I'll take the three on the right, you take the other three." I looked to the left and started walking towards the first of the three cabins. "We'll find them Selene, I promise." I turned to face him but he wasn't looking at me.

"Be safe Leon." I turned around and reached the first cabin door, the clock on my watch already ticking. Nervously I reached for the handle and opened the door. It was a scene from a horror flick, blood splattered all over the floor making a trail over to a wardrobe. I panicked, I would die this instant if…. I can't even think it. Please God don't let it be….I opened the wardrobe, there was a body ripped in half and it was fresh. I quickly shut it and looked at my surroundings, I was alone I hoped, the cabin was still. I left rather quickly without checking, the smell of blood had always somewhat bothered me.

I made my way to the second cabin. I looked inside and much to my relief it was empty and very dusty. I sneezed a couple of times before leaving the deserted cabin.

Finally I reached the last cabin. I opened it; it didn't look anything like a cabin. It looked more high-tech, it looked, I gasped, it had an appearance of a laboratory. The viral outbreak in the forest was in fact caused. I have to warn Leon. I reached for the handle but it was locked, I yanked at it a couple of times but it was hard locked. "Damn it!" I took out my communicator hurriedly, "Leon come in!?"

"Selene what-"static came out, the call was dead. Shit I have to get out of here! I looked all over the cabin searching for a button, a key, anything that would help me bust the door open.

I stumbled across a picture of Simmons and someone who looked a lot like him. The man next to Simmons was younger with slicked back, brown hair. Simmons is dead how could this place be here? I was going to take the picture for evidence when the floor opened and I fell through.

The place was dark, I was disoriented. Then the lights flashed on blinding me, and then a familiar voice spoke.

"I was actually expecting just Agent Kennedy. But I guess you'll do just fine. I received more than I had essentially hoped for." I turned around, there was a giant screen hanging from the wall, with a familiar face smiling sadistically.

"Simmons?" was all I managed to say.

"You're partially right, but I'm not my brother Derek, I'm Donovan Simmons." He chuckled manically.

"I don't understand?" I looked around the laboratory searching for a way out.

"Hmmmm, and you were the best agent next to Kennedy."

"What do you want with Leon?"

"Isn't it obvious? He has to pay for my brother's death."

"IT WASN'T HIS FAULT!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, "HIS OBSESSION FOR ADA WONG KILLED HIM!"

"I've done my research Agent Blackwell. You don't fool me." I huffed angrily which made him chuckle darkly, "I searched for you for seven years, but now I have you, one of two keys that lead to Kennedy's demise."

"I won't let you use me." I grabbed a small lamp of the desk and threw it at the screen."

"NOOO-"The screen with Donovan's face shattered. I looked around but I was completely alone, in a creepy laboratory, with a giant glass case containing what looked like a C- Virus Tyrant.

I had to find a way out of here; I had to warn Leon what Donovan was doing and what he had done. Everything made sense now. He planned this knowing the government would send him to help resolve the case and he was lucky enough Leon would have stumbled on this laboratory and no one would know.

I grabbed a long pole which was in a corner of the room. I struck the crease which divided the first floors of the small cabin. After a couple of minutes, I managed to make a small dent which enabled me to slightly see the first floor.

My arms were tired of my feeble attempts at opening the top floor. I did the one thing that could save me, yell. I yelled at the top of my lungs hoping someone, anyone would hear me.

Leon's P.O.V-

I told Selene we would find them; I promised her that we would. "Be safe Leon." I turned around to see her enter the first cabin. I stood there thinking about her and how much I cared for her. I decided to think about this later, the mission came first.

I reached for the first cabin door. This cabin was nicely kept but it was empty. I searched around for a possible hiding place but this cabin was empty.

As I was leaving the first cabin I heard a serious of gunshots, I ran as fast as I could to the cabin in front of me. I busted it open and found Ada busy with zombies. At that same instant my communicator wrung, it was Selene. "Leon come in!?"

"Selene what-"A zombie grabbed me from the back and made me drop my communicator. I tussled it, knocking it from me. I shot it and helped Ada get rid of the rest. I met Ada's gaze for an instant but looked away and I went to get my communicator, I called Selene. "Selene come in?! Selene! Damn it!"

"What's going on Leon?" Ada asked in distractingly seductive voice.

"I can't contact Selene."

"Maybe I can go look for her; I'll help you out this one time."

"No," This surprised me, I can't refuse Ada for anything but my words flowed more naturally as I spoke them, "I'll find her."

"You don't trust me with her, do you?" Her eyebrow went up as she closed the space between us.

"It's not that, I have a responsibility with her." I said meeting her confused gaze.

"Fine, I'll help you look for her and while we're at it we have to go get a family in the next cabin."

"Alright."

"By the way, one of the boys in the cabin," she said reaching the door handle, "He looks a lot like you."

I stood there for a second thinking, Liam did look a lot like me, that's what froze me in the first place at Selene's house, is it possible that he's…..

I notice I was tailing Ada as I thought this thoroughly. We reached the cabin it looked empty as well.

"Alright it's safe, you can come out now." Ada said. First out of the small bottom cabinet, I recognized Jennifer heaving herself out of it. She dusted herself and glanced over to me. Then she took a key out of her pocket and unlocked the wardrobe and then one of the boys stumbled out then Liam did.

"Leon, where's Selene?" Jennifer said worried.

"I'm not quite sure." I admitted worried as well. "We'd better get all of you to safety first."

I left the cabin first not wanting to look at anyone; everything was so confusing to me. We reached the middle of the camp, Jun and Luis already waiting there with another girl.

"Where's Selene?" Jun said, while searching through the different faces.

"I don't know."

"Well we'd better look for her; sundown is in less than an hour." Jun was already walking toward the far north cabins.

"No, Jun you and Luis should take them out of here, I'll search for Selene myself."

"Leon, be real what if Selene is in some kind of trouble and you can't get her out of it yourself?"

"Jun does have a point Leon, it might be too risky." Luis added.

"I've been through worse, alone." I emphasized alone because, I won't be alone exactly, Ada said she would help. Jun and Luis looked at each other for a while. I pressed a little harder by saying, "Unless you don't think you can get them through the forest safely." I knew I had pushed it a little too far. Jun shot me a murderous glare and tapped Luis on the shoulders. They all started walking except Liam who stood there and stared at me. It was kind of like staring at myself in miniature form.

"Please find my mommy." He said his voice almost a whisper. I went a kneeled before him putting both my hands on his shoulders and staring into his eyes, my eyes.

"I swear to you, I will find your mother, no matter what."

"Liam!" Jennifer called. He looked back at her and then back to me. He ran back to her looking both ways constantly until he reached her. He glanced back at me one more time before vanishing into the thick forest.

I ran back to the northern cabins starting off at the first cabin Selene was suppose to check.

"Leon over here." Ada called out. I ran to the last cabin while Ada stopped me. "Don't go in Selene said so."

"What?!"

"It's a trap." I needed to see it for myself. I opened the door, this cabin looked more high-tech.

"Who's there? Ada?" Selene voice sounded hoarse.

"Selene it's me." Relief washed through me, even if I couldn't see where she was at the moment.

"Leon," she cried out happily. God knows how long she had been trapped in there. "Don't take another step inside."

"What's going on?"

-Selene's P.O.V-

I couldn't see him but I was happy to hear that he was okay, where are the others? "I'll explain everything but first tell me is everyone okay?"

"Yes, we found them there all safe." Leon said. I was able to breathe normally. "We have to get you out."

"Look Leon, if I don't make it out of here-"

"You are going to get out of there, I'M NOT LOSING YOU."

My heart sped up as I spoke, the graveness of the situation. "Look Leon there after you, you're in danger wherever you may go, Simmons's brother Donovan wants you to pay for Derek's death." I started coughing my voice felt injured from all that screaming. "He caused the outbreak in the forest, he thought you were coming, but he thought I was an even better prize; he wanted me to get to you." There was a long silence; it made me wonder if he was still there.

"That bastard, he'll pay." He mumbled something else but I couldn't hear.

"Okay Leon what's the plan." Ada said while entering the room.

"Selene, how did you get yourself in there?" Leon asked seriously

I thought for a moment back to when I first entered the cabin and then it hit me, "The photo!" there was a long pause, I took it as if it meant I needed to explain myself. "Look on the brown table there's a picture frame there, when I pulled it up I fell through the floor."

"Seems plausible, but how to reach it, that's the real question. Hmmmmm Ada, do you still have your grapple hook on you?"

"Never do a mission without it." She said quit proudly.

"Possibly, if you were able to pull it up, the floor would open. Maybe you should stand where I'm standing." Leon seemed sure of his plan and I had to believe it would work too. While they coördinated how they would move, I knew I had to get on a high level so they could reach me. I dragged the white desk table to the opening in the floor, then I took some heavy-looking encyclopedias put them on the table. I got on and when the hatch would open my hands would be able to reach for the edge.

"Ready Selene?"

"Ready as I'll ever be."

"Ada NOW!" I heard the grapple cling to the photo frame, the floor started parting slowly. I waited hands ready for Leon to pull me out.

After about three minutes I was able to see Leon and Ada, Leon was reaching for me and I reached back. He pulled me to him with the swipe of his hands. As I left the underground lab, the photo frame snapped out-of-place from the pressure of the grapple. An alarm started going off "INTRUDER ALERT, INTRUDER ALERT, INTRUDER ALERT! DEFFENSE MECHANISM HAS NOW BEEN ACTIVATED! TYRANT C WILL BE RELEASED IN T MINUS-FIVE MINUTES!" the alarm kept going off; we looked at each other for a millisecond and ran outside. We have to get as far away as possible from here in five minutes, my mind was screaming at me.

"Jun have you reached the landing site?" Leon said huffing through the communicator, we all kept running.

"Yes, Leon is everything alright?"

"Not exactly, how long will it take the helicopter to reach us?"

"About 7 minutes, now tell me what's going on!"

"We found Selene, but now a tyrant is being released!"

"Oh Shit! How long 'till it reaches your current position?"

"Maybe 5 minutes give or take if it's smart."

"LEON LOOK OUT!" On top of a distance tree a licker was awaiting patiently for its prey. It leaped at him, I hurled at him just in time, we were both safe. Ada quickly pulled at her gun and shot the licker.

The forest became darker with an eerie touch to it. We kept running through the darkness with a speck of sunlight shining through the thick trees. It was hard to run without seeing clearly, I tripped a couple of times.

"Leon I can see you both." Jun said over the communicator. In the distance we heard the hum of a helicopter!

"Where's Ada?"I asked puzzled. When did she have time to slip away from us? She's fast. I almost forgot she's on the FBI and CIA List. Leon and I would never turn Ada in no matter how bad she was, she did save our skins often and I owe her now more than I ever have, damn it.

"Slipped away I guess." Leon said a little disappointedly.

We ran a little further the helicopter within our reach. I saw Jun step out with what looked like a grenade launcher. She signaled us to hurry.

We reached the helicopter nearly slamming into it. We got inside and so did Jun. "MOM!" Liam exclaimed, he immediately jumped into my arms, I held him close to me nearly crushing him to my chest but he didn't mind at all.

The helicopter took off. When we got about 100 feet of altitude a figure came into view from the opening of the forest, the tyrant. It looked at us menacingly; it appeared to be about 11 feet tall with a claw looking thing for a left hand. I looked away from it murderous glare, oddly enough he looked strangely familiar…..; I looked at the sun setting in the distance, the different colors in the sky, I felt Liam's presence still in my arms, his grip had softened, he must be asleep. I stroked his hair out of his face. I looked up feeling eyes on me, Leon was staring, and his gaze was soft.


Second chapter done! What do you guys think? Let me know, I appreciate reviews, you can comment in both english and spanish, I'm bilingual. Just gonna say it's going to get better and better from this point on! Thanks for reading :)