Resident Evil/Biohazard: First Encounter
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Resident Evil are under the copyright of Capcom. All characters of Spriggan are under the copyright of Hiroshi Takashige, Ryoji Minagawa and FROM Software. Cameo appearances of other characters are under the copyright of its creators, name will be withheld for chapter purposes. All other characters are under my jurisdiction.
Summary:
A trip down to memory lane. Jack Krauser, interim CO of COSMOS, was now beginning to backstab his superiors in the US Army as he and Wesker are preparing to steal the Crystal Skull from the US Military with incoming help from Ada Wong. What will happen next? Will there be interference with the Organization's plans to revive Umbrella from its past roots? Stay tune to this chapter for the conclusion of First Encounter.
Chapter 2: Going Down
Arrivals Area, Terminal 1, New Tokyo International Airport
"Krauser." grinned Ada, wearing a blouse and jeans with a red windbreaker on after carting her roller luggage bag. "Never expected that I'd get taxi service from you."
"Ah, shut yer trap." Krauser, wearing a ballcap and a light brown windbreaker instead of his military-issued BDU and beret, raised an eyebrow. He was leaning near a 2002 Honda Accord, waiting for her to show up. "Better get your luggage in. I'll take you to the hotel Wesker booked for you."
Isn't that nice of him to do that? smirked Ada, placing her luggage in the Accord's trunk while Krauser started the sedan's engine. Now done with packing her stuff, she entered the passenger seats behind Krauser as he drove her off the airport towards Tokyo.
Inside Honda Accord, en route to Tokyo
"So what's happening so far?" Ada asked, looking outside to see the urban surroundings of Narita. "Is the skull going to be retrieved from the military?"
"Afraid so." sighed Krauser, concentrating on his driving. "Tight security's been implemented right now in Kaneda."
"Is that thing really that dangerous?" asked Ada, checking her PDA. "I thought those so-called out-of-place artifacts were not welcomed by all scientists."
"In public, yes." Krauser answered. "But in other aspects, those things are being valued. I remember hearing from Wesker that Spetsnaz and the British SAS tried to secure those things, but they were stopped."
"By who?" It was Ada's turn to raise an eyebrow at her muscular colleague.
"You ever heard of the ARCAM Corporation?" Krauser asked Ada. By now, their car was stalled in traffic.
"Yeah." Ada replied. "Aren't they responsible for officially participating in archaeological expeditions?"
"That." chimed Krauser. "And they're also responsible for dealing with anyone who puts in a threat against the use of those dang items. They've got agents called Spriggans. Hell, even their youngest one that joined in was 16."
"That can't be." Ada couldn't believe what Krauser was telling her. "Those teens were able to defeat even special forces groups like Spetsnaz?"
"Believe it or you don't." shrugged the blonde man, driving the Accord again after it was okay for them to move on. "Besides, that's not important. I'll be dropping you off at the hotel that Wesker told me a while ago. You've got a room ready there."
"Well," Ada smirked. "Things are turning to be quite interesting."
You're just lucky 'cause you're a woman... Krauser frowned at Ada while he acted as the woman's driver until they arrived at her destination.
Lobby, Akasaka Prince Hotel, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
"Isn't this nice?" Ada remarked, looking around the lobby before a clerk at the registration counter called her attention.
"Ms. Wong?" A man in his late '30s said in perfect English from the counter. "Welcome to the Akasaka Hotel." He bowed a bit as a sign of Japanese courtesy. "Your room has been reserved for you, courtesy of your employer."
"Thank you." While Ada was speaking to the clerk, Krauser's 9210 Communicator rang from inside his windbreaker coat. Taking it out, Krauser answered his phone and found out who called him.
"Krauser speaking."
"Captain!" replied the caller. "You're needed right away! It's urgent!"
"Where are you?" Krauser said, noticing that his caller was panicking.
"In Sumida Ward, sir." The caller replied back. "In one of our safehouses near the Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park. Oh god, it's those damn-!"
"Hello? Hello?" Krauser tried to holler the caller's attention to no avail, noting that he had been cut off after something step on the cellphone that the caller had used before receiving a beeping tone that indicated the call had ended.
"Something wrong?" Ada asked Krauser from behind; her luggage had been already taken to her reserved room by the bellhop while he had been talking on his cellphone.
"I'm afraid so." Krasuer answered. "I better go ahead."
Room 300, Akasaka Prince Hotel, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
"Ada." Wesker began communicating with her via her PDA phone once she got settled in her room. "It seems that you've arrived in Japan. I trust things are doing well."
"It's not bad, actually. I kind of enjoyed the part where Krauser had to play chauffeur for me." Ada grinned at Wesker.
Wesker only responded with a sigh and adjusted his shades. "I did give instructions for Krauser to do so." Wesker's attention was then diverted temporarily after he answered a quick call from his cellphone before getting back to Ada.
"I've got some news from intelligence. Krauser's apparently preparing to face off against the Spriggan agents since he's currently with the army until next month. I want to assist him right away."
"Right..." Ada raised an eyebrow. "How'll I be able to get ready? I didn't exactly bring my assault gear?"
"Don't worry." assured Wesker. "I've gotten the stuff ready. I'll bring a car over to the Akasaka Prince Hotel. Just wait downstairs."
Somewhere in cordoned block near Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Why did I even bother to go for this job?
Silently moving on the abandoned sidewalk of a block near the Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park, Ada was now dressed in her black sneaking suit adorned with a red butterfly motif on it. Armed with her Steyr TMP submachine gun and her Springfield Armory XD Service pistol, Ada was more than ready to handle a gunfight. Fidgeting her hands to make sure her clips were in the modular pockets of her sneaking suit, Ada peeked out in a corner after hugging the rear bumper of an abandoned 2001 Honda Civic.
"Appears that Krauser's holding a hostage." murmured Ada, peeking to see crumpled bodies on the road and sidewalk near the park, presumably COSMOS plainclothed soldiers serving with Krauser. "Better make a note to thank the driver of that Toyota Crown. No, I'd better thank Wesker himself. Gave me enough time to change while I was heading here."
"Dammit Krauser! Let go of her this instant!" yelled one of the teen-looking strangers in front of Krauser. He had a black Nike ballcap and brown windbreaker on while challenging Krauser.
"Can't do that." Krauser replied. Ada caught the glimpse of a knife that he was holding on his right hand. "You see, I can't just walk away without either the police or you Spriggans behind me. That's why I have this pretty officer as a bargaining chip."
"Miyuki!!" A yell came from behind the cordoned area away from the Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park. "Let me go! Miyuki's in danger!"
"Natsumi-sempai!" Came another voice from behind the cordoned area. "That man's holding her hostage. It's not wise for you to go and get him."
"He's right." A male voice had accompanied the earlier female voice in support. "Besides, he could get hurt you two if you get involved."
"I'll get you for this!" Another teen lashed out at Krauser, drawing out his own combat knife when he attempted to slash at his face. The ballcap-wearing teen darted to safety with the officer in tow when Krauser was forced to release her.
"Krauser!" yelled Ada, rolling out from the cover of the Honda Civic's rear bumper and fired her Steyr TMP while kneeling. The Spriggans and police officers evaded the gunfire. Krauser, on the other hand, used it as an opportunity to get away from her adversaries.
"Just in time!" snickered Krauser, sheathing his Mercworx Sniper combat knife on his belt, dashing towards her while staying on the side to avoid being hit by gunfire.
"Go on ahead." Ada slowly backed off from her kneeling spot, moving away while reloading her Steyr TMP. "There's transport up in the corner behind me."
"Where'd they go?"
Jean was running away from the scene where he and some of the other Spriggan agents fought with Jack Krauser after initially spotting him in the crowds when they were in the Sumida Ward. Managing to chase him and his partner after being driven away by initial gunfire, the agents drew their sidearms despite the fact that they were being chased by armed Special Assault Team (SAT) operatives.
"They were here a second ago." stated Yu, searching around the cordoned area after being a few miles away from being chased. "Look out!"
"Holy cow!" yelled Tatsuki, who took the intiative by getting flat on the ground. Similarly, Yu, Jean, Mark and Michael dived down to the ground while Tea teleported to dodge the gunfire.
Screeching around a corner was the black 1999 Toyota Crown that Wesker had provided for Ada to travel to the Sumida Ward. Peeking out after the left rear passenger window was open, Ada laid more suppressive fire from her Steyr TMP, shooting above their heads just to prevent them from moving.
"Damn it!" Mark drew out his FN Five-Seven pistol and fired at the fleeing car, but to no avail. Tatsuki and Jean drew out their sidearms too, but also didn't hit the car, less than a dent.
"Better get out of here!" warned Yu. "More of those cops are coming!"
Taking Yu's advice, the Spriggans have decided to flee from the cordoned area in haste in order to prevent themselves from being arrested.
Inside Toyota Crown, en route out of Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Wesker, it's me." Krauser got to call Wesker after he and Ada were able to escape the Spriggan agents back in Sumida. "I managed to get out of the cordoned park in Sumida. Ada was able to help me out."
"Glad to see that you're still in one piece, Krauser." Wesker said over his Nokia 9210. "You have the details for the convoy that would head to Camp Zama from Yokota Air Force Base with you?"
"As a matter of fact, I do." replied Krauser, grinning. "I'm going to participate in the convoy myself as well."
"In that case," Wesker answered, not surprised by Krauser's reply. "then all the more will this be an easy advantage for us."
"Will the plans to capture the Crystal Skull be changed?"
"No." Wesker said calmly. "Plans still go through whether you're with the convoy or not. I had hope that this ambush will be a good one. I've directed some of our specialists in out-of-place artifact research to study the object to see how we can use it to our advantage."
"Sounds great then. I'll talk to ya later."
"You seem to be in a happy mood." commented Ada, storing her Steyr TMP submachine gun and Springfield Armory XD Service pistol in a black duffel bag.
"Yeah. I'm in a happier mood now." smirked Krauser. "Despite those Spriggans showing up, the plan to snitch the Crystal Skull from the Yokota convoy right under their noses in underway. The plane carrying it should arrive in Yokota Air Force Base from Kadena by tomorrow morning."
"Good." Ada yawned. "I need a quick change from this sneaking suit and get a good dinner before I turn it for the next day."
"I'll take care of the stuff once we get to the safehouse, Ms. Wong." said the driver.
"Thank you." Ada stretched her arms. "Looks like we have to wait until tomorrow."
"I know." Krauser cracked his knuckles. "After the convoy assignment, I should be beginning plans to retire this month and head back to the US."
"Is COSMOS going to receive a new commanding officer?" Ada asked her muscular colleague.
"If I'm right, it's going through process." Krauser answered. "But that's not important right now. What's more important is with the ambush of the convoy tomorrow and I'd better play a convincing role there."
"Right." sighed Ada. "Let's hope everything goes well tommorrow."
Inside Bokuto Police Honda Today, en route to Camp Zama
"Miyuki? Are you all right? Maybe I should drive..."
"No thanks. I'm fine."
After going some counseling, Miyuki Kobayakawa was deemed fit to head back to work today, which stunned everyone including Natsumi and Ken. She was accompanied by her partner Natsumi Tsujimoto alongside several squad cars and motorbike officers from several precients including the Tokyo Metropolitan Police working alongside some detectives of the Public Security Investigation Agency (PSIA) in escorting a US Military convoy, consisting of a US Army M939 Truck with 2 AM General Humvees sent in from Yokota Air Force Base's Air Force Security Forces. Due to the insistence of the Japanese Defense Agency (JDA), 2 Toyota Koukidousyas from the Japanese Ground-Self Defense Forces (JGSDF) were also included in the convoy. These vehicles were manned by volunteer Military Police (MP) officers from the JGSDF.
"Are you sure?" Natsumi asked her friend. "Don't me wrong though. I'm just worried about you as a friend. That's all."
Miyuki glanced at her passenger and smiled. "Don't worry about it, Natsumi. I'll be fine."
"Hope so." huffed Natsumi, crossing her arms. "I mean, we're acting on convoy duty alongside the other stations, including some from Headquarters with the JGSDF and the PSIA working with us." She then scratched her hair. "I don't know, Miyuki. I just have this gut feeling that something's going to happen later on."
"To be honest," said Miyuki, gripping her steering wheel. "I'd hope that this would go through as well." Not after what had happened yesterday.
A loud explosion soon ended their thoughts when one of the Toyota Crown squad cars from the Toshima Police Station was blown up. Overhead, two black Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were seen with loads of heavily armed men with various assault weapons at the ready. After automatic gunfire was heard, most of the vehicles in the convoy nearly crashed into one another, though they were forced to halt them in the middle of the road.
"Shit!" Natsumi cursed, getting the radio's microphone with Miyuki forcing their car to stop. "This is Bokuto Car 3! The convoy is under attack! I repeat, the convoy is under attack!" The two were in the rear of the convoy, which gives them an advantage in hiding their patrol car from being attacked by gunfire.
The two officers later heard radio chatter from another car's radio, also calling for help. "This is Tokyo Car 1! Heavily armed gunmen are in the scene! Request SAT reinforce-BAM!"
"What the hell?" Natsumi muttered.
"The man's been shot." Miyuki gritted. "And our air guns won't do any good in this situation..."
"Got that one!" commented one of the masked men, wearing a gray BDU, an Avon SF10 gas mask and armed with a Heckler and Koch PSG-1 sniper rifle, got the driver of the leading Toshima Police Toyota Crown squad car before gunning down the other passenger.
"Clear! Go, go, go!" yelled the leading masked gunman, who was leading the others in securing the convoy. They were all armed with Colt M4 assault rifles attached with Colt M203A1 underbarrel grenade launchers. One of the gunmen who dropped down from one of the Black Hawk's cabin peppered a motorcycle cop, who was on his 2002 Suzuki GSX-R750 motorbike, with a burst from his M4 when he tried to radio for help while aiming his Sig Sauer P230 JP pistol at the assailants. Ada Wong also joined in the gunfight from the cockpit of the second Black Hawk and engaged several motorbike officers with her Steyr TMP submachine gun.
"Who are these guys?" yelled one of the Air Force Security Forces soldiers, emerging out of his AM General Humvee to engage the armed gunmen. The soldier was gunned down before he could draw out his Beretta M9 pistol. The other soldier was merely shot in the shoulder and was grazed in the left arm. The other Humvee behind the M939 was engaged as well, with the sniper in the second Black Hawk chopper killing the driver before injuring the other when the other Air Force Security Forces soldier fired his Beretta M9, missing his shots.
"Up ahead!" shouted one of the masked gunmen to his comrade, who fired a 40 mm High-Explosive grenade at one of the Toyota Koukidousyas that had 2 JGSDF MP officers on board. Though the grenade exploded, it only gave the vehicle minor damage due to its hardened steel and bullet-proof glass. It however dazed the two officers inside and when they tried to engage the gunmen, the two MPs were mercilessly shot with 5.56 NATO bullets as they raised their Minebea 9mm pistols. A masked gunman went near the stalled M939 Truck and repeatedly shot the driver several times in the chest before "dragging" Krauser out of the way at gunpoint with another masked gunman assisting him and grabbing a key from his pocket. After "shoving" Krauser inside the Black Hawk chopper, the key that the gunman grabbed from his pocket was then tossed to his other comrade, who took the key in his hand.
"Secure them!" ordered the leading gunmen, who fired his Colt M4 assault rifle at Miyuki and Natsumi when the two were exiting their Today. Since they were away from the convoy, the 5.56 NATO bullets whizzed over their heads and luckily did not make any marks on their car. The others, on the other hand, had their hands full in engaging the MPs of the other Toyota Koukidousya and several PSIA agents and the other uniformed police officers. The PSIA agents, unfortunately, were gunned down after they left their 2002 Toyota Camry sedans in order to engage the masked gunmen. The policemen, however, were able to get into a fight for a few seconds before they were shot to death.
"Get inside!" Two of the masked gunmen entered the rear of the M939 and inserted the key into the box's keyhole. After opening the said box, an empty backpack was placed inside the M939's bed. The first gunman grabbed its content and placed the blue Crystal Skull inside the bag. Outside, Miyuki and Natsumi were pinned down still by automatic gunfire so as to keep them busy.
"Miyuki? Can't we call for reinforcements?" asked Natsumi, crouching near their Today with Miyuki while bullets were flying overhead.
"I can't reach the radio in the Today." Miyuki shook her head. "Unless you want me to get injured by those bullets."
"Damn." Natsumi got a bit angry. "What do we do?"
Suddenly, gunshots rang out from behind as two teenage-looking strangers clad in black sneaking suits charged towards the masked assailants armed with pistols.
"Get them!" Miyuki stared a bit from cover to see the familiar-looking teen, wearing a ballcap, fire his FN Five-Seven at the masked gunmen. What startled her was that they dissolved into nothing after being struck by bullets.
Can't be? What are they? Miyuki shivered, watching another one fire his Smith and Wesson M6904 pistol at the other gunmen. Like what Miyuki saw, they dissolved into nothing as well.
"We're taking off!" shouted the pilot of the first Black Hawk, who gestured to the pilots of the second Black Hawk to take off as the two dashed towards them and fired more shots before running out of ammo.
"Damn!" shouted the ponytailed man as he reloaded his pistol before holstering it inside his shoulder holster, concealed by his windbreaker, after hearing sirens. "The police!"
"Right!" The other kept in in the same area as the ponytailed man did before he zipped up his windbreaker and ran for a great distance before police reinforcements were able to arrive in the scene.
"You two alright?" Detective Tokuno, accompanied by Sugiyama, went to check on Miyuki and Natsumi if they were alright.
"We're fine." Miyuki replied.
"You girls are lucky." Sugiyama began, looking around to see ambulance crewmembers place corpses of police officers, PSIA agents, American and JGSDF soldiers, placed in bodybags, onto ambulances while staring at the bullet-ridden vehicles in the convoy, except for Miyuki's Today with disgust. "There were some injured American and JGSDF soldiers out there. Heard their conditions were critical."
"Did you see anything from the gunmen?" asked Tokuno, taking down notes.
"They were armed Colt M4 rifles with underbarrel grenade launchers." Miyuki continued after Tokuno motioned her to keep talking. "They had gray BDUs, Avon SF10 gas masks and had these long arms." Miyuki described, not feeling a bit comfortable. "And they melt."
"What?" asked Sugiyama, confused.
"Two teenage-looking guys shot them with their pistols later on. When the bullets made contact, they melt into a puddle out there." said Natsumi, noting her friend didn't want to answer further.
"I see." Tokuno scribbled that comment down. "All right. Thanks, girls."
"Thank you, Tokuno-san." thanked Miyuki, leaving her and Natsumi alone to reflect on what happened after Tokuno and Sugiyama spoke to the other homicide detectives that were on the scene.
"You think we'll see the last of those weird men?" Natsumi asked Miyuki, who only shook her head and sighed.
Cabin, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, en route to Unknown Area
"Wesker, it's me." Ada was on the phone speaking with Wesker. "Ambush was a success. We're now carrying the package." Next to her was the backpack that had the crystal skull.
"Good work, Ada." Wesker said, congratulating the woman. "Is Krauser alright?"
"Yes, he is." Ada said, seeing Krauser speak with the chopper co-pilot. "Should we proceed with the rest of the plan?"
"Let's drop him off somewhere near Yokota on the way back." instructed Wesker. "Krauser has an alibi ready for him. He'll tell the media that he was released since his value as a hostage was not noted by us."
"Understood."
"So am I going to be dropped off?" Krauser asked Ada, who stored her cellphone back on her vest before removing the 30-round magazine from her Steyr TMP.
"Yeah." Ada nodded. "Hope you have a good story for the press."
Krauser grinned. "You bet on it."
Newspaper Stand, Somewhere in San Francisco, California, USA
A month after the ambush in Japan, several newspaper outlets carried the story up no avail as the case was eventually closed and coverage halted due to a number of factors, including the nature of the said cargo and the mystery surrounding the armed gunmen that raided the convoy that was on its way to Camp Zama.
"Newspaper. Wonder what the headline says?"
Leon Scott Kennedy, having completed his Secret Service training recently and making friends with Krauser, who had been discharged from the US Army recently, was in San Francisco after flying to the city from Washington, D.C. a day ago. Leon was given some time off by his superiors before he would be called to active duty to protect President Bush Jr. and his family. Grabbing the San Francisco Chronicle and paying the man in charge of the stand, Leon was in the shock of his life when he read the front page.
"EX-SOLDIER DIES IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT."
Oh no? Leon was mortified to see whose picture was on the newspaper. It's Krauser and he.. he's dead.
THE END
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