Chapter 1: Enter the Nightmare
"There are only three S.T.A.R.S members left now, Wesker, Jill and myself. We don't know where Chris is."
As they ran in, Barry looked around the large hall. The hall was dimly lite, quite and seemed to be unstirred by the few remaining team members intrusive entry. It was slightly cold, but not cold enough the project your breath in front of your eyes. There were two sets of stairs on either side of the large set going up to a second floor. The rooms foundations looked like marble, and the chandelier above them lite a little of the room. There were torches and candles burning all around them, flickering and darting from the air invading the lifeless room. The lights gleamed off the different shaded white tile beneath their feet as the team caught their breath and tried to soak up the situation even knowing there was no logical explanation for the occurrences that played out only a few seconds ago.
"What is this place?" Barry said under his voice while staring into the huge room.
Obscurity struck Barry's mind, he knew something happened to his teammates, something very bad. With those things outside, no telling what kind of trouble they ran into.
He glanced over at Wesker as he took a few steps forward into the large and what seemed to be deserted mansion.
"Not quite your ordinary house, that's for sure." He said while the echoing sounds of his rough shoes clicked against the carpeted tile floor as he spoke. His dark sunglasses reflecting the candle light around him.
Jill, panting and scared for her life after the last encounter glanced up and investigated her surroundings.
She scouted the room to find a comrade missing. "Hey Wesker, where's Chris!?" She ran for the door.
"Jill no! We don't want to go back out there." Wesker shouted, lightly looked over his shoulder.
She turned back at him with a frown on her face and concern in her eyes. "But we have to find-"
She was immediately cut off by the sound of a firearm coming from west room.
Barry jumped out of fear and turned to his side, fearing one of his comrades were in serious danger.
"What was that!?" He said while turning around to the direction of the noise and then glancing back at his team mates.
"Chris?" Wesker anointed.
"No..." She said out of despair.
Barry was concerned about the others, but he knew all of them had the training to defend themselves in times of crisis. After all, that's what they were all trained for. He could remember a day when they were called in on a bank robbery and Chris had gotten cut off from squad one, and managed to take two armed suspcts down with no trouble by himself. He thought he could handle himself, he was sure of it.
"Jill, go and investigate." Wesker said calmly.
"I'm going with her." Barry exclaimed, turning back toward the two. "Chris and I go back a long way."
"Alright, you two go, I'll secure this area."
The two walked toward the doubles doors and were prepared for what might be beyond them.
"Stay sharp!" He shouted from behind them.
Jill stacked up on the left side of the door as Barry drew his gun and lifted it toward the middle of them, ready for anything. Barry glanced over at Jill and nodded his head. Opening the doors, he stormed into the room with his gun firm in hand.
Looking around and taking a few steps forward, the two looked around to find no life signs. There was a large table in the middle of the room and chairs all through out it. A few candles and fancy table wear were spread out through out the table as well. To his right there was a large grandfather clock. To his left there were two tables, one with a typewriter and another with a large vase.
Barry took a few steps forward. "A dining room." There feet also echoed off the black and white tile floor as he walked down the side of the table.
Jill was still brandishing her gun, thankfully with her finger off the trigger. She was still shaken up after the last encounter and it would probably take her awhile to pull herself together.
Walking up to a large fire place with decoration of a shield above it, he discovered a grisly sight. "I think you'd better take a look at this!" Barry shouted while looking back at Jill.
"What is it?" She asked while making her way to him.
Kneeling over he dipped his finger in the substance and brought it up to his face, getting a better look at it. "Blood." He stated, expressing anxiety in his words.
Jill walked over and put her hand on his back as she looked over his shoulder at the large red pool.
Barry glanced up at her and got back to his feet. "Jill, see if you can find any other clues" He looked back the pool. "Ill be examining this." They both looked up at each other in fear. "Lets just hope it's not Chris's." He knelt back to the ground an dipped his finger in it again.
Jill nodded and he could hear her exit into a room next to the him.
He rubbed the substance in his finger and got a sick feeling. "Coagulated? How's that possible?"
"Barry!" Jill shouted as he heard her forcefully fling the door open.
He saw her run past him in his peripheral to his left and looked up at her. "What is it!?" Absolute horror seemed to fill her eyes as she turned to face forward.
"Watch out it's a monster!" She pointed as he turned his head and got to his feet.
There, before him, was a bald man with wounds all over. His eyes were completely white, his cloths ragged and bloody. "Let me take care of it!" Barry shouted, grabbing his magnum in the process.
Bam! He fired off one round and it seemed to do nothing. Bam! He fired off another and the man seemed to slow down. Bam! He fired off a third round and Barry moved to his side as the man finally fell to the ground.
In a deep state of panic and shock he pointed his gun at the body of the man and looked in bafflement at the deformed man. "What the hell is this thing!?" He stared at the thing, frightened and confused.
Jill, just as dumbstruck as he was looked on at it. "I found Kenneth, killed by this thing!" She looked up at Barry after staring at it for a few seconds. "Lets report this to Wesker."
Barry and Jill walked up to the side next to the big vase on the right. There were a few windows on that side of the wall, you could see the trees sway with the motion of the winds. It could be peaceful if there wasn't danger at every turn.
Once they reached the door they began to open it and a large loud sound creepily made its way up to them. They whipped around and found nothing. They shrugged it off and walked through the doors to report anyway.
They walked back into the large room and found nothing, Wesker was gone, Barry twirled around and looked up the stairs and at all directions but he was no where in sight. "Wesker!" Barry shouted.
He looked back at Jill, just as surprised as he was about what was happening. "Jill, help me look for him. Lets not leave this hall."
"Good idea" Jill said as she headed toward the second floor stairs.
She went up them as Barry looked toward the bottom left set.
He walked down them and then down another set and found a large metal gate. He lowered his gun and grabbed the gate with his left hand, yanking it with all of his might. It didn't budge at all, not one bit. "Damn!" He said as he pulled and pushed to no avail.
As he did this a loud and creepy moaning sound emerged from beyond the gates along with a metal substance scraping against the ground.
Surprised, he pointed his gun at the gate and looked onward.
"What the hell." He said under his breath. "Probably just my old mind playing tricks on me." He chuckled and lowered his magnum.
He turned around and walked back up the stairs knowing there was no way to get past those iron gates no matter what he did.
"Barry." Jill said from behind him.
He turned around and looked at her walking down the staircase. "Any luck Jill?"
"No, nothing." She walked to his side. "What's going on around here, I can't figure it out."
"Same here." He said while he pondered about all that has happened.
"Chris and now Wesker." She gazed at him.
"There's not much we can do." He glanced back at Jill. "We can search for him separately. Ill search the dining room again."
"Ok then, Ill try the door on the other side." She pointed.
Barry looked over at the door and then all around the room and sighed. "This mansion is gigantic." He while turning around took a few steps forward. "We could easily get lost; lets start from the first floor."
"Ok." Jill said while she turned around in the direction room.
"Oh! I forgot, it's a lock pick. You'd make better use of it." He put it in the palm of her hand.
She looked at it a second and then looked back up at Barry. "Thanks, I may need it."
He nodded his head. "Listen, if something happens, lets meet up in this hall. Got it?" He commented, displaying concern.
"Ok." Jill replied.
Barry turned around, and within a split second walked back into the dining room.