Resident Evil: The Storm
Chapter 2: Unsettling
- 1 week and 1 day later
- 7:03 pm, Friday, Toronto
-38 days after the Raccoon city outbreak
Alice, Carlos, Jill, LJ, Angie, and M-J sat on one side of the large rectangular dinner table. On the other side sat four new faces. There was a tanned Italian guy with spiked black hair, a brown skinned girl with a small afro and spiky bangs, a taller male with black skin and dredlocks, and a white girl with brown shoulder length hair. The group was conversing sternly about the recent events while they ate.
"The infection has now spread into several big cities in America and many small communities… the government forces and umbrella are trying to contain the outbreak and the public is fully aware of the dangers that the world faces…" Carlos stated as he took a bite of his steak.
"Yeah… I heard that a case has also popped up in North Korea the other day…" stated the dark haired Italian.
"Where did you hear this information, Theo?" asked Alice sounding a bit concerned.
"He read it off my international newspaper while we were on the subway earlier" replied the afro woman.
"Have you read anything else in the international newspaper, Nolisha?" asked Jill curiously.
"Not really… just that all the foreign countries are getting scared and are thinking about stopping travel from everywhere in the US, and possible even Canada, Mexico and South America" Nolisa informed.
"Hmm… and Canada is getting really tight on border laws… I think they should be tighter though" Alice said as she furrowed her brows.
"Maybe we should tell them how to deal with it better then, they can't still be after you guys. The public is aware that you guys were telling the truth" interjected Angie hopefully.
"No. Umbrella still won't let us near anything to do with the outbreak" Alice said sharply.
The table broke into a mild silence as everyone finished up their meals. The group had been working hard for the past week, the outlaw S.T.A.R.S officers had offered to train anyone who wanted to learn to fight incase the virus spread to Toronto. However not many had taken the offer, most of the citizens were content with their normal lives and believed that the US would deal with it in a couple of weeks. Only the four friends of Sheena and M-J had joined the recruit in hope of saving their lives and the lives of their friends and family.
The last of them finished eating and they were all about to clear their seat when M-J said "Hey guys… were is Sheena? She should have been back from school by now? Have you seen her Rojae?"
M-J glanced at the dreded teen, but he shook his head no, M-J then looked to the brown haired girl "How about you Laurena?"
Laurena looked up from her plate and replied "I saw her after our classes. She was at Young station. She said she was going to be at the umbrella lab for a bit before she comes here to train."
M-J nodded "I don't like her being at that place. She could get found out and imprisoned….or killed."
"I don't…" began Rojae but he was cut off by the squeaking of the front door opening. Everyone in the cabin, minus Angie, pulled out a gun and pointed it at the door. They waited. In stepped a familiar face. It was Sheena clad in a sweater and a knee length skirt.
"Hey guys! I'm hoooommee!" sang Sheena glancing and smiling in the direction of all the firearms.
Everyone lowered their weapon. Angie went off to the living room to turn on the TV and LJ followed. Jill, Alice, and Carlos went to the kitchen to discuss their own issues. M-J, Laurena, Rojae, Nolisha and Theo went over to the front door to greet Sheena.
"Hey, how you doing babe?" asked M-J as he hugged Sheena.
"Fine… man I'm so glad I stole my moms car from her! It's so much easier to travel!" stated Sheena happily.
"Yeah but you like just got your G1 several months ago! You're not even supposed to be driving alone!" said Laurena in a matter of fact tone.
"Meh, if she doesn't crash or anything no one will ever be the wiser!" said Rojae cheerily a smile on his face as usual.
"Yeah, your being a criminal like my dad now!" said Theo in his usual joking manner.
"Well we're going to have to if we want to survive! The way umbrella's going, they'll never stop the outbreak. They keep trying to make everyone think it's not a big deal and that they have it under control! No wonder the city people aren't panicking! They believe the low lives that started this!" shouted Sheena as she got riled up about the situation once again.
"Yeah…" said Nolisha as she was deep in her own thoughts.
The six teens sat down on the stairs leading upstairs and started talking.
"So did you find out any new information on umbrella?" asked M-J.
"Sorta… I also stole some more antidote vials!" Sheena said as she waved a couple of vials in the air then continued "Well I overheard that the umbrella base is going to quit trying to protect the cities and are just going to recruit those that they think they'll need. They're going to lock down all the hives and wait till the virus blows over… therefore ditching everyone who is considered average and normal…"
"WHAT! That's horrible! How could they do that!" shouted Laurena in protest.
The whole house heard Laurena and their curiosity was perked, all the other occupants of the house raced over to find out what the youths were discussing. Sheena repeated the bit of information she had found out.
"Wow… leave it to umbrella to do something like that… looks like its people like us who'll be left trying to protect others…" Jill stated in disgust.
"Yeah… thanks for the news clip there kido, we better start recruiting more people or else this cities got no chance" Carlos said to his fellow S.T.A.R.S members and LJ.
"We could… or we could go to the infected cities and help fight them now!" argued Jill.
"We've already been over this woman..." continued LJ as the adults walked off to the kitchen, continuing their debate.
The six teens sat there silent for a bit before Sheena had a sudden thought "OH yeah! I remember I came across some papers that had possible new recruits! And guess who was on one of them!"
"Who?" asked Nolisha and Theo in unison.
"ALEX ROSS! I guess they noticed he was exploding with knowledge too!" said Sheena as she started to laugh, the rest soon joined in too.
"Aahah… so at least he'll be safe, and probably Riannagh too because he'd insist that she's be taken in as well" noted M-J with a bit of relied that at least some of his friends will be safe, the others shared that same feeling.
"Maybe I should work on being in there too… probably be safer… I just have to convince them that I'm smart… how'd you do it Sheena?" Nolisha asked giving Sheena a slight nudge to the side.
"Hey shut up! Your ganna need my help when the shit happens! I'll know how to keep you from dying!" shouted Sheena in retort.
"Hey ShUTuP!" mimicked Theo in an overly baby voice.
The lot of them all burst out into laughter, Sheena had a slight pout on her lips. M-J then stood as the laughter died. He pulled out his gun that the S.T.A.R.S had graciously provided him with.
"Maybe we should go practice firing again" suggested M-j wisely as the other nodded.
Sheena sighed then followed them "I guess. I'm still exhausted though from school! They've like increased our training ten-fold! I'm pretty much a full fledged year two nurse! They figure they'll need lots of nurses if the incident does happen!" Sheena explained away till her voice disappeared into the back.
In the Kitchen
Jill sat on the kitchen counter, Alice was leaned against the fridge, her arms crossed, LJ was sitting in a chair he pulled up and Carlos was pacing around. Jill's arms moved wildly about as she tried desperately to convince her fellow raccoon city survivors to go and help fight in the infected cities.
"What ever! This argument is pointless. I think we'd better worry about the places that have a chance, then those who are already doomed…" said Alice with a finalizing tone.
Jill looked at the ground defeated, and mumbled "We could still be a help…"
Carlos and LJ looked between the two women then at each other. As each they caught each others glance they shook their head.
"Well I'm going to go see how the brats are doing outside…" informed LJ as he walked out of the kitchen and to the back of the house.
"I'm going to see if I can hack some umbrella files…" Carlos said as he went up the stairs to one of the four bedrooms in the cabin. The bedrooms were they stored the laptops.
Alice and Jill stared at each other for another moment. They both went their separate ways. Alice went to the back as well, and Jill went to sit down beside Angie in the living room.
Out Back
All six teens stood facing the trees. On seven trees hung idle targets that were made out of cardboard with almost life-size heads or bodies. Four were in the midst of firing, one was reloading and the other was trying to aim. LJ stood in the background with Alice observing their progress.
Nolisha was firing at the zombies head. She missed the head by a cm and hit its neck. Nolisha was wearing dark blue jean short-shorts and a red top. The top had a knitted design above the breast area and led into a halter strap. She was also wearing black and white converse shoes.
Rojae was also firing at the zombie target, hitting it in the temples. Rojae cursed as he readied to fire again. Rojae was wearing blue jeans and a green fitted t-shirt. The t-shirt read 'I'm a keeper'. He was also wearing a pair of checkered black and white skater shoes.
M-J and Theo were both firing at the targets head, M-J was managing to hit it slightly to the left of on eyebrow (which was closest to dead center as of yet) and Theo was hitting it in the middle of its right eyebrow. Theo was wearing a white dress shirt with a black bird design on the back, a white tank top underneath and dark green cargo pants. M-J was wearing a black t-shirt with the words 'Destructo' on the front, the collar of a white and blue pin-stripped dress shirt stuck out from underneath the collar of the t-shirt and from under the sleeves. The dress shirts sleeves were folded up to the elbow and hung about an inch below the sleeved of the t-shirt. M-J had a peer of dark blue jeans on and a chain hung at his side.
Laurena was the one who was still aiming. She had a steady arm and was looking down the barrel of the gun to make sure she got a perfect shot. Laurena was wearing capri jeans and a silky turquoise dress shirt. She had on black square rimmed glasses and black flats on her feet. Laurena fired her gun after several seconds and she hit the target directly between the eyebrows.
LJ and Alice looked at each other and nodded, a bit of satisfaction in the progress of the teens.
"I think in a couple of days they should be able to hold their own in a zombie outbreak" thought LJ out loud.
Alice nodded then added "I wouldn't leave them alone though. Even the most skilled marksman would be over thrown if left in a swarm of those monsters."
Sheena was loaded her gun in a moderate amount of time, then proceeded to fire at the target. She hit the target a bit right of the bull's-eye, gaining a few claps from Laurena and Rojae.
-The next morning
- 9:36 am
- In a middle class home near main station
A tall and skinny boy, wearing a baggy blue turtle-neck sweater and faded blue jeans was scurrying about his room. He stuffed several philosophy books into his bag, as well as some biology books. As he readied to leave the house he heard his phone ring. He sighed then walked over to the phone and answered.
"Hello, Alex Ross speaking"
"Alex Ross, this is Dr. Steelberg, your psychology professor has recommended you for our recruiting on the mission to discover a cure for the T-virus. Your professor has said many good things about you and says you are very bright. I've looked at your transcripts and I believe he is right. You have a day to think over joining our cause. I will give you further information if you choose to accept the request. You will also get to bring four people in with you, as we'll be putting our facilities on lock down until we have discovered a cure. Good day" spoke the voice on the other line.
"What…?" said Alex Ross as he hung up and walked out the door to contemplate the new information.
TBA
Author Note: Hey guys!! I've finished another chapter… please review and… check out my art for this story at sheenagami./gallery/#Resident-Evil-The-storm