Chapter 3: Lights Out
"A number of survivors in Raccoon City may still have information that could damage Umbrella." Commander Richard explained to WOLFPACK as the elite team descended upon the entrance of the Raccoon City Hospital. "We don't have time to hunt them down individually, so we're going to have you knock out a power grid that take down the city's telecommunications. We can't let anything get out that may link us to the outbreak. We're sending some electromagnetic pulse generators to use to deactivate the power plant in the northern sector of the city. A supply chopper is in bound with the generators, rendezvous with it on the Raccoon City Hospital rooftop helipad."
"Objective confirmed. Moving into the hospital now." Michelle said as she and the team entered the hospital. It was obvious they were not prepared when the outbreak happened. Wheelchairs lying on their sides, either from being tripped on or possibly thrown, papers thrown all over the floor and, of course, blood splattered everywhere. The lamps on the table were still on but the light shone in a shade of red.
"Let's go." Michelle commanded. They walked through the hallway, looking at the blood that stained the wall and floor.
"Brings me back to the good ol' days." Bertha said; the entire team stopped and looked back at the medic, who shrugged in indifference. "What?"
The team didn't respond and they continued with their mission.
"Split up." Michelle said. "Come on, Bertha." Michelle said before the two women walked to the two large double doors.
"I wonder what's in here?" Bertha asked, grabbing her Assault Rifle.
"Let's see." Michelle said
They walked through the creaking doors and closed them quietly.
"Good evening , Umbrella Secret Service." The familiar voice greeted the two. "I hope you haven't forgotten your friend, Nicholai. I see you escape my little...diversion at City Hall."
"Is he tracking us?" Bertha asked quietly.
"Must be." Michelle growled back, she was getting sick of this traitor
"Unfortunately," Nicholai continued, "my client can't have you interfering with our little side project. So, I've rigged up a few...toys to keep you busy."
Immediately, a door opened a horde of zombie poured into the room.
"Damn it!" Michelle shouted as he and Bertha opened fire into the crowd of zombies. "What's that?" Michelle asked himself as she shot the top of a pole taped to a zombie and blew the undead human along with all of them around it away.
"Well, that's convenient." Bertha said as they fired at the poles and managed to eliminate the zombie horde rather quickly. The door behind them finally burst down and the rest of the group came through.
"You both alright?" Beltway asked.
"Just fine." Michelle responded as she sighed and looked around. "I think it might be smart to stick together." She added as her team all nodded in agreement.
-10 minutes later-
It was a good idea to stick together, as they ran into more of the zombies and Lickers. After they reached the roof and the rest of the zombies lingering on the helipad were quickly neutralized.
"Command, in position, ready for chopper." Michelle phoned in.
"Roger that, helicopter near your position." Commander Richard said back just as the roar of a helicopter engine was heard.
"Finally, after this, we can leave." Beltway said.
Suddenly, almost like something shot the pilot, the helicopter began spinning out of control before slamming in the park with a fiery explosion seen from their position.
"What the..." Michelle shouted before bright lights blinked around them. "Ah, son of a-" the bombs exploded around them and the entire helipad collapsed down two floors. WOLFPACK landed on their sides, backs, or chest, knocking the air from them, but their armor prevented any breaks.
"Shit!" Michelle shouted as she stood up and observed their surroundings. The already decrepit state of the hospital didn't help cease the flames from crawling up the walls and begin to burn the hospital down. "The hospital is burning, let's get out of here!"
"Command, Nicholai shot down our supply drop." Beltway stated to the superiors!
"Do not let that bastard get a hold of those EMP charges! Get to the crash site and recover them immediately!" Commander Richard shouted, anger dripping from his voice.
Michelle broke down the door with a singular and they ran through the burning building, taking down whatever zombie stood in their way. They jumped off the collapsed section of the roof and kicked open another door to reveal a burning hallway. Spectre pulled up the schematics of the hospital on his wrist computer.
"There should be a morgue next to the loading dock!" He exclaimed said as they ran down the hallway, only for the doors to be broken down by a large, green, reptilian creature.
"What the hell!" Michelle shouted as she and her team shot at it, but it didn't do any damage. The creature jumped and swiped at Michelle with its claws, but the woman quickly blackflipped backwards. The creature continued its assault as it ran and slammed its shoulder into Vector's chest knocking him back. Beltway silently cursed before he ran up to it, dodging the claws and jamming a pack of C-4 into its chest. He quickly pushed a button as the creatures turned before the device blew up. When the explosion cleared, the reptilian BOW was still very alive and didn't seem to take any damage, actually even more pissed. Finally, Four Eyes came up behind it and stabbed at syringe into its neck before it pushed her off of its back. It set its sights on Spectre, who raised his rifle before it roared and fell to the ground.
"What the hell did you do?" Michelle asked, shocked at the effectiveness of whatever was in that syringe.
"A special concoction that can kill any Hunter in its tracks." She said before another one fell through the ceiling, glaring at them. "Unfortunately, I only brought one."
"Fuck." Michelle muttered before she pulled out her machete and stared down the creature, who charged forward and swiped with its claws with extreme speed. Michelle deflected the blow with her machete before slamming her foot into its chest, knocking the creature back. Michelle slashed forward, but the creature moved and swiped it claws again, but Michelle anticipated the move and dropped her machete ducked below the creature and fired three shots with her Desert Eagles into its stomach. The creature roared in pain as it stabbed down but Michelle rolled away from the creature and grabbed her machete and sliced forward horizontally. For a second, both combatants were still before creature's upper torso slid back, severed from the rest of the falling body.
"Wow, now I remember why you're the leader." Beltway stated for the shocked group.
"I try my best, now let's move out." She said as they exited the morgue and finally left the devastated hospital and began towards the crash site.
-5 minutes later-
After encountering a few Spec Ops and surprisingly no zombies, they reached the gate of the park. Flaming debris littered the park while smoke completely blocked the view of everyone.
"Let's find another way." Michelle said as they walked down the alley between the wall and another fence. They finally found a hole in the wall low enough that they could climb through it.
"Alright, I could be wrong…again but it might be a good idea to split up." Michelle suggested and they nodded. They broke into the same groups as before and searched. Bertha and Michelle occasionally stumbled upon some zombies, but not a threat.
"Found one." Bertha said as she grabbed the strap hanging around it. She handed to Michelle, who wrapped it around her shoulder.
"You found one too?" Beltway asked as he and Four Eyes came walking over with a mine also. Vector and Spectre also appeared empty-handed.
"Alright, that's two, where's the last one?" Vector asked before WOLFPACK continued their search until they came to a gate to a mansion. They opened it and looked to see Nicholai standing in the window with a sniper rifle.
"Take cover!" Michelle shouted just as he fired a shot. They quickly took cover behind walls of a garden bed.
"I see a door over there, and if you can distract him, I can plant an explosive." Beltway suggested. Michelle nodded and stood up and fired her Assualt Rifle, but Nicholai ducked. The firefight between the two forces dragged on for a few minutes before Michelle's patience finally broke, evident by her vicious attack on an approaching zombie.
"How much longer, Beltway?!" Michelle shouted.
"Just give me thirty more seconds!" Beltway shouted back, and in thirty seconds guaranteed, the door blew off its hinges.
"Damn you!" Nicholai shouted as he disappeared from view again. They took the opportunity to enter the building. The room was large and had a grand piano with multiple bodies lying against it. They walked through the doorway and entered what looked like a chapel. They shot the trip mine and grabbed the last EMP mine, sitting on the altar.
"Command, we've secured the mines, mission update requested." Michelle updated as he opened the door leading to the back of the building.
"WOLFPACK, management is not sure what is motivating Nicholai, but he seems to be working for ulterior motives. We'll keep looking into it, but the mission still stands."
Crimson Heads appeared, but they were quickly neutralized. The back of building had a benches splattered with blood and the gates stopped the infectees from getting to them from the other side.
-10 minutes later-
"We've reached the power plant." Michelle told Command as she snapped the last Spec Ops neck, who was begging her to live. They entered the double doors and continued into the power plant until they found the generator room. They found an ammo stash and quickly reloaded. When they entered the room, which surprisingly didn't have any Spec Ops.
"Alright, we've entered the generator room."
"Copy that. Plant the EMP charges on the generators and knock out the power grids." Commander Richard told them over the radio. Spectre walked up to the control panel, typed in a code, and the generator raised up.
"Spec Ops!" Bertha alerted them as eight Spec Ops ran in from the entrance. One ran behind Michelle and elbowed her in the side of the head, but instead of harming her only make her turn around before she backhanded him with the pistol before she slammed her fist into stomach with all of her strength, making the Spec Op fall to his knees. Michelle slammed her knee into his chin, killing him. With the last of the enemy forces done away with, Beltway planted the mine and set it up. Spectre typed in the commands to the second terminal.
"I'm done playing games with you Security Service dogs. Time to finish this." Nicholai shouted as he appeared from the railing above them, playing the same game he was with them at the mansion. The second generator began to raise as an elevator opened up with a whole group of Spec Ops running out.
"What the hell is this, an ambush?" Michelle shouted as she shot a soldier in the chest and stabbed another with her hidden blade. Meanwhile, the last generator rose from the floor and Beltway finished putting in the commands and grabbed his remote.
"Let's move!" He shouted to his team. Michelle finished the last Spec Ops and ran to leave when a fist collided with the front of her mask, knocking him down. Nicholai's foot stomped on her chest before he aimed his pistol down at her forehead.
"Time to take out the threat." He said before Michelle pulled his leg off of her chest, bringing him down.
"Get out of here!" Michelle shouted to her team. They nodded as Michelle turned around to see Nicholai, reaching for his knife.
"I don't have time for this." Michelle said as she pulled out her machete and ran at the Russian, slashing down, but Nicholai dodged it and slashed horizontally at her waist but Michelle deflected it with her blade, slashing with her Ballistic knife, which caught the Russian's sleeve, but didn't break skin. Michelle didn't waste anytime, expertly slashing at the Russian, who was struggling to deflect the hits before Michelle faked him out and swept his legs from under him. Nicholai fell and Michelle stabbed down with all of her might, but Nicholai rolled to the side and the blade went through the floor.
"Hah, it seems you underestimate your own strength." Nicholai said as he shook his head in mock disappointment.
"I still have this left." Michelle said as she reached for her Ballistic knife in her ankle sheathe.
"Hah, like that will be much no..." He said before Michelle pushed a button and the blade shot forward, hitting Nicholai in the kneecap. "Fuck!" The former UCBS agent cried in pain as he fell down, the 5-inch blade lodged in his knee. Michelle smirked behind her mask as she withdrew her machete and looked at the man.
"What are you going to do now, I'll never beg." Nicholai growled in spite as Michelle walked away from him towards the elevator and looked back at Nicholai.
"I didn't expect you to." Michelle simply said with amusement in her voice before she pushed the button and the door opened to reveal a mass of zombies, all who smelled the blood coming from Nicholai's knee. The man screamed as they all charged at him before Michelle ran out, savoring the sounds of flesh being torn apart and Nicholai's gurgled screams. As she made it outside, her team waited for him as Beltway pressed the button and the sound of the EMP mines exploding flooded the area before an almost quiet hum was all the lights in the city completely shut off.
