As the train burned in a dark underground tunnel, Knuckles was on the ground, a bit hurt from the train crash, and after he started to stand up, he looked around to see where Mina was.
"Mina? Mina!?" Knuckles shouted.
Mina came from the other side of there the train crashed, showing some signs of being hurt.
"I'm here", she said.
"Hey, are you alright?" Mina nodded at Knuckles' question and then he looked at the train, "Hey, we managed to stop the train".
"Yes, we managed", Mina replied.
"Hey, we have to fight a way out", Knuckles said, referring to the area they were in.
Both went through a door and walked through a watery path and then going up a ladder.
Knuckles moved the hatch out of the way and climbed all the way up and entered what looked like a building, with Mina shortly following, and they all looked around the building.
Knuckles saw a logo on the floor that resembled a red and white umbrella.
"The Umbrella research center?" he asked while looking at the floor.
Mina walked up the stairs and saw a picture of someone, and then she realized that the person in the picture resembled the person she was in the train that became the leech man.
Knuckles also saw the picture and looked at the description.
"The first General Manager, Dr. Finitevus Marcus", Knuckles said.
Someone talked over the loudspeaker.
"Attention, this is Dr. Finitevus, please be silent as we reflect upon our company motto, Obedience breeds Discipline, Discipline breeds Unity, Unity breeds Power, Power is life", the loudspeaker stated.
Both Knuckles and Mina pondered what was just said.
"What was that?" Mina asked.
"I guess that was an old recording that's always played", Knuckles said.
"Well I guess we should explore this place a bit", Mina said.
"Or we head to the front door and get the hell out of here", Knuckles said, pointing to the main door.
"Oh, good idea", Mina said.
They both went to the door and walked through but they saw a dead end at the bridge leading away.
"Shit, we were so close", Knuckles said.
"I guess that building can lead up out of here in some way, let's go explore it now", Mina said.
Knuckles sighed and went in the building, and they went up stairs to the main double doors.
They ended up in a room filled with computers and a big projection screen in the center.
"Wow, what a big computer room", Mina said.
Knuckles looked around and peeked his head through a door.
"Let's check this hallway", Knuckles said.
They ventured down the hallway but saw some zombies there and they ventured toward the duo.
"They're here too?" Mina asked.
"This is never ending, I swear", Knuckles said.
Both Mina and Knuckles wasted the zombies by riddling them with bullets and then going through the nearby double door.
"No monsters in here", Knuckles said.
"Getting out will be harder than expected", Mina said.
"Well no use giving up now", Knuckles then noticed a lift, "Let's check that out", both approached the lift but saw that it was a crank lift.
"One of us will have to stay down here", Knuckles said.
"I'll go up", Mina said.
"Ok, but radio me if you get into any trouble", Knuckles said.
Knuckles turned the crank as Mina started heading up the shaft.
When she reached the top, she started walking to a nearby door but was ambushed by a giant insect that dropped from the ceiling onto her and tried to bite her.
"AH! GET OFF ME!" Mina said as she kicked the bug off and shot it thrice in the head to kill it.
Mina panted from having the shock of her life and clenched her chest.
"That was scary", Mina said, then sat up and went through the door.
The door led to a roof with a statue and an elevator to the ground.
"Dawn's approaching", Mina said and went to a nearby door and then entered a room with cages and pits, "Wonder what this place is?"
She walked on until she approached some side stairs, so she headed down them and kept her gun aimed, she peeked in one door but freaked when she saw more insects and closed the door.
She went to another door and realized she unlocked something; she peeked through and saw that she was back in the main lobby.
"The lobby?" Mina stated then radioed Knuckles, "One of the doors led me to the lobby, come quick".
"Ok", Knuckles replied and went to the lobby, and saw Mina waving at him by the door.
Knuckles went to her and went through the door.
"What's this place?" Knuckles asked.
"I saw Cages upstairs, looked like ones to keep in wild animals", Mina said.
Knuckles went upstairs with Mina and observed the area.
"Ew, smells like the zoo", Knuckles said.
"Yeah, well I guess we should explore", Mina said.
They walked to the end of the room but saw that the door was blocked by knights with swords.
"Shit, how do we get through?" Knuckles asked.
Mina budged them, "They're stuck".
"Any other place to explore?" Knuckles asked.
"Well the door back over there leads to a balcony then back to the elevator room I came up from, the elevator on the balcony doesn't work", Mina said.
"What about that door we passed?" Knuckles asked.
"That one has some pretty giant bugs", Mina said.
Knuckles scoffed, "More freaks? I'll deal with them, some cop you are"
"Hey, I don't see giant bugs like these on a regular basis", Mina protested.
"Neither have I but I'm not wimping out now am I?" Knuckles stated.
Mina angrily followed Knuckles to the room where he opened the door and saw the bugs.
He aimed his rifle at the head of one bug and as it leapt, he shot it dead, "Piece of cake", he then aimed at the other and when the bug leapt, he pulled the trigger but no bullet came out, he had a brief second of shock before the bug pounced on him.
"GET OFF ME!" Knuckles said while pushing it away.
Mina grabbed a knife she was in possession in and then stabbed the bug in the head then kicked it off and stabbed it more til it died.
Knuckles stood up and dusted himself, "See, it wasn't that hard now was it princess?"
"I told you to NOT call me Princess", Mina said in pure annoyance.
"Whatever", Knuckles said and stood up to see a Grenade Launcher, "You want that?"
"Looks too rough to handle", Mina said.
"Your loss", Knuckles said, then discarded the rifle and picked up some extra grenade rounds.
Both left the room and went upstairs, when Mina noticed something shiny in a cage.
"Hold on there Knuckles", Mina said and went to the cage, "It's a key, can you raise the cage?" Mina asked.
Knuckles nodded and started pulling the crank to lift up the cage.
Mina waited for it to be a good height then she grabbed the key, "Got it!"
"Then let's go", Knuckles said.
She put the key away and started walking back to the ladder but she heard a noise.
Soon a huge centipede started crawling out through a vent and it glared at Mina, then it grabbed her and held her in its arms.
"AH! Knuckles!" Mina shouted in horror.
"Mina!" Knuckles said in concern, then grabbed the grenade launcher.
As the centipede came at Knuckles, he shot the monster in the face and caused it to screech in pain.
The centipede wiggled around causing Mina to scream more, "Knuckles! Help!" so he Knuckles shot the monster more, but had to aim carefully to not hurt or kill Mina.
The monster started getting agitated and then knocked Knuckles back, causing him to drop his gun then attempted to escape but Knuckles rushed to his gun and killed the creature with a critical shot to the head.
The creature dropped Mina and then fell down dead. As Mina was dazed a bit, Knuckles ran up to her, "Mina!" he then helped her up, "Are you ok?"
"Yes, thank you", Mina replied, she knew at that moment that Knuckles really could be trusted, as he didn't attempt to escape when she got captured.
"Well let's go then, hopefully this key will unlock something", Knuckles said.
"Yeah, let's go", Mina said and they headed back the way they came in.
"We never checked that door over there, let's go in there", Knuckles suggested to the next door in the hall.
Mina nodded and they went to the other side and checked in the room, but some crows came in and ambushed them, causing the duo to escape the room to avoid harm.
"That wasn't a good idea I guess", Knuckles said.
"Let's check those double doors then", Mina suggested.
Knuckles was pretty annoyed at all the monsters that attacked them and followed Mina, Mina herself was getting a little worried and paranoid about the situation, but luckily both were trained to remain calm under pressure, though this was extreme for both parties.
Both proceeded to the double doors, but upon entry they were surrounded by zombies, prompting them both to shoot all the zombies that came after them, but after taking down two, they went for cover as they took down the rest.
"That was a lot", Mina said.
"It will probably get worse, let's move before more show up", Knuckles said.
They both went through a door and went through a series of creepy rooms.
"I'm really not liking this place much", Mina said.
"Neither am I but if we don't move fast, we're zombie meat", Knuckles said.
"How did all this even happen in the first place?" Mina asked.
"I don't know, it's like those damn Romero movies came to life", Knuckles said.
When they reached a room, they found a shotgun, Knuckles let Mina have it so she could protect herself better.
"Thanks", Mina said and cocked the gun.
"Don't use it unless it's an emergency, ammo is scarce", Knuckles stated.
They both climbed up a ladder and ended up on a balcony, so they walked by exploring the balcony.
"This place is so creepy, was it always like this or was it cause of the zombies?" Mina asked.
Out of nowhere, a zombie came and knocked Mina over the edge of the Balcony with the zombie following.
"MINA!" Knuckles shouted and looked over the edge, he was relived to see Mina was ok, she was dangling but he needed to grab her before she fell off.
He grabbed her hand and started to pull her up but another zombie came and tried to bite Knuckles, but he kicked the zombie's stomach then punched it back, then after pulling Mina up, he shoved the zombie off the Balcony.
"I owe you one", Mina said.
"You would have done the same for me, no big deal", Knuckles replied.
Mina smiled a bit, and then followed Knuckles through the rest of the Balcony.
They arrived back in the room with the computers.
"Not this place again", Knuckles complained.
"Let's go back to that hallway, maybe there's another door, we never reached the end of the hall", Mina suggested.
Knuckles nodded and followed her to the hallway. They walked down the hall and squashed all the leeches they saw and reached a red door.
Mina looked at the key, then the door, then entered the key in and heard it unlock.
"We need to go here", Mina said.
They looked inside the room and explored the area to look for clues.
Knuckles found a letter from Umbrella, praising the efforts of two guys, though the letter was torn, all that Knuckles saw was the letter "G".
Mina found a key on the table and a letter as to where the key goes and the location of the door.
"Knuckles, let's use this, I know where it goes", Mina said.
"Good", Knuckles said and dropped the letter.
They both walked to the room they needed to go to, and saw a room with a picture screen.
"Wonder what that's used for?" Knuckles asked.
"Hey look", Mina pointed to a couple of film disks, they popped them in the screen and started reading the data, which showed a picture of the computer room with some numbers.
"Great, more stupid puzzles", Knuckles complained.
"Maybe we need to check out the computer room again, let's go", Mina said.
As they headed to the room, more leeches arrived in the room they were in.
"Let's squash these fuckers", Knuckles said.
The leeches then started to come together and once again form a leech man.
"Oh no, not again", Mina said.
The leech man approached the two, and Knuckles started pumping lead into it with Mina assisting.
The Leech man was resilient though and managed to knock both back, sticking leeches on their bodies.
As Mina frantically got the leeches off, the creature approached her; Knuckles aimed his gun to stop the creature and put in a few rounds but was then distracted bye more leeches on his face.
The leech man swiped at Mina, but she pulled out her shotgun at the last second and took the leech man down for good, soon the other leeches left.
"Damn pain in the ass leeches", Knuckles complained.
"Let's just go", Mina said and they en routed back to the computer room.