The remainder of the team stopped inside the room to catch their breaths. The room appeared to be the main hall of some sorts, in the center of the room stood a large staircase that led up to a second landing made of balconies, the room was lit well enough, there was a large chandelier dangling in the center of the entire room, on the right side of the room stood two wooden doors while only one door mirrored on the other side, on the stairs in the first landing stood a not so well hidden door frame, the floor was made of well-polished marble and adorned with a lush red carpet that led all the way up the staircase.
"You think that door is gonna hold those things back?" Johnathan asked between breaths
"If it doesn't then they can meet my baby," Barry said pulling out his Silver Serpent Magnum, the bearded man then took in his surroundings "nice place ain't it?"
"Yes it seems like an ordinary mansion.." Wesker said in his low cold tone, Jill looked around the room noticing a discrepancy in their headcount "Where's Chris?" This caused the rest of the team to look around realizing that Redfield was indeed not in the room
"You don't think he's.." Johnathan asked looking towards the door they had entered, Valentine began making her way towards the door to check only to be stopped by the Captain's voice
"Corporal Valentine, I would highly suggest not opening that door..." he said without even looking behind himself at his subordinate "But Captain, we can't just leave him out-" Kennedy had begun to protest but the sound of gunfire cut him off. All of the team looked around unsure of the origins of the sound with weapons drawn "What the hell was that?" Burton questioned, "Maybe it was Chris." Wesker wondered perhaps to himself "Corporal Valentine, Officer Kennedy. go check out that door on the left" The Captain then ordered
"I'm going with them, if that is Chris, then we have to go check. Besides, me and him go way back.." Barry said before approaching the door
"Very well then, I'll remain here and make sure that those things don't get in, and or get Chris in here if he's still outside," Wesker said before inspecting his chrome colored Samurai Edge. The three team members nodded and made their way to the door on the left, Valentine and Kennedy stood on the opposite sides of the frame with their pistols raised, then Burton slowly opened the door making sure the first thing inside was his Magnum, then he fully opened the door and allowed the other two inside.
The three walked slowly through the room, it was a drastic change in scenery compared to the main hall. It was dimly lit. cast in vast amounts of darkness, with large windows along the left wall looking out into the dense foliage, there was a balcony overlooking the center of the room on the second floor, there stood a large table in the middle, a grandfather clock along the right side of the room annoyingly ticking away. At the opposite end of the room was a fireplace that still burned
"Looks like a dining room..." Barry noted before lowering his weapon and walking down towards the fireplace. the bearded man paused for a second, "Jill! John, you'll want to take a look at this!" he called out having now crouched down.
The two walked over to where Burton was crouching "Is that... What I think it is?" Kennedy asked hesitantly looking down at the crimson puddle that stained the black and white tile floor.
Barry took two fingers and dipped it into the puddle and then lifted them up to his nose, a heavy smell of iron assaulted his nostrils "I'm afraid it is John. It's blood" before wiping the blood onto his pants
"Oh, shit..." Johnathan muttered under his breath
"You two go check out the surrounding area, I'll be checking this. Something tells me this place ain't exactly safe..." The two and walked away from the bearded man, entering a door nearby.
The hall was dark, with only moonlight from one end of the hallway, from what they could see, there was red carpeting similar to the main hall. Whilst the rest of the mansion had been uncomfortably silent that silence would have much more preferable compared to what the two Alpha Team members were now being audibly subjected to. Loud wet crunching and the tearing of flesh. Something was eating something in the hall with them, "I'm gonna check out the end of the hall..." Johnathan whispered under his breath raising his weapon up and slowly walking down the hall.
As Kennedy rounded the corner he could make out two figures in the moonlight, the first was crouched over the second, had no hair on his head, wore a dirty green coat. and whose skin was almost white in color. The second person was mostly obscured by the first. but was lying completely down and seemed to have been wearing a uniform similar to the other S.T.A.R.S members.
then the first figure bit down on something from the second causing a nauseating wet smack as a pool of crimson red blood spilled out onto the carpeting, the man in the green coat then slowly turned his head around to face the young man, his eyes were glazed over and his lips were missing, revealing the blood-soaked teeth underneath.
The man got up and Johnathan could finally see who the second man was. Bravo Team's Pointman Kenneth Sullivan, he had been nearly decapitated as his throat and neck had been so thoroughly ripped apart. Kennedy's eyes widened at the sight, then the man in the green coat lunged at him. Kennedy grabbed him by the shoulders trying to push him away but the man's cold grip was inhumanly strong, so the young man changed his plan to trying to keep his jaws away from his neck. Valentine saw the two struggling and ran over "Get the hell off of him!" she yelled out while using all of her strength to push the crazed man off of her partner, the man fell back, hitting the wall next to the window, but slowly rose back up onto his feet, the two backed away slowly before quickly turning around and bursting through the door they had come from.
Barry was still looking over the blood splatter on the floor when he heard the door slam open, it startled the bearded man causing him to pull out his Silver Serpent and spin around, only to find Valentine and Kennedy practically scrambling over each other to get through the door, followed by someone else "Watch out!" Kennedy warned "That guy's a goddamned maniac!" referring to the stranger who was walking towards them with his arms outstretched before him.
Burton leveled the gun at the man "stop or I'll shoot!" he commanded only to be met with a low moan arising from the strange shambling man. Barry did not hesitate as he pulled the trigger on his Magnum, sending a round through the man's chest, but it did nothing. The man still advanced "what the hell?" Burton asked in confusion before aiming the gun again, sending another bullet into his chest, once again it did nothing but cause the man to slightly flinch. Finally, Burton aimed for his head, sending off a third and final shot into the man's cranium. It entered and exploded the back of the man's head, causing him to fall limply to the floor.
"The hell was that thing," Burton asked looking at the dead man
"That 'thing' killed Kenneth, almost tore his fucking head off!" Kennedy mentioned, remembering the state Sullivan now lied in "It almost got John too" Valentine noted. there was a small pause among all of them as they looked at the remains
"We should report this to Captain Wesker" Johnathan said looking back towards the door to the main hall, they all agreed and began heading back.