Chapter 3:

June 3, 2009

BSAA helicopter, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean in between Africa and Greenland

They were almost to Iceland where they would be dropped off to catch a boat to Greenland, Claire can't be dead... she can't be. Chris had been quiet the whole ride, the shock that his sister was dead seemed all to unreal but it was real. They had met their backup team outside the helicopter back at the HQ, the people consisted of a tall, slim, blond guy whose name was Will Dusske(do's-ski), Their female medic with short brown hair whose name was Shelby White. She had heard of the Raccoon City incident and wanted to join the BSAA as a nurse, she mourned when she heard what had happened to Claire. There last backup member was Perry Richardson, his actual name was Peter, he was shorter then average and he had a military buzz cut, he was also there pilot. They had been in the air for awhile now, they were informed that there were no runways available in Iceland for an airplane. Communication wasn't working so they weren't able to contact them, they were aware that in previous years Iceland had encountered power failures in the communications array. Everyone was quiet, the only sound made was the main rotors spinning overhead.

"We are close to our LZ, ETA five minutes." Perry called back over the speakers to the crew. This was their sign to get there gear ready and to be prepared to deploy at any minute. The helicopter they were in was a Chinook so they all sat near the back where they would be dropped off, and there gear was in multiple boxes to the front. They all unstrapped their belts and went over to get there gear. Chris took a look at the time on his PDA, it has been two hours since they left at ten-thirty earlier this morning. Chris open a military box with his name on it. Inside were a Samurai Edge (HG), two ammo clips (not including the one inside the gun), and two hand grenades. Jill got her P9 (HG), two ammo clips like Chris, and two flash grenades. Shelby got a standard S.T.A.R.S. (also known as the P92 M) handgun, two ammo clips, first aid kit, and syringes to help fight infection by the T-Virus. Chris and Shelby both wondered if they would even be used. Will obtained a Hydra (SG) and a strap that holds forty shotgun rounds. Their pilot however only had his 9mm (HG) that was in its holster on his side.

"Where going to drop you off here." Announced Devin. They were hovering now over a plain which was close to a near town. Chris looked out the window and realized there were no cars or people anywhere.

"Hold on tight its gonna get a little bumpy." Perry said over the speaker. Everyone held onto something as the helicopter landed, Shelby didn't have that good of a hold and tripped.

"When you all get out head west. There will be a boat there waiting for you, it will be called 'The Horizon'." After Devin said that the Chinook's back door slowly went down. Everyone got out and headed towards the town.

The side of the town the entered from was quite beautiful actually. A green sign at the side of the main street said Neskaupstaður it must of been the name of the town. Chris looked at a sign labeled Bakkavegur it was the street name.

"Where is everyone." Jill said as they all started to walk down the road.

"I don't know, this place looks like a dang ghost town." Will said. He was looking into every window of every building they passed.

"Be careful. This doesn't seem right." Chris said. "Everyone check your headset, make sure we can all communicate with each other." Everyone checked their earpiece and tested it with each other to make sure the could talk to and hear each other.

"What was that!" Shelby shouted, she pointed her gun into a store window. The others moved closer to the store. The store was a butcher place. Jill opened the door and Chris went in and checked the room for anything, it was clear. They made there way to the back of the store. Jill had noticed a foul smell coming from the freezer, the door was wide open. They all moved towards the door, the cool air from the freezer made them all shiver slightly. Chris peaked around the corner with his gun ready and gave everyone the signal it was clear. Everyone stepped into the giant freezer and looked around at the meats.

"This meat is rotten it had to have been awhile ago this place was abandoned." Jill said while covering her nose from the foul smell. Then a squeaking sound made all of them turn to face the door. It slammed with a bang, and everyone ran towards the door.

"Let us out!" Will called out. His voice echoed inside the freezer giving the illusion it was bigger then it was. Chris banged on the door several times before backing up and gathering everyone together to form a plan.

June 3, 2009

BSAA African HQ, lobby area

"Looks like everything is going according to plan. Let me ask you a question, why did your fire that female BSAA agent? I recall her name being Sheva." Dave asked Devin. Devin had opened the elevator door.

"Well she isn't that good of a field worker.... and... she would of.... just been a nuisance. There better off without her anyway." Devin replied, his voice was very unconvincing though. Dave had a feeling that the commander was keeping something from him. Devin was the first to step into the elevator.

"What about Josh?" Dave replied. He stepped into the elevator and hit a switch on the touch screen inside and the elevator started to lift.

"Well... the same reasons like Sheva."

"But wasn't he part of your alpha team when the whole... Uroboros incident was happening?" Dave asked, he could see how much Devin was hesitating with his response.

"Yes.. however they failed in there mission. Where as Chris accomplished it." Devin was sure that this would finish the conversation. Dave was mad that he could find anyway back onto the subject.

"Lets just do our job now." Devin said. The elevator stopped and they went into the command center.

"Yea." Dave wasn't about to give up though, you just wait I'll find out what you are hiding.

June 3, 2009

Neskaupstaður, inside a butcher shop

They all had moved a bunch of boxes that had been in the freezer into a barricade near the back of the freezer. Chris was near the front door and all the others were in the back behind the barricade. They had come up with a plan to getting out of the freezer. Chris had taken one of his grenades and Shelby took some of her bandages to stick the grenade to the wall. Chris had told the others to find cover and to leave him a gap to get behind when he pulls the loop to ignite the grenade. Chris looked over his shoulder at the boxes, he saw a small opening big enough for him to dive through once the grenade is active. Jill caught his attention when her head popped up from behind the barricade of cardboard boxes full of rotten meat.

"Were ready." Jill called, her head disappeared behind the cardboard boxes once again.

Chris pulled the loop and made a run for it, he dived into the small opening and appeared next to Jill and Will. A bang made all of their ears deafen, it was like the calm before the storm. A explosive shock wave threw the boxes around with no problem causing a mass of confusion for a few seconds. Everyone stood to face the door, Shelby was dazed from one of the heavier boxes hitting her in the head and knocking her to the floor. The smoked of the explosion cleared and Chris could see clearly now. The door had blown off and had went through a window that lead to the room where they cut meat for grinding.

Will moved toward the door, he had his gun in his right hand drooped down by his thigh. A couple of footsteps were heard outside the door and everyone turned to look. Will took one step back and gripped his Hydra tightly, it still lay limp at his side. Everyone had aimed their guns at the entrance to the freezer waiting for something to appear. The footsteps stopped extremely close to the door but still no one could see what was making them. Will took a couple quiet steps to the door in order to peak around the corner. Then finally something came around the corner, it swung a giant cleaver at Will. Will tripped backwards and his gun slid away from them, the cleaver was getting closer to him. Will flinched and heard a loud bang beside him. Chris and Jill were shooting at the infected butcher; he had dropped his cleaver when he was shot in the arm, it landed inches away from Will leaving a deep gash in the floor. Will turned and started to crawl away from the wounded butcher, but it came after him still. Chris pulled out his dirk (big knife) and ran at the butcher, he tackled to fat pale majini onto his back. The butcher's apron was ripped open from the dirk being slice at him. Chris had lifted the blade high into the air to strike the final blow, but the butcher grabbed him by the neck and threw him off of himself. Jill was already beside the butcher and jumped into the air and landed on him with her knees. The big infected fat guy let out a cry and reached for Jill, she pushed off him with her knees and it helped her to back flip away from him. Shelby stood terrified as this confrontation happened, she had never actually seen a majini before and now knew how terrifying they were.

"Will shoot him!" Jill cried across the freezer. Will had just gotten his hydra off the floor.

"Get out of the way!" Will screamed at her, the butcher was up and was after Jill. That made it hard for Will to get a clear shot. Jill ran into the corner then back flipped off the wall, her knee hit the butcher in the head causing him to stumble to his knees. Chris pulled Jill away from the dazed majini, he then turned and gave an uppercut to the butcher causing him to fall back. Will stood over top of him and shot him, the butcher laid down dead with a hole in his chest.

"Good God... that was crazy." Will said as he walked out of the freezer. Everyone else followed and they left the building.

"Well it looks like they knew we were coming and decided to slow us down." Chris said. They were all walking down the road, they were reloading their weapons as they went.

"So now what?" Jill asked.

"We keep to the plan." Chris replied, he turned and looked at Shelby. She hadn't said a word since what happened in the freezer.

A sound was heard up the road ahead of them. Everyone stopped to look the sound was growing louder, is that a stampede? Chris wondered as the sound intensified. Then a horde of average sized majini were seen turning a corner seven blocks away.

"Come on down this way!" Chris yelled to the team. They all headed in the direction of a harbor. What is going on here? Jill asked herself.