Resident Evil: Lost Hope (continued)

Disclaimer: Resident Evil is not mine nor is its characters. This story is not mine and neither are BC, Liz, Stacy, Jim and Brett Fisher; they belong to Miracle Viguy 38. Drew belongs to MisticGohan88. The only ones that are mine so far are Krivins and Drake.

Author's Note: Chapter seven…yessss, my favorite number. This one will be long and good. I hope.

Chapter 7

Conference Room, Haven Stronghold.

"What did you do with Wesker's body?" Asked Liz "I burned it, know please, the more we sit here, the more time passes by." Said Krivins angrily. "Alright, so this machine needs a lot of power…where do we come in?" Responded Chris. Nobody noticed Lily grabbing a chair and taking a seat next to Chris. She figured she was apart of it now…she wanted to be apart of it. "Where do all of you come in…well, like I stated before, we need a lot of additional power to get the machine to reach the timeline I need. But there is a problem with that…the only thing really available to us is…" Krivins grew hesitant to what he was going to say next. "…A module core." A module core is a very important item used Within Haven. Its two feet in length and seven centimeters in width, a very powerful energy source which connects to the compound's main generator.

Jim then immediately stood up and protested. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're telling us that you need our module core to charge that thing. The very power cell we need to power our food distributer, our lights, our medical supplies even our defenses just so you can go back and change the past? Well forget it! We don't even know if that thing will work." Everyone except Chris nodded in agreement. "What are our chances if we had a module core available for you?" Asked Chris. "Chris! What are you doing?" Responded Jill with surprise "Chris you seriously don't think this will work…Do you?" Asked Barry. "Imagine if it did, everything, all this…it would not have happened. Life would flourish once again. My sister would be alive, you're family would be alive, Barry. Besides he said "a module core" not necessarily meaning ours…"

BC leaned over at Liz and whispered "Chris had a sister?" Liz just shrugged. "…There are other safe places just like Haven in the surrounding region, miles apart from each other. There hasn't been any kind of contact from them. If there are no survivors there, then that's where we will most likely find another core." continued Chris. "But what ARE the chances of this machine even working…" Jill's question was then immediately answered by Krivins. "The chances…they are extremely slim. There is a 77% chance of it failing and depleting the power usage rendering it useless… and a 13% chance of it working with no problems attached." Stacy noticed a few numbers missing and perked her head in Krivins' direction.

"And the other 10%?" she asked, demanding an answer. Oxious just stared at her knowing she as well as everyone else won't like the next answer. "The other 10% could go both ways with failing or succeeding, but…there would be a catastrophic explosion destroying earth and everybody on it." Every one was terrified of that answer. If they did happen to get a Module core and if they did manage to get to the correct date of when WI started, the chances of the machine failing and possibly causing an explosion with a massive magnitude able enough to destroy earth, made it seem like it was a terrible plan. But sadly it was the only one they had.

Chris leaned on the table and started to think long and hard, as did everybody else. "Okay…this decision is going to need every ones vote…too much is at stake and…" Chris paused and stared at the table. "…even if we fail we tried…I don't want to live this way anymore, I don't want to look out my window and see pain and death every single day. I don't want to live knowing that one day some of us will die trying to save what we can. This is our chance to change things…this is our chance to do what is right." Jill, Liz, Stacy, BC, Jim and Barry all had their doubts, but Chris is right this could be their only chance to change history.

"I'm in." said Barry "You had me at family." He continued with a smile.

"Me too." said Stacy "What do we got to lose other than our lives."

"This is probably the stupidest thing I could say; I'm in as well." said Jim.

"BC and I are too, right BC?" said Liz nudging him in the ribs.

"Yeah, I'll help." He said, secretly rubbing his ribs.

"Jill, how bout you?" asked Chris. Jill then stared into his eyes. "I'll follow you anywhere, Chris."

"I say go for it!" Spoke Lily.

Chris then stared at Krivins. "There you have it, we'll help you, but first we need to discuss a plan to work on." "I have one already in place…" replied Oxious. "…Since I was aware that neither of you would allow me to acquire your module core, I came up with the idea of breaking everyone into two groups. Chris, with a few of his men, me with a few of my men will make team two while team one will stay here and make sure that things, run smoothly." "I can't leave Haven." exclaimed Chris, reminding everybody about his duty as the stronghold's Commander and Chief. "Mr. Redfield, you seem to misunderstand, you have to come with me. The time when the strongholds on earth were completed, a voice recognition system was put in place to stop any attempts of theft with the module cores. And only the Base commanders of the strongholds has that particular type of access." explained Oxious.

"Then I'll just record my voice and…right that won't work either." Spoke Chris remembering why such a thing would be useless. "Correct, you need to speak a random sequence of words to gain access to the core system…again, you need to come with me. And I must say that you need to make someone in this room the second-in-command. The very reason I asked for your lieutenants to be apart of this." continued Krivins. "We're not his lieutenants, we're just his friends trying our best to make a living…I don't think we even have lieutenants here." responded Stacy.

"Well, regardless…someone has to be in-charge." Spoke Oxious. "Alright fine, I'll discuss that with who ever I plan on giving the task to, but right now I think we need to find out which strongholds we should investigate first." said Chris.

"Excellent...I have a list of strongholds with some possibility of them being active…" Spoke Oxious. He then typed in a few keys and on the T.V monitor was a small list of 9 different well known strongholds, except 4 of them were slashed out. "…As you can see we only have five left to search, the rest are either destroyed or overrun with infected. So…the first one we will go to, as soon as we are ready to leave, is Placidity, then Heartsease, then Serenity, Ataraxis and finally Ragnarok."

"What will we use for transportation?" Asked Jill. That moment Krivins' three commandos came into the room and interrupted the meeting. "We will take our helicopter." Spoke the tall one. "Perfect timing…" Calmly spoke Oxious. "…two of these men will be accompanying us on our trip. The tall one is Anthony Gibson, my heavy weapons specialist and the one that will most likely stay here after we leave. The one standing to his right is Nick Hawkins, my technical and communications expert. And at last is Patrick Owens, he is the team's scout and reconnaissance operative."

"Why are you having one of your men stay here?" Wondered Jim. "To over watch the rest of men that is on route to this location with a convoy of medical supplies, plenty of food and fresh water, seeds for gardening and of-course weapons and ammunition. Take it as appreciation for assisting me and my mission." Kindly spoke Oxious. Everyone was surprised with the generosity and couldn't help but make a smile. Everyone seemed grateful, everyone except Jim. Jim just sat in his chair straight faced and wondered if Krivins was hiding something. He seemed too secretive to Jim, even if he did tell the truth about everything.

"I ask that we leave immediately, Mr. Redfield, so we don't run out of time" continued Krivins "I'm sorry, but that won't be happening. I need a day to prepare and personally decide who will make my team as well as discuss who will take charge when I depart…and I'm going to get a day whether you prefer it or not Krivins. We leave tomorrow morning…this meeting's finished.' Sternly spoke Chris and he left the room with the rest of the team in follow. Krivins grew disappointed and slammed his laptop shut. He had no choice but to wait and give Chris his day.

Chris speedily walked to his room and avoided all contact with the others. Barry and Jill stood in the hallway and seen him turn the corner. "I hope he knows what he's doing." Worried Barry. "I know he'll do something that will work." Said Jill. "What do you think of this Krivins guy and what does he have to gain out of this." Asked Barry. "A bright new future…" Said Oxious. Both Barry and Jill turned around to see Krivins walking closer wearing Wesker's shades again. Barry felt a little embarrassed but not at all intimidated.

"I can see that there is a matter of distrust going around…I don't blame either of you. Wesker could be the reason for that, I'm sure. With my history of being betrayed I can relate to your understanding. It's probably best not to trust me anyway." He finished saying. He stared at Jill for a few seconds through his shades, then slightly smiled and walked back the other away.

Jill had some infatuation with the guy but she was slapping herself mentally for having such a thing towards a complete and possibly dangerous stranger. Her mind was telling her to leave him alone but her heart wanted to know who he is.

Jim and Stacy continued to walk back to their room as well. "Jim, what's wrong?" asked Stacy. Jim said nothing after the meeting and it made Stacy concerned. "I don't like that guy…there's something about him I just can't figure out." Responded Jim. "I don't like him either, but he does want to help. He's even going to give us some supplies for thanking us for our help, not to mention how much we need it. Plus let's not forget that we have to trust Chris and his decision with this…time machine thing." They both finally reached the door to their room. "You know what? I'm gonna go check on Luke, see how he's holding up." Said Jim. "Okay, how was he when you guys got back?" Stacy asked, feeling terrible she didn't ask earlier. "He was…attacked by a Plagas infectee and got hurt pretty bad." Answered Jim. "I hope it wasn't too bad." Said Stacy with worry. "I hope so too." Said Jim and then he left.

Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Drew and Leon continued down a dark and dreary corridor and came to a dead end with a sign painted on the wall. Enjoy the ride! "What the hell does that m…" Drew was then interrupted by a trap door hidden beneath both men's feet. They fell and rolled down a concrete slid, which moments later, separated them by a path crossway. Drew came to a halt with a slam on gravel ground with Leon nowhere to be seen. Drew got up slowly, feeling the pain from the fall, and glanced around. The tunnel was dark, cold and gloomy. The concrete walls gave off a prison type of feeling. The sound of dripping water heard in the distance.

"(Cough) Leon? Leon!" Not a sound. Drew then grabbed his gun from off the ground and slowly walked in the only direction he could, ahead of him. He turned on the flashlight attached to his gun and a bright light illuminated the long and what appeared to be an endless corridor. He had the feeling that he wasn't the only person that has ever been down here. It was the stench of blood and a pile of human bones nearby that made such a feeling.

During the walk Drew started to yelp in pain. His head let off a terrible migraine. He fell to his knees holding his head. The pain was so excruciating and so unbearable; he had to clench his teeth and hands. "You can't keep me away forever" spoke a voice deep in his head.

Drew reached into his pocket only to feel that it was empty. "Shit…they took it." He muttered to himself. The item he was looking for is a small vial of serum. The serum was given to him by Stacy and was used to suppress the being in Drew's mind called: Zeta. Zeta has being haunting Drew since he acquired the hunter DNA strain and has been trying to take over his body. After several seconds of pain from the migraine, it finally dissolved.

He needed to find his serum, but that would seem impossible due to the predicament he was in. He had no choice but to continue on and hope he can find a way out of this tunnel. And possibly avoid whatever calls this place home. He got to his feet and hastily moved forward. He then came up to a T-intersection and made a random left turn. After a few minutes of wondering around the dreadful tunnel maze, Drew came up to a very large square room with a concrete balcony that went all around the room, overlooking ground level. Opposite the room was another corridor.

The stench of blood was strong here and bones as well as fresh human remains littered the entire ground. Drew raised his gun, sharpened his attention and started to walk towards the other end. He stepped over bones and body parts as he continued. "Welcome, Mr. O'Conner..." Spoke Fisher on the intercom. "…Watching you has been so boring up until now. I hope you do survive this next encounter, I would hate to see my new specimen destroyed." He continued. Then both gates leading to the exits were sealed off by steel shutters. "Why do I get the feeling something big is nearby" muttered Drew. So far everything remained quite…then a loud screech came from behind a concrete wall. Drew aimed his rifle and the wall began to rise. He saw nothing when the wall fully opened, due to a shroud of darkness. Even with his flashlight shining brightly.

Another screech was let out and several fast moving zombies came flooding out from deep within the darkness. "Son-of a…!" shouted Drew and he started firing. He began moving backwards still shooting at the demonic beasts. Headshots on a first set then leg shots with the next causing some following to trip and fall. But he could only do so much and he was beginning to run out of ammunition. After killing about a dozen, several more still came dashing out from whence they came hungry for flesh. Drew's gun click, he smashed one zombie in the face as it got close enough and he did a twist kick, using his immense strength, the force of the kick knocked one zombie into others. At this point he had no choice but to run. "Where to" he thought. He started to dash to one corner of the room and that's when he saw Leon on the upper balcony, beginning to take aim.

Leon started giving off short, controlled bursts from his weapon. Drew could hear them dropping behind him, but refused to look back. He had his attention on an M79 grenade launcher which was in the clutches of a dead soldier. Drew then did a baseball slide and with both hands grabbed the M79. The dead soldier's hand was on the trigger tightly and when Drew yanked the thing, it fired in the direction behind him hitting the zombie in lead. The massive explosion sent numerous zombies flying backwards. Drew then glanced back and saw that not a single one was left standing, but some were trying to get to their feet and some where even crawling towards him without legs.

Leon dashed a little closer still using the balcony and picked off the remaining undead. "Are you all right?" Shouted Leon. "Yeah I'll be fine." Drew shouted back. He then tore the arm off the dead soldier and untwined the fingers from the grenade launcher. He then took the three grenade rounds from the dead guy's bandolier. "Sorry about this." He murmured, speaking to the dead guy as if he was alive.

Drew then open the launcher, removed the smoking shell and replaced it with a fresh one. "Very good gentleman, it's a real shame that you had to use weapons to survive, but I'm not complaining. It's funny you know, the man with the grenade launcher, Brett Meeches, he was a very reliable person and it would seem so even in death. But his will to do what is right was such a bothersome to me, Oh well. Enjoy the next wave…mwahahahahaha." Spoke Fisher maliciously.

Then a wall on the balcony began to rise. Drew raised his launcher and fired a round straight into the room. A loud yelp was let out along with a spray of green ooze. He felt a smile come to his face and he reloaded his weapon. "That was your second wave?" he shouted with disappointment. That very instant three more walls began to rise. "I think you pissed him off." Shouted Leon. One of the walls hasn't even fully risen yet and creatures that appeared to have been turned inside out with their brains exposed came crawling out. They had long tongues that seemed dangerous. "Those things are sensitive to sound." Loudly whispered Leon.

4 green and purplish, scaly ape looking monsters came out the second wall while the third wall was still rising with no occupant been revealed yet. "Oh shit, I know what those things are!" Spoke Drew referring to the hunters. The hunters saw Leon and came running towards him. Drew immediately fired another round from the grenade launcher and hit the wall killing only two and knocking down the third. The fourth hopped through the smoke, with claws ready to kill, straight for Leon. Leon began to fire at the hunter hitting it continually with bullets. He fell on his back while the hunter hit the balcony's steel rail and fell to ground level, dead.

"All the noise caught the attention of the lickers and the three of them came hastily for Drew. Leon Began shooting but his gun clicked and he had to reload, leaving Drew to fend off the threat. Drew was trying to reload his final round for the M79 but was lunged at by a licker. He then smacked it with the stock of the launcher, dropping the acid shell. Another licker then landed on Drew.

Leon finished reloading and was about to shoot once again but the third hunter got to its feet and came dashing for Leon. He pointed the gun at the hunter but it click once more. The gun jammed and he had no time to fix the problem. Instead, he came up with a way to take this thing down.

With the licker savagely trying to kill Drew and the other two getting closer, he used his strength once again. Since he was holding the lickers left arm with his right, he started to bend it in the other direction. It snapped like a toothpick and the creature squealed loudly with its tongue rapidly moving.

Drew then grabbed it, got off the ground and started to swing the creature as a weapon, smashing the monster into its allies. Leon instantly dashed down the balcony with the hunter in pursuit. He came up to a wall and started to run up and then he leap off by doing a back flip. The hunter crashed into the wall with extreme force while Leon landed on his feet directly behind it. He then glared at his weapon and realized what caused the gun to jam. There was a bullet half-lodge in the chamber. After some fidgeting with the thing he got it to work and shot and killed the final licker that Drew was about to finish off.

Drew stared at Leon and noticed the hunter behind him beginning to rise. "Leon! Behind you!" He yelled. The creature turned around and was booted in the chest by a back kick from Leon straight onto the wall. Leon then fired three rounds in the creatures face killing it instantly.

"That wasn't so bad." Thought Drew. A loud deep roar came from within the third and final wall. And a 7 foot tall, beast came charging out. It looked human, but with its flesh completely removed only to reveal its insides. The creature had four tentacles wiggling off its back, half its head was missing and what appeared to be a third really long arm was sticking out from its right shoulder blade.

Drew picked up the M79 and went to pick up the acid shell but was thwacked by the creature and tossed several feet, landing on a dead body. Leon began shooting the creature distracting it from Drew. It then leaped off ground level and landed on the concrete balcony. It started to twist and turn the railing and finally tore it from the rest of its parts. The creature then threw the rail at Leon like a spear. He dived on the ground and the spear hit and stuck on the wall behind him. Leon continued to shoot but the creature shot mystic ooze from its tentacles which forced him to roll off the balcony and onto ground level. When Leon landed on his feet he could hear dripping steam coming from above.

It seemed that the mystic ooze was a type of acid and it ate its way through the concrete balcony, exactly where Leon was once lying. The creature prepared to launch another sack of ooze, but this time at Drew. Drew began to get up after such a hard hit. He started shaking his head and getting to his feet completely unaware of what's about to happen. "Drew, Get up!" ordered Leon from across the room. Drew stared at Leon, then the creature. A large spit ball came in his direction and he quickly rolled out of the way. The spit ball landed on the M79 and completely dissolved it as well as the ground.

"Drew had to come up with a new way of taking out that creature now and knew just how to do that. He quickly made a dash towards the acid grenade still lying where it was last seen. Leon was running and gunning the creature. It then hopped off the balcony and landed near Drew. It took another swipe at him but this time he dodged it with ease. Drew picked up the grenade and shouted at Leon to get ready.

Drew then underhanded the small grenade straight for the creature's face, Leon then aimed for it. As the small explosive went through the air Drew started to run and Leon focused immensely. He fired a single shot and it flew straight for the acid grenade. Nearly hitting the monsters third arm the bullet hit the center of the device and it exploded. A massive amount of acid blew all over the head and chest of the creature. As the acid ate away its repulsive body, it roared loudly with anger and started to fall apart. But the determined creature was still after its prey.

The exit gate began to rise and immediately both Drew and Leon made a run for it. The creature went frantic and started to spit small amounts of ooze at Leon and Drew but always came up short. It finally fell to the ground in silence and melt away. The two men then entered the next area.

The room was small and had an old elevator, opposite the door. They both sat for awhile, leaning up against the wall taking a rest. "That was crazy." Mentioned Drew. "No kidding." Responded Leon. They then walked into the small elevator and hit the only button available. After a minute of silence, they reached the top. The doors slid open and there was Drake with a few other guards standing in their path. "Not bad." Smirked Drake and he lifted his arm containing two dart guns. One dart hit Leon in the chest and the other hit Drew in the shoulder.

"Leon tried to stay awake but the power of the dart overcame him and he collapsed. Drew removed the dart from his shoulder and very slowly moved forward. The guards were amazed at how he was able to move after such a shot. Drake reloaded the dart gun and fired again but this time in his leg.

Drew kept having images appear in his head, images of Zeta, the grey colored hunter. "Give up, you can't win…these pathetic humans will feel my wrath when it is time." Said Zeta. Drew felt so tired and collapsed. Drake stood forward and kicked Drew in the side. "Take him to Fisher's lab." He ordered. "And the other?" Asked a fellow comrade. Drake then stared at the unconscious body of Leon. "Dispose of him, immediately."

Chris's Room, Haven Stronghold.

Chris sat staring out his window. It was dark outside and the moonlight made everything seem peaceful, even though it was far from it. Chris just finished chatting with the person he gave the second-in-command task to as well as hearing about Krivins' convoy arriving. A light knock came at his door. "Come in!" he loudly spoke, not moving from his glance. "Chris?" Said a soft voice. Chris immediately stood up and stared at the door. "Lily? What's wrong?" "I…you…are you still leaving tomorrow?" Stammered Lily. "Yeah, it's important that I do." Spoke Chris. Lily came in the room and closed the door. She stood there for a few seconds. "I just wanted to give you this." She said holding out a small pendant of a sword.

"It was my brother's…the day he took it off and gave it to me…was the day he died. It always brought him good luck. I want you to have it." She said, avoiding eye contact. "Lily…I…I can't accept this." Said Chris. He felt bad for refusing the gift. Lily to him was always strong and smart. She always knew what to say at the right time. But for some reason she seemed to have changed, she seemed to be…softer. "You must accept it…my Brother, before he died, told me to give it to…the man I love." Chris was surprised about hearing that. He liked Lily, but he always saw her as a friend not a love interest.

She turned around and started to leave. "Lily…" said Chris stopping her. "…I had no idea you felt that way…why didn't you say anything before?" She turned around a stared at him right in the eyes. "Because of Jill…I know there's something there between you two and I'm fine with that…I guess…" She paused and felt quite embarrassed. She then stared at the floor. Chris put the pedant on the night stand and stood closer to her. He then lifted her chin and had her look into his eyes. "At one point in life there was a Jill and I, but now…she is a friend and only a friend." He said with a smile. They both kissed and fell on the bed.

Conference room, Haven Stronghold.

Jill was deep in thought when she entered the room through the double doors. She immediately stood by Chris' seat. "Miss Valentine, can I assist you with something?" Spoke Krivins. Jill was startled and didn't even notice he was sitting on the other end of the table. "N…no I…What are you doing in here?" She asked. Krivins opened his laptop and its light shown in his face revealing his shades. She hated him wearing those things. It reminded her so much of Wesker when they worked late at the RPD back in, what was known as, Raccoon City.

"I'm revising the orders for my men that will be staying here." He responded. "And yourself, what brings you in here?" She slowly walked a bit closer and sat in a chair a few meters away from him. "Just here to think…this room is good for that…I can see you found that out." She said. Oxious said nothing and continued to work on his laptop. Jill wanted to spark a conversation with the guy but came up with only one topic. "Do you have a family?"

Krivins stopped typing and stared at her. "I had a brother, but he died when we where very young…as for wife and kids…no, my profession wouldn't allow such a thing." He answered and the continued to type. "What is your profession?" softly asked Jill as to not annoy him. "I was involved with BETA…and did several deals with the black market, but I did not start WI." He responded calmly. Jill was amazed at Oxious' honesty, but felt slightly angered at him for what he called a profession. "What about you Miss Valentine, do you have any family?" he asked. "I did…a brother and a sister…but I don't know what happened to them." She sadly responded. Then she remembered something, she lost contact with them when WI started and she began to have hope in the time machine idea. She wanted to see her brother, her sister even her parents one last time.

She stared at Oxious and didn't even realize he was waiting for her to say something. "Miss Valentine, something seems to trouble you. May I ask what that could be?" Jill put on a small smile. "I just wanted to thank you…for helping us." She said. "Actually, I should be the one thanking you Miss Valentine, you and your team are assisting me…so thank you." He said respectfully. "Well, I better get some sleep if I'm coming with you guy's tomorrow." Spoke Jill as she got up from the seat. "I will see you tomorrow then, Miss Valentine." "Please, call me Jill…and goodnight." "Goodnight…Jill." Responded Oxious. Jill left, giving a final glance at the man that gave her hope.

Author's Note: That's my awesome seventh chapter. I know the ending got a little lovey-dovey but there is a reason for that. There is a reason for everything I write. The whole action scene with Drew and Leon was DARN hard...man oh man...But it turned out great, don't ya think? Anyway I hope this one was good and I do plan on continuing. I love all your guy's reviews and thank you for your support.