Chapter 4

Johnny sat down next to Miku and opened up the camera and played the tape inside. The video showed a girl about the same age as johnny, dressed in a S.T.A.R.S. Uniform and a man next to her in a S.T.A.R.S bravo team uniform. She was setting the camera up before finally sitting down in front of it.

"My name is Roxxie Addison, to anyone who gets this tape, you should know by now that Umbrella couldn't control the T-virus inside the Hive, the underground facility of Umbrella. There isn't much time before the Nuclear warhead is deployed to 'sanitize' the city." Roxxie explained.

Johnny and Miku looked to each other, eyes shot open and then back to the video.

"There is a way out of the city before the nuke hits. Follow the directions on this tape and you can make it to this..." Roxxie said as she stood to the side of the camera, revealing a black osprey transport helicopter.

"This is your ticket out of the city. If you don't know how to fly a helicopter, don't worry, there's an autopilot feature with preset co-ordinates. Where to, I cannot say." Roxxie said.

"I guess we have to trust it. That's our only way out of here." Johnny said. Miku looked to Johnny with fear in her eyes and wrapped her arms around him as they continued to watch the video.

"Your first step will be to make it to the hospital northwest of your position. Not much medical supplies will do against the T-virus but I have stored some useful equipment there for you. I suggest you pause now and get moving." Roxxie said. Johnny closed the camera, storing it in his vest. He stood up, readied his assault rifle and looked to Miku.

"You ready?" He asked. Miku shook her head.

"Yeah...I'm not so sure I am, myself. But we have to move." Johnny urged. He put away his assault rifle, equipped his pistol, and held his free hand to her.

"Come on, let's get out of this hellhole." Johnny said in a calm, reassuring tone. Miku took his hand and stood close to him. Johnny opened the door cautiously, and looked around. For a few seconds, there was no trace of movement. Johnny looked back to Miku with a smile when a sudden force pulled him outside the door. Johnny pushed Miku back into the room and disappeared behind the door. Miku got down, shut her eyes, and held her head. She could hear Johnny struggle with the zombie outside for about three minutes. Finally she heard a single gunshot, followed by silence. Miku looked up at the door, scared beyond belief.

"Johnny?" Miku asked nervously. She was worried that the zombie had bit him or even killed him. The door slowly opened. Miku watched intently, growing even more afraid for him.

"Johnny? Are you ok?" She asked, a tear running down her cheek. The door finally opened all the way to reveal Johnny standing exhausted against the door. Miku ran up to Johnny and wrapped her arms around him.

"ARE YOU OK? YOU'RE NOT HURT ARE YOU!" Miku yelled. Johnny returned the hug.

"I'm ok, that zombie just got me by surprise. I'm ok." Johnny reassured. He placed his hands on her shoulders, thinking about everything that had happened in the last 24 hours, particularly how human Miku is. She smiled up at him, a few tears running down her cheeks. Johnny brushed off her tears.

"Come on, Miku, we need to get to the hospital." Johnny said as he took her hand. They walked along the streets of Raccoon City. For a few minutes, they only say basic zombies and no traces of anyone, or anything, else. Johnny kept a sharp eye on the walls and windows of the buildings nearby.

After about ten more minutes, they finally made it to the hospital. Johnny and Miku looked to the top of the hospital before walking in. Johnny let go of Miku's hand and switched to his assault rifle, signaling Miku to stay by the front desk. He looked around the nearby rooms, rifle at the ready in case of any zombies. He went back to the front door and barricaded it.

"Ok, I think we're clear for now. Let's see the next part of the video." Johnny said as he opened the camera and hit play.

"If you followed my instructions like I said, you should be in the main lobby of the hospital. Now what you'll want to do is check the far back storage room. You'll find an M203 Grenade launcher attachment. It fits most rifles so it shouldn't be a problem." Roxxie said.

"Hmmm, it might come in handy...depending on the Bio weapon." Johnny said.

"There are multiple types of ammunition there for the launcher, standard explosives, acid, incendiary, and flash bang rounds. There are five rounds of each, but there is a catch. The equipment is guarded by another trap. I'll leave it to you to find, and disarm the trap. Pause and continue after you have the equipment attacked and ready." Roxxie said. Johnny paused and closed the camera and put it away. He took Miku by the hand and went for the back storage room.

As soon as they made it to the door to the storage room, he let go of Miku's hand and signaled her to stay put. He looked around the area looking for the trap. For the first few minutes he couldn't find anything. Then he reached for the door handle when he noticed something press slightly against his finger.

It was more invisible fishing line. He followed the fishing line and saw something sticking out of the wall nearby. He walked over and saw what looked like a canister plastered into the drywall. There was a bit of writing on the canister. Only one word of it was legible: HAZARD. Johnny backed away slightly from the canister.

"How am I gonna get past this one?" Johnny asked quietly.

"this one will be a bit tricky." Roxxie said over the radio. Johnny pulled his radio from his back vest pocket.

"Is there any way to beat this one? It's a bio hazard chemical in the wall ready to spray the area." Johnny said.

"I know, I armed the trap. And yes there is a way to beat it, you just have to think real hard about what you're going to do and be quick." Roxxie said.

"Great! That gets me nowhere." Johnny replied.

"Think about your training Johnny, you can do this. I would suggest moving her out of the room until you have the equipment though." Roxxie said.

"Yeah, as much as I don't want to leave her defenseless, I don't think I have a choice right now." Johnny said. He handed his pistol to Miku again.

"Head back to the lobby, if anything comes in, shoot for the head." Johnny instructed. He watched as Miku closed the door behind her and then refocused his attention to disarming the trap. He put the gas mask back on for safe measure.

"Ok, I'm stumped, I've never come across anything like this before." Johnny said into the radio.

"Good man, the gas mask is definitely needed." Roxxie said.

"Well that does tell me one thing. Ok I'm going to try this." Johnny said.

"You're going to want your rifle at the ready." Roxxie chimed just as Johnny sprung the trap. He jumped back as the canister burst open and out of the door came a monster like the one Johnny faced inside the hive.

"HOLY SHIT!" Johnny yelled as he unloaded his rifle into the creature. The bio hazard chemicals spewed all over the creature as Johnny fired his rifle. Johnny switched to his shotgun as soon as the clip emptied and began unloading shells into the creature.

It screeched in a harsh tone as the chemicals poured onto it and Johnny unloaded shells. It lashed its tongue and wrapped it around Johnny's leg, trying to pull him closer. Johnny fired one more shell at the creature clear in the head. Finally the creature died and the tongue let go. Johnny stood up and noticed that the canister stopped spewing the hazardous fluids. He went into the storage room and saw the M203 attachment with its ammunition.

He took the M203 and attached it to his rifle and strapped the grenade belts across his vest. Miku waited in the Lobby, looking at the gun Johnny gave her. There was a noise from behind the door she came from and she stood up, aiming the gun nervously. The door opened and Johnny stepped through, closing the door behind him.

"You ok, Miku?" Johnny asked. She nodded as Johnny pulled off the gas mask.

"Good Job, there's just one more thing you need to do before you can get to the osprey. You're almost there, but I have to warn you, this could take a while, and there's a lot of dangers between you and the next objective." Roxxie said.

"Thank you for the help this far. But I have to ask, how do you know what I'm doing? How do you know where I am? And how do you know I have someone with me?" Johnny asked.

"I have my ways. And there's something very special about your friend." Roxxie said.

"I know..." Johnny said as he looked to Miku. He gazed at her for a moment.

"She is very special without a doubt." Johnny said.

"She's not just an advanced program. She actually has much more relevance than you know." Roxxie said.

"What do you mean?" Johnny asked.

"I'll explain, all in due time. For now, focus on getting yourself and Miku out of there. It is important that she remains alive and out of Umbrella's hands. Roxxie out." Roxxie said.

"Wait! Roxxie! WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" Johnny yelled. No response.

"Dammit!" Johnny said under his breath. Johnny slumped onto the floor in exhaustion. Miku walked to him and sat next to him, her body right against his. Johnny pulled out the camera and played it again and pressed play.

"Now that you have more ordinance, you're ready for the final stretch before your transport. What you want to do is make it to the far side of the city, it's a long walk so be sure you're ready before you just head off. Once you get to the church on the far side of the city, take the sewers and you'll come out in a warehouse. I don't know what all will be on the way, many B.O.W.s could be anywhere." Roxxie exlained. Johnny and Miku listened intently as Roxxie laid out the complex directions.

"Once you make it to the warehouse, head for the roof, assuming Umbrella hasn't been up there, there should be the keys to the osprey." Roxxie exlained.

"Ok let's get moving." Johnny said as he got up. Miku stood up with him and handed his pistol back to him. Johnny looked at the pistol for a moment.

"Maybe it would be a better idea if you held onto that. If you see something, you can still shoot it." Johnny said. Miku looked nervously at the gun in her hand. Johnny sighed.

"Ok, I'll take it. Maybe it's better if I handle the guns." Johnny said. They headed out together. They started following Roxxie's directions until they were about half way across the city. It was about a half hour that they were walking, not a single bio weapon in sight.

"This is bad. When there's nothing around, no zombies, no people, it's a sure sign that something is wrong." Johnny whispered. Miku started looking around for anything that could be a threat. She tightened her grip on Johnny's hand and he had sharp eyes scanning every possible vantage point in the vicinity. After a while there was a noise that sounded like short subtle coughs. Johnny stopped and crouched, scanning the area even more thoroughly.

"What is it?" Miku asked, crouching beside Johnny.

"Did you hear that?" Johnny asked.

"Yeah? What was it?" Miku asked. Johnny switched to his shotgun and fully loaded it.

"I heard something like this in the hive, a few seconds after, I found one of my team ripped to pieces." Johnny said. Miku's eyes shot open and she held onto Johnny's arm tightly.

"Back to back. And if things get bad, run." Johnny said as he handed her the camera. Johnny aimed his shotgun wherever he heard movement. A creature screeched and lunged at Johnny. He pushed Miku out of the way and blasted the creature with the shotgun. The dead corpse of the creature landed on top of Johnny as its claws sliced into his upper arm. Johnny pushed the creature off of him and went to Miku.

"You all right?" Johnny asked. Miku got up and her eyes shot open when she say Johnny's arm.

"JOHNNY!" she screamed. Johnny looked to his arm and he looked away, distraught. He reached for the anti virus when he heard more of the creatures. Johnny looked up at the building nearby to see about fifteen of the creatures staring at him and Miku, hungry for their flesh. Johnny got up, grabbed Miku by the arm and started running, the creatures started jumping from building to building chasing after Johnny and Miku.

Another creature lunged from the building towards Johnny as it screeched. Johnny turned and single-handedly fired a round from the shotgun, killing the creature instantly. They approached the church with the creatures close behind. Past the church, they approached the sewers, Johnny pushed Miku into the sewers and out of the way of the creatures as he turned to face them.

He unloaded the other seven rounds and managed to kill two more creatures. He switched to his assault rifle as soon as he ran out of shells and loaded a flash bang into the M203 and fired it in the center of the creatures. The round burst into an intensely bright flash, that stopped the creatures dead in their tracks. Johnny took this opportunity to close the entry to the sewers. When the entry was about half closed, another creature managed to slice into his other arm with its claw. He retracted his arm in pain and fired a few rounds from his rifle to push the creature off. Afterwords he closed the sewer entryway the rest of the way. Johnny ran over to Miku, looked around for any other signs of trouble and then reached for one of the canisters, activated the injection system and jabbed the needles into his forearm. He let out a sigh of relief and noticed Miku staring at him in total and utter shock.

"What's wrong?" Johnny asked. Miku pointed to the canister, Johnny looked down and noticed the last of the blue fluid of the T-virus leave the double helix and into his blood stream.

End of chapter 4