Chapter 4: Welcoming Party
She knows that something is wrong with this world, there is something that is destroying people's lives; however she has no idea what it is. Wesker informs her that it's because they're not like the two of them, superior beings that see the world with clarity and are the future of this world. When she asks him why they forced the woman Jill to join them, he merely replies that Jill is too stupid to do what's best for her.
Claire doesn't know much about this world, she's only been awake for three months and has always been by Wesker's side. She remembers Jill's face when she was disobedient and was brought in to be 'fixed.' Her eyes had widened and she tried to reach Claire as if disbelieving she was real.
"Claire perhaps I should inform you that you have a brother. He is evil and doesn't understand our goals, he wants to kill us, he wants the world to rot as it is. He is the enemy." Wesker told her as the guards dragged Jill away down the long corridor.
"Then he is no brother of mine. You are all I know Wesker. I will stay with you forever." She replied and knew she had said the right words for Wesker had smirked at her and placed his hand under her chin, before following the guards and Jill down the corridor.
As Claire stares out at the people below her, going on about their business in the village; an image flashes through her mind, bright blue eyes looking at her. Then the image is gone just as quickly as it appeared and she knows that it is a memory from before her deep sleep, a memory of a past life. Those eyes make her curious as to whom they belong to and why she feels a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth when she thinks of them, but she pushes it aside.
Meanwhile Chris and Steve were just arriving at their designated area to meet Sheva Alomar, who would be their guide during their investigation and also assisting the two of them. It was selfish but he didn't care about the orders that Chris had received, the ones saying take out anyone dealing with bio hazard materials, all he cares about is finding Claire and setting things right.
The situation was a hell of a lot worse than they were led to believe. Las Plagas had been infecting the local population and had all but taken over. The main question that plagued Chris and Steve's mind was how on earth it had gotten to Africa in the first place. But in order to find those answers they had been given a lead on a man called Irving who was supposed to be a weapons dealer.
As the three of them scouted out the village, they noticed that a lot of the citizens were glaring at them with hostile eyes and that they were only waiting for an order to attack them. However it wasn't until they were reaching the square that the infected locals decided to give them a welcoming party.
The odds were not in their favour, but thankfully the crazed infected citizens didn't posses guns and so standing up against the wall of an abandoned building, Chris, Steve and Sheva pounded bullets into their enemies for there was no saving them. It was either fight or die, showing mercy was absolutely out of the equation.
Still as the bodies pilled up the ammo went down and they were running out of time. If help didn't arrive soon then they would be out of ammo and it would be game over. There just didn't seem to be any end of them.
"Chris make sure you're away from the gate, I'm coming in hot." Kirk radioed in suddenly and his attack helicopter unleashed two rockets at the big red metal gate that had sealed them into the market square of the village. "Go, Delta team said they are closing in on the target in a building not far from here. I'll upload the co-ordinates to you now." Just as quickly as he had come, Kirk flew off again.
The remaining locals had scurried off and retreated from the assault on the three of them and were heading up to cause trouble elsewhere.
"That was lucky." Sheva said she reloaded her pistol and started leading the way out of the square towards the building Kirk had described.
"Luck seems to be the only thing on our side." Chris commented dryly as he followed after her.
Steve couldn't have agreed more with the two BSAA agents, however he couldn't shake the feeling that this little welcoming party was merely the beginning of what was to come.
A/N: Sorry for massive delay, been having problems with my laptop. Will try and update soon. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.