Chapter 5
Wesker had quickly mad his way back to the lab where he had dropped off the director. As he entered he noticed the director slouched in a corner , holding his forehead. Besides the director their was no one else to be seen in the room. "Glad to see you conscious, Director." Wesker said in his usual monotone voice.
"I heard you... what you said every word... my mutation, how I was important.. "The director replied, his voice was hoarse and shallow as if he could not breathe. "Where are the scientist?" Wesker asked his tone remaining the same.
"I've dismissed them..as you said I'm mutating.." The director lifted his right arm. The knuckles were bleeding and sharp bones jutted out all along his arm, Wesker could see that the mutation was progressing faster than he had anticipated." You said I was becoming interesting...what did you mean?"
"Your case...is unique. The G-Virus has infected you, yet you retain your conscious and show no signs of the decay of your brain."
"But you had given me a suppressor for the mutations" The director replied.
"Suppressor, Director Lancer, not a cure. The G-Virus is a very potent strand of the T-Virus--"
"Vaccine, T-Vaccine" The director interrupted.
"Vaccine? Clueless puppet. The so called T-Vaccine helps no one at this point, thus making it a virus. Now as I was saying, the T-Virus causes simple cell mutations that can re-animate the body, Unfortunately the brain cells are affected, leaving the human subconscious rendered helpless, except for one basic function, feeding" Wesker took a pause to gather his thoughts." Now the G-Virus has a much more advanced mutation rate that affects the entire body, cells, muscle, and bones. In your case it seems I was able to suppress all but the bone mutation, even so..." Wesker turned around, no longer facing the director. "Your brain should have been affected, The G-Virus attacks the cells, than tissues and finally bones in that order. The fact that I was able to suppress any mutation is miraculous in itself, and I want to know why you were able to keep your humanity and still given the benefits of mutation. That one fact is a very crucial component to my plans." Wesker finished turning to the director.
"Benefits..?" Lancer lifted his right arm and examined it "Mutation is not a benefit"
"But evolution is" Wesker retorted.
"You never answered my question, you've just been floating around it. Now tell me what you meant, Immediately! That is an order!!" Lancer stood, the anger in his voice showed.
"You are a unique case and I wish to learn more about you, it's that simple. You are crucial to my plans."
"Plans..? What plans? You are a viral control officer. What would you be learning from me"
"Hmm... That is where you are wrong director. I control viral outbreaks with my team, that is true, but it is not a profession. It's more of a training, our primary jobs are as scientist."
"Umbrella wouldn't risk putting scientist on the front line"
Wesker sighed heavily. "You have no idea what Umbrella does, You are just a face, hired so that the workers feel a human figure is controlling the facility rather than a machine. I am much more involved in this corporation than you know" Weskers voice heightened. The director remained silent.
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Ricky approached the cube. He placed his left hand on it.
"Are you going to take it on a date or are you going to overload it" Justin yelled.
"Calm down! First I have to find a way to open it without possibly activating any security"
Technology had proven to be Rickys specialty. He had a unique skill to build and create. Although each of the boy's were well rounded, They each had their strengths and weaknesses. Ricky searched the cube for anything that would allow it to open, to no avail.
"Why are we overloading the Red Bitch anyways? Wouldn't it be easier to just blow it up and destroy the computer itself?" Justin asked.
"No you idiot, Don't you pay attention when Wesker tells us specific things? The Red queen isn't messed up, just this particular copy. We just overload her A.I. so she burns herself out then re-install her, even if we blew her up it would be a mistake because both the Red Queens and White Queens A.I. are in this one memory unit" Ricky explained as he continued his search.
"I thought they were in two separate consoles though?"
"No those are the originals, their in a separate undisclosed facility. All other Umbrella facilities get these branching copy's" The room grew silent. "Got it!" Ricky exclaimed breaking the silence. Justin walked towards the now kneeling Ricky. "It's a hand scanner on a floor panel. Unfortunately my right arm is in disrepair and unable to stretch, so get over here and scan your hand"
"Use your left hand" Justin responded.
"Can't I'm using that one to make sure my arm stays in place"
Justin sighed, he walked up to the scanner, and placed his right hand upon it. "Your one lazy basterd" He said to Ricky. He was able to get a clear look at Ricky's wound. It stretched down 3/4ths of his upper arm and was deep enough to cause permanent nerve damage. "You sure your ok?" Justin asked.
"Yeah it'll heal in no time"
There was a sudden hum, Ricky stood and both boy's backed away. A small section of the floor began to lift up the grey floor panels, it then snapped back revealing a keyboard and ball in socket. So the keyboards outside of the console, pretty cool Ricky said stepping towards the keyboard. He rolled the mouse ball and began typing with his left hand.
"So how do you plan on overloading her?" Justin asked.
"Well I'm going to do what I normally do to destroy a computer. Keep opening programs till' she just crashes"
Justin was unsure if ricky was joking or serious. A strange sound other than the hum began to fill the room, like the sound of a disc being read. The Red Queens voice came back online.
"Re-booting, Loading, Loading done, Recalling last command, Command recalled, Releasing security hounds"
"Oh shit...Justin! Cover Me!" Ricky yelled typing faster. A passcode bar popped up on the screen. Ricky typed as fast as he could and cleared the screen of the bar. "Shit I hate the hounds!" Justin said as the sound of snarling grew closer. Soon several panels of wall began to open around the room, revealing several snarling infected hounds. Flesh and fur hung from their bones. Immediately two rushed Justin and Ricky. Justin fired a single bullet through the head of one of the hounds on the left, he then fired twice more at two more hounds, missing both. The remaining three hounds continued running towards the boy's. A third shot echoed through the room catching the hound in the back through the chest. The hound on the right leapt him while the other two continued their rush. Justin rolled out the way, allowing the hound to slam into Ricky.
"You cannot win, I havveeee!" Red Queens voice screeched.
Ricky struggled to hold off the hound with his injured hand, screaming in pain. He pulled out his knife with his left hand pausing from the keyboard, and stabbed under the hounds chin and through the head. He let the hound fall to the floor before he went back to the keyboard. Justin continued firing at the remaining hounds, shooting one through the skull. The last hound proved to be a difficult catch as it zig zagged left to right.
"Shit I'm out of ammo! Forgot to restock after sector 4!" Justin said throwing his gun onto the floor. The final hound closed in on Justin, he quickly lifted his fists to a fighting position. The hound leapt and Justin let it collide with his fist. The hound dropped to the floor and gave Justin a chance to curb stomp it's head in with his foot.
The hounds body twitched on the floor, blood leaking from it's body. Justin panted heavily.
"Queens down" Ricky said walking towards Justin. "So first things first, you call that covering me? The fucking thing was this close to my face! Great fucking job!"
"Hey you held it back didn't you?"
"No thanks to you" Ricky responded.
"Well then you didn't need my help" Justin returned his gun to his holster and pushed his hand through his now messy hair, looking at the console. "You sure she's down?"
Ricky looked at the hound "You sure that's down?" the hounds body continued to twitch. He took his knife out once more and knelt besides the hound. "What are you doing..?" Justin asked
"Making sure it's dead"
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"The Red Queen is offline, I am in complete control of this facility. Thank you Albert Wesker for your assistance"
Wesker was already long gone from the director. He had left him safely in his office, and began a long walk down a secluded corridor.
"She was unstable it had to be done. Have the plans been set?"
"Yes Wesker. The mansion located in Racoons forests is available to you and your team, may I ask what your intentions are?"
"It's confidential"
"Understood. I am taking a big risk allowing you the use of this facility without authorization from the higher-ups of Umbrella, it can lead to a automatic shutdown of myself"
Wesker exited the secluded corridor and entered the outdoors. "Everything will go as planned. In a matter of speaking I won't be using the mansion myself, I'm simply giving commands to the two that will be. He took out a pair of black shades placing them over his eyes. But first they must hone their skills to their full potential."
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"Was it necessary to cut it to pieces?" Justin referred to the now disembodied corpse of the hound.
Ricky wiped his blade of blood and returned it to it's prior position. "Can never be to careful" He began to search the room for an exit, a tough deed seeming that the rooms security protocol rotates the room changing the position of the completely shielded door. Although it rotates slow enough to ensure the person in the room doesn't notice a change. "It's like there's no fucking door here!"
"Let me get a look" Justin said as he walked towards the wall searching for an exit. He pat the walls looking for any creases in them. "There's nothing "He said quitting his search.
"Ricardo Lopez, Justin Santos, Albert Wesker requests your presence outside the facility."
Justin hopped back in shock. "Who's there!?"
"My apologies, I am the White Queen, Do not worry I am not unstable, now please join Albert Wesker outside the facility. I have deactivated the security withing this sector allowing you access to leave." Her voice faded away as a door formed within the room. "Shit thats cool" Justin said as he followed Ricky out the door.
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"They have been summoned" The White Queen informed Wesker.
"Thank you, you are dismissed" Wesker said.
The wind blew across his face as he patiently waited, He recalled his final moments with director Lancer.
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"A face?.. Suitable I suppose. So what do you plan on doing now?" The director asked.
Wesker stared into his eyes "My business" He replied.
"Ah.. A secret. Very well, but know this even though you've saved me this day, if your business interferes with Umbrella. I will have you hunted and killed. Because while I may be a face I remain loyal" The directors words were harsh and true. Wesker turned away and began to leave the room turning his head towards the director on last time." I'll take that under advisory"
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"You fool.."
"Who's a fool now?" Ricky said as he and Justin exited the facility, his arm covered in dry blood.
"You look like hell" Wesker said
"Thanks" Ricky replied "You don't look to bad yourself. Nice shades!"
They stood face to face now. "So what's the plan?"
"Your leaving the facility" Wesker said.
"Where are we going" asked Justin.
Wesker rummaged through his pockets, taking out a wireless PDA. He gave it to Ricky.
"Not to far from here is a small city, named Racoon. It is surrounded by forest, in the forest is a mansion. That is where you will go, I've set the coordinates so all you need to do is follow them. Once there I want you to find a lab located inside the mansion, stay there and I will give you further instruction upon arrival. Understood?"
"Yeah... what do you intend on doing?" Ricky asked
Wesker turned to the facility and then back to Ricky." I have unfinished business to attend to"
"Well I wouldn't want to keep you from it c'mon Justin let's go"
Justin nodded and started to follow Ricky. "Where do you think you are going" Wesker asked.
"The mansion, like you instructed"
"Ah. It seems I've forgot to mention something than."
Wesker took out a card, one resembling a business card. Embedded across it was the acronym S.T.A.R.S, along with a location.
"You are to head to this location first"
"S.T.A.R.S facility? Why? "Justin asked taking the card and examining it.
"I've enlisted you in S.T.A.R.S training, it will prove useful for future events" Wesker informed. He turned and began to walk back to the Umbrella facility.
"Good luck boys"
Thank You all who have read part one of Roots Of Destruction we hope you have enjoyed it! Part two is coming shortley it will be posted under this name still as a chapter. The Story told in RoD is not over it has just begun!!!! A new chapter will be posted shortley!