Ada Wait!
Chris had assembled his teammates in the main hall.
"Glad you're all here, now in case you weren't briefed yet, we had found Ada Wong in an infested city, she is directly linked to Wesker and likely knows some info we want, so we will be going in there and apprehend her, now she has some unknown assistant with her and likely has highly advanced B.O.W.s with her, likely ones infected with Las Plagas, so this is gonna require all of us to work together!"
"So you're gonna send all of us out there?" Carlos asked.
"That's right, we all need to go find her, she'll lead us to Wesker", Chris replied.
"Fine by me, I have some personal matters to take care of with Ada myself", Leon said.
"Right, everyone to the Chopper, we have a city to get to", Chris ordered.
Everyone boarded the choppers, Josh Stone would pilot one Chopper, Barry Burton would pilot the other.
With Josh were Sheva, Chris, Jill, Carlos & Rebecca, with Barry was Leon, Claire, Bruce, Fong Li & Applejack.
Applejack sat back and clutched her Shotgun, Bruce turned to her, "You gonna be ok?"
Applejack nodded, "Ah think ah can do it now"
"Don't worry, we're gonna be by your side", Claire said.
Applejack nodded, Fong Li turned to Bruce, "She's gonna be ok with this, right?"
"We gotta have faith in her"
"I do, but like everyone else I worry for her"
Bruce sighed, "You think ah don't? She's become like mah little sister"
Fong Li still looked concerned but decided to trust Bruce for now.
The Choppers arrived in the city, it wasn't totally ruined yet, though there was some damage to the buildings.
Chris left the chopper and turned to the others, "Ok, you all know the drill, let's split into groups of three, I'll lead one team, Jill leads the second, Leon leads the 3rd, for my team I pick Josh, Sheva & Barry, Jill you take Carlos, Rebecca & Fong Li, Leon can take Claire, Bruce & Applejack"
"Sounds good to me", Leon said.
"Same here", Jill said.
"Ok briefing reminder, we are to rescue survivors, eliminate B.O.W.s and find Ada Wong", Chris said.
"What do we do when we find her?" Sheva asked.
"Try to capture her, if she proves to be too much, kill her", Chris ordered.
The others nodded and spread out across the city.
Leon's group walked close together, keeping their weapons drawn, "Stay close everyone", Leon ordered.
Applejack was really focused, ready to shoot any monster that came their way.
As they walked through the town, they noticed a horde of zombies on the streets.
"Kill them", Leon ordered.
Leon, Claire & Bruce grabbed their handguns while Applejack grabbed her shotgun and they started mowing down the zombies.
They walked through the street and shot each one in sight, splattering their blood & guts around.
One zombie rushed at Leon but he dodged and kicked it down and shot it's face, splattering it's brains.
Another zombie came at Claire but she turned around with a knife and slashed it's neck nearly in half, getting a little blood on her.
"Ew gross", she said.
One zombie approached Bruce, but he simply shot it between the eyes.
"Snake eyes bitch", Bruce said.
One approached Applejack but she used her shotgun and blew a hole through it's chest.
They kept on shooting, one zombie was shot at and fell forward, but it started crawling towards them, Applejack simply approached it and turned her back towards, reared her legs and buck kicked it's head off, sending it flying and splatting to a wall.
Applejack just walked away from the body as blood spurted out the neck area and the body still twitching.
"Damn Applejack, you got a strong kick", Leon said.
"From years of bucking Apple Trees", Applejack said.
They all looked curious.
"Why would you buck the tree? Does it knock it over?" Leon asked.
"No, it knocks the apples down", Applejack said.
Claire scratched her head, "How does that even work?"
"Just give it a proper kick, my grandmother and her parents discovered this technique during Zap Apple season, a way to pick them faster before they disappear"
Leon looked like he couldn't believe the story, "Disappear? What kind of Apple farm do you live on?"
"It's a long story, but once a year some magic happens when our Apples turn rainbow colored, we call them 'Zap Apples' and my granny makes Zap Apple Jam from them, it's one of our busier times, aside from Cider Season"
The others looked impressed, "Wow, strange world, yet sounds better than this world", Leon said.
"Think your princess will let us move there?" Bruce joked.
Applejack took it literally, "Move there!? Would you really want to!?" she seemed excited.
Bruce raised his hands defensively, "Hold it there Baby Girl, ah wasn't being serious"
Applejack looked gloomy, "Oh...ah see, nevermind", she turned to walk away, then Bruce spoke again, "Wait, why'd you get excited though?"
Applejack turned back, "Well truth be told, ah really like you, all of you, y'all treat me like family and I hate the idea of going home and leaving you in this world, I'd love to just take y'all to Equestria where you'd be safe from these zombies, sure there's other monsters, like The Changlings, the occasional Hydra or Chimera but-"
"Hydra!?" Leon asked.
"Chimera!?" Claire asked.
"Holy shit Applejack, your world sounds dangerous too, next you'll be telling me there's a Cerberus", Bruce said.
"Well actually-"
Bruce put his hands up, "Never mind! Forget I asked"
"Damn AJ, we thought that stuff was only on myths", Leon said.
"Sounds like you've heard of them", Applejack said.
"Yeah, Umbrella named a few of their monsters after those types of monsters, a zombie dog has been referred to as a Cerberus, and a monster mutated from a fly is referred to as a chimera"
"Well the Cerberus in our is not that bad, mah friend Fluttershy handled him pretty good, she's really good with animals, the Hydra we managed to escape, and ah took care of the Chimera", Applejack said.
"You fought a Chimera?" Leon asked.
"Wasn't too hard, ah just used mah whip, chair and a flute, took care of that monster easily, besides ah had to save mah little sister", Applejack said.
"Wow, you're pretty badass", Leon said.
"And you're such a great sibling to do that", Claire said.
"Older siblings would fight all types of monsters, I'm sure your brother fought monsters to help you", Applejack said.
"Yeah, like Alexia Ashford", Claire said.
"You gotta tell Applejack that story sometime Claire", Leon said.
"Oh yeah, the twins, that worm, Steve, the Veronica Virus", Claire said.
"Steve? I remember yah mentioning him before, who was he anyway?" Applejack asked.
"He was some kid who-"
"Watch out!" Bruce said and grabbed his machine gun to shoot some oncoming Hunters, Leon grabbed his TMP to help, Claire grabbed her AK-47 and Applejack gripped her shotgun and fired at the oncoming hunters.
"Die you ugly bunch of varmits!" Applejack shouted.
The group continued the assault, one Hunter got in pretty close and almost slashed Leon but he was able to quickly dodge to the side and grabbed his handgun to shoot the creature in the face.
"Hideous little bastard", Leon said.
They observed the carnage in the area.
"Hunters don't normally wander around, these things were sent as guards", Claire said.
"Sounds accurate, though you know more on these creatures than I do", Leon admitted.
"Maybe it's that Ada gal?" Applejack suggested.
"Sounds likely, come on we need to find her ASAP", Leon said.
They all ran until they noticed a hunter come out a building, after shooting it dead they approached the building.
"Maybe they're coming from here?" Bruce suggested.
"Likely, come on team", Leon said.
They entered the building and looked around, it looked like a medical place, not too surprising.
"Let's keep going, keep an eye out for any enemy", Leon said.
As they went through, a person gasping for breath stumbled towards them.
"Hey, you ok sir?" Leon asked.
The person walked toward them, still stumbling.
"He a zombie?" Applejack asked.
"I don't think so", Bruce said.
The man angrily went towards Leon and grabbed him.
"Hey let go!" Leon said, Claire then shoved the man away, then they noticed his eyes glow red he went to attack again, so Leon and Claire shot him down, he fidgeted around before Leon grabbed a knife and stabbed his neck a few times, until the man's skin started to deteriorate into acid.
"It's a Ganado Type Creature", Leon said.
"Ganado? They more dangerous than zombies?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, they're savage but still intelligant enough to talk and use weapons, from melee weapons to firearms like us, and sometimes a parasite will emerge from them", Leon said.
"Ew, sounds gross and creepy", Applejack said.
"Well we don't know if it is a Ganado, Manjini or J'avo, though I doubt they're gonna use an outdated version of Las Plagas, for all we know these are much more dangerous", Leon said.
"Let's keep going", Claire said.
They went through the building, going through hallways and stairs, shooting all monsters in their way, be it hunters or las plagas creatures.
At one point Applejack shot one in the face and a large insect emerged from the neck hole, nearly causing Applejack to puke.
"Good Celestia!", she held her mouth, Leon stabbed the insect as it got too close.
Leon turned to AJ, "I know, this is gross, but you're gonna need a tougher stomach"
Applejack suppressed the urge to vomit but it wasn't enough and she threw up nearby, Claire held her hair back as Applejack hacked, afterwards Claire comforted her and patted her back, "Don't worry, Jill once said she threw up fighting these creatures once, during her encounter in the mansion"
Bruce went to her, "You ok there Baby Girl? If you wanna go back to the chopper, let me know, you don't have to do this"
Applejack wiped her mouth, "I'm fine, nothing left in mah stomach, besides it can't get any worse"
The 3 looked unsure at that.
"Let's just press on for now, but Applejack, if we sense you can't handle this, you will have to go back, it's one thing to think you're ready, but in the battlefield, all that confidence goes away when things go wrong", Leon said.
"Ah just need to get used to this a little more, soon I'll be able to stomach it and not care, practice makes perfect, now let's keep going", Applejack moved forward, the others concerned, they don't like the idea of Applejack actually getting used to this and risk her demeanor changing due to trauma.
They all went through with Applejack still ahead.
"Slow down AJ! Wait for us to catch up!" Bruce said.
Applejack stopped near a door, "Where does this lead?" she opened it and a hunter leapt at her, knocking her down some nearby steps to a type of maintenance room.
"Applejack!" Bruce ran down the steps, Leon & Claire attempted to follow but more Plagas infected showed up, cutting them off.
"Bruce! Get AJ! We'll handle these bastards!" Leon said and whipped out his own shotgun, slightly different than Applejack's model, Claire whipped out her Bow Gun.
Bruce went downstairs and saw that Applejack had shot the hunter, he whipped out his handgun to finish it off.
"Ugly little fucker that thing is, come on AJ, let's go", Bruce said.
As she walked, she was grabbed by a creature, Bruce turned around to see what grabbed her, "Not another Ganado thing!" he went to it but he was grabbed by another that used a fire axe handle around his neck.
Applejack struggled as the creature grabbed a knife and prepared to stab her, but she elbowed it and the grip loosened, then she buck kicked it back to a wall as it grunted in pain.
Applejack grabbed her shotgun and turned around as the creature stood up and angrily eyed Applejack.
She shot it in the chest, knocking it back.
The one grabbing Bruce noticed what happened, "No!" he let go of Bruce and ran at Applejack with the axe, Applejack turned around and shot him as well.
She then approached Bruce, "You ok there Sugarcube?"
"I'm fine My Little Apple", he looked and noticed something horrifying, "Oh no"
"What? They still alive?" Applejack looked to them, they groaned in pain, "Shouldn't they be a little more violent?"
Bruce shook his head, "They weren't infected...they were still human"
Applejack's breath nearly stopped, she looked to the guys and saw them in pain and bleeding out.
"Oh no...no, no, no!" Applejack started freaking out again, "What did ah do!"
Bruce went to them, but their wounds were too severe and they eventually died from the blood loss, "Shit, too late", he turned to Applejack, who was a teary mess, he approached her, "Hey listen, accidents happen! You didn't know!"
"Ah killed them...I'm a murderer"
Bruce hugged her, "You ain't a murderer, it was friendly fire, it happens, they tried to kill us, ah would have made the same mistake!"
"No...they tried to kill us because they though ah was a monster...ah killed them Bruce"
Bruce hugged her and picked her up, "Don't feel bad, mistakes happen!"
Applejack sobbed a bit, "Ah should have listened, me being out here is a mistake! Ah was in over mah head!"
Leon and Claire went down and saw the mess, then saw Bruce comforting Applejack.
"What happened? Why is she upset?" Leon asked.
Bruce turned to them, with a look of sympathy on his face, "She thought they were infected, they weren't...but they did try to kill us, she only acted in defense! A mistake any of us would have made!"
Leon put his hand to his head, "Oh good God! How does this even...", Leon kicked the wall, "Dammit, this is why she should have went back to the chopper!"
"Hey take it easy Leon! She already feels guilty enough! Don't rub it in!" Bruce shouted.
"I'm not...!" Leon stopped to take a breath, "I'm not trying to rub it in, but this seems to happen, she's fine at first, she looks like she can handle it, then something happens and she gets traumatized, this isn't good for her!"
"Whatever man, you finish the mission, I'm taking her back to the chopper", Bruce said and left with Applejack.
"Wait...we'll go with you, it's too dangerous on your own", Leon said.
"Just a few ganados and hunters, I think ah can handle-"
"Bruce...you're holding a traumatized pony in your arms, gonna be hard to fight"
Bruce rolled his eyes, "Fine then, let's just hurry up"
They each made their way out the building, Leon & Claire keeping cover for Bruce and Applejack, but before they left out the front they heard a feminine laugh.
"Leaving so soon?"
They turned around and saw Ada standing there.
"Ada!?" Leon shouted.
"It's been a while Leon", Ada said.
Applejack turned her attention to Ada, finally getting a good look at this woman.
"So that's the pony you've been keeping around", Ada said
Bruce held Applejack closer, "How'd you know about her?"
"Security tapes help, Wesker's a bit interested in her, and based on some of the ruckus I heard before, she's quite the nuisance, so perhaps I can take her off your-"
"Forget it, you can't have her!" Bruce said.
"I'd rather hear what Leon has to say, and not some lacky"
Bruce glared, "Lacky? You're the one running around doing Albert Wesker's bidding!"
"Better than being some Cajun hick doing the bidding of a disgruntled ex-cop that has an affection for the color green", Ada taunted.
"Did you just call me a Cajun hick!?" Bruce asked.
"Don't insult my brother!" Claire shouted.
Applejack's prior guilt was starting to turn into irritation towards Ada.
"Hey your brother's nothing but a mess these days, obsessed over petty revenge against a guy he's just not good enough to defeat, I mean the people he enlisted, that old incompetent UBCS Mercenary, his kid sister, some cowboy wannabe & a pony? That's dipping the bottom of the barrel"
"Ada, enough", Leon said.
"And Leon, you have so much potential, yet you waste it hanging with such incompetent people, such a shame, you should have wised up like your old friend Jack Krauser"
Applejack had enough, she jumped off Bruce and glared at Ada, "Ah don't appreciate you talking about mah friends like that!"
Ada grinned, "Looks like you got your nerve back, doesn't matter, it's gonna go right back down the drain"
They each grabbed their weapons and aimed at Ada.
"Listen Ada, we can do this the easy way-"
Ada threw a flash grenade to blind then, then ran in and kicked Leon and flipped him over, whacked Claire and leg swept her down, kicked Bruce in the head with a somersault kick and grabbed Applejack by her tail and tossed her across the room.
She walked out the door, "Looks like it's the hard way, now if you don't mind, I need to get this virus sample I just took from this place back to my ride", she ran off, leaving the others a little dazed.
"Damn woman", Bruce said, rubbing his jaw.
Applejack got up and looked angry, "Ah say we go give that bitch a whooping!"
"I second that", Claire said.
"Easy everyone, we just need to capture her and-" Bruce interrupted Leon, "Oh save it, we all know you have a thing for her"
Applejack raised her eyebrow, "Say what?"
Leon shook his head erratically, "Not the point! Let's just go get her!" Leon said and they all ran out the building to follow Ada.
"You still have a crush on her!" Bruce said.
"Shut your God Damn mouth already!" Leon shouted, while Bruce chuckled.
The one bright side is that Applejack herself managed to crack a smile from that, but still focused on catching Ada.
As Ada ran down the street she looked behind to see Applejack closing in on her, she shot her burst handgun at Applejack but she was able to dodge and run to the side, Ada shot again but some rolled through and managed ot tackle Ada down.
"Grr, get off me!" Ada flipped Applejack over but she rolled through and tackled her down.
The other 3 approached and were impressed that Applejack was taking it to Ada.
"Wow, she rebounded quickly", Bruce said.
"Probably driven by the fact that Ada insulted the team, she does come from a world where friendship is a big deal, I just hope she doesn't have another emotional relapse", Leon said.
"Instead of talking, let's help her!" Claire said and went to help Applejack but Ada tossed Applejack away and leg swept Claire.
Leon and Bruce approached Ada but she pressed a button and let out a siren type sound which bothered the ears of everyone.
"That all you got!?" Bruce said, still tending to his ears.
"That's not just to bother your ears", Ada said, then soon a bunch of Plagas infected started coming, to which the four had to shoot while Ada made her escape down the streets.
The group shot their way through the Ganados and followed Ada, they saw her run into police station.
They followed Ada into the station but lost sight of her.
"Damn, where is she!?" Leon asked.
At that moment, Chris radioed them, "Hey Leon, what's your status report?"
"We just found Ada! She ran into a police station with some virus, I think she's trying to get a helicopter out of here!"
"What? Damn...wait police station? Jill's team wasn't too far from there, I'll send them as back up!" Chris said.
"Thanks, we're still in pursuit, Leon out" Leon put his radio away.
"Should we split up?" Bruce asked.
"No, too dangerous, we have to stay together, come on", Leon led his team through the station, going through the offices and then through some holding cells.
"This reminds me of the R.P.D.", Leon said.
"Old memories", Claire said.
"Not good ones, but old ones nonetheless", Leon said.
"Hell of a first day huh Leon?" Bruce asked.
"Tch, you got that right", Leon said.
"A rookie cop and the civilian sister of a cop, quite the story", Applejack said.
Leon & Claire chuckled at that.
Once they got to the second floor office room, they encountered Ada waiting with 4 hunters near her.
"If you take a step forward, you're gonna regret it", Ada warned.
The group went forward as the hunters attacked, Leon used his shotgun to take one down, Applejack shot one with her shotgun, Claire used her AK & Bruce used his assault rifle.
"That the best you got Ada?" Claire asked.
"Oh, did you think I meant The Hunters? Silly me, I was referring to my friend", Ada said.
At that moment, a person wearing a hood arrived and attacked the four, kicking Leon, punching Bruce, slamming Applejack and hip tossing Claire.
Leon attempted to attack with a kick but it was blocked and Leon got shoved back, then he blocked a punch from Bruce and elbowed him in the face, Applejack went to attack but he tossed her in the air and punched her on the way down, and when Claire attacked he ducked and judo flipped her.
Leon stood up and got into a fighting stance, "Hey hoody, come on!"
The person went after Leon and they engaged in some combat, blocking each other's strikes, though during this Applejack tackled the hooded person down, Leon then went to the person and punched him a few times, Leon noticed that under the hood was a ski mask.
"I don't suppose you're going skiing after this", Leon said.
The person shoved Leon off and tried to get up but as he was standing up, Applejack buck kicked him over a desk, the four then restrained him.
"Now to see what's under this mask!" Leon said, as he tried to unmask, Ada went to attack but Claire kicked her in the face, "Unmask him!"
Leon ripped the mask off, Leon looked confused, "Why do I think I've seen your face?"
Claire looked at the person and looked horrified, "Steve?"
Leon looked down, "Steve? As in Steve Burnside!?"
Applejack looked surprised, she thought Steve was supposed to be dead, Bruce also looked weirded out.
Steve grinned evilly at Leon and knocked him off, then attacked Bruce & Applejack before turning to Claire, "It's been a while"
Claire looked surprised, "It can't be...I thought you were dead!"
"I was...but science is a wonderful thing", Steve boasted.
"But why are you working with Wesker!?"
"Hey, he gave me a second chance at life, I owe a lot to him, so I'm gonna help him take over"
Ada approached, "I'm sure you're enjoying this reunion, but we need to go Steve"
"Right", Steve turned to Claire, "Sorry Claire, nothing personal, just business"
"But Steve-" Ada then kicked Claire at the side of the head and grabbed Steve, "Let's go"
"Alright, I'm coming! God..." both ran to the Helicopter.
The group recovered and tried to follow them, they ran to the top and reached the Helipad where a helicopter had arrived and taken Ada & Steve.
"Sorry to cut the fun short, but I have a new person for you to play with!"
She released a canister attached to the bottom of the Helicopter, and out from it came a T-102 like Tyrant.
"It's a Tyrant!" Bruce said.
They shot the Tyrant but it barely budged, they soon ran low on bullets on their stronger guns.
"Oh crap, fall back!" Leon said as the Tyrant chased them.
They ran down to the first floor, doing their best to avoid the Tyrant and ran out the front door of the police station.
Out front were Jill & Rebecca, "Leon where's Ada!?"
"Run!" Leon said, Jill saw the Tyrant approach.
"Oh shit!" She shot the Tyrant with her assault rifle and started running, the others occasionally looked back to shoot the monster with their handguns.
"Great! First we lose Ada, now some giant freak's chasing us! Life sucks!" Bruce shouted.
"Just keep running and shooting!" Leon said as he occasionally fired.
Jill contacted Chris, "I found Leon, Ada escaped and it seems she sent a Tyrant after us!"
"Dammit! We'll start the chopper! Try to kill or lose it but make sure you get here, if anything we'll all be able to kill it!" Chris said.
They continued running from the Tyrant on the way to the chopper.
"We gotta hurry, we're running low on ammo and re-loading will be too dangerous!" Leon shouted.
"It'll be easier if we get to Chris, 12 people firing at this thing are better than 6, more ammo and safer time to reload", Jill said.
"Hey where are Carlos and Fong Li?" Bruce asked.
"With some survivors...oh crap if we lead this thing back to the chopper it'll endanger the survivors!" Jill shouted.
They all stopped and started firing at this thing together.
"We kill it now, or stun it, they'll be safe!" Jill shouted.
They each shot the Tyrant until it fell over, seemingly dead.
"Think we got it?" Bruce asked.
"After years of fighting things like this, it's not safe to assume it's dead", Jill said.
"Let's just run before it wakes up", Claire suggested.
The group ran to The Helicopter, they noticed the blades turning and saw Chris calling them, "Hurry up! The other one left already with some survivors and some of the others!"
They approached the chopper as it was taking off, Rebecca was the last to get on but as it lifted up, the Tyrant leapt up and grabbed the landing gear, tipping the Helicopter over, causing Rebecca to fall out.
"Rebecca!" Chris shouted.
"Oh no! Hang on Rebecca!" Applejack jumped off.
"No! AJ!" Bruce also jumped off.
"Aw dammit! Josh keep low!" Chris shouted.
Applejack ran to shoot the Tyrant as it approached Rebecca but the Tyrant knocked Applejack back, Bruce also went to attack but he got kicked back.
Rebecca shot the Tyrant with her sub-machine gun, but he rushed in and swiped at her, causing her to lose her balance and fall over.
He turned around ready to impale her, Chris readied a Sniper Rifle to shoot the Tyrant, but someone else had beat him to the shot.
Tyrant turned around and saw a man familiar to Rebecca.
"Billy!"
Bruce, Applejack and everyone on the Chopper turned their attention to the man.
"Billy? Billy Coen?" Chris asked.
Billy was aiming a shotgun at the Tyrant and started shooting some more.
The Tyrant angrily approached Billy, claws held high and ran at him.
"Bring it on", Billy then reached for a Magnum.
As the Tyrant drew closer, Billy aimed the gun and shot the Tyrant through the heart a few times, taking it down.
Billy turned to Chris, "Got a Rocket Launcher for good measure!?"
Chris nodded and had the Helicopter lowered so everyone can board, then as the Helicopter went up, Chris shot the rocket launcher at The Tyrant, blowing it to bits.
Applejack checked Rebecca, "You alright there"
Rebecca nodded, "I'm fine, thanks for coming back though, you too Bruce", she turned to Billy, "And thanks for being there"
Billy nodded, "I'm just glad I finally found you, though what's with the pony?"
Chris sat near Billy, "There's a lot of explaining that's needed now, once we get to HQ, we'll get everything properly settled"
The Helicopter flew off, back to HQ, two old allies resurfacing, one turned evil, one still good.
Quite a long one here, good to see more familiar faces.