So obviously this chapter took a lot longer than the last few, but that can really be blamed on a few unexpected things coming up. That said, I was more than halfway done before I had stop, and after that wasn't really in the writing mood for a bit. I also then reminded myself that I took five years to finish my last story, and there's no way in hell I'm gonna be making that mistake again, so here it is.
With that, I've been having second thoughts about allowing new character submissions to my Rewrites, for the sake of, well, character driven parts I suppose etc, and so I might consider letting people submit an OC for the next three stories, excluding those who are already going to have their characters appear. Again, I MIGHT consider it, this story is already too far in so I won't bother, but I'm not really sure how I could include new characters in the first Rewrite given the location, but two and three are a high possibility, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Disclaimer: Resident Evil and its characters belong to Capcom obviously, any Original characters in this story belong to me.
Chapter 7:
'Giant Bugs'
Umbrella Research Center
'Rebecca, Billy, Bryan, Danny'
Exploring the research facility turned out to be a lot more frustrating and tedious than it was difficult just avoiding the zombies that were creeping around in the rooms. Despite this, the survivors persevered, even if moving around the facility was a lot of back and forth stupidity that got on their nerves, Billy especially.
When Billy and Danny found the lighter fluid, they wasted no time making their way back to the library, sparing only a few words to Rebecca and Bryan to stay put.
Upon making it back to the library, Billy wasted no time lighting the candle and, to his surprise, the door actually unlocked.
Danny made sure to point out the possibilities that they would end up coming across similar obstacles when he started another one of his conversations about video games.
Of course, Billy just pretended to listen as they finally entered the small library, keeping his handgun ready.
It was a good thing he did as the two were immediately greeted with the sight of two zombies feasting on a dead scientist.
Billy made quick work of the zombies, dispatching them with carefully aimed headshots before beginning a search around the room.
The two of them had to have been searching for at least around ten minutes before Danny noticed an out of place bookcase. Billy decided to check it out, and pushed it aside to find it hiding, a big white book.
Just as Danny was about to give up, Billy pointed out the books weight when he picked it up, being a lot a heavier than it looked. The former soldier opened it up and discovered an angel statue hidden inside.
Danny didn't know what it could have been required for, until he remembered, and pointed out something that caught his eye back in the main hall.
Before they left, Danny went digging through the pockets of the dead scientist the zombies were eating, and discovered an MO Disk, the same kind required for the computer back at the lecture room.
With their business in the library concluded, the two quickly made their way back to the main hall, but stopped along the way to use the MO Disk at the main computer.
Once they had, gotten through the rather difficult process of finding the right switches the computer stated, which took the two of them nearly half an hour to work out, certain doors around the facility were unlocked. To be more precise, the double doors being blocked by the swords held by the suits of armour.
After that extremely frustrating task had been dealt with, Danny, now in a bad mood, silently made his way back into the main hall, followed closely by Billy, who was having no problems masking his amused expression.
Danny first made his way downstairs to sit down on a chair next to Bryan, and folded his arms, earning a confused look from his friend and the STARS medic who was checking out the recently unlocked double doors in the hall.
"What's wrong? What happened? Are you two the ones who unlocked the entrance here?" Rebecca asked.
Billy nodded as he made his way downstairs. "Yeah, that's our handiwork."
Bryan continued to look at Danny, and finally asked, "So what's wrong? You guys did what you went to do, surely we should be closer to getting out of here right?"
"Danny's just really frustrated right now. We must have spent over half an hour I think trying to, well, unlock the doors. It wasn't a simple process, let's just leave it at that." Billy explained, smirking slightly at them.
Rebecca held back a laugh, replying, "Oh, that would, explain the frown."
Danny glared at all of them, "Can you guys stop talking about me like I'm not here. I can CLEARLY hear everything you're saying."
"Relax Danny, we're just messing with you." Billy said with a chuckle.
The young teen got to his feet, and replied, "Whatever. You can mess around, I'm going upstairs to try and figure out what this statue is for." He said before making his way upstairs just above the painting.
"Well he's in a bad mood now, clearly." Bryan said with a roll of his eyes.
Billy sat down next to him, replying, "Trust me Bryan, if you were up there with us trying to figure out how to unlock the doors, you'd probably be in a bad mood too after it was all over and done with."
Bryan shrugged, "Oh I don't doubt it Billy. Danny is usually more composed and whatnot. He's really good at keeping a level head and rarely gets frustrated, so I know for a fact that if he ends up in a bad mood, it must have been really, well, bad."
"Bad, frustrating and tedious. I swear, who designs these places anyway?" Billy replied as he stretched his arms.
The young teen looked at him, adding, "I don't know, but if it's bad enough that even Danny got frustrated by it, it sounds to me like whoever designed this place really needs to get punched in the face. It's like it was intentionally designed this way to, make things complicated."
"It could just be for security." Rebecca said stepping into the conversation. "Keep in mind, this is a facility owned by Umbrella. And after everything we've found out so far, the shady files talking about some, virus, the level of security here clearly indicates that they're hiding something."
Billy shrugged, "I guess that means we're just gonna have to find out what it is they're hiding then."
Bryan looked at him in surprise, replying, "D-Don't you think getting out of here and telling the authorities is more important right now?"
"Yeah that too, at a later time." Billy said, "Right now though, how is your knee?"
A nod was Bryan's response. "It's better than before if that's what you're asking."
Billy shook his head, "I'm actually asking if you're able to walk yet."
"Oh..." Bryan looked down at his leg and placed his hand over his knee, touching it softly. It didn't ache, but it did once he gently pressed his hand down on it. The aching pain caused him to wince and pull his hand away, "Well, at this point, it really only hurts if I put too much pressure on it." He looked at Rebecca, waiting for her input.
When she saw Billy also looking at her, Rebecca asked, "What?"
"You're the medic. I can't make him go and he can't go unless you say so." Billy said.
Rebecca sighed and checked Bryan's knee, gently pressing her hand against it. The young teen didn't react with a pained hiss this time, and at most simply winced clearly, causing Rebecca to speak up, "I'm not going to force you to move on, if you still need time to heal up then-"
"No, it's fine." Bryan said, stopping her before adding, "We need to get out of here, and I'm only slowing us all down. Even if it still hurts a bit, I'll just soldier through it, it's not the first time I've suffered an injury in my life."
The STARS medic got up from her chair and helped Bryan to his feet, a look of concern on her face when she saw him wince in pain again. "Are you absolutely sure? Your knee will recover a lot faster if you let it rest, and there's no telling what else we're going to run into around here."
Bryan looked at her and managed a little smile, "I'm sure, don't worry."
Just as Rebecca was about to reply, Billy interrupted. "Relax Rebecca, if we run into anything, Bryan can just stay back at a safe distance while we handle it."
Rebecca let out a defeated sigh, "Fine. But I can't make myself any clearer right now when I say BE CAREFUL."
"Y-Yeah, sure." Bryan nodded, not willing to disagree with her.
With Rebecca keeping a close eye on Bryan, the three made their way upstairs and found Danny messing around with the statue holding the scales, as evidenced by the angel statue placed on one of them.
"Any luck?" Billy asked.
Danny looked at the three and shook his head, then gave Bryan a concerned look. "You doing okay?"
Bryan shrugged, "I've been through worse."
"Fair enough." Danny replied before looking back at the large scales. "I've came to the conclusion that the scales open up a secret passage around here."
Rebecca and Billy just stared at him, the former asking, "Care to explain that conclusion?"
Danny looked at the writing on the base of the statue and read it out loud, "When good and evil are brought into balance, a new path will be opened before you. I think that's a major giveaway that there's a secret passage."
Billy chuckled, "Danny, look, I know you're used to this stuff in video games, but remember, this is real life. It's extremely unlikely there's any secret passage."
"You remember those words then Billy." Danny smirked.
The former soldier just rolled his eyes, looking amused as he led the way towards one of the few doors they hadn't checked yet.
Upon entering, Billy quickly moved on upstairs to check the area out, just to make sure it was safe for the others.
"Aren't you worried about the guitar?" Bryan asked, obviously referring to Danny leaving said guitar back in the main hall.
Danny shook his head, replying, "Nah, we'll be heading back there to fetch the stuff we left as soon as we find a way to move on."
Rebecca followed the two as they slowly made their way upstairs, "Speaking of which, what's so important about that guitar anyway Danny?"
"I paid a lot of money for it." Danny said.
Facepalming, Rebecca added, "Really? Is that all? I'd think you're life is way more valuable than that Danny. A guitar is replicable, you're life is not."
Danny shrugged, "Well, there are a few other reasons but I don't think now is the time to explain them."
Before Rebecca could respond, they made it upstairs and saw Billy overlooking an empty pool. When they approached him, they saw a small cage inside the pool, and inside the cage, there was a little black demon statue.
"That look similar to the angel statue I left on the scales?" Danny asked.
There was a pause before Billy replied, "...Yeah, yeah it does."
Danny laughed. "Well then I guess we found the other piece of the puzzle. How do we get it?"
Billy looked around and pointed to a few rusty old levers used for winding the chains. "Over there."
"I'll get it." Danny said as made his way over to the levers.
Before he could turn the lever though, Billy stopped him, "That's probably gonna take someone with a little more muscle Danny, no offense."
Danny stepped aside and gestured for Billy to go ahead, "If you would do the honours then."
A chuckle, and Billy started turning the lever.
Inside the empty pool, the lever did its job and the cage was raised, just high enough for the others to get the statue.
Just as Bryan was about to climb into the pool, Rebecca stopped him, "I'll get it, you stay here."
The young teen didn't have a chance to respond as the STARS medic had already climbed down into the empty pool.
Rebecca picked the statue up and examined it, "It, definitely looks like it goes with the other one. Let's just hope this wasn't a waste of time."
Before Rebecca could climb out of the pool, something smashed through the large grate on the wall in the pool.
A giant centipede.
Rebecca screamed as the giant centipede grabbed a hold of her with many of its legs. "BILLY!"
"Rebecca!" Billy, Bryan and Danny screamed in perfect unison before the former soldier rushed over to the pool with his hunting gun.
The giant centipede was already out of the pool by the time he made it over, and Billy found himself getting knocked out of the way as the centipede reared back on its many rear legs and started crawling around the room.
During this, Bryan and Danny panicked and ran for the stairs, looking back before the latter spoke up, "What the fuck man! That's a big fucking centipede!"
"I got that part! How do we help Rebecca?!" Bryan replied.
Danny pushed him back, adding, "There is no WE, you're staying right here where it's safe, we can't afford for you to fuck up your knee again." He said before running out to give Billy a hand.
Billy tried to aim his hunting gun at the giant centipedes head, but it continued to crawl around so fast, that there was a big chance his shot would either miss or hit Rebecca.
When Danny ran to Billy's side, he asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"Try and slow it down, distract it." Billy said.
"Got it!" Danny nodded and ran towards the giant centipede. He ran in front of it and started shouting at it, "Hey! Put her down right now! Why don't you try me on for size!"
The giant centipede slowed to a halt and hissed at the young teen.
Danny's eyes widened and he screamed. "BILLY!"
The sound of the hunting gun firing and the giant centipede screeching in pain was all the relief Danny needed when he looked back up and watched the centipede flailing about in pain.
Before it could recover and get away, Billy closed in enough to shoot it in the head once more, causing it to flail about like mad, dropping Rebecca before falling over, completely still.
"Is it dead?" Danny asked.
Billy nodded as he approached the STARS medic, "Yeah, it's dead." He said as he leaned down and helped Rebecca to her feet. "Rebecca, are you all right?"
Rebecca smiled a little at him, "Yes. Thank you."
They all turned and gazed at the dead centipede, with Danny commenting, "Wow, first giant scorpions, now giant centipedes." He turned to Billy, adding, "I wonder what other crazy shit is crawling around in this place."
"Hopefully we won't be here long enough to find out." Bryan said as he approached them, looking at Billy for a moment before turning away. "I'm...sorry I didn't help out."
Billy shook his head, "It's fine, don't worry about it. With that knee of yours, you probably would have only ended up doing more harm to yourself than good."
"Still..." Bryan looked at Rebecca, a dejected look on his face. "I should have done, well, something to try and save you. Instead all I did was hide."
Rebecca smiled a little at him, "Hey, it's ok. Billy's right, with your knee still recovering, you very likely would have ended up getting yourself hurt. Besides, I'm fine, so everything's all right, right?"
"I guess..." Bryan nodded, albeit still looking unsure.
Before any of them could continue the conversation any further, Danny took the little black demon statue from Rebecca's hand and observed it. "Well, I guess we better go test our luck." He said before rushing his way back to the main hall.
"Danny wait a...second." Billy called out but was already too late. He sighed, adding, "Damn he's fast, come on, let's go." He said, leading the way back to the main hall.
Rebecca supported Bryan a little as they made their way downstairs, making sure he didn't put too much pressure on his knee.
The young teen had no objections to her help, but he was kicking himself internally, cursing at his current weak state and wishing he could do more.
When they made it back to the main hall, the three made their way to the statue holding the scales where Danny currently was.
"I was about to ask what took you so long but then I remembered Bryan's knee and everything so I figured it was probably best not to say anything." Danny said with a grin.
Bryan just frowned at him. "Or you could have just said nothing at all."
A shrug, and Danny turned to the scales, "Ok, let's see the magic happen. When good and evil are brought into balance, a new path will open before us!" Danny said out loud as he placed the little black demon statue on the scales.
With the angel statue on them too, the scales were eventually balanced.
The four waited in silence for a moment.
Waiting for something to happen.
And finally, just when Billy was about to speak up, they heard a sound.
"That sounded like it came from below us." Bryan said.
Danny was the first to run downstairs, followed by the others.
Right there in front of them, the painting of James Marcus was gone, and in its place was a secret passage, stairs that led down to who knows where.
After letting it sink in, Danny slowly turned to look at Billy with a smirk. "So Billy-"
"I don't wanna hear it." The former marine interrupted him as he entered the secret passage, making his way down the stairs.
Danny held back a chuckle, as did Bryan, and Rebecca couldn't help but let out a little giggle in response.
Rebecca was somewhat glad that, despite the situation they were in right now, fighting against zombies and monsters to survive, she was glad that her fellow survivors were able to at least find some ways to lighten the mood. It was a far better feeling than how she would have felt if she was walking around all alone.
Yet despite this, it didn't escape Rebecca's notice that some of Danny's laughs at times seemed rather, forced.
At first she thought about talking to him about it, but then decided against it, instead making sure to remind herself to ask about it at a later time when they were safe.
Rebecca followed Billy down the stairs, gesturing for the other two survivors to follow slowly.
When the group made it to the bottom, they found themselves in the facility basement.
It had only been a few seconds after looking around the hallway before Bryan and Danny screamed their heads off and bolted back up the stairs.
Billy and Rebecca were left in shock for a moment, trying to process what the hell just happened.
And it was only after they looked down the hallway that they saw the source of what sent Bryan and Danny screaming their way back upstairs.
Crawling around on the ceiling up ahead was, a very big spider.
Big being an understatement of course, as this spider was actually very big.
When he thought back to the giant centipede and the giant scorpion back on the train, Billy wasn't too surprised, although he could see why the two survivors would freak out.
Rebecca looked over at the stairs, then at Billy. The former marine checked his hunting gun before making his way towards the spider, simply saying, "I'll handle it."
After hearing a few gunshots and Rebecca giving them the all-clear, Bryan and Danny slowly, and cautiously, made their way back downstairs into the basement hallway where an amused Rebecca was waiting.
"Don't laugh. Just don't." Danny said with a frown.
Rebecca cleared her throat, clearly doing her best to refrain from bursting out laughing, "S-Sorry..."
Bryan continued to look embarrassed if anything, while Danny continued to frown. "I don't see what's so funny anyway. Those were really big spiders, anyone would have freaked out!"
"I didn't." Billy said as he approached them.
Danny pointed at him, replying, "Yeah, that's because you're old enough that you've seen plenty of shit, something like that was unlikely to freak you out."
Billy just smirked at him. "I ain't that old Danny, but you're right, I have seen plenty of shit, recently. Like a giant scorpion, a giant centipede, other things."
"That's not what I..." Danny stopped, then sighed, "You know what? Forget it. Let's just move on already, I don't wanna run into more of those anytime soon."
Bryan hissed in pain a little and rubbed his knee, "Fuck, hurt my damn knee running up those stairs."
Rebecca gave him a concerned look, "Are you okay? Do you need to sit down again?"
"N-No, I can manage. Just, don't walk too far ahead of me. I'm already on edge enough as it is worrying about what other kind of monsters we're gonna run into around here." Bryan said as the four started slowly making their way down the hallway.
His response only made Rebecca look more concerned, but before she could reply, Billy spoke up next. "Given what we've already run into, I don't see how it could get any worse Bryan."
Danny glared daggers at the former marine. "Hey! Don't fucking say that! Seriously, every single time someone says those exact words, it eventually gets worse."
Billy rolled his eyes, "Ok, as much as I'll admit how you've kinda proved me wrong a few times Danny, I think this time, you're gonna be wrong for once."
"No way dude. Just wait, I'll give us about ten minutes before something happens, then you're gonna wish you could take those words back." Danny replied.
The former marine just chuckled at him, "Challenge accepted, I'll start counting."
Rebecca just shook her head at their antics and led the way as they entered the room at the very end of the hallway.
The room they entered and the room ahead that they could see through the barred window looked like some sort of dungeon, and Billy struggled to keep a straight face the entire time when Danny looked at him.
"Still counting?" Danny asked.
Billy was silent for a moment, then replied, "...Yeah, don't proclaim your victory just yet."
Bryan saw a few pieces of paper on the old table and took a look at them. "Correctional Institute, Inmates List." After giving the papers a read, Bryan could only stare in shock. "What the...fuck?"
"What is it Bryan?" Rebecca asked before taking a look herself.
The young teen then replied, "Some of the names on here are listed as deceased and disposal complete. Most are listed as transported to research facilities or Arklay Laboratory, and some are listed as preserved as specimen."
When Billy took the papers and read through them, Danny asked, "What the fuck have they been doing to people here? Come on, disposal complete? They're treating people like fucking literal garbage! And what do they mean by preserved as specimen?"
"If I had to guess, it sounds like they're experimenting on people. Not that absurd when you consider everything we've encountered here so far." Billy said.
Bryan was the one who looked troubled the most hearing this. He then replied, "Umbrella...experimenting on people. But, t-they're supposed to be a pharmaceutical company! How can they do this?! How are they even capable of doing this?! Why hasn't anyone found out?!"
"One question at a time Bryan." Billy said, adding, "Though to give you an answer, after everything else we've seen, I think it's pretty safe to say that the whole pharmaceutical thing is just to cover up some extremely illegal activities, like this." The marine said, throwing the papers down. "It wouldn't surprise me at this point if Umbrella has been doing this for quite some time, or if this was always their intention since its foundation."
Again, Bryan looked troubled. "We have to tell the police!"
Danny however pointed a finger at Rebecca, "I think the police are very aware Bryan."
When the two teens looked at her, expecting a response, Rebecca replied, "I...I don't know. I don't know what you want me to do. It's...it's not as if I can do anything right now anyway."
"But when you make it back, you can tell your superiors right? You can tell everyone and bring all of this out into the light, can't you?" Bryan asked.
Rebecca looked unsure. "I...I can. But..."
Billy decided to speak up again, "Umbrella is a big company Bryan, they practically control Raccoon City. Taking them down is literally easier said than done."
Bryan looked at the former marine, replying, "But we can't let them get away with this!"
"And they won't!" Billy said out loud, catching them by surprise.
"...They won't get away with this. I don't know when, but they will pay sooner or later, people like them always do." The former marine said.
Danny finally spoke up, changing the topic. "Um...let's take a look inside here." He said as he opened the door to what was clearly the dungeon, or torture chamber in his eyes, which he could tell just by the chains and shackles scattered about the room. "Ok, so this is totally normal, nothing wrong with this right?"
"I know what you're trying to say, and I still think you're going to be wrong this time." Billy said as he looked around.
Given there wasn't much else to look at, Rebecca was about to leave, but stopped when she noticed a large open air vent.
She approached it, and after quickly realising it was too high for her to reach, she called Billy over. "Billy, come over here and give me a boost."
Billy and the others approached her, giving the air vent a curious look. "You sure that's a good idea?" Billy asked.
Rebecca shrugged, "No, but it's best if we make sure to cover every room we can."
Bryan then spoke up, "I'll go with you."
"No." Rebecca said almost instantly when she looked at him. "You and Danny stay with Billy, I'll check it out by myself."
Danny said nothing, and Bryan looked like he wanted to say something, but instead kept quiet and nodded.
The former marine didn't protest, he walked over to the wall below the open air vent and gave Rebecca a boost.
"I'm almost there!" Rebecca said as she reached for the air vent.
Billy held back a chuckle and smirked a little, replying, "I'm glad I could be of service. Time to go inside."
Rebecca climbed into the vent and crawled through it until she reached the end. She carefully climbed out and jumped down into the room on the other side of the wall.
As soon as the STARS medic set her eyes on the rest of the room, she let out a quiet gasp.
In addition to the chains and shackles on the walls like the room she was just in, this room had quite a few torture devices, the scary kind that hurts just to look at them.
She didn't even want to imagine what people went through in this place.
While taking a look around, and finding out the door was locked, Rebecca spotted a piece of paper in the corner of the room.
Rather than question why it was there, she decided to pick it up and take a look at it.
'About the Power Regulator
Due to the recent lightning strike, the power regulator continues to be inoperative.
It wouldn't really matter about the power, except for the fact that the boiler room equipment is in the same grid.
The equipment is so run-down. I'll probably have to have it fixed up all the time.
If you wish to exit rapidly, set the indicator to 70.
Check first though that everything is connected to the chain.'
Rebecca gave it one more quick look before turning to the control panel on the other side of the room.
She made her way over to the control panel and looked at it for a moment, then turned her attention to the indicator and the switches.
Judging by the red marker near the middle, she quickly assumed that was where she had to set the indicator.
The STARS medic sighed, "Great, this must be the stupid stuff Billy and Danny went on about. Now I know how they feel."
After about five minutes of frustration, and having to use the radio to let the others know she was okay, Rebecca finally set the indicator to the required amount.
Seconds after, she heard the door on the other side unlock.
Before leaving, Rebecca decided to give the room one more good look just to make sure she didn't miss anything.
Somewhere else, the young man in the cloak sat next to a monitor showing the STARS medic as she searched the room.
"You are wasting your time." The young man said calmly, adding, "I have already claimed this place for myself, which means you are trespassing, and I am very territorial."
The young man laughed maniacally as the door to a cage in another room opened up.
Inside, a small furry creature emerged from the shadows and screamed as it leapt to freedom.
Just as Rebecca had finished searching the room, a sound stopped her in her tracks before she could leave.
In the blink of an eye, something small jumped down from above and onto her back.
Acting quick, Rebecca quickly threw the small creature off of her back before it could cause any damage, she then turned to face it to see what it was.
It was a small rabid primate creature, and it looked like it had seen better days. It was practically a zombie monkey, no different from the dogs Rebecca encountered back on the train.
The monkey howled and leaped towards her but Rebecca quickly jumped out of the way.
Just as Rebecca slowly got back to her feet to face the creature, the floor collapsed under her and she fell into the darkness below.
"It just doesn't make sense."
The scientist and the STARS officer walked down a hallway as the former went through a document while voicing his concerns. "Do you honestly believe this to be the real identity of that crazy young man?" The scientist asked.
"Impossible." He added. "But if, somehow, it is true, then Umbrella will be finished."
The STARS officer replied as they approached an elevator. "If the old conspiracy against Dr. Marcus is revealed, Mr. Spencer's career will be over. Not to mention ours, too."
As soon as they reached the elevator, the STARS officer pressed the button. "So, the time has come at last."
"What are you going to do?" The scientist asked.
Turning to him, the STARS officer replied, "I will simply say goodbye to Umbrella. The biological weapon utilizing the T-Virus has almost been completed. Our only remaining task is to acquire combat data."
The scientist didn't seem to agree with him however. "You can't be serious. I refuse to abandon my work! I have finished the research on the T-Virus, but I need a little more time to complete the more powerful G-Virus."
As the elevator arrived and the doors opened, the STARS officer replied, "Do as you wish. I will follow my initial plan and lure the STARS members into the mansion." He said as he entered the elevator and pressed the button. "Their superior combat training should make them perfect test subjects." He added with a chuckle.
"Fine. In the meantime, something must be done about that mad man." The scientist replied, adding, "As I recall, U.R.C. is equipped with a self-destruct device in the basement."
The STARS officer almost smirked at the idea.
His scientist companion then added, "I'll find it, set it off, and annihilate the place to nothing more than a mass of rubble." He said just before the elevator doors closed between them.
While surviving her fall, Rebecca was now hanging on for dear life in the pit below, trying to keep a firm grip on the metal support sticking out of the concrete floor.
"I can't...hold on." She muttered as she tried to lift herself just enough to hook an arm over the support while using the other to grab her radio.
The sound they heard a minute ago, and the fact that Rebecca had yet to call them over the radio started to make the former marine and the two young teens very worried.
"Seriously what's going on?" Danny asked, his worry starting to show.
Billy shrugged, "I don't know, but Rebecca can look after herself. She'll call us if something-"
"BILLY HELP!"
The desperate tone of Rebecca's voice following the beeping of the radio surprised the three of them.
If the worry wasn't showing on Bryan's face before, it certainly was now. "Rebecca! She's in trouble!"
Billy looked at him, then turned to look at Danny, who was just staring at him.
"Has it been ten minutes yet?"
Authors Notes: I decided to make this chapter longer just to make up for the long wait. Things will start to get, interesting, in the next chapter, as I plan to involve a small and short Side Story that will introduce, or rather reintroduce two characters from the original OC group, one of which who will end up playing an important role in one of the key morals of this story, seeking justice on those who have committed crimes and gotten away with it, even if it means taking justice into your own hands.
Feel free to take a guess on which two characters that is, the list is obviously short and if you've been reading my ETE stories since the first one, you might have a good idea as to who. If not, just go by process of elimination and who fits the bill.
As always, please Review, the feedback is always appreciated.
