Resident Evil: Single Handed Crusade

Chapter 7 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.

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Chapter 7

There had been no warning, Lydia and Seth had been moving carefully down the corridor, when the unthinkable happened. They had been ambushed by zombies; zombies which hadn't made a sound until the moment of attack. They had nearly fallen victim to them, but luckily warded them off. As they fired they noticed that the zombies were moving much faster than they ever had before.

"Seth!" Lydia called out.

Seth grunted and yelled back. "I know, c'mon, we can't let ourselves be cornered; let's move!"

With that they hurried through a gap they had made through the zombies and proceeded to run as fast as they could. They fired over their shoulders at the pursuing zombies, they also noticed an increased resilience in the zombies too, one headshot clearly wasn't enough anymore. Soon however they managed to lose their pursuers. They stopped to catch their breath.

Seth shook his head. "Okay, what the fuck, since when…can zombies…ambush, without making any noise."

"I know, this is messed up." Lydia remarked. "We'll have to be extra alert now, now that we know the B.O.W.s can sneak up on us."

Seth nodded in agreement, they quickly checked their guns and reloaded; they were going to have to watch their ammo supply now, especially since their foes were stronger.

Their next opponents were less durable to bullets for biological reasons, but still wore armour and posed a slightly greater threat. They found themselves facing an Umbrella Security Team. The men opened fire on the two agents the moment they saw them and forced the duo to take cover and return fire.

"This was only supposed to be a simply investigation. Not at all what we had planned huh?" Lydia called out to Seth.

Seth agreed, laughing slightly. "Well, they're not giving us a choice, we'll need to clear some space."

So he launched a grenade towards the soldiers. It exploded, killing a few of them, the two then followed up firing several shots. They could hear the cries from the soldiers and knew that something else had happened. They stood their ground, weapons ready and soon saw what had occurred. It was another type of B.O.W. an Amphibian type, like a large oversized frog. Its eyes looked weak, but they remembered their briefing, these creatures had great hearing and tough hides; their official designated name was Lurker. The Lurkers had just killed the remaining soldiers and were now listening, waiting for their next meal. Lydia and Seth shared a glance, they knew they were in for a tough fight. Especially when they found themselves between two monstrous groups. The zombies had finally caught up with them some of them evolving into Crimson Heads. Deciding to take a chance; Seth and Lydia waited for the last moment then leapt to the side.

As they had hoped the Lurkers reacted to the sounds of the zombies and now the B.O.W.s were tearing each other apart. They quickly slipped past and waited at the end of the corridor, not wanting any more surprises following them. Finally the carnage stopped, from the midst of corpses they could see one lone enhanced Crimson Head still standing. It began to charge towards them but they quickly took aim and opened fire, killing it only just before it could grab them. Lydia let out a sigh.

"That was too close." She muttered.

Seth nodded; he noted the expression on Lydia's face, the obvious strain that she was working hard to try and hide. He knew all too well what it meant, he knew he was the same.

He felt he should say something, anything to reassure her. "We'll find her Lydia; Shayla, I promise we'll find her."

Lydia smiled at him and nodded. "I know, trust me, I refuse to stop until my daughter is safe; I won't let any of these punks stop me from saving her."

"Alright then, let's do this; for Shayla, for the other kids, Blake, Abby, Jayden." Seth replied; Lydia nodded in response, the two of them more determined than ever now.

The kidnappings of their own children were horrifying to them, but even more horrific they felt, was the kidnapping of Jayden, the poor boy was only nine after all, Dylan and Katrina were frantic and were not permitted to take part in this mission because of that. Still Seth and Lydia swore, if they found Jayden, they would make sure he got home safely, no matter what.

They continued down the corridors; grateful for the maps they had. Every corridor looked the same, all the same white colour, all with the Umbrella logo on the walls or floor. Soon however they arrived in what looked like a large lobby. They guessed that, if they had used the front door, hidden and unknown to all but employees, they would have entered this section of the underground lab first. They could hear a conversation taking place up ahead.

"Just remember; we will tolerate no interference, I do not care if they are BSAA, or former BSAA." One voice said; one that was frighteningly familiar. "Deal with the intruder at once; also, I understand we have official BSAA agents in the base."

A second voice replied, this one they didn't know. "Yes sir, they will be dealt with too, don't worry about that."

They emerged and took aim, finally seeing the speakers. One was a man they didn't recognize, although his name badge gave his name as Carlos Mendoza. The other however was a familiar sight to them. A Caucasian man of fifty-two, although he looked younger, with slicked back short black hair and black eyes. He was dressed smartly in a pair of black dress pants; a white shirt; a dark blue tie; black suit jacket; black socks and black shoes.

"Trevor!" They exclaimed; anger and fear evident in their tones.

Trevor Maxwell, the Umbrella chairman smiled grimly at them. "Ah, my old friends…Well, this is unfortunate for you, isn't it."

They glared as Trevor shook his head; they knew all too well they couldn't match him.

It was then they noticed a third person, a prisoner who was kneeling next to Carlos; a young man of twenty-four with short black hair and black eyes, he had a toned build and was clad in white shorts, a red tank-top and simple sandals. They guessed this was the missing man that had been mentioned by the civilians above, Leroy Mendez. Carlos sneered at Lydia.

"You've got some nerve showing yourself here; woman." He taunted viciously. "Your daughter will pay the price for your refusal to back down."

Despite his attempt to intimidate her, Lydia instead felt a spark of hope. 'Shayla, she's here…I can save her.'

Trevor however shook his head. "Well, it's time to end this little game…Carlos; show them our latest experiment. Then get back to work, I have places to be and it seems we have another interruption."

To Lydia and Seth's surprise they saw another familiar face arrive. Armed and ready to fight; however he was on the other side of the partition of bullet proof glass which divided the lobby in too, the two Umbrella officials and their prisoners on the balcony above. Trevor merely shook his head, turned and left while Carlos pulled out a syringe filled with a dark purple liquid. Before any of them could say anything he injected Leroy with it and threw him off the balcony, onto the side where Tim was, before he too left.

They all watched horrified as Leroy screamed in agony as the new virus began to take effect. Lydia and Seth remembered their briefing, this new virus was mentioned to them, although its effects were unknown, the G-Virus. Now they were seeing the effects first hand as Leroy began to horrifically transform before their eyes. His skin began to warp and his body bulked grotesquely, soon the transformation was complete and they all stared at the result. Leroy growled as he stood to full height in his new form. They could still see his head and noted that, apart from the decayed skin, he looked the same, however the muscle mass on his torso was huge and disproportionate to the rest of his body, especially the right arm which bulged considerably with muscle. Also on the enhanced muscle mass there seemed to be no skin, just pulsating flesh, the right shoulder had a bone like protrusion that ended in a point just higher than the monsters head. Finally on the right shoulder, looking directly at them was a third tumour like eye. Leroy had become G.


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