Chapter 6: Alfred's a Prick
Disclaimer: Drew O'Connor belongs to me, and one day, ALL OF CAPCOM WILL BOW TO MY POWER, MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…………anyway, fic time.
Running out of the palace as fast as they could, Claire and Drew ran threw a gate, straight down to a dock.
It wasn't the kind of dock they were expecting. Instead of their being a huge line of ships of their choice, there was a single gumpy wooden platform with a hole in the center, implying that something once fit in the hole.
"This isn't what I had in mind" Drew commented as he stared into the lagoon water.
"Maybe the steering wheel from earlier could help" Claire said as she placed it into the hole. Giving it a spin, they waited.
"Well that was pointless" Drew grumbled.
Suddenly, something started to move towards the waters surface rapidly. The water began to submerge.
"Oh crud" Drew said as he aimed his dual pistols at the water. A huge gray submarine emerged from the water like a silent monster.
"Wow, I knew Umbrella was into that spy hiding crap, but I didn't think they'd go this far" Drew said.
"Hopefully they'll be something useful inside" Claire said as she started down the submarines ladder.
"Hey, wait, it could be a trap" Drew called.
"Nope, its clear" Claire said from inside.
Sliding down the submarine, Drew glanced at the ridiculously simple controls. A single lever, with an up/down mark.
Pushing the lever down, the top hatch closed, leading them deeper into the evil abyss. "Check it out" Drew said as he pointed at a side pack lying in the corner.
"You take it, I don't need it" Drew said as Claire equipped the side pack.
The submarine then dinged, indicating their ride was over. Climbing the ladder, the two then found themselves in a corridor, next to one of those underwater aquarium tunnels.
"Never really did like those things" Drew said as the two made their way down.
Now in a small office with boxes stacked next to each other and with two zombies, the two teens made quick work of them.
After reloading they entered the door on the left, and could not believe their eyes at the sight before them.
They were in a huge hanger, and in front of them was a huge seaplane. "Alright, we can get out" Drew said excited.
Rushing to the controls, quickly examined them…and started let out a low groan. "You've got to be fucking kidding me" Drew growled.
"What's wrong" Claire asked.
Drew didn't answer, merely pointing at the controls. Claire glanced at them and saw what the problem was. Their were three insignia holes, stating that three proof keys were needed in order to start the plane, no proofs, no power.
"They could be anywhere on this island" Drew growled. Sighing, he moaned "This always happens, just when it looks like were about to escape, something happens to delay us.
"Whining about it wont help, so lets start looking" Claire said as they exited the room.
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Meanwhile, back with Chris, he and Richard had made their way down to the coast and were preparing for launch.
A local had lended his boat to Chris and Richard, saying he didn't need it anymore.
"So what do you think we'll find at this Rockfort" asked Richard.
"Judging from Claries message, another viral outbreak" Chris responded.
"I just don't get it, when will Umbrella realize that all their sacrifices aren't worth all the innocent lives that pay for their sins" Richard moaned.
"They're evil, always have been" Chris muttered as he drove the boat.
Richard sighed as he thought back to how he had first ended up fighting a zombie.
Flashback:
Richard fumbled for another clip of handgun ammo as he ran from those damn dogs, they had already gotten Kevin, and unless they kept moving, they were next.
"Move it" shouted Enrico, his captain.
"Forest, what are you…" started Kenneth.
Forest didn't answer as he fired a smoking grenade at one of the dogs.
"He's covering us, get to that house" Enrico shouted.
Richard nodded as he kept running, he felt like his chest was going to explode from fear.
"RUN FOREST RUN" shouted Kenneth.
"Just go, I'll hold em" Forest responded, his words keeping up with his southern accent.
Richard reached the house first, shouting for his captain and Kenneth to make it. Enrico made it first, fumbling at the door. "Locked" he shouted.
"MOVE" Richard yelled as he heard Kenneth open fire on the monster, trying to assist Forest.
Richard removed his custom shotgun and fired a single round into the door, damaging it.
Kicking it open, the captain shouted "THAT'S ENOUGH, GET OUT OF THEIR FOREST".
Forest nodded as he stopped firing grenades and resorted to his Berretta.
"C'mon
Forest, you can do it" shouted Richard.
Forest yelped as one of the dogs bite his lower leg, but he kept running. Jumping into the house, Enrico slammed the door shut.
The four quieted down, listening for anything else……nothing.
"That was a close shave" Forest smirked as he patched up his leg.
"Everyone alright" Enrico asked.
"I'm alright" Kenneth said.
"Same here" Richard said.
"Damn it, what were those things" Forest grumbled as he got to his feet.
"Captain, we need a plan of action, think you can provide us with one" Richard asked.
Enrico thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright team, here's the situation, we've got no back, we've lost the element of surprise and our pilot and marksmen our dead, our medic is missing, probably dead, and were a sniper, a chemist and a radio expert in a close quarter encounter. There's more to this house then meets the eye and were gonna find anyone whose involved in what's going on an arrest them.
"Do you all have your radios" he asked.
Everyone nodded. "Alright, we need to spilt up, will be able to cover more ground this way" he said.
Pointing to the double door to the left, he said "Kenneth you check that wing, don't over look a single detail, Forest and Richard, check the upstairs".
'What about you Captain" Kenneth asked.
"I'm going to check out the wing on the opposite side" he said.
"If you run into trouble, call on your radio, hopefully the Alphas will get here before things get worse" he said.
"Move out" Enrico order as everyone nodded and spilited up, unknowns to them that only one out of the four would survive…
End Flashback.
"You alright Richard" asked Chris, snapping him out of his daydream.
"Yeah, just thinking about something" he said softly.
Back with our heroes
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"What's happening" Claire shouted as the ground began to rumble.
They were in a huge yard back near the prison, and something's was coming right at them.
A pile of dirt was moving rapidly, something was tunneling underneath them.
"LOOK OUT" Drew shouted as a giant worm like creature emerged from the ground, lunging at the two.
Claire dived aside as the creature collided with the ground, burrowing underneath for the next attack.
"RUN" Drew shouted as he pulled Claire into the closest door.
Now inside, the two sighed in relief. "Let's not go out their for awhile" Drew said as he walked up the stairs to the left.
"I'll check out one of the rooms down here" Claire said as she removed her pistol.
Drew nodded as he opened a wooden door, guns raised. Nothing but another office, with a small window leading into a lab.
"Walking up to the lab door, he noticed a note next to it. Picking it up, he began to read:
Memo on the Pass Number:
The emergency lock system in the biology experiment room can be released with the four digit pass number. I hope you haven't forgotten about it already. I have just received an order from the system administrator requesting us to change the pass number periodically. What bothers me is that you often lose important memos, pass numbers, or even chemicals... So, in an attempt to solve that problem, I came up with an idea. You know the red human skeleton picture at the back of the biology experiment room? I have decided to use the number signed on the picture as the pass number. If you happen to lose the memo just use the picture. Well, I don't think you would ever need to use the emergency pass number anyway. But just in case, now you know. Take it easy Mr. Careless!
Drew grunted. He need a pass code now? Peeking through the glass, he sighed in annoyance. It was far too dark too see anything in their, plus the painting was all the way in the back.
Suddenly a beeping noise erupted from the lab, a red light flashing over. Drew peeked in to get a better look.
A man, wearing a white lab suit started to hit the glass rapidly, looking back at something.
Drew panicked, he dashed to the control pad and started pressing random buttons, nothing happened.
"I CAN'T GET THE DOOR OPEN" Drew shouted to the man. Suddenly, out of the darkness, a brown thick arm grabbed the man by his skull and rammed him into the glass, causing his head to explode.
"JESUS" Drew shouted as he backed away from the room. Outside, a feminine voice from a loudspeaker clicked on.
"BIOHAZARD CONTAMINATION DETECTED, LEVEL 3, EMERGENCY SHUTTERS WILL CLOSE, ALL PERSONAL EVACUATE" it said.
Rushing down, Drew saw with shock the shutters were coming down. Dashing down the stair Drew leaped through in time, barley missing the shutters.
"Are you alright" Claire asked as she came from one of the rooms.
"Yeah, I'm fine, we need a pass code to get into one of the labs" Drew said.
"Maybe one of the proofs are in their" Claire said as they started down another corridor.
"Maybe" Drew said uncertain as they ended up outside again.
Drew then froze as he noticed a familiar red dot was working its way up Claries leg, towards her head.
"LOOK OUT" Drew shouted as he shoved Claire out of the way as the first two shots went off. One hit barrel next to Drew, causing a loud boom. The other nailed Drew in his leg.
"Damn it" Drew hissed as he and Claire backed up against the wall, watching the red dot circling the yard.
"You can't hide forever rodents" came a girlish voice from above.
"Are you alright" Claire said concerned. Drew sucked in some air as the bullet fell out of his leg, the hole it made in his skin closed.
"This ends now you pansy" Drew shouted as he did the unexpected: he dashed towards the wall and started jump kicking his way up towards the shooter.
"SURPRISE" Drew shouted as he leaped in front of a stunned Alfred. POW! He punched him in his nose, breaking it. Alfred fell back against the wall, holding his bleeding nose. Drew, landing on the balcony, leaped forward, intending to finish him off. He failed as Alfred fired a stray bullet which nailed him in the shoulder causing him to fall back over the balcony, hitting the ground with a sickening SNAP!
"WHAT WAS THAT" Claire shouted.
Drew sat up effortlessly, shaking off the crash and pulling the bullet from his shoulder.
"Tell you later, he's getting away" Drew said as he and Claire chased after Alfred.
Running down a long hallway, Drew could hear the distant sound of door slamming out of sight.
Coming to a stop, Drew grunted. There were two doors that Alfred could have gone through. Door right or Door left…
"Drew" Claire asked.
"Yeah" Drew said.
"What was that you did earlier" she asked.
"I'll tell you in here, after I do this" Drew said as he gave the vending machine in front of him a powerful kick. BAM! Another kick. BAM! Third times the charm. BAM! Five Vanilla Cokes and Four Chips fell from the Machine.
"Jackpot" Drew grinned as he grabbed the stuff and entered the room on the right. "Guess he went through the other door" Drew said as he sat down on one of the coaches.
"Okay, will you please just explain what that power was just now" Claire asked.
"Alright, Alright, it all happened back in Raccoon City" Drew started as he handed Claire a Coke and started drinking.
"When I was going through an Umbrella Facility, a Hunter clawed me, infecting me with the H-Virus.
"I could feel it working its way into my blood, changing me, It would eventually turn me into a Hunter" Drew sighed.
"However, thanks to my friends, I was able to hold on to my sanity until we escaped Raccoon" Drew said.
"There I was cured, but it was too late as the hunters DNA had fused with my own, making me a human/hunter hybrid" Drew said.
"It gave me the power, skill, speed, intelligence, agility of a hunter, which is why can take a beating, according to Linda, the one who cured me, my powers would develop and I would get stronger over time the more I used them" Drew explained.
"So what was that when you got shot and fell over the balcony" Claire asked as she ate some chips.
"That was my hunter healing powers, and my endurance had increased five times" Drew said.
Silence went into the air as neither of them spoke.
"Your not mad or scared of me are you" Drew asked.
"No, just little caught off guard, I can handle it though" she said as she finished her chips.
Searching through the room, Drew came up with a clip for Claries gun, and a bag to hold the remaining drinks and chips.
"Oh damn" Drew shouted as a metal shutter came down, blocking them from escaping. The only way out now was to go threw the door Alfred had gone through.
"Myhehehehehehe, welcome Claire and Urchin boy" came Alfred's voice.
Drew glanced up and saw the voice was coming from a loud speaker on top of the vending machine. Drew noticed that when he spoke he sounded a little flustered.
"Sup Alfred, how's your nose" Drew smiled.
"SHUT UP YOU FILTHY PEASANT HOW DARE YOU EVEN TOUGH MY BEAUTIFUL FACE, I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU WITH MY OWN HANDS" his voice roared from the monitor.
Reclaiming his cool, he then said "Consider the area you are in a special playground I have prepared just for you".
He paused before saying "Please try and keep me amused, and do not disappoint me by dying too soon, I sooooo want to enjoy thing…Myehehhehehehhe".
"Freak" Drew growled.
