Chapter 7: Resident Evil

The helicopter propellers roared through the air. Chris looked over the city and loved the lights the made the city illuminate with life. Chris took one last inhale of a cigarette and then he chucked it outside the helicopter. Everyone was quiet. The only sound being made was the sound of the chopper and the sound of guns being checked. Suddenly the lights were out of sight and all that was in everyone's line of vision was trees. It was warm out and the smell of the mountainous forest was very relaxing to Jill. (Good soundtrack to listen to while reading this part it called "Empty Piano" by Sebastian Larson) They were slowly approaching their destination. Jill had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. The chopper landed and they all jumped out and got in their formation. Chris took point and Wesker and the others followed slowly behind him. Joseph on the other hand saw something in the distance. He neglected to tell the others. He slowly approached with his shotgun pointing at the unknown metallic object in the distance. He saw that it was a vehicle of some sort. It was a wreck and no signs of lie come from the eerie vehicle. He saw something that was recognizable. The familiar sight of a black slide with a cut out on it shown from the front of it. The silver barrel reflected the light from his flashlight. He slowly approached the customized Beretta. He wondered who it belonged to. He knew he could tell if he got a closer look. He picked up the Beretta and there was a hand attached to it. He dropped it and jumped back and landed on his bottom. He crawled away and then regained his footing. Suddenly there was growling. He turned and faced a Doberman pinscher. Something wasn't right with it. Its eyes were bloodshot and it had missing chunks of flesh. Before he could say anything it leaped at him. The dog tore at his throat and his jugular vein. Joseph yelled in agony and Jill turned to see him being mauled by more dogs.

"Joseph!" Jill looked in horror and was frozen in fear. Then three of the dogs saw her and made a dash at her. One of the dogs jumped and was about to bite her but then *POP* the dog fell out of mid air and landed death at Jill's feet. Chris came running to her rescue. He grabbed her by the arm and ran. The two of them ran for dear life and to escape the other two. Chris turned and shot another one of them, but by the time he could see the next one it was already in the air about to take a chunk out of him. He put up his arm as an innate instinct and then *Pop, Pop*

"Come on!" Wesker yelled at the two of them. Chris nodded at him as if to say thanks and to acknowledge his orders. They heard a noise and looked towards the sky. They all looked up. Brad was leaving with the helicopter.

"HEY, BRAD! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?!" Chris yelled at the helicopter. The four remaining survivors ran through the fields. They took a few blind shots at the dogs.

"Run for that mansion." Wesker commanded at Chris, Jill, and Barry.

"They barged through the doors." Chris and Wesker slammed the doors shut. They all panted and tried to catch their breath.

"Where's Barry?" Jill asked as she looked around for their missing comrade.

"He must have gone through another entrance." Chris checked how much bullets he had left in his clip. *Pop, pop, pop* the three of them all turned around towards the dinning room.

"I'll go check it out." Chris put the magazine back in his handgun.

"Wait, I'll go with you." Jill followed behind quickly.

"Alright, I will stay here and secure the area." Wesker racked the slide on his Samurai Edge and sent them off.

"What the hell were those things?" They crept slowly through the dinning room.

"I don't know Jill. I couldn't tell you even if I tried. Just don't let your guard down they can be anywhere." Jill acknowledged Chris's advice and then Chris and Jill both had their backs against the wall and a single door in between them. Jill looked at Chris and then nodded. Jill kicked the door in and Chris went in and pointed his gun down the hall way to the right and Jill followed to the left. They heard a weird sound. It was a moist and sounded squishy. Chris and Jill approached with caution. Then they found the source of the noise. It was one of their team members. They couldn't recognize him because he was so mutilated. Then the human like being slowly turned his head. Chris and Jill backed away slowly. It slowly stumbled towards them. Chris shot at it and hit it square in the heart. It took a few steps back from the stopping power of the cartridge. Then it continued at them. Jill shot it twice and it continued coming. Chris put his arm in front of Jill and stepped in front of her. He pointed his gun at the creature's head and fired it. The human like creature took two steps back and then fell dead for good.

"Wha… what the hell was that thing. It was eating him." Jill put her hand on her head and paced back and forth. "I mean we shot him and he kept coming but he was eating a STARS member and now we…"

"Jill, calm down. Our first priority is to find Barry. We are going to report to Wesker now and tell him what we found. Ok, Jill it is fine just hang on we'll get Barry, and we will get out of here and get reinforcements." Jill just nodded and took a deep breath. The two of them went back into the dinning room. *Crack* a door on the second floor busted open. More of those things came stumbling out. Then Jill tapped Chris on the shoulder. She pointed to the other end of the dinning room. There were more of them.

"Shit, we're surrounded." Chris took aim and started firing.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Jill said loudly as she too discharged her weapon at the oncoming threats.

"Follow me" Chris got up onto the table and then started to walk down it all the way to the end of the room. He had also noticed something. They will only stay down for good if they were to be shot in the head.

"Jill, shoot them in the head. They won't get back up if you hit them in the head." Jill did as told and found that what Chris said was right. They made their way across the room quickly trying hard not to get cornered.

"Jill open the door." *Pop, Pop* Chris covered Jill as she tried to unlock the door which had mysteriously locked. *Pop, pop, pop, click, click* Chris looked into the now open chamber on his handgun and put a new magazine in it.

"We don't have time for this shit move." Chris moved Jill out of the way and went shoulder first and knocked the doors down. Jill ran through the doors and turned to cover Chris as he retreated and dragged himself across the floor on his back. Chris graveled himself away and shot at the creatures. He got on his feet and then the two of them finished off the remaining enemies.

"Chris… I remember seeing some of these people's faces. They were in the missing person's report." Chris kneeled next to one and then dropped his head in disbelief.

"Yeah, but most of them I've never seen before." Chris stood up and looked around.

"Where is Wesker?" Jill turned around and noticed he was gone as well.

"I don't know he was literally here a few minutes ago." The two of them searched the hall to see if he was in the room still. No luck with finding their missing captain.

"We have to find him and Barry now. Let's split up. You check the upstairs and I will go through the double doors here. Radio me if you fined anyone." Jill nodded and then walked up the main staircase. Gun pointed in front of her. Checking corners and keeping her wits about her. She followed protocol even under stressful situations

Chris sighed "Should we really be splitting up under these circumstances." He decided to just trust Jill would be safe and then went on his way. The corridors were surprisingly lit up. It was dead silent in the house. All Chris could hear was his heart rapidly beating.

He found himself walking next to windows stringing down the hallway. He stopped a minute and looked out and saw nothing. It was ebony black and nothing else. Suddenly one of those dogs they encountered outside jumped at Chris through the window. Chris dropped his Samurai Edge. He recovered his footing and then ran towards then end of the hallway. Suddenly it hit him. He noticed he lacked his sidearm. It was underneath the dog that growled at him and prepared to pounce on him. Chris unsheathed his knife and waited. The dog waited and then charged at Chris. Chris ran towards it as well. The dog jumped at Chris and Chris put one foot on the wall and ran along it for a few steps and then sliced the dog down the back. After his wall run he dove for his gun. He quickly grabbed it and did a chamber check before running towards the dog again. Once more the dog leaped at him but this time Chris slid underneath it and shot up through its head.

Chris turned around to see if it was dead. It didn't move or get up. He sighed and continued down the hallway.


"Hello?" Jill called out cautiously as she turned around a corner. There was a single human-like creature at the end of the hallway. It wasn't aware of her presence so she decided to go and take it out quietly with her knife. As she quietly approached him a loud crash came from her right side she was pinned against a wall by one of them. The door that he came out of was apparently weak because of the rusted door hinges. She lost her knife and couldn't reach her gun. She elbowed the one that she was going to stealthy kill as it approached her. She then brought that elbow around at the other one who pinned her to the wall. She got free and went for her knife but one of them rebounded and swung at her with his claws. She ducked and the creature's claws scratched the other one in the face. Jill grabbed his arm and threw him against the wall. She saw her advantage and did not hesitate. She did a front limber and grabbed her knife. Like clockwork she turned around and threw it at the other one and stuck him to the archaic looking walls. She took two steps backward and jumped straight up and did a mid-air split. She kicked both of their faces in. They slowly slid towards the floor but Jill remained poised and held against the wall in a split formation. She heard someone come from behind her. She hung in an upside down position and aimed her firearm at the oncoming subject. It was Chris, and Barry.

"What happened we heard a struggle?" Jill put her gun away and instantly became relieved. She put her hands down and went into the bridge position and then onto her feet.

"No I'm fine. Barry where were you?" Jill gave him a tight hug.

"I got lost in the forest and took a detour in through the side doors." Barry reassured

"Did you find anyone from bravo team?" Barry turned to Chris and shook his head.

"At this point I think we should worry about ourselves. Screw orders this is survival. We need to find a way out of here." Jill quickly butted in

"What about Wesker?" Barry suddenly twitched his hands.

"I am sure he is ok." Barry had certain uneasiness in his voice but didn't get any notice because it was understood to be stressful in a situation such as the one they were in.

"We should look for him. He is one of us." Chris suggested but Barry suddenly got belligerent.

"Why do you guys want Wesker so much? He is probably fine!" Jill stepped back at his audacity

"Hey calm down. What has gotten into you?" Barry looked at the ground and sighed.

"Nothing I am just under a lot of stress. I still think I am just in a nightmare and I will wake up." Chris stepped up and tried to hurry them up.

"We are all in shock and we still don't know what happened here. Lets face it the people we are killing are already dead. They can't possibly be alive, but we need to get moving now or we won't either." Jill and Barry nodded in agreement.

"If you guys want to find Wesker I think I heard in the library upstairs." Jill nodded and grabbed Chris by the arm.

"Chris and I will go check it out. You try to find a way out." Barry waved his hand to signal a goodbye.

"You ready?" Chris got a simple nod for a response. They slowly walked through the corridors back to back.

"Jill I know now isn't the best time to ask but… why didn't your cousin and uncle recognize you back in May?" Jill sighed a sigh of annoyance.

"I don't know maybe me not seeing them in 20 years had something to do with it."

"That doesn't make much sense." The two of them turned a corner.

"How so"

"Don't you resemble your mom?" Jill shrugged

"Yeah, but I am not a clone of her. I have some features from my dad's side as well." Made sense to Chris, and judging by Jill's tone it seemed like another question wasn't necessary.

"Can I ask you a question?" They piled up next to a door. Chris kicked the door down and Jill went in and looked around.

"What is it?" Chris could smell fresh air. He feared that if they were to go outside that more dogs would be there, but he pressed on with Jill.

"What happened to your partner when you were a cop?" Chris shook his head in confusion.

"Why are you asking me this?" Jill shrugged

"I don't know I just wanted to know." Chris huffed and then answered

"K.I.A. He wasn't a great guy to begin with so I really wasn't upset about it. I got promoted the day he died." Jill felt a knott in her stomach. She wondered if maybe it was Chris's fault that led to his old partner's death.

"How did he die?" Chris aimed up and said out aloud. "Tango" He went to fire at the creature and then turned to Jill.

"Why don't you ask him?" Jill looked down the hallway and saw a man in a suit. He had a hole in his throat with coagulated blood. He had black hair and seemed to be aiming for Jill. Without hesitation Jill put a bullet in between his eyes. He fell to the ground like a ragdoll.

"Here is another reason to prove they aren't alive." Chris walked ahead and Jill followed behind. She wanted to ask him another question but they heard screaming. They turned and ran threw the door. Jill ran into it with her shoulder. Chris then went out on the balcony and looked down. There was a man in a STARS uniform. They couldn't recognize his face. It was mutilated beyond recognition. Chris jumped down from the balcony. Jill followed and turned to see Chris looking at the ground and shaking his head as he kneeled next to the corpse.

"Jesus Christ" Jill slowly approached. She felt sick to her stomach. She saw the body spasm a little.

"Chris, Get back" Jill raised her gun. Chris looked up at and the body had stood up. It looked back at him. His eyes were a baby blue and seemed to have a white film over them. He instantly grabbed for Chris. Chris felt a hand of his collar and it tugged him back.

"Chris, it's Forest!" Jill exclaimed completely shocked out of her mind. Chris got himself up. The deceased Forest slowly stumbled towards them. Neither Jill nor Chris could put the trigger. Forest slowly turned towards Jill.

"Forest stop moving or I will shoot you." Chris couldn't get a steady aim at him. His hands were shaking too much. Jill slowly stepped backwards with tears streaming down her face. She could feel the cold breath of death drip down her neck for Forest had gotten to be right up on her (In life he would have enjoyed it).

"JILL!" Chris yelled and then a loud *BANG* permeated through the cool evening air. Jill sealed her eyes closed. A thick liquid ran down her face. It was blood but it wasn't hers. Chris slowly walked over to the now permanently dead Forest. He kneeled next to him and closed the corpse's eyes.

"I'm sorry Forest. I will miss our competitive shooting sessions." Jill continued to stand there with her gun lowered. She looked at the ground wide eyed. Chris sat there with anger in his face.

In Jill's Mind- Jill saw faces of many people who have passed in her lifetime. She saw those all flash in between her glances at real life. She heard loud and fast screams and demonic screeches and red swirled in the background and slowly turned to black. Then she saw her mom's grave. There was a little girl standing over it. That little girl wore a white dress with purple accents. It had a big purple bow on the back. The girl turned around and faced Jill eye to eye. It was her standing there saying. "Why won't you help me?" Jill Started to run towards the little girl and when she got there she picked her up in her arms and held her with her arms tight. Then there was nothing there. She looked around and saw her somewhere else. She ran for her again but she kept getting swallowed by the grey fog the inhabited the abnormally large cemetery. When she got to a grave she saw the little her standing there and crying.

"Don't let them take me." As she said that the mist instantly cleared and the headstone said "Jill Valentine" Jill got the chills instantly from the sight. All of a suddenly hands with deteriorating flesh grabbed the girl by the legs and progressed to pull her into the ground.

"NO" Jill sprinted as fast as possible, but stopped dead in her tracks. Two hands grabbed her by the arm. Rising up from the ground was her mother. The little her was know waist down in the dirt and still crying for Jill's assistance

"I'm coming hold on" Jill yelled out, but her mother's grip was too strong. Her mother had piercing red eyes that looked down into Jill's soul.

"Mom let me go. Please I have to save her." Her mother shook her head and smiled at her.

"Let me go" Jill pleaded once more. Jill's mother continued to shake her head and didn't stop. Almost as if she didn't even hear Jill.

"Get your hands off me you bitch!" Jill yelled as loud as she could with tears on her cheeks. Everything went quiet. Her mother looked at her and said.

"Don't talk to your mother that way." Her voice was unnatural. It had Jill's mother's voice in it but also the voice of a thousand deep demonic voices speaking in sync with each other. Jill froze in her place and went pale as a piece of blank paper. Jill's mom started to laugh manically. Jill cupped her head the other way as an instinct because of a too upsetting sight. Jill's head slowly moved to face her mom eye to eye.

"Dance with me you little whore." Jill's mom said before releasing a painful scream right in Jill's face (YouTube search killing floor siren scream to hear the sound. Video says how long can you stand the SIREN?). She screamed over and over again. Jill felt a snap and she screamed back at the top of her lungs.

In real time- Jill gave out a bone chilling scream and Chris fell over as Jill looked up into the sky and screamed. After running out of breath she fell to her knees and looked at the ground. She started to gag, cough, and cry.

"Oh, God" Jill continued to cry in shock of recent events and her panic attack/hallucinations. She couldn't move her body was still as ever.

In Jill's Mind- Jill's mother fell backwards. Jill slowly walked over to her grave. The little Jill Valentine was gone. Jill turned to her mother who was getting up. You are a sick twisted soul. Just because you can disguise yourself as my mom doesn't mean I won't kick your ass you demon shit." Jill picked it up by the neck and threw it through her headstone. The creature graveled at the ground and brushed off some extra stone particles.

"You wouldn't hurt your mother would you?" The voice of the creature was her mom's normal voice. It slowly crawled away from Jill.

"Aw, don't you just play my heart strings." Jill stepped on its ankle and then stomped its face into the grass.

"Who is the little whore now?" Jill spat on the remains of the creature. Suddenly everything went white.

In real time- Jill awoke still on her knees and Chris still recovering from her scream. Jill slowly stood up and breathed heavily through her nose. Her eyes were serious and had a look of death to anyone who crossed her. It wasn't Jill though. It wasn't the sweet hearted Jill who Chris knew and everyone befriended. Jill Valentine was gone. The only part of her left was her appearance. She had no fear, she had no remorse. All she had now was a new and stronger her. She wiped the blood from her face.

"Get up, we have to go" Jill gave Chris a hand and she pulled him to his feet. Chris fingered his ear to release pressure and tension that hurt him because of Jill's scream.

"Jill, what happened? Are you ok?" Chris said as he checked her to see if she maybe was hurt.

"I am alright. I just feel… different." Jill smiled and turned to the pillars the supported the balcony. Chris followed behind not to sure about Jill.

"How do we get back up there?" Jill pondered the question but luckily for Chris he was on top of things.

"Need a lift?" Chris sat on the railing with his back towards Jill. Jill looked at him and then back up for a running jump.

"Can you pull me up?" Chris chuckled at Jill's comment

"You know as well as I do." Chris hung upside down with his hands towards the ground. Jill ran and grabbed his hands. Chris flung Jill onto the balcony. He pulled himself up next.

"Where did you get up there so fast?" Chris chuckled again.

"You think Wesker is the only one who knows parkour?" Then suddenly Chris realized.

"Wait, we need to find Wesker." Jill kept walking and didn't turn back. Chris was aggravated with the lack of acknowledgment to his comment.

"We have to check out the attic first. Don't you remember what Barry said?" Jill finally responded

"Jill, Wesker is probably alive so what makes you think we should leave him behind?" Chris ran to catch up with her.

"We need to find a way out of here first. When we do then we will find him and we will all escape." Chris thought for a minute. He simply nodded and continued with Jill.

"So… what did you see?" Chris dared to ask that question.

"What do you mean?" Jill was fully aware of what he meant but wanted to double check.

"I mean that panic attack." Jill sighed

"I saw that fear wasn't a threat and that we are able to differentiate the difference between emotional distress and the need to be stronger. It is survival of the fittest Chris and I decided to become stronger. I decided to survive." The anger in Jill built to enormous amounts.

"You didn't answer my question. No one freaks out like you did unless they saw something horrifying and then recover in an instant. You aren't you anymore. Something happened." Jill wasn't about to open herself up at that point in time.

"Chris we have a mission to do. Right now I think we should split up and rendezvous in the main hall before we go to the attic." Jill stomped off

"Yes ma'am" Chris said sarcastically under his breath. He turned around and slowly headed down the hall. He knew nothing would ever be the same after this. Jill had gone through a painful yet drastic change. He knew he was slowly changing in a less serious way. When the harder part of this change does come he is afraid to see what causes it. Even if it is that bad he can not longer doubt crazy sounding claims. If the dead can rise from their graves then saying that something is impossible is an old term to explain disbelief. He, Jill, Barry, and Wesker are in a horror story that seems to be that of unending nightmares. Now all they have to do I write the ending to the story with the choices they make."

Author's note: I am sorry for not updating as soon as I wanted. Life seems to be working against me. This chapter is long over due and those who are fed up with my lack of quick updates I apologize. Also the story may not be 100% like the games because I need to add a bigger sense of drama and human behavior. I mean really how could someone go through something like that and not have Post-Traumatic Stress disorder or something. Anyway I can't promise my next update will be instantaneously but I will try to make it soon.