Author's Note: Well here it is. The end. I would like to thank everyone who read this story. A really big thanks goes out to you Prisonerksc2-303 for the reviews. Glad you liked the story (at least someone did o_o) lol. This was one of the first fanfictions I ever wrote and while it is not the first I have ever finished it is the first I have ever marked the COMPLETE button for on . So yeah...anyway on with the story...the end of the story!
Chapter Eight: Escape Attempt
Michael stepped through another black metal door that led to a long darkened hallway inside the Umbrella tower. "This place is starting to piss me off."
"Hey, Michael." Richard called out.
"What?" Michael asked without turning or facing Richard.
"Here." Richard handed him the Baretta handgun he used to help free everyone from Bernard's torture devices.
Michael glanced at Richard and then at the weapon in his hand, then took the gun and stuffed it into his pants. He walked ahead of the group trying to distance himself from them. The sight of Linn, which once brought him comfort now only increased his frustration. Not because she angered him, but because he couldn't allow himself to be comforted by her because he knew that would lead to something he could never have and dealing with that would make him loose focus on the current situation.
"He gave you his gun?" Linn asked.
"Yeah." He glanced at her then stared back down the hallway. "Why I don't know. They should know by now they can't trust me."
Linn placed her hand on Michael's shoulder. "But they do." She said soothingly. "I think they're starting to understand like I do, that you're our best hope of getting out of here alive."
"What?" Michael asked, genuinely confused.
"They're starting to look to you as a leader, Michael." Linn replied.
"What!" Michael asked again.
Linn smiled and lowered her stare from Michael's gaze for a moment then returned her eyes to his. "It doesn't matter if you don't care for anyone. You can still…do incredible things." She gently caressed his chest with her hand. "I know that…there's darkness in your heart…a powerful darkness. But that power gives you the strength to destroy the evil in this place."
Michael reached out and caressed Linn's cheek with his hand. "There's only one person in this world I care for."
Linn smiled, holding back tears. "Michael…"
"Hey!" Jacob shouted as the rest of the group caught up to Linn and Michael.
"What is it?" Linn asked.
"I just thought of something. Something Thomas told me." Jacob said.
"What?" Michael asked.
"He said that weirdo killed everyone here. No one escaped." Jacob said.
"Yeah so?" Frank folded his arms.
"So that means that if there was any kind of corporate chopper on the roof…" Jacob started.
"No one was able to escape on it!" Richard shouted.
"All's we have to do is find a staircase or an elevator and we can get out of here!" Linn giggled.
A loud siren interrupted the survivors' celebration, a loud siren followed by a female voice. "Warning, self-destruct sequence has been initiated. Two minutes remain until total annihilation." The warning continued.
"Two minutes? We're dead!" Jacob shouted.
"Yesssss!" Bernard's voice crackled over the recorded warning. "Dead! Unless all of you come down to the lowest level of the tower!"
"You are nuts. I'm not going anywhere near you ever again!" Linn shouted at the intercom.
"Maybe you aren't but I'm gonna kill that little freak!" Cynthia screamed.
Bernard's insane cackle echoed out of the intercom. "Then come and get me my dear! The elevator is just around the corner!"
"You hear that?" Richard's eyes remained glued to the end of the hallway. "Let's get out of this hell hole!"
The seven survivors all darted to the end of the hall then quickly turned the corner. They ran halfway down the next hallway then came to a sliding halt, stumbling over each other. The two large silver metal doors covering the small elevator room brought a bright glimmer of hope to a few of the survivors. Others harbored a murderous intent.
"I'm going to kill him…" Cynthia smashed the clear white button on the panel beside the elevator and the silver doors slowly slid open.
"One minute until total annihilation." The recording warned.
Jacob stared at the long line of numbered buttons on the large panel inside the elevator. "Well…up or down?"
"What kind of moronic question is that? Up you idiot!" Frank shouted.
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Frank." Linn said calmly.
"Why the hell not?" Richard reached for the top floor button.
Michael's hand shot out and firmly griped Richard's wrist. "Because we have forty seconds before this entire building explodes."
Richard lowered his head in defeat. "Yeah…I know."
Jacob swallowed hard as his finger hovered in front of the fourth basement button. "This better be the last nightmare we have to deal with."
"Don't worry." Michael pulled back the chamber on his handgun. "It will be."
Bernard Thompson stared down the seven survivors of the undead war he unleashed upon the Umbrella Corporation owned island while his hand hovered over the deactivation control for the self-destruct sequence. "All of you…everyone except for my experiment get inside the chamber!" He pointed to the large octagon shaped glass chamber next to the super computer he stood in front of.
"Ten…nine…" The recorded voice continued.
Michael turned his eyes to Linn who was gazing up at him. "I won't let anything happen to you."
Linn smiled as the fear behind her eyes slowly vanished. "I know."
"Five…four…three…two…self-destruct sequence deactivated." The recording shut down along with the entire self-destruct sequence.
A large titanium door slammed shut, trapping six of the human survivors inside the chamber. Michael stood ten feet away from Bernard and the chamber, glaring a hole through the insane scientist. Linn stared out at the two with her hands pressed against the glass structure. Michael began walking towards Bernard. He managed three steps forward before Bernard's hand shot out over the self-destruct activation switch.
"That's far enough!" Bernard hissed.
"Look shit head, I don't know what the fuck it is you want from me but…" Michael started.
"Results you wretched little bastard!" Bernard growled.
"Well you would know, dad." Michael shot back.
Another amused cackle escaped Bernard. "If only I could have had the honor. But yes even though I wasn't the donor I suppose I am the closest thing you would have to…"
"Yo I was being sarcastic you fucking retard. Now get the hell on with this shit so I can kill you and leave!" Michael snapped.
Bernard's hand formed a fist and that fist violently slammed onto a large golden button located on the top left side of his super computer. "I realize now that there is only one way to get what I want. I will find out the secret of your DNA. Even if you have to be dead while I do it. I'll take your corpse and preserve it with chemicals and then slash and rip everything I need out of you!" Again a section of the steel floor slid back. This time however a large oval shaped capsule resting in a metal casing that wrapped around its bottom half. "Meet my latest creation!" Bernard gave the creature inside a toothy grin.
Inside the capsule a tall oversized man floated in suspended animation. His arms were folded and his muscles were three times the size of an expert body builder. His hair had deteriorated considerably and lost most of its color. Long white strands of hair lashed out slowly in all directions over his forehead. Even though they were closed, the unnatural form of his eyes could bee seen through the tank. The top half of his nose that harbored three nostrils was an unnatural connection between his eyes. His unclenched hands pressing against his chest harbored four-inch steel cutting claws.
Through all of these deformities, Linn could still recognized the man floating inside the tank. "It…it can't be…Todd?"
"Yes child…yet another lowlife who tried to overthrow the corporation and failed miserably." Bernard cackled.
"Wha…what did you do to him you monster?" Linn shouted.
"My dear do you not see the creature floating around in that tank and yet you still call me the monster?" Bernard grinned.
"Mutha fucka I don't know what your damn problem is, but I'm gonna fucking kill you!" Michael shouted.
Bernard snarled as the glass portion of the capsule lowered into the metal platform and the creature that was once Todd Richards landed on the metal with a wet thud. Slow deep breaths flowed in and out of the monster until suddenly its eyes shot open and immediately centered on Michael.
"Die!" Bernard hissed.
Todd flashed a set of two-inch long fangs as he let out an ear-piercing roar causing everyone except Michael and Bernard to fall to their knees and or cover their ears.
"O…k." Michael raised his clenched fists and took a defensive stance.
"Hey!" Thomas shouted from inside the chamber. "Are you insane? That dude is twelve fucking feet tall and there aren't any gas cans or wrecking ball machines down here!"
"Michael!" Linn screamed. "That's…he helped me escape the prison! We have to try and help him!" She knew there was no possible way to help Todd but hoped someone would think of something instead of call her crazy.
"Are you crazy?" Cynthia snapped. "Whatever that thing is, it isn't Todd anymore!"
"Kill it and get us out of here!" Richard shouted.
"And just how the fuck, am I supposed to do that!" Michael shot back.
"Well you're the super human!" Jacob screamed.
Michael glanced down at the floor for a moment. "I'm gettin' sick and tired of this shit…" Why can't I just fucking die already…why can't she be safe all fucking ready so I can die god damnit! "Oh shit!" Michael's body lowered to the floor, nearly dodging Todd's claws. He planted his hand firmly on the floor then pulled his body to the side while extending his leg. A loud crack echoed inside the lab followed by a loud scream from Michael.
"Oh my…" Cynthia covered her mouth with her hands.
"Oh no…" Linn whispered.
Bernard's loud laugh rang in everyone's ears. "That's right! I knew that a situation might arise where I would need to terminate my most prized creation. I made sure that this lump of muscle here would be able to withstand the force of Michael's strength!"
Michael rolled from the left to the right favoring his wounded leg. "Mutha…" He gazed up at the monster towering over him and at the claws slashing down towards him. "Damnit…"
Linn froze at the disturbing moist sound of human flesh being penetrated by animal like claws. "…" NO! She heard the word in her mind but nothing came out of her mouth.
"Michael…god damnit!" Thomas shouted.
"No! You have to get us out of here! I have to kill him!" Cynthia pounded on the glass chamber.
Michael found himself suspended in the air with three of Todd's five claws piercing through his body and out the other side. "Fucking…prick." Blood poured out from his mouth onto the floor.
Todd flung his hand to the side, tossing Michael into the glass chamber. A horrified expression overtook Linn's face as a large stream of blood splattered out from Michael's wounds as he slid down the glass onto the floor. Todd breathed deeply as his eyes slowly centered on Michael's dying body. Suddenly the chamber door slid open and everyone inside the small prison scattered out around the laboratory basement.
Bernard cackled silently with his hand over the chamber door control. "That's right guinea pigs…run."
Linn trembled as Todd stomped past her then fell to her knees beside Michael who was sitting up against the glass chamber wall. "Michael…" She wanted to comfort him, her hands hovered over his wounds but she dare not touch them. "I…I don't know what to do."
A weak chuckle escaped the dying teenager. "You could…" A mouthful of blood rushed up from his throat. "You could make a break for the elevator."
Linn smiled as tears rolled down her cheeks. "I don't know how to fly a helicopter."
"Ah…nothin' to it. Just pull back on the stick and off you go." Michael struggled to breath.
"Don't tell me you've flown a helicopter too…" Linn forced herself to giggle so she wouldn't break down crying.
Michael pulled in another blood gurgled breath. "Well yeah…in several video games."
Linn couldn't stop herself from laughing. "Michael…you can't…you can't die."
"Linn…do you still have it?" Michael wheezed.
"What…?" Linn sniffled.
"You took all of those fucking tube things from the counter back in the factory." Michael coughed.
"Yes…the G-Virus." Linn replied.
"The purple one…that's one of the G-virus cures isn't it?" Michael stared at Linn's pocket.
"Michael…no…" Linn finally realized what Michael was thinking.
"I can't think of any other way I can get you out of here." Michael began struggling to keep his eyes open.
"No…there…there has to be another way!" Linn burst into tears.
"No! No! NO!" Richard shouted while frantically looking from the left to right as Todd towered over him. He was trapped near the far left corner of the lab between several incubation chambers and computers. "No…" His voice was strained after Todd wrapped his oversized hand around his neck.
Todd snarled as he stared a hole through Richard. His left hand held the helpless man up by the throat while his right hand pulled back. Linn turned her head and closed her eyes as another unnatural moist skin slashing sound echoed throughout the lab. The top half of Richard's body from the beginning of his shoulders remained held up in the air while the rest of his corpse hit the floor with a moist thud. Gallons of blood gushed out from the bottom half of his body and a terrified expression remained glued to his face even after Todd released him and his head slammed onto the floor.
"Linn…" Michael gazed up at Linn.
"Michael…" Linn gazed down at Michael.
"It's the only way."
Linn sniffled and slowly reached into her pocket. "Michael I…"
"Linn…" Michael breathed deeply. "I know that…you could never love me…"
"Michael I…!" Linn started.
"But I can at least make sure you can be with the dude who does make you happy." Michael's eyes closed and this time he couldn't open them.
"Michael…I…I don't want you to be unhappy…" Linn caressed Michael's cheek. She held the vial over his chest. After a few moments of hesitation she rammed the vial into his chest and pressed the button, releasing the G-Virus antidote into his bloodstream. "There's so much…you don't know…" Linn gasped as a large shadow enveloped her and Michael.
A second before Todd's massive claws slashed through Linn, Michael's fingers sunk deep into the bottom half of Todd's large forearm. Todd's arm shook violently as he tried without success to free himself from Michael's grip. Linn's eyes widened as the muscles beneath Michael's skin began to pulsate. Michael's eyes remained closed as his entire body began to shake. Suddenly Todd found the strength to fling Michael across the room. Michael's body twirled under his control and his right foot planted firmly against the back wall. His eyelids shot open, revealing two black pupils surrounded by bright yellow eyes. He launched himself off of the wall towards Todd. Michael covered the distance between himself and Todd in less than three seconds then planted his foot firmly onto the reporter turned mutant's face.
Todd's body spun to the side and flew across the room, crashing into one of the many super computers scattered across the room. Linn gazed up into Michael's eyes as tears streamed down her cheeks. Michael stepped closer to her and snarled as his mutated vision saw a warm live human trembling below him.
"Hey get away from her!" Thomas grabbed Michael's shoulder.
Michael's head snapped to the side and his eyes glared a hole through the human standing next to him.
"Michael…! No!" Linn gasped.
The back of Michael's clenched right fist slammed into Thomas's left jaw, sending him flying into the far right wall of the laboratory. Michael's murderous gaze returned to Linn, who still trembled on the floor below him. He slowly knelt down snarling. Just before he could act on his viral hunger, Todd's enormous form reflected off of the prison chamber and Michael lowered his head, avoiding a fate similar to Richard's then turned, slamming his fist into Todd's gut. Another hard punch and well-placed roundhouse kick caused Todd to stumble onto his back. Michael growled and quickly stepped over to the mutated giant as the monster rose to its feet. Michael pulled back his fist and growled loudly, punching Todd's stomach so hard his hand ripped through Todd's skin and out the other end.
Linn smiled as she watched Michael forcibly pull his fist back from Todd's gut.
Bernard casually paced from back and forth in front of his computer with an evil frown covering his face.
Michael took a step back, expecting Todd to fall over. Instead the colossal undead human regained his balance and growled at the mutated teenager in front of him as the large hole in his stomach quickly healed.
"No…" Linn shook her head in disbelief.
"Hey!" Jacob's voice rang in Linn's ears.
Linn turned her head to the young man standing over Thomas's near unconscious form. "Jacob?"
"We gotta get out of here!" Jacob shouted.
The entire time the survivors were trapped inside the laboratory, Cynthia had been glaring a burning hole through Bernard. A loud thud rang in her ears but her stare remained pinned to the mad scientist. Then, a loud clank captured all of her attention. Michael's body hit the floor hard and he slid a few feet towards Cynthia. The mutant teen sprang to his feet and charged the mutant giant, growling furiously. It wasn't the deadly fight that had pulled Cynthia's vengeful attention from Bernard. The handgun Richard gave to Michael lay only a few feet from Cynthia. Her eyes focused on the weapon and nothing else.
Todd lowered his hand and launched his claws in an upward motion towards Michael's gut. The giant monster snarled angrily as Michael grabbed his claws and held his arm in place. Before Todd could free himself, Michael's body began convulsing again, his bones cracked and his muscles reshaped, growing larger by the second. Linn's gaze rose as Michael's shadow grew until it engulfed her entire body. Michael's yellow eyes slowly rose as his transformation neared completion. His teeth sharpened, growing into long fangs. His fingernails also grew to within an inch of the size of Todd's claws. The two viral beasts both leapt back and readied themselves for an attack. They darted across the room towards each other roaring loudly then slammed their chests into each other. They slashed at each other, both of their arms slamming into the other. As they moved their feet stomped onto the floor shaking the entire laboratory.
Bernard's evil grin returned as he watched his two creations fight. He barely noticed the slender female creeping up behind him. The barrel of the black Baretta Cynthia carried centered on the side of Bernard's forehead. Bernard's eyes twitched at the sound of the gun's hammer clicking back.
"You…you murdered my sister." Cynthia's emotions were near their breaking point.
Bernard slowly turned his insane gaze to Cynthia. "And just what you going to do about it?"
Linn turned her stare from the battle between the viral monsters at the loud bang from a nine-millimeter Berreta. She watched as skull and brain fragments beneath Bernard's skin splattered onto his supercomputer and the cold steel floor. Cynthia's heavy breathing quickened as she lowered the gun over Bernard's corpse and put three more bullets into his lifeless body. She then turned to the two monsters slashing deep wounds into each other. She raised the handgun and fired four of the last five bullets inside the fifteen round clip. One of the bullets ripped through Todd's left eye, briefly stunning the beast. Michael rammed all five of the claws on his right hand into Todd's gut then spun around, tossing him across the laboratory. Linn covered her head and lowered her body down to the side as Todd's body shot past her and slammed hard into the prison chamber. She gazed up at Cynthia with hope glistening behind her eyes.
"Cynthia! The button!" Linn shouted.
Cynthia let out another deep breath and her eyes centered on the chamber controls. Todd slammed his massive hands against the steel door of the chamber roaring angrily. Cynthia turned and what she saw widened her eyes.
"Linn!" Cynthia screamed.
Linn slowly gazed up at Michael, who's mutated form towered over her. "Michael…"
"Cynthia! Shoot him!" Frank ordered.
"No!" Linn shouted. She slowly stood to her feet never removing her gaze from Michael's gaze. "Michael…it's ok." Her lips formed a warm smile. "You saved me…you protected me."
Todd's left eye twitched as he continued to slam his body against the chamber. "L…lll…Liiinnnn!"
Linn ignored Todd's calls. She knew there was nothing anyone could do for him but she couldn't give up hope on Michael. Something inside her wouldn't allow it. "After all of that…you must have burned off almost all of the G-virus. Your immune system has to…"
Linn gagged as Michael's clawed hand wrapped tightly around her throat, lifting her into the air and slamming her back against the glass chamber. "No Michael…!" She gasped for breath. "You have to fight it…you have to remember…it's me…Linn."
"L…Linn…" Michael's voice was monstrously distorted.
"Yes. It's Linn." She tried her best to smile.
"Protect…Linn…" Michael's hand opened, and Linn slid down the chamber to the floor. Michael's body began to convulse again. Blood and vomit erupted from his throat out of his mouth and his muscles began to reshape. His bones cracked and he stumbled back, hitting the steel floor with a loud thud.
Linn slowly stood to her feet and walked over to Michael then knelt down beside him as his large mutated body cracked and shrank back to its original form. Her hand gently caressed his cheek as tears streamed down her face and her lips formed a warm smile. "My hero…"
Michael gasped while coughing up another spew of blood. "It's…it's about time."
Linn giggled as she lifted Michael's head onto her knees and held him close. "Well you defeat so many mutant monsters and a girl's bound to be impressed at some point." She tried her best to ignore the wounds Michael's battle with Todd left on him. She lowered him back to the floor. "Wait here for a minute ok?" She walked over to the super computer where Bernard's corpse lay motionless. She scanned the small tables and counters behind the computer and her eyes lit up as she saw several chemicals in small vials. "Blue for the virus, green for the anti-virus…and that's it!" She grabbed the vial with a clear chemical inside of it. "The R-Virus has got to be clear!"
"The what?" Cynthia asked while watching Linn dart past her.
"Hey! Linn are you out of your mind?" Jacob shouted. "Putting viruses in Michael so far has not brought about anything good!"
"Thomas!" Linn ignored Jacob and tossed the anti-virus to Thomas.
"Yes!" Thomas shouted.
Linn knelt beside Michael again. "Michael…I'm not gonna let you die."
"Linn…" Michael said weakly.
"Yes…?" Linn caressed Michael's forehead.
"What is with you and sticking me with viruses?" Michael tried to laugh but coughed instead.
Linn giggled then sniffled. "You're gonna be ok…I don't know how but I just know you're going to be ok!"
"Cool…I'm done arguing with you…no point. Whatever Linn wants, Linn gets." Michael smirked.
Linn pressed the vial against Michael's chest and injected him with the R-Virus. "Please work…please…please.""
Michael's body began convulsing again and Linn held on to him tightly. Suddenly Michael's body went limp and he lost consciousness. Five minutes of uneasy silence passed before finally, Michael's wounds began to heal before the survivors' eyes. Linn smiled adorably until Michael's eyes shot open. She gasped in horror at the sight of the ghostly white milky eyes of an undead cannibal.
"Linn1 Get away from him!" Thomas shouted.
"No!" Linn screamed. She gasped again, this time in shock as Michael's eyes shined bright yellow again, then purple, then a soulless black. Linn kept caressing Michael's forehead until the blackness in his eyes faded and his dark brown pupils returned.
"Linn…what's happening to me?" Michael's struggled breathing eased.
"You're getting better. Turning back to normal." Linn replied.
"No…something's different." Michael's eyes kept glancing from the left to right.
"What?" Linn wondered.
"I don't know…I…" Michael started.
"Warning self-destruct sequence has been initiated…." The recording began then was interrupted by Bernard's insane cackling. "Quiet wench! Those who have taken my life should know that I will in turn take theirs!"
"What…the…fuck?" Michael, Thomas, and Jacob all said in unison.
"That's right! My life was the most valuable here on Umbrella Isle! I programmed the self-destruct sequence to activate if anything should stop my precious black heart from beating!" A recording of Bernard's voice played over the intercom.
"Oh no…" Linn gazed up at the intercom.
"Of course I am a biochemist and engineer so my work may lead me into the depths of the undead. So I've chosen to give myself a five-minute lifeline…in hopes that whatever experiment I may be working on does not result in my prolonged flat line. So maybe…you can…"
A loud bang echoed inside the laboratory and a gold bullet ripped through the intercom, silencing Bernard's antagonizing voice. "Die…" The gun clicked as its last bullet casing flung from its chamber.
Michael rose to his feet as bright red lights flashed inside the laboratory. "It's gonna be hard getting out of here without a gun."
Another nine-millimeter Berreta shined in Thomas's hand under the red light. "I took it off the harbor floor. It fell out of your pants when you were on that table."
"You had a gun all this time?" Michael asked.
"Yeah." Thomas replied.
"Well give it here." Michael reached out.
Thomas handed Michael the gun and the six survivors dashed across the laboratory floor towards the elevator and crowded inside. As the elevator neared the top floor a violent rumble shook the large machine and all of the humans inside of it.
"Oh my god we're too late!" Frank shouted.
No fires consumed the startled humans.
Michael gave Frank a sarcastic glance. "…Pussy."
The elevator doors opened on the top floor to a small group of undead employees.
"Shit!" Jacob shouted.
Michael stepped out of the elevator into the group of virus infected humans. His fist ripped through the gut of the nearest undead man but the zombie's gut reformed and healed almost immediately after Michael removed his fist. "Hmmm…alright then." He reached into the wall and pulled out a live wire from the circuitry then wrapped it around the undead man's neck. Michael kicked the man into the group of R-Virus infected zombies and watched as they all went up in electrical flames. His eyes turned to the group of stunned humans inside the elevator. "Let's go."
"Run, run." Bernard's insane laugh echoed through the intercoms scattered throughout the ceiling of building. "Run my guinea pigs! Run!"
The roof of Umbrella Headquarters harbored an assortment of zombies, each infected by one of the three viruses. They wandered aimlessly around an advanced imitation of a Blackhawk helicopter.
"It may interest you, whoever you may be to know that it doesn't matter if you escape Umbrella Headquarters…This isn't just some corporation imposed failsafe explosive. The entire island has been wired with nuclear warheads! The chain will start here and spread throughout the island destroying everything!" Another insane cackle erupted from the intercoms.
"Let's go! Come on!" Thomas shouted.
Everyone crowded into the Blackhawk and Frank sat down in the pilot's seat. Michael raised his gun and centered its barrel on the head of an undead woman shuffling towards the chopper.
"Hey wait!" Thomas shouted.
"What!" Michael asked.
"There's only one bullet left in it." Thomas warned.
"Shit!" Michael shot his leg forward taking the zombie's head off then turned facing the pilot's seat. "Let's get this thing in the air!"
The chopper propellers began to spin while the survivors gazed out at an enormous crowd of undead civilians, scientists, and Umbrella employees. The zombies pushed and shoved their way out of the Umbrella Headquarters front entrance and scattered out into the streets of the island. Linn found herself in the back right corner of the chopper with Michael sitting close to her. The rest of the survivors were near the pilot's seat waiting for Frank to get the chopper off of the ground.
"Come on god damnit! You don't know how to fly a chopper do you? Don't jump into a pilot's seat of a helicopter if you don't know how to fly it!" Jacob screamed.
"Will you shut the hell up?" Frank shouted. "All choppers are the same…once you get them started anyway. After that it's easy. And I've already gotten it started so just shut up and wait for the thing to power up!"
"Michael…" Linn said quietly.
Michael turned to Linn. "What's up?"
"Well…we might not survive this…even if Frank can get the chopper flying." Linn's eyes harbored everything she wanted to say. She just hoped that she could get a chance to say it.
"Yo…we're gonna get out of here. Everyone's gonna go back to their lives and all that good shit." Michael assured her.
"My life…" Linn whispered then gazed up into Michael's eyes. "You've become such a big part of it."
"What?" Michael wondered.
Linn took in a deep breath. "I know that…you don't think I feel anything for you but that isn't true."
Michael's breath left him and was replaced with confusion, fear, and anticipation. "Well…I…"
A restrained laugh from Linn silenced the young man. "You know I saw this movie once where this lady said that relationships built on extreme situations never work…"
"Re…relationship?" Michael couldn't form any words of his own.
Linn placed her hand on Michael's cheek. "But…" She took in another deep breath. "You've known nothing but pain and loneliness your whole life. I want…I want to take your pain away."
"Linn stop." Michael turned his head away. "I just want to make sure you get out of here alive. So you can be happy with…whoever it is makes you happy."
"You make me happy…" Linn's voice was calm and soothing.
Michael gazed into Linn's eyes with tears building up behind his own eyes. That one sentence Linn had just said to him took an immense weight off of his heart. He instantly knew that now, if he wanted, he could hold her and touch her. He could even kiss her if he wanted and instead of an awkward uncomfortable feeling, she would feel happy. Michael and Linn leaned closer to each other as the chopper finally lifted off the Umbrella Headquarters rooftop. Two seconds before they could kiss, a violent rumbling shook the chopper. Michael and Linn both turned their stares to the open sliding doorway and what they saw brought shock to their eyes.
"Oh you have got to be shitting me." Michael frowned.
Todd's claws were buried deep into the floor of the chopper and his immense weight began to pull the vehicle down towards the roof of Umbrella Headquarters. "Liiiinnnnnnn…." His right hand shot forward towards the frightened young woman.
Michael's fingers dug deep into Todd's forearm and held it still in place. "Keep your messed up hands away from my woman!" Michael ripped Todd's arm off and in the middle of the monster's loud shrieks, centered the barrel of his gun on the mutants forehead. "Report this." The gunshot rang out even louder than the whirling chopper blades of the helicopter.
The chopper lowered in front of Umbrella Headquarters as Todd's monstrous form crashed through the roof and was consumed by the nuclear fires from the corporation's warheads. One by one, the windows of the building began to melt and shatter as a bright orange light shined behind them. Thirty seconds later the Blackhawk shot through the air as the Umbrella skyscraper exploded and a nuclear hellfire lashed out in every direction. Every few seconds another earth shaking explosion erupted behind the chopper as it sped towards the ocean. Three minutes into the chase the chopper was consumed by the flames with the rest of the island.
Black smoke covered a forty-mile radius that was once Umbrella Isle. Thousands of splashing sounds echoed from within the smoke until every piece of the island sank beneath the ocean. Silence engulfed the area for a handful of moments until suddenly a small section of the wall of smoke was slashed to pieces by the blades of the Blackhawk chopper.
"You know Linn…" Michael said after he put his arm around the beautiful girl sitting next to him.
"Yes Michael?" Linn asked while staring out at the rising sun.
"I was thinkin'…how are we supposed to uh…you know I mean when we get to that point." Michael stammered.
Linn giggled. "Um…like everyone else?"
"Yeah but I mean I got two viruses rollin' around in my DNA. If we…I could…" Michael explained.
Linn turned Michael's face to her own and kissed him deeply. "It's ok sweetie." She smiled. "We'll figure something out."
Michael smiled then laughed and watched the sunrise with his new girlfriend.
The End.
