"I'm missing you already." - Alice, Resident Evil

CHAPTER NINE

I opened the tank hatch and crawled out. Goodman laughed. "All too easy! Where are your other two friends?"

I climbed down and was seized by 4 guards immediately. I looked at Goodman. "They're dead. Your men managed to kill them." He laughed again and pulled Blazer back and shoved him to 4 more guards. "Take them both to the prison! I will be in momentarily to question the newest prisoner."

The guards rammed their rifles into my back and shoved me forward. As we passed Goodman, I looked up at him - and kicked him in the knee. "Ahhhh!" he yelped, stepping back. Then he smiled. "This one will need extra discipline." He turned and walked over to a large man who wore a security suit. The guards took both Blazer and I into the building and led us to the jail cells. I glanced over at Blazer. "Hey, Man. How are the others?"

He looked around at the guards and then at me. "They're fine, though Luke took a beating when they interrogated him."

"Gre-"

"Shut up!" A guard yelled, shoving me and Blazer. We stopped in front of a cell and Kate and Susan were inside. They opened it and shoved us inside. I turned around as they closed the door and sighed. Kate looked at me. "I thought you were superman… how'd you get caught?"

I shook my head. "Very funny Smartass." I sat down on the floor. Susan looked at us. "So are we going to die in here?"

I laughed. "No."

"How do you know?"

"Cause."

"Cause why?"

"Cause I said so!"

"Oh."

I sighed. "Dan and Rebecca are still outside. In the tank."

Kate's eyes went wide. "You… got the tank."

I smiled. "Yea. It as easy."

She nodded. "Sure, Superman."

I rolled my eyes. Suddenly the doors opened down the hall and there was scuffing feet. "Come on damn you! Stand up and walk!" Two guards came into view, carrying Luke… or Dragging him. "I leaped to my feet. They opened the door and threw him into the cell, face first. Blazer and I caught him by the arms and set him down gently. His face was all bloody and his shirt was ripped. "Jesus…"

Luke sucked in a breath. "They wanted to know who we are… and…" He took another breath and spit up blood. "…and where we are going…"

Susan knelt down beside him, a few tears rolling down her cheeks. Suddenly there was an explosion, then gunfire. The door at the end of the hall opened and guards started running past. Suddenly bullets shot into one of the guards. The others turned and fire back, only to be shot down as well. Blazer walked over to the edge of the cell and reached out through the bars and snatched the keys from the guard's body. I touched Luke's shoulder as he laid on the floor. "Can you walk?"

He shrugged the best he could and slowly sat up. "Sure… But I get to shoot Goodman."

"Deal. Let's go." Susan and I helped him to his feet and Blazer opened the door. Dan and Rebecca came running down the hall, firing behind them. "Come on!" Dan yelled, tossing Blazer and rifle. Rebecca handed me a Pistol. Gunfire shot down the hall. I put Luke's Arm around my neck and he hopped as we moved forward. "Go."

I raised my free hand and fired off my pistol at the guards and we moved towards them. They returned fired from cover, and completely missed us. "Nice shot Dip-shits! My grand mother can shoot better then that?!" Luke yelled, coughing, firing his own gun.

Blazer ran ahead, with Kate and Dan and fired at the guards, killing them. Suddenly gunfire opened up behind us. "Fuck!" I scrambled forward with Luke, as quickly as possible, and ducked through the doorway. I rested Luke against the wall, and Susan was right beside us. Blazer, Kate, Dan, and Rebecca fired back as they came through the doorway behind us.

Kate slammed the door and grabbed a nearby Table and shoved it in front of the door, jamming it shut. "Great." Luke was breathing heavily as he chuckled. "Way to show em Katelynn."

I ran over to the window and glanced out. The few remaining guards had surrounded the front of the building. So had Goodman. He held a speakerphone. "Come out And we will make it as painful as possible!"

I rolled my eyes and opened the window. "Why don't you come kiss my white American ass you stupid bitch!"

Blazer looked at me. "You do know that he's a man right?"

"It makes the insult even worse Bastard." I closed the window. I walked over and took Rebecca's hunting rifle. "Never really sniped at something, Cept on Games. I rock on RepCom."

She rolled her eyes. I shrugged and walked over to the window and opened it slightly and got on my knees and took aim at the first of 7 guards. The door behind us began to rattle. They were trying to get through. "Hang on…" I said, focusing on keeping the scope steady.

BANG!

I switched aim the next one quickly as they began to run for cover. "Shit." I muttered. They were moving. I was never good with Moving targets. BANG! BANG! "Damn!" The door suddenly cracked in the middle of the door. "Matt…" Susan muttered. "Hurry up."

"We'll be fine…"

One guard peeked out from his cover. BANG! "5 More…"

Suddenly an axe punched through the door. Rebecca let out a scream. A gun went off behind me. BANG! BANG! Another guard went down. I heard a struggle behind me. I closed my eyes and focused on the next guard. BANG! "3 more…"

Something crashed into the wall behind me. I took a breath and aimed again. BANG! BANG! "Two in one!" I muttered. I scanned the scene for the last one - Goodman. He was gone. "God damn it all." I stood up and looked at the two guards dead on the floor. "Come on." I said, helping Luke to his feet. Susan opened the door and Blazer and Kate ran out to check out the scene. "Clear!" Blazer yelled. We ran through. Kate had already gotten into a car. "Some dumb ass left the keys." She said, grinning. "Great for them!" I muttered, helping Luke into the car. Everyone piled into it. I closed the door after Susan and Rebecca had gotten in. Kate looked at me. "Get in."

I looked at her and shook my head. "Go on ahead. I'll get another car. There's no room for everyone in this one." Kate shook her head. "No… Blazer can move over…"

I opened my mouth to argue, when suddenly a gunshot bounced off the side of the car next to me. I slammed my fist on the hood. "GO!" I screamed, running for cover. Another shot destroyed the back windows, barely missing Luke and Susan. Kate hit the gas and the car took off. I watched as it went out of sight over the hill.

Time to finish this. I peered around the corner, and a shot hit the ground in front of me. I ducked back and took a breath. I peered out again. Another shot, this time barely missing my head. I reached around to my side for my pistol. But all I grabbed was the holster. What…

I looked down and saw that it was empty. I was in an almost abandoned town, with a mad man, my friends down the road somewhere, and I was completely unarmed. "Fierfek." I muttered. There was no way I was going to die. Not until I got to Kristy. After that… Then another thought hit me and I grinned. It was a rather odd thought, but… then again, I was odd myself, so who cares? WWSD. What would Sydney do? I asked myself, thinking of Sydney Bristow from Alias.

I looked around at where I was. It was the corner of the prison building, with an old truck to my left, and a sidewalk leading to the back of the building. There was a pipe, probably for the gutters, leading up the corner of the building to the roof. "Shut the fuck up." I muttered to myself, laughing at the crazy idea I just had.

I walked over and started to climb the pipe. As I reached the roof, Goodman began to open fire on me. I quickly scrambled up and over and ducked behind an A/C unit. I took another breath. "OK. OK." I muttered, calming myself. My heart was beating wildly, my ears were ringing, and my mind was spinning. I looked out and a shot bounced off the A/C Unit. Then there was another shot. Then it sounded like an exchange of gunfire. I looked out again. Nothing moved. I got up slowly and ran to the edge of the roof. Luke was down below, assault rifle in his hands. "The deal was, I get to shoot him!" He yelled up to me. I stared at him, in shock, then slowly laughed. "Your crazy man! Get to some cover, I'm coming down." Luke nodded, and got behind the old truck. I turned and ran for the roof exit.

(-)

"He's up there… somewhere." Luke said. I nodded. "I know. Where are the others?"

"Their fine. Their waiting up the road a few miles for us."

"Ok."

"Let's go."

Luke started forward towards the building with 2 stories, a motel from the looks of it. Then the grenade fell in front of us. "Mother-" Luke shoved me to the side and leaped as it exploded. We got up and I took off running for the front doors. "Matt! Wait!" I ignored him and burst through the doors - And was thrown to the ground by a punch to the face. I groaned in pain as Goodman walked over and smiled, as he withdrew a pistol. "You know… I never thought that a bunch of kids would give me a run for my money."

I moaned and sat up. "Number one…" I started, standing up. "We're not kids." I looked at him in the eye. "And number two, you are not worth a penny." Then I tackled him. We fell to the floor with an "Ahhhh!" I wrestled with him and he shoved to the ground again and stood and ran up the stairs. I stood up and ran after him. "Come back here you sorry son of a bitch!" I reached the top of the stairs. It was along hall, that ended at a large windowed room. I slowly walked into the room and before I could duck, I found a fist hit the back of my head. I stumbled forward and fell to the floor.

Goodman walked forward and laughed. "Fool!" He picked me up and looked me in the face. "I'm going to enjoy this!" He fired a shot, shattering the windows all in one and then shoved me towards them hard. I flew backwards, and was in the air. My hands were flying, looking for something to grab. Then I found it. The ledge. I was two stories high in the sky. Goodman walked over and picked his foot up. BANG. BANG. He fell over me and out the window. Then a hand grabbed mine and pulled me up to safety. Luke looked at me.

"I told you to wait for me." I looked over the edge at Goodman, who was unmoving, a blood pool under him. "Next time, I'll try."