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Blood ran in small rivers down Remus' face as he fired at the Chimera that decided to attach itself to his face. He couldn't get Jill or Chris' attention because they were all in a similar situation as he was. He fired again and the Chimera screamed as it fell limply to the ground. Remus turned quickly and fired at the Chimer that had Jill by the neck, choking her.

He fired, clipping one of its arms as it howled in pain. The Chimera that was attacking Chris turned sharply towards Remus and lunged just as the other Chimera did the same. They latched onto his back and his shoulder, digging their claws in as they bit into his shoulder, tearing small chucks of flesh as they tore out some of his shoulder.

Remus gritted his teeth and grabbed hold of the Chimera on his shoulder and rammed his gun into its mouth, pulling the trigger. The Chimera's head exploded into a fount of gore and blood that splattered onto Remus and the wall behind it. The other Chimera gave a screech that sounded like a demented scream in Remus' ear, deafening him. The screech was cut short as Jill fired, killing it in two shots.

Remus gave a shaky smile and nodded to Jill. "You're welcome, Will," Jill said, answering his shaky smile with a sturdier one of her own. "How far are we from the control room?" Chris asked as he reloaded his pistol.

"I believe it's only a level up. From there we should be able to get out of here no problem," Remus said as he coughed and shook his head. "You alright?" Chris asked as he laid a hand on Remus' back as Remus wheezed a hacking cough. Chris removed his hand and stared at it, it was drenched in blood.

"Will?" Chris asked a sliver of worry etching itself into his voice. "Are you alright? You're bleeding pretty badly," Chris looked around to see if the room was clear. "Take your jacket and shirt off, we have to treat the wound before you bleed out," Chris said as Remus turned his head quickly towards the slightly older man.

"What?" He asked shocked, but Remus quickly schooled his features so Chris and Jill wouldn't see the fear and shock. "You heard me; we have to treat your shoulder. What you hiding something?" Chris said jokingly. Remus felt his mouth open but it closed quickly. He was caught. They were going to see the scars and the spines hidden loosely under the bandage keeping them down.

Remus took the fur-lined jacket he wore and let it fall to the ground gently. He deftly undid the buttons of his shirt and with a sigh took it off. He heard a gasp from Jill when he knew her eyes were drawn to his thinly wrapped arm. "Well? Aren't you going to help me bandage my shoulder or gawk at me?" Remus snapped, suddenly feeling self-conscious about himself.

"Will, your-"

"I know, now hurry up and help me. It's fucking cold standing in my pants," Remus growled as he looked over his good shoulder. "Ah, yeah, right!!" Jill said as she brought out a small medical kit from her side bag.

Chris watched as Jill poured some water on the gauze and began to clean the bloody shoulder; once it was done she found a large bandage and wrapped Remus' shoulder. "Alright, you should be fine, the Chimera didn't dig in to deep, and the blood flow has stopped," Jill said as she began to pack away the bandages and gauze.

"I know, I can feel it," Remus paused and flickered his gaze to Jill and Chris. "Thank you…" He muttered and slowly knelt to get his shirt and jacket, gingerly putting them on. "Your welcome, but you have some explaining to do though," Chris said as he turned fully to the younger man.

Remus smiled dryly, "What would you like to know?"

"Who are you really? I have a feeling I know you, but I can't remember if it was by ear or I actually met you," Chris said meeting the blue-indigo eyes with his own blue. "I can't tell you here…I'll tell you when we get to the control room alright?" Remus said as he lightly rolled his shoulder. The muscles were already stitching back together and it gave him a weird scratchy sensation like sandpaper rubbing against his skin.

"Right, but can you tell us one thing?" Jill said as she stepped forward. Remus cocked his head to the side, silently telling her to ask her question. "Your…Arm, what happened to it?"

Remus paused to think. How to phrase his answer without making them gun him down?

"I was…Infected with the G-Virus, but before I was cured my left hand was staked through with an iron bar and my hand mutated, along with my arm. Shortly afterwards I was given the antidote before I could…Loose my humanity any further. But the antidote backfired and…Killed me you could say, but before I could 'die' the doctor we found injected me with another virus, to counter-act the one in me.

It…Revived me after my 'death' and I am what you see now. A…Freak," Remus' lips twisted in distaste and self-loathing.

"Umbrella Corporation employees: 937 Deceased. Two employees alive: Remus J. Birkin and Colonel Sergei Vladimir. Lock down in six-point-five hours," A woman's voice came from the speakers in the hall. "Remus Birkin? Who the h--" Chris muttered before they heard the swarm coming for them. "Damn," Chris growled as Remus and Jill lifted their guns.

The zombies lurched and stumbled around the corner just as the Crimson Heads ran at them. The battle was quick and frenzied and soon the walls and floors were splattered with blood and gore.

"It's official…" Remus growled out as he crushed a zombie's head into pulp. "What?" Jill asked turning to the young Tyrant. "I hate this job," Remus said and Chris chuckled and shook his head. He sobered up quickly and turned to the others, "Let's go. We still have one more floor to go through to reach our goal," Chris said as he motioned them forward.

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The Red Queen monitored the survivors and began to look through the other cameras, trying to find the right doors to open to help the infected leak through. They were resistant; she had to give them credit there. She began to think, should she use the T.A.L.O.S. to kill them or leave them be to die at the hands of the hordes of the undead?

She decided to wait an hour before she used her other resources to kill them. Birkin wasn't proving as big of a threat as she had first figured. She would wait. She would wait for him to either be killed by the mutants and zombies or to make him more useful to her in another way.

She began to plot a much bigger plan when she announced how many Umbrella workers had died and who survived. By what she saw and heard, Birkin did not give them his real name and Redfield and Valentine would quickly figure out that Birkin wasn't who he said he was.

Seeding the mistrust between the rag-tag group, she waited for them to turn on each other.

A/N: You have no clue how sorry I am. This chapter is so late I feel horrible making you, my readers, wait so damn long!! I've been stuck without a way to write and post and well…Sorry…But anyway here's a chapter to help ease your anger with me, hopefully. So please, read and review!!