Resident Evil: Reuniting with the Past

Chapter 9 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.

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Chapter 9: Last Minute Trap

The group continued down the stairs; however Jason seemed slightly subdued. Finally they stopped as they reached the bottom and Lisa turned to him.

"Jason, what's wrong?" She asked, "You're acting...kinda weird."

He sighed and looked at the others before finally explaining. "I'm worried; this is just way too easy. Every time there's been an outbreak, there's always been something waiting to cause us to lose hope, usually just before we escape."

The others paused at that, apart from David and Rosemarie, the others knew exactly what he meant. Finally however Jason continued speaking.

"I don't know but, I feel, different now, after that...fit I took." He explained. "It almost feels like I'm...stronger, I can hear things even better than before, see things better...I can sense the T-Virus signatures a lot more clearly...That's how I know."

There was a pause before Jacob, fearfully, asked. "Know what?"

Jason looked up at them, his face a stony mask.

"That Nemesis isn't dead and that he's nearby."

There was a collective gasp from the others at that and they looked around. Finally, a lot more cautious than before, they readied their weapons and all approached the door that would lead out to the ground floor.

"We'll have to work our way through some offices, but then we'll be in the lobby." Rose explained.

Jason closed his eyes and concentrated; he then opened them again and warned the others. "B.O.W.s, on the other side, get ready."

They nodded and took aim as Jason kicked the door open and they entered the room.

Waiting for them was a pack of zombies, they opened fire, taking down several before their presence was even noted. The remaining zombies shambled towards them but were swiftly shot down. Having emptied their clips the group reloaded and advanced, heading for the first office they would have to go through. They opened the door and found a wave of zombies waiting for them. They quickly opened fire on them, those that got to close either met Tim's sword, or Jason's martial arts. Once they had taken them down they hurried into the next office and found that, instead of zombies, Crimson Head's were waiting for them. At the same time, out of all the zombies they just felled, several of them rose as Crimson Heads. They quickly assumed a formation that kept all enemies in sight and began to fire. There were several close calls but luckily they were able to kill them all.

"Two more B.O.W.s through the next door." Jason informed them; "There are five more on the other side of the floor, we shouldn't have to worry about them."

"Any more than that?" Cashmere asked cautiously.

Jason nodded and replied. "Below us, in the basement levels. Twenty on the floor directly below us, one below that and three below that."

Jacob groaned, "So there's thirty-one left." David shook his head.

"Thirty-two, don't forget Nemesis."

The others nodded and prepared for the duo through the next door. The duo turned out to be two Hunters; Jason used his shotguns to blast them down and they darted through the room. Before they escaped one recovered and caught Sappira's leg, Tim killed it with a sword to the skull and they broke free and made it into the lobby.

They saw the doors which led to the exit, but standing there, blocking their way and armed with a handgun, was Jack. He smirked when he saw them.

"Well, look who it is." He remarked, "Our little friends who fight Umbrella. Oh, the boss lady's here two and you David."

David glared at him. "Have you completely lost your mind Jack?" He asked. "This does not help our cause, this won't stop Umbrella, all you've done is shown them were we are and now they can tie up a loose end."

Jack laughed.

"Yeah right, nice try; people here can see the truth now. They'll know Umbrella is behind the virus." He explained, "It also doesn't hurt that I got well compensated for this."

Rose glared at him angrily.

"You endangered us all, for money!?"

Jack smirked and nodded, his reply was a simple "Yeah."

Tim glared at him and stepped forwards, Sappira next to him.

"You're insane." He growled.

Jack shook his head.

"Am I, I'm not the one fighting a losing battle. You guys fight Umbrella time and time again, but they keep getting better equipment, stronger B.O.W.s. What do you guys have?"

At that Jason and Lisa stepped forwards.

"They have me," Jason explained, "and that's all they need."

Jack simply shook his head and sighed. "Fools."

Just then an Umbrella security team rounded the corner. Everything seemed to happen at once, Jack reached out and pressed a button on the wall next to him; the Umbrella team fired at him, killing him and beneath the three groups, trapdoors opened, dropping them into the basement levels.

Jacob groaned as he woke up, he looked around; they were definitely in one of the basements. Just then he felt a hand at his shoulder; he spun around, shocked but then relaxed, it was Cashmere.

"Easy there." She said, "Just checking to make sure you really were awake."

He nodded and saw David and Rosemarie standing behind her. He stood up.

"Where do we go from here?" He asked.

Rose pointed at a door to the left. "That'll take us to the main part of this floor; we're on the first basement, this is mainly storage space, a large room with several smaller rooms attached. We're in one of the smaller ones."

He nodded and was about to move when he remembered something.

"Jason said there were twenty B.O.W.s on this floor."

Cashmere nodded, a glare crossing her features. "Yeah, and unlike Jason, Lisa, Tim and Sappira; we've not got as much ammo left."

He groaned but they all agreed there was nothing else they could do. So, weapons at the ready, defend Rose who was unarmed, they exited the room and reached the main room. There, waiting for them was a back of ten Cerberi. The dogs growled when they saw the group who took defensive positions. For a long moment both groups held their ground, staring each other down, but then the Cerberi attacked. The trio opened fire as they charged, they all ducked as the last standing Cerberi of the initial charge leapt at them. It landed and spun around, just as Cashmere fired a shot right into its head, killing it.
"Great, we've taken them down, but we're now out of ammo." She complained.

David then groaned, "Now it's just got worse."

They turned and saw five Hunters approaching them.

They slowly backed away until they found themselves pinned against a wall. The Hunters growled and salivated as they approached when suddenly a burst of gunfire sounded and two of them stumbled. All five turned around and a longer burst of gunfire erupted which tore the five Hunters to shreds. They heard the sound of guns reloaded and then the figure approached them.

"Hey, I'm glad I showed up when I did."

The woman who approached them was twenty-nine years old, Caucasian, with emerald green eyes and long white blonde hair tied in a ponytail; She was dressed for combat in black assault pants; a form fitting light green shirt; a black beret and dark green boots.

"Lydia!" Jacob gasped relieved.

She nodded and, spotting David and Rosemarie introduced herself.

"Lydia Caliente. I'm with Jacob and Cashmere here, part of the same group."

They nodded and Lydia handed over some extra ammo that she had brought with her. They then attempted to get in touch with the others; as they did so Jacob thought about what had just happened and Jason's words. If he was right, then, counting Nemesis, there were fifteen B.O.W.s left.


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