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Chris was barely able to take a step forward before a stabbing pain shot through his chest, sending him to his knees. He clutched his chest, trying to catch his breath which was becoming harder and harder to do. He felt Claire's hand rest on top of his.
"Chris? What's wrong?" Claire asked. Leon and Jill stopped in their tracks as the Chris started coughing loudly.
Leon and Jill ran over but weren't sure what to do. Chris continued coughing until he leaned forward and a pool of blood spilled from his mouth. Claire fell back, momentarily shocked at the state of her brother. Chris fell to the floor, clutching his chest, gasping for air. He caught a glimpse of the terrified look on his little sister's face and just wished she would look away. He didn't want her seeing him die like this. Darkness started to creep into his vision and Chris believed this to be the end.
Then Leon heard a faint sound. Someone was calling out Chris' name. He saw Cormac pointing to the small syringe that Archer had so quickly abandoned. He picked it up and showed it to the doctor, unsure of what it was. There was a faint whisper but Leon had failed to hear it. He knelt down beside the doctor and leaned in.
"Cure…" Cormac breathed out, "You have to inject it directly into the parasite…" There was a short pause as he gathered enough to strength to continue. "The chest…the parasite sits between the lungs…"
Leon sprung into action and ran back to Chris, telling the two concerned women to move aside. Chris was still clutching his chest but movement had significantly decreased. He needed fresh oxygen and soon. Leon removed the cap off the syringe and moved the Redfield's hand aside before plunging the needle into his chest. He depressed the plunger and threw the now empty syringe aside. Now, they just had to wait.
Chris had stopped moving, his lips slightly blue, his eyes half open. Leon moved aside, allowing Claire to get to her brother.
"Oh my god…" she breathed, "Chris?" Silently, she prayed. Prayed that her brother was alive. She brought her shaking hand up to feel for a pulse. 'Please…please be alive…'
Jill watched in silence as Claire felt for a pulse. There was a moment of silence before Claire broke down crying. Jill felt her heart stop. 'No…' Tears streamed down her face, unable to accept the death of her long time partner.
Claire rested her head on her brother's still chest and sobbed quietly. 'Chris…' She felt an arm pull at her. She tried to shrug it off. She couldn't just leave her brother's body here. "Leave me alone" she whispered. Without warning, she was roughly pried off from her brother's body. She turned around to see Leon holding her arm. "What are you doing?!"
Leon motioned to Chris. Claire turned back to her brother and gasped. Black ooze started to escape from his brother's mouth, collecting in a pool beside his head.
"What the hell is that?' asked Claire.
Leon didn't answer as the black mass continued to twist and contort for a few moments before going still. The agent took the first step forward to examine the ooze.
"I think it's the parasite…"
"You mean…Chris is cured?" Claire said, her heart rate speeding up at the thought. She kneeled down beside her brother, making sure to avoid the now dead parasite. She placed a hand on her brother's chest. "There's a heartbeat!" she breathed a sigh of relief, and even though it was unheard, she was pretty sure everyone else did too.
Chris suddenly lurched forward taking in a huge gulp of air then flopped back and tried to even out his breathing. His sister was ecstatic and threw her arms around her brother.
"What happened?" he asked, his throat sore from coughing so much.
"Leon gave you the cure. Looks like you coughed up the parasite" replied Jill.
Chris looked to the left of his head and saw the puddle of black ooze sitting there. He immediately shot up and pulled his sister away from the black mass.
"Holy crap…" He turned his attention to his sister. "Are you alright?"
"Me? You're the one who almost died!"
Chris brought a hand up to his chest, where the parasite had rested within his body. He turned to Leon. "Thanks."
"You're welcome. But I think we've got bigger problems. Archer got away with a sample of the virus."
"What are we waiting for then?" said Chris, motioning for Leon to go ahead.
Leon and Claire took the lead as Jill fell back to help Chris, who was still weak from his ordeal. His body shook from the another violent cough that plagued him. Jill's grip tightened around him as the shaking slowly subsided and Chris could breathe just a little better. He looked to her, her eyes filled with concern. She didn't even have to ask him if he was ok; he merely nodded.
"What did you find about Archer?" he asked Jill, determined not to let his condition deter him from stopping this viral threat.
"She works for Paragon Pharmaceutical. She was in one of our reports. Remember? She works in cloning."
"Cloning? Then what would she need viruses for?"
"That's the question."
Chris was lost in his thoughts as the four made it through the seemingly endless concrete maze. Suddenly, they stopped in their tracks.
"Why did we-" Chris got his answer before he even finished asking his question.
Two large creatures stood guard in front of a heavy steel door. Both seemed to be large dogs….if they call them that. Their fur had fallen off in patches leaving only lumps of gray all over their bodies. Their eyes were blood red just like the patches where their skin was peeling off before their eyes. The creatures bared their razor sharp fangs and one of them let out a howl that sent the four agents' hearts racing.
"What the hell are those things?!" Claire shouted.
"Looks like Archer left us a little present…" said Jill, already taking a few steps back.
As the dogs stalked closer, there was a sickening crack as bones started to pierce through the skins of the creatures. They were getting ready to attack. Blood painted the floor as they made their way closer. All the while, the four people started to back away just a bit quicker.
"This isn't good…" whispered Leon. There was nowhere to run.
One of the creatures lunged, its jaws snapping wildly. Leon's hand wrapped around Claire's arm and he jumped to the side, bringing the redhead with him. The deadly fangs just barely missed them. Jill pushed Chris aside and they both fell to the floor as the dog smashed into the concrete wall and flopped to the floor. Jill quickly planted a bullet in its skull.
Leon pulled out his weapon and fired off several shots as the other creature started to charge towards them. The bullets were merely absorbed by the dog and it continued charging. It leapt onto the agent and swiped the gun out of his hand. It let out another howl and sunk its teeth into Leon's arm. Leon screamed out in pain and tried to shake it off to no avail.
There was a single shot and suddenly the creature collapsed on top of Leon. He let out a grunt as the full weight of the dog started crushing his chest. Claire and Jill ran to his side, and with some effort, pushed the large animal off of him. Claire immediately tended to his arm, pulling out some antiseptic and bandages. It wasn't the most ideal way to treat this type of wound, but it would have to do.
"It's fine. Thanks…" he said as Claire finished bandaging his arm. "Let's go. The faster we get the hell out of here, the better…"
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