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Children Playing

Resident Evil 5 - Just Hang on

"Well Chris," Wesker said. "How are you finding it?"

The air was hot. Chris wanted to wipe the sweat from his face but if he let go, he would die. Below their platform, lava tossed and turned. His partner had disappeared and he was alone with the monster.

"You're running out of time, Chris." Wesker asked as he twirled the gun he had stolen from Chris. The monster tossed the weapon over his shoulder. Chris heard the gunpowder explode before the gun could even touch the lava. "There's only ten minutes left before it's finished."

Bastard, Chris thought as he felt himself losing his grip. Wesker was just playing with him. If Chris didn't fall to his death, the monster would end him. He needed a plan.

The rock in Chris' hand started to slip. Chris doubled his grip. He wasn't going down without a fight. Chris raised himself and braced his feet against the wall. Wesker was going down.

"Given up, Chris?"

Not even close. Chris half turned. He raised his arm and aimed his fist at Wesker's face. He started to push away from the cliff when the rock in his hand slipped.

"Damn it!" Chris said as his chopsticks slipped and dropped from his fingers. They hit the plate with a light tink.

"Language," Wesker said as he expertly fished a piece of wonton from his soup. "That's five minutes less for entertainment."

Chris glanced to his left where Claire lay in front of the radio in the family room. Her little feet kicked the air as she drew a picture. Chris looked back as his food and groaned. At this rate, he'd be in negative entertainment time again.

A/N: I apologize to die-hard fans of Resident Evil 5. My memory of the game isn't very clear. I remember Wesker, volcanoes, Chris punching a rock, Jill being blonde, and Sheva shouting at me a lot. Ironically, as readers of Reality know, Resident Evil 5 inspired the first installment of Children Playing.