Resident Evil: Striking the Heart of Umbrella

Chapter 10 of my Resident Evil story; enjoy.

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Chapter 10: More Traps, More Puzzles, More B.O.W.s

They entered the second floor; listening carefully in case they heard anything from Ebony. When they entered the floor Jason tensed.

"My god; there's a lot more B.O.W.s here than anywhere else in building." He explained. "There is…so many different ones too; this is gonna be tricky."

Lisa nodded to indicate she understood. "Got it; we'll just have to be careful."

They advanced slowly, carefully down the corridor. None of the rooms on either side seemed to be open. At the end was a large set of double doors; held closed by a unique double lock. They examined the door and then noticed that once again; there were dealing with another two puzzles; both situated down either side of the corridors.

"Great, more puzzles." Jason muttered. "We better split up, it's quicker. I think I know what's in there."

"Okay." Lisa agreed. "Let's hurry then, these B.O.W.s are…fuck they're here."
Jason spun around and sure enough; there was a pack of zombies and at least six Crimson Heads coming towards them from all three corridors. Jason cursed and they pulled out their weapons.

"Quickly, ward them off." He yelled. "We have to make a gap so we can split up. Until then, watch each other's back."

"Right; heads up!"

The zombies and Crimson Heads advanced.

The duo immediately opened fire and used their knives to deal with any who got to close. After a while a gap slowly opened as their numbers began to thin. Four of the Crimson Heads were dead along with several zombies. However there were still plenty of zombies closing in. Finally Jason and Lisa killed the last two Crimson Heads and Jason called out.

"Now, we get outta here! We'll deal with these zombies and then find the answers to these puzzles!"

"Right!"

They took off; still firing and dodging and killing the zombies. Without realizing it they both formed the same plan and dealt with their pursuers with grenades. Once free of the zombies they stopped to reload and catch their breath. They both looked around and noted that this floor held a distinct lack of rooms. Both corridors were empty of rooms except for at the end. They were wary however; they knew nothing was as it seemed in this mansion. Sure enough they found themselves facing traps; in Jason's case the corridor closed off behind him and lasers formed at the far end. They were ready to advance down the corridor and he would have to avoid them. Lisa faced a different predicament; the corridor still closed off behind her but instead of lasers; water began to pour into the corridor, gradually filling it up.

Lisa gasped when she realized what was happening; she hurried to the end of the corridor where the door was. By the time she reached her the water was up to her ankles. She then saw the main threat; to get out of this trap she'd need to unlock the door; the keys were right next to it. But she had no idea which was right the key, and they were chained to a heavy weight. This meant she would end up stuck underwater eventually.

'Crap, just what I need.' She thought desperately as she took hold of the keys. 'Okay, keep calm; I can do this, just focus.'

She was able to eliminate at least half of the keys; due to them obviously not matching the lock. Realizing a way to work things to her advantage she unhooked and dropped the useless keys into the water, off the key ring. She knew she had to hurry, the water was rising rapidly, now at her waist; she tried as many keys as she could, the weight holding her down. Before long she was submerged; she fought to hold her breath as long as possible. She was down to the last key; this had to be it. Suddenly it slipped off the weight; and out of her hands, rising to the top.

'Fuck!'

Lisa began to swim up after it; her hand closed around it, but she faced another problem. Her lungs were burning, she needed air and the corridor was now full of water. In desperation she swam down to the door and unlocked it. The door opened and the water burst out in a torrent. Lisa found herself lying on the floor, wet and coughing, but she was alive.

Jason meanwhile was stuck dodging the lasers that flew towards him along their designated routes. He was slowly, but carefully, working his way down the corridor. He then saw it.

"That's it." He exclaimed when he saw it. 'That lever should deactivate the lasers…but there's two, which one is it?'

He ducked under another laser and made it to the switch. He knew he had to chance it and pulled the right lever. The lasers stopped.

"Thank god for that." He breathed; but then. "Oh…fuck me."

The lasers activated on the other side and formed a gridlock. It sped towards him and Jason quickly pulled the other lever. Without his virus enhanced reflexes he realized he wouldn't have survived. The grid stopped just short of him and deactivated. The door unlocked and he stepped inside the room. He then saw the puzzle he would have to solve; there was a board against the wall; there were buttons corresponding to each letter of the alphabet. Below it was an inscription; he heard it carefully.

"Name's engraved on a lithograph. The Grim Reaper's list; yes, the head count is set. Young and old lined up, in order of age. Then the pathway opens, awaiting them, the frenzied, uproar, the feast of death."

He then read the list of names and ages and realized what he needed to do. He sorted the names into order of age and finally saw the word he needed. He inputted the word, ALERT; he heard several mechanical clicks and cautiously left the room.

Lisa meanwhile had recovered from her near death experience and saw the puzzle in her room. She forced herself to her feet and observed the room carefully. There were pictures of various star signs. Below was numbers, three of them had no numbers but a dial; Lisa turned it and nodded when she saw that the dial turned to show a series of numbers. She would need to work out the right numbers to use. She checked the other star signs; Caner had number ten below it; Aries had four, Pisces had zero and Libra had two. Sagittarius; Gemini and Taurus were the ones that needed the right number. It took her only a few minutes to work out the riddle and she laughed.

"Wow, can't believe it; sneaky."

She turned the Gemini dial to eight; Sagittarius to six and Taurus to 4, the number of limbs they possessed. She heard several mechanical clicks and then silence. She turned and left the room cautiously. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw all the traps were deactivated and saw Jason standing by the door. She hurried over and they headed inside the newly opened room. Inside they searched through some of the other contents of the large storeroom and found what they were looking for, the key to the third floor. Just then they heard Ebony roar and the sound of heavy footsteps. They looked at each other, she was free. They had to hurry, they turned and darted back down the corridor, desperate to reach the third floor and hopefully out of reach before Ebony caught them once again.

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