The screams were
clearer, as were the faces. His father yelling. His mother crying,
holding Bruce closely. His father pull out his revolver.
It had
been a bad night. They had been coming home from a meal, the three of
them. Bruce had been holding his mother's hand, his father grinning
with glee at his side. They were joking and laughing, his father
telling him stories about times when he and his mother had been
courting and something funny had happened. He was laughing with them,
the warmth of their love keeping him immune from the cold night.
Then
it had happened. From out of the blue, twelve men dressed in black
coats and wearing baraclavas had jumped out at them, all armed with
guns. They shouted, ordering his parents to give them everything they
had, including what Bruce had had.
His mother hugged Bruce
tightly, crying. His father threatened the men, and whipped out his
revolver. Before his father could move, the cold hearted bastards
filled him with bullets, his dying screams causing Bruce to cry in
fear.
The men approached he and his mother, pulling them apart
from each other. One of the men pulled off his baraclava and kissed
his mother, only to receive a bite into his lower lip. The man
cursed, hit her and blown a hole through her head.
Bruce had
screamed, struggling as the other man holding him pinned him to the
floor and kicked him in his face, knocking him out cold. When he had
woken up, he was still in the alley, next to his dead parents. Their
wallets and valuables had been stolen, but most of all their lives.
Bruce had not left their sides for twelve hours, endlessly howling in
tears. He swore revenge, cursing the men, hoping to hurt them
back.
He never did get the chance of revenge, and that is why the
nightmares haunted him.
Bruce rose his head quickly, feeling it
throb harshly. He studied his surroundings, and sighed with relief.
He was still in the cells room. They had left him.
The sound of
moans hurt his head, and Bruce stumbled out of the room, holding his
forehead in pain. He had quite a bruise.
Cal!
The very name
made Bruce look around. Cal had been here when they had attacked, and
had been knocked out. He was not in the cell he had been kicked in.
Feeling frightened for the man, Bruce ran out of the room, and heard
a groan of sorrow.
Picking up the pace, he ran inside a room that
he was supposed to enter, and on the floor was Cal, kneeling in front
of fifteen dead people.
"They killed them," he muttered
to Bruce, not turning to face him, staring at the bodies. "They
left us alone and killed them. Those bastards just slaughtered
them!"
Bruce lowered his head. "I"m sorry for your
loss." A sudden thought dawned on him. If they did not take him,
who did they take? "Misty! Have you seen a girl around? She is
wearing a half tee, red trainers and jeans."
"The girl
you are on about is not here. Those men who attacked us must have
taken her away," he sighed, still watching the bodies, and
started stroking the hair of a young boy around seven years old. "How
could they do this? Kill so many innocents and feel no shame or
mercy?"
Bruce placed his hand gently on his shoulder. "I
need your help. Please, can you help me get my friend?"
Cal
did not move, or say anything for a while. When he spoke, it was full
of defeat. "Please, I need some time with the people I
considered family for the last few days."
Bruce nodded. It
was official. Cal was no use right now, and forcing him was just
cruel. The man lost many people who he had protected and loved, and
he wanted to mourn them.
Slowly taking his hand off him, Bruce
walked out the door, and sighed as he heard the quiet sobs of Cal as
he left.
Misty opened her eyes, and tried to move. She was
tied up, and restrained tightly to a wooden chair.
"Perfect,"
she cursed, and looked around.
The room was dark, only a few
candles around to light up the room. The room was huge, and had very
little decoration. Next to her were two chairs with a person in each
one. There were other chairs, nine in total including hers. Every
chair contained a person, most zombified other than the two next to
her. In front of her was a giant gothic statue of a woman holding a
sword pointing downwards. The woman's face was cruel looking, and
very royal.
She tried struggling again, only to hear a voice next
to her.
"Don't bother," the voice replied. "You are
as doomed as I am!"
Misty turned her head, and muttered a
curse as she saw the face of the psycho from the hospital,
Alyssa.
"What are you doing here?" Misty snarled.
Alyssa
looked at her, and raised an eyebrow. "Believe me, I wasn't
planning for this, especially being tied up on here. I was hoping to
watch you die, not die with you."
Misty growled. "Bitch!
You deserve to die, and I am glad you lured us in, because now you
are going to get what you deserve!"
"Yes," Alyssa
smirked. "But so are you!"
"Be quiet, please,"
another voice begged the other side of Misty. "I am
thinking."
Misty turned to look, and saw a man. He was a thin
man, and only two inches taller than her. He had dusty brown hair,
and wore a white shirt and a red tie. His trousers were brown and had
small rips on the legs, and his shoes were black and muddy.
"Who
are you?" Misty asked. "Another researcher?"
The
man looked at her insulted. "Hell no! I am a reporter, and I was
going to bring down Umbrella with this report."
"Wait,"
Misty replied, making a connection in her mind. "Is your name
Baker?"
The man looked at her hopefully. "Yes, yes it
is. How do you know my name?"
Misty smiled. "I know it
because there is a fellow reporter looking for you. His name is Bruce
Campbell. His copter crashed."
Baker's face shone with hope.
"Bruce! Is he okay? How is he?"
"As far as I know,
he is okay," she replied. "The cultist guys don't have him,
so I suppose he got away. The question is, will he find us in
time?"
Alyssa laughed. "That I would love to see! Your
little friend will be killed instantly."
"Shut up!"
Misty snapped, and turned to Baker again. "If he can find us,
which I believe he will, he can get us out of here. All of us."
"Oh
joy," Alyssa giggled. "I can"t wait."
Misty
ignored her, and looked up at the ceiling.
"Please, Bruce,"
she whispered. "Help us."
