RESIDENT EVIL OUTBREAK
Chapter 10 of my updated Resident Evil stories, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.
CHAPTER 10: ATTACK OF THE NEPTUNE
They suddenly found themselves waist deep in water, the Aqua Room was flooded, the source was obvious there was a tank in the middle of the room that had been broken, and the water had spilled out and flooded the room. Kyle took a moment to look around the room; he gazed at the tank concerned.
"What do you think lived in there?" he asked nervously as he scanned the room.
"I don't wanna know" Melissa replied, also scanning the room, "What it is, it'll be infected now, we've gotta be careful".
"Yeah" Kyle agreed, "Okay, let's get going then".
They waded through the water following the walkway, trying to reach the other door that would lead to the lower level of the labs. Suddenly Melissa felt as if they were being watched, she looked around and then saw to her surprise a dark shape was below the water and rapidly approaching them.
"Kyle, look out!" She yelled, warning him of the impending danger.
The shadow moved and jumped out at them, they had to dive under the water to avoid it. they quickly surfaced and soon saw their attacker, it was a large great white shark, parts of its skin were decayed, a sign of infection, they then realised the purpose of the Aqua Room, this was the testing ground for using the T-Virus on aquatic animals, and this was their main test subject, the code sheet had given it the name F1-03 Neptune. The Neptune briefly resurfaced and growled before diving back down and began rushing through the water, they knew what that growl meant, it was hungry.
They tried to fire at the shadow of it underwater but it didn't even react, most of their shots missed due to its incredible speed. It then surfaced and tried to attack, they opened fire on it and managed to hit it a few times before diving out of the way, to their surprise, it reacted to those shots. Finally they were beginning to understand, underwater the monster was fast and practically invincible while underwater, when it came up to attack them it was vulnerable but still fast, so they had to act quickly, their handguns only caused minimal damage so they quickly pulled out their shotguns and waited for their next chance, taking care to avoid any possible underwater attacks by the Neptune. Sure enough it surfaced to attack again, as it flew through the air they opened fire with their shotguns, knocking the Neptune out of the air and back into the water, it swam away even quicker than before, it was angry. Quickly reloading they tried to move closer to the exit to the lower labs, doing their best to avoid the enraged infected shark. Kyle shook his head, trying to clear his hair out of his eyes due to the water.
"How much more can this thing take" He called out in desperation.
"I don't know" Melissa replied, "We just have to keep on trying...Look out!" She yelled.
Kyle shuffled back as fast as he could, just narrowly avoiding the Neptune as it charged past. They both glanced over at the exit door and then back at the room, where they could make out the Neptune's shadow moving swiftly.
"We've gotta try and get that door open" Melissa explained, "But with this thing here we're not gonna get enough time, we've got to kill this thing first".
Kyle nodded and they prepared themselves for another onslaught from the monster.
Just then the Neptune surfaced to attack again, they both opened fire immediately knocking it out of the air, Kyle quickly reloaded before suddenly the monstrous shark attacked from under water and using its bulk to drag Kyle under the water. Melissa panicked as she saw this.
"Kyle!" She screamed in terror and hurried over to try and rescue him.
Suddenly the Neptune surfaced again right next to her, she quickly thrust her shotgun into its mouth and fired, the shark was blasted back and then sunk under the water before slowly coming to the surface, completely still and definitely dead. Melissa hurried over and found Kyle, she quickly helped him stand up, pulling him out of the water, she breathed a sigh of relief as he coughed up a mouthful of water.
"Are you okay now", she asked, concerned.
"Yeah" Kyle replied breathlessly, "God, yeah I'm fine, now that the aquatic bastard's dead" he elaborated drawing a relieved sigh from Melissa.
"We better keep going" She replied, "I don't wanna stay here any longer than we have to".
"Alright," Kyle agreed "let's get out of here, and get to the lowest level".
Melissa nodded in agreement and they then turned and headed for the exit door.
They approached the door and after some effort they managed to open the door, letting some more of the water out of the room as they exited, shutting the door behind them. They stood in the surprisingly warm corridor, there seemed to be some sort of central heating system working in the corridor. Deciding to wait and let the heat dry off their clothes they stood in the corridor, made sure that their shotguns and handguns were fully loaded, there was cause for concern, they were getting low on ammunition, but hopefully they would have enough. While waiting Kyle sighed, thinking about how everything had changed from a regular boring day to a living nightmare.
"We might as well do something to pass the time" Melissa said casually, she thought for a moment and then stated, "We've been so focused on getting through this damn nightmare, we don't really know anything about each other". Kyle nodded in agreement; she then asked "So, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself?"
Kyle thought for a moment, wondering where to start.
"Um, okay, let's see, "I'm just a regular teenager, find school boring, just go because my parents want me to," He began before suddenly panicking as he realized, "Oh crap, my parents are gonna wonder what the hell is going on, they're gonna wonder where I am".
Melissa smiled, "Relax, once we get you out of here, I'll make sure you get back to them" She stated, Kyle was worried however, "But Umbrella…" He began, Melissa shook her head.
"Don't worry about them" She responded, Kyle stared at her and asked incredulously "What do you mean?"
Melissa then gestured to the door leading to the lowest level" There's bound to be something down there" She explained, ", information of some sort we can use, that might give us a chance, keep Umbrella of our backs".
"Oh, okay" Kyle replied calming down, he then asked "So what about, why'd you join S.T.A.R.S."
Melissa sighed and thought for a moment.
She then answered.
"I used to be a demolitions expert in the army, before I got dishonourably discharged". She revealed, Kyle stared in amazement as she elaborated further, "I was defusing a bomb when my commanding officer told me to leave it and get out, the building was full of kids, I wasn't gonna leave them with my job half finished, I wasn't about to leave them to die, you'd think that when the lives of about 100 kids are at stake they'd cut me some slack for telling my commanding officer to piss off".
She grimaced and shook her head before adding "Well, maybe they would've if I'd stopped at piss off".
Kyle winced; he could make a pretty good guess at what had happened.
Melissa shrugged and continued her story, "Anyway, after I was discharged, I wanted a job where I could still make a difference, which was when I joined S.T.A.R.S. I had been friends with James before that, he recommended me and I was hired".
"Wow" Kyle articulated.
There was a moment's silence before they both noticed that their clothes were dry.
"Well at least that warm air from the vents worked." Kyle stated with a smirk.
"Yeah, good, we're dry now" Melissa responded with a smile, "Let's get going".
They hurried down the L-shaped corridor and then reached the staircase that led to the next level, the lowest level. They walked cautiously down the stairs towards the only door at the bottom, the door that would lead to the deepest section of the lab where Umbrella's darkest secrets awaited them, all the while unaware they were still under the steely gaze of Umbrella's chairman, watching their every move through the CCTV.
End of chapter, what do you think, please let me know, hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please.