Chapter Ten: Natural Selection
Jill and Barry hold their flashlights as the lights continue to flicker on and off. Rebecca tends to Claire who is now unconscious. "She'll be okay" she says to Chris. "Just give her some time. She'll awake soon." Down the hall the team hears a loud groan and someone yell. Rebecca recognizes the voice and knows it is Billy. "I have to go down there" she tells them.
"I'm going with" Jill says.
"Me too" Barry adds. "We're all partners you know…"
Rebecca, Barry, and Jill walk down the hall as Chris and Sheva stay and tend to Claire as they await anxiously for her to awake.
Rebecca holds her gun firmly in her hands as they enter a large room with steel paneling. Rebecca sees Billy laying on the floor and runs to him as Jill and Barry continue on knowing someone else is close by. Just as Jill and Barry pass the door closes separating them from Rebecca. Rebecca looks back just as the other door closes locking her in. She then looks at Billy who is getting up. His eyes are pitch black. He walks towards her as she aims her gun at him. "Freeze" she orders. "I said freeze" she says walking backwards as she trips.
She stares at him from the floor as he falls at her feet. She is confused but frightened at the same time. She then sees a leech crawl from his mouth. She gets up and aims her gun as another leech comes from his mouth she shoots as more and more come out and overtake his body as he is completely devoured by the leeches. He grows and now stands several feet above her. She shoots continuously now hoping she can kill the man who once saved her life.
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Jill and Barry continue down the corridor. They run towards the voices they hear in the distance as they enter a large lab seeing Kelly sitting at a computer screen. "Freeze" Barry orders as the woman gets up glaring at them.
"You've managed to make it this far, have you… hmm…"
"Who's behind this, what's the T-Veronica virus!?" Jill shouts at her.
"Ha ha keep a close eye on your friend Claire Redfield and you'll find out soon enough."
"What…" Jill says looking at Barry. "What did you do to her??"
"Nothing… much" Kelly says.
"Damn you!" Jill says in disgust.
"You're coming with us" Barry says getting closer to her.
"She isn't going anywhere" a man says appearing from the back of the lab.
"It can't be…" Jill says.
"After all these years and here you are" the snow colored hair man says to Jill.
Jill aims her gun at the man in shock "Nicholai…"
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The creature has completely destroyed the room, trying to get to Rebecca. She continues shooting at the creature as she begins to run low on ammo. Wires from the machines lay everywhere as the sparks fly. The monster swings his tentacles slamming Rebecca into the wall. She looks up above her as she struggles to get up and notices the numerous valves. She dodges the creature just barely as he swings at her again. Breaking the valves released water into the area. Rebecca runs to safety at the corner of the room as the water becomes electrified instantly. The creature gets electrocuted as Rebecca watches in distress knowing it is really Billy in there.