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Chapter 10: Memento Mori
Jill and Dante rolled out of the way as the Nemesis slammed its fists down, leaving a small crater in the pavement. Dante fired three shells from his desert eagle into Nemesis' back, causing the monster to momentarily double over in pain. Jill fired two rounds from her 629 into the Nemesis' face, knocking him momentarily onto the ground.
" He just shrugs off whatever we throw at him." Jill said.
" All we can do now is keep pumping him full of lead." Dante said, taking out his shotgun. Nemesis got back to its feet, charging towards Dante. Jill fired a round into its leg, but still plowed into Dante, knocking him into the gate blocking the door. Jill fired the remaining rounds in her cylinder into the injured Nemesis as she ran over to Dante, who slowly rose to his feet.
" Are you ok?" Jill asked
" A session or two with a chiropractor and I'll feel like a million bucks." Dante said, grabbing his desert eagle and loading in another magazine. The Nemesis got back onto its feet, only to have a barrel slam into it from behind, knocking it onto the ground. Dante pinned it to the ground with his foot and fired all seven rounds from his desert eagle into its face. Dante waited a few moments and decided to reload and holster his weapon when he saw that the monster no longer moved.
" 'Bout damn time." Dante said, placing the gem into the clock as Jill reloaded her magnum.
" Lets go." As the gate opened they walked through the door, giving a final glance at the mutilated monster.
" Good thing your skills aren't the only surprises in your arsenal." Jill said.
" Really. At least that thing's finally dead."
" I'm wondering though. How did they create such a monster?" Jill asked as they walked down the alley.
" Not sure. Like the original tyrant I imagine they had a test subject to use as a base. From there some sort of viral cocktail was probably administered to bring about the increased intelligence, regeneration and so on." Dante replied as they walked left at a fork, passing through another door. Dante stomped the head of one zombie on the ground while Jill took down three more with shots to the head. Dante took down another pair further down the alleyway and through a gate into a courtyard with a sign that said Lonsdale Yard on the wall.
" We're close to the trolley system." Jill said.
" Maybe Carlos and whoever he's with might be taking refuge in one of the trolley cars." Dante replied, walking through another door into a side street. He noticed a Cerberus lingering near an oil drum, and brought up his handgun. He fired, catching the zombified dog in the explosion. The two jumped over a small makeshift barricade amidst fire engulfing trash and hulks of cars. After killing a second Cerberus that emerged from the fire, they walked towards the front most trolley car. As they stepped onto the dimly lit trolley car, they noticed no one around. As they started for the next car, the door opened, revealing a man in green combat fatigues and grayish-white hair.
" You're one of the survivors from the rescue team, right? We just ran into your teammate, Carlos." Jill said.
" How did the two of you managed to survive?"
" Hey, we're no ordinary civvies. I'm a member of S.T.A.R.S." Jill responded.
" S.T.A.R.S? You mean the R.P.D. special force team? By the way, the name's Nicholai Ginovaef" The man said as he walked into the other car. They heard someone groan and saw what looked like someone lying on one of the seats near the door to the next car.
" Hey, is someone wounded back there?" Jill asked as she walked towards the source of the noise. They saw a man wearing a green beret in the same green fatigues as Carlos and the other soldier. They also noticed the nasty looking wound on his torso.
" Oh, this looks bad." Jill said.
" It's definitely not a bite or scratch wound. Looks like he was injured by a frag grenade." Dante said. The man slowly struggled in his sleep, muttering.
" They're coming. Get ready! Aaaaaah. Fire. Fire! Stand together!" The soldier said, raising his hand into the air.
" Calm down. You're safe now. Everything's going to be okay." Jill said, resting her hand on the soldier's shoulder. They turned and walked into the other train car, seeing Carlos and Nicholai inside.
" So Jill, Dante, did you guys decide to help us out? It looks like we're the only ones who survived. We should work together." Carlos asked.
" No, we can't trust them."
" Why? But Sergeant, we need their help! Our unit's down to you, me, and Lieutenant Mikhail. That's it! And Mikhail's hurt bad. If we don't cooperate, we won't be walking away from this mission." Carlos said.
" Hmm, fine. Then let's go over our plan. We're moving to the Clock Tower area, which is the designated landing zone for the extraction chopper. Once we get there, and give the signal, the chopper will fly in and pull us out." The Nicholai said.
" That's a lot of ground to cover. I don't think we can make it on foot."
" The main problem we have is the landing zone is cut off from here by the fire. So, we have no choice but to use this cable car to navigate through it. Fortunately, we can also use it as a moving shield to get us through the worst areas."
" That works for me. Good plan, sir!" Carlos chimed enthusiastically.
" Okay people, let's get moving!" Nicholai said, walking out of the 2nd car. Carlos walked over to one of the seats, holding a tactical harness to Jill.
" Jill, put this on." Carlos said as he left the object on the seat nearest her before he and Dante walked out. After putting on the harness, Jill grabbed a wrench resting on one of the seats and then walked back into the main car. Carlos and Nicholai were gone while Dante was swearing over the control panel.
" What's wrong?" Jill asked.
" What's wrong is that the main power cable is shot, this thing is out of oil and the fucking fuse's gone." Dante said. He then noticed a memo under the cover for the panel he'd been looking at.
" Let's see what we got got here." Dante said, opening the memo.
" I know that you're intimidated by your new job Kevin, so let me tell you how to make sure that you and your training get along just fine. You see, these carriages were made in Europe in 1968, and then imported from Europe. Sometimes they get rickety, but they still work because they are simple, stubborn and strong. We can always depend on them. If they have a bad day and are malfunctioning, you'll need to take a good look at their circuits for any trouble. Once you discover what's wrong, you'll be able to fix it easily. I'm sure that you'll be able to avoid these nasty little malfunctions if you check the parts everyday. These old trains will surely have problems if you don't remember to check them out. Just remember that if you need to replace anything, you have to choose a suitable part. When I say suitable, I mean that even you can't find another original part, you'd better find something that works good enough. Even with regard to oil, you must always prepare good quality oil for these trains. Never forget Kevin that a man may betray others, but a machine won't."
" Well, this gives us good news and bad news. We don't have to get the exact parts but we still need to find something suitable as substitutes. Now I see that it was a good idea to snag that power cable." Dante said, placing the cable from the garage into place.
" Looks like it works. Now we just need to get some oil for this thing. I think if we hit up a gas station or something similar we'll find what we need." Dante said.
" Right." Jill nodded. They walked off the trolley and decided to backtrack towards the entrance past the gem embedded clock. The walked down the opposite alleyway and through another door. They carefully passed several wrecked cars and saw that they'd found a gas station.
" This is probably the first luck we've had tonight." Dante said. He grabbed the rusted crank from his bag and inserted it into a hole near a security gate blocking the way. Dante managed to turn it three times. The crank then snapped in half, sending Dante to the ground.
" Motherfucker!" Dante swore as he stood up.
" Looks like I have to get creative." he added, using the wrench from the trolley car to open the security door. Once inside, Dante grabbed three small pouches of gunpowder from one of the tables littered with soft drink cans and papers. As they began to walk towards the back, they heard the door open and aimed their weapons at the source.
" Jill. Dante." Carlos said, prompting the two to lower their firearms. They then started to hear the sounds of moaning echoing around.
" The zombies are getting restless." He added, looking towards the door.
" We hear them. What's going on?" Jill replied.
" Jill, we shouldn't linger. Carlos, watch the door." Dante said as he and Jill walked into the back. Initially not finding anything useful, they walked back out.
" Jill, Dante!" Carlos yelled.
" What's wrong?" Dante asked. Carlos motioned for the door, a grim look on his face.
" They're coming. They must've sniffed us out, they know we're here." he replied, holding his weapon at the ready.
" Hey, calm down." Jill said. " Any objections to my playing hero this time?" Carlos said, chambering a round in his assault rifle before running out the door.
" What're you doing? Carlos!" Jill yelled.
" Forget it. Keep me covered, i'm gonna try to crack this lock here." Dante said, referring to a code lock containing a gas can filled with machine oil. After several moments of swearing, the console beeped in confirmation, allowing Dante to grab the gas can. As they began to walk towards the door, Dante heard a sparking noise.
" Move!" Dante said, running towards the middle of the room. Seconds later fire exploded from the garage, slowly engulfing the building in flames. They ran out the door. Seeing several rotting corpses on the ground in pools of blood. They turned, seeing Carlos leaning against the storefront, unmoving. " Carlos!" Jill cried out. She dropped to her knees, shaking her head. " No." " Relax, i'm not dead yet." Carlos said moments later, breathing heavily. " Are you ok?" Jill asked.
" I'm fine. That hero stuff's harder than it looks." Carlos said, getting to his feet. As they began to walk away, the glass from the door of the station shattered, catching fire to everything in sight.
" Shit, run!" Dante said, as he, Jill and Carlos booked from the station, amidst the fire and explosions. They jumped to the ground as the gas pump exploded, shaking the ground where they'd stood. Once the explosions cleared, they slowly stood up, brushing the dirt and dust clinging to their clothing. " Ouch, my ears are ringing. The three of us should be deaf right now.
" Better deaf than dead." Dante interjected. Carlos nodded.
" I'm gonna go scrounge up some equipment. There might not be any at our destination." Carlos said.
" Here, bring this back to the trolley." Dante said, handing Carlos the oil.
" Thanks." He said before running off. They followed, walking back towards the door to exit the area accessed by the clock when a door busted open revealing four undead corpses limping towards them.
" Can we go three seconds without coming face to face with a group of zombies?" Dante asked, annoyed after dispatching the undead citizens. They walked through the path opened by the zombies, noticing a statue of the mayor. Upon further inspection, they noticed a light and button. After pressing it, the right arm came down, releasing a bronze book that was a part of the statue. Dante placed the item in his bag as they walked back out past the clock and the Raccoon Press. They walked down the alley behind the restaurant they'd first met Carlos at, when the man they'd mention and a group of zombies emerged from the restaurant's back door.
" Carlos? What the hell's he doing?" Dante asked.
" We better go find him." Jill replied, bringing up her weapon to eliminate the small horde of zombies disturbed by Carlos. Moments later they ran through another door, leading them back into the street in front of the restaurant. Dante walked over to a gilded statue behind a small pond, seeing an indent where he placed the Bronze book. He walked over and grabbed a bronze compass like object which he placed in his bag. They walked back to the gate to city hall, when three Cerberi busted through a storefront window, surrounding the two. Dante took down one with a quick shot to the brain while Jill fired three rounds into another, putting it down. The third charged, meeting the barrel of Dante's Remington shotgun. They walked back through the double doors towards the bronze statue of the mayor, placing the compass into its hand. The light glowed blue and rotated until it faced the same direction they were. A panel opened at the back, containing a battery used for machinery.
" How the fuck did this thing get here." Dante asked.
" I'm just as baffled as you are." Jill replied. They walked back to the area where they'd first met the chimera-like creatures, seeing a pair of them in the area. Dante shot one with his shotgun before stabbing one of his arm blades through its exoskeleton, killing it instantly. Jill killed the second with a few rounds from her Benelli M3S. They walked up a staircase to a service elevator, grabbing a box of handgun shells off a nearby worktable. Dante hooked up the battery to the elevator, which brought them down to a lower street. After dispatching yet another group of undead, they walked through a side door to a power plant. They walked down a small alleyway into a power regulator station. Dante set the power regulator to manual and opened up a pair of shutters, revealing a pair of rooms with switchboard stations. Jill grabbed a fuse out of the closest when they heard the sounds of moaning. They stepped out of the room, seeing several zombies pressing up against the door.
" That thing won't hold very long. Hang on." Dante said. He walked over to the main power generator, drastically increasing the power output. The generator began channeling millions of volts of electricity, sending it through the mesh gate door that the zombies were pressing against. The electricity surged through the clustered group, causing all of the undead corpses heads to explode.
" That makes things easy." Dante said, lowering the power output back to normal. Dante walked into the second room, giving a low whistle before walking back out with a Penn Arms L1 grenade launcher and a case of grenades.
" Nice find." Jill said, placing the weapon on her back on a sling. They walked out and back to the service elevator and walked through the door they'd originally used to enter the construction area. After killing a pair of zombies in the street, they walked through a door into the car garage's office. From there they proceeded towards an alleyway dead end.
" Why'd we stop here?" Jill asked.
" I noticed near that fire one of those dogs jumped out of earlier had a door behind it. I'm gonna grab this fire hose here, and use it to snuff out the fire." Dante said, using the wrench to loosen said fire hose. Dante wrapped it around his chest to make it easier to carry as they walked towards the fire hydrant embedded in the wall near the fire, taking down a group of dogs on the way. Dante attached the hose to the nozzle, planting his feet firmly on the ground before turning on the water. After the fire was doused, the two walked through the door, keeping ready. They walked a short distance down the alleyway, seeing a pair of the insect creatures clinging to the walls. Dante shot the closest one with a spray of buckshot while the other was hit by a 40mm grenade, blowing apart the exoskeleton, splattering greenish blood onto the ground. Dante put another round into the insect, waiting until its movements ceased before proceeding. They also grabbed a crank that looked much sturdier than the one used at the gas station before going through the nearby doors. As they walked in, they heard a man yell, followed by two gunshots.
" Lets go." Dante said, brandishing his colt. They walked past a pair of bookcases, seeing Nicholai standing over the body of another member of the UBCS, bullet wounds to the head and chest and bite marks near his arm and calf.
" What did you do?" Jill asked.
" I had no choice. He was about to turn into a zombie. It would've been a threat, so I eliminated it." Nicholai replied, typing on a small computer he held in his hand.
" But...he was still conscious, wasn't he?" Jill examined.
" He was as good as dead...and it took fewer bullets to kill him now than it would have if he had transformed."
" But . . ." Jill started.
" Not now! I'm busy!" He spat. Dante walked over to the tables, grabbing a pair of documents of interest.
" Before you begin your new position, please allow me to give you some advice. Some of the medicine in the storage room is unstable and their quality will deteriorate under changing temperatures or humidity. Therefore, you must remember to keep the temperature the same in the storage room at all times. You should personally check it everyday. Although the computer checks it around the clock, a machine is not perfect.
Try and remember that a machine is no more than a tool to be used by people. You must check all personnel coming and going to the storage room. Many dangerous drugs are stored there, if any of them are missing you have a serious problem on your hands. The door to the storage room is always locked, but when you let personnel into it, you will need to have them hand in their documents.
And above all else, remember that if you find anything suspicious, contact your boss immediately. If you forget the password to lock the door, try and remember that it is a word that everyone is familiar with. Don't forget that once a new product is shipped, the password will be updated again. You can always enter the password from the terminal of the PC for administration."
" Interesting. Now for the second." Dante said, tossing the first document aside.
" Order sheet. The liquid medicine named VT-J98 is suitable to cultivate the NE-T type virus. Therefore, we will need to order additional quantities of it. U.E. Sixth Laboratory."
Dante placed the document in his pocket and walked over to the TV. They turned it on, seeing a woman In an advertisement for Safsprin, an Umbrella manufactured aspirin. They walked over to the computer, and once the keypad showed up entered the password. After entering the password, they heard a sharp beeping sound and a lock click. They walked over to the door behind the counter, walking through into a large L shaped hallway. They rounded the corner, seeing what looked like a supply room. They grabbed the bags filled with gunpowder, quickly making a dozen shotgun rounds. They searched further down the shelves, grabbing a bottle of oil additive. " If I mix this with the machine oil I gave Carlos we should be good to go." Dante said. He made another dozen shotgun shells and two speed loaders worth of .44 magnum round, and put the reloading tool away. They began walking down the hallway when they heard glass breaking, followed by the familiar moaning of the undead, followed by a scream from Nicholai. Seconds later the door burst open, revealing several infected pouring through. Dante and Jill began firing, scoring head shot after head shot.
" Bastards seem to be busy tonight, huh." Dante said over the gunfire. Jill put down two more, reloading her expended magazine.
" Gee, didn't notice." Jill responded, seeing Dante put down three more with his own weapon. Minutes later the infected stopped coming, bringing a sigh of relief from the two.
" How many were there?" Jill asked, checking her ammunition.
" Around 50. They're definitely getting restless. Running out of victims so their beginning to explore." Dante said.
" Hope we have some extra gun powder, I'm low on ammunition." Jill said. Dante brought out the reloading tool and examined the bullets and gunpowder. Dante managed to make 144 handgun rounds and a dozen shotgun rounds before running out of powder.
" That's it. Here, take this." Dante said, giving the reloading tool to Jill, who put it on her vest. After dividing up the ammunition between themselves, they proceeded outside and through the area still wet from the fire hose. They suddenly saw the door open, revealing the Nemesis holding a FIM-92 stinger once again.
" That thing just won't die." Jill said, backing away at it busted the pipe the fire hose was connected, spraying water everywhere.
" Lets go." Dante said, firing his shotgun point blank into the monster's stomach, knocking it back for a moment. They ran through the door it had used, running past the line of burning cars, quickly followed by the Nemesis. The monster aimed its weapon, firing a rocket at the two, hitting one of the nearby burning cars, igniting the gas tank, causing a massive explosion narrowly avoided by ducking through another door. Dante locked the door behind him, grabbing the fuse and oil additive out of his bag.
" What're you doing?" Jill asked. " Take these, head to the trolley and get out of here. I'll distract him long enough to get him out of your hair.
" I can't just leave you behind."
" I've made my decision. Get going." Dante said, hearing the door groan over the monster attempting to force its way through. Jill, reluctantly, took the items and started for the other door.
" You better not die." Jill said.
" Same to you." Dante said as Jill shut the door behind her. Seconds later, the nemesis busted through the door, knocking the object into the wall.
" Come on, this guy's gotta have something." Dante said to himself. He moved the body over, and noticed a single MKIII A2 hand grenade.
" Sneaky bastard." Dante said, turning to face the Nemesis just rounding the corner. Dante pulled the pin and let the spoon of the grenade drop, tossing towards a nearby oil drum. The Nemesis walked right past it when it exploded, sending fire shooting down the narrow alleyway, prompting Dante to roll down a turn in the alley. Dante slowly rounded the corner, seeing the Nemesis unmoving, one of its arms blown to pieces.
" If it doesn't kill it, it'll at least slow it down." Dante thought, heading towards the trolley station on the slim possibility he'd be able to catch up to Jill.
Jill:
Jill was, frankly speaking, not having a good time. She'd nearly fallen into a hole in garage, nearly being crushed by a pair of metal cases, fell down a hole near the station and nearly had been eaten by what looked like a giant worm. Thankfully the emergency ladder had brought her to the station. Suddenly she heard assault rifle fire. She jumped over the wooden pallets, seeing Mikhail fighting off a small group of zombies. She saw a second group closing in, as Mikhail engulfed them in a storm of lead. He reloaded and limped over to an overturned oil drum, kicking it past the bodies of the zombies he'd already killed, shooting it as it rolled next to the zombies. After the explosion subsided, he fell to his knee, blood seeping from his wound. Jill ran past the charred and bullet ridden bodies of the soldier's kills, looking over the man's wound.
" Mikhail, do you have some kind of death wish?" Jill asked.
" My people...they were wiped out by these monsters! I can't stop just because I'm wounded!" Mikhail retorted, holding his side in pain.
" But can't you see those monsters are also the victims of Umbrella?" Jill shot back.
" Are you accusing me of taking it out on them? You don't seem to understand something. We're not really involve with the company!" He tried to get to his feet, only falling to the ground leaning against the wall.
" There's no reason for any of us to take responsibility for this mess!" He finished.
" I know that...and right now, that's the only reason why I'm trying to cooperate with you." Jill said, helping Mikhail back into the trolley car, laying him down on one of the seats.
" I'm...sorry. I feel so useless." Mikhail said, holding his blood soaked arm over his injury.
" Don't. You fought hard and have the wounds to prove it." Jill responded
" But...I'm still...alive. My men aren't . . ."
" Don't think about that now. Just rest." Jill interrupted.
" By the way. Where's that boy?" Mikhail asked. " He stayed behind to keep that thing that's been chasing me from following long enough for us to escape." Jill said, mixing the machine oil and oil additive.
" He sounds like a man of courage. He may be young, but he reminds me a bit of me. Willing to put my life on the line to protect his allies.
" Your right. I just hope he's okay." Jill said, placing the final parts into the control panel. She stood up and heard the door open, revealing it to be Carlos.
" It looks like we're ready to go. Here, take this." Carlos said, handing Jill a case of incendiary rounds for her grenade launcher.
" Hey, where's that kid?" Carlos added.
" He's keeping that monster busy long enough for us to leave." Jill said.
" Is that wise?" Carlos asked.
" I trust he knows what he's doing. By the way, Nicholai. . . won't be joining us." Jill said. Carlos nodded.
" I understand. I'll operate the cable car." Carlos said. The two walked into the front car, as Carlos examined the controls.
" It's looking good." Carlos said, sliding a lever back, causing the machine to start to move.
Dante:
" Looks like they managed to escape." Dante said, seeing the empty tracks. He ran towards a nearby building, using the pipe on the side to climb up to the top, getting a better view of the city. He jumped down, landing on a nearby car, the windows busted out. He walked up the road, eventually coming up to a police barricade, seeing cop cars and bodies everywhere. Dante examined one of the bodies, taking the unlucky officer's sidearm, an H&K VP70, and holster. When the officer tried to bite his leg, he drew his newly acquired sidearm and shot the now infected officer through the helmet. He noticed a large amount of zombies beginning to crown his location, prompting him to find shelter. He managed to take refuge in what he found to be a gun shop. He noticed that the place had been looted, but managed to obtain a sufficient amount of ammunition for his colts and new VP70. He also managed to secure some snack foods and bottled water.
" Not a full meal, but something to tide hunger." Dante said, taking a bite out of a candy bar.
" And tastes a hell of a lot better than pre-packaged rations any day." he added with a laugh.
September 29th 6:30am: " Things are crazy. Sun's up, but it doesn't change the fact that those bastards are everywhere. After searching the building I found three possible entrances. The main entrance, an employee entrance in the back, and the emergency exit adjacent to the firing range. There's also a staircase to the roof. I've taken a few looks, seeing the occasional zombie or two look my way. I've kept off what lights I can to keep any zombies from getting too curious. The windows are plate glass, but they'd only stand up to so much punishment. Luckily Jill managed to escape on the trolley car. I hope she managed to escape. I'll continue scouring for anymore supplies before I get out of here. Can't linger for too long. They'll eventually notice my presence and come knocking. I'm trying to limit my movements during the day. They may be slightly less active during the day, but they can notice things much easier. During the night I have the cover of darkness. Should something happen and someone come across this journal, get out of the city. I know that Umbrella won't leave this place standing. I guess, all I can do now is survive."
I'm amazed. In less than a week I completed another revision. I'm getting back into the groove of things. Since vacation is coming up hopefully expect more of these updates. Later, and stay tuned for Chapter 11: Unforseen Complications.