Chapter 10: This is just the beginning
Leon and Claire ran right through the door of the security office, Jacob looks up at them as Sherry was still asleep, "What happened? Where's Annabelle?" he asks them, Leon closes his eyes, hung his head and shook it, Jacob got the message and nods. "I understand." he states and looks at Claire, "So what happened? Did you get it?" he asks, she nods and Leon pulls it out. "Fantastic! Give it to her." he tells them, moving out of the way.
Claire took the vaccine and kneels down next to Sherry, then took her arm and injected her with it, she coughs a little and then exhales with relief. She then opens her eyes and looks at them, "How do you feel?" Claire asks her, Sherry sat up with Jacob and Claire's help. "Better." she answers then she looks at the three, "Where's Annabelle?" she asks then, Claire frowns and looks at Leon, "She was the one that told us where to find the vaccine, told me to get it to you and to get you out of this city, she died saving you, Sherry." Leon informs her, she looks at him in shock and then hung her head.
But then a hand was place on her head and she looks over at Jacob and he smiles at her, "She loved you Sherry and protected you." he assures her, she smiles and nods at him. But then the room shook as the computer was muffled outside. "What's going on?" Jacob asks, "No time. We need to go now." Leon tells him, he nods and picks Sherry up. Then they all head outside 'Initiating final stage of facility self destruct protocol.' the computer states and Jacob looks at the two, "Do I even want to know?" he asks them, "Trenchy." the two answers and Jacob nods at them, Oh and he's dead, by the way." Leon states, "Good to know." Jacob mutters.
"Lets go. we're done here." Leon tells them, "Yeah, come on Jacob." Claire agrees. "Right, you okay, Sherry?" Jacob asks her and she nods at him, "I'm OK." she answers. They walk to the hall, but plants stood in their way. "Move!" Claire shouts and they fired at the plants, the mutated planets drop and they walk down the hall, keeping their eyes open. Then they turn around and saw crawlers slowly walk to them, "Great, I guess this is the farewell party." Leon states as Jacob steps backwards with Sherry holding on tightly to him. "Jacob, you run on ahead, keep Sherry safe." Claire tells him and Jacob nods. "See you guys soon." he tells them and took of running to the door.
The two fired at the crawlers dodging their claws, then the mutated crawlers drop, but only more showed up, "Leon! Claire! Come on!" Sherry calls out to them. And they ran to the elevator door, "Hurry!" Sherry shouts as they were through, Jacob slams his fist onto a bottom the doors close, stopping the crawler from jumping at them. And they went down, Jacob exhales and looks at the two. "We'll be out of here and no time." Leon states and Jacob nods, "Yeah." Sherry agrees with him. Then the elevator stops and Jacob held Sherry close to him. "Here we are. Lets go." Claire states as they were ready. The doors open and they step out, "A train." Sherry states as they look around, "This'll probably get us outta here!" Claire states, but then Sherry gasp and they look over, seeing Trenchy, but he was mutated. "What the?!" Jacob questions.
"Wait, you're…?!" Leon states as Claire and Jacob fired at him, "I thought you said he was dead?!" Jacob shouts as Leon fires as well. "I thought he fell into the blast furnace?!" Claire questions as well as Jacob steps back. "God dammit! he's suppose to be dead!" Leon shouts. Then Jacob sets Sherry on her feet, "Sherry, get on the train and don't come out until I tell you it's safe, okay?" he tells her, she nods at him, "Go, Sherry! Hide!" he tells her, "Alright! Be careful!" she tells him and she train to the train. They all started to fire at the monster as they step back, Jacob pulls out his shotgun and fired at the monster. "This is ends right here, right now!" Leon shouts and then turns as Jacob was walking up the stairs. "The stairs!" he shouts and they all ran up the stairs. They look back and saw the monster jump up the stairs.
They fired at it and then were on the ramp, but the monster jumps down right in front of them. "You really like to jump around a lot, don't you?" Claire questions as Jacob stumbles back next to Leon and Claire. It went to swing at them. But they got good shots in and it went to a knee. "Jump!" Leon shouts and they were on top of the train. They ran down it as the monster followed after them, "This thing will never die!" Claire shouts as Leon fires at it, making it stumble back and they jump down. "Where'd it go?" Leon asks as they saw the monster walking next to the to the train, right at them. "Shit! Follow me!" Leon shouts and the ran back to the side of the train, they look behind them and did see the monster, but it jumps on top of the train, "There he is! Shoot him!" Leon shouts and they open fired on the monster as the ran. The monster ran after them and it went to jump slash at them, but they got a good shot in and were back at the stairs. "Good! This way!" Leon shouts and they followed him up the stairs.
It followed them and they dodge it's attack, then jumps down onto the tracks. The monster jumps down as well and grips the train, it roars as it pushes the train at them. "You've gotta be kidding me!" Claire questions and they dodge the train as well. "You must of really piss him off!" Jacob shouts as they were back in the platform. Then they turn and saw the monster right behind them. It went to slash at Leon but he fired at it's dead and stumbles back, then they took off, jumping back on the tracks. They turn and saw the monster jump onto the ramp and then they turn to the platform and pulled themselves back up and ran down it.
They stop and turn as the monster was in front of them from afar. They fired at it, it growls and jumps at them. "Here it comes!" Claire shouts and they dodge it, making it get it's claw stuck in the ground. "Shoot it!" she shouts and they fired at it, but the monster pulls free and jumps back, they fired at it again. But they stop as the wounds were healing, "No way. Is he regenerating?!" Leon questions and Jacob groans, "Oh, come on!" he shouts. "How the hell are we suppose to kill this freak?!" Claire questions as she was scared. "Use this!" a woman calls out, they turn and saw a shadow figure standing on the ramp in the shadows. "Annabelle? Is that you?!" Leon calls out as there was a rocket launcher on the floor in front of them. "Use it and get out of here!" Annabelle calls out again and then was gone. Leon then looks around, to find her. "Leon, we need to take him out first!" Claire reminds him. He nods and picks up the RPM and turns to the monster.
It jumps around and lands right next to them, they fired at it, "It's look close, we can't fire the RPM at this range!" Jacob reminds it and he fired his shotgun at him, the monster steps back and jumps away from them, "Leon now! Shoot it!" Jacob shouts and Leon aims the RPM at the monster and fired, hitting it right in the chest. "We got him!" Claire shouts and they look back and saw no one was there, "That voice we heard." he states and Jacob pats his shoulder. "I think she's going to get out of this city as well." he assures him and Leon nods, "Yeah…" he states. "Leon, Jacob, hurry!" she calls out to them and they nodded at her, running to the train and joins her.
~8~8~8~
They all were in the front car, relaxed as they were getting out of the city, "It's over." Leon states, Jacob just leans forward. "Not yet." Claire states and the two look at her. "I still have to find my brother." she tells him. Jacob nods, "I don't think it will ever be over." Jacob states and the two look at him. "Whatever Umbrella is planning, this was just the start." he states and the two nod. "Yeah…" Leon states.
Then Jacob states up as they went to the door, as Leon was going to open it, the train shook and makes the three stumble back a little and look around. "What the…?! What was that?!" Leon questions and Jacob groans. "Alright, place your beets and what hitch hike onto the train." Jacob states, "Trenchy." Leon states, "Another crawler." Claire states, "Giant plant." Sherry said, "And I bet it will be William, refusing to give up." Jacob states, then Claire turns to Sherry, "Stay here, we'll check it out." she tells her, Sherry nods and they walk through the door and to the next cart.
They walk further down and then felt the train shake again, "Oh boy, we're not going to like this, are we?" Jacob asks and the two shook their head. In the next cart. It was being pulled apart, but mutated tentacles, then the door was rip open and the three grip onto the edge and brace themselves. "Sheeeerrryyy!" William calls out and Jacob scoffs. "Leon! It's him again, isn't it!?" Claire asks as they aim their guns at it. "Yeah, it's William!" Leon agrees. "Take a hint, Freak!" Jacob shouts and they started to fire at him. "It followed us, all this way?!" Leon questions, "This is ridiculous!" Claire shouts and Jacob looks at his watch, "Bet we can take this thing down in four minutes!" he shouts and fired at a tentacle. "Bastard!" Leon shouts at William. "We gotta ditch this thing!" Claire shouts as she fires at a tentacle. "Sheerrryy!" William shouts. "Fuck off! you've lost all right to your daughter!" Jacob shouts as he grips the side, "Say goodbye!" Leon shouts as well and fired the rocket launcher at William. But William was still on the train Jacob and Leon growl at him, "Damn it, it's still hanging onto the train!" Leon shouts. "What are we going to do?!" Claire asks him, "There's got to be a way." Leon states and Jacob looks down at the space between the two carts.
"Detach the cart William's on!" he shouts and Leon looks down at it as well. "Shoot the explosives!" Claire shouts and the shot at the explosives, weakening William, "It's working!" Claire shouts, "I'm going for the coupler, cover me!" Jacob shouts, "Right, Claire! Fire at William. Keep his attention on us!" he tell her, she nods at him and they both fired at William, irradiating him. Jacob laid down and crawls to the connector and held on to the cart he was on. He pulls out his machine gun and aims at the connector. "Burn in hell, monster." Jacob whispers and fired at the connector and it detaches the cart, making William fall back into the tunnel "We did it!" Jacob shouts and they were scott free from the city.
~8~8~8~
The train was miles away from the city as it blew up, the four were back outside as the sun was high in the sky. Sherry walks with Claire and Jacob as she was holding their hands, "We're going to be ok now, aren't we?" Claire states and Sherry nods at her, as she swung Jacob's arm making him chuckle at her.
Then Leon stops and looks at the little girl, "Sherry." he calls out, they stop and she looks at him. "I have something to you… about your mother." he states. He told her everything. Horror was etch into Sherry's face as she cries and wraps her arms around Claire and cries. Jacob looks around at her and places his hand on her head. "The vaccine that saved you. It was from your mother. She loved you very much. Always has. Right up till the end." he tells her, but Sherry shook her head. "No, that's a lie. Mommy never…" she whimpers. Claire kneels down and hugs her. Then Jacob kneels down as well. "Sometimes Sherry, it's hard for people to express how they feel, your mother loved you, but she didn't know how to show that love for you." he states and Sherry looks at him. "So making the vaccine for you, maybe that was her way of showing just how much she loved you." he tells her. Sherry moved out of Claire's arms and right into Jacob's.
He held her close as he stood up and pets the back of her head, "It's aright Sherry. we're here for you." he tells her and she sniffles.
~8~8~8~
Claire took off for her brother as the three were walking aimlessly down the track. Sherry rode on Jacob's back as she was asleep. "So, you think you'll see Annabelle or her sister again?" Jacob asks and Leon shrugs. "I don't know, I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath." Leon tells him.
Jacob chuckles "Yeah well, if she really cares about you. She well find you when you least expect it." he tells her, Leon chuckles and the two stop as they saw jeeps driving right towards them, they jump off the tracks and Leon waves his arms at them, the jeeps come closer and stop next to them.
They were brought into the jeeps and taken to a U.S government base and were separated, Jacob struggled as he was calling out to Sherry, who was scared to death, calling out for Leon and Jacob. But they ever saw each other again.
~8~8~8~
Leon sat in a dark room with one light and a camera in front of them, "We have the authority to do as we please with you. You, the umbrella solider and that girl." a man informs Leon.
The rookie looks at the wall as he has no idea where the voice was coming from. "Just leave Sherry out of this, she's an innocent." Leon snaps at the voice. "An innocent that carries the G-antibody." the man informs him and Leon leans forward, "Don't worry, we're taking really good care of her. Bottom line is, you have the experience we're looking for. So if you want this to end peacefully, you really have only one choice." the man states and Leon rubs his brow. Then he looks up. "Work for us."
~8~8~8~
Jacob pace back and forth as he was restless. "Mr. Tate, there's no need to be antsy." the man informs him and Jacob scoffs. "Right, saw the man that takes a little girl against her will." Jacob snaps at him, "I understand your anger Mr. Tate, but be assured we're taking really good care of her." he states and Jacob shook his head, "Somehow I'm not so reassured here." Jacob informs them and he sat back down. "What do you want?" he questions them as he leans forward.
"Well, Mr. Tate, you and Mr. Kennedy have the experience we're looking for to fighting this B.O.W weapons and if you work for us, we can ensure the safety of the country." the man informs him, "So what, you looking to hire me?" Jacob questions him. "That's exactly what we're looking to do, Mr. Tate." the man informs him and Jacob looks down at the ground. "Alright, I'll work for you, but I have demands." he states, "Such as?" the man asks, "I want full custody of the girl and a proper education for her as well." Jacob states "MR. Tate!" the man shouts and Jacob shot to his feet, "You said you wanted to hire me, these are my demands and if they're not meet, then you can say goodbye to that help I can offer." Jacob reminds him and the man sighs. "Fine. we'll give you full custody of the girl and a proper education for her, but she will serve the government." the man reminds him. Jacob nods. "I agree to the terms. So, where do we start?"
~8~8~8~
In the white house, Adam, the president was walking to his office, ready to start his work with a folder of what happened in Raccoon city and the three new people joining the task force for the job, he walks into his office and closes the door. But stops as the window was opened.
He looks around and sets the folder down, "Hello Mr. President." a robotic voice calls out from shadows and the President freezes. "Don't bother calling your guards, I disable the emergency beacon under your desk." the voice informs him, and he stood still. "Who are you?" Adam questions them, "Someone that survived Raccoon city." they answered him. "What you want?" he ask them again, "Turn around they ordered and Adam did, he was faced at the shadow corner, "Catch." they demand and toss something at him, Adam catches it and looks down at the vial.
"What is this?" he asks, "The cure to the next Generation virus, I acquired it from William Birkin's lab, he won't mind." they informs him, Adam nods and set the vial next to the file, "I figure you want something in return, you wouldn't just give me something a valuable as this to me." he states and sat on his desk.
The person in the shadow smirks, "I want only one thing, something your intel can give me." they states and Adam nods. "I want to see Umbrella burn." they answered him and Adam nods. "Are you looking to be hired by me?" he asks them. "Presciently why I come to you and only you, I want Umbrella to suffer for what they've done to me and to do that I will need your help." they inform himself. "Will you do it for the good of the country?" he asks them. "To keep another Raccoon City from happening all over again." they answered him.
Adam removes himself from his desk and stood in front of the shadow, "Then you will answer to me and only me, am I understood?" he demands of them, "As crystal. Mr. President." they answer him, he nods and held his arm out to them. "Do we have a deal?" he asks them and a hand was extended out to him and shook his hand "We have a deal, Mr. President."