This is one of those chapters where I will change how the story is to make it more bearable. To avoid the repetitive parts of the game, I will be changing the story slightly. But don't worry, I won't be cutting the special people.
Chapter 11: Our way out.
They make their way to the gate where it's locked. They check the system next to them, responding that it is locked.
"We need the keycard." Leon states.
Claire hears a strange noise coming from behind her, she snaps her head in the direction and reaches for her gun.
"Claire?" Ivan questions.
*Growl*
A dog with blood dripping from its chin and exposed skin showing walks its way around a corner.
"Come on, even the animals?" Ivan cries out.
Before he could reach his for gun, the animal pounces. Claire, with her gun, prepares to shoot, but with 2 to 3 clicks, nothing came out. The dog runs towards Claire and jumps to her. Before the dog could make contact, it is shot to the side. Ivan with his gun out looked confused as he didn't do it.
"Who is that?" Leon calls out.
"Stay sharp!" An unidentified woman voice calls out. The dog gets up again and Leon pumps 2 bullets into it. Claire picks herself up from the instinct of jumping back and begins to talk. The dog, once again, begins to get up. The woman steps out of the shadows and puts one last bullet into it.
Leon, still aiming the gun, looks at her.
"Drop it, FBI." The woman pulls out a badge.
Leon puts down the gun and apologizes.
"Suprised you three made it this far?" She said as she begins to head the other way.
Leon bombards the woman with questions before she turns out.
"Do yourself a favor: stop asking questions and get the hell out of here." The woman walks away. Leon screams out hey and chases her.
"Leon! Wait!" Ivan and Claire yell out as they were reloading their weapons. They chase after him into the cell room where he's in no sight. The follow the tracks left by stepping in the dust to a jail where zombies were held up in captivity, groaning out. They made their way down the middle and turn left to where Leon was standing at a cell. It seems as him and someone else is having a conversation. Claire and Ivan walk over and the guy gets up from his chair with the cigarette in his hand.
"Hey, theres more out here? That's great! Hello humans!" He calls out.
"Are we the last ones alive?" He asks.
"No, there's a few of us." Leon responds. The man begins to talk about Chief Irons and how he locked him in there. Leon and him discussed as Claire and Ivan watched, trying to understand the situation.
After some time, a creak could be heard down the hall and he becomes antsy.
"Hey, I'll make you a deal... unlock the cell, and I'll give you this." He holds the keycard out in front of him. Heavy footsteps could be heard and everyone in the room looks around, the man backs up.
"Come on man! Just let me out!" The man panics. Putting his back against the wall.
Moments of silence panic fills the room and no movement was made. In the moment, bricks burst out the wall, revealing a giant grey hand. The man screams as the hand reaches over his face, dragging him up. He screams in horror as his body is a feather to the force outside the wall. The man then begins to scream louder and freaks out as his face is slowly being crushed by the monster. In seconds, the giant crushes the guys skull, his body dropping to the floor. With the hole in the wall, the giant peeks through. His lifeless dull stare catching our eyes. He breaks through the wall, the shockwave bursting open the weak lock, revealing the cell. He makes his way to the opening and pries the door open to make room for him. Leon, readying his gun, aims for his head. The giant snaps around and grabs Leon, planning to do the same to the man. Ivan acts fast and pulls out his shotgun, Claire getting ready. He aims for the monsters head and shoots a shotgun shell into his face, knocking him back and down onto the cell. He falls over and Ivan runs around him and grabs a tape recorder and key card. A sound was made as all cells are opened, and zombies stumbling out.
"Run!" Claire screams out. The tyrant behind getting back up. They all make their way to the way they came in when a group of zombies blocked the way.
Claire calls out again and pulls a lever, opening another gate. The tyrant picks up speed behind them and they all start running. The made their way through the empty cells and around the the corner, two zombies stood in their way. Ivan took the lead and pumped to shells into each head, bursting it open. Theh fall to the ground and all three continue their escape. The tyrant, with slow footsteps behind, insures he's following. Ivan runs foward with the key card and inserts it into the system. The gates open slowly and Tyrant stomps toward the door. Claire pulls out her grenade launcher and shoots one at the tyrant, stunning him. They climb under the gate and run through the streets. Two zombies were fighting to open a fence in front of them and it was the only open exit to them. Leon and Claire aim their handguns to the heads of the zombies and let loose enough bullets to put them down. They run through the gate and up the walkway. Giant pursuing footsteps stopped, confusing the 3.
"Did he lose us?" Claire questions.
"I don't know. I don't see him...? "Leon looks around. The streets are quiet and no footsteps could be heard.
"This city is infested with things that is beyond our imagination." Deep thinking hits Ivan.
"I want out, with as many people as I can save. As we can save." Ivan continues.
"Amen to that. Let's go." Leon agrees and they continue in foot again. They continue along the metal walkway, seeing stairs ahead.
"There's one down there." Claire points out. A woman zombie stood lifeless.
"I got it." Leon took the lead and put her out of her misery.
"Do you think these things have thoughts? Like they're conscious of what they're doing but something is making them do this. Probably not... though they were once all people before, at least the majority of them look to be." Ivan rants, questioning himself.
"It's better not to think about it. Whatever happened needs to stop, and I want to put an end to it." Leon and Ivan nodded in agreement.
They climb over a garbage can to continue their journey and reach the main streets.
"We can cut through the basketball court." Claire recommends.
"The one thing that looks enjoyable right now." Leon cracks a joke.
"You played basketball?" Ivan asked. Claire also perking her eyebrows in curiosity.
"3 Pointer God here." Leon states proud of himself. Ivan and Claire both roll their eyes and giggled.
"Someone's the hot stuff here." Ivan felt inclined to throw out.
"Oh you know it." Leon winks to him provoking a blush from him.
"You two might as well hold hands through this." Claire throws out.
"Hey, I don't like him!" Ivan throws out.
"Oh really?" Leon questions.
"Yes really." Ivan responds, getting antsy.
Growling is heard from around the cars.
"Get ready." Claire calls out, Leon and Ivan were already readying up. A dog jumps from around the car, going for Leon. The dog is quickly put down by Leon and another one readys his pounce with Leon not expecting it. Ivan catches this and shoots the dog mid jump, surprising Leon. Ivan winks at him, surprisingly making him blush.
"You're welcome." Ivan calls out.
"Now let's get out of these streets." They push forward, through the streets. They reach a bus with the doors open, presenting itself as the only entrance.
Leon steps in first with Claire following. Ivan follows, not paying attention to his surroundings. Walking through the bus, his foot is grabbed by a hand from under the seat. He gasps out, immediately kicking.
"Shit, let go!" Claire and Leon turn around and rush through the aisle to him.
Ivan gets back his foot and a zombie comes from under the seat, growling. Ivan pulls out his gun and puts an end to it, silencing it. After looking at it closely, he notices something.
"..." Ivan stares at the body.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Claire asks him, walking closely to him, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"It was a child..." Ivan begins to tear up.
"Ivan..." Claire can't form a sentence.
Tears run down his face, sniffling follows. Leon moves past Claire and embraces Ivan. Silence runs through the bus.
"He's in a better place." Leon whispers. Ivan just cries onto his shoulder, tears running down faster.
"You can't stay strong in situations like these... it's heartbreaking. A child, someone expecting to come home to their parents, only to have their life taken away and replaced with a mindless soul..." Ivan lost in his emotions.
Leon hugs harder bringing his face to meet his.
"I joined the force to save people like this and I will do whatever to stop this. I won't let this happen to anyone else in the world, at any cost." Leon embraces Ivan again and Claire joins in.
"Together, we can stop this. Please, let's move on and get through this to stop this."
Ivan calms down and embraces the two back.
"We will stop this."
