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Fight Or Die

"... I really don't quite get it, you're saying that Dracula's nest is at the ruins of the Spencer Mansion?" asked Barry Burton, Jill was sitting on her bedside with her blue tube top lifted just below her breasts, Rebecca was knelt down beside Jill, examining Jill's abdomen. Jill Valentine was looking down at Rebecca and then shook her head, turning to Barry, "I didn't exactly say that. What I said was that I went back to Potter's Field and Dracula's nest is beneath that field. I followed the storm sewers to the Spencer Mansion area." Jill turned back to Rebecca who was using a cotton swab to gather the collected blood from Jill's abdomen. Rebecca was shaking her head, "Well those sewers have been a part of Raccoon City since the very beginning—beginning of this state's founding actually. Historical records indicate that those sewers used to be a courthouse."

There was not a spoken words after Rebecca's words, Barry took a seat on a small wooden chair across from Jill, Chris Redfield was out in the living room talking to the mutual friend, the Sergeant of the police department about the deaths which had occurred earlier in the night. Rebecca looked up at Jill and lowered her top, gently brushing up against Jill's right breast, the gesture caused Jill and Rebecca to look into each other's eyes, but nothing was said. Rebecca cleared her throat and then stood up while Jill turned away from her, "Well that's your blood no doubt, but I saw no evidence of any wound there, no damage to your ribs either, it's like nothing even happened to you Jill."

Jill got up from her bed and walked over toward the window and watched as the moon outside began to set and the sky was slowly getting brighter. Jill closed her curtains and went into her bathroom, gently shutting the door behind her.

Rebecca Chambers turned to Barry who seemed to be deep in thought, Rebecca moved over to Barry and placed her hand on his shoulder, "What happened at the police department? Is everything taken care of?" she asked, Barry let out a sigh and crossed his legs, "It's about that. We lost some good officers because of all this... we've been losing people—human beings. For every person Dracula or his minions kills, then that's just one more added to his army." Rebecca nodded her head and closed her eyes, "Jill said that when Dracula talked to her, he had been awoken by a gravedigger... Lord only knows how long ago that was, we have no idea how long Dracula has been building his army below Potter's Field."

Barry placed his left hand atop Rebecca's, he looked up at her and smiled warmly, "Well, I'll have you know that I pulled some strings with Kendo and I was able to get us all a little something that should come of assistance." Barry got up from the chair and moved over to Jill's closet. He opened it and then grabbed a large suitcase which had been placed on the floor. Barry moved the black suitcase over and set it down on Jill's bed. He turned to Rebecca, "This is sure to make things a bit more simpler for us when it comes to taking out the vampires." Barry unlocked the suitcase and opened it, revealing four small crossbows. The crossbows were small enough to act like a handgun, only they were miniature crossbows. Barry picked up one of the crossbows, showing off the weight, "It doesn't way a ton, in fact it weighs a bit less then your standard handgun."

Barry placed the crossbow back into the suitcase and shut it just as Chris Redfield walked into the room, "I just spoke to Jack about what Jill had said about the nest at Potter's Field," Chris watched as Barry put away the suitcase, "and our Sergeant just came up with an idea. I will say, it's a bit risky, but if it works then it's going to wipe out the entire nest and possibly Dracula himself." Barry and Rebecca exchanged a look of relief and utter concern. Just then the bathroom door opened and Jill Valentine stepped out with a smile on her face, "When can we start?" she asked.


The plan was set and the sergeant was standing in Potter's Field, checking to make sure that everything seemed to be hooked in just right. Up in the sky was the moon, shinning bright and slowly disappearing. The sergeant looked over at the four; Barry, Rebecca, Chris, and Jill as they stood beside the abandoned church going over the plan. The sergeant turned back to the small device sitting beside a gravestone and made sure once more that everything was set up just right. As he checked the make sure everything was plugged in he heard a noise, someone move behind him. The sergeant spun around with his weapon raised, only to find that he was pointing his weapon at another ex-member of the S.T.A.R.S. unit, Brad Vickers. Nicknamed "Chickenheart" Brad was the coward of the group, the one always second-guessing himself.

Brad rose up his hands, frightened, the sergeant lowered his weapon, "Dammit, don't go about scaring me like that—what if I shot you?! The shot could have woken the dead you idiot!" the sergeant whispered, Brad lowered himself, knelt down beside the sergeant. Brad looked over at the four others standing by the church and going over something, "So Jill came back from her visit?" asked Brad, the sergeant looked up from the device, at first very confused, and then remembering the lie the others had told Brad about Jill's whereabouts. The sergeant nodded and went back to making sure everything was set, "Yeah... you could say that."

Meanwhile, the four others stood at the base of the church, all four of them looking down at the hole Jill had made the night prior when she dropped down into the sewers below Potter's Field. The cracked cement below was stained red, red from the falling red rain. Shockingly, there was no rain that night and the skies were mostly clear. Rebecca knelt down beside the hole and looked up at the others, focusing on Jill, "You did this?" asked Rebecca, Jill nodded and pointed to the wall of the church, thus showing the others a massive crack, "I did that too when I tossed the grate against the wall." Everyone looked over in awe, Jill let out a sigh, she was completely unsure of what she was becoming, let alone if everything would go back to normal once Dracula was killed.

Jill cleared her throat, "Alright, we've gone over the plan over a dozen times already, I don't think we need to go over it again." everyone agreed, Jill looked down into the hole, Looks like it's down the rabbit hole for me again... Jill turned to everyone and then hopped down, her trench coat, which had seemingly gotten a bit longer flew up into the air as Jill dropped down into the hole. She landed just as she did before and her trench coat gently floated down, acting as a cape. Jill rose up and looked up at everyone looking down at her, "It's too far of a drop for us Jill." said Chris, Barry turned away, grabbing something from his duffel bag, "I have a rope here." Barry moved back, tying the rope against a pipe on the church, he made sure it was secure, he moved back to the hole and tossed it down, "Alright here." Barry tossed the rope down. Jill grabbed the rope and gave it a soft pull, she didn't want to pull it too hard in fear she would rip it.

The rope was secure enough, Jill looked back up and smirked, "Let's see how this rope works out for us Barry." she said, referencing a prior event at the Spencer Mansion. Barry said nothing and allowed everyone to climb down the rope to meet up with Jill.

Once down below, the sewers were dark, silent, and cold, just as Jill remembered it before. She turned to everyone, "Alright, this is it. Time to take down Dracula once and for all. No backing out now. Remember, we're saving the people of Raccoon City here. We fight, or we die."