Gunfire was what we heard once Rebecca placed her hand on the handle. We waited for anything, our hearts racing faster than the train. We looked at the other, gave a nod and opened the door, with her taking aim down the path with me holding the sword at the ready.
But we were too late.
There were two dead Umbrella officers on the ground. I didn't feel pity for them, because they could of known of the T-virus, Hell, they could be the ones who released it onto the train! "What do you think happened to them?" Rebecca asked as she approached them, examining the bodies.
"Don't know, don't care." I said, walking past them, but not before stabbing them in the head to make sure that they didn't stand back up. Looking to the side, I narrowed my eyes at the damage I saw. "We have a problem." I said, looking back at her. Their guns damaged the engine chamber, I don't think we have the tools to fix it." I said, with her nodding.
"There is no way to fix it, but our objective is to shut this train down!" She said, walking past me and into the First cart, where we saw that it was empty.
Moving over to the controls, I narrowed my eyes as it wasn't good. "The train will either derail or crash!" I said, looking at her. "We have to stop this in the next five minutes or so, or we're dead!" I said, with Rebecca looking at the controls as well, where she picked up a book and started reading it through.
"I'm going to head over to the back deck and manipulate the control panel for the break." She said, with me crossing my arms and awaiting orders. "You stay here and apply the break when ready." She said, pointing at a control panel, with me nodding as she picked up a black card off the control panel.
"Ok." I said, with her running off. "Rebecca!" I called out, with her looking back at me from the door. "Save your ammo and run through them, they are slow, and if you have to, AIM for the head!" I said, pointing at my head. "Its their one weakness, so don't screw up, and be carful!" I said, with her placing her hands on her hips.
"Trust me, I wont mess up." She said, with her taking off.
"Our hope counts on you." I said, sitting down in the chair as I moved it over to the control panel. Rolling my good sleeve up, I watched the time as it passed by. My heart racing with each passing second. It was getting closer and closer to the five minute mark, and I didn't want to crash, because I most likely would die in the crash, along with Rebecca. One team dead, and my partnership with Rebecca would come to an end with a snap of a finger. I didn't want to see it happen, she was a good girl, even if she got into this at a young age.
"This is Rebecca!" I heard Rebecca say on the walkie, with me grabbing it. "I have engaged the control device for the break, over!" She said, with me standing up and looking at the break control.
"Roger, I'll put the break on now!" I said as I brought the walkie to my face. Looking at the device, I frowned as it was cracked, but I did see the number 67 on it. 'Looks like I need to match up the number, too much and we die, too little and we still die.' I thought as I pressed seven nine times then pressed four. 'Glad I finished high school.' I thought with a smirk as I grabbed the break and pulled on it.
Not long after, we started tilting, with me holding onto the control panel. I prayed to god that we didn't tip over, and we didn't as I felt the train get back on the tracks. I laughed, but soon stopped once I realized that we went straight into a tunnel system. Grabbing hold again, I watched as we came to a blockade, with my eyes widening as we crashed into it.
Later
Opening my eyes, I found that I was outside of the train and next to some fire. Standing up, I grunted as I felt a lot of pain in my back. Looking over my shoulder, I nearly yelled out in pain as I saw glass sticking out of my back, big shards too. "Rebecca." I said, remembering that she was a medic. Then it hit me like a bat to the face. "REBECCA!?" I called out, scared that she died in the crash. Walking forward, I made my way to the end of the train with a limp, with me looking down and seeing a metal pipe in my leg. 'Great, just great.' I thought as I limped forward, picking up the sword on the way.
"I'm here." Rebecca said as she came around the corner before me, holding her side, with me fearing the worse. "You look worse than me, how are you standing?" She asked, with us making our way to the other.
"Adrenalin I guess, more importantly, are you alright?" I asked as I came to a stop, nearly falling but she caught me. "Well, we managed to stop the train!" I joked, smiling at her.
"Yes, we managed." She said, with us looking back at the train. "We're going to need to find a way out." She said, with me nodding as we watched the dead crawl out of the train. "Come on, this way!" She said, leading me over to a door that wasn't far behind us. It was a metal door, and looked out of place. Once on the other side, she sat me down. "I'm going to need to patch you up." She said, with me nodding. "I'll start with your leg, so its going to hurt a lot." She said, with me nodding as she grabbed the pipe.
"Pull it out, don't you dare count!" I said, bracing myself for the pain. She pulled, with me grunting as it wasn't quick, but hurt like Hell. The pipe was probably the side of my forearm, and once it came out I watched her toss it into the water, where I then took notice to the room we were in. 'Their is no way that a sewer is connected to a cave so far out in the middle of nowhere.' I thought, where I saw her gasp, with me looking at her. "What's wrong?" I asked, seeing her covering her face.
"Your leg, its healed!" She said, with me looking at it with wide eyes as she was right, there was a hole in my pants but my leg was healed. "How is that possible, just what are you?" She asked, looking me in the eyes.
"Infected... Apparently." I said, shocking her. "I'm guessing that it happened before the train, the first Incident." I said, gaining her attention. "I was hired by Umbrella to deal with a problem of theirs with there best team. It was going smoothly at first, but they all made stupid mistakes, like dragging three civilians that we found at the entrance of the HIVE in with us, the HIVE being the secret lab of theirs that engineered the T-Virus, the same thing that's bringing the dead back to life." I informed, with her eyes widening more by the second. "They were the first team I lost, and only two Civilians made it, where it was reviled to us that the third one caused it, the other was a defect of Umbrella, and the last person was a man who wanted to bring Umbrella down." I said, closing my eyes. "On our way out of the HIVE, my hand was bitten while dealing with a monster that had a VERY long tongue, so I cut it off, but I guess that I was too late." I said, looking at the hand that I had removed, flexing it. "Apparently, the T-Virus effected me differently, giving me a healing factor and god knows what else." I said, spinning around and showing her my back, with her removing the glass, making me grunt from the pain.
"So...What happened after you escaped?" She asked, with me shaking my head.
"Well, turned out that Mat, the one who was trying to bring Umbrella down, got infected by the monster, when Alice, the defect, tried giving him the cure-"
"There's a cure?" She asked, shocked.
"It doesn't work, we tried it on one of the team members, she didn't make it and bit my hand." I said as I looked back at her as I couldn't feel any pain from my back, seeing that she was still pulling out the glass. "Anyways, Umbrella came in, took both of them away and gave me over to the MP with a bull shit lie." I said, looking forward again. "I swear, when I get out of here, I'm bringing Umbrella down AND saving both Mat and Alice." I said, clenching my fist. "That I promise." I said, narrowing my eyes.
"You seem attached to them after knowing them for what... A day, maybe two?" She asked, with me looking back at her.
"An hour, and out of everyone, Mat was an ass who wanted to do good, and Alice was actually smart enough to listen to me." I said, smiling.
"Aww, dose someone have a crush?" She teased, with me glaring at her.
"Don't start that." I said, where she patted me on the back, standing up.
"Well, we need to get out of here, that way we can stop Umbrella and save your friends!" She said, with me standing up as well. "Lets go...into the sewage...Yay." She said, with me jumping in.
"Climb on my shoulders, that way you don't have to deal with the sewage." I said, not looking at her as she climbed on. "Ok, lets get going." I said, walking forward, I held my breath as the smell was bad. Reaching the end, I looked both ways and saw that going right would lead to a dead end, so we had to go left.
Reaching the end, I saw that the gate was locked, with me looking to the right and seeing a ladder on a platform. Walking over to it, I placed my back to it so Rebecca could climb off and onto the platform. Seeing her climb the ladder, I got up and followed her, wanting to get out of here as it was making my eyes water.
Once we reached the top, Rebecca pushed open the top and climbed out, with me right behind her, only for my eyes to widen in shock. "Another Mansion...No fucking way." I said, looking around, with me seeing the Umbrella logo on the carpet. "The Umbrella Research Center." I read as I crossed my arms. 'They have a lot of secrets.' I thought as I looked at Rebecca, seeing her making her way up the stairs and to the picture. Walking up, I could tell she recognized the man. "The first general manager, Doctor James Marcus." I said, crossing my arms as I walked over to her, reading the plate under it.
"Attention, this is Dr. Marcus." We heard, with us turning around to face the front center of the room, looking at an intercom that was above the door. "Please be silent as we reflect upon our company motto." He said, with me knowing that it was a recorded message. "Obedience breeds discipline. Discipline breeds unity. Unity breeds power. Power is life."
"That's it?" I asked, looking around. 'Their is ten years of dust on this picture, which means no ones lived here for that long...No one alive that is.' I thought, looking at the front door, seeing that two knights held there swords in front of it, blocking it as it looked like they were meant to close it off.
"Lets check out the first floor." Rebecca said as she walked down the stairs and made a left, with me following her over to the double doors. On the other side, led to the dinning room, and there were two of them walking around.
Rebecca took aim, but I stopped her. "Save your ammo." I said, taking up a wide bladed chef's knife from the table and handing it to her. "You're going to need to learn how to use a knife." I said, pointing her at the two. "This is your chance." I said, taking my sword and walking forward, where I cut their arms off as I walked passed them, that way they couldn't grab Rebecca. "It isn't always going to be this easy, but the first kill is free." I said, turning to her as she looked at the knife. She held the knife, pointing it at them. Walking over to her, I grabbed the knife, and put it in a reverse grip. "Hold it like this, spread your legs apart like this." I said, kicking her legs back. "When its close, you want to go for the side of the head, that's where its more soft." I said, backing away. "If you go for the front of the head, your knife will get damaged or stuck." I said, with her nodding. "Now go." I said, where she stepped forward as one of them moved closer, where she stabbed it like I told her, killing it. "Good, onto the next." I said, crossing my arms as I watched her pull her knife out and charge at it, where she stabbed it in the side of the head and kicked it away.
"Wow, knives are awesome." She said, looking at her blade.
"Ya, but I prefer my sword." I said, looking at it. "It might not be my original blade, but it will do." I said, looking back at her. "Come on, lets move to the next room." I said, where I walked past her and into the next room. The room lead down stairs, with me questioning on why it lead to a boiler room in the first place. Looking to the right, I saw another door, with me knowing that with boiler rooms, there was bound to be some hot steam, especially for a place this old.
Walking down the hall, we entered the next room. Once inside, I saw one of them standing there with his back towards us. "I got this one." Rebecca said as she rushed forward.
"Rebecca, wait!" I said, charging after her as she didn't look around the bookshelf. Grabbing her by the waist, I spun around and just saved her from getting grabbed by the second one. "Always be aware of your surroundings!" I said, where I took my sword and swung it around, where both of them fell dead. "Never rush in head first, think ahead." I said as I put my sword away, with her turning to face me.
"Is that what happened to the others, did they rush in?" She asked, with me nodding.
"Some of them, yes." I answered, remembering the trap room that lead to the Red Queen. "Even when I was thinking ahead, I couldn't save them." I said, walking around the bookshelf, where I spotted some nunchucks. Walking over to them, I grabbed and examined them. "Cant remember the last time I used a pair." I said as I pocketed it, where I then turned around and looked at Rebecca as she was looking at a broken statue. "Come on, lets head up the ladder." I said, walking over to it as it was on the far side of the room, with her following me.
The ladder led outside, with me hearing groans. Walking forward, I held my hand out to Rebecca, telling to her stay put. following the only path, I took the nunchucks and spun then around, where I smacked one across the head, watching as it smacked into the wall, killing it. Feeling like I had gotten the hand of them again, I started doing tricks, with them as I made my way over to the next one. Spinning it across my arm, I ended up hitting it so hard that it fell off the edge of the roof, making me smirk. Taking the nunchucks, I tossed them around me, with them spinning around and smacking one of there jaws off, where I then reached out and watched as it spun around my arm, snacking both of them in the head, killing them both. Grabbing the chain, I pulled back and watched as it glowed blue, confusing both Rebecca and I as she approached me.
We watched as it took on a new shape, becoming a tri nunchuck connected by a ring. The nunchucks them selves became an ice like color with claws for there ends. "How?" Rebecca voiced our questions as she reached out and touched it, only to draw her hand back as it looked like it burned her. "Cold!" She said, breathing onto her hand.
"Cold?" I asked, grabbing the nunchuck part, but nothing happened. 'Its cold, yes, but why isn't it burning me?' I thought as I looked back at her, seeing her running her hands together. "You ok?" I asked as I put them away, hooping it onto my side.
"Ya, so many questions." She said, looking at the nunchucks.
"Tell me about it, I don't even know what happened." I said, continuing on. Reaching the end, we came across a wooden door with a handle, with me unlocking it and leading the way inside. The first thing I noticed was that there was another knight door, like the ones at the front door. Looking at the room its self, I rubbed my chin. "Its like a class room of some kind, or some kind of meeting place?" I questioned as I hopped over the raining and made my way over to the podium. Once there, I saw that it had a computer, with me pressing a button.
Security system is LOCKED
Please insert SYSTEM DISK
Evac. Drill Path: Locked
'Drill path?' I thought as I looked over at Rebecca. "Looks like we need to hunt down a System Disk." I said, getting a groan from her. "I know, more work." I said, rubbing my face. 'When will this day end?' I thought as I rubbed my head.
