Part 21: End Game.
This is it the last of it and well I hope you've enjoyed the story it has been a real exercise for me and please review this chapter as I need to know if it's worth me doing a sequel I have a few ideas but no concrete plans for a sequel, so I don't own resident evil but I do own my precious Echo.
The smoke went up high into the sky it was a massive plume of smoke that gave the position of the chopper it was high in the mountains off to the west. We raced all over the hills trying to find the chopper but it was all in vane we kept circling the area, running rings around the smoke but I couldn't find a road that lead up to the crash site. But still I kept my foot down and searched for the pass, I race around and around a single hill until I spotted a small dirt track up the side of a hill, but just as I turned the nose of the car up the road I spotted Carlos carrying Angie in his arms running down the hill with Jill and LJ sprinting behind them.
"Don't go up there." Carlos said while banging on the side of the car.
I wound down the window, "Why shouldn't I?" I asked.
"Holy shit I'm glad to see you." Carlos said as he opened the door on the car and threw Angie into the back seat shortly after everyone else jumped in.
"It's good to see you but where's Alice?" Alec asked.
"She is still at the wreck but Umbrella have captured the whole area and won't let anyone within a hundred metres of the place." Jill said while pulling the magazine out of her M9.
"Yeah they brought a lot more guns to play with than you have." LJ said while he made himself comfortable in the seat.
"Right well we need out find out where they are taking her and get her back." Techno pointed out.
"You're the one with the computer on you all the time." Alec said.
"Yeah your point?" He replied.
"You can hack Umbrella you idiot." Everyone shouted simultaneously.
"I did that once I don't think that it would work a second time." he said trying to make excuses.
"Well if we get to a motel you'll get the whole night to prepare for it then won't you." Jill said to him.
We all set off back down onto the road along some kind of highway we were just another car moving along nothing out of the ordinary, we passed a lot of signs telling us how we were travelling away from the city at a very fast pace, I don't think the needle dipped below 60. We eventually decided to pull off the highway onto a small mountain road which lead through a small town more importantly it had a motel, so I pulled the pocket out from behind my body armour and opened it up it had a few items inside that I had seen Spyder handle before mostly meaningless thing such as notes from his past but one item struck me in particular it was a picture of a young girl who had deep brown eyes and perfectly blonde hair her she was only about nine must have been important to him for him to have this on his person, I turned it over it had Sophie Pierson aged eight at her birthday party it was dated April 23rd 1993, I took it and placed it in my pocket and then removed my body armour, I had dust from the collapse of the ceiling all over my combat gear I looked like I had been put through a concrete mixer, I began to brush the dust off of my clothes I realised I had cuts and bruises all over my body, how? The parasite was meant to prevent me from being injured, but as I was mid-way through my pondering I glimpsed at the fuel gauge it was nearly in the red.
"Right we need to pull over for gas now." I said, "Jill, Carlos you go in and pay. I'll fill her up. Alec you can get a low down on the town."
Jill and Carlos got out at the same time I did and I pulled the cap off the gas tank so I could put the pump into the hole. I put $50 in and the tank seemed barely above empty. Jill and Carlos came out of the station with nothing but they looked worried.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Take my wallet go in there and take a look at the TV. We can't go out. Umbrella wants us dead." Carlos told me while he climbed back into the car. I gestured at Alec to come in with me so she got out of the car and walked up to the door next to me.
"Right we are going to play the whole husband and wife thing, play it cool." I whispered to her.
"As all fugitives often do." she joked to me while grabbing my hand and squeezing it in hers.
We moved inside the door the bell above the door rang as we entered the room. It was pretty much a mini supermarket it had everything you could ever need I bought everything I thought we would need, lots of tinned beans and spaghetti, razors and beer. I left Alec to go off and get whatever she thought was appropriate for us to get. I walked up to the cashier with my basket full of stuff when Alec came and gave me her basket and skipped out the door to go and do what I had asked her to do.
"See you later baby." She said to me as she did.
"Okay I'll see you back at the motel at six." I told her, it was 1645.
I put my two baskets on the counter and the cashier started to scan my items through the scanner. I looked up at the TV which was just above where the cashier was I could see the news it was a local network. "There have been reports of an incident at raccoon city people who have claimed to have seen a viral outbreak have been discredited by the Umbrella Corporation who say the cities nuclear reaction went critical in the early hours and the city was lost, unaccounted nuclear technicians , Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera are wanted for questioning by the police." The pictures of Carlos and Jill stayed on the screen for a few seconds.
"Sir do you have any gas?" The teenaged cashier asked me.
"Yeah the black SUV." I replied.
"That will be $107.54"
I dumped the cash on the side and walked out not collecting my change, I just walked out. I caught a glimpse behind the counter as I walked out the cashier had been rolling a blunt as I was watching the TV.
I climbed back into the SUV and chucked my stuff back at the others, as I got in and LJ notice that the passenger seat was going spare he jumped straight into it.
"Tinned beans seriously?" Jill said while looking through the first bag.
"Try the second bag that one has more man stuff in." I said to her so she handed the bag over to Carlos who began to take out the beer.
"Budweiser, sir you have a good taste." He said while giving me one of his cheeky little smirks.
"I know now let's hurry we need to get to this motel and when we do Techno I want you to get on it." I told him as I put the Caddi in gear and put my foot down hearing the V8 roar as I pulled out of the station.
"Already on it boss," He said while his eyes were still glued to the computer, "Umbrella have certainly picked up their act since I last did this."
"No shit you helped them improve." I told him.
"Yeah but I put in some holes for myself to exploit." He told me.
"You need a girlfriend." Jill said.
"Why you offering?" He said sarcastically.
"Dream on Techie." She said back.
"Damn, well I still have internet under Umbrellas name," He joked, "but they can't track us."
"I'm glad." Carlos said, while pulling out the razors I didn't know if it was about the razors or what Techno had said.
It took a few minutes to get to the motel but when we did I asked, "How many rooms we need?"
"Two, one for boys one for girls." Jill said.
"Okay." I said, but I knew I was getting a room for me and Alec.
I got out and walked over to the door of the motel when I heard Alec say, "Hey Honey I'm back." while she walked over to me grabbed my arm still trying to play the husband and wife game.
"You're early." I said while we walked towards the front door.
"Yeah, there's not much in this town but Carlos' and Jill's faces are everywhere they are wanted beyond all reason." She told me.
"We need to hide them." I pointed out.
"No shit. Good thing I bought them some new clothes." She told me while she lifted up a bag.
I gave her a smile while I held the door open, so she could walk straight into the foyer of the motel; it was a large open foyer with a few plants and a staircase leading to the top luxury suites on the inside of the motel the less quality rooms were on the two rows of blocks. I reached the front desk which was a massive curved wooden structure, with a young woman sitting behind the desk, blonde long hair with bright rouge lipstick on.
"Excuse me ma'am." I said to her to get her attention. She turned and looked at me but then she sat back in her chair and fluffed up her hair, and bite her bottom lip. As she did I could feel Alec tighten her grip on my arm.
"What can I do for you Darling?" She told me in an unmistakeable New Yorker accent.
"I'd like a room." I told her straight. "Three, of the cheap ones."
"Okay." She tapped in on her keyboard and handed me the keys to three apartments, "Numbers 39 through 41." she said as I walked off, "Out and up the stairs on the left."
I took note as I walked back to the car taking one of the keys and slotting it into my pocket my new jeans were feeling rather comfortable in comparison to the old combat pants. I drew Alec in close as we walked over to the car, "I bought three rooms for a reason, go into room 40 dump your stuff and then say 'you're going to check on how the boys are' then go into room 41. I'll be waiting." I said to her as I pulled back the blonde hair from her ear.
"Have I ever told you you're a genius?" She replied.
"No you haven't but thanks for telling me" I said with a big cheeky grin on my face.
We walked back to the car where the others were still sitting I gave Alec the room key to room 40 and poked my head inside the car, "girls you're in room 40 go with Alec move quickly, Carlos and Techno you two are with me in room 39."
No one asked questions we all just got out of the car and moved to the rooms up the stairs and all rushed inside to make sure nobody spotted us, inside room 39 there wasn't much but three beds and a set of draws was all we needed draws to hide the weapons which we all concealed as we carried them up and stashed them for if we needed them, I was fastest to unpack and sat down on my bed wondering what the other guys were doing if they were on the run as badly as we were but then I remembered, shit! Alec was coming over to room 41 for the night I had to move quickly, I gathered up a bag of toiletries and made my way towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Asked Techno.
"Just out to dump some empty bottles," I replied quickly.
"Yeah sure, just don't take too long," Carlos told me with a massive grin on his face.
I left the room with haste and shuffled along to room 41 which I knew had a shower in it, I entered the door leaving it on the latch so that Alec could get in without using the key, I scuttled into the bathroom quickly and shut the door behind me again not locking it, I laid all of the toiletries I had scooped up on the side next to the sink the marble effect on the red wood looked like the style you would see in a high class hotel, I placed my razor and shaving foam on the side then put the shower gel in the shower and began to take off my clothes slowly unveiling my body which was battered from the hours I had spent in raccoon city, the concrete dust had begun to collect all over my sweat stained body the clumps of dust had dried out leaving streaks of grey running down my body, I had been battered and bruised which had only just scabbed over which meant the parasites must have stopped working for some reason, but as I stood looking at myself in the mirror I wondered what have they done to me physically I didn't look any different I still had my toned body, my skin was still white and I still had all my fingers and toes so what had it actually done? I looked at my watch, which was sitting on the side on top of my clothes; I had been staring at myself for ten minutes which made me feel a bit vain so I stepped into the shower and turned on the water.
It was ice cold for the first few seconds which sent a chill straight down my spine causing me to shiver slightly but as the water warmed up it made me feel a lot warmer and eventually became hot enough to being to wash off the grime and dirt that had become engrained into my skin and the water that ran off me was almost black in colour where it had caught all the dirt and crap that been stained into my skin, the tattoos I had spread all over my chest and arms were becoming more visible with every second so I began to wash myself with the shower gel and I cleaned up quickly washing through my hair then standing in the shower just to feel human again. When I eventually climbed out of the shower I felt a certain rejuvenation of myself like I was finally human, so I quickly had a shave to get rid of the stubble and just as I completed the final stoke on my face and cleared up the excess foam I heard the front door slam shut and heard someone pull on the door handle to get into the bathroom so I placed my hand over my pistol until the door began to open and I caught a glimpse of who it was.
"You took your time," I told them.
"Yes, I had to grab a few essentials," I heard their feminine voice say from behind me. I turned around to see Alec standing there in just her underwear and holding onto a bottle of Apple Vodka.
"My favourite," I said as I took her around the waist and placed her on top of the counter.
"What me or the Vodka?" She said with a sarcastic look on her face.
"You of course," I said while winking at her and moving my hand up her leg, "So do you have plans for that Vodka?"
"Yes, but for now," she leant forward towards me so I moved closer to her and met her lips it felt like a long time coming and the tension was diffused, I continued to run my hands up her until I was stroking the side of her face which she curled up into like a cat.
"Do you like that?" I asked.
"Yes it feels nice," she told me while still curling up around it, so I kissed her again this time more passionately.
"So what do you have planned for later?" I asked her while holding her on her hips.
"Help me down and I'll show you" She told me so I moved backwards and she jumped down and pulled me through the door to the bed, where….. I can't go into that don't kiss and tell.
I woke up the next morning to the sound of sirens like police but slightly different like someone had found us, I then heard a knock at the door and then it was kicked in.
Techno was stood there, "We need to move no….. what the fuck? That I didn't see coming," he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Is that Umbrella?" Alec asked.
"Yeah they found us."
I hope you enjoyed the story and as always please review if I do a sequel it will be posted on my own account which is jay2658 so this is me signing off for the last time…. OUT!