Enduring the Evil 3
Disclaimer: This is my third Resident Evil story and is a Prequel and Sequel to Enduring the Evil 2. The story is non-canon, characters are based off of me and my friends, as OCs therefor belong to us , Dante Deco belongs to Experimental Agent 1123, Rav belongs to Shadowrav, Mia Jones belongs to ChocoMadds-and-Irish, Lucas Sunghyun belongs to sonickiller41, Justin Stewart belongs to Stormblaze530, every other character in Resident Evil aswell as Its storyline etc belong to Capcom.
Chapter 21 - The Vaccine
Raccoon General Hospital, 4F Passage, 12:35 AM, 'Carlos, Mikhail, Dante, Justin, Davis, Amy'
Carlos was the first to exit the elevator and into the hallway, Mikhail and Dante were next, followed by Davis, Justin and Amy. They had just recently met Amy, who was apparently a nurse in the hospital, or rather, former nurse now considering the situation. After asking, Amy had told them that the hospital may have the required materials to create a cure. Although, since the hospital was pretty much already wrecked, some of them were starting to doubt that they wouldn't find what they need for the vaccine. But Carlos continued to have faith that he would find a cure for Jill.
"Ok Amy, what do we need and where do we find it?" Dante asked.
Amy tilted her head sideways and thought for a moment before giving him a reply. "Well, A vaccine base would be required, and then we would need a medium base to put a sample into. If we can get those then we can make a vaccine with them."
Davis groaned and leaned against the wall. "Oh man..."
"What's up Davis?" Justin asked.
"Why does all of this crap have to be complicated?" Davis replied.
Amy raised a brow. "It isn't really complicated at all. Now that I think about it, I think there might be a vaccine base in the sickroom, and I'm sure there's a medium base down in the laboratory. All we really need to do is get the vaccine base and take it down there and it shouldn't take anymore than a minute to make a vaccine. Of course, I think it'd be best if I take care of that since I know how to work the machines here."
"That's fine, where is the sickroom?" Carlos asked.
Amy walked down the hallway. "The key to the sickroom should be in the data room just down here, follow me."
Carlos and the others followed her while keeping their weapons ready in case something showed up.
"In here..." Amy said as she opened the door at the end of the hallway.
Everyone followed her inside but the moment they entered, a sound forced them to raise their weapons.
"DON'T SHOOT! NOOO!" A voice shouted followed by gunshots.
Carlos and the others ran to the other side of the room and arrived around the corner to see someone lowering their weapon and another person falling to the floor.
"Nicholai? You're still alive?" Carlos said and slowly approached Nicholai.
"You saw what happened?" Nicholai replied as he turned to Carlos.
Carlos gave a slight nod. "What's going on?"
"I'm one of the supervisors, that's all you need to know." Nicholai said and aimed his gun at Carlos.
Carlos took a step back. "Wait!"
"Nicholai! You...you traitor!" Mikhail shouted.
However, both of them failed to notice the UBCS mercenary that Nicholai shot was still alive, he slowly reached for a grenade and pulled the pin. Both Carlos and Nicholai heard the sound of the pin being pulled and immediately sprinted away.
The grenade exploded, everyone backed away and Carlos managed to roll out of the way just in time, whereas Nicholai leaped through the window barely dodging the fire of the explosion.
"Carlos! Are you ok?" Justin asked as he helped Carlos to his feet.
"I'm fine..."
"One of your friends?" Dante asked.
Carlos shook his head. "...Not anymore by the looks of things..."
"Are you hurt Carlos?" Amy asked.
"Relax, I'm fine." Carlos replied.
"Well ok..." Amy walked over to the other side of the room and came back with something in her hand. "Here's the key to the sickroom, we should be able to get the vaccine base there."
Carlos took the key and nodded. "Got it, let's move, we've wasted enough time, I don't want to think of what'll happen if we're too late."
Mikhail put a hand on Carlos's shoulder. "We will make it, have faith my friend."
Carlos looked at him for a long second before replying with a nod. "Come on, let's get that vaccine."
Raccoon City, Central Street Station, 12:40 AM, 'Jamie, Stuart, Marc, Nathan'
"Holy shit. Look at all of these bodies..." Marc said as he looked around the area, the entire station was littered with corpses.
Nathan leaned against a wall and folded his arms over his chest. "If I'd have to guess, it looks as if the place has been like this for a while, and whoever took out all of these zombies must have had alot of ammo." Nathan closed his eyes and chuckled. "Hehe...I wouldn't be surprised if Scott was responsible for this mess."
Jamie shuddered at Scott's name after looking at all of the bodies, this reminded just how good Scott was, and he was just imagining what would of happened if Scott had gotten his hands on him. "Thank god he didn't..." Jamie muttered.
"You say something?" Marc asked.
Jamie shook his head. "No, just thinking out loud."
Stuart just stood still and looked at all of the bodies. "Scott did all of this, and now I'm supposed to assume he's dead. No, I don't think so, Jamie and Marc may think they're dead, I don't know about Nathan considering he knows not to underestimate others, but...I have a feeling, I just have a feeling that they are still alive. I know it, I know without a doubt that Alex and the others are still alive. I've known them for a long time, I know what they're capable of, and I know Alex and the others wouldn't give up just like that." Stuart let out a quiet growl and placed a hand over his head. "Why am I still holding onto a thread of hope that they're still alive? I've already made my decision, I've already chosen my path, although it isn't exactly what I had in mind. Why though? Why did I choose this road? I could of stayed with Alex and the others, I would still be with Louise right now. Was I afraid? Afraid that I wouldn't be able to escape this nightmare if I stayed? Or, was it something else. I don't know, all I know is, I do regret my decision, but it's too late for me to go back now, way too late, all I can do is follow Jamie and see what he has in store for us. All I can do, is see where this road will take me."
"Hey Stuart, you coming or what?"
Stuart turned to Jamie who was already leaving with Marc and Nathan. "Oh, sorry..." Stuart said before following them.
Saint Michael Clock Tower, Chapel, 12:45 AM, 'Jill, Rav, Mia, Lucas, Pierce'
"Jill, can you hear me?"
Mia waited for a reply but didn't get one. "Jill?"
Again, no reply.
"Jill!" Mia said again with a louder tone.
Finally, Jill answered. "I can hear you Mia, don't worry, I'm doing my best to stay conscious."
Mia let out a sigh of relief, atleast she knew Jill hadn't turned yet.
"Mia?" Jill said with a quiet tone.
"What is it Jill?" Mia replied.
Jill opened her eyes and slowly turned to her. "Where is Alex, Bryan and the others?"
Mia looked away. "They...went on ahead. They said they would try and find a way out and then get help for us. I don't know if they'll make it though, it's really dangerous out there."
Jill gave a slight smile. "They'll make it. I know Alex, he always knows what he is doing. Scott is with him too, I know for a fact that they'll get out of here if they haven't already."
Mia sat down next to Jill and held her hand. "You really have alot of faith in them don't you?"
Jill nodded. "Yeah...I've only known them for a short time, but, it feels like I've known them for years, that's how much I've gotten to know about them. They're brave, tough and capable, so I know they will survive this."
A chuckle from across the room got their attention, Pierce spoke up without looking at them. "You really should just give up and quit holding on to that thread of hope that they'll get out of here."
Jill looked away, this got Mia to give Pierce a glare. "And you really should stop being a smartass."
Pierce raised a brow. "Smartass? For your information, I've known Alex and his boys longer than any of you, I know what they're like so I would know much more than you at this point. And I know, they won't get out alive, they're gonna die."
"Well if that's what you think of them then you really don't know them aswell as you think you do." Mia replied.
Pierce smirked. "Heh, as if you know."
Rav got to her feet and glared at him. "You better shut the hell up Pierce otherwise I'll shut you up myself." Rav said with her fist raised.
Pierce just raised a brow at her for a moment and got to his feet. "Just try it." He said as he approached her.
Rav was just about to throw a punch but Mia grabbed her wrist and stopped her. "Don't do it Rav...he's not worth it."
After exchanging looks, Rav lowered her fist and sighed. Pierce smirked and turned his back to them. "Heh, thought so, wimps." He said as he went to the back of the room and lay down.
Rav just seriously wanted to kill him after that, but to for Jill's sake, she refrained from beating the living hell out of Pierce. "I seriously hate him."
Mia sighed. "I know Rav, but no matter what, we still have to work together if we want to get out of here alive, we just have to put up with him, even if he is a jerk."
Rav turned to Lucas who was sitting down with his shotgun aimed at the door. She sighed and walked over to him. "Hey, let me take over." She said and took the shotgun out of his hands, earning a confused look from him.
"What?"
"I said I'm taking over for now, you take a break and get some rest." Rav said as she sat down and readied the shotgun.
"Uh, thanks I guess." Lucas replied before walking over to Jill. "How's Jill doing?"
Mia faced him. "She's doing fine, to resist a virus for this long, it's really impressive."
"You know about it?" Lucas asked.
Mia shrugged. "Not much I'm afraid. Although, I was hoping to get a masters degree in virology, I studied quite a bit so I know some things. But, I only know things based on what I've seen during this outbreak."
Lucas was silent for a moment before replying with a low and quiet tone. "What did you see?"
"I saw people getting eaten alive, getting ripped apart, it was horrible, there was so much blood everywhere that I nearly threw up. I saw how the zombies were eating everyone, and then I noticed something...everyone who got eaten, came back as zombies." Mia explained.
Lucas raised a brow. "So what are you saying?"
"I think it has something to do with the bites." Mia said.
"The bites?"
Mia nodded. "Yeah. I was with a group of survivors at the time, Matt, Pierce and Rob were among them. Someone had got bitten by a zombie but we managed to get her to safety. However, as time went by, she grew pale and she was getting more and more tired by the minute. Eventually she passed out...and when she came to..."
Lucas remained silent as Mia stopped, waiting for her to continue.
"When she came to, she was a zombie." Mia finished.
Lucas placed his hand on his chin and thought for a moment. "So those who get bitten...eventually become zombies."
Mia nodded. "It appears to be the case. Since the virus is inside the zombies, it makes sense that if a zombie bites you, the virus passes on into that persons body, infecting them."
"Which means we gotta avoid being bitten..." Lucas said and turned to Jill. "Which also means that if the others don't hurry up with that cure then Jill will become just another zombie."
Raccoon General Hospital, B3F Laboratory Entrance, 12:50 AM, 'Carlos, Mikhail, Dante, Justin, Davis, Amy'
"So there's a machine in the laboratory down here that'll make the vaccine?"
Amy looked at the small vaccine base that they had found earlier, all that was left for them to do was to retrieve a vaccine medium and mix it with the vaccine base. Doing so would make the vaccine they needed to cure Jill of the virus, that is, if she hadn't turned already.
"I don't really know..." Amy said. "I've never actually been in the laboratory before, but I do know that there is a synthesizer down there that'll make a vaccine for us."
Dante slowly opened the door to the laboratory and entered first. "Stay back." Carlos said.
After waiting for a few seconds, Dante appeared at the door. "Carlos, Mikhail, I think you guys better take a look at this."
Curious about his words, Carlos and the others entered the laboratory and immediately jumped at the sight of two giant amphibian creatures inside the large glass tanks.
"What the fuck are those!" Davis said with his weapon raised.
"Calm down, it looks like they're asleep or something, we don't need to attract any unwanted attention." Justin said as he put his hand over Davis's assault rifle.
Amy looked curiously at the creatures. "What are these things?"
"You mean you don't know?" Dante asked.
Amy shook her head. "No of course not. I've was never told anything about creatures in the laboratory, this explains alot. I never thought this hospital would be hiding such things."
Dante raised a brow. "Well apparently Umbrella like to keep their research in the dark."
"Umbrella?" Amy replied with a confused look.
Carlos spoke up before Dante could reply. "It's a long story, we don't have time right now. Amy, just tell us what we need to do to make a vaccine."
Amy thought for a moment and looked around. "Ah!" She picked up a medium base from the other side of the room and walked over to a large machine. "Just let me turn the power on..." She said in a quiet tone as she pulled a lever, replacing the red light with a blue light.
Upon turning the power on for the machine, all of the water inside the glass tanks slowly disappeared, getting everyone elses attention as they saw the creatures moving. "Ok...I think they're awake." Justin said.
"You know something? These ones look alot like the ones we were fighting earlier." Davis said.
Mikhail nodded. "Except the other ones had teeth."
"Ok, just give me a minute..." Amy said as she put the medium base into the machine and started operating the machine.
Carlos watched her operate the machine while the others kept their eyes on the creatures. Justin walked right up to one of the glass tanks and looked at one of the creatures. The creature itself just stared back. "You know, up close, besides the claws and everything, these ones are kinda cute." Justin said.
Dante raised a brow. "You can tell them that when those claws are tearing you apart."
After turning a few switches, the medium base slowly came back out of the machine and opened up to reveal a small tube inside. Amy took the tube out and looked at the small red liquid inside. "This is it, the vaccine medium..." She turned to Carlos. "Ok, let me see the vaccine base..."
Carlos nodded and handed her the vaccine base. "Ok, let's see here..." Amy said as she looked at the vaccine base and the vaccine medium. She mixed the blue liquid of the vaccine base into the red liquid of the vaccine medium, after a few short seconds, the liquids mixed together into a new purple liquid. "Here we go, the vaccine."
"This is what's gonna help us save Jill..." Carlos said as he held the small tube in his hand.
Davis raised a brow. "That purple water is gonna cure Jill of the virus?"
Carlos nodded again. "You bet it is..." He turned to Amy. "Thanks for your help Amy, I don't think we would have been able to work those machines without you. You saved us alot of trouble, thanks."
Amy turned away. "Cut it out you're embarrassing me."
Carlos chuckled before walking on. "Come on, let's get moving, we need to hurry before-" He was cut off by a sound.
The group turned to the glass tanks and saw there was a crack in the glass. The creature inside slammed its clawed hand into the glass again, making the crack even bigger.
"Guys...move now." Dante said as he raised his assault rifle. Everyone slowly backed away towards the door as the creature hit the glass again. "NOW!" Everyone rushed out of the laboratory and sprinted down the hallway, they could hear the glass shattering just behind them. They didn't stop though and continued running through the laboratory entrance and through the hallway until they made it to the elevator. "Come on! COME ON!" Davis shouted as he continuously pressed the button.
They could hear the creatures footsteps echoing in the hallway, getting closer and closer. "COME ON DAMMIT!" Davis shouted again. Finally the elevator doors opened and the group rushed inside right after catching a glimpse of the creatures.
"Come on Davis!" Carlos shouted.
Davis pressed the button just in time, but just as the elevator doors were closing, the creatures clawed hand lunged through and cut into his leg. "AH!"
"SHIT! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!" Dante shouted as he and Mikhail tried to push the creatures arm out.
After Carlos joined in, the three managed to push the creatures arm out, allowing the elevator doors to close. "Phew...that was close."
Amy kneeled down next to Davis and pulled out a bandage kit. "Did it get you in the leg?"
Davis nodded. "Yeah, don't worry, it ain't too deep."
Amy wrapped some bandages around his leg and tightened them to stop any blood from leaking out and helped him to his feet. "Can you stand?"
Davis moved his leg around a little and nodded. "Yeah, I can stand."
The elevator doors opened and the group wasted no time in rushing through the office and back into the lobby where they first entered.
Just then, a beeping sound filled the air and the group looked around for the source. Carlos walked on as the sound got louder. "It's nearby..." After looking around, he saw a small object on the wall with a flashing red light.
"What is it Carlos?" Justin asked.
Carlos's eyes widened. "Uh oh..."
"Carlos, what is it?" Mikhail said.
"IT'S A TIME BOMB!" Carlos shouted.
Mikhail growled, knowing exactly who was responsible. "Nicholai, that bastard!"
Dante turned and grabbed Justin and Amy. "RUN! RUN!" He shouted as he sprinted towards the exit with the others right behind him.
Raccoon Park, Park Road, 12:55 AM, 'Wraith, Shadow'
"Hey Amy, the guys in charge want me and Mason back at HQ, there's a few things they want us to take care of."
Amy gave him a curious look and replied. "You're leaving again? Darn it Trent, you and Mason never get any free time, I barely get to spend time with you guys anymore because you're always getting called back to take care of some dangerous assignment."
Trent picked up his gas mask and put it on as she continued. "Just what is it that you need to take care of this time?"
"We're Umbrella Security Service commandos, it's our job to take care of trouble, you should know that." Trent replied as he tightened the strap of his gas mask and put up his hood.
Amy raised a brow. "Just what's going on over there Trent? I can't help but feel that Umbrella is doing something bad. I've heard rumours about research and experiments."
"I've heard the same, but I'm in the dark just as much as you, considering you're a nurse for the hospital, I was actually expecting you to know more than me. Anyway, Mason's waiting for me, we need to get going soon, I'll try and finish this as quickly as possible." Trent said.
Amy smiled at him. "And then we'll watch TV and have some hot cocoa?"
Trent, although his face was covered by his gas mask, she could hear it in his voice that he was smiling. "Yeah, we'll watch TV and have some hot cocoa." He gave her a quick hug before leaving.
Amy sat back down and was about to go back to reading her book but was stopped by Trent's voice again. "Hey Amy..."
"Yeah?"
Trent pointed his finger at her. "Don't forget the cream and marshmallows."
Amy giggled at his words. "Don't worry, I won't." She replied. Trent nodded and left.
"Trent? Trent!"
Shadow lifted his head and looked around, only to find Wraith next to him. "W-What? What is it?"
"You spaced out for a couple of minutes, what's up?" Wraith asked, a slight worried tone in his voice.
Shadow shook his head and looked at his weapon. "Nothing...just thinking."
Wraith sighed and turned back to the hospital. "Ok, I'm getting impatient, what the fuck is taking them so long?"
Shadow shrugged. "I don't know..."
"I'm getting soaking wet from this rain bro, I'm starting to get the urge to just go in there myself." Wraith said.
Just then, a sound filled the air, the two commandos saw a large group of survivors running out of the hospital. The survivors clearly didn't notice them since they were taking cover behind two cars, and they were quick at that as the the group had already passed their position.
"Come on..." Carlos muttered as he and the others ran as fast as they could away from the hospital.
"Now Shadow!" Wraith said with a louder tone.
However, just as the two commandos were about to jump over the vehicles they were using as cover, an explosion of fire shot out of the main entrance of the hospital. "WHOA!" Shadow and Wraith saw the survivors take cover in a small tunnel up ahead, but knowing they wouldn't get away in time, the two U.S.S members leaped over the nearby fence and shielded themselves from the smoke as the entire hospital slowly sank to the ground into a pile of burning rubble.
Carlos took a deep breath and got to his feet. "Everyone alright?"
Dante helped the others up and nodded. "I'm fine."
Mikhail held his hand against his side and nodded also. "Same here."
Justin looked at what was left of the hospital and let out a low whistle. "Damn."
Dante and Davis just looked on and exchanged looks. "Well...there goes our other escape plan." Davis said as he remembered their last objective.
Carlos turned to leave. "Come on, we need to give Jill this vaccine, we can't waste anymore time!"
"Right." Dante said as he followed Carlos down the tunnel.
Davis turned to Amy and helped her to her feet. "You ok?"
Amy nodded. "Yeah, I'm alright."
Shadow and Wraith both struggled to get back to their feet, they didn't anticipate the explosion sending them a little further than they hoped.
"Ugh...Mason, are you there?" Shadow asked as he wiped the dust off of his gas mask.
Wraith replied as he struggled to his feet. "Yeah, I'm here..."
Shadow grabbed onto the fence and pulled himself back to his feet, he looked to the small tunnel up ahead where the survivors took cover and his eyes widened when he saw a police officer helping someone to their feet. "Wait...is that...?"
Wraith let out a low growl as he finally managed to stand. "Dammit...what is it Shadow?"
Shadow caught a quick glimpse of the girls face just before the police officer took her down the tunnel. It was just a glimpse, but that was all he needed, he knew it was her right away. "It is her...Amy." Shadow said as he prepared his gun.
"Looks like she's with a few officers..." Wraith said and turned to Shadow. "What now?"
Shadow jumped over the fence and made his way to tunnel entrance to the clock tower. "We kill them...every last one of them."
Authors Notes: Ooh...Shadow and Wraith are closing in on the others, I'm sure you're wondering what's gonna happen now. Well anyway, this chapter took a while because, as usual, I've been trying to push myself to get into the mood for it, so again, sorry if you're a bit frustrated that you waited two weeks for this one. But that's how it seems to be going, the deeper I'm getting into this story, the longer it seems to be taking to get chapters done, I honestly don't know why but don't worry, just like the last two stories, I WILL finish this one. There's nothing I don't like more than a story that doesn't get finished, believe me the feeling is quite mutual. Anyway, we know Nicholai is alive, and the others now have the vaccine, their back at the clock tower and are now rushing to give it to Jill, will they make it? Considering Jill managed to last over two days, they probably will. And one more thing, an old 'friend' will be returning in the next chapter, and I know very well there's a few names right now that you all have in your minds, it might come as a shock to you, or it might not, you'll just have to wait and see. As usual, please Review and if you have a Request feel free to put it in aswell. Hope you liked the chapter.