Resident Evil 0: Beginning Hour (R)

by DisclosedBarrel

STARS Bravo Team's Rebecca checks out the Escliptic Express, at the same time Umbrella's Delta Team tries to control the situation behind the derailment and the outbreak James Marcus caused. Bravo Team has to cooperate with Delta Team to get to the root of the problem. Two teams that lack trust are tested when they trudge through the mystery behind the mansion incident's prologue.

17. Stopped the train

The crackling of a massive fire was the first thing Billy heard as consciousness slowly poured back into him, his vision blurry and hazy as he slowly opened his eyes. As he slowly craned his neck up, he winced at the hot-searing soreness that shot up and down throughout his entire body; his mind trying to catch up with what happened to him.

He remembered something hitting him in the back of the head; then it was lights out. After pushing his elbow against the hardened concrete ground, his vision slowly turned clear. The train's wrecked carriages were all over the place, one in front of him was set on its side. Could hear the sparks of electricity over the raging flames.

Coughing briefly into his fist, he slowly pushed himself to his feet; the rising smoke from the train seeming to stay within the tunnel that he was in. He looked around at the destroyed train, the wreckage having blocked off the pathway towards what would have been the tunnel's exit. That's when he suddenly realized everyone was missing among the debris. He was thrown quite the distance right in the middle of hellfire and concrete walls.

"Rebecca? Evie? Anyone here?!" he called out, his throat cracked and feeling dry. When he received no response at first, he glanced behind himself and noticed a dimly lit door. Evie sat up against the wall at the furthest end he could see. "Evie!"

Evie looked up and gave him a thumbs-up, barely hurt, but sore all over.

Billy smiled. Looking to the left by another carriage, he saw Rebecca holding her arm.

"I'm here," said Rebecca.

"Are you alright? Hey, we managed to stop the train."

"Yes. We managed. Where is everyone?"

"Not sure. We should wait here by the door, in case they show up."

"Door?"

Billy pointed at a door around a little corner out of sight. A blue light was seen above it.

"Oh, goodie." Rebecca sighed. "Not like there's anywhere else to go."

"I'll get Evie." Other than a cut under her left eye, Evie was drifting into unconsciousness. Billy picked her up over his shoulders, reminding himself not to insult her weight.