"We are a few chapters away from finishing the RE: REVELATIONS CHAPTER, we discover more secrets and of course more problems. Lets see what happens!"
Chapter 20: Traitor In The Shadows
After finding out the truth of Raymond Jill and Chris were in the VIP room lock and loading their weapons ready to head down to the lab to find the answers they needed once and for all.
"So this is all Raymond's doing." Jill stated as she loaded her handgun.
"No, I think we only heard half of the story. There's alot about this mission that doesn't make sense yet" Chris responded as he checked his gear.
"Then lets go find those answers" Jill took the lead and the two headed down the hatch at the back of the VIP room and followed the ventilation system all the way through the flooded area once again.
Back in the lobby Angela and Parker were heading towards the dining room ready to take the lift located beyond it to take them to the bridge and just as Angela was about to open up the door she noticed Parker had stopped looking back at the casino they just came from.
"Parker what's wrong?" Angela asked concerned.
Parker didnt respond right away but after a few moments he turned back to Angela "Just something Raymond said, we'll see if he is telling the truth".
"What truth is that?" Angela questioned.
"Lets head to the bridge and find out" Parker simply stated and he took out his handgun and pushed open the door into the dining room and Angela followed.
"Parker this is Jessica sorry I rushed off I had to check on something, what's the plan?" Jessica came over the radio.
"Get to the bridge, activate the bulwark and pray the ship stops sinking. Now that the powers back, we should be able to access the maintenance system" Parker layed it all out.
"Ok heading there now" Jessica responded.
"See you on the bridge" Parker simply stated and ended the call as he and Angela finally came to the dining area.
"Girl seems charming" Angela mocked.
"Ha, she is hard to work with I'll give you that" Parker looked back at her and the two then rushed up the nearby steps leading to the private rooms and that's when Angela spotted spores on the ceiling.
"Parker on the ceiling" Angela pointed out and Parker looked up.
"Shit looks like we got new players to deal with, but we don't have time lets get out of here before they hatch" As soon as Parker finished talking one of the spore's on the far side of them split open and they saw a new type of Ooze with was a lot bigger and had alot more teeth.
"Run!" Parker ordered and the two ran as fast as they could as the new creature roared as it struggled to get up. Lucky enough Angela and Parker were already near the door leading to the private rooms and they quickly busted through the door and quickly shut it behind them.
"Please tell me there no other surprises like that" Angela said as she held her gun up while Parker pushed a nearby draw in front of the door.
"In this line of work anything is possible, wont be surprised if we see a mutated dinosaur one day" Parker stated as he finally planted the draw in front of the door.
"Please tell me your joking" Angela sighed as the two turned and head through the room and into the next area where more ooze were waiting for them.
"Oh for fuck sake!" Parker shouted and the two opened fire at the Ooze as they charged for them. Angela and Parker pulled off headshots while moving forward and the Ooze went down one after the other but one managed to get close to Angela and attempted to slash at her but she ducked and side stepped avoiding the attacked and delivered a swift kick to the Ooze sending it backwards towards the other group of Ooze.
"Grenade!" Parker shouted and Angela dived out of the way as Parker threw the grenade at the group and the grenade exploded on impact and bits of the creatures were all over the place.
"Gotta admit these things arnt much of a problem now" Angela stated as she reloaded her handgun.
"Ha looks like the Rookie has gained awareness, or is it the virus inside you?" Parker chuckled.
"I hope its just me, I want this thing out of me dont care if I'm immune" Angela sighed and Parker placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Dont worry when we get back we will get it out, right now lets get to the bridge" Parker reassured and Angela nodded then the two rushed through the halls of the private rooms.
-Queen Zenobia Lab-
After going through the flooded area of Maintenance Chris and Jill were finally in an elevator heading down to the lab where the Virus is supossed to be kept and the two quickly checked their ammo after going through hordes of infected, the journey to the lab was no easy feat but thanks to their skills and experience the two agents finally made it to their destination.
The two were silent during the elevator ride and the air seemed tense and after a few seconds Jill broke the silence. "Chris?".
"Yeah what is it?" Chris responded as he checked his handgun.
"Oh forget it, its not the time for it" Jill sighed.
Chris turned to Jill "Jill you can tell me, whats wrong?".
Jill took a deep breath thinking about what Angela said before the start of the mission, she remembered Angela telling her to express her feelings to Chris, it may be dangerous for the mission but she shouldn't waste what she might have on what's and ifs.
So she looked up to Chris and opened her mouth "Chris, what do you think of me?".
Chris frowned "What do you mean?".
"What do you think of me? Inside and out?" Jill asked again.
Chris lowered his hand gun and continued to look at her "Well we worked together for a long time, your skilled and the best partner I could ask for".
"No I mean...on the inside, nothing to do as partners. What do you see in me as a woman?" Jill asked again.
"Jill whats this about?" Chris questioned.
Jill sighed and checked her weapon "We'll talk about this later, its too dangerous to talk like this on the job".
Chris looked at her for a few more seconds concerned as she was never like this but he decided to let it go and focus on the job at hand so he looked to the elevator controls and saw they were getting close.
"We are about to come to the lab" Chris stated.
"Why try to hide these facilities on a cruise ship?" Jill turned professional again.
"It makes a good cover, who would suspect it?" Chris responded and soon the elevator stopped and its doors opened showing a large pathway leading to the main part of the lab.
"Good point. I hope we find out what the hells going on." Jill took point and the two headed through the pathway and came to a huge magnetic door and as soon as they got near to it the large door started to open, Chris and Jill held their weapons up ready for anything as the door retracted its locks.
"The virus is somewhere in this research area" Chris looked to Jill and then the door swung open and both agents slowly entered to see in the centre of the research area was a large tube full of red substance which they knew was the virus.
"So this is the secret of Zenobia" Jill stated as the two looked on at the virus.
-2:50 AM Crash Site-
Inside the destroyed plane Chris and Jessica witnessed falling through the sky on their mission to track down Veltro, Quint was still working on the terminal which was lucky enough still operational while Keith was sitting down nearby rubbing his hands together trying to keep warm.
"Well, well, well...this things amazing" Quint stated as he typed away at lightning speed which caught Keith's attention so he got up and moved close to his partner to see what he found.
On the terminal Quint was closed to downloading something and as soon as the progress bar hit 90% the terminal shut off.
"What the-" Quint frowned and tried pressing a few buttons to try to get the console working but it was no use, the terminal was dead.
"So what the hell did you do?" Keith asked as he looked at Quint rubbing his chin thinking something over.
Quint looked at his partner and for some strange reason he starting laughing and after a few moments Keith joined in.
"I didn't do anything" Quint stated.
A few minutes had past and Keith had pulled the circuit panel from under the terminal and did everything he could to get the console working while Quint walked back and forth with a flask and a cup of tea.
"Aww don't tell me the battery's dead. This blows" Keith sighed.
Quint looked out to the snow filled area as he took a sip of his tea. "The upside of this whole conspiracy is becoming clearer." He took a long sip of his tea and suddenly his eyes widened as he lowered his cup and looked back at Keith still working.
"We have to get back to the airport - on the double" Quint exclaimed then rushed off still holding his cup of tea and flask.
"Hey man hold up!" Keith shouted after him as he picked up his rifle and rushed after Quint.
-A while later-
Quint and Keith finally made it back to the airport and as they walked through the area they noticed that the other BSAA teams were gone, they were now on their own.
Keith sighed frustrated with the cold. "Nobody's home. Even the other teams packed it in, so what are we doing here?".
Quint chuckled "It's ok. I set up a back door, I can use any PDA to get us in". He then walked towards the stairs leading down into the base they were in earlier and Keith just followed him down the steps.
"If my theory is correct, then the truth of Veltro is really..." Quint turned to Keith "Too early to say".
Keith lowered his rifle to his side with a sigh "Are you kidding me?".
Quint then turned back to the entrance into the base "I don't want to jump to conclusions. I need more intel".
"Well lets go get it" Keith stated and the two marched to the entrance and pushed the doors open and headed into the base once more then made a stupid entrance pose to lighten the mood.
"Gotta love action movies man" Keith chuckled and then the two rushed forward following the same paths they took.
"Ok lets find that computer" Keith stated as they rushed through the hall.
"My only hope is that it has a high powered CPU. That would be tits" Quint explained.
Keith chuckled as they pushed open a door into the soldiers rest area. "I know who's got great tits".
Quint sighed. "Quit talking about Angela, yeah she's gorgeous but come on she's out of your league".
"Hey, I can dream can I?" Keith joked as they passed through the rest area and through the next door into the hall and followed the path to the next door but all of a sudden a Hunter jumped from the ceiling and roared at them.
"Its a B.O.W! I knew Veltro was involved!" Keith shouted as he and Quint raised their rifles and opened fire at the Hunter and it jumped back trying to avoid the bullets.
"Thing is, they haven't been the whole time" Quint joked and all of a sudden the Hunter jumped at Keith but he managed to dodge the beast as it slashed at him and soon the Hunter was between them.
"Just shoot god damn it!" Keith shouted and the two friends opened fire at the Hunter from both sides and the creature roared as it was shot from both sides, Keith and Quint kept firing but after a few moments the Hunter made an escape by charging and knocking Quint to the ground and rushed down the hall away from danger as Keith rushed to Quint while still aiming down the hall.
"You ok dude?"
"I just got rugby tackled by a Hunter! What do you think?" Quint sighed as he got up.
"Walk it off, we got to get to that computer" Keith stated as he kept an eye down the hall, soon Quint brushed himself off and the two quickly turned and rushed down the path and headed straight through the door and into the next area.
"There's the elevator lets go" Quint ordered and the two rushed down the steps and headed straight into the elevator on the far side of the room, the rushed in and hit the switch and after a few moments the elevator doors shut and took the two agents deeper into the base.
The two stood side by side waiting for the elevator to take where they needed to be and there was an awkward silence until Keith broke the silence.
"So do you think Angela will make a good BSAA agent?" Keith asked.
Quint shrugged his shoulders "Possibly I mean this is her first mission and its pretty big for a rookie, hope she can handle it".
"Ah she will, I mean she looks strong as hell" Keith stated and Quint looked and him frowning.
"Let me guess you were looking at her Facebook Workout videos while I was on that terminal wasn't ya?"
Keith chuckled "Nah seriously man have you actually seen how built she is?" He then pulled out his PDA and brought up one of Angela's Facebook videos and presented it and the two looked at it and Quint's eyes widened seeing Angela in a sports bra, running tights and trainers and she was doing pull ups while wearing weight belt with a weight bell hanging.
Her arms were toned and they noticed she had a small six-pack showing and her body fitness really showed off her curves.
"Holy shit" Quint was drooling over the sight of Angela.
"Not bad for a thirty one year old woman huh?, I would love to date her" Keith smirked.
Quint laughed and pushed the PDA away. "Dude she would eat you alive, hell she would break you in half".
"And that's a bad thing?" Keith joked and the two just laughed and soon the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened up revealing some kind of storage area and on the far side of the room was the computer they were looking for.
The two slowly walked out of the elevator keeping an eye for any surprises and as they moved into the middle of the large area Quint turned his attention to the computer.
"Wait, is that a real -in the flesh- MB-28!? Grinder! Its what I always wanted!" Quint rushed forward to the computer and Keith sighed as he followed him as he was already on the computer typing away.
"You take to gadgets like a fly to horse shit. Its just a computer" Keith finally stood by Quint watching him type away.
"Ok down to brass tacks." Quint simply stated as he worked away. "Uh whatthehell? Nothings happening".
Keith sighed "What happened?".
Quint just focused on the terminal trying to get it to work. "Its not me! I need more power. The MB-28 is a real gas guzzler".
"Ok I'll find the generator while you spend time with your girlfriend" Keith stated as he turned and explored the area.
Keith soon spotted a generator in the corner of the room so he quickly rushed to it and he suddenly heard something which alerted him, he aimed his weapon around the area looking for any signs of the enemy but there was nothing, the only sounds that were in the area was the cold wind.
"Get it together" Keith said to himself and just went back to the generator and threw the switch down and the sound of power echoed through the area.
"Alright full power, initiate analysis" Quint called out and started working away as Keith rushed up to him and watched files pop up at crazy speed. A minute passed and all of a sudden Quint and Keith heard a growl and they both looked at each other with wide eyes, they slowly turned around and saw a huge mutated wolf snarling at them on top of one of the containers.
"Grinder..." Keith whispered in horror.
"I'm on it. Leave this to me" Keith responded then rushed forward and opened fire at the wolf on the container and the wolf quickly jumped of it and on to the ground floor avoiding the gunfire.
Quint resumed his work on the computer and finally found what he was looking for. "Ok downloading files!".
Keith followed the wolf around the area trying to land a hit on it but as soon as he turned a corner around a container his eyes widened as he saw the huge wolf with two smaller wolves snarling at him.
"SHIT!" Keith opened fire as he retreated back around the container and the wolves gave chase.
"We're at thirty percent!" Quint shouted as he worked on trying to make the progress go faster.
"Make it go faster!" Keith quickly turned and opened fire at one of the smaller wolves and it roared as bullets hit their mark, the large wolf jumped at Keith but he dived out of the way and the wolf ended up crashing into a cabinet up against the wall and it ending up falling on the large wolf.
Keith realised the large wolf was stuck for a while so he turned his attention to the smaller wolves and made sure to kill them before the larger wolf could get free.
The two smaller wolves went after Keith but he managed to keep his distance as he continued to open fire. "Die you rabid bitches!"
"We're at fifty four percent!" Quint shouted.
"Ok!, we're in it to win it!" Keith managed to take down one of the Wolf's and it fell flat on the ground.
Keith saw the last smaller wolf jump right at him but Keith unloaded more bullets right into the creature and it fell to the ground and Keith just kept firing at the wolf until it stopped moving.
"Yeah know your masters!" Keith mocked but all of a sudden the large mutated wolf finally got free from the cabinet that trapped it and it roared at Keith.
"This is enough to make a grown man cry" Keith sighed.
"ITS DONE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BABY!" Quint shouted then turned around and pulled out his rifle and assisted Keith in taking down the large wolf, as the two opened fire at the large creature it began to mutate further and its whole head split open revealing more teeth and its entire ribcage popped out of its body forming razer sharp spikes.
"This is what happens when you dont get your shots" Quint joked as he and Keith opened fire as they ran keeping their distance away from the creature as it gave chase.
"LETS JUST KILL THIS THING AND GO HOME!" Kieth argued as soon the mutated Wolf jumped on top of one of the containers still going after the two and soon Keith and Quint were cornered, they looked back at the creature standing on top of the container and it let out a huge roar.
"Grinder what do we do?" Quint aimed his weapon up at the creature and Kieth suddenly spotted a hanging container full of propane tanks right above the wolf and he just smirked.
"Get help from above" He raised his rifle and shot at the chain holding the propane tanks and the chain snapped and the crate fell, Kieth lined up his shot and as soon as the tanks were right on top of the wolf he opened fire and the tanks exploded and all that was heard was the roar of the mutated wolf as it burned to death.
"Jeez Grinder, you think fast" Quint stated and the two rushed back to the computer to collect what they found, few moments had past and Quint typed away while Keith kept watch and soon the results were in.
"Right, right...that explains it" Quint stopped typing and looked at the data.
Keith was keeping an eye on the area "Explains what? Who's running Veltro?"
Quint looked back as his partner "Yeah properly. There's only one way to find out, lets ask him ourselves"
Keith frowned and turned to Quint wondering what he meant and Quint began to contact someone.
"This is Forkball, O'Brian here" Keith's eyes widened at the sound of his boss. "What the hell? O'Brian's our man?".
Quint smiled proudly "Director O'Brian, I think I've put it all together".
-Queen Zenobia, Bridge-
In the elevator to the bridge both Angela and Parker were silent with both their weapons ready and the air felt tense and Angela couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with Parker.
"You said we will have answers at the bridge?" Angela asked as she looked at him.
Parker lowered his head and slowly nodded. "Yeah, but there's something else".
Angela frowned "What is it?".
Parker checked his handgun and the elevator finally came to the bridge "You'll find out soon enough".
The elevator door opened and the two quickly left and rushed to the door leading into the bridge and before they entered Parker stopped at the door then looked back at Angela who had her weapon ready.
"Get ready" Parker whispered and Angela just nodded and after a few seconds Parker silently opened the door and the two entered the bridge, the two slowly walked through the area and they soon turned a corner and saw Jessica working away on the bridge computer.
Parker rushed forward and raised his weapon at Jessica which shocked Angela. "Hold it right there!"
Jessica looked up in front of her looking out the window "Parker?". sounding a little confused.
Angela rushed up to Parker's side looking at him "Parker what's going on?".
Parker kept his sights on Jessica. "A spy has infiltrated the BSAA, Morgan's mole."
Angela then looked at Jessica who still had her back to them. "You mean?".
"Yes, Jessica is the mole" Parker stated and Angela quickly raised her handgun aiming at Jessica.
"What are you talking about?" Jessica questioned her tone was almost humorous and Jessica slowly reached for a button but a shot went off near Jessica's hand stopping her movements and Angela and Parker flinched as the shot didnt come from any of them.
"Parker, Miller subdue that woman" A voice came from behind them and the two looked back and saw Raymond standing there alive and aiming right at Jessica.
"Raymond?" Parker was shocked.
"How?" Angela was just as surprised.
Jessica slowly turned around and saw Raymond alive and well. "But, you...you were".
Raymond chuckled and then tapped his chest revealing he was wearing body armour then lowered his hand while keeping his gun on her. "She's trying to activate the ship's self-destruct mechanism, to destroy the evidence".
"What?" Angela was surprised by this as she kept her handgun on Jessica along with Parker.
Jessica chuckled. "Guys, this is getting out of hand...not funny!"
"Come on, say something? Parker its me" Jessica looked at Parker but he was silent.
"Thats why you shot Raymond, he was about to reveal you." Angela spoke and Jessica frowned at her. "You dont know nothing Rookie, this is your first mission you dont know how things work".
"Believe me, Angela has proven herself time and time again. She's no rookie in my eyes" Parker simply stated and Jessica looked at Parker with a frown.
"So your gonna shot me? After all the time we had working together?" Jessica was now angry.
"Parker, what do you want to do?" Angela asked as she kept her eyes and handgun on Jessica.
Parker slowly looked at Raymond and then lowered his gun. "Despite what you told me, I cant trust you completely. Not yet, put your gun down Raymond". He went to lower Raymond's arm.
Parker placed his hand on Raymond's arm but he shook off Parker's hand still keeping his gun on Jessica as he looked at Parker. "Your too soft. Dont be fooled Parker".
Angela took one glance at the argument and in that split second Jessica picked up her handgun and aimed right at Raymond and the three agents looked right back at her, all Jessica did was smirk.
She pulled the trigger and the shot went right at Raymond, everything happened so fast but in that split second Parker threw himself in front of Raymond and he took the shot.
"Parker!" Raymond shouted as he held on to Parker as he fell to his knees and Angela quickly stood in front of the men with her handgun on Jessica.
"You bitch! Why'd you do it!?" Angela demanded to know as she was close to squeezing the trigger but all of a sudden Angela felt pain rush through her body, she grunted in pain as she gripped her stomach and all of a sudden she fell to her knees dropping her gun.
Parker looked to his partner as Raymond supported him and they both saw her coughing her lungs up "Angela..".
Jessica chuckled "My my, she's infected and it looks like her body is having trouble fighting back".
Angela soon fell to her side and she curled up with her hands shaking and she gritted her teeth over the pain. "Whats...happening...".
"Poor Rookie, looks like your turning...pity really" Jessica chuckled and she then pressed a switch on the nearby console and alarms went off with the whole bridge covered in a red flashing light.
Raymond looked at Angela curled into a ball grunting in pain then looked at his old partner he was supporting and soon he looked up at Jessica who had her handgun aiming at him and all she had was a cocky smile.
"I knew O'Brian had a lapdog, I'll tell Morgan it was you" Jessica then slowly moved away and headed to the exit leading out of the bridge.
"Jessica!..." Parker shouted after her in anger and suddenly Angela screamed in pain as she pushed up on all fours and Parker looked at her and saw veins appearing over her face.
"Sorry Parker, it was fun while it lasted" Jessica chuckled then looked at Angela "Nothing personal Rookie".
Angela slowly looked up at Jessica who was at the exit door looking at her and all she saw was Jessica enjoying the scene before her. "Looks like this is your first and final mission" Jessica then waved goodbye and left through the door.
Raymond then turned his attention to Angela who now lowered her head still on all fours and she grunted in pain as more veins appeared around her face.
He raised his handgun at Angela ready to put her out of her misery. "NO!" Parker pushed the gun away stopping Raymond.
"She's turning!" Raymond argued as he went to aim at her again but Parker gripped Raymond's wrist and the two struggled against each other.
Angela continued to grunt and scream still on all fours and her whole body felt like it was on fire, all of a sudden the pain stopped along with her grunts and screams. Parker and Raymond looked at Angela and saw she was still and silent with her eyes closed with her head still lowered, what they saw next shocked them.
The veins around Angela's face began fading very slowly and she wasn't reacting to anything, she didnt move and after a few agonising moments Angela shot her head up gasping for air.
"Angela!" Parker called to her as he pushed Raymond off him and he limped to her while Parker just watched on still with his gun in hand.
Angela still gasped for air and soon Parker placed his hand on her back and brought her to her knees "Rookie you ok?" He asked her as she hand her hand on her chest and eyes widened.
Raymond slowly stood to his feet and slowly approached the two and watched for anything out of the ordinary and after a few seconds Angela finally spoke. "I'm ok...I'm ok".
"What the hell was that?" Parker questioned.
Raymond came close to her and she looked up at him as he spoke. "The virus within her tried to take over, but the antibodies within her managed to push it back. But it doesnt mean its over, its gonna happen again".
Parker looked up at Raymond with a frown. "Not if we get her the vaccine back at HQ!".
Angela slowly placed her hand around Parker's waist and she slowly got to her feet with him still coughing and soon she looked at Raymond "Get Parker out of here, I'm going after her".
Parker was shocked "Angela, no...if you go on your own..."
Angela looked at Parker still holding on to him while breathing heavy "Your safer with him then me, I cant take that risk around you. You helped me Parker, now let me help you".
"Angela.." Parker slowly shook his head at her not wanting to leave her.
All she did was smile at him. "I'll be back, I promise...just keep yourself alive". She sounded convincing but deep down she didn't know if she would make it, all that mattered was the survival of her partner. She wasn't gonna lose anyone else.
"If your absolutely sure" Raymond double checked and Angela looked up at him. "I'm sure, just make sure he survives".
Raymond just looked at Angela and after a few moments he nodded and moved to Parker's side and put his arm over his shoulder.
"You better come back, you hear me!" Parker ordered Angela and her eyes watered trying to hold it together. "I'll come back. Now please, get to safety".
Angela finally let go of Parker and Raymond took him from Angela and she just watched Raymond take her partner away but after a few steps Parker made Raymond stop as he turned back to her and the two made eye contact.
"Your one hell of a partner" Parker complimented as he gave a small smile and she returned it. "Take care of yourself partner".
Parker slowly nodded and he with Raymond went on their way as Angela watched them go and after a few seconds she pulled out her handgun and rushed to the door Jessica escaped through, she pushed through the door hard and into the corridor and all of a sudden she coughed a lung and stumbled to the nearby wall using her arm for support as she leaned forward coughing hard.
Angela's lungs were burning as she coughed and soon she managed to control herself, alarms echoed in the hall and realisation hit her that her luck may be running out. She could die here tonight but she wasn't gonna let a terrorist get away and cause more harm, ignoring the pain within her she took a deep breath standing up straight and after a few moments she pushed off the wall.
"I wont die failing to stop you Jessica" She cleared her throat and with her handgun loaded she rushed forward to hunt down Jessica.
"The virus within Angela is starting to fight back, time is running out for her and she is hot on Jessica's tail. The two will face off in the final chapter of REVELATIONS and of course someone else will come into the fight. Hope you enjoyed this episode and are ready for more :)