Chapter 17: The Unrelenting
"We must be close." Ivan calls out. Claire and Leon nods their head and they all step into the room. It was dark and no power was on. They walk around to the operating chair and try to leave through the door. It wouldn't open.
"Damnit no! We're so close! I can feel it." Leon hits the cold metal door. Ivan turns around to see if there's anything in this room that can help. He notices an electrical outlet near a wall, giving 3 letters labeled OSS. He pulls out the machine and checks it for an OSS symbol. He switches it to it and puts the machine inside the box, turning on the power in the room. A door could be heard sliding from the distance. He walks back to Leon and Claire were at and gives a thumbs up. They walk through the door and is presented with another open area and a bridge leading across. They all start running across it, passion filling them as they know they're close. Immediately after stepping through the doors in the end, they are all a sprayed with something and then cooled off with a mist. It felt refreshing and it was probably some type of protocol. Ivan steps through first and looks around, noticing a terminal to the left. He runs to it and puts his head to it, reading a tag on the bottom.
"G-Virus." He reads and begins to tear up.
"We did it... Sherry! We're coming!" He calls out. The terminal opens from Claire accessing it from the nearby terminal. Smoke comes pouring out and like the holy grail, two vials sat there. One labeled with "vaccine" and the other with "G-Virus." Ivan and Leon grab both. They all cheered in the room, rushing out to leave.
"We can get out of here now." Ivan states.
"We did it guys." Leon compliments the team, staring proudly.
"What can't we do?" Claire adds.
They continue rushing out the door, crossing the bridge. All three were grouped up crossing the bridge.
"Back to-" Ivan gets knocked back, falling to the ground. A roar echoed throughout the open area. The beast came back, looking different. It launches Ivan over to Leon and Claire with his giant claw and he rolls. Ivan, still on the ground, looks up. The beast raises its claw, and distant screams from Leon and Claire echo through the room. He squints at the monster, ready for the end. The beast was about to strike with its claws before its pushed back, roaring out.
Leon and Claire point their gun, ready to fire.
"Move! He's mine." A voice comes from behind them. Annette is stumbling through, pushing the two out the way. Ivan takes this opportunity to get up, pointing his gun too. Annette stood by him and pointed her gun again.
"This has to end!" Annette says, shooting the beast again. It screams out again, falling onto the bridge.
"What the hell is going on?" Leon calls out to Annette. She readys her gun again.
"Sorry William. You left me no choice." She fires one last shot, putting the beast down. Leon runs over and touches Ivan. He crouched, examining the monster. Ivan limps
back to Claire and she checks on him.
"You call this thing William? Why?" Leon questions.
"It shouldn't have been this way." She yells out.
"It's Umbrella's fault- this whole mess." She states.
"You're Umbrella too. You're telling me you aren't involved in this?" Leon asks.
"Yes... But we never meant for this to happen!" She screams out, worried.
"Tell me everything - right from the start!" Leon gets up and confronts her. Claire and Ivan begin to listen up as she tells the story.
"..." Claire and Ivan stood in silence.
"So you made this monster?" Leon asks.
"We made the G-Virus but never intended it to-"
"You can spin it any way you want. You're still responsible." He interupts her. Claire catches movement in the corner of her eye, noticing the monster getting up.
"Watch out!" Claire yells out as the monster grabs Annette, squeezing her. Claire and Ivan fire shots into the arm, but it doesn't get dazed. Annette is then thrown to the wall, falling to the ground. Groans of pain come from her and Ivan limps over to her. She laid there, crying out in pain. Ivan, now pissed, runs over to the button with his arm covering his chest, lowering the bridge. Ivan hands Annette the vaccine.
"What're you doing?" She questions.
"I had enough of him. Go help Sherry!" He yells out. William transforms again, sprouting two monstrous arms from his back, roaring out. Claire, with Ivan, stand together.
"We've got this." She calls out. They both jump down, now joined by sLeon.
"You don't know what you're up against!" Annette screams out.
"I have a pretty damn good idea." Claire yells out.
"You're coming between me and my friends, William, and I'm just about done with it." Ivan yells out to the monster, getting his gun ready.
"Payback time." Leon says to the monster.
"Whatever you do, don't stop until it's finished!" Annette calls out.
"Trust me!" Claire yells out.
"This ends now."
The three face off against William. Eyes sprout from William and it becomes the goal of the three to shoot them off.
"Split up and get the eyes!" Leon calls out. All three run in separate directions, confusing William. He decided to go for Ivan.
"You know how this ended last time William." He begins firing at him, pushing him back. Leon and Claire are handeling the eyes from the back though it's proving difficult. William charges up a move and dashes to Ivan. He quickly jumps out the way, dodging the creature. He fires a bullet on to the eye on its leg, bursting it. William screams out in pain and gets up, continuing the onslaught. It now has its eyes set on Claire, slowly making its way towards her.
"We're stopping you here!" She yells out, firing at William. He jumps at Claire with his claw and she rolls behind him, firing a bullet on to William's back, bursting the eye there. It sends William into a rampage, finally getting annoyed at Leon who's continues firing at the creature. It turns it heads towards him, roaring out. It slowly steps towards him, closing the gap. It swings towards him and Leon jumps to the back, avoiding his unrelenting attack. Claire fires a grenade round at it, stunning him, making him kneel. Leon pulls out his magnum, aiming at his big eye on his shoulder.
"Don't think I forgot about what you did." He fires a shot into William's eye, making him roar out in pain, knocking him back. His body leans back, revealing a chest full of eyes.
"Shoot his chest!" Leon yells out, continuing his fire with his magnum. Ivan pulls out his shotgun and Claire with her SMG and begin firing into the chest. William roars again, getting up. His chest was still exposed and he roars out again. He makes his way towards a elevator, beginning to lift it. He tears out the wall from and throws it in the middle. Causing the three to separate again. He then runs over to a canister, picking it up, throwing it at Leon. He jumps out the way, falling on the ground, a fire develops behind him.
"Leon!" Ivan yells out. He starts firing at Williams chest again. William gets knocked back before yelling out one last roar. He rushed to Ivan who tried making his way to Leon and swipes his leg, knocking him down. Ivan gulps in pain. He stands over Ivan, readying his claws.
"Ivan!" Claire and Leon yell out. Ivan pulls out a knife, stabbing it into William's chest, knocking him back. He gets his shotgun off the floor and fires it into his chest area.
William, barely managing to recover, falls to the ground. Ivan jumps on him, point blanking his shotgun into his chest. With his last shell, he shoots it into his chest, bursting his eyes. William roars a ghastly roar which echoes throughout the room, bouncing off the walls. William's arms spasm into the air then drops to the ground, lifeless.
"Fuck you." Ivan says to the body. Claire comes running to him looking at him. He jumps down from William.
"Is it over?" Claire asks.
"Yeah... it is." Ivan says, exhausted and hurt. Leon runs over to Ivan, hugging him.
"Nice going." Leon says.
The three congratulate each other, getting together for a group hug.
"Subject neutralized." An AI calls out. The three break up and head towards the elevator.
"Let's go see Sherry!" They take the elevator up and run back to where Sherry was. They enter the room to see Annette crouching over the bed, head on it. Sherry, with her eye looking better, begins to wake up. She looks at us and smiles.
"I knew you'd make it." We all smile at hearing her voice again.
"My mom needs help." Sherry points out.
Ivan walks over to her, touching her shoulder.
"Annette?" Annette shoots up, focusing her eyes on Sherry.
"Sh- Sherry... how are you?" She asks.
"Okay. You don't look so good." Sherry points out.
Annette tries getting up but screams out in pain.
"Mommy?" Sherry blurts out, concerned.
"Hey, look at the screen... Oh thank god." Annette praises.
"Is Sherry gonna be alright?" Claire asks Annette.
"She'll be weak for a little while but... Yes. She's free of the G-Virus." Annete states.
Everyone cheers in the room, looking at Sherry.
Annette, still crouching, looks to Leon.
"Please, promise me you'll destroy the G-Virus." Annette asks Leon.
Leon steps forward.
"I can't, it's evidence. It's going to the FBI."
Annette coughs. "You trust that bitch?" She questions.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Leon, confused on what she meant.
"She's not FBI, she's a Mercenary. She's gonna sell it... The G-Virus is gonna go to the highest bidder.." She states to Leon.
"Bullshit." Leon now upset.
"I hope you're right. But if the G-Virus gets into the wrong hands..."
Annete tries moving, but continues to scream out in pain, lying down on the floor.
Sherry and Claire run over to her.
"What happened?" Sherry asks.
"She was attacked..." Claire responds.
"Don't... don't worry about me." Annette groans out.
"Take my daughter... to safety." Words barely able to leave her lips. She hands Claire an ID chip.
"I'm sorry Sherry... for everything." Annette whispers out.
"Your life is what is important now-" She begins to groan out of pain. Ivan holds on to Leon and watches from the back, Ivan tearing up.
"We can't just leave her here." Sherry begs Claire.
"You're right, we can't." Leon goes over to help Claire pick her up.
"Attention: unauthorized removal of a [level 4] virus detected. Facility lockdown initiated."
"What does that mean?" Claire asks.
"It's the self destruct code, just in case the G-Virus leaves the building." Annette quietly says, coughing out in pain.
"Please... save my daughter." Annette begs Claire. Ivan turns his head into Leon's arm, not looking anymore. Annette begins hiccuping, the life escaping from her body. Her last breaths come out, and she layed there, lifeless.
Sherry puts her body over Annette's body.
"No!" Sherry begins crying.
"Sherry... Sherry... say goodbye to your mom. Please say goodbye." The building starts shaking. Sherry kneeled there, crying over her mom's body.
"Sherry, she loved you, okay?" Claire, emotions filling her too, tugging on Sherry.
"We gotta get going. C'mon." She tugs on Sherry. Sherry realizes she's gone and kisses her on the cheek, saying goodbye. Ivan rushes over to her and hugs her, rubbing her back. Leon and Claire join in.
"I'm ready." Sherry whispers, tears still falling from her. Ivan holds her hand and wipes the tears.
"You're right about this jacket." She says to Claire
"I'm so lucky to have you guys." She says to us.
"Alright Sherry! We gotta go now. We can talk more about it later." Claire rushes her. They all run out the door, equipping the ID Chip and going to the elevator.
"Thank you Annette." Ivan turns around and states then leaving behind Leon.