Disclaimer: Do I really have to say this? I better, or I might get sued. Resident Evil is owned by Capcom. This story is written and owned by me. I also own any new creatures, characters, and weapons I make up. Read this now, for soon all shall end.
Written by: Striker
Chris pulled up in front of his house. He shut off the engine and got out. Peterson's words still echoed in his mind. "What we need is faith." Chris stood and looked towards the sky. "How can I give my team faith when they don't even have hope?" Then it dawned on him. It was as if someone whispered the answer into his ear. He smiled as the plan became clear. "That should do it." He walked to the house and opened the door. He found Jill waiting for him, as well as Leon and Claire, who didn't have a pleasant look on her face. "I'm back."
"I'm only going to ask you this once." Claire said sternly. "What did you do to Sherry?"
"What do you mean?" Chris asked, trying to sound surprised.
"Sherry, come over here." Sherry, who was seated in a chair, ran over to Claire. Claire then pointed to the band-aid on Sherry's arm. "Explain this."
"We went to talk to Sherry." Chris tried to stay calm, but he sounded nervous. "You know how much Sherry likes Rebecca. From what Leon told me, those two hit it off big time in Buffalo. I thought Sherry would like to have known that Becky was fine. When we got to her room, Becky noticed that Sherry had a bug-bite on her arm that was bleeding. It seems that it was so itchy that she kept scratching at it."
Claire wasn't buying it at all. "You're a terrible liar Chris."
He knew he was had. "Why don't you ask Sherry?"
"Is he telling the truth Sherry?" Claire asked.
Sherry nodded her head. "Yeah, I was really worried about Becky. I was glad that she was all right. And I did get a bite. It itched so much I had to scratch it."
"See." Chris said. "I didn't do anything to her. What did you think I did?"
Claire pretended to think. "I don't know, maybe taking some of her blood."
"Do you think I would do something like that without asking you first? And besides, where would you get a crazy idea like that." Chris walked over to the sofa and sat down.
"Maybe because you did the same thing to Jill." Claire replied.
Chris looked at Jill, who was nervous as hell. "I couldn't help it." She said pleadingly. "She wouldn't stop. She's as stubborn as you are."
Chris' gaze shifted to Leon. "And why are you here?"
Leon put up his hands. "Claire dragged me over here. She wanted to do "Good Cop, Bad Cop" but I never got a chance to talk."
"Bye the way, where are Rebecca and Eliza?" Claire could tell something was up.
Chris had an answer ready. "They're at Fort Belvior. I'm having them look at Wesker's blood as well as Jill's. They're then sending Jill's blood to the CDC. Major Peterson also informed me that the lab is currently making Anti-B.O.W. gas. They stole the formula earlier today. Monroe also has some new toys for us."
"What kind?" Leon asked.
"The kind that will fuck up any B.O.W.s Umbrella throws our way." Chris replied.
Claire clamped her hands over Sherry's ears. "Watch your language. Sherry's still here."
"It's not like she won't learn it in school." Leon said. "So now what are we going to do?"
"I got the perfect idea." Chris said. "I'll call Major Peterson later and tell him. Tell the others that I want to meet tomorrow morning at the base in full uniform. Now I thought that we could get something to eat."
Jill knew the perfect place. "We can go to the Hard Rock."
"I heard there's a Hooters nearby." Leon chimed. He saw the look Claire was giving him. "But the Hard Rock's fine."
"Then go and get ready." Chris said. "I need a nap. Come by in a half hour."
Claire, Leon, and Sherry got up to get ready. When they were gone, Jill sat down next to Chris. "How's your chest?"
Chris pulled down the collar of his shirt. His chest was one huge black-and-blue mark. "Fine I guess. It doesn't hurt as much as it did last night."
Jill snuggled up to Chris. "What do you have planned for tomorrow?"
Chris sighed. "A way to give us faith." He then closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
The group was assembled in the briefing room. Chris was busy hooking up his computer to the projector with assistance from Carl. Peterson had his mouth covered with his left hand, trying to conceal a smile. Chris' scheme was brilliant. So far only he, Carl, and of coarse Chris knew what it was. Chris finished with the hook-up and got everyone's attention.
"As you all know, Umbrella really hammered us at that factory. Wesker no doubt has told Spencer what happened to us. He probably believes that half of us are dead. He may also believe that we won't attack while we're weak. I beg to differ." Chris switched on the projector, what was displayed on his laptop being projected on the screen. "I want to send Spencer and the rest of Umbrella a message. We can do that by taking down this facility." He cycled through the list of Umbrella facilities until he came to the one he wanted. "It's located thirty miles northwest of Beckley, West Virginia. It's remote, a perfect place to store B.O.W.s."
Barry raised his hand. "What kind of B.O.W.s?"
"Hunter, Lickers, Chimeras, Cerberuses, you name them, this place has them. It was one of the major targets I had in mind when I started to plan our strategy. It is one of the largest B.O.W. warehouses on the East coast. We take this place down; we'll definitely get Spencer's attention. He'll know that we're not down yet."
"What if those new B.O.W.s are at this place?" Ark asked. "If they are, then we are fucked. We hardly hurt them the last time."
Chris shook his head. "No, if I have Spencer partially figured out, he'll keep the Stalker and Reaper units were they would do the most good. He'll keep them at Umbrella's HQ. Besides, he doesn't know we're attacking this place. If we do encounter any creatures, they'll be weak ones we can easily kill."
"What's the plan of attack?" James asked.
"Simple." Chris brought up a map of the facility. "We go in the front door."
"Wait." Leon said. "You want us to go in the front door of that place. That's just asking for trouble."
"Umbrella's guards are cowards." Chris said. "As are most of its soldiers. They only attack when the odds are in their favor or they can get in a cheap shot. As I was saying, we go in the front door with a large force. The guards won't dare attack us."
"What's the attack force going to be?" Jeff asked.
"S.T.A.R.S. members and my men." Peterson said. "Monroe will be going with you. He'll command his soldiers and follow any order Chris gives him."
"Then why isn't Monroe here?" Barry asked.
"He was briefed this morning." Peterson replied. "He's filling in his men now. The plan is that while you are busy setting charges, Monroe's team with capture as many people as they can as well as secure any documents they can find."
"What do you mean plant charges?" Carlos looked at Chris. "Doesn't that place have one of those self-destruct gizmos in it?"
Chris shook his head. "It never did. Before it was converted into a storehouse it was a drug warehouse. Some of Umbrella's major medicines were kept there. Why would anyone want to blow up a place that was full of life-saving drugs? About a year ago they changed it into a place to hold their creations. Umbrella never got around to setting up a self-destruct device. That means we have to do things the fun way."
Peterson continued. "You will be provided with enough C4 to level the place. You'll be able to detonate the explosives manually, so you won't have to worry about the clock. You'll also have heavy weapons this time. You should have no problems."
"Right." Chris brought up a map of the basement. "Monroe's men will place charges in the upper two floors. We'll have the pleasure of going downstairs. The center of the floor is where the B.O.W.s are kept. We'll plant enough charges in this room so even if we don't destroy the building, we'll destroy all the monsters. There's something else here that I want. One of these rooms contains samples of both the T and G-virus. I want one sample of each."
Jill was a little nervous. "Don't you think we should destroy any virus samples there? Why would you want to steal the viruses? It's better if those things are gone."
Chris rubbed his eyes. "Hard evidence. We need to prove that the antibodies swimming around in your blood are the antibodies for the T-virus. If we can show that Umbrella made these viruses, then Umbrella is through. But to do that, we need to get the viruses from this facility. I don't know about you guys, be I believe that it's pretty damn hard to ignore something when it's sitting right in front of your face."
"Max," James said, "It'll be your job for get the virus."
"Sure thing." Max said.
"Ark, you'll have to help crack into Umbrella's computers." Carl said. "The system may have fire-walls to break through."
Ark smiled. "I guess all that training at hacking is going to pay off big time."
"Rebecca and Eliza will stay at the lab. Becky is in no condition to go with us." Chris said. "Also, Kelly and Janet are staying behind. I need you two to be 100 percent."
"What about you Chris?" Claire asked. "Are you sure you should be going on this mission?"
"As long as I'm not hit in the chest I'll be fine." Chris replied. "We leave in twenty minutes. Let's do this right."
The next twenty minutes were hectic. The group got their weapons and ammo. Carlos got a M249SAW and both Barry and Jess got M60s. Jeff and Leon were each given two LAWs. Chris got the helicopters started. He was waiting for Stan and Monroe. Monroe soon showed up, along with thirty men. They were all dressed in BDUs and where armed with M16s, grenade launchers, and M60s.
"Redfield, my men are ready to go." Monroe said. "Just give the signal."
Chris patted Monroe on the shoulder. "Call me Chris. Get your men loaded into the copters. When Stan gets here we life off." Just then Stan and Carl approached the helipad. They were dressed in S.T.A.R.S. uniforms and were armed. "What do you think you two are doing?" Chris asked.
"Well," Stan began, "Seeing as how I'm your pilot and since you're short on troops, Peterson made me a S.T.A.R.S. member. In other words, I'm going into that facility with you."
"And I have to go because Ark will need my help to crack the security systems on the computers." Carl said. "Also, one of us had to go with you. Peterson wanted to, but he had orders to stay here. Therefore, I get to go."
"Welcome aboard and get in." Chris said. "We lift off now."
With everyone onboard, the helicopters lifted off. The trip was a quiet one. No one talked to each other. They were anxious about the mission, and uncertain too. The last mission had been a disaster. Now the team had major doubt as to if Umbrella could be defeated. If this mission went the way it was suppose to, then maybe the teams hopes could be lifted. At least that was what Chris thought. He sat next to Stan in the cockpit. This mission had to go smoothly. A failure now would devastate the team's hopes and confidence.
The copters landed a few miles away from the facility. The soldiers got out and formed up into teams. Chris gave his final instructions. "As soon as we enter I want the lobby secured. When that is done, my team will head down below. Monroe, split your men up and take the first and second floors. If you see any guards, take them prisoner. If they shoot at you, shoot back. Ark, you and Carl hack into the computers and get what you can. When we get down to the basement, I want Max and Jeff to get the viruses. The rest of us will plant charges in the storage rooms and generator rooms. When all charges are planted, get out. Copters will be arriving to pick up the prisoners and take them to where the other prisoners are being kept. We won't be on a clock, but I want to be out of there before Umbrella sends any backup. Let's go."
The small army made its way to facility. The guards at the guard booths were quickly captured. Once the group got to the front door, Chris looked back at his team and nodded.
"GET YOUR ASSES ON THE GROUND NOW!" Chris yelled, firing several shots into the air. People screamed and ducked for cover at the sound of the gunfire. The others poured through the doors and proceeded to take the employees into custody. Several guards rushed out, only to throw down their weapons and surrender. "OK guys, let's finish this." Chris led the S.T.A.R.S. to the elevator. Ark and Carl headed for the mainframe with three of Monroe's troops.
Monroe barked his orders. "Alpha team, you're with me. We'll take the first floor. Bravo, take the stairs to the second floor. Grab anyone you can. Let's light this place up." Monroe's troops split up and began to cover the floors.
Ark kicked in the door to the main computer. He, Carl, and Monroe's men entered with guns drawn. "All of you get on the ground." Ark commanded. The four people inside dropped to the floor as the soldiers checked them over. "Let's see what we can find." Ark began searching through the computer. Carl took a seat next to him and produced a laptop from a bag he was carrying.
"OK,' Carl said, "We hack in and transfer everything we can to this computer. Anything that won't fit we'll put on disk."
"You think of everything, don't you?" Ark continued to go through the databank. "Whenever you're ready."
Carl slipped a floppy-like disk that was hooked to the laptop's modem into the floppy drive. "Downloading now." With a few strokes of the keyboard, Carl began transferring the data from the mainframe to the laptop. "With the shit we'll get from this computer, we'll have enough evidence to prosecute Umbrella and shut those assholes down for good."
"I just hope this is enough." Ark said.
"Double time people." Monroe said. "I want to be home in time to catch the ballgame." Monroe's troops had quickly secured half the floor. They had planted C4 charges in key locations. When the explosives went, the place would come down. The troops rounded a corner and came face to face with a small group of guards. "Down on your knees." Monroe ordered. The guards drew their weapons to and fired. "Shit. Return fire." The exchange was short. Monroe's men dropped the guards, injuring all of them. Two of Monroe's men were injured as well. "Get them back to the lobby. Let's finish up here." Monroe's group split again, some continuing on, the others taking the wounded and the prisoners back to the lobby.
The elevator doors opened and the S.T.A.R.S. stepped out. "You remember where the room is Max?"
"I'll be back here before you know it." Max replied.
James handed Jeff some C4. "Don't forget to plant this with the virus samples."
"I won't Jimmy." Jeff said. He followed Max down the hall towards their destination.
"Let's go people." Chris said. "We can chat later." Chris led the S.T.A.R.S. down several halls towards a set of double glass doors. Rick overrode the electronic lock and opened the doors. The room was large with eight rows of cryo-tubes of various sizes running down the room. There were about fifteen tubes in each row, making one hundred and twenty tubes altogether. "There's another room like this beyond here, not to mention eight smaller rooms to the sides. Those have about twenty each. Around four hundred tubes total. The generators for these tubes are in the back. Carlos, Claire, Jill, Jess, Rick. Set charges in this room and the four side rooms. The rest of you, come with me." The team split off and got to work setting the C4.
Jeff smashed the glass door with the butt of his M16A2. "After you buddy."
"Friends are friends, pals are pals, but buddies sleep together." Max said. "In other words, I'm not your buddy."
Jeff grinned. "I can see now why you always called Kelly your buddy."
Max rolled his eyes. "Shut up." He crawled through the hole in the door and into the storage room. "Now where are you?" He soon saw a metal locker with a bright green BIOHAZARD sign on it. "Seek and thou shall find it." He opened the locker to find several test-tubes labeled T and G. "Jeff, hand me that case on the counter."
Jeff walked over to the counter and picked up a black case with another BIOHAZARD sigh on it. "What is this thing?"
"It's a carrying case for virus samples. This is what Umbrella used to bring these samples here." Max took the case and opened it. He took two tubes labeled T and two tubes labeled G.
"Chris said to take one of each." Jeff said.
"I know, but it may be better if we have two samples." Max replied. "We can keep one in D.C and send the other to Atlanta. Besides, Umbrella's goons may try to intercept the viruses. At least we'll have backup samples."
Jeff shrugged. "Whatever. Get out of here. I'm going to plant this and follow you." Max nodded and left. Jeff carefully placed the C4, which was the size of a brick, in the virus locker. That way the viruses would be the first things to be destroyed. With that done, he left the room.
Carlos stared at the Hunter asleep in the cryo-tube. "Aren't you so sweet sleeping like that? Reach for the sky amigo." Carlos pointed his SAW at the monster.
"Carlos, quit gawking at those things and set the charges." Claire stuck a piece of C4 to the base of a tube containing a Bandersnatch. She shivered as she looked at the beast. She remembered her first encounter with one. She had killed one, but another had grabbed her head. If it weren't for Steve coming to her aid, her head would have been popped like a zit. "Steve." She missed him every day. "I'll make Umbrella pay for your death."
"I need some more C4." Jill emerged from one of the side rooms. "Four more pieces should do it."
"Here you go." Rick tossed four pieces to Jill, who caught them all.
"Thanks." Jill disappeared into the next room.
"So far so go." Rick said. "No surprises waiting for us and all the monsters are in nappy land. Aren't you, you little puppy." He tapped on the tube of a Cerberus.
"If you want, you can keep him." Claire said.
Jess walked out of the room on the side opposite of Jill. "That should do it. Those two rooms are set to go. You know something, even though these things are asleep, they still bug me."
"Too bad they won't be waking up." Carlos said, setting another charge. "These seniors are going to sleep permanently."
Jill joined the small group. "Thank God. I'd hate to have to face all these things. Umbrella will be pissed."
"Let's finish up here." Claire said. "I don't want the third degree from my brother as to why we're not done." The others agreed and set the rest of the charges.
"These rooms are set." James said. He and Ada had taken care of the rooms on the left side of the room. Jess and Leon were busy setting charges in the main room. Barry and Chris had taken the rooms on the right.
Leon held up a piece of C4. "I know Chris wants to make this thorough, but this is a little overkill."
"Yeah," Jess said, "Just imagine the crater we'll make."
"As long as nothing remains we know that Umbrella won't be able to salvage anything." James said.
"Damn right." Chris walked out of the one room. "I want to make sure nothing remains."
"That won't be a problem." Ada said. "I'm sure nothing will be standing after this."
"BARRY!" Chris called.
"COMING!" Barry replied. He set the last charge and walked out of the room. He failed to see the fluid draining from a tube containing a Tyrant. "What do you want?"
"We have to set charges in the generator room." Just then Chris heard a low growl. "Leon, that's not funny."
"I didn't do that." Leon replied. Suddenly, the group heard glass shatter. "And I sure as hell didn't do that."
Chris turned to see a Tyrant emerge from the room Barry was just in. "Shit. How did that thing wake up?"
"I'll handle it." Leon went for one of his LAWs.
"Wait." James said. "You'll set off the C4 and kill us all."
"Then we'll do this the hard way." Barry aimed his M60 at the Tyrants throat. He fired, the bullets tearing through the skin. The Tyrant fell forward as blood spurted from the holes in its neck. "I love this gun."
Chris was about to congratulate his friend when he heard several tubes draining. "Shit, have to work fast. Cover me." Chris grabbed the bag of explosives and ran to the generator room. He tossed the six remaining pieces around the room. "Let's go before anything else decided to get a mid-night snack." Chris' group ran as other B.O.W.s began to break out of their tubes.
"What was that?" Carlos aimed his rifle at the door. "Sounded like gunfire." Carlos heard a strange sound, like water draining. He turned to see the fluid drained form a tube holding a Hunter. The beast opened its eyes and punched the tube. The glass cracked like a spider web. "I don't think so." Carlos fired his SAW into the tube. The bullets ripped the Hunter apart. It fell back, impaling itself on the jagged glass of the tube.
"I think it's time to go." Jill said. She looked around to see other tubes drain. She then saw the others come tearing down the room.
"We have to get out of here now." Chris said. Everyone made a break for the elevator as Chris pulled out a radio. "Monroe, are your men done?"
"Yes they are." Monroe responded. "We're waiting in the lobby for you."
"Then get your men out." Chris said. "We're blowing this joint in a few minutes." Chris could hear glass breaking and the howl of hungry creatures. He finally saw the elevator. Max and Jeff were holding the door.
"I take it something bad just happened?" Jeff asked. The look Chris shot him said it all. "Going up then." Jeff hit the button for the first floor.
The S.T.A.R.S. bolted from the elevator as soon as the doors opened. James stopped to toss a piece of C4 into the elevator before the doors closed and Rick dropped the bag containing the remaining C4 on the floor. The team made it to the edge of the parking lot and ran passed the guard booths. The others were waiting near a tree line.
"We got all the data from the facility." Carl said. "You guys sure are in a hurry."
Chris caught his breath. "Where's Stan?"
"I'm right here." Stan ran up with the detonator in hand. "Shall I?" Chris nodded. "EVERYONE DOWN!" Stan yelled. Everyone hit the deck as Stan pushed the button. The facility went up in a gigantic explosion. A mammoth fireball erupted from the debris and rose steadily into the sky. Everyone felt the shockwave from the blast as dust and debris flew above his or her head. Soon pieces of the building began raining down. "Should have brought an umbrella." Stan joked, covering his head.
Chris slowly rose and looked at the result of the explosion. Where the facility had been there was now a big hole. "Let's wait until this shit stops falling form the sky and then go home." He looked around as the others started to celebrate their victory.
Author's Comments: WHAT A BLAST! Overkill is right. At least the job got done. Add a little humor, and little action, and a little suspense and horror and you got a good time. We see in this chapter that Claire is a little defensive of Sherry. We also find out that Stan and Carl are now S.T.A.R.S. Add to the fact that the S.T.A.R.S. now have virus samples in their possession and you got a major turn of events. Looks like Chris' little plan may work after all. One thing, there is a Hooters located outside of D.C. I've been to it twice. If you don't know what Hooters is, then don't ask. Also, BDU stands for battle dress uniform.
How will Spencer react to this attack? One thing's for sure, he won't take it lying down. And what does Wesker have planned? This is the opportunity he has been waiting for. Check out what each man will do in RE Armageddon: Part V, Chapter 8- Enough Is Enough.