Chapter 11
Elza leaned over Alex, trying to break through the instability that clouded his mind and eyes. It was so disturbing looking into those glazed eyes, and not knowing how to help him.
"Alex, please come out of it," she murmured softly.
"Mom, where's Dad? He hasn't returned yet," came the soft reply.
She sighed. Heaven only knew how long he would be like this...
"Elza?" came a voice from outside. Elza didn't look up as she heard someone walk in.
"Alex is terrible," Elza whispered softly. "I don't know what to do..."
Erika came beside her and looked the boy over. "My God, he's mentally unstable!!"
"Yes. The shock of seeing his mother transform made him this way."
"I'll examine him and see what I can do. It isn't easy pulling someone out of mental instability."
"Right." Elza stood. "I'll wait outside."
"Someone's coming?!" asked Hiro.
Tyler nodded. "Leon Kennedy is an old friend of mine. He's also one of Raccoon's survivors. Knowing him, he's probably on his way here right now."
"Okay...but how are we gonna keep in contact with him?"
"I took some equipment from the communications room and set it up in one of the houses. He might contact the frequency when he gets to the plane."
"A-CHOO!!!!!!"
Sherry looked up at Leon. "You catching a cold, Leon?"
Leon rubbed his nose. "Maybe." Then he muttered, "I wonder if someone's talking about me?"
Summers led them into the huge plane garage. A massive cargo plane was the only plane in the garage.
"Here ya go," he said. "Whatever urgent business you have to attend to, be sure to do it. These don't grow on trees."
"Thanks," said Leon.
"No prob."
Elza sat on the front steps, feeling her confidence sink below nothing. She had to be strong, as Alex was her responsibility now. She was a complete screw-up. Her mother was right: she always acted before she thought about it.
"You need to think thing s through," she had said. "Otherwise, you'll do things you'll regret later."
Elza had done several things that would make even the toughest person shiver. She's done a backwards flip with her motorcycle forty feet off the ground. She's driven a motorcycle with her feet. She's done everything possible, and it never scared her. Even the time she got into that terrible motorcycle accident in Arizona. Her entire family pleaded with her to give it up, but she didn't.
He mother was right. She took risks, and paid for it later on.
Erika came out of the house, looking exhausted. "Alex has a steady pulse, and his breathing is fine. His mental instability hasn't affected his health."
"But tell me how to help him!" said Elza.
Erika nodded and looked at the house. "He'll snap out of it eventually. But he may not be the same. Once we get out of here, be sure he's put into therapy for a long time. Three years, at the most."
"IF we get out of here."
Erika knelt down and smacked Elza in the face. "Don't even say that!!!! We ARE gonna get out of here!!!! Things like this happen, not just to Alex!!! Be lucky it happened to him at such a young age!!!"
Elza wiped at her slightly bruised cheek. "What do you mean?"
"Young children, because they aren't fully mentally developed, can recover from this a hell of a lot easier than a teenager. Or an adult, for that matter. Alex should come out of it soon, but if he was older, it would take him years. Hell, he may have never come out of it."
That makes sense, thought Elza. God, if he was older, I don't know what I would do...
Hiro and Tyler came over. Both looked pleased.
"We're on a roll!!!" said Tyler. "Someone's gonna come and get us!!"
Elza jumped up. "That great!!! When?"
"I'm still waiting for him to call back, but hopefully soon."
Someone ran over. "We have contact!!!!"
"Great!!! I'm coming!!!" Tyler followed them to the house.
The trio watched them leave. Hiro directed his attention to Elza. "Elza, look. I'm sor-"
Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing in the air. The trio looked around. Erika spotted the wall moving. "Look!!"
The wall moved, revealing a hidden passage.
"Let's go!!" said Hiro.
"I'm going too," said Elza. "I have a feeling Terra's down that way. And I have a bullet with her name on it!!!"
"I'll keep an eye on Alex," said Erika. "I'll try to help him come out of it."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Now go!!"
Hiro and Elza ran towards the passage. Elza readied her shotgun and Hiro readied his rifle.
Erika watched them go. She silently prayed that they would live.
She turned around and headed back towards the house. When she left Alex, he was asleep. She promised to keep an eye on him, and that is what she will do.
However, as she open the front door, not everything would go as planned.
Alex wasn't on the couch.
"Alex?" called Erika. She looked through the house, hoping he was still there.
He wasn't. And the backdoor was wide open.
"Oh my God!!" She ran out the door, frantically searching for him. If he was wandering around in the state he was in, there was no way he would live.
Then she saw it. A small shadow that was heading down the new passage.
"Alex!!!" Erika pulled out her gun. She first had to inform Tyler of the situation.
"I'll watch things here," he said. "You go find the kid! And be careful!!"
Erika acknowledged that and ran down the passage.
Terra stood next to the panel, smiling up at her creation. "Now is the time!! Come with me, and we'll kill them all!!!"
She pressed the button. The tube drained and the glass lowered. Her creation was loose.
She held up what looked like a remote control and pressed a button. Electric shocks went through the creature. It screamed a horrid scream.
"Obey me," said Terra. "And you won't feel the shocks!! I made sure you were smart, so you would kill the right people. I'm not stupid enough to follow that Wesker's mistake. Now come with me!!"
The creature followed her out of the room. It was very angry.
Elza kicked at the door as hard as she could. It gave a little every time.
"There's no monsters down this path," said Hiro. "This might be a safe exit."
"Hopefully," said Elza. She gave the door a final kick and it gave. They both entered the room. It was really warm.
Elza stepped into the room, and Hiro followed. It was enormous. It was dimly lit by a furnace off to the side, and the floor looked like a huge vent. Except there was a huge hole in the floor.
"Mom?" said a soft voice. They both turned to see Alex standing there.
"Alex?!" exclaimed Elza.
Erika was right behind him. She scooped him up. "Sorry. He got away under my nose."
Hiro sighed. "Let's get him back before we do any-"
"No one's going anywhere!!!" a voice rang out. Everyone turned to see Terra standing next to a door.
"Terra!!!!" snarled Elza.
Terra smirked. "I'm glad you all are still alive. But that won't last long. Behold!!!"
The door opened and an ugly thing came walking out. It's face was a horrid shade of gray, and it's eyes were a dead black. It was really tall, and really gray. One hand was normal and the other had really long claws.
"I copied him off of that pathetic Wesker's prototype," explained Terra. "Meet the Neo Tyrant!!! Now kill them!!!"
"Oh God," said Erika.
Neo Tyrant didn't move.
"Kill them!!!" repeated Terra.
Neo Tyrant turned to her.
"Obey me!!!" she pulled out the remote and hit the button, but it didn't work. With one clean jab, Neo Tyrant stabbed her in the ribs with its claw.
Dark blood spilled from Terra's mouth. She fell to the floor, tentatively holding her wound.
Neo Tyrant turned to them. The trio took a step back. But started staggering towards the tyrant.
"Mom?" he asked.
"Alex!!! Come back here!!!!" screamed Elza.
Neo Tyrant looked at her. It seemed to grin before reaching for Alex.
"NO!!!!!!" Elza ran towards it, but it had Alex.
Neo Tyrant was faster than Elza. It jumped high in the air and fell through the hole. Elza ran to the hole and dropped to her knees.
The room below had a hole in it. And the one below that had a dirt floor. But that was all she saw. No Neo Tyrant. And no Alex.
"NO!!!!" she shrieked again. She stood up and was about to jump into the hole, but Hiro stopped her. "Let me go!!! I've gotta save Alex!!!"
"I know!!" he yelled. "But if you jump from here, you'll kill yourself!!! Do you want that?!?!"
Elza stopped struggling. Erika came beside them, looking regretful.
Then they heard laughing.
Terra was still alive, curled up on the floor. Blood was still coming out of her mouth as she laughed, but she didn't notice.
"You...fools!!!" she gasped. "Alex isn't...its target!!!"
"Who is?!" demanded Erika.
"I...I'm not...telling!!!!" she laughed again, but it was a strangled laugh. Then her body jerked and slumped against the floor.
Hiro walked towards the door Neo Tyrant came from and looked inside. "Guys, this is it!!! Our ticket out of here!!! There's a hole bunch of trucks here!!!"
Erika's face brightened. "That's great!!! We can get the survivors out!!!"
Elza was still on the floor next to the hole. "You guys can escape. I know who Neo Tyrant's target is."
"Who?" asked Hiro, but he knew the answer already.
"Me."
Ooh, it's coming down to the end!!! No more dragging on the story! The next part will be full of action, so stay tuned!!!
Elza leaned over Alex, trying to break through the instability that clouded his mind and eyes. It was so disturbing looking into those glazed eyes, and not knowing how to help him.
"Alex, please come out of it," she murmured softly.
"Mom, where's Dad? He hasn't returned yet," came the soft reply.
She sighed. Heaven only knew how long he would be like this...
"Elza?" came a voice from outside. Elza didn't look up as she heard someone walk in.
"Alex is terrible," Elza whispered softly. "I don't know what to do..."
Erika came beside her and looked the boy over. "My God, he's mentally unstable!!"
"Yes. The shock of seeing his mother transform made him this way."
"I'll examine him and see what I can do. It isn't easy pulling someone out of mental instability."
"Right." Elza stood. "I'll wait outside."
"Someone's coming?!" asked Hiro.
Tyler nodded. "Leon Kennedy is an old friend of mine. He's also one of Raccoon's survivors. Knowing him, he's probably on his way here right now."
"Okay...but how are we gonna keep in contact with him?"
"I took some equipment from the communications room and set it up in one of the houses. He might contact the frequency when he gets to the plane."
"A-CHOO!!!!!!"
Sherry looked up at Leon. "You catching a cold, Leon?"
Leon rubbed his nose. "Maybe." Then he muttered, "I wonder if someone's talking about me?"
Summers led them into the huge plane garage. A massive cargo plane was the only plane in the garage.
"Here ya go," he said. "Whatever urgent business you have to attend to, be sure to do it. These don't grow on trees."
"Thanks," said Leon.
"No prob."
Elza sat on the front steps, feeling her confidence sink below nothing. She had to be strong, as Alex was her responsibility now. She was a complete screw-up. Her mother was right: she always acted before she thought about it.
"You need to think thing s through," she had said. "Otherwise, you'll do things you'll regret later."
Elza had done several things that would make even the toughest person shiver. She's done a backwards flip with her motorcycle forty feet off the ground. She's driven a motorcycle with her feet. She's done everything possible, and it never scared her. Even the time she got into that terrible motorcycle accident in Arizona. Her entire family pleaded with her to give it up, but she didn't.
He mother was right. She took risks, and paid for it later on.
Erika came out of the house, looking exhausted. "Alex has a steady pulse, and his breathing is fine. His mental instability hasn't affected his health."
"But tell me how to help him!" said Elza.
Erika nodded and looked at the house. "He'll snap out of it eventually. But he may not be the same. Once we get out of here, be sure he's put into therapy for a long time. Three years, at the most."
"IF we get out of here."
Erika knelt down and smacked Elza in the face. "Don't even say that!!!! We ARE gonna get out of here!!!! Things like this happen, not just to Alex!!! Be lucky it happened to him at such a young age!!!"
Elza wiped at her slightly bruised cheek. "What do you mean?"
"Young children, because they aren't fully mentally developed, can recover from this a hell of a lot easier than a teenager. Or an adult, for that matter. Alex should come out of it soon, but if he was older, it would take him years. Hell, he may have never come out of it."
That makes sense, thought Elza. God, if he was older, I don't know what I would do...
Hiro and Tyler came over. Both looked pleased.
"We're on a roll!!!" said Tyler. "Someone's gonna come and get us!!"
Elza jumped up. "That great!!! When?"
"I'm still waiting for him to call back, but hopefully soon."
Someone ran over. "We have contact!!!!"
"Great!!! I'm coming!!!" Tyler followed them to the house.
The trio watched them leave. Hiro directed his attention to Elza. "Elza, look. I'm sor-"
Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing in the air. The trio looked around. Erika spotted the wall moving. "Look!!"
The wall moved, revealing a hidden passage.
"Let's go!!" said Hiro.
"I'm going too," said Elza. "I have a feeling Terra's down that way. And I have a bullet with her name on it!!!"
"I'll keep an eye on Alex," said Erika. "I'll try to help him come out of it."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Now go!!"
Hiro and Elza ran towards the passage. Elza readied her shotgun and Hiro readied his rifle.
Erika watched them go. She silently prayed that they would live.
She turned around and headed back towards the house. When she left Alex, he was asleep. She promised to keep an eye on him, and that is what she will do.
However, as she open the front door, not everything would go as planned.
Alex wasn't on the couch.
"Alex?" called Erika. She looked through the house, hoping he was still there.
He wasn't. And the backdoor was wide open.
"Oh my God!!" She ran out the door, frantically searching for him. If he was wandering around in the state he was in, there was no way he would live.
Then she saw it. A small shadow that was heading down the new passage.
"Alex!!!" Erika pulled out her gun. She first had to inform Tyler of the situation.
"I'll watch things here," he said. "You go find the kid! And be careful!!"
Erika acknowledged that and ran down the passage.
Terra stood next to the panel, smiling up at her creation. "Now is the time!! Come with me, and we'll kill them all!!!"
She pressed the button. The tube drained and the glass lowered. Her creation was loose.
She held up what looked like a remote control and pressed a button. Electric shocks went through the creature. It screamed a horrid scream.
"Obey me," said Terra. "And you won't feel the shocks!! I made sure you were smart, so you would kill the right people. I'm not stupid enough to follow that Wesker's mistake. Now come with me!!"
The creature followed her out of the room. It was very angry.
Elza kicked at the door as hard as she could. It gave a little every time.
"There's no monsters down this path," said Hiro. "This might be a safe exit."
"Hopefully," said Elza. She gave the door a final kick and it gave. They both entered the room. It was really warm.
Elza stepped into the room, and Hiro followed. It was enormous. It was dimly lit by a furnace off to the side, and the floor looked like a huge vent. Except there was a huge hole in the floor.
"Mom?" said a soft voice. They both turned to see Alex standing there.
"Alex?!" exclaimed Elza.
Erika was right behind him. She scooped him up. "Sorry. He got away under my nose."
Hiro sighed. "Let's get him back before we do any-"
"No one's going anywhere!!!" a voice rang out. Everyone turned to see Terra standing next to a door.
"Terra!!!!" snarled Elza.
Terra smirked. "I'm glad you all are still alive. But that won't last long. Behold!!!"
The door opened and an ugly thing came walking out. It's face was a horrid shade of gray, and it's eyes were a dead black. It was really tall, and really gray. One hand was normal and the other had really long claws.
"I copied him off of that pathetic Wesker's prototype," explained Terra. "Meet the Neo Tyrant!!! Now kill them!!!"
"Oh God," said Erika.
Neo Tyrant didn't move.
"Kill them!!!" repeated Terra.
Neo Tyrant turned to her.
"Obey me!!!" she pulled out the remote and hit the button, but it didn't work. With one clean jab, Neo Tyrant stabbed her in the ribs with its claw.
Dark blood spilled from Terra's mouth. She fell to the floor, tentatively holding her wound.
Neo Tyrant turned to them. The trio took a step back. But started staggering towards the tyrant.
"Mom?" he asked.
"Alex!!! Come back here!!!!" screamed Elza.
Neo Tyrant looked at her. It seemed to grin before reaching for Alex.
"NO!!!!!!" Elza ran towards it, but it had Alex.
Neo Tyrant was faster than Elza. It jumped high in the air and fell through the hole. Elza ran to the hole and dropped to her knees.
The room below had a hole in it. And the one below that had a dirt floor. But that was all she saw. No Neo Tyrant. And no Alex.
"NO!!!!" she shrieked again. She stood up and was about to jump into the hole, but Hiro stopped her. "Let me go!!! I've gotta save Alex!!!"
"I know!!" he yelled. "But if you jump from here, you'll kill yourself!!! Do you want that?!?!"
Elza stopped struggling. Erika came beside them, looking regretful.
Then they heard laughing.
Terra was still alive, curled up on the floor. Blood was still coming out of her mouth as she laughed, but she didn't notice.
"You...fools!!!" she gasped. "Alex isn't...its target!!!"
"Who is?!" demanded Erika.
"I...I'm not...telling!!!!" she laughed again, but it was a strangled laugh. Then her body jerked and slumped against the floor.
Hiro walked towards the door Neo Tyrant came from and looked inside. "Guys, this is it!!! Our ticket out of here!!! There's a hole bunch of trucks here!!!"
Erika's face brightened. "That's great!!! We can get the survivors out!!!"
Elza was still on the floor next to the hole. "You guys can escape. I know who Neo Tyrant's target is."
"Who?" asked Hiro, but he knew the answer already.
"Me."
Ooh, it's coming down to the end!!! No more dragging on the story! The next part will be full of action, so stay tuned!!!