Resident Evil
Chapter Seven: Reptile Boy
Barry slowly walked down the slippery stairs raking care not to fall, he avoided touching the bars because of the slime, not just because it was gross but also because it burnt. He finally made it to the bottom and walked into another door with a sign stuck to it, Barry couldn't read it though the words were in Spanish. He opened to door cautiously and stepped inside and was met with about two inches of water. Something bumped his leg and he bent down to look "a dead mouse?" Barry kicked it away and walked further into the room. The walls were all iron and there were only two rooms, the one he was in another behind a partly opened door. Barry slowly wandered over and peered through the gap and saw a shadow of a person, he fumbled for his gun but it slipped through his fingers into the water. "Shit!' Barry bent down and searched for it but couldn't find it anywhere; he got up again and looked at the person again. His body was covered by the shadows but Barry could tell that he had heard him, it turned and Barry jumped back as a pair of blazing red eyes met his. "Que criatura distraers me?" (What creature distracts me) The man spoke in Spanish and Barry didn't understand a word. He ducked into the water as whatever it was opened to door and he tried not to gasp as he saw it. The man's body was covered in snake scales; his head was bald with red eyes and sharp yellow teeth. Scars lined his cheek and forehead and part of his pointed ear had been bitten off; it looked down and picked up the dead mouse Barry had kicked away and to Barry's disgust swallowed it whole suddenly it froze and sniffed with a large hooked nose and turned round quickly to Barry. "Tu estas a tonta" It said as a forked tongue darted across its lips "tu estas ahora comida!" (You are a fool, you are now food.) Although Barry didn't speak Spanish he had a good idea what that meant by the way the creature was looking at him. He leapt up and ran to the door. The creature followed and suddenly made a grating sound in his throat and spat at Barry hitting him square in the back. Barry fell, the pain when the spit dripped through his clothes and onto his skin was awful, the thing shut and locked the door and turned back to Barry with a very evil smile. "Who are you? What are you?" Barry asked as he scrambled back from it and noticed whatever it was seemed to understand "Soy Machida…" (I'm Machida) The creature replied and seemed to smile again as he saw the fear in Barry's eyes.
Jill heard Barry scream and quickly turned round "Was that Barry? We have to find him!" Jill said "forget about the exit for now, show me where he is!" Snapdragon thought for a few minutes
"I don't know where he is but I have a good idea…the room I told you not to go in…the door was slightly open, I bet he's down there." Jill ran off back down the corridor with Snapdragon followed until they reached the door, Jill jogged quickly down the steps and fell toward the bottom. "Are you OK?" Snapdragon asked as Jill pulled herself up
"Yeah, I'm fine" Jill said and tried the door "locked…" she pulled out her lock pick and opened the door. The first thing she saw was Barry in a corner tried to avoid something "Barry? What's wrong?"
"Jill? Get out of here!" Barry yelled and Jill saw what he meant, Machida turned and glared at her. Snapdragon was watching from the steps and ran down and stopped just in front of Jill. "Back off Machida…" She growled and he looked at her angrily
"Estancia fuera hermana!" (Stay away sister) He snapped and tried to push her out the way but Snapdragon stayed put.
"Jill…shoot him" Snapdragon said calmly "I'm going to jump out the way and when I do shoot him" Jill nodded but Machida smiled. Snapdragon jumped out the way but so did Machida, he grabbed his sister round the neck and held her in front of him "Matar me, matar la" (Kill me, kill her) Jill lowered her gun and as she did Barry was frantically but quietly searching for his, he found it but it was very wet and many not work but it was a chance he had to take. He aimed at Machida's head and pulled to trigger, it didn't work! Machida turned, still holding Snapdragon and laughed "Como triste…ahora tu toda morir…" (How sad, now you all die) However at this point Jill had an opportunity to shoot, she aimed at his head and pulled the trigger. Machida screamed and thick green blood poured from his skull, he collapsed and Snapdragon jumped away. "Thanks" she smiled at Jill but Barry looked distrustfully at her. "Jill? Who is this?" He asked "Why are you going round with a woman with a plant growing out of her?" Jill explained where they had met and what she knew but Barry still didn't look convinced. "OK she can come along" he said at last "but no funny stuff." Snapdragon nodded but knelt down next to the body of Machida
"Bye brother" she whispered softly and gently kissed his remaining bit of skull
"He was your brother?" Jill asked "did you love him?" Snapdragon shook her head
"No but he was still my brother and it's respectful to say goodbye." Barry looked even more doubtful but didn't say anything about it "Let's just find Rebecca and get out of here" he said and went over to the stairs "come on!" Jill and Snapdragon followed but she paused at the bottom and gave one final look at her brother.
Hope you enjoyed that, all the Spanish may not be right as I used a dictionary and what I knew to write it!