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Chapter 7
The S.T.A.R.S walked back to the main hall, in order to move their search to the second floor. Rick trailed behind the others, not really feeling a part of the group. The only one of them he had ever known was Leon & that was the only reason he was here, to get his friend back. Upon entering the hall, Rick noticed a glint of metal on his left hand side, upon further inspection he found two gold coloured keys bound by a silver coloured ring. One was obviously for a door & the other appeared to be for a storage box. Pretty lucky to have seen them in that plant pot, they were well hidden, I guess they must be important. Rick decided not to mention this to the others for the moment, especially since they hadn't even noticed he had left the group to look at them in the first place. He quickly rejoined the group before they noticed his absence.
"So, now what?" Rick asked nonchalantly.
"Lets check the other side of the stairwell, before starting this side. We all stick together." Chris said.
Man that guy is pissing me off, thinks he's so damn good…The jerk won't even admit that he's leading these guys. Stupid, bossy, moron. Well, I'm the one that saw that key & you guys still don't even know that it exists. You're supposed to be the professionals, you know. Leon was always better off with us than he was with you. You people are a joke, a joke with a big mouth.
"Something wrong Rick?" Barry asked.
"Nah, just thinking." Rick replied with a grin. Barry grinned back & nodded, Rick's insinuation working perfectly.
The S.T.A.R.S team suddenly stopped, Rick noticing just in time to stop himself from walking into Claire.
"Ready?" Chris asked quietly, everyone nodded, despite the question being rhetorical.
The group entered a room, which appeared to be a gym, living room & game room all in one, glancing around the ominously quiet room, Rick noticed a puddle of a thick, red liquid, just visible from behind a divider. He was just about to tell the others when the attack began.
Claire gasped when she saw a huge red creature appearing from a hidden part of the room, more appeared in a short space of time, eventually they were surrounded by around twenty of the strange creatures. She grabbed her gun & removed the safety catch as the camel-like creatures closed the gap between them. The creatures then stood motionless, the S.T.A.R.S doing the same, not wanting to provoke an attack. They're horrible, the blades on the feet must be two inches, the teeth can't be much shorter & the spike on the back & tail must be about five inches high, all of which seem very sharp & equally uninviting. I wonder what it was, some of it looks like a horse, other bits like a camel & that back of it's looks like a stegosaurus. This is not good. They don't look too friendly & I really don't like the way they're looking at us. At least we have descent weapons this time round. Claire looked away from the creatures & turned to Chris, hoping her brother would have the answer. Chris glanced at her & she realised there was no way they could avoid the impending fight. Claire put the safety back on her P229 & holstered it, pulling out her H&K SP 89 instead, she saw everyone else pulling out their stronger weaponry as well. Chris got out his Remington M1100, Jill had her MAC-11 in her hand, Carlos was drawing his M4A1 Assault Rifle & Rick had his Benalli M3S, she didn't need to look at Barry, knowing that he would have his Colt Python firmly in his hand. She looked back at the creatures, just in time to see that they had begun the attack.
Claire dived to the side just in time to avoid being rammed by one of the creatures. She quickly pulled up her H&K to fire at the creature but it toppled before she could pull the trigger, Chris stood above her, offering his hand to help her up.
"Thanks, I owe you one." Claire said quickly, before turning her attention back to the attacking creatures.
"Nah. You'll never owe me anything, I've got to look out for you." Chris replied, Claire glanced over in time to see the lopsided grin on his face before he also focused on the creatures. Claire aimed her H&K in the direction of one of the creatures & fired, it started running towards her, very quickly. Claire backed away, still firing, if the creature didn't drop before she ran out of room to back off, Claire wouldn't be continuing with the mission, or any other. She glanced round quickly, though she was still firing at the attacking creature, it seemed everyone else was in just as much trouble as she was. Is this it? Are we all going to die here? Stop it! We'll be fine, if I got out of Raccoon & Rockfort, then I can get out of this. It'll be fine. Now concentrate on what you're doing & take these things out. Claire sighed & turned her full attention to defeating the monsters, determined that they would not fail while Umbrella & Wesker were still free to continue with their plans & experiments.
Barry fired again, so far the creature had taken three magnum rounds, he would be forced to reload soon & that meant trouble. Rick edged near him, still focusing on the creatures.
"Tell me when you need to reload, I'll cover you." Rick said, not taking his eyes from the creatures.
"Will do, thanks. You'll need to just after me, so I guess we cover each other." Barry replied. Rick simply nodded & continued his assault. Barry also continued, they couldn't afford to run out of ammunition at the same time or they were as good as dead. Barry took his last shot, one of the creatures finally falling dead to the floor. Rick quickly stepped in front of him, keeping the creatures at bay, Barry quickly reloaded, finishing just as Rick fired his last bullet. This routine continued for another ten minutes, both men were becoming exhausted. A quick look around the room told them that there were still ten or fifteen of the creatures remaining & that everyone was tired from the fight. If they kept this up much longer they would all collapse from exhaustion, then they would be dead.
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Chapter 7
The S.T.A.R.S walked back to the main hall, in order to move their search to the second floor. Rick trailed behind the others, not really feeling a part of the group. The only one of them he had ever known was Leon & that was the only reason he was here, to get his friend back. Upon entering the hall, Rick noticed a glint of metal on his left hand side, upon further inspection he found two gold coloured keys bound by a silver coloured ring. One was obviously for a door & the other appeared to be for a storage box. Pretty lucky to have seen them in that plant pot, they were well hidden, I guess they must be important. Rick decided not to mention this to the others for the moment, especially since they hadn't even noticed he had left the group to look at them in the first place. He quickly rejoined the group before they noticed his absence.
"So, now what?" Rick asked nonchalantly.
"Lets check the other side of the stairwell, before starting this side. We all stick together." Chris said.
Man that guy is pissing me off, thinks he's so damn good…The jerk won't even admit that he's leading these guys. Stupid, bossy, moron. Well, I'm the one that saw that key & you guys still don't even know that it exists. You're supposed to be the professionals, you know. Leon was always better off with us than he was with you. You people are a joke, a joke with a big mouth.
"Something wrong Rick?" Barry asked.
"Nah, just thinking." Rick replied with a grin. Barry grinned back & nodded, Rick's insinuation working perfectly.
The S.T.A.R.S team suddenly stopped, Rick noticing just in time to stop himself from walking into Claire.
"Ready?" Chris asked quietly, everyone nodded, despite the question being rhetorical.
The group entered a room, which appeared to be a gym, living room & game room all in one, glancing around the ominously quiet room, Rick noticed a puddle of a thick, red liquid, just visible from behind a divider. He was just about to tell the others when the attack began.
Claire gasped when she saw a huge red creature appearing from a hidden part of the room, more appeared in a short space of time, eventually they were surrounded by around twenty of the strange creatures. She grabbed her gun & removed the safety catch as the camel-like creatures closed the gap between them. The creatures then stood motionless, the S.T.A.R.S doing the same, not wanting to provoke an attack. They're horrible, the blades on the feet must be two inches, the teeth can't be much shorter & the spike on the back & tail must be about five inches high, all of which seem very sharp & equally uninviting. I wonder what it was, some of it looks like a horse, other bits like a camel & that back of it's looks like a stegosaurus. This is not good. They don't look too friendly & I really don't like the way they're looking at us. At least we have descent weapons this time round. Claire looked away from the creatures & turned to Chris, hoping her brother would have the answer. Chris glanced at her & she realised there was no way they could avoid the impending fight. Claire put the safety back on her P229 & holstered it, pulling out her H&K SP 89 instead, she saw everyone else pulling out their stronger weaponry as well. Chris got out his Remington M1100, Jill had her MAC-11 in her hand, Carlos was drawing his M4A1 Assault Rifle & Rick had his Benalli M3S, she didn't need to look at Barry, knowing that he would have his Colt Python firmly in his hand. She looked back at the creatures, just in time to see that they had begun the attack.
Claire dived to the side just in time to avoid being rammed by one of the creatures. She quickly pulled up her H&K to fire at the creature but it toppled before she could pull the trigger, Chris stood above her, offering his hand to help her up.
"Thanks, I owe you one." Claire said quickly, before turning her attention back to the attacking creatures.
"Nah. You'll never owe me anything, I've got to look out for you." Chris replied, Claire glanced over in time to see the lopsided grin on his face before he also focused on the creatures. Claire aimed her H&K in the direction of one of the creatures & fired, it started running towards her, very quickly. Claire backed away, still firing, if the creature didn't drop before she ran out of room to back off, Claire wouldn't be continuing with the mission, or any other. She glanced round quickly, though she was still firing at the attacking creature, it seemed everyone else was in just as much trouble as she was. Is this it? Are we all going to die here? Stop it! We'll be fine, if I got out of Raccoon & Rockfort, then I can get out of this. It'll be fine. Now concentrate on what you're doing & take these things out. Claire sighed & turned her full attention to defeating the monsters, determined that they would not fail while Umbrella & Wesker were still free to continue with their plans & experiments.
Barry fired again, so far the creature had taken three magnum rounds, he would be forced to reload soon & that meant trouble. Rick edged near him, still focusing on the creatures.
"Tell me when you need to reload, I'll cover you." Rick said, not taking his eyes from the creatures.
"Will do, thanks. You'll need to just after me, so I guess we cover each other." Barry replied. Rick simply nodded & continued his assault. Barry also continued, they couldn't afford to run out of ammunition at the same time or they were as good as dead. Barry took his last shot, one of the creatures finally falling dead to the floor. Rick quickly stepped in front of him, keeping the creatures at bay, Barry quickly reloaded, finishing just as Rick fired his last bullet. This routine continued for another ten minutes, both men were becoming exhausted. A quick look around the room told them that there were still ten or fifteen of the creatures remaining & that everyone was tired from the fight. If they kept this up much longer they would all collapse from exhaustion, then they would be dead.