1 Chapter 8
Missy could hear the battle as she crawled quickly through the vent. She had not wanted to leave Alex and be alone but Alex had told her to go and not stop. She knew that it was for her own safety, but what would Alex do now?
Although everything was as black as coal, Missy felt her way through the intricate network of ventilation tunnels and eventually took a rest at a sort of cross roads between vents.
Thoughts ran threw her head of the days events. It seemed like a story her mother would tell her, monsters and heroes. Heroes, she thought. Alex was her hero today, rescuing her from that…Dragon Monster.
Missy turned her head, by this time her eyesight had adjusted to the darkness, and she could make the distinction between the metal frameworks of the vents, it also felt cold. She moved her hands along the small walls feeling her way forward. They touched something. It was dripping from above her, something gooey and cold, very cold.
Ahead of her something hissed. Then the sound of clicking was approaching steadily.
In the darkened corridors, assignments were being given out. It was unilaterally decided that the group should be split into two. The way it eventually turned out seemed like a Battle of the Sexes. Claire decided she was staying with Alex, and had to frighten Leon with threats of 'girly' conversations before he would back off. Chris, Leon and Barry would attempt to get some sort of power back online meanwhile Alex and Claire would search for prisoners and survivors, there was a deep concern in all of the group to find Missy. Then, they were all getting the hell out of this place. The radios worked on battery power, but still the power surge must have weakened them, so contact would have to be kept to a minimum.
Alex and Claire continued back in the direction the hunter had come from, it was the direction to the prisons anyway from what Alex remembered from the schematics she got from the computer. They walked for a bit, then Claire spoke.
"So, what's up with the leg?" she asked. There was an awkward silence.
Missy could not yet see the thing that was coming in her direction. But it was coming, and it knew she was there, the increase in its speed made sure of that. Although a child, Missy knew that whatever was coming wasn't nice, and she also knew she had to get out fast. She felt forward, nothing. She felt to her left, again nothing. The thing was getting nearer every second. To her right, there was a hole in a grating leading to the corridor. Missy managed to squeeze her head through, just. The metal started to bend as she pushed further, it gave her grazes on her skin, the material of her new dress began to tear, but it was working and after a few seconds Missy dropped out and fell from 8.5 feet onto the cold metal grating of a corridor, Missy was stunned, and gave out a small moan. From above her the thing was intensely banging to get her. She could not move, no matter how hard she tried.
From a distance away she heard arguing voices, she tried to shout but it sounded more like a whisper, the more energy she used the more useless it became. The voices grew more nearer, the banging of the creature became more intense. Surely whoever it was could hear it now, please. Then all of a sudden a voice shattered the situation.
"MISSY!" It was Alex. Her hero once more.
Above Missy it broke through the grating jumping effortlessly onto the floor behind her. It hissed.
'A licker'! Claire knew what this was, she met them all too often back in Racoon. Now it was here, about to tear the life from a child. Before Claire could even look for her gun, Alex was there in a clinch. She ran for Missy, the licker now standing tall above her limp body ready to shred. As Alex ran she could see that the tongue of this thing would pierce her if she even attempted to grab Missy. Instead she jumped. Above Missy and kicking the licker down while she was still in the air. It stumbled away. She landed and stood tall. She picked up the grating of the vent, and before the licker had a chance to get her, the metal pierced and impaled its torso, killing it instantly. It dropped to the ground with a thud. Missy looked up at Alex, her hero had come once again. Missy wrapped her arms round Alex' neck and began to cry, Alex hugged the little girl, looking back at Claire who was smiling. Missy calmed down and looked at Claire, Alex said
"Missy I'd like you to meet Claire Redfield, Claire this is Missy"
Claire knelt down to Missy and said
"Hi Missy…you ok?"
Missy nodded
"Yeah I'm ok".
Alex looked at Claire
"We should go and find the guys"
Claire looked at Alex, a look that said that they were not finished talking. They made their way in the direction Chris and the others had gone.
Wesker and Nicola had found a Lab that had power in it, Wesker had guessed that the Lab had a different power source and this was the reason the surge had not affected it. Nicola sat on a chair and rested. Wesker walked around looking for anything that HCF could use in their research. Nicola was beginning to annoy him, she was slow, but Wesker knew he needed her if they came across Missy…Chris Redfield's daughter. Then a thought struck him, if Chris saw Nicola with him then he would reveal the truth and his plans would be ruined. He had to redeem the situation.
Wesker turned to Nicola who was looking around, curious of her strange surroundings..
"Nicola there is something you must know…the creatures out there have been affected by a virus. This virus in the early stages causes the sufferer to forget anything of their previous life. They turn against the people they trust, they seem normal but they are not." Wesker gave a look of sadness.
" I am telling you this for the reason that if anyone we meet shows any signs of aggression towards us, then they have been infected and cannot be trusted."
Nicola nodded and said
"Who could create such a virus?"
Wesker found it difficult to retain his evil smirk.
"These people are who Chris and I are fighting. We have lost many friends and comrades due to this. We are never going to give up."
Nicola stood up, admiring his bravery.
"I understand. If anything happens to me I want you to promise me that you will look after my daughter"
Wesker approached Nicola, and looked into her eyes.
"I promise. I will take good care of Missy. But nothing is going to happen, we are all going to get out of here".
Lying had become a second nature to Albert Wekser. Even he believed some of the things he said. But others were oblivious to it. This was the reason that so many people had died at the hand of Albert Wesker. And now there would be more.
Missy could hear the battle as she crawled quickly through the vent. She had not wanted to leave Alex and be alone but Alex had told her to go and not stop. She knew that it was for her own safety, but what would Alex do now?
Although everything was as black as coal, Missy felt her way through the intricate network of ventilation tunnels and eventually took a rest at a sort of cross roads between vents.
Thoughts ran threw her head of the days events. It seemed like a story her mother would tell her, monsters and heroes. Heroes, she thought. Alex was her hero today, rescuing her from that…Dragon Monster.
Missy turned her head, by this time her eyesight had adjusted to the darkness, and she could make the distinction between the metal frameworks of the vents, it also felt cold. She moved her hands along the small walls feeling her way forward. They touched something. It was dripping from above her, something gooey and cold, very cold.
Ahead of her something hissed. Then the sound of clicking was approaching steadily.
In the darkened corridors, assignments were being given out. It was unilaterally decided that the group should be split into two. The way it eventually turned out seemed like a Battle of the Sexes. Claire decided she was staying with Alex, and had to frighten Leon with threats of 'girly' conversations before he would back off. Chris, Leon and Barry would attempt to get some sort of power back online meanwhile Alex and Claire would search for prisoners and survivors, there was a deep concern in all of the group to find Missy. Then, they were all getting the hell out of this place. The radios worked on battery power, but still the power surge must have weakened them, so contact would have to be kept to a minimum.
Alex and Claire continued back in the direction the hunter had come from, it was the direction to the prisons anyway from what Alex remembered from the schematics she got from the computer. They walked for a bit, then Claire spoke.
"So, what's up with the leg?" she asked. There was an awkward silence.
Missy could not yet see the thing that was coming in her direction. But it was coming, and it knew she was there, the increase in its speed made sure of that. Although a child, Missy knew that whatever was coming wasn't nice, and she also knew she had to get out fast. She felt forward, nothing. She felt to her left, again nothing. The thing was getting nearer every second. To her right, there was a hole in a grating leading to the corridor. Missy managed to squeeze her head through, just. The metal started to bend as she pushed further, it gave her grazes on her skin, the material of her new dress began to tear, but it was working and after a few seconds Missy dropped out and fell from 8.5 feet onto the cold metal grating of a corridor, Missy was stunned, and gave out a small moan. From above her the thing was intensely banging to get her. She could not move, no matter how hard she tried.
From a distance away she heard arguing voices, she tried to shout but it sounded more like a whisper, the more energy she used the more useless it became. The voices grew more nearer, the banging of the creature became more intense. Surely whoever it was could hear it now, please. Then all of a sudden a voice shattered the situation.
"MISSY!" It was Alex. Her hero once more.
Above Missy it broke through the grating jumping effortlessly onto the floor behind her. It hissed.
'A licker'! Claire knew what this was, she met them all too often back in Racoon. Now it was here, about to tear the life from a child. Before Claire could even look for her gun, Alex was there in a clinch. She ran for Missy, the licker now standing tall above her limp body ready to shred. As Alex ran she could see that the tongue of this thing would pierce her if she even attempted to grab Missy. Instead she jumped. Above Missy and kicking the licker down while she was still in the air. It stumbled away. She landed and stood tall. She picked up the grating of the vent, and before the licker had a chance to get her, the metal pierced and impaled its torso, killing it instantly. It dropped to the ground with a thud. Missy looked up at Alex, her hero had come once again. Missy wrapped her arms round Alex' neck and began to cry, Alex hugged the little girl, looking back at Claire who was smiling. Missy calmed down and looked at Claire, Alex said
"Missy I'd like you to meet Claire Redfield, Claire this is Missy"
Claire knelt down to Missy and said
"Hi Missy…you ok?"
Missy nodded
"Yeah I'm ok".
Alex looked at Claire
"We should go and find the guys"
Claire looked at Alex, a look that said that they were not finished talking. They made their way in the direction Chris and the others had gone.
Wesker and Nicola had found a Lab that had power in it, Wesker had guessed that the Lab had a different power source and this was the reason the surge had not affected it. Nicola sat on a chair and rested. Wesker walked around looking for anything that HCF could use in their research. Nicola was beginning to annoy him, she was slow, but Wesker knew he needed her if they came across Missy…Chris Redfield's daughter. Then a thought struck him, if Chris saw Nicola with him then he would reveal the truth and his plans would be ruined. He had to redeem the situation.
Wesker turned to Nicola who was looking around, curious of her strange surroundings..
"Nicola there is something you must know…the creatures out there have been affected by a virus. This virus in the early stages causes the sufferer to forget anything of their previous life. They turn against the people they trust, they seem normal but they are not." Wesker gave a look of sadness.
" I am telling you this for the reason that if anyone we meet shows any signs of aggression towards us, then they have been infected and cannot be trusted."
Nicola nodded and said
"Who could create such a virus?"
Wesker found it difficult to retain his evil smirk.
"These people are who Chris and I are fighting. We have lost many friends and comrades due to this. We are never going to give up."
Nicola stood up, admiring his bravery.
"I understand. If anything happens to me I want you to promise me that you will look after my daughter"
Wesker approached Nicola, and looked into her eyes.
"I promise. I will take good care of Missy. But nothing is going to happen, we are all going to get out of here".
Lying had become a second nature to Albert Wekser. Even he believed some of the things he said. But others were oblivious to it. This was the reason that so many people had died at the hand of Albert Wesker. And now there would be more.