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Chapter 5

"Well then," said Mike, "We need to make camp here." "Are you crazy?" said Cory. "Those zombies will just break through the windows or doors or something. Or worse, the shadow demon will come in!" Mike looked at him and said "Shadow demon? Sure." Cea Jay laughed at this remark. He caught the sharp gaze of Cory's shut up look. "I'm serious!" yelled Cory. "I saw it crawling up a building. It was on all four legs and made a clack, clack, clack. I'm not crazy!" Mike looked at Cory. "Cea Jay, stop laughing. We have Lickers." The word "Lickers" made Cory shudder. He remembered now, their pink flesh and muscle, their tongues being probably more than two feet long. Mike looked around the room. "Cea Jay, did Killen have a shed? Cea Jay turned around. "Yeah, it should down that hall to the left, why?" Mike ran down the green hall Cea Jay was pointing at and re-emerged about ten minutes later carrying a bunch of wood, three hammers, and plenty of nails. He went to the kitchen window and began to nail some boards into the wall. "All we have to do is secure every window and door." said Mike. Cory and Cea jay walked over and and grabbed some supplies. Within an hour, the house was locked down tight. "Oh, by the way," mentioned Mike, "In Killen's shed, I found a stone with the words, 'The angel of death shall not prevail over the powers of harmony and justice.'" "Anyone at Umbrella must be brainwashed to use riddle-talk." remarked Cory. Mike could tell by his inspecting glance he wasn't so sure about the safety measures of the house. "Uh, Mike," he said. "I know that we inspected the house and said it was safe, but you know how we found Killen's body upstairs?" "Yeah." "Well, I was wondering, what did that?" This thought struck Mike, and it struck him hard. He looked at Cory and realized he was right. He drew his desert eagle and loaded it with a clip. Only one more clip after this then it's magnum time. Mike had wanted to save the magnum for bigger experiments. He slowly walked up the stairs, his heart pounding rapidly, still thinking about their search. They checked every place except of course. The ventilation shafts! Mike heard something moving above. He turned around, ghastly pale, and then motioned to Cea Jay and Cory to follow. Cea Jay gripped his shotgun and thought about his six remaining shots that came in his ammo case. Cory looked as if he was on the verge on having a heart attack. Even Mike looked worried. "Now follow me and stay quiet!" Mike whispered. He listened and tracked the movement of the creature and looked up. His hands began to tremble. It was right above them. Mike walked to the top of the stairs while Cea Jay and Cory cautiously studied the ceiling. Cory actually pushed Cea Jay so he could reach the second floor. "Cool it." whispered Mike. As Cea Jay finished walking up the stairs, all three of them heard the creature move down stairs and into the kitchen. While Mike turned around to investigate Killen's body (located at the top of the stairs), he heard the roof above the kitchen cave in. His heart stopped. This thing was stalking them, playing search and destroy. He was amazed at its intelligence. It actually tried to come from behind. Cea Jay and Cory must have heard it to, because Cory had his assault shotgun aimed down the stairs backed up by Cea Jay's Remington. Mike carefully aimed his desert eagle at the bottom of the stairs. Suddenly, his arm began to hurt. He had totally forgotten about the dog biting him. It threw off his aim and he cried "Ahh!" Cea Jay and Cory whipped around to find Mike clapping his mouth. They heard a strange Schaaaaaa from the kitchen. Cory turned around slowly and just managed to suppress a scream. Mike's eyes opened wide, and Cea Jay looked back. The creature they saw was horrible. It was like a man, but yellow skinned. It had large arms and a curling tail that had a large shining spike attached to it. It crouched down on it's rotting legs and it's large back opened, revealing two more arms with six clawed fingers on the end. Before Mike could think, the creature ran up the stairs. It used one of it's extra arms slice Cory, bringing him bleeding to the wall. Blood seeped through his shirt tears. He lifted his assault shotgun. Pow! The creature flew back onto the parallel wall and fell to the ground. Mike lifted Cory and ran with Cea Jay into Killen's bedroom. He slammed the door shut. "Cea Jay, take care of Cory. I think we're safe in-". Mike's voice was cut short when the door exploded inwards, and the creature entered the room. Cory lifted his assault shotgun and aimed. However, the creature opened its mouth and a large stream of green acid doused the shotgun, burning it to the core. Cea Jay fired three shotgun shots at it, but it was quick and it jumped to the wall. It jumped at Cea Jay and whipped him with it's tail. "Agh!" Cea Jay yelled in pain. He fired again but the monster whipped to the side. Determined to hit the beast, Cea Jay fired his last two shots towards it. They both slammed into the monster, the cold steel puncturing the yellowish skin. It laid there for a moment, and then it righted itself. Schaaaaaaaa! "It won't die!" screamed Mike as the monster turned around. Mike took careful aim and fired four shots. Three missed, the one hitting the monster square in the chest. It kept coming though, thirsty for blood. It jumped on Mike and slashed at him over and over with its extra arms, it's sharp tail being jammed into his leg. Mike screamed, the blood staining most of his clothes. He fired six more shots at the creature in defense. It kept hacking. Mike slowly felt the world slipping away from him. He would have been dead easily if he hadn't kept trying to hold the monster back. He actually had one big cut, but it ripped through his chest. The creature seemed to be hacking at one place. He finally aimed and pulled the trigger. He emptied the rest of his clip into the creatures head. With the last shot, the monster's head exploded. Mike let the gun drop from his hand. He tried his best to breathe correctly. The last thing he saw was Cea Jay and Cory getting up and walking over. Through his hazy vision, he saw Cory run down the stairs and Cea Jay looking over him nervously. Soon he fell unconscious.

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Mike woke up to the soft voice of a young woman. Through his hazy vision he could only see three people huddled over his body. He reached out and some young woman took his hand. She pulled him upwards and he stood up from the bed he woke up on. He looked down and saw a large blood-stained bandage wrapped around his chest. His vision was beginning to return. He looked over at the person who had pulled him upwards. "Ch-Ch-Chambers?"

Rebecca Chambers smiled at him. "Yeah." she replied. "I called you. You weren't home." moaned Mike, shaking. "Yeah. Luckily, Jill thought twice and tried again. She got through to me." Mike looked over at the woman next to Rebecca. "Hey Mike," she said softly, "how are you feeling?" Mike shrugged his shoulders. "I guess I feel better, Jill. It beats being unconscious." He let a weak smile form across his face. He looked over to the left and saw Cea Jay smile in relief. "We almost lost you." Cea Jay said. As Mike looked behind the group in front of him, he saw Claire Redfield sitting next to Cory talking to him while loading some sort of Italian handgun. Mike walked towards them. Cory looked up. "That must have been the best sleep I've ever known you to get." Mike ignored Cory and looked past him to Claire. "What's up?" he said and leaned back again. Claire let out a small chuckle and said, "Nothing much." Getting up of the ground, he walked back towards Rebecca, Jill, and Cea Jay who were all absorbed in some conversation of their own. "Sorry to but in, but what time is it, and did Leon and Chris make it?" Cea Jay turned around and looked at his watch. "9:37 P.M. You were asleep nearly the whole day." He pointed his gun at the stairwell then turned back to face Rebecca and Jill. Mike turned at looked at the stairs. He saw Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy sitting at the top stair, talking to each other. They must be guarding this room. Leon heard Mike and turned around. "Well, we made it after all like we said." Mike looked at him and said, "I knew Claire could come, but you gave me some fight." Chris let his Berretta rest on the floor. "Your lucky I came," he said, "I was about to bail." "Why?" asked Mike. Chris rolled his yes. "Because, you're not the only one who's fought large amounts of undead freaks." Mike laughed and walked back into the bedroom.