chp.2
Disclaimer: I don't own Resident Evil, Capcom does, so don't sue me.
Leon searched the area with his flashlight for an emergency switch to turn on the back-up generator located near the train wreckage. He searched, endlessly through fences, storage systems and other compartments of the Umbrella structure. When he did spot it, the generator only had enough power to turn the lights back on. So there was no chance of getting out of the city by train. While heading back to the train, Leon picked up a sound coming from outside of the building. Not too far away, a fight ensued…
"Shadow!!! Come on! We can do this!" The mysterious teenager exclaimed. He unsheathed a machete from its sheath as he charged at two zombies. A black German shepherd ran swiftly side by side with the boy until they made contact with the T-virus infected pair. The machete-yielding boy slashed upward, cutting one of the zombies into two at its midriff causing blood to spray everywhere. The large breed dog pounced onto the other zombie and attacked it viciously until it lied on the pavement motionless.
"I wonder where dad went Shadow… He said he'd come back for me…" The boy said, wiping the blood from his brow while sheathing the blade into its case. The teenager was wearing a faded light blue shirt overlapped by a black bulletproof vest. He had a pair of gloves he wore on his hands, both black with holes for his fingers to go through. His pants, khakis stained with drops of blood, were rolled up revealing a pair of steel-toed boots. His hair was very short and black but his bangs, blonde, fell freely over his tense, chestnut brown eyes. His skin was fair and his frame, normal but otherwise from that he was quite handsome. He started to walk away, but Leon who was watching the whole time from a window of the Umbrella building, pursued him. The high walls surrounding Leon made him feel uneasy but he still went after the youth. The boy, felt he was being followed stopped and reached inside his vest and pulled out some bread. He broke it into two and sat down on a dumpster nearby. He gave the other half to his dog who consumed it ravenously. The boy eyed the streets warily, catching and interpreting any sound that came not far away from where he was sitting. Leon leaned in the shadows, gripping the handle of his shotgun located safely on his side.
The three of them were just waiting until the other made their move. The boy grew impatient of waiting and unsheathed his machete, holding back his dog, assumed to be "Shadow" by Leon, as he stood up.
"Whoever you are, come out! If you don't I'll let my dog here get you! If you do, I won't hurt you! I give my word on it!"
Leon started to edge away from the shadows and into the light where the boy could see him. They gazed at each other, the boy circling Leon, until he felt safe, sheathed his machete.
"Who are you? Don't you know there are zombies in almost every corner of this city? If you're from Raccoon City what's your purpose here?" The boy, a few inches shorter than Leon, stood face to face with him.
"My name is Leon Kennedy, I'm a rookie from the Raccoon Police Department. Before I answer any more of your questions, who are you? And how old are you?"
"My name is Marc Mikhail… I'm 14 and I live here in Wombat city with my father Alan."
"Wombat city? Does this place happen to be…"
"Invested by those bastards of Umbrella? Yeah, they're the whole reason this city has gone to the zombies… I'm looking for my dad but he hasn't come back yet… Have you seen him?"
"I'm sorry Marc, I haven't see him… I have to get back to my companions… We want to find a way out of Wombat City and get to someplace safer but we don't know a way out of here… Do you want to join us?"
"No… I have to find my dad!" Marc said, running out of sight. Leon tried looking for him but Marc was already gone. As he was looking around, he spotted a place that looked safer than the Umbrella building where Sherry and Claire were. So Leon headed back to the train wreckage hoping he would find them safe in the train, which they were. Leon told them all about the mysterious Marc Mikhail as he led them out of the Umbrella building… Who was Marc Mikhail? Why was he by himself in the zombie-infested Wombat City? Till next time…