By: Bloodlover
Disclaimer: I don´t own any of the Capcom characters but Emily Johnson, Richard Colt, Donnie Martin and Dan Hawkins are mine inspired by the game. Don´t steal them. Hope you´ll enjoy this part!
Part 4
February 10 1999 Battle helicopter
"Kennedy! We´re almost there! 10 minutes or so!"
"Good! I want you all to make a final check on your equipment. This is a surprise attack, when we get there a surprise strike will be launched. You don´t have any time to make changes at that time."
All the other soldiers saluted him. Well so far so good. We have trained together and gotten close to each other but this will be our first mission. Not that we are inexperienced but it´s always the risk that something goes wrong. Leon frowned a bit. Being a leader was a great responsibility but it was dangerous to brood too much. He had a bigger problem now, thanks to Claire and her brother. Damn it I understand them! But now they might get caught in the fire, I don´t know for sure if I can bail them out of there now. On the other hand I can´t abandon them. I sent them out so I´m still responsible for them even though they disobeyed my orders.
He thought about it some more. Maybe if I can lead my men into that mess, secure our point and let my second-in-command, Dan, handle it for awhile. I could make a quick search, get them out and then return to my men. Yes that would be perfect!
Satisfied with this temporary solution, Leon started to check his own equipment. He had three first-aid sprays, one loaded magnum and five clips, a shotgun slung over his back with lots of ammo and lastly he had a sidearm with lots of ammo. All the ammo were in his sidepack together with the first-aid sprays. The others had the same equipment but he also had a walkietalkie so he could speak with his second-in-command. They were wellgeared, hopefully they would come through this one. Or else…
February 10 1999 Testing Zone, Umbrella HQ
Chris finally reached the end of the corridor. He slammed the door open and he arrived in the Testing Zone. The room was a bleak and grey one, the air felt chilly. He thought he could smell blood. At the end of the room there was a big iron gate. But it was the person lying in the middle of the room whom he had set his eyes on. Jill. She lay where that whitehaired bastard had dropped her, right in the open. She groaned and moved slowly, her face turned against him. Her eyes seemed to be unfocused.
God… Have they drugged her?! They will pay for this…
"Jill!"
He started to run towards her but stopped when suddenly screams filled the air. He knew those screams painfully well. It was the screams of Hunters. A gate opened and they welled out from it, like an enormous flood of monsters. Which they were. Manmade monsters. I have to protect Jill!
Chris drew his shotgun, it was the best weapon against many Hunters, and pulled the trigger. The first Hunters fell screaming to the ground, but the next ones jumped over them and continued the attack. They are too many! But I have to defeat them.
Their green hides shone faintly in the strange light. Chris ran towards the next flood of monsters, being thankful that he brought much ammo with him. He had to keep the Hunters away from Jill at all costs. When there was a halt in the flood of monsters, he would try to get Jill to the door that the whitehaired soldier had used to get out. Or the other that led up to Claire. There was a strong possibility that Wesker had locked both doors but he had to focus to do something to get them all out.
If I just could close that damn gate! That would give us much time. If I could wake Jill up.. She might have lockpicks…She could pick the locks. So if I can close the gate, kill the remaining monsters and wake up Jill, that is a good plan.
The problem with it was that he didn´t know how to close the damn gate. There was no switch visable. Maybe if he could come closer to the gate he might discover some means to close it. Hopefully.
He could just pray…
February 10 1999 Outskirts of Umbrella HQ
"There are the commotion! There is another team fighting the Umbrella soldiers. What should we do?" asked Donnie.
Emily bit her lip but didn´t hesitate long. "We´re going in. We have to help that team, and together we have a better chance at survival. Besides if we could take out this HQ do you understand what this could mean?"
Carlos smiled. "The beginning of the end. For Umbrella!"
"Right! Okay I take the point together with Carlos and Richard. Donnie and Barry follow right behind and Rebecca you´re last. Go in strong and hard, we´ll only get one chance."
"Yes ma´am!" said all as one.
They moved fast but silent towards the commotion.
February 10 1999 Testing Zone Umbrella HQ
Claire had felt despair before, in Raccoon, Rockfort and Antarctica. She was quite familar with that feeling. It filled her now.
She had found an escape route but she couldn´t get her brother and Jill out. And things looked bad for them now. Chris was almost out of ammo and he had gotten hurt a couple of times. The more advanced Hunters had came, she knew some of them from Antarctica. And on top of it all she couldn´t get them out. She had tried to open the door with the red button but it wouldn´t open. She was going to have to watch them die.
Forgive me Chris…. I don´t know what to do! If only I knew this controlboard better but what if I make things worse? Then again it can´t become much worse, can it?
She could no longer hold back her tears. Suddenly the door flew open. Her reflexes responded fast and she aimed at the person who stood at the door.
"Hold your fire Claire, it´s me!"
It was Leon.
"Leon!"
He went inside. "Where´s your brother?" She pointed to the glass window and he looked down. "Oh this is not good! We have to get them out of there!"
"I´ve tried but I can´t get the door opened!"
"Have you tried to close the gate for the Hunters?"
God how stupid can I get?! Why didn´t I thought about that before?! It´s the obvious soloution!
"No. But which button can it be?"
They both looked down at the controlboard, eyes searching rapidly. "It must be this one. It´s labeled `Gate Control´." Said Leon and pushed it. They both turned thier eyes down to the Testing Zone, holding thier breaths. The gate closed with a loud TWONK.
"It was the right one!" exclaimed Claire in triumph.
"Let´s just hope Chris can take care of the rest." replied Leon.
Chris felt hope returning. The gate had closed and he saw Claire staring down at him and Jill, Leon was there too. He must have come to help them. It was probably them who had closed the gate and it meant that he had to finish the job. He looked at Jill. I have to succeed for Jill´s sake too. There was five Hunters left. They seemed to be stunned by the lack of reinforcements. Chris considered his options fast. They couldn´t get out of here so he had to kill the Hunters first. The shotgun was out of ammo and he only had a couple of magnum rounds left. He had a Glock with lots of ammo, but was it enough to finish off five Hunters? And who knew what else lay behind that..?
Suddenly he saw something near the gate which the Hunters had came from, something he hadn´t noticed before. It looked like a bomb. One shot at it and it would surely take out at least some of the Hunters. He would use the Glock, he didn´t want to waste a magnum bullet when a bullet from the pistol would produce the same results. He put the magnum back in the holster and pulled out the Glock. Two Hunters began running towards him. He quickly took aim and fired.
BOOM!!!
The blast managed to kill four Hunters instantly and wounding the last one. He ran to it and aimed directly at the head. It only took a couple of bullets to kill it. I did it! Against all odds…
"Chris…"
It was Jill and he ran to her. She seemed to be fully conscious now. He knelt by her and took out his knife. With a single, strong cut he cut off the ropes holding her hands. She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly, whispering his name. He hugged her back, stroking her short, soft hair with one hand, like he never wanted to let go again. Which was true.
CLICK!
His thoughts was interrupted by a sharp sound, he turned his head to see what it was. It was the door which had been unlocked.
"Sorry to interrupt you two but we have to get out of here."
Chris looked up and saw it was Leon who sounded serious but despite the big distance Chris could see a little smile playing on the other´s lips.
"The door seems to have been unlocked. I guess it was some kind of mechanism, Claire and I didn´t do anything… You can get out there, according to the map Claire found. I take care of her, don´t worry! See you outside!"
Chris nodded and carefully helped Jill up and they ran to the door. It opened and they disappeared from sight after the door shut behind them.
Up in the controlroom Claire thanked Leon and apologizied for snapping at him earlier.
"It´s okay Claire and we made it all of us. But we have to get back to the others."
"I have found an escape route."
"No. That´s the way I used to get here, and it is surely unsafe now, so we have to get out another way. Can I see the map again?"
Claire showed him and soon they saw a corridor that seemed to lead out. Leon was sure none of Umbrella´s soldiers have thout to guard it yet. I hope… Then again what had they to lose? He told Claire to stay behind him and ran out.
What none of them unfortunately never saw was a very good hidden camera.
February 10 1999 Outskirts of Umbrella HQ, Paris France
Two very distraught soldiers took tempoary solace by hiding behind a crate. Since they were fighting in some sort of cargo field, there was a lot of hiding places. It did manage to hide and protect the govermentoperatives, but some of the crates had been knocked down and soon there would be no place to hide. On top of that their leader was missing.
"This is no good! Where the hell did Kennedy go?!" exclaimed the first soldier, close to panic. The other one and Leon´s second in command, Dan Hawkins, wondered the same thing.
"I don´t know, but I know he wouldn´t go unless it was absolutely necessary! The last time I heard from him he said he was on his way."
"Yes but unfortunately your walkie-talkie was shot to shit…"
Dan grit his teeth. It hadn´t been his fault yet he felt responsible for the mess that was quickly growing. " Keep fighting!" was all he could think of to say.
"Yes sir!"
Suddenly there was someone else shooting at the Umbrella soldiers. Dan saw a small glimpse of light which soon disappeared. That looked like a sniper rifle! And the shooter might have friends… Actually it´s more or less obvious, a lone sniper, even a good one, wouldn´t have a chance against such terrible odds! This is the thing I´ve been waiting for. Except for Leon´s return but Dan Hawkins was a man who were thankful for the things he could get.
"MOVE FORWARD!" he shouted to raise the men´s fighting edge back. The others followed his lead.
A couple of Umbrella´s soldiers seemed to stop in their tracks. That was a big mistake, since the ones who stopped became very thankful targets for the new attackers. Two fell instantly and seven right after that. Now the roles had been reversed, it was the Umbrella soldiers who fell back and the goverment operatives moved forward and gaining ground.
Don´t get too cocky. You could lose it as fast as you got it. Just use this opportunity. Dan could now see the newcomers that came right out of the dark. Round the HQ grew a lot of forests so it was a very good ambushing spot. If the guards that had the duty of patrolling the forests hadn´t been so occupied, it would have been another story…
First out was a South American man wielding an assualt rifle. Together with him was a tall, dark man with a gun, it looked like a Beretta but Dan couldn´t be sure, and at his right side was a slender woman with a Colt Python that she soon had to reload. She has to be an expert, she has already reloaded it! Thought Dan with admiration. Right after them came a big, burly man who also had a Colt Python and he seemed to be as good with it as the woman. At his side ran a young man with two pistols and what looked like a sniper rifle slung on his back. It was probably he who was the sniper…Last came a young woman, she carried a Beretta, but although she seemed to know how to handle the gun it didn´t look like she was someone who used it that much.
The bullets continued to fly and no reinforcements for the Umbrella troops seemed to come. After a while, some of the soldiers dropped their weapons and ran. Dan considered for a moment to shoot them, but descided against it. Shooting fleeing men had always turned his stomach. No wonder some call me "Soft-balls-Dan", but shooting someone in the back or someone who doesn´t fight back… No way! Unlike a couple of my collegues, I have morals.
No one was shooting at them at the moment, and it looke like they were safe. If there haven´t been reinforcements now there isn´t going to be any. No point. But just to be on the safe side he ordered a couple of his men to check on the row of crates that the Umbrella soldiers had shoved together as a cover to protect themselves. The two first pushed a crate away while the others covered them, but there was no one there. That meat the rest had escaped, only the dead ones remained. Somehow they managed to bring their wounded with them, they must have been really fast."That´s good, but keep your eyes open! And begin to tend to the wounded!"
"I help too!" shouted the young woman from the new team and joined his men. The rest of her team began to walk towards him, they probably assumed he was their leader. Speaking of him… He should be back. I hope so. It would be better for both parts if Leon himself could meet these guys.
"I´m back! Sorry to have kept you waiting, but I have been busy! Good work men!"
Dan and the rest turned their heads at the speaker. And there was Leon, and walking next to him was a young woman holding a gun, her ponytail bobbing behind her. She seemed to recognize the burly, big man because she shouted at him, calling him "Barry" and he waved back.
And now I can step back and watch.
Another thing that Dan Hawkins was famous for was his premonitions and this time he felt that the newcomers would be of VERY big importance….
To be continued!!!!!
Hope you liked the story! Like I said I´m not really good at action scenes but I tried to capture the tension of the battle in this chapter. So what´ll happen next? Will Leon join forces with the others? And what will happen to Chris and Jill, will they get out or is their escape route really safe…? Stay tuned!