To continue the fight
By: Bloodlover
Disclaimer: Resident Evil and it´s characters belong to Capcom, except for the chararcters that I made up, don´t use them without permission. Hope you like the story!
Chapter 7 – On the move
(Early) February 11 1999, U.B.C.S base
Rebecca went through the quiet corridors at the U.B.C.S base. When she wanted to think, she wanted to be alone. She stopped at one of the windows and looked out. The early morning was very clear and the moon cast a gentle, silver glow over the landscape. She sighed. Despite the beautiful sight, she felt very alone. She missed her family that had gone into hiding, but at least they were alive. A lot of people weren´t. All her friends in Bravo team for example. She closed her eyes and remembered them all. Enrico Marino, a tough team leader, but at the same time a rock in tight situations. Forest Speyer, the joker in the group always wisecracking. Carlos reminded her of Forest a bit. Same humor, same eyes. And like Carlos Forest had had good humor. She understood why Chris and the others had been so good friends with him. She had been a friend of him too of course, but the rest of the guys had known him for longer time. Richard Aiken was the most friendly guy she had known and it was always he who took care of the new guys in S.T.A.R.S. Kenneth Sullivan had taught her alot about chemistry and never became angry when she screwed up something and it went POOF! Edward Dewey had been sort of a loner, but he had been a nice guy. Poor Joseph and Brad in Alpha team had died too. Joseph was ripped to shreds in Raccoon Forest and Brad had died in Raccoon City by Nemesis. All the people in Raccoon City had died too.
And Billy…
She closed her eyes. It was still hurtful to think of him. She would stop Umbrella for all those that had died. For you Billy… she thought as she started to walk again. She had to get some sleep if she was going to be alert later on.
New York
Leon waited impatiently. His contact was half an hour late. He scowled and praced back and forth like a caged animal. It just wasn´t fair. He had been awakened early by Ark, saying he had an hour to get ready and go to this place where he would meet his contact. Together they would go on a covert mission. To kill more time he went over their objectives for the 100th time.
One, investigate what Umbrella´s defenses are. Two, if it´s possible, sabotage their work.
Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him. He spun around and his hand moved to the place in his jacket where he kept his Desert Eagle. If the person was an enemy he was well prepared to deal with it…
"Sorry if I´m late. Got stuck in the traffic."
Leon´s heart seemed to stop when he heard this voice. It couldn´t be…
"Ada?!" he said under his breath. It was impossible. But here she was in front of him, alive and well. She was still the tall, beautiful woman he had met in Raccoon City and she was totally dressed in black. Something that looked like guilt flashed over her face.
"Yes Leon, it´s me." After that silence hung between them. Leon didn´t know whetever he should be happy or confused or angry with her for not contacting him. It was something of all those three. At least she´s alive. Thank God! He cleared his throat.
"Ada I…" But she hushed him with her hand.
"Later Leon. We have to move fast now."
With that she reached into her jacket and pulled out a device. She pushed the button on it. Moments later he heard a car in distance. Leon wanted them to hide but he had to trust Ada. The car pulled up beside them and Ada jumped in. She looked at him somewhat impatient. Leon felt a little guilty and jumped in after her. She was his contact person, she had to know what she was doing.
And I can trust her, can´t I? After all we went through in Raccoon, she sacrificed herself for me. She said she loved me… She couldn´t have lied about that that´s an impossibility…
To clear his confused thoughts he started to talk.
"So we´re going to the Umbrella Headquarters, right?"
She smiled at him and nodded back. "Right, and we´re going there by boat. Our driver will take us to a little harbor, Pennydale Harbor, where a boat awaits us. It won´t be recognized by any security, it has stealth camoflage."
When she saw his astonished look, she smiled. "Come on, you know the boss always give the best. After we arrive at our landing spot, we´ll put on Umbrella uniforms. That way we should go unnoticed into the HQ. That will make the mission more easy to carry out. Understood?"
Leon nodded and Ada smiled in satisfaction. Suddenly she looked like she had forgot something. "Also Leon, I hope you did bring the coordinates along."
"Of course."
"Just checking."
HCF Headquarters
Albert Wesker walked down a long, cold corridor. He stopped at the door at the end and used his card key to unlock it. The door closed behind him and the researchers looked at him startled. He didn´t look happy, which was a bad sign.
"Any progress…?" he asked, with a strong impatience in his voice. The researher responsible for the project took a step towards him.
"No progress. No matter what we do to him, he just won´t evolve."
Wesker clenched his teeth. "Keep working! Next time I come, I´ll expect results. Otherwise one of you incompetent fools will take mr Burnside´s place!"
With that he turned around to leave. But the leader went after him and pulled his arm.
"Please sir! We were successful at extracting the virus from him! We will suc…"
His words died as Wesker grabbed his neck and snapped it. The lifeless body of the researcher crumpled to the floor which led to terrified gasps from the rest.
"Take this as a lesson never to disappoint me! Most of all DON´T touch me."
After Wesker left, the researchers were still shaking with fear as they looked at the corpse of their former boss. Finally one of them too charge and barked at them to get back to work.
The only one who was left undisturbed was Steve Burnside, asleep in the stasistube.
February 11 1999, U.B.C.S base
Jill looked at her friends and comrades. There was a very tense feeling in the briefing room. But she knew what she was going to do. Umbrella would be stopped, they had to be, no matter the cost. Chris met her gaze and smiled. She smiled back. At least she would have him at her side.
Emily cleared her throat. "Well have you all made up your minds?" All heads nodded. "Good. Because now it´s time to vote. Remember now that if we take our chances with the coordinates, there is a BIG chance that it is a trap. No one will hold it against you if you chose not to do it. But now I´ll speak for myself and I say that I will fight." She made a short pause and continued. "I can´t see any other option than fighting. I wouldn´t be able to look at myself in a mirror if I just stood by."
Jill and Chris rose as one. "I say we fight. We can´t just stand by and watch Umbrella destroy the world." Emily smiled at them, relieved.
Barry and the others stood up too. " I have to admit we haven´t got another solution on how to defeat Umbrella. But we can try fooling them. Trap or no trap, we´ll kick their asses!" exclaimed Carlos. Rebecca snickered at his words but nodded.
"Time to let the dice play!" said Donnie with a grin. Richard Colt stood silently, but he nodded.He then turned to Emily and asked.
"Now that this was settled, Emily, have you heard from Leon yet?"
Emily stroke a strand of blond hair from her face as she answered. "No, from his second in command. He says that they have deployed a covert ops force en route to here. Two battle helicopters."
Richard raised his brow. "So fast?! When did you get this message?"
"Earlier this morning. Before you say anything Richard, I have to say that I would not agree on anything without discussing with you guys. But this was a transmission that was just sent, they didn´t wait for me to respond." She snorted. "Sounded more like an order to me. But we can´t afford to be pettyminded."
"Still it sounds good." said Barry. "Well until they arrive, I better check the weapons. You coming Carlos?"
"Sure." Carlos rose from his seat.
"We should train. I´ll be at the training area." Said Richard.
"I´ll prepare the medicine. I have a strong feeling that we´ll need it." Rebecca ran out of the room to the laboratory.
Goverment helicopter
Dan Hawkins looked down at the landscape below them. Soon they would be over the desert. Where the U.B.C.S base lay in secrecy. Hope this goes well. I wonder how it goes for Leon and that contact of his. Many things ride on how well they perform. He looked at his nearest friend and comrade, Gilbert Masters. "When will we be arriving there?"
"Twenty minutes. Hope they are prepared."
"They better be." The other man´s tone of voice was lighthearted but there was also an edge in it. Dan replied that they seemed to be competent. At least if they were with the S.T.A.R.S and U.B.C.S. Well can´t worry about that now. Dan Hawkins leaned back, feeling the vibrations of the helicopter. Despite his worries he actually began to feel excited about the mission.
U.B.C.S base
After a while, the pilot informed them that they had arrived at the base. "Okay men, saddle up!"
The two helicopters set down on the heliport, whipping up sand. A group of people were heading towards them, some of them were familar. Dan ran up to them, his men behind him, and saluted.
"Greetings. I´m sergeant Dan Hawkins and I´m a friend of Leon´s and his second in command. I think I´ve met some of you… Anyway Leon couldn´t come so I´m here with the men." He gestured towards his group, they nodded. "Can we get inside? I´ll explain the plan there."
The tough looking, but slender woman he´d seen at the frensh Umbrella HQ stepped forward. "Pleasure to meet you, sergeant Hawkins. You and your men will be great help in taking out Umbrella. Follow us."
With that she turned around and went inside. The rest followed them and Dan got a good look at his new soon-to-be team mates. They seemed good enough but also a bit reserved. Probably they can´t afford to trust strangers too easily. Hope I can ease their fears.
Emily led them down a hall to a briefing room. They all sat down and introduced themselves. After that was finished, Dan told them about the plan.
"So Leon and his contact will collect info and possibly sabotage Umbrella´s defenses. We´ll be on standby until then. When we get their signal, we´ll go in."
"Who is this contact of Leon´s?" Asked Claire curiously.
"Actually I don´t know. Since this is a covert op, only the ones who really has to know get to know the whole plan. The only thing you all need to know is that we´ll do the strike when we get the signal. Until then, we´re on standby."
Donnie moaned a little. "Standby? That´s sounds boring!" After Emily glared at him he quickly added "But also important."
"Will we strike as one team? Or will we divide ourselves?" asked Barry, arms crossed. He always wanted to be sure all was set before moving out. He had learned this from hard won experience.
"Oops, almost forgot sorry! As two teams. Stealthly but we´ll strike at the heart of the HQ. If we succeed, Umbrella won´t have any HQ left. If we fail… well let´s not talk about that. We all know what is at stake here. Dismissed!"
"Good. Well that´s about it. Any questions? Fine. I want you all to gear up and meet at the helicopters."
With that all of them rose. Barry and Carlos ran away to get the weapons and Rebecca after the medicine she had prepared. All the equipment were taken to the helicopters. Each person got three First-Aid sprays and two mixed herbs, Rebecca had also included the cure against poison, in case they encountered any poisonous monsters.
"Good work Becky. I would hate to go up against an army of those spiders and not having any cure. Dying from poison… That would be horrible even if I survived the monsters themselves." said Claire. Donnie smirked. "I agree. It would be ironic if some pesky poison killed you when you had the luck surviving the monster´s attack…"
"Try not get killed at all. That would be even nicer." replied Richard as he loaded his Colt Python and stuck it in his belt. That was the only weapon he wanted but he had a lot of ammonution. Jill and Claire had opted for grenade launchers while Rebecca said a Costum Beretta was enough for her since she wasn´t so good with weapons. Her role was the medic, nothing more. Barry and Emily had Colt Pythons and S.T.A.R.S berettas, Carlos and Donnie had rifles with SIGPROs as sidearms. Chris had his trusty shotgun and a Magnum. When all of them had geared up, they were hushed by Emily and Dan.
"Okay, pat attention! As you know we´ll now divide into two teams, Alpha and Delta. Alpha team will consist of your teams, Chris and Emily. My team, Delta, will consist of the men I brought with me. I will keep contact with Leon myself. This is just a safety measure, mind you. The less who know of the whole plan the better. When I get his signal I´ll tell you to move in. We´ll go by side entrances, we don´t want to draw too much attention to ourselves. We´ll gather so much evidence we need and fight any resistance. Remember now, we will end up fighting monsters and maybe even humans. BUT I don´t want anyone to go off on their own to seek out someone or something to kill. If you do that, trouble will surely follow. So just stick to the mission…"
"…and everything will be fine." Emily finished with a smile. The teams cheered as answer and climbed into the helicopters. The two black helicopters rose into the sky as one, taking their passengers with them to the battle of their lives…
TO BE CONTINUED!
And now they are on their way. They couldn´t find any other solution but, hey, a lot of them have been in more dire situations and they still made it! Strange things do happen, and this is a videogame or rather a story based on a videogame after all. Besides Umbrella is a bunch of idiots, aren´t they…? But how will Leon and Ada fare? What is Wesker´s agenda? And btw, I made up the Pennydale Harbor. At least I don´t know any harbor named that. Same thing goes for the hotel Chris and Claire stayed at in part two. Guess I forgot to say that, sorry. Stay tuned for next part! And like always, feel free to review.