(Re- titled and revised.)
Title: Free Falling
Author: ShadowSilence
Date: 12/13/02
Chapter: Chapter One: Cry Wolf
Rating: PG (going to change, soon)
Pairing: Steve/Claire . . . ^^;; Someone and someone. . .two guys. . .
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me but Kei. ^^ Kei is mine. XD ^^; I'm going to put some Linkin Park songs in here too, and those do NOT belong to me. NOTHING belongs to me. I own nothing, and have no money in case you were thinking about suing. I have NOTHING!!! ^^; As matter a fact, I'm going to make this and 11 chapter fic and if so, every one will have a link park so in it. XD The album "Hybrid Theory." Yo, if you see it, buy.. XD
Chap1- First song, Linkin Park's Papercut. Again, not mine. Linkin's. ^^
Begin Chapter One: Cry Wolf
|||| Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed/ But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head It's like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face that watches every time I lie A face that watches every time I fall [AND WATCHES EVERYTHING]
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me Right underneath my skin
It's like I'm/ paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a/ whirlwind inside of my head It's like I/ can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can But everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when they close their eyes A face that watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall [AND WATCHES EVERYTHING] So you know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin.
It's like I'm/ paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a/ whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I/ can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me.
I feel the light betray me.
It's like I'm/ paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a/ whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I/ can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is.
Right beneath my skin. ||||
The flight had gone by surprisingly quickly and quietly. The poor sleep- deprived hacker had fallen asleep mere minutes after they took off, looking like an angel in his peaceful world of slumber.
Chris had remained silent after the small argument he and Claire had tied into, feeling more than a little guilty. He loved his little sister more than anything, but he knew of his quick temper, and just how bad-mooded he could be. If Claire wanted to save a friend, he would help, regardless of the risks they were all surely taking. . .
The teenage girl had calmed down, and was now spacing off and finally thinking of the possibilities since Steve was in Wesker's grasp. There was no telling what that sick son of a bitch would do to him. . . Wesker had the ability and equipment to turn Steve into a horrible monster. . . All she could do was pray that the man had some mercy in his heart.
One thing they all had in mind, was that they were voluntarily flying to an island owned by Eclipse. . . meaning, possible zombies, dead dogs, giant spiders, evil tyrants, hunters, lickers, and not even god knows what else might lurk within the Eclipse base. They could be walking into a deathtrap. Not so nice to know, but they all had something else distracting them from being nervous. . . Chris's guilt, Claire's worry, Kei's trying to sleep, and Leon's trying to fly the plane. Each of which were grateful for.
After what only seemed a few minutes, but was really more than a few hours, the plane skidded to a landing in a green clearing. The impact jolted poor Kei awake, almost causing him to fall out of his chair when he was jerked forward and slammed against the chairs in front of him.
Becoming somewhat coherent and remembering where he was, the teen muttered a long strand of curses as he stood up, pon his wobbly feet, trying to regain his balance. Once that was established, he took a good look around and seeing exactly where they were, he relaxed.
Finally able to, the young teen stretched his limbs, grinning when he heard a few bones pop. Giving a final yawn and sigh, he raised his gaze to see Leon just walking out of the cockpit. "Oi, I think I could have done better. . . That was a horrible landing Leo. I was tossed out of my seat." The hacker complained his blue eyes glaring, and muttering something about damn American pilots. . . Quickly, though he winked at Leon. "Now, time to bring out the toys, ne, ne?!" Kei grinned cheerfully, more than eager to get hold of his new 'toy.' Once again, Leon just rolled his gorgeous eyes at the teen, but smirked. "I don't know if my lil hacker should be allowed "toys." You're dangerous enough already. . . But, I wouldn't want a rookie like you to get eaten by zombies so go grab 'em. Bring all of them up here." Kei gleefully nodded, before dashing off through the back door for these 'toys.'
Claire and Chris both gave the cop an odd look, one eyebrow raised in question and both mildly amused. Leon gave a shrug, grinning nonchalantly. "His first year as a S.T.A.R.S. hacker, and his first assignment dealing with zombies. . . That and he's only eighteen. He's MY little trainee." Leon explained, still keeping his evil grin. He'd known Kei for about two weeks he , surprisingly, got along well with Leon. The kid and Leon didn't get along so well at first, but a day later and they had gotten almost totally use to each other's quirks and habits.
After the Spencer mansion and Raccoon City incident S.T.A.R.S., or at least, the few members left. . . Were devoted to taking down Umbrella. Somehow Kei had heard something of that on the Internet and tracked them down, thinking it'd be cool to save the world. . . At first, the S.T.A.R.S. didn't even think about it, but a few words from Rebecca and he was on the team. . . However, she said that he should be assigned a simple first mission, one were he would be with other members to help him, members that were skilled in taking out zombies. . .
And Chris had been volunteered for the job. The poor soul had been running out the building to get to the plane Leon had just arrived with, when he found out Kei would be joining them. Chris hadn't exactly been pleased, so he handed his duties over to Leon, who gladly excepted. Truthfully they had both done that to keep the kid out of harms way. . . But there didn't seem an option this time.
Leon hated to send him out into this zombie filled island. . . But Kei wanted to go, and Leon couldn't say he didn't want to have Kei there with him.
Chris' only blinked, making a confused face. Having just realized something that made no sense. . . "Since when did S.T.A.R.S. need a hacker? Especially a kid hacker?" Because, really, he could hack into simple things and even some decent computers, why did they need a little kid involved in all this. . . Leon only grimly replied, "Since we started dealing with Umbrella, Eclipse, and these high tech companies with biological weapons and viruses that turn humans into monsters." Leon gave the siblings a somber smile, as he looked up in time to see the back door fling back open.
"And, anywayz, I'm not a kid." Kei said indignantly, as he put the crate of weapons and explosives in one of the chairs towards the front. The elder boy only snickered, and stalked nearer the destructive stuff and Kei. . . "Whatever. . .Kiddo. . ." Chris grinned as he ruffled the teen's black hair, running a quick and deliberate hand through it.
The annoyed teen only growled, but quickly slapped the hand away, but before he could even open his mouth, Claire cut in, saving Leon the trouble. "Chris, leave him be, we have serious situation at her hands here! Stop acting like a kid yourself." Claire growled, before stepping between them and taking a look at what was in the large crate and was very pleased to find some good weapons. . .
"I claim the grenade launcher, firstly!" Claire immediately exclaimed, grinning in excitement as she picked up the said weapon and a few rounds of fire, grenade, and acid. Making a curious sound Kei stepped over and quickly claimed his weapon. . . Magnum and quite a few rounds for it.
Leon only grinned evilly, as he pulled out a shot gun and his bullets. . . and so the Redfield brother was left with the submachine gun and a couple clips. Not that he minded.
"So everyone have their weapon for annihilating big-ass mutations? Great! Now, everyone grab a handgun!" Leon instructed in a too cheerful voice, as he snatched up the first one, and everyone quickly grabbed the rest. "Fifty bullets each. I knew I should have brought more than 200!!!" The cop whined as he handed each individual their bullets. After having done so he made a pitiful face as he looked down at his fifty bullets. . . "Damn, I hope this place has ammunition, because we could so use it. . ."
Leon hated having such little ammo, it made him feel practically bare. . . Never before had he had such a need for weapons and ammunition, but after Raccoon City, and knowing he was possibly walking into another "Raccoon Disaster" he would rather have ever bullet he could. . . Leon sighed in relied, as soon as Kei nodded, saying, "They have a few good weaponry shops. . . So it shouldn't be a problem." Leon smiled, that was a relief, but they couldn't sit around in the plane, waiting till the entire island was infected with the undead.
"If that's settled, let's move along people. We don't have the time to waste." Claire commented, shifting from foot to foot in anticipation of the fights that were sure to come. Snapping out of nervousness for a moment, Leon shook his head. "Hold on! We have some protective vests and jackets in the back. It's freezing here, so you might want to take one. Also, there are a couple first aids took. Everyone can get two, except Kei, I got him and extra." Leon explained, starting off towards the back door. . . Not that he made it there first. Kei had to go jumping around and running to get in front of him and in the room, grinning like a true maniac.
Chris snorted at the hacker's behavior, and muttered something along the lines, "damn children." As if having heard this, Kei purposesly, made an accident by kicking the door shut in Chris's face. . . "Opps. Sorry, Chris, didn't see ya there!" Snickering, Kei grabbed a protective vest and he threw it on, zipping it up, and placing his weapons and ammo were possible. Claire and Chris, who was suggesting they kill the little demon, both chose a jacket to wear, and went about putting the guns and weapons on it. Leon also, chose a vest, and quickly grabbed two first aids, as did the others. Kei was given three, because this was his first time in battle. . . He was most likely to be attacked. . .
Leon, in one of his obvious serious and somber mood switches, turned to Kei who was standing beside him. "Kei, you've never saw a zombie, tyrant, or half the other stuff we've saw and killed, and you've never been saw by Umbrella or Eclipse. You still have a chance to walk away with clean hands. Kei, if you come with us, theirs a good percent that says we're all gonna die, and become zombies or experiments, or something else horrible." The teen merely frowned, not exactly enjoying the lecture he was being given. . .
He had already got his self-involved, there was no way he was going to step back now. Silently, his gaze switched to land on Chris and Claire, asking what they thought. . . "Leon's right, you're just a teen, this doesn't involve you, and I would hate to see someone so full life slaughtered." Chris started, smiling apologetically at the kid. His sister quickly finished for him saying, "Now your chance to leave. Or would you rather come with us to you death?"
Sarcastically, Kei blinked, then pretended to think, resting his face on his knuckles. "Lemme see. . . So, you're saying, I can leave now, or go with you and be killed? But what happens if I don't come and this Eclipse, releases the T- virus, G-Virus, and everything else, because you guys couldn't stop them? Oh, wait, I die. So either way I die. . . I'd rather die fighting." Kei grinned, his point made, and side chosen so he walked out of the supply room, still grinning and in high spirits.
Claire, Chris, and Leon looked after the teen a little surprised by his outburst. Leon was the first, to react, and he only grinned, proud of his little hacker's choice and he left the room. The two siblings followed soon after, still vaguely stunned. "Heh, should've known he'd be a fighter." Chris remarked, scratching his head in a way that Claire found cute, in a little brother way. . . Not that Chris was her little brother. . .
Claire blinked when she noticed the bag Kei had slung over his shoulder, and quickly asked, "What's that for, Kei?" The said teenager blinked his big blue eyes for the second it took him to realize what she was asking about, and he instantly grinned. "Oh, this! It's my equipment. I am a hacker after all, and you guys'll need me!" Kei winked, as he started towards the door that would take them onto the land. . .
"Let's go." Leon said, and with that the door to danger was open and they could see their surroundings plainly. The plane had landed in a small meadow, and there was a forest around it. Chris, however, took a deep breath, as he stepped onto the ground below. "It's like reliving an old nightmare." He commented, sure that they well at least Claire and Leon, knew what he was talking about. Once it dawned on him, Kei didn't know, he added, "My first encounter with zombie dogs was in a scene exactly like this."
Not pleasant. This place was going to give him a nervous breakdown, and he had a feeling the other's figured so. "Well, lets move before we find those dogs. . . Not that there are any dead-dogs released yet." Leon said, hoping to soothe the others a little. According to their information, there were no undead monsters roaming around here. . . Just in the Eclipse base. They had to keep moving, they were a few miles from a town, and Leon wanted to get to the town before dark.
Slamming the door shut, once she was out, Claire took a good look around before pulling out the map. Taking look at the map she quickly realized where Leon had landed them, he had left a mark there, so she took lead. "This way." Claire stated, walking forward, straight into the woods. Chris shuddered, but followed on her heel, as did the other two.
The sky was blue, the sun was out, and the forest was green and full of plants; everything was as suppose to be. So why did Chris hate this place? "I swear, I never want to see another forest after this." He took out his handgun, even though was suppose to be nothing there to attack them, Chris just felt safer with his gun in hand.
Kei, normally, would have made a smartass remark about how big bad Chris was scared of a little forest, but he realized it was probably from a earlier experience... Especially considering all that had happen the S.T.A.R.S. members.. Claire was in front leading the group on a mission, and she was determined to destroy anything that stood in their way, whether it be a forest or a psycho company trying to turn her ally into a monster, she was going to get him back. Heaven forbid anything stand between her getting Steve. There would be hell to pay.
Leon, who was bringing up the rear, was mildly amused by the group, but he was walking half asleep. The officer was tired, but he figured that he would be able to sleep once they reached the town. Then, tomorrow they would infiltrate the base. Today they weren't going to infiltrate the base. Today Kei was going to hack into the base and get info, while the others were going to gather supplied and get prepared for the base... Leon was going to relax, just as soon as his supplies were gathered.
Claire, still in front, was the first to jump when she heard a gun's safety being clicked off. Her head spun in the direction, behind her, and she drew her own weapon when she saw Chris aiming. On impulse she quickly followed Chris's aim and aimed her own handgun in that direction. "What?" Leon said, after also aiming. Barely a yard away, on top a large stone, stood pure white wolf.
The wolf was alone, and just standing there, staring at them with piercing blue eyes. In a predatory manner of stalking, the wolf jumped down off the boulder and landed 'pon the terra on nimble, steady paws. *****When it jumped up, Claire saw a gimplse of a black ring around it's neck. Like a collar. In an annoyed way, the wolf had it's ear's fanned back and to their surprise the wolf slinked towards them. It's head lowered and it's fangs hidden under it's lips.
Claire lowered her weapon, as did Leon, but Chris was just staring back at the white wolf. "Chris it's just a wolf!" Claire exclaimed, deciding to pointedly annoy the fact it was heading straight for them. "Check it out, no mutating skin, or bones hanging out, no blood! Just white fur!" But her brother wasn't listening any way.
Bang!
Chris's head jerked to the side to glare at the one who had shot. It was Kei. "You missed!" The elder S.T.A.R.S member said, when the wolf didn't fall. Kei only smirked in a small victory, "Oh, did I?" Vaguely confused, Chris looked back and the wolf was gone. "Wolves have a natural fear of human. and human's inventions." The teen explained as he switched the safety of his gun back down, and put the weapon in it's holster. Chris, irritated with the kid, just sighed and also put up his weapon. Claire smiled, happy for the wolf to have gotten away from her psycho brother.
"Chris, man, you're getting paranoid." Leon remarked with a laugh, as they all silently decided to get back on task. Chris only snorted in reply, "I have a right to be. Betcha one day we're all going either be locked up in an insane asylum or eaten by zombies. Betcha. " They all laughed at that one, it was probably true, but it felt easier to accept with laugh.
Surprisingly, two and some hours later, they reached a town. The small gang had found no monster or undead creatures throughout their little trek, and now the town held no zombies. So far so good. The town was small though. A few people walking here and there, and a couple cars, everyone else was inside or playing, or just chatting.
"Wow. Zombie-infested, lemme tell ya." Kei said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Leon playfully punched him in them arm, "Don't worry, Kei-Kei, tomorrow you'll see some real zombies!" Kei made a face, but made no comment. Despite that, they knew he wasn't exactly looking forward to that, though he was trying so hard to be brave about it.
Claire cleared her throat, placing the folded map in her jean's pocket, as she glared at the boys. "There's a small inn just a few houses down, so let's go." She said once she had their attention. They both nodded, and started back joking, as they headed down the dirt roads, which led them straight to a brick house . . . The inn. . .
"You guys have money right?" Claire asked before they reached the door, remembering the Rockfort Prison guards had taken all her belongs. Chris nodded digging his wallet out of his pocket, and Leon copied him, Kei just sheepishly sweatdropped. After quickly adding their money together, they announced, "$69.36" at the same time. Claire nodded, hoping that would be enough for 4 beds. . . They would have had at least a hundred had Chris and Claire not had to get the hotel and meals. . .
The four entered the small building, and were quickly spotted by one of the workers who kindly asked how she could help them. "Ma'am, how much would four beds cost? Separate rooms or not. . . Whichever is cheapest. . ." Claire asked, stepping up to the counter. The woman quickly glanced over a paper beside her. . . "The cheapest way would be 2 rooms, each with two beds and that'd be around fifty, sixty, dollars. Is that the one you'd like?"
Chris grinned, "Yeah! Tell me this includes a meal of some sort?" The lady nodded, while ringing up the total on the cash register. "$61.25, please." Chris cheerfully paid, since he had been expecting to be short by forty, but hey he had some money left, no complaints.
All heads jerked back when they heard the former RPD cop yelp. . . They couldn't hold back the snickers that came forward when they saw Leon practically hiding behind Kei who was calming the large German Shepherd that had snapped at Leon. Kei didn't look like he was having much of a problem, since he was petting the herding dog 'pon the head, and rubbing his ears. . . But every time Leon made a move to sneak away the shepherd would jump at him, growling . . .
Claire sweatdropped upon seeing Leon's slight problem. "This is going to be a long wait. . ." The teen muttered, realizing she was going to be stuck in an inn with the cop for a day, possibly two.
To be Continued.
End Chapter1: Cry Wolf
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(UPDATE: ***** ^.~ Comes in later. Had to add it. )
Author: ShadowSilence
Date: 12/13/02
Chapter: Chapter One: Cry Wolf
Rating: PG (going to change, soon)
Pairing: Steve/Claire . . . ^^;; Someone and someone. . .two guys. . .
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me but Kei. ^^ Kei is mine. XD ^^; I'm going to put some Linkin Park songs in here too, and those do NOT belong to me. NOTHING belongs to me. I own nothing, and have no money in case you were thinking about suing. I have NOTHING!!! ^^; As matter a fact, I'm going to make this and 11 chapter fic and if so, every one will have a link park so in it. XD The album "Hybrid Theory." Yo, if you see it, buy.. XD
Chap1- First song, Linkin Park's Papercut. Again, not mine. Linkin's. ^^
Begin Chapter One: Cry Wolf
|||| Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed/ But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head It's like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face that watches every time I lie A face that watches every time I fall [AND WATCHES EVERYTHING]
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me Right underneath my skin
It's like I'm/ paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a/ whirlwind inside of my head It's like I/ can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can But everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when they close their eyes A face that watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall [AND WATCHES EVERYTHING] So you know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin.
It's like I'm/ paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a/ whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I/ can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me.
I feel the light betray me.
It's like I'm/ paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a/ whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I/ can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is.
Right beneath my skin. ||||
The flight had gone by surprisingly quickly and quietly. The poor sleep- deprived hacker had fallen asleep mere minutes after they took off, looking like an angel in his peaceful world of slumber.
Chris had remained silent after the small argument he and Claire had tied into, feeling more than a little guilty. He loved his little sister more than anything, but he knew of his quick temper, and just how bad-mooded he could be. If Claire wanted to save a friend, he would help, regardless of the risks they were all surely taking. . .
The teenage girl had calmed down, and was now spacing off and finally thinking of the possibilities since Steve was in Wesker's grasp. There was no telling what that sick son of a bitch would do to him. . . Wesker had the ability and equipment to turn Steve into a horrible monster. . . All she could do was pray that the man had some mercy in his heart.
One thing they all had in mind, was that they were voluntarily flying to an island owned by Eclipse. . . meaning, possible zombies, dead dogs, giant spiders, evil tyrants, hunters, lickers, and not even god knows what else might lurk within the Eclipse base. They could be walking into a deathtrap. Not so nice to know, but they all had something else distracting them from being nervous. . . Chris's guilt, Claire's worry, Kei's trying to sleep, and Leon's trying to fly the plane. Each of which were grateful for.
After what only seemed a few minutes, but was really more than a few hours, the plane skidded to a landing in a green clearing. The impact jolted poor Kei awake, almost causing him to fall out of his chair when he was jerked forward and slammed against the chairs in front of him.
Becoming somewhat coherent and remembering where he was, the teen muttered a long strand of curses as he stood up, pon his wobbly feet, trying to regain his balance. Once that was established, he took a good look around and seeing exactly where they were, he relaxed.
Finally able to, the young teen stretched his limbs, grinning when he heard a few bones pop. Giving a final yawn and sigh, he raised his gaze to see Leon just walking out of the cockpit. "Oi, I think I could have done better. . . That was a horrible landing Leo. I was tossed out of my seat." The hacker complained his blue eyes glaring, and muttering something about damn American pilots. . . Quickly, though he winked at Leon. "Now, time to bring out the toys, ne, ne?!" Kei grinned cheerfully, more than eager to get hold of his new 'toy.' Once again, Leon just rolled his gorgeous eyes at the teen, but smirked. "I don't know if my lil hacker should be allowed "toys." You're dangerous enough already. . . But, I wouldn't want a rookie like you to get eaten by zombies so go grab 'em. Bring all of them up here." Kei gleefully nodded, before dashing off through the back door for these 'toys.'
Claire and Chris both gave the cop an odd look, one eyebrow raised in question and both mildly amused. Leon gave a shrug, grinning nonchalantly. "His first year as a S.T.A.R.S. hacker, and his first assignment dealing with zombies. . . That and he's only eighteen. He's MY little trainee." Leon explained, still keeping his evil grin. He'd known Kei for about two weeks he , surprisingly, got along well with Leon. The kid and Leon didn't get along so well at first, but a day later and they had gotten almost totally use to each other's quirks and habits.
After the Spencer mansion and Raccoon City incident S.T.A.R.S., or at least, the few members left. . . Were devoted to taking down Umbrella. Somehow Kei had heard something of that on the Internet and tracked them down, thinking it'd be cool to save the world. . . At first, the S.T.A.R.S. didn't even think about it, but a few words from Rebecca and he was on the team. . . However, she said that he should be assigned a simple first mission, one were he would be with other members to help him, members that were skilled in taking out zombies. . .
And Chris had been volunteered for the job. The poor soul had been running out the building to get to the plane Leon had just arrived with, when he found out Kei would be joining them. Chris hadn't exactly been pleased, so he handed his duties over to Leon, who gladly excepted. Truthfully they had both done that to keep the kid out of harms way. . . But there didn't seem an option this time.
Leon hated to send him out into this zombie filled island. . . But Kei wanted to go, and Leon couldn't say he didn't want to have Kei there with him.
Chris' only blinked, making a confused face. Having just realized something that made no sense. . . "Since when did S.T.A.R.S. need a hacker? Especially a kid hacker?" Because, really, he could hack into simple things and even some decent computers, why did they need a little kid involved in all this. . . Leon only grimly replied, "Since we started dealing with Umbrella, Eclipse, and these high tech companies with biological weapons and viruses that turn humans into monsters." Leon gave the siblings a somber smile, as he looked up in time to see the back door fling back open.
"And, anywayz, I'm not a kid." Kei said indignantly, as he put the crate of weapons and explosives in one of the chairs towards the front. The elder boy only snickered, and stalked nearer the destructive stuff and Kei. . . "Whatever. . .Kiddo. . ." Chris grinned as he ruffled the teen's black hair, running a quick and deliberate hand through it.
The annoyed teen only growled, but quickly slapped the hand away, but before he could even open his mouth, Claire cut in, saving Leon the trouble. "Chris, leave him be, we have serious situation at her hands here! Stop acting like a kid yourself." Claire growled, before stepping between them and taking a look at what was in the large crate and was very pleased to find some good weapons. . .
"I claim the grenade launcher, firstly!" Claire immediately exclaimed, grinning in excitement as she picked up the said weapon and a few rounds of fire, grenade, and acid. Making a curious sound Kei stepped over and quickly claimed his weapon. . . Magnum and quite a few rounds for it.
Leon only grinned evilly, as he pulled out a shot gun and his bullets. . . and so the Redfield brother was left with the submachine gun and a couple clips. Not that he minded.
"So everyone have their weapon for annihilating big-ass mutations? Great! Now, everyone grab a handgun!" Leon instructed in a too cheerful voice, as he snatched up the first one, and everyone quickly grabbed the rest. "Fifty bullets each. I knew I should have brought more than 200!!!" The cop whined as he handed each individual their bullets. After having done so he made a pitiful face as he looked down at his fifty bullets. . . "Damn, I hope this place has ammunition, because we could so use it. . ."
Leon hated having such little ammo, it made him feel practically bare. . . Never before had he had such a need for weapons and ammunition, but after Raccoon City, and knowing he was possibly walking into another "Raccoon Disaster" he would rather have ever bullet he could. . . Leon sighed in relied, as soon as Kei nodded, saying, "They have a few good weaponry shops. . . So it shouldn't be a problem." Leon smiled, that was a relief, but they couldn't sit around in the plane, waiting till the entire island was infected with the undead.
"If that's settled, let's move along people. We don't have the time to waste." Claire commented, shifting from foot to foot in anticipation of the fights that were sure to come. Snapping out of nervousness for a moment, Leon shook his head. "Hold on! We have some protective vests and jackets in the back. It's freezing here, so you might want to take one. Also, there are a couple first aids took. Everyone can get two, except Kei, I got him and extra." Leon explained, starting off towards the back door. . . Not that he made it there first. Kei had to go jumping around and running to get in front of him and in the room, grinning like a true maniac.
Chris snorted at the hacker's behavior, and muttered something along the lines, "damn children." As if having heard this, Kei purposesly, made an accident by kicking the door shut in Chris's face. . . "Opps. Sorry, Chris, didn't see ya there!" Snickering, Kei grabbed a protective vest and he threw it on, zipping it up, and placing his weapons and ammo were possible. Claire and Chris, who was suggesting they kill the little demon, both chose a jacket to wear, and went about putting the guns and weapons on it. Leon also, chose a vest, and quickly grabbed two first aids, as did the others. Kei was given three, because this was his first time in battle. . . He was most likely to be attacked. . .
Leon, in one of his obvious serious and somber mood switches, turned to Kei who was standing beside him. "Kei, you've never saw a zombie, tyrant, or half the other stuff we've saw and killed, and you've never been saw by Umbrella or Eclipse. You still have a chance to walk away with clean hands. Kei, if you come with us, theirs a good percent that says we're all gonna die, and become zombies or experiments, or something else horrible." The teen merely frowned, not exactly enjoying the lecture he was being given. . .
He had already got his self-involved, there was no way he was going to step back now. Silently, his gaze switched to land on Chris and Claire, asking what they thought. . . "Leon's right, you're just a teen, this doesn't involve you, and I would hate to see someone so full life slaughtered." Chris started, smiling apologetically at the kid. His sister quickly finished for him saying, "Now your chance to leave. Or would you rather come with us to you death?"
Sarcastically, Kei blinked, then pretended to think, resting his face on his knuckles. "Lemme see. . . So, you're saying, I can leave now, or go with you and be killed? But what happens if I don't come and this Eclipse, releases the T- virus, G-Virus, and everything else, because you guys couldn't stop them? Oh, wait, I die. So either way I die. . . I'd rather die fighting." Kei grinned, his point made, and side chosen so he walked out of the supply room, still grinning and in high spirits.
Claire, Chris, and Leon looked after the teen a little surprised by his outburst. Leon was the first, to react, and he only grinned, proud of his little hacker's choice and he left the room. The two siblings followed soon after, still vaguely stunned. "Heh, should've known he'd be a fighter." Chris remarked, scratching his head in a way that Claire found cute, in a little brother way. . . Not that Chris was her little brother. . .
Claire blinked when she noticed the bag Kei had slung over his shoulder, and quickly asked, "What's that for, Kei?" The said teenager blinked his big blue eyes for the second it took him to realize what she was asking about, and he instantly grinned. "Oh, this! It's my equipment. I am a hacker after all, and you guys'll need me!" Kei winked, as he started towards the door that would take them onto the land. . .
"Let's go." Leon said, and with that the door to danger was open and they could see their surroundings plainly. The plane had landed in a small meadow, and there was a forest around it. Chris, however, took a deep breath, as he stepped onto the ground below. "It's like reliving an old nightmare." He commented, sure that they well at least Claire and Leon, knew what he was talking about. Once it dawned on him, Kei didn't know, he added, "My first encounter with zombie dogs was in a scene exactly like this."
Not pleasant. This place was going to give him a nervous breakdown, and he had a feeling the other's figured so. "Well, lets move before we find those dogs. . . Not that there are any dead-dogs released yet." Leon said, hoping to soothe the others a little. According to their information, there were no undead monsters roaming around here. . . Just in the Eclipse base. They had to keep moving, they were a few miles from a town, and Leon wanted to get to the town before dark.
Slamming the door shut, once she was out, Claire took a good look around before pulling out the map. Taking look at the map she quickly realized where Leon had landed them, he had left a mark there, so she took lead. "This way." Claire stated, walking forward, straight into the woods. Chris shuddered, but followed on her heel, as did the other two.
The sky was blue, the sun was out, and the forest was green and full of plants; everything was as suppose to be. So why did Chris hate this place? "I swear, I never want to see another forest after this." He took out his handgun, even though was suppose to be nothing there to attack them, Chris just felt safer with his gun in hand.
Kei, normally, would have made a smartass remark about how big bad Chris was scared of a little forest, but he realized it was probably from a earlier experience... Especially considering all that had happen the S.T.A.R.S. members.. Claire was in front leading the group on a mission, and she was determined to destroy anything that stood in their way, whether it be a forest or a psycho company trying to turn her ally into a monster, she was going to get him back. Heaven forbid anything stand between her getting Steve. There would be hell to pay.
Leon, who was bringing up the rear, was mildly amused by the group, but he was walking half asleep. The officer was tired, but he figured that he would be able to sleep once they reached the town. Then, tomorrow they would infiltrate the base. Today they weren't going to infiltrate the base. Today Kei was going to hack into the base and get info, while the others were going to gather supplied and get prepared for the base... Leon was going to relax, just as soon as his supplies were gathered.
Claire, still in front, was the first to jump when she heard a gun's safety being clicked off. Her head spun in the direction, behind her, and she drew her own weapon when she saw Chris aiming. On impulse she quickly followed Chris's aim and aimed her own handgun in that direction. "What?" Leon said, after also aiming. Barely a yard away, on top a large stone, stood pure white wolf.
The wolf was alone, and just standing there, staring at them with piercing blue eyes. In a predatory manner of stalking, the wolf jumped down off the boulder and landed 'pon the terra on nimble, steady paws. *****When it jumped up, Claire saw a gimplse of a black ring around it's neck. Like a collar. In an annoyed way, the wolf had it's ear's fanned back and to their surprise the wolf slinked towards them. It's head lowered and it's fangs hidden under it's lips.
Claire lowered her weapon, as did Leon, but Chris was just staring back at the white wolf. "Chris it's just a wolf!" Claire exclaimed, deciding to pointedly annoy the fact it was heading straight for them. "Check it out, no mutating skin, or bones hanging out, no blood! Just white fur!" But her brother wasn't listening any way.
Bang!
Chris's head jerked to the side to glare at the one who had shot. It was Kei. "You missed!" The elder S.T.A.R.S member said, when the wolf didn't fall. Kei only smirked in a small victory, "Oh, did I?" Vaguely confused, Chris looked back and the wolf was gone. "Wolves have a natural fear of human. and human's inventions." The teen explained as he switched the safety of his gun back down, and put the weapon in it's holster. Chris, irritated with the kid, just sighed and also put up his weapon. Claire smiled, happy for the wolf to have gotten away from her psycho brother.
"Chris, man, you're getting paranoid." Leon remarked with a laugh, as they all silently decided to get back on task. Chris only snorted in reply, "I have a right to be. Betcha one day we're all going either be locked up in an insane asylum or eaten by zombies. Betcha. " They all laughed at that one, it was probably true, but it felt easier to accept with laugh.
Surprisingly, two and some hours later, they reached a town. The small gang had found no monster or undead creatures throughout their little trek, and now the town held no zombies. So far so good. The town was small though. A few people walking here and there, and a couple cars, everyone else was inside or playing, or just chatting.
"Wow. Zombie-infested, lemme tell ya." Kei said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Leon playfully punched him in them arm, "Don't worry, Kei-Kei, tomorrow you'll see some real zombies!" Kei made a face, but made no comment. Despite that, they knew he wasn't exactly looking forward to that, though he was trying so hard to be brave about it.
Claire cleared her throat, placing the folded map in her jean's pocket, as she glared at the boys. "There's a small inn just a few houses down, so let's go." She said once she had their attention. They both nodded, and started back joking, as they headed down the dirt roads, which led them straight to a brick house . . . The inn. . .
"You guys have money right?" Claire asked before they reached the door, remembering the Rockfort Prison guards had taken all her belongs. Chris nodded digging his wallet out of his pocket, and Leon copied him, Kei just sheepishly sweatdropped. After quickly adding their money together, they announced, "$69.36" at the same time. Claire nodded, hoping that would be enough for 4 beds. . . They would have had at least a hundred had Chris and Claire not had to get the hotel and meals. . .
The four entered the small building, and were quickly spotted by one of the workers who kindly asked how she could help them. "Ma'am, how much would four beds cost? Separate rooms or not. . . Whichever is cheapest. . ." Claire asked, stepping up to the counter. The woman quickly glanced over a paper beside her. . . "The cheapest way would be 2 rooms, each with two beds and that'd be around fifty, sixty, dollars. Is that the one you'd like?"
Chris grinned, "Yeah! Tell me this includes a meal of some sort?" The lady nodded, while ringing up the total on the cash register. "$61.25, please." Chris cheerfully paid, since he had been expecting to be short by forty, but hey he had some money left, no complaints.
All heads jerked back when they heard the former RPD cop yelp. . . They couldn't hold back the snickers that came forward when they saw Leon practically hiding behind Kei who was calming the large German Shepherd that had snapped at Leon. Kei didn't look like he was having much of a problem, since he was petting the herding dog 'pon the head, and rubbing his ears. . . But every time Leon made a move to sneak away the shepherd would jump at him, growling . . .
Claire sweatdropped upon seeing Leon's slight problem. "This is going to be a long wait. . ." The teen muttered, realizing she was going to be stuck in an inn with the cop for a day, possibly two.
To be Continued.
End Chapter1: Cry Wolf
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(UPDATE: ***** ^.~ Comes in later. Had to add it. )