Chap 10- Solution and a Problem
Rebecca stared at the disgusting creature that loomed in front of her. The tapping of its claws grew much louder as the creature lurked closer. Mark took aim at the creatures head. The Sigma halted in its tracks and made a strange gurgling noise. Suddenly Rebecca, Jill and Mark heard a loud rumble down farther behind them. Jill turned and stared in disbelief.
"There are hundreds of them!"
Mark swiveled around and saw them. They then started to do something very strange. They tangled their long sleek arms together to form a wall over the entrance. Mark turned around to see the same lone hunter sigma standing there. Mark lifted his Raptor.
"You think I'm stupid?" he asked with a grin.
He pulled the trigger, the hot round ripping out of the barrel into the waxy flesh of the hunter. It wailed and then dropped to the ground with a thud.
"Come on lets go!"
***
The hunter delta leapt out of the water onto the cold cement of the sidewalk. Chris finally got to get a good look at the thing. It looked like a Neptune that was standing up. Its silted eyes darted around searching the ragged group. It flexed its large muscular biceps then stepped towards Chris. The cold water dripped off its gray skin onto the cement. It opened its mouth and let a bellowing screech out. Chris lifted his Eagle.
"How do you kill it?"
Birkin laughed.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because I'll feed you to the beast if you don't."
Birkin drew back at Chris's harsh comment. A smug grin then began to spread across his face.
"No you won't."
Chris sneered at his snide remark.
"Don't push me Birkin, now, how do you kill it?"
Birkin crossed his arms.
"No, you won't know."
Chris then whipped his Eagle in the direction of the ex-scientist.
"That's it!!"
Chris squeezed the trigger and the round flew from the gun into Birkin's chest. A dark caramel-red liquid spurted out of his chest, as the bullet buried itself into his heart. Birkin gasped and grabbed his chest in agony. Birkin's blood dripped through his shaking fingers onto the cold pavement, then he fell, head first into the pool. The water turned a beet red color until the surface looked like a lake of red fish darting too and fro.
The beast took advantage of this free meal and dove into the red water.
Barry stared at Chris in shock.
"Chris why did you do that?!?!"
Chris flashed Barry an angry glare then turned back to the water.
"I think you know, he killed Claire, he killed Steve."
Barry lifted his pistol at the water.
"Whatever, we have bigger problems right now,"
The water suddenly started to stir, then the torn corpse of Birkin flew from the water into the air, only to be impaled on the claw of the Delta.
"Like that."
Chris lifted his Eagle.
"Die you son of a bitch!"
He squeezed the trigger and the round exploded out of the barrel and ripped threw the thick skin of the Delta. The creature howled in pain then rested it's eyes on it's newly found enemies. It leapt from the water onto the frigid cement, making it crack out like a spider web, because of the great force. Barry then opened fire and the bullet jumped from the gun and found its target. The led slammed into the Deltas head, with a sickening crack.
The Delta just stood there for a moment then dropped to the ground. Chris walked swiftly over to the creature, and kicked in it's side. He then spoke some unexpected words.
"I didn't get a chance to tell her,"
Barry then remembered. The wedding.
"Chris I'm so sorry..."
Chris held up his hand.
"Don't say it, it's a lost cause."
Barry shook his head.
"Don't say that. She still loves you."
Chris smirked.
"That's a nice way to tell someone, by cheating on them."
Suddenly there was a soft sliding noise on the corner of and alley.
***
Mark slid the sewer cover off and climbed into the street.
"Maybe Chris was right, it probably is safer up here." he said helping Rebecca out of the underground tunnels. Jill then climbed out after them.
"I wonder where those gunshots we heard before were coming from,"
Mark shrugged.
"Probably just-"
"Chris!" Rebecca squealed.
She was pointing to a pool where Chris and Barry were standing. Chris looked up at them. He walked slowly over to the group and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you ok? What happened?"
Mark then stood up from the ground and dusted himself off.
"We ran into a little trouble, wheres Birkin?"
Chris looked at Mark then stared into Jill's eyes.
"I think you know."
Jill looked away from Chris at the dark street that lead to the RPD station. There was something there.
"Guys, look."
They all looked down the street to see a dark figure standing in the dim light of the street lamp. Chris stared at the thing.
"Oh fuck, oh shit,"
The creature stepped towards the group and lifted it's massive claw. Jill gaped in awe.
"Rival."
Mark stepped forward.
"Right, so, are we just gonna stand here and let it kill us?"
Chris broke himself from his trance of fear.
"No. Were gonna stay and fight! No more being afraid."
The group drew their pistols. Chris lifted his Eagle.
"Let's kick some rival ass."
***
'Are we really gonna do this?' thought Rebecca.
She suddenly felt a warm hand on her shoulder. The hand turned her around to see the calm face of Barry.
"Are you ready to do this?"
She nodded.
"Well then, lets go."
Rebecca whipped around.
"This is for what you did to Claire and Steve, you piece a' shit!"
She lifted her pistol and squeezed the trigger multiple times. The slick rounds flew from the gun and ripped through the tender skin of the rival.
The bullets suddenly dropped out of it's arm. Mark lowered his gun.
"Oh SHIT, it's the mother."
Chris lifted his pistol and squeezed the trigger. The recoil pushed back on his wrists but he kept it steady as the round tore through the air towards the rival. Time seemed to slow to a complete stop as the events played out. The rival leaned backwards(like in the matrix) letting the bullet fly over its head. The rival then reached back, and with one swift motion caught the bullet in the air. Then time came oh back to normal. Rival tipped back up again, and slowly turned it's head to look at the bullet in it's hand. The bullet suddenly melted away. Chris shook his head.
"This ain't happening, why won't it get hurt?"
"We need acid to kill it!" shouted Mark.
'Acid?' Jill thought to herself still remembering the acid round in her pocket.
"Like this? she smirked, holding up the heavy cylinder.
Chris turned and grinned.
"Exactly."
Jill tossed the metallic can over to Chris.
"This is where my marksmanship is really tested, cause its gonna be rain'n acid soon,"
He threw the round high up in the air. He then lifted his eagle and fired. It was direct.
Small droplets of acid soon rained down from the sky. The rival ran at the group for cover looking backwards to make sure he did not get hit by the lethal rain. BAM. A single shot rang out in the dark street, and the rivals head burst into the silvery liquid knocking it backwards into the heavy maelstrom. The creature bellowed as the greenish liquid tore through it's rough scales. The acid had stopped pouring but it was too late for the rival. The beast moaned in agony on the ground as it's skin melted slowly away, revealing red quivering muscles that were now also disintegrating. The rival final stopped moving as the last bits of it's remains melted away. Then Rebecca lowered her gun.
***
Jill felt her knees become weak and she fell on Barry's shoulder.
"Its finally over,"
Suddenly there was a deafening cry all around the group. It was like a thousand eagles all crying out at once.
The group covered there ears as the cries rang out. Suddenly there was rumbling. It grew louder and louder until it seemed to be on top of them.
Chris was suddenly knocked over onto the could cement. There was soft screech as, the rival that knocked Chris over, dug its claws into the ground.
Jill jumped back in fear as she saw the strong beast pin Chris to the ground.
"NO, Chris!"
She jumped onto the rival trying to pry it of the S.T.A.R.S. member.
"Get off him!"
The rival suddenly swung it's claw back sending Jill flying into a wall. This gave Chris the opportunity he needed. He lashed his leg out hitting the rival in the stomach, knocking it backwards. The creature stumbled into the brick wall behind it with a thud. It stood up slowly again, but Chris was quicker. He lifted his Eagle and fired. There was a burst of silver and it was gone. Chris looked at his gun and then at the disintegrating rival.
"What?"
He looked at his weapon a few times then ejected the black clip into his hand.
"OW!"
Once the clip had touched his hand he realized what had happened.
" The bullets, there silver,"
Rebecca leaned in to take a closer look at the rounds. They were coated in the same silvery acid that the rivals seamed to release.
"How did this happen?" ask Chris out loud. Jill suddenly appeared next to them.
"When it pounced on me, you put your gun to it's stomach,"
"So?"
"So that means we have to be more careful when were around these things."
Chris's thoughts were cut off by Rebecca's voice.
"So why did that rival die then?"
Mark spoke up.
"I think it's because any type of acid will do."
Jill thought about the idea for a while until her thoughts were pierced by Barry's gruff voice.
"You guys might want to look at this."
The group turned around to look at the sight.
Hundreds of rivals were lined up in a row.
Chris stared at the monsters.
"I think were in trouble."
Rebecca stared at the disgusting creature that loomed in front of her. The tapping of its claws grew much louder as the creature lurked closer. Mark took aim at the creatures head. The Sigma halted in its tracks and made a strange gurgling noise. Suddenly Rebecca, Jill and Mark heard a loud rumble down farther behind them. Jill turned and stared in disbelief.
"There are hundreds of them!"
Mark swiveled around and saw them. They then started to do something very strange. They tangled their long sleek arms together to form a wall over the entrance. Mark turned around to see the same lone hunter sigma standing there. Mark lifted his Raptor.
"You think I'm stupid?" he asked with a grin.
He pulled the trigger, the hot round ripping out of the barrel into the waxy flesh of the hunter. It wailed and then dropped to the ground with a thud.
"Come on lets go!"
***
The hunter delta leapt out of the water onto the cold cement of the sidewalk. Chris finally got to get a good look at the thing. It looked like a Neptune that was standing up. Its silted eyes darted around searching the ragged group. It flexed its large muscular biceps then stepped towards Chris. The cold water dripped off its gray skin onto the cement. It opened its mouth and let a bellowing screech out. Chris lifted his Eagle.
"How do you kill it?"
Birkin laughed.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because I'll feed you to the beast if you don't."
Birkin drew back at Chris's harsh comment. A smug grin then began to spread across his face.
"No you won't."
Chris sneered at his snide remark.
"Don't push me Birkin, now, how do you kill it?"
Birkin crossed his arms.
"No, you won't know."
Chris then whipped his Eagle in the direction of the ex-scientist.
"That's it!!"
Chris squeezed the trigger and the round flew from the gun into Birkin's chest. A dark caramel-red liquid spurted out of his chest, as the bullet buried itself into his heart. Birkin gasped and grabbed his chest in agony. Birkin's blood dripped through his shaking fingers onto the cold pavement, then he fell, head first into the pool. The water turned a beet red color until the surface looked like a lake of red fish darting too and fro.
The beast took advantage of this free meal and dove into the red water.
Barry stared at Chris in shock.
"Chris why did you do that?!?!"
Chris flashed Barry an angry glare then turned back to the water.
"I think you know, he killed Claire, he killed Steve."
Barry lifted his pistol at the water.
"Whatever, we have bigger problems right now,"
The water suddenly started to stir, then the torn corpse of Birkin flew from the water into the air, only to be impaled on the claw of the Delta.
"Like that."
Chris lifted his Eagle.
"Die you son of a bitch!"
He squeezed the trigger and the round exploded out of the barrel and ripped threw the thick skin of the Delta. The creature howled in pain then rested it's eyes on it's newly found enemies. It leapt from the water onto the frigid cement, making it crack out like a spider web, because of the great force. Barry then opened fire and the bullet jumped from the gun and found its target. The led slammed into the Deltas head, with a sickening crack.
The Delta just stood there for a moment then dropped to the ground. Chris walked swiftly over to the creature, and kicked in it's side. He then spoke some unexpected words.
"I didn't get a chance to tell her,"
Barry then remembered. The wedding.
"Chris I'm so sorry..."
Chris held up his hand.
"Don't say it, it's a lost cause."
Barry shook his head.
"Don't say that. She still loves you."
Chris smirked.
"That's a nice way to tell someone, by cheating on them."
Suddenly there was a soft sliding noise on the corner of and alley.
***
Mark slid the sewer cover off and climbed into the street.
"Maybe Chris was right, it probably is safer up here." he said helping Rebecca out of the underground tunnels. Jill then climbed out after them.
"I wonder where those gunshots we heard before were coming from,"
Mark shrugged.
"Probably just-"
"Chris!" Rebecca squealed.
She was pointing to a pool where Chris and Barry were standing. Chris looked up at them. He walked slowly over to the group and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you ok? What happened?"
Mark then stood up from the ground and dusted himself off.
"We ran into a little trouble, wheres Birkin?"
Chris looked at Mark then stared into Jill's eyes.
"I think you know."
Jill looked away from Chris at the dark street that lead to the RPD station. There was something there.
"Guys, look."
They all looked down the street to see a dark figure standing in the dim light of the street lamp. Chris stared at the thing.
"Oh fuck, oh shit,"
The creature stepped towards the group and lifted it's massive claw. Jill gaped in awe.
"Rival."
Mark stepped forward.
"Right, so, are we just gonna stand here and let it kill us?"
Chris broke himself from his trance of fear.
"No. Were gonna stay and fight! No more being afraid."
The group drew their pistols. Chris lifted his Eagle.
"Let's kick some rival ass."
***
'Are we really gonna do this?' thought Rebecca.
She suddenly felt a warm hand on her shoulder. The hand turned her around to see the calm face of Barry.
"Are you ready to do this?"
She nodded.
"Well then, lets go."
Rebecca whipped around.
"This is for what you did to Claire and Steve, you piece a' shit!"
She lifted her pistol and squeezed the trigger multiple times. The slick rounds flew from the gun and ripped through the tender skin of the rival.
The bullets suddenly dropped out of it's arm. Mark lowered his gun.
"Oh SHIT, it's the mother."
Chris lifted his pistol and squeezed the trigger. The recoil pushed back on his wrists but he kept it steady as the round tore through the air towards the rival. Time seemed to slow to a complete stop as the events played out. The rival leaned backwards(like in the matrix) letting the bullet fly over its head. The rival then reached back, and with one swift motion caught the bullet in the air. Then time came oh back to normal. Rival tipped back up again, and slowly turned it's head to look at the bullet in it's hand. The bullet suddenly melted away. Chris shook his head.
"This ain't happening, why won't it get hurt?"
"We need acid to kill it!" shouted Mark.
'Acid?' Jill thought to herself still remembering the acid round in her pocket.
"Like this? she smirked, holding up the heavy cylinder.
Chris turned and grinned.
"Exactly."
Jill tossed the metallic can over to Chris.
"This is where my marksmanship is really tested, cause its gonna be rain'n acid soon,"
He threw the round high up in the air. He then lifted his eagle and fired. It was direct.
Small droplets of acid soon rained down from the sky. The rival ran at the group for cover looking backwards to make sure he did not get hit by the lethal rain. BAM. A single shot rang out in the dark street, and the rivals head burst into the silvery liquid knocking it backwards into the heavy maelstrom. The creature bellowed as the greenish liquid tore through it's rough scales. The acid had stopped pouring but it was too late for the rival. The beast moaned in agony on the ground as it's skin melted slowly away, revealing red quivering muscles that were now also disintegrating. The rival final stopped moving as the last bits of it's remains melted away. Then Rebecca lowered her gun.
***
Jill felt her knees become weak and she fell on Barry's shoulder.
"Its finally over,"
Suddenly there was a deafening cry all around the group. It was like a thousand eagles all crying out at once.
The group covered there ears as the cries rang out. Suddenly there was rumbling. It grew louder and louder until it seemed to be on top of them.
Chris was suddenly knocked over onto the could cement. There was soft screech as, the rival that knocked Chris over, dug its claws into the ground.
Jill jumped back in fear as she saw the strong beast pin Chris to the ground.
"NO, Chris!"
She jumped onto the rival trying to pry it of the S.T.A.R.S. member.
"Get off him!"
The rival suddenly swung it's claw back sending Jill flying into a wall. This gave Chris the opportunity he needed. He lashed his leg out hitting the rival in the stomach, knocking it backwards. The creature stumbled into the brick wall behind it with a thud. It stood up slowly again, but Chris was quicker. He lifted his Eagle and fired. There was a burst of silver and it was gone. Chris looked at his gun and then at the disintegrating rival.
"What?"
He looked at his weapon a few times then ejected the black clip into his hand.
"OW!"
Once the clip had touched his hand he realized what had happened.
" The bullets, there silver,"
Rebecca leaned in to take a closer look at the rounds. They were coated in the same silvery acid that the rivals seamed to release.
"How did this happen?" ask Chris out loud. Jill suddenly appeared next to them.
"When it pounced on me, you put your gun to it's stomach,"
"So?"
"So that means we have to be more careful when were around these things."
Chris's thoughts were cut off by Rebecca's voice.
"So why did that rival die then?"
Mark spoke up.
"I think it's because any type of acid will do."
Jill thought about the idea for a while until her thoughts were pierced by Barry's gruff voice.
"You guys might want to look at this."
The group turned around to look at the sight.
Hundreds of rivals were lined up in a row.
Chris stared at the monsters.
"I think were in trouble."