Resident Evil: Return of a Nightmare
Chapter 11
By Windra
"Rachel!! Rowan!!"
Justin listened as Brad continued yelling out for their comrades while they trecked through the Umbrella facility. He sighed, knowing that Brad's yells would attract attention from the monsters that were nearby, but neither of them really cared if a whole army of T-Virus carriers would come to them.
Justin could see quite plainly that Rowan was a good friend of the former S.T.A.R.S. member, and that the two would frequently atick up for each other. He could also see the sparks flying between Rachel and Brad, and the way that they casted glances at each other.
Cute...very, very cute...But now's not the time...
Justin cocked his gun and reloaded it before beginning to shout as well.
"Rowaaaaan! Racheeeeel!"
There was no answer.
Justin gave a frustrated growl, looking around the area as he listened to their yells bounce off of the walls in an echo. Brad kept yelling, and Justin would join in after a few seconds.
And all they got as a response was silence.
Brad opened his mouth to yell again, but stopped, eyes widening as he caught a very distinct sound. Justin did, as well.
A hiss.
The two men exchanged glances before getting as far away from the sound as they could. They nearly jumped out of their skin when they heard a loud, primordial growl, and the sounds of a struggle between two beasts.
And the quarry was very close by.
Before Brad and Justin could get any farther away, two huge shadows rolled into the room, locked in a struggle between life and death as they fought each other for food. One of the creatures was long and slender, while the other was almost cat-like, but way too big. The beasts were concealed in the shadows, so the two had no idea what they looked like.
The cat-like monster swatted the snake-like beast across the head, and there was a loud hiss as the snake creature bit into the cat, throwing its head back with the feline in its jaws and tossing it into a wall nearby.
As the cat regained composure, its eyes darted towards Justin and Brad, and froze. It hissed, then darted off, leaving the snake creature alone with them. The two men gulped and watched as the snake slithered towards them and out of the shadows.
The snake was huge, about 20 feet long, its head alone about the size of a human body. Its body was midnight black with yellow tiger-like stripes lining its scales. It had a yellow underbelly and long, curved, and sharp bones protruding along its spine, ending in a green hook at its tail. The green liquid around the hook signaled that it was poisonous.
"Viper...," Justin breathed.
The two men exchanged nervous glances.
"Shit...," they whispered in usion, unholstering their guns and running from the monster.
The snake gave a great hiss and lunged after them, its red reptillian eyes narrowing as it opened its mouth, revealing two nine-inch fangs tipped with venom.
**********
Rowan had fallen behind, struggling to stay conscious as her body was finally beginning to take the toll for fighting off the fever. Sherry was ahead of her, and they were both fending off the decaying humans that had appeared form the shadows to catch them. They were on the main floor, the floor where most of the T-Virus carriers had fled to in pursuit of the Umbrella employees who had tried to escape the facility.
The older girl's vision began to blur, and her eyes were now burning intently. She shut her eyes to try and make the burning sensation subside, but it wouldn't go away. She winced, and something caught her from behind, its clammy hands clenching onto her left shoulder. She tried to pull away, but she had grown so weak that even the undead had ten times her own strength.
Sherry turned to see Rowan's distress, and, shoving the zombie that had begun to grab onto her into a wall, ran to her. She tried to pull the undead monster off of her friend, but it was holding onto her with a death grip. It lowered its jaws and prepared to take a chunk out of the delirious girl's neck before Sherry grabbed the dagger out of Rowan's hand and stabbed at the once-human creature.
It recoiled, its hands loosening up on Rowan's shoulder, giving her an opportunity to get away from it. The zombie moaned, reaching its arms out as the wound of the dagger, which was in its abdomen, began to bleed with coagulated blood. It quickly stumbled towards the 12 year-old, and Sherry raised the dagger again, only to be tackled by another zombie from behind.
Rowan rushed in and pushed the monster off of the younger girl with whatever strength she had left, only to see it pull her to the ground and try to bury its teeth in her skin. The other zombie grabbed Sherry, and, in surprise, she dropped the dagger, gasping and pulling back as it attacked-
-BAM!
The sound of a gunshot echoed through the air, and the monster that grabbed Sherry fell limply to the ground. Another gunshot, and the one on top of Rowan dropped its head, and the older girl shoved it off of her.
The two children's eyes darted towards the source of the bullets, and they saw five people clad in black S.W.A.T.-type uniforms walk down the hallway, holding Magnums in their hands. They began to fire at the rest of the undead humans that lingered in the room, but there were too many, as more began to pour from doorways and halls.
One of the women ran up to the two girls, followed closely by a man. Rowan couldn't make out the features as her vision began to blur again, but the man picked her up and held her in his arms. She blinked and felt the man begin to run back to the others, but she couldn't make out anything else, as darkness enveloped her once more.
Sherry cast a worry glance at Rowan as the woman who walked up to her picked her up and began to run back, and, at first, she began to relax, finally knowing that safety was on its way. But she tensed up as she remembered something Rowan had said to her while they were in the vents.
[i]"My three friends are in this building as well. We'll find them, then get the hell outta here, okay?"[/i]
Rowan's friends were still inside.
Sherry pushed her way out of the woman's arms and fell to the ground, quickly getting to her feet and running back to the building, listening to the five older people call for her and chase her.
**********
Wesker frowned, walking through the facility with increasing anger. He couldn't find the two brats, he lost them, and the thought of losing something shot a hole through his body.
[i]I never lose ANYTHING! This is impossible![/i]
And now the Exeter S.T.A.R.S., no doubt sent by Jill or one of the other Ex-S.T.A.R.S., had arrived at the building, and Damien had run off.
[i]Idiots.[/i]
The man growled, fiddling with the Colt in his hand, and turned towards the stairway.
"Well...," he whispered to himself, "if they wish to run off, we'll see how long they live."
He grinned as he walked up the stairs, and up to the helipad that was on the roof. He would wait until the Exeters would leave, then he would get out of the area, and go to London, where he heard from Umbrella that Chris Redfield's sister, Claire, had gone to try and find her brother.
And he would make [i]them[/i] pay.
Chapter 11
By Windra
"Rachel!! Rowan!!"
Justin listened as Brad continued yelling out for their comrades while they trecked through the Umbrella facility. He sighed, knowing that Brad's yells would attract attention from the monsters that were nearby, but neither of them really cared if a whole army of T-Virus carriers would come to them.
Justin could see quite plainly that Rowan was a good friend of the former S.T.A.R.S. member, and that the two would frequently atick up for each other. He could also see the sparks flying between Rachel and Brad, and the way that they casted glances at each other.
Cute...very, very cute...But now's not the time...
Justin cocked his gun and reloaded it before beginning to shout as well.
"Rowaaaaan! Racheeeeel!"
There was no answer.
Justin gave a frustrated growl, looking around the area as he listened to their yells bounce off of the walls in an echo. Brad kept yelling, and Justin would join in after a few seconds.
And all they got as a response was silence.
Brad opened his mouth to yell again, but stopped, eyes widening as he caught a very distinct sound. Justin did, as well.
A hiss.
The two men exchanged glances before getting as far away from the sound as they could. They nearly jumped out of their skin when they heard a loud, primordial growl, and the sounds of a struggle between two beasts.
And the quarry was very close by.
Before Brad and Justin could get any farther away, two huge shadows rolled into the room, locked in a struggle between life and death as they fought each other for food. One of the creatures was long and slender, while the other was almost cat-like, but way too big. The beasts were concealed in the shadows, so the two had no idea what they looked like.
The cat-like monster swatted the snake-like beast across the head, and there was a loud hiss as the snake creature bit into the cat, throwing its head back with the feline in its jaws and tossing it into a wall nearby.
As the cat regained composure, its eyes darted towards Justin and Brad, and froze. It hissed, then darted off, leaving the snake creature alone with them. The two men gulped and watched as the snake slithered towards them and out of the shadows.
The snake was huge, about 20 feet long, its head alone about the size of a human body. Its body was midnight black with yellow tiger-like stripes lining its scales. It had a yellow underbelly and long, curved, and sharp bones protruding along its spine, ending in a green hook at its tail. The green liquid around the hook signaled that it was poisonous.
"Viper...," Justin breathed.
The two men exchanged nervous glances.
"Shit...," they whispered in usion, unholstering their guns and running from the monster.
The snake gave a great hiss and lunged after them, its red reptillian eyes narrowing as it opened its mouth, revealing two nine-inch fangs tipped with venom.
**********
Rowan had fallen behind, struggling to stay conscious as her body was finally beginning to take the toll for fighting off the fever. Sherry was ahead of her, and they were both fending off the decaying humans that had appeared form the shadows to catch them. They were on the main floor, the floor where most of the T-Virus carriers had fled to in pursuit of the Umbrella employees who had tried to escape the facility.
The older girl's vision began to blur, and her eyes were now burning intently. She shut her eyes to try and make the burning sensation subside, but it wouldn't go away. She winced, and something caught her from behind, its clammy hands clenching onto her left shoulder. She tried to pull away, but she had grown so weak that even the undead had ten times her own strength.
Sherry turned to see Rowan's distress, and, shoving the zombie that had begun to grab onto her into a wall, ran to her. She tried to pull the undead monster off of her friend, but it was holding onto her with a death grip. It lowered its jaws and prepared to take a chunk out of the delirious girl's neck before Sherry grabbed the dagger out of Rowan's hand and stabbed at the once-human creature.
It recoiled, its hands loosening up on Rowan's shoulder, giving her an opportunity to get away from it. The zombie moaned, reaching its arms out as the wound of the dagger, which was in its abdomen, began to bleed with coagulated blood. It quickly stumbled towards the 12 year-old, and Sherry raised the dagger again, only to be tackled by another zombie from behind.
Rowan rushed in and pushed the monster off of the younger girl with whatever strength she had left, only to see it pull her to the ground and try to bury its teeth in her skin. The other zombie grabbed Sherry, and, in surprise, she dropped the dagger, gasping and pulling back as it attacked-
-BAM!
The sound of a gunshot echoed through the air, and the monster that grabbed Sherry fell limply to the ground. Another gunshot, and the one on top of Rowan dropped its head, and the older girl shoved it off of her.
The two children's eyes darted towards the source of the bullets, and they saw five people clad in black S.W.A.T.-type uniforms walk down the hallway, holding Magnums in their hands. They began to fire at the rest of the undead humans that lingered in the room, but there were too many, as more began to pour from doorways and halls.
One of the women ran up to the two girls, followed closely by a man. Rowan couldn't make out the features as her vision began to blur again, but the man picked her up and held her in his arms. She blinked and felt the man begin to run back to the others, but she couldn't make out anything else, as darkness enveloped her once more.
Sherry cast a worry glance at Rowan as the woman who walked up to her picked her up and began to run back, and, at first, she began to relax, finally knowing that safety was on its way. But she tensed up as she remembered something Rowan had said to her while they were in the vents.
[i]"My three friends are in this building as well. We'll find them, then get the hell outta here, okay?"[/i]
Rowan's friends were still inside.
Sherry pushed her way out of the woman's arms and fell to the ground, quickly getting to her feet and running back to the building, listening to the five older people call for her and chase her.
**********
Wesker frowned, walking through the facility with increasing anger. He couldn't find the two brats, he lost them, and the thought of losing something shot a hole through his body.
[i]I never lose ANYTHING! This is impossible![/i]
And now the Exeter S.T.A.R.S., no doubt sent by Jill or one of the other Ex-S.T.A.R.S., had arrived at the building, and Damien had run off.
[i]Idiots.[/i]
The man growled, fiddling with the Colt in his hand, and turned towards the stairway.
"Well...," he whispered to himself, "if they wish to run off, we'll see how long they live."
He grinned as he walked up the stairs, and up to the helipad that was on the roof. He would wait until the Exeters would leave, then he would get out of the area, and go to London, where he heard from Umbrella that Chris Redfield's sister, Claire, had gone to try and find her brother.
And he would make [i]them[/i] pay.