Chapter 10: The Gravedigger
Author's note: I've sorted out the problem of putting bold, underlined and italic text in their right place, so story presentation will be improved, and I'll be doing the same to all previous chapters.
Notice: I don't own Resident Evil. Why does fate hate me so much?
Le Squez Estate, 3.34pm.
The trio are walking through the states-owned estate en route to the flats when they felt a small, sharp vibration on the ground.
"What the fuck was that?" Guy said to no one in particular. "Oh, it was probably some earthquake this place keeps having." Replied Andre. Right after that the vibrations started up again, gradually getting more and more violent. The three couldn't even stay on their feet. They watched in disbelief as a 20-foot-long worm with three tusk-like things on it mouth. The tusks retreated to show very sharp red teeth.
"OK, this is just fucked up now." Andre says as the Gravedigger popped itself out of the ground. It screams then dives for Steven. "OH MY GOD!!" he shouts before quickly rolling out of way. "RUN!" Guy shouts. The group start running before the gravedigger reappears right under Andre's feet. He's thrown 9 feet into the air and comes back down to earth headfirst and is thrown into unconsciousness.
Guy starts throwing stones at it. The gravediggers' counter-attack is a large swoop and Guy is thrown towards a brick wall. He hits it with a large thud. "AH, MY BACK!" Guy screams in pain. Then the gravedigger turns it attention to Steven. He backs off slowly and hits a wall. The sides are blocked off and, With Andre unconscious and Guy incapacitated, there was no help either.
Steven shuts his eyes and waits for death to come.
Andre wakes up from his sleep. His head is throbbing like mad and his vision is blurred. The only thing he can make out is the giant worm about to eat Steven. Not wanting one of his closest friends killed, he finds a dead soldier with a very big satchel charge. He quickly crawls towards it and runs towards a very large tree.
He sets it so it's just near the tree. He primes the explosive and retreats to behind a brick wall to shield himself from the blast. "I just hopes this works." Andre says worryingly. He closes his eyes and pushes the detonation button. A large blast roars out as the charge weakens the tree roots. Not being able to hold it's own weight, the tree collapses on top of the monster. It screams in pain as it hits the ground with a crash.
Andre stumbles upright and walks towards Steven. His eyes are still shut and his entire body is trembling. "Calm down." Andre said. "I sorted it out."
Steven opens his eyes to see the gravedigger trapped by a large tree. "Oh, thank god fo-" Steven was unable to continue as the worn started moving again. It slowly lifted the tree off itself and looked at the two. It was unable to stay still as it waved around like a living flag. It screamed and dived back into the ground. The rumbling slowly stopped.
"Is it gone?" asked Steven. "Yeah." Replied Andre. "But I don't think we've seen the last of it yet." He slowly gets up and rechecks the soldier. His gun is out of ammo and there's no clips left but he finds eight grenades. He throws them in his backpack and walks towards Guy. He is lying on the ground quietly cursing to himself.
"Stop swearing and get up." Andre orders. After a bit of hesitation he slowly forces himself up and mutters out quietly "My back hurts." "My head hurts and you don't see me complaining, now come on." Andre says without a hint of emotion in his voice. "We've lost a lot of time so we need to hurry up."
"Hey!" Steven shouts out. "Who made you leader of the pack?" Andre stops and slowly turns around. "Look, I'm sorry about my outburst. But that battle ate up a lot of our time and the helicopter's probably flown off already. It's our only lifeline."
Andre walks off towards the tower. After a pause, Steven and Guy run up to him. "Hey wait for us!" Guy calls out. "Do you accept my apology?" Andre asks. "Yeah, OK." Guy replies. "Good. Let's go." Andre says as the trio walk towards the building.
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Les Marais Flats Tower B, Ground floor, 3.51pm.
Andre storms the lobby, knife in hand, ready to attack anything in sight. "Clear." Andre shouts out. Steven and Guy follow in. "How do we get to the roof, by the way?" Steven asks. "I…don't know." Guy responds. "I think I know." Andre replies "We go up to the 14th floor, go through a door, go through another door, up some stairs, climb a ladder and we should be there." "Are you sure?" Steven asks. Andre shrugs. "That's what I was told."
Guy walks up and summons the lift. It arrives and the three walk in to the lift and up to the 14th floor.
Les Marais Flats Tower B, 14th floor, 3.57pm.
After a short lift journey, the three disembark and secures the lobby. "Where is everyone?" asked Steven. "Either dead, or on the helicopter." Guy replies. "Come on, let's find the stairs." Andre said. The group split up and, after some searching, they complete their objective. "Found it!" Steven calls out. Andre and Guy regroup at the stairs. The faint sound of chopper rotors can be heard. "That's it! Let's go!" Andre calls out.
The three run up the stairs, each step they take got them closer to escaping the nightmare and when they finally scaled the ladder, they burst through the roof door.
But it was not to be.
Les Marais Flats Tower B, Roof, 4.01pm.
When they finally got to the roof the helicopter had gone.
"Shit! No! Come back!" Andre calls out.
It was still visible, flying over the estate, but ten seconds later it was gone.
Cries of "Damn it!" and "Come back!" echoed throughout the estate, but the copter had gone. While Steven and Guy screamed obscenities at the helicopter, Andre turns around and notices a dead soldier on the other side of the roof. He checks the corpse and sees a massive hole in his chest. He checks for his gun but finds it dangling from a flag post on the 11th floor. "When am I ever gonna find a loaded gun?" he asks himself when he notices a piece of paper hanging out from the soldiers pocket. He gets it out and reads it.
Team Bravo: Mission objective.
1. Secure 'Les Marais Flats Tower B' and collect any survivors. Load them onto the chopper and evacuate. Status: complete.
2. Rig the roof with explosives and set the timer to two minutes. Place it in the air conditioning vent 4. Status: complete.
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There was an extra objective added, but Andre didn't read it and ran off to find the bomb in air vent 4. He takes the cover off and looks at how much time was left.
1minute 23 seconds.
"Oh shit!" Andre says. "Guy, Steven, get off the roof now!" He cries out. "Why? What's wrong?" Steven asks. "No fucking questions, just move!" Andre shouts out as they look at the air vent where Andre just went to.
55 seconds.
Finally understanding what is going on, Steven and Guy runs towards the roof door, down the ladder and back to the 14th floor. Steven heads towards the lift. "No! Not the lift! It'll take too long!" Guy shouts out to Steven. He hesitates but finally joins them down the stairs.
35 seconds.
The three are sprinting are down the stairs. "Fuck, man, I knew this would happen! Fuck!" shouts Steven. "Move!" cries out Andre.
21 seconds.
"Faster! Come on!" orders Guy.
15 seconds.
"OH SHIT!" cries out Steven.
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A large explosion roars throughout the building. The top of the stairwell roared with twisted metal and collapsing brickwork. The stairwell was filled with blinding light and burning flames. The three look up to see the ceiling falling towards them. Andre and Guy run into the 7th floor corridor. Steven remains fixed to the spot. Andre notices him and risks his own life by diving into the stairwell and pushing himself and Steven to safety, just as the burning wreckage gets to the 7th floor.
