Author's Note: This chapter may be a little strange to you. Yes, I know there's no hunters here, but I wanted them for the story. You'll see why. I'm especially proud of the Steve-Hunter battle. I hope you like this chapter, it was fun writing it. Oh and one more thing. The spider Steve sees is the one Chris fights. I can't remember if the spider under the floor that Claire encounters was the same one Chris fights, but the regular spiders just aren't big enough to...well, you'll see. Enjoy!
"Wake up, Steve!"
I groaned as I felt someone shaking me. My head hurt along with the rest of my body. Perfect.
"Ohh...oww...we're still alive?" I asked. I got onto my feet. It was still painful. I slammed my good foot into the door and the door fell to the ground below. I leaped out and landed on my feet. I almost cried out as I did it. It really hurt...
I held out my arms and waited for Claire to jump down. She leaped down and landed right on top of me. We both fell backwards and by reflex I wrapped my arms around her. She pushed herself up, looking at me as she rose. She had such pretty eyes...
We stared at one another for a moment. She got up and held out her hand to me.
"Thanks," she said simply. I stared at her hand for a moment, and got up. I didn't need the help. I still felt a little embarrassed. I looked at the plane.
"Oh...uh...plane's trashed. Let's split up and look for another way off this over-sized freezer," I said.
"Right!" Claire nodded. I ran off to explore, or at least tried too. I realized I was limping as I ran. This wasn't good. I had to find the antidote fast. I hoped Claire hadn't noticed. I didn't want to get her involved.
I walked down the stairs and turned. There were bodies wrapped in cocoons. I heard the soft flapping of wings, and decided that I needed to get out of here fast. I dragged myself towards the door at the end of the corridor and went in.
I was greeted with several moans. There were zombies here too. I wouldn't fight all of them, just enough to clear a path. I shot every zombie that was in my way. Luckily, they were spread out, so I didn't have to worry about them ganging up on me. I entered the room marked "BOW".
The room was rather quiet. It was covered in what looked like a spider's web. I instantly had a bad feeling about the room. There was a fuel tank and glass tubes, I had no idea what was inside them. I didn't want to know either. I had to gather my courage and continue looking for the antidote.
I began looking through boxes and was disappointed when I found out that they had been emptied. I heard a large thump and the cracking of glass. I twisted around to see that the glass from the tubes had shattered. I heard another thump. I think I saw a clawed scaly hand. I grabbed the submachine guns, ready to fight anything that stood in my way of the antidote.
It seemed to happen in slow motion. The glass shattered everywhere, slimly goo splattered on the floor, and a large green monster tumbled out. As it got to it's feet, it reminded me of those monsters in horror movies. It looked like a reptile or a frog of some sort. It had large claws, large teeth, and a large body to go along with it. It saw me and let out a loud battle cry. It ran forward at lightening speed. I fumbled with the triggers and sprayed it with bullets, hoping that it wasn't too hard to kill.
I missed.
It easily dodged them by leaping out of the way. I realized that it was going to land on me and I quickly dove to the side. I landed hard on my side, and I heard its claws slamming into the ground where I had been. I thought about trying to run from it, but in my condition, running away would only result in a faster death. I fired at it again, this time getting in a couple hits before it leaped away crying in pain. It turned to look at me, showing me furious animal-like eyes. I stumbled onto my feet, but I felt something hard slam into me, knocking me over again. I felt sharp claws digging into my leg and I cried out in pain. I pulled the triggers of the submachine guns and showered the lizard monster with bullets. It squealed and scrambled away from me. I sat up, my leg was covered in blood. I looked at the monster. Blood oozed from its wounds, but it didn't seemed bothered at all by it. It seemed mad. What it didn't know was that it was near the fuel tank.
I fired, not striking the monster but the tank. It leaped out of the away, getting hit in the back by the explosion. It landed hard on its stomach. The explosion had made a big hole in the floor. The monster got up, and as punishment for almost killing it, it charged at me. I closed my eyes. I knew that I wouldn't survive the next blow...
That's when I heard it shriek. I noticed a couple of long, furry legs had a hold of the struggling monster. Those long furry legs belonged to a gigantic spider. The monster shrieked again, trying to escape, but the spider was stronger. It slowly dragged the monster away. The monster dug its claws into the floor, struggling and crying, but it was hopeless. It was dragged under the floor. I climbed forward to see what was going on.
The spider held the screaming monster close to its ugly face. I turned my head away in disgust as the spider clamped its mouth around the monster's head and twisted it off with a sickening crack. I could hear it still feasting on the monster's corpse. I didn't want to end up like that monster, so I escaped out the door.
I was relieved when I found that there were no more zombies in the other room. Whatever zombies I hadn't killed had already been disposed of. I was so tired, I wondered if I was going to die before I could reach the antidote. It's not like I knew exactly where it was.
I tried the room marked "WEAPON". It was unlikely I'd find the antidote here, but I needed to try at least. I heard more zombies, I felt one grab me. I pushed it off and shot it. I didn't have time to keep fighting like this. My ammo was running out too. I could probably kill all the zombies in the room though. There were two more of them. I walked around and shot both of them. I had barely enough ammo now. I began checking the room, searching everywhere. I was making quite a mess when I saw it. It was the antidote. It was in a transparent bag resting on a shelf. It was in a rather awkward place, but I didn't care.
"I found it!" I cried triumphantly. There was a needle laying beside it too. I'll just inject myself with the antidote and I'll be just fine. My victory was short-lived. I heard the clicking of claws, followed by a familiar screech. I peered around the corner and saw that it was another one of those lizard monsters. I tried to hide myself behind the shelf, hoping it'd go away. Maybe if I took the antidote and escaped...
My hand reached for the antidote and needle. I pulled them from the shelf, and accidentally bumped against something. To my horror, I heard something crash. The monster quickly whipped its head, looking around for the source of the sound.
'Please don't let it find me...' I prayed. It began investigating the broken glass, sniffing it. I began crawling towards the door. I was going to make it out and get myself cured. I heard another screech, and saw that it was looking right at me. It looked like a predator that had found an injured prey. I lunged at the door, but it was already on me. I fell hard on the ground and it ripped into me. The pain was extreme. It felt ten times worse than when the dogs attacked me. I couldn't fight back, not like this.
I heard the door fly open, slamming hard against the wall. There was gunfire followed by a loud screech from the monster. I tried to see what was happening, but everything was too blurry. There was screaming, it sort of sounded like Claire. The monster gave a death cry before falling on me. I think I had screamed too when I felt its heavy corpse drop on me. As everything went black, I heard a voice.
"Steve!"
"Wake up, Steve!"
I groaned as I felt someone shaking me. My head hurt along with the rest of my body. Perfect.
"Ohh...oww...we're still alive?" I asked. I got onto my feet. It was still painful. I slammed my good foot into the door and the door fell to the ground below. I leaped out and landed on my feet. I almost cried out as I did it. It really hurt...
I held out my arms and waited for Claire to jump down. She leaped down and landed right on top of me. We both fell backwards and by reflex I wrapped my arms around her. She pushed herself up, looking at me as she rose. She had such pretty eyes...
We stared at one another for a moment. She got up and held out her hand to me.
"Thanks," she said simply. I stared at her hand for a moment, and got up. I didn't need the help. I still felt a little embarrassed. I looked at the plane.
"Oh...uh...plane's trashed. Let's split up and look for another way off this over-sized freezer," I said.
"Right!" Claire nodded. I ran off to explore, or at least tried too. I realized I was limping as I ran. This wasn't good. I had to find the antidote fast. I hoped Claire hadn't noticed. I didn't want to get her involved.
I walked down the stairs and turned. There were bodies wrapped in cocoons. I heard the soft flapping of wings, and decided that I needed to get out of here fast. I dragged myself towards the door at the end of the corridor and went in.
I was greeted with several moans. There were zombies here too. I wouldn't fight all of them, just enough to clear a path. I shot every zombie that was in my way. Luckily, they were spread out, so I didn't have to worry about them ganging up on me. I entered the room marked "BOW".
The room was rather quiet. It was covered in what looked like a spider's web. I instantly had a bad feeling about the room. There was a fuel tank and glass tubes, I had no idea what was inside them. I didn't want to know either. I had to gather my courage and continue looking for the antidote.
I began looking through boxes and was disappointed when I found out that they had been emptied. I heard a large thump and the cracking of glass. I twisted around to see that the glass from the tubes had shattered. I heard another thump. I think I saw a clawed scaly hand. I grabbed the submachine guns, ready to fight anything that stood in my way of the antidote.
It seemed to happen in slow motion. The glass shattered everywhere, slimly goo splattered on the floor, and a large green monster tumbled out. As it got to it's feet, it reminded me of those monsters in horror movies. It looked like a reptile or a frog of some sort. It had large claws, large teeth, and a large body to go along with it. It saw me and let out a loud battle cry. It ran forward at lightening speed. I fumbled with the triggers and sprayed it with bullets, hoping that it wasn't too hard to kill.
I missed.
It easily dodged them by leaping out of the way. I realized that it was going to land on me and I quickly dove to the side. I landed hard on my side, and I heard its claws slamming into the ground where I had been. I thought about trying to run from it, but in my condition, running away would only result in a faster death. I fired at it again, this time getting in a couple hits before it leaped away crying in pain. It turned to look at me, showing me furious animal-like eyes. I stumbled onto my feet, but I felt something hard slam into me, knocking me over again. I felt sharp claws digging into my leg and I cried out in pain. I pulled the triggers of the submachine guns and showered the lizard monster with bullets. It squealed and scrambled away from me. I sat up, my leg was covered in blood. I looked at the monster. Blood oozed from its wounds, but it didn't seemed bothered at all by it. It seemed mad. What it didn't know was that it was near the fuel tank.
I fired, not striking the monster but the tank. It leaped out of the away, getting hit in the back by the explosion. It landed hard on its stomach. The explosion had made a big hole in the floor. The monster got up, and as punishment for almost killing it, it charged at me. I closed my eyes. I knew that I wouldn't survive the next blow...
That's when I heard it shriek. I noticed a couple of long, furry legs had a hold of the struggling monster. Those long furry legs belonged to a gigantic spider. The monster shrieked again, trying to escape, but the spider was stronger. It slowly dragged the monster away. The monster dug its claws into the floor, struggling and crying, but it was hopeless. It was dragged under the floor. I climbed forward to see what was going on.
The spider held the screaming monster close to its ugly face. I turned my head away in disgust as the spider clamped its mouth around the monster's head and twisted it off with a sickening crack. I could hear it still feasting on the monster's corpse. I didn't want to end up like that monster, so I escaped out the door.
I was relieved when I found that there were no more zombies in the other room. Whatever zombies I hadn't killed had already been disposed of. I was so tired, I wondered if I was going to die before I could reach the antidote. It's not like I knew exactly where it was.
I tried the room marked "WEAPON". It was unlikely I'd find the antidote here, but I needed to try at least. I heard more zombies, I felt one grab me. I pushed it off and shot it. I didn't have time to keep fighting like this. My ammo was running out too. I could probably kill all the zombies in the room though. There were two more of them. I walked around and shot both of them. I had barely enough ammo now. I began checking the room, searching everywhere. I was making quite a mess when I saw it. It was the antidote. It was in a transparent bag resting on a shelf. It was in a rather awkward place, but I didn't care.
"I found it!" I cried triumphantly. There was a needle laying beside it too. I'll just inject myself with the antidote and I'll be just fine. My victory was short-lived. I heard the clicking of claws, followed by a familiar screech. I peered around the corner and saw that it was another one of those lizard monsters. I tried to hide myself behind the shelf, hoping it'd go away. Maybe if I took the antidote and escaped...
My hand reached for the antidote and needle. I pulled them from the shelf, and accidentally bumped against something. To my horror, I heard something crash. The monster quickly whipped its head, looking around for the source of the sound.
'Please don't let it find me...' I prayed. It began investigating the broken glass, sniffing it. I began crawling towards the door. I was going to make it out and get myself cured. I heard another screech, and saw that it was looking right at me. It looked like a predator that had found an injured prey. I lunged at the door, but it was already on me. I fell hard on the ground and it ripped into me. The pain was extreme. It felt ten times worse than when the dogs attacked me. I couldn't fight back, not like this.
I heard the door fly open, slamming hard against the wall. There was gunfire followed by a loud screech from the monster. I tried to see what was happening, but everything was too blurry. There was screaming, it sort of sounded like Claire. The monster gave a death cry before falling on me. I think I had screamed too when I felt its heavy corpse drop on me. As everything went black, I heard a voice.
"Steve!"