The Desert
A Few Miles Out Of Bear County
Tuesday, June 27, 2001
0159 hrs.
"What?" Brad whispered, in shocked tone.
"Josh is dead. A creature kill him, I'm sorry, but we couldn't do anything to help him," whispered Ryan. "But, I think have to go. More of those creatures will escape and come after us."
"But where do we go?" asked Michael.
"Anastasia. It's just 11 miles from here. We can get help there," replied Andrew. "Is that ok, with everyone."
"Yeah." All of them said.
"Let's go, then."
There wasn't anything in sight, they had to be at least 9 miles away from Anastasia. All there was, was sand, and nothing more. They all seem tired, and looked at shit, but they all hold on, not wanting to lose their life.
"Did you hear that?" Brad whispered.
"Hear what?" said Vanessa.
"It sounded like wings."
And then the sound of gigantic wings beating the air, was heard.
To his surprise, Andrew made it this far. He kept wondering if he should just, call Leon, or Chris. Both of them knew what Umbrella was about, so they could get the job done, but before he could pick up the phone, Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, Chris and Claire Redfield were standing outside his door.
"Trent. What's going on?" Leon asked.
"Well, Leon. A Umbrella facility in Bear County has just been destroyed, but we don't know who or what destroyed it." Trent said easily, nodding at both Leon and Chris. "The thing is that Umbrella sent a team down there, and they haven't called in. One of them, Rebecca, you know."
"Who?" Rebecca asked softly.
"Andrew Lopez. The ex-S.T.A.R.S member that had been dismissed with a case of murder, and illegal drug abuse."
"I thought he was dead."
"Well, as you see, he's very much alive, but the strange thing is that, Ryan Boswell, had been, also, found missing."
"Ryan?" Leon asked.
"Yes. Ryan… the last anyone ever saw him was when he got into a train to Bear County. Most likely, he knew Andrew was living there."
"So, what do you want us to do?" Chris asked.
"Simple, really. All I want you to do is to find them, and lead them to ….
Pterodactyls…
"You kidding." Ryan breathed, and could see Andrew shaking his head.
"Well, their codename is Dacs, short for Pterodactyls, but their real names are the Av1s, Av for… I think Aves." Andrew sounded distinctly terrified.
"Let's hurry the fuck up, then!" Brad said, already edging into the small desert.
A high, trilling screech blasted through her ears, and a brown-gray shape flying directly at them, expanding talons a foot across. Vanessa saw a wingspan of ten or nine feet, the wings tipped with curved hooks. She saw a screaming, toothed beak and a slender elongated skull, flat black eyes the size of saucers.
Andrew, Ryan, and Brad opened fire as the creature came towards them, its huge claws gouging into the sand of desert. BAMBAMBAM, holes punched through the thin flesh, streamers of watery blood from the openings. The creature screamed, so close that Vanessa couldn't hear the bullets, couldn't hear anything, but Brad's screaming. Brad was picked up by another of the Dacs, landing far from where the rest were, but she could her brother screaming for his life, and no one could do nothing, because for the other creature. And after while Brad stop screaming, and she knew he was dead. She to floor, on her knees, cry for her brother, but she knew that they couldn't do anything, now.
The creature that Andrew and Ryan were fighting was flying towards her. She picked up the Desert Eagle Mark XIX Semi-Automatic Magnum. Pointing at it, when she found a bead on the bobbing head, on the shiny round eye, and BAM. About a second or two, the Dac fell in front of her, dead.
"Vanessa, I'm sorry." Ryan whispered to her. "He tried his best, but it was his time."
"I know," she said to Ryan, and slightly tapping her lips into his. "Please, don't you leave me, too."
"I won't leav…."
The rest of his words were cut out, by the shriek, which she and Ryan, had heard earlier. It was Raven…
A Few Miles Out Of Bear County
Tuesday, June 27, 2001
0159 hrs.
"What?" Brad whispered, in shocked tone.
"Josh is dead. A creature kill him, I'm sorry, but we couldn't do anything to help him," whispered Ryan. "But, I think have to go. More of those creatures will escape and come after us."
"But where do we go?" asked Michael.
"Anastasia. It's just 11 miles from here. We can get help there," replied Andrew. "Is that ok, with everyone."
"Yeah." All of them said.
"Let's go, then."
There wasn't anything in sight, they had to be at least 9 miles away from Anastasia. All there was, was sand, and nothing more. They all seem tired, and looked at shit, but they all hold on, not wanting to lose their life.
"Did you hear that?" Brad whispered.
"Hear what?" said Vanessa.
"It sounded like wings."
And then the sound of gigantic wings beating the air, was heard.
To his surprise, Andrew made it this far. He kept wondering if he should just, call Leon, or Chris. Both of them knew what Umbrella was about, so they could get the job done, but before he could pick up the phone, Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, Chris and Claire Redfield were standing outside his door.
"Trent. What's going on?" Leon asked.
"Well, Leon. A Umbrella facility in Bear County has just been destroyed, but we don't know who or what destroyed it." Trent said easily, nodding at both Leon and Chris. "The thing is that Umbrella sent a team down there, and they haven't called in. One of them, Rebecca, you know."
"Who?" Rebecca asked softly.
"Andrew Lopez. The ex-S.T.A.R.S member that had been dismissed with a case of murder, and illegal drug abuse."
"I thought he was dead."
"Well, as you see, he's very much alive, but the strange thing is that, Ryan Boswell, had been, also, found missing."
"Ryan?" Leon asked.
"Yes. Ryan… the last anyone ever saw him was when he got into a train to Bear County. Most likely, he knew Andrew was living there."
"So, what do you want us to do?" Chris asked.
"Simple, really. All I want you to do is to find them, and lead them to ….
Pterodactyls…
"You kidding." Ryan breathed, and could see Andrew shaking his head.
"Well, their codename is Dacs, short for Pterodactyls, but their real names are the Av1s, Av for… I think Aves." Andrew sounded distinctly terrified.
"Let's hurry the fuck up, then!" Brad said, already edging into the small desert.
A high, trilling screech blasted through her ears, and a brown-gray shape flying directly at them, expanding talons a foot across. Vanessa saw a wingspan of ten or nine feet, the wings tipped with curved hooks. She saw a screaming, toothed beak and a slender elongated skull, flat black eyes the size of saucers.
Andrew, Ryan, and Brad opened fire as the creature came towards them, its huge claws gouging into the sand of desert. BAMBAMBAM, holes punched through the thin flesh, streamers of watery blood from the openings. The creature screamed, so close that Vanessa couldn't hear the bullets, couldn't hear anything, but Brad's screaming. Brad was picked up by another of the Dacs, landing far from where the rest were, but she could her brother screaming for his life, and no one could do nothing, because for the other creature. And after while Brad stop screaming, and she knew he was dead. She to floor, on her knees, cry for her brother, but she knew that they couldn't do anything, now.
The creature that Andrew and Ryan were fighting was flying towards her. She picked up the Desert Eagle Mark XIX Semi-Automatic Magnum. Pointing at it, when she found a bead on the bobbing head, on the shiny round eye, and BAM. About a second or two, the Dac fell in front of her, dead.
"Vanessa, I'm sorry." Ryan whispered to her. "He tried his best, but it was his time."
"I know," she said to Ryan, and slightly tapping her lips into his. "Please, don't you leave me, too."
"I won't leav…."
The rest of his words were cut out, by the shriek, which she and Ryan, had heard earlier. It was Raven…