I was running. Fast. That thing was right behind me and all I could think was "He's dead, they're all dead."
Then I woke up. I looked at my watch. 4:00am. Fuck. I'd been knocked out since Vencor had hit me with the butt of his .44 and... what had he taken? Something from me, something important. Of course. The sample of the tissue. If he got away with that it could be disastrous. The parasites were still in the sample but if he got it on his skin or on anyone else for that matter they would be dead in a matter of minutes. But the worst would come after that. What if I had been exposed? I called for the team. "Amber? Kevin?" No answer. Had they been with me when Vencor had taken the parasites and possibly my newest research on the T-Virus? The 100% cure for it? Even (I shudder to think) my newest improvement to the virus: the X45-virus. The virus could give them intelligence. If he was infected or if anyone was infected (the Raccoon City incident) it could be a catastrophe. I now called the name I would die if I didn't hear the answer "Brian?" A small moan from the corner. I scrambled over as fast as I could, praying they weren't dead. I found the person I needed at that second: Anya. She knew everything about Umbrella and had been passing us information for months. She had just now come on the mission with the S.T.A.R.S. and I seriously needed her help right now. "Wake up, Wake up!" I said, but quietly. Who knew what was lurking in the shadows. "I'm awake. Where is everyone? What happened?" she asked. Then she snapped to attention. "Where is the virus? The parasites?" I looked at her and said "Vencor has them. He knocked me out and took them. I don't know where the others are." I was on the verge if tears. Anya got a real mean look on her face. The look that scared everyone to death. That was the look she got when her thoughts were simply: KILL, SLAUGHTER, DESTROY! "I knew it. And the others are gone? Are you sure?" I nodded, afraid I would cry. "I know where they are!" interjected a voice. It was the Black Queen the second version of the security system at the Hive. "They are in the most dangerous part of the institute. In the basement."
At this point you are probably wondering who I am and where I am. My name is Carrisa. The other members of my unit call me Carrie. I am on the Omega team for S.T.A.R.S. That stands for Special Task and Rescue Squad. I was in the Raccoon City unit until the Spencer Estate affair. My team was unaware of Bravo and Alpha's state at the time but the second it was over we were sent on a suicide mission because they knew they couldn't corrupt us. We were the finest of the squads and the board was reluctant to sacrifice us, but with Umbrella's persuasive efforts they knew it was all right. The real thing was giving up me. I was the finest biochemist they had and with Rebecca Chambers gone they needed me. They offered me a top-researching job in Umbrella's top facility (where we are now). I could have said yes and not suffered a lot of pain and humiliation but there was something that tied me to the Omega team. That thing was Brian. I couldn't take anything over him. I needed him. As Amber says, "You are flipped for him, no?" Brian had this scummy girlfriend who was (as everyone but him knew) was sleeping with everyone. I hated her. I dreamed of slipping the T-virus into her coke and conducting cruel experiments on her to see what would happen. Of course only someone from Umbrella would do that. So the day before the mission Anya teamed up with us so she could go with us. When I met her I liked her. She liked me too. We started talking about the virus and what we were expecting from the trip. "What is the Rival?" I asked her.
Then I woke up. I looked at my watch. 4:00am. Fuck. I'd been knocked out since Vencor had hit me with the butt of his .44 and... what had he taken? Something from me, something important. Of course. The sample of the tissue. If he got away with that it could be disastrous. The parasites were still in the sample but if he got it on his skin or on anyone else for that matter they would be dead in a matter of minutes. But the worst would come after that. What if I had been exposed? I called for the team. "Amber? Kevin?" No answer. Had they been with me when Vencor had taken the parasites and possibly my newest research on the T-Virus? The 100% cure for it? Even (I shudder to think) my newest improvement to the virus: the X45-virus. The virus could give them intelligence. If he was infected or if anyone was infected (the Raccoon City incident) it could be a catastrophe. I now called the name I would die if I didn't hear the answer "Brian?" A small moan from the corner. I scrambled over as fast as I could, praying they weren't dead. I found the person I needed at that second: Anya. She knew everything about Umbrella and had been passing us information for months. She had just now come on the mission with the S.T.A.R.S. and I seriously needed her help right now. "Wake up, Wake up!" I said, but quietly. Who knew what was lurking in the shadows. "I'm awake. Where is everyone? What happened?" she asked. Then she snapped to attention. "Where is the virus? The parasites?" I looked at her and said "Vencor has them. He knocked me out and took them. I don't know where the others are." I was on the verge if tears. Anya got a real mean look on her face. The look that scared everyone to death. That was the look she got when her thoughts were simply: KILL, SLAUGHTER, DESTROY! "I knew it. And the others are gone? Are you sure?" I nodded, afraid I would cry. "I know where they are!" interjected a voice. It was the Black Queen the second version of the security system at the Hive. "They are in the most dangerous part of the institute. In the basement."
At this point you are probably wondering who I am and where I am. My name is Carrisa. The other members of my unit call me Carrie. I am on the Omega team for S.T.A.R.S. That stands for Special Task and Rescue Squad. I was in the Raccoon City unit until the Spencer Estate affair. My team was unaware of Bravo and Alpha's state at the time but the second it was over we were sent on a suicide mission because they knew they couldn't corrupt us. We were the finest of the squads and the board was reluctant to sacrifice us, but with Umbrella's persuasive efforts they knew it was all right. The real thing was giving up me. I was the finest biochemist they had and with Rebecca Chambers gone they needed me. They offered me a top-researching job in Umbrella's top facility (where we are now). I could have said yes and not suffered a lot of pain and humiliation but there was something that tied me to the Omega team. That thing was Brian. I couldn't take anything over him. I needed him. As Amber says, "You are flipped for him, no?" Brian had this scummy girlfriend who was (as everyone but him knew) was sleeping with everyone. I hated her. I dreamed of slipping the T-virus into her coke and conducting cruel experiments on her to see what would happen. Of course only someone from Umbrella would do that. So the day before the mission Anya teamed up with us so she could go with us. When I met her I liked her. She liked me too. We started talking about the virus and what we were expecting from the trip. "What is the Rival?" I asked her.
