Chapter 5- Escape

The party ran down the hall, not knowing where to go. Lights were flashing on the side of the walls and time was running short. " The damage in the incubation room will tear out the wall completely. We have to find and escape pod." Claire look out! Leon pushed her to the ground and shot the guard with his pistol in the chest. "It seems they want us dead now," said Sherry. "Then we better get moving, Claire do you know where the escape pods are?" "Hmm, let me see if I hack into that wall computer I just might be able to see a layout of the station." Claire walked over to the computer and took out a kit from here bag. She took the computers wire and hooked them up to the kit. And soon a blue map popped up on the monitor. "OK let's see, we are here, and the escape pods are in sector 4." The layout of the station was simple, A round main hall with levels below and above. Leon, Claire, and Sherry were at the main hall, and sector 4 is at the utmost level. "Claire I think we should take the back stairs up, not the main elevator I don't think we want to get to much attention." "Very good Sherry, we'll do that." "And don't forget to have your weapons ready." added Leon.

The room was silent. Only ashes lay on the ground. The door leading to the room was sealed, since an explosion triggers the self-defense, or in this case a door sealing shut. The viruses were dying, too much heat in the room. But on the outside laid Josh. Barley breathing, he tried to remember what just happened, he wanted to remember.

Leon moved his head around the corner and saw 5 guards by the stairs. "Well how many Leon?" "5, and now I wonder what would happen if we did go to the elevator." "Ok Sherry hand me one of your flash grenades. "Wait Leon." "Yes?" "To operate it you have to hold down the black button and don't let go until you want to throw it, ok?" "Yea thanks Sherry." "Ok ready guys one, two," "Wait!" "What is it Sherry?" "The flash will blind them for only a couple of seconds so we have to move fast, and oh yes we should cover our eyes to just in case." "Yea good thinking Sherry." "Ok with any more interruptions, one, two, three!" Leon threw the grenade and it landed with a clank, Next to the guards. "What the?" A blinding flash of light lit the hallway. The guards covered their eyes, and even some fell the floor. "Now GO!" Claire and Sherry lifter their hands away form their faces and raced with Leon toward the door. Leon kicked open the door and locked it form the inside. " Ok 4 levels up, lets move." "By the way Sherry were did you get those grenades?" "I they were given to me a long time ago, by one of Leon's old friend." "Really?" questioned Claire.

The wall was becoming thin, so thin that a slight scratch would brake it. Josh still lied outside of that room. Lied in with knowing nothing. Until a flash went threw his mind, a single flash of light that opened his thoughts again. And know he knew what, he knew that he was changed. He tried to get up but he had no left hand. Now all what was there was a long scale like claw. His other hand was fine though, except different finger sizes. His face was disfigured one eye above the other and 2 times bigger. His legs were bigger and stronger. But he had hair. And most important of all he could think, he was a tyrant that could think. "I.. I can s-p-e-a-k. His throat was a little smaller so he had to get used to the speech impenitent. The only thing that went threw his head was revenge for the ones that did this to him. "Reveng-e" Just then the scientist walked into the room. "I'm sorry sir but umbrella has told me to eliminate you. They just want the virus samples." "Umbrella" the monster responded. The scientist pulled out a pistol and aimed it at Josh's head. "Good-bye sir." The scientist pulled the trigger and Josh moved back. Again the scientist shot, and again Josh moved back. "Die die" "I'm sorry sir." The scientist shot 5 more times, and on the 6th Josh flew back and hit the door. It fell down with a smack and the wall started to crack. It busted open showing nothing but the emptiness of space. But the force was to great for josh and he jammed his claw into the meal rod that was in the room. The scientist was in shock, holding his breath in confusion. The lights flickered, and a red plasma wall went up around the empty wall. The scientist stumbled to the floor. "My god the backup power is still working." The room was getting colder.

Leon, Claire, and Sherry walked quietly up the stairs. On the second floor two guards were standing outside the door. "Every one be quiet." whispered Leon. The stair hall was silent and the only thing they could hear was the guard talking. "Yea there were an explosion that happened on the main hall." "Man what happened." "Lucky backup power came on or else all the oxygen would of got sucked out of here." Then they stopped talking. "Yes sir!" "3 minutes until backup power drops, shit, we got to get out of here." The door slammed open and the guards ran upstairs. "Leon we have to move." "Ok."

Josh took his claw out of the rod, and looked around the room. Tubes were knocked over, glass was all over the room, and it kept getting colder. "My viru-s". In a rage he took his claw and broke the last jar. A piece of glass got stuck in his popped out vein. The Scientist got up. "The temperature controls must be offline. The coldness of space is getting threw the shield." "I better finish him off quickly" "Like I said arggggggg." The claw was sticking right threw him "Nooo" his voice trailed off "HAHAHA you little pest did you think that your little gun could hurt me? Laughable!" " You see my dead friend, my hybrid tyrant virus enables me to think, but with more hybrid t-virus makes me more in control than ever." "And I have you to thank for that if you had not broken that wall down the virus would have not survived in such warm weather. And when it got threw me cut it just added to my power. I'm faster, stronger, and my vocal commands are perfect." "But one side effect I'm a zombie/tyrant. And I'm hungry" Josh bent down and began biting at the dead scientist's neck. He ripped off the skin and licked his lips on the dark red blood. When he finished he looked over and saw that the camera system was still on. "Umbrella wants to terminate me? Ha, I'll show them."

At the 4th floor, the two guards were standing at the last escape pod. "Wait", one of them cried out. "Remember what the general said, we have to destroy the evidence." "That means, the whole ship?" the other one replied. "Right." The first guard walked over the wall computer. He began typing, "Ok 1 min the shield going to give so if I set the self-destructs to the time the back up power runs out everything well be ok." "There done." "Claire get your gun out and get ready." Leon and Claire got up and approached the guards. "I think that pod belongs to us." "Huh?" Leon and Claire stood up and started to shoot. They ducked behind a wall for cover. "We have to hurry Leon we can't let them escape." Leon nodded. Claire reached around the wall and shot on of the guards in the leg. He squealed with pain and fell down. "Now it's my turn." "Leon wait you have to be careful!" Leon ran out and shoot rounds at the guard. When he finally hit him the head Leon shoot 2 more shoots. "Leon!" It hit the computer in the escape pod. "No!" They all ran to the pod to see if it was still in tact. "Claire can it still go?" "Yeh but it has to be flown manual and we don't have communications, or radar." "We'll that will have to do everyone in." Sherry closed the door and Claire launched the pod. "O.k. I'll stir the pod by our headquarters' in Florida, but I don't know how close I can get to it." "Just try your best."

Josh was reading the computer in the main hall. "Hmm it seems that in 30 seconds this station is going to blow." "No matter." He walked into the incubation room. And saw the testing pod that sends the viruses to earth. "Excellent, this will be the right size." He crawled in and set the quadrants to its next target. Florida.

"In 10 seconds the shield is going to give, and then none will survive." "Leon I wondered what happen to Josh, I mean you did." A big explosion occurred form behind them. "Claire hang on!" The ship was spinning around trying to dodge the pieces of metal form the station. They looked back to see a big ball of fire behind them. Then it was over. "Good Flying Claire, now lets tell the general what just happened up there. "Yea" Sherry said. But little did they know Josh had his pod too, and he was right behind them.