Perfect Fear

Ian felt his shoulder being ripped into. The claw moved deeper and was moving right across to his chest. The pain felt as though a knife was lodged into the socket of the shoulder and is being slowly dragged along to the center of the chest, with blood gushing everywhere. The claw stopped near Ian's heart. X-17's eye like marks were glowing red, indicating that it sees Ian for certain.

X-17 removed its claw from Ian's chest and raised the claw into the air for another strike. Ian glanced and saw that the creature was ready for another strike, this one being fatal. Ian tried to scream for help, but nothing came out of him, he was having his asthma attack. He felt his lungs close up, as though he were trapped and could not escape. His vision was fading away into darkness. Ian knew he was going to die.

Jill heard the crash upstairs and began running to the source. She drew her flashlight and saw the X-17 standing over Ian. Ian was in a pool of blood and wasn't moving. The creature raised its claw to strike again. Jill didn't hesitate; she began firing at the X-17. Each bullet made its hit on the target. Chris came running up the stairs and saw the creature and began firing as well. Everyone heard the gunfire and ran to where Chris and Jill were. All five of the S.T.A.R.S members were opening fire onto the monster.

Flesh was being blown off by the impact of the bullets. X-17 shrieked in pain and howled. Blood was flowing everywhere. X-17 fell to the floor. Dead. They all kept firing at the monster so it would stay down. Everyone reloaded and checked on Ian. "Is he?" Chris asked. Jill took Ian's pulse by the throat, "He's alive." Jill said. She noticed that he wasn't breathing. "Oh god."

"What?"

"He's having an attack! We have got to get his medicine! Someone, help me! Please!" Jill tried to pick up Ian. Chris and Leon helped carry him. "Where's his medicine?" "At his house, it's right across the street, hurry!" Everyone ran like the wind over to Ian's house. Jill tried to open the door. It was locked. "Shit! It's locked! Quick, give me his keys!" Chris was about to get Ian's keys. "No time for that, Chris!" Barry yelled as he kicked the door open. They ran inside, Chris and Leon laid Ian on the couch.

Jill was searching everywhere for the medicine. "Hurry, Jill!" Chris yelled. Jill found the case in the cabinet and ran back to the living room. Jill had the syringe ready and stuck it into Ian's other shoulder. It was done, and everyone sat down and waited. Jill began to remember what Ian told her about a few days ago, about fear. Fear was, according to Ian, an illusion or dream that held the darkest specters within the mind. Fear could be leading towards a destiny that you never knew you had. "When you were at the Spencer Estate, Jill, did you see these monsters before? Did you see that you took down Umbrella?"

"I had nightmares about it. But it didn't lead me to my destiny. I already knew what I was going to do."

"You sure about that?" Ian said. "I think you did." Jill stared at Ian with confusion and asked him. "What are you afraid of, Ian?"

"Dying." Ian said as he read his book. Ian said he saw his own death within his fear/illusion and it could have been a possible destiny. The one true fear that everyone is terrified about, death. Ian considered death a 'Perfect Fear'. Jill hoped and prayed that this was not his leading death.