Chris stepped carefully and quietly through the woods, taking great care not to make too much noise. He could hear the sounds of someone...or something moving through the woods nearby. Trying not to let panic overtake him, he continued on, keeping a sharp eye out for anything suspicious...
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Claire and Leon rode on the back of the truck, keeping a close eye out for any monsters on their trail. Claire had temporarily traded her Uzi's for a shotgun and was eyeing the landscape, searching for any sign of her brother, Chris. Jill strained to see through the steadily thickening fog. She knew the manor wasn't too far off, but if this fog didn't clear up soon...
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Billy opened his eyes and groaned. He was outside of the small car, lying on his back. "What in the...?" he looked over to see David peering at him from behind a pair of crooked, but intact shades. "That was a close one..." he said. Sitting up, Billy felt a slight buzz in his head. He must have hit it pretty hard on that window when they had hit the tree...right before Rebecca swerved to miss whatever it was in the road...Rebecca! Where was she anyway? Looking around, Billy spotted his gun on the ground nearby and quickly scooped it up as he stood to his feet. "Where's Rebecca?" he said looking around, "Dunno...I just woke up myself not too long ago...pulled ya outta the car..." said David shrugging. Billy glanced over at the car and paled. He could clearly see the broken windshield from where she had gone through it. "Shit...she went through the windshield?! I thought she was wearing her seatbelt?!" "So did I..." Not replying, Billy hurried to search the area near the tree. "Wait! Isn't that Rebecca over there?" said David pointing. Billy quickly turned to see the form of a young woman with short red hair limping off toward the manor, her form slowly dissolving into the fog. "What? Where's she going?" exclaimed Billy turning and running after her. "Hey, wait for me!" said David chasing after him...
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Rebecca stirred and opened her eyes. An eerie teal light filled her hazy vision. Before she could register what the light could be, it was gone without a trace. Blinking rapidly, she rolled over on her side and slowly pushed herself up into a standing position. Her left arm screamed in a painful protest and she grabbed it, gasping in shock as she gathered her bearings. Suddenly, she sensed eyes on her, and she looked over to see the small girl looking at her with frightened ice blue eyes...her eyes....there was something familiar about them...and her hair was long and red, like Rebecca's and was tied into two ponytails. She was dressed in a yellow summer dress with flowers all over it. She stood clutching a worn stuffed rabbit, watching Rebecca with a mixture of fear and curiosity. Rebecca turned to the girl, surprised. "So it was you...are you ok? I didn't hurt you did I?" said Rebecca in a soft tone, ignoring the pain that raged in her arm. The little girl didn't reply, she only stood there watching her warily. "Well? Are you going to speak to me?"
Lifting a hand, the girl pointed to Rebecca's arm. "It's broken. Why don't you fix it?" she said in a small voice. Confused, Rebecca regarded the girl with a look of complete and total confusion. "Fix it? You can't just fix things like this..." she froze in mid-sentence as she heard the unmistakable sound of Billy's voice. Eager to see them, she followed the sound of his voice. Hurrying toward the car, she ran out of the brush just in time to see Billy and David disappear into the mist leading to the manor. Preparing to call their names, Rebecca was caught off guard as a large ape like creature jumped from the trees and knocked her to the ground. Attempting to gather her wits, Rebecca found herself staring into the thing's blood red eyes... Before it could inflict more damage, something flew through the air and blasted the thing off its feet, causing it to turn tail and run...
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Claire blasted a large wasp-like monster with her shotgun and quickly reloaded. They had reached the mansion, but the gate was firmly locked...and there was no way to get in without the key. Looking over at Leon, Jill grimaced. Things weren't looking good. Claire glanced at the gate, then back at the truck, then smiled. Running over to the vehicle, she jumped in the driver's seat and started the engine since the keys were still in the ignition. "What are you doing?" exclaimed Jill. "Making us an entrance..." with those words, Claire put the truck in reverse and flew back a few feet, screeched to a halt, and switched it into gear and floored the accelerator, heading straight for the gate...
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Chris had been following Rebecca through the forest at top speed ever since he had seen her limping at an alarmingly fast rate toward the manor. What was she doing here? And why was she heading to the manor alone? He'd just have to wait and see...
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Rebecca looked over at the little girl in awe. Lowering her still smoking hand, the girl walked over to Rebecca, and placing a hand on her wrist, smiled at her sweetly. "What....how did you just do that?" exclaimed Rebecca. "Just now you...you just shot fire from your hand!"
The small child nodded. "Of course...isn't that what we're supposed to do? You're the same as me, aren't you? I could tell when you fell out of that car...your cells kept you from dying..." Rebecca stared at the girl in disbelief. "What are you talking about? My cells? What?"
Suddenly the teal light surrounded the two of them. "Listen...our bodies... are resonating..." said the girl. Rebecca suddenly felt her whole body tingling and her cuts and bruises from the fall began to disappear. Alarmed, she jerked her hand away from the girl and backed away. "Wh-What just happened?" she said panicking. The little girl didn't respond as she turned and stared at the darkness of the forest. "They're coming...they'll kill us if we stay here much longer. We have to go back..." said the little girl turning and heading toward the manor. Rebecca hesitated, rotating her now completely healed arm in disbelief. Puzzled, but curious, she quickly looked up and followed after the girl, all apprehension lost to sheer curiosity...
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Billy and David hadn't been running long when Billy spotted a running figure out of the corner of his eye. Slowing, he put a hand up for David to stop and quickly raised his gun, ready to shoot. Carefully moving over to the tree he had seen the figure disappear behind, he stood leaning against it before quickly jumping out from behind it and aiming his gun...just in time to see a tall guy with short brown hair aim a shotgun at him.
"Who the Hell are you?" snapped Billy, not lowering his gun. "I think I should ask you the same thing, pal." Snapped Chris. Before they could continue the conversation any longer, David spoke from behind Billy. "Hey, we don't have time for this, Rebecca's getting farther away!" "Rebecca? How do you two know...hey, wait a minute... aren't you that manager of hers? The assistant one? What are you doing out here and why is Rebecca here and who is this guy?"
"'This guy' is Billy Coen...and may I ask how do you know Rebecca?" Billy shot back. "Chris Redfield. Former STARS member...Billy Coen...that names sounds familiar...aren't you that ex-con that helped Rebecca out in the first incident?" said Chris. "Yea..." said Billy lowering his gun as Chris lowered his. "Yea...well just because you helped her just so you could survive too doesn't mean much in my book. Stay away from her." Snapped Chris turning and heading off, leaving a very angry Billy and a confused David behind...
"Well that went well..." commented David. Billy shot him a cold glare before turning and heading in the direction Chris had disappeared.
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Claire grinned in triumph at the new hole in the manor's security fence. Shaking her head, Jill regarded the girl with a look of amusement. Claire...sometimes you amaze me..." Suddenly, the sound of rustling in the brush filled the air, and they all quickly spun toward the woods, weapons raised.
Chris emerged from the woods to see Leon, Jill, Claire, and Carlos all glaring at him, their guns raised. "Whoa...hey...it's just me." Said Chris stopping in his tracks. Letting out a sigh of relief, Jill lowered her gun as Claire rushed forward into Chris's arms. "Chris...thank God you're ok..." she said hugging him close. "Uh-oh...here it comes..." he thought to himself as he watched her facial features change from a look of sheer relief to extreme anger. "NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" she shrieked. Chris held up his hands in mock defense. "Hey, calm down, I was only looking out for..." "Yea, my safety, whatever! You know this isn't just about you and Wesker so why don't you just face the fact that we're all in this together?" Defeated, Chris nodded and went to say something but paused as he spotted the hole in the gate...and beyond it there was a figure barely visible through the heavy fog. It was Rebecca! "Rebecca!" he exclaimed as he hurriedly made his way through the hole in the gate.
"Chris, where are you going? You can't just barge into there! Wesker's probably set a trap for all of us!" said Claire running after him and grabbing his shoulder. "Yea...but look...it's Rebecca!" he said pointing. They all followed his gaze to the petite figure disappearing into thick fog surrounding the entrance of the manor. "Was that really her?" said Jill.
"That's what I aim to find out...come on." Said Chris leading the others toward the mansion.
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Rebecca followed the girl through the thick fog, throwing quick glances over her shoulder here and there. Where was she taking her? Stopping in front of a small rusty trapdoor, the little girl pointed at the handle of the door, then slowly raised her hand. As her hand moved, the door handle rattled as the door slowly rose, open, revealing a set of marble steps. Still clutching the small stuffed animal, the girl motioned for Rebecca to follow as she descended into the darkness that lay before her. Hesitating and looking around Rebecca blinked. That girl had just opened a door without laying a finger on it! What was going on here? Desiring answers, Rebecca followed after the girl, pulling the door shut behind her...
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Billy stood staring at the large hole in the fence. Looking from the hole, he glanced over at David, who was rummaging through the back of the large truck. "What are you doing?" said Billy, a hint of irritation evident in his voice. "Lookin' for some items we could poss'bly use...I mean, the idiot who did that to that fence is obviously not gonna live to claim these things...so why let em' go to waste?...YES!" exclaimed David producing a rifle and a shotgun. "Jus' what I was lookin' for!" he exclaimed. "Here, exchange that dinky little thing for this rifle." Said David grinning. "Gimme the shotgun. You're not worth wasting a shotgun on." David turned red. "No way man! I can shoot a gun jus' as well as you can!" he exclaimed. Clearly irritated, Billy walked over to the guy and stood, towering over him, an unreadable expression on his face. "I wasn't asking you to...I was telling you to give it to me...now."
David took in Billy's large frame...his large muscles, his menacing stare...the huge tattoo running down his arm...without thinking twice he handed Billy the shotgun and backed off. "Here, take it...sheesh..." he said. Turning and heading toward the mansion, Billy loaded the gun and took off running, not bothering to wait for David, he'd catch up if he wanted to survive. "Rebecca...where did you go...?" he murmured to himself.
HAHA! I updated! ^.^ Told ya I wouldn't keep you hanging too long…although it took longer than I thought for me to get around to updating…sorry about that…but I promise not to do anymore cliffhangers like that unless I update the very next day…well, I'm off to bed!!