When Julie Myers heard the woman's scream she jumped. Julie scrambled out
of her hole on her hands and knees taking her only belongings with her.
There was someone else out there, alive. Another survivor. As she got to
her feet she looked down in the puddle on the ground. Her light brown hair
sparkled in the sunlight but her eyes were dark with fear and hatred.
Julie turned away from the puddle and ran out of the alley, looking for the other survivor. "Help!" she cried out, hoping someone, anyone would hear her. "Please help me!"
***
The call of a little girl echoed down the streets. Brian looked towards the noise. A little girl, maybe eight or nine years old stood in the distance. Brian smiled. Someone else was lurking behind her, maybe her mother.
Brian started running towards the girl when he realized it wasn't the girls mother. It was another monster. "Little girl! Look out behind you!" he shouted.
The girl spun around and screamed as the monster launched toward her. Brian ran faster, his feet smacking the cold pavement. He saw the girl dodge the monster and run between its legs. When Brian was in range he told the girl to get out of the way and he shot down the zombie. It moaned and fell to the ground, a puddle of blood surrounding its mangled body.
"Are you all right?" Brian asked the girl softly.
"Yeah, now I am. Thanks. Who was the lady screaming?"
"I think that was Samantha, my friend. She ran--"
"I'm here." Brian heard a familiar voice.
He turned around and Samantha stood there, with a dazed look on her face. She was tired. He walked over to her to check for any wounds. "Did you get shot?" he asked, concerned.
"No, I'm fine."
"But whose blood--"
"Who's this?" Samantha asked, walking towards the girl.
"I'm Julie. I'm alone," her voice lowered to a whisper and she looked at her feet.
"Are your parents...," Brian hesitated.
"Yeah. They're dead. We were trying to leave town when some men shot out the tires and we swerved off the road. Mommy and Daddy died but I got out okay. The men didn't see me leave."
"Umbrella. Those bastards. Rescue team my ass."
"What?"
"I bet it's all a trick. They're gonna lure any survivors to the highschool and then they're gonna line them up and mow them all down. Why else do you think they shot everyone in the apartment building?"
Brian looked to the ground, there was no hope. He looked up and saw tears forming around Julie's eyes. He walked closer and picked her up. "It'll be all right. Samantha and I won't let anything happen to you."
Julie looked over to Samantha and she nodded. She was just glad she was with some nice people again. Julie wiped her tears and Brian let her down. "Who's umbrella?"
"They're a company that works in health care. But they also expirement with viruses and stuff that they keep on the inside. You know how everyone seems to be going crazy?"
Julie nodded, "Yeah?"
"Well, one of Umbrella's viruses leaked out and it got into the city. Everyone got sick and started dying and here we are now."
Brian was staring at Samantha, amazed of what he was hearing. "How did you-- "
"I worked for Umbrella. I heard some of the things they were making so I decided to leave. So I came to Raccoon City and maybe sort some things out. But then the virus took over."
Samantha looked to the ground nervously. She wasn't telling the complete truth. She couldn't, not now. She felt like lying down and crying, hoping everything would be okay. But that wasn't the way things were. She needed that vaccine. Suddenly her stomach growled and Samantha threw up. "Brian... ."
She threw up again and then fell backwards to the ground, unconscious. Brian and Julie kneeled down beside her, looking at each other. "Is she okay? I mean, will she be okay?"
He looked into to her eyes, "I don't know. I don't know anything anymore, Julie."
"It's okay. The three of us can make it out of Raccoon alive."
Brian sighed. The girl was so mature yet so young and ignorant at the same time. He was afraid her life may never be the same, even if she did make it out of the city alive. And if they did, who would take care of her? So many questions were left unanswered.
"Lets find some shelter at the hospital for the night, okay?" he said weakly, the virus was kicking in. It was harder to breathe and his eye sight was cloudy. It was only morning, he still had til nighttime to find a vaccine.
Julie walked away but Brian was too weak to protest. She came back a few minutes later with a grocery store carriage. "We can put her in here. It's big enough."
Brian nodded and got up. Their destination; the hospital.
Julie turned away from the puddle and ran out of the alley, looking for the other survivor. "Help!" she cried out, hoping someone, anyone would hear her. "Please help me!"
***
The call of a little girl echoed down the streets. Brian looked towards the noise. A little girl, maybe eight or nine years old stood in the distance. Brian smiled. Someone else was lurking behind her, maybe her mother.
Brian started running towards the girl when he realized it wasn't the girls mother. It was another monster. "Little girl! Look out behind you!" he shouted.
The girl spun around and screamed as the monster launched toward her. Brian ran faster, his feet smacking the cold pavement. He saw the girl dodge the monster and run between its legs. When Brian was in range he told the girl to get out of the way and he shot down the zombie. It moaned and fell to the ground, a puddle of blood surrounding its mangled body.
"Are you all right?" Brian asked the girl softly.
"Yeah, now I am. Thanks. Who was the lady screaming?"
"I think that was Samantha, my friend. She ran--"
"I'm here." Brian heard a familiar voice.
He turned around and Samantha stood there, with a dazed look on her face. She was tired. He walked over to her to check for any wounds. "Did you get shot?" he asked, concerned.
"No, I'm fine."
"But whose blood--"
"Who's this?" Samantha asked, walking towards the girl.
"I'm Julie. I'm alone," her voice lowered to a whisper and she looked at her feet.
"Are your parents...," Brian hesitated.
"Yeah. They're dead. We were trying to leave town when some men shot out the tires and we swerved off the road. Mommy and Daddy died but I got out okay. The men didn't see me leave."
"Umbrella. Those bastards. Rescue team my ass."
"What?"
"I bet it's all a trick. They're gonna lure any survivors to the highschool and then they're gonna line them up and mow them all down. Why else do you think they shot everyone in the apartment building?"
Brian looked to the ground, there was no hope. He looked up and saw tears forming around Julie's eyes. He walked closer and picked her up. "It'll be all right. Samantha and I won't let anything happen to you."
Julie looked over to Samantha and she nodded. She was just glad she was with some nice people again. Julie wiped her tears and Brian let her down. "Who's umbrella?"
"They're a company that works in health care. But they also expirement with viruses and stuff that they keep on the inside. You know how everyone seems to be going crazy?"
Julie nodded, "Yeah?"
"Well, one of Umbrella's viruses leaked out and it got into the city. Everyone got sick and started dying and here we are now."
Brian was staring at Samantha, amazed of what he was hearing. "How did you-- "
"I worked for Umbrella. I heard some of the things they were making so I decided to leave. So I came to Raccoon City and maybe sort some things out. But then the virus took over."
Samantha looked to the ground nervously. She wasn't telling the complete truth. She couldn't, not now. She felt like lying down and crying, hoping everything would be okay. But that wasn't the way things were. She needed that vaccine. Suddenly her stomach growled and Samantha threw up. "Brian... ."
She threw up again and then fell backwards to the ground, unconscious. Brian and Julie kneeled down beside her, looking at each other. "Is she okay? I mean, will she be okay?"
He looked into to her eyes, "I don't know. I don't know anything anymore, Julie."
"It's okay. The three of us can make it out of Raccoon alive."
Brian sighed. The girl was so mature yet so young and ignorant at the same time. He was afraid her life may never be the same, even if she did make it out of the city alive. And if they did, who would take care of her? So many questions were left unanswered.
"Lets find some shelter at the hospital for the night, okay?" he said weakly, the virus was kicking in. It was harder to breathe and his eye sight was cloudy. It was only morning, he still had til nighttime to find a vaccine.
Julie walked away but Brian was too weak to protest. She came back a few minutes later with a grocery store carriage. "We can put her in here. It's big enough."
Brian nodded and got up. Their destination; the hospital.