Chapter 4
Arled walked up to the tube and tried to see through the darkness inside. "So what's in here? The boogeyman?" Paige chuckled, "I guess you could say that. Ok, can we get this thing online!?" Paige and Zach walked over to a monitor and checked some graphs. "No, we can't do it without the Boss or Barry!"
Meanwhile, Barry awoke from a strange dream. He dreamt that they were chasing him; all of them were trying to eat him. A strange silhouette of some kind of, deformed man, was standing behind all of them. When Barry opened his eyes he was in a cold sweat. He rolled over and stretched out his hand to hug his wife, who wasn't there. Barry's wife Alyssa left Barry, and took the kids. He missed her a lot. Barry was like this when he was alone, even if only alone for a day. He would start to pretend they were still here in the house.
"She must be already downstairs." He muttered to himself, still delirious. Barry doesn't usually notice she's gone until he takes a shower. He had emotional problems with these sorts of things, but it didn't affect his work at Umbrella. Barry forced himself out of the bed. Barry's side was a mess from his tossing and turning, but his wife's side was perfectly made. He walked over to his dresser, the draws were neat inside, and the clothes were folded nicely. Barry accidentally opened Alyssa's draw in the dresser and found it empty. Then it struck him that she was gone, the kids were gone, and he was all by himself.
Barry drooped down the side of his dresser until he came into a sitting position on the floor. He realized while he was looking around the room that all her stuff was gone, the room was tidy like she had never even been there. Barry started to cry. He sat there for a few minutes until he finally got up and walked downstairs, still sobbing. Barry did this every morning; he got himself upset and therefore didn't eat. He was a nervous wreck. His disorder was terrible to his mind and body.
He sat down at the kitchen chair, the three other chairs, placed there silently and humbly. He was about to try and eat, but saw the clock.
"2:00pm! I should... be at Umbrella."
As Barry pulled into the parking lot of Umbrella he saw the usual hate group rallying. The group consisted of many members, and it was bent on hatred of Umbrella. Yes, most is run by Umbrella corporations but some people still oppose it. A man named Albert Wesker ran the group. The police have been suspicious of his group for years now but he has never done anything to drastic. Another man named Brad Vickers was a little like Albert's sidekick. He ran some branch off's of the group.
Today Barry wasn't in such a good mood because he was extremely late for work and needed to operate the specimen today. The group created a human fence against the doorway, blocking Barry from entering. Wesker walked up to him, "Excuse me, do you know what kind of cheating company you're working for? Did you know that many times Umbrella lowered funding and took money from hospitals and clinics for there own uses!? I don't know if you understand what going on in that building or not? Are you just a zombie who sits at his desk not knowing of his surroundings?" The group members cheered in the background as Wesker spoke. This Albert guy was a real moron, Barry has been involved in some mishaps with his group, The UCMH (umbrella corporation must go), and didn't want to be involved with them again!
"Hey, I'm late for work and I would... appreciate it if you would please step aside." Barry asked. UCMG didn't move. "Buddy, you don't have to give in to them, you can fight! Join us!"
Barry was usually a nice guy who was polite and understanding, but sometimes he just snapped. "Just get the hell out of the way! Or I'll rip the life out right through your friggin' skull!" Barry was angry with the UCMG and with himself. He usually didn't let himself go crazy like that. Wesker moved out of the way to let Barry pass. "I'll let you go this time, but think it over. I know you want to quit, you want to fight against them, right!?" Barry didn't answer; he walked right through the door into Umbrella.
Paige, Zach, Arled, and Jill were still waiting for Barry to arrive. The Boss wouldn't come down and start it for them because he was busy, and they needed Barry anyway. "So, who is this Barry anyway? Another cadet for our adventure that I still know nothing about!?" Arled asked. Jill walked over and sat down in the corner next to some random computer.
"I know, I would be pissed off to. You get dragged to some place and you don't even know what it is, and you're told to go on a mission you know nothing about. Just wait, it will all be clear soon. Barry, he works with machines. He knows all about how these computers work, but he's an odd guy." Arled looked over at Jill, "Odd? What do you mean?" Jill, "He's not odd, but he's very quiet. When he gets mad he doesn't express it, but you can see the anger boiling up in his face. He had some problems with his wife of something and it seriously screwed him up, but you can't really tell when he's at work because he's so into it."
The door to the room opened and Barry came stumbling in. "I'm sorry I'm late. I'll turn on the mechanism." Barry walked over to a control pad with a metal plate covering it. He stuffed a key into the plate and opened it revealing a bunch of flashing buttons. "Should I just turn on the lights so they can see it?" Paige shrugged, "I guess so, and I think you should turn them on medium and not low though, you can hardly see it on low." Barry didn't even notice Jill or Arled. He was too fixed on the controls.
"Ok, I'm done." When Barry turned around he spotted Jill and Arled. "Hello Jill, and who is this? I haven't seen him around."
"My names Arled." Barry reached out his hand to shake it, but pulled back once he heard the name. "Arled... the criminal!?" Barry looked upset, "What was the Boss thinking putting a criminal into this mission!?" Before he got to outraged, a noise started to come from the cage. "Oh, the lights are coming on, look at the cage!" A light started to flicker and Arled thought he could see a sleeping man for a second. Then the light stopped flickering. A voice came from a monitor, "Lights on" The light came on dim at first and a silhouette of a man came into view. The man was only a shadow at first, but as the lights got brighter, the shadow moved. "It moved!" Paige said with a yelp. The light suddenly flicked on and became bright. The room shrieked for a second or two.
Something was pressing its face against the glass. Its eyes were wide opened. Its face resembled humans, but it was deep gray. A chunk from the left of its ripped lips was missing. Bone could be seen from where the skin was gone. No blood dripped from the wound, there was just a small red stain on the bone. The eyes were dry and rotten, they looked withered. Its hair was only half there, strands of it could be seen floating in the water which filled the cage. The thing had a tattered blue vest on, and destroyed orange pants. "The colors of its clothes... those are what the construction workers wear." Jill exclaimed. Jill and Arled have never seen the thing before, it was shocking to them. Even Arled, who was usually tough, couldn't move. Jill was the only one to utter a word between the two of them. Paige spoke, "Yes...," She too was a little fearful, "He was found on the side of the road lying on the ground. The boss found it. We ran some tests on it and found that it was... well... already dead.
Arled walked up to the tube and tried to see through the darkness inside. "So what's in here? The boogeyman?" Paige chuckled, "I guess you could say that. Ok, can we get this thing online!?" Paige and Zach walked over to a monitor and checked some graphs. "No, we can't do it without the Boss or Barry!"
Meanwhile, Barry awoke from a strange dream. He dreamt that they were chasing him; all of them were trying to eat him. A strange silhouette of some kind of, deformed man, was standing behind all of them. When Barry opened his eyes he was in a cold sweat. He rolled over and stretched out his hand to hug his wife, who wasn't there. Barry's wife Alyssa left Barry, and took the kids. He missed her a lot. Barry was like this when he was alone, even if only alone for a day. He would start to pretend they were still here in the house.
"She must be already downstairs." He muttered to himself, still delirious. Barry doesn't usually notice she's gone until he takes a shower. He had emotional problems with these sorts of things, but it didn't affect his work at Umbrella. Barry forced himself out of the bed. Barry's side was a mess from his tossing and turning, but his wife's side was perfectly made. He walked over to his dresser, the draws were neat inside, and the clothes were folded nicely. Barry accidentally opened Alyssa's draw in the dresser and found it empty. Then it struck him that she was gone, the kids were gone, and he was all by himself.
Barry drooped down the side of his dresser until he came into a sitting position on the floor. He realized while he was looking around the room that all her stuff was gone, the room was tidy like she had never even been there. Barry started to cry. He sat there for a few minutes until he finally got up and walked downstairs, still sobbing. Barry did this every morning; he got himself upset and therefore didn't eat. He was a nervous wreck. His disorder was terrible to his mind and body.
He sat down at the kitchen chair, the three other chairs, placed there silently and humbly. He was about to try and eat, but saw the clock.
"2:00pm! I should... be at Umbrella."
As Barry pulled into the parking lot of Umbrella he saw the usual hate group rallying. The group consisted of many members, and it was bent on hatred of Umbrella. Yes, most is run by Umbrella corporations but some people still oppose it. A man named Albert Wesker ran the group. The police have been suspicious of his group for years now but he has never done anything to drastic. Another man named Brad Vickers was a little like Albert's sidekick. He ran some branch off's of the group.
Today Barry wasn't in such a good mood because he was extremely late for work and needed to operate the specimen today. The group created a human fence against the doorway, blocking Barry from entering. Wesker walked up to him, "Excuse me, do you know what kind of cheating company you're working for? Did you know that many times Umbrella lowered funding and took money from hospitals and clinics for there own uses!? I don't know if you understand what going on in that building or not? Are you just a zombie who sits at his desk not knowing of his surroundings?" The group members cheered in the background as Wesker spoke. This Albert guy was a real moron, Barry has been involved in some mishaps with his group, The UCMH (umbrella corporation must go), and didn't want to be involved with them again!
"Hey, I'm late for work and I would... appreciate it if you would please step aside." Barry asked. UCMG didn't move. "Buddy, you don't have to give in to them, you can fight! Join us!"
Barry was usually a nice guy who was polite and understanding, but sometimes he just snapped. "Just get the hell out of the way! Or I'll rip the life out right through your friggin' skull!" Barry was angry with the UCMG and with himself. He usually didn't let himself go crazy like that. Wesker moved out of the way to let Barry pass. "I'll let you go this time, but think it over. I know you want to quit, you want to fight against them, right!?" Barry didn't answer; he walked right through the door into Umbrella.
Paige, Zach, Arled, and Jill were still waiting for Barry to arrive. The Boss wouldn't come down and start it for them because he was busy, and they needed Barry anyway. "So, who is this Barry anyway? Another cadet for our adventure that I still know nothing about!?" Arled asked. Jill walked over and sat down in the corner next to some random computer.
"I know, I would be pissed off to. You get dragged to some place and you don't even know what it is, and you're told to go on a mission you know nothing about. Just wait, it will all be clear soon. Barry, he works with machines. He knows all about how these computers work, but he's an odd guy." Arled looked over at Jill, "Odd? What do you mean?" Jill, "He's not odd, but he's very quiet. When he gets mad he doesn't express it, but you can see the anger boiling up in his face. He had some problems with his wife of something and it seriously screwed him up, but you can't really tell when he's at work because he's so into it."
The door to the room opened and Barry came stumbling in. "I'm sorry I'm late. I'll turn on the mechanism." Barry walked over to a control pad with a metal plate covering it. He stuffed a key into the plate and opened it revealing a bunch of flashing buttons. "Should I just turn on the lights so they can see it?" Paige shrugged, "I guess so, and I think you should turn them on medium and not low though, you can hardly see it on low." Barry didn't even notice Jill or Arled. He was too fixed on the controls.
"Ok, I'm done." When Barry turned around he spotted Jill and Arled. "Hello Jill, and who is this? I haven't seen him around."
"My names Arled." Barry reached out his hand to shake it, but pulled back once he heard the name. "Arled... the criminal!?" Barry looked upset, "What was the Boss thinking putting a criminal into this mission!?" Before he got to outraged, a noise started to come from the cage. "Oh, the lights are coming on, look at the cage!" A light started to flicker and Arled thought he could see a sleeping man for a second. Then the light stopped flickering. A voice came from a monitor, "Lights on" The light came on dim at first and a silhouette of a man came into view. The man was only a shadow at first, but as the lights got brighter, the shadow moved. "It moved!" Paige said with a yelp. The light suddenly flicked on and became bright. The room shrieked for a second or two.
Something was pressing its face against the glass. Its eyes were wide opened. Its face resembled humans, but it was deep gray. A chunk from the left of its ripped lips was missing. Bone could be seen from where the skin was gone. No blood dripped from the wound, there was just a small red stain on the bone. The eyes were dry and rotten, they looked withered. Its hair was only half there, strands of it could be seen floating in the water which filled the cage. The thing had a tattered blue vest on, and destroyed orange pants. "The colors of its clothes... those are what the construction workers wear." Jill exclaimed. Jill and Arled have never seen the thing before, it was shocking to them. Even Arled, who was usually tough, couldn't move. Jill was the only one to utter a word between the two of them. Paige spoke, "Yes...," She too was a little fearful, "He was found on the side of the road lying on the ground. The boss found it. We ran some tests on it and found that it was... well... already dead.
