Chapter XIV
Gregory's Final Stand
THWACK! Vela was pushed through the surrounding glass windows and fell out onto the platform below in a mangled heap of glass and blood. She moaned and then stumbled to her feet, holding onto the railing for balance. Gregory hated this woman, seemingly with more of a passion than he had love for Ada. He stumbled forward but was stopped as Ja threw himself at him, pushing him to the ground. "Leave her alone!" He screamed, pulling at his arm. Gregory looked at the struggling man, then connected his fist with his face and sent him plummeting in the other direction. Ada didn't know what was going on, but she knew that this all had to end fast because the countdown was continuing, and there was only a few minutes left until the building was ash. Gregory turned his attention the blonde girl that was tending to Ja, then stumbled drunkenly over to her. Ada and Heatherly trained their weapons on him, letting off two rounds into him. Not even flinching, he grabbed the girl by the hair and looked deviously into her eyes. "Innocence must die." he dragged her back out through the shattered glass, holding her up above his head. He was ready to throw her over when suddenly the girl whom he hated so much pushed him further than she ever had before.
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Vela looked at her brother with tear filled eyes, "Take me instead." she mumbled, drawing attention to herself. Ada and Heatherly and Ja stood injured inside the observation tower while Gregory stood with Hillary held over his head. Heatherly didn't know how this event would turn direction, but it needed to fast because there was less than five minutes to get out of the building.she had basically already decided it would be impossible to escape. "Fine." Gregory hissed, dropping the girl onto the cement floor, "You'll die in place of this bitch.I'll be able to kill the one I truly despise." Hillary rubbed her shoulder in pain as Gregory stepped over her, heading towards Vela. He looked into her eyes, and then reached out for her throat. "Think again asshole," she reached behind her and pulled out the electric weapon she had used against him before and pushed it right into his chest. TTTTZZZTTTT! A shock wave was sent through is body, and Heatherly shielded her eyes in pain. Hillary threw herself into Ja's arms, hoping for some sense of security. Ada stood in wide eyed fear as the sibling rivalry took an escalating turn for the worst.
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Gregory fell backwards, then turned up to look at his sister with red, anger filled eyes, "You little bitch, you think you can stop me?" he growled, "I am almighty.even if I don't survive this there will be no evidence that Umbrella had anything to do with it.the company will live on and my legacy will be engraved into stone." Vela spit at her brother, pushing him to the ground, "You made my life a living hell from the day I was brought into this world. Now its time you pay the piper." "One minute until detonation." She jammed the 'shock' weapon into him for one last final blow, and suddenly he grasped the weapon himself, turned it around to face her, ".no, sister, this time its you who will suffer again." He pulled the trigger, emitting a pulse into her body as she stumbled backwards, in a mortally wounded way. Gregory walked over to her, pulling at his blood stained suit, "I'm going to get rid of you once and for all." He grabbed her by the throat and tossed her over the edge, sending her flying to the busy streets below.
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"Thirty seconds until detonation." Heatherly couldn't believe her ears. This was what it was all boiling down to. She would die up here, alone with three other people who she had known for barely five minutes. She shuddered at the thought, and quickly summed up her options.which were none. The only choice she had was to. "We have to jump." she screamed to Ada and the other two, "We have to get off this building before it blows." She turned to them, scarred and eager to discover their fates. "But the fall will kill us." Ada said, trying to rationalize her idea. "Would you rather die by him?" Hillary pointed to Gregory as he watched his sister plummet to the ground. A faint smack was heard in the distance as she hit the ground, "I'd rather die honorably then to some psychotic freak like that." "Then it's decided." Heatherly said, "We'll go on three." "Ten seconds until detonation.nine.eight.seven." Heatherly began to count as Gregory turned to face them, "One." ".six." She couldn't believe this was how it was going to end. An Umbrella soldier never died like this, never fled a mission without completion. This was a definite failure and there was nothing she could do about it now. Her life was more important than her honor. "Two." she mumbled, getting ready for her jump. It was sure death, but it was better than being infected with the virus. "Now!"
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Ada raced forward, followed by the others. Together, they pressed towards a confused Gregory as the countdown continued blasting in their ears. The final second ticked away and Ada heard a rumbling beneath her feet as she passed up the obsessed man beside her. She grabbed for the railing and hurled herself over, watching Heatherly jump alongside her. The ground disappeared beneath her feet as she heard Gregory scream for her to come back.
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Hillary grabbed Ja's hand and jumped over the edge, falling feet first towards the ground. She could hear and feel the explosion behind her as floor by floor the Empire State Building disintegrated, sending massive chunks of debris and flames in all direction. The fire engulfed her as she plummeted towards earth, and that was when all consciousness dissipated.
*
The massive inferno that was the Empire State Building sucked Gregory away as Heatherly flew towards the busy New York City streets. She could see distantly as people watched in awe as the building was destroyed, running for their lives as the fire expanded into the roads. People were dying down there, but it couldn't be nearly as bad as it was for her.she couldn't even see straight as the fire blazed around her, dancing in waves that made her skin feel as if it would burn off.and it probably was. This was it, her last escape.her last escape from life. She was going to die.
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Gregory's Final Stand
THWACK! Vela was pushed through the surrounding glass windows and fell out onto the platform below in a mangled heap of glass and blood. She moaned and then stumbled to her feet, holding onto the railing for balance. Gregory hated this woman, seemingly with more of a passion than he had love for Ada. He stumbled forward but was stopped as Ja threw himself at him, pushing him to the ground. "Leave her alone!" He screamed, pulling at his arm. Gregory looked at the struggling man, then connected his fist with his face and sent him plummeting in the other direction. Ada didn't know what was going on, but she knew that this all had to end fast because the countdown was continuing, and there was only a few minutes left until the building was ash. Gregory turned his attention the blonde girl that was tending to Ja, then stumbled drunkenly over to her. Ada and Heatherly trained their weapons on him, letting off two rounds into him. Not even flinching, he grabbed the girl by the hair and looked deviously into her eyes. "Innocence must die." he dragged her back out through the shattered glass, holding her up above his head. He was ready to throw her over when suddenly the girl whom he hated so much pushed him further than she ever had before.
*
Vela looked at her brother with tear filled eyes, "Take me instead." she mumbled, drawing attention to herself. Ada and Heatherly and Ja stood injured inside the observation tower while Gregory stood with Hillary held over his head. Heatherly didn't know how this event would turn direction, but it needed to fast because there was less than five minutes to get out of the building.she had basically already decided it would be impossible to escape. "Fine." Gregory hissed, dropping the girl onto the cement floor, "You'll die in place of this bitch.I'll be able to kill the one I truly despise." Hillary rubbed her shoulder in pain as Gregory stepped over her, heading towards Vela. He looked into her eyes, and then reached out for her throat. "Think again asshole," she reached behind her and pulled out the electric weapon she had used against him before and pushed it right into his chest. TTTTZZZTTTT! A shock wave was sent through is body, and Heatherly shielded her eyes in pain. Hillary threw herself into Ja's arms, hoping for some sense of security. Ada stood in wide eyed fear as the sibling rivalry took an escalating turn for the worst.
*
Gregory fell backwards, then turned up to look at his sister with red, anger filled eyes, "You little bitch, you think you can stop me?" he growled, "I am almighty.even if I don't survive this there will be no evidence that Umbrella had anything to do with it.the company will live on and my legacy will be engraved into stone." Vela spit at her brother, pushing him to the ground, "You made my life a living hell from the day I was brought into this world. Now its time you pay the piper." "One minute until detonation." She jammed the 'shock' weapon into him for one last final blow, and suddenly he grasped the weapon himself, turned it around to face her, ".no, sister, this time its you who will suffer again." He pulled the trigger, emitting a pulse into her body as she stumbled backwards, in a mortally wounded way. Gregory walked over to her, pulling at his blood stained suit, "I'm going to get rid of you once and for all." He grabbed her by the throat and tossed her over the edge, sending her flying to the busy streets below.
*
"Thirty seconds until detonation." Heatherly couldn't believe her ears. This was what it was all boiling down to. She would die up here, alone with three other people who she had known for barely five minutes. She shuddered at the thought, and quickly summed up her options.which were none. The only choice she had was to. "We have to jump." she screamed to Ada and the other two, "We have to get off this building before it blows." She turned to them, scarred and eager to discover their fates. "But the fall will kill us." Ada said, trying to rationalize her idea. "Would you rather die by him?" Hillary pointed to Gregory as he watched his sister plummet to the ground. A faint smack was heard in the distance as she hit the ground, "I'd rather die honorably then to some psychotic freak like that." "Then it's decided." Heatherly said, "We'll go on three." "Ten seconds until detonation.nine.eight.seven." Heatherly began to count as Gregory turned to face them, "One." ".six." She couldn't believe this was how it was going to end. An Umbrella soldier never died like this, never fled a mission without completion. This was a definite failure and there was nothing she could do about it now. Her life was more important than her honor. "Two." she mumbled, getting ready for her jump. It was sure death, but it was better than being infected with the virus. "Now!"
*
Ada raced forward, followed by the others. Together, they pressed towards a confused Gregory as the countdown continued blasting in their ears. The final second ticked away and Ada heard a rumbling beneath her feet as she passed up the obsessed man beside her. She grabbed for the railing and hurled herself over, watching Heatherly jump alongside her. The ground disappeared beneath her feet as she heard Gregory scream for her to come back.
*
Hillary grabbed Ja's hand and jumped over the edge, falling feet first towards the ground. She could hear and feel the explosion behind her as floor by floor the Empire State Building disintegrated, sending massive chunks of debris and flames in all direction. The fire engulfed her as she plummeted towards earth, and that was when all consciousness dissipated.
*
The massive inferno that was the Empire State Building sucked Gregory away as Heatherly flew towards the busy New York City streets. She could see distantly as people watched in awe as the building was destroyed, running for their lives as the fire expanded into the roads. People were dying down there, but it couldn't be nearly as bad as it was for her.she couldn't even see straight as the fire blazed around her, dancing in waves that made her skin feel as if it would burn off.and it probably was. This was it, her last escape.her last escape from life. She was going to die.
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