Chapter I
Seven Down
Ada could nearly taste the gunfire whip past her face as the dog exploded on the back of her head, the bullets reigning down all around her, smacking the wet mud in which she laid face first. The dogs had come out of no where, all of them in massive packs.there had to have been at least thirty of them and for her small team of ten men she was completely outnumbered.
Well just thank god that Hillary is safe.safe at home without anything to worry about.
The warm, hard touch of a hand on her shoulder lifted Ada's spirits as she was pulled to her feet, pulled to face the man that had just saved her life.he was one of the new anti Umbrella recruits, one of the better ones, she had thought. His name was Bryant, and he was one of the best built on her team let alone his sharp shooting abilities. He and Trina were the only ones that were definitely alive, as she had seen the other seven torn apart before her very eyes. Trina was twenty feet ahead, panting as she severed the distance between them.
"Ada." she hissed, trying to keep her cool but her obvious fear surfacing, ".this wasn't supposed to turn out like this, damnit the whole team is laying around in pieces." she was shivering, and so was Ada. It was pouring down rain in the jungle like setting that they were enclosed in, the smell of rotting flesh and coagulating blood fresh in the air. It made her stomach churn, but by now, she was used to it. This entire mission was supposed to be free and clear after the first checkpoint, but as soon as they infiltrated the complex, it all went sour.
But that is all behind you now, she corrected herself, right now you have to worry about maintaining your ability to function in this hell hole, and you have to make sure you can keep Trina and Bryant alive as long as possible.its your priority and you have to keep them in perspective.
Bryant still had his hand on her shoulder, his muscular arms glistening in the moonlit field. Ada looked at him with adoring eyes for a brief second, but then went back to being the leader that she was supposed to be, "So the headsets are down, we're down to three men." she looked around, "there aren't any obvious signs of danger, but these animals do attack in packs and they do tend to wait for their pray to be vulnerable."
".we don't have the evidence that we came for, and our ammunition is down to near zero if I am correct. Nevertheless, we all do have our knives and the Sigro handgun's that we were issued back in Portland, and a few clips. We need to take shelter somewhere fast, before these animals find us."
"Hegh." Bryant let out a quick chuckle before returning his gaze to Ada's tight features. She looked at him confusingly, not sure of what he could find amusing in a situation as poor as theirs.
"What is it?" Ada snapped, frustrated that after her hard work he was laughing.
He looked at her again, but this time with cold, hard eyes and a fixated gaze, "Seven of our people are dead Ms Wong.and its not a secret that these animals have found us, and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.we're screwed, there is nothing else we can do."
Trina looked dazed and tired, as she should be. It was seven hours ago that they were dropped off in the Umbrella complex out on the oilrig not far from the Portland coast.
Kenny tripped the alarm as they were leaving, and from that second on it was pure hell. In what seemed like ten seconds swarms of security guards and helicopters enclosed the area and the only option that they had was to get the hell out.
.and I had seen all the videos, the security cameras.how could I have been so stupid? Ada cursed herself for letting a rookie for first, a rookie to head the team into a dangerous situation. It was not like her, to let her guard down or to let her military training go to waste. This was not the end, and she knew it. If there was anything, she had learned from surviving Capitol City and New York, it was how to get the hell away from Umbrella's goons.
Bullets began to fire and Ada was scarred, scarred shitless for that matter. Her skin was sticking to the latex bodysuit that she wore snugly over her entire body, with the leather bikini type cover up that held her weapons and supplies and ammunition. And as she started for the window, all she could think about was the small piece of milky white paper with the bold black letters printed on it that she had received hours before she left, with no return address or anything.it had scarred her, because she didn't know what it meant.
You won't know it until you have it, and you won't have it until you know it
What had it meant? You won't know until you have it, and you won't have it until you know it.what did it mean? Could she apply it to her situation now? Would it play into the plot that would unfold before her eyes as this conspiracy continued to aspire?
Her body hurt all over as she crashed through the heavy glass window, but with the brute force of ten built men and women it did not seem nearly as bad as it should have been. And then she was falling, face first and then flipping over backwards onto her feet again.and then she was in water, some cold as hell water as a matter of fact and it was absolutely painful.she swum as fast as she could, taking the flashlight off her back and shining it towards shore.
Trina came out of the water right next to her, and one by one the group was regrouped.everyone except for Kenny.he was the youngest of the group, one of the newest kids. She remembered recruiting him too, about 19 at the time but he was 20 now.yesterday was his birthday.
Then the massive, billowing shimmer of something in the water arose and the faint sound of Kenny's young scream echoed throughout the cool night air. Ada and Trina took a step back with Bryant and the rest of the group to their left. The creature threw itself up into the air, half of its massive body still in the dark murky water. Then there was a loud thump as if something hitting the ground hard, right in front of them.
Kathy was the first to notice it.her blonde hair blew in the wind as she inched closer to the mangled piece of something in the sand before her.she let out a faint moan and then whimpered, "its Kenny." and suddenly the creature had her in its grasp, sucking her back into the water as if she was nothing.
Ada made a break for it, heading into the woods and hoping for a bit of hope and she blindly stumbled through a labyrinth of never-ending trees and shrubs. She ran as fast as she could, and that was when finally she came to a clearing in the forestry. The seven remaining team members regrouped, and Ada finally understood what she had gotten herself into.
Sharon let out a brief cry, followed by James's crying plea for help. Ada spun, seeing them collapse to the ground and fall under the high grass. Trina and Bryant backed up into her, keeping a safe distance however. Joey, Kate and Parker stood out in the clearing, using the moonlight as a guide.
After a moment of silence, Joey's high-pitched voice sounded, "Where'd they go?"
Suddenly, the dogs showed themselves, coming out in massive packs. There were twenty or thirty of them, and Ada instantly broke off into a run. Each of the ten recruits, including herself, had undergone some run in with Umbrella and its forcers, so they were all somewhat prepared for the worst. Nevertheless, the team was down to six now, and as they pressed forward Ada knew that number was declining. Trina and Bryant stayed ahead of her, staying in plain sight. However, the other three were behind her, invisible to her eyes.they were probably.
"Aargh!" it was Joey, and then "Oh no! Hugh." Kate hissed as she was brought down, followed by Parker screaming out his dead wife's name as he was torn to shreds. Ada kept running, knowing that if sequence continued she would be next to die.
Then the weight of the dog was on her, pushing her down and forcing her to the ground. She felt the dog on her neck, clawing at her with wet paws and muzzled breath.and the dog exploded onto her neck, sending down raining chaos onto her-
She felt Bryant's strong hands on her once again, this time he was holding her though.what had happened? Ada gasped, realizing that she had literally forgotten to breathe.she had been remembering the incident in its entirety, and she had totally relived it through each of her teammates eyes.she had seen them all die.
"Ada c'mon, we need to get moving." He held her up, keeping her steady. She let out a small yawn and then released herself from his grasp. She stammered forward, fumbling to regain light in her flashlight; the batteries were dying, and she was the only one still with a light. Trina and Bryant had both lost their lights in the attack, so she was once again assuming the leadership role.
She could not help but shake the feeling that this was only the beginning of another ordeal. With Hillary safe at home, and Heatherly and Craig both dead, she was once again alone to face the trials and tribulations that Umbrella had to offer. Tears began to stream down her face, and she quickly wiped them away cautious not to show that she was as emotional as ever. Trina and Bryant followed closely behind; the only sound in the area was that of rustling trees and her own raspy breath. The feeling of being watched was all too familiar by now, but she had other things to worry about.like staying alive.
*
Délia was getting to be disgruntled as Ada and her two other compatriots pushed forward through the forestry that surrounded the small island of Asesinato.the oilrig was only twenty or thirty meters from the island, which was about forty five miles out to sea. Asesinato was a private, Umbrella run island used for research and data logging. Two years ago, just after the New York disaster, the building was shut down due to extreme financial loss.but that did not stop Délia from keeping the specimens there for monitoring.
There were a few R3's in there somewhere, and the 121's were hidden deep below the surface level, but if the time was needed, they could be persuaded into the upper levels with a little bait. The actual complex was hidden away by three square miles of forest, tucked neatly underground and accessed only by a hidden elevator, located inside a-
"They've found the cavern." Délia hissed, typing into the keyboard so that she could have access to the caves surveillance cameras, ".this could be going all too well," she realized, noting her last encounter with Ada had proved 'fatal'. "This time it wont be so easy for precious little Ada to escape, this time it will be her death."
And with that, Délia watched as the caves entrance was sealed off with a soundproof steel shudder, enclosing her enemies into the darkness that only the mind of a Spencer could create.
*
Trina let out a gasp as the light in the cave was quickly eliminated, and she realized instantly that she was entirely alone. She could hear the screeching of bats overhead, the thudding beat of their thin wings.and then suddenly light was struck through the cave, and she saw Bryant and Ada standing before her.
"Look at that." Ada screeched, pointing at the steel shudder that had sealed off their only visible escape, ".someone doesn't want us going back out into that jungle." Ada walked forward, brushing her hand against the cold metal, and then she gave it a quick punch, letting the echo bounce throughout the misty cave, ".and its sound proof, no one can hear us outside."
Ada pointed the light over to the cave top, and Trina noticed the overhanging bats up ahead, "I hate bats." she moaned, her high pitched voice sounding measly in the utter loneliness of the cave, ".Ada we have to get out of here, and we have to do it fast," her voice wasn't controlling, but more pleading. She did not want to spend another minute in that dank cave. Whoever was tormenting them like this, whoever was playing with their lives like this. whoever it was that messed with Trina got a serious ass kicking.
*
Hillary was sitting by herself in the cozy Richmond apartment that she had bought with the money Ja had left her. He actually did have a strong liking for her, which she did not realize until after his untimely death. The visions and nightmares that had haunted her night after night still had not ceased to exist, only becoming clearer as time went on.
Nightmares of Ja's death, watching him through my stinging, wind blown eyes as he plummeted through the air towards the New York streets.I should be dead as well, but only that other girl and he were the ones who perished w/with the rest of the Empire State Buildings staff and tourists. she thought silently to herself, I wish they would just stop, I wish I could get on with my life.
She slowly stood up from the leather couch and headed into the kitchen, when the doorbell rang and the sound of a pounding fist on the door echoed throughout the apartment. Hillary heard her name being called out, loud and vigorously, and angrily, to open up the door.who could be possibly-
-and suddenly wood splinters and chips erupted into the hall, and Hillary made a run for it, heading towards her bedroom window catching a glimpse of her pursuers through the hall mirror.and she saw the red and white logo stamped on the jacket, neatly and carefully placed for all to see.
.Umbrella.
Her room was neatly colored with off whites and creamy beiges, but now was not the time to admire the craftsmanship she had put into redecorating. She grabbed the small handgun inside the desk drawer and turned, waiting for the men to barge through. A sudden calm washed over the house, and she held the gun out with trembling fingers-
-and then she felt massive arms around her, pushing into her arm and forcing her to drop the weapon. She kicked, connecting with a leg and sending the attacker sprawling to the floor. She dropped to the ground and grabbed her pistol, letting off a round into the mans hip before taking off to the window. Hillary could still hear him screaming as she raced down the fire escapes steps, heading towards the street below.
She was three floors up, and the sound of the screaming man above had paled. She was alone now, so she thought, alone with enough time to get the hell away from the complex before Umbrella's goons had her. She knew exactly what they wanted, and she would not let them have it.
I have the documentation on Gregory and the Neptune Project, they want it., and they cannot have it.
Dropping to her knees, Hillary scrambled down the last flight of steps and lept to the concrete ground below. It was a desolate alleyway, hidden away from the streets, which she quickly realized was an awful thing, because-
-the force of a man in front of him stopped her from going anywhere, and as she backed up she felt another's presence behind her, and then to her sides, both left and right. Then there was a sharp, stinging sensation in the back of her neck, forcing her to the ground in a heap of crying and tired flesh. Umbrella had her.
**
Seven Down
Ada could nearly taste the gunfire whip past her face as the dog exploded on the back of her head, the bullets reigning down all around her, smacking the wet mud in which she laid face first. The dogs had come out of no where, all of them in massive packs.there had to have been at least thirty of them and for her small team of ten men she was completely outnumbered.
Well just thank god that Hillary is safe.safe at home without anything to worry about.
The warm, hard touch of a hand on her shoulder lifted Ada's spirits as she was pulled to her feet, pulled to face the man that had just saved her life.he was one of the new anti Umbrella recruits, one of the better ones, she had thought. His name was Bryant, and he was one of the best built on her team let alone his sharp shooting abilities. He and Trina were the only ones that were definitely alive, as she had seen the other seven torn apart before her very eyes. Trina was twenty feet ahead, panting as she severed the distance between them.
"Ada." she hissed, trying to keep her cool but her obvious fear surfacing, ".this wasn't supposed to turn out like this, damnit the whole team is laying around in pieces." she was shivering, and so was Ada. It was pouring down rain in the jungle like setting that they were enclosed in, the smell of rotting flesh and coagulating blood fresh in the air. It made her stomach churn, but by now, she was used to it. This entire mission was supposed to be free and clear after the first checkpoint, but as soon as they infiltrated the complex, it all went sour.
But that is all behind you now, she corrected herself, right now you have to worry about maintaining your ability to function in this hell hole, and you have to make sure you can keep Trina and Bryant alive as long as possible.its your priority and you have to keep them in perspective.
Bryant still had his hand on her shoulder, his muscular arms glistening in the moonlit field. Ada looked at him with adoring eyes for a brief second, but then went back to being the leader that she was supposed to be, "So the headsets are down, we're down to three men." she looked around, "there aren't any obvious signs of danger, but these animals do attack in packs and they do tend to wait for their pray to be vulnerable."
".we don't have the evidence that we came for, and our ammunition is down to near zero if I am correct. Nevertheless, we all do have our knives and the Sigro handgun's that we were issued back in Portland, and a few clips. We need to take shelter somewhere fast, before these animals find us."
"Hegh." Bryant let out a quick chuckle before returning his gaze to Ada's tight features. She looked at him confusingly, not sure of what he could find amusing in a situation as poor as theirs.
"What is it?" Ada snapped, frustrated that after her hard work he was laughing.
He looked at her again, but this time with cold, hard eyes and a fixated gaze, "Seven of our people are dead Ms Wong.and its not a secret that these animals have found us, and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.we're screwed, there is nothing else we can do."
Trina looked dazed and tired, as she should be. It was seven hours ago that they were dropped off in the Umbrella complex out on the oilrig not far from the Portland coast.
Kenny tripped the alarm as they were leaving, and from that second on it was pure hell. In what seemed like ten seconds swarms of security guards and helicopters enclosed the area and the only option that they had was to get the hell out.
.and I had seen all the videos, the security cameras.how could I have been so stupid? Ada cursed herself for letting a rookie for first, a rookie to head the team into a dangerous situation. It was not like her, to let her guard down or to let her military training go to waste. This was not the end, and she knew it. If there was anything, she had learned from surviving Capitol City and New York, it was how to get the hell away from Umbrella's goons.
Bullets began to fire and Ada was scarred, scarred shitless for that matter. Her skin was sticking to the latex bodysuit that she wore snugly over her entire body, with the leather bikini type cover up that held her weapons and supplies and ammunition. And as she started for the window, all she could think about was the small piece of milky white paper with the bold black letters printed on it that she had received hours before she left, with no return address or anything.it had scarred her, because she didn't know what it meant.
You won't know it until you have it, and you won't have it until you know it
What had it meant? You won't know until you have it, and you won't have it until you know it.what did it mean? Could she apply it to her situation now? Would it play into the plot that would unfold before her eyes as this conspiracy continued to aspire?
Her body hurt all over as she crashed through the heavy glass window, but with the brute force of ten built men and women it did not seem nearly as bad as it should have been. And then she was falling, face first and then flipping over backwards onto her feet again.and then she was in water, some cold as hell water as a matter of fact and it was absolutely painful.she swum as fast as she could, taking the flashlight off her back and shining it towards shore.
Trina came out of the water right next to her, and one by one the group was regrouped.everyone except for Kenny.he was the youngest of the group, one of the newest kids. She remembered recruiting him too, about 19 at the time but he was 20 now.yesterday was his birthday.
Then the massive, billowing shimmer of something in the water arose and the faint sound of Kenny's young scream echoed throughout the cool night air. Ada and Trina took a step back with Bryant and the rest of the group to their left. The creature threw itself up into the air, half of its massive body still in the dark murky water. Then there was a loud thump as if something hitting the ground hard, right in front of them.
Kathy was the first to notice it.her blonde hair blew in the wind as she inched closer to the mangled piece of something in the sand before her.she let out a faint moan and then whimpered, "its Kenny." and suddenly the creature had her in its grasp, sucking her back into the water as if she was nothing.
Ada made a break for it, heading into the woods and hoping for a bit of hope and she blindly stumbled through a labyrinth of never-ending trees and shrubs. She ran as fast as she could, and that was when finally she came to a clearing in the forestry. The seven remaining team members regrouped, and Ada finally understood what she had gotten herself into.
Sharon let out a brief cry, followed by James's crying plea for help. Ada spun, seeing them collapse to the ground and fall under the high grass. Trina and Bryant backed up into her, keeping a safe distance however. Joey, Kate and Parker stood out in the clearing, using the moonlight as a guide.
After a moment of silence, Joey's high-pitched voice sounded, "Where'd they go?"
Suddenly, the dogs showed themselves, coming out in massive packs. There were twenty or thirty of them, and Ada instantly broke off into a run. Each of the ten recruits, including herself, had undergone some run in with Umbrella and its forcers, so they were all somewhat prepared for the worst. Nevertheless, the team was down to six now, and as they pressed forward Ada knew that number was declining. Trina and Bryant stayed ahead of her, staying in plain sight. However, the other three were behind her, invisible to her eyes.they were probably.
"Aargh!" it was Joey, and then "Oh no! Hugh." Kate hissed as she was brought down, followed by Parker screaming out his dead wife's name as he was torn to shreds. Ada kept running, knowing that if sequence continued she would be next to die.
Then the weight of the dog was on her, pushing her down and forcing her to the ground. She felt the dog on her neck, clawing at her with wet paws and muzzled breath.and the dog exploded onto her neck, sending down raining chaos onto her-
She felt Bryant's strong hands on her once again, this time he was holding her though.what had happened? Ada gasped, realizing that she had literally forgotten to breathe.she had been remembering the incident in its entirety, and she had totally relived it through each of her teammates eyes.she had seen them all die.
"Ada c'mon, we need to get moving." He held her up, keeping her steady. She let out a small yawn and then released herself from his grasp. She stammered forward, fumbling to regain light in her flashlight; the batteries were dying, and she was the only one still with a light. Trina and Bryant had both lost their lights in the attack, so she was once again assuming the leadership role.
She could not help but shake the feeling that this was only the beginning of another ordeal. With Hillary safe at home, and Heatherly and Craig both dead, she was once again alone to face the trials and tribulations that Umbrella had to offer. Tears began to stream down her face, and she quickly wiped them away cautious not to show that she was as emotional as ever. Trina and Bryant followed closely behind; the only sound in the area was that of rustling trees and her own raspy breath. The feeling of being watched was all too familiar by now, but she had other things to worry about.like staying alive.
*
Délia was getting to be disgruntled as Ada and her two other compatriots pushed forward through the forestry that surrounded the small island of Asesinato.the oilrig was only twenty or thirty meters from the island, which was about forty five miles out to sea. Asesinato was a private, Umbrella run island used for research and data logging. Two years ago, just after the New York disaster, the building was shut down due to extreme financial loss.but that did not stop Délia from keeping the specimens there for monitoring.
There were a few R3's in there somewhere, and the 121's were hidden deep below the surface level, but if the time was needed, they could be persuaded into the upper levels with a little bait. The actual complex was hidden away by three square miles of forest, tucked neatly underground and accessed only by a hidden elevator, located inside a-
"They've found the cavern." Délia hissed, typing into the keyboard so that she could have access to the caves surveillance cameras, ".this could be going all too well," she realized, noting her last encounter with Ada had proved 'fatal'. "This time it wont be so easy for precious little Ada to escape, this time it will be her death."
And with that, Délia watched as the caves entrance was sealed off with a soundproof steel shudder, enclosing her enemies into the darkness that only the mind of a Spencer could create.
*
Trina let out a gasp as the light in the cave was quickly eliminated, and she realized instantly that she was entirely alone. She could hear the screeching of bats overhead, the thudding beat of their thin wings.and then suddenly light was struck through the cave, and she saw Bryant and Ada standing before her.
"Look at that." Ada screeched, pointing at the steel shudder that had sealed off their only visible escape, ".someone doesn't want us going back out into that jungle." Ada walked forward, brushing her hand against the cold metal, and then she gave it a quick punch, letting the echo bounce throughout the misty cave, ".and its sound proof, no one can hear us outside."
Ada pointed the light over to the cave top, and Trina noticed the overhanging bats up ahead, "I hate bats." she moaned, her high pitched voice sounding measly in the utter loneliness of the cave, ".Ada we have to get out of here, and we have to do it fast," her voice wasn't controlling, but more pleading. She did not want to spend another minute in that dank cave. Whoever was tormenting them like this, whoever was playing with their lives like this. whoever it was that messed with Trina got a serious ass kicking.
*
Hillary was sitting by herself in the cozy Richmond apartment that she had bought with the money Ja had left her. He actually did have a strong liking for her, which she did not realize until after his untimely death. The visions and nightmares that had haunted her night after night still had not ceased to exist, only becoming clearer as time went on.
Nightmares of Ja's death, watching him through my stinging, wind blown eyes as he plummeted through the air towards the New York streets.I should be dead as well, but only that other girl and he were the ones who perished w/with the rest of the Empire State Buildings staff and tourists. she thought silently to herself, I wish they would just stop, I wish I could get on with my life.
She slowly stood up from the leather couch and headed into the kitchen, when the doorbell rang and the sound of a pounding fist on the door echoed throughout the apartment. Hillary heard her name being called out, loud and vigorously, and angrily, to open up the door.who could be possibly-
-and suddenly wood splinters and chips erupted into the hall, and Hillary made a run for it, heading towards her bedroom window catching a glimpse of her pursuers through the hall mirror.and she saw the red and white logo stamped on the jacket, neatly and carefully placed for all to see.
.Umbrella.
Her room was neatly colored with off whites and creamy beiges, but now was not the time to admire the craftsmanship she had put into redecorating. She grabbed the small handgun inside the desk drawer and turned, waiting for the men to barge through. A sudden calm washed over the house, and she held the gun out with trembling fingers-
-and then she felt massive arms around her, pushing into her arm and forcing her to drop the weapon. She kicked, connecting with a leg and sending the attacker sprawling to the floor. She dropped to the ground and grabbed her pistol, letting off a round into the mans hip before taking off to the window. Hillary could still hear him screaming as she raced down the fire escapes steps, heading towards the street below.
She was three floors up, and the sound of the screaming man above had paled. She was alone now, so she thought, alone with enough time to get the hell away from the complex before Umbrella's goons had her. She knew exactly what they wanted, and she would not let them have it.
I have the documentation on Gregory and the Neptune Project, they want it., and they cannot have it.
Dropping to her knees, Hillary scrambled down the last flight of steps and lept to the concrete ground below. It was a desolate alleyway, hidden away from the streets, which she quickly realized was an awful thing, because-
-the force of a man in front of him stopped her from going anywhere, and as she backed up she felt another's presence behind her, and then to her sides, both left and right. Then there was a sharp, stinging sensation in the back of her neck, forcing her to the ground in a heap of crying and tired flesh. Umbrella had her.
**