Chapter III
The Grave Digger
"So, they want to try to play in my field?" Délia snapped, laughing wildly and uncontrollably to herself, "They can play, alright.play with my pets, and all that I have to offer. This little number will shut you up permanently."
With a few quick keystrokes, the cage to the massive Gulp Worm was opened and the underground monster began to burrow its way through the cavern, on its way to meet up with her undeniably despised foes.
*
The thing was shaped like a cylinder, a thick layer of brown sludge coating its putrid body. It resembled that of a worm, but a hundred, maybe a thousand times larger.Trina could not believe her eyes as the thing kept rising up out of the ground, but then she was surprised as it didn't come barreling after her but instead threw itself back into the ground, its body following quickly after. It disappeared into the earth, as if the rocky ground was nothing.
"What.the hell.was that." Bryant gasped, fumbling for the revolver around his waist. He was staring blankly at Ada, as was Trina; they were both dumbfounded, but Ada seemed more surprised than anything.as if she knew what the thing was.
"Get ready." Ada said, and then suddenly the thing rose up into the air again, chunks of dirt and rubble falling blindly through the air. Trina shielded herself for a brief moment, but then went right for her pistol and leveled it with the monster. To her surprise, without even shooting the tip of the creature burst open and revealed four flailing hunks of flesh-
-and then it looked at her, and she realized it didn't split open, but it was merely opening its mouth, showing the jagged alignment of teeth and the piercing sharp tongue.and then it roared, spitting out green and yellow bile directly at her, when suddenly her training began to immediately kick in.
-duck and dive-
Half a second went by before Trina crouched down and dove forward, slamming into the things body with her fists. Instantly she pulled back and began to pepper it with nine-millimeter rounds. It screamed, and she could hear the acidic bile smacking and sizzling the ground behind her. She stopped firing and heard more gunshots go off. She cocked her head back and saw Bryant and Ada blasting rounds into the thing.
Nearly immediately, after she realized she needed to reload, Trina broke off into a run and jumped for a nearby rock to take cover. She exited the clip out of the pistol and fumbled for a fresh one, and then when she felt it in her palm she instantly jammed it into place. Ada and Bryant were both doing the same, and by the time they all were ready to aim, the creature had splashed back into the earth.
*
"Let's see them try to fight off a pair of them," Délia laughed as she jammed her fist against a large red button. A wide grin stretched across her face, and she turned around to look at Hillary Wilkes strapped against the wall, her mouth taped shut.
The young girl was struggling to make out words through the duct tape, and was obviously becoming agitated watching her friend being attacked on screen. Délia walked sensually over to her, and gritted her teeth, "This is the last straw, Ms Wilkes." she growled, "Tell me where the Neptune Project documentation is and we can end this now." And with that, she tore the tape off Hillary's mouth-
-and was greeted with a wad of spit as Hillary coughed and gagged. No way is she going to put me through this shit, by the end of this day she will be dead and I will have what I want and Umbrella will reign. There is nothing she can do to stop me.
Délia instantly slapped Hillary and placed the tape back over her mouth, "Fine, that was your last chance. You are finished now, Hillary. Your time is running out, and it's just until Ada gets here that you're going to be alive. Treasure your moments, bitch, because they are definitely your last.
*
An eruption of earth signaled to Ada that the creature had returned, but to her horror a pair of gravediggers burst through the ground. She felt herself gasp, haunted that there could be multiple of these creatures. Suddenly, millions of thoughts began to flutter about her mind.
Are these the same ones that rose up a minute ago? Or are these two different ones? My God how many of these things are there?
"Ah shit!" Bryant screamed and threw himself into Ada as the creature slammed into the ground, "No!" Ada was caught up into her thoughts and by the time she looked over to Bryant she could feel him being pried off of her. The creature had caught his leg in its mouth and was dragging him underground with it. "Ada help me!"
She immediately grabbed his wrist and pulled, but the creature's body kept falling, pulling him deeper and deeper into the quick-sand-like ground. Ada could not do anything more, she kept holding on but her strength was deteriorating. All she could do was stare at him, his pleading face and his crying features.and then he was gone.
*
Darkness enclosed him, and suddenly air was gone, he was gone, Ada was torn away.Trina was left behind.he was pulled forth, connected to the creature. And suddenly he was falling, falling at an increasing rate.and then he hit ground.hard ground.and he wasn't conscious.but he could see the creature rising back up.rising back up to devour his teammates.
*
"Ada watch out!" Trina screamed and fired off more rounds as the creature came back up from the earth.and the visible signs of blood were streamed all around its circular body. All she could do was fire, hoping that Ada would get out of the way. The creature roared again, and again, and finally it roared a final time. The thing fell, its limp body smashing into the dirt and dissolving into a purple sludge.
Trina raced over to Ada, picking her up and dragging her behind a rock for cover, "What the hell just happened.where is Bryant?" Trina gasped, already knowing the answer in the back of her mind, rising up from the bottom of her stomach. She wanted to throw up, but she could not.Bryant was gone.
"Heeeeirgh!" The thing came back up from behind her, smashing into the earth just a fraction of an inch away. She wanted to cry, but had to help Ada the best she could.and then suddenly a thought of hope rushed fluently throughout her entire body.
*
Délia watched through the screen as one worm died, and the other became angrier as its sister lay helplessly in the shattered earth. The only sense of relief came from the fact that the man was dead, but this other woman was about to destroy her plans.she pulled out a small hand grenade and pulled the ring.
"No no no!" Délia shrieked, sweat dripping off of her neck, "This cannot be happening, they were supposed to die!" The girl threw the grenade down the throat of the crying creature, and to her horror, Délia watched as the last grave digger exploded in a brilliant array of blood and gore.
"No!" She cried a final time, smashing her hand against the console, her voice echoing off the walls of the private control room, "This cannot be happening, it cannot.I will not allow it.no one will escape my wrath.I will kill them all before I suffer again," she headed over to the east wall and a door slid open at her will, revealing a hidden corridor. Her heels clicked against the metal floor as she moved quickly down the hall.
Yet another door greeted her and Délia opened it with ease, allowing herself into a massive greenhouse. There were plants and viles everywhere, the room ignited with a purplish blue light. She howled with laughter as she reached another control panel, and with a few keystrokes the plants rose began to flap and wave. Délia couldn't believe the possibilities that this complex allowed her; they surpassed that of Capitol City by at least twice as many. She had so many things to choose from, and Plant 43 was only one of her many toys.
*
Trina was gasping; unaware of what had just happened, the girl sprawled out against the hard dirt ground. Ada knew, though.she watched the girl toss a grenade down the helpless throat of the gravedigger, detonating it from the inside out. It was a magnificent site, and she could only smile as she looked at the mangled remains of the dead creature. The thing had nearly killed her.killed Trina.killed Bryant.
Oh, shit! Bryant. Ada aimlessly began to claw at the rocky dirt, pushing through endless cracks and crevices in hopes of finding him.finding his hand waiting to grab, finding his smiling face, finding his body.
.but nothing.nothing at all.Bryant is dead.
"Shit!" Ada cried out, and Trina brought her attention to her, "This isn't right.god damnit this isn't right." Ada was angry now, frustrated and angry that people were being stripped from her so fast, so gruesomely. Trina put her arm around her but Ada slapped it off, screaming, "Get away from me, don't touch me.just leave me alone!"
Ada stood up and tears began to roll down her cheeks, meeting the earth in mere seconds. She wiped them away but they did not slow, continuing to rain from her eyes and down her face. She sobbed, and she could feel Trina's eyes on her back. The girl did not deserve this.
Hell, I do not deserve this but you play with the cards you are dealt.
"Ada, I know its hard, but we need to-" she paused for about ten seconds, and Ada awaited the finish to her virtuous sentence.but there was nothing-
-until a loud crack was heard, and suddenly the high-pitched scream of the girl she had dragged into this mess. Ada spun around and saw a massive crack forming around Trina, and suddenly the earth around her sank. Ada stepped back, not getting close enough to fall in too. It had sunk a good half a foot, and Trina crouched helplessly right in the center.
Then suddenly the ground gave way in a massive crunch, and Ada watched helplessly and in wide-eyed terror as Trina was sent screaming, spiraling down into the depths of hell.
**
The Grave Digger
"So, they want to try to play in my field?" Délia snapped, laughing wildly and uncontrollably to herself, "They can play, alright.play with my pets, and all that I have to offer. This little number will shut you up permanently."
With a few quick keystrokes, the cage to the massive Gulp Worm was opened and the underground monster began to burrow its way through the cavern, on its way to meet up with her undeniably despised foes.
*
The thing was shaped like a cylinder, a thick layer of brown sludge coating its putrid body. It resembled that of a worm, but a hundred, maybe a thousand times larger.Trina could not believe her eyes as the thing kept rising up out of the ground, but then she was surprised as it didn't come barreling after her but instead threw itself back into the ground, its body following quickly after. It disappeared into the earth, as if the rocky ground was nothing.
"What.the hell.was that." Bryant gasped, fumbling for the revolver around his waist. He was staring blankly at Ada, as was Trina; they were both dumbfounded, but Ada seemed more surprised than anything.as if she knew what the thing was.
"Get ready." Ada said, and then suddenly the thing rose up into the air again, chunks of dirt and rubble falling blindly through the air. Trina shielded herself for a brief moment, but then went right for her pistol and leveled it with the monster. To her surprise, without even shooting the tip of the creature burst open and revealed four flailing hunks of flesh-
-and then it looked at her, and she realized it didn't split open, but it was merely opening its mouth, showing the jagged alignment of teeth and the piercing sharp tongue.and then it roared, spitting out green and yellow bile directly at her, when suddenly her training began to immediately kick in.
-duck and dive-
Half a second went by before Trina crouched down and dove forward, slamming into the things body with her fists. Instantly she pulled back and began to pepper it with nine-millimeter rounds. It screamed, and she could hear the acidic bile smacking and sizzling the ground behind her. She stopped firing and heard more gunshots go off. She cocked her head back and saw Bryant and Ada blasting rounds into the thing.
Nearly immediately, after she realized she needed to reload, Trina broke off into a run and jumped for a nearby rock to take cover. She exited the clip out of the pistol and fumbled for a fresh one, and then when she felt it in her palm she instantly jammed it into place. Ada and Bryant were both doing the same, and by the time they all were ready to aim, the creature had splashed back into the earth.
*
"Let's see them try to fight off a pair of them," Délia laughed as she jammed her fist against a large red button. A wide grin stretched across her face, and she turned around to look at Hillary Wilkes strapped against the wall, her mouth taped shut.
The young girl was struggling to make out words through the duct tape, and was obviously becoming agitated watching her friend being attacked on screen. Délia walked sensually over to her, and gritted her teeth, "This is the last straw, Ms Wilkes." she growled, "Tell me where the Neptune Project documentation is and we can end this now." And with that, she tore the tape off Hillary's mouth-
-and was greeted with a wad of spit as Hillary coughed and gagged. No way is she going to put me through this shit, by the end of this day she will be dead and I will have what I want and Umbrella will reign. There is nothing she can do to stop me.
Délia instantly slapped Hillary and placed the tape back over her mouth, "Fine, that was your last chance. You are finished now, Hillary. Your time is running out, and it's just until Ada gets here that you're going to be alive. Treasure your moments, bitch, because they are definitely your last.
*
An eruption of earth signaled to Ada that the creature had returned, but to her horror a pair of gravediggers burst through the ground. She felt herself gasp, haunted that there could be multiple of these creatures. Suddenly, millions of thoughts began to flutter about her mind.
Are these the same ones that rose up a minute ago? Or are these two different ones? My God how many of these things are there?
"Ah shit!" Bryant screamed and threw himself into Ada as the creature slammed into the ground, "No!" Ada was caught up into her thoughts and by the time she looked over to Bryant she could feel him being pried off of her. The creature had caught his leg in its mouth and was dragging him underground with it. "Ada help me!"
She immediately grabbed his wrist and pulled, but the creature's body kept falling, pulling him deeper and deeper into the quick-sand-like ground. Ada could not do anything more, she kept holding on but her strength was deteriorating. All she could do was stare at him, his pleading face and his crying features.and then he was gone.
*
Darkness enclosed him, and suddenly air was gone, he was gone, Ada was torn away.Trina was left behind.he was pulled forth, connected to the creature. And suddenly he was falling, falling at an increasing rate.and then he hit ground.hard ground.and he wasn't conscious.but he could see the creature rising back up.rising back up to devour his teammates.
*
"Ada watch out!" Trina screamed and fired off more rounds as the creature came back up from the earth.and the visible signs of blood were streamed all around its circular body. All she could do was fire, hoping that Ada would get out of the way. The creature roared again, and again, and finally it roared a final time. The thing fell, its limp body smashing into the dirt and dissolving into a purple sludge.
Trina raced over to Ada, picking her up and dragging her behind a rock for cover, "What the hell just happened.where is Bryant?" Trina gasped, already knowing the answer in the back of her mind, rising up from the bottom of her stomach. She wanted to throw up, but she could not.Bryant was gone.
"Heeeeirgh!" The thing came back up from behind her, smashing into the earth just a fraction of an inch away. She wanted to cry, but had to help Ada the best she could.and then suddenly a thought of hope rushed fluently throughout her entire body.
*
Délia watched through the screen as one worm died, and the other became angrier as its sister lay helplessly in the shattered earth. The only sense of relief came from the fact that the man was dead, but this other woman was about to destroy her plans.she pulled out a small hand grenade and pulled the ring.
"No no no!" Délia shrieked, sweat dripping off of her neck, "This cannot be happening, they were supposed to die!" The girl threw the grenade down the throat of the crying creature, and to her horror, Délia watched as the last grave digger exploded in a brilliant array of blood and gore.
"No!" She cried a final time, smashing her hand against the console, her voice echoing off the walls of the private control room, "This cannot be happening, it cannot.I will not allow it.no one will escape my wrath.I will kill them all before I suffer again," she headed over to the east wall and a door slid open at her will, revealing a hidden corridor. Her heels clicked against the metal floor as she moved quickly down the hall.
Yet another door greeted her and Délia opened it with ease, allowing herself into a massive greenhouse. There were plants and viles everywhere, the room ignited with a purplish blue light. She howled with laughter as she reached another control panel, and with a few keystrokes the plants rose began to flap and wave. Délia couldn't believe the possibilities that this complex allowed her; they surpassed that of Capitol City by at least twice as many. She had so many things to choose from, and Plant 43 was only one of her many toys.
*
Trina was gasping; unaware of what had just happened, the girl sprawled out against the hard dirt ground. Ada knew, though.she watched the girl toss a grenade down the helpless throat of the gravedigger, detonating it from the inside out. It was a magnificent site, and she could only smile as she looked at the mangled remains of the dead creature. The thing had nearly killed her.killed Trina.killed Bryant.
Oh, shit! Bryant. Ada aimlessly began to claw at the rocky dirt, pushing through endless cracks and crevices in hopes of finding him.finding his hand waiting to grab, finding his smiling face, finding his body.
.but nothing.nothing at all.Bryant is dead.
"Shit!" Ada cried out, and Trina brought her attention to her, "This isn't right.god damnit this isn't right." Ada was angry now, frustrated and angry that people were being stripped from her so fast, so gruesomely. Trina put her arm around her but Ada slapped it off, screaming, "Get away from me, don't touch me.just leave me alone!"
Ada stood up and tears began to roll down her cheeks, meeting the earth in mere seconds. She wiped them away but they did not slow, continuing to rain from her eyes and down her face. She sobbed, and she could feel Trina's eyes on her back. The girl did not deserve this.
Hell, I do not deserve this but you play with the cards you are dealt.
"Ada, I know its hard, but we need to-" she paused for about ten seconds, and Ada awaited the finish to her virtuous sentence.but there was nothing-
-until a loud crack was heard, and suddenly the high-pitched scream of the girl she had dragged into this mess. Ada spun around and saw a massive crack forming around Trina, and suddenly the earth around her sank. Ada stepped back, not getting close enough to fall in too. It had sunk a good half a foot, and Trina crouched helplessly right in the center.
Then suddenly the ground gave way in a massive crunch, and Ada watched helplessly and in wide-eyed terror as Trina was sent screaming, spiraling down into the depths of hell.
**