Chapter V
Return of the Living Dead
The creature smashed its gigantic fist into Ada and sent her sprawling to the ground, her empty pistol skittering helplessly across the desolate dirt. She struggled to regain composure as the thing continued to advance on her, taking what seemed to be mile long steps as it approached her in two giant leaps. It raised its arms up, clenching its fists, and then threw them down nearly severing her in two when-
-when suddenly rifle shots were heard, and blood began to erupt from the creatures back. Ada jumped to her feet and dove out of the way, as she saw the illuminated figure of a man holding an AK47 rifle, blasting rounds into the fleshy backside of the massive creature. It roared in pain and then turned to face him, showing its nasty fangs and horrid tongue. Leaping into the air, the creature Ada had dubbed the 'Prowler' came down to the ground just inches from the bold man.
This is it.the guy tries to save me and dies trying.she thought, but then watched intently as he leaped through the Prowlers legs and rolled to his feet, peppering the creature with more shots. It screamed, then fell to its knees and rolled over, dying.
*
"My names Shane," he said to her, picking the lovely Asian up off the muddy ground, "Shane Carter." She didn't seem to want his help, but nevertheless he continued to offer it, hoping for a tad bit of recognition if not anything, "I'm a fisherman, my boat crashed here and then when we reached land we were attacked by these, creatures." he continued, "They looked like oversized frogs, but they screamed like.like nothing I've ever heard before."
"Hunters," the woman said, "The 121's were the beta versions, and then the Gamma's were created off the genetic make up of a fish. Gamma's swallow their prey whole, while the Beta's simply decapitate."
He starred blankly at her for a minute and felt the blood rush coldly out of his face. He was pale white with fear, with disgust, with utter disbelief that this woman would say something like that. "Okay.well, thanks for the info, but that's not what I was really going to focus on. What are you doing here?"
She looked at him with glaring, mysterious eyes, "That isn't of your concern," her accent was fluent and she gave him that infamous Asian glare. Instead of speaking again, she just took off in the direction that he was headed, and he instantly felt a rush of responsibility for her.
"There are monsters back there." He stammered, realizing how utterly not cool that blatantly and obvious that statement was. "It's not safe.for you to.to go."
She cut him off before he could finish his sentence, ".to go alone? The monsters back there aren't nearly as deadly as I am," she jammed a fresh clip into her pistol, "I've dealt with these things before; I'll deal with them again if I have to. Now, if you want to, you can-"
"Uughnn."
There was a dead silence in the murky corridor as the moaning sounds became louder and louder, and then the shuffling sounds of footsteps began to echo throughout the entire cave. Shane did not know how to react, as the woman was obviously becoming anxious. He could practically see the sweat beads filling up around her hairline and upper lip, and he instantly knew that this was not a good thing.and those moaning sounds just kept getting louder and louder.
*
Trina pressed forward through the darkness, the light from the candles on the cavern sides the only thing keeping her vision straight. With the shotgun readied, she prayed that she would be ready for anything, but a strong gut feeling told her that something about these desolate corridors were definitely not right.
"Mmmhmm.ughk."
Stopping dead in her tracks, Trina starred down the faded pathway in dead silence. There was nothing.no movement, no severing of fog.nothing at all, just barin emptiness-
-but the sound of moaning, groaning.the sound of dead people, or dying people, many of them, the sounds echoing throughout the brown tunnel. Trina held the shotgun close, suddenly realizing a sense of security that it provided. She could feel herself breathing heavier and heavier, knowing that whatever was coming around the corner was not going to help her.
Then the disgruntled figures of mutilated human beings stumbled drunkenly into view, their decaying bodies filling the cavern with the scent of rotting meat. There were four of them, and a fifth stumbling back in the rear.she could see that the one straggling was seriously injured, its arms gone and its left leg have gone.but the rest of them, they were all in tact. Aside from hunks of flesh missing from various body portions, the carriers that stumbled into view resembled human form. There were three women and two men, all of them dressed in white lab coats. Their clothes were stained with a dry red, the color of coagulated blood. Trina had seen all of this before, but the one thing that scarred her most was what two of them were carrying.
.they are carrying tools.this cant be, these things do not carry weapons.but they are.they are carrying.they're carrying axes.
*
Three zombies stumbled into view and Ada instantly raised her handgun and began to plow away at the mutilated walking corpses, not letting up once before the eighteen bullets in the pistol were empty. Shane threw himself forward, hopping in the line of fire. Ada knew almost immediately, what his point would be.
"They're human! What are you doing?!" He cried, putting his hand on her gun as if he would have enough power to shield them from it, "Are you insane?"
Ada did not have time for this kids shit, "Get away from me or I'll shoot you." She said simply, hoping that her point was clear and easily understood, "Move it." She was shocked to see him not even flinch, and then realized that she would have to do what she had stated if the creatures behind him got any closer. She jammed a clip into the chamber; "Move." she cocked the gun. "1.2."
BAM!
*
Shane threw himself on the ground and evaded his sexy, yet insane new comrade as she began to fire spontaneously into the people down the pathway. He watched one of them drop, but the other three continued to advance. He lay in wide-eyed terror as they continued to walk forward, and suddenly their molding, decaying features were illuminated by her continuous gunfire.
"What in Gods name."
The last bullet slammed out of the chamber and she looked boldly at him, "Not in Gods name." Slamming a fresh clip into the semi automatic, she let off another round and dropped the last of the walking dead, "Not in Gods name whatsoever."
*
"They were biogenetically engineered by Umbrella Chemical and Pharmaceuticals. They used to be human, but now they are just shadows, a glimpse of what they used to be." Ada began to speak as she and Shane pressed through the shadowy cavern, holding their weapons out in case any more of the walking dead arose, "They were infected with the T Virus, a deadly substance that deteriorates cell count, ultimately leading to the remaining cells feeding off of each other, causing the decay. The carriers have the need to flesh and blood, like zombies, and they attack anything and everything breathing."
"How do you kill them." he stammered, talking loosely as if he was about to vomit. Ada could see a glimpse of pain and anguish in his face, a look that had been removed from hers long ago. After dealing with Umbrella, nothing much scarred her anymore.
"Decapitation or severing their spinal cord." She said simply and then he stopped, clenching his stomach, "Listen, if this is too much for you to handle." she murmured, hoping to sound soothing.
He looked at her with glistening eyes, almost adoringly, "No, no.I'm fine, just feeling a little queasy that's all." He rose back up and continued to walk, her at his side. He was an attractive young guy, Ada had to admit, but in a situation like this she wasn't looking for anything long term. In every case, she always ended up being hurt. She had evaded falling into love the last time she was with Umbrella, but still.she had a liking for Ja ever since the moment she laid eyes on him.
Nevertheless, he is dead.
She reminded herself quickly that he was long gone, and this was the present and she needed to focus. From what he had told her, this Shane kid was only nineteen years old. He was a very young kid, the youngest that she had ever worked alongside.
Sherry Birkin was only twelve, but you never actually worked with her.
Birkin's daughter was still with the HCF, and it had been a few years now since she was captured. Ada did not know how they were treating the poor girl, or even if she was still alive. However, if one thing was for sure, it was that if she had encountered Wesker he could pull the information out of her.literally.
Ada shuddered at the thought and clenched her fists around her gun, feeling the sweat drip between her fingers. She wanted out right then and there; tired of having to deal with all the little musings that Umbrella had to offer. Moreover, she wanted to find Trina, to find Bryant.and to find out if they were even still alive.
*
"Curses!" Délia screamed as she watched Ada and Shane walk through the cavern unharmed, "Why wont you just die!" she screamed again, pressing down hard on all the keys. She had quarantined all of the scientists earlier that day and released the virus into their cells infected them immediately. After Ada arrived, she allowed them to go free and wreak havoc upon them. But there were only twenty scientists, and already there were four dead.but five of them were cornering that other girl, and they were going to kill her.they even had the axes that were in the cell blocks.
Oh happy day.they will hack her up before munching down for a little snack! Even if she does survive, Plant 43 awaits only two corridors away and that will surly destroy her.
"Come now, my pretty." she hissed, watching Ada intently, "You'll suffer now.lets just see how you fend against the Predators." tapping down onto the keyboard, the screen switched to a cellblock deep within the cavern that Ada walked aimlessly about. A gate was released and four gigantic creatures lopped out, swinging axes and knives at their dispense, "This will surely dispose of you.happy day, happy day.what a happy, happy day."
**
Return of the Living Dead
The creature smashed its gigantic fist into Ada and sent her sprawling to the ground, her empty pistol skittering helplessly across the desolate dirt. She struggled to regain composure as the thing continued to advance on her, taking what seemed to be mile long steps as it approached her in two giant leaps. It raised its arms up, clenching its fists, and then threw them down nearly severing her in two when-
-when suddenly rifle shots were heard, and blood began to erupt from the creatures back. Ada jumped to her feet and dove out of the way, as she saw the illuminated figure of a man holding an AK47 rifle, blasting rounds into the fleshy backside of the massive creature. It roared in pain and then turned to face him, showing its nasty fangs and horrid tongue. Leaping into the air, the creature Ada had dubbed the 'Prowler' came down to the ground just inches from the bold man.
This is it.the guy tries to save me and dies trying.she thought, but then watched intently as he leaped through the Prowlers legs and rolled to his feet, peppering the creature with more shots. It screamed, then fell to its knees and rolled over, dying.
*
"My names Shane," he said to her, picking the lovely Asian up off the muddy ground, "Shane Carter." She didn't seem to want his help, but nevertheless he continued to offer it, hoping for a tad bit of recognition if not anything, "I'm a fisherman, my boat crashed here and then when we reached land we were attacked by these, creatures." he continued, "They looked like oversized frogs, but they screamed like.like nothing I've ever heard before."
"Hunters," the woman said, "The 121's were the beta versions, and then the Gamma's were created off the genetic make up of a fish. Gamma's swallow their prey whole, while the Beta's simply decapitate."
He starred blankly at her for a minute and felt the blood rush coldly out of his face. He was pale white with fear, with disgust, with utter disbelief that this woman would say something like that. "Okay.well, thanks for the info, but that's not what I was really going to focus on. What are you doing here?"
She looked at him with glaring, mysterious eyes, "That isn't of your concern," her accent was fluent and she gave him that infamous Asian glare. Instead of speaking again, she just took off in the direction that he was headed, and he instantly felt a rush of responsibility for her.
"There are monsters back there." He stammered, realizing how utterly not cool that blatantly and obvious that statement was. "It's not safe.for you to.to go."
She cut him off before he could finish his sentence, ".to go alone? The monsters back there aren't nearly as deadly as I am," she jammed a fresh clip into her pistol, "I've dealt with these things before; I'll deal with them again if I have to. Now, if you want to, you can-"
"Uughnn."
There was a dead silence in the murky corridor as the moaning sounds became louder and louder, and then the shuffling sounds of footsteps began to echo throughout the entire cave. Shane did not know how to react, as the woman was obviously becoming anxious. He could practically see the sweat beads filling up around her hairline and upper lip, and he instantly knew that this was not a good thing.and those moaning sounds just kept getting louder and louder.
*
Trina pressed forward through the darkness, the light from the candles on the cavern sides the only thing keeping her vision straight. With the shotgun readied, she prayed that she would be ready for anything, but a strong gut feeling told her that something about these desolate corridors were definitely not right.
"Mmmhmm.ughk."
Stopping dead in her tracks, Trina starred down the faded pathway in dead silence. There was nothing.no movement, no severing of fog.nothing at all, just barin emptiness-
-but the sound of moaning, groaning.the sound of dead people, or dying people, many of them, the sounds echoing throughout the brown tunnel. Trina held the shotgun close, suddenly realizing a sense of security that it provided. She could feel herself breathing heavier and heavier, knowing that whatever was coming around the corner was not going to help her.
Then the disgruntled figures of mutilated human beings stumbled drunkenly into view, their decaying bodies filling the cavern with the scent of rotting meat. There were four of them, and a fifth stumbling back in the rear.she could see that the one straggling was seriously injured, its arms gone and its left leg have gone.but the rest of them, they were all in tact. Aside from hunks of flesh missing from various body portions, the carriers that stumbled into view resembled human form. There were three women and two men, all of them dressed in white lab coats. Their clothes were stained with a dry red, the color of coagulated blood. Trina had seen all of this before, but the one thing that scarred her most was what two of them were carrying.
.they are carrying tools.this cant be, these things do not carry weapons.but they are.they are carrying.they're carrying axes.
*
Three zombies stumbled into view and Ada instantly raised her handgun and began to plow away at the mutilated walking corpses, not letting up once before the eighteen bullets in the pistol were empty. Shane threw himself forward, hopping in the line of fire. Ada knew almost immediately, what his point would be.
"They're human! What are you doing?!" He cried, putting his hand on her gun as if he would have enough power to shield them from it, "Are you insane?"
Ada did not have time for this kids shit, "Get away from me or I'll shoot you." She said simply, hoping that her point was clear and easily understood, "Move it." She was shocked to see him not even flinch, and then realized that she would have to do what she had stated if the creatures behind him got any closer. She jammed a clip into the chamber; "Move." she cocked the gun. "1.2."
BAM!
*
Shane threw himself on the ground and evaded his sexy, yet insane new comrade as she began to fire spontaneously into the people down the pathway. He watched one of them drop, but the other three continued to advance. He lay in wide-eyed terror as they continued to walk forward, and suddenly their molding, decaying features were illuminated by her continuous gunfire.
"What in Gods name."
The last bullet slammed out of the chamber and she looked boldly at him, "Not in Gods name." Slamming a fresh clip into the semi automatic, she let off another round and dropped the last of the walking dead, "Not in Gods name whatsoever."
*
"They were biogenetically engineered by Umbrella Chemical and Pharmaceuticals. They used to be human, but now they are just shadows, a glimpse of what they used to be." Ada began to speak as she and Shane pressed through the shadowy cavern, holding their weapons out in case any more of the walking dead arose, "They were infected with the T Virus, a deadly substance that deteriorates cell count, ultimately leading to the remaining cells feeding off of each other, causing the decay. The carriers have the need to flesh and blood, like zombies, and they attack anything and everything breathing."
"How do you kill them." he stammered, talking loosely as if he was about to vomit. Ada could see a glimpse of pain and anguish in his face, a look that had been removed from hers long ago. After dealing with Umbrella, nothing much scarred her anymore.
"Decapitation or severing their spinal cord." She said simply and then he stopped, clenching his stomach, "Listen, if this is too much for you to handle." she murmured, hoping to sound soothing.
He looked at her with glistening eyes, almost adoringly, "No, no.I'm fine, just feeling a little queasy that's all." He rose back up and continued to walk, her at his side. He was an attractive young guy, Ada had to admit, but in a situation like this she wasn't looking for anything long term. In every case, she always ended up being hurt. She had evaded falling into love the last time she was with Umbrella, but still.she had a liking for Ja ever since the moment she laid eyes on him.
Nevertheless, he is dead.
She reminded herself quickly that he was long gone, and this was the present and she needed to focus. From what he had told her, this Shane kid was only nineteen years old. He was a very young kid, the youngest that she had ever worked alongside.
Sherry Birkin was only twelve, but you never actually worked with her.
Birkin's daughter was still with the HCF, and it had been a few years now since she was captured. Ada did not know how they were treating the poor girl, or even if she was still alive. However, if one thing was for sure, it was that if she had encountered Wesker he could pull the information out of her.literally.
Ada shuddered at the thought and clenched her fists around her gun, feeling the sweat drip between her fingers. She wanted out right then and there; tired of having to deal with all the little musings that Umbrella had to offer. Moreover, she wanted to find Trina, to find Bryant.and to find out if they were even still alive.
*
"Curses!" Délia screamed as she watched Ada and Shane walk through the cavern unharmed, "Why wont you just die!" she screamed again, pressing down hard on all the keys. She had quarantined all of the scientists earlier that day and released the virus into their cells infected them immediately. After Ada arrived, she allowed them to go free and wreak havoc upon them. But there were only twenty scientists, and already there were four dead.but five of them were cornering that other girl, and they were going to kill her.they even had the axes that were in the cell blocks.
Oh happy day.they will hack her up before munching down for a little snack! Even if she does survive, Plant 43 awaits only two corridors away and that will surly destroy her.
"Come now, my pretty." she hissed, watching Ada intently, "You'll suffer now.lets just see how you fend against the Predators." tapping down onto the keyboard, the screen switched to a cellblock deep within the cavern that Ada walked aimlessly about. A gate was released and four gigantic creatures lopped out, swinging axes and knives at their dispense, "This will surely dispose of you.happy day, happy day.what a happy, happy day."
**