Chapter XI

Plant 43

Trina pushed through the door and entered into what seemed to be some sort of massive greenhouse. Unaware of the dangers that lie ahead, she began to investigate as if it were some sort of crime scene. She checked each of the different plants that grew around the room and the surrounding area, and determined that there was nothing of interest. Just as she was about to leave the room, fate struck her dead in the face.

"Warning, Anti Bio Organic Weapon Gas has been released. All personnel please report to the first floor for emergency briefing. Anti Bio Organic Weapon Gas has been released. Specimens and experiments may act irrational. Biohazardous outbreak confirmed on basement level three. Warning. Emergency lockdown is now in effect."

A loud clicking noise was heard from the door, in which she had entered, and immediately Trina rushed for the door and began to push and pull and kick but nothing would budge. The door was electronically locked and that meant that a-

"Oh shit."

The words that the computerized voice had spoken began to ring in and out of her head, throughout her body and in her veins.biohazardous outbreak confirmed.the basement level in which she was on had a viral leak somewhere, which meant that the T Virus or whatever other virus Umbrella had been researching down here was out, allowing for airborne transmission.

On the other hand, it could quite possibly be that a specimen has been released, and that it is carrying the T Virus, which could cause a biohazardous outbreak.that could quite possibly be it, and if that is the case well Trina, you are saved.but you still have to find out what the thing that escaped is. Good luck.she said to herself silently. She was scarred about what had escaped; scarred about what she would be facing off against with a shotgun, a battle-axe and a pistol.

Thhhhh.thhhhh.thhhh!

Suddenly something wrapped around her legs and swept her off her feet. Trina fell to the ground and instantly began scratching at the floor and her surroundings for something in which she could hold on to. Jabbing a quick glance back to see what or who had grabbed her led to what would ultimately be the fight of her life.

One of the plants in which she had disregarded as unimportant vegetation had come to life, or it could have quite possibly been one that was not there to begin with. It filled the entire room with its vine like tentacles, and the grassy stench in which it released was uncomfortable to breath. At the roof of the room, a pulsing, red matter was obviously the brain of the creation. Sprung down from the mass were hundreds of thousands of tentacles, writhing about the room in no specific pattern. There was a winding staircase up the wall, leading to where the pulsating matter was. if she could just make it up there.

Clank!

She smashed her axe down on the vine and watched it withdraw back into the womb of the creature. Jumping to her feet, Trina took off into a fast run and bolted for the stairs. The sound of the alarm going off made her head pound, but it was what she was facing off against that was really scarring her.the thing was gigantic, filling up the entire room and it was still growing. She had heard before of the Plant 42 back at the Spencer Estate mansion, but she had underestimated its sheer size and power. The tentacle that had wrapped around her leg had nearly pulled it off, and she was lucky that she had found the axe when she had. Reports had suggested that the only thing this creature reacted to was the V-Jolt chemical and the use of fire, both of which were inaccessible in her situation.

Her sweaty feet squished in her heavy combat boots, but Trina did not slow down her pace. Pausing only once to swing the axe at a hovering tentacle, she continued for the wooden stairs as her one and only objective. The stairs, when she finally reached them, were made of what seemed to be and what sounded like hollowed out wood. As her boots hit the steps, dust kicked up and a hollow pounding sound could be heard-

-and then there was rumbling under her feet as another vine burst through the step in front of hr, wrapping itself around her waist and tossing her off the staircase. She landed on the ground with a loud thud and found herself very vulnerable. The grassy tentacles began to swing around her, wrapping around her legs and arms in an angry, uncontrollable fashion. She tried to scream but it was no use, there was no point to yell now. Over the siren and the sound of the plant in the room, she could hardly hear herself think let alone try to make someone half way across the facility hear her screaming.

She freed her left arm, grabbed for the axe, and swung it at the nearest tentacle. Green blood spewed as it retracted into the safety of its mother. Trina broke off into a sprint again, arming herself with her pistol for a small defense. As she ran up the steps, she began to fire her weapon at the heart of the creature, and every time she did, the vines in the room became more agitated. It was all she could do for now, as there was no available forms of-

-what luck!

There in front of her was, behind a glass shutter, what seemed to be a flamethrower of some sort. Trina aimed her pistol and fired, the glass erupting in a wide array of splinters and chunks. She reached inside and felt the warmth of the machine in her hands. Pulling back on the activation lever, she could hear the weapons fuel engine roar to life. It was time to destroy this plant thing for the last time.

Tseewwwww!

The sound of fire from the gun made a wide grin stretch across her petite face. She walked slowly up the steps and took note of the tentacles retracting quickly into their creator. As the last tentacle entered the pulsating matter, Trina reached the top platform of the room. Aiming her weapon at the bleeding heart of Plant 43, she whispered to it a bold brave statement.

"I'm getting out of here, and there ain't no way you're stopping me."

And with that, she pulled down hard on the trigger and engulfed the creature with flames. After around ten seconds of fury, the thing dropped from its position, fell a flight of steps down, and exploded on the ground before her. She could hear it wither and die as she headed towards the elevator in which the plant had been blocking.

The emergency announcement had said to report to the first floor for emergency briefing. If Ada and the others had heard the calling, then that is probably where they would be next. She would take the elevator up to the first floor where she could finally escape.the thought seemed too good to be true but in her heart Trina knew she would get out of this.she would get out of this alive.

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