Authors Note-
Hey…if you are one of the few who have read throughout my entire story then I want to apologize for my not updating. It's true that I haven't updated for about a week or two, because of personal issues that I've been having to deal with. Anyways, this chapter has been in working progress for about a week now, and if it has some holes in it it's because ill take a one or two day break and hope that I remember where I left off. If it has some serious errors, can you do me a favor and email me where it needs to be fixed? Thanks please review it I have 16 reviews as of now and no new ones since about mid last week. Thanks for reading and now on with the chapter…
Ryan Abraham
-Author, "Resident Evil OPERATION: Capitol City"
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Chapter 17
The End is Near
Dimitri stood alone, deep within the closure of his billion dollar replica mansion. He was seated in Délia's study, looking out the window at the city below him. Capitol City was finished. It was March 3rd, and it had been nearly a week and had a half since the initial spill in Capitol. Those damn fools, Dimitri thought to himself, if they had any idea that taking the virus with them would cause such a disaster on that island…
The last cable car was taken by Ada and her comrade. Dimitri though that they had taken the first car, but in fact both of the cable cars had been removed from their docking ports. It was such a disappointment to discover that he was actually trapped in this city. The virus had literally engulfed everything. Umbrella itself didn't have the strength to recover from this type of incident. Raccoon City had nearly destroyed Umbrella…Sheena Island and Rockfort had been devastating blows and the Antarctic Base loss was definitely a finisher…but now to lose Capitol City? How much more could a single company take?
And now it was true that another accident had occurred. The research base located in the tropics, Verwüstung Island, was also infected. As unbelievable as it was, he and his sister were actually at fault for that incident. The Umbrella Bio Hazard Countermeasure Squad was sent in undercover to retrieve the T Alexia Virus from one of the most selfish and unwilling scientists he'd ever met…they infiltrated his office and when the contamination occurred, one of the soldiers was ordered to smuggle the virus aboard the fleeing cable car. When the car crashed…everything fell to pieces…
The death of his sister meant nothing to him. If he hadn't caught her off guard then it would literally have been impossible to kill her. Both of their bodies had reacted the same way 43%
to the viral infection. After extreme physical trauma, the virus left their bodies and restored them back to their original state. When he shot her, it was like shooting a regular human. He couldn't believe how easy it had been to kill her. She hadn't even died screaming…
Alas, Délia was a thing of the past. Dimitri was now in control…he was the one calling the shots. He quickly rushed out of the study and headed through the main hall and out into the helipad on the roof. He smelt a breath of fresh air, breathing it in as he strode quickly and quietly across the cement pad. The chopper in front of him awaited his arrival…
He quickly plopped into the seat, pulling his dark black hair behind him. Dimitri couldn't believe he was leaving Capitol City behind. The fail- safe had been activated…sadly all of this would be burned to rubble. The island of Capitol would ultimately be destroyed.
Taking off into the air, Dimitri put ear phones over his ears, trying to keep his head ache to a minimum. Tucking a briefcase full of the Alexia Virus and antidote under his arm, he pulled up into the air and tapped a radio control button. From deep underground, a massive explosion occurred, tearing the city apart in one single blast. Capitol City was utterly destroyed.
*
Heatherly could tell something was wrong…her body felt different…it was scratchy. She was hungry all of a sudden. She hadn't eaten in days, but that wasn't it. She needed something, something inaccessible. How convenient, what she wanted was inaccessible. Hell, nothing had been going her way. That damn monster from the cafeteria had nearly ripped her to shreds…let alone Ada…Ada…where was she? Heatherly faded away…blackout…gone…asleep…infected…
*
Craig pushed hard against the call button, clutching his crushed ankle in his hand. It was obviously broken from the extreme pressure given from the wrapped tentacle. The massive blob pushed its way forward, howling at him from less than a hundred feet away. Its wet tentacles flapped in the air, its skin opening up in hives and dripping out pure virus. Its vicious teeth were shown from its wretched chapped lips, and that tongue…the piercing sharp tongue…
DING!
He quickly jumped to his feet and threw himself inside. He pushed the close button just as the monster caught up to the door. The things tentacle withdrew out its body and thrust forward.
SKSCH!
The elevator door closed directly onto the tentacle, severing it from the rest of its body. It slithered inside of the small compartment, and then stopped moving and erupted in a pool of purple liquid…but the monster outside wasn't finished yet. It was throwing itself against the elevator door, trying to get inside. Craig stepped over the motionless tendril and slapped his fist against the roof button. Nearly immediately the monster stopped slamming against the elevator door, but still Craig could hear it screaming as he ascended higher and higher throughout the facility.
Two handguns and two clips were all he had on him…and no medical supplies for his damaged ankle. It was swelling, popping out of the baggy blue jeans he wore. The tennis shoes on his feet were covered in dark, coagulated blood. It made his stomach churn…how many peoples blood were on his shoes? Maybe it wasn't even a person's blood…more like an animal's blood or some kind of inhuman creation…utterly unacceptable…
Craig was lost in thought. And what about Ada? Where was she? Was she still alive? What if she had been infected? Jesus Christ…how the hell could he let that happen? What would he do if he was the only one who made it out alive?
*
"I have to save her…" Ada repeated to herself, "I have to…I can't let her die. If I let her die then there is no way I could live with myself." She quickly rushed back through the cafeteria and past the decaying body of the massive R3 she had just killed. Heatherly was left in one of the dormitories…she had been unconscious when she had last seen her. She had mumbled something about an anti toxin she had been administered before coming here, which would slow the effects of viral contamination.
The second basement level laboratory was where you could process the vaccine. She rushed back into the lobby and scrambled towards the elevator door. The elevator…the flickering lights…someone was coming…
*
"Ada?!" Craig screamed, seeing his attractive partner standing in the opening when the elevator door slid apart, "Jesus, I'm so glad you're alive!"
Ada moved forward, crouching down and falling into his arms, "Craig…I missed you so much, I thought you were dead. Oh my god…" She looked down and saw his ankle, crumbled in and bleeding. It had swelled twice the original size and had totally discolored itself, "…oh my God, Craig what the hell happened?"
He looked grim with fear, "You can't go down there…you cant…where are you going? Why are you headed into the basement?" He grabbed her arms, "There's something down there…something big. It has massive tentacles…it did this to me!" He moaned, grabbing his shattered heel, "…promise me you won't go down there alone."
She helped him out of the small compartment, noticing the thing in the center of the floor. It was some kind of dried up worm…a violet blood had poured out of the thing, drenching the ground with it and filling the air with a foul smell. Ada flipped over one of the waiting chairs and let Craig sit…she looked at him, knowing that she would have to tell him she was going down there…
"Craig…I have to leave you here. I met a girl…she was part of the support squad sent in. She was infected…I need to get the vaccine for her, before its too late. I have to go…" She turned, leaving him behind. He was shocked…
"Ada, no! You can't leave me again…" the door slid shut behind her, leaving him alone in the dark gloomy lobby, "I…I love you Ada…"
*
Itchy…scratchy…hungry…where did she go? Hungry…not food, but something else, too much pain…my head….head hurts…my skin…itchy…scratchy…infected…infected…
*
SWOOSH!
The door slid open in front of her, and Ada stepped foot in the second floor lab. She ran through the desolate halls, the only light was that of the shimmering glaze that came in through the grated ceiling. She could see the laboratory above her, it was massive and sterile. It was basically totally white…very clean and high professional. Ada thought to herself that it could actually be safe…but then the sounds of the carriers filled the halls. She knew the monsters had come here too…
There was a flight of steps in front of her, leading upstairs and into the lab. Ada rushed up them, her flat soled shoes pushing against the hard floor. She had made it into the actual laboratory area…it was unbelievably huge. The ceiling reached up at least a good fifty or sixty feet…the actual area of the room was unimaginable. Cages and massive holding takes lined the walls, few of them still holding their original inhabitants. Ada stepped over to one of the furthest cages. There was a girl inside…
"Oh my god…" She crouched down, looking at the tiny figure, "She cant be over ten…" But then the familiar sound awoke her, bringing her back to the haunting reality she had been hurled into. The girl was a carrier, weak with hunger and crying for Ada to come into the cage so she could be violently torn apart. She stepped back, realizing that every cage housed a carrier…
"Thank god they haven't been released…"
CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!
Ada spun around, hearing the faint clicking in the distance. She stumbled, realizing that she wasn't alone in the room…
"Heeerraaaagh!"
She dropped, realizing that the monster that had been released into the laboratory was far worse than the carriers in the cages. She looked up, watching the massive beast drop from the ceiling and send its huge scythe straight through the grate floor. She rolled, dodging the horrible tool and stumbled to her feet. Ada got a good look at the thing, its skinny but muscular figure obviously not human…
It stood at least ten or eleven feet tall…it was skinny, held up by two rail thin legs that bled pure virus…its rib cage covered its beating heart, and the bones in its arms were showing through the muscles that coated them. Everything past the wrist, though, was far from human. It had massive blades that hung past its inhuman knees, each of them coated in a thick slop of blood. His rotting face just screamed pure hatred, the hairless skull and protruding cerebrum. Its teeth were vicious, each of them like a razor blade ready to slice through her flesh. Her observations had occurred in less that ten seconds, and now it was time to act.
It swung at her, violently and pierced the air in front of her face. She stumbled backwards, falling on top of one of the massive lab stations. Ada scrambled for control over her movements and darted across the room only seconds before the massive beast smashed through the long table she had fallen upon. She dashed for a save haven, realizing that the creature was right behind her.
….a door…in front of me…what is that all over it…maybe I can hide…maybe…
She slammed against the electronic door, slapping her hand against the keypad next to it. The door whooshed open, letting her breath in an unbelievably chilly rush. She pushed forward and collapsed inside the room. Ada flipped over, looking the creature straight in the eyes. It was running for her from across the room. It would get her if the door didn't close in time…
"Heeerraaaagh!"
"Nooooo!" Ada screamed, shielding her face as the creature screamed and rushed into the freezer. The door shut without a second to spare…
Ada released the tension in her body. The creature could be heard screaming outside, waving its bladed hands about and crying for her blood. It had nearly killed her…if it had come not five feet closer it would have had her…how could she let it get so close? How could she have been so irrational! She should've been more sensible…
"Oh my god…" Ada mumbled to herself, realizing what had just happened. Heatherly's vaccine was in the back room of the freezer…the room that she was in was the docking port, where materials from the freezer would be shipped out. There was a door to her left and a door to her right, the left one being the one that led outside and onto the docking platform and the right being the freezer. Ice was stained around the brim edge of the freezer door, and Ada knew that behind it lie the cure for Heatherly's sickness…she pressed forward, opening the door and entering one of the coldest places she'd ever been.
*
More than an hour…sick…hungry…where was she? Need to get help…help…sick…I am infected…I need help…before its…before its…before its too late…
*
"Vaccine Synthesis in Progress-----please wait-------Vaccine complete, administration applicable." The female computer voice spoke to Ada as she finished tapping on the cold keyboard. Her breath fluttered about in front of her, dancing about in the air as if never to go away. She yawned, realizing that she hadn't slept in a while, "T Virus Vaccine ready for deportation," The small vile ejected from the massive machine it was created in, sprouting out and waiting for her to take it.
Ada touched the small container and shivered. This would be what ultimately would save her friends life…Heatherly depended on this…she needed to get to her fast. How long had she been gone? Forty-five minutes? An hour?
CLICK! CLICK! BEEP!
The light on the exit door flickered from green to red, and then released a locking noise. Ada rushed to the electronic door, pushing on it and praying that her worst fear had not become a reality. She kicked it, slapped at it and pushed but nothing made it budge.
"Warning…warning…the self destruct system has been manually activated…all electronic locks have been sealed…warning…the self destruct system has been manually activated…this laboratory will detonate…this laboratory will detonate…five hours and counting…warning…the self destruct system has been manually activated…all units report to the docking platform on the second basement laboratory…all units report to the airport on the upper platform…this laboratory will detonate…"
Time stopped…
…self destruct…system…activated…manually? Activated manually? Detonation…five hours…docking platform…airport…Heatherly…Craig…Ada…Leon? No…five hours and counting…vaccine…virus…Umbrella…escape…Capitol City…Raccoon City…Rockfort…all of it boiled down to this…a self destruct system…manually activated…it was all over…
…unless she could stop it…
Hey…if you are one of the few who have read throughout my entire story then I want to apologize for my not updating. It's true that I haven't updated for about a week or two, because of personal issues that I've been having to deal with. Anyways, this chapter has been in working progress for about a week now, and if it has some holes in it it's because ill take a one or two day break and hope that I remember where I left off. If it has some serious errors, can you do me a favor and email me where it needs to be fixed? Thanks please review it I have 16 reviews as of now and no new ones since about mid last week. Thanks for reading and now on with the chapter…
Ryan Abraham
-Author, "Resident Evil OPERATION: Capitol City"
Email Me!
Playa10131988@aol.com (*Preferred)
Morph101319@aol.com
BabyBoy10131988@aol.com
Crazychild101319@aol.com
…or you can always tell me your ideas straight to my face, via AOL Instant Messenger…
My AIM screen name is Crazychild1013
…now on with the chapter…
Chapter 17
The End is Near
Dimitri stood alone, deep within the closure of his billion dollar replica mansion. He was seated in Délia's study, looking out the window at the city below him. Capitol City was finished. It was March 3rd, and it had been nearly a week and had a half since the initial spill in Capitol. Those damn fools, Dimitri thought to himself, if they had any idea that taking the virus with them would cause such a disaster on that island…
The last cable car was taken by Ada and her comrade. Dimitri though that they had taken the first car, but in fact both of the cable cars had been removed from their docking ports. It was such a disappointment to discover that he was actually trapped in this city. The virus had literally engulfed everything. Umbrella itself didn't have the strength to recover from this type of incident. Raccoon City had nearly destroyed Umbrella…Sheena Island and Rockfort had been devastating blows and the Antarctic Base loss was definitely a finisher…but now to lose Capitol City? How much more could a single company take?
And now it was true that another accident had occurred. The research base located in the tropics, Verwüstung Island, was also infected. As unbelievable as it was, he and his sister were actually at fault for that incident. The Umbrella Bio Hazard Countermeasure Squad was sent in undercover to retrieve the T Alexia Virus from one of the most selfish and unwilling scientists he'd ever met…they infiltrated his office and when the contamination occurred, one of the soldiers was ordered to smuggle the virus aboard the fleeing cable car. When the car crashed…everything fell to pieces…
The death of his sister meant nothing to him. If he hadn't caught her off guard then it would literally have been impossible to kill her. Both of their bodies had reacted the same way 43%
to the viral infection. After extreme physical trauma, the virus left their bodies and restored them back to their original state. When he shot her, it was like shooting a regular human. He couldn't believe how easy it had been to kill her. She hadn't even died screaming…
Alas, Délia was a thing of the past. Dimitri was now in control…he was the one calling the shots. He quickly rushed out of the study and headed through the main hall and out into the helipad on the roof. He smelt a breath of fresh air, breathing it in as he strode quickly and quietly across the cement pad. The chopper in front of him awaited his arrival…
He quickly plopped into the seat, pulling his dark black hair behind him. Dimitri couldn't believe he was leaving Capitol City behind. The fail- safe had been activated…sadly all of this would be burned to rubble. The island of Capitol would ultimately be destroyed.
Taking off into the air, Dimitri put ear phones over his ears, trying to keep his head ache to a minimum. Tucking a briefcase full of the Alexia Virus and antidote under his arm, he pulled up into the air and tapped a radio control button. From deep underground, a massive explosion occurred, tearing the city apart in one single blast. Capitol City was utterly destroyed.
*
Heatherly could tell something was wrong…her body felt different…it was scratchy. She was hungry all of a sudden. She hadn't eaten in days, but that wasn't it. She needed something, something inaccessible. How convenient, what she wanted was inaccessible. Hell, nothing had been going her way. That damn monster from the cafeteria had nearly ripped her to shreds…let alone Ada…Ada…where was she? Heatherly faded away…blackout…gone…asleep…infected…
*
Craig pushed hard against the call button, clutching his crushed ankle in his hand. It was obviously broken from the extreme pressure given from the wrapped tentacle. The massive blob pushed its way forward, howling at him from less than a hundred feet away. Its wet tentacles flapped in the air, its skin opening up in hives and dripping out pure virus. Its vicious teeth were shown from its wretched chapped lips, and that tongue…the piercing sharp tongue…
DING!
He quickly jumped to his feet and threw himself inside. He pushed the close button just as the monster caught up to the door. The things tentacle withdrew out its body and thrust forward.
SKSCH!
The elevator door closed directly onto the tentacle, severing it from the rest of its body. It slithered inside of the small compartment, and then stopped moving and erupted in a pool of purple liquid…but the monster outside wasn't finished yet. It was throwing itself against the elevator door, trying to get inside. Craig stepped over the motionless tendril and slapped his fist against the roof button. Nearly immediately the monster stopped slamming against the elevator door, but still Craig could hear it screaming as he ascended higher and higher throughout the facility.
Two handguns and two clips were all he had on him…and no medical supplies for his damaged ankle. It was swelling, popping out of the baggy blue jeans he wore. The tennis shoes on his feet were covered in dark, coagulated blood. It made his stomach churn…how many peoples blood were on his shoes? Maybe it wasn't even a person's blood…more like an animal's blood or some kind of inhuman creation…utterly unacceptable…
Craig was lost in thought. And what about Ada? Where was she? Was she still alive? What if she had been infected? Jesus Christ…how the hell could he let that happen? What would he do if he was the only one who made it out alive?
*
"I have to save her…" Ada repeated to herself, "I have to…I can't let her die. If I let her die then there is no way I could live with myself." She quickly rushed back through the cafeteria and past the decaying body of the massive R3 she had just killed. Heatherly was left in one of the dormitories…she had been unconscious when she had last seen her. She had mumbled something about an anti toxin she had been administered before coming here, which would slow the effects of viral contamination.
The second basement level laboratory was where you could process the vaccine. She rushed back into the lobby and scrambled towards the elevator door. The elevator…the flickering lights…someone was coming…
*
"Ada?!" Craig screamed, seeing his attractive partner standing in the opening when the elevator door slid apart, "Jesus, I'm so glad you're alive!"
Ada moved forward, crouching down and falling into his arms, "Craig…I missed you so much, I thought you were dead. Oh my god…" She looked down and saw his ankle, crumbled in and bleeding. It had swelled twice the original size and had totally discolored itself, "…oh my God, Craig what the hell happened?"
He looked grim with fear, "You can't go down there…you cant…where are you going? Why are you headed into the basement?" He grabbed her arms, "There's something down there…something big. It has massive tentacles…it did this to me!" He moaned, grabbing his shattered heel, "…promise me you won't go down there alone."
She helped him out of the small compartment, noticing the thing in the center of the floor. It was some kind of dried up worm…a violet blood had poured out of the thing, drenching the ground with it and filling the air with a foul smell. Ada flipped over one of the waiting chairs and let Craig sit…she looked at him, knowing that she would have to tell him she was going down there…
"Craig…I have to leave you here. I met a girl…she was part of the support squad sent in. She was infected…I need to get the vaccine for her, before its too late. I have to go…" She turned, leaving him behind. He was shocked…
"Ada, no! You can't leave me again…" the door slid shut behind her, leaving him alone in the dark gloomy lobby, "I…I love you Ada…"
*
Itchy…scratchy…hungry…where did she go? Hungry…not food, but something else, too much pain…my head….head hurts…my skin…itchy…scratchy…infected…infected…
*
SWOOSH!
The door slid open in front of her, and Ada stepped foot in the second floor lab. She ran through the desolate halls, the only light was that of the shimmering glaze that came in through the grated ceiling. She could see the laboratory above her, it was massive and sterile. It was basically totally white…very clean and high professional. Ada thought to herself that it could actually be safe…but then the sounds of the carriers filled the halls. She knew the monsters had come here too…
There was a flight of steps in front of her, leading upstairs and into the lab. Ada rushed up them, her flat soled shoes pushing against the hard floor. She had made it into the actual laboratory area…it was unbelievably huge. The ceiling reached up at least a good fifty or sixty feet…the actual area of the room was unimaginable. Cages and massive holding takes lined the walls, few of them still holding their original inhabitants. Ada stepped over to one of the furthest cages. There was a girl inside…
"Oh my god…" She crouched down, looking at the tiny figure, "She cant be over ten…" But then the familiar sound awoke her, bringing her back to the haunting reality she had been hurled into. The girl was a carrier, weak with hunger and crying for Ada to come into the cage so she could be violently torn apart. She stepped back, realizing that every cage housed a carrier…
"Thank god they haven't been released…"
CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!
Ada spun around, hearing the faint clicking in the distance. She stumbled, realizing that she wasn't alone in the room…
"Heeerraaaagh!"
She dropped, realizing that the monster that had been released into the laboratory was far worse than the carriers in the cages. She looked up, watching the massive beast drop from the ceiling and send its huge scythe straight through the grate floor. She rolled, dodging the horrible tool and stumbled to her feet. Ada got a good look at the thing, its skinny but muscular figure obviously not human…
It stood at least ten or eleven feet tall…it was skinny, held up by two rail thin legs that bled pure virus…its rib cage covered its beating heart, and the bones in its arms were showing through the muscles that coated them. Everything past the wrist, though, was far from human. It had massive blades that hung past its inhuman knees, each of them coated in a thick slop of blood. His rotting face just screamed pure hatred, the hairless skull and protruding cerebrum. Its teeth were vicious, each of them like a razor blade ready to slice through her flesh. Her observations had occurred in less that ten seconds, and now it was time to act.
It swung at her, violently and pierced the air in front of her face. She stumbled backwards, falling on top of one of the massive lab stations. Ada scrambled for control over her movements and darted across the room only seconds before the massive beast smashed through the long table she had fallen upon. She dashed for a save haven, realizing that the creature was right behind her.
….a door…in front of me…what is that all over it…maybe I can hide…maybe…
She slammed against the electronic door, slapping her hand against the keypad next to it. The door whooshed open, letting her breath in an unbelievably chilly rush. She pushed forward and collapsed inside the room. Ada flipped over, looking the creature straight in the eyes. It was running for her from across the room. It would get her if the door didn't close in time…
"Heeerraaaagh!"
"Nooooo!" Ada screamed, shielding her face as the creature screamed and rushed into the freezer. The door shut without a second to spare…
Ada released the tension in her body. The creature could be heard screaming outside, waving its bladed hands about and crying for her blood. It had nearly killed her…if it had come not five feet closer it would have had her…how could she let it get so close? How could she have been so irrational! She should've been more sensible…
"Oh my god…" Ada mumbled to herself, realizing what had just happened. Heatherly's vaccine was in the back room of the freezer…the room that she was in was the docking port, where materials from the freezer would be shipped out. There was a door to her left and a door to her right, the left one being the one that led outside and onto the docking platform and the right being the freezer. Ice was stained around the brim edge of the freezer door, and Ada knew that behind it lie the cure for Heatherly's sickness…she pressed forward, opening the door and entering one of the coldest places she'd ever been.
*
More than an hour…sick…hungry…where was she? Need to get help…help…sick…I am infected…I need help…before its…before its…before its too late…
*
"Vaccine Synthesis in Progress-----please wait-------Vaccine complete, administration applicable." The female computer voice spoke to Ada as she finished tapping on the cold keyboard. Her breath fluttered about in front of her, dancing about in the air as if never to go away. She yawned, realizing that she hadn't slept in a while, "T Virus Vaccine ready for deportation," The small vile ejected from the massive machine it was created in, sprouting out and waiting for her to take it.
Ada touched the small container and shivered. This would be what ultimately would save her friends life…Heatherly depended on this…she needed to get to her fast. How long had she been gone? Forty-five minutes? An hour?
CLICK! CLICK! BEEP!
The light on the exit door flickered from green to red, and then released a locking noise. Ada rushed to the electronic door, pushing on it and praying that her worst fear had not become a reality. She kicked it, slapped at it and pushed but nothing made it budge.
"Warning…warning…the self destruct system has been manually activated…all electronic locks have been sealed…warning…the self destruct system has been manually activated…this laboratory will detonate…this laboratory will detonate…five hours and counting…warning…the self destruct system has been manually activated…all units report to the docking platform on the second basement laboratory…all units report to the airport on the upper platform…this laboratory will detonate…"
Time stopped…
…self destruct…system…activated…manually? Activated manually? Detonation…five hours…docking platform…airport…Heatherly…Craig…Ada…Leon? No…five hours and counting…vaccine…virus…Umbrella…escape…Capitol City…Raccoon City…Rockfort…all of it boiled down to this…a self destruct system…manually activated…it was all over…
…unless she could stop it…