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Chapter 8 The Adventure Begins
"Where could she be?" Jill suddenly said as she and Rebecca met up with Steve and Carlos.
"Found something?" Steve asked.
Rebecca just shook her head.
"Nothing. How about you guys?" She returned.
"Same here." Carlos replied.
Barry then joined the group.
"So? Anything?" Jill asked.
Barry shook his head.
"From the looks of it, neither of you guys found anything either." Barry said.
"You've got that right." Carlos answered.
"There's no trace of her anywhere. Where could she be? I could only imagine what Claire and Leon are going through right now." Jill commented.
"Yeah. But you know what.it's weird. How could a girl like Sherry disappear like that? I mean, Claire was standing less than a meter from her." Rebecca said.
"I know." Jill replied.
"Oh it's good that you're all here." Chris suddenly said.
They turned and saw Chris approaching them.
"There's been a change of plans." He said.
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"I went and investigated the area where the explosion occurred and I found a little something."
"What?"
"Umbrella has struck again. I've contained the area for now but who knows what will happen next. This city is about to be overrun by the living dead and we're in the middle of it." Chris said.
Everybody's face went blank.
"There's no time to waste. We better find Sherry and a quick way to get out of this city as soon as possible. I've already talked to Claire and Leon. They're ok at the moment. It's Sherry I'm worried about. This is not the time that we should leave her alone." Chris said.
"But what are we going to do? We haven't found any trace of her. And now those things are starting to emerge. We don't even know if it is the same virus that we had deal with before." Jill said.
Suddenly the radio went on.
"Chris, this is Claire do you read me?"
"Go ahead Claire."
"A new monster is crawling around the city. It just paid us a visit."
"What?"
"I'm not sure if we killed it or if there's more."
"Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah. We've run low in ammo though that's why we have to get out of here."
"I don't think-"
"Chris, we've been through this before just like you. Leon and I will look for Sherry. Just concentrate on find us a way out of here."
"Ok. About the monster, are you sure it's something new?"
"Positive. Neither of us had seen this before. It's different from the tyrant we faced before and from the nemesis Jill and Carlos fought. It seems to be a cross between the two. That's all we've got so far."
"Just radio us if you find something."
"Got it. Oh my-" Jill started to say.
The radio was still on so the gunshots that followed could be heard.
"Claire! Claire! Leon! What's going on?!" Chris yelled through the radio.
Claire quickly grabbed the radio again.
"It's stronger than we thought. We have to kill it first. Hold on." Claire said.
"Claire! Claire!" Chris said.
On the other line.
"Leon! Watch out!" Claire yelled as the thing's tentacles almost got grip on Leon.
The monster had bloodshot eyes with tentacles crawling out of its body.
It was big and strong.
It was really hard to defeat because it had the power to regenerate.
It then threw Leon to the wall.
Claire glanced at his direction.
She saw to her horror that he was unconscious.
'Oh my.Leon, please be alright.I'll take it from here.' Claire said silently.
Claire evaded the monster's attacks.
But she was still a little weak from what had happened to her.
Claire aimed her pistol at the creature's head.
The bullets seemed to just create shallow wounds.
It didn't seem to affect him.
Claire found herself backing up as the tyrannical nemesis slowly walked towards her.
It was a good thing that she was somewhat still distant from the creature or she would have to evade the tentacles non-stop.
Claire then felt that she had already backed into a wall.
Then, her heart started to skip beats as she realized that it was her last magazine.
She continued to fire in attempt to kill the creature approaching her.
'I've got 5 shots left. How am I suppose to get out of this? I can't just jump or slide at the sides.it's tentacles can easily grab me.' Words went through her head.
Claire just aimed at its so-called eyes.
But it didn't work.
There were four bullets to go.
Claire decided to aim at a few tentacles so that she might get an opening for her to escape.
It worked but before she could make her move, it had already regenerated.
1 bullet was left.
"Dear Creator, what must I do now?" She said.
She didn't know what else to do.
She only had one bullet left.
Leon was still unconscious.
The radio was far from her so she could not seek help from the others.
"I better make this last shot count or I'm doomed." Claire said to herself.
~ Back at the others ~
"Claire! Claire!" Chris continued to call.
He finally gave up.
He shook his head and turned to the others.
"It's no use. We better find them quickly. I have a really bad feeling about this. Claire is not well enough to fight and they did say that they had run low in ammo." Chris said.
"But it is not wise if we all go. Some of us should start finding us a way out of here." Barry suggested.
"Barry's right. We should split up." Jill commented.
Chris gave a nod.
"Right. I'm heading off to find them. Carlos and Rebecca come with me. You guys should start finding us a way out of here." Chris said.
They just nodded.
Chris, Carlos and Rebecca started to run to find Claire and Leon.
"We should get going too." Jill said.
"This city is rather big. We should also separate." Barry said.
"It looks like we've got no other choice. Are your radios working/" Jill asked.
Barry and Steve nodded.
"Good. I better find a fresh pair of batteries then." Jill said.
"I've noticed a hardware store two blocks from here. We should find useful supplies there." Steve said.
"Then that's where I'll be heading first. Steve, you better head to the police station to get some help." Jill said.
Barry then said, "Then I'll be heading to the port. I'll see if I can find us a suitable boat to get out of here."
Jill nodded.
They then reloaded their magazines and headed their way.
Before they left, "If anything happens, just radio everybody." Barry reminded.
~ Back with Claire ~
The creature was nearing in on her.
Claire didn't know what to do.
She only had one bullet left and she couldn't find a way out.
Claire started to scan her surroundings more carefully.
She knew that if she didn't do anything soon, they monster would have gotten hold of her.
She couldn't find anything useful.
They were in a vacant room.
There weren't any useful things around her.
If only she could reach Leon's gun she could make her move.
But she was trapped in a corner with the creature slowly approaching her.
Claire couldn't think straight.
Her heart was skipping beats.
She did the only thing she could do, aim at the monster and hoped that her last shot could bring it down.
It had received enough damage and she hoped that with it.it would at least lose consciousness for a while until she had gotten herself and Leon out of there.
She fired.
But it made no difference.
It was still coming for her.
She didn't know what else to do.
She was truly trapped with nothing else and no other options.
She watched it with horror.
~ Chris ~
Chris ran as fast as he could.
He dashed and arrived at the room he last saw them in.
Then he followed tracts that he guessed would lead him to them.
'Wait for me Claire. I'm on my way.' Chris said as he desperately ran.
(To be continued.)
I'm really, really sorry for the late update. But I do hope that you liked this chapter though. I hope that you would tell me what you think about it by reviewing.
Michiko
Chapter 8 The Adventure Begins
"Where could she be?" Jill suddenly said as she and Rebecca met up with Steve and Carlos.
"Found something?" Steve asked.
Rebecca just shook her head.
"Nothing. How about you guys?" She returned.
"Same here." Carlos replied.
Barry then joined the group.
"So? Anything?" Jill asked.
Barry shook his head.
"From the looks of it, neither of you guys found anything either." Barry said.
"You've got that right." Carlos answered.
"There's no trace of her anywhere. Where could she be? I could only imagine what Claire and Leon are going through right now." Jill commented.
"Yeah. But you know what.it's weird. How could a girl like Sherry disappear like that? I mean, Claire was standing less than a meter from her." Rebecca said.
"I know." Jill replied.
"Oh it's good that you're all here." Chris suddenly said.
They turned and saw Chris approaching them.
"There's been a change of plans." He said.
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"I went and investigated the area where the explosion occurred and I found a little something."
"What?"
"Umbrella has struck again. I've contained the area for now but who knows what will happen next. This city is about to be overrun by the living dead and we're in the middle of it." Chris said.
Everybody's face went blank.
"There's no time to waste. We better find Sherry and a quick way to get out of this city as soon as possible. I've already talked to Claire and Leon. They're ok at the moment. It's Sherry I'm worried about. This is not the time that we should leave her alone." Chris said.
"But what are we going to do? We haven't found any trace of her. And now those things are starting to emerge. We don't even know if it is the same virus that we had deal with before." Jill said.
Suddenly the radio went on.
"Chris, this is Claire do you read me?"
"Go ahead Claire."
"A new monster is crawling around the city. It just paid us a visit."
"What?"
"I'm not sure if we killed it or if there's more."
"Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah. We've run low in ammo though that's why we have to get out of here."
"I don't think-"
"Chris, we've been through this before just like you. Leon and I will look for Sherry. Just concentrate on find us a way out of here."
"Ok. About the monster, are you sure it's something new?"
"Positive. Neither of us had seen this before. It's different from the tyrant we faced before and from the nemesis Jill and Carlos fought. It seems to be a cross between the two. That's all we've got so far."
"Just radio us if you find something."
"Got it. Oh my-" Jill started to say.
The radio was still on so the gunshots that followed could be heard.
"Claire! Claire! Leon! What's going on?!" Chris yelled through the radio.
Claire quickly grabbed the radio again.
"It's stronger than we thought. We have to kill it first. Hold on." Claire said.
"Claire! Claire!" Chris said.
On the other line.
"Leon! Watch out!" Claire yelled as the thing's tentacles almost got grip on Leon.
The monster had bloodshot eyes with tentacles crawling out of its body.
It was big and strong.
It was really hard to defeat because it had the power to regenerate.
It then threw Leon to the wall.
Claire glanced at his direction.
She saw to her horror that he was unconscious.
'Oh my.Leon, please be alright.I'll take it from here.' Claire said silently.
Claire evaded the monster's attacks.
But she was still a little weak from what had happened to her.
Claire aimed her pistol at the creature's head.
The bullets seemed to just create shallow wounds.
It didn't seem to affect him.
Claire found herself backing up as the tyrannical nemesis slowly walked towards her.
It was a good thing that she was somewhat still distant from the creature or she would have to evade the tentacles non-stop.
Claire then felt that she had already backed into a wall.
Then, her heart started to skip beats as she realized that it was her last magazine.
She continued to fire in attempt to kill the creature approaching her.
'I've got 5 shots left. How am I suppose to get out of this? I can't just jump or slide at the sides.it's tentacles can easily grab me.' Words went through her head.
Claire just aimed at its so-called eyes.
But it didn't work.
There were four bullets to go.
Claire decided to aim at a few tentacles so that she might get an opening for her to escape.
It worked but before she could make her move, it had already regenerated.
1 bullet was left.
"Dear Creator, what must I do now?" She said.
She didn't know what else to do.
She only had one bullet left.
Leon was still unconscious.
The radio was far from her so she could not seek help from the others.
"I better make this last shot count or I'm doomed." Claire said to herself.
~ Back at the others ~
"Claire! Claire!" Chris continued to call.
He finally gave up.
He shook his head and turned to the others.
"It's no use. We better find them quickly. I have a really bad feeling about this. Claire is not well enough to fight and they did say that they had run low in ammo." Chris said.
"But it is not wise if we all go. Some of us should start finding us a way out of here." Barry suggested.
"Barry's right. We should split up." Jill commented.
Chris gave a nod.
"Right. I'm heading off to find them. Carlos and Rebecca come with me. You guys should start finding us a way out of here." Chris said.
They just nodded.
Chris, Carlos and Rebecca started to run to find Claire and Leon.
"We should get going too." Jill said.
"This city is rather big. We should also separate." Barry said.
"It looks like we've got no other choice. Are your radios working/" Jill asked.
Barry and Steve nodded.
"Good. I better find a fresh pair of batteries then." Jill said.
"I've noticed a hardware store two blocks from here. We should find useful supplies there." Steve said.
"Then that's where I'll be heading first. Steve, you better head to the police station to get some help." Jill said.
Barry then said, "Then I'll be heading to the port. I'll see if I can find us a suitable boat to get out of here."
Jill nodded.
They then reloaded their magazines and headed their way.
Before they left, "If anything happens, just radio everybody." Barry reminded.
~ Back with Claire ~
The creature was nearing in on her.
Claire didn't know what to do.
She only had one bullet left and she couldn't find a way out.
Claire started to scan her surroundings more carefully.
She knew that if she didn't do anything soon, they monster would have gotten hold of her.
She couldn't find anything useful.
They were in a vacant room.
There weren't any useful things around her.
If only she could reach Leon's gun she could make her move.
But she was trapped in a corner with the creature slowly approaching her.
Claire couldn't think straight.
Her heart was skipping beats.
She did the only thing she could do, aim at the monster and hoped that her last shot could bring it down.
It had received enough damage and she hoped that with it.it would at least lose consciousness for a while until she had gotten herself and Leon out of there.
She fired.
But it made no difference.
It was still coming for her.
She didn't know what else to do.
She was truly trapped with nothing else and no other options.
She watched it with horror.
~ Chris ~
Chris ran as fast as he could.
He dashed and arrived at the room he last saw them in.
Then he followed tracts that he guessed would lead him to them.
'Wait for me Claire. I'm on my way.' Chris said as he desperately ran.
(To be continued.)
I'm really, really sorry for the late update. But I do hope that you liked this chapter though. I hope that you would tell me what you think about it by reviewing.
Michiko