Dr.William Birkin

David stood silently...the others around him seemed frightened and vengeful...but David didn't care. David was replaying his horrific past in his mind..how spiteful and cruel he had been..how the second he was offered a chance to rat people out to those freaks in that underground pit they called a lab he jumped and took it...they'd said the son of the county medical examiner would be ideal for their uses..how they would know the inside track on any investigation into them,,"They can rot in hell...just like I'm going to.." muttered David as he checked how many rounds were in the revolver. His blue eyes glanced from Alexandra back to his gun, "You uh...you do know we have NO chance to survive...you're friends..Jarred and...Vanessa was it? yes..the two love birds...they have most likely met their fate now...". Love...death...fear..all of these words now meant nothing to David, because he felt them all now...he had never felt about anyone else the way he felt about Alexandra, and yet he knew death was coming very soon. Trivial..this was all trivial, sighing, he pulled the hammer back on the SAA and began to walk down the tunnel...wanting to meet death halfway, rather than have the darkness envelop him. "What the hell are you doing???? Jarred told us to stay together are you deaf or something!" yelled Winsor after him, slowly turning..it became obvious to Winsor, Ryan, John, and Alex what he planned to do. "No...but its time....you people may very well make it out of here alive...but I don't deserve to, if I did it wouldn't be right...I deserve to die along with this town..." he said, and he slowly began to walk off. Alex began to say something to him but he couldn't hear her..his thoughts drowned it all out.."No...I'll just find that freak Piers...and put a bullet in his brain..time to repent...time to redeem myself if only slightly".

City of the Dead

Winsor, Ryan, Alex, and John watched David disappear into the darkness; collectively they had come to the conclusion that he knew something about what was going on.

"Oh well, I didn't like him too much anyways" Winsor said.

"Now what do we do?" Alex asked.

"What else? Let's head to the sewage treatment plant, we're almost there" John said.

Alex stared off into the darkness where David had disappeared, she didn't want him to leave, and he seemed kind of nice. Her train of thought was cut off by a sudden fatigue, she felt like she was going to pass out for a second, but then it faded. The virus was getting worse.

"Guys, I don't feel too good" Alex said.

"John" Ryan called. John walked over to him. "I was thinking, it's highly unlikely that we will find an antidote down here, once we're in the plant, how much time do you think it will take us to head to the Medical Center hospital downtown?" Ryan whispered.

"Hmmm, judging by the distance, and if we don't make any stops, I would say about two hours" John replied.

"Do you think she can hold out until then?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know, we'll have to see" John said. "Come on, let's get to the plant, our path is about to change" John said pointing down the dark tunnel.

The room was fairly large, the ruins of a house sized building sat in the center of the room. Vegetation was everywhere; vines wrapped themselves around the cracked cement. The building was about three stories, and chunks of the wall were missing. Nathan, Jarred, and Vanessa stood close to each other, examining the room with their eyes, watching for any threats.

"What is this?" Vanessa asked.

"I don't know, but it can't be good" Nathan said.

Suddenly, a voice came over an intercom.

"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, welcome to stage 1, your fixing to face a little...obstacle in your path, if you succeed in defeating them, you will be directed to stage 2, and so on, don't disappoint me, put up the fight of your life, ha ha ha ha" The obvious voice of Piers echoing throughout the area.

"Come on, let's head into that small building" Nathan said walking ahead of them.

Nathan was determined to find out what Piers was up to, it was enough to throw him in a cell, but he had to bring his father into this, Nathan was pissed off, and someone was going to pay for it.

The trio walked into the building and looked upon a scene of slaughter, they had grown accustomed to it, and no longer had any reaction towards it. Several mangled bodies lay scattered on the floor; blood was splattered on the walls along with bullet holes. The bodies looked like the guards Jarred and Ryan had seen in the school.

"Wonder what happened here?" Vanessa said.

"I don't know, but we're probably going to find out" Nathan said looking up and down the halls.

So far there was nothing, only the gruesome sight that laid before them.

Jarred walked over to the bodies and searched them, he found several clips of ammo along with a piece of paper.

To all soldiers from the Gamma Force, you have been selected for Operation Sliver, a covert op that will aid in the future of Blair pharmaceuticals.

Isis Pharmaceuticals and Blair have been in cooperation ever since the two companies started work involving bioorganic research back in 1996. In exchange for funding, the city of Gaines, Colorado struck a deal with Blair and Isis, agreeing that certain areas of the city would be bought out by the two organizations. When the F. B. I began looking in on the actions of Blair and Isis, a promising detective by the name of David Law began an investigation. Our information on what happened afterwards is shady, due to the abruptness of the outbreak, but we know that David Law and a team of agents invaded the main laboratory, a large gun battle erupted and somehow the virus was released. Within two weeks the entire city was infected and now Gaines has become a hot spot.

Unbeknownst to Isis, Blair has other plans regarding the future of the B. O. W. project. Operation Sliver involves the retrieving of all Isis B. O. W. research in Gaines, including data, embryos, and living specimens. Target points include:

Blair, Isis main laboratory = Hidden under Industrial district

Testing center and B. O. W. containment= Warren High School

File storage= City Hall

File storage= City HallViral antidote research=Medical Center Hospital

Also included are several Isis Sales offices that contain records of money spent on the project.

If anyone other than the Gamma Force claims to be involved with the operation, shoot him or her on sight. The Nemesis has been deployed to handle survivors; your priorities are the mission and the mission alone. But if any survivors are seen, they are to be eliminated.

"Whoa" Jarred said.

The paper answered a lot of questions, but also raised many more.

"Hey guys, check this out" Jarred walked over to Vanessa and Nathan, showing them the document he found.

The group pondered over the document.

"My father was onto them, that's what Piers was babbling about" Nathan said.

"So this whole area, is a testing area for Bio weapons" Vanessa said.

Jarred folded the paper and pocketed it. Jarred, Vanessa, and Nathan knew a lot more about what was going on, the information was so distracting, that they almost didn't hear the sounds of something coming up the ruined hall...