Chapter 3 – cj Resident evil: code blue
CJ was now pacing back and forth in the room. He was thinking really hard of what to do. He continually shined the flashlight back and forth looking for a way out. There was a door towards the back of the shop, but it was blocked by something heavy. He sat back down in a chair, looking to the photo of his wife once more before picking it up and putting it in his pocket. He scratched his chin some while the others looked to him. Alys stood up and raised a brow to CJ.
"Well, faithful leader, what now? Doesn't look like there's much of a way out of here, is there?" Alys said sarcastically.
CJ looked to her, un-amused by her comments. He then looked around the room again and something caught his eye. He was sitting at such an angle that he could see a very tiny hole leading out to the back. CJ went over to the hole and peeked through it. He could see the street on the outside. He looked around the room and he found golf club near a tiny, indoor putting green. He picked it up and started to hit the wall with it. He began to crack the wall when the golf club broke. He then pulled out his fire ax and began to beat the wall with it. The wall eventually gave way a small hole. It was small, but large enough for them all to crawl through.
Everyone got up almost at the same time and crawled through the hole one at a time. When they were all through they were standing on one of the main streets. Surrounding them was a site of pure destruction. In every direction the island was burning or falling apart. A quake hadn't hit since they had landed, but there were quakes continuing every other hour. This meant that at anytime, the island could be further strike and break apart. As they looked off in one direction they could see where there were once tall skyscrapers, but now, there were broken buildings that revealed most of their skeletons. CJ tried making contact with his base, but it was no good. Their communications were out.
CJ immediately thought of the other teams that had been sent in and he turned to the others.
"Alright, here's the plan. We're heading for the downtown area. One of the other teams is there, and we might also find some of the AUC members that we have been looking for. Once there, we will try and establish communication with base and report our progress. We may need back up, but we should be alright. Ok, let's get moving."
They started running for the downtown area. Along the way they put out fires with their water tanks. Despite their best effort, they still weren't able to fight the fires very well, and simply did the best they could. As they passed through the area, they could see all the damaged small-town shops that littered the area outside the major city. There were bodies all over the ground. Many of them were burned or crushed or maimed, but there were many others that appeared to have died of some other nature. They all eyeballed those strange looking bodies as they passed. They began entering the residential zone, and everything appeared to be different here. The fires were raging, but the homes here were spaced out further apart and therefore, the fires were separated from one another. The residential areas had more bodies, and most of these were those bodies that appeared to have died of strange causes. They hustled through.
Then they started to hear something strange, like a dog growling, but it was more of a demonic snarl. As they rounded the corner of one of the streets, they saw before them a horrific sight: almost a hundred dogs, it seemed had grouped together and were now chowing down on dead human. Except these dogs looked like they had been through hell and back. Their skin looked like it had been burned off and the meat of their body looked like it was dripping with some kind of ooze. The entire group froze at the sight and looked to each other. Martin was the first to step back, and then he started running the other way. CJ tried to stop him, but it was too late, the dogs had caught this, then their smell, and looked towards them. Time seemed to freeze for a moment, and then the entire group took off after Martin. The dogs gave chase as the four fire fighters ran down another street.
As the dogs began to catch up, the group began spraying them with the water, and the dogs stumbled a bit. They had caught up to Martin. He was slowing down and running out of breath. CJ helped him a bit, which gave him a needed boost of energy. However, it wasn't quite enough, and one of the dogs caught up to Martin and took a bite out of his leg. Martin winced, stumbling some, but he kept trying to run. CJ attempted to help Martin out, but the dogs were to close. They all leapt onto him and he fell, disappearing into the pile of dogs. The group wanted to stop and help, but they knew it was no good, and CJ pulled them all away from the scene. A few dogs followed for a little while, but the group was already all the way down the street, heading into the downtown area.
The group finally came to a small, indoor parking area where they could stop and contemplate things for a little bit. CJ stopped for a little and stroked his chin a bit, thinking again. Alys kicked the ground angrily, tensing her arm up and turning her hand into a fist. Blake paced back and forth in front of the other two. His eyes were nearly bug-eyed, and he was mumbling some to himself. Then he looked to CJ.
"Holy shit man.....holy shit! What the hell was that? I mean....what the hell?!" Blake said frantically.
CJ looked to him calmly.
"Look, Blake, I know this has all been sudden, but we need to chill right now. But, you bring up a good point. What the hell were those things?"
Alys looked to the, angrily.
"I'll tell you what those were. Those were Umbrella's fuckin' monsters. I've read about this shit. The theories and rumors about Umbrella doing crap like this. Mutating people and animals into monsters. I never actually believed it, but here it is."
Alys spat on the ground. CJ and Blake looked to her strangely.
"You serious? I know Umbrella's been into some illegal business, but monsters? That sounds a bit far fetched. Those dogs just looked like they were burned up and hungry. When animals get hungry enough, they'll turn on you real quick. At least, that's what I've heard." CJ said to her, doubting her theory.
Alys looked to him, curling one of her lips a bit then spat on the ground again. Blake looked between the two of them frantically, and then focused on CJ.
"Look I don't care what they were; I just wanna get the hell out of here. We gotta find the others or call for back up or something. I mean, this is bullshit. I never signed on for this!"
CJ walked up to Blake and placed his hands on his shoulders.
"Look, right now all we have is the three of us. We don't have our communications; we don't have any back up. We have nothing. We gotta do our best to stick together and find any survivors. We don't have a choice. We just have to be more careful. Once we're downtown, things should be better. We just gotta keep fighting these fires, alright."
Blake looked at him less frantic, but still unsatisfied. He shrugged CJ off and stepped off to the side by himself. CJ next focused on Alys and she looked to him, still peeved. CJ tilted his head, looking to her more serious, and she nodded after that, calming down and looking to him less angry. CJ took one last deep breath and then looked to both of his remaining team members.
"Alright, let's go."
They all gathered themselves one last time before moving out.
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As they entered downtown, they saw corpses everywhere. Fires were also everywhere, mostly covering cars, which littered the streets. Most of them had been blown apart. Pieces were strewn about, and several emergency vehicles, including police cars were in shatters. The team walked around slowly, looking over the area and the people which were now lying dead in the streets. Blake walked over to one of the police, whose skin seemed to have turned gray, but otherwise looked intact. He knelt down and looked it over. As he gazed over it he saw a bite mark on the officer's neck and shoulder. He turned over to call to CJ. "Hey! CJ, come check this out!"
CJ came running over to him, and Blake pointed to the body. CJ looked to it and knelt down as well.
"It looks like it got bitten by something. And judging by the bite marks, that something was human."
CJ looked to him with a puzzled face.
"Human? You sure?"
"Well, have a look for yourself."
CJ inspected it and got a look of surprise on his face.
"You're right, Blake, their human marks. Looks like some tissue was torn off too. I wonder who in the hell would do such a thing?"
CJ stood up and looked around once more. As he began to look more closely to the detail around him, he noticed that there had been a fight here. There were weapons sporadically strewn about the street and upon further inspection, more bite marks were found. As CJ looked more outward from the area they were in, they saw the bodies continue, as did the weapons. In fact, most of the bodies around them were gray, and appeared to be losing their skin and flesh.
"What the hell happened here?" CJ asked himself as he looked around.
Just then, something grabbed Blake's leg and he jumped. He turned around and saw one of the corpses on the ground start to move and try to grab him. He stumbled back after giving the corpse a kick to its head. As he did, he felt another corpse grab for him and he stepped away from that one as well, heading towards where CJ was. As they looked around more and more they saw more and more corpses get up and start heading towards the group. CJ looked around franticly and started spraying the corpses with the water. Alys made a more appropriate decision and picked up a nearby shotgun, blasting the corpses. But, as she kept on blasting, they wouldn't stop coming. CJ followed her lead and picked up two pistols he found on the ground. He began to shoot at the bodies as they attacked. He began hitting them in the head, and that seemed to keep them down.
"Shoot 'em in the head." He told Alys. "They go down easier that way."
Blake got enough nerve to pick up a shotgun and he started shooting the bodies in the head as well. The bodies started falling. As they ran low on ammo, they dropped their weapons and picked up others. The 'zombies', as the group started to yell out, were still getting closer and they were nearly reaching the group. CJ, while shooting, made a break for it and started running down the street. The rest of the group followed, and they headed to a street corner, where, before them was a mall. They headed for it at an incredibly fast running speed. As they ran into the mall parking, they could hear gunfire in the distance.
"Hey, you guys hear that? Its gunfire...people are there!" Blake yelled out as he sped off into the mall.
CJ looked back to where they had come from, watching as the zombies clamored towards them. As CJ questioned the situation, somehow, deep in the back of his mind, CJ knew: the streets would run red today......
CJ was now pacing back and forth in the room. He was thinking really hard of what to do. He continually shined the flashlight back and forth looking for a way out. There was a door towards the back of the shop, but it was blocked by something heavy. He sat back down in a chair, looking to the photo of his wife once more before picking it up and putting it in his pocket. He scratched his chin some while the others looked to him. Alys stood up and raised a brow to CJ.
"Well, faithful leader, what now? Doesn't look like there's much of a way out of here, is there?" Alys said sarcastically.
CJ looked to her, un-amused by her comments. He then looked around the room again and something caught his eye. He was sitting at such an angle that he could see a very tiny hole leading out to the back. CJ went over to the hole and peeked through it. He could see the street on the outside. He looked around the room and he found golf club near a tiny, indoor putting green. He picked it up and started to hit the wall with it. He began to crack the wall when the golf club broke. He then pulled out his fire ax and began to beat the wall with it. The wall eventually gave way a small hole. It was small, but large enough for them all to crawl through.
Everyone got up almost at the same time and crawled through the hole one at a time. When they were all through they were standing on one of the main streets. Surrounding them was a site of pure destruction. In every direction the island was burning or falling apart. A quake hadn't hit since they had landed, but there were quakes continuing every other hour. This meant that at anytime, the island could be further strike and break apart. As they looked off in one direction they could see where there were once tall skyscrapers, but now, there were broken buildings that revealed most of their skeletons. CJ tried making contact with his base, but it was no good. Their communications were out.
CJ immediately thought of the other teams that had been sent in and he turned to the others.
"Alright, here's the plan. We're heading for the downtown area. One of the other teams is there, and we might also find some of the AUC members that we have been looking for. Once there, we will try and establish communication with base and report our progress. We may need back up, but we should be alright. Ok, let's get moving."
They started running for the downtown area. Along the way they put out fires with their water tanks. Despite their best effort, they still weren't able to fight the fires very well, and simply did the best they could. As they passed through the area, they could see all the damaged small-town shops that littered the area outside the major city. There were bodies all over the ground. Many of them were burned or crushed or maimed, but there were many others that appeared to have died of some other nature. They all eyeballed those strange looking bodies as they passed. They began entering the residential zone, and everything appeared to be different here. The fires were raging, but the homes here were spaced out further apart and therefore, the fires were separated from one another. The residential areas had more bodies, and most of these were those bodies that appeared to have died of strange causes. They hustled through.
Then they started to hear something strange, like a dog growling, but it was more of a demonic snarl. As they rounded the corner of one of the streets, they saw before them a horrific sight: almost a hundred dogs, it seemed had grouped together and were now chowing down on dead human. Except these dogs looked like they had been through hell and back. Their skin looked like it had been burned off and the meat of their body looked like it was dripping with some kind of ooze. The entire group froze at the sight and looked to each other. Martin was the first to step back, and then he started running the other way. CJ tried to stop him, but it was too late, the dogs had caught this, then their smell, and looked towards them. Time seemed to freeze for a moment, and then the entire group took off after Martin. The dogs gave chase as the four fire fighters ran down another street.
As the dogs began to catch up, the group began spraying them with the water, and the dogs stumbled a bit. They had caught up to Martin. He was slowing down and running out of breath. CJ helped him a bit, which gave him a needed boost of energy. However, it wasn't quite enough, and one of the dogs caught up to Martin and took a bite out of his leg. Martin winced, stumbling some, but he kept trying to run. CJ attempted to help Martin out, but the dogs were to close. They all leapt onto him and he fell, disappearing into the pile of dogs. The group wanted to stop and help, but they knew it was no good, and CJ pulled them all away from the scene. A few dogs followed for a little while, but the group was already all the way down the street, heading into the downtown area.
The group finally came to a small, indoor parking area where they could stop and contemplate things for a little bit. CJ stopped for a little and stroked his chin a bit, thinking again. Alys kicked the ground angrily, tensing her arm up and turning her hand into a fist. Blake paced back and forth in front of the other two. His eyes were nearly bug-eyed, and he was mumbling some to himself. Then he looked to CJ.
"Holy shit man.....holy shit! What the hell was that? I mean....what the hell?!" Blake said frantically.
CJ looked to him calmly.
"Look, Blake, I know this has all been sudden, but we need to chill right now. But, you bring up a good point. What the hell were those things?"
Alys looked to the, angrily.
"I'll tell you what those were. Those were Umbrella's fuckin' monsters. I've read about this shit. The theories and rumors about Umbrella doing crap like this. Mutating people and animals into monsters. I never actually believed it, but here it is."
Alys spat on the ground. CJ and Blake looked to her strangely.
"You serious? I know Umbrella's been into some illegal business, but monsters? That sounds a bit far fetched. Those dogs just looked like they were burned up and hungry. When animals get hungry enough, they'll turn on you real quick. At least, that's what I've heard." CJ said to her, doubting her theory.
Alys looked to him, curling one of her lips a bit then spat on the ground again. Blake looked between the two of them frantically, and then focused on CJ.
"Look I don't care what they were; I just wanna get the hell out of here. We gotta find the others or call for back up or something. I mean, this is bullshit. I never signed on for this!"
CJ walked up to Blake and placed his hands on his shoulders.
"Look, right now all we have is the three of us. We don't have our communications; we don't have any back up. We have nothing. We gotta do our best to stick together and find any survivors. We don't have a choice. We just have to be more careful. Once we're downtown, things should be better. We just gotta keep fighting these fires, alright."
Blake looked at him less frantic, but still unsatisfied. He shrugged CJ off and stepped off to the side by himself. CJ next focused on Alys and she looked to him, still peeved. CJ tilted his head, looking to her more serious, and she nodded after that, calming down and looking to him less angry. CJ took one last deep breath and then looked to both of his remaining team members.
"Alright, let's go."
They all gathered themselves one last time before moving out.
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As they entered downtown, they saw corpses everywhere. Fires were also everywhere, mostly covering cars, which littered the streets. Most of them had been blown apart. Pieces were strewn about, and several emergency vehicles, including police cars were in shatters. The team walked around slowly, looking over the area and the people which were now lying dead in the streets. Blake walked over to one of the police, whose skin seemed to have turned gray, but otherwise looked intact. He knelt down and looked it over. As he gazed over it he saw a bite mark on the officer's neck and shoulder. He turned over to call to CJ. "Hey! CJ, come check this out!"
CJ came running over to him, and Blake pointed to the body. CJ looked to it and knelt down as well.
"It looks like it got bitten by something. And judging by the bite marks, that something was human."
CJ looked to him with a puzzled face.
"Human? You sure?"
"Well, have a look for yourself."
CJ inspected it and got a look of surprise on his face.
"You're right, Blake, their human marks. Looks like some tissue was torn off too. I wonder who in the hell would do such a thing?"
CJ stood up and looked around once more. As he began to look more closely to the detail around him, he noticed that there had been a fight here. There were weapons sporadically strewn about the street and upon further inspection, more bite marks were found. As CJ looked more outward from the area they were in, they saw the bodies continue, as did the weapons. In fact, most of the bodies around them were gray, and appeared to be losing their skin and flesh.
"What the hell happened here?" CJ asked himself as he looked around.
Just then, something grabbed Blake's leg and he jumped. He turned around and saw one of the corpses on the ground start to move and try to grab him. He stumbled back after giving the corpse a kick to its head. As he did, he felt another corpse grab for him and he stepped away from that one as well, heading towards where CJ was. As they looked around more and more they saw more and more corpses get up and start heading towards the group. CJ looked around franticly and started spraying the corpses with the water. Alys made a more appropriate decision and picked up a nearby shotgun, blasting the corpses. But, as she kept on blasting, they wouldn't stop coming. CJ followed her lead and picked up two pistols he found on the ground. He began to shoot at the bodies as they attacked. He began hitting them in the head, and that seemed to keep them down.
"Shoot 'em in the head." He told Alys. "They go down easier that way."
Blake got enough nerve to pick up a shotgun and he started shooting the bodies in the head as well. The bodies started falling. As they ran low on ammo, they dropped their weapons and picked up others. The 'zombies', as the group started to yell out, were still getting closer and they were nearly reaching the group. CJ, while shooting, made a break for it and started running down the street. The rest of the group followed, and they headed to a street corner, where, before them was a mall. They headed for it at an incredibly fast running speed. As they ran into the mall parking, they could hear gunfire in the distance.
"Hey, you guys hear that? Its gunfire...people are there!" Blake yelled out as he sped off into the mall.
CJ looked back to where they had come from, watching as the zombies clamored towards them. As CJ questioned the situation, somehow, deep in the back of his mind, CJ knew: the streets would run red today......