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===Harvest Moon: Resident Evil===

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Chapter Seventeen: The Short Visit

Patrick sighed and lay on the bed. Maybe they were right. Maybe he should havce gone with them.

But hearing those screams weren't encouraging. He had to stay inside, or he would die.

His head throbbing, Patrick turned to his side, sighing again.

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Danny lay down on the couch he was on.

"Is this house safe for the night? I'm awfully tired..." he said.

"Aren't we all," Grant said. "We've secured the house. Its safe for the time being."

Danny closed his eyes and soon was sleeping silently.

"Come on, Samantha, lets go upstairs..."

Grant and Samantha walked off upstairs. Carter and Flora both sat in a chair and went to sleep in their positions.

It was eeringly quiet now. Noticing this, Carter opened his eyes. Looking around, he felt a strange tingle. Something wasn't right.

Then he heard it. Shuffling. It sounded like someone digging, but softer. He looked around. What was causing it? It seemed to be coming from everywhere.

He stepped towards the door. The noise got softer. Definatly not there. Turning, he walked to the other side of the room. It got louder.

Then he saw it. The noise was coming from the chimney. Looking up, Carter saw the materials being used as a blockage for the chimney were being torn out.

"Oh, shit."

The blockage then broke. The materials and Vesta fell down to the fireplace with a loud crash!

Danny and Flora jumped awake.

"What the fuck!?" Flora shouted, seeing Vesta. "What the hell is that!?"

"Run!" Carter turned to run, but Vesta grabbed his leg, tripping him. Flora stood on her chair, while Danny jumped and hid behind the counter.

Grant came rushing down the stairs, followed by Samantha. Grant was clutching his shotgun.

"Whats going on?"

Carter still had his leg in Vesta's grasp. He swinged his arms about, trying to make her let go, but she wouldn't cooperate. Instead, she opened her mouth wide.

"Shoot it!" Flora shouted.

Danny looked around. Where did he leave the shotguns?

He saw them in a magazine basket by one of the chairs. Jumping forward, he grabbed one of them.

Grant took aim with his shotgun on the stairs. Vesta jumped up into the air off Carter, and latched onto the ceiling.

"What the-" Flora shouted.

Vesta jumped at her. Colapsing under Vesta's weight, Flora fell to the floor, with Vesta atop her.

Grant lost concentration and fired inaccuratly, hitting the ceiling light. It fell, and shattered on Vesta's head. The Crimson Head fell unconcious. Flora squeezed herself out from under her.

"What the hell is that?" she shouted.

"Its a crimson head," Danny explained. "A mutated, more powerful form of a zombie."

"We need to go," Carter said. "Its no longer safe here."

"What about her?" Grant looked at Vesta.

"Leave her," Samantha said. "Lets just get the hell out of here."

Carter grabbed his shotgun from the magazine basket, looked at Vesta, then followed the others outside, closing the door.

Silence. Then, Vesta opened her bloodshot eyes.

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"Where the hell are we gonna go? Every place in town is destroyed!" Flora said.

"I'm thinking," Danny said, rubbing his forehead.

Carter looked up at the roof. "Ah, crap."

Sebastian was on the roof, turning to look at them, he snarled.

Grant and Flora turned to run, but they stopped short once they saw Kassey and Ruby limping their zombie legs towards them.

"We're surrounded!" Danny said.