It was another cold and dreary day in the mess of a city that once was called Raccoon City. It used to be a pleasant and quiet little town, not really deserving the title 'city'. That, of course, was before the outbreak. The city was now a biological wasteland, crawling with zombies that were once living people, as well as genetic nightmares that shouldn't exist, but did through the science of genetics and the hand of Man.
The red headed girl made her way down the side walk, occasionally moving to the side to avoid large chunks of debris, as well as: skeletons, bones and corpses that littered the ground, brought down by the gunfire of those brave enough, or stupid enough to venture into this mad house. She pulled her jacket closer around her to try and block out the cold, but the torn and tattered jacket did no good. Her eyes were down cast; she didn't need to look around for the monsters. She could hear them and smell them. She paused, hearing something behind her. A glance behind, but nothing was there…Wait! What was that, in the shadows? The creature slowly moved into the failing light. Reveling it self as one of the many genetic nightmares.
It was a miss match of different creatures, mainly reptilian and arachnid. A scorpion tail arched over its back, the deadly stinger curved upward. The body was interestingly enough, a green color, and scaly, much like an alligator or a crocodile and the legs. Instead of four, it had eight, eight spider legs, each tipped with claws. She started backing up, noting that the creature's iguana-like head jerked towards her when she moved. No doubt it had fangs.
Umbrella liked to make their creatures dangerous. She quickly picked up a metal pipe; she would hit it once it came close enough. It wouldn't be wise to attack the creature head on, since she didn't know what it could do. She could tell the creature was about to pounce, a fraction of a second before it did, several shots rang out, hitting it in the side, neck and head. Blackish green blood spilled out from the wounds as it slumped over. Now she had to be careful.
Both man and beast were dangerous in this place. People often went insane from the horrors that this city held. The person came walking from across the street, wearing an Umbrella S.W.A.T team uniform. Which to her, wasn't a good thing, since she wasn't exactly what one would call human. Her eyes glanced to the helmet which had the word "Lone" scratched into the top, she felt a mild bit of relief, at least it was an ally. Lone had claimed that he left Umbrella when he found out what they were up to. Naturally, she didn't quite believe him, since many people claimed that they had left the corporation, and it ended up that they still worked for the company.
"I assume you run around saving everyone's lives? Or is it just mine?"
Aryn asked, mildly annoyed since she felt like she could have taken care of the monster herself.
"Everyone who needs it" Came the reply.
"I can take care of myself just fine." She said as she bent down to look at the monster.
Lone let out an exasperated sigh, "Excuse me Aryn if you're so independent. I guess I won't bother to save your life anymore."
"Save my life? Ha! I've seen worse than this worthless excuse of a freak." Aryn said with a laugh, "So, has anything else escaped that I should know about?"
"From what I've heard, the Destroyer Project is still running around. What's worse is that there are two of them now. Might want to be careful."
There was a long silence before she replied, "I can take care of myself."
She turned and walked away from Lone and the corpse, disappearing around a corner. She shoved her hands into her pockets as she thought. He knew about the Destroyer Project, would Lone try to do something about it? Probably not, if he knew about the project, he knew what they could do. She went into a building through the non-existent doorway, then downstairs to the basement. Here was her 'home' where she stayed when she wasn't out scavenging for food and supplies. She shut the door and blockaded it, not that it would do much good. She settled down on the floor before dozing off.