Hi again!!! Thanks for reading chapter one! Well here's chapter 2!! Again I do not own Resident Evil, Capcom etc do, I don't own Hunk, Capcom once again do....Lucky so and so's....BUT I do own Naomi! SHE'S MIIIINEEEE! ALL MINE! I have her locked up in a little pink box because.....SHE'S MINE!!!!
Just a quick note, some people found it confusing when they first read this when I switched point of views, I do switch to Hunk's point of view half way through the chapter, I thought it was pretty obvious myself, but not everyone is me hehehehe ANYWAY hope that clears up any probs you might have!
ALSO would like to thank my mate Mabe, if it weren't for you spurring me on, I'd never have got this far!!! THANKS LOADS ^___^
Now on with the show....
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We haven't been running around for long. I have no idea where I am, Hunk seems to know though. I bet he's got the whole map of the place memorised….or he doesn't know where he's going either, but just looks more confident than me….Luckily we haven't run into anything serious yet , just mindless zombies. Hunk doesn't even bother wasting bullets on them, he just pushes them over then stamps on their heads! Makes a horrible sound though and now his boots are all icky! We're in some office, I have no idea what its used for, just loads of computers.
"Wait…shit….damn they activated the barrier system!" Hunk's typing stuff I don't understand into one of the computers…
"Barrier system? That sounds good though….." Hunks just shaking his head…guess its not so good then…..
"Well, in theory, it is good. When it's activated correctly, and at the right time, it seals off each level, containing what ever threat activated it. But this time, when they activated it, it malfunctioned, that's why the virus carriers were able to move about the lower levels……some of the barriers are still up, but most aren't…" I think he's got a head ache, he's rubbing his head. I wish I had my bag with me, I had some preeety powerful pain killers in there….
"Well…can't we just climb up the elevator shaft to the ground floor then smash a window or something?" He's shaking his head again…..not a good sign…
"No. The system has locked down all the top levels…That means there's titanium shutters over all the windows, it's the only part of the program that isn't malfunctioning, lucky for us eh? We're going to have to shut down the program…" With Hunk around, I thought this was going to be the easy part. He could deal with whatever monsters would come our way, we get out, find my dad and run off into the sunset together. I think it's going to be a very long day…….
"But…if we shut down the program, the barriers that are working will come down right? That means that whatever's behind them will be loose and come….eat us…." Hey! Well done Naomi, you're thinking for once in your life, you're not just a pretty face girl…
"You're right…..if I can get to a security computer, I should be able to hack into the program, fix the problem and create a safe route out for us…." Hunk's turned back to the computer, I guess he's looking for a map or something….
"Here…we're lucky, there's a security office on this level, just a few corridors down from here. If I can get in there, I should be able to do something…come on.." Hunks already walking towards the door, I swear it's hard to keep up with him!
"Wait uuuup!" I know I'm moaning, but it's what I'm best at! Hunk didn't pay attention to me and is already half way down the corridor. I have to jog to keep up with him at this pace. I am so happy I wore flats. I was going to wear my Jimmy Choo knock off's to work. They pinch your toes, make your feet hurt like hell, but my god you do look sexy in them! It was a nice day though and I decided to walk to work, so I wore flats instead, and I am so happy that I did! Imagine, running around here for 2 days in stilettos! I think my feet would have fallen off….Damn I'm day dreaming again, I have to run to catch up to Hunk, he's already round the corner. I hear the sickly squelch of a boot smashing through a zombie skull….Hunks just killed another zombie.
"Wow how many is that then? Ten? Twenty? Do you think you can get into the Guinness Book of World Records for zombie killing?!" Hunks not laughing, he's just turned his back on me again and walked off….Its weird. He was all chatty in the office where we rested, but walking around here, it's like he's just shut down. He wont talk to me unless he needs too…I'm going to have to do something to change that. I can't just run around here in silence….
"Hey. Come on…." Hunks waving at me. Wow he must have noticed for once that I wasn't behind him…now he's turned round again, walking off…damn I better follow, gonna have to run again to catch up…
"Are we there yet??" I've just caught up to him, and my feet ache. Hunks got his back to me but I bet he's rolling his eyes at me…
"Yes…..look down there" Hunks pointing towards a door at the end of the corridor.
"Thank god…." He's walking fast again…I wish he would notice that I'm not as fast as he is, I always fall behind. At least it's only a small corridor, it doesn't take long to catch up to him….Hunks trying to open the door….
"Shit…I wasn't told about this. They've put in new security doors, its locked and I don't have enough fire power to blow it open…." Uh oh…he's got that evil look again. I swear if he stared at that door long enough, it would break under the pressure of his gaze…Hang on a minute…up there...
"Look! Up there! It's an air vent…small but it goes straight into that room, I bet I could get in there through it…" Hunks looking me up and down again, probably judging how well I would do…and he's still frowning….that scary evil frown…I have to look away, I cant look him in the eyes when he does that…it scares the hell out of me.
"I don't know…" I know he's staring, I can feel his eyes on me…..
"I can do it! I get in there, unlock the door, then you can do your thing on the computer! It's simple! I doubt there would be any zombies or whatever in there…." He doesn't look too pleased…
"Well……..ok. I saw a entrance into the air vents just before we turned the corner into this corridor…." He's already walking off to it. But he's not walking at his usually fast pace, he's….well slow, slower than me and that's saying a lot! It doesn't take long to get round the corner, and Hunks already taking off the air vent cover…Wow he's so tall, I would never get it off without having to stand on a table or something, Hunk just has to stand on his toes….
"I'm gonna need a boost up there…." Hunks just nodding, he's got the cover off now and he's just dropped it on the floor. It makes a huge clang on the floor, I can hear it echo down the corridor…it's so empty here…
"Yeah….look, here take this…" Hunks holding out a gun for me, that little automatic thing…well I say little but to me it's big. I've never touched a gun in my life!
"Do you know how to use it?" I'm just shaking my head, in fact I'm a little scared….Me? With a gun? I must be the clumsiest person in the world, I mean I fall over my own feet!!
"Humm…Ok this is how you hold it. The safeties off so you just have to pull the trigger, so be careful ok?" Don't shoot yourself in the foot or something because I'm not carrying you all the way out of here!" Hunks put his hands over mine, showing me how to hold the gun…His hands are shaking….or is that mine? I'm not too sure…
"You ok?" I'm just a little bit worried….but then again why should I be? I doubt that he's in this kind of situation everyday, he must be a bit scared….
"Er…..I'm fine…..I….er…here, let me help you up." Hunk stuttered! It's oh so very cute! I giggle a little bit and get ready to crawl through a horrible dark, dusty air vent….eugh…I was hoping I wasn't going to have to do this again….
"Ok…Just don't drop me….and don't look at my knickers!!!" I just thought Hunk would give me a boost up, but he actually picks me up! He picks me up by the waist, and lifts me up to the air vent. I manage to crawl in….I hope he didn't see my knickers…I'm wearing my little miss naughty ones…so very adult. Its pitch black in here….at least I know I just have to head straight on…I wont get lost….at least I hope I wont….
"Look! Naomi! I'm going to go stand by the door ok? I'll be there when you open it" I have to shout to make sure she hears me. All I hear in reply is a muffled "uh huh" Must be a tight fit. The kid looks small but that air vents tiny. I turn around to go back to the door. I can hear her crawling through the air vents, muttering the occasional cuss…Shit. How the hell did I get into this mess? I'm a highly trained professional. I've been trained for situations exactly like this! My team's orders were to infiltrate the underground complex, obtain the G-Virus sample from Birkin and then leave. Who could have predicted that he would inject himself with it. That mutated freak wiped out my entire team. I fired a whole mag at him, and he still kept on coming. I'll never forget what he did to my team….It's not like I cared for them. It would just be easier to get out of here if I had them with me. And umbrella hate losing good soldiers, and my team were good. We were the best umbrella had to offer, and I was the only one to survive….I was lucky to get away from Birkin. I was with the new guy when Birkin first mutated, I can't remember his name, he only just transferred to my team a few days ago. We tried to bring Birkin down, but I didn't factor into account how strong the new G-Virus is. Birkin got the new guy first, I just turned and ran. I couldn't hurt him, I wasn't going to stand there and let him get me. But I ran into a dead end. I could hear Birkin taking down the rest of my team, getting closer to me, and for the first time in my life, I was scared. That's hard to admit, even to myself. I've grown up being afraid of nothing….but being trapped like that, knowing I was going to die…I'm not really sure of what happened, Birkin just….didn't come. He probably got distracted and headed off in another direction. I just stood there, waiting, waiting for death. When I realised I had survived, I didn't know what to do. I lost it. I lost it big time. And I'm ashamed of that, I've been trained to keep calm in situations like this. Obviously my training didn't prepare me well enough. I just ran, ran in what I thought was the opposite direction to Birkin. I ended up in the lower levels of this building. See umbrella were very clever. They built Raccoon City as a cover up for their underground labs. Every umbrella building is connected, actually, come to think of it, every building in the city is connected to it. You can get anywhere in the city, travelling along the underground passages. Saying that…you can easily get lost. I wasn't supposed to end up in this building, it's a long way off from our pick up point. I must have just got confused…Shit. Me confused? What's wrong with me? I never think like this. Is it that girl? Or did this start before I met her….I can't remember…everything's just blurred together…and this head ache! Damn it! It's getting worse, I don't think I can take it much longer. I'm just exhausted. Once I get out of this building, I'll find somewhere secure and rest a while….Wait, don't I mean once "we" get out…..Shit! Why am I thinking like this? I was taught not to care about anything but the mission. The mission is half completed though. Lucky for me, just before Birkin injected himself with the G-Virus, I was able to pick up a sample. I've got it here in my….No, it's in my jacket pocket. And she has my jacket. If it breaks….we're both dead. Damn it. Why didn't I remember I had it? Why wasn't I more careful? What's wrong with me? I'm not far from the office door now, Naomi should be nearing it though. I'm just going to have to wait for her to open it. She shouldn't take a wrong turn, she just has to head straight, but something tells me she's the kind of girl that would get lost. This is weird for me, I'm smiling when I think of her. I should have shot her the first time I saw her. I was looking for a way out, then I got trapped in a room with a hunter. No problems really, just have to make sure you have your guard up when dealing with them. They can move fast, but a couple of bullets in the right places and bam. They die. She came rushing in, shouting and screaming. I aimed for her. I should have shot. She would be nothing but dead weight, just slow me down. But, I looked into her eyes. I shouldn't have because it did something to me. Her eyes were pleading with me, begging me to help her. By the look of her, I guessed she had probably been running around on her own for a couple of days…Then she smiled. People would say that "it was one of those smiles you couldn't say no too" and they would be damned right! I just couldn't do it, I just couldn't pull the trigger. That was when I made the decision to take her with me. I doubt she'll survive…I don't even know if I'll survive…but I guess there's no harm in trying to huh? I thought I had made a mistake when we got to that office. She became hysterical, and she just wouldn't stop crying! I don't know how to deal with people like that…I've never been taught. I think I'll mention that to my superiors when I get back. Get them to teach us how to deal with crying girls…Luckily, one good slap did the trick, I wasn't sure if it would work or not, but it did, just like on the T.V. She just stood there, with her hand to her cheek, looking shocked. Well it stopped her crying, and I think she noticed that too. She was exhausted. Just like me, though I didn't show it. That would be a sign of weakness, she's depending on me now, needs me to be strong. What? There I go again, making out that I'm her protector, that I care about her…..I don't…do I? God I just don't know anymore. My instincts say run. Get away, don't trust her. But…there's another voice now…something telling me to stay…Maybe I'm going crazy. Must be….
"OH SHIT!!!" What? That's Naomi….she's ahead of me, how did she get ahead of me? Damn, I must be walking slowly. I think she's scared, she certainly sounds scared…
"What's wrong??" I tap on the air vent where I think she is…
"SPIDERS. I HATE THEM…..can I shoot them?" I'm laughing, this girl is crazy. I don't think I've laughed this much for a long time now.
"No…just squash them, move on, get into the office." I'm shaking my head, she's such a girl. But there's something I can't put my finger on. There's just something about her. I can hear her grumbling now, she's tentatively moving along. She's probably trying to avoid the spiders. I've reached the door now, so that means Naomi should get in the office in a few minutes. That should give me enough time for a quick cigarette.
I don't usually smoke this much, but I think I'm allowed to have a few more than usual considering the circumstances. I've just had a thought, how's Naomi going to get down from the vent? She really is tiny…well compared with me anyway's. When she fell asleep in the office, I couldn't help but notice how small she is, how fragile she looks. Although she's anything but that, if she could survive in here, for 2 days, without any weapons, then she's definitely not fragile. I just heard a crash from the office…she must have kicked the vent cover off………Shit….Shoots….3…4….5….damn it.
"NAOMI?!!" I'm banging my fists on the door, yeah like that's going to help! I can still hear shots being fired…that must mean she's ok, maybe….now nothing. Shit no, I shouldn't have let her go in alone…I should have found another way….hang on, the doors opening…
"Zombie Security Guard…." Its Naomi, she looks a little shaky but she's ok. I quickly check her over, no bites, no nothing. She's ok!
"Shit Naomi…….." I'm shaking my head, I don't know what to say, I don't know what to do….
"Nice to see you care!" She's smiling again, that smile. Damn, I must look like a pervert, just standing here staring at her…
"Erm….computers over there….I've done my job….you go do yours?" She's right, she did her job, now its time to do mine. I look down at the zombie on the floor, better check just in case she didn't finish it off properly, but it is dead, good, no unexpected surprises while I go about fixing the barrier program. Most of her shots hit the body, no good for a zombie, they don't care about those, but it looks like she got one lucky head shot. I'm lucky, the computers on, and the barrier system program is just one click away.
"So...how'd you do it?" I nod towards the zombie…I can't see Naomi but I know she's hovering around behind me…
"I just shot at it from the vent….couldn't get me up there!" She's not so dumb after all….Ah here, the Barrier System files, just make a few changes here and there…..
"Is it gonna take long…..oh and I run out of bullet thingies….." Twelve Bullets on one zombie. Damn. I think I'll handle the weapon's side from now on, or at least until she learns to shoot straight….
"No. Not long. I just have to plan a safe route now, and then we're out of here. We're going to have to climb up the elevator shaft though, it's going to take a while, so sit down till I'm done ok?" She slump's down on the chair next to mine. That damned zombies smelling. I hate that smell. It's not something you get used to, no matter how many times you get to smell it….
"We had to climb down it when we first came down here….the elevators weren't working and it took ages. I hated it, its too dark and dirty, climbing up is probably harder…" I glance over to Naomi, she's hugging herself, just looking at one of the security monitors…..It's a group of zombies. Nothing to worry about, they're on a much lower level. Unfortunately, most of the monitors aren't working anymore, would be great if they were, would make my job so much easier…Naomi looks tired…
"The sooner we get out of this building, the sooner we can rest ok?" I smile at her, she seems to feel better when I smile, or at least act like she feels better. Yeah, it worked, she's smiling back at me now, nodding. It doesn't take long to fix the program problem. Actually, it was easy, any chimp could have fixed it….
"Right. I'm done, you ready to move?" I move over towards to door, ready to go. Naomi gets up and yawns. She looks really tired. Two whole days here, on her own with no where safe to go….Oh damn, I'm doing it again. I'm caring. I have to stop that if I want to survive. I just start walking, I'm not going to wait for her…
"Wait up! God I hate it when you do that! You walk off so fast I can't keep up!" She's upset again, I should have shot her, and then I wouldn't have to deal with this shit. But if I shot her, I wouldn't have been able to get into that security office…
"Look, we have to move fast, this route won't be safe for very long, if we don't get out quick, god knows what's going to come after us!" Naomi's pouting and looks like she's going to start crying again….oh shit no we don't have time for this.
"But……" And now she's sobbing….damn it! We have to move now.
"Look…I'm sorry ok? I'll walk a bit slower…..ok??" Naomi just nods and wipes her nose….at least I stopped her from crying….DAMN I just remembered. The G-Virus Sample!!! I start feeling the pockets on my jacket, how can I forget something like this? Its not like I have any other more pressing matters on my mind…or do i? Ive got to stop that. Stop second guessing myself.
"Sorry...I forgot something….in my pocket…" Naomi just looks perplexed, probably thinks I'm crazy….Ah here it is. The small silver vial was in the top right hand pocket….I'll put it in my side pocket for safe keeping…..
"What was that?" What should I tell her? Shit quick think of an excuse, this is what you've been trained for….
"It's a…..err sample. To take back so they can make a vaccine…." Well it's only a half lie, it really is a sample….just not being used to make a vaccine….
"OH! Well then….we should get moving. Huh….I thought Umbrella was really evil…for letting this happen…but if they're making a vaccine….then…I don't know….." Naomi just shakes her head, then smiles, as if filing the thought away to be looked at another day…..maybe that's what I should do. Just….think about this stuff another day……
"Come on, let's go…." Naomi follows me out of the security office……
I think I've made a little progress with Hunk. He seems to be reacting to me a little differently now! Now when he smiles…I actually truly believe he's smiling at me. Before I thought he was just smiling to be nice but now….its as if he really wants to. I hated that little adventure into that tiny air vent. Half way to the office I was met by a family of spiders. I hate spiders, it took all my courage not to start crying. Then Hunk said I couldn't shoot them…..so unfair. I bet he would have…..The zombie scared me at first, I wasn't really sure of what to do…But then I just thought "fuck it" and started shooting. What happened next really surprised me. Hunk started bashing on the door, screaming my name…it sounded like he really cared….I bet he was surprised when I opened the door! I can't believe that I actually killed the thing! It took 12 bullets but I got it in the end….It. I can't think of them as people, because if I do…I'll never be able to kill them. I know they aren't people anymore. People don't go around eating their friends…I felt good when I killed that zombie. It was like I was saving him….I was putting him out of his misery….I hope they can't think. I would hate to find out that these zombies know what they are doing, yet can't stop themselves from killing and eating people….How could you live with your self after doing something like that…. I've watched these zombies for 2 days now, and I can almost definitely say that they cannot think. Its true, they are stupid….you can easily get away from them….as long as they aren't in a group, that's when they are dangerous…..The smell is awful though. I've been here in it for 2 days….and I'm still not used to it…hell I bet I smell as well! You can always tell a zombie is close because you can smell it before you hear it….We haven't run into any yet, Hunk really did plan a safe route out of here. He's even walking slower now, allowing me to keep up with him. I hated it when he used to run off in front…..I would be alone again….I don't want to be alone anymore….I've always been a loner. I guess its cos I was an only child, I'm just used to it. I don't usually mind being alone but in a situation like this…who'd want to be?
"The elevators up ahead" Hunks pointing towards the elevator, the doors are open, ahhhh there's that lovely plush carpet. I love the elevators here, they have this really soft carpet, when I used to have to move files around or something, I used to take off my shoes when I got in the lift. Yeah ok, so everyone thought I was crazy, but me and my dad have never been able to afford carpet like that! Thinking about it...I'm really weird….
"You sure it wont work? Do we really have to climb alllll the way up?" I'm really not looking forward to this, I'm too tired!
"We could climb down to the lower levels, get into the underground passages and find another way out. But then we would have to deal with hunters, zombies and giant mutated spiders." Spiders????? Euuuugh I hate them HATE THEM! I'd rather climb Mount Everest than face giant spiders!
"Giant mutated spiders? Your kidding……right?" Hunks shaking his head…..and I believe him, why wouldn't I?
"OK! Up the elevator shaft we go!!!" There's no way I'm going to run in to giant spiders! Yuck no way!! Hunks laughing again, I must be making a funny face or something.
"The faster we do this, the sooner it'll be over ok?" Hunks right I suppose. Doesn't mean I'm gonna like it though. I follow Hunk into the lift, he has to jump a little to open the access hatch so we can get on top of the lift. It pops off easily, and I can't see a bloody thing, just darkness…….eugh.
"erm Hunk? You better let me go first, I won't be able to get up there on my own!" Hunks sooooo tall, sometimes I wish I was that tall…but then all my clothes wouldn't fit me so I wouldn't be too happy about that….wait if I was tall I wouldn't have my clothes, I would have tall persons clothes….ok now I'm confusing my self!
"Same drill as last time? No looking at you knickers right?" Cheeky bugger…
"Uh huh! You're a fast learner aren't you! Remind me to reward you when we get out of here…" god I've made him sound like a dog…Ha! But he is a man so that can be overlooked….
"Right…..lets get moving then." Oppps must have embarrassed him or something, he doesn't know what to say. Hunk picks me up, pretty much the same like last time, and lifts me up to the hatch. I have to pull myself up a bit, I'm lucky I've got Hunk underneath to push me up or I'd never get up here! I'm on the top of the lift now and its pitch black. It's gonna take a while till my eyes get used to it. And its cold…no not cold, freezing. Hunk pulls himself up easy enough, god he's so strong, now I wish I worked out a little more so I wouldn't be so weak…
"You cold again? The sooner we get moving, the sooner you'll warm up." Hunk must have noticed I'm cold, maybe I'm shivering. How can he see in this light? Maybe he's just used to this kind of thing….
"Aren't you cold? I mean…do you want your jacket back? I mean you've only got that t-shirt on…" What am I saying? I hope he doesn't want it back, because then I would be REALLY cold! Damn my niceness!
"No…..I'm fine. Lets start moving shall we?" Hunk's standing up, and moving towards the ladder leading up the elevator shaft.
"You go first, that way if you fall, I'll catch you" How chivalrous he is! I'm happy I'm with Hunk and not some wanker of a man…
"Ok. Thank you, that's very sweet of you." I get up but I'm still not used to the dark yet, better tread carefully.
"Sweet? I just don't want you to fall, if you did, then id have to carry you up there…." Ok. So he is a man after all. A stupid man. Blah.
"I'll try my best not to fall…" I start up the ladder, the rungs are cold and dusty. Moaning about it isn't going to get things done, I just have to get on with it. Hunk isn't far behind me, I hope he can't see up my skirt, It is dark so he shouldn't be able too…
"So…what's that purple thing…" What? Oh my god what's on me!
"What you talking about?? Is there some scary thing on my back or something…" Woah be careful, I nearly fell off the ladder trying to look around.
"No, nothing like that, I just wondered what that purple thing was on your underwear…" He saw my knickers. Oh dear god.
"It's….err she's called Little Miss Naughty. She's a kids book character….its the fashion at the moment, loads of stuff has the little miss characters on it at the moment….socks, t-shirts, pj's…." Awww this is so embarrassing, when you tell your girly mates you have little miss naughty knickers on, its cute. When you tell a man, they think you're stupid….
"Underwear…" Yeah underwear…. I don't think I'll mention I'm wearing a matching bra. He's laughing at me, at least one of us is amused…I guess it is kinda funny…
"Don't tell me you don't wear stupid underwear either, all men have a stupid pair of boxer shorts or something…" They do! It's a known fact that men always get socks and a stupid pair of boxer shorts at Christmas, men have loads!
"No, I don't." He sounds so serious, doesn't he know I'm just joking around?
"Hum, let me guess they are all…..black." His whole uniforms black, seems the type to live his life in uniform…
"Yeah. How'd you guess…" I must be good at guessing games! God its freezing cold, and we still have so far to go. It's tiring, and my hands hurt. Hunks lucky, he's wearing gloves, me, I get to freeze my fingers off…
"How come's its so cold…and heeeey its way to dark here for you too see my knickers! How'd you see them??" I've started to shiver again. That's good though isn't it, shivering is your body's way of heating its self up, but it also means your fucking freezing…
"The air conditioning system must be malfunctioning…and I saw them when I gave you a boost onto the lift. Couldn't help but notice them…" Well I cant blame him, I flash my knickers at everyone, it's a habit…a bad habit. Hunks probably right about the air conditioning, god everything in this building is malfunctioning. I bet Hunk's really cold as well. I'm getting so tired, you wouldn't think just climbing a ladder would tire you out, but it does.
"Can we stop a second? I'm getting real tired…." I hear Hunk sighing, he's probably fed up with me now, I'm always moaning…
"Ok. But just for a few seconds, if you stop for too long you'll probably never get moving again…" Good. I wrap my arms round the ladder rungs, that way I can rest and not fall down. I can feel Hunk moving up the ladder….what's he doing?
"Sorry…." He's almost directly behind me now, real close. Ahh I get it now, body warmth, this is what they tell you to do when you get trapped in an avalanche or in an industrial sized freezer! If we were stuck in a freezer right now there would be all the ice cream we could eat! For free!!! Wait why would I want to eat ice cream in a frezzer…and why am I even thinking about this??
"No need to apologise.." I don't mind at all, I can lean back a little so I don't have to hold on to the ladder. Hunk is cold, I can feel him shivering behind me, although not as hard as I am.
"I'm ready to go again…" We should keep moving. Hunks right, if I stop for to long I'll never get going again, and I think he might not be able to either….
"Right. Be careful.." Yeah I better be. It's a little awkward at first because Hunk is so close behind me, I gotta be careful not to fall. But once I get ahead of him its ok. It seems like years before we get to the ground floor doors. They aren't open….
"I've got to get on top of you, er I mean in front of you, you wont be able to open the doors on your own" On top of me? Dirty git….
"Yeah sure….er how you gonna do that?" How's he going to get above me……ooh no…
"Well, I'll have to climb over you….don't worry I wont step on you. Move over to the side, wrap your arms and legs around the bars, it'll make it easier for me to get past" Easy for him to say, he's not going to be precariously hanging off a ladder. I do it anyway, I'm freezing cold and I want to get out of this elevator shaft. Hunks climbed up to the door, I don't know how the hell he's doing it but he's managing to open the door! Lights pouring in and hurting my eyes, great I just got used to the dark. Eugh what's that smell? It's coming from the ground floor, its like downstairs but much worse….Hunks got through the doors now, and is on the ground floor. I better follow unless I want to stay in this freezing cold elevator shaft…
"You need a hand?" Hunks offering me a lift up, I'm not going to say no. I'm so cold right now, I can hardly move my legs, I'm so happy we've finally got to the ground floor…
"Thanks….what's that smell?" I wonder what it is, I mean…I know what it is, its death. But…it's 10 times as worse now I'm through the doors, what the hell happened up here? Hunks not saying anything, I think he's in combat mode. That's what I'm gonna call it now, its better than "You got that scary evil look on your face again" mode. I go to ask him a question, but Hunk puts his finger to his lips, that means shut up….I don't know what he's listening for, I can't hear a thing….
"Follow me, stay close behind me ok." You don't have to tell me twice. I'm still pretty cold, I can feel a breeze coming from somewhere…that's where the smell is coming from! Hunk's moving along slowly, he's motioning me to stop. I think he's going to go round the corner to check on something…Well he has the gun, I'm not gonna stop him!
Hunks walked off around the corner and through some doors. At least this gives me a little time to rest, he'll probably shout or come back when he's scoped out the area or whatever those solider type's do. We're not far from the cafeteria….Hey what happened to all the people up here? I mean….I thought they would all be ok, I guessed it would be safe here…Or maybe not. Hunks been gone a while…ok he hasn't, its only been a couple of minutes, but I'm getting used to him being around now. And he has the gun, the all important gun. Uh huh, oh yeah and that solider thing is good as well, less chance of me getting eaten. Not to mention he ain't too bad on the eyes either! Huh what's that sound, there's something coming from behind me….loud, slow thumps on the floor.
"Hunk….." No answer…I don't think its Hunk. What should I do? Run round the corner and try and find Hunk or stay here and wait for whatever that sound is to come and get me…..I think I'll try find Hunk….IF I COULD MOVE MY FEET. Shit I must be scared…The sounds getting closer, I look behind me to see a shadow coming up, whatever it is, its tall. Move feet move. I want to run, but I can't stop staring at this shadow, its getting bigger…Then it comes round the corner. A big……thing, must be like 7 or 8 foot tall! It looks like that thing off the telly, swamp thing, only it's yellow not green. It's got one great big long arm, almost as big as its body, yet the other arm is non-existent. I'm screaming…Ok I'm trying to scream, my mouth is wide open but there's nothing coming out! I thought those Hunter things were scary but this is just….It's seen me, it's slowly turning round. It's slow…If I run, I can probably dodge it. Hell I'm running now, I don't know how but my legs are working again. I'm running off in the direction Hunk went in…….
I left Naomi by the elevator, I didn't want us to walk into a horde of zombies, so I thought it would be best to check the area out first. It looked secure around the elevator, so I just left her there. She'll be fine, I'll get back to her once I check out this area. It looks like there was an attack on the building, or some sort of explosion, because the wall that should be here….isn't. Well I found our way out, I put too much faith on that barrier system, looks like it wasn't all that hard to get out of the building. No…the rubbles on the inside, which means something blasted its way in. No doubt it was t-virus mutated freaks. The staff left up here must have been infected and made their own way out. That would explain the smell. It's even worse right here, the smell blowing in is revolting. The whole town must be rotting. Shit that climb up here really took it out of me, plus it was freezing cold. Naomi offered me back my jacket and I wish I took it now, but then if I did, she would have never got up here. It was touch and go getting up that ladder. Hell I was freezing my nuts off and she's in a skirt, she had to be cold. We had only just got started and she asked to stop. I could only agree, she was in front, I couldn't just climb over her! Naomi was really shivering, I thought for a moment there she was going to fall off the ladder, so I climbed up behind her. That way I was directly behind her, I linked my arms around the ladder much like she had. It was funny, she went stiff the moment I got behind her, must have thought I was doing something dodgy, so I apologised. After that she didn't seem to mind, she even leaned against me….In any other situation I would have froze, but since I was already frozen I welcomed the extra warmth. Ha! Why am I only funny in my head? Maybe it wasn't funny at all. Probably not. Naomi surprised me though, I thought she would have rested for longer, but after a couple of minutes she decided she was ready to move on. I know she wasn't, she was still tired and cold but pushed on anyway. She knew what had to be done and done it. She would make a good soldier….Shit its cold outside…. I had to jog down a couple of corridors to get here so that warmed me up but standing here now has made me just as cold as before. I run my hand through my hair, this is not going to be easy. I can hear the distant, and not to distant moans of zombies. I'm surprised we haven't run into that many other creatures, the moment all hell broke lose they must have headed into the town. Fresh meat. I'm going to turn round and get Naomi. I could just leave her here, but looking at past experiences with her, I won't be able to. It's not worth going down that "Shall I? Shan't I?" road again. She's not all that bad really. Yes she's slow, she's weak, she's naïve…but she has a way of getting out of tricky situations, which might help me out in the long run. What's that? I can hear someone running down the corridor up ahead…Oh shit I bet it's her. What trouble has she got into now that I have to sort out?
"Hunk!!! HELP!" She's still running towards me, she's scared, what could have scared her that much? Of all the time I've spent with her, I haven't seen her look this scared yet…There's something following her. Shit, it's just come round the corner, it's a Bandersnatch. They are slow but powerful, its pulling its arm back. Shit.
"GET DOWN!" Naomi listens to me and falls to the floor just as the Bandersnatch throws out its arm, its attached itself to the wall near Naomi. It's going to pull itself forward now, which will put it right next to her. That's not good.
"Get up and run towards me! QUICKLY!" Naomi's stunned but ok, she's got up now, running towards me just as the Bandersnatch pulls itself to where Naomi was laying just seconds ago. I fire at the Bandersnatch, covering Naomi, she's fallen to the floor again, probably thought I was shooting at her. The Bandersnatch stumbles back a few steps, that's good enough for me.
"Come on get up, let's get out of here!" I grab Naomi and pull her up. I'm running now, out the hole in the wall into the town. If we get away quick enough, the Bandersnatch will forget about us and go back to wandering the office building. Naomi's actually keeping up with me, funny what a little fear can do for you. The office building is unfortunately surrounded by a high wall, like most of the more important buildings in Raccoon City. We have to run round to the front gate to get out. There's zombies roaming around but they are easy to dodge when we are both running this fast, a few grab for us but miss by miles. I can't believe Umbrella thought that the zombie would be an effective killing machine, yes it's true that they have destroyed Raccoon City, but if someone put their mind to actually destroying all the zombies, it wouldn't be hard. I've just realised, I've still got hold of Naomi and I'm practically dragging her along now. Better find somewhere to rest.
"How….far….do we….have…to…run….." She's out of breath, tired. She looks ready to drop. Wait, there's a small security hut at the front gate, it'll keep out a few zombies but we won't be able to stay there long…
"Just a little further, keep up!" I'm not out of breath, this is what I'm trained for, I could run miles at this pace. Good, we're at the hut now, and the doors not locked. There's no one in side, safe to go in.
"Go on, get in." Naomi doesn't waste any time. She's slumped on the floor and…sobbing. Crying again. Great.
"What….was…..that?" She's crying so hard now she can hardly talk. I kneel down beside her…
"It was called a Bandersnatch. Another one of those creatures….It's ok now, it won't follow us, we got away too fast…" Damn, she's looking at me with those eyes again. It's like she expects me to do something. I don't know what to do when she looks at me like that, she's just staring at me….I get up, I can't look into her eyes like that….
"Ok…." She's wiping at her face now with the sleeve of my jacket, trying to stop crying, there's still a few sobs here and there, but it's not as bad as a few seconds ago. Thank god, it was making my head ache worse….
"Can we rest….a bit…please? I don't think I'm ready to go out there yet…." She's hugging herself, shivering. She's might be in shock. Best let her rest then…
"Ok, but not for long, we have to move soon….its not safe in here" This is just a flimsy hut, a group of zombies could easily get in. I can see a few outside from the window, but not enough to pose a threat yet. I've got a better view of the road now, I can see small fires on the horizon, that will make getting out of this town harder. It's going to be a long night…….