Disclaimer: This is actually a Role Play between me and two friends on a forum. That's why there are so many paragraphs, each one being from one of the character's point of view. I, nor do my two other friends own Resident Evil or the monsters that appear in this RP. The only thing we own in this are our characters and perhaps a made-up Bio Weapon or two. Here are the things that are ours during this RP:
Me (Uenna) - Yagi
Moneneko - Toria
Velier - Dracfoe
The story will update every time a chapter is made. Please enjoy it as much as us three have of making it.
- Uenna
Chapter III: THE ENEMY
Toria saw the monster below them and took a step back, turning to Yagi. She saw the expression on his face. She could tell he was afraid.
Who could blame him? If he's with S.T.A.R.S. then he would have encountered the Tyrant in the mansion, and most likely the Nemesis project as well.
"Yagi.." She started, not knowing what to say.
He looked to Toria, fear still in his eyes. He tried to speak, but nothing could come out.
Faint cries of "SSSSTARSSSS.." kept playing over and over in his now tainted mind. His feet remained paralyzed.
Why can't I move..? Even if it was one of them.. I've faced them before.. Ugh.. I just can't get them out of my mind!!
Before he could fall into a nervous breakdown, his feet unlocked from the floor as he stepped past Toria, ready to take out whatever lay ahead.
"I'm fine.." He muttered quickly as he could now see the creature they had yet to face.
She nodded.
"Alright then...if you say so....."
She looked over the side of the railing down at the creature with Yagi, frowning at it with disgust.
"Looks just as ugly as the rest...."
A single ear twitched, it's head jerking up at the sound of the voices above. Letting out a terrible screeching sound it rushed them, it's wings expanding and lifting it into the air.
It's eyes burned in a hungry frenzy and a thirst for blood as it came at them, mouth gaping open to reveal perfect white teeth, teeth that could tear a car apart.
Yagi let out a small heave of surprise as the creature sped towards them. He dropped his Beretta to the floor and whipped out his shotgun, firing at it, hoping it would hit.
Toria would have fired but she knew it would be useless against this mass of mussel and decay. Grabbing Yagi by the arm with one hand and his Beretta with the other. She pulled him out of the way of the oncoming attacker.
"Idiot! You can't kill that thing with a regular shot gun! Look at it!"
Yagi let Toria pull him back, now knowing what he was facing.
"Well, sorry! It's kind of an instant reaction!"
He knew it was stupid to fire at it, it didn't do anything, not to mention it wasted ammo.
He cursed at himself for his stupidity, he should have knew better than that. He also knew what the thing was..
It's just like another Tyrant..another Nemesis..
He did his best to keep his ground.
It ploughed in to the ledge with destructive power, shattering the wood around it as if there was nothing there.
Claws sank into the wall as to keep it's position as it turned it head to face them.
The beast seemed to be smiling as it inhaled a breath deeply, releasing a green coloured gas......Poison.
Toria sighed as she looked at the poison seep towards them.
"Dammit!" She cursed, getting up.
"Yagi, let's move..unless you relish the thought of breathing in toxic fumes, then by all means stay here!" She turned to run but then stopped, adding as an afterthought.
"But hey...In case you die...just know I'm sorry for freaking out on you a second ago....."
She smiled, even though it was totally in appropriate for the situation.
Yagi got up as well, masking his hand over his nose and mouth as the poison came closer. He looked to Toria with a small sarcastic laugh towards her remark.
"No problem..and after all that I've been through, I ain't going down without a fight."
He started to run along with Toria, hoping that he wouldn't breathe in any of the toxic gas.
If any of it gets in me.. it'll be over..
Toria ran along with Yagi, trying to find a way out of the tower..The way they came in was out, the spiders would be able to attack them without a problem since they couldn't defend themselves properly. The gas might be flammable.
"This isn't good...not at all....."
She said this even as she scanned the room around them, trying to find any possible way out...perhaps they could jump out the window...yeah they were on the third floor..but it would be better then dying from this damn thing...
Yagi kept running, agreeing with Toria in his mind. He didn't have time to talk. Breathing in any of the air right now could prove fatal.
"Goddamnit.."
He muttered as he looked for an exit along with Toria, running many escape routes through his head, but none of them working. None of them...unless...
It may be our only chance of survival.. but.. if I bring them out, what will she think of me? Will she think I'm one of them? Augh...there's no time for that now!!
He glanced to Toria, a stern expression on his face as he saw a window behind her.
"JUMP OUT THE WINDOW!! NOW!!"
The beast growled and chased after them in a hungry frenzy, desperate to taste they're flesh, they're blood....
Wanting nothing more then to rip into they're flesh and rend them to pieces......
It was surprisingly fast for something of it's size and girth, the poison doing nothing to affect it.
She gave a curt nod in response.
"THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING!!!"
Toria ran at the window preparing to dive through. Taking out her handgun she shot the glass panes only once, destroying the glass as to avoid unnecessary injury. They were going to have a three story drop...they didn't need glass raining down on them to top it off...
As soon as her feet reached the window she pushed off with all her might, sailing into the air as good distance, readying herself for the impact.
Yagi followed quickly behind her, practically ripping his over-jacket from his arms and leaving it behind. There was nothing of importance on it anyway.
Here goes..
He leapt out of the window after Toria, as soft angelic type wings spread from his back. He hoped that this oddity of his would come in handy.
I swear if she judges me after this..
He caught her by the arms and raised his wings gently as they glided slowly towards the ground.
As they landed, he let Toria go and folded the newly appeared wings behind him, his expression almost blank, not knowing what the girl would say to this different surprise.
The only other people who knew of this burden of his were his closer comrades of S.T.A.R.S., and it even took them a while to get used to it. How would Toria react?
When her feet hit the ground, Toria span around to see what had caused them to descend so slowly. Upon seeing his set of wings, she went silent momentarily, as if taking this all in. Finally, after a moments of silence she gave a slight smile.
"So....Are you a creature from Umbrella? You know....with the wings and all? Cause it certainly wouldn't surprise me if you were....."
She crossed her arms, waiting for an answer. This time it was her turn to be suspicious.
Yagi's facial expression changed from blank to almost insulted as her question reached his ears.
"Me? A creation by THEM?! Not bloody likely."
He pouted, still feeling slightly offended, but he understood her concern. He sighed and looked back at the feathered bones attached to his back, then back to Toria.
"I'm just... different. That's all."
She nodded slowly.
"May I ask you what you are then? How about this..you come clean to me and I'll come clean to you...deal?"
Yagi sighed and thought for a moment. She seemed trustworthy, but did he really want to know what she had to hide? What if she was just putting on a "nice girl" act and would sooner or later kill him? But the thought of that fact that she didn't actually freak out from his wings did make him feel safer..
"It's... really hard to explain. I'm.. not from around here, you see?"
He was trying his best to say what he could without sounding like a total freak.
"I'm just not..really human. Well, not all human is more like it."
He brushed his hair to the side a bit, reveling feline-type ears on either side of his head. He also looked down to his "fur belt" around his waist, which was obviously by now a soft tail coiled around him.
"But I'm not one of them."
His expression was serious, hoping she would understand. He couldn't really say any more.. if he did, his safety could be at stake, even if it was a close friend he was talking to.
She looked at him oddly, blinking slightly in confusion.
"So.........Where are you from?"
She wanted to ask so much but she didn't want him to feel uncomfortable, so she was biting her tongue.
Yagi crossed his arms, looking down to the ground with a soft sigh.
"I'm not exactly sure.. I was taken away from my home when I was young.. I just know, though, that it was very far away.."
She nodded slowly, deciding not to ask anymore.
"I see....So you're not going to kill me, right? No offence intended, but everything I've seen here so far that hasn't been human has tried to rip my head off...."
Yagi glanced up at her with his eyes, a small look amusement from her question seemed to make his smirk.
"I won't if you don't kill me."
He moved his head back up with alined with his eyes to Toria, his arms still crossed.
"Well, I've 'fessed up, what about you?"
Toria sighed, uncrossing her arm's in turn and looking him in the eyes.
"You wanna know the truth? I'm from Umbrella...I'm an assassin for them.. But right now I'm currently on leave.........Now are you so sure your not gonna shoot me?"
She waited tensely, wondering how he would react to this new bit of information.
Yagi blinked with a bit of surprise.
She's from Umbrella? Well.. that explains how she knew about those files..
He sighed, looking back to the oh-so-faithful ground to think.
What am I going to do..? Well.. she said she's on the run, right? A person's a person, I suppose.. perhaps she can be more help that I thought.. maybe she might join our side?
He looked back to her, knowing that she was waiting for a response.
"I'm not going to kill you. Even though every bone in my body despises Umbrella with a passion... you still seem like a decent person, and right now, we'll probably have to put our differences aside, eh? It's not like we have much choice."
He smiled his kind smile, then looked up to the broken window with the green toxins bellowing out as to prove his point of what he had just said.
She followed his gaze slowly, watching the deadly smoke curl up from the windows with disgust.
"We don't have a choice but to trust each other...And beside's....Just because I work for them...Doesn't mean I'm on they're side....They pay good money......"
She tore her gaze away from the window and looked down to Yagi, a serious look in her eyes.
"We should get out of here before That thing comes after us.....Perhaps we can head to a rink or something....."
Yagi nodded, watching the gas escaping from the tower. He couldn't agree more.
"Trusting each other it is, but if worse comes to worse, I won't be responsible for my actions."
He then thought of what Toria said about a rink..
A rink? I'm not sure how much going to a rink will help.. but she IS from Umbrella... maybe she knows more about this thing than I do. I guess this is where the whole "trust" thing comes in..
He looked to her and nodded again.
"Let's move."
She turned in the direction of the forest and took off towards it like a shot, faster then a normal human could run. She figured Yagi would be able to keep up with her, seeing as how he wasn't exactly human...It should be remotely easy for him....
"I know a short cut to the rink from here...Taking the woods is risky, but we don't exactly have much time to waste seeing how that thing is after us.....And in case you were curious It's called Dracfoe....species number 17....."
She ran past the first few tree's and plunged into the dark embrace of the forest.
Yagi pursued quickly behind Toria, keeping up with her the best he could. Sure, speed was easy enough, it was just her quick turns that caught him off guard. But he easily recovered each time, following closely in her footsteps.
A Dracfoe..? Specimen.. 17?! Does that mean there's more of them? I've only ran into 2 other of these super-monster things... though I wouldn't put it past Umbrella if there were even 100 of them... just my luck.
He kept his speed constant next to Toria. After the break in the tower, his energy had recovered and he was ready for anything.
The beast tore through the walls of the tower, making room for it to escape. With a powerful thrust with it's front legs the creature took down a section of the wall, and he went with it.
Unfurling his own set of wings it took to the air, eye's scanning the ground for it's lost prey.
Upon seeing them enter the forest the monster gave out a roar of hideous rage and dove after them, lusting for their blood.
Toria's feet moved quickly and surely, the rest had done her some good as well..So far their trip through the forest had been uneventful, but then again, they had only entered moments before.
Breathing lightly to sustain herself longer, she nimbly dodged through the trees and bushes, skirting the rocks and small shrubs that got in her way.
With any luck, they should reach the Rink within ten minutes.
And then...And then they would see.
Yagi kept his pace up with Toria as his feline ears twitched slightly. He looked up, but he couldn't see through the rough leaves above them, but he knew what it was..
"That thing is coming for us!!!"
He quickened his run and prayed that they would reach their destination soon.
Toria swore lividly as she ran, keeping closer to the tree's hoping they could be used as cover in some way. They still had a little ways until they reached the rink and it wasn't looking to good. Only one thing brought her hope's up.
"I have some good news and some bad news.....Luckily that thing is to big to come after us in this forest..But it can still kill us with it's gaseous breath....That's the good news.... The bad news is that in five minutes we're going to be on open ground..So for three minutes it'll be able to attack us with ease..."
Yagi listened to the "news" carefully, breathing steadily to preserve energy.
"Well, hot-diggity-damn."
He couldn't really think of anything else to say, not at the moment.. there was too much to think about.
Toria ran slightly slower but still quickly, wanting to save her energy for a quick sprint when they left the safety of the woods. Keeping a steady pace she moved swiftly, nothing dangerous popped up, except maybe the odd once humans that were infected with the virus. But they were easy to move around with out much of a threat.
Stopping at the edge of the trees, it let out another howl of fury, It knew fully well it couldn't follow them into the forest. But above them it could, launching back into flight it soared above the forest, keeping up with them rather easily.
Releasing another cloud of thick smoke it growled deeply. tearing the top's off a couple of trees.
Yagi's ears lowered to the sides of his head as the roar rushed through his mind. It brought back oh-too-well memories of recent events just about a week before.
He kept his pace up with Toria, and sensing that the Dracfoe had somewhat of an idea of what they were up to. He just wanted to wake up, he kept telling himself.
Smelling the gas her eyes widened, pulling her shirt up slightly to cover her mouth to filter it out a bit..she knew it wouldn't be enough but it would help.
"Dammit!"
She shouted out in anger and frustration.
"I knew it was a bad idea.......That Dracfoe up there....Those damned scientists gave it intelligence....it knows how to hunt better then the other two you've face before...it's a lot smarter.....And a lot more deadly....."
Her face was grim she ran, trying to out run the vapors if possible..
He coughed slightly as he sensitive nose slowly started to pick up the scent. He yet again shielded his mouth and nose, but he knew it wasn't going to be enough if they stayed in the smog any longer.
He tried his best to keep up with Toria, but it was so hard to not trip over the tough terrain below. Before, he was able to sense the obstacles, but now that he was in panic, he was much more vulnerable, not to mention the stench of the toxins was starting to making him feel like he was going to puke.
Toria noticed that Yagi was lagging slightly behind, she shot him a look as she pulled up beside him, taking hold of his arm as she pushed him to the ground, throwing herself down beside him as well.
"It just occurred to me..." She muttered to him quietly. "Vapors rise, and the smoke is coming from above...We should be able to breathe safely on the ground until the gas dissipates..."
Yagi landed with an "oof" as he felt the soft grass beneath him, just managing to hear what Toria had just said over the creature's loud cries. He kept his hand upon his face still though, for his sensitive senses could pick up the gas at anytime.
He nodded in response and lowered his head to the ground, hoping that not only would the gas miss them, but maybe, just by luck, the creature would too..
The monstrous Beast circled around their location for a few moments before giving up and flying away, it would be back, and it would take great pleasure in devouring them whole...or piece by piece....which ever suited the moment.
She waited a few moments before raising her head slowly, looking around and sniffing delicately at the air before standing up.
"I think the smoke cleared....I don't seem to be having any trouble breathing and I don't seem to be dropping dead....so I'm pretty sure it's safe......"
Looking down at Yagi, she offered him a hand to help him up.
"Need a hand, Cat boy?"
Yagi lifted his head as well, looking to see if the coast was clear.
He glanced up at the Former Umbrella Worker, with a small grin of amusement, taking her hand and pulling himself up.
After he did, he brushed the dead grass bits off of him and looked to Toria, still an entertained smile upon his face.
"Didn't your parents ever tell you not to name call?"
Toria returned the grin devilishly, laughing slightly.
"Maybe...but who listens to their parents anymore? Besides..there's not much they could do about now is there?"
Her smile faltered slightly as her memories shifted back to that dreadful day many years in the past.
I have to keep my mind in the now.. She thought. I'm going to need my wits about me..
She put the grin back and winked at him roughishly.
"Ready to go, kitty man?"
Yagi chuckled and nodded with determination.
"As ready as I'll ever be."
He didn't really have time to think of a petty little name-tease, as he turned to the direction they were currently going, and started to walk forward.
That thing could come back at any second..
She walked with a bit of ease, knowing that the Dracfoe moved out for now...it would probably be waiting for them when they left the forest, when they had no cover.
All they really had to deal with for now were the stupider, slower guys, them and the dogs. Cerberus liked to hang out around forests.
Yagi walked at a steady pace, still covering his nose, not only if there was more gas lurking around, but even after weeks on end, the stench of rotting flesh still made him sick.
He could also hear distant growls and hungry moans, but they were the least of his worries at the moment.
Toria walked silently through the forest, not wanting to attract any unwanted attention, they should reach the end of the woods in a couple of minutes..then....then they would see.
The Dracfoe was designed to take out anything living, To insure no one would have a story to tell.
Yagi seemed a bit more calm now. They had been walking for a few minutes without any encounters, though he still kept his guard up.
His steps were silent as his ears perked about, listening for any approaching or unwelcome visitors.
Thoughts raced through his mind during this utter silence. What was Umbrella really up to? Is it really worth all of the lives taken just accomplish their needs? He had to know. He could ask Toria, but he felt it was beyond his rights to question her at a time like this. She did seem to know a lot about the creatures though..
Perhaps I'll ask her later.. at a better time..
As they came to the edge of the forest, Toria frowned in annoyance, they would have to go out into the open now. And they would be in plain sight for about three minutes. Just ripe for the picking for that creature.
These next few minutes of her life were not going to be fun.
Looking back at Yagi she let out a small sigh, hoping he was ready for the sprint.
"Alright, here's where your cat-like reflexes will come in handy. For the next three minutes we're going to be easy targets for that Dracfoe. We need to run straight for the Arena. It's three blocks straight ahead and then two block to your right....Ready?"
Yagi sighed as well. Even though he got a good rest back in the tower, he was still fatigued from lack of sleep and for other reasons.
This is going to be hell..
He looked to Toria and nodded, keeping his determined glare, hiding the insecure fear that grew inside of him.
"Right.. ready as ever."
He got ready to sprint, gathering all of the energy in his aching body that he could, preparing for the dash of his life.
Note from Author - Yes, I know that this chapter is a little weird, what with Yagi being a cat-angel thing and all, but just to know, he was inhuman BEFORE he became my Resident Evil Character. I'll probably hardly use the referrence to his non-humanness during this RP anyways. Please no bashing, flaming, etc.