Hicorp: Well, like I said before: This is a novelization of the RPG I am doing at Nintendo's NSider forums. It is a RE0 RP, and the people in it wanted to go this way.

sych77: Well, the changes in this story from the game are made by the people who participate in this RP. I don't own all of the characters being used. Curreently, I only control two: Danielle and Billy.

Jesse Burnside: Your wait is over. Sorry it took so long, but I was trying to catch up with the RP. XD

Shady-777: Yeah. I noticed I forgot to double space there. Whoops. As for the second chapter thing you noticed, that's what MALKON had Rebecca say, so... I'm not responsible for that.

((A/N: Okay, here are the character control updates. During chapter 2, I am currently controlling Danielle. MALKON is controlling Rebecca and Billy. The other guys haven't entered yet. I hope you enjoy this. Everyone at "The Nightmare Begins RE0 RP" really worked hard on this.))


Chapter II: Pact with a Killer

Danielle snapped up her pistol and aimed at him. But her vision blurred, and her aim wavered a bit. Even though she was having trouble, she would still be able to hit him.

Billy slowly approached them, holding up his pistol. "Easy there. I'm not going to hurt you," he said. "The name's Billy Coen." He grinned as he spoke. The guy seemed so sure of himself, yet still looked dangerous.

She lowered her pistol a bit. "So, you aren't going to kill us, then?" she asked in a strained voice. The blood from her neck trickled onto her shirt, staining it red. Billy shook his head at her. "Well, guess that's a relief… Looks like we're all in this together now…" She looked at the both of them, ignoring the throbbing pain in her neck. "Now what?"

"Well, we should probably find something for your neck…" Rebecca began. Suddenly, Billy walked off, leading them somewhere. He opened the door to the medical wing of the train, motioning for the girls to enter.

As Rebecca examined the rows and rows of medicines, Billy tossed her a vial of green liquid. "It's for your friend. It will slow down the infection, but not stop it." Danielle noticed the confused look on the medic's face as she injected the liquid into her neck.

She rubbed her neck a bit. "What the heck were those things? And what did you mean by infection?" She looked at Billy, still a bit suspicious of him. Even though he said he wasn't going to kill them, she couldn't bring herself to trust him. Not to mention that he probably knew what happened on this train, but wouldn't tell them. "Well? You're going to answer my question?" she asked impatiently.

"Listen, kid. All I know is that some sort of virus got loose on the train." He pulled out a piece of paper, handing it to her. She took the paper from him, reading it over quickly. It explained what the virus was, and what it did…

"Can't be serious… But something like this would be impossible…" She shook her head, wondering who would possibly want to make a virus such as this. It wasn't something to help a person, that's for sure.

She let out a heavy sigh. "Even though I don't want to, I guess I will have to trust you on this…" Danielle crossed her arms a bit, waiting for Rebecca and Billy to say what to do next. She wasn't exactly a leader, since she was the youngest on the whole S.T.A.R.S. team. And after being attacked by that creature, she was still a little unnerved.

Billy unclipped a radio from his belt, tossing it to Rebecca. "You go check out the rooms nearby. If you need help, call me." With this, he walked off.

Danielle watched him leave, shaking her head and wincing slightly. "Well, let's get going… Even though I really don't trust that dude at all…"

Rebecca nodded in agreement. "I know, but it will be okay." With a reassuring smile, she walked through the door.

Shrugging a bit, Danielle followed after her, whispering, "I sure hope you're right…" Her teammate remained silent as they walked down the hallway. Glass crunched underfoot from broken windows. But how did the windows break if the train didn't crash?

She walked alongside Rebecca, keeping her Beretta at ready. Her neck was starting to bother her a bit; it was kind of like a small itch that wouldn't go away. She sighed heavily, focusing on her surroundings. Now wasn't the time to get sidetracked.

As they made their way around the corner, they saw the body of Edward Dewey slumped against the wall. He was the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team co-pilot, and had been a positively nice guy. "Man… What happened to you…" Danielle whispered to herself as she examined the wounds on his body. There were bites and scratches covering his entire body, as if something attacked him.

There was a snarl from behind them. She turned around; her blood ran cold. In front of her was a pack of two or three dogs. Rebecca gasped as she saw them. They couldn't possibly have been alive. They were falling apart, and they would have died from bleeding out a long time ago.

The three dogs snarled, lunging for the two of them…