Chapter 10
Round Two
The Exterminator leapt into the air and withdrew two semi automatic pistols strapped to his ankles. Still hovering mid air, it cocked the weapons and unloaded a barrage of bullets on the Grave Digger. The worm like creature spewed dirt from the ground and opened its giant mouth, hissing and spraying acid in all directions.
Dodging another brutal attack, the Exterminator dove back to the ground and rolled, still spraying bullets as it sped around the Digger and came at it from behind. The Exterminator took out a large saw like knife and gouged deep into the slimy skin of the Grave Digger. Blood erupted from the wound, and the Grave Digger screamed in pain.
In one last final attempt to destroy its attacker, the Digger lunged in violent fashion and wrapped itself around the Exterminator like a boa constrictor suffocating its prey. It wrapped itself tightly, but it still wasn't enough to destroy the Exterminator.
Unleashing one last attack, spikes erupted from the skin of the Tyrant-esque assassin and pierced through the thick blubber of the Grave Digger. Buckets of blood spewed in all directions, spilling into the clear water of the river below. The Exterminator threw the limp body of the creature into the river and watched as it was slowly carried away.
It had a mission. The humans would not escape alive.
…deeper into the Park…
Alyssa had never run so fast in her life. She sprinted through the howling woods and finally came to a small rest area, with a small park bench and garbage can. The body of a UBCS soldier was slumped over in the corner, and a stench was coming from his blood stained jacket. The expression on his face… everything about him…
Oh God…
Alyssa felt herself beginning to break down. Tears started to run down her face but she wiped them away. She couldn't let her partners see them…not after what happened to Mark. George and Yoko were already beginning to weaken, she could almost sense it. She couldn't let herself get that way. She was stronger than that.
She put her hand on the door in front of her, unknowing of what it led to next. The darkness of the park disappeared though, and an illuminated wooden structure appeared in front of her.
There was a set of wooden steps in front of her, covered in cobwebs and littered with blood and trash.
She turned back to look at Yoko and George. They looked at her like she was their leader, and she sensed that she had filled that role. If it wasn't for her quick wits and her sharp actions, they probably all would have died back in the park during the Exterminator fight.
The Exterminator…
The name seemed fitting. It had exterminated Mark, and was going to kill that giant worm like thing back there.
"Are you guys ready?" Alyssa said confidently, pressing her finger tips tightly against the thick guns she held in her hands. George and Yoko nodded, and Alyssa turned back around. She pushed herself up the steps and kept her gaze forward. She wanted to make sure she could defend her team if it was needed… as much as she didn't like to call herself dependent on other people; she was beginning to realize that she would never be able to make it out of this nightmare alone.
…at the doors of the Dead Factory…
Ada Wong repelled down the wall of the Dead Factory and landed on the dirt covered cement below. She had retrieved most of the samples Wesker had asked her to. Now all she needed to do was get a hold of Ben Bertolluci…after that, she would get herself out of Raccoon and relax on a beach somewhere. The thought of it made her smile.
"Hey! Hey you!"
The smile faded as she heard voices behind her. She had been facing the thick double doors of the Factory, and hadn't turned around to scope out the wooden suspension bridge. The moment of weakness had blown her cover. It was probably just some civilian, searching for a way out. She turned around and saw-
saw three people, two women and one man, racing towards her, unaware of the gargantuan creature that lurked right behind them.
"Get down!" She cried, withdrawing her TMP from her waist and aiming. She could sense the fear in their hearts as two of them hit the floor, but the Asian girl… she took too long…
The Exterminator came down hard, gashing into her arm with a giant knife. The girl screamed, and toppled over the edge of the bridge. The other two started screaming as the beast cowered in front of them.
Ada ran forward, aiming and shooting her automatic weapon as she did. She ran as fast as she could, because for some reason she felt sympathy for their weathered faces. The Exterminator looked at Ada with beady eyes, and a half snicker appeared on it's face.
Ada leapt into the air and flew over the monster, time seeming to slow as she did. She was airborne, vertical, still aiming down and firing as she did. She caught a glimpse of the reporter's tag, "Alyssa Ashcroft"…one of the reporters who had been exposing Umbrella's experiments for a few months now…
Tatatatatatatatatttatttaaattatataatata!
A chunk of the monsters head blew off, exposing tender brain tissue. Blood sprayed, and she saw Alyssa and the man she was with take off running back towards the dead factory.
I wouldn't go in there if I was you…
But she didn't have time to warn them. She just kept firing as she started to land, and just as she did she hit the ground and swept her left foot under the knees of the Exterminator, bringing him to the ground.
The whole attack lasted for about five seconds, her speed brutal and deadly. The Exterminator stood up and connected his fist with her face, sending her backwards. Ada stood up, clutching her dislocated jaw in pain. She tossed the spent TMP over the bridge and ran forward, connecting a fan kick to the bleeding face of the monster. It stumbled backwards, catching it's weight against the rail of the bridge.
"Come on…" she whispered, as she regained her composure. The Exterminator looked at her again, snarled and ran forward. Ada dropped backwards and let it run for her, jabbing her foot into its chest and sending it flying into the air. The weight of the monster was almost too much for her, but she pulled the energy from somewhere deep inside. She sent it flying up into the air and over the railing of the bridge.
She rolled as it flew threw the air. Ada back flipped back to her feet and looked over the edge. The Exterminator was still falling, deep into the cavern below. The monster impaled onto a large rock below, blood erupting like a fountain from its chest.
The Asian assassin was breathing heavily; sweat pouring down her slim face. Her body was aching, her face pounding from where the monster had connected it's fist. But it was dead now, or at least she hoped. It would be suspended on that rock long enough for her to get out of there. She stood up and collected herself.
In an instant she was gone, racing back through the park. She didn't want to waste her time talking to the civilians she had rescued. Too much explaining she would have to do. She just wanted to finish her mission. That beach was sounding excellent right about now.
…under the suspension bridge…
Yoko clutched her arm tightly as it bled non stop from the wound she incurred. She had witnessed most of the battle between the monster and the woman, who fought almost robotically, and had seen the monster fall to its death. It had impaled on a rock below where she stood. Yoko knew she was lucky. When she fell over the bridge she had landed on a grass patch near what seemed like a sewer entrance.
Yoko stood up and looked at the large metallic looking alcove in front of her. It smelled absolutely terrible, but she knew that if she ever wanted to be reunited with her friends again she would have to keep moving.
She pulled herself up into the sludge and moved forward, deep into the underground sewer system of Raccoon City.
…meanwhile, in Birkin's Underground Laboratory…
Annette and Monica were face to face. Annette knew that the bitch had the G Virus sample in her carrying case. She knew that she was going to sell it. She knew she had to get it back.
"So…here we are." Annette purred, holding a gun against the researcher's neck, "What do you have in that capsule?"
"Annette…" Monica hesitated, "Please…I can split the profits with you. 50/50. I promise, we can make billions off of the G Virus project. Please just take the gun away."
"I don't think so, you rat. You were going to sell my husbands work, take credit for his legacy. How dare you think that I would ever go along with such a plot?" Annette's tone became almost psychotic, "Who do you think you are?"
Annette felt tears run down her face. But they weren't tears of sadness. They were tears of anger. She hated Monica, hated her with such a fiery passion. She was going to kill her, she was going to kill her and feed her to the hunters and lickers and zombies that prowled the halls of the dead facility.
As Annette became lost in her thoughts, she hadn't noticed Monica's deception. The young researcher took Annette's weak moment at hand and grabbed the gun from her. As the two women struggled for the weapon, a shot rang off and blasted throughout the hollow corridor. Ice shattered from the barren walls and was sent spiraling down into the deep dark shaft below.
"No!" Annette screamed as Monica fought with her for the gun. The G Virus case was sent crashing to the floor, and Annette's attention was again diverted. A quick jab to the face and Annette was pushed into the railing of the frozen corridor. Monica hit her again, this time with the butt of the pistol, and Annette was sent spiraling over the edge to her icy death.
…elsewhere, on the RaccoonCity streets…
Kevin and Cindy had located a small police car with the keys still in it. They had driven through the underground parking garage and had to drive through the closed gate before they could make it back out onto the streets. Kevin was driving, Cindy in the passenger seat looking uneasy. He felt bad for the girl, as she seemed nervous around him.
Kevin didn't feel as though he was intimidating her, but as if she was unsure of herself around him. Did she like him? He didn't know, and he knew that now was not the time to be a flirt. He just wanted to make it out of the city alive, and getting girls was definitely not on the agenda for today.
They drove through Raccoon City's desolate streets, and nothing but death and decay riddled the entire town. It was barren, empty, and full of nothingness. Kevin felt sad. Everything that had made him want to come to Raccoon City in the first place was gone.
They turned down a small alleyway and when they emerged, Kevin noticed a luminescent sign in the distance.
"Raccoon City Zoo…" Kevin murmured, "Care for a stroll through the jungle, Cindy?" He looked at her and smiled, almost laughing, "Maybe we can radio for help there or something."
"Maybe there's a rescue planned." Cindy said softly, "Let's check it out."
Without hesitation, Kevin drove on. The chance of a possible rescue was too good to pass up.
…meanwhile, at the Umbrella Research and DevelopmentCenter, in Downtown Raccoon…
"Here we go…" Carter said, as he pressed the MO Disk into place, "This Tyrant should help clear out the hunters that are prowling about the facility, and make it easy for us to get the Daylight Sample in the laboratory."
"So it is true…" David growled, "Umbrella is responsible for what is going on in this city."
He was angry. If it was true, then he was going to make sure when he got out of there alive that Umbrella would pay.
"Yes…" Linda said, "The Corporation had an accident a few months back. There was a spill, a virus was leaked, and it managed to make its way into the city. You heard about the mansion disaster right? Well that was when the virus got out. It only took a few months before it got into the city."
"Well… I'm not going to let this little town be the end of me." David said deeply, "I'm not gonna die here."
"You wont. We just need to get that sample and get back to the helicopter. We'll be out of here soon, my friend."
The giant capsule in front of them let out a puff of steam. A giant, humanoid creature dressed in a long black trench coat emerged, and stepped out on large combat boots. It was at least eight feet tall, bald, and fitted with beady black eyes. It walked forward, and David, Carter and Linda stepped briskly out of its way. It punched through the thick glass window and leapt into the facility below.
"It shouldn't be used as a weapon, Carter." Linda said.
"Don't worry; if tall, dark and ugly down there ever turns on us, I've equipped it with a little something special." Carter pointed to a small switch he carried in his hand, "If he so much as looks at us the wrong way…then Mr. X is ground zombie meat."
The room fell silent as a look of pure psychosis befell Carter.
Linda looked uneasy, "Right…let's just get that sample and get the hell out of here."
She moved towards the door as Mr. X began slaughtering the 'hunters', as David had heard Linda call them.
He walked behind her, feeling more comfortable now than he ever felt with Carter. David just wanted to be on that helicopter as fast as he could, and if it meant helping her get that Daylight sample, then it was going to be what he had to do.
…meanwhile, in Birkin's underground laboratory…
Annette awoke a few hours later, badly bruised and barely alive. She had landed a few floors down, on one of the platforms below. The fall had to have been at least thirty or forty feet, but somehow she had managed to survive. She was bleeding from at least three or four large gashes all over her body, and she knew that she would die soon if she didn't get another 'fix' of her morphine.
"Just…" Annette gasped, "…pull it together."
She stood up and moved on, realizing that she had dropped the G Virus sample as well as her gun. Everything was falling apart.
TO BE CONTINUED!
