Disclaimer: Uh...um...hm...I'ne got nothing...I'm completely out of ideas on this one.

Nanakiyoda: Well...I managed to tire myself out today so sorry if this chapter doesn't hold up to my usaul standards. I am after all, only human.

Tealraptor: The hell? What's with the philosophical statement.

Nanakiyoda: The more tired I am the more my intelligence tends to leak out.

Tealraptor: Okay...how about you just get the chapter written up and then you can take a nap.

Nanakiyoda: Thanks for your concern but I can handle two days straight, no sleep, in this condition. Its only a matter of sheer motivation.

Tealraptor: Blah blah blah...just get to it okay?

KENSHIN

I saw the crows fly at her. I pulled out my .45 and shot some of them. What I didn't see was where she went. Miss Koaru! Where are you! Please be alive! I had run into the clocktower myself and looked around. There was a body of a man on the ground. I walked over to him with my gun aimed at him. It didn't move, so I looked up towards the stairs. Maybe she ran up them? No, she would have waited for me. Still, I should still check the upstairs out. I'm sure she is fine. She is quite capable with a loaded gun...and she does have all the ammo...which reminds me that if she runs into trouble that I'll hear the gunshots.

"Kenshin, are you okay? You look as pale as a ghost." Miss Koaru's voice rang out. I turned around and smiled widely. I knew she wouldn't run off from me!

"Yes, that I am. I was worried about you. What did you say about the birds out there again?" I asked her, recalling that she had known something about them and shouted it to me when we were outside. She nodded and turned towards a large door at the opposite side of the room as the stairs. I followed her as we entered the door and entered a dining room. She sat down in a chair. She seems deeply troubled...is she hiding something?

"Kenshin, I never told you why I was leaving Raccoon city did I?" She started.

SANOSUKE

As we left the hospital, I noticed their were less people around than when I had entered. Right...that's creepy...but what isn't? Now where'd Katsu say he was going to be at again? Oh yeah! The church...wait...where in the hell is there a church around here!

"Hey guys, do any of you know where there is a church around here?" I asked. It figures Katsu said he would be in a place I couldn't find...

"In the clock tower there is a small chapel." I heard Aoshi mutter. Figures that he would know that...he knows the entire layout of the city! That guy has too much time on his...

"Hey rooster...um..." I heard the little weasel start to say but she didn't finish. She didn't need to. The cop that had stopped me earlier was shuffeling towards us, moaning hungrily. Behind him, there were about a dozen more zombies moaning and wailing at us. I quickly shot at the cop. He was blasted in half, but started to use his arms to crawl towards us. Not good! I won't be able to reload in time to kill them all! We gotta run!

"I can't kill them all! Shinomori dude! Show us this chapel!" I yelled out and ran after him and the girls. Damn this city! Damn umbrella!

KOARU

I told him everything I knew. He looked at me surprised but understandingly. I thought he would get upset. l didn't want to tell him that I would be putting myself in danger by being in S.T.A.R.S. which is why I moved as quickly as I could. He is always being so protective of me, its to a fault sometimes.

"So you joined the S.T.A.R.S. right? How did you do that without me seeing you at the station?" Kenshin asked me, bewildered. Thats not hard to answer...

"I joined the day they went on the mission. My first day on the job was suppose to be the next week. All the S.T.A.R.S. got suspended, and I wasn't excluded. You were on vacation remeber? I took the test then. Other than that, I only went to the police station after you got off duty and went home. Not purposely...it was just how it all worked out." I humored. He smiled but shook it off quickly. Has he figured out something?

"S.T.A.R.S. right? That creature in the trolley kept yelling that out. Do you know anything about that?" Kenshin asked me. Hm...Zombies, killer birds...that matches what Jill told me. Did she mention anything about messed up creatures? Wait...

"Jill told me before the mansion self-destructed that Chris, Barry, Rebecca and her were fighting this creature. She called it a Tyrant. Some sort of creature that White Umbrella had created. She described it to me as an ambomination, at least eight feet tall, once human, but wasn't anymore. Its right hand was normal but its left was a massive chitinous grasp of claws. The face had been horribly altered, the lips were cut away so that it looked like it was grinning at them through sliced red tissue. The body wasn't clothed but it was genderless. It had a thick bloody tumor on the outside of its chest that she supposed was its heart." I recalled as much detail as I could. Kenshin just closed his eyes and shook his head.

"Sounds some what like the creature I fought. White Umbrella though?" He asked, confused.

"Yeah, the division of Umbrella that is in charge of bioweapons research. Evidently they were creating a virus of some sort to make bioweapons with. When humans came in contact with it, they turned into zombies of a sort. Animals also changed when they came into contact with it. It all seems to be connected to this incident. I thought Jill was just hallucinating but now that I think about it...it all makes sense." I answered him and sighed. I'm sorry I doubted you Jill but you can't blame me. Its sounds like a pretty fucked up story to me yet...

"In any case, we need to get out of here. That Tyrant creature is probably after you." Kenshin said. Out of nowhere we heard gunshots in the next room. I jumped up and readied my .45, walking slowly towards the door. Kenshin followed me and was about to open the door until it slamed open and a man ran inside. About three zombies followed after him. I quickly shot them all. In the head...Jill said they died quickly if they were shot in the head. After the zombies were taken care of, I walked over to the man that had run in. He looks familiar.

"Are you okay?" I asked him and he nodded his head quickly, then bent over and threw up. Can't blame you...wait...he has been bitten in the neck. Jill said that was how the virus spread. He has the virus then...shit. She also said it took about an hour on average.

"No...I don't think I can hang on for much longer...please...give this to Sanosuke if you find him..." He said and thrusted a note into my hand. He knows Sanosuke!

"I will. Haven't I met you before?" I asked him and he looked up at me and smiled. Wait...I've seen him at the station on the files for Umbrella...maybe..

"Yeah...I'm Katsu. Aren't you a S.T.A.R.S. member? Have you run into Nemesis yet?" Katsu answered me. Nemesis? uh...

"Yeah I am...what is nemesis and what makes you think that I'd run into it?" I asked him. He stopped smiling and kept his eyes to the ground for a while. Is he changeing?

"It's a tyrant programmed to kill all S.T.A.R.S. in Raccoon. Look, that note contains information on how to get out of this city. I want you to use it to get out of here and take Umbrella down. They are respon-" He started to say but fell to the ground. Programmed to kill! I'm fucked if it was that thing Kenshin fought!

"He's gone. Lets leave now Miss Koaru." Kenshin said and grabbed my wrist, dragging me back out into the main hall of the clocktower. We better hurry out of here then.

"Whoa! What in the hell is that thing!" I heard someone yell from somewhere.

OWARI

Nanakiyoda: Yawn...

Tealraptor: Not bad. At least we know about Koaru being a...hey, are you awake?

Nanakiyoda: Zzzz...

Tealraptor: Whispers Banzai chibbi chan churroo

BTW: I'm a little scared to write the next chapter...

BTW: But I'll do it for the readers and reviewers.