Chapter Thirty-5: Umbrella Ant Bed
He landed swiftly on the polluted road, his side aching a bit after that rocket hit his side and sent him tumbling down to the ground.
Being shot at by a magnum, burned, blown up, and shot off the side of a building wasn't exactly his style. Just for now, he really didn't care. He wanted to surprise his enemy later on.
He liked the way he was before Umbrella pumped him with newer juices. With just the Veronica in him before, he had the abilities to transport, get into peoples heads, assimilate one to do his bidding, and make fire.
Now, with the X-Tyrant flowing through his veins he lost some of his abilities but had gained some new ones. The following he had lost was transport and assimilate. Now, he had newer ones that allowed him to repair his own body at an extremely high rate, levitate himself high in the air, and lastly shoot streams of poison.
With the mixture of the viruses, it affected his immune system amazingly. After coming into contact of more threatening harmful power he would experience the pain and minutes later if that same threat were to impact him again, his body would do the making the attack merely harmless.
Reflecting on what Umbrella did to him in the past and present, he praised and doubted the corporation at the same time.
Corin brushed some of the debris off his coat and began his way back towards the building. With the thrust of the explosion, he was knocked back three blocks from the Surveillance building.
The rain began to die down to a drizzle as he followed the sidewalk back to his destination. He stretched out his arms and yawned, all this fighting and killing was beginning to get to him.
Crash! An SUV suddenly flew past him and crashed onto the road upside-down and ignited into flames.
He turned around seeing someone walking towards him, there body wrapped in what appeared to be metal. The figure was a female by the smooth shape of her body, but there was no way she would be able to toss a one ton car by the physical shape that she was in.
Corin stood his place as she stopped five feet in front of him and looked at him head to toe. He smirked slightly, sensing that she was no human, but a tyrant. He didn't have to take that metal mask off her face to see, her silence gave it away and besides, if she was the only one standing around when the SUV was thrown who else would of done it, The Hulk?
He curled his fist as he heard a light growl from behind the mask, "Doesn't Umbrella know when to stop riding on my back?"
She didn't respond as she leapt forward at him. He stepped to the side, amazed at her speed and turned around and watched her land on her feet. A small printed word caught his attention on her thigh as she turned to face him; Ghost.
He felt like laughing, "Ghost? Such a silly name for something that is not transparent." He put his hand back as if ready to throw a ball and threw it forward. The blue substance that he had used earlier shot out in a long stream and dowsed Ghost metallic plated body in it.
Ghost simply stared at the blue substance, which looked that it didn't affect her in any way.
"So... doesn't work," he snarled, "What about every tyrants' weakness? Fire?"
Corin threw his other fist out and shot a hint of fire come out. It hit Ghost and her figure ignited in flames due to the flammable poison she was soaked in.
She didn't stop and ran at him. Stopping a few feet from him, she made an attempt to punch his face with her burning hand. Corin quickly caught her fist and to his misjudgment on strength, the force of her punch made his hand jerk back slightly.
He applied more strength and found began sliding roughly on the sidewalk as he held her fist. With both of them in frozen position, the light drizzle extinguishing Ghost burning body Corin pushed her hand to the side and hit her in the face as hard as he could.
Ghost took a few steps back, her head facing the ground and she quickly recovered from it. "Hah! I'll have to compliment Umbrella myself on such a fine job they've done to you."
Unable to reply, Ghost jumped forward and put her hands together forming a huge mace and positioned them above her head. Corin watched and leapt out of the way as she brought her joined hands to the ground were he stood.
Her fists hit the sidewalk so hard, that it shattered a basketball sized crater into it. He ran quickly crouched down and tripped her off her feet. Midway to the ground, she put her hands behind her and pushed against the sidewalk and launched her body a few feet in the air and performed a back flip.
Corin didn't see her feet coming up from beneath as both her feet kicked him in the chin. He felt the sharp pain as he was launched a few inches off the ground. Landing on the ground, Ghost had already performed a backflip to her feet.
She quickly performed a high kick aimed again at his face. Corin caught her foot and swung her around like a rag doll and threw her towards the wrecked SUV.
Ghost hit the SUV and the whole mobile object slid back and crashed into a bus and a few cars parked on the side of the road.
Another explosion rang out, caused by the insane smashing of the group of vehicles. The explosion lit up the sky and at the same time threw some automotive parts randomly in all directions.
"I have got to watch my strength." He stated sarcastically, and continued walking down the street.
It didn't matter to him if Ghost was coming out of the pile of burning wreckage or not, it was Tange he wanted. Hell, he could use her for a punching bag if he wanted.
"Maybe I'll just become a shadow for a little bit. Then I'll make my strike." He stated to himself, "Why am I talking to myself?" Because your crazy? "You're right, I am crazy."
That man is insane. Already, he has slaughtered forty-five of my men. We have confirmations that he is not working for anyone that we know of.
Just right after the outbreak is where he made his appearance. He's no human. Pure monster. We've already tried everything we could think of to stop him. Sleep-darts, ambushes, flash grenades. The man is unstoppable.
The Osiris has stated that he is not a product of the corporation. I can see that already. Five hours after outbreak, we got a transmission from that man claiming that all who couldn't prevent his death would die. Same to those who did.
I guess the corporation takes partial blame. But, it doesn't make any shit sense. Death? That man can't be dead, with him the scenario is even more bizarre.
Just three hours ago I barely escaped from his wrath as he sliced down the rest of my team. That bastard stabbed me in the leg, had to limp my ass back to the Surveillance Building.
It's much safer here. None of our products running rampant in the complex, despite a few trapped carriers here and there. I'm not totally safe here. He could be back soon.
This is just all out great. Already we have two parties against us. Those two are Roland and Pearson. Now a third? And worse, two of the parties are at each others necks for revenge like I've viewed through the video feeds. And with the fancy sword work I've seen with the new party... Fuck! I feel that none of us are going to make it through the long and dark night.
Why can't the President and Federal Council just launch the damn missile and get the whole damn scenario over with? It happened to Scrapeson almost half a year already. And Raccoon City, twelve years ago!
Maybe I should just eat the bullet. It's beginning to sound like a good ending.
Tange set the paper down on the dead man's chest. That bullet must've felt good. He turned away from the dead Umbrella soldier and looked at the surveillance memory generator in the center of the room.
"Hello economics surveillance section." He said waving to the large generator. That sounded so cheesy.
The place that held the generator was beautiful and extravagant. If the room was just empty it would look like a marble temple.
The whole room was in the shape of a triangle with a circle circumscribed around it, the generator set at the centroid of the triangular room.
Around it, huge supercomputers surrounded it. And lastly around the supercomputers were nothing but small plasma televisions displaying a certain part of the economic area of both Arclay and Hybrid City.
Tange eyed the generator as he walked towards it. To him it looked like a huge lava lamp with huge cords and wires extending from it to the floor and ceiling. He took the C4 from his vest and set it at the base of the generator, "If this doesn't do the trick, then I'd have to go to plan B. Find the input output socket and unplug the whole damn thing."
He ran back to the elevator when it's doors suddenly sealed shut. What the hell? He looked at the panel on the side of the door and pressed the open switch. Nothing. He pressed the open switch a few more times before stepping away from it.
"Shit." He muttered under his breath looking for another way of escape. He grabbed the detonator from his pocket-
Crash! Two holes on the marble ceiling appeared as two objects entered through and hit the blue marble floor, destroying some of the supercomputers.
"What the fuck, now?"
"Ha, ha, ha!" Said someone, Tange began scanning the room directing the .44 at the entrances, "Don't bother looking for me, Roland. I'm talking to you through intercom."
"Who are you!" Tange growled turning his attention back to the objects that made the crashing entrance.
"Don't remember? It's the boss."
The objects revealed to be two stasis tubes. Similar to the one that Ghost had come in. "Osiris! I can't wait till I get to kill you! You son of a bitch!"
He heard the Osiris chuckle, "I believe that won't happen at all. You happen to be in a sealed room, caused by me. Those metal chambers you see contain a more modified version of what you encountered in Scrapeson. T-202 a.k.a. Diablo."
"You have anything better up your sleeve, all your surprises are just adding to the death count." He commented back, "Why don't you just open the doors and let me get on with my escape, sir?"
"Let me clear something first. I control everything in the city from here. Whether it's a surveillance camera, transportation system, or even a microwave."
Tange glanced at his detonator, and then the C4. He smirked lightly, "The more the reason to take out the power plant."
The chamber doors began sliding open as he finished his sentence, "So, I guess you got this all planned out, but it doesn't mean I'm going to let it-"
"-Sorry, mother fucker. Can't talk now." Tange hit the detonator.
A growing humming noise began getting louder and then stopped, muting the whole area.
Beep...! KA-BOOM! Maybe he should've grabbed another from the elevator cache.
The force was so powerful, the shock wave launched Tange flat against the sealed elevator doors with a thud as bright blue flames scorched through the generator, tearing it in half.
The upper top portion creaked loudly by the shifting of supports and collapsed with the bottom half of the generator and sent another explosion out.
Large chunks of debris and flames were blown everywhere by its force, taking out large rows of surveillance displays or scorching some parts of the large chamber in orange glowing flames.
Tange fell against his stomach, coughing loudly and gasping for air. The way he hit the doors had knocked the air out of him. He grabbed his chest and got to his feet and armed himself with the .44.
He eyed the collapsed structure and smiled to himself. "That outta keep you busy, Osiris."
The smile soon disappeared as two huge naked sexless figures stepped out of the burning wreckage. Diablos. And Osiris was right, both of them were modified.
Each tyrant contained a spiked mace for one hand and a huge blade-like sword on the other. They both stared at him as he drew the magnum and fired, the round hitting the one standing on the left in the forehead.
The top portion of its head exploded in a black mess of gunk as the round went right through it. Nothing happened. It didn't even falter. Not even a tinny bit, bitch?
"Modified, eh!" He growled.
Orchid thrust her leg up and placed it on the masked man's chest as he ran into her and placed her shotgun against his stomach and discharged a shell directly into him.
He fell on his back with smoke emitting from his fatal wound. She ran past him as more Umbrella foot soldiers tried repeatedly to stop her one after the other, all failing and ending up dead on the ground.
Continuing around the corner, she came to a running stop at a metal door. This must lead to the generator.
There was a control panel on the side of the door which had illuminating red light. Orchid hit the switch next to it and the light turned green and the doors slid open. She stepped through with her 12 gauge directed in front of her. The corridor changed it's lighting style completely different. The fluorescent lights were no long on the ceiling but were on both sides of the wall.
The floor went from green marble floor to a mirrored metal path. The ceiling was identical with it also, except for the golf ball sized plates moving smoothly across it in a cooperative manner.
She glanced at the door ahead and jogged toward it when it opened and five soldiers poured. The door closed behind them and locked as they directed their weapons at her.
Orchid had already fixated them on the cross hairs of her shotgun but didn't fire. She looked at one of the unmasked soldiers seeing his MP5K shaking in his hand. Crack addict?
None of them made a move. Both opponents didn't do anything but have their weapons directed to the other.
"Drop your weapon!" One of them hissed.
Orchid pumped the shotgun. "Make me," she said coldly.
"I take this one," another said stepping forward and drawing out a handgun. "Quick and clean."
He aimed at her as she put her hands to her side reaching for the small dagger tucked in her pocket.
The gun cocked and she looked at him as she felt the dagger and pulled it out slowly. "Think fast, pretty boy!" She shouted throwing the dagger forward.
The blade sliced into his neck and he fell back. The gun in his hand directed away from her and discharged as he hit the ground, already dead.
The round hit the ceiling and Orchid directed the shotgun at the group as they were suddenly clawing at the door.
Chink... chink... chink... chink... The all looked up at the ceiling seeing the little plates scatter out and form at both ends of the hall. Some of the plates were now on the walls and a humming sound began. Like a power charge.
"GET US OUT OF HERE!" The group shouted, looking overhead as they pounded on the door.
Whatever was about to happen must've been triggered by that smooth talking son of a bitch shooting the ceiling. The humming got louder as the group retreated from the door to the center of the hall. Orchid retreated just a few feet away from them and noticed a forming light emitting from the small plates.
"Shit! This isn't good," Orchid muttered to herself, slinging the shotgun over her back.
The humming then stopped, and the brightening energy forming from the plates dissipated.
All was silent as the soldier turned their attention to her and aimed their MP5Ks at her. "Just a glitch in the system, bitch! Now die!"
Bw-zing!... zzzzzZ! Orchid looked behind her seeing a blue concentrated line of energy come out of the plates. A laser! It was directed vertical connecting the floor and ceiling and positioned itself to the center of the hall and shot off towards them.
Orchid pinned herself against the wall as the laser passed by her quickly in attempt to slaughter anyone in its path. She got away from the wall as two more, each one against the wall, tore through with their buzzing noise and leaving off excruciating heat.
She the group run to the middle like a herd of cattle, one not so lucky as the laser passed through him as he jumped away, the laser going through the left side of his body.
Orchid was expecting to see him fall to pieces but didn't. He looked at himself in amazement, "IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING! JUST AN ILLUSION! KILL- AH!"
He stopped short of his shouting when his body fell in two pieces, a third of his body cut vertically in one piece; his arm, side of his torso, and leg. As the other was the rest. Blood spray out of the open wound in a endless stream as he hit the ground; his guts then squeezed out.
She looked away in disgust as the buzzing noise behind her grew louder. She turned around seeing another laser two thirds up from the floor and this time set horizontal, connecting the walls, coming towards her.
Mere inches away from decapitating her, she cartwheeled underneath it and got to her feet and performed a back flip over another, connecting the walls attempted to slice off everything below her kneecaps.
Landing on her feet, she glanced as the differently leveled lasers, decapitated one as the rest fell back on the floor, safe for now.
The one which didn't duck, that was sentenced to being decapitated grabbed his neck and screamed and turned around towards her and aimed his gun at her. "No, bitch is going to watch me-"
Cut short again, a red line appeared on his neck and his head slid off smoothly and landed with a thud on the floor. Blood flushed out of the neck like a fountain as his headless body fell onto the head and painted the floors with crimson red.
The second laser positioned to cut off feet were avoided by two of the three remaining soldiers as they jumped over it.
The third one panicked to get to his feet as the laser began going in a up and down motion, slicing him into slices of meat. He gagged and his head collapsed to the floor, mainly by shock.
The two remaining soldiers holstered their weapons and began firing at her. Orchid took cover, doing a cartwheel and pulling her shotgun out and fired twice. Missing. Distracted by the firepower she gave them, they were blind to the lasers that didn't make a move on the other side of the corridor behind them.
About three shot forward, this time rotating as a fan. One of soldiers dived through an opening and was safe. The other wasn't so lucky. The fan passed through him and he stopped short, gagging.
He then fell into curvy pieces, curly fries. Odd, how she was thinking about food with slaughtered humans all over the place.
The fan came towards her and she did the same as the soldier did and cartwheeled through an opening before being sliced and diced.
The last remaining soldier ran at her drawing a huge knife out and screamed bloody murder. Another laser was behind him, coming at them horizontally.
He arched the knife back ready to strike, when Orchid merely shot forward and high kicked him in the chest, his ribs breaking. He flew back midair and the laser passed through his waist. Orchid ducked as the laser passed over and watched the man fall to the ground.
Before hitting the floor, his body flipped in half, his upper body rotating wildly in the air, his lower doing nothing. Both pieces landed with sickening sounds and Orchid ran passed the gruesome display and hit the switch on the door. The illuminated red light didn't turn green. She pressed it repeatedly to progress further into the area to reach the destination.
It stayed red, her heart began racing and sweat trickled down her face. She turned around seeing more then twenty lasers racing towards her. Now, the pattern was all the patterns put together. Two fans, and three connecting the walls and three connecting the floor to ceiling were all coming at her.
She pinned herself against the door, knowing it was her end. She could already feel the radiated heat against her face, as she began whimpering.
BOOM! There was a muffled explosion overhead that rocked the whole building. Orchid turned her attention back to the lasers as the blue concentrated energy beams, suddenly went off and all the plates fell off the walls and ceiling and landed on the floor.
She released herself from the wall and fell to her knees and put her hands over her face and let out a gasp of air.
The door behind her then slid open and she shot around and saw Surge with his weapon pointed directly at her. "So you got lasers to?" He asked putting the weapon down.
Orchid let out a stifled laugh and hugged him tightly, holding back her tears, "Sh-sh- shit!" She whined letting go of him and tried pulling herself back to her senses, you're not dead. Be happy!
Note: I had to use a laser room. I think its better than the movie version. I had blue lasers. All done, leave a review.