Chapter Thirty-9: Aftermath to a New Beginning
Surge stood on his knees with his hands cuffed behind his back. He was stripped of everything once everyone got to the HQ. Now he was kneeling before two identical women while wearing only a sleeveless undershirt and pants; Athena and Aurora.
"Great…" He said to them, "More torture."
"And some tests." Athena said walking forward and crouching in front of him. She grabbed his chin and propped it up and stared him in the eyes with her cold grey eyes. "Why did you leave us?"
"What do you mean?" He said looking away from her and gazing at Aurora who was busy emptying his weapons on a nearby table. "We were never together."
Athena pushed him onto his back, "I can't tolerate such talk from you. Why did you leave the corporation? What does HCF have that we don't?"
Surge rolled on his side and pushed himself back to his knees with his shoulder. "Better pay, nicer people, and a nicer boss."
He found himself pushed to the ground again, "Smart mouth. I should rip it off and sew your eyelids close."
"By the way you cold heartless bitch, where's Orchid?"
With the remark he made, he was kicked in the side by Athena. She then pulled him back to his knees, "She's not here. Katy Nova has been relocated."
"Seems Osiris, has planned everything all too well." Surge said looking over at Aurora, "You haven't said much, has your sister been beating you to the ground every time you speak?"
Aurora glared at him and pulled a gun out and fired at him. The round hit the floor a few inches from where he was. From how he knew Aurora, she was precise with her aiming. What she did now was done on purpose. "Imagine if that was aimed at your memory banks."
"I'd be instantly killed." Surge said, "Yeah, I killed a lot of people to know that. Shoot' em in the head, they die. I don't need a science lesson from you, alright Teacher?"
She glared at him again and cocked the gun, "I was talking about your dick, smartass."
"Cold. Just like the hearts you have." Surge said sarcastically, "Oh, wait. You don't have any."
He laughed at his joke and then dropped to his back as he was missed by the boot heel of Athena's kick. He then found it stomped hardly on his chest which made him cough loudly.
"You kick like a girl, you know that?"
"I am a girl!" Athena shouted.
"Demon." Surge said directing his voice to Athena, "You're a demon. D-e-m-o-n. Demon."
Another gunshot was fired, only hitting a few inches from Surge's family jewels.
"Aurora stop it!" Athena shouted, "We have orders not to kill him. Yet."
"Yes!" Surge shouted, "I completely agree with demon bitch. I want to have kids someday. And I don't need a vasectomy, but thanks for demonstrating."
Athena let her boot off him and walked away, "You can be a smart-mouth all you want. It'll probably be fun before you die."
There was the headquarters, right down the rocky slope. There was a four storied, round shaped building with a half-circled ten story building surrounding it.
Tange got out of the van, slung the double barrel over his shoulders and set the two Eagles in his waist holsters. He grabbed the detonator and took a glance at it and then at the headquarters.
"It seems you planned ahead," he mumbled to himself, "Then again, you always plan ahead, Cypher."
Tange reached inside the van and pulled the gear shift to neutral and the van began its rolling descent down the hill. He watched as he began running down the hill while arming himself with one of the Eagles while clutching the detonator in his other hand.
Crash! The van collided through the glass window of the smaller building and flipped over onto its side.
"Cypher I hope this works." Tange whispered and then hit the detonator.
Voom! There was no explosion. Instead rings of dirt and debris expanded outward from the blast. What Tange was seeing was a shockwave which tore through the interior of the building.
Tange awed at the sight as he watched the building bend outward and puncture in many places before collapsing upon itself. The blast had also damaged the surrounding building, as many of the windows on the first few floors were shattered and the structure slightly bent in.
What the hell just happened!" screamed Osiris as he gazed out the seventh story window peering down on what was left of the main entrance to the laboratory underneath.
"Someone set off a shocker." Dehorn said, "It's also an EMP device."
The lights then turned off as well as the computers. Osiris turned to stare into the darkness, "How long till the power turns back on?"
As if magic, the lights came back on and the computers in the room began rebooting. Dehorn looked around, "That was lucky. That was one of the smaller bombs. And plus we're much farther up."
Osiris turned back to gaze outside, "Prepare the chopper. We're leaving."
"What about Roland? And the other prisoners?" Dehorn asked getting up from his seat, "What is going to happen to them?"
Osiris walked out into the hallway followed closely by Dehorn, "They'll be dead. Ghost will take out Roland; Orchid is being transported to the facility."
"That's an excellent plan." Dehorn commented as they went up a stairway, "Where are we going now?"
"Anywhere but here."
Tange dropped the detonator and pulled the second Eagle out as he walked into the still standing building and quickly blew the heads off three guards. He looked around peering up at the maze of catwalks overhead.
That's when he saw them. Four soldiers slid to the ground floor on cables, differently dressed as the others Tange had encountered. They had heavier armor and fancier weapons; not to mention that they were quiet as hell.
He raised the Eagles and fired wildly as two of the soldiers fell from the ropes and hit the ground dead. The other two were a little bit lucky as they hit the ground and before they could draw their weapons, Tange disarmed the first one and swung his leg into the chin of the second one.
He then turned back to the disarmed guard and shot him through the neck. Blood shot out immediately spraying the ground as the guard clutched his neck falling to the ground.
Tange then turned to the other downed soldier and put the Eagle's barrel to his head, "Where are they!"
Behind the mask, the soldier laughed, "I'm not saying shit, asshole! Kill me! I don't care."
Pulling the hammer back to ready the gun, Tange asked again, "I'm not going to kill you." He directed the gun to the soldiers groin, "But I'll turn your dick into hamburger meat."
At that moment the soldier stopped laughing. "The father and daughter are in the basement level, down those stairs," he said pointing at a pair of double doors. "The man is in the tenth floor lobby."
"What about the other! Orchid!" Tange said frustrated, bringing the second gun to the man's head.
"She was taken away." He said, "but that's all I'm saying."
Tange took the Eagles away from the man and took a few steps back. "Good." He then brought the Eagles back up and fired-
-"No-!"
The soldiers face caved in as his head exploded out the back. Tange looked at the smoking barrel in his hand as he gazed at the unnoticeable human. "Gee, that was wrong," he said pitifully, looking at his hands.
He slid the Eagles in his holsters and ran towards the staircase the soldier pointed out to him. The one he killed. The man had helped him and Tange killed him in a cold heartless way. So did the man he threw down the stairs at the station. The zombies got him, well, helped him die.
Tange began feeling guilt build up inside him as he raced down the stairs. He shook it out of his mind, more concerned on finding his friends.
Erica woke up in a dark dank room with a hanging light in the center, which dimly illuminated the area.
She quickly jumped in surprise as she saw a corpse lying just a few feet from her. She tried moving only to be stopped by the chains that had her locked against the wall.
"Shit." She said trying to pull herself free, knowing that it wasn't going to happen.
She eyed the corpse again and jumped again as she saw it move its hand; and then its leg. The corpse got up and turned to face her. It was her Dad!
"Dad.." she said happily for his presence. "I'm so glad to see you."
Jesus, he looks like shit. She watched him as he took a step towards her, not saying anything. He then brought his arms forward.
"-Dad?" Erica said, this time in a worried tone. "Are you-" She stopped knowing what was going on, "No…"
She watched helplessly as her dead father slouched his way towards her. Erica began pulling at the locks, trying desperately to free herself.
"No!" She cried, "No! Not like this! No! God not like this! Please! No, no, NO..!" Tears began running down her cheeks, knowing this was the end of the line.
She felt her dad's cold hand grab her shoulder as she tried moving, trying to get free and away from this. She didn't want to die…yet. And definitely not like this. "Not like this… Not like this… Please no… Not like this."
She then felt another hand and then the sharp pain of teeth in the side of her neck. Not like this, not like this, not like this, not like this.
Erica could already feel her own blood trickle down her body as her dad pulled away. The room was already fading quickly around her due to the intensity of the pain. She then felt his teeth again, this time in the shoulder and screamed.
Tange made it down the stairs and found a pair of double doors in front of him. "I hope this is it. I hope I'm not too late."
He grabbed the handle and pulled at the door feeling it give a rattle and not open. "Damn it!" he said to himself.
"Aaaahhh!" Came screams from the other side of the doors. Erica's screams.
"No!" He shouted running himself into the doors. He backed away and ran his side into the doors again feeling them give in.
The screams continued which made him want more in and find out what the hell was going on in there. He took a few steps back and then jetted forward and ran into the door again; this time through it and came into a dimly lit room.
The screams were much louder now and Tange could see now why Erica was screaming. Just looking at her made him want to cry. Joey was now a walking corpse and Erica was the victim.
Tange took one of the Eagles out, and took aim at Erica's forehead. He cocked the gun and looked away for a second at what he was about to do. He couldn't do it, but he had to. Tange took aim again and bit his lower lip. "I'm sorry!" He shouted as he then pulled the trigger.
Erica's screaming stopped and she was nothing more then another corpse. Joey turned around to face Tange; a piece of flesh fell out of his mouth as he slouched his way towards him.
"You broke your promise." Tange said cocking the gun again, "I'm sorry." He pulled the trigger again and Joey's head exploded into nothing but bone, blood, and brains.
Tange dropped the smoking gun and looked at what was left of his friends. It was Scrapeson City all over again, but at ten times worse. "I'm sorry." He said again as he turned around and left the room.
Surge was brought to his feet when the windows around him. He turned to see Athena and Aurora then flee all of a sudden. That was probably some bad news for them. He started taking off after them when an object entered the room.
It landed just a few inches from his feet. Surge looked at it and the object exploded, knocking him to the ground. "Shit..." he cried blinking his eyes repeatedly as his vision, doubled, and then tripled. And so on.
He began gazing around the room and then closed his eyes when he heard footsteps land on the floor.
"Everyone down!" Came the shouts of men. Surge opened his eyes to see soldiers roaming around the room quickly and cautiously through the room pointing their heavy duty guns at everything; including him.
"Get on your stomach!" They shouted to him and Surge did as he was told.
"State your name!"
Surge grunted, "Henry Cotton-"
The shouting then stopped and he was pulled to his feet to face a masked soldier. And none of them were Umbrella soldiers. "Who the hell are you guys."
"Army!" he said, "By orders of the President and HCF, we have been ordered to get you, along with Katy Nova and Tange Roland out of here."
Someone behind him then unlocked the cuffs freeing his hands which made him rub his wrist.
"Why?"
"I'll answer your questions later. Come with us."
Tange stepped out of the building as lightning tore through the skies. He felt a drop of rain hit the side of his face, along with another. In a matter of seconds it was already pouring. He looked up at the sky seeing a chopper fly off away from the area.
Thunder shook the ground as he walked into the street. He had failed them all. Now he was the only one to escape the city. He just hoped that Cypher would be there to greet him.
He looked back down and there about twenty feet from were he stood, stood another. That other, was Ghost. Which if she was standing there, Corin was dead.
He could see that her mask was torn off-
"No." He said coldly, staring at the face of Ghost.
Tange knew that face. He watched it die days ago. That face was Caitlyn's. He was now even more furious. Umbrella killing her was enough, but bringing her back as a tyrant was just too much. Not to mention wrong.
He threw all his weapons aside, knowing that firearms were all useless against her and kicked off the ground. Sprinting towards her, he formed fist and arched back his arms as he neared her.
Caitlyn got into a fighting stance and formed fists as well, as the distance between them closed.
Tange swung missing as she sidestepped out of the way and then came back side-kicking her in the face.
She swung at him, hitting him in the chest knocking him back a few steps and flung her claws out and swung once more, with more ferocity.
Ducking the swings, Tange ran his upper body into her waist and both of them landed into the inch deep of water road. He had her pinned to the ground with his legs as he began punching her repeatedly in the face.
Her knee then went into his back, making him stop and grunt in pain. Tange looked back at her and quickly rolled off of her to avoid the incoming claws at his face. He jumped back up to his feet were he noticed the masked soldiers watching the fight.
They damn well will watch the fight. This was Tange's fight, he had to end this. Turning to look at Caitlyn, he was grabbed from behind and pushed ten feet forward.
Tange landed on his stomach and rolled onto his back to find her falling from the air, claws brought forward, ready to impale his heart. He quickly rolled backwards onto his feet as she hit the ground.
He then brought his foot back and swung it forward and hit her in the chin. Caitlyn went in the air and landed on her back. Tange ran to her when she quickly got up and swung her feet at him. Tange arched back and then took a step back as she swung again, much more quickly.
Tange grabbed her ankle and pulled her forward and punched her with the back of his hand and then pushed her to the ground. She was slowing down.
He walked towards her and again fell to the ground after she swung her feet under his. Before he knew it, she was on top of him and she flung her clawed hand at his neck. He caught it and held her hand firmly in his.
She was too strong. Her talons began inching their way to his neck as he tried pushing them away. He looked at her and found her just staring at him with a straight face. Her face was white as death and her lips were black.
He began feeling the talons barely touching his neck when he looked at her again after getting an idea, "I'm doing you a favor." He said silently as he bent her arm back, breaking the bone to an angle were the claws were aimed at her heart.
Tange screamed as he pushed her claws into her chest. His plan had worked; Caitlyn's claws tore through the metal armor and sank its way to her heart.
He felt her body grow weak as he looked at her. Her eyes began shifting around when it again locked with Tange. "You weren't dead yet."
"T-t-ange?" She said as blood poured from her mouth. She then gasped, her breathing coming back, but this time growing shallow and short. Her eyes closed, and her head limped onto his chest.
Tange pushed her off of him and laid her on her back in the street. He got up and looked at her face one last time. He slowly turned around towards the group and found another familiar face under an umbrella.
"I have questions." Tange said to Cypher.
Cypher walked towards him and offered him some space under the umbrella, "I am sorry. I don't have answers."
"This was just the beginning to a bigger mess, wasn't it?" Tange asked.
"Unfortunately, yes." Cypher said, "The aftermath to a new beginning."
"Orchid's gone."
"We know." Cypher added, "Surge is on his way down. And we found Corin in a complete mess. There is a chopper just for you get you somewhere to clean yourself up. The President requests to see you. She would be most delighted to see you."
Tange looked at him and smiled, "Thank you."
"For what?" Cypher asked as he looked back at the chopper that would be transporting Tange and Surge out of the chaos.
"Getting me out of here," Tange answered as he walked to the chopper.
A few minutes passed and Surge made his way out of the building and into the chopper. Cypher watched the chopper as it lifted up into the air and took off away from the city.
One of the soldiers approached him as he walked towards Caitlyn's body, "Sir, we got two corpses in the lower level. Osiris and his henchmen aren't anywhere to be found."
"I know. Their chopper took off seconds after we got here." Cypher said, "Just clean the mess up, I want you to gather up as much information from the headquarters."
"I just have one question, sir."
"What is it?" Cypher said.
"What's going to happen to the two cities? Is it going to get nuked like Scrapeson and Raccoon?"
"The President gave us orders to quarantine the area. Set up a perimeter fifteen miles from the place, on all sides. I don't want anyone getting in here."
"Yes, sir."
The soldier left him and began giving out orders. Cypher approached Caitlyn's body and crouched down next to her. "There is peace for you now."
He looked at her face and suddenly nearly jumped at what happened next. Her eyes opened slowly and she looked at him. "-Cypher…what's going on?"
The End… For Now.
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