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Chapter 2

The elevator door opened with a 'ping', and I stepped out into the old lobby of Umbrella Inc. I was feeling a little tired, and my neck was killing me, so I went out to find somewhere to take a break.

"Hmm..." I looked around. There was a theatre nearby amongst the random residential areas. I was starting to have cravings for some popcorn from the smell, so I decided that no one was going to miss some old popcorn. I made my way over to the place, still gripping my neck.

"Aw man." I had hoped for some good popcorn, but after closer inspection, I changed my mind. Apparently, the attendant had chosen to die on it, which left me with popcorn with a dash of rotten meat and a pinch of maggots. Not exactly my favorite delicacy.

"Stuff you!" I yelled, and slapped the guy's head, causing it to fly off his shoulders and into hit a pinball machine. Tilt action.

So I wasn't eating any popcorn today, thought I might as well grab a Mars bar. I nicked a little bit of this and that and hauled my buffet into one of the theatres. Lucky me, a romance movie.

"Oh Romeo..."

"Oh Juliet..."

"Oh brother..." It was really hard to concentrate on eating when there were two people making out like crazy in front of me. Still, an envious situation those two have, I've never even had a girlfriend. Not like I was popular with girls anyway. Something about me being too violent. So I've gotten into fights before, but most were with Jason, and most because he bet me I couldn't fight him.

Suddenly, a scream outside caught my attention. It was Katt.

"What the hell? I told her to wait outside!" I ran out, ditching my Skittles. I threw the door outside open, where I saw Jason and Katt running down the street. They saw me, but kept running. "Yeah, nice to see you guys too..." I mumbled.

Then I saw why they were still running. Behind them, at least twenty rotting corpses were lurching after them, a walking wall of crud.

"Crap." I ran after them, the small riot of dead guys behind me. I saw Jason pointing towards an old hospital, and they ran in. I was maybe fifteen feet behind them, and the zombies were thankfully quite slow, leaving them an odd thirty feet behind me. I ran into the hospital after them. When I got in, Jason and I began barricading the door.

When all was done, we slumped to the floor to catch our breaths.

"I thought you guys were gonna wait outside." I wheezed. Jason looked at me, then pointed at Katt with his head, who was out of earshot.

"She insisted. Said you were taking too long and she got worried, loverboy." I felt my face grow a little hot.

"Stuff you, ass-face." I was about to punch him, then remembered what happened to the wall. I lowered my fist and sighed. "You okay?"

Jason patted his leg. "I tripped on a dead guy on the way here. That's when they got up and chased us. Must've pissed the bastards off."

I laughed at my rival. "No shit, man." I got up and sat next to Katt, who was sitting on one of the waiting benches. "Are you hurt, Katt?"

"No, I'm okay Nick. Just a little shaken up, I mean, I didn't think the zombie thing was real." I saw her legs shaking. I wanted to comfort her, but being comforting wasn't one of my strong points. After remembering a scene from that love movie, I thought I'd give it a go. I put my arm around her and huddled closer to her.

"N-Nick?" I saw her face developing a blush, causing me to go a little red too.

"Look Katt, I care about you a lot. And I promise you, I'll always protect you."

She looked at me with bright eyes.

"Nick, I... where did that come from?" she said with confusion.

"I saw it in a movie." I said bluntly. For some reason, it made her laugh. "What?"

"Nothing, Nick..." She giggled. "It just didn't seem a lot like you to act like that. But copying something so clichéd from a movie – that sure sounds like the Nick I know!"

"Is that an insult or something?" I smirked. At least she was feeling better. She sighed, and put her arm around my waist and moved closer.

"Still... Seeing you like this sure is refreshing. Thanks, Nick."

"Ah... Yeah, sure. Any time." I felt a little awkward, and that strange feeling I get with her is driving me crazy. What I'd give for something to end this awkward moment.

"Yo Nick! We got trouble, and lots of it!" I saw him staring out a window with a grim face. And if something could give Jason a grim face, it must've been very bad.

I stood next to him and looked out.

"Man, we are screwed now." The zombies had caught up to us, but what I saw definitely wasn't expected. They had somehow learnt how to use cars, and were driving – quite badly, I might add – in our, er, general direction. Sure, their driving was crap, but sooner or later they would be smashing through the walls. I looked around for a way out.

"Okay, there's a back door over here! We're getting out of here!" I motioned for the two to follow me, and I led the way out the back. We came outside and thankfully saw no walking dead to slow us down.

"What should we do now?" Katt asked. I pointed to the bridge, which was far in the distance, but you could still see some of it over the tall apartments.

"We're getting out of here." We started ran down the street, which was only a block away from the crazy, car-driving monsters in front of the hospital. If they saw us, we wouldn't be able to get away, so I slowed the others down. Well, I tried to.

"Dammit Jason!" I whispered loudly. Jason was still running, and being very noisy about it. I tried to stop him. But we were too late. They saw us all right, and they were already turning in our direction.

"Oh shit!" I knew we couldn't outrun them. I looked around, and found a way out.

"Move it, guys!" I ran for the only car on the street that wasn't lying in a broken heap. Thankfully, I found the car's owner lying next to it, keys still stuck in the door. I walked up to him and made to grab the keys, then he suddenly groaned out bit my arm.

"You little bitch!" I threw my arm up, zombie with it, then rammed my arm into a nearby apartment fence, mashing a railroad pattern in the back of his head. He let go and slid down the fence. "Damn, I'm pissed!"

"How did you...?" Katt and Jason stood behind me in awe. Oops, forgot to tell them about that. Oh well, now wasn't the time.

"Later! Just get in!" I jumped into the driver's seat, and switched on the ignition. The car let out a roar of life, and we were off.

Bet you didn't expect a kid to know how to drive huh? I used to spend hours playing racing games at the arcade, and let me say, I was GOOD. I even set a high score, and so far, no one's beaten it. Real driving didn't seem too different. We sped down the road in the old car, followed by three cars packed with dead guys. Luckily the rest of them hadn't seemed to work out how to drive well. At least I wasn't up against an odd ten.

"Jason, watch the back for me, will ya?" I said, as I swerved between two cars. The road was filled with overturned vehicles, as well as the odd zombie walking around aimlessly. They weren't that big a problem though, in fact, it was kind of satisfying to hit them. Katt kept screaming when I did though, so I tried to stop doing it.

The zombies behind us were slowly catching up, but I managed to stop one of them by leading him into a car while he was behind me, and I turned at the last second, sending them in a head-on collision. One down, but two more left. They weren't very fast though, so I managed to make some decent distance between us. We rushed on towards the bridge back home.

It didn't take us long to reach the bridge. It was only a few yards ahead of us. I looked closer though, and to my surprise, the barricade wasn't the only thing there.

"What the hell?" I pulled the handbrake and came to a halt.

"What're you doing, man?" Jason said in a panic. "They're gonna catch.... Us..." Jason looked ahead with his jaw dropped.

Zombies had overtaken the bridge, filling it to the brim with a mass of rotting, walking corpses. It was like a huge game of twister in front of us, tangles upon tangles of dead bodies had piled on the whole length of the bridge. Hell, even if I tried to ram my way through, we'd be dead before we reached halfway.

I looked back and saw the zombies getting closer. Shit, what could I do now? I looked around and thought. I didn't know about any other exits. Well, by road anyway. Then I had an idea.

"Hey... How long can you guys hold your breaths for?" I said, as I began to reverse down the road a bit and straighten us out at an angle from the bridge.

"Um... Maybe a minute or two?" Katt said.

"I think a minute if I'm lucky." Jason said. "Why you ask?"

"Meh, good enough." I hit the accelerator and sped up towards the bridge, but I wasn't aiming for the bridge. I was aiming for a little gap between the bridge and the road fencing. Straight for the water.

"Holy shit!" Jason shouted behind me, and Katt was already screaming. We shot off the road, flying through the air for a few seconds, then crashing into the water with a splash. The windows were closed, but water was pouring in through holes here and there.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Jason said, strangling me.

"Not... now... later..." I pointed at a hole, and he got my drift. He let me go and I took in a few breaths. "Look, we're alive, and soon we'll be back home too. So relax, and get ready to start holding your breaths."

The car was still sinking, so I thought we should get out before we go any lower. I checked to make sure they were ready, then kicked their doors off, water pouring in fast. The pressure sent the both of them hurtling outside, me shortly after them.

We started kicking up towards the surface, slowly but surely. I could see Jason and Katt starting to lose energy, so I grabbed them and started kicking harder.

"Ah!!!" We finally reached the top, and I took in some beautiful air. Never have I appreciated breathing more than now. I checked on Katt and Jason, who seemed to be doing okay. Still holding them, I helped them get back to shore.

"After all that... There's only... One thing I can say..." Jason panted. "...Fuck, I'm tired." I couldn't help but laugh, even though I was dead tired. We spent a few minutes to recover, but I told them we should get back home before the walking dead decided to walk after us.

"Come on, slowpokes." I called as I got up. I dunno about those guys, but I was wet, tired, hungry, and infected by two zombies and a chemical. But most importantly, I was hungry. Damn zombies interrupted my meal.

A camera from Raccoon City had focused itself on Nick. It watched as Nick came out of the water and walk off into the distance.

"Is that the boy that consumed the 'DA'?" A short, stocky man wearing a scientist coat asked a tall, lurching man holding an axe behind him. He wore a full-face mask on his face, only showing off one eye. He also wore a full-body cloak, which shielded his entire body.

"Yes... Master..." The giant spoke slowly, as if he was having trouble with the words.

"Amazing, someone who didn't die after coming in contact with 'DA'." The short man chuckled. "I shall have to find out who this young man is. King?" He called out. The large man behind him looked in attention.

"Yes...?"

"Follow him, and be discreet about it."

"Yes..."

The giant walked off, axe in hand.

TO BE CONTINUED