Author's note: I am just amazed at the reviews that I'm receiving! They're great! Anyways I'm having some problems with fanfiction and my computer so I have no idea who else reviewed my story besides Cyram, Luna-Starr and a few others, so I'll apologize in advance for not including some reviewer responses and not being able to read anyone's newly updated stories. I fell down last night and that reminded me that I had to update, so here it is!

This night, walk the dead
in a solitary style
and crash the cemetery gates.
in the dress your husband hates
way down, mark the grave
where the search lights find us
drinking by the mausoleum door
and they found you on the bathroom floor

-Cemetery Drive by: My Chemical Romance

How long is the night?

Chapter 8

Hospital of Horrors Part I

Their mouths hung open. Wasn't the hospital supposed to be a place for the sick and a place to take refuge? It looked like someone had gone up to every human being in the facility and shot them ten times.

There were stretchers tipped on the side, some bent completely in half, others still standing and soaked with blood. The main desk that sat just before the automatic doors that lead to the operation rooms was a wreck.

Papers had been thrown everywhere. They unknowingly became a mat of blood because they soaked up the crimson liquid. The computer that the nurse would use had its screen smashed; everything else on the desk was in the same condition.

Leon and Ashley slowly made their way to the automatic doors and waited for them to open, but they never did. So the power was out for sure. They went behind the desk and came out on the other side of the doors.

Now it was time to be really cautious because there were several extra hallways and many, many rooms that lined both sides of the hallway that they were wandering down.

The condition of the corridor was no different then what they had first encountered. Leon took out a stronger gun and checked to make sure that Ashley had hers ready. Then he started to limp his way into every room until Ashley stopped him.

"Here's some bandages and antiseptic. Hold still while I put them on."

"Thanks."

She carefully wrapped it around his injured leg after she had applied the antiseptic. Then she grabbed some extra bandages and a tube of healing cream. She went back to Leon and checked to make sure that her gun was loaded, and it was, minus the missing bullet.

They went back out into the damp, dim hallway and began to proceed down it once more.

The blood was becoming less and less recent. Leon was getting suspicious and knew something was up. As they came closer and closer to the first corner, Leon brought his gun up and slowed down.

He walked to the very edge of the corner and looked down the next hallway. It was empty. Leon signaled to Ashley to tell her that it was all clear and then began to make their way down the next hallway.

This one was different then the previous. The stretchers were neatly put to the side, the floor sparkled, even in the dim light, there was no blood whatsoever and Leon couldn't even smell the unmistakable scent of blood.

It was spotless, too spotless.

"If you hear any movements prepare yourself to shoot someone's head off."

"Okay."

A room with a busted off door was coming up quick. It looked out of place so Leon and Ashley inched their way towards it.

Quietly, Leon looked around the doorframe. He instantly heard abnormal breathing coming from the room. He scanned it and turned away once his eyes got a glimpse of a woman dressed in all white.

He looked again. She turned around, revealing a huge splatter blood. Once again she turned around and Leon got a good look of her face. It was a pale gray color, her eyes were a sickly blue and her hair was frizzy and was hanging all over the place. On top of her head sat a small white hat with a red cross on it.

Something caught the nurse's attention because she looked directly at Leon and slowly began to shuffle over to him.

He was about to fire his gun, but Ashley stopped him.

"Don't fire, you'll just cause more of them to come, trust me I know from experience."

Leon put the gun away and took out a jagged hunting knife that he had taken from the store with all the guns and ammunition. He waited until the nurse thing was out of the room and drove the knife right into her neck.

She didn't make a noise, because anything that was there had been cut short when the dangerous blade cut her vocal chords. Leon stepped back when her body began to shake violently.

Her head erupted and a parasite sprouted out. This one was far different than anything that Leon and Ashley had encountered.

This one had two heads. Tiny like legs moved around on them and they each had a pale yellow look to them. Leon backed away even more when one of the heads opened up its mouth. Sharp, razor-like teeth stuck clearly out of it and the doubled headed nurse lunged towards Leon.

Ashley felt the urge to scream, but for once she didn't. She looked at Leon and knew that he had no choice but to fire the gun and be rid of whatever the thing was.

The shots of Leon's Broken Butterfly rang through the dead silent atmosphere.

The nurse's body fell to the ground and the two heads began to slither back and forth.

Ashley almost threw up when one of the heads ripped itself away from the nurse and dragged along with it all the veins and the spinal chord of its owner.

The other had died from one of Leon's bullets, but the other was very much alive.

It began to make its way to Ashley. Leon pointed the gun at his target and pulled the trigger.

The parasite wriggled around on the floor for a bit, until it finally curled up and began to melt into the floor.

"What was that?" Ashley gagged.

"I don't know, but it looks like the parasite has evolved. I hate to find out what the more infected people look like."

Ashley shuddered at the thought of it.

Leon looked around and decided to continue down the hallway that they were in. They didn't find anything, or anyone else.

"Think that was the only one?" Ashley asked.

"Can't be," was the only response that she got.

Now Leon and Ashley were at the end of the hallway. There was a fire exit at the end.

Ashley ran forward but Leon grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. She then realized that she could've made a drastic mistake if she would've continued.

Around the corner stood about ten undead, infected, and most likely savage, hospital workers. They seemed to sway on their legs and were all looking out in different directions like they were stupid.

Leon took out his binoculars and zoomed in on their heads to see if there was anything to tell him that they were infected. Sure enough there was.

A small white thing stuck out of the back of one of the infected doctors. Leon saw it twitch and the doctor suddenly turned around and pointed to Leon. The others looked his way and soon they were all shuffling towards him.

"Don't fire anymore," Ashley warned.

"Heh."

Leon already had a flash grenade in his hand by the time that Ashley had spoken. He ripped the top off and tossed it into the crowd. Then they turned around and began to walk the other way when they heard their cries of blinding pain.

Leon found a stairwell that lead to the upper level and quickly pulled Ashley inside. They both ran quickly up the stairs and through the doors that were splattered with blood.

The top level was by far worse than the bottom floor. Blood was everywhere, not a thing was clean, windows were shattered into a million pieces and dead bodies littered the hallway.

The stench was unbearable.

"Maybe we should go back downstairs."

"Have you forgotten that we have infected doctors and nurses that are going to be chasing us if we do?"

Ashley mumbled something under her breath and caught up with Leon, who was already stepping over the bodies and making his way to the end of the hall.

They both had their hands over their noises and mouths, trying to block out the smell, but it was useless.

Ashley turned a corner, following Leon and ran right into him. He quickly told her to be quiet and listen.

A noise was coming closer and closer from some unknown direction. Whatever it was, it sounded like it was very sick and very infected because its steps were so slow sounding.

But the slow noises were deceiving.

(Once Again I apologize if I missed anyone.)

Reviewer responses:

Cyram- Thanks for the review. The reason why I didn't respond on Yahoo was because my computer was getting really messed up because of it so I got msn instead. I hope you update your story soon -twitches- must….read….more. Lol

Dualzero- I'm glad you like my story. I'll update as soon as I can. Maybe I should fall more often because it reminded me that I had a story to update.

Leon's supporter #59788- Maybe I have overdone it, but oh well. Anyways thanks for the review, glad you like the story!

Luna-Starr- Ha, ha, I knew you'd be saying that. Lol. I just reviewed your story and it's coming along really good! I like it how you got a bunch of the characters from the other resident evil games. I can't wait to read more!

Campin' Carl- Sorry but I don't go on message boards or any of those things and bitch about how much I hate this and that. And I have not received anything from anyone; I don't mind your complaint. Thanks for the review.

Okay my computer just started functioning so shout out's to:

Nessmk, Blaze the Bad, and Foggy Brains (I know you read the other chapters)