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Edited By: Sci-Fi Raptor

Mayhem: Split

"Damn man," Popcorn says in a low voice, looking out the window. "This city has gone to hell." The rest of us go to the nearest window, seeing those dead bastards walking in the street. I'm surprised to see a few people are still alive, running away from them. Unfortunately, they're surrounded and there is no way for us to reach them in time. I turn away, not wanting to see any more bloodshed. I have seen so much throughout my life that still haunts me to this day.

I continue walking through the barely-lit hallway. I lost count of how many flights of stairs we have climbed up, but it's way too many and still no way out of this tower in sight. The only good thing, so far, is that we haven't met a single zombie.

"Come on Popcorn," Randy says. "We need to get moving." I hear someone's weapon rattling as they walk. I don't even bother checking since it won't get our enemies attention.

Like the rest of the floors in this building, we go through doors and check for anything that might reveal a way out. So far, we've found nothing useful. After checking our current floor, we go up another flight of stairs. Kicking down the door, I see no one in another hallway. My teammates are relieved every time, but I'm disappointed, wanting some action.

We walk down the hallway when someone groans from behind. I quickly turn around, with my AK-47 ready, to see Randy lying on the floor.

"Captain!" Tèa screams, rushing to his aid. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine," he replies, but I don't think he is. When he lifts his head, his skin looks really pale and sagging while his eyes are somewhat bloodshot. The bite he got an hour ago seems to be getting worse. He tries to lift himself up, but falls right back down to the floor.

"Here Randy. I'll help you." Tèa puts one of his arms around her shoulder.

"I'm all right Tèa! Really! Put me down!"

"Come on Randy," I say. "Just pretend its your wife!" He frowns at me for my joke. Popcorn looks a bit jealous and irate. Fool must be in love with her.

Tèa picks up Randy, continuing down the hallway. We don't get too far before we reach a door. I grab the doorknob, but it won't budge.

"Hey Jeffery," Popcorn yells out. "You're going to need a keycard if you want to go through that door." I'm not sure what he's fucking talking about until I see an electronic keycard slot.

"Oh great!" Tèa panics. "We made it all the way to this point and now we got to find a fucking keycard! Where the hell is it suppose to be?!"

"I might have an idea," I say, pointing my AK-47 at the door. I press the trigger and watch tens of bullets fly towards the door before I empty my drum. Thinking that it didn't work and that I have to load in another drum, the door opens. "And that my friends, is your fucking keycard." I get no fucking response from them.

Inside, the room is brightly lit and full of zombies! Popcorn begins firing his gun as I reload. Once I'm set, I join in on the fight, taking only a few seconds to kill those fucking flesh eaters.

We take our time in what seems to be a large lounge with many tables, chairs, counters, a refrigerator and coffee maker. Hanging on one of the walls is the company's logo. I feel disgusted to see the logo of Umbrella Corporation. Without hesitation, I fire at the logo until it drops on the floor.

"Fuck Jeffery!" Popcorn yells at me. "What was that for?"

"We're in the tower of the Umbrella Corporation, you asshole!"

"Hey! Don't be calling me names."

"Then don't fucking yell at me!" In the heat of the argument, we hear a shot fired.

"Stop your bitching you fucking bitches!" Randy says calmly, somehow. "Now is not the fucking time for this shit. I would like to get the fuck outta here!"

"How?" I answer back. "We haven't found the exit to this damn place and we just keep going up." Randy thinks a bit before shaking his head.

"Shit. I don't know." He sits down on one of the chairs. "If only we had the fucking map to this place, we could get out." Seeing the disappointment across his face, I go to the refrigerator for some food. Opening the door, there isn't a damn thing except for a metal bar sticking inside the back. These fucking Umbrella people have fucked up minds. I begin to reach for it when my radio goes off. I try to hear what the person is saying, but all I get is static.

"Hey! Anyone know who that was?" I ask, looking at Tèa standing next to Randy and Popcorn standing near the door. They all shake their heads when the radio goes off again. This time, I grab it and adjust the frequency until the static is gone.

"...S.T.A.R.S. Delta Team. Please respond and identify yourself." Whoever's voice is it, they seem to know that we're here. I can't tell who it might be, but the voice sounds familiar. I look back at my teammates and see their confused expressions.

"Who was that?" Tèa asks. I shake my head, not knowing the answer. Randy tries to reply, but looks very sick.

"Oh shit!" Popcorn yells. He takes out his radio and screams into it. "Hello? An? Is that you? This is Motoyuki."

"Motoyuki! It's me!"

"Shit!" He turns towards us. "Hey guys! It's An! He's among the living!" Well, I'll be damned.

"Fuck An! Where have you been?" I say.

"I don't fucking know. I was getting away from those fucking zombies. Where are you?"

"In the Umbrella Corporation building," Tèa says.

"Why are you guys there?"

"We were also getting away from some fucking zombies," Randy says with a poor voice. "Is the girl with you?"

"Yeah, she is. She's reading some report on the monster we encountered."

"WHAT?!" We all scream into our radios.

"We found a file on what we believe to be the monster we encountered."

"What does it say?" Randy ask.

"I don't know. It's in Japanese! I asked her to read it."

"Is she done reading?" There is silences for a moment. I begin to worry until I hear An speak again.

"She's not finished guys."

"Let me talk to her," Motoyuki says. The conversation is in Japanese, so I put back my radio.

I look back to the refrigerator and decide to find out what this metal bar does. I grab and pull it with all my might. It's very hard, but I manage to pull it all the way. Once I do, it pulls itself back, slipping out of my hands while I fall on my ass. I watch as the wall behind the refrigerator slides open before the refrigerator pulls itself in the opening.

"Oh shit!" I murmur to myself before turning my head at my teammates. "Hey guys! I found a..." I stop talking when I hear groaning. I turn my head back towards the opening and see half a dozen zombies. Without hesitating, I grab my AK-47 and start firing at them. I get those zombies that were in front of me, but more are coming. I continue firing until my drum is completely empty. "Awww...SHIT!" I know I have to reload, but with them coming at me, I have no time. Just as one of them comes at me, it is blown away.

"I got your back man." Popcorn says, standing between the zombie herd and I. "Tèa! Help Jeffery up! I need all the fire power I can get!" Throughout all firing Popcorn is doing, I can hear her footsteps. She grabs me from under my armpits and begins to drag me out of harms way. We don't get far since I out weigh her by 200 pounds, so I kick my feet to the floor so we can get as far away as possible.

Once we're at a safe distance, she helps me up. I thank her and reload my gun. I notice that Randy is resting in his chair, seeming to be a sleep.

"Come on man! We need your help!" I kick his chair lightly to wake him up, but he doesn't respond. I ignore him and tell Popcorn to fall back before firing at the zombies. The two of us kill as many as we can, but the more that we kill, the more that keep coming.

I notice Tèa hasn't helped us shoot them down. I turn around to see her trying to wake up Randy. Somehow, she succeeds, watching him stand up. Happy with her results, she turns around towards us and begins to fire her weapon. I'm happy that she finally joined us, but something doesn't seem right. Earlier, Randy couldn't help himself up before reaching this room. Now he is standing up like nothing happened?

I lower my weapon and walk towards him. Getting a better look with each step, Randy doesn't look very well. His skin looks rather decay with his eyes are ghostly and red. I'm about to yell at him when I notice his walk, seeming to be short strides towards Tèa with his arms forward like...a...oh shit!

"Tèa! Watch your back!" I yell, running towards her. I watch her turn around, seeing Randy coming.

"What are you doing captain?" She asks, not knowing that he's one of them. "Now is not the time to be playing games." SHIT! I run even faster, hoping to make it in time. Just as I reach her, Randy leaps towards her.

"Tèa! Move!" I yell, pushing her out of the way. I manage to get her out of the danger, but end up putting myself in it as Randy digs his teeth into my shoulder. I scream in agony before pushing him off of me.

"What the fuck is going on?" I hear Popcorn yelling at us, no longer hearing his shotgun blasting. I hold my shoulder, seeing blood squirting all around.

"Randy...turned into...a zombie." I lose my balance and fall next to Tèa.

"No..." Tèa cries, looking horrified that one of us has become one of them. She seems to be in a state of shock while I'm too weak to hold my AK-47. Luckily, Popcorn comes to our rescue and sidekicks Randy towards the door that leads to the hallway. He comes towards us with his shotgun ready. I slowly stagger my way up, trying my best to hold my weapon. Tèa, forgetting her fears, also gets up with her berretta aimed at them.

"OK," Popcorn begins. "Going back to the hallway would only led us to a dead end, Randy turned into one of the living dead and the only way out is being surrounded by a group of them. Can things get any worst?" Suddenly, the door to the hallway flies open, actually cutting a zombie in half. We all look towards the door and in comes the monster we encounter earlier.

"You just had to ask!" I sarcastically say. "So, do you have a plan?"

"Yeah! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THAT!" He points at the monster running at us. Just as it swings it's arm, we duck and roll away.

When we get back to our feet, we have our weapons drawn when the monster begins to attack the zombies. One by one, they get smacked by the horrible yellow thing, flying throughout the room. With this detraction, Tèa, Popcorn and I make our way to the opening. There are no zombies in the hallway and we run like hell out of there. Well, I try to run before the pain from Randy's bite becomes too excruciating that I fall again.

"Jeffery!" I hear Popcorn yell out, watching him running back to me. Tèa also comes to my aid and both try to help me out. I'm thankful that they're helping me, but after what happen to Randy, I know what's going to happen to me. I brush them off and turn away from them.

"Jeffery..." I hear Tèa's sweet voice say. "...what's wrong?"

"You two go on ahead. Leave me to die."

"What?!" Popcorn screams. He goes around me, staring me in the eye. "Jeffery! This is our chance to escape!"

"For you two. I can't leave."

"Why not?"

"I'm bit!"

"So?"

"Did you see what happen to Randy? He got bit earlier, we dragged him with us and now he's one of those fucking zombies! Now I'm bit. You want the cycle to repeat by me biting you or Tèa?" I can tell he wants to bring me along anyway, but knows he doesn't want Tèa or himself getting hurt.

"No. I don't"

"Then you have to leave me behind." Now I see the sadness on his face as I can hear Tèa crying behind me. "Look. I'm very old now. I'm older then the two of you combined. I have been through enough shit in my life. All I want to do now is see my wife in heaven. Besides, I'm no good to either of you if I come along."

"I understand."

"Me too." Tèa says from behind. I search my pockets for things to give Popcorn.

"Take the boxes of cookies and some of the crumbs. I want you guys to find out what the fuck are in those cookies." I hand those items over to him and search my other pocket, taking out two envelopes. "I also want you to send these two letters for me. You know what these are, so I don't have to explain to you." Being in the army myself, he knows that I'm handing him a letter, telling my love ones that I'm dead. "One is for my daughter and the other is for my son."

"Son?" Popcorn sounds surprised. "But you told me you only had a daughter."

"I do. But I never told you have I have a stepson, even though I treated him like my own. His name is Marvin Branagh. He was five when I married Jen. I would like to tell you more, but you both don't have time." He takes the envelopes from my hands and puts all the items in his pocket.

"I'll be sure to send them out."

"I know you will. I want you two to get An, get the fuck outta dodge and take down Umbrella for me."

"We will," Tèa shouts.

"Thanks." I watch them walk away from me before I remember something. "Hey! Popcorn!" They both turn around. "I'm going to fight that yellow bitch. So, I'm going to need all your C4 explosives." He looks very surprised by this request.

"You...what?"

"I already saw you putting C4 explosives in your gear. So hand me all of it and the detonator."

"But Jeffery. That amount of explosives will level at least two city blocks!"

"Then you have five minutes to get the fuck outta range. We need to kill this monster and since bullets don't work, might as well blow it up."

"But..."

"But what?!" He stares angrily, but seems calm.

"It might work. Shinobu said that the monster can't handle fire, but wasn't sure from the report she read to me."

"Well, only one way to find out." Popcorn smiles and nods before giving me the detonator and all his explosives. I knew he brought a lot, but 15 of them?! What the hell was he thinking of?

"You know how to use them?" Tèa ask.

"I was part of the bomb squad in the mid 80s. I know what I'm doing." I strap three of the explosives onto myself before looking at both of them. "You both have your key for the bomb?" They both show me their key around their neck. "Good. Do either of you have a watch?"

"I do," Popcorn tells me.

"Let's synchronize our watches and set the count down for five minutes." Within a minute, we both have our watches set at five minutes. "Alright, now listen carefully, Popcorn. When you start the countdown, I'll wait five seconds before I start mine. That way you two can find a hiding spot incase the explosion is farther then you think. Good luck on escaping and I'm grateful to have you as my teammates on my last mission." With a tear in his eye, he smiles and nods his head before starting his timer. I wait for five seconds before I start mine. "I'll be watching over you guys in five minutes. Now move your asses or I'll kick start them!" They turn away and run out the door at the end of the hallway.

With a dozen C4 packets, my AK-47 on my last drum and four and a half minutes left before my end, I put my plan into action. It's pretty simple. I stick all of the explosives to the monster and blow us up together. I know it's suicide, but it's better then being a walking corpse. Stepping back into the room, the monster had been manhandling half the zombies. I have survived 51 years on this earth. I think I can last four more minutes before I go boom.

Step by step, Tèa and I quickly run down the stairs. I'm still sad that we have to leave behind Jeffery. He's a good man. He shouldn't be on this kamikaze mission, but I know if he doesn't, he'll be like Randy and turn into one of the living dead. At least this way, he'll die with honor and dignity. I wish there was a cure to help him, but with the limited time we have, there is no other chance.

Tèa and I reach the bottom of the stairs and run along the hallway. It's about 100 meters and after checking my watch, I see that we have three and a half minutes to get out of here. I'm just glad we haven't run into any trouble.

"Tèa!" I yell out as we run. "I want you to cover me once we're outta this building." It sounds strange to hear my voice giving orders. I don't have the qualifications or knowledge to be leading a team, but with everyone either dead, going to die or missing; and this being Tèa's first mission, I have to step up and take over the leadership role.

"Roger that!"

Once we reach the door, I kick it open and check the alley with my shotgun drawn. With nothing in front of us, I run towards the street with Tèa behind.

"Which way do we go?" She asks when we reach the streets. There are only two ways to go. Looking to my right, there is nothing but a street in ruins. Same thing on the left side, but there are a few zombies coming after us.

"This way!" With two minutes left, we take the right and run like a bat out of hell!

We get one city block away before we don't see them anymore, but we continue running. I can hear Tèa breathing heavily and when I turn around, she starts reducing her running speed.

"Come on Tèa! We don't have much time! Pick it up!" I know she doesn't have the training like I have, but she's part of S.T.A.R.S. for a reason.

She begins to run a little faster and get to our destination of two-blocks. We continue running for another block when we see a tanker trunk blocking the whole street ahead, causing a fork in the road. I begin to panic, knowing that which ever way we choose, the impact of the blast might hit us. With a minute left, I quick try to make a decision when I hear Tèa scream.

"Now what's...huh?" When I turn towards her, she is on the floor with a man-size lizard next to her.

"Popcorn! Help!" I raise my shotgun at the lizard, aiming at it. Unfortunately, she's in the way. I tell her to move and when she does, I'm suddenly knocked to the ground. I'm a little dazed when I look up and see another man-size lizard standing in front of me.

"Oh shit!" Its arm rises up and tries to take a swing at me, but I raise my foot, blocking its attack and push it off. I jump back to my feet, raise my shotgun and fire at the beast. It takes three shots, but I manage to kill it. I look over to Tèa, desperately fighting off her lizard. Without thinking, I run up to them, aim my shotgun at a high angle so I don't hit her and pull the trigger, sending the creature flying 600 centimeters.

"Thank you," Tèa says, helping her up. When she gets to her feet, we're surrounded by a group of those lizards. My mind races with ideas of how to get out of this and with less then 30 seconds before the Umbrella building explodes, I have to pick one that works.

"Follow me." I shoot two lizards with a clear street behind them. I run through the gap and make it to the street as I hear my watch going off. Soon, the Umbrella building will be blown up, ending the life of Jeffery Fritz. Out of the corner of my eye, I see fiery orange flames shoot around a tower and hearing the massive explosion. Once the sound of the blast dies down, I hear gunfire behind.

"Tèa?" I turn back around, seeing that she never moved from her spot, firing her gun at the lizards. I try to tell her to come to me when I hear a hissing sound at my side. I turn towards the sound and see one of the creatures coming at me.

"I got you covered Popcorn!" As I hear her gun going off, I see small drops of blood flying around the lizard's body. By the time it reaches me, it screams and lies on the ground. I'm mesmerized by what just happened, but I know we have to get going. I turn back towards Tèa, seeing her continuing her onslaught, but seeming to shoot at the tanker. When I check to see where she's shooting at, I'm dreadfully confirm that she is shooting at those beasts behind the tanker.

"Tèa! Stop! If you hit the..." I'm suddenly flying backwards, seeing a fiery cloud. I land on my back, almost lose consciousness. The wind is taken out of me as I try standing up. Once I do, I see a few of the lizards all charred and very burned. As happy as I am that I don't have to fight them, I become very concerned that the street is now covered in flames. "Tèa! Can you hear me?" I wait for her reply, but I hear nothing. "Tèa! Please! Answer me!" I wait for about a minute, but still nothing.

I'm very scared right now. I don't know if she's hurt or... NO! I have to reach Tèa as soon as possible. Not only does she have the other part of the key to active the detonator, but I really like her. Armed with my shotgun, I race through the streets, hoping that she's all right.

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