Resident Evil: Evanescent Dreams

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters related to Resident Evil. Any similarities between monsters in my story and someone else's is completely a coincidence.

Sixteen: A Simple Four-Letter Compound

Krueger smiles at the blood pouring from a gash on his face as he sits on top of a slab of concrete. He has done it, he beat the new creature. Now Trudie is completely safe, except for that new person with her. He didn't like him, the smell emanating from him rubbed Krueger the wrong way. The thought of the person makes the scales on the back of his neck stand on end.

His breathing comes in quick gasps as he slams his fist into the wall, knocking out a huge chunk of it. He breathes in the dust and coughs, blood squirting from the wound on his shoulder. He frowns and the steam rising from his shoulder and winces as it burns slightly. His ears twitch at the sound of footsteps and he immediately jumps to his feet, running to the other side of the rig, waiting to kill the next thing that moves.

--

Trudie climbs up the ladder as the bubbles on the water's surface move closer, three horns protruding from amidst the bubbles.

Ah damn, it can swim.

She calls to Chester and he looks down, his eyes bugging out at the sight below her. She closes her eyes and keeps going, even as the ladder and pillar whine and sway under the growing weight.

And it climbs ladders too? Son of a bitch!

She grunts at the pain growing in her left shoulder and says, "Chester, I want you to keep climbing, don't stop, you hear me?"

Chester argues, but continues on anyway. Trudie wraps her legs around the rungs of the ladder and falls back, her hand holding the knife tightly. She looks down, or up, or whatever and nearly screams at the sight below her. Three horns are sparking electricity as the creature climbs the ladder, its hands barely fitting on the pillar. I

t roars like a Rhino as Trudie slams the knife into its head, cursing herself as the blade breaks off, whining in the air as it falls, hitting the water with an audible Plunk.

She pulls herself up and continues to climb, but a hand clasps her ankle, stopping all movement. Metal tears away as the creature surrounds her, its long face staring right into her eyes.

She stares back into the soulless eyes of the creature and says, "Do it. You know you want to kill me. Go ahead, skewer me like a shish-kebob!"

The creature growls softly and lowers its head, placing the three horns on her body, two on her shoulders, and one on her stomach. Trudie frowns and screams, preparing for the worst, but her scream is drowned out by a loud, overpowering roar, then the creature is falling down below her, a blue figure attached to its head and shoulders, a single orange spot on its left shoulder.

Krueger! Take care of that son of a bitch!

She flips around and continues climbing, wincing as the two hit the surface.

She wishes him a little luck and pulls herself over the top, coming face-to-face with a shard of metal, "I can't let you leave Miss Clark."

--

Krueger breathes in a huge gulp of seawater and screams, bubbles passing by his face. He flexes his arms and the tentacles bulge in anticipation. The Rhino floats up to him, its shadow blocking out the sunlight from above. Krueger smiles and places a hand three inches from the creature's chest, feeling the heat pour from its skin. He grunts and the three tentacles on his shoulder shoot forward, wrapping around his arm as they fly forward. The creature growls and tries to move, but it is too slow in the water. The tentacles pierce the chest and split apart once inside. The water around them darkens as its 'blood' fills the water.

Krueger's eyes close and then open quickly, his arm flying back. A muffled squish ripples through the water as the tentacles pull back, leaving a three-inch gash carved into its chest. The creature roars and swims away, this time faster than before. Krueger sucks in the water and smiles at the taste of the blood-filled liquid. He shakes his head and swims after it, his tentacles acting as flippers. He sees the shape of the Rhino-creature a little ways off and his blood pumps full of adrenaline, just the thought of tasting its blood again making his veins pop out. His right arm bends forward and the tentacles wrap around, making the same javelin.

He growls as the water darkens, the creature losing a lot of blood, revealing the gash is mortal, maybe not fatal, but it will slow the creature down. He jerks up just a bit and swims over the creature, missing its horns by centimeters. He flips around and slams the javelin into the creature's head, frowning and screaming as they stop, not cutting, not doing anything. The creature turns upwards and heads for the surface, obliviously taking Krueger along. Krueger wraps his right tentacles around its tail and is pulled to the surface.

Nothing, and NOTHING can kill Trudie, not as long as Krueger is still here. As he breaks the surface, he hears a sound of flesh tearing, then a metallic sound, his mutated blood running cold.

NO!!!!

--

Doug stands on the deck of the ship and looks out at the horizon, his eyes searching for the oilrig, but it is too far off.

He turns to Charley and asks, "What's the name of the ship?"

Charley looks at him and says, "It may sound a little cliche, but it's named Choices. I didn't name it, he did."

Doug follows Charley's fingers as they point to a man leaning with his back against the railing.

Doug nods at Charley and walks over to the man, "Hey buddy, can I ask you a question?"

The man looks up at him and says, "You just did, so shoot."

Doug sits stands next to the man and asks, "Why did you call the ship Choices?"

The man yawns and replies, "Great, I get asked again. I named it Choices cause that is what brought me here, a choice between two options, one, live with the guilt of what I've done, or two, do something about it. I chose the latter of the two. What brought you here?"

Doug chuckles and says, "I needed to get away, I heard the food was great on this cruise. What's your name?"

The man laughs and replies, "My name is..."

"Hey Doug! Get over here! Are these friends of yours?"

Doug stands up and looks back at the man, who replies, "Joseph Grant. I worked for Umbrella's BOW Tyrant division in Africa."

Doug frowns and replies, "You know anything about the Zeta-Rhyno program?"

The man frowns and clenches his fists together, "I know it all to well, I designed the theory behind it. Don't even ask what is the compound to counteract Meseolanthanide. That is what they made its bone-plating out of. I don't know the compound."

Doug smiles and replies, "I do. I just need you to make it for me."

Joseph looks up at him and says, "I guess you do. When do we start?"

Doug shakes his head and retorts, "How do we get it to them is the question."

He turns from Joseph and looks at the approaching boat, an Umbrella painted on the hood of it.

Here we go...

--

Trudie screams as Chester brings the shard across her chest, slicing it open a bit.

Chester smiles and pulls out the Umbrella he cut off earlier, then places it on top of his shoulder, "I can't leave them. I owe them everything."

Trudie clutches her stomach and says, "You don't know what you're talking about. Umbrella will kill you just for getting off this rig alive."

Chester places the shard of metal on his shoulder and scoffs, "How would you know? You haven't heard of Umbrella before you arrived on this rig. Umbrella rewards people for any information survivors have. I've seen it."

Trudie rolls out of the way of the vertical slash and says, "Have you seen the survivors after Umbrella rewarded them? I bet you have, considering we probably killed a few of them. Now, drop the metal and come to your senses."

Chester stops as if to actually consider it, but smiles and throws the shard at her. She dodges it and winces as she hears flesh tear, then a sizzling sound.

Acid? Oh no...

She turns around and stares as the form of Krueger twitches a little. Each time he twitches, orange blood coats the shard, which is dug into his left side, melting away as steam rises from it. He places a hand on the wall and grasps the shard, and with a loud growl, he pulls it out, coating the walls and floor in his orange blood. Trudie steps toward him, but Chester grabs her by her hair and slams her to the floor.

"I am going to kill you!" shouts Chester as he grabs the pole from Trudie's belt.

Krueger clenches the shard in his hands and crushes it, his face contorting through three expressions, hate, anger, and loathing. He growls and runs at Chester, who holds up the pole and slams it across Krueger's face. Krueger grunts, but keeps running, the tentacles writhing around wildly.

Trudie stares at them and only one phrase comes to mind, God save us all...

--

Chester backs up and slams the pole across his head again, the results the same. Chester turns to run, but a tentacle wraps around his legs, slamming him into the ground. He turns over, only to have three tentacles hold his head in place, one on each side and one above. Chester screams as Krueger leans down, his face a mere inch from Chester's.

Chester stares into Krueger's glazed, blue eyes and says, "Fuck you," then spits in his face.

Krueger growls loudly and stands up, the tentacles still in place. Chester tries to grasp the tentacles and move them, but the orange liquid coating practically half of Krueger's body burns his hands.

He screams from the pain, but it ends quickly, Krueger clenching the tentacles together. He looks at Trudie and runs down the hall, then swan-dives over the edge, obviously to go fight the Rhino-creature again. Trudie stands up and picks her pole from Chester's cooling grasp and slides it into her belt.

--

Krueger slams into the surface of the water and immediately cringes at the waves of pain coursing through his body. This just might be the last time Krueger sees sunlight. He turns around and is thrown forward as the Rhino-creature slams into his back. Krueger's pain increases ten-fold as he spins back around, his tentacles already preparing for the final dance.

He swims toward the creature and slams the tentacles through its eyes, dark liquid filing the water. The creature whines loudly and swims off, faster than Krueger thought was possible. He tries to swim after it, but the pain in his body is too great. His left eye twitches quickly and he floats to the surface, stomach first. His eyes close and bubbles float past him.

Trudie...

--

"You can make this chemical? You sure?" asks Doug as he and Joseph walk through the lower levels of the ship, Doug's laptop open to the Zeta-Rhyno program.

Joseph nods and says, "Well, since we aren't near the special store, I have to make it."

Doug arches an eyebrow and says, "You can buy this? Damn, I need to get out more."

Joseph laughs and says, "It's hard to find. Considering that its a special type of brake lubricant. All I need is a Bunsen burner, some of the machine oil for the ship, a beaker, and a few strands of hair."

Doug arches an eyebrow and responds, "Hair? What for?"

Joseph laughs and replies, "It helps separate the oils. Set it up in the engineering room one level down. I need to get my notes."

With that, Joseph and Doug go off on their missions.

Aya peeks around the corner and smiles, "Brake lubricant huh? Go figure. Now, to help Charley with the Umbrella goons up top."

The ship rocks as an explosion sounds from the left side of the ship.

She frowns and says, "Too late. I never get to have any fun. Damn it all."

She walks back to her room and pulls out a pad from her coat pocket, 'Isle Eras' written on the cover.

She opens it up to the first blank page and says, "July 24th, 2010. Uh, 7:25 am. Well, I figured out how to make..."

Her voice trails off as she rounds the corner.

Doug peers around and says, "Hmm, she was following me... Well, better get to the engineering room."

He clutches the bucket of machine oil in his hands and walks off, pushing the door to the stairwell open. He cautiously walks down the stairs, only spilling a little one the stairs. He reaches the bottom and steps through into the hall, then stops as someone screams, then falls down the stairs behind him.

Doug closes his eyes and inch away as someone silently whispers, "Help me, please..."

--

Trudie places her feet over the edge and leans back, the blood on her chest already drying. She groans as the rig shifts slightly, just enough to send her rolling across the hall. She screams as she lands on her stomach and pushes herself up, staring at the 15ยบ slant of the hallway.

She looks back over the hole and nearly jumps as Krueger's body floats to the surface, not moving. She prepares to jump after him, but the rig shifts again, this time in the other direction.

Ah shit, the rig will collapse within the hour... Well, this is the end!

Ok, one chapter left. No surprises after this. Read and Review, please? Don't make me beg. . . Cause I'll do it! Final Chapter: Fatal or Human Error? CoRpAsItE