And so our intrepid little campers set off to do a bit of fishing. In all honesty they were just hoping they wouldn't run into Miss Perky while they were out. Although I suppose a few of the bravercampers were kind of hoping they would run into her. I guess they had some kind of murderess plot in mind or something to that affect.
Anyway…
Down at the river we find Rebecca, Sherry, Joseph, and Jill fishing…
"No, I don't think so Joseph." Rebecca shakes her head. "I really don't think that is possible."
"Muffle…muffle…muffle…"
"No, really, 5 oz bird cannot carry a 1 pd coconut."
"Muffle…muffle…muffle…"
"Well yes, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow that's my point."
Jill leans over and whispers to Sherry. "What are they talking about?"
"No clue, it all started over a coconut…I think." Sherry whispers back, staring at Rebecca and Joseph like they've lost their minds.
Rebecca tilts her head a bit, thinking. "But of course African swallows are non migratory…"
Jill looks at Sherry and they both inch away from the two seemingly insane people…
Meanwhile a bit further down stream we find Albert, Claire, Steve, Chris, and Leon. Albert and Claire are walking hand in hand just ahead of everyone else. Despite the fact that Albert is Chris' sworn enemy, Chris does not seem too unhappy with the arrangement at this time. Perhaps he is still pissed at Leon about the traitor comment earlier at breakfast. Steve also doesn't seem to concerned but this is probably due to the fact, given Albert's present temperament, that he could at any time beat the hell out of Albert. Leon, well…Leon is still in Evil Mastermind mode, even if he is really bad at it.
"Here Claire, let me help you with that." Albert smiles brightly and takes Claire's fishing rod for her.
"Oh thank you Albie." Claire smiles back and gives Albert a little peck on the cheek. "You're so nice."
Behind them we hear the very loud crack of a fishing pole being snapped in half. I suppose we can now add a fishing rod to the list of seven sporks Leon has thus far destroyed.I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure the murderess glare that Leon is sending Albert's way is not a good thing.
"I'll get you, you blonde perky headed little moron." Leon is turning seven shades of red and is currently bending a large branch in a completely unnatural way. "Just you wait, I'll have my revenge."
"Talking to oneself is the first sign of losing your mind." Steve smirks at Leon's discomfort. "Then again this is you we are talking about, you didn't have much to start with."
Leon is completely ignoring Steve. "Oh yes, I'll do horrible things to you perky boy. BWAHAHAHAHAHA…"
Steve, seeing this as an opportunity to take revenge of his own, smacks Leon in the head with his fishing pole. Although this does not seem to slow Leon's maniacal, if somewhat immature, laughter it does elicit a response from Chris.
"Steve I don't think that is going to work on."
Steve opens his mouth to tell Chris that despite having very little, if any, effect on Leon it's still fun to slap him around. But before he can say this Leon spins around and stares at Chris like he's lost his mind. Of course at this point I'm pretty sure it's Leon whose lost his mind.
"How can you stand it, he's hitting on your sister!" Leon now starts to hyperventilate. "You really have gone to the dark side!"
There is exactly two minutes of silence…then the screaming starts. I should perhaps mention the screaming is from Leon as Chris proceeds to beat the shit out of him, while Steve, Claire and Albert watch. After reducing Leon to a bruised and bloody pile of future cop/government agent the others move on toward the river…
Nearby in the tree line we find Billy engaging in some mindless violence of his own. The violence being that he is currently trying to choke Brad to death. This particular scene of violence is freaking out everyone else in the general vicinity because Billy is giggling like a school girl and shouting various things that make little to no sense.
"Die you little gnome of stupidity! May a large tenticled creature slam a tentacle through your head!"
Alfred just sort of stares. "And I thought I was strange."
"All great minds perceive themselves as not being normal." William nods, inspecting some nearby herbs. "That is simply the result of thinking outside the box."
"What did he say?" Carlos looks confused, but Annette quickly translates.
"Smart people are looked at as being weird, because of their ideas."
"Oh is that what he said? I thought it was some foreign language or something."
"Inferior subjects, such as yourself would think that." Alexia flips a bit of hair out of her face, looking smug.
Carlos glances at Annette. "I think I've just been insulted."
"You think right."
"Hey…I'M ARK!"
Enrico just rolls his eyes. "You finally got your memory back."
Barry waves at the others near the mouth of a large cave. " Hey I found something and I don't think it's Chris'."
Nemesis peeks out of the cave, he too is a child. This causes the entire little group to come to a dead halt, it also causes Billy to release Brad from the chokehold. They all stare as Nemmy climbs out of the cave, wearing a pair of shorts and a purple tee shirt. He looks at everyone then proclaims in a high squeaky voice…
"starrsss…"
"AHHHHHHH!"
Brad is now running around in circles, obviously screaming, and waving his arms around wildly. Although I have to admit that he does in fact have good reason to flip out this time. Nemmy watches this display for several seconds, his head tilted to one side, looking confused.
"starrsss?" Nemmy then realizes just who Brad is. "starrsss!"
Brad continues to run around still screaming as Nemmy's little hamster wheel of a brain slowly turns. Finally Nemmy remembers what he is supposed to do and runs toward Brad. Brad immediately runs to Billy and cowers behind him.
"You want him, he's yours."
Billy steps aside so Nemesis can get to Brad. Brad, in turn, runs off screaming into the woods. Nemmy gives chase screaming, in that high pitched voice. Billy appears pleased with himself and hums a little tune. Everyone else stares at him, if this were a comic book they'd be sweat-dropping right now…
Meanwhile...
Back with Rebecca and the gang things do not appear to have changed that much, except for the topic of conversation that is. They've moved from coconuts to ducks…
"So if it weighs the same as a duck, then it must be a witch."
"Muffle…muffle…muffle…"
"Of course the world isn't banana shaped."
Jill whispers. "Ok, I'm officially creeped out now."
Sherry whispers "You aren't the only one."
Meanwhile…
"Here, let me assist you." Albert teeters on a rock in the middle of the river, assisting Claire across said river. "Be careful you don't get wet."
"You worry so much…"
Claire starts to step to the rock Albert is standing on when she spots Brad running through the woods, heading straight for them.
"Albie look out!"
Unfortunately the warning came too late. Brad hits the rocks at a dead run, pushes past Claire, and knocks Albert into the water. Just behind him Nemmy goes running past Claire and the now drowning Albert.
"Chris! Albert is in trouble!" Forest yells, making his first appearance since chapter three. "You have to heroically save him!
"Where'd he come from? I thought we left him behind in chapter three."
Claire looks slightly confused as does most of the readers I would wager. Steve just shrugs, figuring it's just one of those mysteries of life. Meanwhile Albert is still drowning. Taking Forest's advice Chris dives in pulling a very damp Albert out of the water.
"You alright Albert?"
"Let go of me Redfield!" Albert shrugs off Chris' hand, looking pissed. "And that's Wesker to you, you insolent fool!"
"Albie?"
Claire breaks down crying now that she realizes treacherous bastard is back. This angers Chris, I mean what did you expect?
"YOU HURT MY SISTER!"
Chris attacks Wesker. Everyone else just sort of watches from the sidelines.
"That should be 68." Steve mentally ticks off the fights. "Yea, 68 sounds right."
Suddenly Leon regains consciousness and dives into the fray. Several obscenities are exchanged, mostly coming from Chris due to Leon's need to interfere in a fight between him and Wesker. Then in a feat so stupid that it simply defies reason…Leon decks Chris, knocking him back into the rock. He then turns his attention to Wesker. Meanwhile Steve and Forest fish Chris out of the water while Claire continues to cry.
"Do you think he realizes that Wesker is back to normal?" Steve gives Chris a yank, pulling him back to shore.
"Probably not." Chris has one hand covering his now swelling right eye, thanks to Leon. "Should be fun to watch though…"
And indeed it is rather funny to watch, as Wesker is currently beating Leon senseless. The final insult happens when Wesker cracks Leon in the head with a rock. Leon grins stupidly for a moment then sort of sinks into the water, little bubbles popping on the surface of the water.
"That should teach you not to mess with me, pretty boy!"
"You…you…" Claire turns several shades of red and stomps toward Wesker. "YOU HURT MY LEON!"
"Well that was a quick switch." Forest pulls Leon out of the water by the scruff of his shirt. "Wasn't she in love with Wesker about twenty seconds ago?"
"Yea." Chris shook his head at the unconscious Leon. "By the way, where have you been?"
"Around, the author forgot about me."
"Damn, that sucks."
"Very much."
Meanwhile the confrontation on the rock is becoming more serious.
"What you gonna do about it?" Wesker crosses his arms, looking smug.
Claire grins and pulls out Wesker's Mickey Mouse sunglasses. "Maybe I'll just drop these in the river!"
"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Wesker is now panicking.
"WANNA BET!" Claire drops the sunglasses. "Ooops…"
Wesker dives into the water after them. Forest just shakes his head.
"I wonder how long he can hold his breath?"
Meanwhile…
"That wasn't very nice Billy." Annette shakes her head, clucking her tongue. "Not nice at all."
"Though I have been considered evil by some, I must concur."
"What'd he say?" Carlos looks toward Annette but Alfred answers first.
"He agrees with Annette."
"Oh."
"Well, I hope…that's…all…" Enrico trails off, staring at a man in an R.P.D. uniform walking by with a plumber and a doctor. "Who the hell are they!
"Outbreak people." Alexia mumbled, flipping a piece of hair out of her face.
George the doctor. "I have the rooster key."
Kevin, the cop, holding a crest. "Listen, we can't worry about that now. We need to figure out this crest."
David the plumber. "I have a crank."
Kevin. "We're not cranking anything. Shut up about your !&$( crank. Does anyone have a jewel? This hole is octogo. Ogiganeel. It's octa…It's got eight sides."
David. "Maybe my crank goes in there. It has eight…"
Kevin. "!&$( You can't crank the crest. Alright? It's un-crankable."
George. "I have a rooster key."
Kevin. "Oh great! If we come across any chicken doors, I'll let you know."
Everyone assembled stared as the little group moved off through the brush. They then glanced around and hurried off lest some other strange people show up…
A/N: I hope you enjoyed. BTW the little joke about the Outbreak people is from a comic strip called 'Penny Arcade' good stuff you should like read it. I also ripped off more of Monty Python and the Holy Grail...why? Cause Monty Python rocks!