Warning: Contains Extreme Spoilers to the new additions to Resident Evil Remake. So if you haven't played the game yet. You probably shouldn't read yet. But either way it's your loss. Enjoy. (Rebecca knows more than the others do. Zero would explain this)
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Resident Evil Rebirth
Chapter 9: The Mask and Mr.Crimson Head
(Spensor Mansion: Medical Room)Jill Valentine found herself in a medical room that was on the first floor of the mansion, she had to go down a set of stairs and through a few zombies to get back there but Barry managed to remember where it was. She was now patching up Forest Speyer's multiple wounds that the killer crows had left him with. Barry had gone back to the second floor to look for clues to where Wesker could have gone and Jill and Joseph Frost were left to care for their fallen comrade. Joseph kept watch at the door to the room with his shotgun ready at a moments notice. Jill had used up two of her shotgun shells while getting to the room and Joseph had been cut down to a remaining twenty. But each of them were still in good health and hadn't been injured. Forest looked terrible in all those bandages, but at least he was alive.
Suddenly there were several shots from upstairs and it sounded like more than one shooter this time. Jill quickly brought up her Beretta aiming at the door as slow heavy footsteps began coming down them. They couldn't be too careful as they had noticed that the zombies had to walk putting much weight on their legs, but still it could have been Barry Burton he was a pretty big guy. The doorknob slowly turned and Jill and Joseph were becoming very tense as it opened, Jill switched the Beretta to her left hand and placed the other on the shotgun at the foot of Forest's bed.
The door opened. Valentine and Frost both took aim ready to blast the head off of any creature that dared to be out of their grave. Instead they found themselves lowering their weapons as they recognized the young medic of Bravo Team, Rebecca Chambers. Jill jumped off Speyer's resting place and rushed over to Rebecca placing her hands on the young woman's shoulders. "Your all right. What a relief." Joseph sighed. Jill interrogated the young medic "Quick tell me. Do you know where the rest of the team is?" Rebecca didn't have time to answer as another voice interrupted.
Rebecca moved on instinct as her superior's voice spoke "Come on Richard, hang in there." Chris walked into the room seeing Jill standing there in shock. Chris sighed with relief as he noticed that Jill and Joseph were both okay. Jill rushed over to Chris who was supporting Richard "Chris what happened to him? He looks terrible." Chris didn't really know what Richard ment by a big snake but just told Jill an animal attacked him.
Joseph quickly dropped his shotgun and carefully took Richard from Chris and placed him on one of the other beds in the room. Edward came into the room next and dropped against the wall falling to the floor, he had just lost a whole clip of Parabellum to a zombie that caught him off guard. He only had thirty rounds left to his name. Rebecca closed the door and locked it as she placed the Assault Shotgun against the wall. Everybody was quite scared and not at all ready to go back out into the halls of the mansion.
Chris had noticed Forest laying unconscious on the mattress his vest removed and bandages all over his body. Chris thought for a second that Forest was dead and he quickly got to his friend's side. "Forest... What the hell happened to him? Jill?" he asked grimly. Jill sighed "Your not going to believe this, but I think he was attacked by trained crows, look at those marks. But he should be just fine." Chris backed away from the bed and decided he should share his findings.
Chris dropped his backpack a metallic sound escaping from it, this was the precious cargo that he had found in the storage room. He sighed as he spoke "How are you guys doing on ammunition?" he asked as he opened the backpack.
Joseph spoke first as he checked his shotgun "Well I have twenty shotgun shells left and have around eighty 9mm Parabellum. I didn't find any magazines, but I did find a box of the extra ammo laying around." Chris smiled at this as he reached into the bag. "Jill your using a shotgun too. How many shells you got left?" Chris asked.
Jill mentally counted "I should have twenty-seven shotgun shells left. I have those two Berettas and about sixty shots of Parabellum. I also have the taser." Chris smiled at this as he removed the box of shotgun shells.
Chris opened the box and showed off what he had found "Well I can see you don't need any extra shells so me and Joseph will split them." he handed six to Joseph and six to himself and gave the remaining three to Jill who took them in surprise. Jill decided not to ask where Chris got them and deposited them in her side pack with the rest of the shells. Joseph smiled as he recieved the additional ammo for his choice weapon.
Chris then went in for the handgun ammunition digging out the box of magazines. He looked to the others who gazed in amazement at his luck "Okay now tell me how you guys are doing on sidearm ammunition. I have around 180 9mm parabellum." all of them began to mentally count.
Rebecca spoke first "I have thirty rounds left. But I have thirty bullets left for the Colt." she brought the Colt S.A.A. service revolver to her chest. Edward spoke next "I have thirty rounds left..."
Chris sighed it seemed to him that Joseph, Forest and Barry probably hadn't been using their handguns due to the fact they had more powerful weapons. Chris decided to split the Parabellum round among himself, Jill, Rebecca and Edward as they needed it the most. He passed out four clips to both Rebecca and Edward who were in need on ammunition and passed only two to himself and Jill. This left them all with six magazines; 90 rounds each.
Redfield still wasn't done as he turned to Jill, asking her to check Forest's grenade launcher. She nodded and walked over to Forest loose gear and weapon. She counted it all up coming to the conclusion that he had exactly twelve grenade rounds remaining. Chris suddenly tossed her a case that contained the twelve he had found "Well add this to it." he said as he passed Rebecca some peroxide for Richard's wounds.
Suddenly Edward was with Chris wanting to talk to him about something "What is it, Ed?" he asked wondering what he could want. Edward spoke "Remember what that weird book in the crypt said about those five faces?" Chris nodded. Edward removed the mask that Richard had given him "Well I think this is one of them. Don't you see those five weird tombstones had something to do with them. These mask must fit over the faces and unlock something." Chris took the mask and looked at Edward.
Chris after a moment of silence spoke "You know for a Bravo, you're really beginning to make us look bad." Edward smiled as Chris started to address the room. "Okay everybody I need your attention." everybody looked toward Chris as he held up the mask. "I think there may be a way we can get out of here. We all have seen this mansion is a large death trap and full of tricks. Well, there should be five of these mask floating around. And we can use them in a crypt outside. It may open something for us."
There was a moment of akward silence as everybody looked at Chris. Jill broke the silence "Yeah hes probably right. Otherwise were all screwed anyway." Chris sighed with relief as Forest suddenly spoke up. "Nice speech Chris." he coughed out.
Chris turned to his friend "Forest are you alright?" Forest chuckled "Don't worry about me man. I know where one of those bastard mask are." Chris listened carefully as did everybody else. "Exit this room and run down the hall. Then down the next hall. There is this weird garden there. But this...thing is guarding it and I couldn't find any herbicide to kill it." Chris stood up.
"Don't worry I'll take care of it." Jill said as she stood up pumping her shotgun. She began to walk out when it suddenly hit Chris "Jill wait!" he tossed her the backpack. She searched it and found the bag of plant killer he had found earlier "Thanks Chris. You just saved me alot of trouble and...hello." she suddenly burst out and removed the blue gem from the bag.
Chris looked at her oddly then spoke "Eh, keep it. Somebody with your reputation would know where to sell it." Jill shot him a mean look and smiled thanking him with a playful kiss on the cheek. Chris was shocked as she left the room. Joseph laughed at this making Chris turn red "Joseph, I can't afford to kick your ass right now. Follow Jill she may need back up." he nodded and left.
He then looked toward Rebecca who was standing in the middle of the room checking her sidearm. Chris spoke to her "Rebecca are you okay with a gun?" he asked her as she nodded, had she been asked twenty-four hours back she might have answered differently, but now she found herself more comportable with a weapon than a bra. Chris picked up his shotgun "Okay I'm gonna continue my investigation and try to find those other masks." he turned his back on both Rebecca and Edward and headed for the door.
Suddenly Richard spoke up he had been listening to most of this "Chris." he muttered out trying not to fall asleep again. Chris turned to Richard "Try the attic of this old place I saw another mask up there. But I wasn't able to grab it before that snake managed to bite me." Chris brought up his shotgun saying he would be careful. Edward passed him a vial of serum just in case and Chris thanked him.
But then Forest Speyer was in a suddenly panic "The attic? Oh shit! Barry said he was going to get on higher ground and see what he could from the top floor. You gotta warn him before it's too late." Chris gasped at this. Edward followed Chris but was stopped by Rebecca who said she needed his help. Chris agreed and quickly dismissed himself from the room.
(Moonlight Hallway, First Floor)
Jill Valentine and Joseph Frost walked out into the hallway that Forest directed them to and found it was pretty chilly in the hall. She then noticed that two windows were opened and mist was pouring in from the local woods. Joseph quickly bolted over and closed the window not wanting any unwelcomed quest.
Jill held up her twin Berettas as she walked down the opposite hall, she almost didn't recognize that smell of the undead as it was growing on her. She looked down to find another body that had been shot multiple times buy high powered bullets, it looked like Wesker's handy work. "Joseph come over here." she called down the hall.
Frost came running into sight and kept his shotgun up as he got closer to the body "This body looks like it has been dead for a while. Looks like it was eliminated by somebody using high calibur rounds, probably the Captain." Frost shrugged as he lowered his shotgun. "Well lets not mess with it." he muttered as he started to walk away. But suddenly Jill heard something from behind her.
She quickly turned around to see that the body had gotten up, only it had rose to it's feet incredibly fast. Joseph turned and felt himself trembling as he noticed this thing. It's eyes were still white only now they were slick like ivory, it's entire head was blood red as if all it's crimson life fluids had gone to it's brain. His hands had grown short claws and it seemed to be less stable than the other zombies. With a roar it suddenly rushed them taking a mad swipe with it's claw.
Both STARS members quickly ducked as the claw cut threw the drywall like a hot knife threw butter, Jill gulped as the thing quickly turned and took another swipe. This time at her mid-section. She sidestepped and the claw simply scratched the leather of her holster. She quickly brought up one of her Berettas using the other hand to stabilize the shot and fired at the monster. Brilliant sprays of crimson flew against the wall but the monster seemed unaffected by this as it rushed them. The clip soon went dry and she dropped the Beretta in fear. Joseph suddenly came around her side and kicked the monster back. Taking her chance Jill grabbed her shotgun as the monster rose to it's feet, it lunged at her suddenly but ended up getting the twelve guage's barrel stuck in it's mouth "Chew on this!" Jill screamed as she fired. The head of the monster blew up into several pieces and it fell to the floor, obviously dead.
Joseph helped her to her feet and looked down at the now headless monster "Well this is something new..." he muttered as he tried to think of a name for it. Suddenly the answer was given to him "A crimson head." they both turned to see the unexpected. Jill stepped forward "Wesker? Your alright." she wasn't surprised at this.
Wesker sighed as he kicked the monster "Sorry I had to take off on you guys I heard a scream from upstairs and decided to investigate. I never found the source but I think it may have been the medic from the Bravo Team." Jill spoke as she nodded. "Yeah. Chris found her and Richard. He also found Edward. Forest is also alright." for some reason Wesker didn't exactly seem like the most thrilled person on the group but then again like his quote ("Expect Nothing") implies nothing will every surprise Albert Wesker.
Joseph got back on topic as he handed Jill back her drained Beretta "Captain. What did you mean by Crimson Head?" he asked suspiciously. Wesker holstered his Beretta "I've ran into two of them already, decided to give it a pet name for the sake of reference. By the way I need you to help me find a certain item." they looked at him.
He held up a mask of a skull it looked much like the mask Edward had only it had no facial expression on it "There should be more of these. I need you to find them and get them to the crypt out back of here." Jill stopped him there and told him of how Chris already found this information. Wesker raised an eyebrow over the edge of his perpetual shades. "Really? Well find them and meet me later at the crypt and try and find Barry. I heard his weapon going off, but I can't seem to locate him." he said. He then started to leave when he looked back with a light smirk "I'm counting on you. Oh, and Jill when we get back to headquarters I'm gonna have to barrow your taser. I've gotta chicken I wanna fry." he then left the hallway. Wesker seemed...uncharacteristically excited.
(Raccoon Police Department, Chief Irons Office)
Speaking of the infamous Brad "Chickenheart" Vickers he wasn't exactly haveing a very smooth time himself, he had just gotten back to the police station and was getting the lecture of his life.
"What do you mean you left the team out in the middle of the woods! What kind of dumbass are you!" the unstable police chief screamed at the pathetic Brad Vickers.
Brad spoke back sheepishly and softly "But sir. I had no choice a group of dogs would have gotten me." this made Brian Irons even more furious as he raised his pudgy fist to pound into his desk. He used to be a STARS member and to him this kind of behavior was unacceptable. While the police chief was not the most liked person within the STARS Team due to his constant habit of taking down to the lesser generation, he still had respect for them and knew when it was time to be serious. Even Chris Redfield had value, despite the fact that they were as opposite as the day and the night. Now he was hearing that they had been abandoned because their pilot was scared of a few flea-bitten mutts!
Brain Irons reached across the desk to punch Brad in the face "You pathetic worm! I know your a coward but you've gotta be joking me. Your scared of a group of dogs when your nice and safe in a bulletproof helicopter, which is armed with shotguns, handguns and even a four barreled rocket launcher."
Chief Irons took a breath trying to calm himself which was impossible at this point. "And you run away leaving a group of five people, leaving the team. No scratch that YOUR team out in the open because your afraid of a few flea bitten mongrels that probably escaped from the pound last week." Brian wanted a good explanation.
Brad had to say it "But sir. I'm telling you these thing were not normal they were missing patches of skin, they were demons sir. And they were after me." Brad whined.
Irons slammed his fist back into the desk "Officer Bradley Vickers! Listen and listen good. I want you back out over that forest in that chopper looking for your teammates. I want them back at once. And I swear if you don't come back with them I'll charge you with murder and conspiracy! NOW GET OUT!" he screamed.
Brad ran out tripping over the small table then stumbling back to the helipad. Suddenly the chief's phone rang, but strangely it was his personal number. But picking up that phone would destroy everything good he had in him as a cop for he didn't look to see just what major corporation was labeled on the caller ID...Umbrella International.