Author's Note: Okay I know officially in Resident Evil Zero the mystery dude in the robs died. But because I may be doing Zero next I'm going to have him do a cameo in this story.
Even if you haven't played and beaten Zero, this won't reveal much about the game but it could spoil the first hour or so of it. Don't flame me if you have because this goes against the story CAPCOM set to it. Don't read the Area in between the lines.
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Resident Evil Rebirth
Chapter 18: The STARS Divided
(Spencer Mansion. Courtyard Threshold)
Christopher Redfield stood next to the heavy door looking at the stone and metal object that they had used as a key shortly before Forest's death and the first appearance of that monster. He had received a call from Jill that her and Barry were on their way back to him, and told him to wait. Chris glanced at his watch surprised at the time "Two fucking ten in the morning. God it feels like we've been hear for longer than that." he said as he heard a door open. He quickly got ready with his shotgun pulling the stock against his shoulder and going into readied stance.
He was releaved as he saw the dark blue uniform of Jill Valentine appear from around the corner, still carrying her Grenade Launcher. She didn't look happy as on the way back she had to waste four of those hunter things, this left her with only eight grenades left. Not counting the two in her side pack of course. Barry followed her and this gave Chris a great amount of relief as he hadn't heard from Barry in the last hour or so. Jill glanced around as she walked forward. Chris looked at her as he checked his magnum that he had burned off an entire chamber on. Jill handed him the speed louder Barry had given her setting them even.
Barry spoke "So did you find anything?" he asked. Chris nodded "Yeah. I noticed that when you use the crank to drain the pool it activates that waterfall downstairs. If we reactivate the elevator we can stop the waterfall and enter that cave behind it." Jill nodded as she told Chris she had found a useful battery in the mansion. Chris nodded at this as he brought up his radio "Your going to have to take care of that. I got a transmission a few minutes ago, over the static it was either Richard or Edward. Somebody locked the gates near the graveyard, that is where that monster was. I'm gonna go get him out." he said.
Barry Burton nodded strongly as he spoke "Don't worry. We'll wait up for ya." he said. Chris shook his head "No. You guys go ahead if you don't need my help. I can catch up, you know that." Jill looked at him not approving of this but sighed "You just be careful." he nodded placing a hand on Jill's shoulder. She looked up at him holding back a blush "I always am." he promised.
They all split up, Jill and Barry headed for the bridge while Chris headed back to the shed keeping his magnum up and ready the entire time. If that monster dared to show her face again, he would force it back into a grave of it's own.
(Spencer Estate Perimeter, Graveyard Trail)
Chris the second he was past that door looked down the trail before being swiftly grabbed from behind. He looked back to see one of those Crimson head things attacking him, Chris ignored the pain of the claws that tried to puncture his flank vest but he quickly grabbed his knife sending it back to stab into the poor victim's forehead causing it to fall back off him. Chris then spun around with his magnum and fired point blank blowing the creature's skull clean apart.
It fell at Chris's feet it's overly collected life fluids spraying out of it's neck, he opened the cylinder of his magnum and stabbed another round into the now vacant slot. Somebody had been anxious to reload, they left one good slug. He continued on down the graveyard when he noticed that the gates truly were locked, somebody had fooled with the weather vein objects that Chris used to open them in the first place. The gates opened but he found nobody in the graveyard, nothing but a bunch of dead bodies that had been blasted by a shotgun. It didn't take him long to make the obvious guess that it was Aiken.
He walked on following the footsteps, he really didn't wanna have to go back there to that cabin again, but for the sake of his teammate he had no choice. As he walked through the old gates he suddenly heard what sounded like singing, the kind you would hear in an opera. Then there was suddenly a sharp blast from a shotgun along with screams. Chris took off without a second's thought running up the trail right past the destroyed cabin where he and Edward had been earlier.
Upon arrival Richard dug into his pocket and placed an octagon shaped metal charm in his hand "Hold onto that. It was hard enough to get. It must be important." Chris slipped it into his pocket and looked at Richard "What happened to Edward?" he asked. Richard breathed as he stated he was in the courtyard trying to dig up some supplies. Richard then started to head back to the mansion saying he was gonna make sure that it was clear before they tried to head out. They still hadn't found the Bravo's leader.
Chris stood in the open for a few seconds just thinking of somebody that he wouldn't have expected: Rebecca Chambers. He was unable to place his finger on how a rookie was managing to approach all of this with a cool head. Having been a night there already would explain her attitude to this whole situation and how she took it so well. How she knew what she was doing with all this crap happening around her. She was hiding something, but she probobly had a right to.
Suddenly there was the sounds of very silent footsteps from behind, Chris without a seconds hesitation, quickly jumped to the side turning around to see another man draw a handgun on him. The man stood about an inch shorter than him, but seemed to be somebody not to take lightly. He wore a sleeveless navy shirt, a pair of jeans and boots it seemed he also had some very intemidating tattoos down his right arm. The man narrowed his eyes before lowering his handgun.
Chris lowered his weapon in responce to this man who stepped forward "I'll take it that your the rescue team sent to find Bravo Team." he said this looking at the mansion knowing that was where the girl that helped him had headed. Chris was a little shocked "How do you know?" the man raised a hand telling him to stop. He looked at him "I owe my survival to a young girl on that team and I know that you people are probobly fighting for your lives in there. I am not able to join you, but maybe I can still help you." he reached into his pocket and placed a disk in Chris's hand.
He looked up at him as Chris was about to ask an obvious question "Me and her found this in the research center two miles away, it contains information on just who is behind this and how these monsters were created. Use it when you reach the labs." he turned to start to walk. Chris suddenly spoke "You mean Rebecca, don't you?" the man stopped looking back and nodded to him. He then turned back to Chris "Yeah. She helped me survive, she is alot tougher than she gives herself credit for." Chris nodded remembering how she had fired Forest's grenade launcher earlier, perfect shot on that first crimson head "I've noticed."
The man reached behind his back as he spoke "Find that lab and destroy it, find a way out and don't trust anybody you cannot afford to. Take this with you too, you'll make better use of it than I would." he suddenly tossed an object to Chris who caught it with open hands. It was a special forces sub-machine gun, he recognized it as a H&K MP5. Billy then tossed him four loaded clips to it. Each one held around fifty rounds for the MP5 Sub-Machine Gun. That was two-hundred and fifty rounds he had for it.
He looked up to thank him, but he was gone. He accepted the new weapon and said a thanks anyway and started back for the mansion. The man watched from behind a tree before sighing "I'd better get to Raccoon and start getting situated. I'm not going to walk away from this until it has been resolved." he said this pulling the shotgun from his back and running off through the infested forest. Experience would have told him that he should have cut out while he had the chance, but he was not going to rest until he was able to get some evidence that went along with what he already knew. Umbrella had interest in his as well, he wouldn't be walking away.
Jill Valentine being covered by Barry Burton placed the battery back in the slot and attacked the wires to it. Electricity flowed and the controls to the elevator lit up with power. She started into the elevator but then stopped, she wasn't sure she wanted to see it again. Several of those dogs had come by and started to maul poor Forest's body at least an hour ago. Barry and Jill of course took them out in a rage, but the taste of her vomit still polluted mouth. She couldn't bare to go back up there again and see him.
Barry suddenly placed a hand on her shoulder, she looked back at her "I know you can't stand it. I'll go shut off the water and meet you later." Jill nodded to him. Barry stepped into the elevator and pressed a button. Jill suddenly looked at him "Barry. I really appreciate this." he nodded in response. "Don't mention it." he said as he vanished. About five minutes the water slowly came to a stop and the entrance to the caves mentioned in Trevor's letters was revealed.
Jill straightened her beret that had somehow stayed on her head the entire night and walked forward. She only had ten grenades left, twenty-four shotgun shells and twenty-four magnum rounds, she also had plenty of handgun clips. But she had used one of them to keep a door from locking on them earlier. She walked forward over the still wet ground and down the hall finding a hole in the ground, a pair of torches were lit and burning. She barely noticed this as she noticed a number of bootprints in the mud. She quickly shouldered her shotgun and climbed down the ladder.
Jill kicked off landing in a puddle of water, she brought up her handgun aiming around. She saw them through the shadows and fired off five rounds at all three of them, all her shots hitting with wet smacks against their decomposed hides. They all fell to the ground their knees breaking against the stone. Jill then walked over them following the trail of mining lights. She sighed "Oh for the love of..." she growled as she looked at the large hole that blocked her way from the other side.
Jill suddenly heard a screech from behind and turned to find herself being attacked, one of those hunter things jumped at her. She grabbed it by the wrist quickly kicking it off her with a swift kick to it's crotch. She then jumped to her feet raising her handgun and firing off several shots at it, it screeched as it feel off the edge splattering after hundreds of fallen feet. Jill breathed as she got to her feet and turned back to the ladder to see a heavy metal door beside it. She reloaded her handgun and walked through.
She found herself in a fairly sized chamber with an elevator that seemed to lean down, unfortunately there was no power going to it. She continued and suddenly came across what looked like colt ammunition. She knew that only one member of the group was carrying a pistol like that and she ran through the next door. She ran down the next doorway when suddenly a voice spoke out "Is that you, Jill?" it asked as if in serious pain. Jill cautiously walked a few more steps "Isn't that voice, Enrico's?" she asked herself walking around the corner.
She came around to see a very in pain Enrico Marini propped up against a wall, Rebecca was kneeling next to him trying to make a brace for his left broken rib. Jill stepped forward "Your wounded." she gasped. He raised a hand while Rebecca raised her colt revolver at Jill, they obviously knew something she didn't. Enrico spoke "Is anybody with you Jill?" he asked sternly. Rebecca narrowed her eyes at Jill basically demanding that Jill answer, she pulled the hammer back on her revolver, she was personally sick of this bullshit.
Jill spoke shockingly "No. But why does it matter?" Enrico was not happy as he hit the ground "I can't believe you haven't guessed. The ammunition all over the place. How things keep getting worse. She STARS are finished, somebody is testing these monsters out on us. Someone is a traitor." as he spoke Jill felt her heart sink as she could only think of Barry. His talking to himself earlier, his constant disappearing and the way he had been everywhere she needed to be before her. No, it wasn't him. It just couldn't have been him. She knew it. He had helped her too much. And Chris was the same he had been with her the whole night before. That only left Edward, Wesker and Richard.
As Jill listened they all failed to notice the figure approaching from behind them in stealth. Enrico growled "Umbrella set us up!" he shouted. As he was about to speak suddenly an explosion of crimson shot from his chest with the presence of a loud gunshot. Enrico's head fell, he was now dead. Jill turned to see a foot running away from the scene, Jill quickly darted toward them spraying the entire corridor with a clip from her handgun but the door slammed before she could get a hit in.
She rushed the door but suddenly it burst open and a Hunter attacked her, Jill quickly side-stepped and fired off a single round which slammed into it's back, severing it's spinal cord from it's brain. It slowly died, Jill replaced the clip as Rebecca stepped up to her fighting back tears. "At least he won't suffer anymore, he was bleeding internally." she said before walking away "I'm going to meet back up with Richard. He hasn't called back in a while." Rebecca started to run but Jill stopped her.
Jill walked over to Enrico picking up the MAC11 Sub-machine gun from his body. Rebecca had been collecting the fallen teams weapons so to speak. She had Kevin's Handgun, Joseph's shotgun and now Enrico's machine gun. Jill of course was still using Forest's Grenade Launcher. Rebecca thanked Jill and was soon out of sight. Jill sighed as she looked down finding a crank with an octagon in Enrico's grasp.
She picked it up knowing that she would need it. And she headed out of Enrico's final resting place. Somebody would pay, somebody would pay dearly for the losses they had taken tonight.