Disclaimer: Nope, don't own anything related to RE - shame really, but I don't.
Well here's the next chapter, for all you non reviewers out there! I actually wrote it at the same time as the first chapter but didn;t get round to posting it. More chapters coming soon/when I have time/when I feel like it, as I'm writing this for me...
Daniel Marks, (Danny to his friends) Pulled on his bulletproof vest with the 'Umbrella' logo, and glanced at his watch, 4:34am. He looked around the locker room at the rest of the teams till his eyes fell on Carlos Oliviera, a man he had worked many missions with. A lot of the others looked like they would barely be able to tell their guns from their elbows, brought in for cheapness rather than experience.
But whatever this job was, Umbrella weren't giving a lot away – Not that Danny minded, he was quitting after this job, if he wanted to face death every day he'd have rejoined the army.
With a sigh he walked over to Carlos who was talking to Yuri and Nicholai. Nicholai was another one of the veterans, Danny would trust him to the end, Yuri he wasn't so sure about – Looked ok, but seemed to lack toughness.
"Ready to go Dan?" Carlos asked with a grin, knowing it would piss off his colleague.
"Yes." Danny replied frostily. "Heading 'G' team, rota says you lot are in 'B' team.
"Yes my friend." Replied Nicholai as loaded his gun and clicked it into his belt. "Looking forward to babysitting them lot?" Nicholai asked with a nod towards the rest of Danny's team.
"Oh yeah, about as much as a trip to the dentist." Danny replied as he leaned against his machine gun.
"Really Danny? For a hard man you must be pretty weak if you're scared of a little teeth pulling!" Carlos replied with a grin, causing the slightly elder man to raise an eyebrow.
"I'll pull your teeth out in a minute Carlos, friend or no."
"This is the biggest operation since the Spencer Mansion cleanup." Said Alex Wilson, from behind – Danny's right hand man.
He was one of the only people still with Umbrella who had gone to the Spencer Mansion, and he rarely talked about it – Even to Danny.
These words sent a shiver through Danny's spine, whatever had happened out there on the Spencer Estate couldn't be happening again? Not that he knew what happened, but it had to be something bad to spook Alex the way it did.
"I'm looking forward to the mission." Yuri voiced up enthusiastically.
"It's that kind of talk that gets people killed." Alex replied as he walked away towards the briefing room.
"Umbrella wouldn't put us in that dangerous a situation! It's not like we'll be fighting a war." Yuri replied with a roll of his eyes.
Carlos, Nicholai and Danny exchanged glances as the four of them made their way after Alex to the briefing room.
"At the end of the day we are only useful, freelance assets to Umbrella." Danny said, placing a hand lightly on Yuri's right shoulder.
"And all assets are expendable." Carlos added, placing a hand on Yuri's left shoulder. Yuri nodded and moved away from the soldiers and opted to sit with some of the newbies at the other side of the room.
