The Worst of the Worst
Author's Note: I slightly changed the ending of Chapter 4 so read that up before continuing on to this chapter. Leon S. Kennedy is the protagonist in Resident Evil 4, and is also one of the characters in Resident Evil 2. Torque is the protagonist of The Suffering and its sequel, The Suffering: Ties That Bind. Kennedy is an excellent marksman while Torque is a savage killer. Sorry for the time it took to update I was pretty busy over the holidays and stuff. Enjoy.
Chapter 5: The Paranormal
2004, Washington D. C. The Washington Convention center.
Leon S. Kennedy had just been awarded for his bravery and courage in saving President Graham's daughter, Ashley from a terrorist cult known as Los Illuminados. The terrorist cult was consisted of townspeople of Spain, and followers of one Osmand Sadler, the cult leader, who had been infected with the Los Plagas parasite, making them most like zombies and at Sadler's command.
The Master Chief landed just outside of the convention center just as the ceremony was finishing. Kennedy was just coming outside as the Master Chief approached him.
"Well," Leon said, "there's something you don't see everyday." Leon looked up and down the Master Chief in his huge metallic armor.
"Leon S. Kennedy?" the chief asked.
"Who wants to know?"
"I am the Master Chief of the UNSC. You are required for a special mission."
"Oh yeah? What mission is that?"
"To save the future of the human race."
Leon laughed. "No thanks, I'll pass." He said, heading toward his limousine.
"Your skills are required for this special mission."
"Look," Leon said, "I just got back home from fighting these god damned zombie things after saving the president's daughter, I would like to rest."
"There is no time to rest. The future needs you."
"The Future? What the hell are you talking about?"
The Master Chief motioned for Leon to follow him. Kennedy rolled his eyes and followed the chief. He led him to his time traveling machine.
"I come from the year 2555 where an alien race threatens human existence as we know it. I have come back in time to recruit a team of the bravest, deadliest, courageous men and women known to mankind. You, Leon, are among that few. This is my time traveling machine. I know it may sound insane to you but you will have to trust me. Are you coming or not?"
"Yeah sure, but this better not take long." Leon said. "I have brunch with the Secretary of Defense tomorrow morning." Leon stepped into the machine with the Master Chief.
"This is no joke. Before we go back into the future there is one more stop we have to make."
"Oh yea? Where's that?"
"Baltimore."
The Messiah slowly headed towards its destination of the broken ring. The Gravemind still held its 63 human captives on board from the UNSC ships, as well as a number of Covenant soldiers it had on board. It had instructed the spores not to feed on them, for it said they will become useful and they need them alive.
"What do you think it will do to us?" one marine asked another.
"I think they would have eaten us by now if they didn't have a specific purpose for us. I'm not sure."
The Gravemind entered the room in which the human and Covenant captives were being held. Its tentacles reached out and grabbed one marine; another tentacle reached out and grabbed a Covenant Elite.
"I will bend your minds as I please…" Gravemind mumbled.
He dropped the two. They got up, and stood up straight, and waited for a command. Gravemind spread his tentacles over the rest of his captives. They all rose to their feet, as if they were possessed by the same ghost. Gravemind had no need to infect them. It already had their minds. The eyes of the marines and the Covenant soldiers under Gravemind's control went a bloodshot red. They all marched, Human and Covenant alike, out to the docking center with the rest of Gravemind's army.
The Master Chief, along with Leon Kennedy, landed in Baltimore, six months ahead in the future from where he picked up Kennedy. Leon was astonished.
"How the hell did you do that?" he asked.
"I already explained that. Will you assist me find our next recruit?"
"Who is it?" Kennedy asked.
"His name is Torque."
The two of them landed in a slum area of Baltimore near Torque's old apartment. The streets were dirty, the building were falling apart.
"There is some kind of manifestation currently going on. Be aware," The chief warned.
The Master Chief followed the point of his Heads Up Display, to Torque's last known whereabouts. They continued through the streets, the light of the moon reflecting off of the chief's armor. Suddenly, they heard a noise, as if something was scraping along the street. They both turned, but they saw nothing. Suddenly, this creature with long blades for limbs, a mask covering its face, landed behind them. The creature struck the chief, damaging his armor. The chief stumbled back to the ground. Two more of them appeared. Leon drew his Blacktail pistol and shot a clip full into one of the creatures. It fell to the ground, motionless. The other two crept closer. One was about to slash Leon across the chest, but it was shot in the back, by the sounds of a shotgun, and it's top half just splattered all over Leon. The chief saw who made the shot, it was definitely Torque. He blasted his shotgun again into the second creature.
"What in God's name are those fucking things!" Leon yelled out.
"They're called Slayers." Torque replied.
The chief got to his feet. "Torque," he said, "we're here to get you. We need you for a special mission, which is to save the human race."
"I've got my own demons to handle first, so I don't think so."
"Whatever you're doing now, it can wait. I come from the future. I can bring you back to this exact moment, but for now, the future needs you Torque."
"Why me?" Torque asked.
"You're a ruthless, merciless killer." The Master Chief said. "You handled yourself on Carnate exceptionally well as well as the streets of Baltimore during this manifestation. We need you on the team."
A noise was heard in the distance. The three of them could see numerous shadows moving quickly toward them. Torque could see several more Slayers along with a few Gorgers coming along.
"If we're leaving, it better be now!" Kennedy yelled out.
Torque agreed to come. The three men ran for the time travelling machine, but when they arrived there, two more Gorgers appeared. The Master Chief fired his Battle Rifle at the giant slug-like malefactor, while Kennedy continued fire with his Blacktail. Torque blasted the remaining Gorgers with his shotgun moments before the three men were sent back to sector M-9. The rest of the crew looked a bit scared of Torque when he arrived at Sector M-9. The Master Chief showed Torque to the bathroom where he could wash off all of the blood he had splattered all over himself.
"Is he really necessary to have on the team?" Samus asked the chief in private.
"Trust me." The Master Chief replied. "I read his file. There's alot more to Torque then meets the eye."
Dr. Dufraime approached the Chief. "So, how many more subjects do you plan on picking up?"
"I'm not sure, but the next one seems quite...questionable."
"When and where is he located?"
"1993...in San Andreas, California."