Chapter 3: The Nemesis

September 22nd 10:10 am

So I helped my dad up and I pushed the cabinet out of the way. I was very surprised at what I saw in the streets though. A large hole had been opened at the middle of the road, and hydrants were turned over. I had no idea what it was, so I decided I needed some weapons. I picked up my bat and held it, I could use it for close-range attacking, though it would not cause too much damage. The closest thing I had to a gun in my house was an actual gun, a handgun in my father's closet. In my room though, I had something more convenient, though less dangerous. My father's room was blocked by zombies, so the handgun was impossible to get. I went to my closet, and then picked up a set of 150 paintballs. Then I picked up a paintball gun and tied the gun and ammo to my belt.

I threw down a rope and my father jumped down first. As he did, the zombies broke through the door to my room and walked towards me. I managed to escape easily by rappelling down to the ground though. My father and me were cautious about what was it that caused the hole in the ground, and moved quickly. We got to the end of the street uneventfully, to our greatest relief. That's when we started to see not only zombies, but also other creatures roaming the streets. We looked to the end of the street to see that a Cerberus dog was feeding on the body of a recently killed policeman. Then, it looked up towards us. I drew my paintball gun, but it continued feeding. It already had all the food it desired.

The situation began deteriorating at that point. We decided to try and get a better view of the tram station by going up the roof of a nearby abandoned apartment building. We entered, and looked around in horror. The main lobby was a mess, with dead bodies and blood lying across the room. The computer was shattered, and papers were torn apart. I walked up to the elevator and pressed the button, and by luck, the elevator still worked. After taking us to the roof, we looked around and were in shock. Raccoon city was full of zombies everywhere, only a few streets were clear. Mutations and bodies were plentiful, and some buildings were even set on fire.

Then, we heard a loud yell from a street next to the apartment building. We ran to the edge, and saw a large monster, like a zombie but much larger and more powerful. Tentacles twirled around areas of its body, decaying. It had a large rocket launcher in its hands, and it was aiming at a S.T.A.R.S. member. The man shot the thing with a shotgun, but to no avail. The rocket careened into the man, killing him instantly. Then, the creature laughed and looked above at us. I didn't know, but this was the BOW Nemesis. It was designed to hunt down S.T.A.R.S. members, but other survivors were targets as well.

Father, I don't even want to know what that thing is. However, I must ask…How is it planning to kill us up here?

Nemesis, a BOW, he is capable of jumping quite high.

Not this high, I hope.

No, but is a balcony at the 4th floor, and Nemesis can jump there. From there, he can jump here…

I ran to the other edge of the building, and saw a small group of lickers scavenging bodies. They heard us, and cocked their heads back. Unfortunately, they were unlike the mutated dogs. They preferred fresh meat. They began climbing, and I shot at one with a paintball gun. It fell back an inch or two, but kept climbing. Then I set the paintball's pressure higher, and shot at its face. The creature lost its grip on one hand, then I shot the other hand. The licker fell to the ground, just like the earlier one- not killed, but wounded.

I then remembered Nemesis, and looked back to see him finish his leap onto the roof. My father knew that Nemesis takes orders from Umbrella personnel, and yelled to the creature.

This is umbrella researcher Jon Toleman, and I order you to stop!

However, this interfered with its programming to hunt for S.T.A.R.S. members and the creature picked up my father by the neck, throwing him across the roof. The slam broke my father's leg, he couldn't move. Then, the Nemesis picked him up again, holding his other hand inches from my father's face. My shock turned to horror, then grief, as a tentacle flew from Nemesis' hand and impaled my father.

I fell on the floor, in sorrow. My mother was killed in the Arklay mountains, and my father was now killed by this monstrosity. I sobbed, realizing I would share the same fate. Nemesis picked me up, placing his other hand inches from my face. Then, he heard a sound. He looked to the side, and dropped me. A woman in a brown skirt, brown hair, and blue shirt was running through the street. The creature spoke something, and although difficult to understand, I made out '' Jul Vuletine''. I held my neck in pain, then grabbed my paintball gun. I shot at Nemesis in my rage, but he continued to move in the direction of the woman then jump off the building entirely.

I was out of ammo, I had to reload. I was about to place my paintballs in the gun to reload, then I heard footsteps, and a shriek. I grabbed my metal bat, and swung behind me, hitting the licker directly in the face with full strength. I took the paintball and threw some paintballs inside quickly, then shot at the creature's face. It shrilled, and its tongue lashed out, grabbing my paintball gun and tearing it in half. It also grabbed my bat, but I managed to drag it to me instead. I grabbed the bat and hit the creature with full force repeatedly in the face. Eventually, the licker became victim to the continuous concussions and died.

I ran to my father in the futile hopes that he was alive… but he was not. Nobody could survive the attack dealt by Nemesis, and that includes my father. I sat down beside his corpse and sobbed for minutes, until I at last mustered the strength to pick up the bat and go down to the lobby. The other licker was killed by a hunter, so I had little to worry about, save for the hunter itself. I walked around the apartment building complex for two hours, looking for something to use against the creatures. However, there was nothing, and I sat in the lobby, pondering what to do.

Nemesis was probably still around, so I made a decision to wait until the sun began to set. After that, I went to the body of the S.T.A.R.S. member I saw from the roof and picked up his shotgun. He wasted little ammo in the short fight with Nemesis, so I picked up the shotgun and 42 shells. However, I still carried the bat around. More people had been infected and were being infected, spreading throughout the entire city, so there were a few zombies in this street.

Regardless, I carried on. I would need to reach the tram station to get to the other end of the city. I hoped that my father wouldn't turn into one of those monstrosities, and walked towards the distant tram station.