Chapter 3: Guess Who?

Star wiped his mouth clean from the mess that was now all over the ground. He felt his body trembling and didn't seem to notice the zombies heading his way.

When all senses hit him he took his gun from its holster and fired at the attacking zombies. He didn't stay in that one particular spot though. The army officer ran backwards.

He had to find shelter and more ammo. He didn't have as much as he did when he started. When he was alone and didn't have to worry about anyone, but now. Everything was different. Everyone he befriended was now gone. It seems like he couldn't protect anyone that he met.

He walked past an old looking apartment, which he figured was full of zombies just waiting to get at some flesh. On the side of the road was a corpse.

The gender of the person was unknown from all of the cuts and marks all over it. There even seemed to be a few missing parts, such as an arm and its head.

The bodies seemed to multiply. He wondered how many zombies were here, or if someone had already cleaned this part of town. He looked around for signs of life, but found none.

There was a loud bang as if the earth had shaken and with quiet ease Star quickly moved closer to whatever he heard. He rounded the corner slowly and noticed something huge.

It was neither a human nor a zombie. Its face seemed to be more deformed than any of the zombies he had ever seen. Their muscles were huge seemly like this thing could pick up ten times its own body weight, maybe even more than that.

"What the…?" Star said backing away.

It seemed that this monster had heard him and it turned around. It had no weapons, that Star could notice, but it seemed to be moving towards him.

Star fired his gun hoping the thing would die quickly. His hand stayed on the trigger until it clicked and he threw his weapon to the ground. Without much thought, Star turned around and broke into a run.

The monster was fast, but not fast enough. He rounded the corner and darted down the street, past the bodies, and past the clothing store where his friends were killed. He stopped and caught his breath on the side of a tall hotel building.

The earthshaking steps were silent, but they grew louder with every passing second. Star ran down the street he was on, hoping to find a place to hide, but it turns out it was one big dead end. The sign was gone so he had no warning.

The steps stopped suddenly before continuing, and the army officer turned around, his heart pumping violently out of his chest. Before the monster could even notice the young officer, however, Star was grabbed and pulled into a hiding spot.

"You shouldn't mess with that thing?"

"What? Who the hell are you?" Star asked not trusting the young woman in front of him.

"My name's Jill valentine. I was a cop in Raccoon City."

"Raccoon City? Wasn't that city destroy from a nuclear explosion from its power plant?"

"It was destroyed, but not by a power plant. You see. What's happening in this city happened in Raccoon City."

"How did all of this happen?"

"Umbrella Corporation started illegal experiments in their hidden laboratory known as, the Hive. They created this virus with a cure. The virus, however, had escaped and everyone inside had died. Or so we thought. They didn't stay dead. They came back and fed on flesh."

"That's what's happening here? Their virus escaped again?"

"No. This is just their sick pleasure, to see how fast the virus spreads. The virus is only airborne for thirty minutes. In those thirty minutes it infects everyone that breathes it in. After that specific time the virus spreads when you are either bite or scratched."

"What about the cure?"

"You have a certain amount of time before you change, the time differs depending on the person. The cure doesn't work all the time. It just stops the virus form spreading any further. When you are infected, we found out that zombies don't really come for you as much as they would a live person."

"Are you infected?" Star asked.

"I used the cure a few years ago when I was infected."

"So you are."

"Yes, and what about you?"

"Not that I know of."