After a short break, I'll give you guys an update. The story will be a little slow for the next 2-3 chapters or so, precluding everything that happens before the inevitable.
At around the 6-7 chapter mark, all hell is going to break loose and this will officially become a mature rated reading (lots of gore, and a whole lot of swearing). So keep that in mind as we close in to the looming disaster.
Back to the story
Kim Possible: Resident Evil Apotheosis
Chapter 3
Secrets of Umbrella
"Go ahead Wade" Kim said
The screen of the Kimmunicator changed to various corporate files, all containing the Umbrella logo.
"The Umbrella Corporation is one of the top Corporations in the world, with major offices in almost every city in the world. They make all kinds of things that we use everyday, in fact most of the gadgets I made for you were originally made by Umbrella."
Kim looked at Ron; both teens were surprised by this. They usually though Wade made all these gadgets himself, but now they find that they were originally made by the same Corporation they know nothing about.
"Wade, how could they be the original makers of my gadgets?" Kim asked.
"Well, I designed the gadgets you use. But to create them I had to out source to various companies to build them, and the company I turned to was a branch of Umbrella. Look on the back of the Kimmunicator and you'll see what I mean" Wade said.
Kim flipped the Kimmunicator over and started reading the small print stamped into one of the panels.
'Created under the strict supervision of the Umbrella Corporation'
"You can't be serious" Ron said as he read the print from his seat next to Kim.
"Apparently he is Ron" Kim said.
"Anyway, I also found out that Umbrella makes most of their money with Government Contracts, usually with the development of new gear, or a special top secret program" Wade said.
"What kind of top secret program?" Ron asked.
"I am not really sure; the encrypting on those files is incredible. It will take me a while to get access to those files."
"Anything else you could tell us Wade?" Kim asked.
"Well yes, about 5 years ago Umbrella had a mishap happen in one of their offices in a small Upstate New York community that was known as Raccoon City. The official report says that the nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown taking the city out with it."
"So, how does that tie in with us?" Ron asked.
"Well a couple of months before the meltdown, there were bizarre murders occurring in Raccoon, usually involving people getting eaten."
Ron choked on his sandwich; Kim started coughing as she drank her soda.
"What?" They both said in unison.
"Yep, about 6 people were mauled to death apparently by other people" Wade said.
"EWww, Gross!" Kim said, pushing her tray of food away from her.
Ron started to look sick.
"Raccoon PD sent out their Special Tactics And Rescue Squad, also known as STARS out to an abandoned mansion where the culprits were supposedly hiding. Only when they got there things were horribly wrong"
"How horribly wrong?" Kim asked.
"Reports from the surviving members indicate that they were attacked by mutated dogs and infected people who were trying to eat them"
"You-you mean z-z-zombies?" Ron said, suddenly becoming very afraid.
"Ron, don't be such a baby. There is no such thing as zombies, they only exist in video games" Kim said.
"Kim, I have to agree with Ron on this one." Wade said.
"What do you mean Wade?" Kim asked, getting slightly worried.
"Reports from the squad indicated some sort of virus was being made at the mansion, it altered the DNA makeup of every living thing it touched."
"So it created zombies?" Kim asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Can't tell you for sure, I haven't been able to check out the STARS team any reports related to the Mansion itself, but it appears that the Mansion is connected to Umbrella, and they might have been working on a virus that does these things." Wade said.
"When can you have a definite answer?" Kim asked.
"Hard to say, but I will contact you if anything comes up" Wade said.
"Thanks Wade" Kim said before turning the Kimmunicator off.
"So, what do we have to work with?" Ron asked, slightly recovering from the thought of actual zombies.
"Not a lot I'm afraid. We may have to research this company ourselves Ron" Kim said, sighing.
She didn't like to be in this position, and frankly neither did Ron.
"Well, what should we do?" Ron asked.
"We have to get as much info as we possibly can on Umbrella, and than means internet searches, and trips to the library." Kim said shuddering; she never liked the idea of going into the library with Mrs. Hatchet since the whole overdue book incident.
"Well, we can take care of some of that in study hall right?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, we should." Kim sighed.
She was looking forward to going out on a date with Ron tonight, but this Umbrella thing was nagging at the both of them.
At least we'll still be together
The bell signaling the end of lunch rang; Kim and Ron left their seats and headed to their lockers.
As they walked they passed one Umbrella agent stationed in the school, he watched the two of them walk down the hall till they were out of hearing distance.
The agent brought his hand up to his mouth and keyed the mic.
"Headquarters, we may have a code 5 on our hands" The agent spoke, still intently watching the two as they rounded the corner.
"Headquarters, are you positive on the Code 5?"
"Not one hundred percent HQ, but something tells me to keep an eye out on these two"
"Roger that, you know what they look like?"
"Affirmative"
"Get their names from the school and their files; we'll handle it from here. HQ out"
The agent let his arm down; still peering down the hallway the two teens disappeared down.
Whatever they are up to, they don't know who they're dealing with.
The bell signaling the next class rang out, the agent started towards the main office and administration.
The door to the lab hissed as it closed behind him, Vin looked around the interior of the lab hub.
He was facing down a long hallway lined with numerous doors on either side.
Different, usually Umbrella is so unbelievably extravagant in its lab designs. This is more like the set up in the mansion.
"Ah, agent Pelligrini." Said the familiar figure, approaching Vin.
"Pellegrino," Vin said, getting pissed that this one scientist couldn't pronounce his name right.
"Oh, so sorry. My apologies" Dr. Rams said.
Vin scoffed under his breath.
"Well, what brings you to the labs today Agent, uh, Pellegrino?" Dr. Rams said hesitantly
Finally you goddamned moron
"Routine check of all systems and experiments here, you know the usual" Vin said, lightening his tone a little.
"Of course, allow me to give you a tour of this facility" Rams said as he started back down the hall, Vin followed.
They came to the first door on the left, which whooshed open.
"This is the main chemist lab, here we try new strings of chemicals and various enhancers to further enhance the new Virus we are working on." Rams said as they walked through the lab.
Various other scientists were working in the lab, with beakers microscopes and test tubes. All were being very cautious.
"What exactly is this virus you are working on?" Vin asked, eyeing his surroundings.
"Well, it is um-" Rams hesitated.
"Don't worry Doc, I'm a science major. That's why I'm guarding the entrance to this place, that and I seem to pick up on what you guys do down here." Vin said.
One of the bonuses in being diversified was the ability to stick your nose in everything, and because of his security rank, Rams started to feel more at ease.
"Are you familiar with the T Virus?" Rams asked.
Vin stopped walking, upon hearing Rams question a flood of horrible memories entered Vin's mind. He could hear the screams of people, the shouts; he could see the creatures tear them to pieces, then come after him. He was reliving one of the worst experiences of his life, just because of a simple question.
"Vaguely" Vin replied, lying through his teeth.
"Are you familiar with the incident in Raccoon City?" Rams asked.
"You could say that" Vin said walking past the doctor and leaning against the concrete wall of the lab.
"Well since the incident at Raccoon City, we have studied intensely the effects of the T virus, and have begun to change and alter aspects of it so it is stronger and more effective than it previously was" Rams finished.
Vin shuddered involuntarily, the thought of an enhanced T Virus made his skin crawl.
"Come with me" Rams said as they walked out of the door.
"How effective is it?" Vin asked as they left the room and headed down the hall.
"When a human was infected with the T Virus, by whatever ways, the virus had full control of the individual within 18-24 hours." Rams paused as they reached another door.
"Now with this enhanced version, which we are calling 'The G Virus', full control can occur within 8-10 hours of infection." Rams said as he stepped into the next room with Vin right behind him.
"This is our subject room" Rams said
Vin became very pale, he heard of some of the things they did in the lab, hell he even fought some of the creations, but seeing them actually injecting the virus into living individuals was sickening.
Jesus Christ this is Sick, and Wrong!
Various cages lined the room; each had a person in them, or at least at one time a person in them.
"We still haven't been able to get the desired effects on human patients, no matter how they are infected with the virus they all turn out the same" Rams said grimly.
"Zombies" Vin said, his voice now had an edge to it.
"Correct, whether bitten, injected, or even contracted airborne, they all turn out to be the same mindless bastards roaming around wanting human flesh." Rams shook his head.
Vin felt something trying to grab his right arm, when he looked he saw a caged zombie, decay was covering this particular one as half of its face was peeled off. It stared at Vin with glassed over eyes as it moaned for food.
Vin tugged his arm violently away from the things grasp, hearing a snap in the process.
Vin looked down, and by his shoe, were two fingers from the zombie that broke off when Vin tugged away.
"Disgusting" Vin grumbled as he kicked the rotting fingers towards the caged zombie, who in turn began eating them.
Vin turned away from the disgusting sight and motioned for Rams to continue.
As they stepped out of the Zombie den, as Vin referred to it, they headed down to the next lab.
"How are the underground passages to the Space Center and the Hospital coming along?" Vin asked, trying to shake that image of the zombie eating his own fingers out of his head.
"Better than expected actually, we should be able to open them within the next two days and allow the regular workers there to get back to work, all the while.." Rams trailed off as they entered the next lab.
"They won't know what's under their feet" Vin said, finishing Rams sentence.
Rams nodded.
"This is out advanced lab where we deal with several mutant creatures created by the G Virus" Rams said as they entered the lab.
Vin heard a blood curling shriek come from a corner of the lab, he instantly recognized the sound.
"Hunters" Vin said, subconsciously reaching for his Beretta.
He hated Hunters, and their advanced affiliate the 'Gamma' Hunters. Real nasty pieces of work with one hand being a claw able to sever someone in half. They were usually green, and ate ammunition like they were being hit with a squirt gun.
"How did you know?" Rams asked as he looked over at Vin.
"Bad memories, what other rather nasty surprises are in here?" Vin said.
"Well we have the two types of hunters, the regular and the Gammas over there. We weren't able to change them much from the T Virus though. We also have these guys who the assistance refer to as-"
"Lickers, and Alpha Lickers" Vin said as he stared at the seemingly skinless creatures in the cage across from him.
Another one of Umbrella's creations he hated, Lickers had the appearance of being inside out with all their muscles exposed, including their brain. They were called lickers because of their lizard like tongue that they flailed about. The Alpha Lickers tongue was split down the center, allowing it to lash out at two things at once.
"Right, Lickers." Rams said continuing though the lab.
"We have also been experimenting with other kinds of animals besides the usual dogs, which are in their own kennel." Rams said as they walked past the caged hunters and lickers.
"What kind of animals?" Vin asked
"Moths, Spiders, various insects, Lizards, some plants, sharks as well as a few Crocodiles" Rams said as they approached a freakishly large spider.
"Crocodiles and Sharks? Where the hell did you get those?" Vin asked as he jumped away from a giant caged spider.
"Come now agent Vin, you were part of the Mercenary squad, you should know how" Rams said as they pasted a crocodile that was the size of a large car.
Vin knew what he meant, the Mercenary squad usually went in and stole what Corporate Umbrella wanted, then covered it up.
The tour of the labs continued through, allowing Vin to witness the mutated sharks, the queen Moth and Spiders, and some freaky walking plants. Not to mention the special room with the batch of zombies that had lightning quick reflexes and supposedly could not be killed.
They had only two labs to check, and they just entered one of them.
"This here is the Virus room, where we keep the virus locked up in these special containers with the antidote" Rams said.
There on the counter of the nearest table was a canister full of the G Virus, which coursed up the container in the cleaver spiral design, the virus itself glowed red in color. Next to it in a similar container was a green substance.
"That the antivirus?" Vin asked.
Rams nodded.
"And what is this thing?" Vin asked as he lifted up a device that was similar to a digital tire pressure gauge, only larger.
"That is to check the infection rate in a person, its self cleaning after every use. You check your infection status by jabbing the end into your arm or anyplace where you could draw a small amount of blood." Rams said, gently taking the device from Vin.
"Hold out you're arm" Rams said.
Vin reluctantly agreed and rolled his sleeve up.
Rams jabbed the devices end into Vin's arm, Vin winced a little as the tip broke his skin. But the device was quickly removed and Vin glanced at the readout.
000.00
"Looks like you're good" Rams joked.
"So you use this to test yourself if you need to take the antivirus" Vin said, rolling his sleeve back down.
"Correct, however you would have to apply the antivirus before you are 75 percent infected by the virus." Rams said as they started out the lab.
"What happens if it's over 75?" Vin asked.
"They suicide looks like a very tempting option if you don't want to eat your buddies" Rams said grimly.
Vin followed Rams down to the final lab, where he suspected was Umbrella's latest super tyrant as every Umbrella lab has one, and they usually are the best of the lab.
"And this is the lab for our latest creation." Rams said as he led Vin into the lab.
Vin gasped at what he saw.
The Creature was encased in a massive tube with hoses leading in and out of it. It stood at least 9 feet tall and was built like a tank. Vin noticed the vine like appendages protruding from the creature's waistline.
On the table was a massive Rocket launcher and Mini Gun, presumably made for the creature inside.
What struck Vin was the creatures face, it looked so human like it was scary. Its' eyes were closed.
"We call it Apotheosis" Rams said looking proudly at the creature.
Vin looked at him quizzically.
"Its Greek, and it means elevated to the status of a God. That and it sounded cool" Rams chuckled.
Elevation to the Status of a God
Vin continued to stare at Apotheosis, marveling at its size.
Vin had a few run ins with other Umbrella tyrants, including that one so called Nemesis in Raccoon City, members of his squad ran into the other guy which they referred to as Mr. Big.
"Alright, everything looks good here" Vin said, finally drawing his eyes from the massive Apotheosis.
"Need me to lead you back?" Rams asked
"No, I'm good. Thanks" Vin started out of the room, glancing once again at Apotheosis before leaving the room.
"Christ that thing is a monster." Vin said to himself as he walked down the hall toward his post.
"I really hope nothing like Raccoon happens hear cause I really don't think anyone would survive a encounter with that" Vin said grimly as he reached the door back to his post.
Well, there you have it.
I'm going to make this get a little more interesting in the next couple of chapters before the mess happens (we all know the mess is coming I hope) just to make it seem more Umbrella.
Also more focus on Kim and Ron as well as on Drakken and Shego.
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