So, what is on Vin's agenda? Let's find out.

I've also changed the name of the Virus here, it is now known as the ST Virus, or SUPER T Virus. I'll be working on fixing it in previous chapters as well, so where you might have seen G previously will be ST in the near future.

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Chapter 12

This is my Rifle, This is my Gun

"Firearms? Are you serious?" Shego asked, still trying to grasp the concept.

"I don't joke when it comes to our survival Shego" Vin said nonchalantly as he emptied the magazine of one of the Glocks he had.

"But, I mean, most of us don't even know the basics of using a gun." Kim said as she nervously rubbed her arm.

"Oh what's there to know, you point it and shoot. It's the basics I'm going to cover here as we don't know how much time we have." He said as he thumbed the rounds out of the magazine till it was empty.

"Hey, jackass. They give you any weapons when you came in?" Vin called back to Will Du.

"Affirmative, though they are non-lethal" The agent said.

"The guns aren't non-lethal you moron, it's the rounds your forced to use. Hand over your weapons now." Vin said as he slammed the empty magazine onto the table.

Sighing, Will handed over his GJ sidearm and main weapon with his cases of ammunition. Vin looked over the weapons carefully before ejecting their clips.

"Beretta M92F, and an H&K MP5, you people love your 9mm don't you?" he asked, not really expecting an answer.

Regardless of the ammunition, he inspected the rounds in the magazines. Sure enough, the lethal metal bullet was replaced with one of solid rubber, non-lethal but it would hurt like hell to get hit with one.

A hunch came to Vin; he slid the rubber ammo back into the Beretta and cocked the slide back.

"Wade, let another one of those bastards in"

The far door opened again, and in heaved another zombie. Vin leveled the gun at the approaching targets head and opened fire.

The round caused the zombie to shuffle back, but it still continued towards them.

"Ah shit!"

Vin brought the gun up again and sent another round into the creatures head, with similar results.

"Screw it" Vin muttered as he started squeezing off rounds in rapid succession, on the last round the creature slumped to the floor. It was possible to down a zombie with rubber ammunition, but highly unpractical since it took the entire 18 rounds to do so, and even then the creature was starting to crawl over towards him.

Vin strolled up to the crawling zombie and planted his foot on the back of its skull, breaking its neck.

"Ok, rubber rounds are out. Will, empty the remaining rounds in your magazines and load them with this" Vin tossed the empty gun over with a box of 9mm rounds. Will turned towards the table and started unloading the rubber rounds.

"Since we don't have the time, or for that matter, the ammunition to train you all properly, we'll stick to the basics. Each of you will use the Glock here, and to pass you must bring a zombie down in 3 rounds or less. If you do not down the creature after 3 shots, you will not get a weapon. Actually you won't get first choice on these weapons." Vin motioned over the table covered with various handguns and rifles.

"Those that show exceptional skill will be allowed two weapons, a primary, and a back up. Any questions?"

Steve Barkin put his hand up.

"Go ahead Steve"

"Sir, what do you mean down a zombie in three rounds or less?"

"Glad you asked, when it is your turn at trying you're target will be a actual zombie, wooden targets aren't cheap to come by and a waste of ammo. This way we actually limit the number of creatures we face out there. That answers your question Steve?"

"Affirmative Sir"

"Good, now anyone want to volunteer to go first?"

Kim stepped up.

"Ah, Kim. Setting a example for the others to follow by chance?"

"You could say that, but I might need some, ah, help with the aiming" She said nervously.

"Kim, you're hairdryer grappler"

"What about it?"

"Does it recoil when you fire it?"

"A little"

"Do you compensate for the recoil, do you prepare for it?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Just think of it as you're hairdryer" Vin said as he handed the gun and clip to Kim.

"Remember, 3 rounds or less. Wade, let one in"

The door opened again, allowing another creature to come in. Kim looked at the magazine, eyeing the three rounds in there. She slapped it into the gun, then hesitantly pulled the slide back, making the weapon live.

A few steps behind her was Vin, watching her stance as she brought the gun up.

Not bad for someone who's never been around a gun before.

She held the gun level, eyeing down its sights as she brought the creatures head into her view.

Come on Kim, you could do this.

Her finger tightened around the trigger.

BLAM!

The round hit the creature in the left eye, blowing the back of its head off, it fell to the floor dead.

Kim and everyone else stared wide eyed at the creature, she had done it.

"All right KP!" Ron cheered.

"Whoohoo!" Rufus squeaked.

"Nice job Kim, you have first choice on the weapons, and you get to have a back up for downing the creature in one shot"

"Thanks" Kim said, beaming with joy "But if it's ok with you, I'd like to choose with Ron"

"No problem Kim. Stoppable!"

Ron turned towards Vin.

"You're next"

Ron took his place where Kim was standing before, Vin loaded another round into the magazine and handed it back to Ron. To everyone's surprise Ron didn't take it.

"There a problem Ron?" Vin asked.

"Dude, there aren't three rounds in the magazine"

Everyone flinched, expecting Ron to get chewed. But Vin smiled.

"Very good Ron" Vin said as he yanked back on the slide of the glock, ejecting the round that was in the barrel, he caught it in mid-flight and loaded it into the magazine.

"You surprise me Ron; you're not the bumbling buffoon some of your colleagues lead me to expect" Vin said as he turned towards Drakken and Shego.

Ron smiled as he took the gun and got into his position.

"Wade, let another one in"

Half Hour later

Things were going rather well in the warehouse, several of the survivors turned out to be good shots. This surprised Vin, seeing as they've never even been around a gun, and now their shooting like marksmen. Well some of them anyway.

Ron and Kim picked their weapons already, as well as Felix and Mr. Barkin. All four were able to down the creature in one hit, although Felix showed what he learned from his time of Zombie Mayhem video games when his creature didn't drop after the first round pierced its skull. He pumped the remaining two rounds into its head, it was a nice grouping too as all three rounds were no more than a inch apart. Still Vin considered it an unnecessary waist of ammo.

Felix was allowed to carry one of the AR-15s which Vin fixed a scope to, making him the unofficial sniper of the group. Ron carried one of the shotguns, while Kim had the last AR-15, Ron argued that he would let Kim carry the lighter, more accurate assault rifle while he watched her back with the close range weapon.

Vin liked the way they thought, they even picked matching handguns too. In his hast to load the bag up with guns, Vin slid in no less than 4 other 1911 models. All of those were Springfield Colt .45's, which were very similar to government issued .45s, accept these 4 were nickel plated. Kim had one, Ron had another, and Felix and Steve Barkin had the last two.

Some of the others were not blessed with good shooting skills though, Dr. Drakken being one of them. Although he was especially nervous around guns his first shot struck the creature in the leg, and by sheer dumb luck he happened to hit the main artery, causing the creature to bleed to death. It was rather odd, as Vin never seen anyone cause a zombie to bleed to death. However lucky the shot, it was still a hit in the leg. Vin made a exemption of Drakken and allowed him to carry two handguns of his choosing, it came to no surprise when Vin saw Drakken with both S&W .44 magnum revolvers tucked into his black belt.

Vin had another plan for Drakken though, he sent him up to his lab with Kim's kimmunicator so he could work with Wade with developing a suitable Anti-Virus, he didn't feel safe without a antidote and he knew either Kim, Ron or Wade would eventually insist of getting the Anti-Virus. Now with Drakken they could hopefully make their own serum.

Back on the firing line, Monique, Josh, and Bonnie were proving to be a handful, again. Bonnie and Josh were the only ones that haven't killed a creature within three rounds, causing Vin to get very pissed off at them, he took his aggression out on killing their creatures with his bare hands. Actually with his 'gloved' bare hands, and it was rather brutal to watch. Monique took the .50cal Desert Eagle, she said something about 'bling' factor but Vin didn't pay attention, he was just glad she killed the thing when it was 5 feet away from her, and with the last shot no less.

But Bonnie and Josh were not allowed to choose a weapon, until the last person went. Shego.

"Shego!"

"I'm here" She replied.

"I have to ask you a question about your powers"

"Ok, go ahead"

"I know your blasts can knock someone unconscious, but could your powers….kill?"

Shego shrugged nervously

"I honestly don't know, I never really tried, all my times fighting the princess I've just been focused on beating her, not of actually trying to kill her."

"That's ok, do you mind if we try?"

"Try? Try what?"

"Try to see if your powers could kill"

"Oh, a…..well I guess so"

"Good, Wade, let another in"

Vin stepped back as the next zombie came in, Shego flared her hands up. She watched as the creature came closer, she unleashed a ball of green plasma at its head. The zombie became engulfed in green fire, slowly burning it.

"Well, that's something you don't see everyday" Kim muttered.

"Yeah, it's not everyday that you see a zombie covered in green fire walking down the street" Ron added.

Shego fired another blast at it, this time the force knocked the zombie on its back, and it struggled to get up as it slowly burned. It got up to its feet again when Shego hit it with another blast aimed at its head.

This time in its weakened state, the creatures head snapped back at a impossible angle, everyone could hear the snapping of the neck as it collapsed to the ground in a ball of green flame.

Vin scratched his neck.

"Huh, didn't expect that to happen."

"No, I didn't expect that" Shego said, completely stunned by what had happened.

"Your powers are good in this scenario, it could provide us with a good cover for moving around, but to be safe I want you to take a weapon, just in case."

Shego couldn't really argue, a regular weapon would be good for her if the creatures were too close for her to hit it with her powers.

Vin headed to the table and grabbed two weapons, he turned and handed them off to Shego.

She stared at the weapons she was being offered, one was the .50cal S&W Revolver, the other was the last M1 Thompson Submachine Gun. The other was in the hands of Mr. Barkin.

"You want me to take these?"

"Why not, all you have to do is point and spray with this one" Vin said as he held up the Thompson.

Shego eventually took the weapons, surprised by how much the Thompson actually weighed, and glad it had a strap on it.

Vin turned to the table, there were only four guns left. The two glocks and two .357 magnum revolvers from Ruger, both had a lot of ammo with them, however Agent Du's weapons were 9mm. That left only one choice for Bonnie and Josh, the .357's.

Vin tossed the empty Glocks into the bag of ammo that they still had, they would be a last case only weapon now. He gave Bonnie the stub nose 357 and gave the longer barrel version to Josh.

"How come his is bigger than mine?" Bonnie argued.

Snickers were heard from Ron, Kim, Shego and Felix. Vin closed his eyes and sighed.

"Because, the smaller one should be easier for you to maneuver with and use. Size isn't everything Bonnie" Vin suddenly felt like he was talking in a high school health class.

"Ugh, Fine" Bonnie huffed.

"Just don't shoot yourself in the foot," Vin paused "On second though, shoot yourself in the foot, it will give us all some amusement"

Bonnie turned beat red, Vin just turned to address the next plan.

"Ok, now that we got the aiming and firing part down pat, mostly" Vin glared over at Bonnie and Josh.

"We could work on our escape strategies"

"Um question?" Ron said.

"Go ahead Ron"

"Why strategies, I mean do we really need more than one?"

"Yes Ron we do, one thing I've learned from Raccoon City was that no matter how many plans you have, and it's never enough. So we need as many strategies as possible."

"You keep mentioning Raccoon City, what actually happened there if I may ask?" Kim questioned.

Vin sighed, he knew he was going to have to tell them the story some time, but he dreaded that time.

"Ok, it was 1998 in Raccoon City in Upstate New York. It's a small town, similar to Middleton actually. It was one of the Umbrella Corporations main facilities, the scientists were working on multiple stains of a biological virus for military use. It was the government's hopes that they would be used to create a Super soldier with superior strength and finesse."

" However the results were not expected, the first strand called the T Virus was the one that basically turned everyone who came in contact with it into zombies, others had different effects, causing the creation of the green skinned 'Hunters' and the more advanced version 'Gamma Hunters'. Then there were the 'Lickers' which is what was after you on the football field. I'm still not certain what causes these deficiencies in the mutations, but it has to have something to do with the persons DNA."

"You said that was the first virus? There was another?" Ron asked.

"Correct Ron, the second virus, known as the G virus was the product of Dr. William Berkin. The G virus works like the T virus only faster, causing the person injected with it to mutate much faster than the anomalies that occurred for the Hunters and Lickers. Consider it the T virus on steroids."

"However, Dr. Berkin didn't want his new creation to go to Umbrella, so he ran and hid with it, he also grabbed a case of T virus, not wanting Umbrella to use the product. Umbrella officials sent in UBCS to retrieve the virus, in doing so the squad mortally wounded Dr. Berkin. However Dr. Berkin carried the one strand of G virus on his person, he injected it into himself."

"Oh man, that is sick and wrong!" Ron protested.

"In his new mutated form he slaughtered the team sent to retrieve the virus, and upon doing so he unleashed the T virus onto the entire town, infecting thousands of innocent people. Umbrella sent in five teams to 'assess' the situation, I was on one of those squads."

"I hate to keep interrupting, but this sounds surprisingly familiar" Ron said.

"Are you familiar with the game 'Zombie Mayhem' Ron?"

"Duh, it's one of the most badical series of games ever!" Ron said.

"Yeah, me and the Ronster here play it constantly" Felix added.

"Who do you think created the game?"

There was a pause.

"Oh dude, no way. No Way!" Ron argued.

"Yes way Ron. Think of it, Possum City, the U virus. It was all a ploy for Umbrella to make money off the incident. They just changed the names to something similar, hell the evil company was known as "The Raincoat Corporation", Raincoats!" Vin said.

"Wow, so we were playing a game that actually happened?"

"More or less, you want me to continue?"

"Well, maybe later. We really should get to work on those plans for escaping" Kim said.

"Good point. Our best strategy is to use the Suburban here and drive over towards the airport, there we can take control of a plane and fly out of here to a safe location."

"But I thought the truck was out of commission?" Ron asked.

"Temporarily Ron, the Apotheosis creature only got the tire, and part of the rim. We have a spare that we could slap on there and it'll be good as new."

"I don't really think we'll all fit into the truck though" Kim said.

She was right, even though they lost Tara, they now had Drakken and Shego. Room in the truck was already tight as it was with Felix's wheelchair.

"Wait, Drakken has his flying car!" Shego said.

"That's right! We could all pile in there and escape!" Kim shouted.

"No can do Kimmie, the car only could carry four at the most." Shego said.

"Then we'll use both"

Everyone turned back to Vin.

"We have Drakken, Shego, and Felix in the flying car and the rest will pile into the truck. The flying car could act as our eyes, telling us where to go and where to avoid. We'll still head to the airport though, making that our main objective. Sound good?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Ok, now that that's settled, lets get on to our route."

So ends another chapter, not much excitement as before but it gets everything set up. Next chapter will have their numerous routes and their actual heading out.

So stay tuned.

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