Back with more monstrous mayhem and blood filled killings. It has come to my attention that I never covered one crucial spot of the Resident Evil Universe, lack of ammunition. It will be brought up in this chapter and in others from now on, and one crucial weapon will be rendered useless shortly because of it, unless you count using it as a club to be still a weapon.
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Chapter 21
Field trip to the Zoo
"ETA to Target 5 minutes" The pilot's voice crackled over their headsets. Chris Redfield gave the guy thumbs up as he checked his gear again.
Jill and Carlos went over the plan with him before they boarded the helicopter; they were to arrive at the zoo and rendezvous with Agent Pellegrino and the survivors, then they would all board the helicopter and head back to FBI command. But because of their previous experience with helicopter involved missions, both Chris and Jill insisted on a backup plan incase they couldn't get back to the chopper.
The Zoo was a few miles from the airport, in the event they couldn't use the helicopter to return they would find a way to get to the airport and confiscate a plane. The reports of the survivors indicated that at least three of them had flying experience so they wouldn't have to use any crash course flying instructions, much to the relief of Chris.
Carlos patted him on the shoulder, motioning out the side window of the chopper. The zoo was in sight, he made out the clearing where they were going to be dropped off, the chopper was to circle above to keep an eye out for hostiles and the other team before they all boarded again. The only concern was the attractions that bordered the drop point, which happened to be the dolphin exhibit, and the lions, which made all three very worried.
Lions weren't a problem when they were sleeping, but the blades of the chopper would wake them, and they could be infected with the virus, the same could be said for the dolphins.
"Get ready guys, we're going in" The pilot called back before putting the chopper in a steep dive, heading quickly to the drop point.
To say that Vin was angry was a tremendous understatement, he was beyond angry, he was livid.
After he called Wesker's name one last time he proceeded to completely destroy the save room. Shelves came crashing down; objects hurled to the floor, stomping of objects, and swearing that would make a Sailor gasp.
Everyone looked on in mute shock as Vin proceeded to rip the room a new one, while Kim and Ron sat speechless near the still unconscious Mr. Barkin.
Vin hurled a large glass canister at the locked door, watching it shatter on impact before he turned to the still stunned group.
"The Emblems, NOW!" He growled
Dr. Drakken hesitantly pulled the moon emblem from his coat, his hand shaking as he did so. Vin snatched it out of his hand before he stormed over to the door and forcefully shoved the emblem in its place; a click was heard from the door.
He fished in his pocket for the other emblem and shoved that in place, which also resulted in a click coming from the door.
"Is it, unlocked?" Drakken asked nervously.
Vin responded by bashing the butt of his shotgun against the door, putting a dent in the metal. He hit it again and again, using the shotgun as a club, beating on the door around the handle area before he finally just kicked the door, breaking the lock on it as well as the hinges. Everyone watched as the door fell into the sewer floor with a massive clang.
A zombie then came into view through the doorway; Vin smashed it upside the head with his shotgun, which he was now holding like a bat.
"You low life piece of shit!" he shouted as he smashed the gun into the zombie's torso.
"How many innocent have you killed already!" He clubbed the back of the zombie's head, bringing it to the floor.
"Why do they have to suffer!" he kicked it in the midsection.
"You'll fucking pay for this, you'll FUCKING PAY!" by now he was just bashing the shotgun onto the back of the zombie's skull, the cracking of bone was heard on each hit, blood started to squirt out of the open wounds as Vin continued assaulting the zombie.
"When I get to you you'd better fucking run Wesker! 'Because I'm going to fucking murder you!"
The last blow to the zombie caved its head in, blood and brain matter started to fall out of the remnants of the skull, but Vin continued beating on the still creature, bringing blow after blow down on the already dead creature.
"Vin" Shego said quietly as she stood in the doorway, Vin continued beating on the creature.
"Vin" She placed her hand on his shoulder, the act caused him to stop what he was doing and looked up at Shego.
She could see the toll this day took on him, he looked like hell. Breathing heavily, sweating, and the look of frustration eminent in his eyes.
"I…it's just…" Vin started, trying to catch his breath and his bearings on the situation.
"I know, you're not to thrilled about the recent turn of events, Christ none of us are, but we can't have our leader flying off the handle like that, it doesn't do anyone any good"
"But…I certainly enjoyed…kicking that zombie's ass…" he joked.
"The point is that it happened, let's just work with it and move on. We need you, and more importantly they need you" She pointed towards the still stunned Kim and Ron.
He stood there, looking at Kim and Ron, then at his hands which were still holding the shotgun, the stock was split and cracked in several places and covered with a good deal of blood.
He started to regain his composure, as he did he looked into the eyes of Shego, for a villain, she was very good at giving advice, and being able to help him through the dark times he went through this hellatious day, he would have never expected one who constantly was on the side of evil could be so caring, so…human. Perhaps having their life on the line would do things like this to people. He pushed that thought aside, now wasn't the time to be dwelling on that kind of thinking, he had business to attend to.
"Thanks Shego" He said softly before he went over to Kim and Ron, to lift their spirits on the turn of events.
Shego smiled as she watched him, something was intriguing about this Vin, she couldn't figure it out just what it was, but she liked it.
"How come you never encourage me like that?" Dr. Drakken asked
"One, because all of your plans weren't worth the effort, and two, because that spoils the entertainment that usually comes afterwards"
"Weren't worth the…erg..." Drakken drug his hand across his face, trying to bury his rage.
Vin spent a good five minutes with Kim and Ron, doing everything he could to bring their spirits back, remarks that Will and Wesker were going to pay dearly for what they did. Soon everything was almost back to what it was like before the call, Vin then turned to the group.
"So, where do we stand now?"
"Where do we stand now with?" Bonnie asked.
"With everything, the recent events, ammo, plan, everything"
"We've got one seriously injured, one dead. We also have a hostage situation that in every way looks like a trap, and on top of that ammo for the shotguns is getting a little thin." Drakken said as he peered into the bag of ammo.
"What ammo do we have a lot of?" Vin asked as he peered into the bag.
"Well, it appears that we have a good amount of this 9mm ammo and the 5.56 ammo" Felix said.
"How many shells are left?"
"We have 12 loose shells, next lowest is the large caliber revolvers, both of them." Felix continued.
"Shego, you fired any from the .50 cal revolver?" Vin asked.
"None, I fired a clip from this SMG here but I still have six more left"
"It's called a Magazine Shego, clips are what gang-bangers and wannabe thugs call them" Vin corrected.
"We're still heading to the airport right?" Bonnie asked.
"Yes we are, but we're going to the zoo first"
"The zoo? Why the zoo?" Felix asked as he passed out more ammo.
"Wade was able to get out something about the zoo, I'm positive that something's going on there, so that's were we have to go. Before we move out a couple of changes, Drakken, you're carrying this shotgun," Vin un-slung his shotgun and handed it to the scientist.
"I suggest you saw the back half of the stock off for better maneuverability, plus it'll save some of the revolver rounds. Shego, you're carrying one of the glocks that's in there, Ron, you're carrying Will's MP5 and the street-sweeper, Felix is getting you're shotgun."
"What about Mr. Barkin's guns, and Monique's?" Kim asked.
"They'll be placed in the bag, along with Shego's revolver, they will be used when the shotguns are empty, Now hurry up with the exchange and let's get to that zoo"
The helicopter hovered over the grounds of the zoo, three ropes came from the doors as Chris, Jill and Carlos all slid down the ropes to the ground. As soon as they hit the ground the chopper started in its circling pattern.
"Condor to ground force, no enemies in sight, remaining on station for the call"
"Ten-four Condor, keep you're eyes peeled, ground out" Carlos spoke into the headset.
The three made a perimeter around the area, watching all around them for movement.
Before they went into the field the FBI and CIA insisted they take the headsets with them, so they were connected to the base of operations, which also had satellites above watching over them.
"Con, this is away team, any word from the Load kid on where they are?" Chris asked.
"Con, that's a negative away team, we haven't been able to re-establish communications with Load, and we've sent a team out to his location to investigate"
"Copy Con, keep us posted."
"Condor to ground units, we've got another bird in the sky here"
Carlos and Jill immediately started scanning the skies, looking for something.
"What do you see condor? A creature?"
"Negative, it's another helicopter it's flying low and fast to the airport, what are my orders sir?"
"Stay on station; we'll investigate after we make contact with this team."
"Away team, we're picking up movement from the northeast corner of your location, it's them"
Chris motioned to the manhole cover in the northeast corner of the expanse, they each moved over to it just as the heavy cover was lifted out of the way. A man came out first, carrying an AR-15, and a vintage sniper rifle, he hoisted a much larger man out of the hole and laid him down on the ground.
"You Agent Pellegrino?" Chris asked as more people came out of the hole.
Vin nodded "We need to get him to a hospital immediately" He motioned to Mr. Barkin. Jill leaned next to the man, her look agreed with Vin's.
"Condor, we have wounded here, emergency evac now" Chris sternly said into the headset.
"Roger ground, deploying gurney"
Within seconds the helicopter was over them, its winch already lowering the gurney down to the team, all while the team and survivors watched.
They hastily placed Mr. Barkin in the basket and secured him.
"Patient secured Condor"
The gurney slowly started to rise, Chris watched the others as the gurney lifted into the sky, He had a lot to ask the survivors, but he'd have to wait till they were either in the chopper or back outside the city as the sound of the rotors above them made communication difficult.
As the basket was ten feet above them a loud cry tore through the area, eliciting shock amongst the three team members, while the survivors began scanning the surrounding areas. One of them, a short haired brunette pointed over the crest of a nearby hill, causing everyone to turn to that direction.
Chris was shocked, he heard Carlos and Jill's first hand accounts of the Nemesis creature that was in Raccoon, and here he was looking into what appeared to be a mirrored image of the Nemesis creature, on it's shoulder was a rocket launcher.
"Condo, break off, hostile with a rocket launcher!" He screamed into the headset just as the creature fired the rocket.
The helicopter jerked violently to one side, applying full right rudder it just managed to move out of the rockets path at the last instant, however the sudden violent maneuver placed too much strain on the line holding the gurney, causing it to snap.
They watched helplessly as the gurney plunged into the dolphin tank, it submerged almost in contact, but thanks to its aquatic design soon resurfaced, thus, keeping the occupant from drowning.
The Helicopter broke out of hover and started back to main base, doing exactly what he was told to do when engaged by a formidable hostile. Chris was glad they made a ground plan for just this scenario. As they watched the chopper vanish over the tree tops he turned back to where he saw the creature, only there was nothing there.
"Mr. Barkin!" Kim shouted as she rushed over to the side of the tank.
"Kim careful!" Ron yelled as he grabbed her arm.
"I can get him Ron! It's only filled with dolphins!" She pleaded.
"Virus infected Dolphin's KP"
"Maybe it doesn't work on sea mammals." She said turning to Vin, who shook his head.
Just then a dorsal fin of a dolphin came to the water, bumping into the gurney and pushing it towards the edge of the tank.
"See, they want to help!" Kim said with glee.
Only after she said that a dolphin broke the surface of the dark water grabbed the gurney with its teeth and pulled it under. Much to Kim's shock.
A few moments later a dark pool appeared on the surface, Carlos turned his flashlight on and scanned the surface of the water, finding that the dark pool was blood.
"No…"Kim whispered.
A second dolphin broke the surface and spit something out of his mouth that landed at Kim's feet. It was Mr. Barkin's arm, her eyes started to go red as she glared into the black eyes of the dolphin which cackled at her before it started its backwards swimming trick they were so famous for.
"You son of a…"
Kim raised her AR-15 and fired three rounds into the retreating dolphin, catching it in the belly, jaw and flipper. It stopped its swimming and started thrashing about in the water, crying in pain.
Stunned, Ron looked at Kim, seeing her red eyes and the anger built up inside her, and how glad she seemed to be watching the dolphin flailing about in the water, slowly dying.
The thrashing ended when another dolphin took a bite out of the wounded one, followed by another, and another until the cries went silent.
Chris, Jill and Carlos bowed their heads, mourning the loss of one of the survivors.
"I knew there was a reason Wade said head to the zoo" Vin said as he approached the three figures.
Chris turned toward him.
"I'm guessing you're agent Pellegrino,"
"I was, until Umbrella stabbed me in the back again. This is Bonnie, Dr. Drakken and Shego…"
"Dr. Drakken and Shego? The take over the world people?" Jill asked curiously
"Ah Hah! You've heard of me!" Drakken exclaimed, only to be jabbed in the gut by Shego's elbow.
"The very same, they've been very crucial to our survival so far." Vin said turning back to Chris.
"That's surprising, to say the least" Chris said, looking at the two villains who were both packing some serious heat with them.
"Tell me about it, and over here is Felix, Ron and Kim Possible"
Kim turned towards the four of them, her eyes transitioning between Red to Green, causing some concern with Chris.
"Is she…"
"She was, she got the anti-virus. It gave her some additional strengths and reflexes though, hence the eyes"
"Just like Alice" Carlos said.
"Alice? You mean the first one like that?" Vin asked
"Yeah, she was infected, but never showed it, and was incredibly agile and fast" Jill finished.
"So I was right about her, you know what happened to her?"
"No idea, we think she might be in Umbrella's world headquarters in France but we don't know"
Vin nodded his head as he looked at the three standing before him.
"You were the STARS officers that went into the Mansion weren't you?" He asked.
"You're correct, Chris Redfield, and this is Jill Valentine" Chris said as he shook Vin's hand.
"You also went through Raccoon City am I right?" Vin asked Jill as he shook her hand.
"Both me and Carlos did with Alice,"
"Carlos, Carlos Oliveira?" Vin said with slight disbelief.
"It's good to see you again Sir" Carlos said with a sly smile.
"Ugh, not with this Sir shit again" Vin sighed.
"Oh come on, you know you love it" Carlos kidded again.
"So what, you guys were sent in to rescue us?" Vin asked as the rest of the group came around them.
"That was the original plan, but we planned for this, so now we head to the airport." Chris said with a smile.
Everyone else frowned.
"What, what'd I say?" Chris asked.
"There's been a slight complication with the airport" Vin started.
The helicopter touched down just outside one of the ramps that was usually used to shuttle passengers on and off of the airliners. Wesker and Will came out, dragging the families with them as they headed for one of the terminals waiting areas.
Wesker wasn't really happy, he spotted the other helicopter in the air as they flew over the city, clearly reading the FBI printed on its side in big yellow letters.
He speculated that Load was joking when he said the Feds were involved in the incident, but after they were in the air he realized the 11 year old was telling the truth.
Load himself was in some pain, after he yelled over the speaker to Vin something about the zoo Will belted him in the gut, doubling him over. He planned to use the families as bait to get Vin out here so he could be beaten by Will, then they would proceed to kill the survivors that went with them and then the families themselves before they would finally leave the town for good, but now with the FBI in the investigation, he was going to have to use the families for ransom if he wanted to get out of this town without having a SAM shot up his ass.
He checked his watch,
Soon this will all come to an end…
"Wesker" Chris growled.
Vin filled the three of them in as to the events of the sewer journey, allowing for the team to get some rest, and allowing them to remove the long boots they wore for the trek.
"What the hell is that asshole planning?" Jill asked.
"I haven't the slightest, but it can't be good for any of us. My guess is that he wants to lure us there, only to have us all killed."
"But why wouldn't he just do it when he had the chance? And why involve their families?" Carlos asked.
"Because that's how sick he is. To him this is just a twisted game, one that I'm sure he played with you two back in the mansion"
"And back with the Veronica incident" Chris said grimly.
"We have to be on our toes when we get there, he's going to have at least one surprise waiting for us."
"Right now we don't have much time, By 7 am the Feds are sending in a Nuke to vaporize the outbreak, whether we're out of it by then or not" Jill said.
Vin checked his watch, four hours is all they had to make it to the airport, deal with Wesker and Will and get the hell out.
"That doesn't leave us with much time does it?" Ron asked.
"Not really, so we better get moving" Vin said as he started off in the direction they had to go, everyone followed.
They passed a sign that was covered up by a piece of wood, Bonnie bumped into it, but continued on after the group. The wood fell, revealing what was printed on the sign.
An arrow pointing in the direction the team was heading, followed by these words:
"SHARK TANK"
Slightly shorter chapter than usual, only because certain aspects went longer than expected, which also forced my plans back another chapter. To me this is annoying, but to you readers it means that many more chapters of the story.
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