Disclaimer: I don't own Resident Evil. For things that I own, check the list in my bio. Har har!
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Chapter 2: Scandal
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I staggered on the dark street, I visions were blurred. Things I saw or I didn't, it was a complete mess. It was so quiet… I could only hear my disoriented breaths and the echoing of my footsteps. I pushed against the hard walls as I walked, staggered and forced myself through the black winding walkway. I smirked at myself for my own stupidity, but then again…
What am I doing?
Where am I?
What happened?
I couldn't remember… As I walked out the alley, I looked up. The dark sky beckoned me as roars of thunders and flashes of lightning began. I quickly followed the path down. If I recalled correctly, just a few more turns. Just a few more turns and I should be home… I quickened my pace, ignoring the droplets that started to fell on me. For some very weird and strange reason, my memories seemed to have scrambled…
I felt weakened after walking so much, not to mention under the heavy rain and wind. I remembered the winds from the monsoon season. Frightening, yet soothing as well. As I balanced myself, I saw a figure walking, coming towards me. I extended my hand… and everything went black.
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"Doctor, please! Listen to me. You're only going to harm yourself if you continue like this. Letting experiments loose just like that! Umbrella won't be happy about this!" The voice yelled at the woman in white suit as she sat on her office chair, looking outside towards the city from her office. A hand holding the receiver of a phone, and another a cup of hot coffee. She was victorious… nothing he said could reverse that now.
"Oh, but I am very happy with my own accomplishments given the current circumstances." She answered proudly. "I worked days and nights for this day, and it looked like everything finally pays." And she sipped the liquid from her cup.
"You don't understand the stand-"
"Screw the standard protocols!" She shouted at the receiver, her voice forceful. "If you want results, you need to take a leap of faith. That was what I did."
"Look here, I-"
"YOU look at me. I don't need you to stop my work. As you can see, I already submitted my results to the higher ups and they are VERY interesting at MY project!"
Complete silence. Good, she needed that if she was going to make him stop bothering her. It was time to give the final strike.
"If you're not going to help me, then don't be a hindrance. If I were you, I would have looked at my own project before messing with someone else's. Good bye."
"Look! Umbrella had already determined that we're an expendable asset. If you don-"
And she slammed the receiver down, hard. Her smile was still wide on her face. With this, she was not going to lose…
No, I won't lose. I had come too far to lose now. To lose here is to lose everything.
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I saw books, flipping its pages as the wind blew… on a bench in the park. I remembered the long grass, and the old oak behind it. It was so familiar… yet it was so distant… I moved nearer to the book as its ancient pages flipping itself over and over again. Suddenly, everything became a blur as the book shattered, images winding and twirling.
At that moment, I knew I was dead, yet very well alive at the same time.
Why?
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"-aking up."
I opened my eyes, and shut them again as I shielded the flushing light into my eyes. I moaned for a while as I heard voices around me, some gasping and some groaning. I couldn't understand… where was I? Things were so chaotic in my mind… Everything… I sprung up to a sitting position.
"Huh? What happened?" I asked the people around me. They were all wearing the same blue uniform. Cops. My eyes stared at a particular woman as she was grinning at me. "I found you outside. Strange how a missing people just turned up like that, huh?"
"What missing people?" I looked at her, confused. "What missing people?" She asked me as she looked at her colleagues. "Now, I am confused. Don't you know you had been reported missing by your neighbors four months ago?"
"Four… months?"
"Hey, you got this covered right? I need to go and see our equipments are ready to roll today. Stupid rain yesterday night messed up the whole thing…" The large man grumbled as he gone out the room. Now that he thought about it… what was that about four months again?
"I- I'm sorry…" I stuttered a while as I tried to find a way of not being reticulated. "What was today's date?"
"You suffered a head injury or something? Today's 10th of September…"
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He sat at the edge of the building, the wind howled at him and his ash blonde hair. He wore a pair of sapphire earrings, and his brown eyes stares throughout the city. Doomed city, actually. He smiled at himself as he let out a laugh. He knew what would happen here eventually.
The wheel had turned, and it was too late for anyone to stop it now. Well, anyone in this place anyway. Things would be bound to get interesting… The only thing was…
"How the hell am I going to find the key in this place…" He grumbled. He had to be fast. If everything turned out the way it should be, he had less than a month. He dragged himself away from the edge, and stood up. He wasn't exactly muscular, but the tight jeans and leather jacket he wore made him more muscular than he looked.
His forlorn smile faded as the wind became stronger, carrying the small of decay and death…
He sighed. The other missions were so much simpler.
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After finally finishing the procedure and signed the piece of paper, I was finally released from the precinct. I was always in awe of this place… Hopefully, things would return the way it was. I had (Of course) reasoned with the officers that everything would be alright, but I was still placed in an observation period. I sighed as I wondered what happened to the apartment.
The apartment!
If mom's back… I'll be doomed…
"Hey, you alright? You looked a bit pale." The policewoman stared at me as she took back the piece of paper. I shook my head vigorously as she laughed.
"Really, it's okay. I can handle it."
"Anyway, you're sixteen? You sure don't look like one."
"Please, don't start about it."
"Anyway, I should warn you about something. The streets weren't as peaceful as it used to be. So stay in your house, your apartment or wherever you live, okay?"
"I'm not a twelve-year old."
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Note: Well, I make a four months time-skip. Ha ha… pathetic, I know. At first, I was going for two months, but after several failed attempts in assimilating the other characters, I was thinking "what the hell" and just throw the poor kid into September. sigh Anyway, there will be a long stop for this story because I need to set up the other part of the stages first… Stay tune, and thanks for everyone (If anyone) reading this. Bow