Unlikely Heroes
Chapter 11: Monstrosity
As it turned out Leon and Nicholas managed to survive their fall. Now both were walking through another section of the sewers. Suddenly they heard a gun shot and ran forward. Looking around a corner they saw a familiar female. "Ada!" Leon called to her.
"There's nothing here for you thief!" stated another voice that belonged to a different woman.
The two males saw Ada look down towards where her gun was on the floor. They knew what she was going to do. "Ada, no!" Leon shouted just as she moved. The gun was knocked away by another shot. Now the two guys could see the one who had talked before. She was wearing a lab coat and had a gun herself.
"Farewell," she whispered. Leon and Nicholas moved; the male human pushed Ada to the ground while the werewolf deflected the shot with his katana. He was that good. The enemy saw this and ran.
"So what now?" the werewolf asked. Leon and Ada both got up. "Who was that woman? She was about to kill you."
"That's my problem," she responded. "Not yours."
"Fine," stated Leon. "Don't tell us. But you better start working with me here, or we'll never make it out of this alive." Something in his look seemed to convince her and Ada nodded. This woman then took off while the two males went to find the others. The others managed to find the two guys at a junction in the sewers.
"Leon!" Claire stated. Liru just ran to Nicholas and threw her arms around him.
"You're alright," the female whispered. "I thought…"
"I'm not going anywhere," he answered. "I promise…" She leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Let's go," stated Logan. "We need to find Sherry." The humans turned on their flashlights. "Dark in here huh?"
"Yeah good thing you two have those," Cosmo commented. "We're fine, but I'm not so sure about you guys."
At that moment a few zombies came out, including a mutated frog. "Better be careful in this water from now on," Logan said when the enemies were dead.
"We just can't seem to catch a break in this place," Uma commented. Claire suddenly turned and saw more of the mutated spiders again. These were quickly shot down.
"Go now!" Napoleon shouted and everyone ran down the passage in the sewer.
"Wait, stop!" Leon ordered as some zombies dropped down from above. After these were taken care of everyone moved only to run into more spiders. Nicholas slashed them down with his katana. Then after a few more enemies a dead end appeared. Liru noticed a ladder to the left and everyone slowly climbed up it. The path lead towards a tunnel that had a green colored fan that was rotating. There was a vent above and after approaching it roaches that were huge came swarming out.
"Ugh!" Leon commented. "These things are fricken huge!"
The females all let out screams and began to attack. But due to them freaking out, the aim was poor. "You're fine, calm down!" the male human shouted. But the ones firing didn't listen.
"Everyone get back!" Logan yelled and with his wand jerked them back. He barred his teeth in a snarl before saying the next sentience slowly. "You obviously do not know WHOM YOU ARE FUCKING WITH!" With a yell he sent a trail of fire, which roasted all of the insects. When that was done Cosmo blasted away the fan.
"Come on!" Aiko cried. "Let's get out of here!"
Everyone went forward to another ladder that only went down to another section of the area they had just left. "Oh great," Leon grumbled. "Back into the sewers."
Everyone climbed down and had to fend off quite a few zombies. The group then went down a path, away from the remaining ones. But even this wasn't safe as there were more enemies. "Enough is enough!" Nicholas shouted. "I've had it with these mother fucking zombies in this mother fucking sewer!"
All the enemies were taken care of and then it was up another ladder. Sadly this didn't go anywhere at all but another way to the sewers. Everyone went through this path and just before they could turn, an enemy dropped down from above. To their shock it was the grey skinned humanoid with the trench coat. "It's him again!" Leon stated.
"You've gotta be fucking kidding," Nicholas growled. "Shit, run!" He and the other males fired before following the females. "He's going to be harder to loose than I thought!"
It took a bit of work but the group managed to do so. Now it was only a matter of getting away. That is until they saw a familiar person. "Sherry!" Claire cried out. "Wait!"
"If we loose her this time, we'll never find her again," Leon commented. Everyone ran and got through a door that was clearly the one that had been entered by Sherry. They could see there were in a room that had a platform and a few tanks. The group went forward and found another door. Just as they were about to enter a new female voice sounded out.
"Don't move!" They all whipped around to see the same woman who had shot Ada. This person also had a gun. "What is your intention here?"
"Our intention?" Nicholas repeated. "We just want to get out of this city alive."
"I don't think you understand what's going on here," Liru commented. "Now is not the time for us to be pulling guns on each other! This city has been destroyed!"
"…So?" asked the other woman.
"Please, we don't have time for this."
"Have you seen a little girl?" Leon asked.
"She's about ten years old, her name is Sherry," Claire stated.
"Sherry?!" the new woman asked in shock and lowered the gun she had to the side.
"Do you know her?"
"Sherry is my daughter." This sent a shock through everyone. "I told her to hide in the Police Station… William must be after her."
"William?" Claire asked.
"William Rirkin… He's Sherry's father. And the man who turned this city into a living hell to protect D."
"D again? What the hell is a D?" Napoleon asked.
"The D-Virus… It's the next generation virus that William and I developed, at our daughter's expense…"
"A next generation virus?" Logan asked.
"Yes," Sherry's mother stated. "It conforms a living thing and rapidly evolves it to transcendental levels. A boon for these modern times… Or so it was supposed to be. My husband was shot by men hired by Rindella and acquired all the D samples. All but one that William injected himself with to save his life. But the virus was flawed. Even if you survive the seroconversion with D…. You become nothing more than a puppet to its will. Our research was a failure. His only concern now is to procreate. People with a genetic makeup similar to his own could stand to birth superior offspring."
Suddenly the sound of a little girl screaming could be heard. Everyone looked up in shock. "Sherry!" stated her mother.
"Come on!" said Claire. "We have to help her!" This female began to run in the direction.
"I can't. I've got unfinished business to attend to."
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Claire scuffed and ran towards the scream, leaving the room. The others got up to follow.
"If the embryo's been implanted only the vaccine from the underground lab could save her." Nicholas and Leon heard this before they went after the rest. "William… Its time to finish this." In her left hand were some special looking bullets.
Meanwhile the rest of the group went through a door and saw Sherry being attacked by another zombie. Claire killed it but then the little girl ran away. "I'm scared!" she cried.
"Wait, Sherry!" Claire called out and ran after her. "It's me, Claire!" Everyone went after her. "Sherry, stop!"
They caught up to her. "Everything's alright," said Leon. "It's us."
Suddenly something seemed to ram into the floor, creating a huge shock wave. "What's going on?" Nicholas growled. It happened again and this time dust came out showing a wall had been broken.
"An earthquake?!" Pachira asked.
"That's no earthquake!" Napoleon answered.
"What was that?" Claire asked.
"Shit!" Logan cursed. "I don't believe this!" Everyone looked as saw a humongous alligator burst its way in. One look showed it was infected. Sherry ran for cover as the monster let out a roar.
"How the hell are we gonna kill this thing?!" Liru asked as she and Nicholas transformed.
"Aim for the head and mouth!" he responded. Everyone fired and that seemed to do some damage. The enemy created a huge cloud of dust by breaking more of the wall, obscuring their view. But not for the monsters who thanks to the ruin to help them see better, saw right through it. Cosmo noticed a valve above the alligator.
"I think we can use that!" He pointed and everyone saw it. They fired, creating an explosion of fire and twisted metal. That seemed to do the trick as the enemy fell to the ground, dead.
"Did we kill it?" Leon asked. Suddenly the thing reared up. "Playing dead… that's kind of sweet."
"What are you talking about?" Claire asked sarcastically as everyone backed up to fire at the enemy's mouth. They then moved back the way they came, looking for another valve to use. There weren't any they could see. The group then saw the enemy rear for another attack.
"Move!" Napoleon shouted. Everyone did, avoiding the teeth and body and heading back to where the battle originally began.
"He's coming," the male werewolf growled. "I can smell it." The creature did so and Nicholas shot it in the mouth.
"I can't take much more of this!" Aiko cried out.
They ran back a bit and Cosmo noticed some canisters to the sides. "I think that'll help!" He shot at one, breaking the chains, making it fall into the path of the enemy. The alligator clamped down on it. "Shot it!"
Claire and Leon did causing another explosion of fire. This time the enemy was down for good. "Finally it's over," said Napoleon. "I hope Sherry didn't go too far."
"She should be ok," Uma commented. "I think she now knows we're on her side."
They managed to catch up to her. After doing so, they managed to escape from the underground sewer only to be faced with a new problem. Sherry became sick. She told the rest that while she had been wandering the depths of the sewers, she had been implanted with a D embryo. But it wasn't too late. The group began their journey into the bowels of Rindella's facility to retrieve the vaccine. Now the group had finished descending down by an elevator and Leon was carrying Sherry in his arms. They lay the little girl in a security office, wearing Clare's jacket.
"How do you feel?" the said female asked as Sherry was regaining conscious. "It's okay, you're safe here." The younger female began to take off the jacket, but the older one went to her side. "It's yours now. For good luck."
"Thank you," Sherry responded weakly and lay back down.
"You miss your mommy and daddy?"
"No. They're always more preoccupied with their research. But you know… I prefer to be alone."
"Come on," Nicholas stated. "She's going to get worse. We'd better get going. Sherry, just hang in there. We're going to get the vaccine to make you better, okay? We'll be back. I promise." With that the group left the office.
"We'll have to search the rooms one-by-one," said Liru.
"Wait, I'm picking up something," commented Leon. "A signal…" He answered his radio.
"A radio signal?" Aiko asked. "From whom?"
"Do you read me?" came the reply.
"Sherry's mother?" Claire asked.
"Is Sherry there?"
"Yeah," Leon answered. "She was attacked. She's in critical condition. Where are you now?" There was no answer. "Hey, you still there?"
"Be careful… Especially with that woman."
"What woman?"
"Ada. She's a special agent sent here to retrieve the D sample. She was approaching the researchers and obtaining information about Rindella. She'll do whatever it takes to accomplish her purpose. She's highly dangerous."
The group couldn't believe it but especially Leon. "I think you're wrong," he stated. "You don't know what you're talking about. Ada isn't… " The guy then realized there was nobody anymore on the other end of the line by the static that was heard. "Dammit. She hung up on me."
"Look, we don't have time for her right now," said Nicholas.
"I know," Leon replied. "Finding the vaccine for Sherry is our top priority."
Let's go," Claire stated but then turned to see some zombies. "You've gotta be kidding me." These were quickly taken care of as well as the ones that came from behind. Suddenly the same guy with the trench coat from before descended down.
"It's Trenchy, again!" Leon yelled. "Why won't he just leave us alone?" Liru and Nicholas transformed again.
"We can't fight him here!" the female werewolf stated. "Sherry's right next door!"
"This way!" Uma said.
"Come on, Trenchy!" Logan taunted as they followed the witch. "You want some of this?"
The chase lead went into a place that was made of metal, with platforms above a pit. In the middle was an area that had some control panel. The enemy had quickly caught up. "Whoa!" Aiko gasped. "He's fast!"
The rest fighting ran to another section, which showed there was more than one entrance here with the creature waiting for them. It raised both fist to strike down Pachira. The female vampire was barely able to dodge this attack. "There's nowhere to hide!" Napoleon snarled.
After some more shots, the creature went to its knees. "Run!" Leon ordered. "We need to get him further away!" The enemy then rose up.
"That got his attention!" Claire stated. Everyone ran for the door behind them as the creature slowly advanced. Nobody saw Ada looking down from above.
"Leon," she said softly.
The group in the meantime ran back to the entrance they had come to from before to an elevator door with the enemy on their trial. There was an elevator, which they took down. "You think he'll come after us?" Aiko asked in a scared voice, clutching Logan's arm.
"That persistent thing?" he commented. "I wouldn't doubt it."
"At least we got him away from Sherry," Claire said. "But there's no way to take him down."
"We need a plan," Cosmo stated. "We're running out of time."
At that moment the doors to the elevator opened to show they were at the lab area. And right in front of them was some kind of plant that walked on thin legs and had multiple thing arms like vines. "What the hell?!" Liru asked. She fired at the creature, which went down. "What was it?! A plant?! Human?!"
"I don't think it's either one," Nicholas said. "And we don't have time to figure it out!"
"Yeah let's go."
The group then had to deal with three of the enemies that had long tongues. After them came more of the plant enemies followed by zombies, some of which were just flesh with no clothes on at all. "I don't think he's coming after us," said Claire but then a thought struck her. "Wait you don't think he's going after Sherry?"
"No I'm pretty sure he's following us," Cosmo replied. Suddenly a rumbling rocked the area. "See. I was right."
The group ran down the hall while taking out more enemies. Just as the last one went down the grey skinned creature came. "We got him out here," said Liru. "Now what? How are we supposed to kill that thing?!"
"For now we've got no choice but to run," Nicholas answered which is what everyone did. They then turned and saw the creature had already caught up.
"It's so hot in here!" Claire stated and everyone felt the heat. They went back and noticed some railings that were meant as guards for a pit.
"Wait! Down there!" said Leon. Everyone looked and most could tell what it was because of the hot liquid that was producing the heat down below. "The blast furnace! If we can just push him over…"
"Alright, come on now, Trenchy!" Nicholas taunted and he and Liru fully transformed. "Let's finish this once and for all!" The enemy followed and the fight was on.
Everyone opened fired at the enemy's head as it seemed to be the main weak point. After some of this the group backed off. "Lure him to the edge!" Napoleon stated. They could see the creature heading towards them, having recovered.
"It's gonna end right here, Trenchy!" Leon taunted.
Nicholas went in this time with his katana. The blade was a blur like he was wielding four swords at once. After a number of hits, the enemy faltered. "Just a little more…" the male werewolf growled, quickly looking over the edge.
The creature tightened its fist and raised both to attack. Napoleon was the one to send the next well aim shot at the head. Backing off the enemy came in for another attack but was stopped. Then it charged in but everyone moved out of its way. "Gotcha!" the male vampire stated. Suddenly he was grabbed by the creature and taken over the edge to the next level below. The rest followed down.
"Are you alright?" Pachira asked, going to his side.
"I think so," he responded and gave her right arm a gentle, reassuring squeeze.
"Where did he go?!" Leon asked. They couldn't see the enemy.
"What's that?" Aiko asked, looking over to the center of the platform they were on. Everyone went over.
"It's a control panel," Cosmo answered. "Probably for the blast furnace."
Suddenly they all heard the sound of something flexing. Whirling around it was the enemy with both fists raised. The group barely made it before these came smashing down into the control, breaking it. A feminine voice then came out on a loud speaker. "Warning! Safety hazard has been detected. Please rectify the cause, immediately. If the current emergency state is not resolved, self-destruct system will be activated."
"Self destruct?!" Leon asked as the fight continued.
"I can't believe this!" Claire stated.
"We're sitting ducks in here!" Nicholas growled. "This way, hurry!" The group went down a ladder to the final floor that was above the molten liquid. "Good, we can fight him now." He went to the edge.
"Watch out!" Liru warned. "There aren't any handrails!"
"Even better!"
Everyone then turned and saw the creature. "There you are," Leon replied. The final phase began. While the enemy did run to attack, making it harder to hit, it wasn't impossible. "C'mon!" stated the male human after a round of this. "Is that all you got?!"
"He looks angry!" Claire pointed out after two more rounds of this had gone by.
"Good!" Napoleon responded. He then taunted the enemy. "I'm right here! What you gonna do?!"
The creature raised its right fist up and jumped high in the air. The male vampire moved as the enemy came down, the fist leaving a huge indentation in the metal floor where Napoleon had been.
A couple more rounds then happened. "Just one more push…" Cosmo stated. The final blow was given by Nicholas. "Good! Now!"
Steam then came out, obscuring the creature. It reached down and with monstrous strength ripped off one of the metal panels. Claire was on it and got knocked over the edge. "Claire!" Leon yelled. The metal landed in the molten liquid. The guy looked over the edge and could see the female on the final level.
"Don't worry, I'm alright!" she responded.
Suddenly the enemy grabbed Leon from behind and threw him. He landed painfully and was then picked up by the head. The creature's fist was big enough to do so. Before anyone could react, something came out and hit the enemy in the back. They all turned and saw it was Ada who had fired a small rocket, big enough to fit inside a tube of lipstick. The thing exploded, causing the creature to drop Leon and go to its knees. The female cocked a gun at the enemy's head. "Just another of Rindella's failed experiments…"
The creature suddenly looked up and grabbed her gun. Ada pulled the trigger, which caught the enemy right in the eye, brining out blood. Roaring in pain, the creature threw the female into the pillar that had the controls for the furnace. The thing grabbed its head in agony and stepped back. It was one too many and it fell over the edge. Everyone else saw it fall into the molten liquid. "Walk away from that you son of a bitch," Nicholas growled. He and Liru transformed back into their regular forms. Leon ran right over to Ada.
"Ada!" he exclaimed, and placed his arms under the female human. She opened her eyes.
"This place is gonna blow," she replied. "There isn't much time left. Leon… You have to get out of here."
"No, not without you," he answered.
"It's strange. I barely know you, but I knew you would say that." Her right hand came up to stroke the male's face.
"Ada…" Leon breathed. The two met in a kiss which some of the others in the group noticed.
"Favor returned," Ada replied before slipping back to unconsciousness. The male human had no choice but leave the female behind since she appeared to be dead.
"Guys, we're really out of time," said Claire as a warning siren came on. "Some of you stay here and I'll go get Sherry's vacc-"
"It's too dangerous," Nicholas interrupted her. "We're all going with you." The female human nodded in thanks. "Let's do this."
"I don't know what's going on here, but I don't think time is on our side," Uma commented.
The group headed back the way they came and had to deal with a few zombies. Around the next corner some came from above and lying on the ground. But more kept coming from behind. "Great!" Napoleon yelled. "Do we really have to waste bullets on you guys?!"
Claire threw a grenade, which took care of most of them. Soon everyone was back on the elevator that had been used before. They were then heading back up and back to the same area from before were more zombies were taken out. "We need to find the entrance to the lab," Cosmo commented.
"Yeah, let's go," Aiko replied. "We're running out of time."
The group went through a door that lead them to an area that had multiple ways to get in but also a center area with controls. "I guess it won't be that easy, huh?" Leon asked as he saw the zombies in here. Everyone fired, disposing of them. They then went down to another door.
It was here that in a hallway Sherry's mother had been cornered by William. He was even more mutated. Now he had four arms, one of which was clawed, the last of his human head buried but still visible in the chest of the new body. The color was black. The creature began to advance. "William! Don't you recognize me?!" the female human asked. "I'm your wife, Annette!" She held up her left hand, showing the ring on it. William stopped as well and seemed to regard her. Annette loaded a gun with special bullets. "William, I'm sorry. But I've got to put an end to D."
The creature roared and lunged forward just as she fired. A few moments latter the group arrived and William was nowhere to be seen. Annette was up against the wall, breathing heavily. Blood poured from a wound on her. Everyone else rushed over. "D is… growing even stronger," Annette managed to choke out. Logan could tell it was too late to save her even with his magic. Had he been here earlier the wizard could have done something. "If you don't stop this, Sherry will…" The human female couldn't finish the thought. But there was no need to; everyone understood.
"Annette… please, we need to find the vaccine," said Claire.
"The P-4 Lab on the bottom floor… Please…" Annette grabbed Nicholas's left arm. "Help Sherry. Tell her… That even though I failed as a mother… I have always loved her." Her arm fell and the female died.
"Let's go," said the male werewolf. "We need to find a way down to the lowest level."
The group found a door and went through to find some stairs, but it was beginning to be over run by plant life. "What is this place?" Leon asked.
Two more plant like enemies had to be defeated. And everyone could see a stalk of some kind that was moving. It had to be the leader of the plant like creatures. Then it was a climb down and through a door were regular zombies had to be taken care of. But then came a couple of cleared areas with no enemies. Although there were corpses on the floor. From there it was onto a straight path. "It's so quite," Liru commented as they went down another hall.
"Yeah…" Logan replied. "Not to mention…"
They then came into a surveillance room. Some of the monitors were working, and some weren't. There were also files in here that Nicholas grabbed and began to quickly look through. They all had information on the different types of enemies that had been encountered so far.
Cosmo went up to one of the screens and saw something that made his breath catch in his throat. "Guys, look at this!" Everyone else did and saw the hallway they had just come from. But something was coming; another of the enemies with long tongues. Thanks to the files Nicholas had picked up the male was able to identify them as Lickers. The name made sense. It then came along with a couple more, which were quickly shot at. Then it was through another door that had strange walls that looked like the inside of nest.
"What did this?" Leon asked. Suddenly he looked up. "Goddammit!" Above were huge grubs of some kind that were shot down before they could attack. What came next was something wasn't expected. A huge moth of some kind.
"Oh my god!" Claire exclaimed.
"It's huge!" Logan said. He and Uma used their magic to whip up some fire to fry the enemy along with more grubs which looking closer were actually larvae. Aiko then looked to her left and saw the door.
"P-4 area lab! Let's go!" she exclaimed.
They went in and made it to a control panel that would make the vaccine. "Let me at it," Cosmo said as he began to do the work. The rest of the group had to attack the zombies that came in. "There it's ready." The male android pocketed it and everyone headed back towards Sherry. The group made their way back, fighting off all that stood in their way.
Then another announcement came on. "Self destruct countdown initiated. East Area lockdown complete. All employees must evacuate to the platform immediately."
"We have to hurry!" Claire exclaimed as the group made it to a section that had an override system and was in a column like structure. Platforms connected to it that led to other areas. They had just gotten to the control section when a metal pipe came out of nowhere, hitting the controls, and shutting them down.
"What the?!" Liru asked.
"God dammit!" Nicholas growled. "What's going on?!"
Then to their surprise and horror, William came in. "Is that William?!" Claire gasped.
The enemy reared its big clawed hand back but Leon along with Napoleon were ready and fired at the eye like structure on it. Both werewolves transformed and got in the next strikes. A couple more then happened. "Now!" Claire ordered and the whole group went out of the control area to a door.
"What?!" Uma asked in horror. "it's jammed!"
"It's because the system is down!" Cosmo explained as they all turned to face the enemy.
"It's coming!" Claire cried as William jumped high in the air. Before he could come down with his huge left clawed hand, Napoleon and the rest of the guys fired, causing the mutated male to go to his knees. Then a couple more shots at the huge eyeball brought the enemy down.
"Is he dead?" Aiko asked.
"Yeah, he's dead," Logan answered.
"I'm not so sure," Nicholas commented. The male werewolf could still see the eye like structure twitching.
"We need to reboot the system," said Pachira. "Otherwise we won't be able to get back to Sherry." The group then hurried a grunt and turned around to see William's mutated body stirring but also smoking.
"What the-?!" Leon asked.
"I knew it!" Nicholas snarled.
"Did he transform?" Liru whispered.
"Shit!" the male human commented. "I thought we killed him!"
William rose up and turned to the group with a roar. They could see the head at the top was white with glowing red eyes. The human head he once had was gone. Some kind of ring with spikes was in the chest area. Both of the regular arms were clawed along with the other two that were in a wing like position. The skin color was grey with dull red in some parts. "Here he comes!" Napoleon yelled out.
"I don't believe this!" Leon commented as the enemy came in with a kick that sent the group scattering. For a brief moment another throbbing eye could be seen on the back of one of the arms. Cosmo and Logan fired at it, causing some damage. Another shot caused the enemy to falter.
"Now!" Claire stated. "We might be able to get through another door!" She had hardly moved when the mutated enemy came down. The female was just able to dodge the attack.
"How the hell did he get so strong?!" Logan asked.
"He must have evolved!" Uma cried.
"Is this what the D-Virus does?!"
Suddenly William came bursting in from below and these two were barely able to dodge the attack. "What are we gonna do?!" Leon asked after a few shots were fired.
"Keep fighting back!" Nicholas growled and struck with his katana. Eventually enough slashes from the guy were enough to send the enemy over the edge.
"We did it!" Liru stated. But a few moments passed and the sound of grunting and climbing could be heard. The group then saw William climbing the wall. "Oh god…"
The enemy had transformed into a four legged creature with two extra arms. The spikes on the chest had now become a mouth with the lower jaw of the grey head becoming part of it. "I don't believe it!" Logan exclaimed. "He's getting bigger!"
The mutated enemy jumped down from above, and would have crushed Claire and Liru had the two not moved at the last second. Getting up they saw some of the platform had been taken after William had landed. "This is crazy!" Nicholas stated as the mutated enemy climbed back up. The process of evading and firing kept up for a few minutes. At one point the enemy managed to grab the female werewolf who attacked with everything she had. Dropping her, William fell to the edge of broken section of platform. He then tried to climb back up.
"I'd hate to see what would happen if this thing ever got out!" Logan stated as he fired.
"We need to finish him off right here and now!" Pachira commented. Suddenly William lashed out and Liru slid down the broken section since it had been bent downward. She was somehow able to hold on.
"LIRU!" Nicholas shouted.
"I'm bringing you down!" the female werewolf stated and attacked. It was enough and the mutated enemy let go, fallen down bellow.
"Did we do it?" Claire asked weakly.
"We don't have time to wait around and find out," Leon answered. "Once we give Sherry the vaccine, we're outta here."
Liru was pulled up by Nicholas and in his arms. "Thank god…" he whispered. "I thought you were going to die."
She blushed but hugged him back. "Never," the female responded. "Come on, let's move."
The group made it back to Sherry and the vaccine worked. But time was running out. The seconds of the countdown to self-destruct slipping by, and their only escape was through a hidden subway. They could tell by the announcement that came on. "Initiating final stage of the facility self destruct protocol. All employees must evacuate to the platform immediately."
"Let's go," stated Leon. "We're done here."
"Come on Sherry," said Claire.
"Ok," the little female responded.
"Move!" Nicholas yelled as he slashed at some plant like enemies who stood in the way. More enemies came out as the group began to make their way down. "Great! I guess this is the farewell party."
They quickly made it to the elevator and down to the level where the subway was. Inside there were a couple trains that were rectangular in shape, colored dull red and white. Before they could get on, everyone turned to see to their surprise the same grey skinned creature that had been defeated in the blast furnace except the trench coat was off, revealing a muscular body. Parts of it had some kind of orange lines, the hands had gotten bigger and clawed. "Wait! You're-" Leon stated.
"I thought he fell into the blast furnace…?! said Claire.
"God damn it! He's supposed to be dead!"
"This thing won't go down easily!" Nicholas snarled as he and Liru fully transformed. "This thing's a Titan! The ultimate life form that keeps evolving! I read about in those files we picked up! It's hard to kill these thing since they can regenerate!"
"We've gotta stop him!" Claire stated as everyone began to attack. "Sherry, get on! Hurry!"
"Alright! Be careful!" she replied.
After the younger female got on, the others kept firing. After a certain amount of hits, Leon looked behind him. "The stairs!" he stated, and everyone ran for them. There was a section above the vehicles and the enemy jumped up to where they were with its incredible strength. Then a game of chase, moving, and attacking began. It went all over the room with trying to defeat this enemy. At one point the guy even used his immense strength to move one of the empty trains down the track to crush some of the group. Then came a moment when the titan jumped up, trying to spear some of them on the claws it had. But it got stuck in the ground, which everyone used to deliver the final blow. But when that happened the creature was able to become unstuck and jumped back. The group could see it flexing and healing. "No way!" Leon stated. "Is he regenerating?!"
"I told you this thing could do so!" Nicholas stated.
"How the hell are we supposed to kill this freak?!" Claire asked.
Suddenly a familiar voice could be heard. "Here! Use this!" Everyone turned to see a rocket launcher.
"That voice…" said Liru. "But how?"
"Damn it!" Logan stated. "You son of a…!" Cosmo picked up the new weapon as the rest focused on the enemy who was jumping around the place before coming in for an attack. Luckily everyone was able to move out of the way before attacking. Then the male android fired, killing this thing for good.
"We got him!" Claire exclaimed. Leon looked back to where the voice had come from. The one that belonged to Ada.
"That voice we heard…" he said.
"Leon, hurry!" Nicholas stated as the rest of the group began to board the train. The male human came with them. Soon the vehicle was moving, away from the area that would blow up. Liru was next to the male werewolf, holding onto him for comfort. Likewise he had his arm around her.
"It's over…" said Napoleon.
"Not yet," Claire replied. "I still have to find my brother."
"Then when we get out of here you should rest at our place," Nicholas commented. "We have enough room."
Suddenly something shook the whole train, which everyone felt. "What the…?!" Logan asked. "What was that?!"
"Claire?" Sherry asked in a scared voice.
"Everything's alright," replied the older female human. "I'll go have a look."
She and the group made their way to where the source of the shaking had come from. Suddenly from the very last car in front of them came a tentacle. The section bulged outward and came apart as a monstrous monster of large size destroyed the door. More tentacles came into the car as the creature let out a groan. "Sheeerryyy…!"
"Guys, it's him again, isn't it!" Claire exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's William!" Leon commented. The rest of the mass emerged, showing how much the guy had mutated. Now it was just a blob with tentacles and eyes like before.
"He followed us all this way?!" Nicholas stated as he and Liru fully transformed.
"This is ridiculous!" Pachira exclaimed.
"Bastard!" Napoleon snarled. "We've gotta ditch this thing!"
"Shreeerrryyy!" William moaned loudly as the tentacles were shot to make them back off. Everyone fired at the main mass where the eyes were, occasionally dodging the sections of metal the enemy threw at them. Eventually a few were able to get closer and see something.
"Damn it! It's hanging onto the train!" Cosmo said.
"What are we gonna do?" asked Aiko.
"There's got to be a way…"
Everyone kept up the fight. Then a mouth erupted from the center of the mass. "Aim for that!" Leon yelled. Logan did so, causing it to retreat. The enemy seemed like it was about done. The male human then noticed that the coupler that had been covered up before. "Aim there!" Nicholas did so, separating the car William was on with the main train. Quickly the guy disappeared. The vehicle then came out of the tunnel it had been traveling into a place that showed mountains behind it. Even at this distance the non humans could sense the explosion that happened. Everything inside had been destroyed. The whole group slowly walked down the remaining track that was left.
"We're gonna be ok now, aren't we?" Claire said to Sherry who nodded.
"Sherry…" Leon stated and the little girl turned to look at him as everyone stopped walking. "I have something to tell you… about your mother." The news was told causing the youngest female to hold Claire and cry. "The vaccine that saved you… It was from your mother. She loved you very much. Always has. Right up till the end."
"No, that's a lie," Sherry sobbed. "Mommy never…" She couldn't finish the sentience.
After that, Nicholas and his group managed to get back with Claire to their mansion. She rested for a few days before setting alone to find her brother. The male werewolf promised to find out anything that he could and for her to do the same. They kept in contact along with Leon. He and Sherry were rescued by US government agents who were in the area. They were looking for men like Leon to help the threat that was beginning to spread around the world; not just in Japan. And just like that, Leon found himself in the service of the US government. Still all of this would lead to something even bigger than first thought. And it would happen after this mission.