Unlikely Heroes
Chapter 17: Island Prison
Claire had been trying to find her brother again since he had somehow gone missing. Jill wasn't in any state to find him after the incident back in the city. While Carlos began to work with Leon, he told those from the netherworld that the sibling had been captured while trying to find her brother. She had gotten shipped off to a prison on an island. The monsters were quickly headed there to pick her up. On the way they read up on the owner, which lead to some interesting stuff; including a name that had been found by Nicholas back at the mansion when it was still standing on a file.
The warden was tied to a family. They were aristocrats, entitled and sustained by a greed for power. Having been involved in the foundation of Rindella, the Rashford family had also independently performed research on a different virus called the Leronica virus. However, fifteen years ago, Alexander Rashford, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. To make things worse, Alexander's daughter, Alexia, the same one found on that file and a child prodigy who played a key role in the research, died at a young age. Her untimely demise brought an end to the Leronica project and the Rindella files show that all research was apparently lost. The Rashord lineage gradually lost its power to the corrupt hands of the Rindella Corporation. Alexia's brother, Alfred was demoted to a mere supervisor and he was sent to command a private detention facility on an isolated island in the southern seas alone. The same one the group was heading towards.
However upon arriving, they discovered they were walking into a war zone. Bombers were attacking the island. And with that came trouble; zombies and other BOWs were set loose. The group wasn't going to stop because of this and made their way in. They did so just in time to see a young man who was human running for his life and stop to catch his breath. He had one earring on the left ear and a hairstyle similar to Leon's only darker in color. His outfit contested of a collar, and a blue over shirt with a yellow one underneath. "Damn it!" he stated. "Which way?"
Suddenly a familiar female appeared and cocked her gun behind his head. The male raised his hands in the air. "Wait! I wasn't trying to escape. I just… The alarm sounded and the door unlocked. I thought… that I…"
"Rockfort Prison, detainee 267," the female said, reading this off the back of his jail shirt. It was Claire. "I guess you're not with Rindella then, aren't you? I'm Claire Limefeild."
"Damn, girl," the male human said and began to turn to face her. "You scared me."
"Eyes forward," she stated and cocked her gun again to make him turn the other way. "So, what's your name?"
"My name's Steve," he answered. This time he was allowed to turn and face Claire. "You don't look like one of them. They get you to?"
"Yeah, you could say that."
"I can see you haven't lost any of your touch," Nicholas finally spoke up. The humans jumped and looked to see the netherworld monsters appear from their hiding place. "So, how's it going?"
Claire smiled and went over to fist bump the males and hug the females. "It's good to see you again."
"A rescue party?" Steve asked.
"Mainly to get her, but you're free to come with us," the male werewolf stated with a shrug.
"What's happening on this island?"
"Someone's attacked… Caused a biohazard."
"Biohazard?" the male human asked.
"There's no time to explain everything," Claire pointed out. "Let's just get out of here."
"Well, feel free to leave," Steve replied. "No one's stopping you." Suddenly out of the corner of his eye he spotted a zombie. The guy just fired and got it right through the head.
"What the…?!" he yelped. Suddenly another one appeared. "What the hell's going on here?!" More began to show. "Why are they after us?!"
"Look… you got two choices here, kill or be killed," Claire ordered and fired. "Your call."
Suddenly more enemies began to erupt from the ground. Now the others could see they had glowing orange spots. These zombies were different. "It'd be nice to have another option, but.. Oh, well!" Steve stated.
More began to show up. "Damn!" Logan said. "How many are there?!"
"Over here!" Claire ordered. The group went to a different section and the female human slammed the door that led to it shut. She then took a look. "This must be a detention facility."
"Yeah," Steve replied. "This is where I was locked up."
"Anyone else in here with you?" Uma asked.
"Yeah. I broke free right after all this happened. I've no idea what caused this."
"Look, there's some information I need to find out," said Claire. "Were there any computers around here?"
"They're three," Steve responded. "The guards had. Only used them for games… Oh, and porn, too."
The other males gave him a look while the female human was unfazed. "Maybe I'll be able to find out what happened to Chris…"
"Well, I guess it's not your kind of humor."
"Wait, where are you going?" Napoleon asked as Steve began to walk away.
"Claire wants to use the computer, right? Follow me."
They did so but then the male human had to kill a zombie that crawled from a ventilation shaft. Then to their shock, they heard something, then saw the dead enemy being taken, and a pool a blood form. "Something's under the building!" Claire stated.
"What else are we gonna be dealing with?!" Steve asked.
"Let's get inside!" Liru said.
They opened the door and went in. The place was a mess with a couple of dead bodies in what appeared to be the eatery. There was blood on one of the tables. "I know it's a mess, but feel free to make yourself at home," Steve commented.
"Oh, god…" Claire whispered. "What happened here?:
"Wish I knew. I took off without looking back." He then spotted the computers behind a wall made of chain link fence. "There. I hope it still works." The guy walked over to the door and opened it.
"What was that?!" Aiko suddenly asked. Everyone looked to see the female android looking at another door.
"I think it was just the wind. Look, what are you trying to find out anyway Claire?"
"Uh… that's not wind," Cosmo pointed out.
"Yeah, I know, but…" Steve replied. Claire began to walk to the door. "Hey! Great, now I gotta deal with this girls power trip on top of everything else."
"Stop you're bitching and let's look," Nicholas growled. The male werewolf opened the door and the group could see this was the sleeping area. And it was a wreck with dead bodies and blood on the bunk beds.
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Napoleon said as they made it to a window.
"We should probably get back," Pachira commented. She then jumped upon seeing a zombie at the window. "So that's what been making the noise."
Suddenly the zombies in the room rose up, trapping the group. They fought their way out and even those that had appeared in the eatery. Now the computer could be used. Claire went to it and began to type the information while bent over since there was no chair. "Looks like my brother was never even here," she said. "Rindella probably doesn't know where he is, either."
"What did he do?" Steve asked. "Why are they after him?" Nicholas looked and could see the male's eyes were checking Claire bent over like this and smirked. The werewolf had done so before with Liru.
"I don't know…" the female human responded and began to turn. The other one quickly pretended to be more interesting in twirling his gun so as not to get caught. "But he's been missing for three months." Claire turned back to the screen allowing Steve to look again. "I was in Paris looking for him. I broke into one of Rindella's labs. But I got caught."
"And you were sent here."
"What about you? What's your story?"
"It's dumb," Steve responded with a sigh. "you don't wanna know."
"Just tell me!" Claire said with amusement in her voice.
"I didn't even do anything. Some other jackass screwed up. And landed the two of us in here."
A beep then sounded on the computer and Claire took a look. "So we're in the Southern Hemisphere…."
"Yeah," Nicholas finally commented. "So you don't know much about this place, do you?" The guy went on to explain about it and Alfred. There was even a picture of him in the room.
"That's not all," Steve pointed out. "Rumor has it, he went mad from loneliness."
"But why would anyone wanna bomb this place?" Claire asked. She then focused on the computer. "Anyway, I've got to contact Leon. He'll come for us."
Right as soon as this was finished, more zombies began to show up. "Aw shit!" Nicholas shouted and everyone fired.
"Let's head for the back door!" Claire suggested.
"We don't no where it leads!" Logan pointed out. Everyone still followed Steve outside.
"I guess they stopped following us," he said when looking showed none of the enemy was. Suddenly zombie dogs came out and were shot. "Looks like it wasn't just humans who were turned!"
Now they had to fight their way through some more monsters. Then they were back to where they had started. "We can't go straight," Claire stated. "Nothing but the solitary cell down that way."
"Then we'll need to go this way," Cosmo commented and took down another zombie.
"We don't have time!" Aiko stated. "They're closing in!"
"Not for long!" Pachira said and got the way open. She slammed the door shut behind after everyone got through. The group could see a bridge that went to another part.
"That must be our way out of here," Uma commented.
"Let's find out," Logan agreed. Suddenly everyone heard a woman's voice singing. They even saw a figure in the distance. From the movements, this person was the one doing it. When it was finished, she began to walk away.
"Wait!" Claire called after her and was stopped by Steve from following.
"What are you gonna do?" he asked. "She must be out of her mind singing a lullaby at a time like this."
"That's exactly why I can't leave her out here all alone."
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," the male human groaned. "Me and the others should've just left you alone, too."
More zombies were then shot down. They began to cross but then a sound made them stop. "Is that a bird?" Aiko asked.
"No, the sound's not right," Nicholas replied. "Sounds more like-" Suddenly an explosion happened at one of the ventilation systems. Then through a hole thousands of bats flew out to attack the group. "Shit! Run!" the male werewolf yelled. Logan and Uma whipped out their wands and fired lighting at the enemy. That seemed to do the trick and everyone ran for some stairs. The path led them to a different section on the island. By this point it was raining.
"That woman…" Liru said. "I wonder where she went."
"I won't be surprised if we find her dead body," Napoleon commented.
"Let's go straight," Steve suggested. "Hopefully, this will lead us off the island."
Suddenly the sound of bats was heard. "Our little friends are back!" Logan stated.
"Are they following us or what?!" the male vampire in the group asked.
Suddenly zombies also appeared behind them. "Just follow my lead!" Steve ordered.
They all ran for it but the bats came back in to attack. Logan and Uma shot more lighting and this time the male human saw it. "What the-?!" he began to ask but was then distracted by when more zombies came out. Nicholas sliced at the throats, putting them down with his katana.
"Keep moving!" the male werewolf growled. The rain was really beginning to come down. Soon the path led to a building.
"I wonder what this is for?" Claire asked. They all ran in and slammed the door shut. They looked and it had the appearance of another mansion.
"is this that woman's house?" Steve asked.
"Not another of these," Logan groaned.
Uma went over to try a door on the first floor. "It's locked," she stated. Liru let out a yelp as suddenly some of the bodies in here came up to attack. They were quickly shot down.
"Aren't there any other normal human beings left?!" the male human in the group asked.
"How are we going to find her with so many of these things coming at us?!" Claire stated.
They then went to the stairs and heard a noise. "Footsteps?" Nicholas wondered out loud and then raised his voice. "Is someone there?" There was no answer.
They then climbed up the stairs and found a picture, a huge one showing a woman in a purple dress wand white gloves. "That's her," Steve said. "The one we saw."
"Alexia Rashord," Claire stated as she read the plate below the painting.
"Wait… She was part of the Rashord family?"
"It says here she died some time ago…"
"That woman we saw couldn't be her," Nicholas commented. "She should be long dead."
Suddenly creepy female laughter was heard, and everyone turned but didn't see who did it. "Feels like we're walking into a trap…" Cosmo said.
They went to a door on the left side and found themselves in some kind of room that seemed to be a parlor room. Aiko went over to one piece in the room. "What is this?" she asked.
"It's an antique music box," Claire explained. Nicholas in the meantime went to the table here and noticed the teapot, cups, and saucers. There was tea in them and steaming.
"They're still warm," the male werewolf stated. "Something's not right about this."
Suddenly a protector turned on, throwing up an image on one of the walls. It fettered two children; clearly a younger Alfred and Alexis. It then turned to an image of the young male pulling off the wings of a butterfly in a cruel fashion. Albert then dropped the dead wingless insect in an area of ants that he and his sister watch be eaten. "I think we've seen enough to know that this isn't a good idea,' said Steve.
"Yeah, I think it's time to go," Claire agreed. Cosmo led the way out and a couple zombies that had been corpses before were there to attack. The male android killed them with two quick punches. The group went back down the stairs and approached the door that would lead out. Before they could Steve noticed a red line pointed at the back of the female human's head. The one belonging to a snipe riffle.
"Look out!" he shouted and moved her out of harms way just as the shot went off.
The group went behind some pillars and looked. At the tops of the stairs stood a young man with short pale blonde hair and a red military like suit. In his hands was the sniper riffle. "I am Alfred Rashford," he said loud and clear. "Son of Alexander Rashord!"
"That's him," Steve pointed out.
"Why have you come to disturb us?! Was is you?! Was it you who spread that wretched virus across my island?!"
"That's got nothing to do with us!" Claire answered back. "Look, we all need to get outta here right now! OK?!"
Albert let out a laugh; one that had madness in it. "Fools…" he said. "She's only just now returned to me." He stepped back to look at Alexis's picture and fell down two steps before catching himself. "Why would I want to leave?!"
"Who? You mean… Alexia?" Claire asked.
"She always did enjoy playing games. And she has come up with the most splendid game for us to play!"
"Games…?" Steve asked weakly.
"This guy's clearly mad," Nicholas growled. Liru who was next to him nodded in agreement.
"If you survive our challenge… I will personally present you with a getaway plane as your prize!" Albert held up a key that went to it before putting it in his pocket. "Ready?! Let the game begin!" He cocked his weapon at the group.
"Great, another phyco," Napoleon grumbled.
"Come on, run! Run, my little rats!"
The enemy fired. "We're sitting ducks just hiding here like this!" Pachira pointed out.
"He's not stopping!" Logan stated. "We need to fire back!"
Claire and Steve slowly crept forward. The two had hardly gotten near the stairs when the enemy fired. The humans were able to dodge the bullet. Albert let out a mad laugh. "Don't you love this game?!" In that one second he was open and Nicholas in the back fired to make the mad man dodge. His tone took on a mocking, baby tone. "What's the matter, my little rats? Aren't you having fun?!"
"Who are you calling a rat?!" Steve yelled back.
"Steve!" Claire stated.
"I'm not gonna die here!"
"None of us are!" Liru commented. "Who said anything about that?!"
"She's right, this is nothing compared to what we've been through," Aiko agreed.
Albert jumped out and laughed, but then got hit by a bullet. It only grazed him. "You're doing so well, my little rats!" The enemy then disappeared.
"You son of a… stop!" Steve shouted. He ran up the stairs with the rest close behind. Their opponent was gone. Suddenly Liru and Aiko had to take down two zombies that had appeared from behind. Suddenly a voice on an announcement came on; it was Albert.
"The game must go on! Come to the Training Field for you next challenge! If you win, I'll let you leave the island."
"The training field?" the male human in the group asked. "You mean that place…"
"You can't trust him," Uma said. "This is obviously a trap."
"I know… But I don't think we have much choice here." When some looked unconvinced Steve continued. "We either stay here and possible die, or catch him and find out how to get off this island. It's one or the other…"
"Alright…" Claire agreed. "Let's get this over with."
"Now you're talkin.' I'm no rat. And I'm gonna make that very clear to him." The male human lead the way out of the door. It was raining even harder now, but not to the point of being blinding. But the nasty surprise was the group of zombies at the front entry.
"They were waiting for us!" Aiko gasped.
Her boyfriend tossed a grenade. It landed on target and blew up the enemy. "Left! Go back the same way we came!" Steve ordered. More enemies began to come out and were shot down. They went down a different path and the guy pointed out the training field. Suddenly Claire noticed something close by.
"WHAT?!" she asked.
"What the hell is that! That's not a zombie!" Steve stated. It was one of the amphibian like enemies. It came down and Nicholas got it with his katana. Then more zombies and other enemies came out and were all taken out. With them out of the way, it was onto the training field.
"Careful… They could be hiding anywhere," Napoleon pointed out. It had also stopped raining.
"It's too quite," Liru commented. "Nobody seems to be here."
The group then found a door and went through to enter their destination. An announcement came on and it was Albert again. "I am so glad you came! Honestly, I thought that you'd back out! You know how it is, a lot of people are just all talk."
"And by that you're referring to yourself, right?" Steve asked. There was no response. "Yeah, I thought so."
The group slowly went down the hallway, which was dark. Suddenly it became even darker as the dim lights went fully out. "Just stick close to us," Nicholas said as both Claire and the male human turned on the flashlight they had. "But be ready to move if needed. We're not some kids who are afraid of the dark."
"The guy's nuts," the female human stated. "Don't trust him."
"This is just another cheap scare." Suddenly the phones that were to the side rang and the male werewolf shot. "I'm getting to the point of having enough."
They then heard the sound of scurrying and turned to see huge spiders, mutated black widows in the way. "They're huge!" Aiko cried with disgust. These enemies were taken down quickly.
"These things should be in the Book of World Records!" Steve said, trying to lighten the mood since he was getting over his freight.
It was then down a hallway. More zombies appeared and were all killed. The group was quickly through a door and into an outside area. There were metal containers, and a stonewall surrounding the place. The rain had stopped as well. "The wind's so strong here!" Claire stated.
Suddenly everyone noticed the laser for a sniper riffle. "It's him!" Uma cried out and they all took cover.
The enemy then spoke up. "Welcome to the training grounds!" He then fired. "It's just no fun if you hide! Come on out! I promise not to kill you… just yet!"
"Cover me!" Cosmo told Uma.
"Alright!" The male android jumped out to fire causing Albert to take cover.
"This guy's begging to get his ass kicked!" Steve stated. He began to climb up the stairs that would take him to where the enemy was. Suddenly he saw something being thrown by Albert.
"Shit!" Nicholas cursed as everyone moved to avoid the grenade blast.
"Oh!" Albert taunted. "I'm so afraid!"
"I'm not letting you get away!" the male human yelled and ran up the stairs. The enemy wasn't there.
"Steve, calm down," Claire told him. "You need to focus!"
"I got it! You don't have to tell me."
The group then went through the door in front of them and took out some more enemies. They then started appearing, forcing everyone to head to the next room. This place was made of steel walls and supports. "What the hell is this place?" Liru asked.
"It must be the training facility," Logan said.
"This guy definitely needs his head examined," Napoleon stated. That was because the walls had graffiti on them giving a bit of directions but also the kind to make it seem like this was a fun place. Suddenly Albert's voice came onto the speakers, mocking Claire's voice.
"Steve, calm down. You need to focus!" His voice went back to normal. "Or else you'll wind up dead!"
"This guy has problems," Pachira said with a shudder.
"That's for sure," Nicholas agreed. "Don't let him provoke you."
"How rude?!" Albert said with a scoff. "I was merely trying to be kind."
The group walked down some stairs to get to the level of the training facility. Before they could continue, a sound was heard. Looking up something from above jumped down to their level. The creature was a strange green and flesh like color combined into one. It only had one long muscled arm. "Son of a bitch!" Steve yelped. "They just jeep on comin'!"
The enemy roared and reached out to grab the male human but everyone fired, causing it to back off. The thing tried to protect its head but the shots were too much. A few second latter of firing, it was down for the count. "That's how we do it!" Cosmo said giving a high five to Napoleon.
"Princess Claire, Prince Steve here shall protect you from all evil spirits!" Steve told the female human.
"Yeah, right…" she responded with amusement but sarcasm at the same time. The neither world monsters all got grins. "By the way, thanks."
She led the way through the door here and everyone stepped out to see there wasn't anything. That is until another of the same creature from before came out and was taken care of. "Are you done or you got some more?!" Steve asked out loud for Albert to hear.
"More for my little rat?" the enemy stated on the speakers. "Well, as you wish!" The floor began to move down like an elevator.
"This island is fucked up," Nicholas growled. "We definitely have got to get out of here!"
The platform stopped and this time it was Liru who led the way through the next door. The group looked and saw a sign that said Kill House on a wooden board. The walls seemed to also be made of the stuff. "What is this place?" she asked.
"It sure doesn't look like a training field to me…" Steve said.
"This is insane," Claire commented.
"Insane?" Albert stated on the speakers. "Please! War knowns no sanity. The soldiers are trained here to kill, to slaughter. To survive through whatever madness they witness. And now it's your turn my little lab rats! Of course, if you've had enough, you can end it right here. All you have to do… is die!" He let out a mad laugh. The group went forward into the first section. "Well, let's start with a very simple game, shall we? Whatever pops out, you shoot! Just don't leave anything behind, OK!?"
"A target!" Cosmo stated just as the first popped out. The male android fired with superb accuracy. They continued and a couple more targets were shot before some zombies showed up. These things were taken care of quickly. Then a split in the path happened and the left was chosen. More enemies were killed quickly. Then it was up a ladder while avoiding a couple barrels that came crashing down.
"How can he toy with people like this?!" Napoleon snarled.
"I'm not going to die here!" Claire stated.
"When the hell is Alfred gonna show his ugly face?" Steve asked.
Another target then came up and a few more enemies that were taken care of. "How much longer do we have to put up with this?!" Claire stated.
"It's all up to you, my beloved Claire," came the voice of the enemy on the speakers. A mad laugh then followed.
"God, it make me sick when I hear you say my name," she responded in a tone to match.
"Oh, I am sorry, but I don't have any sickbeds available at the moment!"
The group then took a left. "Just ignore him," Logan said. "He's just looking for attention!"
"What did you just say?!" Albert asked on the speakers. "You're a rat and you have no right to talk to me like that!"
"He's even more immature than I thought," Pachira pointed out with a grin.
"Sounds like we're getting to him," Uma agreed. "All of his victims will be happy to see his miserable face when we make him pay."
The path then came to another ladder after taking out more zombies. The group all climbed down it. More enemies were waiting for them and killed. But it wasn't much farther until they got to the end. However a few more enemies stood in the way including zombie dogs. But they were disposed of easily. "Hey, is that it?!" Nicholas asked. "I was hoping for a challenge."
There was no response and so it was through a door that was an elevator that took them up to a hallway. However it was after going through it that they had to deal with a huge wave of zombies. Only when the last one was killed did Steve finally tell the story he didn't tell before. "He is… was.. my father," the male human stated as he covered up one of the corpses with a tarp.
"What?!" Claire asked. The rest just listened.
"He worked for Rindella… A nobody. Just another face in the crowd… He was a rat, a mole. He tried to leak some data, make some quick cash. But they caught him. And they killed my mother. And then they took me."
"Steve…" Claire whispered and got closer to him.
"It was his fault. He was stupid. He was…"" The male human went quite and then stood up. "Let's go."
The group then went outside and found that it had stopped raining. Then the enemy's voice came on the speakers again. "Such melodrama. So beautiful. The pain and struggle we humans are capable of! But let's not forget the game, shall we?! Your next and final challenge awaits within my mansion!"
"Where you are is where I'm going," Steve shot back. "And when I find you, I'm going to rip you to pieces!"
"Splendid! But first, how about a little brainteaser?! 'The girl and boy, destined to be on, will reveal the way!'"
"'Girl and boy'…. What?!" Claire asked.
"Take you time to think about it." Suddenly the ground shook like something big was coming from below. "Oh I forgot… Before you do that, please allow me to introduce you to my cute little pet…"
"There's something coming… And it's big!" Nicholas growled while drawing his katana. Liru got ready as did all the others. They saw the dirt fly; it was right below the surface, heading towards them.
The tunnel then emerged of the burrowing creature. For one second, there was nothing and then it emerged with a roar. It looked like a modified version of the same worm like enemy that had been faced by those from the nether from before. Only it had more flaps for the mouth and more teeth. "Shall we?" Logan asked.
"You got it!" Napoleon snarled and his fangs grew longer. "Let's tear it apart!"
Nicholas and Liru quickly transformed with a roar. Steve saw this and fell to the ground with a yelp, not expecting these guys to be monsters themselves. Claire quickly went over to him, pulling the male human out of the way. "Come on!" Cosmo yelled.
Those from the nether fired into the things mouth. That seemed to do the trick in terms of damaging it. The enemy then retreated into the ground. "What the hell is that?" Steve asked weakly. "What the hell are you guys?"
"Less talk for right now!" Nicholas said.
The creature then emerged from below. It was trying to keep the group here. Quickly it was back under before a shot could be fired. "Where did it go?" Aiko asked.
"Break out the big one!" the male werewolf told Cosmo.
"You got it!" The male android's right arm turned into some kind of rocket launcher. The creature then emerged with a roar. "You wanna play rough?! Okay! SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!" Cosmo fired and it was a direct hit. The thing's head exploded in a shower of blood and gore. The main body crashed to the ground.
"Is it over?!" Claire asked.
"Yeah, it's dead," Nicholas answered. "His pet is dead and he's next."
"Hold on a sec; you want to tell me what the hell you are?!" Steve stated. He was quickly told everything. After all that the male human had seen, he was forced to believe the story.
Nicholas and Liru led the way back to the mansion from before after turning back to normal. There weren't any enemies yet. "So what did he mean by that riddle?" Uma asked.
"My bet is it's connected to that music box we saw," Steve suggested. He approached the landing.
"Steve!" Claire whispered in an urgent voice.
"You don't see them?!" Her gun was pointed up and the rest looked that way. The bats were back again. Uma and Logan whipped out their wands and shot lighting at the swarm. Even with this there were too many.
"Get inside quick!" Pachira shouted. Everyone ran for it and made it back to the inside landing, slamming the door shut.
The group began to make their way to the room but had to deal with some zombies. Claire then flinched like she thought she heard something but shrugged it off. "Give me a break…" she grumbled.
"You're cute when you're scared," Steve said with a grin.
"Oh shut up," the female human replied with amusement.
"Wait here to?!" Nicholas snarled as an amphibian like enemy came down from above. He got it with his katana. More enemies began to show up and the fighting began. However at one point a couple thought they saw something move, like that of a man. But there wasn't anyone there.
They soon made it to the room. "This is it," Liru commented. They looked and could see a boy on a stick and a few obstacles that stood in the way of the girl that he had to get to. Removing these allowed the two little figures to reunite. When they did the whole music box moved to the side, revealing a secret passage.
"Well that's a very complicated way to open a door," Cosmo said.
"Which means someone really doesn't want anyone to go inside," Nicholas commented.
As soon as the group entered enemies began to pop out. They were all shot down. Soon the path went outside. "Where do you think this leads?" Aiko asked.
"To whatever secrets they don't want us to discover," Steve answered. Everyone went forward but didn't encounter anything. That is until they reached a certain spot and a male voice spoke from somewhere. Not by speaker, but one that was close enough to hear.
"I attacked this island upon hearing the news of an awakening. But it seems it was all a pretense." The group looked frantically but didn't see anyone.
"Steve?!" Claire stated.
"Who is it?!" the said guy asked.
"Though, ironically, I feel you will lead me to the truth, regardless. Chris's little sister and those from the nether world." That last part was said with sinister intent.
"You're nothing more than a coward!" Steve yelled. "Show yourself, damn it!" There was no response.
"The way he talked…" Nicholas said. "Why does it sound familiar? I don't recognize that voice, but it sounds just like someone that almost got us killed…" By that he was referring to Desker.
"He... he mentioned my brother's name," Claire stated.
"I don't like this at all," the male werewolf commented. "Let's just hope this doesn't mean what I think it means."
The group then moved on and took out more zombies. They then reached a door and went through it. There were some stairs but the biggest thing was a huge creepy doll that hung from the celling. "This place looks horrible," Uma said with a shudder. Logan wrapped his arm around her shoulder. More enemies then came out and ere all killed. It was then up the stairs and continuing on. Then they made it to a hallway.
A voice then sounded out. "It's Leronica! The Leronica Virus!" It was the main enemy. "No I can't. I can't remember anymore! My head is ready to explode! Alexia!"
Suddenly a woman's voice was then heard. "Please don't be so hare on yourself, brother. We can still have much fun playing our game."
"You hear that?" Napoleon whispered to the others.
"Yeah," Claire answered. "She is still alive. I thought something was wrong."
"It's time to finish this," Steve commented.
The group made it to the door that led to the room where the voices had been heard. On a signal, they busted in, but saw no one. "Where'd they go?!" Logan asked.
"I can smell him," Nicholas said. He went over to a section and shot it. A ladder came down from the celling. "Here we go… he is up there."
"This place is full of toys," Liru commented. "Why would he need these?"
Everyone climbed up and found themselves in a room that had a merry-go-round in it. "This sure doesn't look like a study," Aiko pointed out. The ride then turned on and began to move. "Looks more like a toy room."
"He's too old for that," Cosmo stated.
"That's far enough," the female voice from before called out. Everyone saw the laser of a riffle pointed at Claire. They looked and saw Alexia with her blonde hair and wearing a purple dress. "So we finally meet, all of you. I am Alexia Rashford. And on behalf of my brother, I will now say goodbye!" Before she could shoot Napoleon did and the female was forced to doge. Doing so caused the hair to come off, showing it was a wig. It was Albert dressed as his sister. He saw his reflection, let out a scream and ran for it through a painting. Steve gave chase but it closed, not opening up.
"Shit!" the male human exclaimed. Claire picked up the plane key they had seen before which was now on the ground. Everyone else gathered around the wig.
"So Alfred was playing two roles all by himself," Nicholas said. "He couldn't bear the fact that his sister was dead."
The group climbed back down and made it to the hallway. But they had hardly begun to get to the airport when Alfred's voice came on some speakers. "How dare you destroy my world!" he snarled. "But you did remind me of one very important thing. I no longer need these toys."
"What now?!" Claire asked.
Suddenly a female voice came on the speakers. "The self-destruct system has been activated. All facilities across the island will be terminated. Please evacuate the premises immediately."
"Terminated?!" Liru stated. "It can't be serious!"
"Play time is over!" Nicholas said. "Time to get out before the place explodes!"
He and his girlfriend led the way. Any enemies that stood in the way were shot down quickly. Soon they were almost back at the beginning of entering the mansion. when the main enemy's voice came back on. "Congratulations! You've activated my doll. That should take care of you!" Alfred let out an evil laugh.
"A doll?!" Uma stated. "We don't have time to play with dolls!" The group made it outside.
"The airport's this way!" said Steve and pointed.
"Are you sure?" Claire asked.
"Trust me!" Suddenly Napoleon saw something coming in from the left.
"Look out!" the male vampire shouted. The human ducked the fist of the enemy that it tried to swing at them. The group looked and to most of their horror, it was another Titan. This one had grey color skin and had no fingers, only hardened stumps for hands.
"Shit!" Steve commented. "Another of his foot soldiers?!"
"Worst than that!" Nicholas yelled. He and Liru transformed and went to town with attacking the Titan's head as the other monsters fired. It wasn't long until the enemy went to its knees. "Run!"
The group did but didn't get far. The enemy jumped up and tried to strike Claire down. The female human was able to roll out of harm's way. Those from the nether attacked furiously and the Titan quickly went down. Without a second thought, the group ran for it towards the airport.
"This is our way off this island!" Steve said as he noticed the plane.
"Wait, something's wrong here," Claire stated as the rest began to board.
"We don't have time, let's go!" The female human hesitated and then followed. None of them noticed the lone figure, the one who had spoken to them before getting into that toy room the enemy had.
"I knew you would lead me to the truth!" In his hands there was a F.I.L.E.S. knife.
The vehicle began to take off. "Okay, now we get the hell off this damn island!" Nicholas commented. Steve was at the controls. He pushed the lever forward along with Claire who had her left hand on top of his right. The plane took to the skies. Everyone let out some cheers and the couples hugged the ones they loved.
Suddenly a female voice came on. "Auto Pilot activated."
"What?!" Liru asked. "What's going on?!"
The group didn't see another plane that Albert was flying. "Thanks to you, my plan is now back on track," he said. "Though you've taken my plane, it will only prove for more entertainment!"
In the group's plane, they felt their vehicle dip down as something landed on it. They looked and saw something trying to climb up the wing. "Some of us need to get to back and check it out!" Logan stated. Napoleon, Pachira, Nicholas, Liru, and Claire quickly made their way to it.
"What is this?" the female vampire asked as she saw a hole had been ripped through the hull to get in. The door leading in and out of the cargo bay was open. The rest then looked and to their shock saw the same Titan from before.
"What is it?!" Steve's voice called out to him.
"That same Titan from before!" Liru snarled. "That big grey guy!"
"What?! That thing was only playing dead?! That's cheating!" The rest of the group came to help.
The enemy raised its fists and let out a roar. The right one then transformed into a hand with long claws. "We have to do something!" Claire said as everyone fired. The enemy just slowly advanced towards them, like it was taunting them.
"Wait, I think we can use that!" Aiko stated and pointed to a crate that was on a set of rails. The button to activate it was on the wall.
"Get him down!" Cosmo ordered. The enemy was lured right by the thing and sent to its knees. Steve hit the button and the crate caught the enemy. It almost knocked the Titan off, but the monster caught it and threw it off the plane.
"Now what?!" Napoleon asked. The monster charged forward and swung at the male vampire. The guy was able to avoid the blow at the claws got another box that was right next to him. It fell apart, revealing a missile.
"We can use that!" Claire stated.
"At this range?!" Cosmo asked. "Well blow ourselves up!"
"We don't have a choice!" Nicholas shouted and struck at the holders that held the weapon. They came off, activating the missile, which hit the Titan. The enemy was able to grab onto it. But it managed to push the monster off the plane and everyone could see the explosion. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the cockpit while Nicholas and Liru transformed back to their normal state. They fell asleep, having been fighting nonstop. But things were about to take a turn for the worst.