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---------------------------Uninvited.------------------------------------------------
"C.I.D. Prepped and ready."
"Copy that Alpha. Be advized, from here on in, your on your own."
"Roger. Alpha out"
A dark figure slid into an air duct. Looking around for any nasty surprises, the figure continue on its way. As it was crawling down the air duct, it stopped over a grate to stare down at two men drinking the blood of a young woman. The figure looked away as the woman moaned slightly, then checks the chamber of the rifle in its hands. Pushing the barrel slightly forward, the figure aims for the man to the left. Whispering a small prayer, the figure fires three shots, killing all three of the people on the floor.
Just what have I gotten myself into?
---------------------Tseng's POV------------------------------------------------------
God I hope everyone else is doing better than I am. After splitting up I tried to get to the stairs but when I got there, there were at least eight of them standing outside the door. I fired, hitting two of them in the face and another in the leg. But they just looked up a smiled, their wounded flesh healing right before my very eyes. I ran down the hall a bit until I reached an empty office. I slammed the door, locking it and reinforcing it with a large filing cabinet that I found in the corner of the room. I've been here ever since. Sitting against wall in the back of the office and thinking. Every once in a while they stop banging at the door to ask me to open the it, saying it was useless to fight them. But I just yell back that I am not that easy and that if they try to get in I will blow there fucking heads off. I checked my clip, only finding six more rounds, seven including the one in the chamber.
Dammit! How am I going to get out of this? No matter how many rounds I put into them they just kept on coming.They won't die, not even with the head shots. I sighed heavily and slammed my head in the wall behind me. All of the sudden I heard automatic gunfire outside the door and eight loud thuds hitting the floor outside. What the fuck? Did Reeve get the WRO? I jumped slightly when I heard a knock at the door. Someone on the other side was asking if there was anyone alive in here. I stood up slowly and headed towards the door. I unlocked it and examined the person standing at the door. Whoever it was was obviously female, wearing a pair of cargo pants, combat boots, some sort of weird armored shirt, and a mask. All of it was black except for the silver goggles that covered her eyes. She shifted slightly and I saw that she carrying an AS50 Semi-Automatic (Sniper) Rifle and an 762 RK 62 assault rifle. Is she with special ops?
"You injured?" She asked. Her voice was commanding, definitely letting me know that she had done this sort of thing several times before.
"No, but who are you?" I snapped, still not trusting her.
"Just call me Rin. You?"
"You infected?" I asked.
"No."
"Let me see your eyes."
"Can't do that Chief."
"Then I am going to have to shoot you." I said, moving my gun into view.
"Look, either you trust me or you don't, Either way I am going to try and get the other people out of here."
She pivoted, shouldering her rifle, and walked briskly down the hall. I stood there for a few seconds, debating whether I should trust her or not, and then followed her. We had walked a few paces when she rotated and fired once. I was about to return fire, when I heard a thud. I glanced behind me, and stiffened in horror as, what appeared to be a man, was lying in the floor. There was a large hole in the back of his skull, with blood and bits of gore hanging to the sides. I swung around and drew back for a moment before realizing that it was only her.
"How much ammo do you have?" She said gesturing towards my gun.
"About seven rounds." I sighed slightly, "How were you able to kill that thing?" I asked, pointing at the corpse on the ground.
"Different ammunition." She said digging two clips out of a side bag. She handed them to me."The bullets are silver hollow points so don't waste your shots. Aim only for the head. If you shoot anywhere else, it won't matter. Stick to the wall and keep up, I don't want to have to shoot you myself if you get infected."
"Don't worry about me."
"Hold on, you're injured." She said pointing to the gashes in my right arm.
"I'll be alright."
"Can't risk it. Your blood will draw them to you." She opened a small compartment in her belt. Pulling out a small flesh colored strip, She ripped my sleeve some more to expose more of the gashes. "This is going to hurt, so bite down on something." She said.
"I'll be fine, just do it."
She nodded, then pressed the strip into my arm and a searing pain shot up it. I bit back a scream as the strip bubbled and hissed, slowly closing the wounds. After a moment the pain passed and we continued on. We kept to the wall, sweeping our weapons from side to side and keeping low. Every once in a while she would tip her rifle upwards, probably to see if they got into the air ducts yet. I tried not to think about how much of a problem it would be for them to be jumping out of the ceiling. We passed by several offices that looked like someone ripped the place apart. Blood and gore stained the walls and I could make out several handprints in some of the blood. I swallowed as bile rose in my throat. A few minutes later she halted and held her hand up. I paused checking my gun before looking back at her She looked around the corner, then slide her way back down the wall until she reached me.
"There's about six of them standing in front of the elevators." She whispered to me.
"The elevators aren't working. The power was shut off when the alarms were triggered."
"I have a drop line. That's how I am getting from floor to floor. But we have to get to it first. Is that office we passed by earlier open?"
"Should be, but there's no way through."
"I don't need a way through. Just follow me." She said heading back.
I followed her into the office, making sure that we were not being followed. I stopped at the door covering my mouth and gagging as the stench hit me. It smelled like copper and human excrements. I looked around at the amount of blood that painted the walls and hoped that whoever was responsible for it, wasn't still here. I looked over as she stopped in front of far wall exactly where the elevators should be on the other side. She examined the wall, tapping on it several times, before firing six shots into the wall. I stared, amazed, as I heard six loud thuds on the other side. There is NO way she could have done that. She put her ear to the wall again and then walked out into the hall, proceeding towards the elevators. I followed her trying to understand what just happened. As we were approaching the elevator, I slammed to a stop like I'd run into an invisible wall. On the floor were six dead infected, each with a clean shot through the forehead. I gawked at her as she pried the elevators doors open with a small crowbar. I walked over to the bullet holes in the wall and then looked at where the bodies were positioned. Each bullet hit its' mark perfectly. But how did she do it?Just who the hell IS this woman?
She handed me a pair of silver goggles,"These keep them out of your head." She said, tapping on her temple.
"Keep who out of my head?" I started, jumping slightly. She stared at the goggles in my hand, then looked back up at me, cocking her head to the side.
"The recently infected ones act feral in nature but soon develop some nasty abilities. One is the ability to control minds."
"How do you know all of this?"
"Don't worry about it. We have got to hurry or this place will be swarming with infected." She said resuming her efforts to open the elevator doors. "All that noise had to attract somebody." She muttered, more to herself than to me.
The elevator doors gave way with a loud groan. She looked up and then reached to her side, pulling out what seemed to be a small gun. She fired it towards the ceiling and handed it to me. I took the grappler gun, pulling slightly to test its durability. It seemed to be connected to an overhanging part of the elevators above us. I slipped my gun back into my side holster and watched as she jumped out to the other side of the wall. She hung there for several minutes before the line had stopped moving. Then she pressed the button on the side of the grappling gun and a small whirring sound could be heard. She slowly descended down the line until she stopped at the air duct right below us. She looked up at me and waited. I jumped out hitting the wall opposite me and pressed the button. After a few minutes of me slowly descending down the line, I arrived at the air duct. She unscrewed the screws attached to the grate and slid the covering off. She signaled me to hold on a minute, before proceeding through the air duct. I waited several minutes before I heard gunshots and I shifted nervously on the line, trying to figure out how to enter the air duct. I didn't hear anything for a couple of minutes and then she popped her head up again, signaling me to follow her. I pitched forward landing in the air duct feet first. Releasing the grappling gun, I slowly crawled through the air duct, being careful not to kick her in the process. We stopped at a small opening in the air duct and she jumped down. She whirled around, carefully studying the surroundings. She stepped back nimbly, her back facing the wall, before she gave me the all clear and I jumped down after her. I noticed that this floor was no better than the one we came from. Blood was splattered on the wall across from me and the office looked just as bad. I tried not to look as I stepped around several corpses. "Eject your clip and load one of the ones I gave you. We are going to have some trouble ahead." She said, checking her magazine.
After we checked our ammo, we set off down the hall. She fired her rifle as a group of infected came barreling down the hall. They were dead even before they hit the ground, splaying bone and brain matter all over the floor in front of us. I squeezed off a few rounds, successfully hitting two of them in the face. Their knees buckled and they hit the floor, spraying blood across it. I tried to avoid the blood as we made our way down the hall, remembering what the kid said about their blood being contagious. But that was becoming more difficult, the more infected we ran into. Blood was everywhere and there was only so far I could go. Suddenly, we heard sounds of struggling in the next office and she held her hand up again. I jarred to a halt as I readied my gun. She looked over at me, pointing her head towards a closed door that led to the office. I took aim as we burst through the door, shooting several infected as they came charging at us. Rin swept her weapon to the sides, scanning the room for infected. Elena and Rude just stood there with their guns raised, staring at me.
"She saved me upstairs. Her name is Rin." I said pointing to her. She nodded towards them, and then resumed examining the room for more infected. "It looks to me like we came in the nick of time."
"Another couple of minutes and we would have been goners." Elena said.
"No problem." I said, smiling. I was relieved that they were okay. Then I realized there was someone missing. A certain red haired someone. "What happened to Reno?" I asked looking around.
"I don't know. Me and Rude met on the staircase after being chased by the infected. We tried shooting them. But it didn't do anything but buy us a little time, before they were after us again. How did you guys pull it off?"
"Silver rounds." Rin said, " But I only have one more clip."
"Silver?" Elena asked,"Why Silver?"
"Not sure, must be something in their chemistry that reacts violently to it." Rin said.
"So you have faced things like this before?" Rude asked.
"Yeah. You guys are damn good to be able to avoid infection for this long. Unfortunately, We have a problem." Rin said, pointing to the far wall.
Everyone turned to find a familiar redhead smiling at us. Something was definitely not right about him. He seemed, different, a feral gleam in his eye. Rin lifted her rifle towards the redhead and I leveled my gun at his head. He threw his hands up and backed up hitting the wall.
"Hey! Hold on! I'm not a bad guy." He said turning to Rude, "Am I partner?"
"What? I..I..I don't know." Rude said shaking his head from side to side. His voice sounded fuzzy, like he was almost drunk, and he started to back up, stumbling as he went. Reno sprang forward grasping Rude's collar and pulling him towards him. Rin sprang forward, hitting Reno in the gut and pushing Rude towards me, "MOVE!" She yelled as she leveled her assault rifle at Reno's head. I suddenly remembered what she had said about mind control and fired. He ducked out of the way, and sprinted towards Elena so fast I could barely see him. He reached out trying to grab her when Rin appeared in front of him holding a sword to his throat. I grabbed Elena and pushed Rude towards the door. I looked back at Reno and he winked at me, before I ducked out of the doorway. We sped down the hall as fast as we could. Elena and Rude flung open the door to the staircase and started down. I looked back hoping that Rin would somehow get out of this. She seems to know more about this than even the Shinra company knows.
You better get out of this, Rin.
--------------Rufus Shinra POV-------------------------------------------
I pushed on a spot in the wall and watched it slide open. We started running down the long corridor to the escape vehicles that were parked in the sub basement of the facility, our footsteps sounding like a hundred heartbeats as we ran. I hated leaving Cloud behind. After all that I have put them through, then again, I would not be able to fight any of them effectively. After all, I am not a soldier. I checked the gun in my hands. So far all the damage that was done was repaired right in front of our eyes, when we actually HIT the infected. For some odd reason, they still survived. I am starting to believe Reeve's assumption about them being vampires. It seemed impossible, I wouldn't have even believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. We have to find some way to eradicate these monsters. We pushed forward until we reached the holding bay. I stopped in my tracks as I saw him. Standing there, with that same cocky smile on his youthful face, Kadaj.
"Don't you want to talk to me President Shinra? I came all the way here to see you."
"Rufus, I don't think we are being follo..." Reeve said as he came rushing through the door. He stopped and lowered his handgun in shock.
"So. What would you like to talk about now?" He said, circling me. "How about the mysterious virus that everyone keeps running from. By the time we are finished, there will be nowhere to run to. Better that you give up now." He said, smiling cruelly.
"Let's talk about your mother." I said, trying to buy time. Reeve started slowly moving towards the van to the right of us.
He smirked. "Mother will be fine. She is being restored as we speak. Demetri said he would be more than happy to bring her into the family. "
"In other words, make her like you, am I right?"
"Yes. Invulnerable, unstoppable, and we are creating a perfect world for her to live in, paving a way for the ultimate Reunion. She is so proud of us."
"I thought she wanted to eliminate humanity."
"Technically we are. We are getting rid of imperfect beings. We are changing them, giving them a new life, and a purpose. They will welcome her to this world, our Eden."
"How are they bringing her back?" I asked, trying to keep the nervousness out of my voice as he advanced. My heart was hammering in my chest so hard, I thought that everyone in the building could hear it. He suddenly appeared behind me. I shot twice, missing as he grabbed the gun out of my hand. I started to panic, shaking uncontrollably. He noticed this and hugged me. I was so confused by the gesture, I actually froze.
"Do you really want to know."He whispered. Despite my mind telling me that I was NOT going to like the answer, I nodded. He turned me around slowly and stared at me. I was wondering why this odd, sleepy sensation was settling in, when I heard an engine roar to life beside me. Kadaj jumped into the air, unfortunately taking me with him. I tried to squirm out of his grasp, but he just held on tighter.
"You're too late Reeve. He's mine now. You know, you could always join us of your free will. In fact why don't you talk to my other brother over there." I could have sworn that I saw a flash of gold when his head snapped to the side as something hit him. I yelled out in protest, struggling harder against the infected male behind me. He just held on tighter, slowly sinking towards the floor.
"I swear, if I get out of this I will kill you all. I will find a way. I..." I screamed, before I heard fabric being torn from me and the feeling of fangs sinking into my skin. A soft moan escaped my lips.
"I...I...I will..."
----------------------Rin's POV-----------------------------------------------------------
This guy seems tougher than the last infected we've run into. He must have run into an original carrier. This can't be good. I thought to myself. I had a bad feeling about this mission even before I started it. I should have asked for a team, but after the communication we received, I decided against it. No need to put more of my men in danger for a small group of infected. I realized later that this was going to be more trouble than I had anticipated. When I found the first guy in the office, I had mixed feelings about him. I thought that it was good that he wasn't infected, but at the same time, I felt that he didn't have enough experience with this sort of situation and that I should have left him barricaded in the office until I had accomplished my mission. But he proved to be more resilient than most other people, being able to take out several infected on the first run. I was glad that I was wrong about him. I looked at the red haired man in front of me.
"You must be Reno."
"And you must be Rin." He remarked, sizing me up.
"So someone warned you about me."
"In a sense. Why don't you take off the mask. You must be pretty with a body like that."
(Dammit Rin, just kill the bastard and be done with it.) A deep voice growled throughout my mind. My right arm started to twitch causing the blade to draw closer to his neck. Reno took the opportunity to jump out of the way as I looked down and grabbed my right arm. It started to shake violently, my fingers tightening their grip on the sword.
I have to get information. Someone warned him about me and I have to know who.
(You won't need to know if they are all going to die eventually)
You don't understand. This information could lead me to his leader. I won't have anymore people die because of this.
(Fine have it your way. But don't say I didn't warn you.) The voice snapped.
As this inner struggle was going on, Reno just stood there staring at me with an amused look on his face. I looked back up from my slowly relaxing arm I raised the sword preparing to strike again. He just stood there, grinning like a maniac.
"Having problems are we?" He asked, "Do you need some time to collect yourself?" He was actually kind of cute. Long red hair that was slightly disheveled in the front but tied off in a ponytail in the back. He had odd looking tattoo's under his eyes that looked like red, slash marks. (For fucks sake Rin, why don't you just marry the asshole. Match made in hell if you ask me.) I gritted my teeth and ignored the voice. I looked him over and noticed that he had an athletic build. If I hit him hard enough, I could disable him. (Whatever you say, kid.) I let go of the sword and it dissolves into a black mist.
---------------------------------Reno's POV--------------------------------------------
My eyelids fluttered and opened. I found Yazoo sitting right beside me. He looked at me then pointed down at a woman who was unconscious at his side. I felt something pull at me, urging me towards the warmth of her body, outlining the veins in her throat. I lunged at her, attaching my newly formed fangs into her throat. It felt better than anything I had ever felt in my entire life. I gulped down the red substance, finding that every time that I did, it sent waves of pleasure throughout my body. Apparently she was feeling the same thing, because she moaned loudly every time I did. Yazoo finally pulled me off of her. I felt a new power radiate throughout my body. A strength that I hadn't had before.
"When she wakes, she will have a feral appetite. But after that, feeding will no longer be necessary."
"I thought Vampires had to feed every night in order to survive." I said.
"We're different. Feeding isn't a necessity, just a sort of procreation, you could say."
"What, we can't have kids?"
"No." Yazoo said, slowly rising to his feet. He walked over to me and put his hand on my neck. I felt a sort of warmth radiating from the bite marks on my neck. I sighed leaning against him. "But we have family."
"Family?" I asked dreamily.
"Yes. We are all connected. Your connection to me is stronger than the others because we are special." He said, lowering his hand. "But right now, I need your help."
"Sure." I said moving away. "What's up?"
"There is someone here. Someone that my Brother wants to meet terribly. I need you to find her. Her name is Rin. Be careful and try to avoid a confrontation if possible."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because she is good at what she does. She hunts others like us. She doesn't understand, but she will soon."
Seeing this woman standing in front of me. I wasn't too impressed at first, but the speed in which she wielded her blade, startled me. A few more inches forward and she could have taken my head off. I looked her over as she seemed to have some problem with her right arm. That's when I noticed that there was something seriously wrong with her. She suddenly dropped her sword and it vanished without a trace. What the hell? She doesn't seem like the one to give up so easily. She suddenly disappeared. I was trying to find out where she went when I saw her, two inches in front of my face. I dodged out of the way just as she struck out with her right fist. Instead of hitting me in the chest, her fist slammed into my right arm, shattering several bones in the process. SON OF A BITCH. THAT ACTUALLY HURT. I thought as I landed several feet away. I heard several cracking noises as my arm mended itself. I smiled and looked back at her.
"Well, Now I know not to piss you off Sweetheart." I said opening and closing my right hand to see if it mended properly.
"It's not me you have to worry about. Look, all I want is to know is who warned you about me. You tell me, and I won't break anymore of your limbs." She said.
Damn she's cocky. That or she is really confident.
(Reno. It's Yazoo. We need you downstairs. Kadaj has an idea about catching Rin.)
I smiled,"Look. I hate to run out on a beautiful woman and all, but I have a pressing appointment." Before she could retaliate I darted out of the room and down the hall. I flew down the staircase, admiring the new speed and agility that I had acquired, and ended up on the opposite end of the lobby looking at Cloud on the ground in front of Sephiroth. Well, Look who it is. Ol Cloudy boy. I thought to myself, smiling wickedly.
----------------------Cloud's POV-----------------------------------------------------------
"You seem to be doing well, Cloud." Sephiroth said, as he circled around me. I drew back hastily, trying to avoid contact with him as much as possible. I knew that he was infected because his eyes, instead of green, were now the same blue as the man in the holding tank. Trying to think of a way to escape, I scanned the room for any escape routes.
"What do you want?" I asked, trying to raise my sword. He saw what I was doing and kicked it out of my hand.
"I just want you, Cloud. Just you."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you need a demonstration?" He said leaning in.
I jumped over to where my sword was, and swung it around, nearly cutting him across the left side of his face. I followed with another slash to the right, but I lost my balance, falling right into his arms. Shit! I thought trying to thrust the sword into his chest. He quickly grabbed it out of my hands and threw the sword across the room. I struggled against him, feeling the wounds that I hadn't noticed before, start to bleed. He smiled showing me his fangs.I have to get away from him before he bites me. I started struggling harder. I finally freed one of my hands, and successfully struck him in the face. He reeled back from the impact giving me the chance to jump away from him. I turned towards the emergency tunnel, when Kadaj and Yazoo appeared out of nowhere and grabbed my wrists, forcing me to the floor.
"Ah, come on Cloud." A familiar voice stated,"It's not that bad. It actually feels great."
"Reno?"
"That's right. And I FEEL great. I mean, I haven't felt this good in years. It's better when you don't fight, Cloud. Your outnumbered."
"Listen to Reno. He's part of the family." Yazoo said, stroking my hair.
"Some sick family." I snapped, trying to shake them off.
Sephiroth walked over and lowered himself in front of me, staring straight into my eyes. I felt myself start to get drowsy, soon the world started to blur around me. I felt like I wanted him, NEEDED him. As if he was the only one who understood me. Something was nagging me in the back of my mind, but I couldn't think straight. I felt the arms release me and someone touched my back, gently pushing me forward, onto him. He sat down, taking me into his lap and started to slowly rub my neck. It felt so good that I actually gasped. He chuckled slightly then kissed me. I couldn't believe it, he was just sitting there kissing me. Gently at first, then with more passion. I just closed my eyes and sank into him, feeling him breathing under me. What the hell is wrong with me?This man is my worst enemy. He's killed so many people. So why do I feel like this? He broke off the kiss, then rested my head on his shoulder.
"Do you trust me Cloud?" He asked.
"N...NO." I said, starting to struggle against him.
"It's okay. It won't hurt. I only want you to be a part of our family. It's not that bad." He started to run his hands through my hair, having a calming effect. I slowly eased into his embrace. "Good..."
His lips were so close to my neck, that I could feel them move. Suddenly a shot tore through his left shoulder, splintering his armor and shattering the bone beneath it. His catlike orbs wide with shock, allowing me to wake up from the odd haze I was in. I jumped into the air and landed three feet from him. I looked back, noticing that Tseng Rude, and Elena, were standing at the door to the tunnel entrance. But where the hell did that shot come from? I looked up to the stairs where Kadaj was standing before, to see a person, Woman? standing there with a rather large sniper rifle in her hands. She gestured for me to run while she took another shot, this time hitting the ground next to Reno. I picked up my sword as I was running, I looked up to see her fighting Kadaj and Yazoo and stopped. I was preparing to go help her when Tseng grabbed my arm.
"Don't worry about her. She appears to know more about these things than we do." Tseng said.
"But..."
"We have to get to President Shinra and Reeve. Who knows what they have run into."
I looked back up at her, then slowly nodded in agreement. "Yeah. No telling."
-----------------------Sephiroth's POV------------------------------------------------------
The bullet in my shoulder fell out as the flesh and bone knitted itself back together. I stood up sizing up the woman holding the rifle. She flung the it down, probably out of ammo. Reno walked over, standing next to Kadaj. I smiled as the woman on the stairs looked over us, apparently trying to formulate an plan of attack.
"So, I am assuming you are Rin. My Brother is expecting you."
"Demitri , right?"
"Yes. Why don't we skip the unpleasantries. I was told to try and bring you in unharmed. Besides, you're already injured." She looked down at her side, then back towards me. "I did notice that. Those wounds need to be treated." I jumped up, using my speed to end up behind her. She barely moved before I caught her around the waist. " I know what your weakness is. Why don't we get rid of these troublesome goggles."
"Sorry there good looking, but I don't have time for a visit." She said. She ducked and slammed her elbow into my stomach, knocking me backwards.
"Impressive. " I said, regaining my composure, "I can see why you have lasted this long against the family."
"Family? Oh that's right, you parasites tend to think alike."
"Your not trying to upset me are you?"
"If you think that's upsetting then you are going to hate this."
"Oh, And what would that be?"
"You all have seven minutes to get out of this facility," She held up a small silver device, pressing the red button on top, "before you all get blown to hell."