Resident Evil: Reuniting with the Past
Chapter 10 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.
Chapter 10: Assault of the Gravedigger
Jason groaned and looked around; he was lying on the floor in what had to be one of the basements due to the darkness. As he tried to sit up he became aware of someone lying on top of him. It turned out to be Lisa; she too was slowly recovering consciousness.
"Lisa." He said softly, she opened her eyes and groaned.
"Damn, where are we?"
He shrugged. "Basement by the look of it, we've been separated from the others."
She stood up and he did the same, finally they looked around the room properly.
From what they could tell this room served as some sort of hub for the ventilation shafts. There was also a large boiler in one side of it. Jason however noted that several of the ventilation shafts had been forced open. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the nearby T-Virus signatures.
He turned to Lisa and explained. "Fifteen left, there's three below us, Nemesis, the five on the first floor. There's another five above us, but they're in the stairwell."
"That's fourteen, where's the last one?" Lisa asked; Jason sighed and then revealed.
"Here, on this floor, it's coming."
Lisa stared at him wide-eyed and quickly pulled out her submachine pistols while Jason pulled out his shotguns and they prepared for the B.O.W. to arrive. They heard its arrival as it seemed to force its way through one of the vent shafts, finally it emerged and revealed itself. The creature was a large, grotesquely overgrown cross between a worm and a millipede, its long large body was decayed and brown in colour, it had a large circular mouth with several rows of slightly curved, razor sharp teeth. Jason knew what it was, he remembered the files, it was the Gravedigger.
The Gravedigger remained motionless as it seemed to be waiting for something. Taking no chances they both opened fire on the beast. It roared but gave no indication of pain and suddenly lunged forwards, its mouth open.
"Lisa move!" Jason yelled.
They both leapt out of the way just in time as it attempted to swallow them whole. Instead it hit the ground and reared back up before it slithered through to the next vent shaft. They quickly regrouped; they heard it clunked through the shafts.
"How are we supposed to kill that thing?" Lisa asked; Jason thought back to what he had read.
"Okay look, that thing reacts to sound, that's how it knows where we are." He explained, "However we can use it to our advantage, its weak point, is inside the mouth; we need it to try and eat us. Shot at it while it lunges and then...Dodge at the last possible second."
Lisa nodded and they prepared for its next attack. They listened carefully as the sounds got louder and soon it emerged from another vent shaft. It growled and turned its head from side to side. Jason nodded to Lisa and they made sure they were in position, ready to make their move and attack.
They immediately opened fire on it; it roared in anger and, determining him as the bigger threat, lunged at Jason. He and Lisa immediately fired at the mouth, striking the inside and causing agony to the beast. It veered off course and slammed into the ground again before fleeing up another vent shaft. Jason and Lisa reloaded, regrouped and caught their breath.
"How much longer do you think doing that will take?" Lisa asked.
Jason looked around the room and pondered for a moment.
"If we keep this up, we'll run out of ammo before we kill it." He stated, "I may have an idea though...Heads up, here it comes again!"
Sure enough it lunged right out of another shaft, intent on eating them. They dodged and fired, causing it more pain and forcing it back once more. Finally Jason could implement his strategy. He smirked as the idea came to him.
"The thing reacts to noise...So let's confuse it." He said.
They stealthily reached the boiler and Jason gave Lisa a boost up while she fiddled with the controls slightly. Not enough to affect the boiler or cause a malfunction; but enough to make the boiler start producing a lot of noise. They returned to their places and waited hopefully.
Sure enough the clamour from the boiler brought the Gravedigger back into the room; it roared wildly and flailed for a short time. It then stopped moving and roared loudly in the direction of the boiler. Taking advantage of the open mouth they opened fire with their weapons, one after the other. Switching to a new weapon when the clip ran dry. Finally Jason fired his last shotgun blast and Gravedigger reared up with a final roar before falling to the ground and dissolving. Jason and Lisa caught their breath and reloaded their guns. Once they finished they fixed the boiler again and the noise stopped. They then headed to the nearby door when suddenly Jason's phone rang. He picked it up, it was Lydia, he answered.
"Lydia?"
"Jason, thank god." She said, "I've been trying to reach, Lisa, Tim and Sappira?"
Jason smiled. "I don't know where Tim and Sappira are, but Lisa's with me? Where are you?"
Lydia answered. "I'm on the first basement of the building you're in, I've got Rosemarie, David, Jacob and Cashmere here with me, they're safe."
"Good." Jason replied. "Alright, well, Lisa and I will be joining you soon, see ya."
He hung up and informed Lisa of what had just been said to him and so they left the room and entered the stairwell and began to head up to the first basement.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.