Chapter 6 The Tyrants
Leon pumped another zombie full of lead as it lurched towards him, he hoped Chris and his team was doing okay. Another zombie grabbed Leon, but he managed to kick it off of him, then he drove one of his combat knifes into its forehead. After the incident in the kennels, they had progressed without much further incident, a few hunters, mutants, and quite a few zombies. He was impressed at Dexter and Blossom's ability to keep calm in a situation like this. After Luis took down the last zombie Leon told everyone to keep moving. "We can't afford to waste time, we only have four hours and forty five minutes." "I wish we had some more challenge. These loser zombies are a waste of my skills." Luis said, "Be careful what you wish for Luis. It might come true." Said Ada. Little did Ada know how right she was. For the answer to Luis's wish was laying dormant, but would soon be on the warpath. They suddenly came to a door marked T-002 experiment. Underneath it said Top Secret! Do Not Enter unless you have proper verification! "This looks like something we might want to check out. What do you say Leon?" Ada asked. "Okay, but we have to make it quick." Leon walked over to the door and held up an I.D. card that he had gotten from a zombie scientist and held it up to the scanner outside the door and it opened. "Okay people lets check it out." Whispered Leon.
Chris loaded another cartridge into his gun and fired at the zombies lurching towards him. So far the plant had proved to be the most threatening thing they had come across in the hive. Apart from the numerous zombies they had fought with, there were a few more hunters and mutants. Chris was regretting getting stuck with Bubbles, she freaked out every 10 seconds, at things as small as loud noises. But maybe he was being a little judgmental, after all she was young and this would freak out anybody her age. Her sister was totally different however; she didn't seem to be afraid of anything. Buttercup simply ran at and pummeled anything that stood in her way, even at things that scared Chris. "This is way too easy." Buttercup said after blasting another zombie with an energy blast "Isn't there anything worth my time to fight?" "Lets pray not, because if there is we're may be in trouble." Steve said. He couldn't know how right he was Suddenly they came to a door marked T-003 experiment. Underneath it said Top Secret! Do Not Enter unless you have proper verification! "Well obviously nothing important in here. Lets just ignore it." Steve said sarcastically "We should probably take a look. But let's make it fast." Said Chris. He pressed a button on the side of the door and a keyboard popped out "Please input password!" said a computerized voice. Chris thought for a moment then typed in 'Tyrant'. "Password accepted." and the door slid open. "How did you know the password?" Bubbles asked, "Lucky guess" was Chris's answer as they ventured inside.
Leon could barely see anything in the gloom, but he could tell there were a number of control panels and a canister covered in dust. He walked slowly towards the canister, his friends right behind him. Leon reached the canister while Luis, Dexter, and Ada walked over too the control panels. He could tell there was a figure inside, but couldn't see it clearly. Leon wiped off some of the dust and jumped back, from behind him he heard a cry of surprise he turned and saw Blossom had seen it too. It was the creatures face, and it was quite terrifying. It had a slightly skeletal look to it, along with veins around its eyes and on its head. Leon wiped off more dust and the creature was revealed. It was humanoid; its heart was on the outside with a great concentration of veins around it. The skin was grey and one hand was a giant claw, "Guys I know what this thing is." Leon whispered, "It's a Tyrant!" "A Tyrant? But Umbrella, ended the Tyrant program ages ago." Ada said, "They did, Umbrella must just keep this one down here." Leon said "Excuse me but what are you talking about?" Dexter asked. "The Tyrant program was an attempt to create the ultimate bio weapons using the Tyrant virus. But they shut it down after a tyrant killed a umber of scientists. Now guys don't touch anything, and we should be fine." Suddenly Leon heard a tapping, he saw Luis had walked over and had begun tapping the glass. Leon slapped Luis upside the head, "Hey what was that for?" Luis snapped, "Did you not just hear what I said?" Leon snapped. "Come on its not like it's going to wake him up." Luis said. Suddenly the non-claw hand reached up and banged on the glass. "Not good." Said Luis.
Chris stared into the room; a dust covered canister was dominating the center while control panels covered the sides. He moved inside with the others right behind him. Steve, Claire, and Buttercup went over to the control panels to examine them. But he and Bubbles walked over to the canister. Chris wiped some dust of to reveal a brutish grey face, Bubbles jumped back and freaked out, but Chris continued to wipe away dust revealing the whole creature. It had mainly grey skin, but the abs area and the arms were black with red mixed in, the arms ended in club like stumps with spikes on it. Its right leg also had red splotches on it. "Guys, I think we found a Tyrant!" Chris said "What! But the Tyrant project was ended because of the deaths of those scientists." Claire said. "This must be where they stored it after the project ended." Steve stated. "Would you mind filling us in here?" Buttercup said, and Chris told the Powerpuffs about the Tyrant program. "Okay guys just don't do anything that would wake it up." Chris said Suddenly Steve stumbled and banged a button on the control panel. Immediately the canister drained and the Tyrant was left standing there. "Well that was a close one." Steve said, suddenly the Tyrant raised his right club and sprouted more sharper and longer spikes. "Ah snap." Said Steve.