And another chapter is up, happy reading o.O
Brian Irons sat on the hard stone chair. He before heard a weird scream and he quickly went to his secret room underground. The passage was in his office and it led down an old fashioned elevator to his secret room. The only way to access the passage was to put either the lion medal or the snake medal in the slot hidden behind the picture on the wall of his office. He had the lion medal and he had hid the snake emblem years ago. The room was shaped like a medieval Dungeon. There were torchlights, old-fashioned torture devices, and a path down into the subbasement. Brian Irons put the body of Beverly Harris, the mayor's daughter, in a cabinet because he couldn't bear to look anymore at what he had done. He had lied to Claire and said a monster had killed his niece, but he really had killed his niece. He felt bad, but everything that had been going on had driven him insane and he needed to take it out on someone.
That Claire girl who came must have been an Umbrella assassin, bent on killing me, Irons thought. Well I have the edge now, and even though I might die, I'll make sure she has a more painful death than mine, so bad that her soul will rot in hell, He thought. Brian sat with a smug face as he waited for the girl, so he could bring her life to a violent end. He picked up a couple of medieval torture devices and set them up. He also had his gun if anything happens, like that creature finding his way down here. "This girl is going down," Brian whispered.
Sherry had led Claire all the way down to the basement, where they saw dead Cerberus' bodies in the hallway.
"What are those things?" Sherry asked.
"There called Cerberus', but sweetie, my friend Leon had gave me a call and he found a way out through the parking lot sewer entrance," Claire responded. "I found another way, come on!" Sherry yelled as she sprinted down the hallway. Claire ran after her, but stopped in front of a door that said "Weapon storage". She entered and there wasn't much ammo because it looked like Leon had already been there. Claire saw a Remington gun and a fanny pack left. She put the fanny pack on and picked up the Remington. She could handle it even though it was a little heavy. She put the Magnum in her pocket and ran back out of the room. Sherry was nowhere in sight because she must of not stopped.
"Sherry!" Claire yelled as her voice echoed down the hallway. There was no response. Claire ran the way Sherry was headed and saw a door wide open that read "Sewage Disposal". Claire walked in slowly and down a long hallway. She saw a little fresh blood in the hallway. Sherry, She thought. She started to run when a Cerberus came down from the ceiling. Claire had the chance to try out her new Remington. She fired and the bullets made hard puncturing holes. The dog fell backwards with a howl, blood and guts painting the room. "Yes, take that you damn zombie dog!" Claire screamed. Just then, two more Cerberus' fell down from behind her. I spoke too soon, Claire thought. She ran down the hallway and came to a dead-end, except for the open manhole cover in the ground. She quickly scrambled down the ladder, shutting the manhole cover above her. Hearing the clatter of the dog's paws on the cover looking for her was her signal to move. She reached the bottom and it was a long dirty hallway. It was shaped like a T so there were two ways to go. One was a dead end and the other was piled up with junk, which blocked the entrance. Claire saw Sherry climbing up the pile of junk to get to the little hole at the top that was way to small for an adult to fit through.
"Sherry, what are you doing?" Claire asked as she ran up to her.
"I heard my dad, and his voice came from this direction," Sherry explained. "I'm going to find him." Sherry reached the top and climbed through the little hole. She fell down on the other side and saw only a hand-operated elevator. "Sherry come back here, it's too dangerous!" Claire yelled. Claire heard Sherry get into some type of metal elevator and rotate a handle around and around.
Sherry kept on turning the handle until she reached the bottom. She looked around and saw a platform walkway, which led to a door on the other side. Sherry heard the clattering of something on the metal. Tic Tic was what it sounded like. Just then, two Cerberus dogs started to run toward her. Sherry hopped off the elevator and ran around them. The dog's growled and barked as they chased after her. She screamed as she reached the door, entered, and slammed it shut. Inside, she saw a septic pool and on the other side was a shelf on a platform. She knew the only way to get to it was to swim across. "ewwwwww," She thought.
"I'm not going to enjoy this," Sherry exclaimed. She jumped into the murky green water, which was flowing past her as she swam. She reached the other side and climbed out. On the shelf was a knife, Magnum bullets, and a circle shaped metal with a snake on it. She slipped them all in her pocket and started to swim back across. She was half way there when something grabbed her ankle and started to pull her under.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" She screamed. She couldn't see what it was because the water was a dark green, but she reached down with the knife and cut whatever was holding her ankle. It screeched as it let go. She swam as fast as she could and reached the other side. She looked back into the pool, but nothing happened. Then a reptilian creature emerged from the water. It had claws, razor like teeth, scales, and a spike on its back that gleamed a bright yellow-green color. It also had a tag around its neck, which read "Hunter". Sherry quickly thought, do I want to be killed by this Hunter thing or the Cerberus? She decided the Cerberus' and exited. The dogs quickly sprinted at her and Sherry ran again, clenching the knife as she ran. Sherry reached the elevator and went up to where she entered.
"Claire!" She yelled. "Sherry are you ok?" Claire asked. "I'm fine, but I didn't find my father," Sherry responded. "I did find these though, heads up!" She threw the magnum bullets and the snake medal through the hole. Claire picked them up and put them in her fanny pack. "Claire I can't get back through this way because I can't reach the hole, I have to find another way," Sherry said. "Sherry wait!" Claire yelled. "Don't worry Claire, I can take care of myself," Sherry shouted as she ran back to the elevator with the knife in her hand. Claire knew Sherry was gone and went back up the ladder. She pushed the manhole cover aside and looked around. The two Cerberus' were staggering around just like the rest of the viral monsters that roamed Raccoon City. She stayed on the ladder and fired the magnum, killing the dogs quickly. She climbed out and left the basement, looking around to see where the snake emblem could fit. She thought that Irons would be the kind of nut to make some kind of puzzle so she headed back up to his office.
She searched around his office until she noticed a few drops of blood on the floor near a wall. She knocked on the wall and heard that it was hollow. There was a room behind the wall and Claire needed to find a way in. She started to stare at the snake medal. In the corner was a tiny picture of a Sun. Claire looked at the room until she found a picture on the wall of a sun. Claire removed the picture off the wall and behind it were two slots for medals. Claire inserted the snake medal into a slot and the hollow wall opened, revealing a small polished hallway with an old fashioned elevator. Claire entered the elevator, the metal cage-like door sliding closed after her. Claire heard the soft hum of the elevator as the mechanics did their work. Upon reaching the bottom, the door slide open to reveal a long medieval like hallway. All the torches were lit and that must mean Brian was down here. The floor was made of dirt, which shifted around as Claire descended down the hallway. Claire reached an old wooden style door that was partly open. Claire thought what was going on was so creepy.
This is it, I can either go in the next room and be confronted by the nut Brian Irons or I can leave Sherry to die in the sewers if I don't find her. "I'm going in," she muttered to herself. Claire bit her lip as she clenched the latch, took another deep breath, and pushed it open, the door swinging on its well-oiled hinges. She took a step in as her heart pounded. She was in an empty room, as dank and unwelcoming as the corridor-but with furnishings and a décor that made her skin crawl. There was a single light bulb, illuminating the creepiest chamber ever. A blood stained table was in the center of the room with a hacksaw on it. There also were tons of medieval torture devices set up around the room. "Is this guy out of his mind?" Claire asked herself. It looked like she had traveled back in time to the middle Ages. There were sharp utensils, a dented bucket, shelves with empty rum bottles, and what looked like human bones, polished and placed off to the side. Claire got a whiff of an awful chemical smell, rank and sharp. She knew Sherry wouldn't be in this room, but at the least she could check for weapons and ammo. She took a few more steps in and heard the sound of a gun being cocked.
"Freeze, or I'll shoot you right now," Brian Irons exclaimed. Claire froze and looked to see Irons emerging from a dark corner of the room. "Drop your Remington and put your hands in the air!" He yelled. Claire followed his demands and stood silently with her hands up high in the air. What was the chuckle of a police chief grew into the laughter of a madman as he firmly pointed his gun at Claire. Sherry, I'm so sorry I couldn't get you out of this zombie mess, Claire thought. At that moment, Claire knew she was going to die.