A.N: Oh my jeebus guys! I have been gone for almost a year, and I feel terrible that I haven't updated this story at all. So before I begin the chapter, let's all sit down for story time and I'll explain my reason for absence.

*Ahem* At first it was a complete lack of motivation for writing, and life in general because my best friend of 4 years had decided she wanted to hate me because a new friend she got, who was a little higher in the social hierarchy than me, told her too. Let me just point out right now, if someone does this to you, don't sit and mope like I did; they aren't a true friend if they drop you that easily and shallowly. Second my family and I were constantly traveling to the corners of the country to attend funerals, because everyone suddenly started dying for no reason whatsoever :/. When we returned I had crap tons of makeup work for school, and my parents and older siblings have all gotten about 3 jobs a piece (exaggeration) so I have to do all the housework and babysitting, which doesn't leave much free time for writing. Finally, I got like 2 new Resident Evil games(and Mortal Kombat) and a Playstation 3, so yeah I've been busy. But, now it's summer once more and I can focus on writing again. *Collective Hooray!*

All right…that explanation was a LOT longer than I expected, and going back over it now…I sound like a whiny little bitch, so if you haven't already, I would recommend not reading that bullshit excuse for an apology statement. So without further ado…

The much awaited Chapter 3 :D

Disclaimer: Claire Redfield and Steve Burnside belong to CAPCOM, and the OCs to their respective creators.

Chapter 3

Training Grounds

"Let's get over to the other side to wait for everyone to finish." Jordan proposed; Claire and Steve nodded in agreement and walked around the fence of the training grounds to the finishing line. There was an elevated box, similar to the ones at sporting events, for Jordan and the co-hosts to watch the adventure unfold.

Jordan, Steve, and Claire made their way to the air conditioned room and relaxed while they watched the campers react to their surroundings. By looking down at the training field, you could tell that the two sides were identical mazes.

Team A

Casey was stabbing the first zombie they encountered repeatedly while the rest of the team stayed behind her in fear.

"We need to think of a plan before we blindly rush in there. We don't want anyone to get bitten or seriously wounded." Leslie quickly took command of the situation as everyone else stood in silence.

"Alright. What's the plan?" Michael asked seriously. Leslie cast her eyes down in thought for a few seconds. The rest of the team gathered into a circle next to them.

"We should all stick together, so that way if anything happens, we have support." Christine suggested; Leslie and Alex nodded in agreement.

"But, if we're all together, we lose time." Michael said with a perplexed look on his face.

"It doesn't matter. The challenge is won when the entire team is on the other side." Casey's reputation made her contribution to the situation surprising.

"Alright, we'll travel together." Leslie finalized before they all readied their knives and traveled onwards.

"I hope there is pie at the end." Boog said dreamily, and the others looked at him strangely before continuing.

Team B

"Let's gather around and think of a plan." Susan said cheerfully. Damon scoffed at her overly cheery demeanor, it was kind of annoying.

"I think we should split up." Lindsay said holding her knife securely and dangerously.

"If we split up then we have no way of contact after we find the way out." James made a good point, but Lindsay was determined to use her knife on something. Without warning she broke off from the group and jumped through a bush and out of sight.

"Where is she going?" Logan asked even though nobody knew.

"I'll go look for her, if you need me to." Rebecca volunteered bravely. Lindsay needed at least one other person with her; it's a dangerous environment.

"I'll go, too." Damon volunteered, but only to get away from Susan. The others agreed and Damon left with Rebecca.

"Looks like things are starting to get interesting now." Jordan commented as they noticed Team B splitting off into smaller groups.

"I didn't think anyone would actually split up the group." Claire looked on in disbelief.

"Knowing Team B, Lindsay probably initiated the split by doing something weird. I like her; she makes things happen that wouldn't usually happen." Jordan said with a short laugh.

"Oh by the way, do you guys need anything? I just got a mini fridge in here." Steve looked at Jordan strangely, but Claire was used to her strange comments.

Team A

The group had encountered a few zombies which were either swiftly or violently terminated by Casey, or another individual would take down.

"We've been walking forever." Michael complained as they walked. From Jordan's perspective, you could see that they kept walking in circles a few turns from the finish, but the team didn't know this.

"Hey, look out!" Leslie shouted as a zombie lunged at Alex, who was spacing out slightly from boredom. She looked up in surprise to see the zombie in her face; it latched onto her shoulders and drooled excessively on her shirt while trying to bite her.

Alex grabbed her knife and tried slashing across the zombie's face, but it kept holding on to her. The other teammates were frozen in fear of how to remove the zombie without harming Alex, except for Casey.

She took her own knife, aimed carefully, and threw it; the knife impaled the back of the zombie's head causing it to fall limply onto Alex. Alex threw it on the ground and stepped away from it.

"What were you thinking? You could have seriously hurt Alex!" Leslie cried out after the initial shock of the situation faded.

"There was a problem. I fixed it, what's the problem?" Casey said bluntly before directly her attention to the clearing in the bushes that the zombie had created, when he snuck up on them.

"I can see the finish line! There's Steve, Claire, and Jordan…wait what's she holding?" Christine cried out. Boog ran through the large hole in the bushes pushing everyone else out of the way.

"What the hell?" Leslie pondered before leading everyone through the hole in the shrubbery.

"I don't even try to understand that weirdo anymore." Casey said as she passed by.

A few minutes earlier

"Looks like Johnson is starting trouble again." Jordan said with a devilish smile.

"Johnson? Is he one of the campers?" Steve asked and Jordan turned and laughed.

"Of course not. Johnson is a special genetically modified model of zombie I created. It obeys orders given by frequency waves, but other than that he acts on his own. The Johnson model is more intelligent than the average zombie, and more resilient as well. It looks like he's heading for Team A, Johnson can only be killed by the stop of brain functions, so that means…"

"He needs to be decapitated or get stabbed in the head?" Steve asked.

"Bingo." Jordan said proudly.

"You're insane." Claire said with a smile.

"I'm aware of that. I think some contestants are getting close to the end; let's go greet them." Jordan finalized. Steve and Claire walked out the door, but Jordan stopped to get something out of her mini fridge.

"What are you-" Steve saw her pull a piece of pie out of the fridge.

"You'll see."

Team B

Susan, James, and Logan got to the end with no problems. Somehow they perfectly went through the maze with no problems other than a few zombies which they took down easily. They saw Jordan, Claire, and Steve standing on a platform conversing quietly.

"Congratulations guys! You're the first ones here, but unfortunately the entire team is required to win this mission." Jordan said with a frown; for some reason she was holding a pie in one hand. She motioned to some chairs and tables off to the side.

"Do you think that's for Boog?" Logan asked referring to the pie.

"I hope not. I want a reward too." Casey crossed her arms in a playful state of anger. They took their seats and waited for the others.

Before long Boog came running out of a bush and rushed towards Jordan.

"Can I have that pie?" Boog asked excitedly.

"Sorry this is just an experiment. I wanted to see how you would react if I placed pie at the desired destination, and these are marvelous results. Unfortunately I don't care for pie; I'm more of a cake person." Jordan said as she threw the pie in a trashcan. Boog hung his head and went over to the tables to wait with everyone else.

Rebecca and Damon came out seconds later without Lindsay; they received a "Congratulations" from Jordan before sitting down. Casey came out ahead of her team and sat by Susan; Jordan made an effort not to say anything to her.

"It's down to the last few people. If the rest of Team A stuck together they should be coming out right about…now." As if on que Leslie, Alex, Christine and Michael stumbled onto the platform.

"Well then that officially makes Team A the winners." Jordan said with a smile. Suddenly Lindsay flew onto the platform in an overly dramatic fashion before standing before her disappointed team.

"Where did you go?" Rebecca asked incredulously.

"I was just on a zombie killing adventure." Lindsay said casually like it was everyday conversation. Her team all groaned in union.

"Anyway, the award for winning is you get to pick a name for your team!" Jordan cried out and Team A looked at her strangely.

"That's all we get for going through a zombie infested maze?" Christine asked sadly.

"Of course not, but this comes first, so pick a name." Jordan said hurriedly.

"I kind of like Team Alpha." James said; everyone looked at him in surprise at first, then it changed to agreement.

"That's a pretty good idea, you guys can feel like the real deal. So then is Team B okay with Team Bravo?" Team B all nodded in agreement.

"Now that the names are out of the way, the real reward is a free weapons training day with S.T.A.R.S experts." Jordan said cheerfully.

"That's it? Most of us already know how to use weapons. And some of us aren't S.T.A.R.S members." Casey said with crossed arms.

"Well since you're so skilled with weapons, you can skip the reward day and hang out in the cafeteria with everyone else. Or you could come meet my friend Johnson, I bet you would like him." Jordan said with a smile.

So that's it. The return chapter, the first challenge, and it was…somehow less exciting than I wanted it to be, but what can I say? I'm not good with action, and I get bored with my own writing. So, I'm sorry if I have ruined your character, it was a long break and I forgot how to write about anything other than cell theory and scientific notation. Anyways I need ideas, so send in some challenge ideas IMMEDIATELY, lol just kidding, you can send 'em in whenever you like, and leave a review about who you want to be the next co-host. Bye R&R please *o*.