Disclaimer: I don't own the super cool series Resident Evil, no matter how much I want to. They all belong to the geniuses of good ol' Capcom! I'm just a RE fan that plays way too much RE and daydreams a lot! So I just write fics for the hell of it!
Authoress' Notes: Alexandra "Alex" is mine. Leon is in his fucking sexy RE4 style. Nickleback's Saving Me is Alex's theme. Leon's Theme is It Doesn't Matter from SA2, I think it kinda fits him. Anyone who has Sonic Adventure 2 Soundtrack listen to it and tell me if it does fit. Still trying to keep it as close as I can to Survival Horror but can't help sticking in fanstasy stuff. I'm a RPG fanstasy fan freak, so sue me. This chappy is a part of what's happening to Leon and Alex. This may go on for another chapter or two. And it'll be nothing but Leon and Alex on the chapters.
Final Note: What no one wants to guess at Alex's true identity or you just can't figure it out?
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The Resurrection of the Nightmare
Chapter Four: Crazy Castle Of Horrors!
Wesker listened in mild interest as Sally talked about her latest BOWs, most of his focus was on the actual BOWs they walked by. From the looks of it, these creatures were actually a hell of a lot more dangerous than Umbrella's BOWs. Sally was in front of him, explaining how the process of making these BOWs were tough to crack. Now he just has to get some samples... Wesker's hand slowly moved to take the first one he saw.
Almost got it...
He touched the tip of a vial as the female scientist began to turn around. His hand shot back to his side when she fully turned to him, a smile on her face. He smile back innocently, trying his best to make her shake off any suspicions she may have had. She blinked at his smile. It was odd. She never seen him smile like that, it just wasn't right. But he wasn't doing anything weird. Wesker forced himself to smile a little wider.
I don't know if I can get anything with her staring at me. I need a way to distract her...he thought and his smile became a lot more natural and sneaky. Ah, that's right...GenX.
"Dr. Vincent, your BOWs are excellent..." he praised and Sally nearly shrieked with joy, "But..." The woman blinked at the change of tones.
"What?" she asked, looking at him in suspicion.
"What do you have planned to take care of the GenX troops?" Wesker asked, faking concern, "It would be a shame to have all your work stolen by a rival company." She froze horror. She had nearly forgotten about that. My baby! They'll be coming to get my work and to get that work they'll kidnap my baby and force me to hand it all over for her safety. Those bastards! But I've got something for them!
She smiled cruely.
"I have just the thing. Come with me." She motioned her colleague to follow her to a computer room. Once they arrived at the room, she quickly sat down at one of the many computers and typed in a few commands. And a cool, calm female voice sounded from the computer in front of her.
"Good day, Dr. Vincent. What can I do for you?"
"VIKI, acitvate lockdown of outer perimeter of the castle facitily." Sally commanded calmly. "VIKI?" Wesker inquired, obviously surprised by the fact there's an actual AI avatar within the mainframe of the facility. Sally smiled and answered him, not taking her eyes off the screen. "It stands for Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence." the scientist replied proudly, as the computer beeped for a moment and VIKI's voice returned.
"Command confirmed. Initiating outer perimeter lockdown sequence..."
"A lockdown? I thought you were trying to get them out." Wesker questioned in confusion. Sally's fingers flew over the keyboard typing in some more commands. She didn't answer but continued to type which annoyed the cool and aloof man. "Ah...that explains a lot." Wesker muttered and looked a little puzzled as to why she was still inputing commands, "What are you doing now?" The scientist paused for a second as if in thought then went back to typing.
"I'm going to try out our security system." Sally finished inputing the lines of code and smiled at the screen. Wesker was getting bored and was still trying to figure out a way to get the samples without her knowing. He could sneak away right now while she was going on about the security system. But he knew that she would just need to look over her shoulder and see him pocket samples from her lab. That, of course, will piss her off to no end and he'll be running lost in the huge castle of hers while she chased him with a gun pointing at his head.
Normally, he could just ignore the fact, grab the samples and get the hell out of here and not be scared of her. But she was a strange one all right. She practiced her shooting on live BOWs that Umbrella developed and became an ace markwoman that didn't fear the BOWs. Besides, he couldn't blow his secret as being a human BOW to her. Only he and Umbrella knew the fact and they didn't dare to tell anyone else that, not even to the other scientists they had. So, she was kept in the dark about it and Wesker planned to keep it that way.
"You're boxing them in?" he asked as he adjusted his trademark sunglasses. He wouldn't be caught dead with them off. Plus, his gold-red cat's eyes just creeped him out. He got them after the incident at the Spencer Estate and since then, to this very day, he hadn't gotten use to them. Whenever he looked into the mirror and see them there and glow spooked him at times. Of course, he would never show it or admit it to anyone.
Sally shook her head, "No."
"You've activated the lockdown and are setting up the security grid. They can't go back and they can't go forward, that basically means they're fucked and boxed in."
"True they can't leave, but they're not boxed in just because I'm turning on the security."
"I'm not following."
"They can proceed even though the security grid is coming up, but they've got to get past them to go."
"And..." Wesker trailed off as the scientist turned to him in her chair and rolled her eyes heavenward.
"Well, if they insist on rampaging through the facility, they might as well be useful for something." Sally purred with a catty smile on her face. Wesker grinned. He was beginning to like her, well...not much because of her mental health, but he liked the way she thought of interesting ways to kill people off. She turned to the computer again. She'll send one of her guards to get her baby and lead her child to her. Wait, no, that'll just endanger the child. She'll have her guard take her baby to a safe place then. Don't worry, honey, Mommy's coming. Mommy's coming and we'll go home and eat some ice cream. But first, Mommy's got to get rid of some rats. Sleep well, my little angel.
"VIKI, activate security grid."
"Command confirmed. Activating security grid... Security grid online."
"Let the games begin..." Sally purred darkly.
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At the same time...
Tattatattatatta!
Blam! Blam! Blam!
Leon and Alex pulled back behind a couple of pillars to reload as their enemies sprayed the hall with gunfire. This was getting annoying pretty damn fast. This was the second group of armed men that they had run into in a hour's time. This was eating up their time to get the fuck out and tell the others that the bad news just got worse. First, Umbrella and now they had to deal with a second megalomaniac company!
Alex swiftly popped out of her hiding place and fired her Colt at the grunt before he could duck back around the adjacent wall. He fell after several shots and another grunt took his place, firing wildly into the hall. The teenager pulled back and checked her clip. Seeing her frown at it, Leon figured that it was empty even before she threw at the grunt.
It smacked him in the forehead, disrupting his gunfire.
Leon stepped out from the cover of the pillar and fired his Assault Rifle at the distracted grunt. The man's body danced from the rapid fire and he collapsed next to his comrade's body. The young cop casted a glance at his adopted sister and saw her switch her Colt for the twin Sigpro handguns she scavanged from one the GXBCS earlier. He sighed as leaped back into the cover of the pillar.
At this rate, it's going to take all day to shake them off. Leon thought bitterly, Let's see. When we first ran into them, there were eight. We took out two...
Two...just fucking two. He really must be out of it if they only managed to kill two grunts in a span of fifteen minutes. If this keeps up they were going to run out of ammo way before they get out of the castle. There was a gunshot and a cry of pain that gurgled in the end. The rookie cop quickly looked at Alex in worry, but only saw her duck back in the shadows of the pillar. One of her Sigpros had a faint trail of smoke drifting from the end of the muzzel. Okay, make that three. He smiled sadly. So much for keeping her innocent. She was picking up on the violence of the sitution very quickly.
Too quickly.
Before Leon could finish his thoughts, the cries of the rest of the grunt squad rang out behind them. He looked at Alex in surprise but she only stared back with the same expression he had. They both peeked out of their hiding places and saw that the squad had rushed into the hall. Leon and Alex both leaped into the hall, their weapons drawn but lowered them when they noticed that the squad weren't paying attention to them at all. They were too busy banging on the wall... a wall that was never there before. That wall was blocking a corridor that they had run through before to get away from the squad. The teenager looked puzzled as she holstered her handguns back into the side holsters she wore on her belt and watched the group of men bang away at the wall. Leon cocked his head to one side as he reslung the M-16 on his back, trying to figure it out.
Let's see, we're trapped in a crazy castle that houses who knows what and have two killer companies waging a war on each other. We're all in a long narrow hall, gunfighting and then a wall "magically" appears and blocks one way out. Leon thought angrily. He needed to figure this out and fast before anything else goes wrong. Where have I seen this before? Walls don't move like that useless we triggered something. Something like...
The floor suddenly tilted upward, sending everyone lurching backwards, barely able to keep their balance. As one, they all looked around wildly, waiting to see what was happening. What was going on? Leon eyed the titling floor carefully, figuring that this was the key and noticed something. Only one section, the middle section, of the long hall was tilted. He looked up the rising part of the floor. It was cutting off another escape route, cutting them off from the other section of the corridor. He looked behind, seeing the floor lowering itself into the mouth of an open pit further down. That was also cutting them off from another escape route. The rookie cop felt an icy hand grip his heart as realization dawned on him. It was a trap. They triggered a trap!
Rumble...rumble...rumble...
"What's that sound?" Alex asked out loud as a distant rumble grew louder. Everyone looked at the rising upper half of the floor. The sound was coming from there and it was getting louder. Leon paled, recognizing the sound instantly. What is with Umbrella!? He thought with a mixture of anger and horror as the terrible rumbling sound blocked out all other sound. It was almost here.
Seconds later, the nightmare appeared.
CRASH!
A colossal sized steel ball slammed onto the floor and pitched forward.
Fast.
Jesus Christ! The young cop stared at the death trap that was coming.
"What is that?" the teenager asked her brother, who took a step back in terror. She noticed that her brother was white as a sheet and was just staring at the thing that was coming down the hall. She didn't understand. What was so bad about a giant ball coming at them? Everyone around her stood there, not believing their eyes, at least not wanting to as the ball continued its thundering path and gaining momentum.
"Something bad!" Leon yelled as he grabbed Alex's wrist, turn tail and ran like hell down the hall. What, spy movies weren't enough anymore?! They had to get something from Indiana Jones?! the rookie mentally raged as the grunt squad followed suit and fled from the monsterous ball. There was a wet SPLAT! and Leon glanced back, while pushing Alex ahead of himself. The steel ball had just rolled over the three bodies they had left lying on the floor and was painted with their blood. He looked away and shuddered involuntarily then shook the feeling away. At least they didn't feel it...
"NOOO!" came a shrill scream, causing Leon to look back. A grunt had fallen and was holding his ankel, he must've sprained it as another grunt doubled back to help. Not that it would've mattered, the ball was already on him. "Aaaagh!" both grunts screamed before being cut off by the sickening crunch of crushing bone. One of their heads popping like cork. The young cop's stomach lurched and he nearly lost it, turning away while swallowing back bile. That was no way for a human to die.
Sh-ink!
"Aw hell, what now?" Leon hissed, looking back again and his blue eyes widen, his skin paling once more. The mammoth ball now sported brand new, razor sharp spikes. "Holy SHIT! That didn't happen in Indiana Jones!" he yelped as the spikes tore into the walls and floor, ripping them apart and adding to its speed.. Flying pieces of concerte and plaster rained down from above like it was the end of the world. Alex glanced back and screamed in terror, understanding fully well as to why they were running from it. This thing was meant to kill them and there was nothing to stop it or change its course. The duo tore their vision from the spiked ball and ran faster as well as the last three of the grunt squad. All of their lungs burning and demanding for air.
Sh-ink!
A gurgling scream of pain.
CRUNCH! Squelch!
Leon and Alex didn't dare to look back, they knew that one of the grunts had just been impaled and crushed by the rolling spiked ball. Make that the last two as one of finals screamed in sorrow for his fallen comrade. God this is insane! We trapped here and people are already dying! They're dying in terrible brutal deaths! Leon thought angrily, arms pumping for speed. He glanced at Alex, who looked ready to puke and he couldn't blame her. Barely out of her capsule and she's already experiencing one of the many horrid ways for a person to die. He could protect her from seeing these events but there wasn't anything he could when it came down to her hearing and imagination. She looked sick but she wasn't going to let that slow her down. They were close to the end of the titled corridor, the only thing standing between them and salvation was the open pit.
The pit's mouth was wide and seem all too eager to consume anything into its dark abyss, including them and the damn spiked monster. The only way to cross it and live was to jump it. But it was impossible, the pit was just too wide for any mere human to jump. Too wide for a human but maybe a BOW can jump it. Alex would live at least, and Leon would rather eat a bullet than being crushed to death by a goddamn ball. But that meant the girl will be alone, fighting for her life, slowly going insane at the death of her brother. Leon shook his head. He'd be damned if he tried the easy way out, there's still a ways to go and he was going to stick by Alex no matter what. They neared it, lungs still burning and Alex smiled. It was a grim smile but still a smile. She looked at Leon and nodded. They were going to jump it.
"Everyone jump at the same time!" the rookie cop yelled out and got nods all around.
They neared the edge, the spike ball continuing its one minded course and the open pit seem to smile evilly at them, more than ready to swallow them whole.
They were running out of ground, the ball so close, the pit so wide.
The edge!
NOW! Leon's mind screamed at him and time slowed to a crawl. He echoed the word and all four of them leaped outward, arms outstreched to grab the ledge. They sailed through the air, the spiked ball rolled over the edge, missing them by mere inches as it plumented down the pit.
Then they began to fall.
Leon panicked, Not going to make it! Not going to make it!
BAM!
Their bodies hit the side of the pit as they instinctively gripped the ledge with their hands. They began to lift themselves over the ledge. Trying is more of the word, since it proved to be a bit more difficult than they thought. Leon grinned like little kid again. It was over...well...at least the running-away-from-the-killer-ball marathon was over. He wanted to laugh out loud but decided against it. His laughing could prove fatal and then the others would think he'd gone off the deep end. They looked at each other, smiling, grateful to be alive.
Rumble...rumble...rumble...
They froze.
Rumble..rumble...rumble...
They looked back, at least as far as they could turn their heads, and saw that the corridor was leveling off. The rised section was rushing back to the earth and meant only one thing. The open pit they were hanging off of, created by the lowering half of the hall, was rushing back up. If they didn't get their asses in gear and move, they were going to be bloody scrapes on the wall.
They scrambled to get over the ledge. Alex and one grunt managed to climb over, before they turned around to help them. The teenager reached out to grab his forearm and in turn Leon reached to grab hers, unfortunately, he lost his grip on the ledge. But Alex had a firm grip on his arm and refused to let go. The rookie cop hung there as his sister tried her best to pull him up without dislocatng his shoulder. He looked down and got the scare of his life. Next time, he'll prefer the vertigo.
"Sweet holy hell!" he yelped as he saw the floor charging up meet to him. He scrabbled at the side of the pit, desperately trying to lift himself up, to get away from the rising floor. He lashed out wildly, completely blind by terror. He was only thinking about two things and two things only. His need to live and getting the hell away from the floor.
Got to get away! Got to get away!
His thrashing was working against him as Alex gripped his arm tighter so that he didn't twist himeslf free and fall to his death. Apparently, what happened just several seconds ago had completely terrified him and that terror had a firm grip on his mind as he struggled mindlessly against her. One of the grunts made a grab for the back of his shirt but Leon twisted away from him. The grunt let out a growl of frustration.
"Damn it! I can't grab him if he keeps moving!" he griped, trying to grab Leon's shirt again. The other merely stood by, looked at Alex and opened his mouth for a suggestion. The teenage girl growled angrily, not bothering to look at him.
"If what your going say next has the words or the meaning of 'Why don't we let him go?' I'll shove you over the edge myself!" the teenager snapped, surprisingly sounding like an adult, "Now stop standing there like a dumbass and help!" The grunt shut his mouth and helped by trying to grab Leon's other, flailing arm. The floor was charging closer to the panicked cop, who kept struggling.
"Leon, please! You've got to calm down! We're trying to help you!" Alex cried still hanging onto her brother's arm. The rookie continued to struggle against them. The girl tried again.
"Please! Snap out of it! Leon, if you keep this up you'll die!"
The panicked words still had no effect on him and the rising floor was seconds away from splattering her brother all over the place. She only had time for one more thing and hoped that it will snap him out it. The teenager maneuvered Leon's arm a bit and leaned in as close as she could to his forearm. Thanking him for wearing a short sleeve shirt, she took a deep breath and looked at him sadly.
Sorry, Leon but this is for your own good.
Alex put her mouth on his arm and bit down.
Hard.
Fortunately, it worked. His skin broke under the pressure and let loose a steady flow of blood as he screamed from the sudden pain in his arm. With his movements stopped and him being too busy crying out in pain, the grunts grabbed ahold of him and pulled him up and out of the pit just before the floor slammed itself shut. The four laid sprawled on the floor, breathing hard, glad that the trap was over, allowing them some time to rest.
Leon sat up in shock, his mind clear and the pain subsiding and blinked in confusion. Just what the hell happened to him? Alex suddenly sat up and hugged him, burying her face against his chest, sobbing silently. He held her close, resting his chin on her head as he tried to fit the pieces together. He looked at his bleeding arm and the pieces clicked into place. His eyes widening as he finally grasped what happened and hugged her closer, cursing himself silently. How dare he buckle under and allow full blown panic sink into him that deeply. This was the first time he ever felt hating himself.
Goddamn it, Kennedy! Get a grip! You're going to get yourself and Alex killed if you flip out again. he hissed mentally, Look at her! She's scared to death about you, damn it! If you panic, she panics then you're both fucked. And then Umbrella or GenX will haul her away to finish her programming then they kill you or turn you into the next Mr. X!
"Sorry."
Leon blinked, breaking off his mental scolding and looked down at his little sister. "What?"
Alex gestured to his bleeding arm, using the back of her hand to wipe away the blood on her mouth. "Your arm. I'm sorry."
The rookie shook his head and smiled, "No, I should be the one apologizing. I panicked and nearly got myself killed because of that but you snapped me out it. Thank you."
The teenager only managed a half smile as the two stood, the two grunts were already up and were currently looking around the room. One checked his weapon for damage as the other sighed in frustration about something. Leon dusted himself off and stood protectively between them and Alex, who was glaring at the floor. The one with the M-16 glared at his weaon.
"This fucking sucks." he muttered bitterly, tossing the broken rifle aside, "This whole castle's fucking nuts."
"Tell me about it. They went an' activated the security grid." the other growled out in a strange accent, "I told ya that we needed to be a bit more prepared. Jus' like ya to ne'er listen to me."
Leon stepped in, "What are you two going to do with us?"
They both blinked at him and Alex then looked at each other. They had forgotten about that. Their orders had been to either capture or kill whoever was there in order to overtake the castle facility. They stared at each other in thought and they both nodded, reaching a conclusion at the same time. The young cop tensed, holding his arm out protectivly. The two grunts looked at them.
The M-16 grunt grinned slightly, "Nothing. Name's Perry. Sure, we're supposed to be following orders to capture or kill when we came to this hell house..."
The other finished for him, "But they've forgotten to tell us 'bout the damn traps here. Therefore, we no longer work for 'em. And my name's Zee."
Alex grinned, "Great! Any of you know of a way out of here?"
"Aye. There be a way out but not easy to get to."
"Why? Other than there being traps everywhere."
"To activate the security grid, whoever runs the place ought to put in the lockdown sequence first."
"So we're boxed in?"
"Aye."
Leon sighed, "Fucking perfect."
He rubbed his temples as Alex looked concerned.
"But I thought you said there was a way out." the teenager said bitterly. Zee sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Aye, I said that. But to get to it, ya need to get the Gate Key and climb to the top floor and cross over to the other side of the castle." he explained. The rookie looked at him.
"Do you have the key?"
"No." he answered and his partner sighed.
"That's also why we're here. We're trying to locate it but haven't found it yet, it could be anywhere in this fucked up castle."
"Okay, how big is this place?"
"Ah..um...'bout several stories high and 'round two to four thousand acres wide."
"Umbrella sure loves their facilities to be big, don't they?"
"Fucking rich ass bastards."
Alex gazed out to the deadly corridor and sighed. What other horrors does this place contain and are things going to get tougher or easier? The spike ball and titling floor was the first of the traps and it nearly killed them all. How many other traps do they have to go through to get one damn key? The million dollar question is, are they going to survive long enough to get the key and leave? Or will they die horrible guresome deaths?
"C'Mon, we ought to get out of here before we set off another trap." Zee muttered, cocking his weapon and made for the door warily, making sure he didn't set anything else off. Perry rumaged around in his vest for another weapon and went after his partner. Leon and Alex followed them with their M-16s drawn, ready to blow anything out of the way that may harm them.
As they passed through some doorways, the rookie cop glanced back at his teen BOW sister and sighed inwardly. He hated the fact that he had to lie to his friends about who she is. But he was lying to her as well, how will she react to it? A terrible thought struck his mind, what if they some how found out about it? Whose side would he be on? Alex's or his friends'? Or what if she found out and be upset over the fact that he lied to her from the start? He shook his head to clear himself of the 'what if' thoughts. He would deal with it when the time came and hoped that it wouldn't come too soon.
Alex looked at her older brother and noticed his troubled expression and gaze. What was he thinking about? Probably still thinking about how he freaked out over the killer spiked ball. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that he was holding out on something. Something that she should know about. Her mind wanted to know what it was and her heart told her that she shouldn't pressure Leon into telling her. The teenager blinked in surprise before being a little upset about her own thoughts. A little doubtful voice in her head whispered ugly lies about Leon.
Leon's lying to you and you know it. That's the reason why he keeps looking at you. He saw how you took out those guys in twenty seconds and he's afraid that'll you come after him.
I have no reason to come after him, he's my brother.
Yeah, right. If he was really your brother then why did he look so scared when you looked at him before?
Because I scared him on accident, that's why.
Sure, you did. You would say otherwise when sticks a bullet in you.
Why would he shoot me?
Beats me, but do you really think he's here to save your ass? Or maybe he's going to use you then ditch you here all by yourself after he leaves.
He won't leave me behind.
So you say. Are you sure he's your brother?
I say he's my brother and agrees with me! His eyes are gentle and pure, they don't lie!
Oh, please. People lie everyday. It's an everyday fact and you know it. They have figured out a way to mask their emotions in their eyes.
Not Leon! He would never lie to me!
Aw..what a touching moment. You're in denial. But ask yourself this...
Alex paused for a moment thne continued to walk behind Leon.
If Leon is your brother, then how come you don't remember him?
The teenager froze.
Wh-what?
He can say he's your brother. But how can you know for sure? You have no memory what so ever about him, then suddenly sha-bam! your brother's there!
Shut up, you cheap little, annoying voice! I don't care if he IS lying to me! He's still my brother!
We shall see. Will you actually hold to your word once you find out the truth? Will you still say he's your brother when you find out that this was all a lie?
Alex pushed the horrid little voice aside and erased the ugly thoughts, falling in line behind her brother. How dare that little voice tell her that! Leon would never lie to her about anything and she knew it. If he did have something to hide, then that's his business and he would tell her what it is when he felt like saying it to her. But why does she have a feeling that whatever reason he's hiding had something to with her? Seriously, how in the world did she know how to do those moves if she never done them in her life? Or the fact that she took several guys out with her bare hands and under twenty-five seconds. No human being can move that fast, she knew that, but how come she could?
She sighed.
Whatever secret Leon is hiding, she hoped she didn't find out the hard way.
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Next Chapter: Crazy Castle Horrors pt.2!
This chapter is all about Leon, Alex, Perry and Zee! What traps lie in wait? Who will survive? Will I ever get over this damn writer's block? Find out! Please, R & R! And tell me what traps to use next, who dies (Perry or Zee)!!! I love you guys!! The BOWs will come out after Sally gets pissed at Wesker and that doesn't happen 'til later. Maybe after this chappy or the one after that, I'm not sure.