Silent Evil

Chapter 3

"Where do you think we should head next?" I ask.

Wesker pulled out the map and looked at it for a moment. "The next nearest place is a Mexican restaurant." He put the map into his back pocket. "Let's check that out."

We walked through the thick fog until we heard what sounded like growling. "You hear that?" I ask.

"Yes." He answered. "Keep your guard up."

I nodded and readied my gun, looking around for the source of the growling. All of a sudden, I saw two dark figures through the fog. They didn't seem very tall. "Over there." I said and we both pointed our guns as the figures walked out of the fog.

I gasped. "The hell….?"

They looked like dogs, but with rotten and deteriorating flesh. "Looks like we found our culprit." Wesker said, cocking his gun.

The weird-looking dogs growled ferociously and began running towards us. We both fired our guns and ended up getting a few shots at both dogs. They yelped and fell to the ground, blood appearing underneath of them. I gulped as we approached them and Wesker nudged their bodies with his foot. "They're dead."

"Ugh, what is wrong with this town?" I shouted.

He whacked me over the head. "Be quiet. We don't want to attract attention to more of those things." He said and I followed him as we walked towards the Mexican restaurant.

"Ow…..and that was the same spot too you bastard….." I muttered as we entered the restaurant. Once we entered, I shined my flashlight down and saw a trail of blood leading between the walkways and around the corner. "Hey." I nudged Wesker and shined my flashlight at the trail of blood. "Should we follow it?"

"Yes, it might lead to something." He answered and he went first with me trailing behind him. I had tapped my flashlight on top of my gun earlier so I could move more easily. Did the same with Wesker too and wherever I pointed my gun, my flashlight would shine in the same direction.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps from behind me and I quickly whirled around, seeing nothing. "Someone's here." I said.

I kept looking around when a saw a small, dark figure dart underneath one of the far tables and I aimed my gun at the figure, only to stop.

The figure reveled to be a girl, about 7 years old with shoulder length brown hair, light blue eyes and wore blue jeans with a white shirt, a blue jacket over it and shoes.

"Hey Cap'." I motioned over to the little girl. He nodded and we both slowly approached the girl. She was hiding underneath the table with a slight look of fear on her face. I got on one knee in front of the girl. "Hey sweetie." I said softly, reaching out towards her. She put herself more against the wall under the table. "It's okay; I'm not going to hurt you. We're here to take you home."

The girl seemed to hesitate, but then she crawled out from underneath the table and rushed into my arms, burying her face in my shoulder and putting her arms around my neck. I rubbed her back as she softly cried. "It's okay." I said softly.

The girl finally calmed down and pulled back from me a little, but still kept her arms around my neck. I smiled gently. "There we go." I wiped her tears away. "I'm Shell and this is Wesker. What's your name?"

"Leigh Howards." The girl answered.

"Shell, check the list." Wesker said.

I nodded and pulled out the list and the pen. Looking at the list, a Leigh Howards was on the list. I put a check mark beside her name and put the list and pen away. "Okay Leigh, is your father's name John Howards?"

Leigh nodded. "My parents and I hid in here from those mean dogs. My daddy went out to find food…..but daddy never came back."

I frowned and glanced up at Wesker. He nodded and then I looked back at Leigh. "Sweetie….um, I don't know how to tell you this….but your daddy is gone. We um….found his body and we believe he was attacked by those dogs."

"What about my mommy? She left to look for my daddy…..and she never came back either." Leigh sniffled as tears began to show in her eyes. She buried her face in my shoulder again and cried softly.

I rubbed her back. "I'm sorry Leigh…..we haven't found your mother yet."

"Captain, come in. Over." Joseph's voice said from the radio.

"This is Wesker. What did you find Joseph?" Wesker asks.

"We found the body of a woman named Sasha Howards. She's dead. Looks like she was attacked by some animal." Joseph answered.

I pulled the list back out and crossed off Sasha Howards, Leigh's mother and put the list and pen away.

"We found the daughter that belongs to the Howards. Chris radioed earlier. He found the daughter's father dead."

"Man….two dead….one alive so far." Joseph sighed. "Alright, we'll radio again if we find anything."

"Good luck." Wesker said and put the radio on his belt. "We'd better move on, see if we can find any more of the missing persons."

I nodded. "Leigh, can you walk?"

She nodded and released me. I stood up and she took my hand instantly and we left the Mexican restaurant. Suddenly, the same dogs from earlier appeared; only there were at least 6.

"It's the mean dogs!" Leigh said in a frightened voice and clung to my leg.

Wesker and I began shooting at them as the rushed at us. My gun clicked and I clicked the button, letting the magnum fall out. I began reaching for another magnum and just put it in when one of the dogs lunged at me and knocked me to the ground. My gun clattered away. Leigh screamed and ran back into the Mexican restaurant.

I struggled to keep the dog away from my face and trying to reach for my gun at the same time. "Get the fuck off me!" I yelled and kicked the dog off. I grabbed my gun and turned to the dog as it lunged; shooting it between the eyes and it fell dead to the ground.

Wesker finished off the last of the dogs and clicked his magnum out, putting another one in. "Leigh, you can come out now." I said.

Leigh ran out and put her arms around my waist.

"Alright, let's get a move on." Wesker says.

Joseph and Brad

"Man, this town gives me the creeps." Joseph said as the two slowly walked through the foggy, vacant street. Ash was still slowly falling from the sky.

"You said it." Brad shuddered. "Gives me the chills."

"Brad, Joseph, come in. Over." Shell's voice said from the radio.

Joseph snapped the radio from his belt. "This is Joseph, what's the trouble?"

"Hey, have you guys seen any weird-looking dogs?"

"No, why?"

"Wesker and I encountered them just a few minutes ago. This is the second time. Be careful guys, they are very aggressive. Where are you guys at?"

"Near a place called Big Jay's." Joseph answered.

"Alright, just be really careful guys."

"We will." Joseph put the radio on his belt. "Weird-looking dogs?"

Brad shrugged. "Who knows?"

The two moved slowly down the road until they heard growling as three dogs appeared from the fog. The weird-looking ones. "That must be them." Joseph said as he and Brad took aim.

After killing the dogs, the two exchanged looks. "What the hell is going on here man?" Brad asks.

"I don't know, but-."

Joseph's sentence was cut off when a loud siren began to wail.

Rebecca and Barry

"The hell?" Barry says.

"Is that a siren?" Rebecca asks.

Chris and Jill

Chris and Jill heard the siren and it began to get dark.

"Chris…?"

"Yeah?"

"I have a very bad feeling about this."

Wesker and Shell

I shined my flashlight around when it went pitch black, but you could still see stuff almost 2 or three feet from you. "What the hell is going on?" I ask.

"It does this." Leigh said.

"What?" I looked down at her.

"It gets dark like this. It's scary….that's when the monsters come out." She shivered, holding onto my hand tightly.

Wesker gave me a glance and then to Leigh. "What monsters?"

"Many of them….." Leigh shuddered.

"Cap, what to you think we should do?" I ask.

"Just move quietly and slowly. We don't want to attract any attention." He answered.

"Got it." I said and we trailed after him.

About 15 minutes later, we came to a place called Nelly's Bar. "Should we check it out?"

He nodded and we walked into the bar, shining our flashlights around. "I feel like we're being watched." I whisper.

Leigh tugged on my hand and whimpered. I looked down at her and noticed she was looking behind me. "There's something behind us." She whimpered.

Both Wesker and I shined our flashlights and saw many faceless, child-like monsters. Some carried small knives and some didn't.

"Shoot 'em!" I shouted and we began shooting at them.

The monsters screeched and prowled towards us. We backed away and around the corner, still firing and they still followed us. Suddenly, one of them lunged at me, grabbing my legs and with a yell, I fell to the ground, my gun clattering away.

Leigh screamed and ran somewhere into the bar.

"Leigh!" I yelled her name and the creatures began to grab at me. "Get off me! Get off me!"

"Don't move!" Wesker ordered and began shooting at the creatures as they were grabbing me. Suddenly, one of them latched onto his left leg and knocked him off balance, making him fall to the ground.

"Get off me!" I screamed and kicked the creatures away, rolling over and crawling for my gun, but the creatures grabbed at me again and pulled me towards them. "Let go! Get off me!" I screamed and turned over to face them, trying to kick them off.

Suddenly, same siren from before began to wail and the creatures screeched, backing away as they began to…disappear.

I let out a sigh and passed out.