Resident Evil: Fate Can't Escape Destiny
Thomas drops a foot through the spider before him as it lunges for him, blood and spider-bits exploding around him. His stride never falters, still keeping up his speed, rounding corners as if he was weightless. There isn't much time, never enough time to finish his plans and get rid of Dusty and his bitch friend.. A sound reaches his ears, wet sliding noises, which promptly cause him to stop, the color gone from his face.
"No.. No, NO NO! Not Blood Flower! MOTHER FUCKER!" the door crumbles from his rage-filled punch.
The venom of the Blood Flower mutated in the last injection of Isis, bonding with the virus. When the venom was applied to Isis, the results were that the venom easily dissolved the virus, rendering anything infected by Isis a pool of gunk. Thomas ordered it destroyed weeks ago, but yet again, the imbeciles that work here have failed him, again.
Worst parts of this revelation would be, "I fucking hate snakes and it sounds like it's in the hangar with the helicopter..."
Another sound reaches his ears now, two distinct sets of foot steps and a voice he's come to hate so much over the past decade, "Maybe I won't have to deal with either of them... They distract each other out of the hangar, I get away no problem..."
A shiny spot in a day of darkness and anger, but still a shiny spot.
11
Dusty huffs and slides against the wall, he has run out of ideas on how to get this beast to move, his mind having thrown out about thirty different ideas. Aya is apparently as exasperated as he is, her hair frazzled from her running her hands through it countless times. Dusty checks his cracked watch, about ten minutes left if he timed it right, ten minutes to get the snake out of the hangar and the chopper about a third of a mile from the island before it explodes.
A smile crosses his lips as Dusty finds an idea that will distract the snake, "Aya, another entrance to the hangar?"
"Of course, and I think it... Yeah! It's big enough for Blood Flower to get in or out through, you got an idea?"
He nods then follows Aya through the facility, dropping a few more of his precious handgun rounds into the BOWs that attempt to slow down their movements. Soon they find themselves on the other side of the hangar, their eyes finally getting to see the full scope of the snake as its body is slithered through the entire hangar, thankfully nowhere near the helicopter. The brunette backtracks a few rooms, hopefully the distance will give them enough time to get the chopper started and in the air. Dusty places the last two grenades on the floor and grabs a fire extinguisher from nearby. Using the firing mechanism from the M79 mixed with a lab coat that was torn into strings, Dusty rigs up a makeshift timing device for the homemade explosive resting in the back of the room. Another few straps of cloth and Dusty grabs a Bunsen burner from the counter, resting the flame under the taunt cloth strap, then he pushes Aya back toward the other door into the Hangar.
If Dusty built it right, the flame should burn the strap by the time they get about halfway to the door, then the weight should fall, pulling the trigger on the firing mechanism, which will detonate the grenades and extinguisher right around the time they get to the stairs. The snake, if it moves as slow as it looks, should get into that room as Dusty and Aya climb into the helicopter. Hopefully the sound of the flames covers up the sound of the propellers chopping the air. Then by the time the snake makes it back to the hangar they should be in the air.
"Come on, Aya. This way," he guides her toward the stairs as a muffled explosion causes their steps to stutter for a brief second.
Then Dusty hears it, the heavy scraping sound of the snake moving, "NOW!"
The two race up the stairs and into the hangar just as the tail of Blood Flower disappears through the large doors at the far end of the hangar. Aya climbs into the cabin as Dusty jumps into the cockpit, his eyes going over the controls. Nothing looks familiar, his mind racing over the controls from the Riley Police Department Helicopter he piloted twice in his seven-year career.
"Oh get over!" Aya pushes him into the co-pilot seat as she snaps the switches up and starts the machine.
Dusty takes this time to search the cabin for anything to use in case his plan goes wrong, finding a half-loaded Colt Python under the pilot seat. The chamber is snapped shut and Dusty lowers himself back into the co-pilot seat as Aya pulls the stick up, causing their transport to raise into the air. The doors overhead automatically start opening, the cool night air greeting them with rabid abandon as Dusty looks down.
"No sign of it, we're home free!" words spoken too early as something strikes the chopper, causing it to lurch hard to the left.
"What the fuck was that!?" Aya struggles to keep the vehicle on its course upward, as Dusty jumps up and slides the door to the cabin open.
What greets him within makes the brunette wish he never opened the door. A large scaly body has managed to wiggle itself through both doors of the chopper, its weight keeping the helicopter from raising any higher. Dusty growls and steps back into the cockpit, frowning at Aya as he grabs the controls, trying to help his friend keep the chopper airborne.
"We're gonna have to set it down, Aya... Blood Flower isn't gonna let us go so easily!" this is when alarms start going off.
"SHIT! We're going down hard.. BRACE FOR IT!"
The helicopter plummets to the floor of the hangar, Blood Flower's body snaked through the rafters and beams of the building, not allowing them to go anywhere. Dusty straps himself into the seat as does Aya, both of them dropping their heads into their laps. The landing is harsh, the sheer force sending Dusty through the windshield and into the hangar as something explodes around them. Aya screams off in the distance, but Dusty can't focus on it, the pain in his body, the blood in his eyes, all of it demanding attention he doesn't have.
Jesus, how do I find myself in these situations all the time anymore?
Dusty slowly raises to his feet as the flames die down around him, which strikes a nerve with him. As his eyes adjust to the pain and he swipes the blood from his face, he realizes the fire didn't die down, the snake has surrounded him. He hears the hissing before the blood starts dropping to the floor in waves. His boots squeak as they turn and step in the blood, a look of panic worn on the soldier's face as he spins around, trying to pin-point where the face of the monster is. A flash of light in his peripheral draws his attention to the Colt resting in the blood. Fingers wrap around the grip, the arm raises the weapon up, the eyes come into contact with the yellow slits of the eyes of Blood Flower.
"Oh fuck..."
11
Aya slowly comes to with her face pressed into the control panel for the burning helicopter. As she wakes, all the nearby sounds slowly start trickling into her mind, the fires first, the alarms next, and lastly is a voice in the distance, masked by a hissing sound. This forces her to stand up and work her way out of the twisted wreckage, her skin tearing on broken and bent metal, but she ignores it. Dusty can't take out the Blood Flower on his own, hopefully Aya can provide some help.
"Dusty!?" the redheads climbs over a chunk of the hangar, sliding over and dropping down in front of a pair of boots that are not worn by her friend.
"Not here..." Thomas reaches down and picks her up, his face twisted into an angry snarl as he pulls his free hand back, then swings it forward, the pain across her face agonizing.
"Where is he!?" her old boss screams at her as he brings the hand back around, back-handing her too hard, blood flying from her lips.
Tears sting the edges of her eyes as the pain is quickly doubling, tripling, becoming too much for her, "Dead! The crash killed him!"
This does not seem to be the answer he wants, as he throws her back into the smoldering piece of the hangar rafters, his face changing emotions as he backs up from her, "No! He was MINE! I WAS SUPPOSED TO KILL HIM!"
Aya starts to crawl away from Thomas, but he drops a foot on her leg, pinning her in place and almost snapping her shin to pieces, "I can smell him, Aya... Don't think you can fool me again..."
Shit...
11
Dusty screams in pain as the snake slams its face into his body, sending him flying back into the wall, the magnum still tight in his grip. Blood fills the air as he slides down into the constantly growing pool of blood emitting from the BOW before him. A round is fired from the weapon, the bullet digging in to the flesh above the snake's right eye, but it doesn't react, just keeps slithering toward him.
"AAAH!" that scream is Aya's!
It was supposed to be a simple information mission… Sneak in, obtain all you can on the subject, and flag your transport at the Escape Zone. But all that kind of took a turn down a long, terrible road. Which is where Dusty finds himself now as he stares up at a gargantuan reptile, its tongue darting out to lick the fresh blood from its scaly lips. The revolver is heavy in his hands, fatigue deciding to rear its ugly head as he raises the weapon. The sights are fixed on the bloody flower resting on the snake's head, his index finger squeezing the trigger slowly…
It's like I'm destined to fight these things forever… Are the Fates and Destiny herself conspiring against me?
Anything pouring that much blood must be a weak spot... Hopefully his aim is still good, as their entire survival counts on this. Before his finger can complete the trigger pull, something wraps around his neck and pulls him clear as the snake bares its fangs and slams down where he was once sitting. Everything blurs as he slides along the floor, finally coming to rest next to Aya, a large cut and several bruises growing on her face.
"I knew it... I knew you were still alive... Blood Flower had to be chasing something to let loose this much blood..." there is something odd in Thomas's voice, a fear almost, apprehension most definitely.
Dusty tries to stand up and confront his nemesis, but Thomas kicks him in the right knee, pain coursing through his body worse than ever. If he keeps getting injuries to that knee he won't have it in a few years. Blood-covered eyes lock with Thomas's, his face curled into a look of anger and determination. Thomas starts to ramble on about something, some win that doesn't matter, some victory over the petty mortals that plague this world, so Dusty raises the magnum and fires it through Thomas's chest, right through the heart.
The mutant stumbles for two steps, then slowly turns around, "Really? You had a perfect opportunity and wasted it? A head shot MIGHT have stunned me..."
"I didn't want to stun you, I want to kill you..." Thomas runs up and kicks Dusty in the chest, sending the brunette into the air and landing awkwardly on the body of the destroyed chopper.
"You useless little man... You couldn't destroy me in a vat of molten steel. You aren't going to kill me with weapons of man... You need something more," Thomas produces a tentacle and begins walking toward him, rage he's never seen almost pouring from the mutant.
"I decided to go outside for help..." Dusty hopes this works out how he needs it to.
It starts to as a hissing sound slides around him, ripples flowing through the blood on the floor as Thomas reaches Dusty. The tentacle straightens out and he positions it right at Dusty's forehead. Before Thomas can deliver the killing blow, the wounded man shoves a hand into the still closing wound, pulling, clawing at whatever he can, causing more and more Isis-blood to flow freely. Thomas screams in pain and pushes back, sliding easily away in the blood. Dusty watches as Blood Flower slides around a turn, its eyes resting on Thomas's form, tongue darting out before it rears back, extending to its full height, mouth slowly opening.
"You are going to die here..." Thomas steps forward, but notices the growing shadow around him.
Dusty crawls to a kneeling position, holding himself up with the bent propeller, "If I am, so will you..."
The Blood Flower bares its fangs and lunges down, clasping Thomas in a death-grip, fangs piercing through his flesh easily. The red venom pours from the wounds, Thomas's skin turning purple, swelling, the scream from his foe is almost unbearable as he lashes at the mouth of the snake with his tentacles. Blood Flower never releases, hissing loudly as Thomas's body swells to almost four times his original size, then suddenly he begins to shrink, his body dissolving from the venom, the mass that was Thomas mixing with the blood on the floor.
"So I guess it's just you and me now huh?" the Blood Flower rears back and hisses loudly, happy with the meal, but apparently still wanting more.
The beast slams into the floor, sending a wave of blood into the air before starting a slide toward Dusty. He raises the magnum to fire, but Aya's voice cuts in, then the pops from her Nano as she begins firing, not at the snake, but at the tail rotor of the helicopter which rests just even with the head of the snake. These sounds draw the attention of the beast, so Dusty aims at the slowly spinning blade, each shot causing it to spin faster. He steadies his aim, and fires a round, the ricochet is nasty, almost flying back at him, but it did the trick, it broke the attachment around the rotor. The last round in the magnum is let go, this one hitting the rotor perfectly. It spins quickly, then flies off its position, driving down toward the snake. The beast rears up slightly to attack Aya, which raises the flower into the perfect position. The rotor drives through the flesh, severing the flower off neatly before slamming into the ceiling just above Aya's frantic head.
The snake begins to wobble from the attack, blood flow having increased exponentially. Aya clambers from the growing lake of blood and runs over to Dusty, the two of them slowly making their way out of the hangar as Aya calls out how long they have to escape the blast radius. They are down to the minutes, three to be exact, as Dusty and Aya emerge through a hole in the wall of the hangar, arriving outside, just at the edge of the island itself. There, sitting at the end of a dock is a large boat plastered with the HCF logo, and more concerning is the presence of the Coast Guard logo next to the HCF one as well.
"I thought the Sweeper crew wasn't coming in..?" Dusty helps Aya into the boat then climbs in himself, before the barrel of a machine gun is pointed into his back.
"Where is Director Weidick?" the voice is calm, cold, a well-trained soldier.
"Dead, as is everything else here," Dusty raises his hands up.
"Not you two. HQ? This is Squad Leader, Mission is Complete. Alpha Target is Eradicated. I found tw-" a bullet flies through his head, the soldier dropping dead instantly.
Dusty flings his head down toward Aya, her shaking hands holding the now-empty Nano, her eyes wide. He drops in to the boat, takes the gun from her and pushes the boat off the dock, flooring the throttle and rocketing the two of them away from the Island as the far off Islands begin to detonate and explode. The shockwaves from the explosions rock their boat, but it stays on course as Dusty turns to face his friend.
"Hey.. HEY!" she finally snaps to and looks at him.
"I looked into his eyes... There was a look of betrayal in them as he died..."
Dusty pulls her to him and holds her as the boat continues on its course for somewhere far away, "I'm sorry Aya... It seems I brought you into my Nightmare..."
As the Island falls into the distance, Dusty notices the large explosion as it lights up the night sky, this part of his nightmare is finally over. Where one part ends, another begins, as now he must battle HCF, end their work before they make something far worse than Umbrella. But hopefully he won't be alone in this nightmare, hopefully he has a partner to help him get through it, even as she cries into his chest.
You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.
END!
A/N: The quote is one I found by Stephen Rea, who played Finch in V for Vendetta. I thought it was a good quote and then I found that. _ Awesome points there. Now the story arc is complete, if you don't know the order, it's posted in my profile. Thanks again everyone!