Kicking open the door to the main hall Jay leaned against the wall as he aimed his gun down the corridor "Clear" he said to Chase and Sam who were behind him before continuing down the hall with the temperature case that contained the T-virus and the anti virus.
Typing in a code to a locked door he nodded for Chase to take the lead as the door opened. Raising his gun next to his head Chase nodded before stepping into the hall and quickly running to the other end "Clear" he yelled back as he opened the next door.
Both Sam and Jay followed after him, in the next hall they finally met up with Chris and Rebecca who were waiting for them at the door to the facility's briefing room. "Are you all right?" Rebecca asked seeing the bleeding gunshot wound in Jay's shoulder.
"Not exactly" Jay said as he motioned for her to sit on the desk and opened the case that contained the anti-virus. Loading a capsule of the anti-virus into the injector Jay wrapped a rubber arm band around Rebecca's upper arm as she quickly balled her hand into a fist and released it to get the blood pumping in her arm. Once the veins in her arm were visible Jay slowly pushed the injector's needle into her arm and emptied the entire anti-virus capsule into her bloodstream.
Waiting a few minutes Rebecca got up from the desk and stretched her arms out "I think it worked I can feel the virus leaving my body".
Giving a sigh of relief Jay looked over to Chase and Samantha "All right we need to leave now have you found anything?" he asked them.
Chase nodded "There's a self destruct system that will take this lab and the entire estate out as well as these monsters. Once it's activated all electronic locks will be released and we can get to the helipad and signal your pilot with the flare gun I found in the command room".
Chase looked over to Chris and said "I believe I found a surviving member of your team. She's being held in a detention room a few halls down behind a code locked door".
Chris immediately looked over to him and said "She? You mean Jill she's still alive?"
Chase nodded "Before I found Sam and Jay I did some scouting of my own and manage to scour the codes that will unlock the door all you have to do is go down there and get her" Chase paused and looked at Rebecca "You take care of the kid until we get back ok".
Rebecca gave a small laugh before nodding and saying that she would keep Jay out of trouble for them. With an annoyed and irritable laugh Jay looked at Chase "Don't push it".
After Jay said that Chase nodded "We're off then see ya when we see ya". Leaving with Samantha the two of them turned around to head back to the command room to start the self destruct sequence.
After they left Chris told Jay and Rebecca to head to the elevator that would take them to the helipad while he went to free Jill "Be careful you two" he said before running off back down the hall.
Now alone Jay looked over to Rebecca and sighed hesitantly "Rebecca" he said quietly. After she looked over to him Jay sighed again before continuing "I want to say this now in case I don't make it out. I...We've been through a lot tonight and even though we've only known each other for the past nine hours I…" Jay stopped again and looked up at the ceiling "I love you Rebecca" he said finally before closing his eyes.
Rebecca tilted her head to the side and began going over her own thoughts and personal feelings of Jay, but before she could say anything to him an alarm began blaring throughout the facility and a programmed female voice announced "The self destruct sequence has been activated. Releasing all electronic locks all personnel evacuate to the nearest exit immediately".
Jay looked over to Rebecca and grabbed his gun "Let's go" he said pushing off of the wall and quickly leading her down the hall, leaving the case that contained the T virus behind. The alarm continued ringing and the same female voice continued to announce the situation every few seconds which quickly became annoying "We know we know" Jay yelled at a speaker as he passed it.
Entering the same room that he was in when he, Chris and Rebecca first descended into the lab Jay noticed four clips and Chase's pistol lying on top of the crown crate against the wall "Thank you boss" he said as he holstered his own gun and took the pistol from the crate as well as the clips. "Here" he said handing two clips to Rebecca and continuing into the next room.
Waiting for them on the other side of the door was a single zombie that moaned as it turned and began limping toward them. Each of them fired two shots at the zombie which moaned and collapsed to the floor before crawling after them. Waiting for the zombie to reach him Jay raised his leg and stomped down on its neck crushing its spine killing it.
"Come on" Rebecca said as she ran past him and continued through the hall, stopping at the lift that led to the helipad they waited for Chris to return.
The speaker above announced that the self destruct countdown was at four minutes and Jay began tapping his foot "Hurry up Redfield".
Rebecca looked at the lift and then to Jay as he continued to tap his foot and knew that that it was going to be a close escape "When we make it out of here" she began and waited for Jay to turn around "I'll take you up on that dinner offer".
Jay smiled at her and said "Let's make sure we make it out then".
Rebecca nodded just as Chris came running around the corner with Jill right behind him "Great you're here" he said as he moved between them and activated the lift "Let's get out of here that alarm is driving me crazy".
After the lift opened Jay said in a sarcastic tone "Of course it's only big enough for two people". Looking over to Chris he said "You and Rebecca go first we'll be right behind you".
Chris was reluctant to go, but Jill convinced him to go first while she waited with Jay. After both Chris and Rebecca went up Jay quickly introduced himself "Jay Helmsly. Nice to meet the famous Jill Valentine in person. If we make it out of here alive we can have a proper introduction".
No less than a minute after Chris and Rebecca left the lift returned just as the speaker announced "Three minutes until detonation". Both Jay and Jill stepped onto it and hit the helipad button, arriving at the helipad just as Chris sent up a signal flare he found they waited for the helicopter to fly over the mansion.
"There" Rebecca cried once she spotted the helicopter as it came into view. Waiting for the helicopter to get into position over the center of the helipad the four of them smiled and silently cheered they were about to be saved.
On the other side of the roof the floor exploded and a tall semi muscular monster with a giant clawed hand climbed up from the floor below. Its grey skin, pale eyes and exposed swollen heart were an intimidating sight for them. "What is that thing?" Jay yelled as the monster began advancing towards them.
"That's the Tyrant. I guess I didn't kill it enough" Chris said readying his gun.
The Tyrant threw its arm out and its claws extended before it charged toward Jay with surprising speed for a monster its size. Surprised Jay managed to run to the side at last second and the four of them open fired at the giant monster before them.
"This is bad" Jay yelled as he discarded a clip from his pistol and loaded another.
A few yards away from him Chris had just finished reloading the magnum he found earlier that night "Just keep shooting we don't really have another choice".
The Tyrant continued to randomly switch its focus between the four of them and charge after one of them as they continued to unload everything they had into it. Backing Jay into a corner the monster swung at him and missed by an inch before grabbing him by the neck with its normal hand.
"Jay" Rebecca cried as the Tyrant lifted him off the ground and pulled its clawed arm back.
Quickly retrieving his stiletto knife from his pocket Jay flipped it open and stabbed the creature in the eye forcing it to drop him. After dropping Jay the Tyrant began wildly swinging its claw around and Jay quickly crawled away before getting to his feet and shooting its exposed heart.
After hitting the monster in its heart Jay noticed that the Tyrant seemed stunned for a brief second and yelled at the others to aim for its heart. It proved to be easier said than done the grey giant continued to randomly attack each member of the group, but managed to keep its heart a hard target as it ran between them.
From above Brad yelled down to them from the helicopter as he dropped something for them "Destroy that monster hurry".
Chris was the closest one to whatever Brad dropped, but unfortunately the Tyrant was targeting him and not letting up. "Little help here" Chris yelled after rolling under the Tyrant's claw.
"Lead it this way" Jay yelled to him and he circled around and loaded his last clip into his gun. Taking aim from the side he waited for Chris to turn the monster around before firing two shots into its heart and quickly advancing on it. "That's right big guy I'm right here" Jay yelled at the monster as Chris got behind it and ran over to the rocket launcher Brad dropped from the helicopter.
The Tyrant turned its attention to Jay and began pursuing him as he yelled for Chris to hurry. Leading the Tyrant in circles on the far side of the roof Jay turned to fire a single shot, but the Tyrant backhanded him into the wall before extending its claws again and sprinting over to him.
Just as the Tyrant stopped next to him Jay quickly took aim at its heart and fired two shots to stun it long enough for him to get away. "Today Redfield TODAY" he yelled as he led the Tyrant in another circle.
After priming the launcher Chris yelled for Jay to lead the monster toward him as he lifted the launcher onto his shoulder and got down on one knee.
Rolling under the monster's claw Jay turned for Chris and made a straight sprint toward him waiting for him to fire the rocket. "Now" Chris yelled just as the Tyrant closed the gap on Jay and raised its claw for the last time.
Jay quickly rolled to the side as the Tyrant swung for him and Chris fired the rocket launcher and for all four of them time slowed down as they watched the rocket fly towards the Tyrant. The second the rocket impacted the Tyrant it exploded destroying the Tyrant for the final time.
Brad quickly landed the helicopter and told them to hurry as they piled into the back. Once they were strapped in Brad took off and put as much distance as possible between them and the mansion as it exploded in a purging fireball that erased all, but the scars and memory of the nightmare they all lived the previous night.
Jay sank into the bench and lowered his head. Rebecca saw the look in his eyes and knew what he was thinking "I'm sure they made it out" she said nudging him with her elbow.
Jay nodded his head to the side "Yeah. I just hope they can make it back to the city alive".
Jill leaned her head on Chris' shoulder and closed her eyes immediately falling asleep, while Jay slid off the bench and sat on the floor of the chopper allowing Rebecca to lie on the bench and rest. Looking down at the mercenary that helped him and saved Rebecca several times throughout the night Chris thanked him just before Jay closed his own eyes to rest.
That was it, from beginning to end that's how it all started for us. We survived the ultimate darkness and our victory was that much sweeter under the warmth of the rising sun. I was always the one to look at the bright side of things, but after that night I just couldn't see anything bright about it other than the fact that we survived…Well I can't say that nothing good happened. After all I met Rebecca Chambers the girl of my dreams and since then we've managed to live a pretty happy life together.
If you think about it, it's actually interesting how an event like that can bring people who just met so close together. Not that I'm complaining of course.
After that day I along with both Chase and Samantha who escaped in a jeep they found by sheer luck retired from our mercenary life and left it behind us. After a long and somewhat emotional goodbye I watched Chase and Samantha leave as they headed for Seattle, Washington to start their new life.
I remained in Raccoon City and took Rebecca to dinner just like I said I would and our first date went really well. A week after the incident we both decided to move out of the city before continuing our relationship, Rebecca left first and we agreed to meet up in Denver, Colorado. I decided to stay behind and pack a few more things before I left, but of course that's where my luck ended.
That same night while I was packing I heard screaming in the streets below and when I looked out my window I saw…you got it zombies. The nightmare started again and my luck being what it is I was trapped in the middle of it once more.
I did what I could to survive; I even helped a group of eight people escape from Jack's bar in uptown Raccoon city. One of them I knew for a while George Hamilton a doctor who was a good friend of both Chase and myself for the past few years. I traveled with them through Raccoon City for a few days before we got separated during a failed evacuation just a few miles from Raccoon City University. I don't know if they made it out of the city alive or not.
Not long after getting separated from them I crossed paths with Jill Valentine and at first it seemed to be the best thing that could happen at the time that is until I found out she was being pursued by a monster called the Nemesis. From what I could gather the Nemesis was a monster designed to hunt specific targets which meant that Umbrella could actually control this one.
At first the Nemesis left me alone and went after Jill only, but once I started shooting at it I became a target as well. I wasn't with Jill long as we too were separated and I returned to the Police Department in hopes of finding a way to stay safe until Jill or someone that survived made their way there.
I was there for no more than an hour before two people barged into the lobby. Claire Redfield, Chris' younger sister and a rookie officer named Leon S. Kennedy. I was surprised that these two of all people managed to survive as long as they did, even though they got along they bickered a lot for the first few hours, which made for some form of entertainment thank God.
With their help I managed to escape Raccoon City with them just minutes before a government launched nuclear missile destroyed the city and everything in it. The three of us along with a young girl Sherry Birkin who Claire saved back in the city spent the next few days together before going our separate ways.
From the next town I boarded a plane to head back home to Denver and Rebecca, but of course my luck threw me another curve ball. Just as I was about to enter the terminal I was arrested on suspicion of carrying weapons and was taken to a holding room where undercover Umbrella employees took me. All I know from that point is I had a bag over my head and we were on a different plane than I originally planned. After landing I was told I was a prisoner and given an ID number before being led to my cell.
I was only there for a few days before something happened that allowed me to escape the prison blocks and out into the facility. Of course I was on an island. I couldn't just be on the mainland or a different country no that'd be too easy. And of course being a place owned by Umbrella guess what I ran into for a third time.
My luck did finally pick up though after only a few solo hours I ran into Claire Redfield, and you can't imagine how good it was for both of us to see a friendly face. It took almost an entire day, but we managed to find a way off the island along with another prisoner Steve Burnside and after escaping from the facility the sea plane's alarm told us we had a stow away. Of course it was a Tyrant, it couldn't be a little puppy or a Bugs Bunny it had to be a Tyrant in an enclosed space.
Needless to say Claire and I dealt with it and returned to the cockpit only to find out that the auto pilot sequence forced itself on and wouldn't turn off. After crash landing in an Antarctic facility we began searching for another way out, splitting up and going separate ways of course.
I'm not sure what events led to it, but Steve died along the lines and Claire...well she was devastated by it. From that point on I decided to stay with her until we got out of there and by God my luck finally turned good Chris found his way to us and we were on the verge of getting out of there...that is until Wesker showed up.
Chris decided to deal with Wesker while Claire and I tried to find a way out of the facility before another self destruct sequence blew us to hell. Finding a pair of Harrier fighter jets we waited for Chris while I read over a pilot's Manual that was lying on a nearby table, I only had time to go over the basics like how to take off and fly, but it was enough for now. After Chris showed up we left that facility behind, Claire flew in the same fighter with Chris while I took the second jet and followed after them.
It was a little over a day before we found a place to land and from there we went our separate ways again and once again I purchased a plane ticket home.
Once I landed in Denver I called Rebecca and you could not imagine how happy she was to find out that I was alive. She was pretty surprised when I told her everything that happened since the last time we saw each other, but she was just glad to have me back alive. We moved into her family's old vacation house just on the edge of Denver and settled in there as we began our new lives. Rebecca wanted to become a doctor so she began attending a few medical classes while I went to work as a mechanic.
In 2003 only five years after that nightmare ended both Rebecca and myself were recruited into the BSAA an organization dedicated to the sole purpose of battling Bio terrorism. Even after Umbrella was destroyed both financially and corporately they still managed to manufacture and produce BIO weapons and were selling them on the black market.
Once the BSAA was officially formed I was reunited with Chase and Samantha while Rebecca was reunited with her former teammates from S.T.A.R.S.
For the next few years the BSAA tracked down and battled Umbrella and any B.O.W.s they used against us and with each small victory we came that much closer to shutting them down for good. In late 2009 Chris Redfield along with BSAA agent Sheva Alomar encountered Albert Wesker and after he transformed into a monster through the T virus the two of them along with help from Jill Valentine and Josh Stone eliminated him hopefully for the last time.
Almost a year has passed since then and even though we're continuing our battle against Bio terrorism we've managed to live normal lives as well. Chase and Samantha were married in early 2007 and started their own family they have twin girls now Carla and Mina; I can only imagine how maddening it must be for Chase. He's probably considering jumping on a live grenade just to get out of changing a diaper or something along those lines.
As for me and Rebecca...Well we decided to do the same, the two of us were married in July 2008 and...Well we're expecting the third member of our family to be joining us in the next couple of months. Samantha had always been like an older sister to me and was really happy to see me starting my own family, Chase was as well although he wouldn't show or admit it, he merely grunted and said "Just wait. You'll see".
Everyone puts their lives into perspective many times throughout their time in this world and they all wonder how their lives would be different if certain situations were changed or never happened to begin with.
While it's true that my life would be completely different if I never joined that mercenary organization or even just decided to take a few days off when that mission was issued, I also know that I wouldn't be as happy as I am today. Even with the memories of that nightmare still fresh in my mind I know that I'm happy with my life and the way it turned out.
After all I have the greatest woman in the world by my side and our daughter that's on the way, and in all honesty I wouldn't have it any other way.
That's the story from start to finish and there's nothing more I can really tell, as for now I'll leave the rest to the imagination of whoever finds this notebook.
- Jay Chambers. BSAA Agent.
A/N. That's chapter 9 the final chapter. As usual I hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as I have writing it.
The idea for this story first came to me back in late 2006, but I never got around to actually starting it. I would write draft after draft, but nothing felt right so eventually I gave up. And then just under four years later I found the inspiration I needed to start it, and this is what I've come up with.
Again I really hope you've enjoyed it while it lasted. As for me I can only thank those of you that reviewed it for your kind words and the helpful ideas that I've gained from a few of you and the criticism that allowed me to finish it.
While this is the final chapter I've decided to add a couple of alternate ending chapters to keep in flow with the original Resident Evil game and because I feel like it.