Resident Evil: Nightmares Awaken
Chapter 16 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.
Chapter 16: Into the Labs
09:42 AM, 11th May 1995
The following morning the group awoke, rested and prepared for their next move. They advanced through the corridors and headed towards the doors to the labs. Surprisingly they encountered no B.O.W.s and when they arrived they found the door was still sealed, Jason inputted the code and the door hissed open. They stepped inside and found that, like the Umbrella HQ, the walls, ceiling and floor were decorated completely white, with Umbrella's logo being the only real decoration when it periodically showed up on the floor.
"Umbrella's got some fucked up interior designers," Seth commented, Jason gave a short laugh, "That's what I thought when I first woke up at the start of this nightmare."
As they advanced they heard a familiar noise and were alert, they soon saw the Crimson Heads as they rounded the corner. They immediately opened fire on the Crimson Heads, aiming for the head. The Crimson Heads rushed them but the damage to their brain overtook them and they fell dead. Jason shook his head.
"Great, there's probably gonna be loads of these B.O.W.s down here," He turned to the others, "We can't afford to relax, we have to find a safe place for some of you guys to wait."
"Why only some of us, why don't we stick together," Katrina asked, "It seems safer that way?"
"True but...Seth, Tim, Victoria, Anita and I have better weapons, we have a better chance of fighting the B.O.W.s off," Jason explained, the others nodded and finally they agreed and began to head deeper into the labs.
While walking through the labs they were attacked by several more Crimson Heads, they either avoided them or fought of the ones that cornered them. They soon found themselves in a large, underground train station, an Umbrella train was stationed on the rails with its doors open, within were several weapon caches.
"This is it," Jason remarked, "This is our escape route, we're gonna need to return power to it but with it we can get away."
Dylan nodded, "So, we should wait here?" Jason shook his head, "It's too wide open, you wouldn't be safe, besides, this is gonna be Michael's escape point too, we have to make sure he doesn't take us by surprise."
They realized the wisdom in this statement and so they headed off, back into the lab corridors. As they stepped back into the corridor they were ambushed by a pair of Lickers.
"Heads up!" Seth shouted and they opened fire on their assailants.
Their fight with the Lickers attracted the attention of a pack of Cerberus and a group of Crimson Heads.
"This is ridiculous," Tim groaned, Victoria nodded, "Yeah, we've gotta get outta here, they're trapping us!"
Seth used his shotgun to blast the Lickers down and opened a path for the group; they ran as quickly as they could. They fired behind them as they ran; they managed to kill the Lickers and Cerberi, along with one of the Hunters. They reached a safe location and managed to fire and kill the rest of the Hunters.
They stopped to reload and catch their breath.
"Guys, what about our ammo, we're running low," Seth pointed out, Jason replied, "Those ammo cache's on the train, we'll take ammo from there and then we'll get to work."
They agreed and hurried back to the train station, they stocked up on as much ammo as they could and they returned to where they had stopped.
"Okay, where do we go from here?" Anita asked, Jason consulted the nearby map, "Let's go, straight up this corridor, that'll lead us to the main labs, we'll find the samples there, then we've just gotta kill that asshole Michael, return power to the train and then we can get outta here."
They headed down the corridor and suddenly Jason stopped, he looked up.
"Guys, Web Spinners, three of them!" He yelled out, the group scattered as the three overgrown spiders dropped down to kill them.
They immediately readied their weapons as the spiders tensed, ready to pounce. They immediately opened fire on the Web Spinners which shrieked and lunged forcing the group to scatter and dodge again. They continued to fire, suing their best weapons to hit the weak points, killing them a lot quicker than they usually did.
"That seemed too easy," Tim commented, Jason shook his head, "It's because we're striking their weak points, they're otherwise invincible and take forever to kill. The weak points make things a lot easier."
However once again their fight had attracted more B.O.W.s, another pair of Lickers, to them. They opened fire, making the Licker's flinch, they stopped and Tim and Seth took careful aim, the Licker's lunged and they both fired a single shot, right into the brain. The Lickers died mid-lunge and hit the ground heavily. They reloaded and caught their breath again.
"Looks like that's the last of them in this part of the labs," Jason remarked, seeing the confusion of the others he sighed, "I'm infected remember, unique infection yes but still, I can sense other T-Virus infectees and thanks enhanced hearing I can hear them. Things are quiet on this side, so we can find a safe place for you guys here."
They decided to trust Jason's comments and began looking for a safe place.
They finally found a room that looked secure and could be easily defended.
"This is good enough," Jason remarked, "We'll be back once we've killed Michael, got the samples and returned the power to the train, we'll head back and get outta here together."
They all agreed, Katrina and Dylan immediately took a place in the room, Dylan readied his gun and they sat together. Myles sat down in the chair next to the desk; he laid his feet up on the desk and readied his weapons.
"I'll keep an eye on the door," He remarked casually, Jason nodded, "Okay, good."
Tim and Sappira hugged and kissed, "Be careful," She said desperately. Tim nodded, "I'll be fine, don't worry, we'll make it outta this, I promise."
Sappira joined the group in the safe room and watched as Tim, Seth, Anita, Victoria and Jason left, closing the door behind them. Once they were outside they continued down the corridor until, finally the reached the doors to the main lab.
"This is guys, get ready." Jason said, the others readied their weapons and they headed into the main lab.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.