Resident Evil: Secrets in the Shadows
Chapter 5 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.
Chapter 5: Problems at School
11:17 AM 10th May 1995
The group fought to catch their breath and straightened up. They checked their weapons and reloaded them before finally checking each other for injuries. Finally they were finished, John sighed.
"So now what are we gonna do?" He asked.
Nobody answered until Lisa spotted something, a piece of paper that had been left behind.
"Hey guys look at this." She called out as she showed them the paper. "According to this, the school here has been turned into an evac centre. Even if we've missed the evac we should still head up to the roof. There might be more information on where the next evac will be."
The others agreed and so they left the lobby and stepped out into the corridor.
"Just one question?" Lisa asked, "Where do we go from here?" Carl turned to Jacob, "Hey Jacob, you go to this school right?"
Jacob nodded.
"Y-yeah, but I've never gone up to the roof before and…Looks like some doors are locked or blocked up."
Just then however they were saved when Lydia found a map of the school.
"This is perfect; this'll get us where we need to go." She explained.
The others were relieved and, finding both doors in the corridor locked they headed through to the courtyard.
When they stepped out into the courtyard however they heard distinctive growling. They drew their weapons and looked around carefully. John remembered the growl.
"It's those Licker things, there's more than one of them." He stated, they continued to look around and then finally Lydia spoke. "I count three of them, one on our left, and two in the direction we need to go."
The others nodded and carefully took aim. They knew the minute they fired all three Lickers would attack. They had to be ready; finally Lisa nodded as Jacob took cover behind them.
"Now!"
They all opened fire. Due to the direct hit from John's assault rifle the one on the left dropped dead instantly. The other two however were only fazed and quickly recovered. One of them leapt up onto the wall while the other rapidly approached them. They focused their fire on that one and finally killed it. The other had disappeared however.
"Where is it?" Carl growled as they looked around wildly.
Suddenly Jacob screamed as the tongue of the last Licker wrapped around his ankle and it began pulling him towards it.
"Jacob!" Lisa cried before rapidly opening fire on the Licker, shooting it in the face until it finally dropped dead and the tongue loosened its grip.
Lisa helped Jacob up and hugged him,
"It's okay, you're safe now." She said, John snorted, "What did I tell ya, he's a liability."
Lisa glared at him, "Shut up." She snapped before standing up and smiling comfortingly at Jacob.
John was unable to retort as Lydia ordered the group to move on and they all headed back inside, this time on the opposite end of the courtyard.
The corridor they were in was deserted, much to their relief and so they took time to consult the map. They discovered that if they headed left and headed through into the next corridor they would actually be right in front of a stairwell that would take them all the way up to the roof. They hurried in that direction and soon they were about to climb the stairwell when a thunderous crash sounded. They finally saw the source of the crash, the stairwell they were about to climb had collapsed. Thanks to a giant, dangerous looking snake.
"Oh boy, this isn't good." Carl noted, Lydia gasped and began freaking out, "Oh God no…No, I hate snakes!"
She nearly fell as she stumbled back; luckily Lisa caught her and shouted out.
"We've gotta run, that thing is gonna kill us if we try and fight it." John shook his head, "Where to?"
Jacob suddenly remembered something. "There's another stairwell, follow me!"
They ran down the corridor, only to find that a large blockade had been set up in the middle of it. The snake chased after them attempting to swallow them whole and only narrowly missing. Lydia had to be supported as her fear had paralyzed her.
"Now what?!" John yelled Jacob then called out, "Into the classroom, the classrooms connect together; we can cut through and get out the other side."
They hurried through, desperate to escape the snake.
Once in the classroom things quietened down, the snake didn't follow them, but they knew it was out in the corridor.
"C'mon, we've gotta hurry, as soon as we step out, run straight across and force that door open." Lisa stated.
They hurried through to the next classroom and stood ready as they opened the door. They ran at top speed to the door and forced it open just in time. The snake lunged forwards and narrowly missed them. They ran right across and dodged to the side as the snake lunged again, leaving rubble blocking the other door. They ran back out into the courtyard, knowing it was their only chance. Not waiting to see if the snake followed they continued to run. Lydia was beginning to calm down as they reached the corridor opposite then entrance one again. This time they headed right and ran into the next corridor. With another crash the snake came through the wall and continued pursuit as they ran down the corridor until they reached the stairwell. Surprisingly the snake stopped following them. Not taking time to question it they dashed up the stairs, these would only take them to the second floor, and stopped to catch their breath. They realized just how lucky they were and that they had just had a narrow escape.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.