Resident Evil: Secrets in the Shadows
Chapter 6 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.
Chapter 6: On the Run
13:01 PM 10th May 1995
Having caught their breath and gained a brief reprieve the group looked around.
"Okay, what now?" Carl asked, John sighed, "How are we gonna get to the roof, the map only shows us the layout, not all those blockades and all that."
Jacob shook his head, "We need to find a key, the roof door is locked. The key should be in the caretaker's storeroom, just over there."
They headed in the direction of the storeroom, as they did so Lisa hung back and spoke quietly to Lydia.
"Are you okay, you freaked out back there?" She asked, concerned for the older woman. Lydia swallowed nervously and wiped her hands on her pants before nodded, "I'll be fine, I just hate snakes."
"Hate snakes huh?" Lisa replied, she nodded understandingly, "Well, don't worry, it's gone, at least for now."
Lydia nodded and they all entered the storeroom. Once there they found the key easily, however just then John called out.
"Hey guys, check this out."
They approached John and found him holding what looked like a manila folder, on the folder was a logo, featuring a circular red and white symbol. The symbol of the pharmaceutical giant, the Umbrella Corporation.
They stared at the folder.
"No way," Lydia gasped, "Umbrella, how are they involved?"
John handed over the file which gave details of a viral weapon called the T-virus and its effects. They gasped as they realized that, going from the details, Umbrella was in fact responsible for this entire incident as the T-Virus has made all the people and animals act crazy and made those grotesque creatures.
"They're behind all of this." Lisa realized, "How could they...?"
"Because they wanted to," Carly replied, "Those guys have so much money they think themselves above the law. Is there anything else in there?"
John nodded and handed Carl a sheet of paper from the back of the file. Carl read it, his eyes widened as he realized what it was. It read as follows.
Zombies
Crimson Heads
Cerberus
Hunters
Lickers
Yawn
Plant 42
Tyrant T-103
Carl smiled, "Guys, this is a list of all of them, they're called B.O.W.s. This lists their names and weaknesses."
The others all carefully read the list, deducing from the descriptions given they determined what each B.O.W. was.
"So that snake is called Yawn." Lydia commented, "Anything on weaknesses?"
"It's mouth apparently, but that's not gonna be an easy target."
Lydia sighed and, since they had no means to carry it, they left the file behind. They prepared themselves and left the storeroom.
Almost as soon as they stepped out of the room however a loud crashing noise erupted as Yawn broke through the floor and hissed at them.
"Oh come on!" John complained as Lydia froze.
They had no choice but to run as Carl supported Lydia and allowed Jacob to run ahead while Lisa and John brought up the rear, taking pot-shots at Yawn as they ran. They unfortunately found themselves running straight towards a barricade. Jacob directed their attention to a door next to the barricade that led into a classroom. They hurried through it, shutting Yawn outside. John shook his head.
"Won't this thing fucking give up?" He growled, Lisa shook her head, "We're gonna have to keep going, we have to get to the roof."
She quickly consulted the map and nodded.
"Okay, let's go."
They headed through the classrooms before breaking back out into the corridor, Yawn was waiting for them, but a few lucky shots truck it's open mouth and caused it to flinch, buying them precious seconds. They made it into the next corridor and ran down it, moments later Yawn burst through the door and continued pursuit until they reached the next corridor and finally saw the steps leading up to the roof. They ran up them quickly, firing shots over their shoulders as they went. By the time they reached the top Yawn had taken a few more hits into its mouth and had retreated. Catching their breath they opened the roof door with the key they found and stepped out onto the roof.
They were confronted by the sight of the helicopter, having just taken off, flying away from the building, leaving them stranded.
John groaned, "Are you fucking kidding me!?" Lisa sighed, "Great, just great." She shook her head and laid a comforting hand on Jacob's shoulder as watched the helicopter fly away with dismay.
Carl let go of Lydia who had finally recovered from her shock.
"This isn't happening?" He moaned. Lydia however remained serious, "That won't be the last, we just have to be quick and find the next one. But there's nothing more we can do today."
She checked her watch.
"We've spent a lot longer than we though, fleeing from that snake, look we're just gonna have to set up some sort of camp here."
John stared at her in disbelief, "You want us to stay up here, all night?"
"Unless you'd rather go down and see if Yawn will let you stay indoors with him." That shut John up quickly and Lydia continued, "Okay guys, looks like some supplies were left behind, we'll get something to eat and then we'll get some rest, I'll take first watch."
The others agreed knowing that, at the moment, there was nothing they could do.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.