Resident Evil: Secrets in the Shadows
Chapter 8 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.
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Chapter 8: The Gauntlet
12:51 AM 11th May 1995
As Lisa and Lydia stepped outside they noticed that, to their relief the T-103 was not waiting for them. However something still felt amiss, sighing Lisa turned to Lydia.
"So how are we gonna get outta here now?" Lisa asked, Lydia thought for a moment and then sighed, "It's gonna be crazy, especially since they're the best…But our only way out now is to hijack a USS chopper."
Lisa stared at her in shock but then saw something else. There on Lydia's forehead was a flickering red dot, a laser sight.
"Lydia move!" She yelled as she grabbed her and pulled her behind a nearby car.
A shot rang out just as she did that and the bullet only narrowly missed, listening carefully they could hear a short scream of frustration. They then heard the sound of the rifle being loaded and Lydia, with her vast weapons experience, realized what they were up against.
"She's using a bolt action rifle, which means she has to discharge the used shell casings manually. It also means, given the sound of the shot, that she's using a Mosin-Nagant and has five shots, one of which she fired."
"Four more shots then she has to reload." Lisa noted, "That's enough to kill all but one of us if she catches off guard."
Lydia nodded and then, after pondering for a moment picked up her radio and began fiddling with the frequency.
Lisa looked at her confused before finally she couldn't take the suspense anymore.
"What are you doing?" She asked, Lydia continued to fiddle with the frequency, "Shhh, you'll see, I know about the USS, I also know that if I fix this right, I can tap into their frequency and hear their messages. It also means we can hear their sniper."
Lisa's eyes widened but she said nothing, then finally Lydia found the right frequency, they could hear the heavy breathing of the sniper.
"Damn it, how am I supposed to hit these assholes if they don't stay still?" She growled, "It's bad enough I couldn't kill that traitor, but now these kids are making me look like a fool."
She seemed to be forcing herself to calm down as she finally spoke again.
"Alright, focus, the minute one of them shows their face, I'll kill them."
Just then however a signal sounded from her radio and she responded to it.
"Yes sir." A cold dark voice sounded over the radio, "As eager as you may be to do so, I'm afraid you've run out of time, do you have the sample?"
"Yes sir," the sniper replied, "So, I'm to evac with the others?"
"That is correct Shannon, the team's evac is on the roof of the mall, get there as soon as you can, if you do happen to see that group you a re chasing again…By all means take another shot at them, but don't get carried away."
"Roger." There was a pause and then the dark voice asked, "Have you heard from Elsie?"
"No sir, not since that grenade went off and separated her from the team." Shannon answered, "I've seen her a few times though, she can't send any message on the radio, but she can still to hear us, she's probably listening in right now."
"Good, then she knows about the evac, that's good. Very well, head to the evac immediately."
With that the conversation ended and Lisa and Lydia waited as they heard Shannon gathered all her equipment and leave the roof.
They hurried back inside and found that John had recovered.
"Okay guys, we've got some news." Lisa announced and they told the group about what they had overheard and their plans.
"Are you crazy?" John asked, "Going up against the USS, that's suicide."
"It's our only chance." Lydia stated, John groaned but offered no further complaint so they left the school and began heading through the streets.
However their progress was not smooth, they had to avoid several B.O.W.s that tried to attack them and take alternate routes since the more direct ones were blocked off with rubble or barricades. Worse still, as they reached a particularly long street with very little cover Shannon struck again, firing three shots before finally fleeing. However they heard some good news.
"If what I've from her on the radio is true, if she misses her next shot, we won't have to worry as much." Lydia explained, "She's on her last ammo clip, she's only got one shot left in that sniper rifle now."
Slightly relieved by this they continued until they heard voice and stopped to listen in.
"So, you managed to convince the people in the evac chopper at the school to take of early?" A woman asked, a male voice which Lydia recognized answered her, "That's right, those people who are still in the city, they found out about the B.O.W.s so I made sure they stayed trapped here."
At Lydia's urging they were able to sneak forwards see the two who were talking. The woman was Caucasian, around thirty-six years of age; she had dark brown hair which was black at the roots, indicating the dark brown was a dye, and brown eyes. She was in a black USS uniform which displayed her name on the badge ID; Elsie, the rest was illegible due to blood covering it. The man was also Caucasian, aged thirty-five and has short blonde hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in a pair of black pants; a white shirt; red tie; black socks and black shoes.
"Ed Steel, the chief of police." Lydia hissed, "He's working with Umbrella to cover this up."
Elsie nodded and then left the area, heading to the mall, obviously planning to head for the evac. After a brief pause Ed Steel sighed and checked his gun before following her. The group immediately prepared themselves and followed, ready to try and force their way onto the chopper that was waiting at the roof of the mall.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.