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If I ever buy it... I'll let you know! :D
Now, have you ever tried to drag a crying girl out of an elevator shaft, with the fear of mutated humans coming out and eating you? What about a crying girl who's desperately clutching to her dead sister's boyfriend, attempting to walk on her own, still completely sliced up from recent injuries? It's not fun, and it never will be. Richard can't count how many times he wanted to turn around and smack sense into her, but he knew better than to underestimate his sympathy for her. Even as a heartless jerk like himself, he did feel sorry for the girl. After all, it'd been her twin...
Either way, at least they'd made it to the hospital without any interruptions. Okay, well, they'd actually been attacked quite a few times, but thanks to Corey's shotgun, that didn't pose much problem. However, it needed to be known that he was running low on ammunition. Good thing they arrived when they did. Ah, but, God knew what they'd have to deal with before actually reaching the rest of the group... that thought actually made Richard groan in annoyance.
"You okay?" Corey had heard the slight tone escape the professor, and in attempt to take a moment away from consoling the poor twin, he'd jumped at the moment. Richard just grunted in response, not very intent on an open discussion. The professor walked up to the hospital doors and tried to pull them open, letting out a sigh.
"Locked." Of course they were locked. Nothing was ever easy on these damn school-grounds. When he got out of this, he was sure as hell moving on to a different job. Collages were a thing of the past after this nightmare.
Jun managed to calm herself enough to talk - actually, she hadn't been crying for a while, despite her red eyes, but she continued to sniff every now and again. "O-One second..." She got an examining look, scaling the area around them as if looking for some object to break the doors down. However, her eyes seemed to lock above them, on the side of the building. Raising a shaky, bandaged hand to point in the upper direction, she nodded. "Corey..."
Said man followed her motion, perking his eyebrow in interest. Above them were little ledges to windows, each one going side-by-side until they led to a small platform to the side of the building. Below that area was the door Richard had tried to open a few moments before. "How do you know there's a drop-down from that place, though?"
Jun shrugged and smirked dryly. "Well, I guess if there isn't, you could always shoot the roof until there is, huh?" He blinked a few times, obviously not catching the sarcasm in her voice. Blinking, he handed the shotgun over to the twin, passing by Richard - who was holding his handgun by now. He quickly jumped up and grabbed on to the top of an unfinished wall. With a few grunts, he managed to pull himself up. Then, he went to the main building and jumped up, grabbing hold of the first ledge. Slowly, he began to swing from one to the other, keeping perfect stride as he did this.
"Look at that! Living proof that men descends from ape," Richard commented, earning a giggle from Jun. He smiled a bit, glad that he'd at least gotten a reaction from her other than crying. As Corey was doing his little climbing fab, however, the professor caught wind of a... what was that noise? He blinked a few times, eyes going to look at the area above them. "Look out!" He raised his handgun, shooting at a figure that seemed to be flying towards Corey. The monkey boy let out a slight gasp, and brought his speed up, desperately trying to outrun the things - more were flying in from all directions.
Jun had begun to fire as well, a few of the mutants coming over and attempting to kick her. "These were down in the basement," she muttered lamely, firing at another. Every time she shot one, they'd bounce back a few inches, then come right back towards her. And the fact there were about ten around the area seemed to really not help the poor girl much. "Fucking annoying..."
Richard grunted in agreement, shooting at another one that was coming towards Corey. Keeping the student safe was very hard - especially since a few were ganging up on him. Somehow, Jun was managing to keep them off of both of them, though he'd have to admit, he could hear her letting out pained gasped as she got hit a couple of times. Just what that girl needed... more injuries.
"This is so not fun!" Corey let out another annoyed whine, but managed to jump the last ledge before the flying creature hit him. He jumped down to the platform, then quickly examined the area. There was a small hole leading into a storage-type space - along with the door that needed opening. And with the ambush befalling them, he needed to hurry. Dropping through the hole, he ran over to the door and turned the knob, swinging it open. "Hey! Come on!"
Both Jun and Richard turned to look at him. The twin was first to turn on her heels and practically slam herself through the door. Richard followed behind, blasting his handgun at the mutants. Once both were inside, Corey closed the door, listening as a few of the creatures began to bang on it, their sing-song moans growing loud and annoyed.
"That was... creepy." The monkey man backed away from the door, looking over at Jun with a worried expression. One could say he'd taken it as his duty to protect her, since Mei had died when he was there...
"Damn witches," Jun muttered under her breath. Richard chuckled slightly at this, clearly amused by her choice of the word 'witches'. Without another word, she gave the shotgun back to Corey, and looked to the side. Of course, the 'witches' hadn't noticed the hole above them yet, but it was only a matter of time. "Come on. We have to hurry." She looked at a small window before them - it led into one of the hospital rooms. Remembering the glass, she picked up a large rock on the ground and threw it at the window, causing it to shatter.
"Wow. Your brain is back!" Richard smirked, causing the girl to twitch slightly. Trying not to get angry with him, Jun climbed through the window, followed by Corey, then the professor. All three of them examined the area. It was a small operation room by the looks of it, with two beds to the side of the window they'd come through, both pushed against the wall. Down a miniature hallway, a glass-electric door rested there, and on the other side of the wall, a large metal door with a key-pad.
Great.
"...ny....lo....hey!"
Jun's eyes flicked to look at the bed - a small yellow radio, much like her own, rested there. Running over to it, she grabbed the object, pressing down the button to speak. Richard and Corey went on through the slide-door, muttering something about investigation. "Hello? Jun here!"
"Jun? It's Amy! Are all of you okay!?"
"More-or-less." Jun sat on the bed, her free hand poking it slightly as she did this. "You guys are still in the hospital, right? We're on our way to the basement."
"Yeah! We're waiting for you! Hurry up, though, a lot of us are getting restless. Or, just plain freaked out, you could say..." Amy let out a slight gasp, her tone obviously worried. Not that she could be blamed, half the people here were ready to jump out of their skin.
"We're almost there! Just hang in there a little longer, ok-" She cut off, dropping the remote as sounds of bullets echoed through the air - then, a few clicking noises. Someone had run out of ammo. "Corey, Richard!?" Jun jumped up from the bed, dropping the walkie-talkie. She entered the glassy door, looking over at both men - who were stomping on mutated spider creatures. Professor stepped on the last one, grumbling under his breath.
Corey, now safe, was whining over his empty shotgun. Sighing, Jun walked over to them, tilting her head. "Troubles?" Neither of them answered, but instead, went to look at a little table to the side. On it lay a torn apart map... with numbers on it. "It must be for the door.. but how do we read it?" She pushed both males aside, messing around with the papers like they were a puzzle.
"I suddenly miss Amy..." Corey sighed, slamming the palm of his hand onto his forehead. Just their luck. Jun rolled her eyes, still playing around with them. After a few minutes, she'd completed at least enough to tell what the numbers were.
"Eight, one, eight, three..." She looked at the rest of the pieces, them picked them up and put them in her jean pockets. "We'll give the rest to Amy... I think it may be a map." She pushed by the two, then stopped, her gaze going to examine a slightly glistening object to the side. Tilting her head, she walked over and picked it up, a relieved smile forming on her face.
Richard walked over to her, a questioning look on his face. Then, he looked down and rolled his eyes. "Oh, well, finally!" The girl reached for the object - picking up another small handgun. Corey let out a snort of laughter at the professor's reaction, obviously wondering how long she'd gone without a weapon. (FINALLY! xD)
Jun popped open the gun and checked the rounds - it had a few ammo bullets in it, but she'd have to get more from the others. Nodding, she exitted the sliding door and walked over to the key-pad for the other, beginning to type in the code. Richard followed after her, but Corey stayed behind, glancing at an item they'd left behind. "Hm?" He picked it up, examining it. The item looked like a little key-card, or an identification of some sort. He pocketed it, then ran up to the other two just in time for the door to click open.
"Be on guard," Jun warned, mainly towards Corey. Stepping through the area, she cringed at the area around her. Unlike the some-what calm room they had just left, they were now in the hospital's hallway. Most lights were killed off, but to the right, one of the lights were flickering, giving off a very eerie feel. She felt like she was in the hospital from Silent Hill... next thing she knew, a deformed nurse would be flying at her with a scalpel. A look of fear played across her face at that thought. "Uh... so... who wants to go first?"
Neither male stepped forward...
Sighing, Jun started towards the side of the hall with flickering lights, holding her breath. She spotted a small bed to the side, it's white sheets covered in extremely fresh blood. In fact, there were fresh blood-marks all over the floor. Whatever had been here certainly hadn't held back when playing with it's victim. Slowly approaching the area, she glanced back to make sure the others hadn't chickened out. She was slightly more relieved when she saw both following her - Richard with his gun up, and Corey right behind her, almost protectively.
Things did, however, turn sour when she took her gaze back in front of her. Standing there was the same kind of mutant that had chased her in the forest. "Shit!" Jun raised her gun and began to blast at the creature, and Corey shrieked, running up and hitting it with his shotgun. Richard was busy dealing with one that had come up behind him, but since he'd had more practice killing these things that the female student had, he'd already gotten it down after his third shot.
Jun, however, couldn't bring herself to shoot fast enough. Corey was just plain looking like an idiot trying to whack the thing over the head. "Ugh!" The girl was pushed aside by Richard as the mutant sprung at her, attempting to bite her. Both the professor and the student hit the wall with a slight thump. "Ow!" She glared at Richard, but he just sneered.
"Trust me, what that thing would have done, would hurt a lot more than this." Richard then spun around, sending two bullets into the creature. With a semi-loud roar, it crashed to the ground, disappearing into a splatter of darkness... only leaving it's heart behind. Corey grumbled and got a needle out, sticking it into the heart. Jun was about to ask about it, but the professor beat her to it. "I gave your friends a needle to take out fluids from the heart. It can make much needed serums."
"Ew..."
"Actually, it's kinda like jello." Corey snickered and got back to his feet, moving on to the second heart. Once he'd finished, all three of them went back to the semi-lit hallway. Three doors were there - one to the right, one to the left, and one up ahead that had card-key slides. Something must have hit monkey-man, because he pulled the key he'd found in the last room out.
"So that's what we need," Jun retorted, snatching the card away from him. "Richard, Corey, check the room to the right. I'll go in this one." Before they could protest, she'd already walked up to the door, opening it. The room was pitch black, except for a computer screen letting out a dim glow to the side. Entering the room, her eyes took a moment to adjust to things, but before she knew it, she could at least see a little better. The door slammed closed behind her, causing her to jump. However, she figured it was just the faulty door, and walked over to a small table resting next to a couple of chairs.
Jun picked up a few ammo rounds that were lying there, snickering as she realized they were shotgun shells. Wouldn't Corey be happy? Once she'd checked that area, she looked behind her at the bed, a thoughtful expression hitting her. They needed to find another card-key... Walking over to the bed, she began to raid the sheets, trying her best to ignore the occasional pool of blood she felt. Once she had checked it good enough, an annoyed sigh escaped her lips... nothing. Kicking the bed in frustration, she caused it to slide to the side.
Jun looked down, gasping in surprise as a small glimmer caught her eyes. Bending down, she picked up a little necklace. It was a locket. Opening it carefully, a picture of a little girl holding a teddy bear was on the right side. Looking to the other section, an older girl was seen there as well - hugging the younger one. It only took a moment to put together who the oldest was - Kate... that had been the first person she'd seen mutate, right? "Oh my God..." Now that she thought about it, Kate had been a random transfer student - which was extremely rare for collages.
Had she been here because her daughter had been admitted to this hospital?
Jun felt her throat tighten a bit, remembering the blood she'd felt on the bed sheets. Having no desire to know more, she shakily got to her feet, exitting the room. She leaned against the door for a moment, hand cupped over her mouth in disbelief. The locket dangled in her figures for a moment, then she let it slip to the ground, making a small 'clank' noise. This was so unfair...
She turned her head at the sound of footsteps, her eyes going wide to see a very annoyed Richard, and a bruised Corey. They'd come from the other side of the hall - but how? "Don't. Ask." The professor growled slightly, holding up a key-card. They looked like they'd had a fight with a mirror and lost, to be honest.
Jun just shook her head, not in the mood to know, anyways. She was still in a pity stage from the facts she'd just learned. How many innocent people had died tonight...? Sighing heavily, she approached the door, Richard going to the other side. Both of them slid the key-cards at the same time, and the door opened slowly. The sight they saw was far from pleasant.
It looked like a stampede of mutants had run through. Pieces of furniture were throw around and torn to pieces, the lingering view of a dark aurora was still around, and blood stained a few of the spaces. Corey let out a grunt. "This must be the room Kenny changed in... Amy and I ran through here when he went insane. Shannon had told us to make it out. There's an elevator down the hall that will take us to the others."
Jun nodded, letting him know she'd heard that. Walking into the room, she heeded her care for doing so since the lights were also flickering in here, giving her barely enough light to see the torn objects around her. The three of them slowly made their way through the area, circling around broken tables and pieces of bed that were thrown around.
"I'd like to see an old person run through this!" Corey hopped over a wall piece, laughing at his own lame comment. Jun ignored him, her eyes squinting to peek at the end of the hall. Indeed, an elevator rested there, the buttons dimly lit up. It was a wonder the thing still worked. After another minute or so, they reached the destination, and the monkey man pressed the down button, then began whistling a tune as they stood there, anxiously waiting.
"Oh God..." Richard glared at the man, ready to down-right strangle him. A moment later, the elevator dinged, and the doors slid open. A very brutalized body rested in the corner, staining half the elevator with it's blood and organs. Not too keen on the sight, all three of them huddled against the other side, attempting to avoid the disgusting body.
"I'm going to throw up," Jun muttered sickly, clutching her stomach. She really did look pale, but for more than one reason. Yes, the sight was making her want to puke, but she was also letting her fear get to her. The more blood she saw, the more she wondered if she'd survive. After all, what made her any more special than the students that had died? What made her think she could stay alive?
Before anything else could be said, the elevator dinged once more, and the doors slid open. Instinctively, they all snapped they're guns up, ready to fire. However, the basement held a tiny group of people, all gathered around in a circle. Once they took their leave of the elevator, all three of them just stayed silent, gazing at the others with dimmed eyes, hopeless and confused.
The group turned to look at them as well - a total of four other people. A Gothic girl with reddish-brown hair stepped forward, her eyes holding both a sense of sadness, and understanding. It was almost as if she wasn't frightened at all, as if she were used to this. Looking at the man behind her, someone she hadn't met before, she realized he had the same look in his eyes.
The goth smiled, not in a happy way, but in an extremely solemn way. Jun nodded her head in greeting, and even though Corey and Richard had gone to approach the group, she stayed where she was, plastered in front of the elevator door. Amy and Sven were over to the side, waving at her, happy and relieved smiles on their face. The man she didn't know was busy introducing himself to the two men that had just left her side, and the goth had more-or-less just walked up to Jun.
"Are you okay?"
Jun pondered that question for a moment, then closed her eyes, almost as if she were willing the horrible images she'd seen tonight, and the fact she now knew her sister had been taken away from her, to go away. Quickly, she opened her eyes to look back at the girl - Shannon Matthews. Kenny's sister. An anything but happy smile appeared on her face, and she shrugged her shoulders, causing a ripple of pain to shoot through her injuries, which she just decided to ignore. Placing the gun on her hip, she shook her head. Then, she knew how to answer that question.
"No."
I don't know about you guys, but I'd be anything BUT 'okay' in that situation. xD
Anyways, YAY! Jun got a weapon! Thank goodness...
And, and, and, if anyone can catch the reference I used from Left 4 Dead, I'll give you a cookie :D Teehee.
Now, if anyone has noticed, I've switched up quite a few things. One being, I'm not going to be taking notice of the silver boxes from the game - the ones you had to find keys for. Instead, where you would normally be finding those keys, I'm going to have random trinkets lying around that hint at different things having to do with Mr. Friedman. The only reason I included Kate's daughter's locket, was because I wanted to get a bit of pity in there. Let's face it - there is no way someone can go through something like that and not seriously wonder how many people died.
Okay, if anyone has any ideas, let me know. Also, if you can think of any names to call the monsters by, that would be helpful. I'm getting sick of using the words 'creature', 'mutant', and 'thing' all the time. It's so... uncreative. xD
Lastly! Sorry it was a bit of a short chapter. I just wanted to update! D: At least the group is together again - despite that, keep in mind, I will only follow Jun in this story. If the group gets split up, the story will only show what happens to Jun. Don't worry, I'll mention what the others are doing! :D
And, thank you for the nice reviews! You guys inspire me!