Chapter 2
The missing captain
I parked up and waited in my car as Kotarou and Kaie dashed into the office. It was a massive place, with the letter's "R.P.D." printed in bronze above a metal gate. It looked welcoming, with beautiful lights shining down gently on a bed of flowers and plants.
I waited for nearly 15 minutes until Kotarou came dashing out. She had changed uniform: she was now wearing light blue, with a blue beret. Her cargo pants matched her light blue jumper. Her collar was still attached so she could be identified. Kaie came out shortly after, holding a bundle of… something in his arms. He was dressed in a green jacket and shirt, with dark green cargo pants. I now noticed that both of them had handgun holsters attached to their legs, with Kaie having an extra one underneath his arm.
They threw open my door and jumped in. Kotarou jumped in the front with me.
"Yuuichi, drive for the mountains!"
I put the pedal to the floor, my car squealing as it dashed away. I knew which direction the mountains were: I had a view of them from my balcony.
"What's happened?"
"Our captain, Albert Wesker, has gone missing! He was last seen taking a S.T.A.R.S. jeep towards the mountains!"
I looked at Kaie in my rear-view mirror to see him remove a handgun: a Beretta M92FS. It was completely black, with green iron-sights to allow easier aiming in darker locations. He slipped in a new magazine and cocked it, then turned the safety on. He did it for 2 more, and then moved onto new weapons.
"We should have picked up Samurai Edge's"
"Didn't have time"
"What's a Samurai Edge?"
"It's the latest handgun made by our supplier. It has increased accuracy and damage, as well as an extended magazine and better sights"
"I see"
The next gun was a M16A1 assault rifle. It was a common weapon used by police and the army. He did his checks and moved on. Next was a PSG1 sniper rifle. A nice, sleek black rifle used by snipers world-round. The scope had a 4/8x magnification attachment, as well as a laser pointer to allow for pin-point accuracy. Lastly was a Bernelli M900-P shotgun. It had the stock removed and a slightly shorter barrel to allow people to move faster with it, at the drawback of accuracy, although it still carried 8 shells. He loaded all the weapons and then turned the safety's on, and then put them back in the bag he carried them out with.
"Why the guns"
"Because we may need them. You saw the briefing video: if people have become deranged, I don't want anything happening to us"
"By the way, Yuuichi… Have you ever fired a gun before?"
"Yeah, I have about 3 years ago"
It was another part of my gloomy past, one that will take too long to explain now. Plus I need to concentrate on driving. We didn't speak much for the drive, but the tension in the car was crazy. If this is how these two get on missions, I'm surprised they don't have a heart attack on the way there. I ended up turning on the air conditioning to cool the tension down, as I was sweating.
I pulled up onto a stone pathway leading into trees. It was just a mass of trees: for as far as you could see. I removed a flashlight from my glove-box and smiled to Kotarou, who looked ready to kill someone. We all stepped out of the car-
"grwaaaaa!"
I ducked down as something screamed out. It wasn't a person; the voice was far too deep for that. I had no idea what it could be. Possibly a bear or other animal? I didn't want to be here when it showed up.
"Yuuichi, take these: this is special armour worn by normal police officers that get sent on tasks such as this: it should fit well. Do you know how to put on a holster?"
"Yeah"
I took the uniform and changed quickly: it was dark blue, with the white R.P.D. symbol on the front and back. It had long sleeves and knee/elbow pads. It had a slot just above the chest for a combat knife that was already in there. The nametag read "Leon Kennedy": someone I had never met. I took the ropes and stepped through them and secured them, then slid the handgun and shotgun their respective holsters: my leg and my back. I walked forwards, looking around uneasily. Kaie grabbed the M16A1 and Kotarou took the PSG1: they looked like real military men and women, not the kind dogs I knew.
"Alright Yuuichi, this way"
We made our way up the mountain-side trail in a brisk pace with Kaie taking point. He stepped forwards carefully with his M16 aimed forwards but at the ground.
I only just noticed the sun starting to go down, the forest becoming blanketed in a sheet of darkness. This task just suddenly became much harder. I removed my flashlight and turned it on, With Kotarou and Kaie turning on the flashlights attached to their weapons.
EYES OF RISA
"I'm home!"
I yelled out to my roommate, Yuuichi. He had the day off from work and college today, so he should have been home. Silviana walked in calmly next to me.
"He's not here…"
I smiled. He must be out shopping or something. Mikan walked in after us, about 15 minutes later. She greeted us warmly and sat down on the sofa.
"How was work?"
"Good, as normal. Lots of people to help, so it makes me happy, but… Where's master?"
I shook my head and shrugged. I took my phone out and dialled it: he usually picks up straight away, so when it run for more than 3 rings, I started to get a bit worried"
"Why hello there, Risa"
My blood ran cold. No way. It was impossible. This voice couldn't possibly be speaking to me.
"Who… is this?"
"Oh please, you know exactly who I am, my dear. You can't really have forgotten about me"
The voice on the other side identified herself.
"And why do you have Yuuichi's phone?"
"He dropped it chasing me"
I shook my head. No way! This wasn't happening. I turned to face Mikan and Silviana, and they looked at me worriedly. I hung up the phone and collapsed to the ground, the last thing that ran through my head was the sound of her voice, and Mikan yelling to Silvia to help me.
EYES OF KANA
"Kuu, where are you~"
I was playing hide-and-seek with my pet cat, Kuu. She was far too good at this, being a cat: so we had agreed that she could only hide in places that I could get too. But still, after 30 minutes of searching, I couldn't find her.
"Ugyu…"
I sat on the stairs to the lower floor of our house as I heard a frantic knock at our door. I stood up and made my way down. Kuu and I were the only ones home at the time as my parents are constantly out of the house. Kuu suddenly vaulted down from the top floor, landing with the grace of a cat, which made sense seeing as she was a cat.
I opened the door to see a panting Mikan.
"Please, help! Risa collapsed!"
Kuu was already on her way there as I locked the house and started running with Mikan. She was fast for her age and size, and there was no way I could keep up. I was constantly running out of breath, but I made it to Yuuichi's place rather quickly. Kuu leaped up the stairs, throwing the door open. We all made our way inside to see a very pale-looking Risa who couldn't stop shaking.
"Risa, what's happened!"
"She suddenly got a phone call, and then she turned pale, like this"
I slowly walked over to her and crouched under her head. From the looks of things, she seemed to be having a massive mental breakdown.
"Yuuichi… danger…"
She kept repeating the same words over and over. Yuuichi? Danger?
Then it clicked. Why hadn't I thought of it earlier?
"Yuuichi's in danger"
I stood up, looking down. What on earth was going on?
"I'll go after him. Mikan, Silvia, wait here with Risa and make sure she gets better in the next 5 minutes. If not, call an ambulance"
Kuu jumped out of a window before the two dogs could protest. I stood there, dumbfounded as Risa handed me her phone. I flicked it open and moved to the newest saved voice log. I listened to it…
Until I heard the voice state her name on the other end.
I quickly closed the phone.
"It can't be real. It must be someone using her voice in a strange application"
I sat down next to Risa, and then looked out the window.
"Please be safe Kuu… You can't win this alone"