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The elevator slowed to a stop, the doors opened and Alice slowly stepped out, guns trained out before her, as Wesker strode out with a bored look on his face, although the two were quickly met with a small surprise. The entire room was virtually empty, bodies spread out across the floor, faint blue smoke hovering above them. But it was the human-size cocoons that drew their attention. Alice raised a hand to the nearest cocoon, while Wesker was curious about what had happened. He had heard about the Red Queen's experiments on the new C-virus, but he didn't think it was possible. At least until the examples had attacked the White House and he had no doubt that the C-virus was created using Jake's blood. The bodies started to twitch, as one of the cocoons began to crack open. Alice instantly drew her guns at the moaning zombies, while Wesker watched the cocoon with interest, as a large form shifted around on the inside, before slipping out onto the ground. Gunfire erupted, zombies falling dead to the floor, as the Napad roared and swung a giant fist at Wesker. He was gone in an eye blink, reappearing to deliver a powerful punch to the Napad's midsection. It staggered back from the blow, as Alice turned her attention to the creature, chipping away at its tough skin with gunfire. The Napad roared and charged, but both Alice and Wesker dodged it, the former releasing a telekinetic blast that destroyed part of its outer shell, allowing the latter to impale the Napad's soft tissue with his fist, killing the beast. As he smirked in satisfaction from the kill, the rest of the cocoons began to crack open, revealing more Napads.
"We have to go," Alice said, "We don't have time to fight them all."
"If you insist," Wesker said, blurring to the control panel and inputting the key code, "Shall we?" he motioned with his hand as the doors opened.
Alice rolled her eyes and raced through, as Wesker followed her and closed the door, the steel suddenly being dented from a Napad's fist. Leading the way, Wesker took Alice to the laboratory, the pair killing the infected Umbrella workers along the way, as the Red Queen tracked their progress via the security cameras. She knew what they intended to do and she knew what she had to do to stop them.
"Release Project Alexia."
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Chris groaned and started to stir, hearing an unknown language and he remembered that he was in the clutches of the J'avo. Before he could think of a way to escape, gunfire erupted and he was dropped to the ground, watching as the J'avo engaged in a gunfight with someone at the end of the corridor. Seeing an awake Jill nearby him, Chris drew his combat knife and plunged it deep into the nearest J'avo, as she quickly got to her feet and broke the neck of another J'avo. The rest of the J'avo were taken out by gunfire, as Leon and Claire showed up.
"Glad to see you guys are okay," Chris said, more so to his sister than Leon, "We're in Umbrella, aren't we?"
"Yes, we are," Leon replied, "You guys haven't seen Ada?"
Jill shook her head, "We haven't see Jake or K-Mart either. What about Alice?"
"Not at all," Claire said, "If they survived, they'll be on their way here. We'll see them."
"So, we know the plan?" Leon said, "Claire, you're with Jill. Chris, you're with me. Go."
Trading partners, Jill left with Claire in search for the armoury in order to destroy the facility, while Chris and Leon were in search for any survivors that Umbrella had captured for experiments. They had been told by Wesker that there was a room full of prisoners kept in cryogenic sleep, but Chris wasn't completely trusting of Wesker and was worried that they were being led into a trap. Leon opened a door using the codes he had been given by Wesker and the pair entered a room that was more like an expanded steel walkway elevated over a long drop. At the other end of the walkway was a set of stairs that wound down the drop, but there was also someone waiting for them by the door. Leon lowered his twin Wing Shooters in surprise.
"Krauser?"
"Hello, Leon. Bet you didn't expect me to be here," Krauser grinned.
He had removed his shirt and beret, leaving him only in his combat pants and boots.
"I didn't expect you to be alive," Leon replied.
"Former friends?" Chris questioned, keeping his gun on Krauser.
"We used to work together as special agents for the government," Leon answered, "That was before the outbreak. I assumed Krauser was dead during our last mission together."
"You were wrong," Krauser said, "I merely accepted an opportunity from Umbrella. I know what they do and the power they can give. I wanted that for myself."
"You don't know what you're getting yourself into, Jack," Leon said, raising his Wing Shooters, "But whatever it is, I will stop you."
"Please, Leon, do we really need guns for this? I know how skilled you are with a knife. Why don't we settle this mano é mano, hand to hand? No guns."
Leon glanced at Chris, before making his decision. Even though he knew Krauser to be stronger, Leon felt he had a chance with Chris by his side, so he tucked his handguns away and drew his knife. Seeing Leon's decision, Chris ejected the magazine from his rifle and laid the gun down, before drawing his own, much larger, combat knife, as Krauser chuckled.
"Allow me to show just what Umbrella can do for you."
He grunted, as his left arm quivered with something moving beneath the flesh. His veins bulged out against his skin, turning bright red, as steel-like spines burst from his forearm. Krauser roared as his arm mutated into what appeared to be a large, fan-like steel sword, the infection of the Las Plagas spreading across to his chest and he grinned, before charging at the pair, swinging his blade-like appendage with such speed that Chris and Leon were both thankful they had managed to duck in time, rolling past the former mercenary.
"Well, this is going to be interesting," Krauser smirked as he turned around.
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The door opened and Jake aimed into the empty room, making sure it was clear of any infected before stepping out of the elevator, with K-Mart close behind him, a triple-shot pistol in hand. After the pair had been flung from the exploding building, they had traversed through the streets of Liashiang, coming across the horrors of Umbrella. Fighting against the creatures only increased the desire to see Umbrella destroyed from both Jake and K-Mart, the former to get revenge against the corporation and the latter to put to rest what her father had done. After several close calls and near misses, the pair finally located a secret entrance to Umbrella, taking the elevator down into the underground laboratory where they were to help with the evacuation of any uninfected humans. Coming out into a large room, Jake and K-Mart found themselves confronted with numerous steel walkways suspended over an ocean of lava, the intense heat instantly drawing heat from the pair and K-Mart removed her jacket, revealing a light, white cotton blouse.
"Why the hell would Umbrella have such a place like this?" Jake wondered.
"It doesn't matter," K-Mart replied, "Look, there's the door. Let's go."
Just as they started across the walkways, the elevator doors started to open and the pair turned around to see the heavily injured Ustanak step out before them, its mask missing.
"What the hell is it going to take to kill you?" Jake demanded, "Last I checked, you were left in the White House when it was destroyed in that nuke explosion. Just die already!"
"Jake, I don't think pissing it off is a good idea," K-Mart warned.
The Ustanak growled, its right arm lashing out and hitting Jake in the chest. He slid along the walkway, his gun falling from his hand and straight into the lava pool, as the Ustanak then backhanded K-Mart across the air to another walkway, her gun suffering the same fate. She groaned, dazed from the hit, as Jake slowly got to his feet, wiping his mouth as the Ustanak approached him, its steel claws snapping menacingly.
"Yeah, come on; let's settle this old school," Jake prompted, "Just you and me, big fella."
The Ustanak lashed out, its steel fist extending out to strike Jake in the jaw and he staggered back from the blow, a grin on his face as he charged in, driving his fist into the Ustanak's midsection. Dodging a blow, Jake stepped back, while landing a kick against the Ustanak's knee, but the creature then caught him with an uppercut, knocking him onto his back. K-Mart slowly got to her feet, realizing that she wasn't without a weapon, as Jake had lent her the Magnum revolver while they were out on the streets. Drawing the weapon, she took aim at the Ustanak, firing a single round into the side of its head. The Ustanak staggered, stunned by the blow, as Jake saw his chance and unleashed a flurry of powerful punches, crippling the Ustanak with each strike, then took a step back from his vicious combo.
"Now die, motherfucker!" Jake cried as he launched into a final punch.
His fist connected with the Ustanak's jaw, knocking a few teeth out, the force of his punch throwing the Ustanak off the walkway and into the ocean of lava. The beast thrashed about, its body seared by the intense heat, as K-Mart fired again. With the bullet hitting home in the Ustanak's face, it lost its struggle and sank beneath the surface of the lava.
"Adios. That should finish you off, fucker," Jake said.
"Come on, let's get out of here," K-Mart said, "We still have to find the others."
With a final glance at where the Ustanak had sunk, Jake nodded his agreement and joined K-Mart by the door, heading deeper into Umbrella. However, back in the lava room, the Ustanak burst out of the lava, using its partially melted claw to climb back onto the walkway. Discarding the ruined arm, the Ustanak snarled, before following after the pair.
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