Hey guys, CaptainPrice here with a long awaited update for Resident Edville. I know this should have been out earlier but it's hard to do in between college with all the work I'm getting. And since I don't want to flunk out I've been devoting my attention to my academics. But I just managed to get a slight break in with this story and got a chapter written. I hope you all like it because I had difficulty approaching this one. Please take the time to read the Authors Note at the end of the chapter, it's important because it talks about the timeline of the story and where it's place in the Resident Evil Universe is. Anyway, read and leave a review when done as always. Let's get to the chapter.
Chapter Summary: The teens are currently working their way deeper into the factory after Eddy's death. Each of them are beginning to feel as though they're not going to survive this. Ed has a meltdown and lowers the morale for the group. We finally find out what happened to Rolf and Garrett as well as a new threat. Meanwhile, Double D is starting to have some problems of his own. In a nutshell, things are going from bad to worse.
Warning: This chapter contains strong language, violence and gore.
Chapter Rating: M
Bold- Guns/Companies/Television/PA Systems/Virus
Italics- Thoughts/Letters/Flashbacks
Bold Italics-Radio Communications
Disclaimer: I do NOT own EEnE or Resident Evil. I DO, however, own the OCs, the story, and the idea of the story itself.
The group of teens sat in silence as the elevator continued upward. None of them were able to speak after witnessing the death of one of their childhood friends. Granted a lot of them thought Eddy was very annoying and a complete ass a lot of the time, he was still a friend. Edd slammed his fist against the wall and let out an angry cry.
"Up to the end, you still remained the same stubborn bastard. Damn-it Eddy, we could have saved you!" Edd shouted.
"But he saved our lives, Double D. He did it to protect us." Nazz replied.
"But we still could have saved him! Don't you see that, Nazz?"
"I do, Double D. But it was his choice, and I believe it would be best to honor it as his last one."
Edd opened his mouth to retort but couldn't find any words to say. Tears fell from his eyes as he sunk back to the floor. He buried his face in his hands and sobbed. Ed was faring no better as he cried, letting out a whimper every now and then. His hands trembled and he slammed them into the floor repeatedly. The actions by the two remaining Eds were beginning to lower the morale of their friends. Each of them were now having doubts about surviving this whole nightmare.
"God has fucked with me these past few hours, and I'm getting sick of it!" Ed hissed.
"Ed, please stop. God hasn't deserted you, he's still with us." Carly begged.
"Bullshit, God has completely deserted us. He's fucked with me all day, Carly! He took my sister, and the closest person I had to a brother! As far as I'm concerned that son of a bitch and I are no longer on speaking terms!"
"He is with us, Ed. We're still here, and that's because he's watching over us." Colin spoke.
"No, Colin, he's not here, he never fuckin' existed! We're all here because we have taken the initiative ourselves to survive. If God existed, he would have stopped this from happening! If God existed, Jimmy, Victor, Jonny, Sarah, Parker, and Eddy would still be with us!"
"Shut-up, Ed!"
"Fuck you!"
"I said shut-up!
"And I said fuck you!"
Ed turned away and faced the wall, not willing to talk anymore. They were beginning to tear each other apart with the stress. The elevator finally came to a stop and everyone stood up, not speaking to each other. Edd took point with Colin covering the rear. The hallway was littered with papers and the lights flickered constantly. All of them moved slowly and kept their eyes peeled for any sign of movement. Kevin tripped over something heavy and turned back to see what it was. Colin pointed his flashlight at the object and his face became horrified. There, lying before them was Garrett.
Nazz squatted down to find his vitals while everyone held their breath. Edd rested his hands on top of his head in frustration and dread. Upon observation, Garrett appeared to have been ripped apart by some of those vicious dogs from earlier. His right hand was missing and the bone was sticking out of his skin. His neck was torn open, and blood was running out of his throat. His clothes were torn and he was missing his left leg and his face was literally dangling off his left side.
"Jesus Christ." Kevin muttered.
"Nazz, take his ammo and his radio, he's not going to need it anymore." Edd ordered.
"Wait, wasn't Rolf with him?" Carly asked.
"Yeah, but I am beginning to wonder if Rolf's even alive at this point." Ed replied.
"We should probably get moving, I think some of those dogs are still in the area."
Edd pushed down the button on his earpiece to see if he could contact Rolf. When he only got static, he began to move away from the group to find a better location so he could attempt to try again. He ended up moving about ten feet away from them but kept close by to yell for support in case.
"Rolf, are you there?" Edd asked.
He waited for a response but got none. Edd tried again, this time the group made its way over to him, anxious to know of Rolf's status.
"Rolf, do you copy? It's Double D, please respond, Rolf." Edd repeated.
"Rolf is here, Double D-Edd boy." Rolf replied.
"It's good to hear your voice, Rolf." Kevin said with a small grin.
"Yours as well, Kevin."
"Rolf we just found Garrett, what is your current location?"
"Rolf ran down the hall after Garrett was attacked by those dogs. Rolf is hiding in a lounge area at the end of the hall by the intersection."
"Okay, hang tight, we're coming to you."
Edd cancelled the call and motioned for the group to get back in formation. He took point again and began to lead them down the hall. None of them dared to make a sound as they moved to Rolf's location. But their silence was to be broken by Edd who began to cough violently. He hunched over and continued hacking.
"Double D, are you okay?" Nazz asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Edd lied, hiding his hand from view.
"Okay, if you say so."
Edd continued to move forward and his eyes slowly glanced back to his hand. While he was coughing he spat up blood and that was enough to make his being fill with fear. Internal bleeding was his first thought, but he dismissed it because he wasn't having any problems earlier. The second thought he had was being infected, but he wasn't bitten by anything. He was brought out of his thoughts when Kevin spoke up.
"I think this is the room here, Double D." Kevin said.
Edd nodded and slowly opened the door with his M4 at the ready. He crept inside and lowered his guard when he saw Rolf stand up from behind an overturned desk. Rolf beckoned for them to enter the room to hide. Once all of them were inside, Nazz closed the door and shut off some of the lights.
"Where's three-haired Ed boy?" Rolf asked, looking for Eddy.
"He's dead, Rolf." Edd replied.
Rolf nodded solemnly and leaned against the desk. They sat in silence for a moment to allow silence for Garrett and Eddy. Two more friends that lost their lives in something that should not have happened. The silence was broken when the news station came back. Diana and Steve came into view on the screen.
"Rolf, turn the TV up a little." Edd requested.
Rolf picked up the remote and raised the volume so everyone could hear before setting the remote down.
"Welcome back to Channel Five News, I'm Steve Johnson." Steve greeted.
"And I'm Diana Janes." Diana spoke.
Both of them looked disheveled and sleep deprived. They must have been awake these past two days.
"This is going to be our final broadcast here at the studio. Zombies have broken in and it's only a matter of time before they reach us. We are currently reporting the last bit of information to anyone still trapped in the city so they can take the correct action." Steve said.
"If anyone out there in the city is still alive, please listen to this bit of information we received from the President of the United States." Diana said, rubbing her eyes.
The screen cut to Washington D.C. as President Henderson appeared in front of the camera to address his country. He stood in front of the podium and looked at the camera with tired eyes. The man looked like he hadn't slept in days, but one could see the fire of determination in his eyes.
"As you are all aware, Raccoon City, Nebraska has currently been labeled a disaster zone. The city has been infected with an unknown virus that turns anyone that has been bitten into a zombie. I have ordered the National Guard to block the exits leading out of the city's vicinity to check any survivors for bites to stop the spread of the virus once and for all. But I will not leave Raccoon City to rot. I have given orders to General Garrison of the U.S. Army to send in the Rangers to Raccoon City to evacuate anyone that is still alive. If anyone is still alive, I suggest you find your way to high ground and find something to signal your position." President Henderson began.
He took a deep breath before looking back at the camera to deliver the final portion of his speech.
"The Rangers should be there by dawn tomorrow to help anyone who needs to be evacuated. But there is one thing you all need to know before I address you again later. Raccoon City survivors must be ready to go if they want a ride out. I have talked with my administration and we believe the best course of action of stopping the spread of the virus is to sterilize Raccoon City. I have given the Rangers a time span of twenty-four hours to do their job of getting you all out of there. I just hope I can save as many of you as I can."
With that, President Henderson turned on his heel and disappeared from view. The camera came back to Diana and Steve who looked crestfallen at the news. Diana sobbed as she looked down at her desk. Steve wasn't doing much better as his voice began to crack.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. I would like to take this time to thank you all for letting me deliver your news for the past ten years. And I hope you all survive this terrible ordeal." Steve choked.
The studios camera went dead and the screen was replaced with a red screen and a nuclear symbol. A small clock appeared under the symbol starting with 26:34:22. There was very little time left. Edd looked around at his friends who looked horrified with the realization. If they didn't find the remaining S.T.A.R.S members in a couple hours and get out of the city they would be killed.
"Sterilize?" Kevin asked.
"So we have to get out of here in that time frame, or we get nuked by our own government?" Colin asked, looking at Edd.
"That's right. We need to go, now!" Edd replied.
Everyone started to follow Edd towards the door, but stopped when he started coughing again. This time everyone saw the blood leave his mouth. Nazz moved forward to see if Edd was okay but he held his gun up to them.
"Stay away from me. Something's wrong, I can't stop coughing up blood. I think I-," Edd began, but stopped after he felt excruciating pain in his stomach.
Edd dropped his rifle and gave a pained cry as he leaned against the door. The group inched toward him but he pulled out his M1911.45 and pointed it at them. They stopped and watched as Edd opened the door and stumbled out into the hallway. They heard his coughing and his footsteps die as he moved down one of the halls.
"Let's wait for a moment before we follow him." Nazz said.
After one minute, they exited the room and turned on their flashlights to search for any trails of blood that Edd coughed up. Nazz found the trail leading down the left hallway and motioned for the others to follow her slowly. As the group followed the blood, they heard thuds and coughing growing nearer to them. They rounded the corner and saw Edd enter a double door. They jogged down to the door to find him stop in the center of the room and cough up more blood on the floor leaving a bigger glob than the last. Edd slowly stood up, and staggered to the other set of doors in front of him. He pushed them open and stumbled into the next hall.
Edd knew his friends were following him close behind and tried to go faster. The pain was growing so intense he was starting to see white dots fill his vision. He turned left and continued down the hall. A sharp stabbing pain shot through his stomach and made him stumble towards a wall. His eyes welled with tears as he held his arms out to guide himself across the wall.
"God, the pain… Oh my god!" Edd cried out as his legs gave way.
He fell to the floor face first and felt the room spinning. His head was pulsing and his vision began to grow dark. He tried to move his arms to push himself up but was too weak to move. He heard footsteps and heard Nazz's voice but it seemed so far away. It was at this point Edd realized he was going to lose consciousness. He tried to open his mouth to speak but he couldn't even do that. Edd was rolled to face upward and looked into Nazz's eyes. He saw them filling with unshed tears. His friends all surrounded him, but he looked at Ed to see a furious expression on his face. Obviously he was angry that God seemed to be messing with him again.
"Double D, hang in there bro. You're tougher than this!" Kevin said, resting a hand on his shoulder.
"Double D, don't you die on us. We need you!" Nazz said, shaking him a little to keep him conscious.
Edd's head began bob a little bit as he started to slip to the right. Nazz grabbed his head and looked into his eyes. She noticed his eyes were losing light and beginning to close. Edd saw Nazz's face blurring and his vision began to go dark.
"We're losing him! Double D… Double D," was all Edd heard as his body lost the battle and fell to blissful unconsciousness.
Nazz could only watch as Edd passed out from the intense pain. She hugged him to her afraid to lose him completely. She jumped when she felt Kevin place a hand on her shoulder. Nazz looked up and noticed some tears in his eyes as well.
"Rolf, you'll carry Double D. We'll provide security for you." Kevin said looking over at the farm boy.
Rolf nodded, slinging his rifle on his back before walking over to Edd. He picked him up gently from Nazz and slung him over his shoulder. Kevin nodded and got everyone back into position.
"So what do we do now?" Nazz asked.
"I think I know what's wrong with Double D. But we need to find the main laboratory first." Kevin said.
"What's wrong with him?" Colin asked.
"Well, when he and I were grouped up to search for his dad something happened. We were attacked by those weird inside out looking creatures that we saw at the police department. He ripped the head off of one of them completely and he thinks that those guys from the woods injected something in him giving him that strength. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it was some sort of virus more powerful than the original one we've seen so far."
"Well then we need to move!" Ed insisted.
Kevin nodded and took point holding his M4 at the ready. He flicked the safety switch from semi to burst just to be safe. They started their trek down the hall on their right only to find it completely dark. Kevin took a deep breath and turned the activated his flashlight that was attached to his rifle. No sooner had he done that, his light illuminated the hall to reveal three dogs snarling at them. The dogs charged at them ready to tear them apart. Kevin already ready to go glared and squeezed his trigger along with Ed. The dogs were launched back from the wave of bullets. While they didn't get up, they continued to twitch. Ed pulled out his Wolfram P2K and shot the each of the dogs between the eyes.
The group was now on full alert and ready to kill anything else that jumped at them from the shadows. As they neared the end of the hall, Kevin held up a hand for them to stop and turned off his flashlight. They all squatted down and Colin tiptoed up to Kevin.
"What is it?" Colin whispered.
"I think I heard a door open, let's wait for a second." Kevin replied.
Kevin, Colin and Ed all had their rifles ready to fire and aimed them down the hall. Footsteps met their ears and grew closer. Kevin felt his palms becoming sweaty and his heartbeat increased with each step he heard. A light came into view from the corner and voices followed it.
"I'm going to kill that son of a bitch when I see him again," whispered the first.
"I know you both want to kill him, but we need to stay focused and find Eddward and his friends," a feminine voice said.
Kevin's eyes widened and he let out a sigh of relief. He motioned for the others to stand up and get ready to move.
"Mr. Kennedy?" Kevin called.
"Who's there?" Leon replied.
"Kevin Hawkins, I'm here with the others right now."
The footsteps came in thumps as the group came towards them. The flashlight finally made its way around the corner and blinded the teens temporarily. They looked up to see Leon, Chris and Jill standing in front of them. The three officers looked fine, but they were covered in blood, whether it was from any of the creatures or another officer they were trying to help, they didn't know.
"Good to see all of you are okay," Chris nodded.
The teens all looked down or away from the cops signaling discomfort. Leon did a headcount with his finger and his face fell into a frown. Of the nine kids including Victor making ten before the helicopter crash only five of them were there along with two new kids. His eyes fell on Eddward and they widened in horror. He made a dash to his son and pulled him off of Rolf's shoulder.
"Eddward, are you okay? Wake up!" Leon yelled shaking his son.
"What happened?" Jill asked running over to them.
"He passed out from pain in his stomach. He was coughing up blood before he passed out and was yelling in agony." Nazz replied.
"Damn-it! That means the eggs have hatched." Leon cursed.
"Eggs? What are you talking about?" Carly asked.
"My kid here, he was infected with a virus called the 'Diablo's Gift'. It happened to me before too, when I worked for the government. But back when I got injected with it, it was called the Plagas."
"How long do we have until Double D becomes one of them?" Kevin asked.
"How long ago did the eggs hatch?"
"About fifteen minutes ago."
"Okay, we still have time to get them out. We have to get to the main laboratory."
"Where are Victor and the others?" Jill asked since Leon didn't after noticing his son.
"They're dead," Ed replied, looking down at the ground.
"Damn-it."
Leon picked Eddward up and slung him over his shoulder. He looked around and noticed each of the teens were armed and had ammunition with them but it was running low. They needed to find an armory and restock on weapons. Chris pulled out his M9 Beretta and turned on the tactical flashlight.
"Where's the main lab?" Chris asked.
"It's up near the top floor, so we need to go up three levels." Kevin replied.
"Well we have to go the other way, that other staircase ends on this floor."
The group started walking back the way the teens came from but stopped when they heard the PA kick in.
"Well done you three, it seems you found the kids. Well at least half of them, hehe." Wesker cackled into the microphone.
"Where are you?" Ed yelled cocking his M16A2.
"Ah, you again. You had quite the potty mouth if I remember correctly."
"Where are you?"
"Heh, angry about your friend and sister?"
Kevin and Nazz looked at each other with worried looks before glancing at Ed. Cameras must have been watching them and now the man was taunting Ed. And from the looks of it, he was about to snap completely. Ed growled angrily and his eyes darted around the hall madly, as though he was trying to find the right way to lead him to the man.
"Where are you, you son of a bitch?" Ed roared.
"Ed, calm down. Wesker's trying to taunt you, and it is working." Leon said.
"I'm upstairs, kid. Come and get me if you can." Wesker taunted.
That was the final push it took for Ed as he heard the PA hang up. Ed gave an angry cry and sprinted down the hall. Jill ran after Ed to try and stop him.
"Ed, Jill, no!" Leon yelled out, but it was too late.
"How did his sister and his friend die?" Chris asked.
"His sister was crushed by this giant ogre looking things. And Eddy was killed by some of these weird cultist looking guys." Nazz replied.
"Wait, did you just say cultist looking guys?" Leon asked, fearing what he might learn.
"Yeah, why?"
"Did any of you happen to find some intel around here?"
"Eddy found a journal after he broke out of the cell he was held in earlier today. And I think he gave it to Double D." Kevin informed.
Leon turned his head and noticed a square lump inside Edd's pocket and pulled it out. He flipped through the journal with some difficulty and finally came to the page that Eddy had told them about earlier. As Leon read it, he turned pale and swore loudly.
"Shit!" Leon yelled.
"Leon, we're running out of time. We need to get that crap out of Edd's stomach before it's too late. And we need to catch up with Ed and Jill." Chris said.
"You're right, but you should read this when you get the chance."
"Okay, let's move. But first, we need to split up to do this. We need a couple to go after Ed and Jill, and we'll need the rest you to come with us."
"Rolf and I will go after Jill and Ed. We'll contact you guys when we catch up with them." Kevin spoke up.
"Okay, and if you come across an armory of any kind, notify us. We're running low on ammo." Chris replied.
Rolf and Kevin nodded before moving down the hallway. Kevin stopped and turned around to speak again.
"Nazz, tell them about that because we're running out of time!" Kevin hollered.
Nazz nodded and watched as Kevin hurried after Rolf and out of sight. Chris and Leon turned to look at Nazz with some confusion as to what Kevin was talking about.
"What is he talking about?" Chris asked.
"We need to get out of here within twenty-four hours or else the city will be sterilized with a nuclear bomb." Nazz said.
"When did you hear this?" Leon asked.
"We heard it after finding Rolf in a lounge nearby. The timer said we had around twenty-six hours to get out, but now we probably have just a little over twenty-five hours."
"Okay, then we need to move now!"
Chris covered Leon's right side, Colin took point, Nazz took Leon's left side and Carly covered the rear. The group began to move forward as fast as possible. Time was running out.
Well, I hope you liked the chapter. My apologies for this being late, but real life comes first. I'm not sure when I'll be able to update again, but I'll do it whenever I get the chance. Now for the timeline of this story, it's completely AU, so from the way I've done this the story has gone in reverse. Leon started as a cop when he married Claire and Edd was born. He joined the Secret Service when he helped the government take down a group of terrorists while he was with the RPD. That's when we go into the Resident Evil 4 events when he goes to find President Graham's daughter, Ashley when he got infected with the Plagas virus by Osmond Sadler. When he returned back to the states, he resigned from the Secret Service because he wanted to raise keep his family instead of his job, so he went back to Raccoon City and this leads up the the Raccoon City outbreak. My apologies again since I wasn't clear on the timeline when the story started, and I'll be sure to state it when I go back to edit the story when it's completed.
Character Status:
Eddward Kennedy: Fine (slowly succumbing to the Diablo's Gift)
Ed Hartsock- Fine
Eddy Jackson- K.I.A
Nazz McCreary- Fine
Kevin Hawkins- Fine
Rolf Paulsen-Fine
Jimmy Rosselle-K.I.A
Jonny Garnett- K.I.A
Parker Polonsky-K.I.A
Colin (Red) Marsh-Fine
Carly Larson-Fine
Garrett Sanderson-K.I.A
Victor Meyer-K.I.A
Jill Valentine-Fine
Leon Kennedy-Fine
Chris Redfield-Fine
Rebecca Chambers-K.I.A