Resident Evil: Searching for the Truth

Chapter 15 of my Resident Evil story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.

Chapter 15: Distress Call

They continued to climb up the stairwells until finally; with relief, they saw a door at the top of the stairs they were climbing. They hurried up and tried the door, it was unlocked; they opened it and stepped out onto the roof of the building. They had made it. However Cashmere felt something in her mind slipping. She had fought hard to stay strong, to keep her defences up and not let what happened affect her until they were safe. But she could feel it coming and soon she was experiencing a vivid and terrifying flashback of her rape. She dropped to her knees, clutching her head and screaming. Lydia hurried to her side.

"Cashmere, Cashmere!" She cried out, trying to get her to focus. "It's okay, you're okay, c'mon, please, we need you."

"Mom!" Shayla cried out.

Lydia spun around; Gillian had caught up to them and was now blocking their escape route. Gillian observed her prey with the patience of a hunter that knows the prey is trapped.

"Like rats, all of you…I prefer a challenge; could we kindly put that screaming girl to the side. I'll deal with the two of you first."

Lydia picked Cashmere up and gently laid her down in a safe spot before joining Shayla and, like her daughter, drawing her weapons. They had no choice, to protect Cashmere; they would have to defeat Gillian.

Almost immediately Gillian attacked; belching fire at them. They leapt back, out of the way and opened fire with their strongest weapons. Surprisingly this seemed to work as she was injured and let out grunts of pain when hit. She growled and then from the pupae covering her lower body, began to spawn larvae like beasts. They quickly turned their attention to destroying them and resuming fire of Gillian, who was also lashing out with her antennae and turning her flammable blood into a weapon; attempting to cover them with it and ignite it with her fiery breath. They continued to fire on her; they knew now that it would be an endurance match; the more they damaged Gillian's body, the harder it would be for her to fight. They just needed to find an opening to try and finish her off.

"Worthless scum, you dare defy me!" She bellowed. "I will crush you all and hang you above what will be my throne."

"Stay focused Shayla, there has to be a way." Lydia muttered to her daughter.

Shayla nodded and they continued to fight desperately. They could hear Cashmere still screaming and realized that the flashback of her rape had been brought on by a psychic assault from Gillian. Finally however they saw a way to end it, they took positions and when Gillian reared up to attack; they both threw grenades which slipped between the gap and landed inside the pupae. When the grenades exploded Gillian reared back, howling in agony before collapsing in a limp heap. They caught their breath and reloaded; Cashmere's screaming had died down to a whimper. They knew that, for now, the worst was over.

Lydia turned to Shayla.

"Can you check on Cashmere, make sure she's alright; I need to call the others, tell them to get us out of here."

Shayla nodded and hurried over to Cashmere's side. Lydia meanwhile found a suitable location, turned the homing beacon on, made note of its frequency and then tuned the radio before making the call.

"Guys, hello, can you hear me?"

There was silence for a moment and then.

"Lydia?" Seth's voice came over the radio. "Thank god, we thought the jamming barrier…?"

Lydia smiled, relieved. "We got above the jamming signal, we activated a homing beacon, can you find it?"

She gave him the frequency, knowing he would have a map of the area.

Finally he replied. "Yes, I've got it. Okay, I can come pick you guys up."

"No, the roof's too small for a chopper. Due south of the signal, there's a central square and then a town square, can you make them out on the map?"

"Sure thing, I can see them clearly." Seth replied. "Want me to touch down there?"

"The town square, yes." Lydia replied. "We'll make our way across…Seth, we…There's a few things you need to know…about what happened."

There was silence for a minute while Lydia gathered her thoughts and Seth waited anxiously.

Finally Lydia let out a breath and told Seth about Francis and his men, what she knew of their plans; Gillian and then, the important part.

"It happened yesterday; we were captured by them; they…they raped Cashmere."

Seth gasped audibly. "What, is she…?"

Lydia confirmed. "She's holding it together, although Gillian attacked her mind just now and caused her to break down; she seems to be pulling herself back together now…There's one more thing."

Seth waited patiently and finally Lydia revealed.

"I found her, I found Shayla; she's here, she's safe."

"Your daughter?" Seth breathed. "So, she's right there with you?"

"Yes, she's helping Cashmere just now." Lydia explained. "So you're going to be picking up three people rather than two from the rendezvous point."

"Okay, understood; I'll get there quickly, you guys better hurry, we intercepted Umbrella's radio transmissions. You have until exactly three in the afternoon to escape, that's when they're going to blow the place to hell."

"Shit, okay, thanks."

With that she ended the transmission and joined the others. Cashmere was back on her feet, looking paler than usual but no less determined.

"Let's go guys, we've only got three hours left, we're heading for the town square."

They both nodded and they immediately descended, knowing they would have to hurry, they were now running against the clock.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.