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Descent
Agent sighed in relief as the computer finally unlocked. They had been in the room for ten minutes, and had yet to see any infected, fortunately. He sighed, sitting back and brushing his hair back into place again, rubbing his eyes before sitting forward and beginning to search the computer. He found a map, a bunch of really disturbed porn, to include a zombie with no teeth or arms raping a blonde who was chained to a table, something that almost made Agent vomit, and not much else.
"This computer's a waist of time," Agent said, still struggling to hold his lunch after accidentally finding the porn.
"Wait, what's that?" Sheva said, pointing to the bottom right corner of the screen.
Agent squinted, seeing that there was something just barely visible in the corner of the background. He clicked on it, dragging it into view and finding it was an unlabelled folder. "Good eye."
Inside the folder were numerous files, as well as a closed circuit email system. He opened one of the files and scanned it, seeing it was an experimentation report detailing the Ustanak and how he had been revived. He closed out of it and opened the next. It was about Albert Wesker.
"Jake," Sherry said, looking over Agent's shoulder. "Wesker's here, and he's alive."
Jake growled a string of curses, but Agent ignored him as he opened the next file, finding a report on something called "Unit A."
"Unit A has entered the final stage of its growth cycle," Agent read. "Results were mixed. Its marksmanship and physical output were slightly off-putting, failing to match up to the standards of earlier versions, however, its cognitive abilities, conversational skills, and intelligence were all far exceeding expectations. Once Unit A's growth cycle is complete, it will be assigned to Section C."
"What is this?" Sheva asked.
Agent stared at it. Section C was the official designation of the part of his Organization that worked at the computers, where Agent had been before being sent here. He shook his head slowly. It had to be a coincidence. He opened the email system and found only one conversation.
"Dr. Marek. It has come to my attention that Unit A has been assigned to Section C on account of below average physical skills. How long will it be before the next Unit A can commence its growth cycle?"
"It already has. The new Unit A should finish its growth cycle in about two weeks. I've taken the liberty of adjusting its genetic makeup to correct the last one's flaws. It should have above average marksmanship and physical capabilities, but as a trade off, I've had to sacrifice some of its intelligence."
"That's fine. We'll be assigning it to Section D. You've done good work Doctor. The cloning process may not be an exact science, but you continue to impress."
"Thank you, Director. I will keep you up to date on Unit A's progress."
Agent stared at the messages, entire body numb. The others had all moved away from the computer to check their gear, and since Agent had neglected to read the emails out loud, he was the only one who knew what they were talking about. It couldn't be true. He wasn't. How could he believe that everything he knew was a lie? He remembered everything. So, it couldn't be true, right? He stared at the messages before closing them. He had never heard of Section D before. He opened the last file and found that it was a map of the facility they were in. He stared at the label. "Section D: Purge Facility."
Agent shut the computer down, then simply sat there, staring at his own reflection. After a moment, Sheva rested a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you okay?" Sheva asked.
"I..." he trailed off, struggling to find words to express how he felt, what he feared. "What...makes us human?"
"Makes us human?" Sheva blinked. "I...What do you mean?"
Agent shook his head, standing and drawing his pistol. "We need to keep moving. We've only got a few more floors in this facility, right?"
"Yeah," Sheva nodded. "Three. Including this one."
Agent nodded, pushing the door open and looking around. It was deserted.
"We're clear," Agent said. "Let's move before that changes."
The others nodded and they all hurried out the door and down the hallway, Sheva guiding them as they went. They reached the first stairway without meeting anything, all of them beginning to rapidly grow tense. It shouldn't be that easy. Not after having been chased by the Ustanak for two floors, and the Ubistvo, which is what Sherry and Jake called the chainsaw thing, for the floors above it. As they stepped out of the stairwell, Sheva and Agent cleared the hallways to either side and they began to head toward the next stairwell.
"Something's wrong," Agent breathed. "Where'd they all go?"
They all shook their heads, keeping in a tight circle, watching anything and everything that the infected could come from. Something felt very, very wrong, and they all felt like something was about to happen. Sure enough, just as they reached the center of that level, the ground suddenly fell out from beneath them. They all shouted in surprise, crashing down hard and groaning. Agent looked around, seeing they were in the center of the completely empty room, and that it was covered in thick steel plates. Aside from them, there was only one other thing in the room. A massive creature that looked like it might have been a woman at one time, who had patchy, wiry hair sticking out of her head, long thin arms and legs holding her on all fours, and slimy black tentacles connecting her upper and lower body, as well as sticking out of her body randomly.
"What the fuck is that?" Agent asked, pushing himself up and swapping his pistol for his RONI.
"No idea," Jake said, cracking his knuckles. "Looks annoying though."
Agent nodded, aiming at it.
"You remind me of my brother," the thing, definitely female, said, staring at Jake.
"Shut up," Jake said, just before Agent and Sheva both opened fire.
The thing screamed, recoiling as her blood splattered over the ground. Then, she took off, scrambling along the walls rapidly. Agent and Sheva struggled to get a decent shot off, not wanting to risk the ricochet if they missed. Finally, the thing leapt at Agent, Agent emptying his RONI's mag into her just before she crashed down on him. He grunted as his back slammed into the ground. Then, the bitch raised a fist, trying to crush his head, only for Agent to roll out of the way. He drew his knife, beginning to stab her rapidly and she screamed, backing away just before Jake jumped, both feet slamming into the side of her head, throwing her away. She flipped, crashing down hard before a glowing yellow growth burst out of the tentacles.
"Hit it!" Agent shouted, drawing his M1911 before all of them opened fire on the thing, the creature thrashing and screaming as they did.
Finally, she flipped, the growth sinking back into her body and Agent put his last bullet into one of her eyes. She screamed and he tossed the M1911 aside, sprinting forward and drawing his knife. She pulled a fist back but when she threw the punch, Jake caught her fist, grunting and skidding a few inches but holding it. Agent drove the knife into her remaining eye then ripped it out, driving it into her back rapidly. She screamed, throwing Jake away and grabbing Agent, lifting him only for Sheva and Sherry to open fire. The creature shouted in rage, hurling Agent aside before lunging at the two girls, the eye Agent had shot already healed. Before she could reach them, however, Jake crashed into her from the side, tackling her away from them before leaping off. The creature stood on its freakish legs and screamed, the growth erupting from her abdomen again, everyone opening fire on it again. She screamed, staggering backward before tipping backward, Agent sprinting forward, taking a grenade from Jake as he did. He reached the creature in time to shove the grenade into the growth through a spot where several bullets had hit. Then, the creature punched him, hurling him across the room into the wall.
"Agent!" Sheva shouted, sprinting over as the creature stood.
The creature opened its mouth to roar but stopped, staring down at the growth as it began to glow even brighter and expand. Then, it shrieked only for the shriek to be cut short as the growth exploded, blasting the creature into several pieces. Sheva dropped to a knee beside Agent, who groaned, pushing himself up slowly, Sheva helping him up.
"Are you okay?" Sheva asked, holding up three fingers. "How many fingers am I holding up?"
"Too many to be in the middle of a fight," Agent groaned, rubbing the back of his head. "I take it we won?"
Sheva sighed, smiling and nodded. "The grenade worked. Good thinking."
Agent nodded, pushing himself to his feet and reloading his RONI, looking around for his P99, but not seeing it, or caring enough to really look. The same with his knife. Sheva hugged him, then stepped back as Jake and Sherry walked over, Jake holding out Agent's knife.
"You okay?" Jake asked. "That looked painful."
"Felt like a feather pillow," Agent said, putting his knife away. "Can we go get attacked by more zombies now?"
Jake chuckled and nodded, turning and walking toward the door leading out of the facility they were in, which should head to the large cylindrical facility, if Agent was remembering properly. He and the others followed Jake, finding themselves at a tram after a few minutes. They all climbed in and Jake pushed the lever that set the tram in motion and they all fell silent as they rode, Agent tilting his head back and trying to will his headache away.
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