Chapter 52

HUNK just sighed behind his helmet, it seemed that it was a day for others to make poor decisions after all. Then, casually moving his hand slowly, he moved his left hand up as if to surrender with the MP5 held up while his right hand dropped down to the Beretta 93R that he had used for the last decade, the well-loved handgun snapping up as he killed the first two guards with precise bursts as Alpha 2 and 3 went down to a series of shots from the UBCS guards that Birkin had hired.

"Kill them! Kill them now!" Birkin screamed as he took cover behind his desk, holding the pistol over the desk and squeezing the trigger in rapid succession without paying attention to where he was aiming.

One of the UBCS mercenaries fell over in surprise as the pistol rounds hit him in the back, the successive rounds penetrating the body armor he was wearing.

Alpha 4 and 5 immediately took notice of this and unleashed a hellish crossfire into two of the UBCS mercenaries while HUNK killed the other three, standing up from his concealment to go collect the briefcase with samples of the G-Virus as Alpha 1, 2, and 3, lay on the ground dying.

"Dr. Birkin," HUNK spoke clearly through his helmet. "You have violated your contract with Umbrella Corporation with your refusal to turn over samples of your work," HUNK grabbed the briefcase from the shaking scientist. "As such, your employment has now been terminated."

Hunk fired two shots into the chest of Dr. Birkin and one to the head before securing the briefcase into a backpack that he slung over his back.

"Alpha's 4, 5, and 6, we need to leave," HUNK said as the trio of USS agents seemed to stand up straighter. "Our evac point is across town and we have a mission to complete."

"Copy that sir," Alpha 4 replied. "But what about them?" He indicated the gurgling Alpha 1 on the ground, blood oozing out of the holes in the tactical vest.

"If we take them with us they will only be a liability," HUNK said with a shrug. "We will regroup with Goblin and leave this facility."

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As HUNK, and Alpha team began to leave the dead and dying behind, a handful of drops of liquid escaped from the desk above the dead scientist. The drops striking the late William Birkin in the eye and eventually following the crevices of his face down to the other orifices as more drops flowed down his face.

"Hell of a fight, wasn't it?" Goblin 1 asked as she laughed, a UBCS merc going down to a burst of fire from her rifle.

"We need to leave," HUNK stated. "Our objectives have been completed."

"Hear that Cole?' Goblin 1 glanced at Goblin 2. "We're getting out of here. Wanna leave a surprise behind?"

"You got it," Goblin 2 replied with a grin behind his helmet as he began rigging up a trip wire that would trip up and kill whoever tried to follow them.

"Where are you going?" Alpha 6 asked HUNK, the fear evident in her voice as she watched him begin to head for the stairwell.

"I'm taking the stairs," HUNK said bluntly. "We do not have time to wait for the elevator."

"I'm with you," the remainder of Alpha team began the trek to the stairwell, closely following behind the silent agent.

As the four of them reached the entrance to the stairwell, a roar sounded in the distance and what sounded like an elephant marching through echoed in the building.

"What the hell is that?!" Goblin 1 yelled, the fear in her voice able to be heard all the way across the room.

"I don't care what it is!" Goblin 2 responded as he opened fire with his submachine gun, the pistol caliber rounds simply bouncing off of the armored carapace.

With a screech, the monster grabbed Goblin 2 and threw him into Goblin 1, a sickening "snap" sounded as Goblin 2's head fell the wrong way after striking the wall.

"Kill it!" the rest of the team poured fire into the creature as it seemed to fall back for a moment, the bullets having sunk into the flesh instead of the armored portions of the creature's body.

Snarling, the creature rushed at the rest of Goblin team, tripping the explosives that Goblin 2 had set and shrugging them off as he ripped the team into shreds, the creature seemingly pausing for breath as it seemingly tried to locate someone specific.

With a growl, the creature surveyed the rest of the destruction as its instincts screamed at it, the body mutating as it spied the still-living Goblin 1 as she tried to crawl away.

Grabbing the woman, the creature held her and went back into the office, it would see if this one was a suitable mate.

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"Holy shit," Alpha 4 breathed as the sounds of combat tapered off while they continued climbing the stairwell. "What do you think that was?"

"Doctor Birkin was responsible for many of Umbrella's experiments and breakthroughs," HUNK replied as he cleared the next flight of stairs with his weapon before moving up again. "While I killed him, it would be unprofessional to believe that he did not have any backup plans in place. I suspect that several experiments have been released into this facility and that we will have to fight our way out."

HUNK coughed a bit, not used to speaking this much in a single sentence.

"Got it," Alpha 5 said as he moved up behind HUNK, making sure that his six was always clear. "We should probably increase our pace then, right?"

"We are moving at the most optimum pace for safety," HUNK replied, not moving any faster than he already was. "Any faster and we will be unable to react to any potential threats."

"Got it," Alpha 5 gulped. "We'll just follow you then."

"Alice, I want you to gather up all of my gear and bring the Hummer over here," I said over the landline. "Everything should already be packed into go bags and tucked into the right spots."

"Is something wrong?" Alice asked.

"I think that we're about to have to get our hands dirty, there's a lot of chaos in the streets right now and SWAT is about to be deployed to what we think is a riot," I said as I loaded magazines with ammo and tucked them into my pouches, the 10mm Glock sitting in a holster on my chest rig while my Sig Sauer was at my hip.

"You don't think it's a riot," Alice replied. "Do you?"

"No," I stated. "Jill should still be at the station when you get here, I'm leaving things up to you two if I don't manage to get myself and as many others as possible back to the station."

"Got it," Alice sighed. "I'll see you around."

"Yep," I responded. "I'll see you soon."