Saturday, December 22nd 2035
Underground Laboratory B7
Train Platform
8:20 PM
Time Remaining – 14:58'83
Cue Theme: Resident Evil 2 OST – Escape From Laboratory
The glamrocks and Vanessa were already at the train platform waiting for the others to come down on the 2nd elevator trip.
The elevator doors opened with Dawkin, Fifi and the rest of the OAOS walking out at a fast pace.
They stopped in relief everyone was still present.
"Okay, everyone's here?" Dawkin asked.
"Yup!" The group said in unison.
"Okay let's move, move, move!" Dawkin said.
Funtime Foxy led the way knowing the entire map of the laboratory. The group followed him around a corner down a narrow corridor onto the train platform.
"Okay around this corner! Here it is!" Funtime Foxy shouted.
The large cargo train with 6 cars awaited them.
"Okay let's get this thing started." Monty said. Most of the group entered the train, getting ready to close the doors behind them until more mutated staff showed up emerging from a hallway connected to the waiting area they previously did not notice.
"Where the hell did they come from!?" Monty shouted before opening fire on them with his SIG MCX Rifle.
Mangle hoped out of the doorway back onto the platform and joined him opening fire on the last group of mutants lurking the facility with her "Last Edge", the custom Beretta 92G handgun, with it's rose design on the grips.
Several of the weaker less mutated monsters went down with ease.
Mangle then switched to her rifle for one of the large brutish monsters, a man who had grown to large size with sharp teeth and various bone spikes protruding through his skin.
Roxanne and Freddy joined, with Dawkin also joining in the gun fight. They managed to end the monsters, then got back into the train closing the door behind them.
"Okay, we really need to get this thing operational before more of those freaks show up." Chica said keeping an eye out the train windows overlooking the waiting area on the platform.
"On it!" Cove said as she headed through a door to the conductor's booth at the front of the passenger car.
"Wait for me. I can help." Funtime Foxy said following her through the door.
They were inside the booth, with a thick bulletproof glass windshield wrapping the front of the train car with a full control panel and seats in front. The front gates to the tunnel were visible ahead of them, along with another part of the train platform with various utility areas gated off on the platform.
Both sat at the controls.
"C'mon one of these opens the gates." Funtime Foxy said looking at the controls.
Cove took a look at the computer that manages a lot of the systems on the train and is connected to the management computer for train platform area wirelessly.
She typed away at the keys, the train was not ready.
Afton Train Master Version 1.40
The following components may be experiencing an issue:
Ignition system battery – Offline
Diesel Fuel tank – 5 percent
Platform Gate System – ERROR – Remote control not available - Manual mode at local console required
"Shit!" Cove shouted.
"I hate when Eclipse is right." Funtime Foxy said.
"Thank you for your insightful commentary." Cove said.
"Look, there is a way to fuel the train, that utility area past the gates on the platform has a fuel filling station and the hose will reach to this end of the train. The fuel tank is literally right under you and the gas cap is right on the other side of this wall next to you." Funtime Foxy said pointing to the wall next to her.
"Okay what about the battery? Can we just give it a jump start? I imagine we could." Cove asked.
"No need. There should be fresh batteries fully charged at that storage area over there." Funtime Foxy pointed out at the windshield to the opposite side of the platform, showing Cove the other platform across the tracks that contained shipping containers.
"There's stairs that will take you from this platform to the other. They lead to a catwalk suspended right above this train." Funtime Foxy pointed out.
"And before you say it, I'll help you deal with the gate." Funtime Foxy said.
Time Remaining – 12:00'00
"I'll help open the gate." Dawkin said walking in. The rest of the group was now listening in.
"Foxy, you and Chica go fuel the train. Roxanne and Vanessa secure and install the batteries. Cove you stay here and keep an eye on the systems to make sure things are ready. Radio us if anything. The rest of you, cover us incase something nasty sneaks up on us out there." Dawkin ordered.
"You got it." Marta said with her rifle ready.
"Count on it." Mangle said with her rifle in hand.
"Okay let's go!" Dawkin shouted. They opened the doors to the train and the group headed back out to the platform and waiting area, guarding the area as others went to go complete their assigned tasks.
Time Remaining – 11:05'34
Roxanne and Vanessa were the firsts to go through the metal security gate leading to the utility area, Foxy and Chica followed since they also needed to travel through this area to get to the fueling station located just feet from them near this side of the train.
"We got this V, go head to the other platform and deal with the batteries on the other side of the train." Chica said guarding the area as Funtime Foxy prepped the fuel station putting in command on the touch screen and dragged the hose to the fueling cap on his side of the train.
Vanessa and Roxanne nodded at each other then both women ran up the stairs to the catwalk going over the train. They were down going down stairs on the platform on the other side of the train. They were on the other platform but needed to go through a door in a wall to get to the rest of it.
"Huh a door?" Vanessa asked.
They opened the metal door and entered the next room.
This was the storage area. A fresh battery was on a metal shelf in shrink wrap, new. Vanessa opened up the package and pulled the battery out.
"Bingo." Vanessa said.
"Over here." Roxanne said.
Roxanne opened up the battery compartment on the side of the train they had access to and she installed the battery, securing the terminals on it.
Ignition system battery – Online
"We got battery." Cove said on the radio.
Time Remaining – 8:50'66
"Great!" Roxanne said closing the battery compartment.
"Okay let's get out of there V!" Roxanne said as they ran through the door and the stairs.
They just passed Chica and Funtime Foxy who have finished topping off the tank.
Diesel Fuel tank – 100 percent
"Tank is full! Woo!" Cove shouted in excitement on the radio.
Chica and Funtime Foxy high fived as he closed the fuel tank cap and put the hose to the side.
"Yeah! Let's do it bestie!" Chica slipped.
"Bestie…?" Funtime Foxy asked.
"Uh….you didn't hear anything. C'mon we gotta get going." Chica said as she and Foxy joined Roxanne and Vanessa going through the main gate back to the waiting area.
Dawkin was almost done getting the gates open.
"One more code…." Dawkin said entering the final access code into the console next to the tunnel gate. The codes were given to him by Foxy, thankfully they were never changed.
The motorized gates swung open.
Platform Gate System – OPEN
"Okay let's go!" Cove shouted on everyone's radios.
Dawkin needed to inform the law enforcement waiting outside the mansion above the surface.
He was able to get a guest wifi signal he could use and contact FBI agents in the woods outside the Afton mansion on his iPhone.
"This is Dawkin, look I do not have time to explain, but you must get any agents out there with you at least 40 feet away from the mansion. The area is primed to detonate. Please do not come in to find us, we are in a facility several thousand feet below ground, we have a way out and have time before the explosion goes off." Dawkin said.
"What do you mean explosion!? We need the bomb squad in there." The voice said.
"NO, NO, NO! No bomb squad, no more backup. Keep everyone away, we can't stop this bomb I'm afraid, but we can get everyone to safety. We will rendezvous soon. Now get everyone out of there, vacate the vicinity." Dawkin warned before ending the call.
"Okay everyone let's go!" Dawkin said getting everyone back on the train.
Everyone was present, there was a mix of excitement, relief and anxiety on board.
Funtime Foxy made his way to the front conductor's booth taking a seat next to Cove.
"Ready?" Funtime Foxy asked.
"Yeah, let's do it." Cove said.
Funtime Foxy prepped the system, pulling the lever to start the train up. The engine was beginning to turnover until an error displayed on the computer.
Ignition system battery – Offline
Time Remaining – 7:30'00
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Cove shouted.
"Shit! The terminals must have come loose. I gotta take care of that." Funtime Foxy shouted.
"No, you stay, I got this." Vanessa said opening the door, and stepping back out of the train and on to the platform.
"Vanessa wait, don't go alone!" Roxanne shouted before she was about to get up. Dawkin stopped her.
"I'll go with her, you guys have had enough action for one day, just wait here, we will get this going." Dawkin said.
"Let me go with you!" Fifi said.
"No Fifi, sit this one out please." Dawkin said before going out the train door back on to the platform. The motorized sliding door closing behind him.
He followed Vanessa through the utility area gate, up the stairs over the catwalk to the other platform on the other side of the train car.
"Wait Vanessa!" Dawkin shouted to her.
She slowed down for a sec.
"Dawkin, what are you?" She asked.
"Hey, two heads are better than one, eh love?" Dawkin said.
"Do you always have this kind of charm with the ladies?" Vanessa grinned.
"It's the accent." Dawkin said.
She shook her head. She hadn't had a lot of interactions with Dawkin one on one, but admittedly she thought he was kind of attractive.
They made their way down the stairs on the other platform and through the door that leads to the battery compartment on the side of the train.
They arrived to find the compartment open and the battery terminals disconnected, but the battery was still in the compartment, not removed.
"What the hell?" Vanessa asked.
"Hmm….someone else must be here….." Dawkin said raising his weapon looking around while Vanessa connected the battery.
Ignition system battery – Online
"Okay let's go and try this again! Come back!" Cove said on the radio.
Vanessa shut the compartment.
"How did that happen?" Vanessa asked. She was still facing the compartment about to get up off the ground.
"Sabotage. C'Mon let's not hang around for too much longer…" Dawkin turned around and came face to face with Vanny in her new human hybrid mutant form, dressed in a white leather jacket with a blue undershirt, white leather pants, and white heels. Her blond hair in a ponytail like Vanessa's, with her fleshy rabbit ears poking through the hair. She had a Glock 19 pointed right at Vanessa's head and was about to pull the trigger.
"No!" Dawkin dived in front of Vanny and tried smacking the gun out of her hand, but it was too late, a bullet had entered the side of his body. He has just been shot protecting Vanessa.
"Dawkin!" Vanessa shouted coming to his side.
"Nooooo!" Fifi yelled leaving the train at incredible speed with her med kit in hand, her animatronic servos pushing her at their maximum to get to him on time.
Cue Theme: Resident Evil Code: Veronica X – Transformation Music
"I told you…sabotage…." Dawkin said.
"Vanny….how….why!?" Vanessa said.
"Revenge. I was left to die by your grandfather and his two lackeys. They made me this way with that virus Eclipse created. For the longest, Afton told me to resist killing you, but with no allegiance to him anymore, I can just do it. You have, no idea how long I've been wanting to do this, for everything. How you spoiled our plans at the Pizzaplex, feeling something for that damn kid, which made you weak, and for helping that stupid fucking bear stop my plans. Now, I don't have to have anything to hold me back. Your grandfather tried to kill me, he actually made me stronger instead. And now, I'm going to kill you, and everyone on that fucking train, and then I'm going to escape, and then I'm going to hunt your family down and kill them, one by one, slowly and painfully. After that Afton will be next. Maybe I'll go run for president after." Vanny said boldly.
Fifi caught up to them.
She got by Dawkin's side, lifting him up with her own animatronic strength and then helping him walk with an arm around her.
"Fifi….you came…." Dawkin said.
"Just hold on….please…" Fifi said.
Vanny let them leave. But not Vanessa keeping the gun on her.
"He's going to die anyway from blood loss, I might as well let them have their last moment's together. As for you, I'm going to take my time with you, I have two minutes I could spare, since you did all the rest of the prep work for me to escape. I'm going to slowly peel the skin on your arms back like a banana, then I'm going to kill you by shoving my fist into your chest and ripping your heart out, right in front of these people before I slaughter them. Might as well give them a show before they die." Vanny said.
"Fuck you." Vanessa said.
"Not very wise to say that to someone holding a gun to your head." Vanny said.
Vanessa noticed someone on the catwalk with a laser sight on a weapon, it was Marta taking aim at Vanny.
"Likewise." Vanessa said.
"What?" Vanny said.
Suddenly a shot went right through Vanny's chest, putting a wound there, but it was beginning to heal. While Vanny was distracted Vanessa managed to smack the Glock 19 out of Vanny's hand.
Another shot hit Vanny in the leg.
"You…." Vanny said before hoping on the catwalk with super human jump height and agility.
She pushed Marta off the catwalk before she could react, but Roxanne caught her on the other side in her arms.
Vanessa pulled out her Beretta M9A1 and fired off a shot at Vanny on the catwalk. Distracting her.
"VANNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Vanessa was angry.
"So you do have a death wish. Fine. Let me make it a reality for you." Vanny said jumping off the catwalk and walking towards Vanessa.
"This ends here." Vanessa said.
"Will see." Vanny said.