Resident Evil/Biohazard: Hostage Rescue

Rating: T

NOTE:

All characters of Resident Evil/Captain Commando/Street Fighter are under the copyright of Capcom. All characters of Martin Mystery are under the copyright of Marathon. All characters of Kara no Kyokai are under the copyright of TYPE-MOON. All characters of Spriggan are under the copyright of Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa. All characters of Jiraishin are under the copyright of Tsutomu Takahashi. The appearance of Kenneth "Kenny" Feng is under noctorro's jurisdiction. All others are under my jurisdiction.

Summary:

The teams are now trapped in a small cabin as the infected villagers have them trapped from all sides with no other place to go. Will they be able to hold up and survive? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.

Chapter 9: The Siege


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


The gun wielders from the two teams had already opened fire at all of the infected villagers after the first two bookcase barricades, which consisted of the front window and door, were breached. The door had been violently been breached after the villagers began to enter the cabin one by one. It seemed that the door would be of little use now since it was nearly broken into two.

"Dammit!" Hiryu shouted while he fired his Hekcler & Koch G36C. "Every time we shoot one down, two more come to take their place!"

"Too bad bro!" Hien groaned while he stopped to clear a jam from his SS1-M5 Commando for a few seconds. "This'll be the last time we see each other then!"

"Both of you, shut your yapping!" Jean shouted at the masked teens when the French Spriggan emptied his Franchi SPAS-12's magazine against any villager trying to breach through the window.

"I don't think we'll last this long!" Leon had just fired his last 12 gauge shell at a villager trying to get in the cabin before he stopped to crouch and reload his Remington 870.

"Covering!" Yu shouted as he unloaded 7.62 NATO bullets from his Hekcler & Koch G3A4 unto hordes of villagers that were trying to get inside the cabin one by one.

Jill kept her fire with the Beretta Px4 Storm Type F, stopping only to reload her sidearm.

"Why you..." Dan snarled before he was willing to pull a frag grenade he had saved before deciding to keep up the fire with his SIG Sport 552.

Eriko was able to hold herself in the battle, emptying much of her Sig Sauer P228 against the invading villagers. She stepped a bit back near Leon in order to cover him while he was still reloading his shotgun.

"Hey Leon! How are things there!"


Inside Cabin second floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Kevin gave the shout to his DSO partner while he readied his Steyr SSG P IV. The others on the second floor were nervous that the villagers had managed to breach the barricades at the ground floor, but they were nevertheless ready to act should the villagers try to invade the second floor.

"We're holding up!" Leon shouted back to Kevin. "Cover our backs!"

"How are they, Kevin-san?" Fujino asked Kevin after she got her I-Cutter ready for combat.

"Looks good so far. But I'm not sure for how long they can hold their ground before the villagers would try and invade this floor."

"I don't think that's going to hold for long." Cammy told Kevin as she took a peek outside after she pressed her back against the wall to make herself visible to the villagers.

"What do you mean?" Kevin asked the Delta Red operative, checking the SSG P IV.

"They're bringing up ladders and they're going to use them to raid this floor."

"Dammit..." Chun-Li muttered after hearing what Cammy.

"I may slow them down." Fujino told everyone on the second floor. She had a few seconds to stay silent before she whispered one word.

"Bend."


Hallway, DSO Headquarters, somewhere in the United States of America


Hunnigan had just made her trip to the nearest toilet to relieve herself before grabbing a cup of hot coffee. She knew that things are going to be a bit long in DSO headquarters, considering the mission placed on them by President Graham.

"I just hope those two are alright." Hunnigan muttered as she made her way towards the command center. "Just with their current situation right about now."


President's Office, West Wing, White House, Washington D.C., United States of America


President Graham waited at his seat as he was told by a DSO representative that Leon and Kevin have Ashley in their custody. Except that Los Illuminados may have infected them with a parasite that they deemed so dangerous that they are not willing to be extracted, in addition to the security checks DSO is doing to weed out double agents in the Secret Service and possibly in the FBI.

"Any word yet from the DSO?" The president asked his aide, who was an East Asian man in his late 30s wearing a white dress shirt and red necktie with a black suit. The man wore Oxford shoes for his footwear.

"None as of now, Mr. President." The aide replied to President Graham. "DSO has only said that they're conducting more security checks to ensure no one in the Secret Service is working for the kidnappers who took your daughter."

"Damn those bastards." President Graham muttered while he gritted his teeth. "What is it that they want with me?"


Inside Cabin second floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Whoa..." Kevin whistled, seeing the ladders carried by the villagers broken and/or torn into pieces.

"As long as they do not breach this place." Sho told everyone on the second floor. "We could hold this floor until the siege stops."

"On second thought..." Diana murmured after hearing gunshots once more downstairs.


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Luis fired his Red 9 at a villager who had just barged into the cabin, armed with a lit torch. He first fired a few rounds at the torch to render it useless before he fired a few more at the villager's head.

"Oh dear..." Luis muttered when he saw the parasite emerge from what was suppose to be the head of the former headless villager. The parasite-controlled villager approached Luis, swinging its organic blades at him.

"Look out!" Leon shouted as he fired his Remington 870 at the parasite, nearly emptying his magazine before the parasite blew up.

"There's no end to these bastards!" Hien yelled before he stepped back to reload his SS1-M5 Commando.

"Le'ts move upstairs!" Yu suggested to his allies after he had reloaded his G3A4. "It won't be long before we're the ones who are going to be at a disadvantage here!"

Dammit! He's right.

Leon couldn't agree more with Yu. He had fired a lot of shotgun shells at the incoming villagers and while he had mysteriously been able to pick up a few shotgun shell boxes, the DSO agent knew that they were not enough for him and the others to survive the siege.

"Let's go! Let's go!" Leon shouted before he fired another 12 gauge buckshot at a villager who entered the cabin with a sickle. Seeing the villager fall back outside, he gestured to the others to get upstairs at once.

Jill was the last person to get up the staircase, firing the Px4 Storm at the legs of the villagers to slow them down for a few seconds to give her allies some temporary breathing room.


Inside Cabin second floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"What happen?"

Java asked Leon and the other gun wielders after they saw them running upstairs.

"The first floor's being breached!" Dan shouted. "The villagers are coming upstairs!"

"And here comes the welcoming committee!" Kevin shouted when he saw the villagers preparing ladders once again. He went to open the window in front and leaned near it before the DSO agent shouldered the SSG P IV.

Hien rushed to another window, taking a few frag and incendiary grenades. The masked Spriggan hurled them towards the crowd after immediately taking off the safety pins, intending to cause massive casualties.

"Whoa..." Jean whistled before he changed the SPAS-12's firing mode from pump mode to semi-auto mode. The ponytailed man fired a couple of shots at the villagers in semi-auto to slow them down, who was located from the staircase, as most of of the others began their trek upstairs to the second floor.


Command Center, DSO Headquarters, somewhere in the United States of America


"Anything?" Hunnigan asked a DSO operator after she got back into the DSO command center.

"Nothing." The operator replied, who was an African American in his 20s. He had a white dress shirt and a blue necktie with brown pants and Oxford shoes.

"Nothing?"

"Still quiet on the Spanish frontline."

"Hmm..." Hunnigan noted the reply as she went to take her seat. Putting her coffee cup down near the console, Hunnigan grabbed her headset and placed it over her head.

"Agent Benford wants to let you know that he needs to talk to you as soon as possible." The operator told Hunnigan before he wrote some notes on a notepad.

"Understood." Hunnigan replied.


Inside Cabin second floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Hien had just chucked the primed incendiary grenade before he just threw his first frag grenade after taking off the safety pin.

"Looks like a massive number." murmured Hien after seeing a huge number of villagers either taken out by shrapnel or by being burned to death. "A whole lot of them, if I may have to say."

"Hold them off!" Jean shouted when he fired his SPAS-12 at the villagers trying to get to the second stairs.

"Don't these guys have a coffee break or something?" Kevin yelled his thoughts out loud, focusing on the SSG P IV's mounted riflescope while he aimed the silenced sniper rifle at the heads of the villagers.

"We all wish!" Hiryu fired his G36C before one of the villagers hurled his hatchet. The masked SHADOW agent got hit in the left hand, which was covered by the glove portion of his Trident-made Armored Machine Suit.

Ah shit! Hiryu noted that the hatchet didn't hurt him since the orihalcon material used to construct the Armored Machine Suit didn't hurt him at all. But since the effects of the attack dissipated like kevlar by cushioning the blade's kinetic force to prevent it from cutting his hand up, the masked agent would just feel some pain on his left hand.

"You all right?" Yu went to see Hiryu, who had dropped his G36C. The Japanese Spriggan fired his G3A4 to keep the armed villagers at bay.

"I'm alright!" Hiryu replied. "Orihalcon stopped it!"

Dan and Jean continued the pace, firing their weapons to gun down the villagers trying to walk slowly on the staircase.

"Looks like we can keep them at bay." Leon murmured, seeing Hien fire his SS1-M5 Commando to keep the villagers at bay while Kevin used his SSG P IV to snipe some of the villagers trying to get ready for a ladder breach.

However, more and more villagers were crowding the staircase. In fact, more of them were coming up the stairs. One villager may be gunned down, but more came to take their place.


Unknown Facility


"We got word of the heroes being held up."

Krauser told the other villains after being called out of the observation deck.

"Held up?" Kenny questioned Krauser. "What do you mean by that?"'

"I've been informed that the villagers are holing up the First Daughter's rescuers in some cabin in a siege."

"A siege huh?" Octavia said before she went to her thoughts. "I wonder if I can get my prototype creature out for combat..."

"How long has this been going on?" Geki asked the ex-special forces commando.

"I guess for an hour now." Krauser told the ninja, shrugging his shoulders.

"I'm sure they won't last for long." Kei told Krauser. "Given that Saddler can field a lot of villagers to finish them off since they don't have infinite ammo."

"Of course they won't." Octavia grinned. "This isn't a video game after all."


Inside Cabin second floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Some of the villagers have been able to get to the second floor, forcing a few of the good guys to change their tactics from firearms to CQC.

"Just keep up the fire!" Sho told Hien and Kevin before he drew out Lightning Light from its saya and charged at the nearest villager. He decapitated a sickle-armed villager, taking off its head.

Fujino joined in the fight as well alongside Sho, using the I-Cutter's energy blade to decapitate another villager, who was armed with a hatchet.

Cammy attempted to fight as well, but she was nearly knocked down at her feet when a villager used the bottom of her sickle to disorient her. Luckily, Chun-Li intervened by executing a roundhouse kick.

"Damn! They're on the second floor now!" Luis stepped back from the staircase, his back near the closet Ashley used to stay hidden, before he raised his Red 9 gripped on his right hand. The Spaniard aimed the Red 9 a the villagers still on the staircase via iron sights and fired 9mm bullets at them.

Jean fired the SPAS-12 at the villagers, hitting them at their heads. Leon assisted and fired at their heads. Some of them exploded, but not all of the headless villagers died since parasites emerged from the necks of the headless villagers.

"I need a flashbang!" Yu shouted as he continued to fire his G3A4 to distract any villagers who were still at the bottom of the staircase. Eriko helped the young Spriggan when she fired her sidearm at the villagers near the staircase.

"Here goes!" Jill caught a flashbang hurled towards her by Kevin before he reloaded his SSG P IV. Removing the safety pin, the BSAA operative threw the primed flashbang down the staircase.

"Cover your eyes everyone!" Leon shouted, using his left arm to cover his eyes.

Everyone else covered their eyes as well just before the flashbang detonated, taking out any parasites on the headless villagers.


Hallway, somewhere in the Center


Billy roamed in the hallway in his hovercraft after he came from the SID office to get an update on whether the mole had made serious movements after being placed under their surveillance network.

So far nothing. Billy went over the data provided by SID agents. Aside from conducting his duties with the Spanish base and maintaining security of its teleportation equipment.

The alien sighed in frustration as nothing was significant. Well at least Sawamura was doing his job, but MOM wanted to take advantage of the mole's status as a double agent to further lure out the man who was responsible for hiring him and sabotaging the Center's teleporatation equipment that MOM was forced to deploy the SHADOWs (except for Fujino) by air.

"We just can't seem to figure out why this man wants by interfering with us." Billy murmured after she was informed by MOM that Wesker was the man responsible for turning Sawamura.

Except the entire world knows that he's dead.

But the thing is that he's alive.

And now SID is scrambling through confiscated Umbrella files to find out if they can get an answer for Wesker and why he's still breathing and kicking.


Inside Cabin second floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Leon! Over here!"

Kevin called for Leon, eying the villagers outside the cabin from the riflescope of his SSG P IV. Leon ran up behind Kevin, taking out his binoculars.

"All clear!" Jill and Yu inspected the ground floor of the cabin and noted that it was clear of any invading villagers.

Leon used the binoculars to inspect the crowd, seeing that one of them was talking to his fellow villagers. A few seconds later, the DSO agent saw the crowd disperse as if they were no longer of importance.

"They're all leaving." Leon faced his allies. Martin and Diana went to inspect the closet and saw that it was not damaged. The former opened it after the latter told Ashley that the villagers went away and everyone was still alive.

"Now what?" Yu muttered after he reloaded his third magazine onto his G3A4.

"What do we do now?" Luis sighed after he reloaded his Red 9 once again.

"We'll need to move on." Eriko informed Luis after she holstered her P228. "I doubt that the retreating villagers allowed the wooden bridge we used to get here to be standing at all."

"By the way you guys..." Luis told the teams after he holstered his Red 9. "I think I forgot something. So you all go ahead without me."

"Where the heck is he going?" Jill asked the others as Luis completely walked out of the cabin.

"Beats me." Yu shrugged, putting the G3A4 on his left shoulder while holding the battle rifle by its buttstock.

Hiryu made a dash to the nearest window and leaped out.

"I'll go check!"


Outside Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Hiryu landed on his feet safe and sound. Due to the Armored Machine Suit, it was able to partially prevent him from breaking any bones in his body.

"Dammit... Still raining." muttered the ex-Spriggan operative. "My beret's getting wet by the minute again."

He was a bit alarmed when he saw Luis in the rain speaking with an Asian woman in a red dress.

"A woman in a red dress?" Hiryu whispered as he decided to spy on them and see what was going on.

After all, he was given secret orders to have Luis assassinated due to his ties with the cult alongside Dan and Fujino.

"What the hell is going on there?"

Hiryu decided to take a gander and listen, using the bushes nearby to conceal his presence. He also tried to walk a bit slow while crouching since the muddy ground was more than enough to let everyone know that he's around.


"Hey, SeƱorita."

Luis sounded pleasant when he greeted Ada, grinning at her.

"Got a light and some smokes to go with it to make my day?"

Ada glared at her. "Where is the sample?"

Luis sighed, defeated. "Okay. We skip the foreplay." He raised his arms in emphasis. "As a matter of fact, I was just going to get it. Where's the love, baby?"

"Sounds like fun to me." Ada continued to glare at Luis before she crossed her arms. "Just hurry up."

"Okay lady." Luis had just walked pass by Ada before he stopped at his tracks. "Where do you stand in all of this?" The Spanish man stared at Ada's back. "Exactly what kind of group do you work for?"

Ada replied sharply. "There are some things in the world better off not knowing. This is one of them."

"Fine." Luis shrugged. "I can take a hint." He began walking away from her. "I don't care who you are. As long as you get rid of that old man and his religious friends."


"Hmm... This is quite interesting."

Hiryu nodded as he had listened on the entire conversation via directional microphone, which he had called from his O-Watch prior to eavesdropping on Ada and Luis. Listening in via headphones, the SHADOW agent felt certain that Luis needed to be taken out.

So it looks like that woman could be in league with Luis, which gives me more reason that the guy should be taken out. But I can't seem to remember where I last saw that woman. Her voice is pretty familiar. And she went off! Wonder where that lady disappeared off to

The masked agent decided not to ponder any further before he drew out a Sig Sauer SIG Pro SP 2022 from his right leg holster, knowing that he doesn't have enough ammo for his G36C, before he approached where the bridge was suppose to be.

"It's out." Hiryu sighed before he holstered his SP 2022 and ran back towards the cabin. "Need to tell the others."


Unknown to Hiryu, Ada had quickly positioned herself on top of a nearby tree branch, suspecting that someone was trying to eavesdrop on her conversation with Luis.

"And so the little boy has grown up now." The Chinese-American spy murmured to herself as she watched the SHADOW agent make a run back towards the cabin.

"I hope you don't die, cutie..." Ada smirked before she drew out her grappling gun and aimed it towards another tree nearby.


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Leon, Kevin and everyone else went downstairs from the second stairs to the ground floor in order to catch a breath. Ashley also went down with them, assisted by Diana as she was never placed in a cramped place. Since a few of them had some cuts or bruises from the siege, they decided to ingest all of the herb mixtures they can use.

"You alright?" Tea noticed a small cut on her left arm.

"Hm?" Ashley noted the cut Tea showed her. "I didn't seem to notice it."

"Here you are." Leon handed Ashley a Green-Red herb mixture wrapped up in a piece of cloth. "Just ingest this herb mixture. It should take care of your wounds."

"Thanks a lot, Leon." Ashley thanked the blonde agent. She unfolded the cloth carefully before the First Daughter ingested the crushed herbs.

"So what now?" Chun-Li asked the Center agents after Hiryu had left the cabin to supposedly see if he can catch up with Luis.

"Don't worry about Hiryu-san." Fujino reassured the INTERPOL agent. "He's on the SHADOW's best agents in the field."


Outside Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Better head back for now."

Hiryu began to make a run towards the cabin, deciding to make a stop towards the familiar blue light at the rear of the structure.

"Well, that seems familiar."

The masked agent managed to pick up a box of 9mm bullets before he saw the hooded Merchant again.

"You." Hiryu murmured. "I saw you back down there..."

"Trade secret, strangah." The Merchant replied before he chuckled at Hiryu's confused look.

"Er, right." Hiryu made a dash for the small shed near the standing Merchant, grabbing a box of 5.56 NATO bullets and what appears to be a map of another area with photos of El Gigante.

"Nice intel stuff." Hiryu stuffed the map and photo back in his tac vest before he went to see the Merchant, who was standing all alone in the cold, damp rain.

"Anything that I can do help strangah?" The Merchant asked.

Hiryu replied, nodding a bit. "Yeah. I could ask you a favor or something..."

"A favor?" The hooded man laughed before he said. "It has been a while since someone asked me of a favor."

"So are you going to do it?"

"Of course I am. You people are my customers after all..."


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Yo." Hiryu greeted everyone back in the cabin. "And I brought a guest along willing to rearm us."

"Hello, strangahs..." The Merchant greeted everyone inside.

"You think by now that he'd try to figure out our names." Dan groaned.

"Unless you remember that we didn't bother to." Diana countered the Malaysian SHADOW agent's argument.

Hiryu tossed Hien the box of 5.56 NATO bullets, the latter accepting it as he began to reload his empty magazines. The former tossed to Eriko a box of 9mm bullets, who thanked him as well.

"You guys." Hiryu directed his gaze at Dan and to Fujino. "A word outside."

The two SHADOW agents followed Hiryu outside while the Merchant began to assist the others in having their magazines reloaded ASAP.


Outside Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Once the three SHADOW agents, Hiryu spoke up to Dan and Fujino.

"I'm going to be quick and brief on this one guys." He sighed and told his comrades in a low voice to make sure no one in the cabin was trying to eavesdrop. "I was able to tail Luis for a while before I lost him, but it seems that there's a certain female spy that I tangled up back in Japan."

"You mean..." Dan whispered in surprise. When he saw Hiryu nod, he muttered "Taik".

"Will this be a problem later on with our assignment?" Fujino asked Hiryu after she heard him out while flexing her legs. It is a good thing I had the precaution of changing my pants and shoes at least. I don't know about jeans though, but combat boots were at least a good idea since we'll be for a while.

"I don't think so." Hiryu replied. "As long as we keep them in the dark at least. MOM's orders."

"I understand."

"I think we should get the SID to double check on this woman." Dan told Hiryu. "I can't seem to shake the feeling that she may be the same woman you and I encountered in Tokyo last year or so."

"Woman?" Fujino asked, raising an eyebrow on her fellow, although older, SHADOW colleagues.

"Just someone we encountered before you were recruited by MOM, Fujino."

"I see."

Hiryu used the O-Watch's Messenger to send out an encrypted transmission to Center with an urgent message for MOM to read.

"Done?" Dan asked, in which he got a response with Hiryu nodding.

"So how shall we proceed?" Fujino asked her seniors.

"We proceed with the same thing as usual, Fujino." Hiryu replied after he deactivated the Messenger. "We find a way to take down Luis and Octavia Paine."


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Guess we should thank you for helping us with this."

Leon thanked the Merchant for helping him and the others who use firearms as their weapons by assisting them with bullets. Which was on the house, he says, since he made a bad business decision a few years ago.

"Not at all strangah." The Merchant replied as Leon loaded the last empty magazine for his Silver Ghost with 9mm bullets. "I'm just glad to help you and your friends."

"Our apologies for being outside." Fujino told everyone in the cabin before she bowed. Hiryu and Dan approached the Merchant and asked him if he could help them reload some of their empty magazines.

"Did something happen?" Ashley asked the Japanese SHADOW agent.

"Nothing very serious, Ms. Graham." Fujino replied graciously. "But my comrades have found valuable intel that we should look at."

For that part, the purple-haired girl presented a map of the next area or so with a photo of El Gigante.

"Eriko-san." Fujino showed the Japanese homicide detective a message that was written in Spanish.

"Arigato, Eriko-san." Eriko thanked Fujino after she got the message. The Japanese woman began to read over the message carefully. It was a good thing that the Spanish was pretty legible for her to understand.

Just a while ago, I was informed by Lord Saddler that our men had shot down a United States military helicopter.There shouldn't be any more outside interference for a while now. Unless the United States government determines who the traitor is, they can only initiate very small covert operations. We must use this time to our advantage and recapture the girl. The intruder can only get out of our territory by using one of two routes.This is where we'll stop them.We shall make use of our forces to the greatest degree. We will deploy a large number of Ganados in one of the routes to ensure that they do not slip by us. For the other route we shall leave the task to El Gigante. Which ever route they take, the agent will never leave here alive. Not with the girl at least.

"It seems the American's fear of a mole is true after all." Eriko told everyone in the cabin after reading through the message a few times to make sure she's didn't misread it.

"What do you mean?" Cammy asked the detective. "Was there something in the message that's important?"

Eriko nodded. "The cult was able to shoot down an extraction chopper meant for Leon-san and Kevin-san. So the only way they would know is by a double agent."

"Does it mention anything about the mole?" Leon asked Eriko, who had just reloaded a fresh magazine onto his Silver Ghost before he pulled the slide to load a bullet in the chamber.

Eriko shook her head in response.

"I guess Agent Benford did the right way in conducting security checks back home." Kevin gave Leon his thoughts after he reloaded his Glock 21 Mariner. "Thing is we don't have squat of a clue who the mole is."

"We need to move as soon as we can." Tea gave her advise while going over the map provided by Fujino. "From what I can see, there are two routes that we can use in order to get to the next area and away from the village area."

"Two routes?" Martin asked after hearing what Tea said.

"How are we going to choose which route is right for us to use?" Ashley asked Tea. "I'm sure that we won't have to decide on the spot which path to use."

"That is a good question, young lady." Sho told the First Daughter.


MOM's Office, The Center


MOM was doing her officework as usual when she received an encrypted message. She stopped whatever she was doing and got decryption software working while she called for Billy into her office.

"Got here as fast as I could!" Billy shouted before the last of the decryption software had done its work when MOM greeted Billy.

"I need to get SID to do something for me." MOM told Billy while reading the message from Hiryu.

"What about it?"

"Mark needs a background check going regarding an Asian woman he saw a while in the rural parts of Spain."

"Anything I can use for SID to check with?"

MOM frowned after reading the message. She then told Billy. "A woman around her 30s. Asian. And wears a red dress."

"A red dress in the Spanish countryside?" Billy was confused by the description. "That seems... inappropriate for an operation Mark and the guys are in."

"Who knows how this woman operates?" MOM shrugged her shoulders before she eyed Billy. "Just ask SID to run the description and see if they can get anything."

"R-Right!" Billy zoomed off, leaving MOM to her thoughts in her office.


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Leon and Kevin were now facing a serious dilemma after going over the map they got from Eriko, courtesy of Fujino.

First was the pathways left to them by the cult. It seemed easy. All they need to go was go use the paths mentioned by the note read by Eriko and they'll be out of the area.

The second part wasn't the easy part. Los Illuminados has left them "parting gifts" in the form of enemies. In the left side of the path, the only problem the teams would face consist of just ordinary villagers. If this path was used, it would simply be a cakewalk.

The right path, on the other hand, would be a major headache. An El Gigante is the only obstacle blocking their way to further progress. Considering that they're bringing Ashley along until they can extract her out of Spanish soil without the parasite in their bodies...

"Dammit..." Leon sighed, scratching his head when he looked at the map with Kevin. "Which one?"

"What?" Kevin chuckled, trying to cheer his DSO colleague up. "You want to flip a coin to decide on the path to use, Leon?"

"Wha..." Leon was startled by Kevin's question. "Of course not!"

"I'm just kidding, Leon."

"As usual," Diana gave her own comment after having a look at the map for herself. "we would have to split up again in order to do this."

"Wouldn't it be easier to just, you know, get together and storm one of the paths ourselves?" Martin asked his stepsister.

"I'll disagree." Yu told Martin. "We could be assaulted on the front and the back. Not feasible. Especially since we'll be close together that it'll even make CQC a joke."

"So team division like the last time?" Jill asked once more. "I think this is the only way we can advance significantly. If in case one of us is able to make it out of those paths ahead of the other, either one of the teams can assist the other one in getting out alive."


MOM's Office, The Center


"MOM! MOM! MOM!"

MOM was roused from her officework once more when she heard the shouts of her assistant Billy, who had arrived in her office a lot faster than usual. Given that he hangs around with Martin, she wondered if it's a good idea to give the green alien more tasks like this later on.

"Anything that SID was able to find out?"

"Here!" Billy handed MOM an electronic tablet that showed a file that had been already opened, showing the personal data and bio of the "woman" Hiryu encountered back in Spain.

"It's Ada Wong, MOM." Billy said, a bit nervous since he had time to read the file after SID told him who the "woman" was.

"Ada Wong?" MOM raised an eyebrow while reading the tablet. "If I understood this right, she was suppose to be dead during the Raccoon City crisis in the late 1990s."

"That is the thing." Billy replied to MOM's concerns. "The only way to explain everything is that she faked his death and went to work for whoever is meeting with Luis Sera."

"Hmmm..." MOM nodded. "It's most likely that she's working with Wesker, given that he went underground after he had supposedly been killed in the Arklay Mountains."

"Do we tell Mark, Dan and Fujino about this?" Billy asked his superior.

MOM nodded at Billy's question. "I want you to send out an encrypted message to the three about who the woman in the red dress is. But tell them that they are under orders not to divulge what SID has found to anyone else, especially to those DSO agents? Have I made myself clear?"

"Understood, MOM."


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Thanks a lot for helping out."

Hiryu told the Merchant before he shook hands with him.

"Not at all strangah." The Merchant replied, shaking hands with the masked SHADOW agent.

For a merchant, this guy's grip is very tight. Good thing the orihalcon would ensure that my hand doesn't become very painful.

"While I would agree that splitting us up would save some time," Jean went to put in a question. "my biggest concern right now is what happens to the First Daughter?"

"That's a..." Kevin sighed. "pretty good question that we'll need to think about right now. Given that she's a major target for the cult alongside everyone else in this room."

The Merchant then excused himself, saying that he needed to get back "to work" as soon as he could.

"How about leaving one of us here while the others go in and clear the paths ahead?"

Everyone focused their attention, Ashley included, towards Chun-Li. The INTERPOL agent was in a wooden chair next to Jill and Eriko.

"So who's going to volunteer?" Cammy asked, throwing the question for her allies to consider.

"Dan, what about you?" Martin asked the Malaysian if he would consider volunteering.

"Me?" Dan pointed to himself.

"It's going to be an easy job." Hiryu reassured his partner. "All you gotta do is watch over Ashley until one of the teams can contact you." He sighed. "I guess somehow when we're able to clear either the left or the right path. How does that sound, mate?"

"Uh..." Dan wasn't sure if he should take the job in protecting Ashley all by himself.

"Come on, man." Martin pleaded with Dan, almost wanting to get on his knees and beg his Center colleague.

The Malaysian SHADOW agent sighed. "Kenapa saya?"

"Guess that means you're in?" Hiryu asked before he did a brass check on his SIG Pro SP 2022.

Dan simply nodded.


Guardhouse, near Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"It looks like the switch is here."

Leon inspected the guardhouse, aiming the Silver Ghost inside to make sure no villager was inside. The blonde DSO agent was holding the pistol in a Weaver stance.

Nothing but cogs and machinery. And there's a lever switch inside.

"Something inside?" Kevin asked Leon when he got inside the guardhouse. He was standing outside alongside the others.

"Yeah." Leon replied. "Just a lever with some machinery."

"I guess this is where fate decides our next step or so." Kevin got out a 25 cent coin from a pocket in his pants. "Hm. Canadian. This'll do, but I don't know how I got inside with my other coins."

Leon got out of the guardhouse and heard Kevin's comments, which resulted in a glare. "You forgot to have that changed, didn't you?"

"Oh, never mind." Kevin tried to play down his situation. "Heads, we take the left. Tails, we do the right."

Placing the Canadian quarter on his right thumb, which was in his clenched fist, the brown-haired DSO agent flicked the coin up to the air. Kevin had his right hand open up, allowing him to catch the coin.

"And I've got the score!" Kevin shouted, grinning as he opened his clenched fist to check if the Canadian quarter showed the heads (which is the head of Queen Elizabeth II) or tails (which is the caribou).

"It seems they won the bet." Jill saw the "head" in the Canadian quarter that landed in Kevin's right hand.

"Dammit..." Kevin murmured. "Oh well. I need to fail once in a while. Except for being in a major assignment like this."

"Time to get the show on the road then." Hiryu said, checking the grenade Dan gave him a while ago to see if it was still there.

"I'll activate the lever for the left gate then." Leon told Kevin as he gripped the lever, turning it to the left. A few minutes later, the machinery in front of him began to function as they were turning up, down, left and right.

"It's open." The wooden gate was then opened, moving upward. A path was seen up ahead, although they don't know what lies ahead.

"We should split up from here then." Kevin told Leon as he pocketed his quarters.

"Yeah. I know." Leon replied, nodding his head.


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"Do you think they'll be alright out there?"

Ashley asked Dan, who was relegated to temporary guard duty inside the abandoned cabin. He had his Sport 552 carbine at the ready. Ashley had decided to sit down, feeling tired from the journey she had all the way to being temporarily placed inside a cabinet to hide from the rampaging villagers.

"Don't worry those guys." Dan tried to assure Ashley her concerns. "I'm sure that they'll be fine. I'm confident that they'll be able to clear the paths up ahead so that you won't be harmed."


Outside Guardhouse, near Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


After the left wooden gate opened up, Leon and Kevin had officially decided to part ways. At least so that they can clear the paths up ahead. And at the same time, make sure that the coast is clear for their allies to be safe before they can get Ashley out of the area since it's possible for the villagers to come back and to try and attack them on the orders of Saddler.

"I'll see you later then." Diana exchanged goodbyes with Fujino since the Canadian teenager needed to go with Leon's team and clear the left path of all enemies.

"Be careful, Diana-san." Fujino bowed graciously towards her senior.

"You be careful of yourself, Ominae." Jean told Yu, glaring a bit at the Japanese Spriggan operative.

Yu glared back at Jean before he rolled his eyes. "Same to you. We can't afford having you turning into a werewolf man and kill everyone, including me."

A few eyes were staring at Yu and Jean.

"Can you two please be civil for once in your lives?" Tea scolded her Spriggan comrades.

"Come on, Jean. Aren't you suppose to be leaving now?" Hiryu told Jean, reminding him of the current mission.

"Oh right, right." Jean sighed, putting the barrel of the SPAS-12 on his right shoulder before he joined up with Leon's team.

"I am glad that we were able to avoid a confrontation like that." Sho sighed, wondering if there had been some trouble between Yu and Jean during their time with ARCAM.

"Ah, Tea and I were used to it." Hiryu told the Ninja commando before everyone in Leon's team departed to secure the left path.

"Now we need to do the right path and secure it." Chun-Li reminded her group of their current priority.

"I'll take care of the lever." Kevin told his aliles as he went inside the guardhouse and activated the lever to move from left to the right.

While Kevin operated the lever, Hiryu's O-Watch beeped a bit to inform the SHADOW agent that a message had arrived from the Center.


Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Dan looked at his O-Watch and heard the beeping as well.

"A message?" From the Center?"

"Something the matter?" Ashley asked Dan when the blonde girl saw the Malaysian staring at his O-Watch.

"Nothing to be concerned about." Dan told the First Daughter. "Something from my organization."

"Is it important?"

"Just some messages from my superior. Usually we're told to maintain communications blackout unless it's really important."


Outside Guardhouse, near Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


"And we got ourselves a new path."

Hiryu commented when he saw the right wooden gate open up. However, the only problem is that the left wooden gate had to be closed up. It was unfortunate. But given the machinery the villagers had done, it was also probably a security measure instituted by Los Illuminados to ensure the "safety" of its location from intruders.

"I guess we should move then?" Martin said after the gate opened up.

Fujino and Hiryu's O-Watch beeped up after Dan had received his. The two SHADOW agents noted from glancing at their watches that it had an encrypted message sent by MOM, courtesy of the SID.

"Is something the matter there?" Chun-Li asked the two SHADOW agents.

"It's something from our superior." Fujino told Chun-Li. "But we were told to communicate only when we have to since we have been instructed to not contact the Center due to a blackout."

"Fujino and I will take care of that." Hiryu replied to Chun-Li.

"Well, what are we waiting for guys?" Kevin told his teammates after the right wooden gate had opened up. "Let's go!" He drew out his Glock 21 Mariner from his shoulder holster.

"Here goes." Yu followed behind Kevin, shouldering his G3A4 on his right shoulder.

"We'll take care of this later, Fujino." Hiryu told the Japanese SHADOW agent.

"I understand."


Camp, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Leon and his team were inside what appears to be a wooden-made camp that is reminiscent of a Roman Army field camp. Filled with towers, walkways and bridges, the place seemed to be a bit complicated. It looked like it may take a while for the team to clear the area. The rain in the area began to decrease ever since Leon first set foot in the camp.

"Looks clear to me." Hien murmured, moving alongside Leon on the newly discovered path.

"Just stay on your toes." Leon told the young Spriggan, pumping his Remington 870 since he didn't have time to load a 12 gauge buckshot. He had just reloaded it only with ammo he found from where the corpses of the villagers were during the siege.

Leon and his team walked very carefully along the path they're on to avoid walking into an ambush or a trap. That was the last thing any one of them want to be on.

A female villager was heard shouting before she charged in towards Leon, brandishing a lit torch.

"Incoming!" Cammy shouted.

Eriko aimed her P228 at the torch-wielding villager and fired twice at the villager's right leg, forcing her to kneel.

"Here I come!" Cammy came dashing in after the villager accidentally dropped her lit torch, which started to burn her body up. "Cannon Spike!"

Leon aimed the Remington 870 at the down villager after Cammy executed her Cannon Spike, approaching the villager before the DSO agent fired his shotgun three times.

"Over there!" Hien pointed to a parked cart with some barrels nearby.

"Hold on!" Leon warned Hien not to shoot, seeing the legs of villagers shuffling towards them.

"Wha..." Hien was about to rebuke Leon when Jean pointed to the barrels on the cart. "Oh, I see."

"Wait for it." Leon told the Spriggans, waiting for a few more seconds before he saw one of the villagers shuffling their feet next to the cart.

"Do we fire?" Eriko asked Leon, aiming her P228 at the cart.

"Almost..." Leon told the detective, now seeing two villagers shuffling next to the cart. "NOW!"

Eriko nodded, firing her sidearm twice at the cart. It then exploded, taking out a few number of villagers out.

Jill went to pick up the dropped pesetas, which was around 1300 pesetas.


Dirt Path, Right Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain


Kevin and his team had just went inside the right pathway when they heard echoes nearby. Like Leon, Kevin noted that the rain was decreasing as well.

"Looks like things have just started." Tea commented after hearing the echoes.

"Gunshots?" Hiryu asked Tea before he shouldered his G36C.

Tea nodded in reply.

"Path's all clear." Yu observed the pathway ahead of him. "What do we do?"

"We run." Kevin told the Japanese Spriggan agent. "I'm sure this is going to be a breeze."

But when the team ran alongside Kevin down the dirt path, which leads to a wooden gate, an El Gigante landed a few meters near the team.

"What is that?" Sho shouted, feeling the ground below his feet vibrate.

"El Gigante?" Fujino said loud, turning around to see the giant.

"Crap!" Chun-Li yelled in anger, seeing another giant that they need to face. But instead of panicking, she went to look around to see if they can use anything to slow down El Gigante.

"Over there!" Kevin pointed up, seeing a wooden platform with a boulder placed on top.

"Yu!" Hiryu crouched, aiming the G36C's telescope sight. He then went for the rifle's fire selector, switching from single shot to full automatic.

"Follow my lead!" Yu shouted, getting the G3A4's fire selector to switch from single shot mode to full automatic. He started to fire at the platform's wooden supports below.

"AAHHH!" Hiryu joined in and fired his G36C at the platform's wooden supports.

Thanks to the gunfire, the supports eventually broke down and allowed the boulder to land just in front of the El Gigante. Thanks to the surprise, the El Gigante was left confused on how the boulder fell down straight in front of him.

"Now it is our chance to strike back!" Sho said calmly as he drew out Lightning Light from the saya calmly. "We must fight El Gigante while it's confused or we all forfeit our lives!"

"All in favor of just fleeing?" Kevin asked, raising his right arm up high. To his surprise, he didn't see anyone raise their arms up. Instead, Hiryu and Yu joined up with Sho as they ran up towards the confused El Gigante. Fujino ran up alongside Martin and Tea, following behind the ninja.

"It seems they're all against your decision, Mr. Kevin Ryman." Chun-Li spoke to the DSO agent, who just simply smirked.

"God dammit..." Kevin gritted his anger as he unslinged his SSG P IV. "Oh well, may as well go in and help them."


Unknown Control Room


Wesker was seated all alone in his own control room, going over data given to him. Mostly by Ada and from the data he acquired from his years with Umbrella before he was officially "declared dead" to the entire world. This allowed him to work slowly, which was a sort of blessing to the man's eyes.

"This is perfect data Emoto acquired from his days with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department." The shades-wearing man said while going over the Bee Number reports, which were translated from Japanese to English thanks to the custom-made software. "It's a shame the Center had to kill him back in Tokyo."

And that it's convenient for me to read it without any translation problems.

Wesker grinned, leafing through page by page displayed on the main console placed in front of him.

"This could be a start for my plans to create my own version of Umbrella." Wesker murmured. "But I'll also need to capture a parasite sample from Los Illuminados. For that part of my plan, I need Kenny, Krauser and Ada to try and get at least one."

He had a wicked grin on his face.

"And as long as I can secure that plaga and integrate it with the Bee Number reports, my future is secured."

Chapter 9 END


PS - I guess I should explain what the features of the Omega Watch (aka the O-Watch) are and what makes them different from the U-Watches in the Martin Mystery cartoon since SHADOW agents are issued with them. While these O-Watches have almost the same functions as the U-Watch, most items/functions included, they do have some differences.

* Binoculars - Military-grade binoculars with 4x, 8x, 16x and 32x magnification. Straps are located on both sides for easy handling. Zoom adjustment can be used to give agents a good view during surveillance.

* Communicator - Used to communicate with either fellow SHADOW agents or with the Center. Usually has a holographic mode to see the recipient of your transmission. The agent has the option to turn the holographic mode off.

* Directional Microphone - Held by a hand, it is used to spy on conversation from a distance. Accompanied with headphones to allow the agent to listen in.

* Hologram Viewer - Can be used to analyze anything from blueprints to building plans and maps. Pretty useful when you're lost somewhere. Creates 3D images of blueprints, etc. to help in navigation as an option.

* Karambit - The main offensive weapon for any SHADOW agent. Has a black blade and handle, constructed with high-quality carbon steel (for the blade) and Black Micarta (for the handle).

* Lockpick Gun - Used to force pin tumbler locks open in covert operation. Has picks that can be inserted onto the gun if the initial pick is rendered useless.

* Messenger - Used to send messages to fellow SHADOW agents or from the Center. All messages are encrypted with latest alien technology to prevent decryption.

* Push Dagger - Consists of a T-shaped blade made of high-quality carbon steel and a handle made of Black Micarta. Useful for assassination, CQC or for sentry takedowns.

* Scrambler - Has a decoder to open electronic locks and/or search for passwords to lock password-equipped doors. Also has a keycard scrambler that can used to fool keycard slot-locked doors that it has been "correctly" accessed with the proper key.

* Grappling Hook - Used for many purposes, such as climbing or pulling objects nearby. Launched from the O-Watch, it has better maneuverability and launch speed than the Turbo Bungee.

* GPS Tracker - Can track anyone or anything if and when a tracker is placed on them, 24/7/365.

* Bio Scan - Same purpose like in Martin Mystery. This also incorporates the Slime Scan technology into it.

* Legendex - Same purpose like in Martin Mystery.

* Search Mode - Enables a SHADOW agent to search for anything ranging from phone numbers to addresses.

In addition, most SHADOW agents can require modifications to have some of their equipment in the O-Watch for offensive/defensive purposes. For example, Dan's I-Cutter can have its energy blade extended similar to the beam saber used in the Gundam series/lightsaber in the Star Wars series. Mark's X-Rod can be detached into two pieces for his personal use as ballistic-type arnis sticks. However, most SHADOW agents either opt to use the X-Rod and I-Cutter as their own weapon of choice or they arm itself with firearms or melee weapons.

R&D would also creates weapons and gadgets solely for SHADOW use only.

O-Watches can be used to tell the time. Whenever the agent is in a certain part of the world with a different time/day than his home country, it will automatically adjust itself to the local time and date. This is possible thanks to alien tech that the Center had acquired to allow this possibility.


In the meantime, chapter 9 has come and gone. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Read & Review as always. In the meantime, I shall begin work on "Peacekeepers" as soon as possible. So if anyone has read this, I invite you peeps to read and review my other active fic as well. Thank you.

One more thing. If there's a chance that I may mention "INTERPOL" or "Interpol", don't worry about this. They're the same thing.

And I've read up on the Burial Agency one more time to get familiar with it. Not sure if I'll consider including in my potential RE 6, which would end the involvement of my main OCs with the RE hybrid world I came up with, since their duties include hunting demons and all. And since the monsters in the RE world are made from science...

Just check in the previous team for the reference on who's who on Team 1 (Leon) and Team 2 (Kevin).