October 1st 01:10am
LOCATION: Umbrella Warehouse (Outside the entrance to NEST2)
"Shit he got away, what was he doing in here?" Jill asked as they reached the observation room to find that Nikolai had made a run for it,
Black Widow rolled her eyes, she was kind of disappointed that the coward had made a run for it, but not surprised
"What's that?" Jill asked as she noticed that one of the monitors in the room had recently been used.
Natasha quickly checked it out, from what she could tell from the empty screen,
Nikolai had hastily attempted to delete whatever he'd been doing.
However, Black Widow was an excellent hacker, and, in his haste, he'd been sloppy with clearing the evidence from the hard drive.
Thankfully she was able to retrieve everything, from the looks of it Nikolai had been keeping a detailed log of combat data, he'd been observing the B.O.W's and he'd been observing them.
09/26 1300. Infiltrated RC. Disturbances are sporadic. Commencing mission
1930. Observed five RPD officers engaging pack 20 strong. Officers annihilated in 20mins
09/27 1200. Test run at University. Diverted pack (incl canines) to campus. 64% infection and conversion in 2hrs. No survivors
2300. Successful rendezvous with MV Platoon. Will make first attempt at dawn
09/28 0430. Diverted pack towards command post. Result – night skirmish in confined area with large number of combatants (Video Attached).
0800. End of skirmish, seven survivors
1930. Unknown Bioweapon deployed at point D18. Tracking it per orders, it seems to be on the hunt: URGENT – NR (Codename BW) has also infiltrated RC and is in heavy pursuit of the Bioweapon (This could prove a complication to the mission) BW's objective is yet unknown.
2007. Got eyes on two S.T.A.R.S a male (Infected) and a female. Bioweapon is pursuing the female. BW annihilated the horde attempting to devour the infected male. BW is now back in pursuit of the Bioweapon armed with heavy weaponry stolen from U.B.C.S infantry.
2200. BW was able to (temporarily) subdue the Bioweapon to save the female S.T.A.R.S officer (JV). BW and JV have made contact with MV platoon. Bioweapons appearance and behaviour are consistent with Project N. Investigation.
09/29 0100. Observed bioweapon wielding conventional weapons, it seems strongly fixated on eliminating JV and knows the city layout. Evidence: It can be imprinted? Intel from MV suggests that BW's objective in RC is to infiltrate U to locate a cure vaccine (Mission directive dictates to not let that happen) Both encounters with BW have been met with hostility (Note: footage of BW battling the Bioweapons is perhaps the most intriguing data & the most profitable – Will try and collect more video data of BW's encounter with the Bioweapons)
0500. Metamorphosis in the Bioweapon triggered by a hostile encounter with JV (Video attached) JV has been infected and is non-responsive, collected samples per orders. Have lost tracks on BW, but evidence dictates that BW will track the infected JV. Will decide how to proceed on the BW issue from there.
09/30 0000. Over 17 Hours have elapsed since JV's exposure to virus. Conversion has been slowed suggesting she may be resilient. U scientist NB eliminated before he could be tracked down by BW. BW and CO unsealed the lab before I could locate and destroy the sample NB kept locked away.
0100. Vaccine recovered and administered to JV by BW and CO, a soldier in the MV platoon. JV is expected to be fit for combat approx. 20hrs post exposure – It seems clear that the Bioweapon is Project N. Conflict with JV and BW causes it to change and evolve. Will induce further encounters to obtain more data.
1100. Have been shadowing BW. Unfortunately contact with S.H.I.E.L.D has been made by BW. Fortunately, no further threats to the mission seem likely, however BW is too close to the truth. More reflection is needed on how to deal with this unknown variable.
END OF REPORT.
Black Widow sat glaring at the screen for a few moments, before sharply getting up to her feet and violently kicking the chair across the room,
She quickly placed her hard drive into a USB slot and downloaded the incomplete report-
"What was that word you said earlier?" Jill asked wary of the red heads explosive anger, she was furious too, but she wasn't as scary as the Black Widow.
"Ублюдок? It means 'Bastard' in Russian" Jill made a mental note of that word
"Yeah, Ублюдок" she mumbled as Natasha removed the device from the computer with a defeated sigh.
She couldn't believe that Nikolai had been watching them since the start, especially her.
Black Widow was supposed to know when she was being watched 'Has my time with the Avengers really made me so soft?' Natasha pondered to herself
"But it looks like you were right Natasha, Nikolai's been compiling combat data for someone" Jill suspected that Natasha knew a lot more about that than she had already said on that subject matter, but wasn't sure if she was brave enough to keep pushing into the Black Widow's thoughts
"You said that this Sergie Vladimir is the founder of the U.B.C.S, why would he order Nikolai to slaughter their own?" Jill asked, Black Widow evasively shrugged.
Mikhail had told her that the Colonel had recently taken a downward spiral into madness, she had no trouble believing that Sergie would heartlessly order the execution of his own trained men if it fit his cause
"Who is Dreykov?" Jill suddenly asked after several moment of silence,
Black Widow stared at her in an expression that made Jill shiver
"You picked that up huh?" Natasha smirked as she awkwardly perched on a desk. Natasha sighed-
"General Dreykov was my former master- when I worked as an assassin" Natasha purposefully avoided eye contact with the S.T.A.R.S officer who was poking at a very sore wound
"Is he the same KGB General that Sergie Vladimir used to work for?" it was an intuitive leap on Jill's part, but it was the only thing she could theorise that made sense to how Natasha Romanoff was involved.
Natasha looked up, she wasn't angry she was actually surprised by the woman's very accurate assumption-
"Yes- hm" Natasha shrugged, the woman was a police officer and maybe she'd allowed herself to become too much of an open book in the woman's presence
"General Dreykov was the head of a KGB Weapons department called the 'Red Room' a brutal weapons programme that focused on turning young girls into deadly assassins- living weapons brain washed into serving the KGB"
Jill took in a sharp intake of breath, she couldn't even begin to imagine what Natasha must have been through,
"Like I said- Sergie acted as an enforcer in the programme before he became disillusioned with Dreykov, so yeah- I knew him"
These were the memories that Natasha wasn't ready to fully confront yet, Memories of fear and hopelessness- things that Natasha Romanoff had promised to never let touch her again.
"This- this is the least of our concerns now Jill" the city was set to be destroyed in just hours if they didn't get that vaccine.
Suddenly, the lift they'd used to enter went back down, both women anxiously readied their weapons, fortunately it was only Tyrell
"Jill, Romanoff" he sighed, relieved that he'd managed to catch up with them, there was no signal down here making their comms next to useless
"Tyrell" Jill exclaimed in relief. Tyrell limped over to a seat, his previous injuries were still causing him a lot of pain
"I got through, they're willing to negotiate" that had to be good news, right? But from the expression on Tyrell's face, Jill wasn't so sure
"They'll call off the strike if- and this is one big ass if, we can deliver the vaccine to them, before the launch" It was the best deal they were going to get,
Natasha pinched the bridge of her nose, she decided that if she lived through this, her and Secretary Ross were going to be having some harsh words
"How long do we have?" Jill asked
"Hours maybe" Tyrell responded.
The situation was less than ideal, they weren't sure what to expect once they got down there or even the location of where the vaccine was stored, but Natasha hoped that Carlos was having some better luck-
"Then let's not waste one more second" Jill stated.
Natasha quickly sealed her hard drive in one of her pockets, there was still something bothering her a lot about the report and that was the timeline of the log,
She'd entered Raccoon City on 09/23 a few days before the U.B.C.S mercenary, suddenly Natasha wasn't entirely sure that is outbreak was as 'accidental' as it first appeared.
"This way, we'll find the vaccine up ahead" Tyrell stated as they made their way to the only exit in the room, a set of doors that almost screamed 'evil lab'
"Fuck locked" Tyrell hissed.
Natasha guessed that one of the Umbrella scientists must have initiated lock down, they would need an override key if they wanted unrestricted access, she suspected Nikolai must have already got his hands on one
"Back it up" she told Jill and Tyrell as she fired a highly charged Widow's Bite at the access panel, shorting out the lock holding the door.
Jill and Tyrell went about forcing the unlocked door open,
Tyrell winced in pain as his injuries threatened to reopen,
Jill wondered if she should tell him to stay here and let the go up ahead, Jill didn't doubt that there would be more monsters waiting for them up ahead.
Natasha wondered how Carlos had made it past the lockdown, he must have found a way.
She didn't like how their comms didn't work down here
"When we find the vaccine, how are we supposed to deliver it to the military?" Jill asked,
As far as she knew, they were still stuck in the city with the military quarantine still in effecting the borders of the city
"My friend Maria sent me an satellite shot of the area, there's a helicopter on the roof of an Umbrella owned building, I suspect we'll be able to reach it from underground"
Her news of a means of escape definitely made Tyrell feel more optimistic about their chances, worst case scenario, they find the vaccine and the military still destroys the city, Tyrell didn't trust anyone who he'd spoken to earlier.
Tyrell winced, his insides felt like mincemeat, having a horde of monsters chase him all the way to the hospital hadn't been the easiest part of his day and it was slowing him down now, he knew that both Jill and the Black Widow were worried about him
"Sure you don't need to stop?" Natasha asked him, if she needed to force him to take a breather she would, she'd already applied as much first aid that was within her capabilities to do so,
Tyrell laughed off her concern "Stop and do what? I got both of your backs"
He hoisted his weapon as they reached the end of the corridor, another lockdown door prevented them from going any further.
Both Jill and Tyrell looked to Black Widow who charged up another Widow's Bite on her Stingers "Alright, let's get this done".
Translations:
Ублюдок [ubludoc] - Bastard