Hey guys! Sorry for the late update, annoying writer's block has caught up with me. Damn!

Here is the next and newest chapter :)

The trio explored the residence, their faces grim as they faced monsters that shouldn't even have existed. Although Billy and Rebecca had already faced most of the abominations, they couldn't help but feel sick with fear when they realised there was no end to them.

Richard's face was white with shock as he shot down another spider, Billy finishing off the spider in front of him with a shotgun blast to its ugly face. Rebecca counted her remaining bullets; she had managed to find two spare clips in another room back at the residence, but the amount of spiders and zombies which filled the catacombs had used a significant amount of them.

After the spiders were killed, the three of them took in their surroundings. It was a large cavern completely covered in spider webs, with a bunch of highly stacked boxes in front of them. Their immediate exit, a steel door, was totally hidden behind the webs, only accessible by slashing away the webs. Billy inwardly cursed himself for leaving his knife at the Training Facility; he wasn't going to waste precious ammo on some webs, which may or may not be the way out.

Richard reloaded his handgun, "What the hell is going on in this place?"

It was Billy who answered him, "No idea. That's what we have been trying to figure out for the past two days. By the looks of things, it was some sort of virus."

Rebecca nodded, looking over to Richard, "We found some files with details on illegal viral experimentation going on within the facility we just escaped. It's looking like the virus has spread to this mansion, too."

Richard gulped, staring at the bodies of the five dead spiders they had just killed. The team…he felt a sudden urge to collapse to the floor in exasperation; he hadn't slept in two days, and had not seen the team in just as long. He wanted nothing more than to escape the nightmare.

Richard walked around the cavern, searching for anything that could help them. Billy turned and looked down at Rebecca, who was staring at the spiders shivering. Billy smoothed his arm over her shoulders, stopping her shivering completely.

Rebecca smiled up at him, before looking back to the spiders. "I bet there's another nest nearby. I hate spiders. I hated them at the Training Facility, and I hate them now."

Billy laughed gently at her, rubbing up and down her arm, bringing her small form closer to him, "C'mon. We've managed to make it this far, what's to stop us getting out of here altogether?"

Rebecca looked up at him, her eyes twinkling in the ominous light of the room. Billy couldn't help but gaze into her eyes, relishing in the refreshing hope that lay there, so beautiful. He hadn't realised he was drawing closer to her until he felt her warm breath begin to brush over his face. He began to close the gap-

"Hey, guys!" cried Richard, waving his arm, "I think we can get through here now."

Billy silently cursed Richard for his outburst. Rebecca drew away from him, smiling at him before running over to join Richard. Annoying as his interruption was, Billy felt better when he saw that Richard had cut the web away on the doors; maybe now we can get out of this creepy room.

Richard took one side of the door, whilst Rebecca took the other. They both glanced at each other before nodding to Billy, signalling for him to go through the door. Billy obliged, kicking the door open before aiming his shotgun towards the rock wall of the cave.

Billy sighed inwardly, is this all we have to look forward to? More freakin' caves? He could hear Richard and Rebecca groan too, and saw Rebecca's shoulders slump as she moved in front of him. Billy felt unhappy for her, knowing that he couldn't do anything to make her feel better; they were all stuck in this hellhole together.

"Well," sighed Richard, "Looks like we're going through."

Just as he finished talking, a loud, pained wail sounded throughout the entire catacomb, like the sound of woman crying deeply. It frightened all three of them out of their wits, each of them readying their weapons in all directions.

"What. Was. That?" whispered Billy. The lack of response confirmed that the other two didn't know what it was either.

"We should keep moving," muttered Rebecca, "Now!"

Billy and Richard didn't need to be told twice. The three of them ran down the echoing halls, lucky enough not to hear the creepy wailing again. The poor lighting and eerie surroundings only added to the fear they all felt.

Rebecca could feel cold sweat on the back of her neck, her senses on high alert for any approaching dangers. They twisted down the tunnels, Richard and herself taking the front, Billy holding up the rear. The faint screeches of bats could be heard, but compared to the wiling they'd just heard, their cries were like music to her ears.

After a few minutes of running, the tunnel ended at a rusting ladder, which they all slowed to a stop at. Richard stepped towards it first. Things are starting to look up!

"We should be able to get back above ground," stated Richard, beginning to ascend the ladder.

"Finally!" breathed Rebecca, trying to calm her wits from the running marathon she'd just experienced. She looked over to Billy, who was holstering his shotgun. He caught her looking at him, and flashed her a toothy grin, forcing her to return it.

"You ok, Princess?" he asked.

The nickname would have normally annoyed her, making her feel slightly degraded, but due to her growing infatuation for Billy, and how much she loved the sound of his confident voice, she couldn't help but relish in the name.

She smiled at him; a soft, genuine smile considering the situation they were in. "Things could be worse."

He smirked at her a little, admiring her courage. He walked over to her, and kissed her gently on the forehead, making her feel all warm and fuzzy inside. She closed her eyes, absorbing every second of his kiss.

He moved away, too soon for Rebecca's sake, and threw a glance towards the ladders. "You first, doll face." He offered his palm for her.

"Thank you, but I'll manage." She giggled as she began to climb the ladders herself, only making Billy grin at her even more. Every passing minute, he was beginning to adore every little detail about Rebecca; from her petite frame, to her kick-ass attitude. She was beautiful, but modest; smart and funny, like she was a walking contradiction, and he loved it. If Billy didn't know any better…

I'd say I was smitten.

Billy smiled, tucking his thoughts away to a distant part of his brain. It was better to concentrate on getting out, then rationalize his feelings about Rebecca.

He climbed up the ladder, glanced quickly around to check there was nothing following them. After that was confirmed, he finished his ascent.

Richard and Rebecca were waiting at the top; they had arrived at what seemed to be a man-made tunnel, the sound of a waterfall crashing to the ground just ahead of them. They walked cautiously to the end of the tunnel, each of them looking at each other.

"A dead end?" questioned Richard, annoyance clear in his voice.

"Not at all," smirked Billy, stepping in front of him, "Are you afraid of a little water?"

Richard's eyebrows rose as he watched Billy casually jump through the waterfall, water sloshing in all directions. Both he and Rebecca shielded their eyes from the stray droplets, before looking back to it; Billy was gone.

Richard looked to Rebecca, who had a look of fresh determination on her face. She holstered her gun, closed her eyes, and leaped through. Richard holstered his own gun, before following her through.

The water's current was strong, hitting off of Richard's back in violent and rhythmic strikes. The whole process only lasted a second though, before he was through to the other side of the thundering waterfall.

It didn't take Richard long to register his surroundings, but they were odd, nonetheless. They had ended up in a courtyard, a crudely-designed fountain in the middle of the patio. Vines covered most of the walls around them, and moss littered the ground. The sound of crows above them reminded them that it was still unsafe, even out of the underground.

Billy grabbed his shotgun from behind his back, whilst Rebecca and Richard drew their handguns. They sprinted for the nearest door, leading to another section of the courtyard, only this one had a small arched shelter as the centrepiece.

Rebecca stopped, pointing towards a section of the wall. "Look! The entrance!"

Billy and Richard saw it too, their hopes momentarily raised; they were closer to finding the rest of the team. Although Billy was dreading the moment he would have to encounter them, he was simultaneously glad that Rebecca would soon be reunited with her friends.

Several howls in the night air caused Billy's heart beat to race, his breathing becoming more quick. After the previous encounter with the dogs, he didn't know if he could face the evil creatures again; at least with zombies, you could out-run them.

"RUN!" yelled Richard, heading for the door Rebecca had just pointed out; if it was locked, they were all doomed.

The patter of several paws on the tile floor behind them alerted them to the presence of the dogs. Billy risked a glance behind him, seeing four of them, snarling and sprinting towards them.

Billy could hear the crack of Richard's handgun as he aimed blindly towards the beasts. A small whine confirmed he had got one, but there were more approaching them by the second.

Billy turned around quickly, halting his run, and aimed his shotgun at the horrible creatures. He was welcomed by the sight of jaws almost level with his face. Without hesitation, he blew the things face off; skull, blood and shrapnel hitting another one behind it, stunning the creature.

Richard was shooting away with his hand gun, hitting some of them in the head and chest, killing another, but only managing to stun most of them; his gun didn't have enough firepower to kill them, unless he achieved head shots. Billy tried to aim his shotgun for another one, but was caught off-guard by one dog ramming into him, knocking him to the ground.

Billy used his shotgun to keep the creature away from his face. Richard saw the man struggle under the weight of the creature, and shot the thing twice, one hitting home right in its eye. Billy quickly pushed the body off of him.

Another one was beginning to spring for him, but Billy was ready. He kicked the pitiful thing over his head, doing a backwards roll onto his feet. He steadied himself briefly, before bringing up the shotgun and shooting the approaching one in its ugly face. He heard Richard kill the other one as its whine echoed in the now quiet courtyard.

Can't believe we managed to kill all of them!

"Guys! Hurry up!" The two men hadn't even realised Rebecca had been standing in the doorway, watching their macho display. Richard jogged over to her, Billy tagging along behind him.

"Thanks," said a breathless Billy, giving Richard an exhausted nod and hunching over his knees.

"Don't mention it," replied Richard, just as breathless, "No one deserves to be killed by these things…"

Rebecca and Billy couldn't agree more. They had seen their fair share of monstrosities over the past two days, but they still couldn't get over the sheer horror of it all.

Rebecca check the men over for injuries, both of them seemingly unharmed. She lingered slightly longer on Billy, gently touching his face and stubble, admiring what she saw. Although she wanted nothing more than to caress and kiss him right now, doing so in front of Richard would make her appear unprofessional. She examined his head a little longer, noticing a small bump forming on the back of his head.

Billy winced as she touched it, checking that there were no more. She was satisfied when she found none.

"You're both fine," she said with a smile, "I'm sure your head will be fine."

Billy looked at her, rubbing the painful lump; he'd already suffered from a few at the Training facility, especially after his fall into the water system. This pain was nothing compared to the aches and pains he felt after that fall. She's right, I'll be fine.

Richard reloaded his handgun, "We better move. Don't want any of those things following us…"

Rebecca raised her own handgun, as Billy reloaded his shotgun. They both looked down the corridor, the adrenaline they had all just experienced replaced by the fear of the unknown.

As I mentioned previously, I'm trying to base most of the layouts/storyline on umbrella chronicles, especially this part, because this is new to the games...

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