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AN: Hello again everyone! Well things are starting to get interesting! I had it pointed out to me that Rebecca is not an active member of the B.S.A.A. at this point and wanted to thank evolution500 for their reviews and friendly reminder. Yes I know she isn't but for the sake of my story she will be an active member, but I do appreciate the friendly reminder as I'm sure there are other things I will forget or overlook. So please keep it coming. Also thank you to Jinero for your nice review as well, hopefully as we go it will catch more eyes. Well then enough from me. Thanks guys on with the story!
The Wolf-Pack Incident
Chris and his team arrived at the rendezvous to find the whole area had been sealed off. He took note of several small boats being readied and sighed heavily, both teams were going to have to disperse themselves into smaller groups, the boats looked like they could hold at most three people.
"This is Vermillion, we've reached our destination," Jill radioed.
"Forkball here, good work. Echo Six should be there shortly. After the brief proceed into the swamp with extreme caution and investigate," O'Brien replied.
As Chris's team were checking over their gear he turned as agent Ryman's team had arrived and approached them.
"Kevin Ryman with STRATCOM, it's an honor Mr. Redfield," Kevin greeted offering his hand.
"Just Chris, but thanks," Chris replied shaking his hand.
"Allow me to introduce my team here. Code names, DeeAy, Willow, Harley, Shona, Tweed, and Party Girl," Kevin introduced.
"I see, allow me to do the same, Vermillion, Grinder, Jackass, and Medic," Chris replied.
"Right, now that we are all acquainted, we should get down to business. First we will have to split into smaller groups as the boats taking us into the swamp can only hold maybe three people. The boats are small as the swamp is difficult to navigate with anything bigger," Jill explained as she laid out a map on the table for everyone to see.
"According to reports the bodies were found just inside the swamp right here, which means that would be a good place to start," Chris continued pointing his finger.
"Wow, they weren't kidding, this swamp is huge it's gonna take time to search the damn thing," DeeAy commented.
"Yes, that's also why we are splitting into smaller groups to cover more ground, do we know how comms will fair in there?" Kevin asked.
"Impossible to say until we actually get in there, could be working great, could fail completely," Quint answered with a shrug.
"Alright, we'll split into teams of three, I suggest we mix our teams together if comms go out for one team the other may be lucky," Chris replied.
"Alright, Willow with me and…?" Kevin asked waiting.
"Grinder, you go with Ryman and Willow. Vermillion, Tweed, and Party Girl will pair off. I'll take Harley and Shona with me. That leaves Jackass, Medic, and DeeAy," Chris replied.
Everyone nodded and made their final preparations before splitting off and boarding the small boats. Jill glanced at her companions as their boat slowly took off as Tweed started guiding the boat into the swamp. She turned her head and saw the other three boats make their way in different directions and just had a bad feeling about this mission. Turning her attention to 'Party Girl' she was very beautiful and attractive but her physique also implied that she wasn't just a pretty face, much like Jill herself, though she got the vibe that she was pretty and she knew it and often used it to her advantage. The other woman, Tweed however was the opposite, she was a beauty as well with deep red hair and a heavy English accent that was very charming on her. But she was quiet and not one to ramble as she had yet to say a word since Jill met her.
"So you're Jill Valentine, you're something of a legend, it's an honor to meet you," Party Girl commented.
"I wouldn't go that far, I'm just a soldier like you, but the honor is mine," Jill replied cordially.
"So, what do you think is going on? I mean you have more experience with this bio terror shit then we do," Party Girl asked.
"No idea, we are all going in blind mostly, we only know that mutation is confirmed which means something in this swamp has been infected and we need to figure out where it's coming from before it spreads beyond the swamp, also Party Girl I heard your scouting abilities are top notch. We'll definitely need them in this hot mess," Jill replied.
"Call me Sienna, my code name is a mouthful but the higher ups chose that after they found me and it just stuck," Sienna said.
"Alright, Tweed there should be a clearing about a mile ahead of us, we can head that way and start our search there," Jill replied.
"Copy that," Tweed said as she guided the boat where Jill indicated as she looked at the copy of the map she had.
They soon reached the clearing and exited the boat after tying their boat to the old and rotting deck that had once been a drop off point. Jill studied the planks and observed this area hadn't been used in a long time, probably abandoned long ago when the swamp proved too difficult to maintain a dock here.
"God it's so sticky out here, ugh I'll need to shower for a week after this," Sienna groaned as she tugged at her tight fitting top feeling it stick to her skin.
Jill couldn't help but agree, she was dressed in a light blue short sleeved top that clung to her tightly as well with tan combat pants. The humidity was well known and they prepared as best they could for the elements. As the three women got out of the boat, they drew their weapons and slowly began to sweep the area. It was very quiet, not even the normal sounds you would expect from the wildlife and it made Jill uneasy as they moved along the clearing.
"So far so good, no monsters, nothing," Sienna commented.
"It's too quiet," Tweed replied.
There was a scream from somewhere nearby and the three nodded at each other and quickly headed in the direction of the scream. There was a lot of vegetation and vines but thankfully Tweed had thought to bring along a machete and started hacking the vines away as they made their way deeper but soon stopped and saw a woman running toward them screaming for help. Before they could react however, a creature leapt down from one of the over hanging trees and pounced on top of the woman and with a final scream it raised one scaly claw and impaled her through the chest silencing her screams.
"Oh god," Tweed uttered.
"Fuck, it's a Hunter," Jill cursed raising her handgun at it, the other two doing the same.
The Hunter took notice of the three women and snarled then leapt off the dead woman and leapt sideways as Jill fired at it. To their shock when the Hunter leapt sideways it suddenly faded from sight.
"What the fuck?! Where did it go?!" Sienna cried looking around frantically.
That's a new trick," Jill replied also looking around for it.
Hearing a sloshing noise to her right Jill suddenly tackled Tweed as the hunter's claw swiped at where her head was. Sienna turned and opened fire on the hunter and it cried in pain as her bullets hit their mark and it took off disappearing again. Jill cursed and strained her senses as she helped Tweed up. Then she saw a patch of grass compress nearby and hefted her MP5 up and opened fire and heard the screech and saw the blood splatter as the hunter was peppered with bullets. The other two joined in and the hunter finally went down.
"Fucking invisible hunters?!" Sienna cried.
"This is Vermillion does anyone copy?" Jill asked on her comm link.
"Chris here we read you Jill are you alright?" Chris responded.
"We're fine Chris. Everyone be careful, we just encountered a B.O.W. it was a Hunter, but this one was different, it was smarter and it could turn invisible," Jill replied.
"An invisible hunter, that is tits! Ow! Don't hit me Rebecca! This is jackass, be advised my guess is they have somehow bred this new hunter with another species, like a chameleon to give it the ability to disappear, and blend with its surroundings," Quint explained.
"Ok, it sounds like they are experimenting with new B.O.W.'s that we haven't encountered before, everyone be on your guard," Chris advised.
"No shit," Tweed replied sarcastically.
Jill kneeled next to the woman inspecting her as the other two joined her.
"A lab coat, she's a scientist," Sienna observed.
Jill nodded and searched her pockets for anything of note and found her ID card and pocketed it and to her surprise she had a crumpled note in her breast pocket. Jill took it out and read it then handed it to the other two so they could read it as well.
Christy, we can't contain it anymore the boss seems unconcerned with the rising risk. If this keeps up all of those creatures will escape and overrun the facility. Get out while you can, please. Run Run!
"Now we're getting somewhere, so it would seem there is a facility hidden in the heart of this swamp," Jill commented.
"This poor bitch probably waited too long, and was caught by that hunter that was after her, it just confirms what we thought. B.O.W.'s are probably loose in the swamp now but there's no telling how many have gotten free of this facility," Tweed replied.
"If it's been overrun…" Sienna started.
"Then we need to find this place," Jill replied as she stood up.
An explosion startled the three and they cursed as they sprinted back the way they came only to find their boat was completely destroyed.
"Oh shit there goes our ride," Tweed groaned.
Jill was already scanning their surroundings hoping to find a clue as to who did this and cut them off but there was nothing.
"Well guess we don't have a choice now, we'll have to venture deeper into the swamp and hopefully we will find this facility," Jill said with a sigh.
"Great! Always wanted to go stomping through the swamp infested with monsters," Sienna said sarcastically as they started to head north deeper into the swamp.
Hector, code name Beltway watched from his hiding place as the three women started heading back deeper into the swamp, smirking at his handiwork watching the burning remains of their boat.
"Beltway here, found myself a couple a birdies strolling through the swamp. Took care of their ride for them heh heh heh, boom," Beltway said into his ear piece.
"Good, the others will be working to strand the others as well, do NOT engage or allow yourself to be seen, you understand?" Lupo commanded back.
"Yeah, yeah keep your panties on wolf mother," Beltway replied.
"I mean it Hector, let the creatures do the dirty work for once, the boss has given us strict orders," Lupo said.
"Relax, they have no idea I'm here and besides anybody would be crazy to get on the wrong side of Mr. Death. Almost makes me feel sorry for that Kennedy fellow...almost," Beltway chuckled.
"Vector reported that the agent is en route, though he will be a little behind the others. That is why we are to hinder and inconvenience the others only. The agent MUST get to the facility before the others have a chance to destroy it," Lupo replied sternly.
"Right, right, I got it. Beltway out," He said cutting the transmission.
Chris slogged through the swampy vegetation with his assault rifle poised and ready. Harley was on his right while Shona brought up the rear, though they seemed to be well trained Chris was very uneasy. Something just didn't feel right about this whole thing and he couldn't help but feel like they were being watched.
"Fuck me, this place gives me the creeps," Harley broke the silence.
"I do hope we find a new specimen, I would very much like to study it," Shona replied.
"We ain't here to fuck with them Shona, your obsession creeps me the fuck out," Harley shot back.
"It is not obsession, I simply love to understand how these creatures work," Shona defended.
"While that can be an advantage, we don't have time to play nurse and set up shop to examine them thoroughly. If we encounter any bio weapons we neutralize them and push on," Chris replied.
"See I knew I liked you from the start, short simple and to the point," Harley chuckled.
Shona was about to retort when they heard a splash nearby and all three weapons swung in that direction. Chris froze as something came stumbling out of the nearby bog. It raised its head toward them and to their horror opened a large mouth of razor sharp teeth and it started sprinting toward the three men snarling loudly.
"What the fuck is that?!" Harley cried as he opened fire with his sub machine gun.
Chris snapped out of it and fired as well while Shona took shots at it with his sidearm. They peppered the monstrosity and with a scream the thing stumbled forward and fell on its face motionless. The three approached slowly at first until Shona started forward pulling out some kind of large syringe.
"Shona wait!" Chris cried.
Shona ignored him as he crouched down next to the thing and stuck the syringe into the thing's body and started extracting something from it. Chris yelled again as more of them sprinted out of the bog toward the three. Chris and Harley cursed and opened fire on them. Shona turned seeing this and drew his pistol to help when the one on the ground leapt up to attack him suddenly. Clearly it wasn't dead. Shona cried out as the thing leapt on him, Chris turned to help Shona as it clamped its large maw down on his arm. Shona screamed in pain as Chris rushed over and shot its head and kicked it off him. Harley was fighting desperately, gunning them down. There had to be at least a dozen of them now as Chris turned and fired on the approaching group as well. Chris tossed a grenade at the approaching group and managed to take out four of them while Harley gunned down two more.
"Shona!" Harley screamed.
Chris turned and saw that four of the creatures had pounced on the now screaming man. Shona was struggling and managed to fire off several rounds from his sidearm and killed one of the creatures, but the other three started ripping him apart their jaws biting down on him. The man screamed as blood gushed from his body and one of the creatures tore his right leg from his body munching on it. Chris tossed another grenade at the bloody scene and the screams were silenced as all of them were blown apart in a shower of blood and body parts. The remaining two creatures were gunned down by the two men and they stood their breathing heavily.
"This is Chris, we have encountered a new B.O.W. it looks like a cross between an alligator and human. They are fast and really strong. They seem to attack in groups so be very careful...Also...We lost Shona," Chris reported into his ear piece.
"That stupid….fuck, I told him his obsession with these things would get him killed! Fuck!" Harley cursed angrily.
Harley was certainly rough around the edges and he swore like a sailor, but Chris could tell losing one of his team mates really affected him. This might even be the first time he's lost a team member.
"He was brave, and he went down fighting and even took one with him before they got him," Chris said.
"Is that supposed to make me fucking feel better?!" Harley demanded.
"No, I'm simply saying that he was a fighter and he died fighting for what he believed in, and we won't let it be in vain," Chris replied.
Harley stopped his angry rant and glared at Chris for a few moments but then finally nodded his acceptance and moved over to the bloody remains of his fallen team mate and found his dog tags and pocketed them before turning to Chris and nodded again as the two men made their way further into the swamp.
Kevin, and DeeAy swore loudly as they listened to Chris's update. Kevin's group had managed to stay near and move with DeeAy's group. Willow took a moment to mourn the loss of their team mate, she didn't shed tears but she, like the others were still saddened by the loss. Rebecca put a comforting hand on Willow's shoulder while Quint and Keith stood nearby with sympathetic looks.
"This is Ryman, copy that, my team has joined up with DeeAy and the six of us are heading north deeper into the swamp, no sign of anything yet," Kevin reported.
He nodded at the others and they all started moving again. They were luckier then the others so far. They hadn't found a single trace of infection or creature. The group soon came upon what looked like a small settlement of rundown shacks.
"What have we here?" DeeAy asked.
"Fan out, and search the area. Nobody goes alone got it?" Kevin ordered.
The others nodded and paired off and began cautiously searching the small shacks. Most of them had nothing of note, the area seemed to have been abandoned. Kevin noticed a plank bridge across the shallow water and slowly moved to follow it with Rebecca in tow as she covered his rear. Kevin sliced away the vegetation in their way as they made their way across the narrow planks until they came upon a much larger building that looked like it had seen better days. The roof was collapsed in and their was silver shingle patches all over the place most likely patching holes that had rotted away the wood. The two approached slowly but did not see any sign of life as they approached the door. Kevin looked at Rebecca and held up three fingers and lowered them one by one. Then he opened the door and the two swept in left and right clearing.
"Nobody home," Rebecca noted.
"Seems that way, let's see if we can find anything useful," Kevin replied.
They quickly swept through the building and found nothing interesting until they came to a door leading to the basement. Nodding they both descended and came to a large sturdy steel door.
"Well now this is certainly out of place in a run down house like this," Kevin stated as he tried to open it.
"It's locked, damn where's Jill when you need her?" Rebecca asked.
"I doubt she could do it anyway, look over here," Kevin replied.
Rebecca hurried over and saw the console was lit up red. It was clearly for the door next to them.
"Guys we found something, make your way north of the shacks across the narrow plank bridge to the big house," Kevin radioed.
Soon enough all six were there in front of the door while Quint was at the console trying to figure out how to open the door.
"There! I got it!" Quint exclaimed as the console changed from red to green and the door slowly slid open to reveal a single room beyond.
The group entered the room clearing it before they started searching the place. This place had been a monitoring station of some sort, there was surveillance equipment and a few computers but nothing seemed to be operational.
"Alright Quint do your thing, think you can get one of these running and see what info you can find?" Keith asked.
"Sure, I just need to hook up to them and see if there is anything left on them to pull," Quint replied.
While Quint went to work the others decided to take a break and lounged around the room waiting for Quint. They didn't have to wait very long surprisingly. It had been quiet for about thirty minutes when Quint shouted in surprise causing everyone to jump.
"What is it Quint? You find something?" Kevin asked.
"We have to contact HQ!" Quint cried.
"Why what did you find?" Kevin asked.
Quint instead hit a few buttons on his computer and projected what he found on the blank wall for everyone to see. Kevin's blood went cold as he stared at the wall in shock. The information shown was highly classified and only a select few had access to it. Seeing it here should be impossible, the information showed all the blood work, all of the physiology. Sensitive and classified, and worst of all. Extremely dangerous in the wrong hands.
"Oh God," Rebecca whispered.
On the wall in big bold letters above all of that was the title of the file and showed them all the first piece of the puzzle.
Specimen 1270998
Leon S. Kennedy
AN: I know cliffhanger I'm mean lol. So Quint has uncovered a highly classified file on Leon, I wonder what it all contains? Also our favorite agent will be appearing again next chapter so never fear! Also I will refer to Party Girl as Sienna from now on simply because I get tired of typing Party Girl all the time lol. the others will mostly stick to their code names as many readers might no know their real names and only their names from the game. What do you guys think so far? I do appreciate the feedback and thank you again to everyone who is following and reviewing so far, it is a great honor to know some out there are enjoying this. Until next time!