Chapter XII: The theater of the dead (part I)

(Kino Der Toten- Front Lobby)

It was silent in the abandoned theater until a familiar flash of light appeared on the teleporter pad in the front lobby as the heroes emerged from it. "I swear, that is something that I will NEVER get used to..." Chris says looking slightly pale. Richtofen smirks at this and replies "A mere side effect, American." "So... where the heck are we?" Polonsky asks looking around. "Not sure, but there is something off about this place." Jill says looking a tad nervous. "Well I know one thing for sure, I don't think we're out of the clear just yet." Paine says leaning against a wall. Dempsey looks around and spots the Quick Revive machine and says while sighing "Yep, just as I suspected; we need to get the power on."

Elsewhere, in the theater a lone figure is looking around for an exit. "This place reeks of nightmares and madness. I do not wish this theater to be my grave..." However, he readies his PPSH as he says "But, I will carry on; as my old friend Dimitri did back during the War..." And with that re-strengthened resolve, he sets off into the depths of the movie theater looking for a way to escape.

Back in the lobby, Richtofen takes careful notice of the teleporter pad they are on and lightly remarks, "Hmm, a teleporter pad; but no teleporter in sight. Curious..." "Doesn't matter without the power right?" Chris asked while Jill nods in silent understanding. At this, Richtofen glares at them but nothing happens. Then, out of nowhere a child's laughter is heard. Paine sighs and says "And here I thought we were home free..." Then the voice says, "Not quite, my captured heroes! Did you quickly forget how our little game hasn't ended yet?" Sullivan then asks "Look, just how many of these areas do we have to get through?" Samantha laughs again and says "Does it really matter? You all are my prisoners until I've had my fun!" Then she disappears as a familiar sound blows again and thus, the fight continues.

"Oh, one thing I should mention before you all continue our little game; you all are now in a different time period and as such you will have access to newer weapons and bonuses so fight on! If you can..." To that last statement the heroes collectively get a contemplative look. "So, new weapons huh?" Paine says looking around. True to her words, the team notices a couple of weapons on the wall slightly different than the weapons they were used to from the earlier areas. First to grab a weapon is none other than Rikku as she dips her hand into a spot near the top of the stairs and pulls out a semi-automatic rifle. "M14?" She asks in confusion. Polonsky says in response "Not a weapon that I'm familiar with though it does resemble the M1 Garand." To that, the Marine Raiders all grab a M14 while the other half of the team grabs the other weapons out of the wall. "Hmm, a double barrel shotgun... Olympia?" Jill says taking one. Dempsey merely smirks and remarks, "They're all going down; one limb at a time!"

Then, barricades started falling as the zombies began the invasion of the heroes' territory and the heroes returned fire ripping through the zombies with concentrated gunfire. Then, during the fighting Rikku opens up the right door and the heroes advance on to the next room as the last zombies fall. Then, Rikku spots 5 portraits on the wall and she notices that the fifth one doesn't have anyone on it and she shrugs it off as odd. But then she sees the other four and recognizes them. She then asks "Hey um Dempsey?" He looks back at her and gruffly replies "What is it kid?" She huffs a little but then asks "I know that the big picture is supposed to be of Richtofen and the other ones are of you and Nikolai but who does the last one belong to?" He takes a look and smiles and says "Takeo I guess". Then he puts on a fake baby voice and says "Aww, our little bundle of bad-ass." At this Takeo notices and says "You really have no honor, do you American?" Tank just laughs as Richtofen sighs and 'tries' to quell this moment. "Ja, ja. Calm down Takeo, anybody can clearly see you're not a mere child." Takeo calms down a little and says "Thank you Richtofen, honor to the doctor!" But then Richtofen smirks and says "Don't thank me just yet, Imperial." He turns to Rikku and says "You see, mein Rikku. This is not a picture of a child, rather this is a picture of ze monkey bomb!" At THAT, Takeo starts raging. "I AM NO MONKEY BOMB! You also have no honor and you will pay!" Then he lunges at Richtofen and starts fighting with him. At this, Dempsey, Rikku, and Nikolai kill themselves laughing, Yuna is seen trying to calm down the fighting to no avail. The Marine Raiders and Paine are simply lost with Paine saying "Monkey Bomb?" while the two Resident Evil heroes stand in a corner sadly shaking their heads sighing and saying to themselves "And we're supposed to be fighting with THESE guys?" Weirdly enough, Samantha even starts laughing again but this time not with evil laughter. And she even says "My, the little ones have such bad tempers don't they?" To which the ones not fighting collectively say "You have NO idea..." But then, the door on the left starts to rattle and the heroes stop in their tracks and ready their weapons for whatever might come out.

Then the door opens and out of the door with his own weapon readied was... "Sergeant Reznov? I must be REALLY drunk!" Nikolai says in surprise as Reznov takes in every one of the heroes gathered in that section.

A/N: Well, that's the end of the first part of the fight in Kino Der Toten. Anyway, the characters may seem a little OOC towards the end but that part was solely because I was trying to get in a little comedic bit I like to call "Discussions of the Monkey Bomb." Mainly because in Kino, when Richtofen looks at Takeo's picture he says the quote. So please read and review and let me know what you all thought; I always appreciate your reviews.