Chapter 1 - There are some things in the world better off not knowing.
To hell with this.
Deciding he couldn't stand and fight with his current inventory of ammo, Leon quickly turned and ran back down the pathway he came from. He knew there was an unexplored door down the left hall, but with the pack of zombies hot on his trail, he couldn't take any chances.
Reaching the door quickly, Leon wiped sweat from his brow then slammed the door shut behind him. Once Leon felt comfortable that the door was locked, he ran over to the desk where he previously found the letter. With a grunt, Leon lifted the desk and wedged it beneath the doorknob, ensuring the zombies couldn't break through.
After a few more tense moments, Leon finally allowed his body to relax.
"Leon, come in!"
Leon smiled at Hunnigan’s uncanny timing before responding, "Yeah, Hunnigan, I'm here."
"Are you okay, Leon?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, but this place is definitely full of infected. Please tell me you have some good news."
"Well, sort of. I was able to map out the mansion you’re in. The first door on the right side of the main hall should lead to some experimentation labs and, more importantly, the control room. From there you should be able to access the camera systems and locate Ada."
Leon balled his fingers into a fist before speaking, "Good. Do you have any idea what the hell this place is?
"Apparently, this place was an Umbrella Corporation experimentation facility. Team Alpha of the BSAA raided this place years ago and reportedly emptied them out and shut down all of Umbrella's operations."
"Wait, team Alpha is Chris Redfield's team!"
"Right, which means whoever is in that mansion now is definitely not Umbrella."
Leon nodded his head, "Thanks Hunnigan, I'll head to the control room, try to locate Ada and get her the hell out of here."
"Good luck Leon, Hunnigan out."
Leon backtracked until he once again found himself in the main hallway. Without wasting any time, he headed straight for the first steel plated door on the right side of the main hall.
Locked.
Nothing is ever that is easy, huh.
Leon examined the door more closely and noticed the key hole was shaped like a W.
Shaking his head, Leon walked back across the hall to the second wooden door on the left.
As the door opened, Leon aimed his hand gun and checked down his sights. Left side, clear. Right side...
Leon halted his movements entirely, save for his fingers tightening around the grip of his gun, as his eyes caught sight of a licker. True to its name, the licker was a vile four-legged creature, highlighted by its exposed brain tissue, bloody skin, and uncomfortably long tongue it utilized to ensnare it’s prey.
The creature was lying against the wall on the right side of the room, within arm's reach of the exit.
Leon exhaled deeply. He had to kill the monster.
Drawing upon years of experience, Leon sprinted confidently into the small square shaped room. Just as it noticed his presence, Leon let off three shots towards the grotesque beast. The first two hit their marks, one headshot and the second, a leg shot, however, the third shell missed as the licker fell to the floor.
Blood splattered against a nearby wall from the licker’s wounds. The creature jumped up from the ground all the way to the ceiling before brandishing it’s long tongue. Without hesitation, the licker lashed out towards Leon, hoping to grab him.
Coolly, Leon dodge rolled to his right while simultaneously letting off another two shots towards the B.O.W. Both missed and the Licker lunged forward towards Leon, who was forced to dodge roll to his left.
Thinking quickly, Leon rolled backwards and shot towards the licker once again, however, this time he predicted the licker's evasion pattern and began shooting at the exact spot the licker jumped to.
Leon heard, rather than saw, his bullet pierce through the licker's body so he emptied the last remaining shots of his clip into the creature. Each shot landed flush as the sound of gunshots mixed harmoniously with the sound of shells clanging against the floor.
The B.O.W fell to the floor lifelessly. A large pool of blood began forming below its body as Leon took a few moments to study the licker. Its exposed brains were mangled and decayed. Its skin, or lack-thereof, was fleshy and the blood spilling profusely from the creature's wounds left a stench in the air.
Leon surveyed the room for ammo but to no avail, so he decided to quickly check his inventory. 12 Handgun Ammo, one First-Aid Spray, one Hunting Knife, and one Hand Grenade.
Deciding that he needed to find some ammo, Leon slowly opened the door to the next room. As the door gradually opened, a large and grandiose dining room hall revealed itself.
The first thing that caught Leon's eye was a large glass chandelier that hung regally from the center of the room. The glass itself was embedded with the same gargoyle designs Leon found in the main hall. The rest of the room appeared to be a normal large scale dining room, until Leon spotted three lickers walking across the ceiling.
They were unaware of his presence, but the lickers presented a problem to Leon nevertheless. While planning an escape route through the dining hall, Leon's eye caught sight of something shining in the far right corner of the room. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the shiny object was a large briefcase.
Continuing his examination of the room, he noted that there were only two ways out of the dining hall. There were large double doors to the left of Leon, within running distance, and there was also a ladder leading to the second floor of the room in the far northwest corner.
Leon steadied his breathing, knowing that the time to make a decision was near.
Leon moved quietly behind a nearby table. The lickers did not notice him yet.
Leon glanced up from the table he was perched behind, his eyes carefully traveling from licker to licker while he planned the safest route to the storage case.
One...two...three. On the count of three Leon crouched low and made his way to the closest dining room table on the right side of the room. Once he got to his spot, Leon peeked his head above the table to ensure the lickers were still in their same places.
In this fashion, Leon made his way from table to table, slowly and steadily, until he found himself within striking distance of the storage case. Leon noticed that the briefcase had a simple locking mechanism. It was nothing he couldn't bypass but he knew that he had to work quickly if he didn't want to get discovered.
Leon took a few short breaths and then equipped his lone Hand Grenade, just in case things got messy.
Remaining crouched, Leon walked over to the briefcase. His pace was deliberate, slower than a crawl in fact, to ensure the lickers did not hear or sense his movements. The air around him felt thick and sweat began to fall freely down his face.
Leon paused just as soon as his fingers touched the case. His peripheral vision caught sight of the licker closest to him walking towards his direction. Leon could feel the anticipation of a fight suddenly coursing through his veins. To be safe, he slowly moved his thumb over the release pin of the grenade, all the while managing to keep the rest of his body completely still.
Luckily, after one final step the licker halted its movement and once again became motionless. The creature was seemingly still unaware of his presence. Leon breathed an internal sigh of relief, as he placed his grenade back in its holster.
Not wasting anytime, Leon began to undo the locking mechanism as quietly as possible. The licker that moved closer to his location complicated things, but he had come this far and wasn't going to leave without whatever was inside the storage briefcase.
Time itself seemed to crawl to a stop as a multitude of senses and images crashed against Leon's consciousness simultaneously.
The lock on the briefcase popped open, immediately causing an alarm to sound off throughout the dining room hall. Even worse, Leon's ears could hear the licker's screams intermingling with the persistent sound of the alarm.
As the sounds serenaded Leon's ears, the storage case popped open, revealing an all black Remington M1100-P Shotgun along with 7 Shotgun Ammo.
Above all else, Leon felt a surge of adrenaline rush through his body. Realizing the lickers were quickly closing in on him, Leon threw the Hand Grenade he had equipped earlier to his left.
The grenade exploded upon impact with the ground and the deafening sound combined with the blast radius forced Leon to shield himself.
After gaining his bearings, Leon picked up the Remington M1100-P and ran over to the closest of the three lickers, who were all blown down from the walls to the floor thanks to the grenade's impact.
Once he reached his target, Leon aimed the shotgun downwards and pulled the trigger, blasting a shotgun shell deep into the heart of the first licker, instantly killing it.
Meanwhile, the other two lickers were able to shake off the effects from the explosion, and in unison, they launched themselves towards Leon. Unfortunately, the B.O.W's were met with three straight shotgun rounds, which was enough to kill the weakened creatures.
Despite the fight being over, the alarms were still ringing off throughout the room and Leon needed to find a way to stop the alarm system before some more unwanted attention came his way.
Deciding to head upstairs, Leon walked to the ladder in the northwest corner of the dining hall and slowly climbed up. The second floor served as a balcony of sorts for the dining hall, but had two doors. The first door, which was completely red, was directly in front of him and the second door, which was completely blue, was on the opposite side of the second floor balcony.
Leon checked his inventory before entering the red room in front of him: 12 Handgun Ammo, 3 Shotgun Ammo, Hunting Knife, 1 First-Aid Spray.
The room he entered was extremely small and seemed to be an office of sorts. There was a large brown desk on the left side of the room against the wall. On the other side of the room there were two lockers beside a painting of an elderly Asian man. The man had an appearance of royalty. Whoever created the painting was extremely gifted and paid close attention to detail and colors.
More importantly, however, in the left corner of the room Leon spotted a lever. Once he pulled the lever down Leon heard the alarm system turn off. Perfect, now let's see what else is in this room.
Leon opened the two lockers close to him. The first locker revealed 10 Handgun Ammo, and the second revealed a Green Herb. Leon couldn't help but to smile when he saw the herb, recalling the many times in his past when herbs had saved his life.
Shaking away these thoughts, Leon walked over to the brown desk and opened the drawer, revealing both a key and a letter. Leon grabbed the letter first:
Dear Warden,
Things are going swimmingly down here in the basement facilities. Thanks to agent Ada Wong, we now have strands of the T-Virus, G-Virus, C-Virus, Nemesis T-Type and the Plaga virus. With my continued success manipulating the T-Virus, I believe I am ready to begin experimenting with both the G and Nemesis T-type virus. I have prepared two test subjects and will soon release them to the western and eastern basement divisions respectively. One thing to note, Ada has taken a recent interest in the on-goings of this facility, perhaps you should keep an eye on her.
-Dr. Wong
After reading the letter Leon picked up the key, which upon closer inspection was the W Key.
I don't know what the hell is going on here, but I need to find Ada.
Leon crumpled up the letter and threw it to the floor before leaving the room.
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