Bodies stacked ten foot high

[¤Amy Grace¤]

Ten years ago

"Amy, I need you to get up and run," Alice was holding her by her shoulders yelling directly into her face. She was in shock looking straight down as the explosions went off around her. The U.B.S.F were closing in on them from all sides while Alice's men were holding them off, "I can't protect you if you're in the way. I need you to run!"

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Present Day - 21:42


"The sight is clear, T-virus has low readings here, I don't think this is a mutation breeding ground," said one of the completely armored men. Tight flak jackets, black BDUs, M-4s, tact. helmets. This group was organized and geared for the job. They were working in pairs but there was one with them in the middle of the ground who was scanning alone, he had a flak vest on and a respirator but was wearing civilian clothing under all that and had no weapon just a brief case and a scanner.

The com chatter cleared up, "Mission is a go then, Operation T2 is a go. Please open the hatches and commence the standard procedures."

"Of course," the civilian placed the scanner inside the briefcase then took out a wireless tablet. He booted it up and set the briefcase aside, that's when the first shot was taken downing a zombie who was getting too close to the ground. The attention wasn't a good thing but once the seals would be broken it wouldn't matter anymore. He bypassed security and rerouted all power back to its primary generators and systems forcing the lock on the underground facility. The rubble he stood on lit up in a pattern red and white every other panel like an Umbrella.

"Welcome Mr. Birkin, you have seven hundred thirty three missed messages, your last visit was over three thousand six hundred and forty two days ago. Please proceed with caution, we estimate over ninety-nine percent of all life forms within are deceased, cause of death, Type 2 infection."

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Amy was watching down range with her sniper rifle, she squeezed the trigger unloading a single shot down range hitting the man square in the lower back. Wasn't her best shot, but she wasn't expecting them to have traveled this far into the city, it gave her few alternatives. With that shot she moved down the stairs of the building at a quick pace but half way down she felt the rumble under her feet before she was outside she already knew something exploded near her. They probably had drones or something in the area to watch them and were taking pot shots where ever they thought she was at. Didn't matter, she had to get to that lab and destroy it, wasn't going to be easy but she was the only one on radar currently outside of the resistance safe zone. The moment she exited the building she felt the heat of what ever exploded, it was close and very over kill.

As she made her way down the main street toward where the lab was located she saw the hole in the building and the fire pluming up from it, what ever fired the missile or what ever it was was far away considering it was spot on to her direction just not very close in distance. She got close to the lab location and held her position at one of the resistances favorite spots, it was a penthouse in a hotel, it was Alex's favorite spot to cover them from when they were still cleaning up Umbrella's filth. It also was very roomy and at one point in time had a lot of alcohol. It had since been cleaned out and the damage done to it left it looking worse for wear. Amy positioned her rifle and aimed it back at the lab, she had the perfect vision on it since she could see through the park across the road from it and between the buildings on either side of the main road that lead to it. They had increased their security and were taking down zombies that were shambling at them. The scientist she shot was no where to be seen.

"Probably inside the lab..."

[«Wraith»]

Adam had been sprinting non-stop since his encounter with that odd man. He didn't know if his pursuer was still after him or not but after their little encounter he didn't want to sit around and find out. That was about three buildings ago. Loud pops of gunfire echoed the the building next to the one Amy was in. His heart racing and his heart beating heavily in his chest he jumped through the window of the building he was in, his jump was strong enough to clear the alleyway and his body went crashing through the glass on the other side. He hit the floor in a roll which then he sprawled out of with his back against the gun and his pistol aimed at the other window across the alley. Get up. Get up! He quickly jumped to his feet not taking the time to let his surroundings set in. He knew it was dark, and it seemed to be some form of hotel. The door to his room removed from it's hinges. He left the room and slowly began to walk down the halls, his little stunt might have caused some unwanted attention.

[¤Amy Grace¤]

"Shit what was that?" She glanced away then set the rifle down and grabbed a table pulling it to the edge, she picked up the rifle and set it up on the table to aim directly down on the group again. Once placed she removed a piece from the side of the rifle and adjusted the back part of the stand to allow the rifle to sit better. The piece she removed unfolded and comfortably fit on her ear it had a single arm that extended out from her face and bent back toward her eye and projected light directly at her eye allowing her to see through the scope of the rifle. She put on her gloves and grabbed the MP5 from the storage then headed out the room and down the stairs.

She wasn't sure what level the sound came from but it was loud so it had to of been close. She looked through every window as she passed it to make sure no one was in the hall across from the one she was as well before she stopped and was looking down the hall at someone standing in the hallway. Amy pryed the door open with the butt of the gun and knelt down aiming the gun down the hall, "I know you heard that, put your hands on your head or I will shoot you. Once you do that you can turn around and identify yourself."

[«Wraith»]

Shit Another hunter? There were so fucking many of them... Obviously this one thought she had the edge on him probably. Maybe he could talk his way out of this, he was at a slight disadvantage with his eyes trying to adjust to this darker building. Although he couldn't place it, something about that voice sounded really familiar. He thought about it for a moment, whether to take her on or not. given the conditions of them being in a narrow hall, her having her weapon already aimed at him, even with his level of speed he might get a few rounds put in him. And given the lack information about what caliber the rounds were or what gun she had, he didn't feel like going through that kind of pain. Maybe he could talk her down...



He flipped the gun's safety on and ejected the clip before raising his hands in the air. "Alright, alright don't shoot. We can talk this out." He turned around slowly his eyes finally starting to adjust, he couldn't see though. Maybe if he could close the distant he could knock her out and escape. But how to do that without getting shot... Adam set the pistol on the ground and slid it over to the woman. "See, I'm not a threat. I'm coming over into the better lit area so you can see me better." He started slowly walking towards her and as he got closer he could make out more features a bit better. He stopped completely, dropping his arms to the side as realization set in. "Amy?"

[¤Amy Grace¤]

She lowered the weapon and smiled, "I'm on an important mission I'd hug you to death if I wasn't trying to keep my attention on the mission sight," speaking of which, she was still watching the Umbrella soldiers create a perimeter around the location taking down more and more zombies that were stacking up quite nicely as they fell over one another. Still no sign of the civilian just yet, she was probably going to have to move in and investigate. "Are you busy?"

[«Wraith»]

He looked back into the room and through the window. Guess he gave up. He returned to where Amy was and picked up his pistol. "Not anymore." He holstered his weapon and looked around. Though he hadn't seen her in years, it was awkwardly natural being around her. As if they didn't split up after that huge assault on Umbrella years ago. His watch began beeping, clicking off the alarm he reached into one of his side packs pulling out a blue vile and injecting himself with the serum. "So what's up?" he asked tossing the vile away.

[¤Amy Grace¤]

"Follow me, I'll explain," she held the door open for him then moved up the stairs, "Over the last ten years there has been a scientist named William Birkin who has evaded our radar most of the time. The last time he was on our radar was just before they went loco here releasing the G-Virus that caused New York to fall despite its security. That was nine years ago," she opened the penthouse door, "We've always followed the bread crumb trail but with the collapse of modern internet it's hard to keep tabs on all the networks still available, until recently with the release of the Noxcom satellite which the government hopes will bring back communication to the entire world. That's when I pinpointed Birkin heading here."

She removed the piece from her ear and folded it back up and placed it back on the side of the rifle then moved the table and took the rifle from it and looked back down range, "The problem is that I shot him and by the time I got a second look at him he was gone and I don't know if he went inside the lab or not but I assume that those guards roaming around the top there aren't just standing around for no good reason other than protecting who ever went inside. The Patriot wants Birkin dead, Alice wants the lab destroyed. Those are my two goals that got a lot harder now that those soldiers are drawing zombies to them."

"So, you care to make some noise?"

[«Wraith»]

"So let me get this straight, you need me to go down there and deal with those guards?" He paused leaning against another windowsill and looking out at the guards as one took out a sprinting zombie. "With all the ruckus they're making I'm amazed they aren't attracting other B.O.W.s or anything." He observed them much more closely, the uniforms and tactical gear they wore coupled with the gas masks were reminiscent of the old U.B.S.F. The umbrella patch on the back of their tactical vests gave it away. "Umbrella?" He did all he could from shout it as he spoke the name like a curse. "Usually I don't get involved in Resistance affairs." He check the ammo in his three pistols, making sure to turn the safeties on each of them off. He pulled out his combat Machete and took a few steps back. 

It had been a while since he'd really used any of his Tyrant abilities. Though some where harder, some were second nature. "One distraction coming up. Free of charge." He ran for the window but before hitting it he was gone. From above the soldiers a large fireball came crashing down dispersing the men in a panic. Yells of 'contact' and orders roared out in the open streets as Adam landed. The ratta-tat-tat of mp5 fire rang out. Adam weaved and moved using every ounce of his super speed to dodge the bullets and decrease the distance to his targets. 

"We've got a live Human B.O.W. I repeat, a live human B.O.W.!" The man making the call was cut down as Adam's Machete cut clean into the soldier's neck. In the blink of an eye he was gone from his original position and in font of another soldier, disarming him and stabbing him in the chest. He vanished just before another soldier opened fire and accidentally hit his comrade. He soon fell the to ground with a snapped neck. The ping of bullets being cut from the air as Adam had his blade in hand and was approaching one of the last few soldiers. The guy was sliced in two. Before the body fell Adam swiped a frag grenade from the corpse, pulled the pin and tossed it in the air towards the remaining two soldiers. One took shrapnel directly while the blast threw the other guard right into a few zombies to be eaten alive. 

Adam paused, panting heavily before sheathing his machete and giving Amy the okay. Those zombies would be busy for a while on that corpse.

[¤Amy Grace¤]

He wouldn't be without cover fire, that was why she has repositioned herself. Every target he went for she went for one opposite of him keeping tabs of which side he was on compared to which soldier might be looking in his direction next. In a series of shots combined with his attacks all soldiers would be felled from two different groups. They weren't the best Umbrella had to offer, that much was for certain, she imagined the elite ones had gone underground with Birkin given the fact that Umbrella labs ten years after not being opened were often breeding grounds for the most grotesque and dangerous creatures around. She unloaded the clip from the rifle and loaded a special clip which was attached to a wall mounted winch and a wire then fired the bullet into a pillar on the outside of the building near Adam leading the long zip line from the penthouse all the way down there.

She grabbed the MP5 and grabbed the strap then tossed the gun over the line and grabbed the inside of the stock then jumped sliding down the zipline all the way to the building where she jumped off long before she would of slammed into the pillar. Thankfully she had landed inside the walls of corpses, "Not bad, still got it in ya." She raised the MP5 then looked down into the hatch turning on the light, "Clear," one swift hop and she bypassed the ladder completely into the pitch black darkness. From the bottom she said and echo'd, "Clear to come down." She was standing in some kind of sewer system but it had been cut off from the rest of New York, it had access doors and looked like it actually lead somewhere.

[«Wraith»]

He was quick to follow her down into the the dark sewers. "Somethings never leave you no matter how much you want them to. Especially the combat programming..." He spoke lowly, turning on his chest light. He drew one of his 45's and held it up, scanning the area.  He never did like killing non-infected, even if they worked for Umbrella. There was something about the panic they sometimes suffered when met with a stronger enemy that couldn't be taken down by conventional means. The problem was that the moment the combat programming kicked in, it usually took Adam all the will he could muster to stop. That's why he never once bothered going into the save zones or even tried making contact with any resistance fighters. Every day since that night was a fight between him and the monster inside. "So where to now?"

[¤Amy Grace¤]

"Forward I suppose, place looks a bit linear," wouldn't take them long to round a corner to find a hallway covered in blood and bits of corpses strung out alongside the hallway, "Ah, well shit," missing arms and legs some rotted some fresh she didn't expect Birkin to have survived now but they still needed to make sure the lab would be destroyed in the long run. She continued forward hearing gunfire and some satanic yelling far ahead. Even as a B.O.W. that sent chills down her spine, she sighed, "Hey Amy, go into the dark hole where they have some really nasty things. Ok Alice! Sounds great! Gotta stop signing myself up for these missions."

He voice had drawn attention and down the hall several of the creatures sprinted at alarmingly fast speeds toward the two. Even in shock at their appearance she opened fire aiming for the exposed skull but taking any shot she could to down any of them. To her surprise one of them fell under her bullet barrage. She was forced to move back to avoid being slashed and as she moved away her free hand angled up unleashing a form of energy that pushed them back giving her room, Amy spun around again and opened fire with the remaining bullets in her clip.

[«Wraith»]

Adam was nearly knocked back as he began firing off shots. "What the hell are these things?!" One managed to get the upper hand as Adam missed his shot. It swung at him with it's bladed arm, if it wasn't for dumb luck on his part as he nearly tripped backwards his head would've been off of his shoulders. He didn't waste any time though, immediately seizing the arm Adam utilized his strength and snapped the arm clean off from the elbow before viciously plunging the blade part of the arm deep into the creatures skull and kicking it away. 

[¤Amy Grace¤]

She pounced at the other one driving her knife deep into its eyesocket and shoving all her strength into it and onto the floor. She pulled her knife out of its eye and stood up then took off her hoodie and tossed it in the corner, "Soaked in that nasty shit," she brushed off her tank top and pulled her pistol from her hip holster, "This is a type 2 lab," she checked the corner before advancing, "It's something Birkin and Himura were working on before New York got shot out by Hellsing and Birkin wound up missing."

Amy heard shrill ticking coming from above them in the vents, "We have to move," she began running forward toward the sound of the gunfire and the moment they exited the first set of corridors the vents behind them burst opened. Creatures exited completely black in appearance mutilated and mutated. They were fast and were crawling on all surfaces. To her surprise they went down easy as she unloaded several shots killing two but there were so many of them and in the darkness it didn't help that they were fast and swarming.

[«Wraith»]

Adam wound up looking back at the new B.O.W. arrival before he got the chance to respond to her. Lickers? They acted like them but at the same time the looked vastly different in comparison. Almost like a blend between Lickers and Chimeras. One leaped from the top of the sewer towards him, mandibles flailing and jaw wide open to bite his face off. Adam opened fire knocking it out of the air, it's shriek of death drowned out by the fact paced clattering and of the swarm's movements coupled with their growls of hunger driven aggression.  "Theres too many of them! We gotta run!" He took down a couple more but it was hard getting a good shot and Adam was running low on his ammo. 

[¤Amy Grace¤]

"Ah shit!" She turned and ran directly behind him. Those things were fast and keeping up with them but they cleared a room and the door slammed shut behind them. A Umbrella soldier was holding a laptop in his hands and was typing on it in the corner, he looked at at them then back down to the laptop mummbling randomly. Amy trained her weapon on him, "Put it down." He looked back at her then back to the lap top, "I said," then he began slamming the laptop into his head over and over again let out a howling screech and jumped directly at her, one spinning back kick later and he was planted on the floor with her foot pressing down on his throat crushing his neck and breaking the link to living and reanimation with his spine.

"He was infected, they rapidly reanimate while living then begin angrily lashing out at the place or one another until they are mutilated enough that's when they start mutating into those things or worse," the gunshots had ceased, "I guess the rest of their team is infected or dead," she picked up the mans rifle checked the magazine and patted his body down for more ammo for it taking two spare magazines then located his pistol housing 45s, she tossed his pistol over to Adam and found a spare clip for it tossing that as well, "I'd of liked to have kept that laptop though."