Resident Evil Revival

Chapter 26

Steve's eyes shot open as he then saw himself in a vast darkness that overwhelmed his surroundings. He panted as he glanced around, back and forth. His mouth opened as he felt his vocal cords shout but the sound that made was pure silence. Steve quickly grabbed his neck firmly as he tried to speak. Again, he felt the cords vibrate but the sound never left. 

Steve felt himself panic but he started hearing a voice that hummed all around him, "My my! Don't you like being loud," the voice had a posh mousey British accent that felt like it was made of sugar. "Oh? You don't remember me? Pitty.. I wonder what you do remember and what you are forcing yourself to forget. After all, I am the sole purpose of your existence, my little rat."

Steve felt a pit sink in his stomach. It was another dream. It had to be. The familiarity of the voice loomed and made him feel sick. Steve started running. He ran as fast as he could as the voice continued, "Oh, wow! You really have grown! It seems my creation has adapted to you much better than it did for me," She audibly pouted like a bratty little girl. Steve was panicking. He knew this voice. Knew the name but somehow didn't at the same time, or rather, did not want to remember. 

His full-on sprint took him nowhere. The space he was stuck in was a genuine void. Steve felt his heart start to pound as he fell to his knees, as he scratched his neck wanting to speak, scream whatever. He wanted to hear his voice instead of this bitch that rung in every direction, "You may think you are in control of your actions but I assure you, my little pet... You. Are. My. Puppet."

Steve cried as he shot out of the bed and screamed violently. He panted and whimpered as his eyes were squinted shut. Someone nearby tackled him in an embrace. The body was warm and calming as they clung to him tightly, "It's OK, Steve. You're here... With us," After a second of silence, his glowing eyes soon opened and saw the shoulder and back of Yumi who held him firmly, as she stroked his back. 

His panting ended soon after and his arms wrapped around her and took a deep breath completely embracing her tightly before he slowly recoiled and looked at Yumi as he then saw her with teary eyes. He gave a soft smile as he tilted his head, "Were you worried about me? I promised you I would come back."

Yumi chuckled softly as she then wiped her eyes, "Ya, by the skin of your teeth and some random intruder." 

For a second he had to think about what she was talking about until he had realized and stood up out of the bed, "What happened?" he glanced around and realized he was back in the nurse's office, "How did I end up here? Where's Will?"

Yumi quickly grabbed him by the arms gently making sure that she could brace him if he was weak at all, but of course, he wasn't, "Will? Is that what he called himself to you?" She gave a soft chuckle as she relaxed and sat on the bed as she watched him ponder about, "The guy who saved your ass goes by the name of Billy Coen. He was declared dead before the Racoon City incident. Been a wanted criminal sentenced for execution. You were side by side with a murderer."

Steve stood there, quiet and unsure of how to react. The guy who saved his ass several times had a death sentence? he scoffed softly as he thought about it, "The man went out of his way to save my ass," Steve admitted, "He is a good person, and he helped me survive all of that. If he's a bad guy, we are going to get over it. Where is he?"

Clyde entered the room and spoke, "The man is in a cell in the cellblock area of the facility," Steve stared at him in somewhat disbelief. Clyde gave steve a shrug, "You kicked some ass up there. All five levels completely wiped clean."

Steve paused his motion and stared at him in confusion, "Wait, what? No, I only cleared two."

They all stood there as they all realized that Billy had cleared the rest of the gyms.