Resident Evil: Catalyst

18

The people in the lorry looked terrible. They appeared to be covered in something, whether it was blood or dirt Scott wasn't sure. There were bite marks on them, all seemed old as the blood had dried and become crusty as the wounds began to heal themselves. "They've been bitten, stay back", Leon ordered readied to fire his gun if he needed to. The light on the end was scaring the people even more as they shuffled closer together. There had to be nearly over forty people in the lorry with them.

Jacks pushed Leon's hands down. "Turn the fucking light off, unless you want to get caught". Leon looked at Jacks for a few seconds before turning the light off again. A few moments later Chris and Ivan joined them in the back just before the lorry started to move again. Chris took one look at them and swore under his breath. "I don't think they're infected", Scott told him. Chris just looked at him. "How can you be sure?", Chris whispered.

"If they were infected, they would have attacked us by now", Scott explained, "all the infected that attacked us at the BSAA building, attacked us on sight why would they wait huddled in a group if they were infected".

"You have a point", Chris agreed.

"BSAA?", a man spoke up quietly, English didn't appear to be his first language as he sounded unsure as he spoke as if the words didn't sound quite right. "That's right", Chris said as he carefully approached them and crouched down in front of the man who spoke up. "We're here to help".

"Help...", was the only word the man repeated and nodded his head in understanding before he began to speak to the others in another language, that Scott wasn't too sure what it was. The lorry soon stopped again. "You are Americans and British?", a woman said, who sounded more confident in her words as she addressed them in English. "Do you speak English?", Chris asked her.

She nodded, "I used to teach it to the children and some adults".

"Where are you from?", Chris asked.

"In your language, the BSAA called it 'the Hong Kong outbreak'", she replied.

"You're the survivors from Hong Kong?".

"Yes... I heard one of the guards talking about the BSAA and their foolish attempts to stop the outbreak before they placed us in containers and sent us overseas like animals".

"How many of you were taken?".

"There were many of us in the container, over two hundred I would say. But I didn't count. Many of us didn't survive the journey. Once we reached land, they split us up I don't know what happened to the other groups. They held us in cages for days, before loading us into this thing".

Chris was silent after hearing this news, choosing to look at the floor in thought. Outside they could hear the shouting of people just before it felt like they were going down. "Are you...", she said getting Chris's attention. "Are you really here to help us?", she questioned him.

"We'll do what we can", Chris told her, "is anyone hurt?" he asked.

The woman shook her head, "no... while they had us locked up, they dealt with the bite marks we had sustained from those monsters".

"Why would they do that?", Ivan asked.

"A better question would be. Why hasn't the virus spread through their system?", Leon stated.

"So, what now?", Scott asked.

"We are inside, the survivors are in here, they will open it up and unload everyone, they'll find us", Jacks grimly reminded them.

"I can help you", the woman spoke up, "I can convince the others to help too".

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The elevator reached the bottom and people began to move around outside again. That's when the commotion began inside the lorry, people began to shout and scream, some shouted 'intruders' and 'soldiers' in English. The sides of the lorry were torn open and guards aimed their guns directly at Jacks and Scott's faces. Holding their hands up, they surrendered, quickly realising they were outnumbered. Two men jumped up and grabbed a hold of Jacks and Scott's arms, before dragging them out of the vehicle.