Surviving Raccoon City

Stay Dead Already

It didn't take long to find the two, they were in the train car just ahead of us.

"Oh thank god," Claire said, pulling Leon and me into a hug, Sherry coming to hug my waist. "Hey guys" I greeted ruffling Sherry's hair making the girl giggle, squirming to free herself.

The train lurched forward almost sending us sprawling to the floor. "What was that?" I asked, gaining my footing.

"I'm not sure, stay here. I'll go check it out" Leon answered, heading off towards the back, limping slightly. Not wanting him to go alone heaven forbid it was a monster I went after him.

"Wait, take this" Claire said giving me her grenade launcher and a couple of grenades. "Thanks, well be back," I said grabbing the gift and jogging over to Leon who didn't protest my tagging along.

Once we were in the third cart a loud screech of twisting metal greeted us, the back of the train being ripped open by a blob of flesh and teeth.

"You gotta problem with death?" Leon asked the creature, taking out his gun and firing. "Shit! I'm out!" he yelled as the beast approached, eating away at the train.

"I thought you took care of it" I yelled aiming Claire's gun and fired, directly hitting who I assumed was Birkin in the mouth sending him into a fit of rage. His body began to overtake the train cart, his flesh coating the metal, pulsating.

Gag.

His mouth grew, more rows of razor-sharp teeth emerged resembling a shark's mouth. Reloading I fired again, backing up as his infection spread, not wanting to get touched by the nastiness.

"Come on! Want some more!" Leon yelled, encouraging me to fire again. Birkin roared, his bulbous yellow eye appearing at the center of his mouth. "Just die already!" I yelled firing again.

He roared again, flinging out a clawed tentacle that took off the roof of the train, the action caused the train cart to lurch to the side sending Leon crashing into me, knocking me into the wall.

"Lara! Leon!" I heard Claire call out. Turning around the two girls were standing near the cable connector watching the scene unfold.

"The connector!" I yelled out, an idea forming in my head. Claire understood what I meant immediately getting to work with the help of Sherry as Leon and I held off Birkin.

Another quake hit us, sending us to the floor inches away from Birkin. A broken pipe was laying a few feet away, its end, jagged and sharp.

Grunting, I struggled to stand, the constant rumbling of the train making it incredibly difficult but all those years riding on the Subways in New York trained me for this moment. I picked up the long pipe, Leon helping and as the cart jolted again, using the momentum as an advantage I moved forward, the jolt giving us extra strength to stab Birkin deep into his yellow eye.

He roared in pain as Leon and I pushed harder, the pipe digging deeper into his iris as yellow puss squirted out. "Fuck you!" Leon yelled as we yanked the pipe out, yellow ooze pouring all over me as Birkin screeched, his eyeball frantically looking around.

"Give me your hands" Claire shouted as we crawled to the edge, not daring to stand. I went first, Claire pulling me to safety, before grabbing Leon. I helped haul him over when the cart gave, almost taking Leon with it.

We held strong though pulling him up as we watched Birkin disappear into a ball of flames, the detonation of the lab catching up. A bright light filled my eyes making me flinch and shield my eyes.

"Is it over?" Sherry quietly asked, gripping onto my tattered top. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders watching the flames shrink as the train traveled further away.