Raccoon City 1998

Chapter 9: Protecting Something Precious

Smacking down onto the lower floor of the sewers, the two laid there, half alive, half out of it as Sherry stood over them. "Claire? Are you all alright? Jacob?" Sherry calls out to them.

They faded in and out of the subconscious, "Sherry...?" Jacob groans out to her, trying to pull himself back in "Jacob? Can you hear me? Claire...?" Sherry calls out to them again, shaking Jacob's shoulders. "Jacob, you have to get out. He's going to get us." Sherry begs Jacob, as he was trying. "Can't... the hit knocked me... right out," Jacob mutters to her.

He tries to sit up, but smacks back down onto the ground, "Listen... Sherry... you have to... run." he warns her, but she shook her head. "Jacob, please. You and Claire have to wake up," she tells him, shaking him again. "Wake up! Wake up!" she shouts at him again. "Run... Sherry... run..." Jacob mutters to her and was out like a light.

Sherry looks back, seeing the monster was getting closer and she stood up and took off running, Claire then too was out like a light.

Wake up. Wake up!

A new voice calls out to them, followed by the clicking of fingers. Claire snaps her eyes wide open and found herself laying on the ground. She looks over and saw a woman in a white trench coat kneeling over Jacob as he groans awake, fluttering his eyes open. "Open your eyes... hold still," she tells him.

Jacob looks up at the doc as his eyes dilated at the light shined in his eyes "Neither of you is infected." she states as she took her light away and stood up. Claire groans as she looks around the room. "Sherry?" she calls out. Jacob slowly pulls himself up and looks around the room. "Sherry, where'd you go?" he calls out to her.

Seeing no trace of her, Jacob grips his side as he held Claire back to her feet, "Where's Sherry?" Claire questions the doc as she was taking notes on the wreckage of the elevator. "Sherry... Sherry's fine." the woman answers her. The two looked at her as Claire pulls herself away from Jacob. "Do you know Sherry?" she asks her. "...was an impressive display of strength." the woman marks down.

Jacob exhales as they both limp towards her, "What happened to her?" Claire questions her, but the woman quickly walks away. "We have to assess the situation," she states, writing down more notes and they looked at her in confusion. "Who are you?" the woman asks them.

They both stare at her, "I'm Claire and this is Jacob." Claire answers her. "I didn't foresee this..." the woman mutters to herself as Claire steps up next to her. "Excuse me, where is she?" Claire questions her. But the woman ignores her. "Hello?" Claire tries again. "What...? Oh, Annette. Tell me what happened to William?" Annette asks them.

Jacob just stares at her in disbelief. "I don't know. Who's—who's that?" Claire asks her, "The creature responsible for this." she summarizes for her. Jacob looks back at the wreckage he and Claire were lucky enough to survive. "what?" Claire asks as he was still confused.

Annette sighs at them and places her notepad away, "Can you help us find Sherry?" Claire asks her. But Annette looks away from her. "Seems to be evolving much faster than expected..." she mutters to herself and went to leave, but Jacob follows after her. "Where are you going?" he questions her and Annette turns back to him. "Look, I don't have time to play twenty questions. Everything's under control," she informs her. Jacob just threw up his hands at her. "Hey! Stop ignoring us and tells us where's Sherry!?" Jacob questions her. Then the woman immediately stops and turns back to them. "My daughter is not your concern." she snaps at them.

And hearing those words just made him angry, "The hell she isn't! I care more about her well being than you do! And you're her fucking mother!" he snaps at her, Claire looks at him in surprise as the subject of the family was a sore spot for him. Annette just looks at him, momentarily then steps away and left the room through the door and they both stood there. "Un-fucking-believable. This is bullshit." Jacob swore to himself as he reloads his rifle and they look back to the elevator. "Sherry's... her daughter?" Claire questions herself.