Resident Evil by John Shirley

Author:John Shirley [Shirley, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781163160
Publisher: Titan

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Moments later Alice was on the freight elevator, checking her weapons, making sure they were primed and ready. Aware that the seconds were ticking by, wondering if Becky was still alive.

She looked over at Leon and Barry.

Leon had returned to the platform, as well, where he knelt beside his friend.

“Talk to me, Barry.”

Barry grimaced. His face was laid open, one of his lips slashed through.

“Feel like shit.”

Leon began unwrapping a sterile medi-pad from the kit on his belt. He pressed the pad to Barry’s clawed face.

“Here, this should help. Hold it in place.”

Barry reached up weakly and pressed the pad against his skin, so that the medication would be drawn through the epidermis. He looked up at Leon, locked eyes with him.

“Tell me, honestly. How bad is it?”

“You know,” Leon began thoughtfully, “I think that thing improved your looks.”

Barry laughed, and then grimaced with pain.

“Son of a bitch! Don’t make me laugh.”

Leon looked at his countdown watch.

“Seven minutes then we’re out of here. We’ll get you help topside.”

Barry nodded. Leon stood up and looked at Alice, who was walking toward the base of the ladder. He stared.

“What are you doing?” he asked, in disbelief.

“I’m going to get her,” Alice replied, simply.

Leon laughed bitterly and shook his head.

“I didn’t lose this many friends just to have you walk away!”

“I plan on coming back,” she said calmly.

Leon strode over and blocked her way.

“Don’t do this. You’re more important than she is.”

“Well, that’s where you’re wrong,” Alice said firmly.

“This is a mistake!” Leon insisted.

Alice gave him a diamond-hard, ice-cold look. A look that spoke eloquently of danger. It said, Try to stop me and I’ll cut you down.

“Step aside,” she gritted.

He took a long, slow breath—then he stepped out of the way.

Alice walked over to the ladder—and so did Luther, offering her a small flashlight.

“Take this,” Luther said.

Alice took the flashlight and smiled at him.

“Don’t be leaving without me.”

Luther chuckled.

“Are you joking? I’m coming with you.”

Alice smiled—and then the smile froze on her face, melted away as gunfire cracked, and bullets ricocheted around them.

Luther spun, groaning, and went down.

Alice looked up and saw two Umbrella troopers, running toward the elevator shaft, firing their weapons. She drew her pistol, and fired back. Luther fired from a prone position, and Leon lit up the troopers, too. The two clones staggered back, dancing with bullet impacts—and then fell, twitching.

But more were coming, Jill Valentine and her squadron had reached the submarine pens.

“Are you okay?” Alice asked Luther, hunkering beside him.

“Clean shot…” But they both could see that his arm was mangled, broken. Alice shook her head, dubious.

“Clean shot?” she said. Smashed by a rifle bullet, Luther’s arm was an ugly mess. He could bleed to death pretty easily.

Clenching his teeth against pain, Luther sat up, using a piece of torn cloth to fashion a makeshift tourniquet. He glanced up at the ladder, and shook his head—then handed Alice a belt of grenades.

“Go get her back.”

Alice nodded, patted his cheek, strapped on the grenades, and jumped to the ladder.

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