Red Moon Rising - A Prototype for Perfect Evil

Takato didn't even bother to think at the sight of such speed, spreading out his glowing palms as sinister dripping Latin poured over lips. The air grew heavy, a unseen light peaking forth beneath his feet. It was as if stone had responded to his call, rocks walls forming around certain Lickers before crushing them like ants, blood leaking down the walls as they fell back where they came from. He repeated this quite a few times, literally crushing the beasts into oblivion with magically formed walls.

It was a horror driven sport in essence.

Finally a Licker grew too close to him, amber eyes narrowing before his metal limb warped with a torrent of colour. A massive claw shredded straight through the beast, impaling it upon monstrous nails before tossing it aside. Takato grunted lightly and wiped a hint of sweat from his forehead, his metal arm slowly morphing back to normal as he gazed at the creatures. "I'm starting to hate these things. So messy." A blast of lightning followed afterwards, his hand spreading out for more brutal mayhem.

The lasers had wiped out a bit more of the pack, leaving a smaller circle around the body of Raven. He looked around, his hands simply hanging at his side as he cracked a smirk.

"Five on one, eh?"

He placed his gun back in the holster, reaching into his pocket. He removed a black item, a knight stick in appearance. He flipped it once in his hand, cracking it in the middle and pulling the pieces out, a chain falling in between, the weapon forming into Nunchaku.

"I don't like your odds."

He began leaping in place, a high-pitched Bruce Lee-like sound coming from his lips as he spread into a fighting stance. A licker leapt into the air, only to eat the blunt force of raven's weapon, it's exposed brain exploding one impact. Raven spun with the strike, tossing the nunchaku over his shoulder and transitioning it into the other hand and turning to face another whiched he ducked under, spinning to crack the cerebelum of another licker, which fell off the side of the building, hitting the ground with a splat.

A backflip lead to the stomping in of another's head, an act which saw Raven letting out another high-pitched yell. The second to last Licker took this as it's chance to strike. Raven connected the pieces of the Nunchaku, now turning the weapon in the opposite weapon. Both ends of the weapon elongated, now forming into a pole staff. Raven spunt he staff, lifting it up and into the mouth of the licker, down the throat, and threw it over head, it too flying off the side of the massive structure. The final Licker lunged at Raven, giving it's mobility to the attack, only to be caught by the tongue. Raven slammed the beast into the roof, stomping on it's head as he pulled, the tongue tearing from it's maw. He lifted his foot, stomping it down, and it's head was no more.

He looked at the mess he had caused, shrugging, and threw it to the ground.

"This is the best they have? I'm just warming up."

He chuckled, not acknowledging the actions any further as he leapt to the final building before the wooded estate. He spied the Spencer Mansion in the distance, his eyes narrowing on the target.

"Ima, let me down."

Ima nodded as she lessened Raven's gravity. "Go ahead and jump, you're good." She said as she smiled and tried not to look at the bodies of the creatures. She failed at that, but managed to hold in her shudder this time.

The girl had a feeling that this wasn't going to be particularly pleasant.

Raven leapt from the rooftop into a nosedive, the ground getting closer and closer every second before he flipped forward, landing on his feet lightly as a feather thanks to the help from his alien friend. He began walking toward the large mansion as soon as he made contact, the others following closely behind him when they had landed.

The door was kicked open, S.T.A.R.S. operatives entering in uniform, making sure everything was clear. They had done this timeless occassions, so they knew what they were doing. Following suit, the rest entered, taking the same path as the agents through the lavish and dark home, old paints and finely crafted wood work littering the walls around them.

"Sir, we found it!"

Chris and the others turned the corner to find exactly what they had come for. In the study a book case had been pulled back, a large steel door behind it. The team ahd already gotten to work on it with a power torch, the metal melting away from the outside, then pulled away by four men. A long hall lead diagnally down for as far as the eye could see. This was the entrance into the labs, and this was exactly what they wanted.

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OOC: I decided to do this just to get us all into the labs, the one place we needed to be for the fun to really begin! Leon will be the next to post since it is his turn.

Ima couldn't help but frown a little, realizing they would be going inside. Being what she was, she was going to get much more tired much more quickly with the absence of sunlight. The girl would just have to hope that they weren't in here for long. With all the action they would be doing, she didn't know how well she'd be able to hold out.

Oh well. She'd make herself keep going if she had to.

Ima looked down the long hallway, wondering if their adventure would be quite so long...

The stairs descended for quite a ways, orange lights guiding the group further down. Minutes ticked by, and finally they had touched base on flat ground. Raven made his way into the open space. It was dark, lit by large lights in the ceiling, but only in specific locations. He eyed a large steel door across from him, the size of a bank vault that you'd see in the movies, desgined the same way.

"Men, crack that thing!"

Chris dropped the orders, and two S.T.A.R.S. agents made their way tot he door, one removing a large blow torch, going to work on the steel, melting it away. After a few more minutes the door was unsealed, the two men pushing it aside as the rest of the team pushed through, Raven trailing behind, taking one last look at the large, empty room before leaving.

The group slowly made their way down large hallways, the walls formed from a tough, glass material, but showing nothing but darkness all around them. These facilities were obviously abandoned, and with the mess outside, for good reason. They filed into a large room, circle in shape, a computer resting in the center.

S.T.A.R.S. spread out, exploring the room, one agent seeing a large door on the other side with another hallway on the other end, viewing it through a small window. It was just like the others, but pitch black.

"Seems like our only entrance."

Raven spoke blatantly, only to be interrupted by Chris.

"It'd be suicide to go in there without knowing what's on the other side. for all we know there's a group of flesheaters in the dark just waiting for us. Mason."

He turned to another Agent, who nodded, heading over to the computer.

"He'll find a way to get the lights on, then we go through."

Ima just looked around while she waited for the lights in the hallway to come on. It was certainly an interesting place. It sort of brought back memories...though whether or not they were pleasant was highly debatable.

After she was done looking around she decided to float over and watch the agent type on the computer. The alien had always found human technology to be fascinating.

The agent eyed Ima, not paying her too much attention. She had been helping them and that was all well and good, but there was always a chance she was a B.O.W. like Chris had suspected. He had to at least acknowledge that she was there.

A few more moments as the lights in the room flicked on with immediate results, the hallway illuminating. It was made entirely of the plexi-glass substance the other halls were, and flourescent lights lined the outside, from the floor right to the ceiling.

"All clear, sir."

The team seemed ready to go through the door into the actual Umbrella Corp. labs, filing into order to prevent any sneak attacks, but all was followed by a click, static noise, and a breath. What followed that was a voice that could only be described as bone-chilling, which started with a light chuckle.

"Well it seems our party has some new guests."

Raven's eyes shot to the speaker system, along with Chris'. The voice was familiar to his ears, he had heard it once before, but where? All answers were given with a gasp from Chris Redfield, followed by the name that forced Raven's eyes to widen.

"Wesker."

Ima also turned her eyes to the speakers. Wesker? That was the person who killed the owner of this place or something, wasn't it? Or something like that, she couldn't quite recall.

She couldn't help looking around for him for a moment before figuring it was useless. It would have been incredibly dumb for Wesker to use the speakers were he nearby.

Not to mention he would have several people trying to attack him if he were nearby.

The girl waited for this stranger to continue.

"Yes Chris, the one and only."

Another snicker followed. Wesker, the man Raven saw kill the Umbrella Corp owner. The man who he saw Jill Valentine, Chris' partner, tackle out of a window down into the ocean below, to their death, but here he was, his voice speaking to them.

"And I see you've brought Jill's friend with you......shame, it would've been so nice to see her face with you all."

Chris had neough

"Shut up! When I find you Wesker so help me god I'll kill you myself!"

"Heheh, Chris, let's try to avoid more deaths than necessary. We need as many as we can get in my new world."

"New world?! What are talking about?"

"You'll see soon enough, Chris. In just a few hours all will be answered. Until then, my assistant will keep you company, introduce yourself, dear."

The door on the other side of the lit hallway opened, and from it emerged the figure in the black cloak, it's black mask still open it's face. Chris noticed this at the same time rushed throught he door into the hall, as well as Raven and the team, only three staying behind. A warped voice spoke.

"If you survive the security system, you won't survive me."

"Wait!"

The figured escaped through the door, it slamming shut, at the same time the door behind the group shut as well. The lights pulsed in the hall. Raven looked around, trying to figure out the situation. One of the agents spoke.

"What's that?"

A beam appeared at the end of the hall horizontally crossing it. Stronger and stronger it grew. Raven snapped into the situation.

"Don't let it touch you!"

The teen couldn't help but think that this was all very confusing.

Ima heeded the advice, making sure to stay well out of the way of the laser before looking between the two closed doors. What now? Should they try to break them down?

"Should we try breaking the doors?" She voiced her thoughts.

"Good idea Ima!"

Raven looked at the door ahead. It was re-enforced, a foot or so thick of solid seel. To any other man this would be near impossible to pass, but last time he checked, Raven was no other man.

The laser shot out at an insane speed, the S.T.A.R.S. agents hitting the deck to avoid it. Raven leapt into the air, front flipping over it and landing on his feet, thrusting a kick into the door. He didn't expect the results. The door caved in, launching across the next room. Raven stared in amazement at what he had done. Where did that power come from?

She wasn't really surprised that Raven had knocked down the door. She knew he was strong.

The alien pulled out one of her guns and shot the other door. It was destroyed almost instantly, and with it the three in the other room could come through.

Afterwards Ima walked up to Raven. "Shall we go?" She smiled.

Raven looked at the girl with bewilderment in his eyes. She seemed like his strength was nothing out of the usual, he had never seen this before. He looked back as the laser disappeared, the rest of the team moving through the hall.

They had made their way through more of the same, finally coming to a crossroads of halls, each one leading to another in a grid like fashion. Raven peered through the plexi-glass walls into each dimly lit room. Desks littered with papers matched the floors, also covered. The evacuation must have been intense.

"We should split up, teams of two, we could find some intel on what we need. Find the lab location."

The team split up, the S.T.A.R.S. agents with each other, raven opting to take Ima along. He knew she could handle herself but he wasn't going to take chances. The team tore the offices apart, papers flying around, but nothing.

"Ima.....don't let what these guys say hurt you. Not everyone gets....special people like us."

"Thank you, Raven." Ima smiled happily at her friend as she said this. "I admit, it's a bit depressing having none of them really believe us, but I'll live. I'll do my best to make sure everyone else does too while I'm at it." She grinned and flashed a victory sign with one hand. "So don't worry about me, okay?"

Honestly? It was more than 'a bit' depressing, but the teen knew now was far from the time to speak of any emotional distress that she had. Like she said, she would live.

She changed the topic. "That was really neat when you knocked down the door! I know you're strong, but it's still cool to see just how strong you are."

"Yeah....."

Raven seemed disturbed by the mention of his strength. It was still kind of shocking to him, but he tried to mask it with a light smile. He had to show his courage to her.

"I kinda.....don't know my own strength."

They turned the corner, now finding an office to search of their very own, except it wasn't just them. Raven raised an eyebrow, looking in through the glass.

"Is that......a man?"

Raven looked down to ima, a smile on his face. Someone had survived! He rushed into the office.

"Sir, are you alright!"

The man in the labcoat remained with his back to them. Raven looked at him confused, trying to figure out what was happening. He must've not heard him. Raven spoke louder.

"Hey man, you need to come with us, the party's kinda over here."

Raven walked over, about to place his hand on his shoulder as the man turned, his lifeless eyes combined with a bloodthirsty roar in Raven's face gave it away. Zombie. Raven fell back out of shock, crawling back as the Zombie lumbered over to him, ready to eat. The creature dove, landing on top of Raven. The two struggled a bit, then the sound of flesh and bone seperating was heard, blood pouring onto the floor, both bodies laying still.

Ima's eyes widened as she saw it happen. Almost immediately she used her gravity powers to throw the zombie to the side, slamming it hard against the side of the room. She wasted no time in blasting it with her laser, evaporating the creature in less than a second.

Then she ran over to Raven. "Raven! Are you okay?" She bit her lip worriedly, chanting over and over in her head for him to be okay.

"You kinda wasted my knife......."

Raven laughed as he sat up, pointing over to where the zombie was.

"I didn't get the chance to pull the thing out of his head."

He looked over to the girl, placing his hand on her head and rubbing it a bit before standing up, brushing himself off. The damn thing got blood on his coat, lucky for him it was red, it matched. As long as he kept it away from his face, the virus couldn't get to him.

He looked to the the location of the former zombie.

"He had an Umbrella tag on his coat.....they did this to their own employees."

He smacked his fist on the wall behind him in a fit of anger, dozens of large cracks spreading through it.

"Bastards!"

Hearing the knife thing, Ima looked down and shuffled her feet. "I'm sorry. I got carried away..." Or rather, she had panicked, but in this situation the outcome was the same. "I can give you one of my guns if you want."

She jumped as Raven's fist slammed into the wall, before what he said slammed into her. They used their own people to do these things? Ima looked at the spot where the zombie used to be.

This tune was getting far too familiar for her liking.

She shook her head to rid herself of the memories and walked up to Raven. Making sure to avoid the blood, she tugged on his coat.

"You okay?" She asked worriedly.

Raven sighed, looking down to her with a smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine. How you holding up?"

"Sir, we have it!"

Raven's ears perked with the words, knowing that something good had come up. He shook off the shock of the evil of Umbrella, motioning for the duo to go back to the group.

An agent handed Chris some papers, filing through them to read everything that he had received. Numbers and words he couldn't care less for passed his eyes. blahblahblah tyrant project, blah blah........there it was!

"We have the location of the labs!"

Then the sound of glass breaking silenced them all, followed by the haunting moans they had come to know.

"WE GOT COMPANY!"

More former employees......they were here and had their mind set on one thing. Eating the guys with guns.

Shivering at the sight of the sight of the zombies, Ima pulled out her guns. She couldn't help but wonder just how many of these things there were. They always seemed to come without end!

With that, Ima let the rapid fire begin.

Raven removed a single one of his guns, unzipping the pouch he had brought with him. Takato had made him so many customized rounds, and he was going to use them. He loaded in the bullets, taking aim.

"I call these bad boys "Fire Tongues"."

A shot launched, connecting with the skull of one zombie, immediately bursting into flame with a small explosion, taking out zombies near it. He fired again, more going down. Only a small few remained after the attacks of Ima and raven, leaving chris time to shine. He removed a large knife, slicing off the head of two more zombies, finishing the last with a stab. The group took a deep breath, calming theirselves from the fright.

"The labs are just below us."

Chris spoke, stomping out some of the fire left over from Raven's attack.

"We should get going."

Raven stopped them.

"Listen, I think we should take a shortcut."

He removed the sword from his back, turning it in his hand and plunging it into the ground, cutting a large hole, the piece of the floor falling in with a loud bang. If they weren't fast, that was going to attract something.........unwanted.

"Let's go."

Ima blinked as Raven opened a hole in the floor. A bit of an odd way of getting there, but it worked, she thought as she giggled. The teen soon floated down, landing safely thanks to her gravity powers.

She used them to make it so all the others could come down safely as well. "You can jump down, I lessened your gravity!" She called up through the hole.

Ima took a deep breath then. She was starting to feel tired. That wasn't a good sign...

The group followed, Raven touching down after they did. The labs were large, hazmat roomss containing multi-colored viles covered everywhere the eye could see. Chris surveyed the area, nodding once he acknowledged that they were where they needed to be.

"We need that T-virus, it's a blue vile, double-helix shaped."

Raven didn't wait, he went on the hunt. Time was important.

Ima simply followed Raven, feeling it would be for the best, and knowing she wouldn't be very useful for not knowing what a 'double-helix' was. Again, the alien cursed the language barrier and her general lack of knowledge. But this wasn't the time for questions.