Dreadful encounters in the NEST (S2)

Umbrella’s secret laboratory, the NEST - the source of Raccoon City’s nightmare. In order to find the G-Virus, Leon alone steps into this realm of the dead.

Chapter 9 - Nest Of The Damned

Leon stepped cautiously into the NEST with his pistol held. When the lights came on, he saw the big Umbrella sign on the white wall.

According to the direction board, the North Area here was the base of the science research team working in the sewer system, with the development section on one side and the dormitory section on the other.

The door to the development section and the other to the central knot of the NEST, the Main Shaft, were locked, and both required the general staff clearance to unlock. So the only available section for him to search now was the dormitory.

It was so quiet down here and Leon could almost hear his own heartbeats. The radio he’s been carrying was silent all this time as he hasn’t heard from Claire for a long time. He tried to reach her for a few times, yet got no response. He feared that the worst had happened to her, and all that he could do was to not think about it.

Leon slowly opened the door of the dormitory and the smell of **** immediately overwhelmed him. The ground of this long corridor ahead of him was covered in blood, some of which were even fresh.

There were dozens of entry logs in the auto log terminal beside the door from 27th to the dusk of 29th. Some of them were from general staffs, yet there was no exit log. It seemed that all of those who got here had regarded this place as a safe shelter, but he knew very well that this was just another **** trap.

Leon followed the trail of blood into one of the rooms and found the highly decayed corpse of a man in a tactical suit, with the label of “J. Martinez” on his chest, sitting by the wall. Based on the bullet wound on his skull and the pistol in his hand, Leon would say that this man had committed suicide.

He picked up the recorder beside the body and tried to find out what happened by playing the tape. The time stamp on the entry was 22nd of September. The recording had no sound, probably because the recorder was damaged.

Martinez was hiding in the vent on the ceiling, spying on a blonde scientist who was nervously collecting something from the lab. After receiving signals from his teammates, Martinez jumped from the ceiling and pointed his MP5 machine gun at the scientist.

“Wait...it’s him!” Leon recognized the scientist’s face. It was the G-creature he encountered in the police station and the sewer system.

The confrontation soon turned into hell as the scientist tried to grab a gun and was shot repeatedly by Martinez. One of Martinez’s teammate acquired the suitcase from the dead scientist and they left the room.

However, before they could reach the cable car, they were attacked by the mutated scientist and most of the team were killed. During the fight, the suitcase was destroyed and some of the test tubes inside were broken. Martinez was severely injured and he escaped into the dorm. He finished the recording seconds later.

Leon breathed deeply and searched for the other entries. The last recording started on 23rd.

Martinez was firing his machine gun at some unseen things in the corridor before he ran back inside this room and closed the door behind him. He was sitting by the wall and breathing heavily. The door was busted by the unseen things. He pointed the pistol at the door without firing, and shortly after he killed himself with it.

The recorder rolled to the side and Martinez’s body was being ravaged by the unseen monsters, leaving pairs of puncture wounds on his corpse. The recording ended a few minutes later.

“Jesus...” Leon couldn’t help but gasp in horror.

The virus must’ve been spread from this place. Leon couldn’t imagine what terrible things had happened here, but he must keep looking for the general staff clearance. He extracted the tape from the recorder and preserved it as an evidence of Umbrella’s involvement before resuming the search.

However, the deeper he went, the worse the situation was. On the B1 floor of the dorm, most of the doors were closed and he could hear seductive moans and low growls behind them.

This place has become an orgy of vampire sex...He tried his best to stay quiet in the corridor, but the aroma of sweet juice in the air was making him more and more difficult to maintain his senses. His legs started to shake and the erection of his dick was both annoying and arousing him. He really wanted to just rush into a random room and join them.

Luckily, the air was too thick for the sex-drowning vampires to smell a living person, so Leon safely made his way to the washroom. There were strange noises inside, so he carefully checked every stall with his pistol. The moment he opened the door of the last one, inside a young lady all wet charged at him with a knife in her hand.

Leon merely dodged the surprise attack and pointed his gun at her. When the lady realized who was in front of her was a living human, she sighed a breath of relief and lowered the knife. She had light brown hair reaching her shoulder and was wearing a casual yellow gym suit. She was completely wet, and Leon could tell that her body had a healthy curve line, even in this dim light.

“Who are you? You don’t seem to be a researcher around here.” Leon was vigilant as soon as he noticed that the lady was wearing the same ID wristband with a blue chip installed, which indicated that it was a general staff clearance.

“My-My name’s Lucy. I hid in the washroom to use the water to cover my scent.” The lady quivered and replied in fright. She kept her voice down, not wanting to attract those vampires lurking in the dormitory section, “Are you a police officer? Can-Can you help me out?”

“I’m Leon Kennedy. What are you doing in here in the first place?” Leon relaxed for a bit and lowered his gun.

“A friend of mine told me that there’s a emergence exit route in her lab, and I will need this clearance chip to get there...I found the chip, but I was trapped here. If it weren’t for you...” Lucy almost cried with her voice shaking, “I don’t know what to do...”

“It’s OK now. Come on, let’s get you out of here first.” Leon gently grabbed her hand to comfort her. Lucy calmed herself down, nodded gratefully and followed him out.

The general staff clearance in Lucy’s wristband would allow Leon to unlock to door to the Main Shaft, and getting her outside safely would serve that purpose. But it’s not just that. I’m a police officer, Leon kept telling himself as he desperately believed that if he could save someone, even just one person, in this nightmare, it was enough to convince himself that he wasn’t good for nothing.

The way back to the reception hall wasn’t as dangerous as he thought, since all the vampires still haven’t noticed them and have been busy fucking with each other in the rooms. As long as they remained steady and quiet, they should be alright. After returning to the ground floor, the exit of the dormitory section was just at the end of the corridor.

“That’s the way out!” Lucy excitedly shook off his hand and rushed towards the exit.

“Hey! Be careful!” Leon was caught in surprise, but he reacted quickly and ran after her. With the injury on his shoulder, he couldn’t catch up with her as she was much more faster. By the time she got out of the dorm, there was still a 10-meter distance for him.

However, when Lucy got out, she immediately turned around and locked the dormitory door with the general staff clearance. Leon didn’t expected this and almost crashed himself on the door. He tried his ID wristband on the lock but it was no use.

“What are you doing!?” Leon yelled in panic as his looked at Lucy smiling through the window. Vampires in the dormitory section was disturbed by his frightened yelling, and waves of angry growls echoed in the area.

“You trust others too easily, officer Kennedy.” Lucy dismissively laughed at him, “You know too much. I can’t let you get out alive.”

“What are you talking about? Damn it! Open the door!” Leon punched on the door heavily but it didn’t even budge. He tried to shoot the lock, but a vampire has already approached him and he had to kill it first. The loud gunshot sound made the other vampires more ferocious as they came upstairs in groups. With so limited silver bullets, there was no way he could kill them all and survive.

“Don’t worry, you won’t die but just turn into one of them. My late friend told me it was amazing when she’s fucking another cop, although I’m not going to try it.” Lucy playfully waved her hand at him before she stepped back and was about to leave, “Have a good night, Officer Kennedy.”

The chilling growls behind him were getting closer...