Continued from here.
Chapter Five
"Fever and Confusion"
After placing their vote on Jinx as the suspected traitor with the murders of Ada Wong, Doremi, and Jabber, a suspicion that turned out to be false, the group had no choice but to press on and take their losses. Eventually, their journey led them further up the facility, re-modeled by Umbrella into a strange mansion. From there, the group spread out once again in order to explore the strange facility, finding themselves in either the West or East Halls.
Those in the East Hall had come across a man rather familiar with Clark known as Lex Luthor, the man also happening to be working with Umbrella, and as such, possessed knowledge of the workings of the group's situation. He had presented them with a choice; execute a hostage that he had waiting for the group named Lana Lang, or suffer three murders the next time the Traitors struck. After a heated debate due to Lana's connection to both Luthor and Clark, the group unable to retaliate against Luthor thanks to his fail-safe panel capable of reactivating the devices inside the group, it was eventually decided to execute Lana, much to the reluctance of the majority of the group. To add insult to injury, Luthor proceeded to then infect the group with a sample of the T-Virus for the sake of insurance, as he described.
The West Hall, meanwhile, traversed through the depths of the strange mansion, including a peculiar mirror hall and a rotting kitchen. They suffered the same fate as the other group, falling victim to a trap that had infected everyone with the T-Virus, leaving everyone in a dire situation with little time to cure themselves, else they would fall victim to the virus, and death would be the least of their problems.
After the groups had reunited, solving a puzzle to unlock a reinforced door in the meantime, everyone stumbled across a large lounge area where the Traitors struck again, this time the victims being Cullen Bloodstone and Azura of Nohr, with Lex Luthor also present and very nearly being taken down as well, though narrowly surviving. After a thorough investigation, the group pointed their fingers now at Lucifer Morningstar, revealed by Wanda to indeed be another Traitor.
Turning on five more feeds, the group viewed feed 20, which showed little more than a large office. Inlaid in the marble floor was Umbrella's logo, red and white patterned in a circle... or, an umbrella. Beyond the office desk, there was little more to the room of note. At the edge of the screen, the group could just barely see a wheelchair. Someone was sitting in it, but most of them were just out of view. With nothing else to see, the feed was switched.
On feed 19 was Albert Wesker, except he wasn't wearing his lab coat anymore. He stood in an elevator, messing with something in his hand. It was impossible to tell what it was. After a moment, he stopped this action and began to look up slowly. His hand reached up to his sunglasses, lowering them just a bit so that his yellow eyes were shining.
He looked directly into the camera for a moment before it suddenly turned black. Lalonde cleared her throat upon seeing this.
"Let us hope that was just a coincidence," she said, before hurriedly switching to the next feed.
Feed 18 showed a dark room, but something could just barely be seen in the darkness. What appeared to be a tall humanoid was standing in the darkness, with tubes or wires connected to him. He seemed to shine, as if metallic. There was not much to see beyond this, so Lalonde switched away soon enough.
Feed 17 was nothing special, for it only showed a fancy room in disarray. The remains of what seemed to be an elevator were visible, the doors smashed in and the cables that held the car broken apart. With no activity to see, Lalonde switched the feed again.
Wesker appeared once again, this time on feed 16. He was back in his lab coat, holding a clipboard and looking away from the camera. He was writing on it quickly and furiously, talking seemingly into something the group couldn't see. There didn't seem to be much going on in this room otherwise.
"We must be so close," said Lalonde.
"Which feed should we try next?"
@Yun Lee @Mason Moretti @Bomb @Minerva @Takumi
Wanda's eyes narrowed on Lucifer. For just a moment she seemed angry, but it passed as quickly as it came.
"Perhaps you lie. Perhaps something greater than yourself has used you as you have used others. Do you know the name... Diablo?" She took a breath, closing her eyes as if trying to maintain a sense of calm.
"... Don't bother answering. It doesn't matter right now."
"She's right," Claire said, looking confused whether or not she should keep aiming her gun at Lucifer. She eventually settled on holstering it.
"Most of us have been infected now, so it's only a matter of time... I knew producing a serum is possible, so our best bet is to climb into the elevator and get somewhere where that's possible."
As it turned out, the two women didn't know how right they were.
In mere moments, the mutated creature that had been stalking the group smashed through the wall of the room, taking out
Daizo in the process. The monster then roared as tentacles slid out from his coat to wrap around
Nashetania and pull her toward him.
"Run!" Claire screamed, ushering the group toward the elevator, the bunny girl's screams following them as they ran. The doors opened quickly and it was spacious enough for all to fit. It seemed those who remained would escape once the doors began to shut, but the monster's tentacles snaked in and pulled out poor
Charlotte before they fully closed. The elevator then began to move down, but a heavy bump from above caused the whole thing to shake, and the group went into freefall, going down and down until stopping suddenly.
Not all were knocked to their feet in that moment, but all felt a strange noise in their head. It was a voice, whispering to them. It was male but sultry, both alluring and repulsive at once. It carried with it the image of fire and brimstone. There was a great pressure from all sides and everything felt hot. It was almost too much to bear, until--
There was silence.
...
"... One hell of a ride," Leon mumbled, moving to his feet. He rubbed at his head, feeling a bump.
"Was I out or something?" He looked up at the elevator's ceiling.
"It's been an hour," Claire said, sitting on the ground and staring at a watch on her wrist.
"I think we all... collectively... passed out for an hour." Claire and Leon exchanged a glance, knowing that didn't make much sense at all.
"If we've lost an hour, it means a lot of us are going to start feeling sick soon. You understand? We're going to have to split up in the next area to cover more ground."
When the elevator doors were pried open, the group found a dull gray hallway awaiting them. A split in the hall led down two paths. One was labeled vaguely as
Testing, while the other was called
Power.
"We're... We're near it. The Tesseract. I can... almost feel it," Riesbyfe mumbled, despite the fact that she, as far as she could remember anyway, had never been in contact with the device supposedly able to transport everyone back to where they had once come from. She had been carrying Adam but dumped him now for someone else to deal with.
"Everyone, we are near the endgame. I can feel it, but... All the more reason to keep your guard up. Do take care as always," she said to everyone, and with that, it was time to move once again.
"You'd think the end would look a bit more... interesting," Leon mumbled, but said little else as he hefted Adam over his shoulder. Someone had to do it.
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Tag @Atomyk for Power and @Verite/@Jeremi for Testing.
Cast List
@Sen as
Alucard (Castlevania)
@Jeremi as
Android 18 (Dragon Ball)
@Gummi Bunnies as
Blake Dormi (OC)
@Crow as
Cagliostro (Granblue Fantasy)
@Josh M as
Clark Kent (Smallville)
@penguin055 as
Domon Kasshu (Gundam)
@Archwar as
Fierce-Heart Ali (OC)
@Hana as
Hakuei Ren (Magi)
@Crimson Spartan as
Jaffar (Fire Emblem)
@thatguyinthestore as
Jason Todd (Arkhamverse)
@C.T. as
Jinx (League of Legends AU) -
INNOCENT!
@The Myrmidon as
Joshua (Fire Emblem)
@LuckycoolHawk9 as
Lucifer Morningstar and
Linda Martin (Lucifer) -
TRAITOR!
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as
Lucio (Overwatch)
@Yang Lee as
Kazuo Tengan (Danganronpa)
@MetalNova as
Mikoto Kujou (Last Game)
@Kaide` as
Miku Hatsune (Vocaloid)
@Verite as
Riesbyfe Stridberg (Type-Moon)
@Azuremoon as
Road Kamelot (D.Gray-man)
@york as
Schala Zeal (Chrono Trigger)
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as
Senna (Bleach)
@Hospes as
Setsuna (Shattered Angels)
@Kaykay as
Shirou Yusa (Dies Irae)
@Otto as
Twisted Fate (League of Legends)
@Gands as
Warpath (Marvel Comics) -
INNOCENT!
@Darkseide as
William "Penny" Adiyoi (The Magicians)
@Hachiro Terra as
Zerberus (Kingdom Hearts OC)
The Deceased
@Tone 6th as
Travis Touchdown -
DIED! INNOCENT! BLOWN UP!
@Yun Lee as
Alice Twilight -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! SHOT!
@TheMythicThird as
Black Mage Evilwizardington and
Fighter McWarrior -
DIED! INNOCENT! BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS!
@Vyzwx as
Overlord Laharl -
DIED! INNOCENT! HEAD CRUSHED!
@Cromartie Sarkissian as
Sheev Palpatine - DIED! INNOCENT! STABBED!
@Mason Moretti as
Naomi Kimishima and Inspector Navel -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! IMPALED AND BURNT TO A CRISP!
@TheColourlessRainbow as
Eliot Waugh -
DIED! INNOCENT! WHO KNOWS?!
@Nater Taters as
Revy and Rock -
DIED! INNOCENT! ROCKETED TO HELL!
@Bomb as
Doremi the Meoletta and Jabber the Riolu -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! ALSO BLOWN UP!
@Minerva as
Ada Wong -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! ALSO BLOWN UP!
@Takumi as
Azura of Nohr (Fire Emblem) -
MURDERED! TRAITOR! BISECTED!
@Atomyk as
Cullen Bloodstone (Marvel Comics) -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! CONTROLLED!
@DBZ7 as
Daizo (OC) -
DIED! INNOCENT! CRUSHED!
@Mami Tomoe as
Nashetania (Rokka no Yusha) -
DIED! INNOCENT! IMPALED!
@CCC Kouhai as
Charlotte Wiltshire (Hello Charlotte) -
DIED! INNOCENT! TAKEN!
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