Viva la Resistance (open)

[Meryl Silverburgh]

They turned their backs on her, branded her a traitor and sentenced her to death.

It was time to repay the favor.

After being dropped off to the liberated sector by a reluctant Rose, Meryl wasted no time in beginning her infiltration of the sector keeping in mind what she already knew about it from Drake, Rose and media outlets. Her search for the Resistance having only just begun and each shootout she came across between Vulture and Resistance members allowed her to show which side she was on as she snuck up on unsuspecting Vulture's troops and ended their lives. Losing a small piece of herself in the process.

Conflict after conflict Meryl found herself at the back of a research lab where another battle broke out at the entrance between more Resistance members and Vulture's troops. What started out as a small operation was now large enough to where they could engage Vulture's men in several different spots and hold their ground surprisingly well. Sensing that there was something of value inside the research lab Meryl entered through the back door and began to search the place. Keeping her Desert Eagle held up and ready to fire at anyone carrying the Vulture insignia. Meryl eventually came across a room surrounded by computers and different files. Each file having details on a project simply called "Superhuman." Reports detailing test tube babies who were given genetically enhanced physical attributes to usher in the next generation of Special Forces. One name in particular caught Meryl's eye faster than anything else on the report.

"Drake White?"

She couldn't believe her eyes and in addition to seeing Drake's name, she saw Ayanna and Zach's as well. The three were known as some of the best Vulture ever had to offer but she, and many others, never had any idea that they were superhuman, let alone grown in a lab. Meryl's thoughts were interrupted however by the sound of footsteps approaching. Tucking the file away into her jacket for later she aimed the Desert Eagle towards the doorway of the room and waited to see who it was, and if they carried the Vulture insignia then they could bet they'd be greeted by a bullet.

[Mewtwo]

For Rebecca she had never thought that she would be actually on a battlefield fighting for her life, for heaven’s sake she was trained to be a cop not a soldier, though technically after what she had suffered in the Arklay Mountains this shouldn’t be much of a problem. An explosion rang out as she covered her face as she fired her MP 5 at the crowd, ”Are all battles like this?” she asked her friend Nadia as the French girl laughed.

”Non, well most of the time, depends on the enemy really” Nadia said with a shrug as she got out from her cover and lay a barrage of gunfire from her heavy machine gun as the Vulture troops that didn’t drop dead from the attack ran back to their own cover as she grinned while Rebecca inched closer to the research lab as Nadia covered her. They had seen some of the Resistance members go inside, no doubt to secure valuable information that might prove beneficial to the Resistance, Rebecca was reminded of the labs that the Umbrella Corporation used for their experimentation and what it had cost them in the end. She only hoped that nothing like that was being done in Vulture’s own research lab as well as she and Nadia entered the building.

The building was quiet, it was almost deserted as most of the Vulture troops were fighting outside, both of them switched to their handguns as it was more efficient then assault rifles as they cleared each area one by one before finally reaching the same place where Meryl was as they entered the room just as the former Vulture soldier aimed their guns at them, ”Woah Nadia said getting to cover as did Rebecca.

"Who are you?" Rebecca asked as the two of them had their handguns at the ready, "are you with Vulture?"

[Meryl Silverburgh]

"If I were you'd both be dead."

Meryl lowered her gun and inserted it back into the holster as she looked over to the cover Rebecca and Nadia took. Still able to hear the gunshots coming from outside. They were getting louder. The bad thing was she had no way of knowing who'd end up storming these halls when the sound of battle finally ended.

"You can come out now."

[Cazador]

At long last, Cazador had finally found them. It was the resistance. It looked like they were in battle with Vulture troops. According to the map he received from his robotic informant, the building was sort of research lab. Originally he was stopping by just to scout the place, but it looked as though that was no longer an option. The whole place was looking like a warzone. From the looks of it, Vulture troops were about to over run the resistance. There had to of been something important in there to risk fighting Vulture in a head to head battle.

Cazador looked from a building not to far away from the lab. Since he was here to investigate, he could lend them some assistance. He pulled his rifle off of his back. The rifle began to expand as it entered combat mode. He set bullets to sniper mode and set his visor to thermal so he could better see through the smoke. One by one, Cazador began to pick them off. It was like shooting fish in a barrel, but for every trooper he killed, it seemed two more would take their place. Cazador looked to his radar and saw two large blips coming in from a distance.

He looked over into the distance and could see two gunships coming in. There must of been something of importance if Vulture was sending in this much firepower. With that kind of fire power, they would rip apart the resistance in this battle. Cazador couldn't let that happen. He put his rifle on his back and it began to collapse back into sleep mode. As the gunships flew over him, Cazador aimed his grapple hook into one them. He quickly pulled himself up to gunship's cockpit. It was time to turn their firepower against them.

Cazador ripped open the window and pulled the pilot out. He screamed before meeting his end at the concrete below. Cazador was relieved when he saw the controls. They weren't too much different than the one's he flew back on Earth. The other gunship didn't seem to notice that Cazador hadn't taken control. By the time he did it would be too late. He unloaded on the unsuspecting gunship and blew it apart before it could have a chance to shoot at the resistance.

He then set his eyes on the Vulture ground troops. They had spotted what had just happend and began shooting rockets at him. Lucky for Cazador he found the switch to the flares to deflect any rocket fire. He retaliated and started ripping into the Vulture troops with the cannon. The flesh and blood of the troops was flying everywhere. It was more than enough to buy some time for whatever the resistance was doing in there. He found a nice open spot next to where the resistance was. Perfect spot for a landing and to let them have a gunship for a gift.

As he landed, Cazador enabled his stealth camo mode and quickly got out of the cockpit. There was no sense in taking any chances with the resistance sticking a gun in his face for helping. He was also interested in what was in the lab as well. By the time resistance soldiers got to the gunship, Cazador was already inside the building. There had to of been something of importance in here worth all the fighting. The power looked like it was off in alot of places. Alot of the fighting must of knocked it out. With plenty of shadows to hide in, he turned off stealth camo to preserve his suits power. Not too far ahead he began to hear voices.

[Mewtwo]

Both girls were relieved to hear that it was one of the Resistance fighters as both of them came out of their hiding place. They had not seen this woman before in the camps so perhaps she was a new member of the Resistance? Either way they were glad to see that someone had managed to get inside the facility, "I don't think we've met before. I'm Rebecca Chambers, and this here is Nadia Cassel" Rebecca said introducing the both of them.

[Meryl Silverburgh]

"That's because I just got to this sector. I haven't made contact with any members of the Resistance. Until now, that is."

Meryl search the rest of the lab. She wasn't sure if the origin of the super soldiers like Drake and Ayanna were the only reason they were fighting over this place or not. That answer wouldn't delude her for long as she found another file. This one on the virus injected into Vulture's soldiers that made them the monsters they become upon death, not only that but info on an anti-virus and an even stronger virus currently being worked on.

"And I'm guessing this is the reason you're here," said Meryl now holding up the file on the viruses.

[Cazador]

The deeper Cazador went into the research lab, the louder the voices became. He switched his visor to thermal mode and looked towards the ground. He was definitely closing in on whoever was there. Whoever they were, their footprints were lighting up the ground on his visor. Eventually his motion tracker began to pick up 3 targets. He wasn't sure if they were Vulture or Resistance. Cazador pulled his revolver from his holster and readied it in case they were hostiles. He switched his visor back to normal mode. He finally reached the room where the voices were coming from. He activated his stealth camouflage, and peeked around the corner.

There were three of them. They didn't look like Vulture as there was no insignia, but he was still hesitant to introduce himself. If they weren't Vulture then they could easily mistake him for being the enemy due to his high tech gear. From the look of the room, this had to be where Vulture was housing their research projects. It would make sense that it would bring other people in here. Tons of valuable information up for the taking. The Resistance could take the info, but afterwards Cazador wanted to sabotage any plans that Vulture was working on.

With his stealth camo still on, Cazador slowly moved into the room where the women soldiers were. He still needed to move slowly and quietly. His camo wasn't full proof sudden movements could give his position away. He needed to be sure they weren't Vulture before doing anything else. The last thing he wanted was innocent blood on his hands. With his revolver still in his hands, he moved into the shadows and waited. They're next conversation would determine whether they were friend or foe.

[Mewtwo]

"Well that explains it," Nadia said in response to Meryl's comment about not meeting up with the other soldiers as she began to search the lab for anything that could be useful to the Resistance. They would need every information they could gain in order to fight against whatever enemies that the Resistance might be up against especially if they were making viruses like Resistance command was saying.

Being the expert on biological weapons Rebecca also began looking into the files, she had seen plenty of these kinds of things while she was at the Arklay Mountains, she hoped she would never have to see it ever again. It sometimes seemed like fate was laughing at her, but with Nadia by her side Rebecca was sure that she would be able to take anything that came her way.

Meryl then held up the file that contained the virus as Rebecca nodded, ”Yeah that’s what we’re here for, Resistance command needs to know what kind of viruses we’re dealing with. I’m also sort of an expert on biological weapons, seeing them first hand,” Rebecca said as she shuddered at the thought of more zombies rising from the grave again.

[Meryl Silverburgh]

"Once injected the virus regenerates dead cells, causing fallen Vulture's troops to come back to life. Any damage inflicted on them forces a mutation and they'll keep mutating becoming harder and harder to kill. Removing the head or heart is the easiest form of stopping the mutation. Or if you want to keep it simple just shoot them in the head."

Meryl handed the file she found over to them as a peace offering to get her into the good graces of the leader of this Resistance.

"Can the two of you escort me to Resistance HQ? I have a score of my own to settle with Vulture."

[Cazador]

That settled it. They were defiantly resistance soldiers. From what Cazador had heard, they certainly had a big find on their hands. The thought of zombies running around the city wasn't a pleasant thought. They were like an infection to the body that would just continue to spread endlessly. He knew that Vulture had some twisted experiments, but something like this could destroy the world if it was ever released. A weapon like that would be better off never existing in the first place, but the research on it had already been done. No doubt there were other research facilities with the same files. Cazador hoped they could all be pried out of Vulture's sick hands.

While listening to their conversation, several blips were starting to show up on his radar. From the look of it, the sensor was picking them up from the opposite side of the research building. When he first came in the building, Cazador had noticed that the resistance was focused on blocking the front. He switched his vision to Xray to look through the walls. He could see several soldiers with standard issue weapons for Vulture ground troops. The group of three hadn't even heard them yet, but it looked like they were about to breach the room. Looked as though he would have to come out of his hiding spot. He deactivated his stealth camo and revealed his position to the three resistance fighters.

"Get out of the way!"

Using his jetpack, he launched himself past the women and directly into the wall behind them where the Vulture troops were about to breach. The force of impact on the wall knocked the Vulture troops back. Before they could get a shot in, he attacked. One by one, Cazador killed each of them. One with a quick bullet to the head, another by decapitation with his adamantium blade, two by a broken neck, and the last by being impaled on his fist. He shook the blood off his hands and walked towards his potential allies to greet them.

[Mewtwo]

Rebecca nodded, it sounded exactly like the T-Virus that Umbrella Corporation developed, it was almost like her nightmare was returning again. With a grimace she accepted the file, "Thank you," she said to Meryl, "what you're describing is exactly what happened when I faced the T-virus back in my world; I'm not sure how they were able to develop something similar, but in that case I think I have a good idea what kind of monsters we'll be going against," she explained.

Meryl then asked to be escorted to Resistance HQ as Nadia nodded, "Sure we'll escort you there," she said before a blur went past them after shouting a warning. Nadia had her gun ready, but before she could register anything the Vulture troops that were about to attack them were already dead leaving a man standing there and walking towards them, "who the hell are you?" Nadia asked.

[Meryl Silverburgh]

"T-Virus?"

There would be no time for explanations as the blur pass them by with warning and took out Vulture troops who managed to reach their position. Though they were taken out Meryl knew more would soon be coming however the armored man with the jet pack couldn't just go dismiss as she drew her Desert Eagle and aimed it at him as Nadia asked the question. "Who are you?"

[Cazador]

Just like he had thought, they acted very untrusting towards him. They did have every right to be. After all, he had just spent the first few minutes watching them and trying to figure out if they were enemies or allies. Cazador stopped walking towards them and kept some distance from them. He holstered his revolver and his blade retracted back into his armor. Hopefully that would of given them some relief to know he wasn't planning to attack them. If he was planning to work with the resistance then there would need to be some kind of trust between them. They still looked ready to attack him at any moment. He could only count on that his words would reach them.

"Calm down! I'm not an enemy. Believe it or not were on the same side."

Cazador had been giving the resistance back up from behind the shadows all this time. That stunt he pulled out front might of bought them some time to get what they needed and leave. Problem was that time slot wouldn't stay open forever. More troops would be arriving soon.

"Download whatever information you can from this place. I plan on leaving Vulture a very unwelcoming present when their reinforcements come to reclaim this place."

[Meryl Silverburgh]

Meryl slowly lowered her Desert Eagle, keeping her eyes on the newcomer as she holstered it and glanced towards the computer on the table next to her.

"Right. You two..."

Meryl then looked over to Rebecca and Nadia.

"Keep a lookout. I'm going to download more information from these computers while we still have time."

She booted up the PC and took a computer disc out of her jacket that she planned to download the rest of this research lab's data on. And she didn't have a lot of time to do it.

[Mewtwo]

Rebecca and Nadia sighed in relief when they heard the man say that they were their allies, although they would not shun away from a firefight they would like to go through the day without killing someone, and besides it was always a good thing to have a lot of allies now. In fact they've been on a few recruiting mission and the responses has been disappointing.

The woman then told the two of them to keep a lookout while she downloaded more information, they nodded, neither of them were good at hacking computers so if the woman could do better then them then they'll allow it. They positioned themselves at the doors so that they can gain a vantage point hoping that Vulture troops don't come barging in now, in fact they were wondering if all the Vulture troops surrounding the building were dead or not.