9 Chapter 9 - Mutants

Screaming down the street on the crotch rocket bike, I used my High Human Kinetic Vision to avoid obstacles while maintaining a speed of 100mph. Following the plume of smoke towards it's point of origin, I quickly heard a familiar howl as I drew near. Flying around a corner towards the sound, I watch Mikoto and Saeko go flying into a parked semitruck. Watching a familiar figure walk out of the dust, I saw the signature bulky figure with a single massive right arm.

'Fuck..Left 4 Dead zombies, just fucking great!!', I thought flying down the street towards them.

Hearing the tire squeal, Saeko looked over towards me with a relieved smile as a stream of blood came down her face.

"It's on you piece of shit!! No one lays a finger on my fucking girlfriends!!", I shouted as I got close.

Putting the bike into a slide and spin, I put my legs out to pick myself up while still gripping the bike handles. Using the momentum to raise the bike up, I slammed the whole thing into the Charger's face causing him to explode all over the place. Pulling my Claymore swords out, I was super pissed off that they had the stones to attack my lovers and friends. Having seen me smash their weapon to a pulp the Umbrella Corp troops went to aim for me now.

"Victor, watch out!!", Mikoto shouted.

Launching myself forward, the men freaked out as they saw two steel blades being swung at them. Unable to turn quick enough, six heads went flying into the air with a single swing of both swords.

"You fuckers messed with wrong boyfriend!", I growled.

"Wait!", the men shouted.

Jamming both of my swords into several of them, I yelled and forcibly cut straight upward while still buried in their chests. The few men that were left dropped their weapons, and blitzed it back to their vehicle. Burying the swords in the dead soldier's heads, I kicked a submachine gun into my hand and flipped it to full auto.

"Go to hell, and say hello to chunky boy for me!", I yelled peppering the men with bullets.

Tearing them to pieces the remaining men fell to the ground, all dead expect for one. Wanting to get information, I needed just one alive but in a condition that he couldn't fight anymore. With him no longer a threat, I ran over to Saeko and Mikoto.

"Are you two okay!?", I asked quickly checking their injuries with my HUD.

"Just a little roughed up...", Saeko wheezed, "Nothing a goodnight's sleep won't fix."

"Same.", Mikoto agreed with a wince of pain.

"Damn it, don't lie to me! Both of you have cracked ribs.", I spat, "I need to get you back to base so can do a more thorough examination."

"Victor!!", Shizuka shouted jumping onto my back, "You came to save us!! I was so worried that we were going to be killed by those mean men!"

"Of course I did, all of you are irreplaceable!", I remarked, "I won't ever find another one of you no matter where I go."

"Hehe, I didn't know I was that special!", Shizuka giggled.

Helping the two women up, I had to help them to the van so they could sit. Getting them seated I turned to see the rest of Mikoto's group coming out.

'So I finally get to meet the infamous Black Label...I had hoped to put this off till later, but it appears things have changed.', I thought.

"That was an impressive move.", Sayo said with a pleased smile, "Not many people could lift several men with a single hand."

"Yes it was...", Yoko stated staring at me.

"They pissed me off by trying to kill my girlfriends. I am the kind of guy that will bury anyone stupid enough to lay a finger on my lovers.", I replied turning to the Umbrella Corps soldier, "Anyways I have my suspicions you were who they were after, not my group."

"What makes you say that?", Yuko asked.

"You are members of Black Label, don't bother lying...your hair color gave it away.", I sighed, "I have had my suspicion that Mikoto and Arashi were working for you for a while."

"Wait!? You knew!?", Mikoto shouted from the van.

"I did, my father isn't just a Marine...he's Delta Force.", I told them, "He's friends with the US President, and I have seen your files. Frankly I don't care that you kill scumbags, more power to you."

"You don't care?", Yuko asked with a curious look.

"I assume you asked Shizuka and Mikoto all about me. Before you ask directly, I am not close to my father. He left me in Military Boarding school most of my childhood, and only brought me to him when he became an Ambassador.", I stated, "As far as I am concerned he is a dead beat that left his own son to rot to further his own career. Furthermore he abandoned me when this started, all I know was he was supposedly going to Okinawa."

"Why are you telling us this?", Yoko inquired.

"Frankly I don't want to kill you over a pointless topic. I have no information about Umbrella Corp other than I have had suspicions they were using soldiers as guinea pigs.", I said, "You are like family to Mikoto, and I don't want to upset her by hurting you."

"You make it sound like you could take us.", Sayo replied with a frenzied smile.

"I don't want to hurt a pretty face, especially an ally.", I retorted with a smirk.

Taking that as a challenge Sayo, who was still coming down from an adrenaline buzz, went to try and hit me. Stepping back just enough to dodge by a razors edge, I grabbed her leg and slammed her into one of the Umbrella vans. Recovering quickly she started swinging and kicking at me like a rabid animal. Casually dodging them by the narrowest of margins, I observed how she moved to find her weak point.

"Sayo, stop it!", Yuko shouted, "He is an ally!"

Seeing her momentarily hesitate I let her have it. Coming down with a firm karate chop to her head, she slammed her into the ground causing the asphalt to crack. Left reeling from the blow, I hit several nerve bundles on her back to immobilize her.

"I don't have time to play games ma'am.", I said going to the dying man, "Now on to you...I want answers."

"I...I won't tell you anything!!", he replied.

"I can either make your death quick, or I can keep you on the verge of death for days...your choice.", I said in a dark tone, "You injured two women I am very much in love with. Start talking or this will get painful."

"Love with!?", Mikoto shrieked as she hid her face.

Saeko just gave me a content smile as she had heard me tell her that several dozen times. For her she knew that I truly loved her, and always strove to make her happy. To her I was a man worthy of her time and affections. Taking this reaction I got from the girls as me bluffing, the solider decided it was wise to not heed my warning.

"I won't say a word!", he repeated.

Giving him a smile, I took of my belt and used it to cut blood flow to his arm. Starting up the Umbrella corps van he was leaning against, I popped open the hood of the vehicle. Seeing a stainless steel fan spinning just inside the engine bay I turned to him with a smirk. Realizing what I was going to do he still remained silent. Pulling him to the front of the van, I effortless pushing his hand into the blades turning it into mist immediately.

"AHHH!!!", he screamed like a a stuck pig, "My fucking hand!!"

"Next is your forearm, then up to your shoulder. I can cauterize the wound on the hot engine by then, care to continue?", I asked, "After that I will use your other arm, then you legs after that."

"Alright, I will talk!!", he cried, "We were told to bring back Patient X from the hospital, but Black Label fought back!! Our people realized Patient X had left so we tracked a group here!! We were told to bring her back by any means necessary, and to kill all witnesses!!"

"Last question...", I said grinding my teeth, "Where did you get that mutant zombie?"

"I...I don't know, upper management said to use it on them. We can't order them around, they are mindless creatures!! We just followed orders!! All I know is that the scientists are working to improve them further!!", he replied, "Please, let me die peacefully!!"

"I said quickly, not peacefully.", I said grabbing the back of his head, "This is for saying you would have killed Mikoto and Saeko!!"

Screaming as I slammed his head into the fan, the unit got halfway through his face before jamming. Going around to turn the van off, I took munitions out of the vehicles and lit them on fire.

"That was brutal...", Arashi said hiding a grin.

"You piss me off by harming my women, I have no mercy for you.", I replied showing him my empty wallet, "I am all out of fucks and mercy, and the store burned down where I could have gotten more."

"Haha, I like him.", Sayo laughed as Yoko and Yuko helped her up.

"So you have some connection to Umbrella Corp...great.", I sighed.

"I didn't mean to cause this.", Sayo said with an upset look.

"I am not blaming you, I am upset they used you like a lab rat.", I told her, "I am sorry you had to endure that."

Thanking me for the kind gesture, they went to load back up into their van. Stopping them from getting in, I checked their vehicle for explosives. Since it was clearly a hospital van, I could see Umbrella rigging it to blow while they were attacking them. Find a bomb strapped under the driver seat, Yuko thanked me for the save. Removing it safely, I handed it too her and said to have her people look into it.

"I will.", she said, "Mikoto, you coming back with us?"

"I...I think I will stay with Victor. If you need me, you know how to get in touch.", Mikoto replied.

Getting in their van, the group headed back to the hospital while we returned to our base. Helping them inside, the group saw how badly Saeko and Mikoto were hurt. Helping me get them settled, they asked what had happened. Telling them that they had run into a mutant monster, I said I had killed.

"How strong was it?", Kohta asked.

"Strong enough to crack our ribs with a glancing blow.", Mikoto grunted.

"Shit...", Takashi spat.

Describing it's appearance the group was now on edge. I knew that we would likely face the other mutants from Left 4 Dead on top of the normal zombies. This would be a shit show if we ran into a Tank, if they had used a Tank I would have found everyone dead at the scene. That realization made me concerned about things moving forward.

'I didn't expect to run into a mutant so soon after this started. A Tank would overwhelm them, and I am the only one here that could fight one toe to toe.', I thought looking at my two injured lovers, 'I need to get a skill that will allow me to upgrade the stats of others. Right now I can't, and that needs to change.'

Making the two women comfortable, I told them they needed to rest for a few days. If they weren't careful those cracked ribs could break making things much worse. Getting them something to eat, I gave them a kiss on the forehead.

"I see you got the power restored.", Saeko said with a proud smile.

"I had help.", I chuckled lightly elbowing Kyoko, "We have enough battery capacity to keep things running overnight."

"That's good to hear.", they said with relief.

"What about the wind mill?", Saya asked.

"I plan on repurposing it to make an electric fence.", I told her, "Just added protection for us."

"I'd like to help.", Saya said.

"Okay.", I said, "Let's get to work."

Taking Saya and Kyoko outside with me, I took them to the roof to work. Using a standard RV inverter and a battery bank, we got to work storing power into the batteries for our use. Saying we needed to get heavy duty wires ran around the perimeter, they helped me dig postholes, level the posts, and set them in concrete. Once the posts were secure enough, we ran 8 gauge wire around the base using the posts for anchor points. After that was done, I messed with the programming of the inverters output to maximize the amps it generated from the batteries.

"So how do we test this?", Saya asked.

"Like this.", I throwing some water towards the wire.

As soon as some of the water his the ground, the electricity arched and melted the ground where it struck.

"Jesus!", Kyoko gasped, "That is really dangerous!"

"All we need to do is disable when we don't need it. At night it needs to be on, for all of our sakes.", I told them.

"Will this really be enough to stop the zombies?", Takashi inquired poking his head out.

"If you touched this, it would completely fry your nervous system killing you instantly. In theory, it should also fry those things nervous system as well or at least immobilize them.", I stated.

"How long will it run?", Saya asked.

"It all depends on the number of zombies. I estimate the system can handle about a hundred of them touching the wire at once. With more batteries and extra inverters we can grow that number.", I answered, "Problem is the wind mill can only generate so much power. If we are going to get crazy with it, we will need more power."

"Dinner is ready.", Kikyo said from inside.

Going back into the daycare, we bolted the door behind us and sat down to eat together.

---Mochizuki General Hospital---

Returning from their supply run, the group went to see their leader Masamune. Finding him in his office with a few staff members they were determining their next course of action, he dismissed them when he saw Yuko and Sayo enter with the others behind them.

"How was it out there?", he asked.

"Terrible, it's a ghost town out there and most of the survivors out there are too petrified to go outside.". Yuko said, "We ran into another group of survivors at the last place we went, an acquaintance of mine was among them. A group of students from Mikoto and Arashi's high school managed to escape the carnage and are held up in town somewhere."

"Oh?", he inquired further.

"The US Ambassador's son is leading the group, he is-"

"He is an incredibly talents fighter, and has a high level of military training.", Yoko cut her off, "As you suspected, the Ambassador was Delta Force, the boy confirmed it."

"Well now, did you learn anything about their involvement?", Masamune said, "My information says the Ambassador has ties to Umbrella Corps. Is his son also connected?"

"Not that we can tell, he isn't close to his father and what he said matches our information.", Sayo answered, "He is using his training to protect his group, and he is the only reason we got back."

"What do you mean?", Masamune stated as he narrowed his eyes.

"Umbrella Corp tracked Sayo down, and unleased a mutant monster on us. The mutant injured a swordswoman from the other group and Mikoto.", Yuko told him, "It smacked us around like children too, my blade barely scratched it. Sayo's berserker rage wasn't a match either."

"Hehe, the kid showed up after it threw Mikoto and that swordswoman into a truck. He was super pissed off, and threw a motorcycle straight into the mutant and killed it. After that he butchered all of the Umbrella goons. He was smart enough to leave one alive and interrogated him.", Sayo snickered with approval.

"Did we get anything useful?", he asked.

"We have confirmation that Umbrella is responsible, and that their upper management is willing to do whatever is necessary to get Sayo back.", Yuko and Yoko said, "They were told to kill all witnesses. That means our information is right, and this is only the prelude to a very bad situation. The solider said that they working on more of those mutants, and on improving them further."

"Where is Mikoto?", he inquired noticing her absence.

"Well see Mikoto's boyfriend happens to be the boy in question. Poor Little Mikoto got hurt, and he insisted on treating her.", Yuko stated with a motherly smile.

"And you let him take her...", he replied with annoyance.

"I am a very good judge of character, he is a killer with moral and restraint. He genuinely cares for Mikoto so I saw no issue with it, we can reach her if needed.", Yuko assured him.

"I don't like you making these sort of decisions without my knowledge.", he complained.

"Let the girl enjoy her youth.", Yuko said, "Having her in this line of work will ruin her potential of having a happy life. She is happy with him, and that's what is most important."

"She knows what she signed up for.", Arashi stated.

"Don't be salty that she fell for him, and not you.", Sayo teased with a smile.

"Whatever.", he said leaving the room.

"Very well, I will trust your judgment this time. Right now we have bigger things to worry about then, we will need to reinforce our defenses against those mutants. Work with Miki's team on getting that taken care of.", Masamune ordered.

"Roger.", the women said taking off.

---Somewhere in town---

A group of survivor's from the High School were running through the streets in a hurry. Having barely managed to flee after the commotion settled down at the school, the group was desperate to find any group that would take them in. None of the people among them had any knowledge of fighting nor did they even have weapons on them. So far the groups they had met treated them with hostility, and had attacked them when they got close. The original group of twenty had been reduced to ten thanks to those monsters and aggressive survivors. Currently flee for their lives, the teacher leading the group was desperate for some place to hunker down.

"Miss Nao, we can't keep this up!", one of the student gasped for air, "We have been running for thirty minutes now..."

"She's right...", one of her colleagues said with a hint of pain, "I am going to black out soon...damn those morons!!"

"I...I am sorry!", a young girl cried, "I thought they might have been nice!! I didn't mean for Miss Kendo to get shot!!"

"I wasn't meaning you Taka...I meant those men chasing us.", Miss Kendo panted, "None of us expected them to be armed, and hunt us down like animals."

Not more than a moment after saying that they heard the group chasing them not far away from them.

"Where did those bitches get too!", several voices shouted behind them.

"They went down that alley boss!!", a young man replied.

"Alright boys, the two busty Milf women are mine!! You all can have your way with the others!!", their leader laughed.

Hearing them talk about assaulting them all of the women panicked. Picking up the pace, the group looked for anywhere they could hide themselves. Spotting a daycare with a windmill on the roof, the group ran towards it calling out for someone to help them. Hearing the sounds of boots barring down on them all of them desperately hoped that the people inside were friendly.

'If they aren't...I hope I can die quickly. I don't want to be raped by those animals.", Nao thought to herself.