Ororo's ghost story II: Prologue

[Seer]

<< Its night time in the garden oasis, a gem within the realm of Limbo that was created and sustained by Ororo, a woman whose life is as interesting and mysterious as any story she or any of the artifacts in her citadle might tell.>>

<< She's the immortal weather witch and has transcended many of the trappings of her human origns but at a terrible price.>>

<< Victoria King, her young ward , is the daughter of legendary sorceress supreme Spellbinder and demigod Rampage. She's an adolescent and has been under Ororo's care for sometime, learning the ways of dark magick as only Ororo could teach her in the absence of her mother.>>

<< the young girl , explores the stone citadle of the garden oasis, and looks with curiosity upon many artifacts, trinkets and other items. >>

<< along the wall are many pictures and displays of artwork, some Victoria recognizes, others she does not. But one that draws her attention in particular is a beautifull painting of a sprawling, sparkling city, a metallic metropolis.>>

<< but a ghostly apparition seems to be flowing over the city, like a dark wind that brings the grim reaper and as she looks closely, she sees the picture "MOVING" as the town is ablaze, buildings on fire...and people, who look like ZOMBIES are lurching forward.>>

<< she backs away as she hears a moaning, gurling sound>>

 

[Ororo]

Limbo

a shadow looms over Victoria, who is stepping back from the picture.


Ororo: Do not be afraid, it is just the echo of the damned.

Raccoon City. The city of the dead...a place built and sustained by greed and avarice and toppled by betrayal and blood shed. It is one of the worst examples of human atrocity on Earth in these modern times.

Be thankfull you are HERE, safe and protected from such things.

Victoria: << looking with a bit less dismay at the picture now that Ororo was there with her.>> Auntie, Roro? what happened to the people in this picture? Why do they...look like that?


Ororo: They were turned into Zombies, child.

Victoria: Zombies?...the things that my mommy and daddy used to fight sometimes?

Ororo: Yes. some of these people were innocent victims, others reaped what they sewed but do you see the spectre in the wind , in the skies above this city?

Victoria: yes...

Ororo: That is the evil, the evil that lay in plain sight. the greed of a coporation whose shadow cast across the globe is what brought this evil upon this town...the town itself was built, powered, sustained and CONTROLLED by....Mystech!

<< thunder rumbled in the air outside the citadle.>>

Victoria: Did anyone survive?

Ororo looks down at her ward and puts her hand on Victoria's shoulder.

Ororo: There were some, who managed to open their eyes in time. Come, i shall tell you more about it.

 

[Seer]

The Prologue

<< Early 1980's. A cloudy autumn evening with thunder rumbling in the clouds. The moon hangs low and large and through the forest and along the mountain we hear and SEE the Elliptical Express, a luxury train that speeds along the railroad tracks that lead through the mysterious dark arklay forest and moutain range, carrying an elite group of passangers, their spouses and some children to an exlcusive party at the Arklay Mansion.>>

<< among those passengers is Sharon Kelly, her husband Robert and her two sons, Kyle and Nicolas. Nicolas noticeably different looking from the rest of his family, as he is black. Sharon adopted him after an over seas friend of her's that had been caring for him was mysteriously murdered. Nicolas now lived in America with Sharon and her family and had been welcomed with warmth and love.>>

<< but at this moment, He and Kyle were being scolded by Sharon for running wildly through the cabins.>>

<< Both boys attempted to whine but Sharon's stern look told them that it was better for THEM if they did not. Soon they were seated, playing with their toys while Sharon and Robert sat across from them and talked amongst themselves.>>

 

[Silver Swan]

the Prologue

[ as the Elliptical Express zoomed along, Sharon eyed Kyle and Nicolas for a moment.]

*sigh* Boys WILL be boys...

[ Looking at Robert.]

Robert, don't you do anything besides go over facts and figures? We're taking this trip for YOU, the least you could do is be INVOLVED with your sons who were just running wildly through the train like they don't KNOW any better.

Kyle: It was NICOLAS! he stole my toy!

Sharon: [snapping her fingers and pointing at him] QUIET, young man or its BED TIME for both. You've BOTH been running around and you KNOW better.

Robert: [FINALLY rejoining them.] They're just excited, Shary. We're going to Arklay mansion for what promises to great not for both the kids AND the adults.

Sharon: I don't know why i let you talk me into this. It seems so...

[ leaning in closer to her husband.]

It seems so creepy to me, taking this train through this dark forest to a mansion.

Robert: It was invitation only, Shary. Don't forget, this IS a major financial opportunity.

[ sighing as she ran her hand through her blonde, "Farrah Fawcett feathered" hair.]

Sharon: Finance is your hallmark and you do it well, but this still seems strange to me. bringing children to a business meeting? I KNOW they said there's activities for the children in the mansion but I feel this is a little...irresponsible...

Robert: Oh lighten UP Shary. This is a family outing. THere are others just like us on board.

Sharon: We're NOT like other people...you know that!

[referring to the fact that both Kyle AND Nicolas were mutants.]

How do you know this isnt some kind of...PLOY!?

Robert: You're too suspicious Sharon....you'll see. This is all gonna work out and then YOU will never have to work again.

Sharon: I didnt marry you for a meal ticket Robert. I was FINE before i married you and i can take care of myself without having all the money in the world. I've every right to be concerned about our children and you should know better...remember HOW we came to even HAVE Nicolas?

Robert: Yeah...and we're through with all that. He's here with US. That's all that matters.

[ Sharon was mildly irritated with her husband, but she decided to try to enjoy herself for the sake of the children. admittedly the accomodations of this train were luxe. wait staff, fine dining, posh decor and comfort and all just for them as they were being carried to this mysterious Arklay Mansion, a place that ONLY the town's upper crust would have even heard of.]

[ She looked through the windows, the trees and mountains whizzing past her.]

 

[Seer]

The Prologue

<< as the train moves along and the passengers enjoy themselves in various parts of the train Sharon hears an odd sound...sounding like something wet and slimey but she thinks nothing of it.>>

<< Moments later she hears it again and looks at the window when suddenly several LARGE leeches HURL themselves onto the window! >>

<< she gasps as these large, slimey creatures fix themselves to the window and display sets of JAWS on the underbelly with razor like TEETH.>>

<< with a strobe of lightning, the leeches come crashing through the window and they are coming in from all over the place. chaos erupts. screams as people are assaulted by these seeming CANNIBAL leeches. Sharon reaches for her children and wraps her arms around them as they scream. Robert is lost.>>

<< the leeches attack anything that moves and the train staff are overwhelmed, including the conductor.>>

 

[Silver Swan]

The prologue

Babies!

[ She cries out as she herds her children away from the now broken window. she keeps her arms around them both and shields them from the sight of people being attacked by these creatures as best she could....but ROBERT is lost.]

ROBERT!

[ the leeches converge upon him...]


oh my GOD!

[ her voice cracks with shock and grief.]

Kyle: MOMMY!

[ Sharon turns and looks her son is pointing as several leeches are slithering toward him and Nicolas on the floor. She STOMPS DOWN on one of them with her high heel and the sound is sickening.]

quickly, to the BACK, in the cabin!

[ she herds them along, running with them]

Don't look...just RUN!

[ she pushes a few people writhing in agony out of the way, HATING that it has to be this way, but she has to protect her children! they arrive inside the cabin and she SLAMS the door shut and locks it. the interior lights are now flickering and her boys are suitably distressed. she puts them on the bed and climbs up with them, holding a child close on either side of her.]

I know you're scared....mommy is scared too...but you must be VERY QUIET okay? don't make a sound.

[ Sharon didnt know WHAT she was going to do! this all turned so BAD...so FAST!]

if only there was a PHONE...SOMETHING....i could call for HELP!

[ the train began to SPEED UP, TOO FAST and wobbling and the sound of screeching metal could be heard.]

[ she held on to her children.]

no matter what happens...stay RIGHT HERE with me.

 

[Seer]

Prologue

<< the screams of the passengers meeting their doom had subsideded as Sharon nestled her children's heads close to her and held on to them but the train seemed to be going too fast and soon it was shaking.>>

<< she yelled for them to hang on to her and soon, the train derailed with such jarring force, everything in the room was flying and the crash and sound of impact was terrifying.>>

<< soon, everything went black, silent. NOTHING. >>

<< the end of a trip, the end of a dream turned nightmare.>>

<< the sound of steam soon filled the dark air and the only person to stir in the cabin was the young NICOLAS. he had been thrown from his mother's grip and she lay near by...on her side...not moving....not breathing. Kyle was also nearby, in the same position.>>

<< Nicolas couldnt hear anything else...except the rain outside , the steam...and the sound of nature. He was alone, in the dark...with no telling what was waiting for him outside the cabin.>>

 

[Rampage]

Kyle: It was NICOLAS! he stole my toy!

Sharon: [snapping her fingers and pointing at him] QUIET, young man or its BED TIME for both. You've BOTH been running around and you KNOW better.

Nicolas stuck his tongue out at Kyle, joking him as Sharon makes them behave. It was a happy time for him, one of the first since he'd lost his father. At first he was withdrawn and sad, but the support of his new mother and brother had made him feel at home. He even called Sharon "Mom" at times, but Robert was exactly that...ROBERT. Nicolas would have none of calling him Father or anything like that. He respected the man, and he obeyed him, giving his new parents no trouble. But Nicolas' father had died, and Robert was no replacement in the boy's heart.

As they rode along, Nicolas noticed a change. He didn't understand it, but something hung in the air as a commotion began on the train. He looked up, eyes wide as a large snail with teeth began to eat the window. Nicolas ran for Sharon, burying his head into her bosom as he listened to the commotion. He felt a sharp pain in his head. he could not tell what was going, but he sobbed for Robert as he was taken, not knowing that he was sensing his death throes mentally.

Sharon pushed them to run to the cabin and he went, they locked themselves inside.

<< the screams of the passengers meeting their doom had subsided as Sharon nestled her children's heads close to her and held on to them but the train seemed to be going too fast and soon it was shaking.>>

<< she yelled for them to hang on to her and soon, the train derailed with such jarring force, everything in the room was flying and the crash and sound of impact was terrifying.>>

<< soon, everything went black, silent. NOTHING. >>

Nicolas lay in a closet door and looked over, realizing that he had survived whatever just happened. He crawled to one side, placing a hand on Sharon. He shook her, and she was very still.

Sharon? Sharon?! M-M-mommmmmy? No...not you. Not you too. You. said. you w-w-ould neh-eh-ever leave m-me aloooooooone nooooo!!


She was dead too. LIKE HIS FATHER. So was Kyle, and Nicolas' face was covered in tears, his small chest heaving as he mourned his newest losses.

After a time, he leaned up, thinking that maybe someone else was alive here, and maybe he could find them. Maybe they could help Sharon. Maybe she wasn't gone. Wiping his face with his sleeve, Nicolas haltingly reached for the door...

 

[Seer]

the prologue

<< what a horrid experience for a little boy to endure. Nicolas had already been orphaned from birth and then lost the only father he knew...now he lay near his adoptive mother, who seemed to be dead...along with is brother. He cried out for his mother as any child would.>>

<< soon, he began to wonder if maybe someone ELSE was alive that could help his mother. he crawled away and slowly reached for the door to the cabin which suddenly flung open with a gust of wind.>>

<< from Nicolas' point of view, the train was now a dark, scarey place that he didnt want to be anymore, but he wanted to help his mommy.>>

<< out into the dark hall he went. no sounds...but the strangest sensations...his nascent abilities allowing him to pick up signs of "life" or something like it. he wouldnt realize that these faint "brain actitivies" were merely the electrical impulses of ZOMBIES waiting to reanimate.>>

<< there were eerie sounds here and there....lights and sparks flickering. the young boy bravely pressed on, remaining quiet as a mouse. it was moreo than some adults could muster in a situation like this.>>

<< soon, after moving down a flight of stairs, he was back where he was with Sharon and his family before. a few bodies were still in their seats, slumped over.>>

<< he crept along through the eerie dark passenger cabin. no sign of the leeches. but soon, he heard, noticed, FELT something...someone stirring. he looked ahead and on the floor, an employee began to stir, stiffly sitting up and groaning. Nicolas didnt immediately realize this THING was no longer human but as the zombie got up and began to come slowly toward him, he sensed something was off and ran back. almost running into another passenger...another ZOMBIE that was coming the opposite way.>>

<< a nightmare only getting worse as the boy was now being cornered with seemingly NO ONE to help him.>>

<< at that moment though a trio of uniformed, well armed soldiers whose faces were obscured and whose uniforms beared the logo of mystech burst into the passenger area and immediately took out the zombies. they shinned their lights on Nicolas...and after flinching, he immediately called for them to come and help his mommy and brother.>>

<< the soldiers surveyed the areas of the train as they followed Nicolas to Sharon and Kyle. as they spoke aloudly among themselves , seemingly ignoring the boy , he heard one of them declare that Sharon and Kyle were still ALIVE but with faint pulses! >>

<< and then, as they were gathered up, suddenly, one of the soldiers comes close to Nicolas, and stuns him into unconsciousness! these soldiers were here to rescue him and his family in a way...but NOT in a way that Sharon might have hoped. They were now firmly in the hands of MYSTECH and were extracted from the train, which itself was left there while the transport vehical whisked Nicolas, Sharon and Kyle away, carrying them off into the night...to the Arklay Mansion. It would be the last time anyone heard or saw Sharon Kyle or Nicolas again...for over 20 years.>>

<< the elliptical express...next stop...hell.>>