Resident Evil Volume 3 Chapter 4
wound, the white eyes filming over with red. The fallen corpse twitched, once, twice - and stopped moving. Claire turned back to the man who'd saved her life, and his uniform registered for the first time. Cop. He was young, tall - and almost as terrified-looking as she felt, his upper lip beaded with sweat, his blue eyes wide and unblinking. His voice, at least, was strong and sure as he reached down to help her up. "We can't stay out here. Come with me, we'll be a lot safer at the police station." As he spoke, she could hear a closing chorus of gasping moans from the street, the wails of hunger growing louder. Claire let herself be pulled up, grip- ping his hand tightly, taking small comfort in the fact that his fingers were as feverish and shaky as hers. They ran, dodging dumpsters and heaps of flat- tened boxes, chased by echoing, haunted cries as the zombies found the dark alley and started after them. F IVE LEON RAN ALONGSIDE THE GIRL, DESPER- ately racking his memory for the …
