The Martichoras' Containment Cell (B3 Labs)

Chaos brewed all over the B3 Laboratory. Alarms which had been raised ran silent save for the occasional glow of the revolving overhead lights; the red lights cast down over the containment pod housing the MA-294 specimen, nicknamed: "Martichoras"

Not to get into the etymology of his name, 'Marti' here was essentially a chimera not too unlike its namesake, the Manticore which was a mistranslation of Martichoras from Persian accounts; however this creature had no lion traits, but wasn't any less deadly than the myths of old...

He was too dangerous in fact, that just before the entire lab went under, a couple of scientists had tried to dispose of him in his slumber. However, they failed to understand his unique and multi-faceted physiology made him nigh indestructable by conventional and unconventional means! He was completely immune to radiation and his physical body was covered by a mix of scales and thick exoskeleton plates. Even the medication which induced a heavy hibernation on him was a temporary measure, and could not be used to overdose him. No, instead they simply re-routed the rooms power to the machine pumping his medicine. He would remain in stasis till somebody dealt with the labs, the city or himself directly...

However...

Some scientist trying to power on the tram again accidentally re-routed power to his containment room, which overrode and blew the fuses to the pump! So for the last five hours, Marti here was a ticking time bomb... waiting to explode!

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September 25th, 1998
12:00 AM

A distant rumbling of explosions in and around central Raccoon City could be felt even as far as the Dam and its hidden lab underneath and within!

Crack...!

The pod holding the Martichoras began to shake around thanks to this explosion, and the glass fissured when exposed to one of his many claws! A hissing escaped the pod, emptying the medicinal mist which kept Martichoras placid, the last chance which kept the beast contained escaping his pod... and soon, the beast along with it!

The beast slowly stirred within, shifting his body around the capsule as he began to angrily punch through the thick containment's glass with his six, powerful limbs! Within moments, the lethargic and hideous creature breached through the thick glass with its back arched and wide jaws letting out an unearthly cry up and into the facility's ceiling and sprawling number of labs and corridors...!

The creature quickly scurried out of the tube, glass falling everywhere as it dashed across the lit room! Its brain hadn't fully realized it had been given no protocols so for a moment it was in sheer panic just the same as anyone else still alive in the lab...! But then it fell onto its stomach and chin, resting there on the floor for a moment... thinking.

Its large, reptilian eyes glanced up through the windows peering into the lab corridors, and yet it sensed very little life beyond. Movement, yes, but much of it was barely operable movement. Zombies...

The creature soon steadied itself, or tried to with its six massive limbs. It clicked its mandibles and tilted its head, peering out the window with a rattle in its throat. Without any orders... it was free to do as it wanted. What the Martichoras wanted right now, was freedom. To see what was beyond these four walls of stainless steel and concrete. That... and something to feed on. In its current state, the Maritchoras was only at 30% operation- enough to accomplish many goals, but without sustenance his body would only continue to diminish before becoming inoperable again. His body needed calories, meat to thrive right now and it could sense that it did in fact exist beyond its current containment...!

With a low shriek, the beast slammed its razor sharp claws through the glass partition separating itself from the Lab Corridors and stumbled awkwardly into the hallway on each of its limbs! It shook its odd, half reptile half insectoid body vigorously before continuing down the hall, galloping like a horse before vanishing into the dark corridors...!

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