Kevin had been jumpy for most of the walk though the forest. It wasn't  that the woods had ever really bugged him as much as it was just him working out the residual nerves from the helicopter crash. As such he was unusually quite for almost the entire trek towards the mansion. When the dogs had appeared Kevin had no problems following orders, the thought of taking on an entire pack of rabid animals wasn't something he wanted to consider.<br/><br/><em>First birds! Now dogs! What's next? Lions and tigers and bears oh my!?!??</em>Kevin thought to himself as he ran for the doors to the mansion. He had always been quick on his feet and it didn't take too much for him to get to the doors ahead of everyone else. As soon as he got to them he grabbed the handle to the left door and pulled hard, hoping that it would be unlocked...<br/><br/>It was! And with a soft groan the door swung open for him. He quickly turned around and held the door open with his shoulder as he pulled out his .45 and began to lay down some cover for the other members of the team. "Come on!" he shouted.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/>After giving his team the order to run for the mansion Arthur had begun running towards the building himself. After he closed about half the distance he turned around, drew his shotgun, and began to fire into the animals that were on his team's tail. Steadily backing up and firing as best he could to support Angel and Beth's own fields of fire.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Several of the animals went down to the combined firepower being unleashed by the three members of the team, but there were just too many of the dogs, and it was obvious that staying out in the open would be nothing but suicide.<br/><br/>After a few minutes that could easily have seemed like hours to those caught in them, the last member of the S.T.A.R.S. team managed to get in through the doors. Which were promptly closed behind them.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>No matter how large the mansion had seemed on the outside, looking at it from the inside (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110728215653/residentevil/images/a/af/Mainhall12.jpg) made it clear that it was not the sort of house that one simply bought on a whim. There were two levels to the main entrance way. With four doors on the ground level, and a further six on the upper terrace level.<br/><br/>Even from the ground floor, it was easy to see that the upper level's floor was covered in a thick and obviously expensive carpet. Paintings hung from several places along the walls, and large curtains covered many of the windows facing the front of the house.<br/><br/>But despite all this finery the room held a strange aura, as if there was just something<em>'wrong'</em>with the entire place. A large chandelier and several lights all around the room gave of a soft, almost eerie glow that somehow seemed to create more shadows than it dispelled.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>In the center of the room, there laid a single green vest (http://www.toyanxietypixs.com/images/products/re5/chrisredfieldstars/vest.jpg). The front of which had a very large set of gash marks from where it had been cut through, and was stained red with blood.<br/><br/>