Chapter 1

Summary: Ok as you will know from this story, I was really pissed that Carlos died in Extinction, so I decided to write an alternate ending to Extinction starting roughly from the beginning (give or take) with a few changes (you have been warned).

Disclaimer: I own nothing, any resemblance to existing stories is unintended.

Alice rocketed down the road in a cherry red dodge challenger R/T hemi that she busted out of a show room in what was once Detroit, the motor city. She had wanted one for a while & the opportunity arose so she took it. A ding from the car alerted her to the fuel gage, they needed to find a gas station… gas milage… something she didn't think off when she took the car, "should've stolen a Prius" she said with a laugh, her passenger made a whining noise. Alice gave him a reassuring pat on the back. "No worries Bozz, we'll make it." She said as they passed a sign reading 'Las Vegas, 50 MI'. "there's only one stop before Vegas, I hope its not dry." She said, her passenger looked at her & replied with a booming bark. During her escape from the Umbrella lab, Alice stumbled across a section they used for animal testing, In a cage at the back of the facility amongst the rats, rabbits, guinea pigs & the other usual lab animals was one lone dog, a huge, shaggy mixed breed of something or other, he closely resembled a wolf, though she knew that he wasn't, wolves are shy creatures & this guy was anything but shy. She normally didn't take to animals but she just couldn't leave him, something in her compelled her to take him with, so here they were pulling up on the ruins of the Vegas area. "Im sorry fella, were going to have to stop here." She said as she pulled up to the pumps. "Shit!" she cursed as she tried every one, dry… all dry. Someone had gotten to them before she did "Well, I guess this means were walking." She said.

"how's the pantry?" Claire asked Betty & LJ as they came out of the deserted, sand filled ice house. "Just the usual…. Nothin'" LJ said as he & Betty walked to the school bus to inform the kids of the bad news. "Gas." She asked Chase, who merely shook his head. "Claire we've drained every small town pit stop dry over the last few months, looks like its time to hit a major city." Carlos said. "What? Hell no, man! Them son of a bitches are going to be all over the place!" LJ said. "I know, but we don't have a choice." Claire said. "We'll sleep here tonight, then we'll start for Vegas first thing in the morning, Carlos, I'm going to need a perimeter, I want cameras every ten feet, nothing gets by without an alarm sounding. "You got it." He said with a grin.

Early the next morning, Alice awoke to Bozz low, deep growls. She stood quickly & drew her weapon but then dropped to her stomach quick as a huge black mass passed overhead, was it a cloud? No, it was screeching, it was a murder of crows, thousands upon thousands of them. Heading North to Vegas. "Come on." Alice said as she & Bozz broke into a run.

Mikey was jolted out of bed by one of the camera's alarms blasting in his ears, he wacked his head on the ceiling of his van & fell to the floor with a painful crash. "Oy!" he exclaimed as he looked at the monitor but saw nothing. "Mikey?" Claire's voice came over his walkie. "I know, but I don't see anything." He replied as everyone locked themselves in the safety of their vehicle & got their weapons ready. The silence was acrid, suddenly Claire & K-mart jumped out of their skins as one of the crows suddenly landed on the hood of their hummer. "Hey…. Whats wrong with their eyes?" K-mart said as she looked closely at the animal. "Years of feeding on infected flesh…" Claire trailed off as she slowly reached for her walkie, never taking her eyes off the crow, who in turn stared her right back, dead straight into the eye. "No one make a sound." She hissed over the frequency, in the bus, one of the kids nervously jerked & knocked a soda can to the floor, everyone held their breath as it made a hollow, crashing noise & rolled to the back of the bus with a thunk. The lone crow on the hood began squawking thrill, everyone covered their ears in an effort to drown it out. The rest of the murder took flight & made a circle before dive bombing. The birds were strong, years of eating infected tissue & blood had genetically altered their genes & cells. The children screamed in panic as the birds began ripping the screens off the windshield & windows of the bud & started in on the glass. "We have to get them out of there!" Claire said over her walkie as they all sprung into action. Slater jumped onto the flame thrower, but he could only take out a hundred or so at a time, they soon over took him, sending the flame thrower out of control & swung wildly around, forcing everyone to duck. Without thinking, Carlos snatched up a stray childt & shielded her against the flames & the attacking crows. He braced for the impact of either but it never came, he could feel the heat but no searing of flesh, through his embrace, he felt the kid give a gasp, he followed her gaze & a huge grin spread across his handsome face. 'Alice.' He thought as his heart jumped into his throat. With unseen powers, Alice forced the flames upward, incinerating all the birds with it, Carlos ran to her & gentle caught her in his strong arms as she collapsed from the strain of the ordeal.

She same to & sat bolt upright, reaching for her blades at her side. Bozz jumped to his feet also, watching her intently, as if waiting for her unspoken order. She felt a gentle pressure on her shoulders. "Whoa there, Annie Oakley." Her vision cleared & the smiling face of Carlos, she thrust herself forward into his arms, he melted into her as he embraced her. "Oh, god Alice, all I've done is think of you since you disappeared. I feared you were dead." She smiled. "Dead? I don't think so." She said as she grabbed the front of his vest & pulled him into a passionate kiss which overcame them both & he was soon laying on top of her, khis seemed to take on a mind of their own as they snaked their way over her perfect, sculpted body. "Carlos what in the fuck are you…" Claire said as she opened the back doors to the van & was met by 150 pounds of snarling Bozz, his teeth gleaming in the bright dessert sunlight. He stepped out of the van & backed her away before returning to sit at the enterance. "Fucking dog." She scoffed as she stormed away.

Alice & Carlos had each other undressed in seconds, the passion between them was thick enough to cut with a knife, they loved each other, neither one said it, they didn't need to. They just knew it." Alice's body involuntarily shivered with pleasure at his touch, she shakily sighed as his lips crashed down onto hers. "Can I have a word?" Claire said later that evening. "Look, that woman, whoever she is…" "Alice" Carlos interjected. "…Alice, everyone of talking about her, about what she did & they're scared. I need to know who she is & how you guys know each other, for everyone elses sake." "Okay, she used to work for Umbrella, she saved my ass in Raccoon City, & she has some … abilities thanks to the T virus." "What? You brought an INFECTED person here?" "Infected, yes. Contagious, no. the virius has bonded with her genes at the cellular level it makes her… like… a super hero, for lack of a better explanation." Carlos said, Claire could see a spark in his dark eyes every time he thought of her. "You love her, don't you?" She said, he merely gave her a million dollar smile as he headed back to his van.