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Blood and Love

-Antarctica base

Claire entered a room followed by a long corridor decorated with old armours. At the bottom, she saw Steve.

"Steve?" she said, hesitating.

"Ahh...Claire?" whispered Steve.

Claire pressed on a switch and Steve got released. The trouble, is that he couldn't move because an enormous axe was blocking him.

Claire tried to remove it, but in vain. It was way to heavy.

Suddenly, sweats ran from Steve's forehead, he started to heavily breathe and his heart was beating strangely quickly.

"What's wrong?!" said Claire.

"Can't...breathe...Claire...help me!" replied Steve, pain in his eyes.

He pushed her far away by making any effort. Suddenly, his neck broke letting blood dropping from it. His skin started to become green and he began to grow three time his normal weight, in the infernal sounds of cracking bones. Claire remained fixed in fear. Steve, whom she knew had become a monster. He looked at her with his red eyes. He took the axe and started to run after her. Claire ran but stumbled and fell on the ground. Steve-monster prepared to cut her head but she tried to talk to him, whishing that he could understand.

"Steve...you don't remember me? It's me...Claire...your friend! Please Steve, remember!!!" she said, pleading.

Steve looked at her in the eyes and dropped his axe. He took his head between his hands and grumbled.

He fell on his knees and started to regain his original shape. His chest was bare and his pants were half torn.

"Oh, Steve..." whispered Claire.

She approached him and passed her hand in his hair. Steve opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Claire...I..."

"Everything is okay, Steve."

"I don't remember what happened..."

"It's better like this...Let's go. Let's get out of here.

"Yeah..."

Claire helped Steve to raise up. When she touched him, she noticed that he was unusually warm and sweating. But, she didn't tell him about it.

As they went along the corridor, a grid closed, leaving them locked up.

"Oh no!" yelled Claire.

Exasperated and depressed, both sighed.

"Here we go again," hissed Steve.

Claire leaned her back against the wall.

"Well, I think we'll have to wait my brother to come for us." she said.

"Your brother? He's here?"

"Yes. He came to save us," she added, smiling.

Steve came closer to Claire.

"I'm glad your brother kept his promise. I'd like to keep mine as well."

"What? What are you saying?" replied Claire, a confused look on her beautiful face.

"Claire...I..."

Steve approached himself even more closer to Claire and put his lips on hers. Claire didn't stumble and put her arms around the young man . They continued to kiss passionately for a moment. Steve held firmly Claire close to him. Claire found herself blushing, as she enjoyed the sweet intention.

The kiss finished, Steve confessed to Claire:

"I love you, Claire."

Claire blushed even more, and smiled. "Steve...I...I love you too."

They sat down, side by side, Steve's arm around Claire's shoulders. Claire fell into a light sleep. They remained like that for a half of hour when suddenly, they heard an alarm:

«The self-destruct system has been activated. All doors are now unlocked. All personal evacuate immediately.»

The grid which retained them prisoners opened, as well as the exit door. Steve and Claire moved toward a platform where they saw Chris.

"Chris! You made it!" said Claire, happily.

"Of course. Let's get out of here!" answered the S.T.A.R.S. member.

Chris saw Steve and made some quick presentations. At the time they left for the emergency elevator, a tentacle made eruption from the platform. Alexia appeared from it and was ready to not let whoever flee of her base. Being the older, Chris ordered to Claire and Steve:

"I'll keep her busy, just go to the emergency elevator."

"But, Chris!" answered his sister.

"You must go to the jet with Steve. I'll handle this alone!"

"He's right, Claire. We must hurry!" added Steve.

"Alright. But Chris, you have to make it. Don't die on me!"

As Steve and Claire were going to leave the battle field, Alexia blocked their way by creating a wall of fire in front of them. Chris shot at Alexia a bullet of Magnum and the woman fell on her knees.

During this time, Steve and Claire reached the elevator. Claire looked a last time at her brother, who smiled to her.

Alexia transformed into a hideous monster half-ant half-woman. Chris thus began the battle by spending all his artillery on Alexia.

* * *

Meanwhile, Claire and Steve arrived to the jet. There were just two places. It was sure that Chris will hang the commands, Steve then decided:

"I'll take the second seat and you'll sit down on my knees."

"Of course, it's the only possibility."

They settled, ready to leave. They just had to wait Chris's return.

* * *

Chris was now at his last shotgun shells. After a decisive blow, the monster which has become Alexia, launched a cry of pain calling her children, the ants. Hundreds of ants throw themselves on their queen to deliver her of a part of her body , becoming too cumbersome. Now, she had turned into an enormous dragonfly spitting fire on Chris. Chris, who was with court of ammunition, avoided the fire as much as possible. Suddenly, the locker which contained the Linear Launcher, engaged, leaving at Chris the chance to take the ultimate weapon. He charged, aimed and shot on Alexia. After making an horrible grimace, Alexia exploded in a shower of blood.

The base started to explode. There was remaining 30 seconds on the countdown. Chris hurried the most quickly that he could. Finally, he reached the jet right in time. He warmed up the machine and flew far away from the base which exploded, leaving nothing of its existence.

"Ahhh...It's finally over and for good!" said Claire, heavily sighing.

"Yep." answered Steve.

"For this, but this damned company is still not destroyed. It's our job to finish Umbrella once and for all!!!" said Chris.

"I know, but why don't we take a break?" replied Claire.

"We're heading to London. I know a good hotel there." answered Chris.

"No. It's not what I mean. I want some vacations."

"And where do you want to go?"

"Why not Hawaii?" said Steve, looking at Claire grinning.

"Hawaii? Alright! I think the beach and the sun will be good for us," said Chris.

The three of them began to laugh. They were glad to be alive after all the horrors they had passed through.

* * *

A few hours later, they arrived at the airport of Hawaii. Everybody looked at the trio coming out of the jet. They were dirty and had blood on their clothes. Guards of the airport approached them, wanting to pose them some questions.

Some times afterward, after all was okay, the trio found a hotel accessible, being given that they did not have much money.

By chance, there was two rooms remaining. Both contained only a double bed. Chris decided the arrangements:

"Claire, Steve, you take the first room and I take the other alone."

Claire and Steve looked at each other and reddened. They will pass the next days in the same bed. The heart of Claire started to beat quickly but she accepted the proposal of her brother. Steve did the same.

«Author's notes: Hiya people!! Today (March, 10th), I read again my story (Blood and love) and I told to myself that I should continue it, since some people enjoyed it. So, I started to read it, thinking about a new chapter, but I noticed that all of this was crap!! I mean, it was my first fanfic, and you can figure it out only by looking at the spellings, mistakes, verbs, etc...So, I decided to rewrite it, changing a few things, and making it look a little bit better. ^_^;;; For the moment, I only did the first chapter and I deleted the two others that I'll put later when I'll be finished with them. So, that's it and stay tuned. After I rewrite the second and third chapter, I'll work on a fourth. (»