Alice walked slowly around the destroyed Raccoon City, clutching the
shotgun, ready to shoot any mother fucking beasts that came her way. She
was fully alert to any sound, any movement. Alert to avenge the deaths of
Rain, Kaplan, and the rest of the group. Possibly even Matt. Alice
stopped briefly as she thought of him. Those medics took him away and she
hadn't seen him again. She had no idea if he was dead or alive. She
didn't even know if he was one of those beasts or not. She prayed he
wasn't. Matt was a good guy, and even though she had only known him a few
hours, she really did care about him.
Alice saw a bus turned over on its side. She went over and climbed in through the broken windshield. She gasped at what she saw. Dead bodies all over the place. She swallowed down any urge to vomit and walked deeper into the bus. She saw something moving. Alice held up the gun, ready to shoot. A young girl with dark brown hair and dark eyes emerged from underneath the seats. She saw Alice and backed up.
"Please." The girl sobbed out. "Please, don't hurt me." Alice looked at the frightened girl. She lowered the gun. She walked over to her. The girl backed up against the wall, her eyes squeezed shut. Alice touched the girl's shoulder.
"It's all right." She said. "I'm not going to hurt you." The girl slowly opened her eyes. She took in Alice's appearance.
"What happened to you?" She asked. Alice looked down and closed the lab coat she was wearing. She decided to casually ignore that question, for now.
"What happened here?" Alice asked. The girl took a deep breath.
"We were..........All just riding and then this.............Thing.............Came in through the emergency exit and bit the driver. He swerved around and we hit a truck, it turned us over. Then more of those things got in here and killed everyone." Alice narrowed her eyes at the girl.
"Why didn't they get you?" She asked.
"When everyone started running around and getting killed, I hid under the seat. They didn't..." The girl's voice trailed off as her eyes widened. Her gaze was fixed upon something behind Alice. Alice turned around to see the driver and several passengers standing up.
"Oh man, we gotta get out of here." Alice said. They were blocking the windshield, the only way out. "Shit!" The girl blinked and looked around. She climbed up the side, holding onto a seat and tried to open the window.
"Fuck! It won't open!" She screamed as she beat at it with her fist. Alice shot at the creatures. The other passengers were slowly getting up. Alice knew she didn't have enough bullets to just stand here and shoot all of them and then expect to shoot any others that come along. She pulled the girl away from the window and lifted herself up, kicking the window out. Alice climbed out and pulled the girl out. Alice held a firm, vice like hold on the girl's wrist as they jumped off the bus and ran away.
The two women ran a few blocks away from the bus. They stopped, both needing to take a breath.
"What............The..............Fuck..............Is..............Going on?" The girl asked between taking deep breaths. Alice looked at her.
"The best way to explain it, zombies." She said. The girl looked at her.
"Zombies? Cute, very cute. But this isn't some fucking 'Night of the Living Dead' shit!"
"Well, the dead we're walking, what do you want me to say?" She screamed. The girl looked back.
"You mean.........They're all.........zombies?" She asked, slowly. Alice took a deep breath.
"Listen, you got to trust me here. Cause, if you don't, we're both going to end up dead."
"The entire town's filled with those things. We're going to die." The girl said. She slowly sank to the ground. Alice clenched her fists. Rain had had the same mentality and Alice did not let her give up. She didn't kill her when Red Queen and Rain herself were telling her to do so. She wasn't prepared to just let anyone die, and she wasn't prepared to do so now either.
"We're not going to die." She said. She bent down next to the girl. "We're not going to die. I promise." She said gently.
"Are you sure?" The girl asked.
"Trust me."
"I don't even know you. How am I supposed to trust you?" She asked. Alice stuck out her hand.
"I'm Alice. There, now you know me." She said softly, offering a small smile. The girl took Alice's hand.
"Name's Corinna." She said softly. Alice pulled Corinna to her feet.
"We need to get you some protection." Alice said mostly to herself. She led the way back to the police squad cars where she had gotten the shotgun. She found another and held it out to Corinna. She recoiled slightly.
"I...I don't know how to use those things." She said. Alice sighed.
"There are ravenous beasts after our asses. My guess is you'll learn pretty fast." She said, tossing the gun at her. Corinna grabbed it.
They walked around the city.
"Should we try to find any other survivors?" Corinna asked. Alice looked at her.
"I don't think there are any." She said sadly. Corinna looked down, realizing she was right. They walked along the deserted streets. Suddenly, chopping sounds could be heard. They both looked up to see a helicopter circling around them. It lowered down. A man jumped off the helicopter. He looked at them.
"Are you two all right?" He asked.
"Who are you?" Alice asked.
"We're from Hyperion Creek, a few towns away from here, and we a weird distress call from here talking about the dead walking. We came to see if there were any survivors."
"It's just us." Corinna said. The man nodded. He looked at the others in the helicopter and nodded to them.
"All right." He said. "Come with us." Corinna stood back, being somewhat hesitant. Alice looked at her and took her hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"It'll be ok. They've got pulses, they're the good guys." She said. Corinna looked at her. She smiled softly. Alice let her go in front of her. The man took Corinna's arm and helped her up to the copter. A woman inside took her and helped her sit in a seat and get her seatbelt on. The man then took Alice and helped her up into the copter. He got in as well. The helicopter lifted up. Corinna clutched Alice's arm. Alice looked at her. Corinna looked up.
"I'm..........uh..........Scared of heights." She said softly. Alice looked at the people in the helicopter.
"Where are you taking us?" She asked.
"We need to take you to labs, do some tests, make sure you're both all right." The man who was piloting the helicopter said. Alice narrowed her eyes. The last time she was tested on, she woke up naked and alone in a lab room with all sorts of tubes attached to her.
"We're both fine." She said through clenched teeth.
"Miss, we need to be certain. We can't have what ever happened here being spread all over the place." The other man said.
"I'm telling you we're fi-" Alice began.
"Listen, you're both being tested, like it or not. So, just chill." The woman said. Alice looked at her. She wanted to be mad at her for talking to her with such an attitude, but she couldn't help feeling like she was just like Rain. Rain. Alice looked down and wiped away a single tear that threatened to fall at remembering her dead comrade. Of course she hadn't known Rain for too long, but when you're trapped in an underground facility with creatures trying to kill you, you form bonds very quickly.
Alice sat in a room in the lab facility. Doctors and medics had tested her blood, her urine, everything. They found everything to be A-OK. She had been transferred from the testing room to a cafeteria-like place. She sat alone.
"I'm glad to hear you're ok." Came a voice. She turned to see one of the men from the helicopter. He looked different without his uniform and such. He was tall with sort dark hair done up in small spikes. He had dark eyes. Alice looked at him.
"I told ya so." She said. The man laughed and took a seat across from her.
"I'm Rex, by the way." He said.
"Alice." She said.
"I know." He said. Alice didn't bother asking how. There was a silence. Alice looked at him.
"How is she?" Alice asked, referring to Corinna. Rex looked at her.
"At the moment, we're not sure. You found her?" He asked. Alice nodded.
"She was the only survivor in a bus full of people who were attacked."
"Right. Well, we did a check on her. As well as you, of course."
"Of course." Alice mimicked.
"Anyway. Her name is Corinna Fitzgerald. She's 16 years old. Her entire family's been killed by the same things that tried to kill you two."
"So, what's going to happen to her?" Alice asked.
"Well, she'll become a ward of the state for two years I guess."
"You mean, like foster care?"
"Yeah." He said.
Alice stood with Zane, watching Corinna in one of the examination rooms.
"Is she ok?" Alice asked. Zane nodded.
"Other then afraid, she's ok." Alice looked at him.
"Well, of course she's afraid. She saw the dead walk." Alice snapped. She sighed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"It's ok. You've been through a lot." Alice nodded and turned to watch Corinna. She sat in the corner, crying.
"I can't let her be put in the system." Alice said. "Her friends and family are dead, and putting her in a house with people who don't know her or don't know the situation would just make things worse." Zane looked at her.
"Are you saying you want to take care of her?" He asked. Alice looked at him. Zane took a deep breath. "I'll see what I can do." He left Alice and went to speak to his superiors.
Alice saw a bus turned over on its side. She went over and climbed in through the broken windshield. She gasped at what she saw. Dead bodies all over the place. She swallowed down any urge to vomit and walked deeper into the bus. She saw something moving. Alice held up the gun, ready to shoot. A young girl with dark brown hair and dark eyes emerged from underneath the seats. She saw Alice and backed up.
"Please." The girl sobbed out. "Please, don't hurt me." Alice looked at the frightened girl. She lowered the gun. She walked over to her. The girl backed up against the wall, her eyes squeezed shut. Alice touched the girl's shoulder.
"It's all right." She said. "I'm not going to hurt you." The girl slowly opened her eyes. She took in Alice's appearance.
"What happened to you?" She asked. Alice looked down and closed the lab coat she was wearing. She decided to casually ignore that question, for now.
"What happened here?" Alice asked. The girl took a deep breath.
"We were..........All just riding and then this.............Thing.............Came in through the emergency exit and bit the driver. He swerved around and we hit a truck, it turned us over. Then more of those things got in here and killed everyone." Alice narrowed her eyes at the girl.
"Why didn't they get you?" She asked.
"When everyone started running around and getting killed, I hid under the seat. They didn't..." The girl's voice trailed off as her eyes widened. Her gaze was fixed upon something behind Alice. Alice turned around to see the driver and several passengers standing up.
"Oh man, we gotta get out of here." Alice said. They were blocking the windshield, the only way out. "Shit!" The girl blinked and looked around. She climbed up the side, holding onto a seat and tried to open the window.
"Fuck! It won't open!" She screamed as she beat at it with her fist. Alice shot at the creatures. The other passengers were slowly getting up. Alice knew she didn't have enough bullets to just stand here and shoot all of them and then expect to shoot any others that come along. She pulled the girl away from the window and lifted herself up, kicking the window out. Alice climbed out and pulled the girl out. Alice held a firm, vice like hold on the girl's wrist as they jumped off the bus and ran away.
The two women ran a few blocks away from the bus. They stopped, both needing to take a breath.
"What............The..............Fuck..............Is..............Going on?" The girl asked between taking deep breaths. Alice looked at her.
"The best way to explain it, zombies." She said. The girl looked at her.
"Zombies? Cute, very cute. But this isn't some fucking 'Night of the Living Dead' shit!"
"Well, the dead we're walking, what do you want me to say?" She screamed. The girl looked back.
"You mean.........They're all.........zombies?" She asked, slowly. Alice took a deep breath.
"Listen, you got to trust me here. Cause, if you don't, we're both going to end up dead."
"The entire town's filled with those things. We're going to die." The girl said. She slowly sank to the ground. Alice clenched her fists. Rain had had the same mentality and Alice did not let her give up. She didn't kill her when Red Queen and Rain herself were telling her to do so. She wasn't prepared to just let anyone die, and she wasn't prepared to do so now either.
"We're not going to die." She said. She bent down next to the girl. "We're not going to die. I promise." She said gently.
"Are you sure?" The girl asked.
"Trust me."
"I don't even know you. How am I supposed to trust you?" She asked. Alice stuck out her hand.
"I'm Alice. There, now you know me." She said softly, offering a small smile. The girl took Alice's hand.
"Name's Corinna." She said softly. Alice pulled Corinna to her feet.
"We need to get you some protection." Alice said mostly to herself. She led the way back to the police squad cars where she had gotten the shotgun. She found another and held it out to Corinna. She recoiled slightly.
"I...I don't know how to use those things." She said. Alice sighed.
"There are ravenous beasts after our asses. My guess is you'll learn pretty fast." She said, tossing the gun at her. Corinna grabbed it.
They walked around the city.
"Should we try to find any other survivors?" Corinna asked. Alice looked at her.
"I don't think there are any." She said sadly. Corinna looked down, realizing she was right. They walked along the deserted streets. Suddenly, chopping sounds could be heard. They both looked up to see a helicopter circling around them. It lowered down. A man jumped off the helicopter. He looked at them.
"Are you two all right?" He asked.
"Who are you?" Alice asked.
"We're from Hyperion Creek, a few towns away from here, and we a weird distress call from here talking about the dead walking. We came to see if there were any survivors."
"It's just us." Corinna said. The man nodded. He looked at the others in the helicopter and nodded to them.
"All right." He said. "Come with us." Corinna stood back, being somewhat hesitant. Alice looked at her and took her hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"It'll be ok. They've got pulses, they're the good guys." She said. Corinna looked at her. She smiled softly. Alice let her go in front of her. The man took Corinna's arm and helped her up to the copter. A woman inside took her and helped her sit in a seat and get her seatbelt on. The man then took Alice and helped her up into the copter. He got in as well. The helicopter lifted up. Corinna clutched Alice's arm. Alice looked at her. Corinna looked up.
"I'm..........uh..........Scared of heights." She said softly. Alice looked at the people in the helicopter.
"Where are you taking us?" She asked.
"We need to take you to labs, do some tests, make sure you're both all right." The man who was piloting the helicopter said. Alice narrowed her eyes. The last time she was tested on, she woke up naked and alone in a lab room with all sorts of tubes attached to her.
"We're both fine." She said through clenched teeth.
"Miss, we need to be certain. We can't have what ever happened here being spread all over the place." The other man said.
"I'm telling you we're fi-" Alice began.
"Listen, you're both being tested, like it or not. So, just chill." The woman said. Alice looked at her. She wanted to be mad at her for talking to her with such an attitude, but she couldn't help feeling like she was just like Rain. Rain. Alice looked down and wiped away a single tear that threatened to fall at remembering her dead comrade. Of course she hadn't known Rain for too long, but when you're trapped in an underground facility with creatures trying to kill you, you form bonds very quickly.
Alice sat in a room in the lab facility. Doctors and medics had tested her blood, her urine, everything. They found everything to be A-OK. She had been transferred from the testing room to a cafeteria-like place. She sat alone.
"I'm glad to hear you're ok." Came a voice. She turned to see one of the men from the helicopter. He looked different without his uniform and such. He was tall with sort dark hair done up in small spikes. He had dark eyes. Alice looked at him.
"I told ya so." She said. The man laughed and took a seat across from her.
"I'm Rex, by the way." He said.
"Alice." She said.
"I know." He said. Alice didn't bother asking how. There was a silence. Alice looked at him.
"How is she?" Alice asked, referring to Corinna. Rex looked at her.
"At the moment, we're not sure. You found her?" He asked. Alice nodded.
"She was the only survivor in a bus full of people who were attacked."
"Right. Well, we did a check on her. As well as you, of course."
"Of course." Alice mimicked.
"Anyway. Her name is Corinna Fitzgerald. She's 16 years old. Her entire family's been killed by the same things that tried to kill you two."
"So, what's going to happen to her?" Alice asked.
"Well, she'll become a ward of the state for two years I guess."
"You mean, like foster care?"
"Yeah." He said.
Alice stood with Zane, watching Corinna in one of the examination rooms.
"Is she ok?" Alice asked. Zane nodded.
"Other then afraid, she's ok." Alice looked at him.
"Well, of course she's afraid. She saw the dead walk." Alice snapped. She sighed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"It's ok. You've been through a lot." Alice nodded and turned to watch Corinna. She sat in the corner, crying.
"I can't let her be put in the system." Alice said. "Her friends and family are dead, and putting her in a house with people who don't know her or don't know the situation would just make things worse." Zane looked at her.
"Are you saying you want to take care of her?" He asked. Alice looked at him. Zane took a deep breath. "I'll see what I can do." He left Alice and went to speak to his superiors.