Resident Evil: salvation

Author's notes: Hello again all, finally we are at the part everyone is wondering how it will go. My version is just one view of many, I'm just putting it out there, take it at face value. Also for those who reviewed, I want to thank you so very much, even if there are negatives to come (there aren't any yet, but its early still LOL) that's ok if you don't like it, your feedback will help me further better my writing skills. Its always been a challenge for me to get my thoughts to come out onto paper, writing fan fiction has bettered that, but I still have some difficulty with it… that & remembering details LOL. Also I know my paragraphs tend to get a tad long, my chapters too. Im sorry for this, but when the ideas start flowing I cant stop them. so I just go back & separate them later LOL. Oh, I also would like a beta, please

Summary: The final battle against Umbrella has now begun (Sorry, I don't have a better summery then that LOL).

Disclaimer: Own nothing, claim nothing, yadda yadda.

Chapter 1

"Everyone, to the bottom of the ship!" Chris yelled as the choppers drew near. "No! everyone stays where they are, we're going to need every last one off you! Chris… YOU head for cover." Alice said, Carlos laughed at the tone she chose to say it in. Chris gave her an indignant 'why ME?' look, but complied none the less, with a smirk on her face, she turned back to the fleet of choppers. "Ready?" She said to Carlos, "I was born ready." He replied as he took hold of her hand. She shut her eyes & began to concentrate. All the survivors moved forward & put their hands on her, those who could not, placed their hands on the person in front of them, the whole group began to glow. In the leading aircraft Jill leaned over the pilot. "What the hell…?" Suddenly, a collective blast of energy surged towards the fleet of choppers, ultimately destroying them all. Chris appeared, feeling like a coward. "Don't worry, your time to fight will come." Alice said, noticing his embarrassment. "So… what now?" "First we find somewhere safe to regroup & plan our next move, then, we head for Vancouver." Alice replied

"This is…. Nice." K-mart said hesitently as the ship idled into a mountain cave off the coast of Hawaii. They drifted until they could go no further, then they dropped anchor. "Rock blocks Satellite signals, especially this kind of rock, volcanic rock, heavy with Iron from the earth's core." Alice said. The cave opened up into a seemingly endless maze of caverns, & tunnels. "So, now what?" Carlos asked Alice as they walked next to an emerald cave pool, Alice wouldn't meet his gaze, the dancing light off the water exacerbated her worried expression, it was in this moment that it dawned on him how much this whole ordeal with Umbrella had aged her, not physically since she couldn't age thanks to the T virus. He worried for her, this woman, this incredible woman, even if she were devoid of super abilities she would be incredible, perhaps even more so, since she wouldn't always have to play the manly part of defender & protector. Not that she was masculine by nature, it was just the part she was forced to play. 'Not any more' he thought to himself, he looked at his own arms. Outwardly, they didn't look any different, he didn't look any different but felt the power coursing through his veins, in his cells, burrowing ever deeper into him. But unlike Alice, he liked this strange, new feeling of being so strong, so… manly. He chuckled at this juvenile, cave man train of thought. "What are you smirking at?" Alice said, she wore a look of slight annoyance, knowing immediately that he hadn't heard a word she'd said. "Typical….. men." She said. "Well, its not our fault you women talk too much." He said jokingly, she turned on him. "What was that?" She quipped. "You heard me." He said as he assumed a fighting stance, Alice eagerly took him on in a spar, she was curious to see what mad skills her buddy Bozz had bestowed onto him.

They threw each other backward, sweaty & breathing heavily. Neither could penetrate the others defenses. "Damn, you've gotten good." Alice said as she drew her twin machetes & had them scissoring his throat before he could even react. "I win." She said with a playful smile on her face, Carlos closed the distance between them in three steps & kissed her passionately, they began tearing away at each other's clothes, desperate to have no barriers between them, neither of them could explain the savage, primal, animalistic feelings that overcame them every time they were as much as sharing the same breathing space. Alice had kept people at arm's length to protect them, but she had never been able to do that with Carlos, the more she had tried the harder she was drawn to him… perhaps it was his accent… she always had a bit of a thing for a man with an accent. Or, maybe it had something to do with the T virus, & maybe it didn't, but Carlos recognized them as being the same feelings that had surged through him the first time he laid eyes on her in that abandoned school amidst the ruins of Raccoon city all those years ago. But it wasn't just physical, this was it, he was head over heels for this woman & nothing was going to separate them again… even if they had to die together. "Where in the hell have you two been?" Claire asked as K-mart let out a giggle "Eh… exploring, checking things out." Carlos said as he met Alice's gaze & he grinned his shit eating grin at her. "You're such a bad liar, Carlos." Claire said, a small smile playing on her face. "Hey ….. I said I was 'checking things out' ….. so technically its not completely a lie." He replied with a small smile.

"Sir, I'm sorry but our satellites have lost all trace of the Arcadia, & Project Alice." Wesker's eyes grew red, the scientists cringed, even though he was merely a hologram, thousands of miles away, he still frightened them. "Then….. I suggest that you get to work on finding them." he said as he ended the transmission. "He makes it sound as though our lives depend on finding this bitch & this fucking ship." One of the techs said. "That's because it does." Another replied, he had been working for Umbrella since the initial Hive incident, he knew if Wesker threatened someone, he meant it.

"alright everyone, this place is great, I know, everyone feels safe here. But eventually we're going to run out of supplies, we're going to have to breach the surface sometime." Claire said as they all gathered around a fire for a group meeting on their next move. "I'll go." Came a voice from the back. "Alice, no! are you trying to get yourself killed or worse captured again by Umbrella? God knows what they'd do to you, I won't let you do it." He said, she studied him, there was a glint in his eyes that told her his mind was made up, his brow was furrowed & the muscles in his jaw flexed as he ground his teeth. Alice took in a deep breath before she began to explain. "That's exactly the reason why I have to go, they are looking for me, but don't forget, I'm not defenseless." She said, a small smile playing on her pretty face. "Neither am I, that's why I'm coming with you." She shook her head. "No way, Besides, this group needs someone to protect them while I'm gone." "Carlos, I'm sorry but she's got a valid point." Claire interjected, Carlos gave her a dejected look as he pushed past them.

"It was hard for him, You know? before you showed up, LJ loved to tell his stories about what an ass kicking, zombie slaying, bad ass bitch you were. How you fought Nemesis & won, & how you got them all out of Raccoon City. Carlos would always leave when he would start, I never asked him about it, but I know that losing you hurt him, you should take him with you, besides he'd probably drive us all crazy with his pacing & worrying." Claire said, Alice smiled in understanding, like she could have stopped him anyway, he was as hard headed as she was. "Don't worry, we won't go until we absolutely have to, I Don't want to be on the surface any more then I have to." Alice said.

"Listen…" Alice said as she walked up on Carlos, who was sitting on a stalagmite overlooking the cave lake. He didn't even spook at her sudden presence, she knew he had sensed her from a long way off. She couldn't sneak up on him anymore. "I've decided to let you accompany me on my trips to the surface, not that I could stop you anyway." She said in an effort to lighten his somber mood. His face remained stone like as he turned to face her, not meeting her eyes. The reflection off the lake played off his face, accentuating his dark expression. "Alice, why do you always exclude me?" He asked, the hurt in his voice was evident, she opened her mouth to answer, but he continued. "You are always the one to volunteer for the suicide missions, always going it alone, alienating the ones closest to you, always tgrying to be the great protector when cant you see? YOU'RE the one that needs protection, Umbrella is after YOU, not us…not even me… YOU. Your blood is the cure to the T virus, but they have to kill you to get it, at least to get enough if it to do what they are planning with it. None of us want that for you, Alice I don't want that for you, I don't know what I would do if…: He trailed off, fighting a lump in his throat. Alice put a hand on his shoulder. "Carlos, its not you or anyone else. Your right, it IS me, I know they want me dead to harvest my blood for a T virus cure. I know that's why they 'let' you regenerate me, they knew I'd come back stronger, even more resilient then before with stronger abilities. The bright side is that if anyone is bit, you already have the antidote." She said with a small smile. "That's nothing to joke about, Alice." Carlos replied.