The room looked like a large operating theatre like in the hospitals but this one had a forklift and an empty glass tank in the right corner.

As both Carlos and Jill entered the low rumbling turned into a grunting noise forcing both to turn around.

On the left side of the wall was another glass tank, this one however wasn't empty it contained a strange white creature that glared back at the pair.

Although the monster's initial appearance defied explanation it may have been a small whale at one point before the mutations and the surgical alterations. It's pasty white bloated body supported small dorsal fins that constantly fluttered like bird's wings in order for the creature to maintain floating. A large scar held by thick surgical staples cut straight across it's back where a few thin tentacles flickered back and fourth like an anemone.

The creature turned towards Jill and Carlos, it's one bloodshot eye staring back at them as it opened it's large mouth filled with dozens of tiny teeth and emitted a high pitch scream.

Cringing away from the sound Jill turned towards Carlos, "Let's get out of here before Moby Dick smashes that glass"

Carlos only nodded and edged away from the whale creature.

Just as they were making their way back to the door the glass holding the monster suddenly shattered and a torrent of brown coloured water flowed fourth.

The screaming ceased as the creature began to pull itself forwards on its small fins making a guttural clucking sound; it's thin tentacles snapping forward.

Jill turned away from the advancing monster ignoring the sudden scent of rotten fish and tried to find the door, to her horror it looked as though the door both had come through had disappeared. "Carlos where's the door?"

Carlos faced Jill, his eyes searching across the metal riveted wall, "It's over there, I think"

The whale monster suddenly let out a cry of pain as the sharp glass edge cut into its soft underbelly. Although it was in pain the monster never took its eyes off Jill or Carlos, it hadn't been fed for quite a while and wasn't going to let its prey escape.

Seeing the creature's quick advance Carlos opened fire, the rounds from his rifle bounced off the rubbery skin. Only a few bullets found their mark temporarily halting the beast. "Try the right wall beside the tank, there has to be a handle or something!" he cried out dodging aside as one of the thin tentacles flicked forward.

Jill began to tap the sides of the wall with her hands but all she got was a dull metal clang. This place is going to be our tomb; we'll both die in here!

Suddenly above all the roaring and gunfire Jill heard a different sound that wasn't metal, it sounded hollower. Patting the wall down Jill located the handle; it had folded up against the door when they both entered.

Turning back to Carlos, Jill saw that the whale creature was almost on top of them, the hail of gunfire having no effect on the slimy salivating monstrosity.

"Found it!" Jill cried out.

Carlos half turned and nodded, "You go first I'll keep tuna head at bay!"

Jill backed towards the door but kept her magnum ready; if that whale thing suddenly found the energy to bound forward she'd be ready.

Turning the door knob Jill glanced back to the creature one last time, it was bleeding red watery liquid from the dozens of bullet holes while beneath it there was a large puddle of blood. Bleed to death fish brain! We're not lunch she thought.

Opening the door both Jill and Carlos stepped out quickly shutting it behind them.

The whale monster slammed itself against the door howling in frustration but the door only shook under the force.

"What was that thing?" Carlos asked as he slipped another clip into the rifle.

"Does it matter? We have to find Alyssa, Nemesis and Deception and do it fast, I have a feeling its only going to get worse"

No sooner had Jill spoken did a loud whooshing sound from down the hallway sound off and two large metal doors slam down in front of Jill and Carlos.

"What the heck?!" Carlos cried out.

Jill only stood back while shaking her head, fear clouding her face, "I think we've been discovered"

"What makes you say that?" Carlos asked as he pounded on the metal door. "It's not going to budge and that's our only way out!"

"This whole place Carlos, didn't you find it a bit strange that all the walls are wet or the fact that we were almost eaten by Moby Dick's brother? I think at one point these labs were underwater and now they're going to be flooded again, these aren't walls they're flood gates"

Carlos muttered a curse under his breath, "Dammit and we walked right into a trap, those bastards plan to drown us!"

"What better way to dispose of criminals like us but that's not going to happen so I think we better find another way out" Jill replied as she began to jog down the corridor. "Those other two passageways must meet up somewhere"

Both began to run down the dripping cement hallway and turned right, never thinking that such a decision could lead to trouble.

The ride down the elevator had been very cramped for Alyssa but as soon as the lift was back on solid ground she was the first one off.

"This place is so huge and…" Alyssa wrinkled her nose "Smells like wet socks"

Even Deception was intrigued by the large testing place, Alyssa was right the place did have a strange scent to it.

Nemesis had a different reaction to the underground complex, he growled softly and gripped the handle of the rocket launcher. He didn't like water, it was cold and dangerous and at the very moment all three were surrounded by it. The rushing water behind the thin cement walls was enough to cause Nemesis to instinctively step away from the lift and towards Alyssa; he wouldn't let the water get her even if it meant having to touch it to protect her.

Alyssa took out the small silver key and stared at it, "Maybe I'll get some answers down here like what this unlocks" she then pressed the button so that the lift could go back up. "Better tell Jill and Carlos we're down here otherwise they might think we've disappeared"

All three quickly made their way towards the left entrance that seemed the least wet.

Deception preferred to follow Alyssa and Nemesis; he was more comfortable being with beings that had the virus scent on them. At least when the time came both would be able to react in the same way as Deception, not relying on noisy weapons to help bring down enemies.

Alyssa tried the key in one of the doors but found that it was too small, she stepped back frowning, "I know it's the first one but I have a really bad feeling that this key won't fit in any of the doors"

Behind the group a voice sounded off in the distance followed by running feet, Deception turned slightly and snarled quietly but Alyssa and Nemesis were too far down the corridor to hear the noise of the non virus scented creatures.

Again Alyssa tried the key only sighing when this time the key was too tight, turning towards Nemesis she smiled thinly, "Close that time but I don't want to force it in case it snaps"

Nemesis only softly growled back, he didn't understand what was driving Alyssa to try and find a matching key hole, she may have to search the entire complex to find it and judging by the sound of the rushing water getting closer, time was running out.

A low rumbling growl on the right side of the corridor caused Deception to shoot past the pair and turn right.

Alyssa only watched the Hunter leave with a degree of confusion, "I wonder what he heard?"

When the rumble came again Nemesis growled back at it then turned towards Alyssa and pointed down the corridor they'd all come through.

Looking towards Nemesis, Alyssa nodded, "You're right we should find Jill and Carlos"

The short bursts of gunfire made Alyssa stop, "Whoever it is must have found something" she then began to worry. "What if it's Deception?"

As both began to run down the cement corridor a grinding noise above the pair caused them to stop.

Alyssa saw the two heavy gates racing towards her and managed to roll out of the way as they landed with a heavy clang. Getting up she stared back at them, I was so close to getting cut in half then.

When she turned towards Nemesis, Alyssa discovered he wasn't behind her; she was just about to call out when she heard a roar on the other side of the wall.

Alyssa ran up to the walls and pressed herself against them, "Nemesis! I'm ok!"

The roaring was followed up with a dull pounding that lasted for a few seconds.

Already Alyssa could feel the heartache of the monster being separated from someone he vowed to protect. The thick walls didn't allow any sound to get out so Alyssa tried a different approach; it was one that she had tried before when the two of them were on the office roof at Bohle.

Closing her eyes Alyssa concentrated, she blocked out the feeling of separation and fear and tried to picture Nemesis. I'm ok she thought go back up the tunnel and find the others I'll meet you at the lift.

The pounding on the walls suddenly stopped and a loud roar sounded off before heavy footsteps followed.

Hearing this Alyssa smiled, she didn't think such an act would work but thanks to the T/G virus it did, although she didn't really know if Nemesis had figured that banging on the wall was useless by himself or not. Maybe he did realize that hitting the door wouldn't make it rise and turned and went back up the corridor. But Alyssa knew that she had implanted the thoughts that had made Nemesis move away.

Making sure the key was safely away in her pocket Alyssa turned and began to walk down the corridor.

Once the doors had slammed shut the noise came, it was a terrible high pitch ring that wouldn't go away. It was worse then the rushing water because at least that noise could be ignored but the high pitch one could not.

Realizing he was cut off from Alyssa, Nemesis began to kick and punch at the doors, she was away from his side and the promise he'd made had a chance of not being fulfilled.

Faintly on the other side he could hear someone speaking but even with his advanced hearing Nemesis could tell what he or she were saying.

The noise was getting worse, now it clouded his thoughts and made Nemesis return to kicking at the wall when all he wanted to do was search for Alyssa.

Another noise filled his head, it was Alyssa's voice or at least her thoughts, hearing the thoughts temporality relaxed Nemesis; she was ok, just separated from him for the meantime.

But due to the noise and confusion Nemesis only heard part of what Alyssa said, something about turning around and going back.

Finally his fists obeyed and stopped hitting the wall but the high pitch ringing caused the giant to scream in pain and back away.

Walking back down the corridor Nemesis could hear footsteps in the distance, they were enemies he was sure of it, people who wanted to hurt him, the men wearing black armour with the metal sticks that sizzled and hurt when they touched.

The ringing continued as Nemesis rounded the hallway blinking at the bright lights, he growled at them but didn't know why, there were suddenly enemies everywhere.

Grabbing the chain gun Nemesis opened fire at the elevator, the bullets severing the metal rope that held it in place. The enemies couldn't escape now; they wouldn't get a chance to hurt him.

Again Nemesis heard the voices, this time he roared in frustration, they were hiding, teasing him, wanting him to walk into their trap.

A thick steel door blocked the middle hallway; no matter there weren't any enemies there, so Nemesis pressed onward the persistent ringing never ceasing.

Standing at the edge of the right corridor Nemesis paused and listened, he could hear the footsteps and breathing of his next victims and there would be no escape for them.

Gripping the handle of the chain gun Nemesis turned and ran down the hallway, his heavy footsteps shaking the ground with each step.

Turning on the magnets to lower the floodgates had been a big mistake; the magnetic force had caused several of the rivets holding the containment tanks together to become loose.

The occupants in the beaded condensation tanks began to stir and thump against the glass.

Soon the glass shattered and the creatures were free, they began to lower themselves from their prisons, some cringing at the bright light, they were all hungry and could sense prey everywhere.

Their spindly legs carried them out of the room and down the hallway, their mandibles and jaws clicking and drooling. The last to leave was a medium sized black shadow; it was only as tall as a toddler yet it had sensed something else other then food.

The creature dragged its single claw like appendage across the ground then leapt up onto the ceiling and began to move spider-like across it. Although the creature craved food like the rest of it's escaped brethren it also wanted a host for the eggs that it carried within.

Rounding a corner on the ceiling the black creature screeched loudly before continuing onwards, it's host ever so close.

Jill had never liked spiders; there was just something about the way they moved, not really running and not walking but a strange combination of both.

When the three huntsmen spiders the size of cattle had dropped down from the roof it had taken both by surprise, the spiders had been so quiet, no thanks to their hairy feet.

Moving aside Jill had caught a glimpse of herself in one of the spider's eyes, it reflected a very frightened Jill back.

Regardless of their size they still were spiders and it didn't take much effort to cut two out of the group of three down.

Both of the spiders fell back in silent pain as Jill and Carlos opened fire. The monsters spiralled backwards, their multiple feet kicking the air as their bloated bodies oozed black blood.

The last one decided to charge Jill and Carlos from behind, it rushed past the pair clicking its large mandibles then turned to face them.

As the spider ran towards them Jill took aim and fired with her magnum, at such close range the creature's head exploded and the rest of the body ran for a few more seconds then slid to a stop.

Jill leaned against the wall and reloaded her magnum "I hate spiders"

"Did you notice they weren't really going for us?" Carlos remarked. "They seemed more intent on escaping from something"

A loud roar sounded off from down the hallway both had just come down.

"There's your answer, Nemesis scared them into running down here" Jill said.

"I think those spiders were running away from the water not a bigger monster, if that had been the case they would've fought Nemesis and not come towards us" Carlos pointed out.

Jill shrugged, "Doesn't really help us, we just wasted ammo putting those three down"

As Jill took another step down the hallway Carlos stopped her, "Careful where you step"

Turning away from Carlos, Jill looked down the hallway and saw a large grey cable suspended from the ceiling like a sleeping anaconda. Seeing this confused Jill, why had Carlos stopped her? The cable wasn't alive so why panic?

Before Jill could ask Carlos he stepped forward and walked down the tunnel his assault rifle raised.

"It's a cable Carlos that's all, an inanimate object" Jill called to him.

But Carlos wasn't listening, he seemed to be searching for something along the walls, "Just stay there for a moment ok?"

Jill only sighed and shifted from one foot to the other, "Ok but I still say…"

A shower of sparks cut her off, the end of the cable that was touching the ground suddenly burst to life hissing and crackling.

Carlos began to chuckle, "I thought so"

"Thought what? That scaring me with an old electrical cable is funny?"

"No, this is a power station right? So the majority of cables are for electricity, this one was particularly dangerous because it must've come loose at some point"

Jill glanced down at the thick cable, it was lying in a puddle of water and she finally understood the reason for Carlos's sudden paranoia, "Water conducts electricity"

Carlos nodded, "Exactly and I knew there had to be a switch nearby to turn it off"

"Umbrella has some weird architects why would they put an electrical cable in the middle of a corridor?" Jill said frowning but her words were lost as Carlos ran down the hallway.

When she finally caught up to him they were back in the main room. We're back to where we started Jill thought smiling. But her smile faded when she saw the lift, it had been completely destroyed by gunfire.

Carlos also saw the ruined lift and went over to it, "Uh Jill you're not going to like this"

As Jill approached Carlos she saw he was dead serious, "Do you believe me now about being seen by Umbrella's goons?"

Picking up one of the spent rounds Carlos examined it, "The weapon that destroyed the lift came from something big, my best guess would be a chain gun"

Hearing this sent a shiver up Jill's spine and she stepped back, "Why would Nemesis do such a thing? That lift is our only way out of here"

Carlos went to say something but the large bullet that was in his hand suddenly flew out and stuck to the cement wall, as he went to pull it off the wall he frowned, "Well that's something you don't see everyday, it's like as though the walls have become magnetised or something"

But Jill was still disturbed by the lift, "It doesn't make any sense, Nemesis wouldn't purposely destroy the lift, unless something's happened"

"Don't say it Jill, Nemesis is with us, he'd never go bad and try to kill anyone, you're just being paranoid"

"Maybe but I'm not taking my chances" Jill replied as she gripped her magnum. I never should've said I was with the S.T.A.R.S. it must've caused something to activate in Nemesis, now he's coming for us.

A loud scream snapped Jill out of her thoughts, she turned towards the sound and realized it was Alyssa's; it had come from the left tunnel that had now been sealed off.

"If we all don't get out of here soon Carlos this place will be completely sealed"

Carlos only nodded, "Well we have limited options in where we're headed"

"Hopefully it'll lead us to the others and an exit"

Both began to run back down the corridor they had just come out of, carefully avoiding the electrical cable and the dead spiders.

Suddenly a large form appeared at the end of the hallway, it was Nemesis, growling in a menacing tone and breathing heavily while clutching his chain gun tightly in one over sized fist.

Both Jill and Carlos suddenly skidded to a stop, there was something wrong with the monster, he didn't seem right.

"Carlos…" Jill said as she watched Nemesis slowly lift the large weapon.

"What is it?"

The centre of the gun began to whirl as the bullets began to click into place.

Jill jumped onto the ground pulling Carlos with her, "Get down!" she cried out as the rounds flew over them both.

The firing continued for a few moments and Jill thought that anytime the line of fire would lower to where they were but it suddenly stopped.

Seizing their opportunity both leapt up from the wet concrete and ran around the corner narrowly missing a rocket fired in their direction.

As the rocket nicked the side of the wall shards of cement flew from it followed by a heat burst. A loud roar sounded off down the other end of the corridor, it sounded full of anger and hatred.

"Remind me not to get any extra rockets for that weapon" Jill remarked she then turned towards Carlos. "Still think I'm too paranoid?"

"Nemesis must've thought we were a monster or something," Carlos said as he leaned against the wall. "Why would he attack us? We're friends"

As Jill peered around the corner she quickly withdrew as the chain gun sounded off again, cutting into the cement, "He's playing with us, waiting for us to trip up"

Carlos exhaled and gripped his rifle tight, "But why? Something must've gone wrong, it has to be that chip thing inside Nemesis's brain" he shook his head "That magnetic force that's coming from the walls must be messing up all the signals"

Once the chain gun stopped Jill shot another glance at Nemesis, the monster was still standing down the hallway only this time his head was shaking from side to side as though he was trying to rid himself of something on his head. Or inside it she thought.

Nemesis suddenly snapped his head to the left and growled at some invisible enemy, howling in frustration when he couldn't grab it.

Turning back to Carlos, Jill spoke, "I don't know what made Nemesis go bad but he does seem confused, just now he was trying to hit something that wasn't there, I think he's hallucinating which explains the sudden attack"

"So what's the plan?" Carlos asked. "We go in blindly and hope to find a weak spot? What about Alyssa? If we kill Nemesis then she'll die as well"

Jill only smiled thinly while raising her magnum, "Who said anything about killing Nemesis?" when seeing Carlos's confused expression she continued. "That big electrical cable we passed before I think that can help. Back at Racoon when the first one attacked me I was able to stop it by shocking it with electricity, it didn't kill that Nemesis but it did knock the monster unconscious for a while"

"Nice plan but how do we get Nemesis to follow us? I don't think he'll walk willingly into a dangerous place"

Jill put the magnum back into his holster, "I'll make Nemesis chase after me and you'll flick the switch"

Carlos looked slightly worried when hearing this, "What if Nemesis opens fire or worse uses the rocket launcher?"

"I guess that's the risk we have to take, just get ready to run when I go out, I'll give you a good head start"

Jill then disappeared around the side of the corner; she walked out into the centre of the hallway and started to yell at Nemesis trying to get the monster's attention, "Hey over here come and get me!"

Nemesis sharply turned to face Jill and gave a wavering growl, his hands falling to his weapons. When Jill yelled again the giant shook his head and roared in pain and began a slow jog towards her, his heavy footsteps carrying him down the cement hallway that now began to shake.

Carlos ran out from behind Jill and saw Nemesis closing in on her, "Geeze Jill!"

Jill pushed Carlos forward "Get out of here now!"

She then turned back to her foe, just like in her dreams; the monster always ran towards her howling for her blood.

Nemesis was so close to Jill she could hear his breathing and the rattle of his weapons, the monster took a swing at her but only succeeded in punching a large hole in the wall.

For a few moments Nemesis's fist was stuck in the cement wall and as the monster attempted to pull it free Jill saw her chance and ran.

Nemesis looked up in time to see Jill disappear around the corner and roared in frustration as he was doing this his fist came free and the giant began his pursuit again.

As Jill rounded the corner she saw that Carlos was positioning the thick grey cable over the puddle of water, "Hurry he's almost here"

Carlos pointed to the switch, "I can't hold the cable steady and push the switch, you'll have to turn the power on"

Jill only nodded and circling the puddle of water went towards the silver panel on the wall just in time to see Nemesis slowly step out from behind the corner.

Again the monster seemed confused to what was going on, his eyes searching for things that weren't there.

But when seeing Jill standing down the hallway Nemesis started to growl and clench his fists together.

Carlos slightly turned towards Jill, "Do you think he knows what we're doing?"

Jill didn't answer she was instead looking straight into the eyes of Nemesis, those green eyes had locked onto her, they had marked her just as before.

Nemesis shifted uneasily from one large foot to the other and growled out the one word that had haunted Jill through all of her dreams, "Stars!!"

As Nemesis shot forward at a surprising speed Jill temporality faulted, the monster had come out her nightmares and was coming for her and there was nothing she could do to stop it.

Carlos noticed the approaching monster and realized that the cable wasn't spurting out electricity yet so he turned to Jill who had a pale face and was staring straight ahead, "Jill! Some help here! Flick the switch!"

Snapping out of her trance Jill stared back coldly at her approaching foe, suddenly not caring if she killed the monster or not, she grabbed a hold of the leaver and pushed it downwards.

Feeling the warmth from the cable Carlos first stepped back away from the puddle then glanced towards the rapidly closing Nemesis, "Sorry to do this amigo but this will hurt you more then it'll hurt us" he then threw the sizzling cable into the puddle then ran down the hallway towards Jill covering his ears when Nemesis screamed in pain.

Nemesis had wandered the short hallways for sometime finding no trace of the hidden enemies, they were somewhere in the complex he could sense them.

Stepping around a corner he suddenly saw them, there were two enemies, a man and a woman both had weapons and stopped when sighting him.

Growling back at the pair Nemesis fired at them but the man and woman were faster and threw themselves onto the ground avoiding the barrage of bullets.

The high pitch ringing wouldn't let up so Nemesis stopped firing. He wanted to bash his head against the cement wall but he knew that would be useless, pain wouldn't make the noise go away.

Both the man and woman were now up off the floor and began to run away but Nemesis wasn't going to allow that, they might come back and attack later on, he had to kill the enemies now.

Pointing the rocket launcher at the fleeing pair Nemesis squeezed the trigger and a fiery rocket sped towards the enemies. But it was useless, the rocket didn't hit the man and woman, they knew that by hiding behind a wall they were safe he roared in frustration, they were taunting him.

The woman's head suddenly peered from around the corner and Nemesis fired the chain gun, but his mark faulted as she quickly disappeared.

It seemed as though the noisy enemies were everywhere, faceless beings wearing hard black shells. Nemesis was suddenly encircled by a whole group of them, they all had sizzling sticks, he tried to grab them but they began to disappear.

Suddenly the woman was standing down the end of the hallway calling out to him, she wanted a fight.

Nemesis only roared back, the enemies were finally coming out of hiding. As he ran towards the woman the man ran behind her but Nemesis ignored him he was focused on the smiling woman.

Raising his right fist Nemesis swung forward but the woman somehow dodged the blow and this resulted in his fist being stuck in the wall.

The woman stood there for a few moments then she ran off down the hallway.

Nemesis howled in frustration and in doing so freed himself from the wall. Shaking the cement off his arm he continued to chase after the woman, the ringing never ceasing.

Slowing down to a walk Nemesis went around the corner to see both the man and woman waiting for him, they had wanted him to come.

The ringing in his head subsided for only a moment and Nemesis realized that the woman looked kind of familiar, as did the man who stood staring back with fear in his eyes.

His confused mind searched for the woman's name but Nemesis couldn't remember what it was, there was only one word that came up and that was stars. When he screamed out the word the woman seemed affected by it, but it was just a word why did she cower when he said it?

This time the ringing came back with a vengeance and now both the man and woman were the enemies again.

As Nemesis raced forward to fight the enemies he didn't notice the thick cable from the ceiling or the fact that the man was holding onto it, the high pitch ringing noise wouldn't stop until the enemies were dead.

The man seemed to say something to Nemesis as he drew closer then threw down the cable and ran away.

Seeing both enemies run away made Nemesis run even faster towards them but as he took a step towards the cable something happened.

A terrible buzzing pain surged through Nemesis, he screamed in pain and tried to back away from the invisible source but it was everywhere. It seemed to target all of his joints drilling and disabling them sending waves of paralysing agony though his entire body.

Trying to stand became too much for the monster, he could pick up the aroma of something burning and realized to late that it was him.

As Nemesis sunk to his knees his vision began to cloud and slowly turn black, the ringing noise had finally stopped and now as two figures stepped towards him he realized they were the worried faces of friends not enemies.

Finally the pain and ringing stopped and Nemesis gave in to the darkness.

Alyssa had only taken a few steps through the corridor that now had ankle deep water when she heard a soft splash behind her. She didn't turn back to see what it was assuming it was water from the ceiling. But when the 'thing' let out an ear-piercing screech did Alyssa turn around and face it.

The black spider like creature crouched on two strong legs, thick red tendons pulsed on the surface of its limbs, it had one long claw like appendance which was raised above its strangely shaped head. Although the creature had one human like hand it remained by its side. Behind the creature its other three pairs of smaller arms clenched together while in the centre of its body a tiny circular toothy mouth opened and shut.

Alyssa first stared back at the strange monster ignoring the fact that its black skin appeared to be crawling; despite the creature's grotesque appearance it seemed somehow familiar.

Again the spider creature let out a screech and took a step towards Alyssa, the large left claw arm swiping the air.

Instinctively taking a step back Alyssa could sense what the creature's intentions were, it wanted a T-virus host for the eggs it carried.

You shouldn't be frightened of insects Alyssa, they are fascinating creatures and Spritzer will help you understand. Alyssa could remember her father telling her about a creature that he must have created to help her respect insects. Why he had done this Alyssa didn't know, her father had done many strange things when he was alive.

Now as Alyssa stared across at Spritzer she noticed a small collar around the creature's neck, it had the Umbrella logo attached to it she knew that the monster was one of her father's creations the collar was proof, the smaller monsters always had collars around their necks. This brought on a pang of sadness, something had happened to Spritzer to make it go evil now all it wanted to do was kill her.

As though Spritzer picked up Alyssa's confusion and distress it began to charge forward in a series of bounding leaps still screeching in its horrible voice.

Alyssa was caught off guard by Spritzer's sudden attack and let out a yelp of surprise as the creature leapt over her.

Skidding to a stop at the end of the hallway Spritzer righted itself on its spindly legs and faced Alyssa again, it's breathing becoming faster as the creature got excited.

"I don't want to hurt you Spritzer" Alyssa said to the black creature. When she noticed that her words were having no effect on the monster she slowly raised her hands. "But if you leave me no choice then I will"

Again Spritzer bounded forward just as a large scorpion came crashing around the corner.

Alyssa glanced at the new threat completely forgetting about Spritzer. Another bug? She thought watching as the scorpion slowly getting to its feet how many more are there?

Spritzer was suddenly above Alyssa and sliced downwards with its long claw like arm.

Sensing the attack Alyssa quickly moved aside, the large claw came downwards and although she had avoided the full force of the attack she still received a large slash in her right shoulder as it passed by.

The pain was dull and felt as though someone had pressed a block of ice on her shoulder. As Alyssa quickly glanced at the wound she realized it was worse then it felt, the large slash extended from her shoulder down to her elbow. Blood had started to flow, dripping down from the wound and into the rising water.

Seeing that it had wounded it's opponent Spritzer screamed with victory, now that the host had been hurt it would be easier to implant the eggs.

Alyssa heard the beat of Spritzer's heart above her; it was rapid which meant the battle had made it even more excited she knew this was a bad thing the more excited Spritzer got the faster it would become.

Pressing her left hand across the wound Alyssa tried to stem the bleeding. Why can't I feel the pain? She thought this should really hurt but the most I feel is a little irritation.

By now Spritzer circled Alyssa on the ceiling, drool starting the drip from the mouth on its belly as it opened and closed.

The scorpion that had suddenly appeared from around the corner hadn't moved since it had collapsed in a heap. Despite the threat from Spritzer, Alyssa had noticed the large arachnid's total stillness, something had killed it but whether or not the killer was another monster or a friend was a different matter.

Suddenly Spritzer struck downwards again emitting a high pitch shriek that made Alyssa cringe. But this time the long claw arm only struck air as Alyssa ducked underneath it.

Getting to her feet Alyssa pointed towards Spritzer and visualised the creature letting go of the ceiling.

A few moments after thinking that thought Spritzer crashed down from its perch and into the cold water. Seeing the creature's shock Alyssa smiled, "Doesn't feel good when you get hurt by someone else does it?"

Spritzer took a step towards Alyssa continuing its assault with the long claw arm but Alyssa simply backed away each time the claw came.

Glancing into the large white eyes of Spritzer, Alyssa knew that the creature had to be destroyed, for some reason Spritzer wasn't like Nemesis or Deception, it was confused and would never be able to live a normal life of freedom. She had no choice but to kill the monster that was getting frustrated that it's prey was moving so fast. But how? Alyssa thought how am I supposed to kill something my father made?

Just as Alyssa was wondering this Spritzer suddenly turned away from her and screeched at another form that appeared from behind the dead giant scorpion.

Alyssa also glanced up to see that Deception had materialized at the top of the corridor. The Hunter was bleeding from a bullet hole in his upper torso as he snarled at Spritzer.

Believing that Deception was no threat Spritzer made the mistake of turning back towards Alyssa and prepared for another charge attack.

It was a mistake that would cost the monster its life.

Deception shot forward kicking up a spray of water as he bounded towards his prey growling fiercely like a possessed animal.

Spritzer turned slightly and raised its claw arm but Deception grabbed a hold of it and easily broke the slender appendance.

As the arm hung limply from its socket Spritzer shrieked in pain and tried to move aside from the larger Hunter, the host would have to wait.

Deception glared back at Spritzer and swung his right scaled arm forwards in a clean sweep easily decapitating the smaller monster.

Letting out one final cry from it's severed voice box Spritzer collapsed, the purple blood from the lethal wound spreading out through the water.

During the time it took for Deception to kill Spritzer, Alyssa had found another corridor that turned out to be a dead end. She had felt Spritzer's heart suddenly stop beating and had heard its death throes. Be at peace now Spritzer Alyssa thought. In a way she had felt sorry for the creature that had tried to kill her but not that much, Spritzer had wanted to use her as an incubator for the eggs it carried, death was the only option left.

Walking back from the dead end Alyssa saw that Deception was standing over the corpse of Spritzer growling and clicking his claws. Seeing Alyssa appear from around the corner Deception seemed to nod and slowly walk back down the corridor towards the dead scorpion.

When sighting Spritzer's corpse Alyssa felt a tiny bit of pity for the monster but then the feeling was replaced with triumph, the creature that had tried to hurt her now was dead.

As Alyssa began to follow the direction that Deception took a panel caught her eye.

The panel was the Umbrella logo and was carved into the cement wall; each section appeared to come apart.

As Alyssa ran her finger across the symbol it left a thin layer of her blood on it. Glancing at her shoulder Alyssa realized that she was already starting to heal, the dual T/G virus strain was busy at work.

Turning back to the panel Alyssa started to press the sections, ignoring the water that was now up to her knees. Maybe this panel could open up those thick steel doors or it could be an escape hatch Alyssa thought.

Suddenly one of the sections sunk inwards and the entire panel spun around in clockwise direction.

The sound of rushing water from the dead end hallway made Alyssa turn around.

Sure enough a large stream of water had started to flow from two large vents on the sidewalls and the surprises kept coming. A thick glass panel slid down blocking off the hallway from the main corridor completely.

Realizing it was a trap was too late for Alyssa as she pounded on the glass wall yelling at the top of her voice. The water was getting higher and soon there would be nowhere left to go.

As the water surged towards Alyssa, she took a deep breath and waited.

Deception had found Joseph after leaving both Alyssa and Nemesis to their own devices; he had sensed that there was an enemy in the strange testing place.

Finding the scientist was one thing, getting to him was a different matter, a large thick metal door prevented Deception from entering the room where his prey was hiding.

Silently snarling in frustration Deception tried to remember how the non-virus scented creatures opened part of the wall.

A thin piece of metal caught the Hunter's eye and he could partly remember that in order for the wall to move aside the piece of metal had to be turned a certain way.

Grabbing a hold of the metal with his left clawed hand Deception turned it downwards instinctively moving aside as the door opened with a loud creak.

As Deception peered inside he drew back from the bright lights overhead, there were no shadows for him to hide in so the kill would have to be quick.

Movement caught the Hunter's eye and he could also hear the sound of something breathing, Joseph was closer then he thought.

Deception didn't even need his advanced senses to locate the cowardly man who was now behind a fragile looking chair. As he walked up the staircase flexing his claws Joseph peered from around the chair.

The man was smiling at the Hunter but not in a welcoming way, in a cruel way. Deception could remember this non-virus creature quite well, one time the Hunter had refused to kill a frightened victim that had been thrown into his cage.

Joseph's usual stammering voice had changed to a cold and unfeeling tone as he glared at Deception shouting threats and words the Hunter didn't understand at him.

When Deception had turned away from the pathetic human shaking at his feet he'd heard the sound of gunfire. At first Deception thought that he had been shot but when he didn't feel any pain the Hunter had turned to see that the human near him had blood slowly leaking from their head.

Glancing at Joseph, Deception only saw the man grin and slowly put away a small handgun.

Now as Deception stared back at Joseph the man slowly took out the very same handgun he had used all those years ago to shoot the shaking victim.

"I th-th-thought you'd come H-Hunter" Joseph said gripping the handgun. "I know you've c-come for me well you're not going to kill me because I'll k-k-k-kill you first"

Deception growled in a low tone causing Joseph to step back, an irritating ringing noise had started to fill his head.

"Not another step otherwise I'll shoot, I know you can understand me, you're an intelligent creature such a shame that your time's almost up" Joseph sneered his stutter completely disappearing. "I'll be able to tell Griffin when he returns that I killed the rogue Hunter, the one that's been causing him so much pain, maybe then I'll get the respect that I deserve"

Deception had completely ignored every word that Joseph had said his mind was elsewhere. He had seen the silver panel that Joseph was guarding and knew that was the cause for the slight ringing. But in order to stop the ringing Deception had to take care of Joseph first.

Realizing that Deception wasn't even listening Joseph scowled at the Hunter, "You impudent inbred animal! How dare you not listen to me, so many times you defied me and this is the last day!"

As Deception shot forward Joseph fired one shot from the gun that found its mark in the Hunter's upper torso. Ignoring the pain from his wound, Deception grabbed a hold of the now laughing Joseph's neck and began to squeeze. This only caused Joseph to make choking noises and aim the gun at Deception's head.

With his one free hand Deception hit the gun away then threw Joseph down hard onto the ground.

Not giving his foe a chance to recover Deception leapt up and landed on Joseph's back and with both of his razor sharp claws sliced downwards with such force that the man's spinel cord was easily broken killing him instantly.

Turning towards the panel Deception began a frenzied assault on the various wires and plastic keys.

Smoke and sparks began to issue from the places where Deception had carved large claw marks into the panel and slowly the ringing in the Hunter's head stopped.

Satisfied that his enemy was dead Deception went down the staircase and towards an open hallway, he wanted to find Alyssa and Nemesis again. Instead of finding them the Hunter found a large scorpion that turned towards him snapping it's large pinchers.

The clumsy arachnid wasn't even a challenge for Deception, he leapt over the bulky claws that snapped at him and targeted the soft head of the creature.

As the scorpion backed away in its death throes oozing a clear substance from its head Deception heard Alyssa shout out. When he didn't hear the roar of Nemesis follow the Hunter went down the hallway in time to see a medium sized black spider creature cornering a badly wounded Alyssa.

Although Deception had seen Alyssa fight before, something awoke inside the Hunter that compelled him to rush forward and strike the screeching black creature. It was that exact same feeling he had felt when seeing both Alyssa and Nemesis badly wounded when exiting the van.

Once again the spider like creature proved no challenge and once Deception had lifted its head from its shoulders he glimpsed Alyssa peering from around a corner. Her eyes said more then what words could have and he knew she was thanking him, although Deception couldn't understand why Alyssa didn't kill the creature when she had the chance such thoughts didn't bother the Hunter, he only nodded towards Alyssa acknowledging that she was now safe and ran back down the corridor.

Now that Alyssa was safe all that was left to do was escape from the watery testing place and Deception knew where the escape route was and he hoped that the others would too.

Seeing Jill with the cold crazed look in her eyes gave Carlos chills, she seemed to enjoy hurting Nemesis.

Only when Carlos had called out to Jill and took a step towards her did she snap out of her trance and release her hold on the lever.

Glancing back towards Nemesis, Carlos saw that the monster had landed face down on the ground. Water had started to slowly crawl towards the grounded monster while small spirals of smoke curled from his back. What troubled Carlos the most was the fact that Nemesis didn't appear to be breathing; there wasn't even an involuntary twitch from his large hands or even a snort to indicate that the giant's heart was still beating.

But as Carlos turned away from Nemesis another thought crossed his mind, which he voiced out loud to Jill, "Before you turned the lever, Nemesis called out something to you, he said 'stars' but how would he know what it meant?"

Jill seemed to be ashamed and at the same time uneasy as she stepped away from the silver panel, "Alyssa asked where I'd come from before I became what I am now"

"And you told her just like that?"

"What choice did I have Carlos, the kid was curious and I'm pretty sure that if I'd asked Nemesis to leave the room before telling her it may have been a bit strange!" Jill snapped as she approached Nemesis.

Bending forward Jill quickly undid both weapons and pulled them to one side then she knelt down beside the downed monster.

Carlos only watched with his arms folded, ignoring the fact that the water was slowly rising above his boots, "I don't get you Jill, first you were all paranoid about even mentioning the word stars around Nemesis and then you say it out loud like it's nothing"

Jill wasn't listening instead she was trying to listen for any indication that Nemesis was still alive. I'd never have done this with the first one she thought I was too busy running the other way.

When Jill pressed her fingers against the clammy throat of the monster she couldn't find a pulse, it was only then that Jill really started to worry. She half turned towards Carlos, "I just hope the electricity didn't cook his insides"

Carlos didn't say anything but he was just as anxious, if Nemesis was dead then Alyssa would also die, she needed the anti virus and without it death would follow.

Jill then stretched out her hand, "Give me your combat knife"

At first Carlos was hesitant but when Jill glared at him, he slowly took out the large knife and placed it in Jill's hand.

Turning Nemesis's head to one side Jill then propped the knife under the giant's nostrils. A few seconds later the blade began to fog up and then it disappeared only to become foggy again.

Smiling thinly Jill slowly rose and handed the knife back to Carlos, "Like I said it will take more then an electric shock to stop something like Nemesis" when she noticed Carlos's confusion Jill continued. "Didn't you ever do anything like that? If you can't find a pulse find something that allows heat to be visible, if it fogs up then it means they're breathing"

"I was too busy thinking about what you were going to do with that knife" Carlos remarked. "And also the fact that neither Alyssa or Nemesis would make it out of this place alive"

"The only thing we have to worry about now is when Nemesis wakes up"

"You don't think we'll have to…" Carlos trailed off. "Doesn't feel right, shooting a comrade who's been through so much"

Jill shrugged, "If it has to come to that then we really don't have much of a choice if we want to live"

"But to kill two innocent victims? Remember if we kill Nemesis then Alyssa is as good as dead"

"Don't you think I know that already?" Jill replied as she took out her magnum.

Carlos noticed Jill's sudden emotional change, he leaned forward and nudged her, "You are worried about Nemesis aren't you? I can tell, you've been uneasy ever since the power was turned off"

Jill turned sharply towards Carlos, "If you're incurring for a minute that I actually felt worry for a monster that has caused me so much heartache then let me…"

Behind the pair Nemesis slowly began to move, letting out a small whimper of pain as he attempted to regain balance.

Jill and Carlos quickly turned around and pointed their guns at the waking giant, but the only response they got from Nemesis was him blinking in confusion at them.

Nemesis didn't understand why he was lying in a puddle of water on the cold cement ground but the ringing had stopped in his head, which was a good thing. Even more confusing to the monster was when he rose from the floor Jill and Carlos pointed their weapons at him.

There was something wrong with the group, Jill and Carlos were there, but Alyssa was absent. In the back of his mind Nemesis could sense that Alyssa was in trouble, ignoring the weird behaviour of Jill and Carlos, Nemesis picked up both of his weapons and lumbered off down the hallway, he had been separated from Alyssa for too long.

Jill watched as Nemesis walked down the hallway and lowered her magnum, "I guess that shock fixed the problem"

Carlos had a different reaction, he approached the wall and pressed his rifle on it, "The walls aren't magnetised anymore"

"And your point is?"

"Well maybe the problem wasn't with Nemesis in the first place, maybe it was the magnetic force behind the walls" Carlos pointed out.

Jill only put the magnum back in its holster, "Well fixed or not I still say we should be cautious of Nemesis, let's follow at a distance just in case"

When both caught up to Nemesis they found the monster standing in front of a glass wall roaring and slowly raising his rocket launcher.

At first Jill couldn't see what was making Nemesis so upset, though as she came closer she gasped, Alyssa was behind the glass, she was floating in the flooded chamber hammering on the wall.

Carlos saw Alyssa as well, "She's going to drown behind that wall!"

Jill rushed forward, "If we don't stop Nemesis that blast will kill us all, at that range that weapon will do more harm then good" She was suddenly standing a few inches from Nemesis and grabbing a hold of the rocket launcher forced it downwards.

When Nemesis turned to face Jill, she saw the green eyes were filled with concern not anger. The giant let out a rumbling growl but made no attempt to raise the weapon again.

"Listen to me, you can't blow open that glass wall it will cause a lot of damage" Jill said slowly. "I know you want to free Alyssa but firing at a smooth surface isn't a good idea"

Nemesis then reattached the rocket launcher and stepped back from the wall, stopping he roared back at the barrier.

Alyssa nodded and moved backwards from the glass.

Nemesis then unleased several hard kicks towards the glass; each creating large cracks across the surface.

Soon the glass shattered and with it came the torrent of water.

Caught off guard by the rush of water, Nemesis was pinned momentarily against the wall as the water flowed out.

Snorting and shaking the water off him, Nemesis moved in time to catch Alyssa as she was washed out of the room with the water.

As Nemesis lowered Alyssa to the ground, she turned and screwed up her face, "You smell like smoke"

Nemesis only grunted at the remark, partly glad that Alyssa had been freed from her watery prison.

When the water had come flowing out the room Nemesis wasn't the only one who had been caught off guard, Jill and Carlos had been swept down the hallway and had to sprint back up the corridor.

Seeing Alyssa smiling and acting like nothing had happened slightly troubled Jill, Who knows how long she'd been trapped behind that wall? It may have been longer then what a normal human being can stand and if Alyssa can hold her breath for that long…her thoughts trailed off, in a way Jill was happy that both Alyssa and Nemesis were alive, they had adverted disaster once again.

The water had started to rise faster and already it was up to Alyssa's waist.

Jill waded up to the pair, "You ok?" she asked Alyssa.

Alyssa only nodded, "I'm ok just a little waterlogged"

The rising water had made Nemesis even more nervous then before and he began to walk away from the group towards the exit.

Alyssa, Jill and Carlos followed behind Nemesis as they all exited after a few more turns they all saw a large metal door slightly ajar, claw marks across where the handle was.

As Nemesis pushed the door open cautiously his eyes darted past the group as he growled threateningly.

For a brief moment Jill thought that Nemesis would attack them but the monster was growling at something else behind them. As she turned Jill recognized a familiar and terrifying form.

Carlos had also heard the cry and groaned, "Not again I thought that thing was fish food"

The white whale creature had somehow freed itself from the room it was in, the creature let out a high pitch squeal as it flopped towards the group.

Alyssa saw the creature's advance and was about to step forward when Nemesis stopped her, blocking her way with his large right arm.

With his other arm Nemesis pushed Jill and Carlos behind him then unhooking the rocket launcher aimed at the white monstrosity and fired.

The missile sped towards the creature trailing smoke from it as the rocket collided with the monster it exploded outwards painting the large area crimson. The large headless bulk of the monster slid silently into the water trailing blood after it.

Satisfied the threat was over Nemesis turned back to the group and opened the door.

When all were inside Jill caught a glimpse of something green and brown climbing up a ladder. Looks like Deception found us a way out she thought watching as the Hunter climbed up the iron ladder. Even though Jill knew that Deception had only located the ladder to save his own scaly skin it appeared that he had only started to ascend it when the group entered the room.

Carlos had also seen the ladder and called out to the others to follow.

As Alyssa began to climb up the ladder she glimpsed a body laying on a platform covered in blood, she then shook her head and continued to climb; whatever had happened to the man would remain a mystery.

Nemesis waited until the others were safely up the ladder before he started to climb, ignoring the creak it made when he went up a rung.

By now the water was already up the ladder which made Nemesis climb even faster trying not to think what would happen if he let go and fell into its swirling depths.

Exiting the ladder and climbing out of an escape hatch the cold night air hit Nemesis causing his breath to come out as steam.

Deception stood near the van waiting patiently for the group, he too was breathing out steam.

Alyssa turned towards Jill, her tired eyes staring back, "Can we go now? It's really late"

Jill nodded, "I think that's a good enough excuse for me"

Once both Nemesis and Deception were in the back Jill turned towards Alyssa, "Let me see that wound on your arm"

Alyssa slowly slid her bloodstained sleeve up only to reveal a thin red line, "It's nothing"

Jill stepped back and sighed, "I should have known that"

The radio in the van spluttered to life with a local announcer reporting on a strange disturbance in electrical power in the Townsville area but Jill didn't hear the report, her thoughts drifted back to the murderous eyes and wavering roar Nemesis had when he charged towards her. He would've killed Carlos and me and this time Alyssa wasn't there to stop him, if we hadn't knocked out Nemesis when we did…Jill then felt something warm press up against her.

Glancing down she realized it was Alyssa who had curled up beside Jill like a cat and fallen into a deep sleep.

Seeing this Jill smiled and turned towards Carlos who only smiled faintly back before turning the wheel on the van.

We're all in this together and nothing not even a maniac like Alice or Griffin to stop that Jill thought as she stared out across the starry sky.

Walking down the white corridor of the facility Griffin attempted to phone Joseph but received no reply, he was faintly aware that something had gone wrong at the Townsville labs but couldn't be bothered to investigate, there were other events that needed attention.

Retrieving a small silver remote from his pocket Griffin first pressed a few of the buttons before swiping a key card through the reader on the door.

The door opened with a slight whooshing noise as Griffin stepped inside.

Most of the room was dominated with various pieces of equipment designed to be for life support but it was in the centre of the room that Griffin had focused on.

Suspended by several thick wires floated Alice, she was wearing a silver bikini type outfit and a cup like devise that pumped out an oxygen supply was over her face.

The containment unit that Alice had been placed in after the fight with Alyssa had given her normal regenerating abilities a helping hand, it had taken under a week for the burns and abrasions to completely disappear.

Griffin had also taken the time to configure a version two of Project Alice into the already existing programming, it would amp up the already lethal abilities Alice possessed and also make resisting orders a thing of the past.

Approaching the tank Griffin stared back at the sleeping Alice, he knew for a fact that she'd had plenty of time to plot revenge against her enemies so precautions had to be taken in order to prevent any unnecessary accidents.

Fortunately for Griffin he had been able to convince the committee to allow only his team to work on the restoration process. There had been some fears that Alice would be transported away to another facility and Griffin would lose his best test subject and bodyguard but nothing like that had happened.

An older looking man in his mid forties approached Griffin and handed him a clipboard, "All the tests have been completed sir"

Taking the clipboard Griffin quickly scanned the stats, "And the vitals on the subject?"

"All are in perfect condition, it's almost like the energy needed to repair the injuries came from nowhere, the specimen hasn't been responding to the nutrients but has still made a full recovery"

Hearing this Griffin placed the clipboard on the panel and smiled, Stubborn even when sedated. He then turned towards the lab tech, "Start the purging process and make sure that all the cameras are running"

The man whose name Griffin couldn't remember nodded across towards a younger lab tech with short blond hair.

The younger lab tech typed for a few minutes on the computer and the tank's water slowly started to drain.

Griffin didn't wait for the process to begin he raised the remote to his mouth and spoke into it, "Project Alice activate"

The water hadn't even reached the quarter mark when Alice's eyes flew open, she glared back at the young lab tech sitting at the console and clawed at the breathing apparatus on her face.

Griffin had already stepped back when he saw Alice awaken, he wanted no part in anything she may do.

Reaching around Alice began to rip the cords from her back not uttering a single cry of pain when doing this.

The glass suddenly shattered and the remaining water that carried the scent of disinfectant flowed out across the floor.

First Alice crouched like a lion ready to attack on top of the broken platform, the young man made the mistake of crying out in surprise when seeing the glass break and Alice snapped her head towards him, her icy blue eyes glaring back in seething rage.

Then Alice had the young man up against the wall by the throat in an iron grip, the choking sounds of her victim making her grin evilly.

Seeing the sudden behaviour of Alice and the fact that Griffin didn't want to go looking for replacements for his research team he pressed a button on the silver remote.

A high pitch ringing filled Alice's head as she screamed in pain and dropped to the floor releasing her hold on her gasping victim who slumped limply against the wall.

The lab tech wasn't that lucky, a later examination of the body would show that his heart had exploded like an over inflated balloon.

Walking past the shocked elderly lab tech Griffin approached Alice who now stared up at him from the ground her blue eyes registering anger and confusion as to where the noise had come from.

"Well it's good to see that your hearing wasn't damaged during your last spar" Griffin remarked. "Do you remember who did this to you? Or why you're here?"

Slowly Alice rose, the water dripping off her slender body, "Alyssa Winterstone did this to me"

Just as Griffin had expected Alice had remembered the Winterstone girl, he had only hoped that the new programming put into practice would prevent Alice from killing the girl. "Actually it was those renegades that hurt you, they forced Alyssa to attack and although I am a bit disappointed in you for not reporting back to me we all make mistakes"

Hearing this confused Alice, the last thing she remembered were flames surrounding Alyssa, but she'd also heard Jill's voice, it was low toned and threatening and seemed more acceptable after all Alyssa was only a weakling, a sick and feeble one at that.

Griffin guided Alice out towards the door only pausing to drape a lab coat over her shoulders, "You have to look a little bit presentable before I show you something I think you'll like"

Walking down the white hallway Griffin card swiped another door and went inside followed by Alice.

Inside the room was a large steel table and strapped to it was what appeared to be a very tall man, a white blanket covered the giant's body while wires snaked out from the arms and legs that connected to various other machines.

At first Alice couldn't say anything, her throat still hurt from where the large tube had been but after clearing it she could speak, "What is it?"

Griffin smiled cruelly, "Another masterpiece that I will soon give life to, it will help us bring Alyssa back, you'd like to see her again wouldn't you?"

Alice only nodded and pursed her lips together, there was something not right about the sleeping giant on the steel table, its thoughts only came back as blank when she reached out and touched its mind. But Alice kept these thoughts to herself, no use in voicing them out loud to a man who could easily take away her free will with a mere click of his fingers.

Griffin had seen Alice's reaction and still kept his grin, "Once activated nothing will stop it, I just thought I'd show you before it wakes seeming as you'll be working very closely with it"

Again Alice had to resist the urge to display any emotion, she didn't want to become a vegetable floating in a tank after all it was Griffin who had healed her and she was grateful for that. She only nodded and turned towards Griffin, all traces of fear and hesitation gone as the newer Alice took over, "How long until we go after them?"

"Patience Alice, I've only just located where those criminals are hiding it wasn't that hard to do though they're very sloppy at covering their tracks" Griffin replied as he walked over towards one of the machines.

Picking something that was leaning against the machine Griffin then strode back towards Alice and handed the shadowy item to her.

Taking the long thin items Alice realized they were her samurai swords, slowly unsheathing one she examined the blade, "Will this thing…" she pointed towards the creature "Be enough to stop the Nemesis and Hunter?"

"You underestimate me Alice" Griffin said as he began to walk out of the room. "Wait until it wakes up then we shall both see"

Taking one last look at the creature Alice then joined Griffin as they walked out of the darkened room, already she had lost too many days stuck in a tank. If she was to face off against Alyssa then preparations had to be made.

Alice could faintly feel something else in the back of her head, warning her not to hurt innocents that had once been her friends, but the voice was easily ignored.

The good natured Alice was long dead, only the darker colder side remained and she knew that the next time her and Alyssa met it would be the Winterstone girl cowering and in pain.

Enjoy your victory Alyssa, Alice thought as she walked beside Griffin for soon you shall be back with me and the real challenges can begin.

The fight continues….

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