Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil.
AN: 'Italics are thoughts shared.'
"'Italic words within quotation marks are spoken words emphasised with thought'."
"Not to be confused with words spoken with special emphasis."
AN2: I like femslash so if there's going to be a pairing, it'll be Alice or Rain with a woman. I doubt they'll be together.
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Chapter Four
They split up: Matt and Rain went up to the second floor, where Alice sensed the largest group of things. Alice had the first floor. Olivera and Nicholai had the basement.
'Why are you protecting those Umbrella soldiers?' Rain asked. Alice had her knives out and stabbed whatever she came across. It was odd that they never reacted when she walked up to them but they did whenever she raised her knife. Could they tell she was going to kill them?
'Umbrella betrayed them, just like they did us,' Alice replied. 'And I'm not protecting them, I'm getting them out of the way.' Alice went to the office room. There were only four undead in the room. She took care of them quickly. After, she went to the computers and checked the security. There were no cameras inside. Too bad.
'Creepy,' Matt's taste echoed. Alice got a sense of little, undead people. She shivered. Adult things were bad enough.
Lights crossed the windows.
Someone was outside.
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There were four S. T. A. R. S. in a car. Dr. Ashford must have called them too. Alice wondered if the Doctor could get them all out. She 'told' Rain about them and went to the main entrance.
She got ouside just in time to see another truck pull up. A young woman dressed for a rave started talking to the S. T. A. R. S. A man and woman were with her.
That made four separate groups with a total of twelve people.
'We found the girl,' Rain whispered. Alice hesitated. 'You need to stall them. They can't come up here or they'll know we're different.'
'How will you talk to her?' Alice thought. She stepped outside and walked down the stairs.
'I can still talk. Matt'll be my ears and tell me what she's saying.'
"Did Dr. Ashford call you too?" Alice asked softly as she neared. They all gave some kind of yes. The woman in the blue top was older than she first thought. Still pretty young though.
"Where's everyone else?" the woman in blue asked the S. T. A. R. S.' designated leader.
"We were attacked by a group creatures," he shook his head. "They were too fast and took down most of us. A few..." He clenched his jaw, a pained look on his face. "A few of us started... changing... into something... else..."
"Did they have long tongues?" Alice asked softly. The officer nodded. "Did they have square heads or... rounded ones?"
"Round..." He looked at her. "We got two while they were... changing into something bigger." Recognition crossed his face. "You were at the office earlier! You didn't make it out of town?"
"No," Alice shook her head.
"You're friends...?"
"They're getting the girl." 'Are you done yet?'
'She's infected,' Rain replied. Alice swallowed, hard. 'I think it's okay though. She tastes like us and if she's not a thing by now I'm pretty sure she'll be okay.'
"We picked up two of Umbrella's people," Alice said aloud. Her voice trembled. "They're checking the basement."
"Were any of you bitten?" the woman in blue asked. Alice shook her head. So did the S. T. A. R. S.
'We're fine Alice,' Rain whispered.
BANG! a shotgun sounded. BANG! It was coming from upstairs. BANG! 'We're fine.'
"They're okay!" Alice stopped everyone from running inside. "They've found her!" She turned and ran inside, pretending she knew what she was doing. She went back to the office and went for the intercom. She hoped they went into the basement. She flipped the switch and started speaking, "Angela Ashford has been located on the second floor. She is being escorted to the front entrance." No cameras inside. No shadows in her head. No way for the Doctor to contact her.
"Angela Ashford has been located on the second floor. She is being escorted to the front entrance."
How to let him find them?
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Rain appeared first, Uzi in hand. Then Matt walked in with Angela in his arms, holding her tightly against his chest. His right hand was back in the black bag. They went to the wall, away from the door, and kept separate from the rest.
"Was she bitten?" Alice asked aloud. Matt shook his head. She turned to the intercom. "Angela Ashford has been retrieved. She has not been bitten. I repeat, she has not been bitten."
It took another minute for Olivera and Nicholai to show.
"Now what?" Alice asked.
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It was Jill Valentine that answered. She went out to the street and started waving at a nearby camera. The phone on the street rang.
Dr. Ashford wanted to see and talk to his daughter.
After, he told them about a helicopter that was collecting the surviving Umbrella soldiers. Apparently, he said, there was some sort of jamming near the center of the city.
It was landing at City Hall every three hours, leaving twenty minutes later. The next landed at eleven forty. It left at midnight.
It was ten thirty.
If they hurried, they might be able to make the next helicopter.
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"So what's your story?" Terri Morales asked Matt. She had her camera pointed at him. He ignored her and continued holding Angela. Alice wasn't sure anymore that he was doing it for Angela's sake. "Rain?" Rain touched her shades and looked out the window. "Alice?" She opened her eyes.
"I have amnesia," Alice stated with a blank expression. Matt and Rain looked at her.
"'Still'?" Rain whispered.
"It's only been," Alice looked at her right hand as she counted. "... twenty-seven... almost twenty-eight hours...? And I've been in a coma for most of it. And died once." She paused. "I think."
"You're kidding," Terri snapped. How was she to get an emmy with that? Alice gave her a blank look. "You're not kidding."
Matt cuddled with Angela, Rain turned to look out the window, and Alice closed her eyes.
Jill drove.
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They drove up to City Hall at eleven fifty three. Olivera, riding in the box of the truck, banged on the hood as his radio started working.
Seconds later, Alice felt a shadow in her mind.
"It's a trap," Alice whispered. Rain opened the door and stepped out. "It's a trap!" They were moving slow enough that Rain landed on her feet and kept moving. "Keep going!" Alice yelled. Then jumped out.
Matt pried Angela off and fell out the door. He landed on his feet. They ran towards an alley, hoping the tall buildings would cause interference. Tires screeched as the others raced away.
Alice, Matt and Rain ran ten meters before they stopped.
They tried to move.
To run.
To fight.
To do something.
Anything but turn towards City Hall and start walking.
Rain panicked, waking it up. The muscles beneath her skin tightened slowly. Her bones ached as they started thickening. Rain threw her mind at the others', hoping that it'll calm it. A link was formed between them all.
Matt focused solely on Rain, unused to Alice's mind, and projected a calm he didn't feel. He held the memory of his sister close to his heart and shared.
Alice remembered the blue eyes of the thing down in the Hive. She remembered how relaxed the woman made her feel. She focused on that feeling and tried to think.
Their bodies led them up to a helicopter pad, just below City Hall. Armed Umbrella soldiers surrounded them. They walked up to a blonde man in a leather jacket. He wore a small earphone.
'Timothy Cain,' Rain whispered.
Timothy Cain looked like a pleasant man.
"I want to know which one of you crashed Umbrella's satellite."
And a dangerous one.
"I did," Matt growled. The words seemed slurred together. Neither Alice nor Rain could move.
Cain pulled out a pistol and shot Matt in the chest. Matt fell to his knees. "Why did you do it?" Cain asked calmly. Alice tried looking around, searching for something she could use. Rain went into her own mind, looking for whatever was controlling her.
'Keep quiet,' Matt's voice demanded clearly. He panted. "Umbrellaaa won't hiiide thisss," he ground out. "Umbrellaaa maade Viiruss-" Cain shot Matt again. He groaned and fell to the ground. Alice threw her mind out, searching for whatever was controlling them. Rain dug deeper, turning her focus on it.
"So, you are a terrorist," Cain stated. He walked up to the body and used his foot to roll Matt on his back. Matt glared up at him. "The Umbrella Corporation is the largest commercial entity in the world. We bring out better, faster computers every year. We provide medicine and healthcare all across the States." He shot Matt again. "How would the world feel if they learned that Raccoon City was lost because of you?"
"R. C. stands for Raccoon City," Alice stated in a far off voice. Cain turned to her. Alice still couldn't move. But she could feel the satellite the man was using. She smiled. Everything looked so bright and clear. It hurt to use her eyes. She closed them.
"Alice," Cain hissed. "Of course. He couldn't have done it alone." He raised his pistol and fired.
Alice fell like a puppet with her strings cut.
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"So much potential," Cain tsked. He looked at subject Rain. She showed no signs of life. No intelligence.
A waste.
He looked at subject Matthew. He was curled up in a fetal position. No strength at all.
A failure.
"Prepare for takeoff," Cain announced as he walked towards the helicopter.
The world exploded.
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They still had their guns, but they didn't matter. All that mattered was spilling the blood of the ones that hurt them.
She charged the surrounding soldiers. Her claws raked against arms and ripped out throats with abandon. She had an unnatural awareness. Wherever the soldiers were shooting turned up empty. She ducked, jumped, ran, and used the soldiers as human shields.
He attacked with a cold rage. He was fast but he never saw need to dodge. Their tiny bullets wouldn't hurt him. His eyes were for Cain only. Any that got in his way was ripped apart. The helicopter lifted before he could get to it. But that didn't matter. He grabbed a soldier by the throat and threw him.
He bounced off the side splattered as he hit the rotating blades on top.
It kept going up.
That was okay, there were other soldiers nearby.
He roared.
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Three of the remaining S. T. A. R. S. and the two defected Umbrella soldiers flooded the area in time to see helicopter crash into the City Hall.
On top of City Hall, two in green vests abandoned stealth and killed whatever snipers were left.
All that was left standing as Rain and Matt.
Everyone else was dead.
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She hissed at the strangers with weapons. The only thing that kept her from attacking was that they tasted vaguely familiar. She paced the ground, keeping between her pack and the outsiders.
She was walking on all fours.
He stood over the other, waiting for her to decide what to do. He knew what he wanted. He wanted to take his sisters from here to a safe place. But he didn't know where they were. They had no place that was theirs.
She flicked her tongue out, tasting the air. Something like him/brother was coming. She watched a girl/child/runt run towards them, making loud noises. She hissed. The runt went quiet. She inhaled sharply, the air whistled lightly against her sharp teeth. The runt didn't taste quite like them but she had his/brother's mark all over her.
The runt came closer, slowly, making low noises. Only to be pulled back by an unarmed woman/weakling/breeder.
He grumbled but stayed still, content to leave his little sister with the breeder.
She didn't like it. The breeder tasted nothing like them. At least the runt/sister did. She had...
Potential.
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Rain stumbled, falling to her hands and knees. She looked around but everything seemed too sharp and bright. Her whole body ached, especially her throat and jaws. She could feel Matt's steady presence in her mind and a whisper of Alice. They were quiet but not silent. Rain didn't know if that was good or not but she hurt too much to find out. She laid agaist the cool pavement and slept.
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Being the only one awake, decisions fell to him. He picked up his older sisters, laying the taller one over his shoulder and cradling the smaller one against his chest. He then walked over to his little sister, ignoring the shouts of the S. T. A. R. S.
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"Don't shoot," Angela repeated. "They won't hurt you unless you attack them." She was facinated. Every other infected she saw was stupid and ate humans, no matter who they were Before.
When she first saw them, she was scared. She knew what uncontrolled infection of the T-Virus could do. She watched it happen. She had no idea that anyone could survive without losing their humanity. But here, right in front of her were three massively infected people and they were only concerned about eachother.
She wanted that.
"Don't shoot," Angela repeated. Matt walked up to her and growled softly, imitating a purr.
She really wanted to belong with them.
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... end of chapter four...
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AN: I'm trying very hard to keep my chapters above 15 KB. I'm doing good so far.
I apologize if the story seems rushed in some areas. I'm writing this as I go along.