Chapter 6: Leaving The Facility
The survivors walk down the tunnel as Alice was taking with Carlos and Jacob. Annabelle looks at Leon. "Why are you working for Wesker?" she asks him. "I don't work for him, but things on the surface have changed. Wesker said that he knew where you were. I didn't believe him, not until he showed me that video camera you documented on, I was on board and he sent me here." he states, he nods at him. "He said that you knew of some weapon, something that could turn the tide for us," he informs her, she cast her eyes down. "He didn't tell you that the weapon was me and Alice?" she asks him.
He looks over at her. "For Alice, I wouldn't risk so much." he states as he looks away, then she looks at him, "And me?" she asks, he looks at her. "I would risk it all for you, Anne." he states her, "I hope I was worth the lives of two men. I honestly do." she states then walks forward "I know you are." he mutters and then they came to the exit. "Here. The submarine pens are just above us," she informs them and walks to the side hall. "Come on, move." Alice states as Carlos took Becky's hand. Then Annabelle climbs up the ladder, Leon follows after her as she steps onto the catwalk and climbs up the next ladder. The others then followed after her as they were making their way up.
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They then were in the submarine pens they walk along the said as Annabelle looks over at the submarines. "The elevator platforms are just up ahead." he states and then looks at his watch "11 minutes." he states and Annabelle looks at him, making him smile "We're going to be okay," he states and she smiles at him. "Hold on." Luther states as he and Jacob ran to the stairs and they check the coast.
But then Annabelle stops and slowly turns around as she looks down at the camera and tilts her head. Carlos then looks at Annabelle and walks up to her, "You good?" he asks her, "She's watching us." she states and he looks ahead. "We gotta go," he informs her, taking her arm. She nods and lets him pull her back and down the stairs. "Accessing power grid. Dispatching biohazard."
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They then were back at the elevator platform, Annabelle notices that the controls had glitched. "Everybody gets on board," Luther tells them and they all gathered into the platform. "Hold on. Next stop. Menswear and sporting good." Barry jokes and Annabelle smirks a little as he cranks the level and they begin to move, but suddenly they came to a stop. The lights went down as did the alarm. "Move down!" Alice tells Becky and she did so. Carlos stayed close to Becky. "What's going on?" Leon asks as Annabelle felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up.
Then Luther jumps down, "Where are you going?" Leon asks him as Luther ran up to the controls. "Someone most of cut the power remotely," he informs him as Alice then kneels down next to Becky and looks at her. "Be strong. I'm gonna keep you safe," she promises her. Then the other jump off and ran over to the controls as Rain stood next to Becky and Annabelle stayed with the two as she kept looks around in the elevator. "Can you bring it back online?" Leon asks him.
Then Alice jumps down. "Not without the access codes." he answers him, then Alice turns to the two, "Get down and stay low," she informs them, even used sign language for Becky to understand. Then Leon looks at his watch. "Nine mines, looks like we're going with plan B." he states and Luther looks at him. "What?" he asks. "There's a reason we planted those explosives," Leon informs him. Then Annabelle looks at Barry as he was trying to get the lever working. Then Annabelle ran to him, grips the back of his vest and pulls him out of the way as the Licker's claw as it swipes at him. The other turn and saw that Barry was laying on his back and Annabelle looks up at the Licker. "Get off!" Annabelle shouts as she pushed the others to the ledge. "Get off the platform now!" she shouts as they quickly jump off. Then the tongue grips a hold of her waist and pulls her off the platform. "NO!" Leon calls out as Jacob and Luther held him back.
Annabelle struggles in the grip and then looks at the Licker. It growls at her, but then her eyes dialed, she stares at it as he then was low growling at her, her eyes then return back to normal then exhales. It then loosens their tongue. Annabelle gasp as she then drops down and lands on her feet. She then looks up and saw the Licker retreating back into the tunnel, she then exhales and collapsed onto her legs Alice ran back onto the platform and went to her side as Leon did as well. "What happened?" Alice asks her as Leon then was in front of her cupping her face. "I gave it a human consciousness and it took a lot out of me," she mutters as her nose started to bleed. "Lay down, just lay down," Alice tells her as the two of them gently lay her on her side. Alice brushes her hair from her face as Annabelle was breathing gently.
Then she looks at Leon, "I have seen her ignite fires, survive explosions, control water, heal her wounds, move as the speed of sound and make zombie's heads explode, but this. This is nothing I have never seen before." Alice informs him, he looks at her then presses her forehead against her temple. Then Alice looks at Rain and Becky. "Becky, here," she calls out with her hand held out. Becky and Rain ran over to her, Rain lifts her up onto the platform and Becky ran to her mother as Rain pulls herself up. "I need to stay with her, she is very exhausted. Stay with her?" Alice signs at her and Becky nods at her. "I will, I promise," she tells her. Then the other ran to the lift. "Is she alright? Is she okay?" Barry asks them, Annabelle turns her head and looks at her husband. "Leon, you have to get to cover," she warns him. And he looks at her, "What do you mean?" he asks her. "They're here," she states and fire rings out.
The other looked over and then took over behind the stone pillars, Leon looks out at them and back at Annabelle, "Go. Go, help them, I'm alright." she whispers at him, gently shoving his hand back. "Go. We got her." Rain informs him, he looks at her then nods and looks back down at Annabelle as she was looking up at her "They won't take you, I'll make sure of it." he promises her, she smiles up at him and he kisses her for a quick second and then pulls back. Her hand gently grips hers as he stood up, then her hand slips from his and he jumps off the platform and took cover and fires back at them. "You like that! Huh?!" Barry shouts at them and went back to cover.
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The Licker crawls back to its nest and saw that its cocoon was still moving, it then pulls it claw up and cuts it open, Sully coughs as he wipes the saliva from his face and drops onto the ground and sat on the ground. Then he looks up at the Licker then he pulls out his gun, then Licker smacks it away and glares at him with a growl and Sully gulps. "Your... bombs... have... them...?" the Licker asks him.
Sully looks at it in shock. The Licker was... talking. "Yeah?" he answers him "Good. Bring it." it orders him. Sully stood up and pulls the bombs right out of the cocoon then the Licker pulls him right onto it back and it. "Where are we going?" Sully asks him. "To destroy this facility." The Licker answers him. Sully looks at him in shock. "What? No, we can't I won't let you!" Sully shouts at him, then the Licker stops on a ledge, pulls Sully off his back and then hung over the side by his ankle. "You don't have a choice in the matter. You neither help me or you die and I do it myself." the Licker informs him and Sully looks at the Licker then the long way down then back at the Licker and nods.
The Licker smirks to itself, "Good choice." he tells him then places Sully back on his back and then jumps to the next ledge, leaving the shaft.
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The Umbrella operatives suppressed fire as the survivors were pinned down, "Move up!" Jill orders them and they move forward. Barry looks at his watch and saw that they had five minutes left. "Fall back to the elevator!" Leon calls out to his men and Barry looks at them "You go!" he shouts and they looked at him as if he was an idiot "I'm gonna stay here a while." Barry states, Annabelle opens her eyes and sat up. "Barry!" Leon calls out to him "When the countdown gets to zero, you have to be on that elevator!" Barry informs them as Annabelle jumps down from the platform. "Someone's got to stay here, Leon. Besides, I'm kinda enjoying myself!" Barry informs him then a new shot rings out. They look over and saw Annabelle with two handguns in her hands as she fires at the operatives, taking them down one by one. She then strides past Leon and Barry and stood her ground. "Get to the Elevator!" she shouts at them. "Anne, we're not leaving without you!" Leon informs her.
She smirks "You think I'm going to stay here?" she questions and hits Clone Rain in the arm, making her gasp and smack against the ground. "I don't plan on staying here, I got something to live for!" she shouts and he looks at her in shock. She then looks back at him, marches over, wraps her arm around the back of his neck and slams her lips against his. He was surprised at first but wraps his arm around her, operatives came out and aim their guns, but Annabelle aims her gun and fires at them, taking them out without even looking. She then looks back and looks at him. "As long as you are alive, I'll fight to stay alive too," she promises him. He smiles at her. "Go. Go!" she tells them as she pulls back and turns back to the Operatives and fires at them. "Fall back! Fall back!" he orders and they fall back, climbing onto the elevator.
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The Licker walks through the tunnel, looking around for the right way. "Are you sure you know where you're going?" Sully asks him. "Don't question me!" the Licker growls at him, Sully held up his hands. "Sorry," he mutters and he ran down the right tunnel. "How do you know?" Sully asks him.
As they passed other tunnels. "The Queen. She awoke me from my slumber, giving me life and my mission." it answers him, Sully arches his eyebrow at him, "The Queen?" he asks him. "She knows the way, what must be done to survive. I will die for my queen if it means she survives," it answers him and Sully looks away. -Queen? What queen? Who's the Queen?-
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Annabelle kept her firing as the Operatives drop one by one, then she falls back into cover and looks at her gun, they were out. She scoffs and tosses them to the side, then pulls out her other handgun and then leans out firing at them. "Bring out the prisoner!" Jill orders and the remaining operatives went back to cover.
Annabelle pants as she knew it went quiet. Too quiet. Then clone Rain steps out with Ada in front of her and a gun pointed to her head. "Cease your fire or I'll execute her." Rain orders her. Annabelle exhales and leans her head against the wall. It was her sister, she just knew that, but couldn't help smirk to herself, knowing that she wasn't completely out of tricks. Then the Operatives came out with their guns in hand. "Now, throw down your guns, and step out," Richard orders her.
Annabelle thinks of a plan as quickly as she could. "Step out or she dies," Richard orders her again and then Jill walks up to him, Annabelle then got the perfect plan then tosses her gun to the side steps out with her hands up. "Oh Ada, you just had to get captured." she mocks and Ada shrugs at her "Wouldn't be the first time," he states and then Richard fires at Annabelle, but the bullets stop a foot from touching her. All the Operatives fired at her and none of them could hit her. Annabelle crosses her arms and watches as they all emptied their clips and looked at her. Then the bullets hit the ground and Annabelle looks at them. "Is that all you got?" she questions them and they looked at her in horror as Ada smirks.
Then Annabelle's eyes dialed "My turn." she states and then tilts her chin up, sending a strong way at them, it broke up the ground as it charges at them, Ada ran back to cover as they Operatives were knocked back off their feet and sent flying back. Ada hid in cover and watches them fly. Annabelle smirks to herself as she turns and walks back to the elevator.
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The Licker and Sully enter the cloning room and looks around at all the Alice clones, "Jesus." Sully mutters as he got off the Licker's back and saw the hundred of hundred Alice clones. "There's so many." he states "And little time, plant the bomb," it orders him.
Sully ran to the center of the room and places the bombs down and then pulls the pin, the Licker smiles to itself. "Now oblivion." The Licker states and raises it's held up. The bomb went off. "Long live the Queen!" it shouts as both Sully and the Licker were engulfed in flames.
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Leon pulls Annabelle onto the elevator and he pulls her into his arms and hugs her, she smiles and hugs him more tightly. Then the whole facility shook at the denominator went off.
Then the entire facility was drowned in water, New York consumed in water, Moscow consumed in water. All testing environments consumed in water. Then Annabelle looks at the other, "HOLD ON!" she shouts at them and then they all grip onto the ledge. "Move!" Jill calls out and they ran for it. Jill, Rain, and Ada ran to the side as the others were drowned in water.
Annabelle moves out of Leon's arms and held her hands out, stopping the water from touching them. It worked and the elevator started to move up, away from the water. Annabelle exhales as she kept the water a bay.
Then finally they were all at the surface, only meters away, then Annabelle lets go and pants to herself Jacob walks up to her and sees if she's alright, she nods at him and then stood up. Then she looks at the others, then lets out a breathless laugh as the other then started to laugh with her.
They were alive and they survived, and one thing was for sure. They were going home.