There were three helicopters waiting at the landing pad. Sherry went for the middle one. She could see the pilot was already inside waiting. The blades started turning on their approach. Sherry hesitated. This was happening too fast. Too soon.

She tightened her grip on Jake's hand. She felt his own hand grip hers in turn. They didn't say anything out loud. They didn't need to.

Ada Wong had met them at the hangar. Since she had often come to help Leon in the past he had stopped to listen to what she had to say. Leon had sent them on ahead. He hadn't been able to reach Ada but her appearance out of nowhere seemed out of place. Leon called Jake back.

Jake released Sherry's hand reluctantly. "Go, wait by the platform, I'll be right there," he said to Sherry giving the area one last scan. She nodded her face pinched. Anja moody and gave a small cry. Sherry smiled down at her. At least the infant could express her feelings without anyone telling her not to break down. Sherry couldn't afford to break down. Not now. She adjusted the carrier and moved towards the helicopter blocking the strong wind from the blades from Anja's head.

She turned around as she neared the helicopters for a quick glance at Jake.

That's when shit hit the fan.

Jake had gone maybe fifty feet when the J'Avo swept over the platform from behind. Sherry was alone up there armed with a hand gun and an infant. Jake had been jogging back towards the hangar when he heard Sherry's scream.

"Jake!" The J'Avo swept around her and seemed everywhere at once.

"Sherry!" He immediately bolted in her direction. Behind him Leon and Chris struggled to keep up.

There were so many J'Avo taking Sherry this time there was no way to reach her. She still had Anja strapped to her chest. Even the J'Avo were taking care not to jostle her too much. She struggled against the arms that held and disarmed her.

Jake, guns drawn had leapt into the fray. "Sherry!" He yelled firing at the J'Avo indiscriminately. Many he shot straight in the head dropped straight to the ground. Others who were not so lucky mutated on the spot as the virus tried to repair the damaged limb or organs. When he ran out of bullets he dropped the guns and started swinging.

Leon glanced around. Ada was nowhere to be seen.

Ada did this. Leon thought. For once he didn't wonder about the woman behind the mask she projected. Sherry he had rescued, Ada knew that.

This was betrayal pure and simple. There was no questioning her motives. Sherry should have been off limits. Not a target.

Leon had kept moving forward, Chris on his right, Claire on his left. "Shit!" He said to Chris, "he's going to get himself killed!"

The J'Avo however grabbed Jake and pinned him to the ground.

Jake let out a yell of frustration. He could no longer hear or see Sherry. One of the helicopters lifted off and flew away. He was still pinned to the ground on his back staring up at J'Avo as they moved around him.

Suddenly the J'avo were gone, swarming away and Jake was on his feet. Leon, Claire were moving forward surrounding him. There was one helicopter missing from the pad. An extra baby blanket Sherry had been carrying to cover Anja in when they traveled had blown across the grounds.

He dropped to his knees in front of the blanket, grabbed it up, and held it to his chest. Then he punched the ground with both hands until his knuckles bled.

For the first time since his mother had died, Jake Muller sobbed. "Sherry, damn it!" He swore banging a fist on the ground again. The sounds of J'Avo died away and Leon and Chris pulled up just behind him.

"Shit," Chris swore watching the helicopters recede. He spoke into his ear piece. "We got a destination or direction for that chopper?"

"Negative, our radar is scrambled."

"Well fix it!" Chris barked into the microphone.

"Ada." Leon swore again. Ada never hurt innocent people as far as he could tell. Her style, while questionable, tended to find every loophole in the job for the minimum damage. While he tended to get in guns blazing, Ada was a bit more tactful.

Usually.

He couldn't understand what had happened here exactly.

He put his hand on Jake's shoulder. Seeing Jake's shoulders shake in helplessness was the most disturbing sight he'd come across in a while. He glanced over at Claire who was pursing her lips in a tight line.

There wasn't any love lost between Claire and Jake, but they both would protect Sherry at all costs. Without Sherry, he was going to have to buffer between the two.

"We'll get her back." Leon was telling himself more than anyone. Chris stood back, still not certain any overture would be welcome from him.

"You know what he'll do with them," Jake said in a loud whisper. His head hung forward as he struggled to maintain control of himself. He hated feeling helpless and that threatened to engulf him. He tried to hold onto fury instead. Anything that would keep him going.

"I have an idea," Leon said back to him keeping a firm grip on his shoulder.

Jake's shoulders stopped heaving and he slowly stood up. Leon released him and stepped back.

He turned around, the baby blanket clutched in one large hand the other balled into a fist. His jaw was clenched, and it was not despair that Leon noticed there but pure rage. His eyes were red rimmed from crying, but also cold and full of fury.

Claire actually took a step back. This was what Jake was without Sherry. Briefly she wondered what he'd been like when Sherry had first met him. Sherry had to convince him he was needed to save the world. He was a giant ball of anger ready to snap.

"We'll get them back," Leon said again to Jake. Leon meant it to, first he would deal with Ada though.

"Yeah, you bet we will," Jake said in a low dangerous voice, looking at Leon. "I don't care what sort of fucking monsters they create. I will go through ALL of them if that's what it takes." He glanced over at Chris. "And I'll even put a fucking bullet back in that bastard's head."

Chris nodded. "I'm in."

Leon nodded. "I think we're all in," he said glancing over at Claire who only nodded.

"Good," said Jake, "Then let's go put dear old Dad back into his fucking grave again."