Chapter 8: The Great Escape

Natasha slammed her fist down onto the desk. Screens hung on walls all around her, showing different perspectives of the facility. She also had infrared radar that scanned the halls and labs, able to sense if their way human activity. Indeed there was, Natasha had been tracking Ada and Leon for a few minuets now. They had been joined by two others, and she soon found out that they were Sherry Birkin and Yoko Suzuki. Both worked in the facility, and both could lead Ada and Leon to safety. That's what made her so angry; the help of Sherry was not welcomed in her mind. Although Natasha had sealed all the exits Sherry knew the override codes, as an employee it was mandatory knowledge.

Natasha just hoped that one of the experiments found them before Wong and Kennedy could escape.

Natasha jumped slightly as her phone rang; shrill in the cold silence of the main control room. She glanced at the caller ID and flinched slightly at the name: Wesker. She raised the phone to her and answered.

"Yes sir?"

"I'm not happy Natasha."

"Yes, I know sir."

"Miles has informed me that Wong and Leon have escaped, and you have entered a total lockdown and evac of the facility. Is that true?"

"It iz vat you told me to do!" She could not help but raise her voice a bit.

"Yes I know, and I thank you, but I did not expect you to drop the ball Natasha."

She was silent.

"The situation at the town has gone out of hand. Barbie tells me there are no survivors, everyone has been changed. It seems like the employees that are escaping to the town will not get a warm welcome."

"Ve have more…" Natasha said plainly.

Wesker let out a quick chuckle. "I'm coming with a chopper to pick up Sherry, collect her from her quarters and wait for me at the helipad."

"Sir…"

Natasha did not know how to explain it. Would he be angry? She glanced around the room, not sure if she should say anything. At last Natasha sighed, she must tell him, he would find out eventually.

"Sherry has joined up vith Vong and Kennedy."

Dead silence on the other end of the phone. It was cold; Natasha could almost feel the sting of anger from Wesker's end. It had seemed like centuries before Wesker said anything, but when he did the words suppressed a torrent of wrath.

"I'll be there in a few hours."

And with that he hung up.

Natasha set the phone down and looked back at the monitors. The foursome was slowly making progress towards the emergency exit. It seemed that they had not run into any trouble so far. Natasha frowned at glared at the small red blobs that moved briskly down a random hall. She could not allow this to happen, she just could not. She needed to kill Ada, Leon, and Yoko. Then she would take Sherry to the Helipad to be picked up by Wesker. Wesker would surely forgive her for that, Natasha would be able to redeem herself.

Natasha made up her mind and stood up. She moved to a small cabinet to her right and opened it, revealing a collection of weapons. She took the pistol and strapped it around her waste, then took the M-16 and slung it over her shoulder. Lastly she grabbed an ammo bag and filled it with extra clips. Natasha also grabbed another item and put it in with the extra clips, but it just in case something went wrong. She would be ready for anything, and especially ready to fill Ada Wong with as many bullets as she could for this. All of this was that bitches fault, and Natasha would make her pay.

Natasha slammed the cabinet door shut and exited the room, smiling at the prospect of causing Ada intense pain.


Ada could not shake the sense that she left something incomplete. It was a hollow feeling in the pit of her stomach that grew with each step she took. Ada had still not retrieved the sample of virus Trent ordered her to get, and the bombs in her back pack had yet to be placed. Ada wasn't one to leave things undone, but she needed to stay with Leon, she could not leave him now. If worse came to worse, Ada would tell Trent of the other facilities Sherry had told them about a few halls back. Still, she should go get the sample at the very least.

Ada stopped and called out to Sherry.

"Where are the labs?"

Sherry stopped, as well as the others and looked at her. A look of curiosity spread across her face as she looked into Ada's face.

"Why?"

"I need to run an errand."

"Ada, no!" Leon said to her.

"Leon, its part of my mission." Ada said calmly, not looking at him.

"You and your god damned missions!" Leon's voice rose quickly.

Ada looked at him. His eyes were staring into her eyes, and a look of anger and frustration stained his handsome face. He had never looked at her like that, and had never raised his voice at her. The look of it made Ada want to curl up into a ball, or recoil into the shadows. The coldness of it was like ice, and it made Ada flinch the second she fell under it.

"When will it all stop Ada? Don't you realize we need to get out of here or else we could die? No, I know you don't, all Ada cares about is Ada. Things are never going to change about you, I should have realized that when you threw me that key to the Jet Ski."

Leon turned and started to walk down the hall. Everyone else froze in awkward silence. Ada felt the sting of his words plunge into her heart like a knife, and they promptly twisted to double the pain. Ada wanted to cry but she held back the tears that threatened to tumble from her green eyes, likes she always did. No emotion, block it all out, don't show weakness. It was Ada's way of life, and it worked for her. She would not give it all up now.

Ada looked at Sherry who glanced from Leon to Ada, unknowing.

"The labs…" Ada muttered.

Sherry nodded and told her how to get to the labs. Ada took in each instruction, making a mental list of directions. She was always good at these sorts of things. The sooner she got the sample, the better. She would try to be quick, about it. Apparently the samples were all locked in a glass chamber that needed an access code. Sherry had given to Ada, and she struggled to keep it at the front of her mind.

84787, she needed to remember it.

"You three go on, I'll meet you at the exit after I'm done" Ada addressed Sherry.

Sherry nodded and turned to follow Leon, who stopped a few yards away, his back turned to them all. Ada looked at him for the quickest second, only seeing the back of him. It was as if he were locking her out of something. Shutting the iron fence to some beautiful place and leaving Ada in the rain. She frowned and turned away from him. She needed to hurry and get the sample. The labs were only a few halls away, but who knew what was lurking around the facility. Who knew what kind of sick and twisted things were around the corner, yearning for the death of her?


It had not taken long to locate the intruders. She could hear them talking as she hid just around the corner. Natasha smiled to her self and held the M16 ready, wanting to unleash a gale of bullets at them all. She couldn't of course, she needed Sherry Birkin alive, Wesker needed her. She could hear them coming closer; they would not expect her to be near the exit. Secret passages came in handy from time to time. The image of killing Ada Wong popped in her mind and she could not suppress a desire to cry out in joy, to laugh as the blood hit the floor. They would pay, yes revenge would be hers.

With one swift movement Natasha turned the corner when she sensed they were just yards away. Her M16 pointed at them as a whole, menacing as it reflected the florescent lights of the hall. The group halted and went silent the second she came around the corner. Her eyes glanced at them all, Leon, Sherry, and Yoko. A spark of anger flew through Natasha as she realized the absence of Wong. This could not be, not the one person she wanted the satisfaction of killing.

"Vere is VONG!" Natasha screamed.

The others flinched, all eyes on her gun. Natasha glared.

"TELL ME!" She screamed again at them.

Sherry looked at her, a look of hatred etched onto her face. How dare she! Sherry could not look at Natasha Dimitrov like that, after sparing her life so many times. Natasha had always wanted to kill Birkin, ever since she started sleeping with Wesker. Wesker was Natasha, not this blonde child's! How could Wesker fuck a girl like Sherry when there was Natasha around, a real woman who could pleasure him so much more? Natasha glared back at the girl.

"So, tell me Birkin, before I take you to Vesker. He misses your warmth oh so much!" Natasha let out a sharp 'HA'.

She could see Sherry tense up, her fists clenching in anger at Natasha. She couldn't care less; Natasha had no feelings for this girl.

"What do you mean?" Leon looked from Sherry to Natasha, a look of shock on his face.

"Leon it's nothing…" Sherry said, her voice cracking a bit.

"NOTHING?!" Natasha exclaimed with a laugh. "Didn't Sherry tell you?"

"Natasha, SHUT UP!" Sherry yelled, tears stinging her eyes.

Natasha looked at Sherry and smirked, and then she looked at Leon who stood in utter confusion. Her eyes flicked across his form and then rested on his eyes. Fire was alight in Natasha's eyes as they bore into Leon, insanity fueling her every word and movement.

"Sherry is Vesker's little whore. He takes zis slut to bed vith him!" Natasha laughed again.

Leon turned to Sherry, a look of fury and disbelief on his face. Sherry looked back and Natasha watched was tears ran quickly down her cheeks. Leon's mouth opened but no words came out.

"Leon…no…don't believe her!" Sherry sobbed at Leon.

"Doez he make you cum Birkin? Doez he fuck you just the vay you vant it!" Natasha taunted her.

"Shut up you bitch! Just shut the fuck up!" Sherry screamed at Natasha, still sobbing.

"I bet you like it, being his little FUCK TOY!" Natasha smiled.

Sherry fell to her knees, sobbing violently. Crumbling at the insane taunts being shot at her by Natasha, more painful than any bullet that could come out of any gun. Natasha pictured her heart being torn to pieces with the pain of it all, but this wasn't enough for Natasha. She wanted Sherry to be torn apart with the thought of it.

"You love it. ADMIT IT! You love it when he's inside your little—"

"DIE YOU FUCKING CUNT!" Sherry wailed.

Before Natasha could move, before Natasha could put up any guard, Sherry had plunged her hand into her lab coat and withdrew a pistol. In the next unbelievable second Sherry had pointed it at Natasha and fired. Natasha saw the bullet as if it were in slow motion, cutting through the air like lighting. The round hit Natasha in the shoulder and pain erupted through her. Natasha stumbled back, blood hitting the floor. Her eyes went wide as she looked back at Sherry. Then there was another shot and Natasha felt the round enter her shin. She buckled and fell to her knees on the floor. The last shot that was fired entered her stomach and blood gushed onto the floor. The pain of it all made Natasha shudder. Her gun lay feet from her but she could not grab it for she was curled in a ball on the floor.

Then she was being kicked. Natasha looked up with wide eyes, screaming in pain. Sherry's face was contorted in pain and sadness as she kicked ever inch that was exposed. A heel connected with Natasha's nose and she heard a crack and more pain washed through her. She never knew it was possible to hurt this much. Another kick hit her mouth and she felt teeth brake and some were knocked out. Sherry was hitting her so hard, the shock of it paralyzed Natasha as her vision blurred and pain and fear took over her whole being.

Was this death?


Leon blinked and everything came back to him. Reality flooded back into his life, washing away his disbelief and fury at Wesker. At first he had not known what that woman had been talking about, but then she had said the one thing he hadn't expected. Leon didn't want to believe it, but Sherry's reaction had given it all away. He suddenly felt a twinge of disgust as he thought about it, Wesker's body next to Sherry's. He shuddered and watched as Sherry kicked the crap out of the woman.

Leon suddenly broke free of the frozen feeling that had taken over him from the news and rushed forward, grabbing Sherry and pulling her away. Sherry still kicked at Natasha as Leon wrapped his arms around her, trying to calm her down.

"Fucking BITCH! FUCK YOU!"

"Sherry, calm down."

"…Bitch….fucking cunt!" Sherry slowed down and soon stopped, sobbing still.

Leon made a hushing noise and Sherry turned in his arms and cried into his chest, shuddering and gasping. Leon looked down into the blonde hair and frowned. This is what he had done, it was his entire fault. He had not saved her from that bastard, and now her whole life was upside down. Wesker was raping her and it was all his doing. Deep inside Leon knew it wasn't rape, but this was his way of placing all the blame on Wesker for fucking up a child. Leon breathed in deeply and Sherry pulled away from him and looked up into his face.

"Leon…I"

"Shhh. Don't say another word about it."

"But…I…"

"I said shut it," Leon smiled warmly, "Let's get out of here."

Sherry nodded and wiped her face on the sleeve of the lab coat. She looked at Leon and smiled, the ends of her mouth twitching a bit. It was a smile all the same.

"Um guys, not to ruin things, but things are about to get bad."

Leon looked at Yoko, who's eyes were wide in fear. She was backing slowly towards the exit. Leon blinked and followed her gaze onto the last thing he wanted to see now. It was a giant wolf; fur black as night with white eyes, only red slits for pupils. Its teeth were bared and it was growling low and threateningly. Leon's eyes widened as it came slowly forward in a stalking position, close to the floor and ready to pounce.

"Sherry…Yoko…Get out of here. It's only a few halls away from the exit, I'll catch up."

Sherry didn't protest, but nodded and took Yoko's hand. They both took off down the corridor and turn the corner.

Leon stood in the center of the hall, watching the wolf as it snarled at Leon. He could see drool drip down from his large jaws, its eyes fixed on Leon's neck. Leon's breath was slow but his heart was beating quickly in his chest. He had survived much worse than a giant wolf, this was an ant compared to Saddler. Leon could handle this.

In a flash the battle started; the wolf pounced and Leon anticipated this. He slipped to the floor and grabbed Natasha's fallen M16. The wolf soared right over him and landed feet away from him. Leon hurriedly got to his feet and pulled the trigger as the beast turned with a great roar. The bullets slammed into its side and the monster flinched as blood blotched its fur. Tiny drops of blood fell to the floor and the wolf howled, hurt but not weakened.

Fenrir faced Leon once again and charged at him, gnashing his teeth as he closed the distance between them. Leon opened fire again and the bullets flew from the gun in torrent, crashing into the monster a second later. The wolf stumbled as the attack came to him head on. Leon watched as Fenrir crashed to the floor with a great roar. It flinched for a few moments and then went still.

Leon panted. He thought he was going to be a goner, the look in the monster's eyes had told him he would be mauled to death. But the beast had fallen so easily. Leon narrowed his eyes and raised the gun again. There was a hollow click and Leon cursed under his breath. Now all he had was a pistol. Leon dropped the gun and walked over to the beast, drawing his pistol.

It was perfectly still, blood making a pool around the fallen wolf. Leon nudged it with his boot but it did not move. Leon sighed in relief.

"Bad dog" he chuckled at his own cheesy joke.

Suddenly the creature leapt up, snarling and bleeding. It one motion the wolf pounced and Leon was on the floor, the giant monster pinning him down. Its hot breath washed over Leon, it smiled like rotting flesh and blood. Leon almost gagged. The wolf roared and tried to bite at Leon's throat but Leon was faster and shot out a hand and grabbed the beast's jaw, preventing it from getting closer. The wolf fought against Leon's hold but he held on tight as he could.

Slowly Leon raised the pistol in his right hand and pressed it against the under side of Fenrir's head. He closed his eyes tightly and squeezed the trigger three times.

A deafening roar filled the hall as the bullets ripped through the monster's skull, destroying everything it went through. Blood dripped from the entry holes and onto Leon's shirt. Leon pushed the monster away and stood up quickly. The monster convulsed violently and then went still, yet again. This time Leon knew the monster was dead.

In exhaustion from trying to keep Fenrir rip his throat out Leon panted heavily and leaned against the wall. Sweat beaded on his skin and ran down his face and neck. All he wanted was to kick back in a bed and rest, but he knew he couldn't. Leon looked down the hall that Ada had left them from, and wondered if she was alright.


Ada looked into the green liquid of the small vial. It was almost neon green and seemed to glow without an energy source in the almost perfect dark of the labs. She had plucked it out from among the four other samples at random. She had just wanted to look at it, see what Umbrella had pulled out of their ass this time around. She had been expecting more, and was quite disappointed. It was a green version of the G-virus. Yawn. Conveniently the samples came in a metallic case, complete with injection gun. She wouldn't need the gun; all she needed were the samples. Since the case was too big to fit in her backpack, Ada had to carry it, which was the worst part. She would only have one arm available to defend herself.

Ada put the sample back in its place and shut the case. She picked it up from the glass box it was stored in and turned to exit the lab. She quickly walked past tables and chairs that held various instruments used by the scientists. The lab doors were getting closer, and she had a strange feeling something was going to happen. It was like one of those horror movies, where the exit to freedom was so close and then the monster stopped the survivor's path.

Just then she saw it.

Massive man walking slowly by the open lab doors. Ada froze and went low to the floor, and hid behind the nearest lab counter. She peered around the corner and looked for the creature. She spotted it, it had stop right in front of the lab doors, but still looked away from the inside, as if it had halted walking down a hall way, facing forward and not moving. Ada narrowed her eyes and surveyed the monster.

It looked like the monster Mr. X from Raccoon City. Ada had seen it when she was going about her mission. Then the tyrant didn't look friendly, and now it didn't either. It's skin was jet black, except for tears in the flesh revealing what should be hard muscle, except it glowed orange as if very hot. The exposed muscle was like ember from a fire, like great orange eyes.

The monster turned its head to the lab and Ada slid behind the counter a bit more. The last thing she needed was a fight with this guy. It made noise as if it were sniffing and slowly scanned the dark lab. Ada was perfectly still, but still did not take her eyes off the monster. It was black silence for what seemed like years until it was broken by a loud alarm and flashes of red.


Natasha could barely see anything. Pain still filled her body, filling every bit of her. She feel many broken bones, and thought that a rib might have punctured her rib. Blood oozed slowly from her mouth. She had failed, and that was the ultimate pain. What would Wesker do without her? Blitzkrieg would surely fall, Umbrella would fall. All because of her.

A flash of anger filled her heart. No, it was not her fault; it was the intruder's fault! They had caused this all, and caused her so much pain. Her broken body shook with anger. There was only one thing to do.

Natasha slowly moved her arm the case on her hip. She fumbled with the flap for a second but it opened. She dug in the bag a pulled out a black object that looked very much like a joystick for a computer game. On the top was a red button, the button that would end them all, destroy everything.

She pressed it just as her vision grew black, and then went limp again.


Leon was close to the exit when he heard it. He jumped when the alarm when off, and then the once fluorescent lights suddenly turned red. A loud female voice called out:

"DESTRUCTION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED. COUNTDOWN INITIATED…10"

"Shit!" Leon yelled and turned around, looking for any sign of Ada.

There was nothing coming down the corridor.

"9…"

Leon stared desperately down the corridor. He begged her to hurry in his mind, begged God to let him see the woman running around the corner.

"8…7…6…"

Leon started to walk towards the door, his head still turned to look down the hall.

"Come on Ada!"

"5…4…"

Leon turned away from the hall and started to run. He could see Sherry and Yoko standing next to a large door, calling out to him. He ran faster, his legs pumping and his adrenaline fueling each step. His heart beat faster and faster as the female voice spoke again.

"3…"

Then he heard something behind him, more panting breathing. He looked around and his eyes grew wide. Ada was running, a metallic case in one hand. Her eyes glanced at him and she smiled. He looked forward again, flashing a private smile. She was alright; she wasn't going to die in a blast of fire. No, that was too easy. Ada would not die in an explosion; she would die in a complicated way. An explosion seemed low class.

"2…"

They were diving out of the door, Leon seeing everything in slow motion. He glanced over at Ada, whose eyes were shut tight. She was beginning to curl, intending to make a rolling landing. Leon did the same. They hit the ground, rolling smoothly on the rough jungle ground, the smell of earth filling their noses.

Sherry slammed the close button on the blast door and the steel doors closed just as the timer reached '1'.

There was a great earth shaking boom and everything seemed to blur. It was as if the world was being cut in two, and everything moved from its place. The sound of trees breaking joined the boom. Then a blast filled the world as the top of the fake temple that contained the facility blew into the sky. Tiny rocks rained down on them all, but they were shielded by their arms, which they threw in front of their faces.

Then everything became silent.

Perfectly silent. The jungle made no noise what so ever. The world was still for the moment. They all blinked and looked at each other, a bit shaken but all were ok. It was as if they had woken up just after a great earthquake. They all were silent, but it was Ada who broke the quiet. Standing up, she dusted herself off and sighed:

"Well, that was fun."


A/N: There's nothing wrong with updating quickly, right? This was a fun and emotional chapter to write, so it came out quickly. I don't want to keep you all waiting, so I decided to post it early.

Enjoy!