Chapter 9

Rendezvous

"Dr. Isaacs, the detected disturbance that occurred a few hours ago was made by the Icarus Program. It was the new procedure made by Dr. Stanford, a scientist from one of our facilities." the holographic girl appeared again in front of the scientist.

"It has remarkable capabilities than Project Alice. It has bonded with the T-Virus like how Alice' did." Dr. Isaacs complimented as he gazed upon a paper containing the readings from the previous disturbance. "How come it is able to show its abilities if it is still under procedure?"

"Apparently, the subject escaped a few days ago, stopping its procedure for phase 2 of the Project."

"I see, it should have been moved to a more secured facility."

"Negative, the subject had undergone procedure of phase 1 as soon as possible. It was in the same day Raccoon City was destroyed."

"You mean the procedure was that long?"

"Yes."

"Tell our men to capture the subject. Give them a picture acquired at the previous facility. We'll continue the procedure in the European Branch."

Caleb gulped as he heard the man in the phone. He was puzzled why it was a man. It stunned him that he didn't say anything for the pass few seconds as he thought of some excuse he could use but there was none.

[May I talk to Ms. Ada?]

[This is her.] the man in the phone answered. He was more puzzled now as he was thinking why the man in the phone is somehow in denial.

[A-Ada?] Caleb spoke with doubt and hesitation why.

[Yes?] the man in the phone answered as his coarse voice echoed through the bathroom's walls.

[T-This is Caleb.] the boy said with a doubt in his head.

[Oh! I'm sorry to scare you darling.]

Caleb was puzzled as there was a beep that was heard on the phone. It echoed through the wall again and he was scared someone might hear him from the outside.

[How's your mission?] Ada's voice was back to her normal cool voice.

[What did you do?]

[It was a voice-changer, safety purposes, it might blow my cover.]

[Oh, did you receive my message?]

[So Greg is really dead?]

[Yeah, I burned him hard.]

[You burned his body?]

[Abilities.]

[Where will we meet darling?]

[Downtown? Suggest a place. I have never been in Los Angeles before so I am not really familiar.]

[I'm looking at my GPS. We'll meet in Shabu Shabu House.]

[Where is that?]

[I don't know. Go rely on that taxi of yours.]

She gave a small chuckle and hang up. Caleb gave a small frown on his face and was puzzled on what to do. He put his phone in his jacket pocket and walked towards the door. He opened it, and to his surprise, Carlos was standing in front of him. They stared eye-to-eye and he knew he was somehow in trouble and thought he could have heard their conversation.

"Who was that?"

"It was Max's girlfriend, I called her because I forgot to say that I lost Max's wallet. I was supposed to call Max but his girlfriend answered for him instead."

"What are you going to do then?"

"We are going to meet up in some restaurant."

"What for?"

"She said she's going to give me something. I really don't know what."

"You can go after dinner."

They both smiled at each other and Caleb walked towards the kitchen as he sat down the hard surface of the wooden chair. He looked at the food and there was nothing but rice and fried egg. Not so typical for an ordinary dinner.

"I'm sorry it's all we had for now."

Caleb smiled as he began eating the meal in front of him. Angie came into the kitchen as well and began eating too beside him. They were both done a few minutes later. Caleb stood up and approached Carlos.

"May I borrow my gun?"

"Why ask me? Go upstairs and ask Jill."

"May I borrow Alice's phone?"

"Go ahead, she doesn't use it much. I'll just tell her that later."

"Thanks."

Caleb walked towards the stairs and got up. He knocked on the door again where Jill and Alice were before. Jill's voice told him to come in. He grabbed the door knob and opened the door. Alice was typing something on the laptop while Jill was doing something with her phone.

"Hey Jill, I'm going to get something from Max's girlfriend. I need back my gun."

"It's illegal kiddo. You're a 12 yr. old kid and shouldn't play with guns."

"I at least need protection from Umbrella. They would likely capture me would they?"

"Then don't go."

"Let him go Jill." Alice butts in time to save his day.

"Thanks, Alice. I also borrowed your phone."

"It's ok. You can go now, be careful."

Caleb smiled at her as she smiled back. He walked outside the room, down the stairs then straight to a small table beside the couch. His gun was there and he grabbed it. Beside it were two fully loaded clips. He grabbed it and slid it inside its proper holster under his jacket. He brought again his gun out again and released the clip and inspected it. It was also fully loaded with bullets so he slammed it back in. He clicked the safety switch so he wouldn't fire at himself if the trigger was pulled under his jacket. He went to the front door but something stopped him. He noticed that Carlos was at his back.

"I'll be going now."

He turned around and opened the door. He got out the house and saw that there were more houses beside it. He was more of inside a small village or some subdivision. He reached for his wallet and it was still there inside his pants' pocket. He took it out and there was still extra money inside that was from Ada, at least a hundred bucks.

"Now how the hell can I go there?" he asked himself.

Luckily, there was a cab that was about to pass. It didn't take a lot to raise his arm and the cab stopped in front of him. He got inside the vehicle as he looked to the driver in front of him.

"Where to boy?"

"Shabu Shabu Restaurant."

"Are you on a date?"

"No." the boy answered with a little frown.

With that signal, the driver stepped on the pedal as the cab began to move. It took at least fifteen minutes before he could gaze upon the city's high skyscrapers. Some had exotic shapes and seems that it has a life on its own. The city is still alive even pass 10 in the evening. The cab finally stopped in front of the restaurant, he could clearly see that it was somehow not from this area of the world. He gave the driver the fare and an extra just for a tip. He stepped out of the cab and walked towards the entrance without removing the entrance from his sight. He noticed Ada's red vehicle on one of the parking space just in front of the restaurant. He got inside and some of the waitresses gazed upon him making his light toned skinned turned bright red. He really doesn't want any attention until he noticed Ada talking on her cellular phone on a table beside the window. He walked towards her and stopped as they met eye-to-eye.

"Hi."

The woman pressed a button on her phone and slid it inside her attaché case under table. Caleb knew her weaponry is hidden there. She was wearing a red dress that extends just above her knees. She was wearing something really simple for the day. "Don't you want to sit?"

The boy sat in front of her and looked out of the window. "So, you have my reward?"

"Absolutely." She opened her case with the opening as small as possible and stretched her hand inside it. When she took it out, there was money in her hand. She put the case back under the table again and her hand moved under the table. Caleb knew what to do and reached out his hand under the table until he could feel the money between his fingers. He grabbed and looked at the money he had gained. The woman had given him 3500 bucks as his reward for killing Greg.

"Score." the boy whispered to himself and had a grin on his face.

"Now I must go, I had another assignment." the woman in red stood up and walked towards the entrance and exited the restaurant.

"Good luck." it was all he can say but Ada didn't hear it.

As soon as her vehicle left the parking space, there was something he noticed from outside the window. A man in black jacket with a cap and shades was sitting on a bench across the street. When Ada's car was out of sight, he immediately stood up and crossed the street. He knew that the man had his eyes locked on him. Caleb gulped as the man had just stepped out of the pedestrian lane. He reached his hand inside his jacket and took out a gun. He aimed towards the boy and fired. Caleb ducked and covered himself under the table as the bullet penetrates the window and shatters the glass material. The people were screaming everywhere and ran for their lives. He crawled from under the table to another until he reached the table in front of the comfort room's door. He ran for the door and it was unlocked. He opened the door and entered the room as the man jumped inside the restaurant through the window. He aimed to the boy again and fired but missed his face by just a few inches. He closed the door and ducked just in time as three bullets pierced through the door. He went to the wall and that there was no exit. The door was now in front of him as he heard the man outside approaching for the door. He ran towards the door and kicked it with all his might as it was disassembled from its screws and hit the man behind it. He was thrown back and flew as he crash landed on one of the tables. He was only stunned and is now trying to stand up. Caleb ran for the entrance as the man grabbed his gun and began shooting his target but was futile as the boy was now out of his sight.

Caleb ran as he crossed the street and stopped because a car almost hit him. He looked to his right as Jill was driving the car with Carlos beside him on the front seats. Without hesitation he got inside the car.

"Step on it!" he commanded as Jill looked around and there was chaos in the area. So she did step on it and got out of the area.

"We knew you wouldn't get out of trouble." Carlos started.

"Someone is trying to kill me."

"What about the people with you?"

"They left a few minutes ago then I saw a guy from across the street and started shooting at me!"

"Someone has a vendetta on you." Carlos said as he gave a soft chuckle.

"I'm sure it's someone from Umbrella." Jill interrupted. "They wouldn't let anyone interfere and have their own evidences destroyed."

Their conversation stopped as a fire truck overtook them and most of the cars in front of them. The three looked up and red light from a distance. They finally came to the place but were too shocked to get out of the car. The whole place was burned down. Ambulances and fire trucks came on after the other as the three looked upon the remains of the houses on the area.