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Chapter 9: The Escape Continues.

Two Hours later,

Four miles from the airport...

The group had been walking ever since they left the house after Will's close call.

"Thank God we got the cure to you! I was worried sick!" Matt said as they crossed a street.

"Yeah, we all were!" Cornelia added.

Just then, four people with weapons came running towards them, calling out at them.

"Who are they?" Irma asked. "I don't know, but they don't look like they wanna hurt us, though, they would have done it already." Cornelia replied.

The four stopped right in front of them. "You guys alright?" one of them, a man with short black hair asked.

"Yeah, who are you guys?" Caleb asked. "My name's Chris Redfield, and this is my daughter, Soren." Chris replied.

"And I'm Jill Valentine." Jill added.

"And I'm Rebecca Chambers." Rebecca added.

"My name's Irma, and these are my friends: Will, Matt, Cornelia, Caleb, Taranee, Nigel and Elyon." Irma replied.

"And I'm Jason Black." Jason added. "Are you with Umbrella?" Chris asked.

"I was until Raccoon City, but I was forced to stay in or they'd kill my family. I managed to use that time to find weaknesses that could bring the company down." Jason replied.

"OK, we need to get out of here first." Soren said as they started walking.

"But how?" Chris asked. "We're heading to the airport, we'll take a plane out." Irma replied.

"Sounds like a good plan." Jill replied as they continued walking.

Suddenly, Cornelia's right shoulder jerked back twice and she fell to the ground! "SHOOTERS, GET TO COVER!" Chris ordered as they dragged Cornelia with them to cover.

Umbrella agents were shooting at them with MP5s, and Cornelia took two bullets in the shoulder. "Hang in there, I've got you!" Rebecca said as she got out her medical kit.

Rebecca was a medic for STARS when the incident in Raccoon City occurred, and was skilled in providing first aid.

As Rebecca tended to Cornelia's wounds, the others returned fire against the Umbrella agents.

Irma managed to take several of them down before she was forced to take cover to dodge the incoming fire.

Caleb was taking potshots with his pistol, but was hit several times as he tried to reload. "CALEB!!" the girls shouted as Caleb hit the ground, dead.

Will looked around and saw a surplus store next to them. "In here!" she called out as she and the others went in.

They gathered up some powerful weapons, like a pair of M60 belt-fed 7.62mm NATO machine guns, some M67 fragmentation grenades, three M202 multi-shot rocket launchers, and even a pair of FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS (MAN-Portable Air Defense System) heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles.

They went outside with their new gear and got back into the fight. "FRAG OUT!" Irma yelled as she pulled the safety clip and pin from one of the grenades and tossed it at the agents.

Several bodies went flying in pieces as the grenade detonated. Matt grabbed one of the M60s and loaded it. He then began to fire short bursts, hitting several agents in the process.

Suddenly six trucks filled with agents approached the battlefield. Irma and Jill each took an M202 and aimed them at the trucks.

Irma fired three of her rockets, which took out one truck each. Jill fired all four of her rockets, which destroyed their targets. "Wow, not bad!" Irma said as she watched the last truck explode.

"I used one of these before, at a hidden Umbrella lab just outside of Raccoon City." Jill replied.

Another group of agents came towards them and Irma took them all out with her last rocket.

Suddenly, two MH-53 Pave Low helicopters filled with agents swooped in towards the group.

Taranee took the last M202 and fired all four rockets, two per chopper. The first helicopter moved to dodge the incoming missiles, which struck the tail boom, tearing it off.

The damaged chopper spun out of control and crashed into a nearby office building. The other Pave Low took direct hits in the fuselage from the other pair of rockets, and exploded in mid-air.

Finally, it was over, and all of the agents had been taken out. "GUYS!" Rebecca called out as the smoke began to clear.

The others rushed over to Rebecca's position. "How is she?" Irma asked. At this point, Cornelia was unconscious and was still bleeding from her wounds.

"I hate to tell you this, Irma, but I don't think she's gonna make it. She's lost a lot of blood and has some internal bleeding as well; I'm sorry." Rebecca grimly replied.

Just then, Rebecca felt for a pulse; there was none. "I'm sorry, guys; she's gone." Rebecca grimly said as tears began to build up.

Irma and Elyon fell into each other's arms and cried hard. Will and Taranee fell into their boyfriends' arms and cried as well.

After five minutes, they got up and continued towards the airport.

Suddenly, Jason's cell phone began to ring. "Hello?" Jason said as he answered the call.

"Hello, Jason!" a familiarly evil voice said on the other end. "WESKER! How...?" Jason replied in confusion.

"I see that you made it past my men, but I know where you're going, and I have a surprise waiting for you!" Wesker said with an evil laugh as he hung up.

"DAMMIT!" Jason exclaimed.

"Who's Wesker?" Will asked.

"He...he's the one behind all this!" Jason replied. The others all gasped at once.

"You mean he caused all this to happen?" Irma asked in shock.

"Yes, he stole a sample of the X-virus and released it into the city! He even has the T-virus in him, and it somehow made him a lot faster, stronger and tougher that a normal person!" Jason explained.

"We've been trying to find him for a while now, and maybe we can finally bring him down." Jill added.

They continued their walk towards the airport. Just then, Jason's phone rang again, this time with a text message alert.

Jason stared in horror at the screen as he read the message. "Who was it now?" Taranee asked.

"It was Wesker again, Will, Irma...they've taken your families hostage!" Jason grimly replied.

"WHAT?!" Will and Irma asked in unison. "I don't know what he wants, but chances are, it involves us not making it out." Jason replied.

"Let's get those mother fuckers and save our families!" Irma said in an angry tone.

They continued their advance towards the airport, unaware of the fight that is to come.