Chapter 9
September 28th - Chapel inside St. Michaels Clock Tower - 0400 Hours
They had been sitting for hours waiting to see if the vaccine would help Teal'c. O'Neill and Rebecca had told the others what had happened at the hospital, about Nicholai shooting the UBCS soldier and blowing up the hospital.
Carlos was pissed off he'd wanted to go after Nicholai right then but the Colonel had convinced him to stay with the group.
Rebecca had been going between Doctor Jackson and the Alien Teal'c checking on them. Teal'c was still unconscious but his color was improving, not knowing much about aliens she wasn't sure what that meant. Doctor Jackson had awakened about an hour after he'd been treated with the first aid spray. The bruise on his side was gone but the spot was still a little sore so she'd wrapped him with an ace bandage she'd found in the med kit.
Since then the two groups had been exchanging stories about their jobs.
Jill had told the Air Force soldiers about their experience in the Spencer Mansion and they answered any question they posed about Umbrella.
The soldiers had told them about some of their adventures on other worlds and about their ongoing war against the Goa'uld a race of parasitic beings who used humans as hosts and posed as the Egyptian gods to rule of human populations throughout the galaxy.
Rebecca was stunned by the Colonels stories she couldn't believe that the United States government was able to keep something like that from the public.
Soon though, everyone started getting restless.
Colonel O'Neill was pacing the length of the room while Dr. Jackson was looking through the book about Oswell Spencer she'd found at the hospital, Major Carter was tinkering with her radio trying to extend its range so they could call for help. Jill and Carlos were both cleaning their guns as best they could with what they had.
Finally the colonel stopped his pacing. "God I can't take it anymore." He picked up his P-90 and headed for the door. "I'm gonna go scout around some more see if I can find Ferretti. I wonder where he ran off to?"
"I haven't seen him since we got off the trolley." Daniel said.
"Come to think of it," Jill said as she stood from the pew her Samurai Edge held before her. "Nicholai disappeared after we got here and that was the last time I saw your friend."
"You mean that Nicholai might have him?" Doctor Jackson asked.
"They disappeared about the same time, since you didn't see him at the hospital he may be holding him somewhere."
"I'm gonna go look for him." The Colonel said as he opened the door.
"You can't go alone sir," Major Carter said as she stood.
"That's right Colonel." Rebecca added.
"If you're going after Nicholai then I'm in." Carlos said brandishing his assault riffle.
"Me too." Jill said as she approached the Colonel.
Rebecca wanted to volunteer to but she knew she needed to stay here and keep an eye on Teal'c and Doctor Jackson.
"Alright, you two are with me, Carter you stay here and keep on eye on Teal'c and our two geniuses."
"Yes sir." Carter said.
Rebecca walked up to the Colonel. "Good luck Colonel, I hope you find your friend."
The colonel patted her on the head. "Thanks kid, you take care of Teal'c for me alright?"
"You can count on me sir." She said with her brightest smile.
"Good," The Colonel turned to Jill and Carlos. "Let's go."
The three of them left the room.
Rebecca still wasn't sure how she felt about Carlos. After all he did work for Umbrella, he seemed nice and he was handsome but he could be a spy sent by Umbrella to infiltrate their group and feed information back Umbrella, for all they knew he could be working with Nicholai, and he was leading the Colonel and Jill into a trap.
"You alright Rebecca?"
She was snapped out of her thoughts by Doctor Jackson.
She nodded. "I'm fine," She looked up at him. "How's your side?"
"It's better, it still twinges a little when I move wrong."
"That's to be expected, you had a serious injury. Even with the first aid spray you probably won't be a hundred percent for a few days."
"But I'm ok to fire a gun right, You know just in case we run into the nemesis again?"
"Yeah just be careful with the recoil it might put stress on the injury and cause you to hurt yourself again."
"That's good to know." Jackson looked over his shoulder at Teal'c. "How much longer do you think he'll be unconscious?"
"I don't know Doctor Jackson, I've never known anyone who was infected with the T-virus and lived, before today I didn't even know there was a vaccine. Besides that I don't know anything about his physiology. Just what you guys have told me about the symbiotes healing powers."
"Yeah, that thing has pulled Teal'c through some tough spots before. I'm sure it'll help him through this one to."
Rebecca tore her eyes away from Teal'c and instead looked at Major Carter who had been listening into their conversation. She walked over to the short haired blonde.
"How are you holding up Major?"
"I should be asking you that, you look like you're ready to pass out."
She was exhausted, she hadn't slept since before the outbreak. To afraid to fall asleep.
"You should try to get some sleep, I'll keep watch and if Teal'cs condition changes I will wake you immediately. Ok?"
Rebecca hesitated, but finally decided the Major was right. She was safe here with Major Carter and Doctor Jackson.
"Alright." She stood.
Carter did as well and took off her vest and jacket. The Major folded the jacket and handed it to her.
"Here, you can use this as a pillow. It's surprisingly comfortable."
"Ok." She took the jacket and went to one of the pews in the back. Once she was comfortable she laid the jacket under her head and laid down. The Major was right, the jacket did make a good pillow. Before long she drifted off to sleep.
September 28th - Raccoon City - 0420 Hours
Colonel O'Neill was following Jill as she lead them through the city. So far they'd found very little to indicate where Ferretti or Nicholai may have gone. They had found a few dead zombies and other B. that appeared to have been killed by weapons fire, but if they'd been killed by their targets they couldn't tell.
He was beginning to think that their surrounding were beginning to look familiar when they came upon the RPD.
"How did we end up back here?"
"The road from the clock tower wasn't blocked and well the dead monsters lead back here."
"Why would Nicholai or Ferretti come back here?"
"Nicholai followed the old saying, hide in plain sight. What better place to hold someone then a police station."
"Good point." O'Neill said. "Well should we go inside?"
"I am I don't know about you to." Carlos said as he passed the Colonel.
"All right then." The Colonel followed Valentine and Olivera back toward the station. As they neared he noticed a set of stairs that he hadn't seen before.
"Hey what's down there." He asked pointing down toward the stairs.
Valentine stopped and looked. "It's just a walkway we used on rainy days. No one was really sure what it was for though."
Jack started to turn away but something caught his eye. There was something yellow down there.
"Do you see that." He asked.
Jill peered down into the darkness. From the look in her eyes Jack knew she saw it.
"I see it." Olivera said from behind him.
Jack raised his P-90 and led the team down the stairs. As they inched closer he began to see the outline of a body, it looked familiar. Finally they reached it. It was the body of Jill's friend Brad. He'd been killed by Nemesis just after they had met Jill.
Valentine kneeled next to Brad. "Chickenheart how did you end up here?"
That was a valid question the last time they'd seen him he was on the other side of the station. O'Neill clicked on the light attached to the barrel of his P-90 and pointed it at Brad. The sight wasn't pretty.
Brad had become a zombie his skin was pale and it had begun to peel on his cheeks and forehead. The other thing he saw was that the mans right eye had been blown out by a weapon.
"Someone shot him after he turned." Carlos said.
"But who?" Jill asked. "There was no one here but me SG-1 and Rebecca when we left earlier.
"I would say it's proof that Nicholai came this way." The Spaniard said as he stood up. "Let's get inside.
The three of them finally got back inside the station.
Inside they found nothing different that the first time they'd been there.
"Where could he be holding Ferretti?" O'Neill asked.
"He's probably holding him in the cells." Jill said. "Their a floor below us." She scanned the room. "We need that door." She pointed to the door next to them. Jack went to the door and threw it open. It opened into a hallway made of blue bricks.
"Yeah that's it. We go down this hallway, past the conference room , through the door at the end of the hall and that should lead to the cells."
"Are you sure?" Carlos asked.
"90 Percent, I'm sorry my minds a bit muddle."
"We understand, come on I'll lead." O'Neill told Jill.
The trio walked through the hall Jack in the lead, Jill in the middle, and Carlos on their six. They came across several zombies that had been shot.
"Someone else has to have been through here." Jack said as he examined one of the corpses.
"The gun used was a VP70." Carlos said, he was examining another of the bodies.
"And this one was killed with a Browning HP." Jill said also examining a body.
"How can you tell?"
"I've been around guns my whole life," Carlos explained. "I got my first handgun when I was 10 years old."
"And well I'm a cop we deal with a lot of gun crime, but the reason I recognized this weapon was because the Browning HP is the standard side arm of RPD officers."
"So I guess the question now is, do we search for whoever may be or have been here or do we continue looking for Nicholai and Ferretti?"
Carlos and Jill exchanged a look. Then Jill turned to him.
"It's more important to find Nicholai but hopefully we may run into whoever came here after we left."
"Alright let's go." The trio finally reached the doorway that led to the cell. Jack took position on the right and took the doorknob in his hand Carlos was low on the left side and Jill stood in front of the door.
"Ready?"
Jill and Carlos nodded. Jack threw the door open, he kneeled down at the sound of Jill's gun fire he peeked around the door frame and saw a dog charging them. He pulled up his Berretta and joined Jill and Carlos.
As the first dog fell two more came around the corner.
"Ah hell." Jack said as he reloaded his Beretta. Carlos used his SIG Pro SP2009 to cover he and Jill as they reloaded. Jack slammed the new clips home and rejoined the fight. Finally the fight ended. The three dogs lay down in another blue bricked hallway. As they entered Jill took the lead she stepped around the corner.
"Yes these are the cells." She was looking through them as he and Carlos came around the corner. Suddenly she stopped. "Colonel over here.
The two men walked up beside her, and inside the cell, laying on the bed in the cell was Louis Ferretti.
"On your feet Major!" Jack called out in his most commanding voice.
Ferretti rolled off the bed and scrambled to his feet. He turned and his eyes opened wide when he saw his rescuers.
"Jack thank god you're here. That Russian guy knocked me out when after you guys left the trolley the next thing I knew I was here."
"It's alright Ferretti, we'll get you out of there." He turned to Jill. "Can you pick the lock?"
Jill smiled. "Of course, I spent a lot of time learning how to pick these locks. Hell I can do it with my eyes closed." Jill knelt down before the cell and took her lock pit and set to work. In just about a minute Jill had the cell unlocked and Ferretti was free.
Jack clapped his friend on the shoulder as he exited the cell. "Good to have you back Louis."
"It's good to be out of that cell."
"Are you armed?" O'Neill asked.
Ferretti held up his Berretta. "Nicholai took my P-90 he may have locked it in the stations armory.
"There's no time to find it, we need to get back to the Clock Tower and check on Teal'c."
"What's wrong with Teal'c?" Ferretti asked.
"He was infected with T-virus." Said Jill.
"But we found an vaccine, hopefully he'll be up and about by the time we get back."
"Amigo," Carlos began. "Have you seen anyone besides us since you've been here?"
"No, but I thought I heard someone talking about an hour ago. A male and female. I think they came through here but they didn't come where I could see them."
"I wish we had time to look for them." Jill said.
"So do I but right now we need to check on Teal'c and try to find Nicholai."
"Let's head back." The group headed back to the clock tower.
September 28th - Chapel inside St. Michaels Clock Tower - 0440 Hours
Sam sat on a pew next to Teal'c, he was looking better to her untrained eye. His breathing was no longer shallow and his color had returned to normal. She was still trying to extend the range of her radio when she heard Teal'c groan. She looked up from her work and saw the big Jaffa trying to sit up. She jumped up and put her hands on his chest forcing him to lay back down.
"Major Carter, what is going on?"
"You were infected with the T-virus but we were able to find a vaccine."
He tried to sit up again. She held him down.
"Teal'c you need to lie down, you've been unconscious for hours your still weak."
He laid back down. "Indeed."
With Teal'c finally lying still Sam went to wake Rebecca. She had been sleeping fitfully for about half an hour. Daniel was sleeping in the next row of pews. She put her hand on the young medics shoulder.
"Rebecca wake up." She rolled over and looked up at Sam with sleep heavy eyes. "Teal'c awake."
Rebecca sat up quick and tried to rub the sleep out of her eyes. She walked over to Teal'c. Sam stopped long enough to wake Daniel. When she told him Teal'c was awake Daniel shot up of the pew and went over to their friend.
When Sam reached them Rebecca was asking Teal'c questions.
"How do you feel?"
"Weak, my limbs feel heavy and my mind clouded."
"That's understandable given what you've been through." Rebecca reached for Teal'c shirt. He recoiled and looked at Sam.
"Don't worry Teal'c she already knows what you are, she examined you while you were unconscious." Teal'c relaxed and let Rebecca check the wound.
She raised his shirt, the hole above his symbiote pouch was completely healed.
"You guys weren't kidding about the symbiotes healing abilities, that wound should have left a nasty scar."
"Yeah I told you that little guy would bring him through this." Daniel said with a smile.
Rebecca returned it. Carter just stood back observing the group not wanting to get in Rebecca's way as she worked. As Rebecca finished checking Teal'c the door to the chapel opened. Sam spun around with her P-90 raised to see Colonel O'Neill, Valentine, and Olivera enter the room with Louis Ferretti in tow.
"Hey you found Ferretti."
"Yes we did," O'Neill said as he passed her. He went to Rebecca and Sam noticed his eyes brighten as he saw Teal'c was awake. "How ya doin T?"
"I am well O'Neill, we should get underway." Everyone stepped back and let Teal'c stand. He stumbled a bit but remained upright.
"Is he well enough to travel Becky?"
She shrugged. "I don't know but since he can stand I say we try it. As long as two people are close to him till we're sure he can walk on his own."
"I'll watch him." Daniel volunteered.
"So will I." Carlos said walking to stand next to Teal'c.
"Alright then." Jack turned to Jill. "Where should we go now?"
"Well the closest place I can think of that might have a means of escape is the old water treatment plant. It had a heliport outback, they might have a helicopter."
"Ok kids, gather your gear." Once everyone was ready the Colonel turned back to Jill. "Lead the way Ms. Valentine."
"Alright to get there we'll need to go through Raccoon City park to get there. That's the fastest route."
"Ok, Jill you and Rebecca lead, Sam Ferretti, and I will take rear, Daniel, Teal'c, and Carlos in the middle."
"Yes sir." She said.
September 28th - Raccoon City Park - 0500 Hours
After they'd left the Chapel Jill lead them to the park where she'd had to pick a locked gate to get them inside. Once inside they'd found to paths one was blocked by a locked gate that used a lock that Jill couldn't pick so they were now traveling down the other path.
Rebecca was next to Jill with the shotgun held before her. They'd already run into two hunters and about a dozen zombies since they had left the clock tower. Everyone was quiet focusing on their surroundings as they moved. Teal'c was walking on his own but Doctor Jackson and Carlos were still staying close to him just to be safe.
Suddenly a loud piercing screech shattered the silence as a pair of hunters leaped out of the water they were walking beside. Rebecca hesitated only slightly before she buried a shotgun shell in the chest of one of the creature. Jill was beside her firing her Samurai Edge at the other creature, Carlos and Colonel O'Neill were beside her they were also using handguns.
She was to focused on what Jill and the others were doing to notice the hunter she had shot was beginning to rise.
"Rebecca!" Major Carter shouted as something knocked her back. She slammed into the wall hard and slid to the ground. She looked up and saw Major Carter and Doctor Jackson firing at the creature that had knocked her silly. Before she could get to her feet the two beasts had fallen.
A powerful hand grabbed her arm and help her stand.
"Are you injured Rebecca Chambers?" She looked up into the stoic face of Teal'c.
"I'm fine, I guess I need to pay closer attention to what I'm doing." She smiled.
Teal'c bowed slightly.
The others rushed over. "Are you alright Becky?" Jill asked.
"I'm fine, my prides hurt more than anything." She said with a sheepish smile.
As she bent over to retrieve her shotgun she saw something a little further down the path. She scooped up the Benelli and headed down the path.
"What is it?" asked the Air Force Colonel.
"I'm not sure." When she finally reached it she found a dead body, beside it was what had drawn her attention. She picked up a key, the tag read `Graveyard Cabin` She turned as the others approached.
"The graveyard is behind that locked gate right?"
"I think so. Why? What did you find?"
She held up the key. "The tag reads Graveyard cabin. I think this key goes to that locked gate we passed."
"I hope so," Jill began. "That way is a lot shorter than this route."
"Well then let's go try it." O'Neill said.
The group went back to the gate. Once there Rebecca inserted the key, it turned smoothly and they heard a click as the lock released.
Rebecca stepped back and let Jill and Colonel O'Neill be the first to enter the door. Behind it they found the graveyard and had to take out a few zombies. The thing that caught Rebecca's attention was the big fountain in the middle of the yard. She walked over to it and was mesmerized by the water.
"What's this?" Rebecca spun around to see Major Carter standing before a panel with four gears on it, two black and two white. Rebecca figured it was some kind of puzzle. She looked around and spotted something above the tunnel that allowed the run off from the fountain to exit the park. But she couldn't see what it was. She jumped down into the water positioned herself so she could see it. There was a drawing of four gears: Two black gears set to the right across the top, two white across the bottom set to the left. In a pattern up and down of white, black, white, black
The answer hit Rebecca like a lightning bolt. She jumped up out of the water and ran over to Major Carter.
"I know the answer."
"To this puzzle?" Jill asked.
"Yeah I found a plaque over the drain tunnel over there and it showed these four gears in a pattern of the two black gears on top and the two white on bottom." She looked to Major Carter who was still in front of the panel. "May I?"
Carter stepped out of the way.
Rebecca inspected the panel trying to decide how to begin. When she touched the first gear a panel in the corner lit up with a number six on it.
"I wonder what that means?" Major Ferretti asked.
Rebecca took the lowest left black gear and slid it up. The six on the panel changed to a five.
"It's a countdown, must mean you've only got six moves to get it right." Carter observed.
"Wonder what happens if you don't get it right?" O'Neill asked.
"Let us hope we do not discover the answer O'Neill."
"Do you mind," Rebecca said angrily. "I'm trying to concentrate."
The Colonel held his hands up in surrender and she turned back to the puzzle. She was racking her brain trying to figure this thing out. When she was younger, Rebecca had loved puzzles she would spend her spare time with word crosswords and number puzzles. As she stared at he puzzle the solution became clear.
She moved the black gear on the bottom up, then the white gear on the top down. Now with the black gears both on the top she slid them both to the right. Now the puzzle board looked just like the plaque above the tunnel. A red button lit up on the panel and Rebecca pushed it.
The sound of rushing water caused everyone to turn, they saw the water from the fountain stop and the run off ditch empty. The gate that had been blocking the tunnel slide down into the ground.
Rebecca felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Good job kid." Colonel O'Neill said with a smile.
The team jumped down into the runoff tunnel and entered.
September 28th - Graveyard - 0520 Hours
Colonel O'Neill led the team through the tunnel without any problem. At the end they found a ladder that took them topside to another part of the graveyard. In this section the only thing they found was a cabin with a locked door but Valentine was able to let them inside.
To Jack the cabin looked like it belonged in the woods somewhere not in the middle of a graveyard.
"It's really dark in here." Daniel said.
"I found a fireplace. Does anyone have a lighter?" Rebecca asked.
Jack pulled his lighter out of his vest and handed it to the young lady.
Rebecca took the proffered item and lit the wood inside the fireplace. However within a few seconds the wood turned to ash and the fire went out.
"What in the world." Rebecca said and looked closer at the fireplace.
O'Neill was about to leave when Rebecca spoke again.
"What the?"
"Did you find something?"
"I'm not sure. Can you find me a crowbar or something similar please."
"Sure." Before he could get very far Teal'c approached with a steel pipe in his hand.
"Will this be sufficient O'Neill?"
Jack took the pipe from the Jaffa. It was heavy but not to heavy and solid.
"It is T thanks." Jack went back over to the fire place. "Here." He handed the pipe to Rebecca.
"Thanks." She took the pipe and Jack watched as she took the pipe in both hands and thrust it against the wall. After a few strikes Jack heard the sound of falling bricks. Once the dust cleared he could see a doorway had been revealed but the opening was to small for him to get through.
"Can you see what's in there Rebecca.?"
"Not from here let me go check." She climbed through the opening and found herself in a small room that was obviously used as someone's safe room since there were food wrappers and papers all over. She could barely see anything. She went back over to the opening. "Hey Jack can you toss me your lighter."
"Sure."
The lighter clattered on the floor and she picked it up and sparked it. Along one wall was a bank of communications equipment and… She gasped as she spotted a man lying slumped against the wall with a bullet hole in his head. He was wearing the same uniform as Carlos. The light from the lighter glinted off something in the mans hand, she knelt down and found him holding a .357 Magnum handgun.
She picked up the gun, the weapon made her think of Barry Burton. She wondered where he was now and hoped he was safe.
She went over to a table and found a few magnum bullets and stuck them in her vest. They were laying on top of a paper. She picked up the paper.
"Attention the Raccoon City project has been abandoned. Our political maneuvering in the Senate to delay their plans are now futile. All supervisors should evacuate immediately. The U.S. Army is going to execute their plan tomorrow morning. The city will be obliterated by day break for sure.
"What does he mean obliterated. I better show this to the Colonel."
Suddenly a crackling sound came from the communications equipment. Nothing came through clearly, just a bunch of static. She went over to the bank of equipment and tried to adjust the settings. Finally a message could be heard.
"Attention Supervisors the plug had been pulled you are hereby ordered to return to base immediately. You need to be out of the city by day break, the U.S. government has sanctioned a missile attack on Raccoon City by no later than seven O'clock local time."
"A missile strike!" As she hurried to the opening she stopped in her tracks as she felt something press against her back. She slowly turned her head and saw Nicholai.
"Hello Ms. Chambers." The Russian smirked.
"So you killed that man?" She asked.
"Yes I needed something he possessed and he wouldn't give it to me, so I had to take it." Nicholai held a three ring binder in his other hand.
"What do you want with me?" She asked timidly, she was scared out of her mind.
"Nothing, I'm going to kill you."
"Hey Rebecca what's taking so long!" The Colonel shouted through the opening.
Rebecca felt the gun barrel move slightly meaning Nicholai was distracted. She leaped toward the hole in the fire place and readied the magnum in her hands. When she hit the ground she aimed toward Nicholai but he was already moving toward a window. She fired her first shot as Nicholai dove for the window, as he disappeared through the window she fired another shot she was sure had at least grazed him.
"Rebecca!" She saw the Colonels face through the hole. "What's going on, are you alright?"
She nodded. "I'm fine." She handed the colonel the file she'd found and climbed back through the opening.
"Rebecca what happened?" Jill asked as she helped the medic to her feet.
"Nicholai, he was hiding in there, we interrupted him, he took a binder from another UBCS soldier after he shot him."
"Damn him." Carlos said angrily. "I can't wait to get my hands on that Chingada Madre."
The Colonel held up the file. "What does this mean?"
O'Neill passed the file around. Rebecca waited till everyone read it before she started.
"Well beside the file a message came in saying that the government is going to launch a missile strike at this city in a little under two hours."
"What?" Doctor Jackson exclaimed.
"I can't believe that." Major Ferretti said.
"I'm not surprised," Jill began. "That's Umbrellas MO destroy everything so there's no evidence. One of the politicians on their payroll probably convinced the President that this was the only option."
"So," Major Carter cut in. "We have a little over two hours to find a way out of the city."
"Yeah." Rebecca finished.
"Well.." But before Jill could continue the ground started shaking.
"What the hell." O'Neill said as he headed for the door. The group exited the building just in time to see a large worm like creature explode from the ground and lunged at them. O'Neill grabbed Rebecca and shoved her out of the way as the worm hit the ground and burrowed. The Colonel was quickly on his feet brandishing his P-90.
Rebecca leapt up as well with the Magnum in hand. She could feel the ground shaking. She took a second to survey the area. She found Teal'c standing up beside her but couldn't see anyone else. At that moment the ground shuddered violently as the big worm came out of the ground again.
"Open fire." O'Neill shouted to be heard over the sound of moving earth. Rebecca raised her Magnum and fired. The round tore into it's flesh taking huge chunks out of the creature but it didn't slow down." It burrowed into the ground again.
"Carter, Daniel!" O'Neill shouted. There was no answer. "Can anyone hear me." Again no response.
"Where the hell are they?"
Rebecca scanned the area and saw what could have been a booted foot sticking out from behind a bush.
"I think I see something over there." She pointed toward the bush but before anything could be known for sure the Worm burst up through the ground. Rebecca pulled the trigger on the magnum and it clicked empty. Instead of digging for more bullets she pulled the shotgun off her back and opened fire.
"Teal'c pulled the mine thrower off his back and began firing between the shotgun and mine thrower rounds and the Colonel's P-90 fire the creature finally fell. Rebecca picked up the magnum and stuck it in the waist band of her pants. She then went over to the bush and found Major Carter stirring behind the bush.
"What happened?"
"It was another of Umbrellas monsters." She said as she kneeled down next to the Major. Rebecca looked her over and found nothing wrong with her. Within a few minutes the group was back together. They'd scattered when the monster struck.
"How much further is it to the Water Treatment plant?" The Colonel asked.
"I don't know, normally it would take about an hour but I don't know what may be between here and there. But it should be within the two hour time frame."
"Alright, lead the way Ms. Valentine.
September 28th - Raccoon City - 0600 Hours
Rebecca was exhausted. On their way to the Water Treatment plant they had to go around at least five blockades and had had to run from at least two groups of Umbrellas monsters. But finally they were on the path that led to the plant. As they neared they Rebecca saw that a rickety old wood bridge was all that connected their side of a ravine to the Plant.
"Well this isn't helpful." She said testing out the rope. It was very old and the wood was partly rotted from years of hanging over water.
"Is there any other way into the plant?" Asked the Air Force Colonel.
"Yeah but it's on the other side and I don't even know how to get there from here." Answered Jill.
"So we have to cross that rickety old bridge." Doctor Jackson asked.
"It looks that way." Jill said.
"All right," Jack began. "Who wants to go first?"
"I will." Rebecca said nervously.
"Are you sure Becky?"
"I am Jill, I'm the lightest so I should go first."
"All right Kid, just be careful." O'Neill said and patted her on the shoulder.
She nodded then stepped up to the bridge. She took a deep breath and slowly made her way across the bridge. Suddenly she heard a loud grunt and something landed on the bridge causing it to rock violently. She shut her eyes tightly, as the bridge calmed she heard gasps from her friends and then heard something that made her blood run cold.
"SSSTTTTAAARRRSSSSSS."
Her eyes shot open and she saw the hulking brute before her.
"Oh shit."
Back on land O'Neill tried to take aim at the monster.
"Dammit I can't get a clear shot."
Jill started toward the bridge but Teal'c grabbed her.
"Let me go, I have to help her."
"You will be of no use to her Jill Valentine. She has to handle this on her own."
Rebecca eyed the behemoth before her, it had yet to move. There was no way around it and going back would just lead the creature to her friends. Suddenly an idea formed in her mind. She pulled the Magnum from her pants, aimed it at the creatures face and fired. The bullet struck the creature in it's good eye. As the creature stumbled Rebecca charged the creature and slammed into it with her right shoulder, shoving with all her might she was able to push the creature off the bridge, almost falling over herself. But she grabbed the rope to steady herself.
She finished crossing the bridge and fell to her knees. Soon Jill was beside her.
"Are you alright Rebecca?"
She was breathing heavily and her hands were shaking but she was beginning to calm down. "I'll be alright."
"That was some move kid." The Colonel said as he stepped up beside her. "I didn't know you had it in you."
"That was impressive." Major Ferretti added.
"Indeed." said the Jaffa
Rebecca looked back at the Air Force team and smiled.
"I told you I'm tougher than I look." She smiled.
Jill helped her stand. She looked ahead and saw the door that led inside the plant.
"Shall we continue?" She asked.
"Let's go, we've got less than thirty minutes to get out of here."
September 28th - Stargate Command - 0610 Hours
General Hammond descended the stairs into the control room.
"Walter has there been any word from Major Young's team?"
"Yes sir they made contact with the locals but have yet to complete their objective."
"I hope they make contact soon, we're running out of time.
Authors note- Well chapter 9 is finally finished, I have to apologize for taking so long but I've been having life problems and it's been keeping me from writing but it's here now so please read review and let me know what you think.