Here and Now

Chapter 10

I had to COMPLETELY rewrite this chapter, because I accidentally saved over it when receiving other files… I feel pretty dumb about that. I doubt it's as good as I originally wrote it to be, but at least my chapters will be in the right order now.

Chris and Jill waited for the ambulance. Rebecca couldn't go outside and wait because Anya was sitting outside the door and would attack her the instant she did.

Claire sat with Jill on the couch, trying to keep her calmed down. If Jill wasn't calm, things could go very wrong. This was Jill's first child and there were already enough things to worry about.

"That ambulance better get here soon," Chris said.

"I think we have time. She just started having contractions," Rebecca said. She had gone out of crazy mode momentarily, and it was probably due to Jill. "If you want, I can examine her."

"You lay a hand on me, Chris is bringing Anya back in here," Jill growled. She was in a lot of pain, and she didn't trust Rebecca.

"Rebecca, she means it. I know you just want to help, but you're…" Chris didn't know how to finish without hurting her feelings.

"…a dingbat," Jill finished for her husband.

"Jill, I was trying to put it nicely," Chris said.

"I don't care," Jill said, "She is a dingbat, and we all know it."

Rebecca folded her arms and sat on the couch next to Claire, "I'm gonna chalk that up to the fact that you're in labour," she said.

"Get off the couch and wait outside, Rebecca," Jill hissed.

"Chris, make Jill stop being mean to me!"

"Rebecca, can't you see that Jill is in a very bad mood, and she's in a lot of pain, and she's worried, and you're not helping?" Claire snapped.

Rebecca went and sat on the floor and started making bird calls. Jill looked ready to kill her. Apparently her serious moments didn't last very long!

"Rebecca, shut the hell up!" Jill screamed.

"I wasn't saying anything! What is so harmful about my bird calls?" Rebecca asked right before Jill kicked her in the head hard.

Anya started barking. That made Sasha, who was still in the house, start howling. Chris looked out the window and saw the ambulance. "Finally!" He exclaimed.

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Alexia had been having a lot of nightmares lately. She didn't know why, since she was fairly happy during the day, despite Milly. First off, her experiment with Amanda was a rousing success, then there was the fact that she was making progress with her other projects, and finally was the fact that Alfred was actually behaving for once. It was a total mystery, even for someone of Alexia's incredible intellect (of course, only three people in the world had intelligence that high, the other two being Allison and Alexandra).

Milly heard Alexia screaming in the middle of the night, and had managed to get into the room, wanting to protect her queen. She had stayed there all night, sitting on a chair next to Alexia's bed to make sure nobody hurt her.

Alexia woke up and saw Milly sitting next to her with that dopey grin smeared across her face. She started screaming again, thinking she was still having a nightmare.

"Good morning Lady Alexia!" Milly exclaimed happily.

"What are you doing in my room? Were you watching me sleep again?" Alexia roared.

"You were having a night terror again. You know it really scares Alfred and I when we hear you scream in the middle of the night. I was worried someone was really hurting you this time," Milly said calmly. She was quite used to Alexia yelling at her for everything, so she didn't get upset anymore.

Alexia grabbed Milly by the front of her shirt and brought her face close to the teenager's. "I locked the door, you twit! Who let you in?" Alexia asked.

"Wesker did. He told me to smother you with a pillow or something to make you stop the screaming," Milly said, sounding rather disgusted. "He's such a bastard. Doesn't he know I would never harm you?"

"Yes, it is quite a shame for you that does not go both ways!" Alexia yelled, throwing Milly across the room. She got up and forcibly removed Millicent from the room so she could get dressed.

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Leon tried to comfort Ada best he could. Ada was still all devastated about Amanda, and she just sat on Leon's sofa and held her cat. Xiao sensed Ada's sadness and tried to comfort her too, purring and mewing and rubbing against her.

"Wesker is going to corrupt her, isn't he?" Ada asked, "Is there any way to save my daughter? Do you think she has evil bred into her from her father?"

"Don't worry Ada. I don't think anyone is inherently evil like that," Leon said.

"I wish I could've stopped this. I wish I was strong enough to have taken Amanda and left," Ada said. She had been crying for a long time now. Xiao started giving her those special little kitty kisses that she liked. Somehow Leon had a funny feeling that Siamese queen was comforting Ada more than he ever could.