Daniel revved the throttle of his snowmobile and he sped across the snow, kicking up a massive cloud of snow behind him. Angel was riding behind him, her arms wrapped securely around his waist and her right hand holding three knives between the fingers incase they were needed. To his right, Gabriel and Olivia sped along, Gabriel using makeshift sign language to challenge him to a race. Daniel looked to the other side and saw Michael doing the same, Kelly holding onto him and mouthing something at Angel that was making Angel mad, judging by the way her grip tightened.

"Hang on Angel," Daniel grinned. "We're gonna ditch these two."

Angel tightened her grip more, this time to be safe and to give her consent for the race. Daniel held the throttle all the way on and sped away from the other two, the wind nearly pulling both of them off. The other two managed to keep pace, barely a foot behind him, Gabriel ahead of Michael, but only just. After a few moments, Daniel risked holding up a hand then squeezed his brake, skidding to a stop as Michael and Gabriel stopped on either side of him and they all stared at what Daniel had seen in surprise. It was a landing pad for a helicopter, in the middle of nowhere. It was roughly the size of a football field with several helicopters and one hovercraft sitting in the center with a hose hooked to it and two buildings on opposite sides where a pair sniper was stationed.

"It's a refueling station," Daniel blinked. "For who?"

"Umbrella," Gabriel stated looking at the Umbrella symbols on the choppers. "Are they seriously still active?"

"Not bad," Michael snorted. "They always did have a great security force."

"Wait," Angel spoke up, also holding a pair of binoculars. "There's something...They're bringing someone off the hover craft. Two girls. They're both bound and gagged. One looks like a teenager, the other's...late twenties at best."

"Hey Michael," Gabriel grinned. "Wanna go play knight in shining armor?"

"Now wait a minute," Daniel spoke up. "What if I wanna play?"

"You've got Angel," Gabriel stated matter-of-factly making both Daniel and Angel blush.

"We're not dating!" both spoke up simply making themselves blush worse.

"And anyway, you've got Olivia," Daniel stated.

"She's not my type," Gabriel shrugged. "Nothing personal, just I prefer her as a friend."

"You've got problems," Daniel snorted. "What about you Michael?"

"I like my women a little less angry than..." he jabbed his thumb at Kelly, holding the other hand up to block her view but on the wrong side, something he did all the time to annoy her. It worked since she slapped his shoulder.

"Let's just go save the girls you idiots," Olivia sighed. "My God I wonder how old you are sometimes."

The three snowmobiles all turned and sped toward the refueling stated, staying close enough together that their snow clouds could almost pass as the wind blowing it. When within a half mile of it, they all slowed to a stop, getting off and working their way forward, making sure to keep to the shadows of the snow dunes. It was somewhere around midnight so the only thing illuminating the Refueling Station, and subsequently allowing them to see it from a distance, were football stadium lights spread around it. The six of them spread out around the station and Michael and Daniel entered first from opposite sides, making their way silently to the snipers standing guard and eliminating them. Then, they signaled the others to move in. They did as commanded but while they were moving in silently, Daniel broke the first rule of the group: never use guns. He had seen a small army was present and wanted to keep them distracted so he switched the rifle to full-auto and opened fire, not bothering to aim. The sniper held twenty bullets but each was a high penetration round. He wasn't sure really why a sniper needed a full-auto mode anyway but he didn't care since his shots were ringing out loudly and tearing through the Umbrella soldiers rapidly. The moment the gun was empty, he ducked down and the low stone wall he was hiding behind began to have pieces blasted off. A moment later, Michael copied Daniel, dropping even more soldiers and buying Daniel enough time to get away from them without being seen. Then, Michael's gun was also empty.

Daniel ran out of his building to see the Umbrella soldiers shooting up at Michael and drew his knife, sprinting into the ranks of soldiers, slashing and killing any he could reach, more than happy that they were alive, and trained in hand-to-hand combat. It was much more fun. Especially when they all drew knives of their own, deciding not to shoot each other. Daniel began to use his free hand to redirect their knives into each other while he killed them with his tanto. As he did, the others all arrived, also tearing into the soldiers, with the exception of Angel who was hurling knives into the soldiers, those she didn't hit not noticing.

As they fought, Daniel noticed the two girls had had enough sense to drop to the ground to stay out of the way. After a few minutes, Daniel sliced the last soldier's throats and walked over to the girls, both of which jumped and began shaking in fear as they heard him walking over. Daniel knelt and pulled the older one's blindfold down and smiled down at her. She blinked in surprise before looking around, eyes widening in awe, surprise, and a bit of fear still.

"Name's Daniel," Daniel stated untying the gag behind her head then reaching back to cut her hands free. "You?"

"Claire," she muttered quietly, unsure of whether or not to trust him. "This is K-mart, don't ask about the name."

Daniel picked up an Umbrella troop's knife and handed it to Claire then cut K-mart's hands free, pulling the blindfold off and allowing K-mart to remove the gag.

"Nice to meet you two," Daniel smiled. "Swing your feet over here and I'll free them."

K-mart hesitated a moment then swung her feet around and Daniel cut them free. K-mart stood, looking around and taking in the corpses around them then looked at the six fighters standing before them, all putting their knives away.

"Was...was there anyone else?" K-mart asked. "A boy? About my age?"

"No, sorry," Daniel said shaking his head. "It was just you two."

"It's alright," K-mart said, unhappy that Mikey wasn't there.

"Don't worry K," Claire smiled wrapping an arm around her. "He was below deck, remember? He got free with the others."

K-mart nodded then looked at Daniel and the others. "So...who are you?"

"Daniel," Daniel smiled bowing his head in greeting. "This is Michael, Gabriel, Olivia, Kelly, and Angel. Watch out for her, she's crazy."

Angel smacked him in the back of the head and he chuckled, making the three people they had rescued laugh.

"You guys are...strange," Claire laughed. "I suppose you probably wouldn't know about the Arcadia."

"Isn't it a town someplace in Alaska?" Olivia asked.

"No, it was an Umbrella trap," K-mart stated. "And it's gone. Umbrella destroyed it. We were hoping you had been looking for survivors. That, maybe you knew where the others were."

"Sorry," Daniel shrugged. "We found you by random chance. Welcome to Russia though."

"Thanks," Claire sighed. "Can we stick with you guys for a bit then? Something tells me we'll have a better chance of surviving then."

"Sure," Angel nodded. "What's that?"

They all listened and heard a helicopter approaching. They all bolted for a building but before they could get there, a missile hit it and the other one, both blowing up before the helicopter landed behind them, Daniel and Michael moving to the front of the group with Angel just behind them but between them where she could throw knives without hitting them. A moment later, two men dropped out of the chopper, both holding machine guns lazily in front of them and one, a black man that looked like he could play basketball, grinning at Claire.

"You know, somehow, I knew we'd find you causing trouble, eh Claire?"