Leon's POV
To put it nicely, Claire and Alicia freaked out when they found out what Eric's planning. Look, it's not my fault the guy is a psycho. It is my fault they're in this now.
Alicia has a plan I'm not too sure I want to know. It's worrying me. Claire is asleep in a corner of her cell. Alicia jumped as the door opened. Dable of course.
Or not. Two of his men came in. Alicia pretended to be asleep. They both came into the cell. Before I could do anything they grabbed me and, of course, stuck one of those blasted needles in my wrist. They left right after that. Alicia grabbed my hand and helped me get near her. She whispered her plan to me in one sentence, "I'm going to get the antivirus."
I was right. I didn't want to know.
"Give me your knife."
I shifted so she could grab it. Idiots never found it when they de-armed us. Then I blacked out.
Alicia's POV
Dad let me get his knife when I told him. He fell asleep after that, but I just squeezed his hand and went to get the antivirus. I know I can do it. So I did the only thing I knew to- I picked the lock with a knife and slipped out. I picked the lock on the second door and cracked it open. No one in the hall. Idiots. I snuck out and down the hall. I didn't have far to go, but I had to wait for someone to pass. A scientist passed and I cracked him over the head with the hilt of the knife. He'd be out for a while. I grabbed his hand and pressed it on the touch screen to get into the lab, wondering why they had a lab in the first place.
I looked for the code I'd had to memorize by Dad's orders when I was 10. It was on the cases and vials for the antivirus. When I finally found them I had to load a few syringes and slipped them into my jacket's inside pocket. I went back out and down the hall. I got locked back into the cell and put Leon's knife back in its hidden pocket just as he woke up. Huh, guess their dosage didn't knock him out as long as they thought it would. I gave him a small smile. He nodded and pushed himself up.
"You okay?" Translation- how did you do?
"Fine," I took his hand through the bar and whispered, "They won't search me, will they?"
"Doubt it."
At that moment, Dable decided to appear. "Ah, Kennedys, the time has come for revenge." He asked it in a super pleasant tone, like he might have been commenting on the weather. He looked surprised that Leon was awake. See? Told you.
"Leave us alone Dable. Leave my girls alone."
Claire had no idea about the antivirus and had just woken up, like Leon. "Please Eric, let me take his daughter home."
"No." He signaled and a group of men hauled us out of our cells. They held Claire and I back while he injected Leon on his own. They all left quickly, but I had to wait for them to leave. By the time I dropped to the ground beside him he was shuddering with cold, like it always starts. I slid the needle as close to his heart as possible, his neck. I handed a vial to Claire.
"You brilliant girl. I could hug you!" She knelt by Leon. "Leon?"
Dad had stopped shaking and was lying super still on the ground. We both stood and stepped away slowly. You could never be too careful. We backed into our cells and slid the doors closed. Not locked, just closed. Dad opened his eyes and sat up. Looking at me he said, "I don't think I'm dead yet."
"Leon!" Claire ran out and hugged him. I stayed in the cell, thinking, calculating.
"Claire, get away from him."
"What?" she and Leon looked confused.
"Get back! The antivirus isn't completely done with him yet! It isn't safe!"
She nodded, whispered, "Sorry," and backed into her cage.
Just as I'd expected, he started shaking again, this time violently. And he half changed, like normal. We locked our cells as he started to act rather infected-ish. At least he wasn't trying to infect us, even though I was fighting not to hide my face from him. He finally calmed and we both screamed a bit, just in case Dable was listening.
While it had been happening, I'd been thinking. We all had the antivirus, so no worry about getting infected, but we did need to worry about escaping. The antivirus was very flammable. Very. If we put together all of the antivirus left over (I had to make sure I had backups in case any broke) and set it on fire, we might be able to blow our way out. Or we could just make a freaking run for it. I'd see what Dad and Claire thought when Dad was back to himself.
He was. He'd passed out in his cell. He had enough sense to lock himself in. He opened his eyes and I told him my ideas. He said, "I think an explosion, then sneaking out would be our best bet. You know, run while they evacuate."
"Or you could do it my way," the door swung open to reveal…
Leon stared in surprise. "Ada."
She smiled. "Hello Leon."