I'm writing an early update. This chapter is going to answer some questions about the new weird stuff happening to Alice. The song, Planetary (Go!) by My Chemical Romance, kind of inspired this chapter. Give it a listen, you will totally love it (I think lol).

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NB: Anything written in Italics is the thoughts of said character.

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Chapter 10

Alice stood, frozen in place. 'What if it didn't work?' she thought. Chris wasn't moving. He was just staring at them, staring at her. Chris was covered in darkness from his shoulders upward, his face completely in the dark. 'This isn't good.' Alice thought. There was no sound coming from anywhere. A pin dropping could be heard in China by the rate they were going now.

A few lights started flickering, casting a low light over all three of them. 'There's no new sunrise. There never will be. What is it that that song said, truth spoken in whispers will tear you apart? Well Norah, you were right.' Alice shook her head lightly. Dropping her gun back into its holster, she cautiously took a step toward Chris.

"Alice, what the hell are you doing?" Leon said in the loudest whisper he could manage. Alice didn't even bother replying, she simply took another few steps toward Chris. Alice looked up at Chris, trying to see him through the blanket of darkness covering him. Alice opened her mouth to say something, but Chris' sudden movement caught her off guard.

Chris wrapped his arms around Alice's waist, yanking her closer. But instead of trying to rip her flesh off, he held her. Alice stood still for a moment, not wanting to scare herself, or yell at Leon to shoot. She simply stood there while the warmth Chris was giving off enveloped her like a glove.

"Am I dead?" Chris whispered into Alice's neck.

"Not exactly sure just yet." Alice wrapped her arms around Chris' back, trying to lock her fingers together, but having a hard time. 'Huge back. Awesome.' Alice mentally slapped herself for even thinking about something dirty in this situation. 'It's not exactly ideal to be thinking about Chris' back when he's hugging you, you don't know if he's human and a slightly deranged man has a gun pointed at both of you. Great timing Alice.'

Chris chuckled and pulled back, looking at Alice intently. "So, it worked then?" Alice nodded, averting her eyes and taking a step back. Chris released her reluctantly. They both needed a fair amount of space right now.

"Redfield! You scared me you idiot." Leon bellowed and seemingly appearing from nowhere. "So, what are you now?" Leon realized a little too late that he used the wrong words. Alice turned to the door and summoned her coldest voice.

"We need to get moving. The undead are inside, and I don't think your boys are going to last very long if we stay here." Alice motioned to the door. Leon and Chris opened the door quickly, but Alice moved out in front of them into the corridor. Looking left then right, she called it clear over her shoulder.

"Lead the way." Alice said sarcastically to Leon, who in turn huffed and turned right, briskly walking down the corridor. Alice followed closely behind Leon with Chris at the back. They were walking quickly to reach the command centre where they would be able to get all the information they needed. Chris was unnaturally quiet during their walk. Grabbing Leon's arm to get him to stop, Alice turned to Chris.

"What's wrong?" Alice asked, standing close to Chris.

"Nothing's wrong. I- I'm just feeling a little weird, that's all. We need to keep moving." Chris pushed Alice out of the way, and started walking. He gave Leon the kind of look that said move, or I'll shoot you in the Johnson. So being a man who liked his jingles to stay where they were, Leon walked on. A humming sound reached Alice's ears, making her stop dead in her tracks. Leon glanced back at Alice and frowned when he saw her not walking.

"What now?" Leon was getting annoyed; it was as clear as day in the tone his voice had taken on.

"They're close. I can hear them." Alice whispered. She couldn't start panicking. Chris was still not used to, well, what he is now, and between her and Leon; there were only so many bullets they had left. Chris let out a groan and fell to his knees, clutching his head but only deviating to clutch at his arm. 'Well, there is someone who has worse timing than you do Alice.' Alice was starting to wish for the ability to strangle the voice in her head. The physical reaction has started. There was no way they would be able to move him out of harm's way, especially not when they didn't know where the zombies were, or where they were going.

This is it. They had to make a stand here. Even if they wanted to run, they couldn't. Moving quickly, Alice kneeled down in front of Chris, and took his hands in hers. When he looked up, Alice could see the fear in his eyes. All the things he never said were in his eyes right now. "We can't move you. If we do, your most likely going to hurt even more than you do right now, and we would probably get killed because we don't know where they are, or where they're going."

Chris nodded and closed his eyes again, almost immediately. Alice leaned forward, resting her head next to Chris', her lips brushing against the shell of his ear. "It doesn't last too long. You may not believe me right now, but you'll be okay." Alice pulled back and placed a kiss on Chris' temple.

Standing next to Leon, who coincidently had a grin on his face; Alice pulled out her gun and flicked the safety off. Muttering a shut it, the first zombie came sauntering around the corner to their left. "Seems they're coming from genetics. Must be one of the few that didn't come after Chris and me. Bastards have the munchies again" Leon turned and aimed his gun at the zombie. He pulled the trigger without blinking, sending the zombie falling to the ground.

But that one shot made all hell break loose. More came pouring from around the corner they were coming from, as well as from the corner they were headed to. Both Alice and Leon started firing off in both directions. The whimpering sound Chris was making was momentarily drowned out by gunfire. Momentarily, yes, because between the gunfire and blegh-ing sounds the zombies were making, Alice could make out strangled cries, signalling that Chris was in pain. O whole lot of pain.

Alice felt everything go slow again; her gun wouldn't fire as quickly as she wanted it to. Her bullets were running out. Leon was swearing a string of profanities at the amount of zombies coming at them. Chris was making unnatural sounds, obviously still in pain. Alice dropped her gun and started walking toward the oncoming horde of zombies. They were like a bunch of hungry people waiting at a MacDonald's drive thru.

Leon was yelling at Alice in the background, but Alice blocked him out. She started taking swings at the nearest zombies. Throwing punches kicks and head butts, but as luck should have it, just when Alice was about to lose control and let the craziness take over, a hand on her shoulder stopped her. Alice looked around; ready to kill whoever it was that touched her and had unfortunately stopped her from going completely ape-shit on the horde. Alice gaped slightly at Chris. There were no physical changes she could see. He just appeared like the bulky man he is. Chris didn't even look at Alice as he pushed her backward causing her to nearly fall on her behind, and lunged toward the remaining zombies, killing them easily and quickly enough.

Leon was just finishing off the zombies on his side, wiping his brow and turning to Alice and Chris. He looked worried. And without launching a group discussion he stated. "We should get going. The bodies are just going to attract more of them and I have about three rounds left." Leon said, climbing over bodies. He looked like a ballerina, but had no grace. He was the proverbial bull, but now he was wearing Cinderella's glass slippers.

Alice and Chris followed him in silence. The dreaded talk was coming, they knew it, and neither of them wanted to reach that point just yet, but things needed to be said. To, er, clear the air, so to say.

*A/C*

The main control room was empty. There was no evidence that Leon's men where ever there. The door was closed, the lights were off. The equipment had a light layer of dust all over it. Leon used a string of profanities and kicked a chair so hard at went flying across the room. Chris tried to calm him down while Alice hacked into the system.

After gaining access and learning a few interesting titbits, Alice turned to face Leon and Chris, who were locked in a battle of wits, trying to see who was stronger. Arm wrestling was the popular game played today. Snickering, Alice cleared her throat go get their attention.

"Well, I learned a few things. A few interesting things." Alice said, standing up and walking over to them slowly. "Everything Jill said about the serums, the mutations, even the Paris facility, it's all true." Alice rubbed her eyes tiredly. "Only thing she didn't mention is that I am actually unique. The serum only enhances your physical power, mental capabilities, etc. It basically makes you like me, before I died."

"Wait a minute, you died?" Both Leon and Chris looked at Alice with wide eyes. Alice sighed, remembering that they didn't know all the details.

"Yeah, back in Raccoon City. Dr. Ashford, the creator of the T-virus helped me, Carlos, Jill, LJ and Angie, his daughter escape the city before Umbrella bombed it. Umbrella opened the Hive, so the infected, the er, zombies and lickers escaped the facility and descended on the city. We got out, the chopper went down, Angie was about to get impaled and I jumped in front of her. I died. Umbrella brought me back by pumping me full of the original T-virus. But don't worry, I'm not contagious." Alice added, winking at Leon who quickly shut his mouth. She left out the part about Matt, about how he saved them all. Looking down, Alice couldn't, and wouldn't think about that now.

Alice laughed a little to break the tension she could feel building and rubbed her eyes again. "We need to get out of here. The Paris facility has everything we're going to need. There's not much we can do here anymore." Alice and Chris stood at the same time, leaving Leon to look up at them.

"I'm coming with you." Leon said, getting to his feet. Alice stepped back, not wanting to be drawn into the inevitable fight. But Chris it seemed had other ideas. He immediately made his opinion known to Leon and Alice; in fact Alice was sure the entire facility heard him.

"No. You have people here you need to protect. I don't remember you as a guy who abandons his cause."

"Cause, what cause? We're just people, sitting around, waiting to die. What cause is that?" Leon spat.

"At least you have people here that love you and need you. You're their leader. You can't abandon them." Chris' voice was steadily rising along with his anger.

"Yeah, and so do you, so why exactly are you going?" Leon said. Alice felt her eyes grow to the size of saucers. Moving quickly, Alice launched herself between Leon and Chris, just as Chris' fist became forceful. Alice quite easily caught Chris' fist within her hand, staring at him.

"Stop." Alice said quietly, but forcefully. "This isn't the time or the place for this. We need to get out of here." Chris pulled his fist free of Alice's grip and attempted to push her out of the way. Placing her hands on Chris' chest, Alice added. "Now Redfield."

Alice ended the discussion by turning away from Chris and purposefully heading for the door, Chris and Leon glared at each other for a moment before following Alice.

*A/C*

Once back outside, Leon locked the doors to the facility. He instructed the guards he found nearby, who had been out patrolling, that nobody is to come within 50 feet of the place. He also asked if his men had returned, when the others replied that they hadn't, he bowed his head a moment and mumbled a few more instructions. He turned back to Alice and Chris, clearing his throat before speaking.

"I have some things to do. I can find you a plane, but I need to know Alice. Are you okay with me coming along?" Leon was speaking in a hushed voice. Chris snorted, clearly having made his opinion on the matter clear.

"Leon, I-" Alice started, but didn't know how to continue, momentarily looking at her feet. "It's okay with me, but there are people here who need you. Be sure that is what you want. You have people depending on you." Alice said finally.

"I'm sure. Go back inside. I need to do a few things, to settle some things until we come back. We can leave first thing in the morning. So go get some rest. You both look like shit." Leon turned and headed back into the camp. Alice was sure he was headed toward the living areas, surely going to inform the families of the men he lost today of their deaths. Alice was about to start getting angry at herself for being responsible for yet two more deaths. Her thoughts were broken when Chris tugged on her arm, turning them both back in the direction of the hotel they had stayed in earlier. It wasn't a hotel per say. It was more like a hostel. People passing by would have somewhere to sleep and a few bits of bread.

The walk back to the hotel was quiet. Neither Alice, nor Chris wanted to say anything, lest it come out wrong. Alice kept her walking speed natural, even though she was a few paces in front of Chris. Once inside, and managing to evade Liz, they entered the room Alice had passed out in earlier. The dog had appeared again, and was annoyingly barking and jumping up against them both.

Alice plopped down on the bottom bunk and sighed, rubbing her eyes. Chris sat down next to her, the dog licking his knees, making the fabric soggy. "So..." Chris started but was cut off by Alice laughing. Cocking an eyebrow, Alice explained.

"We're like two teens saying goodnight after a third date." Alice laughed and Chris snorted, breaking the tension a little.

"I think your powers are coming back." Chris blurted out. Blushing slightly, he quickly added. "It's just; I think that they won't come back as strong as they were before. Maybe it's just coming back less potent. Whatever Wesker injected you with must be wearing off. From what you told me, I think that maybe, I dunno. Maybe it started when you were first infected. Or maybe when they brought you back, the extra amount made you, I guess, a little different." Chris rubbed his neck, the meaning of his words didn't go unnoticed by either of them. Alice wasn't exactly the type of girl you introduced to your parents. She was always a little, er, different. But what Umbrella did to her, made her even more of a freak.

"I didn't mean it like it sounded." He added sheepishly, rubbing his neck again. Chris was clearly getting nervous. It made him seem human. Adorable. 'Gah, nice one Alice.' Shaking her head again slightly, Chris continued. "It's just; some really weird stuff has been going on lately." He seemed to be finished but was suddenly overtaken by joy. He was like a little kid that solved a riddle and got a piece of candy for his effort. "Oh, oh, and the black outs, I think it was the way your mind dealt with the sudden change over." Chris looked confused with his own words for a moment, but continued to rub Dog Meat behind his ears.

"You were right though, the physical reaction hurt like a bitch." Chris added with a chuckle. "Why do you always go at them with you fists?" Chris looked at Alice as she gave a shrug, mumbling an "I dunno."

"You were going there again. You were going crazy again. Not crazy, but, ugh." Chris ran a hand over his face. "You know what I mean."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I stayed with it though. Wasn't even feeling like I was about to pass out. I think I'm getting used to it again. It doesn't matter anyway. How are you feeling?" Alice asked. Chris looked at Alice curiously.

"I'm okay I guess. I'm feeling a little numb for some reason. That's normal though, right?" Alice smiled and nodded. Feeling herself growing tired and having stifled several yawns, Alice placed her hand on Chris' knee.

"We'll be okay." Alice whispered and started readjusting herself on the bed, heading for the pillows. Chris nodded slightly.

"Yeah. We'll be okay." He repeated.

*A/C*

Leon came back a little while later. Chris, Alice and the dreaded dog were lying on the bottom bunk, fast asleep. Chris had his arm slung over Alice's waist, the dog between them. Alice seemed to wake up first. They spoke in hushed tones, as to not wake Chris. Leon found a plane big enough for all of them. They had to leave the dog though. Not only was there no place for him, but they couldn't risk drawing attention to themselves, not just yet anyway. And Dog Meat liked to bark. Like, liked liked it.

They would be departing early the next morning, just before sunrise. Leon left shortly afterward, saying something about needing sleep and food. In that order.

'Now it gets real.' Alice thought as she laid back down. Staring at Chris for a moment, she moved closer to him. 'Now it gets real.'

A/N: It's just a filler chapter, to answer some questions I know you were asking. Hope you liked it. Please leave a review on your way out :)