CHAPTER TWELVE

Jacob had knocked Susan flat on her back. He flipped forward and came up on his feet, but still a little slow, as Susan kicked him down again. She leaped to her feet. Jacob did the same. The two faced off, with Jacob making the first move, sending a punch toward her face. She ducked and caught his chin with her own punch. He stumbled backwards and she kicked him even further.

He caught himself on the wall and sent a kick back at her, and it caught, and she went flying backwards. Jacob rushed forward as she attempted to stand back up. Gotta make this quick. He thought. He leaped up, grabbed a ceiling fixture, swung forward, and slammed into Susan, who went flying into the Turbo lift shaft. He dropped down to the floor. Now he had to get out and rejoin Matt and the gang.

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The storm was growing closer. "What are we going to do?"

Everyone was looking at me now. I felt a bead of sweat form on my temple. "Matt." I looked around, Unsure. "MATT!" Kristy punched me in the arm. I looked at her. I looked at everyone. "Um. Alright. First off, we need to get that bullet out of Blazer's arm. Scorch, Fixer. Go with Kate and Blazer, get him some Bacta." I looked back at Wesker, who was unsure of what to do himself. "We can't leave Jacob inside." I thought for a moment.

"Okay. Omega. I want you to go in and get Jacob."

"I have to object to that." Said the White Queen. We all looked at her. "Why?"

She frowned. "Because. I've initiated the Self Destruct System. This Facility will be destroyed in 10 minutes."

I looked at Omega. "You got 10 minutes. Get your Shebs moving."

Niner nodded. "Let go squad!" He waved his team out, and Atin took the lead, and raced into the doomed facility. I looked at everyone else, At Kristy, Fordo, Etain, Lara, Rebecca, Boss and Sev. "There has to be a way to stop this." Fordo thought out loud.

"There is." We turned and looked at Wesker. "But I won't allow any of you to stop this. The portal must stay intact."

Portal. I had a sudden flash back. "Pick your poison."

"Portal…"

Rebecca touched the controls. The humming sound.

"There…"

The sudden explosion of electrical energy. The energy that threw us into this time. Into this place.

"We're going to shut down that portal."

I activated the White Queen. "I need you to do a complete scan of the area. Anything that might have a very large energy source."

"One moment." She said. Wesker shook his head. "You are going to stop right now." He pointed his pistol at us. Suddenly a spark flew out and knocked the gun from his hand. "No." Fordo said. "Your going to stop!"

Wesker took a step back. "I'm going to stop you. Just wait…"

"I have the location." The White Queen said. We turned to her. "Alright. Where?" I asked. She frowned and pointed. In the direction of the extreme battle going on. "In a small building, that way. I'm picking up hundreds of energy particles. I'm also picking up several gunships - Trandoshans, heading that way."

I looked around at my friends. "Let's go get our world back."

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Niner covered his brothers as they raced through the large corridors of the facility. The alarms were blaring. An AI voice continually repeated: "Warning. The Self Destruct System has been activated. All personnel must be evacuated immediately."

Suddenly Atin held up his hand in a fist. "Movement on radar. Two point seven steps ahead."

"I don't see anything. Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure. I'm never wrong."

"You forgot about that soup those lizards were feeding us."

"I hate meat."

Suddenly the ventilations up above the commandos gave way, and fell in on top of them. Mutant Flood aliens suddenly covered them. "Fierfek! Get it off!" Darman screamed. Fi aimed at the small aliens that had covered Dar's helmet and open fired. The monsters exploded, leaving green goop all over Darman's visor, which in turn, cleaned itself off.

A large mutant rushed Atin, who tackled it, and jammed his vibro blade into it's face. Niner open fired on a small hoard of the little green guys who were swarming his way. He dropped a thermal detonator on the ground and leaped backwards as it exploded, taking the alien scum with it.

"Alien mark--"

"-Fried." Fi finished for Atin. They moved down the corridor, as quickly as possible. The AI announced that there was 8 minutes left to evac. Time was running out.

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Jacob ran down the corridor. Someone had activated the Self Destruct System. He now had less then six minutes to get out. Or it was going to be smoking hot for him. Literally. Suddenly there was a flash. He turned and corner, and to be decked to the ground. He let out a moan of pain and he stood up. Then another flash. Jacob smirked. He loved this new power. He then ran full throttle toward the corner and then slid around it. He came up on his feet and smashed his fist into Clymore's face, knocking him down.

"You'll never learn will you?" Jacob yelled as he ran past Clymore and down the corridor. Suddenly Jacob was grabbed by the arm, and yanked to the side. He looked up and saw Niner hold a gloved finger to his helmet. Stay Quiet. Jacob did so. "It's you that'll never learn, you brats!" Clymore screamed, running down the corridor. Suddenly Niner's arm shot out into the corridor and Clymore let out a yelp as he hit the ground. Fi rushed out and grabbed Clymore by the throat, and lifted him to his feet. Atin kicked him into the wall as Darman stuck his DeeCee 17m into his face.

"Those 'brats'," Niner said, making air quotations, "were right. You are as dumb as you look." He nodded to Darman, who fired three rounds of blaster fuel into Clymore's face. He didn't have a chance to scream in pain. They dropped his body on the ground and turned and rushed back the way they had came.

"Warning. The Self Destruct System has been activated. All personnel must evacuate with in 2 minutes."