This is my newest chapter. Thankfully I got this done in time since my right arm is making me want to scream (permanent nerve damage from a childhood incident on a frozen lake). I hope you all like this chapter.

Watched

This place was a maze. Amalia was sure that she'd seen that wire pattern before. Locked doors and dead ends seemed to be around every corner. Yet Leon never seemed to lose confidence in his search. This may have been where the wife would demand that her husband stop and ask for directions as she had overheard before, but Amalia wasn't too sure that would apply as she was not a wife and asking for directions here might end up with a bullet or knife in her head.

"Hey, Leon, maybe we should leave a trail. That way we know where we've been?"

"No. We can't let those creatures track us. We're fine."

Amalia wasn't too sure about that. If they couldn't find their way, it would be too late for Ashley.

"Hey, Leon. Shouldn't-" "Shh!"

The scent of leather and gun residue overtook her senses as Leon covered her mouth with one hand. once everything was quiet, Amalia heard what he had.

"Leon! Help me, Leon!"

Ashley!

Relieved that she was alright, Amalia pulled Leon's hand off her mouth, calling out as soon as she was free.

"Ashley!"

Before Leon could stop her, Amalia was dashing down the halls, following the echoes of Ashley's voice.

"Amalia, wait!" "Ashley, where are you?" "Leon! Help!"

Couldn't Ashley hear her? Why didn't she respond?

Monitors came into view as Amalia entered the only room she found to be unlocked. Ashley's voice was coming from here, but there was no sight of the blonde college student.

Instead, a video moniter showed the blonde to be held in a room full of storage boxes, banging her bare fists against a steel door with no effect. A loud bang startled the amnesiac woman as Leon kicked open the door she had accidently closed and quickly scanned the room as she should have done before rushing in. Opps. Soon enough, his eyes caught sight of the guilty looking Amalia and the camera screens displaying Ashley.

Amalia watched silently as Leon muttered Ashley's name, coming to a stop at the moniters beside her. One of the ganados who entered the room with Ashley noticed the camera and signaled to someone off screen. The screens then turned black. The duo stood, staring at the black screens for a moment, before Leon broke the silence.

"Hang on, Ashley. I'm coming for you." He started toward the only other door there was.

Amalia didn't follow. Rather, she was frowning at the computer vents. Leon noticed the still woman and called out.

"Amalia?"

Blinking, she glanced at him, as though just remembering she wasn't alone. Leon didn't comment if he noticed her puzzlement.

"Let's go."

"...right."

Exiting the room, Amalia took a final glance around. Someone had been here recently. The computers weren't that warm as the vents had remained silent despite the monitors being on. It was as if someone had wanted them to hear Ashley and go this way. Had it been Ada? But how would that benefit the woman? If not her, then who? Amalia felt like someone was herding her and it was not a feeling she liked. It was too much like Wesker's tests in the past.

Hearing Leon's footsteps sounding further away, Amalia quickly followed, resolving to put this uneasy feeling from her mind.

A heavy thud sounded as a heavily armored man landed on the ground from his position on the ceiling. The masked man stared at the doorway Leon and Amalia just left. He reached up to a hidden communication device attached to the side of his helmet.

"Report." A cold voice sounded from the earpiece.

"Experiment #2474773334353 is showing no signs of rejection despite exposure to both the plagas and the G-virus. No personality changes are obvious though she seemed to have a black out in the middle of a battle, where her battle prowess greatly increased despite lack of cognitive recognition. Affect did not last long due to interference on Agent Kennedy's part."

"Good. Continue to observe until Ada has completed her objective, then retrieve our runaway. I want her in one piece, HUNK."

"Understood, Sir."

"Wesker out."

HUNK stared at the door for another minute before resuming his observation of Experiment #2474773334353. Why this girl was so important he didn't know, but HUNK never questioned his orders. He had his orders and he would complete his objective.

The lights flickered for a moment, and when they returned to full function, HUNK was gone.

To Be Cont...

A.N. Please let me know what you think. Did I grasp HUNK right, despite his short appearance? He will be playing a bigger role near the end but I just had to bring him in and show his presence off now. Have a Happy New Years!