Chapter 24
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The room looked bleak, everyone in the room was either flat on the ground, or on their knees trying to recollect their breath from the battle that had just occurred. Leon was the first to get up, and rushed over to Claire's side.
"Claire, Claire are you alright, talk to me" said Leon as he held the still weakened Claire.
"Yea, I think I'll be alright" said Claire in between coughs as she was still trying to catch her breath from Alex choking her.
"Leon go help Sherry, she's still alive but she's in bad shape." said Claire as she pointed towards the fallen girl.
Having witnessed the entire altercation between Claire, Alex, and Sherry he knew that Sherry had managed to save them all. He helped Claire onto her feet and they both walked over to the fallen girl.
When they reached Sherry, Leon lifted her up into a sitting position and splashed a little water onto her face before getting a brief reaction.
"Leon is that you" said Sherry in a low whisper as she managed to flutter her eyes open.
"Yea I'm here Sherry, and so is Claire"
"I curse my own weakness for letter Alex control me like that, but if you hadn't reacted when you did we would all probably be dead by now so I'm eternally in your debt Sherry" said Claire as looked into Sherry's bleak face."
"There's no need for formalities Claire, besides you saved me way back in Raccoon city so I'm just returning the favor." said Sherry with a weak smile. Claire just smiled back in return.
'You did good kid, we're all proud of you" said Leon as he brushed some of Sherry's long blond hair out of her face.
Out of nowhere Sherry started to cough violently, startling Leon and Claire as their tender moment was abruptly shattered.
"Sherry what's the matter is something wrong" asked a startled and worried Claire
"I,I, I don't know. My chest feels like its burning" said Sherry in between coughs
After about a minute the coughs started to get more violent, they sounded more strained and painful. Before long the coughing stopped and a marginal amount of blood began to leak from Sherry's mouth. Her eyes were also started to fade as she weakened.
"Sherry, Sherry no you stay with me you hear. We didn't come all this way just to have you die now" said Claire as she placed her hands on Sherry's face, trying to keep her conscious.
"Come on, stay with us kid, you're strong you can get through this" said Leon in an equally concerned tone.
Sherry just smiled lightly through her bloody mouth before drifting into unconsciousness.
"SHERRY, SHERRY" screamed both Leon and Claire with worry.
"No we've come this far looking for her, we can't just let it end this way" said Leon
"We have to get her to a hospital right away" said Claire
"That won't work"
Both Claire and Leon turned to see Trent limping towards them. In fact everyone was still pretty banged up from the fight with Alex.
"She has lost too much of the virus that was sustaining her life, at this rate it will only be a matter of time before she fades away" said Trent
"No" said Claire with tears in her eyes as she continued to hold Sherry
"You, you're not telling us something are you" said Leon as he grabbed Trent by the collar and threatened him in a brutal manner.
"You've worked with Umbrella in the past, tell us what needs to be done to save Sherry." said Leon in desperation.
Trent just gave a heavy sigh in response.
"The only way to save her is to re-inject the portion of G virus that was extracted from her. From what I know the White Queen still holds a portion of the virus that Alex had extracted from Sherry earlier. If we are able to obtain that portion it should be sufficient enough to revive her." said Trent as he walked over to the remnants of the White Queen.
Though the main portion of the White Queen was destroyed the control panel had managed to avoid any significant damage.
Trent immediately began typing into the keyboard on the control panel. He seemed to have everything in control until half way in he encountered a road block.
"There's a firewall in place, I can't get access to the G Virus unless I can bypass this security with a password.
"Then where do we find the password" said Leon
"The only one that knows the password is the one who activated the White Queen in the first place" said Trent as he looked in another direction.
Everyone followed his gaze as it landed on Alex. She was still lying motionless on the ground but was now showing signs of alteration. Her claws had gradually reformed into her hands. The flames that were surrounding her body had diminished entirely, and her pale blue body had reformed its skin. She was now in her original form albeit she was naked and still weak from the injection Sherry had shot her with. Opening her eyes Alex slowly sat up on her knees and looked around the room. Her head fell in defeat with her blue eyes pointed towards the ground and her long dirty blond hair covering most of her face.
Leon began walking over to Alex with the intention of interrogating her in the most brutal of manner in order to get the password but he was stopped in his tracks by Trent.
"Let me handle this Leon, if you try and do this yourself it will only make things worse" said Trent
"And what makes you think she will listen to you" said Leon in an accusing tone.
"Don't worry, I am her father after all" said Trent as he slowly began walking over to the defeated Alex.
When he got to her he took off his semi scorched coat and draped it around her shoulders in order to cover her figure. Alex looked up in surprise at this gesture. She gazed in confusion at first but her mood quickly turned into anger as she looked at Trent. She tried moving forward to jab at the man but her body was still too week.
"What did you inject me with Trent" said Alex though gritted teeth
"It was an anti-virus that I had specifically designed for use on your brother Albert. It targets the strain of Progenitor virus used on the Wesker Children and eliminates it entirely. Since you had developed the Progenitor virus in you to adapt to the Veronica and G virus's, with it gone you lose control of the power you gained from the latter two.
Alex once again lowered her head in defeat.
"I was so close" she uttered softly
"I was so close but because of you all my plans were ruined "
"Just kill me, there's no more reason for me to stay in this world anymore"
"I can't do that" said Trent
"Why not" screamed Alex with tears in her eyes
"Nothing has ever stopped you from ruining my life before, but when you're asked to finish the job you chicken out, WHY" screamed Alex before she lowered her head again and started crying softly.
"How can anyone ask a man to kill his own daughter, what I have done to you up to this point was not only for the better of mankind but to also discipline you on your actions Alex" said Trent
"You're not my father" said Alex as she looked away
"I might as well be, it was I who raised you when you had nowhere else to go. It was I who looked out for you when Spencer was breathing down my neck to experiment on you"
"Yea and it was also you who abandoned me to him after Umbrella fell" said Alex as the tears were now freely flowing.
"I know that and I regret it every day of my life." said Trent as he suddenly raised his voice to her
Trent bent down and pulled Alex into his embrace in a comforting manner, shocking her and everyone else in the room with his gesture.
"But I swear to you, if you will allow me I will spend the rest of my life being the good father figure that you always wanted."
"We can start over and live in peace, but if you choose not to forgive me I'll understand" said Trent
"And if that's the case I'll make your life easier for once."
Trent reached for the broken butterfly that was still in his holster and put it into her free hands. He did not once let go of his embrace.
"Whether or not you kill me now is up to you but know this. I need your help in order to make this world a better place Alex."
Alex didn't know what to say. On one side she hated this man with all of her hate and would love to end his life right here and now, but on the other side there was a part of her that believed in what he said. That she could live a happy normal life without any power or virus's, and better humanity with her intellect. Alex pulled back from the embrace and gave Trent a conflicted look. The decision she was about to make would determine her future.
After a moment Alex slowly raised the broken butterfly and aimed it at his head. Her hands were shaking. She saw Trent close his eyes, preparing himself for her judgment. Her choice now would ultimately affect the fate of Sherry as well, seeing how no one else knew her well enough to convince her to give them the password.
Leon, and the now recovered Jill and Chris all started moving towards them in order to help Trent, but were stopped when he held out his hand signaling them to not do anything.
"This is her decision alone, do not interfere" said Trent
"Go on, make your choice"
The tears continued to flow as Alex slowly took aim and inched her finger towards the trigger. Without warning she opened fire.
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(A/N well there you go another chapter, sorry for the cliffhanger but it should be done soon. Just have some thinking to do as to how I want this story to end. Please review, and once again Thanks to all my readers and continual reviewers, you guys rock)