Chapter 5

A few miles away in a small Motel, Chris and the others were planning their attack, a small map laid out in front of them with the Laboratory highlighted sat on a large table in the room. Chris, Claire, Leon, Rebecca, Jill and Barry stood around the table, their eyes fixated on the parts of the map that counted, Chris spoke with an authoritive tone, although he knew they were listening to him, they all wanted to get Umbrella, they had lost friends and family to them.

"so when we get in the first thing we have to do is find these twins and then we get out, ok".

Chris looked as everyone around him nodded still he had a worrying feeling about their safety, the feeling he had every time he came up against Umbrella, he had seen the things they were capable of.....what they could do to a person. But then he thought back to what they had been through, they knew what they had to do and how they were going to do it. Leon who had just returned from New york stoood beside Claire, he had dropped off Sherry with a friend and then returned to help the others,

"Chris what exactly are they going to do to these twins, I mean are they gonna use them as bio-weapon food....what"

Chris shook his head, "the details are very vague a far as I know, these twins have been raised noramlly for the past eighteen years and now they are being brought in to be used by Umbrella, I don't even know what they look like so we have a tough time in front of us, but the priorities are these twins and our own safety, no antics by anyone".

Barry looked at his friend, he had to leave his family to help them and he feared for their lives, Barry said "Chris what do we say to these twins, I mean they are gonna want answers, we can't just walk in and expect them to come with us and not want to know anything", everyone nodded in agreement.

Chris looked around, Barry was right they twins will have to know whats going on, "ok when we get their we start looking for the twins, when we find them we tell them the truth and hope that we find evidence to back up our story".

As if by magic there was a knock at the door, the whole team turned to look at the door, Chris and a few others trained their guns on the door, ready to shoot anything they didn't like the look of, Leon stood by the door and opened it, a man in a trench coat and very expensive atire walked in, guns still trained on him he didn't look surprised, he was in his early forties, his greying hair neatly set.

Jill piped up, she knew exactly who he was, she remebered him straight away, the mysterious trent had gotten hold of her just before they had left to search for the lost S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team in the Spencer Estate, he had given her a computer with information on Umbrella employees and a map of the Mansion. He had also warned her to beware of who she told that there were traitors in the S.T.A.R.S. and he was right, the team Captain Albert Wekser had betrayed them all and had gotten a lot of S.T.A.R.S. killed, he worked for Umbrella and had lured the S.T.A.R.S. there to kill them, but they had escaped and Wesker was presumed dead until Chris met him on the Island while trying to find Claire.

"Trent......what are you doing here?"

Trent looked at Jill, she had not changed much in the few months since he had seen her , he smiled and nodded in acknowledgment, he looked aorund, three guns aimed straight at him ready to fire at the slightest look of trouble. He held his hands up in submission

"there is no need for the guns I am unarmed, I am not here to cause any trouble, I have actually come to help you". Chris looked at the others and said

"how do we know that"

Jill walked over to Trent, she looked at Chris and said

"it's ok Chris I know this guy, this is the guy who gave me the information whe we went to the Spencer Estate, he's ok".

Chris and the others holstered their guns and looked at the visitor, curiosity crossing their faces, Chris looked at the guy they called Trent, he was tall, very tall, he was smiling, Chris remembered Jill telling him about their first meeitng, he had been very mysterious and the fact he walked into a police station and got into the locker room said he was a very determined person. Trent took an envelope out of his coat and layed it on the table. Chris and the others looked at it and then turned their attention back to Trent. Chris spoke to Trent in an authoritive, hostile tone

"what do you want, what is that?"

Trent smiled "Mr Redfield... straight to the point, I like that, well I won't beat around the bush... What I have just given you are key cards and code for the Umbrella faclity you are going into, you will need them if you plan to get the twins out safely", Chris' eyes widened, how did he know where they were going and how could he get the keycards and codes for them, they had only just decided to go in a day ago. Chris said

"how do you know where we are going, you couldn't know where we are going, we only decided yesterday"

Trent looked at Chris "yes I know but, I knew you were going to go there, I don't have time to explain why but I am giving you the means to do so by giving you the codes and keycards, however you will have to be careful because this facility is very hi-tech and everything is controlled by computer, but the most important thing you must remember is that if you don't get the twins then Umbrella with have a very powerful weapon in their possesion"

Leon spoke next "nothing like putting the pressure on us huh"

Chris looked at Trent he smiled and said

"I am just telling it like it is, there are no chances for mistakes, you must get these twins, if you don't then everything you have been fighting for has been in vain, it was a waste of time". Trent opened the door to leave, Chris shouted after him "is that it", Trent stopped and turned round his smile fading, a look of seriousness sweeping over his face, "I will tell you all something, this applies to all of you, this is far from over, beware the ghosts from the past coming back to haunt you". With that he left, he left the team thinking about things, "ghosts fromt the past coming back to haunt you", what could he have meant by that. Chris turned to the others, he picked up the envelope left by Trent, he emptied the contents onto tthe table, Keycards, Passcodes. Chris read the note enclosed in the envelope it read

"Mr Redfield,

You must be very careful while conducting this mission, the creatures are very powerful, more than you have ever met before. There is also the fact that the twins you are going to rescue have no idea what is going to happen to them, they will be scared possibly hostile. They have been raised specifically for this experiment, again I say be careful.

Trent "

Chris put the note down, of all the advice he had been given, he did not have a clue what this meant, be careful, that was it. Chris then thought about what Trent had said as he left what ghosts, were they real or mental.

not the right time to be thinking about this Chris, you have a team to prepare.

Chris turned his attention to the others, they were all looking through the contents of Trents package. Chris turned to Barry, he spoke quietly so the others would not be able to hear him "hey Barry....what do you think about all this, do you think I am doing the right thing. I mean this is another deadly mission, more creatures and for what, these kids might turn round and kill us, it could be a trap"

Barry could see the fear in Chris, this was the first time in the time he had known Chris that the young man had shown fear, what was making him scared, Barry knew he had to help Chris, he put his hand on Chris' shoulder and squeezed it.

"listen Chris, a lot of things have happened in the past few months, I have had to leave my family again, each day I worry about if they are alive, you know what keeps me going..."

Chris shook his head

"...it is the thought of them growing up without a Father in a world where Umbrella still exist, they have to be stopped.....and we are the only ones who have the guts to do it, we owe it to our children and to their children to give them a world where they don't have to live in fear of man eating zombies coming to get them. Now you go out there and lead us into battle because you are the only one who can" Barry nudged Chris on, Chris stood in front of everyone, he was ready as he ever would be to tak ehis friend and commrades into yet another nightmare.

While Chris was getting the weapons together with Leon and Barry, Claire was getting the ammo, Jill and Rebecca were getting the medical supplies, they could not take much in with them, but they hoped what they were taking in with them would be ok. Jill turned to Rebecca the youngest member of the S.T.A.R.S. she had only been in the game three weeks when her team the Bravos were sent into the Spencer Estate, she was the only one to survive, Rebecca had a lot of enthusiasm it was good to have someone who had so much hope in the group. Jill said

"so what do you think will happen with these kids, you think they'll listen to us, I mean it is a long shot"

Rebecca nodded

"yeah but we are trying to save their lives so they'll have to listen to us. I always think that you should take a chance once in your life, but I will say one thing......when we do find them they are gonna need support"

Jill nodded in agreement

"yeah......it's gonna be hard for them fidning out that their whole live was a lie, that they were just some object being used for science, how could their parents do something like that, I mean their own children"

Chris yelled from outside

"ok lets go"

Rebecca turned to Jill and said

"I guess we're gonna find out".

They loaded up and set off.