Chapter 8: Sorry, but did I overhear you?

Author's note: This chapter has a bit more of Chris/Jill. It gets better, I mean it. Anyway, I'll update every weekend. Sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes.

Disclaimer: Alright, you know this, and I know this! *bangs head on keyboard once again*

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"Right." Said Jill pointing to an entrance on one of the maps. "We can take this entrance, and the air vents should take us far enough. The clearing will be open, I'm almost sure of it."

Jill babbled about their plains.

Chris listened while loading a few more magazines into his magnum. They were planning to hack into an Umbrella base, and retrieve special information, of the whereabouts of Alexia Ashford, and where ever they might have taken Claire.

Jill had finished reviewing, and folded up the maps, tucking them into her pocket. She glanced up at Chris, he was just finishing up. She watched him for awhile studying the outline of his face.

'He really cares for his sister, yeah Chris is a really good person...' She thought, but snapped out of her daydream, when Chris looked up, and their eyes met.

There was a second that past, before Chris said

"Jill, thank you for all your help. I wouldn't be anywhere without you." He said quickly, maybe a little to quick, and stood up, and walked off.

Jill could feel her face having the slightest blush.

"Don't kid your self Jill, he was just saying that to be nice, nothing personal." She muttered, sadly.

"Oh I wouldn't be sure of that." A voice piped up from behind.

Jill embarrassed, flung around to see Barry standing over her.

"How long have you been standing there?!?!" She said in a somewhat friendly, demanding tone.

Barry chuckled, then just turned toward the door, not before saying.

"Not to long, but just enough to know you two are falling for each other."

Jill bit her bottom lip thinking of the quickest thing to protest, but after a second of nothing, turned to him with pleading eyes.

"Well, please don't tell anyone Barry, I don't want that to ruin anything...." Jill muttered.

Barry gave a quick nod,

"Don't worry, I heard nothing." With that, he left the room.

Once Jill was sure he was gone, she collapsed back on the sofa. Lightly whacking her forehead.

"Jill your so dumb----" Jill said to herself, louder then she meant to.

"I don't think so." Chimed another voice.

Jill tumbled out of her chair, and snapped her eyes up.

"Redfield, didn't anyone ever tell you its not nice to spy. How long have you been there?" Jill felt like she had been asking that question forever today.

Chris shrugged, and helped her to her feet.

"Only two seconds ago, are you alright?" Jill nodded, and sat down again, with Chris beside her.

Sighing she leaned back, and watched the streams of light peeking in through the window, retreat, as the sun was sinking in the distance.

Chris put an arm around her, and pulled her slightly closer.

"We'll find your sister, I swear it Chris..." She said before closing her eyes.

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The hall ways seemed to go on forever, and there were hundreds of doors. One of those would have a general way to escape, although, Claire didn't want to barge in, be caught be guards, and or have a repeat of the Pairs Umbrella base.

Claire slowly creep through the halls examining every door, and if it had a label. There was a oh-to-familiar moan coming from behind her.

Claire snapped around grabbing her combat knife from her pocket. A zombie must have been following her in her shadow, but she never noticed it before.

Claire made a slash at its ankles, but missed the first try. The next thing she knew a voice yelled out.

"Get down!" Claire couldn't tell if it was male, or female at the time, but did what it said.

She dropped to the ground, right after a bullet shot that nearly missed her arm. The zombie dropped. Claire watched it, making sure it wasn't going to get back up, then glanced up. Who ever said that, was gone. Claire shivered a bit, but continued down the halls constantly looking back. The halls seemed similar every door she went by. Until she heard voices up ahead. Pausing, she kneeled down, pressing herself against the wall, in order to hear.

'Sir, Ms. Ashford would like to see that Claire Redfield is captured and brought back.'

'Wasn't the scientist watching her?'

'Apparently WDK4496 disarmed the scientist, and bashed her to the wall, in order to have enough time to escape. Although Alexia didn't believer her side of the story.'

'So what became of the scientist?'

'I'm not sure, that information hasn't been released.'

'No matter, Redfield doesn't have a chance to get off this island. There is no way off, only from Alexia's main heliport, but it location is unknown. Otherwise she serves as living bate....'

The guards chuckled evilly. Claire held her breath as the door opened.

'Please don't come this way!' She screamed in her thoughts.

There was a moment of silence, Claire glanced over at the other side.

The guard had just taken off in the opposite direction. He had an M-16 assault rifle locked in his hands, and a key card with him.

Claire put some of her skill to work creeping a good amount of paces behind him. It would really help her, if she had those things that he did. She just wasn't sure how to get it.

She followed him down more halls, until he loaded into an elevator.

Claire cursed under her breath, knowing she couldn't follow him like that....but she could stop him.

Claire noticed the fire alarm. Very slowly she crept over, and pulled it down. The most annoying, loud sound filled the hall. She jumped behind some crates.

The guard stop the elevator. He ran over to the extinguisher tank, and broke the glass, with the but of his gun. He laid his gun down, and ran to report to other officers. Claire smiled at her strange luck, and grabbed the gun. She didn't get the key card, but it was close enough. That was until she hear a blood curtailing scream echoing in the halls. It came from the door right behind her.