Resident Evil

                                                          Chapter Nine: The Mistress of Terror

Jill thought hard about Snapdragon as they walked along the corridor, did she do something to those statues or was it her mother like she said? "Jill?" Jill looked up and saw Rebecca looking concerned "are you OK?"

"Yeah I'm fine…it's just…"
"You don't think she did it do you?" Rebecca said understanding how much Jill trusted Snapdragon

"No I don't I don't think she's got the guts to do something like that." Rebecca shrugged

"Who knows? But seriously Jill it's best that we leave her anyway…Barry had got a point, maybe she can't be trusted after all she is part monster." Jill suddenly felt angry

"Who cares if she's part monster?!" She said so loud that Barry stopped and looked round "can't anyone see past that? You're acting so childish, treating someone different because they're different!" Rebecca hung her head and Barry gave another grunt. They stood in silence for a few minutes then Barry groaned, "I get the picture" he said, "You want to go back for her, right?" Jill nodded but Rebecca looked tense

"It's OK saying we're going to go back for her but what if she did do something to those statues, what then?"

"We can take her if she turns out to be evil" Jill said quickly. Barry thought about this for a moment

"Well there's only one of her and three of us…fine, we'll go back for her…she does know her way around here a lot better than we do." They turned and started walking back toward what Snapdragon referred to as The Courtyard but unknown to them a stranger had been listening and knew a way there quicker than them…

A strange gassy smell met them when they arrived in the courtyard and an eerie feeling made Jill stop at the door "well go in then!" Barry complained, "It was you who wanted to come back!" Jill stepped carefully inside

"Barry? Something really doesn't feel right…" Jill said with a shiver and looked around for Snapdragon but the only thing in there was a piranha leaping about on the floor and the strange atmosphere. "Jill's right, something is wrong and where's Snapdragon?" Rebecca asked but someone else answered her question.

"My daughters safe…for now" a female voice said from behind, Barry jumped forward and the door slammed shut, out of the darkness a brown haired woman entered. "I should really introduce myself," she said rubbing the black leather pants she wore "My name is Alison…I'm sure you've heard of me?" Barry stepped in front of the woman, his gun drawn

"We've heard of you in the papers" he growled "now you're going to appear one more time, in the obituary!" Alison stepped forward and clutched the end of his gun. "Oh really?" She bent her knees slightly and sucked on the gun, Barry tried to fire but no bullets came out, she gripped his hand and spat out the three bullets he had left. "You know you're really starting o annoy me…" she clapped her hands and the shadows started to morph into demons, black and dripping. They grabbed hold of the three ex STARS and held them tightly "take them to the 'training course'" Alison ordered then explained what she meant. "My training course is two rooms, both large and full of creatures…I like testing them…Antirrhinum proved very good at it."

"This basement much stretch out all under Racoon!" Rebecca exclaimed

"It does dear, my house is the only one with a basement and that proved very handy…I could easily expand then." Alison walked over and ripped ivy of a wall at the far end revealing an iron door "good luck" she said she an evil smile and watched them being dragged in "I'll be watching on my computer…" she summoned another demon to take Barry who was making a fuss and left through the door they had entered by.

Snapdragon however was locked in her room again with only her chair and a bucket of water, like a normal plant she needed water frequently to live. She sat trying to think of a way to escape when the door opened and Alison walked in. She went up to my daughter and slapped her hard across the face "little bitch…" she snarled, "you worked so hard to help didn't you? Well you and your little friends are going to die!" Snapdragon remained silent and Alison continued to taunt her "you had so much pleasure out of killing Machida didn't you? Well they're going to meet his father." Snapdragon trembled at this and ran her fingers through her hair and blinked…something was in he hair, a hairpin? That could be useful…after giving Snapdragon another good slap Alison left. Snapdragon got up and pulled the hairpin out of her hair, she waited until she was sure her mother was gone and then used it to pick the lock, she quickly looked both ways and then ran up the corridor to help her friends.

Alison went in the see the STARS before started them on her 'training course' she smiled at the panic in their faces as the demons held them. "It's so sad you have to die now, I would have liked you to watch Antirrhinum meet her doom but I'll get so much pleasure out of your deaths it's worth you not seeing that."

"What if we survive? Then what will you do?" Jill asked angrily

"If you happen to survive then after I've killed my daughter maybe I'll conjure up more of those statue, it was a lot of fun seeing you blame Antirrhinum" she laughed evilly and Jill struggled wanting to strangle her. "Take them to the first room" she ordered the demons and like soldiers they all obeyed at once. They were led to another metal door and flung into darkness surrounded by hideous sounds…

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