AN: Thanks to Mandy, duckman, and Redfield 99 for reviewing! Sorry it took so long to finish this chapter.



Jessie glanced around the corner for what must have been the fifth time in ten minutes. She had no doubt that the two S.T.A.R.S. members had followed her, but she really didn't care. Pretty soon she would getting out of this hellhole. She wouldn't have to kill any more of her dead friends and co- workers, and she wouldn't have to check the corpses for ammo.

Truthfully, she felt more than a bit guilty. Why should she have been cured when so many others had died from the virus? It just didn't seem right to her. Not that she was complaining. She was happy that she wasn't a zombie, and she knew there was nothing she could have done to save them.

Her thoughts were interrupted by voices coming from the hall to her right. One of the voices was defiantly April, but who was she talking to? Whoever it was, Jessie was sure she had never met them before.

April strolled around the corner. Before Jessie could say a word, she was starring down the barrel of a magnum. "April?" Jessie was too shocked to move. She couldn't believe this was really happening. What was April doing? Jessie knew she liked to shoot stuff, but not that much.

April grinned, an insane look in her eyes. After carefully aiming the weapon, she squeezed the trigger.

Jessie was startled to hear a screech less then three feet behind her. She spun around to see a licker fall the floor behind her. "Well, that was interesting," April calmly stated.

Someone stepped into the hall behind her. "You're Claire Redfield, aren't you?" Jessie asked. Claire nodded. Not surprising, since her brother was here, but why was she following April?

"How did you know that?" Claire asked, suspiciously. "Well, since my friend April works in security," Jessie explained, "I get a lot of information on who Umbrella is looking for." This was apparently news to Claire. "You work for Umbrella?" "No," April replied sarcastically, "We work for the RPD. Why did you think we were here?" "Well, why's she here?" Jessie said, "And why are two of the Raccoon S.T.A.R.S. here?" April suddenly seemed a bit pale. "The Raccoon S.T.A.R.S. are here!? How do you know that?" "Only two are here. I ran into them. I think they were looking for Claire because they were trying to open every door they passed." Jessie knew April was silently cursing. She should be. Unfortunately, Jessie wasn't finished with the bad news. "I ran out of the vaccine," she said, "You better be careful."



April just shrugged at the last comment as if it didn't matter. "I've got something to take care of before we leave." Jessie was confused. "What could you possibly need to take care of?" "It doesn't matter. It's nothing. If I don't take care of it, though, it's going to bug me for a long time." April grinned. "See you later, mad scientist." Jessie smiled, but she was still trying to figure out what it was that April had to do. April could read her like an open book and knew her friend could do the same with. "Bye, trigger happy psycho."

After Jessie had left, she turned to Claire. "Do you want to know where your brother and his accomplice are?" "Yeah. I need to find them. I'll go look for them while your taking care of whatever it is you need to take care of." "Don't bother. If no one has destroyed the security cameras you can find them easily." Claire nodded and followed her down the halls. April knew she had to lose Claire soon, but these halls were like a maze, so that shouldn't be too hard.

When they reached the metal door that said "SECURITY" in large, bold letters, she punched in the code, 26049. April pushed the door open the second she heard the click of the lock. Two zombies were on the other side of the room, both wearing Umbrella uniforms. April didn't recognize either of them; they were too decayed to tell who they were.

She quickly dispatched them and hurried toward a wall of about twenty screens, all showing different parts of the facility and constantly changing. KAT was shooting at a lone zombie. She was amazingly close to the exit, considering all she had was a handgun. The two S.T.A.R.S. members were not far from their location, still searching for Claire. Jessie had left the door open for them.

April was ready to tell Claire the location of the S.T.A.R.S. then head for the nearest door when she saw something out of the corner of her eye that made her freeze.

'Shit! I thought he was dead!'

Bob was a relatively new employee, but he usually acted like he owned the entire facility. At the moment, he was waiting for someone, and April thought she knew who it was.

"Come on," she said. "I'll show you where your brother and his friend are." She didn't wait for an answer, reloading her magnum as she headed for the door. Bob was going to wish he had never even heard the name April in his entire life.