Chapter 55: Unexpected move.
-Chicago-
It had been midnight before she landed. Five minutes later she was already speeding down the turnpike. Ten minutes after that she pulled into the main city. Three minutes later she saw the flashing lights of the police outside her house. Thirty seconds after she was out of her car, racing past police and other people in her way, trying to stop her. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she broke through the police tape, walking inside to see her home in shambles, bullet holes in the hall mirror and walls and overturned furniture in the living room. Hurrying through the house, she approached the kitchen, which had been smashed to pieces, everything capable of being moved had been overturned. There she stood, in a crowd of police and emergency workers by her side, more alone then ever before.
-Division 6-
"Do you have someone to stay with?" A voice asked from behind her, yet seemed so distant. Ada couldn't move anymore, she was paralyzed.
"I..." She couldn't continue.
The person who spoke to her exited the room, slamming the door shut behind them. There, Ada continued to sit alone. After a long silence, the door reopened, and in walked someone Ada once trusted, one of the few she'd ever learnt to trust.
"How are you holding up.?" Julia Sterling sternly said, sitting at the opposite end of the table. The two had been put in this same position once before, when Jack was shot by the assassin Makarov. So there they sat, both dazed, both in deja vous.
"For the most part, peachy." Ada sniffed, both hands remained stationary on the cold, steel table. Her head pounded from all the tears she had shed.
"As much as I hate to do this Ada, the High Council has ordered an investigation on you." Julia informed, finally snapping Ada out of her dazed confusion.
"Why." Ada whispered back.
"Ada.why were you at Vanderzan Island." Julia refrained from answering. Ada was once again stunned, realizing she had been followed. With no excuses possible in her mind, Ada immediately though of fighting her way out, as she was not sure who had her family, Biotech, or HCF.
"Finding out the truth about my mother you lying bitch." Ada leaned forward on the table, giving Julia a firm, cold look of despair. Julia was now the one speechless, and Ada could see in her shifty eyes that Julia was searching for a response.
"Peters.you met Peters."
"I did."
"And what did you find out.?" Julia questioned.
Ada thought long and hard about that very question. If she told the truth, that her mother was in fact dead, then HCF would have no use for Ada any longer and most likely 'terminate' they're use of her.
"Nothing, Peters and my mother separated ways years ago. He knew nothing of her whereabouts." Ada answered.
"So you know about HCF's need in you then.?" Julia hinted.
"I know the only reason I was recruited is so you could get back what my mother stole from you. What I don't know is what that something is.or was." Ada paused, waiting for a reply.
"I don't feel like I'm the one to tell you Ada.but I know who can." Julia stood back up and walked to the door, exiting the room without another word. Ada continued to wait until a moment later Donald Marcus entered, Julia walking in behind him. Marcus sat where Julia sat before, and stared blankly at Ada. Julia remained standing to his right side, impatiently waiting for the story Ada couldn't bear to wait any longer for.
"Ms. Sterling tells me you've finally uncovered the truth." Marcus began.
"That's right. And what are you going to fill in?" Ada answered.
"The High Council has prepared for this moment for much time Ada, however I believe its time to advance my plans." Marcus inquired.
"Your plans, what?" Ada said.
"Ada, the High Council's plan if this were to ever happen was to eliminate you with no questions asked. However, Ms. Sterling and I don't believe this is acceptable. You have uncovered the truth at the wrong time, my dear." Marcus riddled his words, annoying Ada dramatically.
"Just tell me!!!" Ada screamed, slamming her fist on the table.
"Very well, Ada. In 1969, your mother was one of the two agents dispatched to the Spencer Mansion in HCF's very first mission. Your mother was the infiltration operative to the mansion, and her orders were to simply acquire a T-virus sample and escape. However, Agent Wong.your mother, stole two samples instead of one. Knowing that she may be reprimanded for withholding information of her pregnancy while going on a mission, she injected a pathogen into the virus sample she gave to HCF, which later destroyed the vial sample. This is when she began her run from HCF. However, upon her escape she informed that she was in the possession of a second sample, safely in her hands. Samantha Wong escaped the country, and we never found her again." Marcus briefed.
"I don't understand, that's what she has, a T-virus sample? Big deal, according to reports there is over a dozen HCF labs up and running with T- virus synthesizers. What's so special about that vial?" Ada asked.
"Because, later tests on the ruined T-virus sample we had confirmed that it wasn't in fact a purified Tyrant sample, but actually the initial chemical stage of the T-virus, called the Progenitor. The Progenitor Virus is the chemical base of the T-virus, and with it holds the true nature and power of the T-virus. With the Progenitor Virus, chemical changes could be made to the T-virus, things like medicinal properties and others. This was unknown to Spencer, who was and still is only interested in the bio-weapon form of the Progenitor Virus he's dubbed Tyrant." Julia cut in.
"So, my mother has.or had.the only other Progenitor Virus sample?" Ada implied.
"Sort of. She has the only accessible sample of the Progenitor, all other samples are in an unknown location. According to our intelligence over the last few years, Umbrella has very low numbers on the Progenitor as the T- virus chemical reaction is all that's needed for their studies, they have no idea on the Progenitor Virus's potential." Marcus informed.
Ada leaned back, staring at the ceiling and wiping away the dried up tears.
"What's your plan." Ada questioned.
"You must understand that what we are about to tell you remains in these walls." Marcus commented. Ada nodded her head in agreement, giving Marcus and Julia the answer they both hoped and needed.
"Good. As you may know, or, may suspect, HCF is loosing this war against Biotech. We don't know how or why, but they have unstoppable Intel against us. The High Council refuses to see this, and insists we will prevail. Its no question whether or not we will prevail, however it can't be under the High Council's control." Marcus said firmly. Ada's mouth dropped as she realized what he was saying.
"Therefore, Ms. Sterling and I have concocted a plan to overthrow the High Council. In a simultaneous assassination plot, picked out Agents of HCF will proceed with their targets and eliminate the members of the High Council. Once this is concluded, Ms. Sterling and myself will take control of HCF and select a new, more prominent High Council. We will oversee the triumph against Biotech, how we see fit." Marcus concluded.
"How.how will you make it better.?" Ada asked.
"Ms. Sterling has begun the talks of a non-aggression and coalition pact with Biotech. With this pact, we will be able to rebuild our operations. Biotech believe once the High Council is defeated that HCF operations will be disbanded, that Julia and myself will aid them in dismantling The Incursion Directive. This is not true. Once we are in control, Ms. Sterling and myself will begin final attacks on the Biotech HQ." Marcus replied.
"You know where it is?" Ada inquired.
"No, but we soon will. Biotech has requested that Ms. Sterling and one Agent from HCF fly to a Biotech facility to finalize the coalition pact. Once there, you will confirm the location of the Biotech HQ. Once Operation Overthrow is concluded, the attack will begin on Biotech." Marcus said.
"Why should I help you." Ada said simply, not really caring anymore about Biotech or HCF, or Umbrella.
"If you help us finalize Operation Overthrow, we will aid you in finding your family. We will ensure they return to safety." Marcus insisted.
"It's a deal then." Ada replied in a split second, not even thinking over the deal.
"Very good." Marcus smiled, sitting back in his chair and glancing up at Julia. Their plan was finally ready for execution.
-Chicago-
It had been midnight before she landed. Five minutes later she was already speeding down the turnpike. Ten minutes after that she pulled into the main city. Three minutes later she saw the flashing lights of the police outside her house. Thirty seconds after she was out of her car, racing past police and other people in her way, trying to stop her. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she broke through the police tape, walking inside to see her home in shambles, bullet holes in the hall mirror and walls and overturned furniture in the living room. Hurrying through the house, she approached the kitchen, which had been smashed to pieces, everything capable of being moved had been overturned. There she stood, in a crowd of police and emergency workers by her side, more alone then ever before.
-Division 6-
"Do you have someone to stay with?" A voice asked from behind her, yet seemed so distant. Ada couldn't move anymore, she was paralyzed.
"I..." She couldn't continue.
The person who spoke to her exited the room, slamming the door shut behind them. There, Ada continued to sit alone. After a long silence, the door reopened, and in walked someone Ada once trusted, one of the few she'd ever learnt to trust.
"How are you holding up.?" Julia Sterling sternly said, sitting at the opposite end of the table. The two had been put in this same position once before, when Jack was shot by the assassin Makarov. So there they sat, both dazed, both in deja vous.
"For the most part, peachy." Ada sniffed, both hands remained stationary on the cold, steel table. Her head pounded from all the tears she had shed.
"As much as I hate to do this Ada, the High Council has ordered an investigation on you." Julia informed, finally snapping Ada out of her dazed confusion.
"Why." Ada whispered back.
"Ada.why were you at Vanderzan Island." Julia refrained from answering. Ada was once again stunned, realizing she had been followed. With no excuses possible in her mind, Ada immediately though of fighting her way out, as she was not sure who had her family, Biotech, or HCF.
"Finding out the truth about my mother you lying bitch." Ada leaned forward on the table, giving Julia a firm, cold look of despair. Julia was now the one speechless, and Ada could see in her shifty eyes that Julia was searching for a response.
"Peters.you met Peters."
"I did."
"And what did you find out.?" Julia questioned.
Ada thought long and hard about that very question. If she told the truth, that her mother was in fact dead, then HCF would have no use for Ada any longer and most likely 'terminate' they're use of her.
"Nothing, Peters and my mother separated ways years ago. He knew nothing of her whereabouts." Ada answered.
"So you know about HCF's need in you then.?" Julia hinted.
"I know the only reason I was recruited is so you could get back what my mother stole from you. What I don't know is what that something is.or was." Ada paused, waiting for a reply.
"I don't feel like I'm the one to tell you Ada.but I know who can." Julia stood back up and walked to the door, exiting the room without another word. Ada continued to wait until a moment later Donald Marcus entered, Julia walking in behind him. Marcus sat where Julia sat before, and stared blankly at Ada. Julia remained standing to his right side, impatiently waiting for the story Ada couldn't bear to wait any longer for.
"Ms. Sterling tells me you've finally uncovered the truth." Marcus began.
"That's right. And what are you going to fill in?" Ada answered.
"The High Council has prepared for this moment for much time Ada, however I believe its time to advance my plans." Marcus inquired.
"Your plans, what?" Ada said.
"Ada, the High Council's plan if this were to ever happen was to eliminate you with no questions asked. However, Ms. Sterling and I don't believe this is acceptable. You have uncovered the truth at the wrong time, my dear." Marcus riddled his words, annoying Ada dramatically.
"Just tell me!!!" Ada screamed, slamming her fist on the table.
"Very well, Ada. In 1969, your mother was one of the two agents dispatched to the Spencer Mansion in HCF's very first mission. Your mother was the infiltration operative to the mansion, and her orders were to simply acquire a T-virus sample and escape. However, Agent Wong.your mother, stole two samples instead of one. Knowing that she may be reprimanded for withholding information of her pregnancy while going on a mission, she injected a pathogen into the virus sample she gave to HCF, which later destroyed the vial sample. This is when she began her run from HCF. However, upon her escape she informed that she was in the possession of a second sample, safely in her hands. Samantha Wong escaped the country, and we never found her again." Marcus briefed.
"I don't understand, that's what she has, a T-virus sample? Big deal, according to reports there is over a dozen HCF labs up and running with T- virus synthesizers. What's so special about that vial?" Ada asked.
"Because, later tests on the ruined T-virus sample we had confirmed that it wasn't in fact a purified Tyrant sample, but actually the initial chemical stage of the T-virus, called the Progenitor. The Progenitor Virus is the chemical base of the T-virus, and with it holds the true nature and power of the T-virus. With the Progenitor Virus, chemical changes could be made to the T-virus, things like medicinal properties and others. This was unknown to Spencer, who was and still is only interested in the bio-weapon form of the Progenitor Virus he's dubbed Tyrant." Julia cut in.
"So, my mother has.or had.the only other Progenitor Virus sample?" Ada implied.
"Sort of. She has the only accessible sample of the Progenitor, all other samples are in an unknown location. According to our intelligence over the last few years, Umbrella has very low numbers on the Progenitor as the T- virus chemical reaction is all that's needed for their studies, they have no idea on the Progenitor Virus's potential." Marcus informed.
Ada leaned back, staring at the ceiling and wiping away the dried up tears.
"What's your plan." Ada questioned.
"You must understand that what we are about to tell you remains in these walls." Marcus commented. Ada nodded her head in agreement, giving Marcus and Julia the answer they both hoped and needed.
"Good. As you may know, or, may suspect, HCF is loosing this war against Biotech. We don't know how or why, but they have unstoppable Intel against us. The High Council refuses to see this, and insists we will prevail. Its no question whether or not we will prevail, however it can't be under the High Council's control." Marcus said firmly. Ada's mouth dropped as she realized what he was saying.
"Therefore, Ms. Sterling and I have concocted a plan to overthrow the High Council. In a simultaneous assassination plot, picked out Agents of HCF will proceed with their targets and eliminate the members of the High Council. Once this is concluded, Ms. Sterling and myself will take control of HCF and select a new, more prominent High Council. We will oversee the triumph against Biotech, how we see fit." Marcus concluded.
"How.how will you make it better.?" Ada asked.
"Ms. Sterling has begun the talks of a non-aggression and coalition pact with Biotech. With this pact, we will be able to rebuild our operations. Biotech believe once the High Council is defeated that HCF operations will be disbanded, that Julia and myself will aid them in dismantling The Incursion Directive. This is not true. Once we are in control, Ms. Sterling and myself will begin final attacks on the Biotech HQ." Marcus replied.
"You know where it is?" Ada inquired.
"No, but we soon will. Biotech has requested that Ms. Sterling and one Agent from HCF fly to a Biotech facility to finalize the coalition pact. Once there, you will confirm the location of the Biotech HQ. Once Operation Overthrow is concluded, the attack will begin on Biotech." Marcus said.
"Why should I help you." Ada said simply, not really caring anymore about Biotech or HCF, or Umbrella.
"If you help us finalize Operation Overthrow, we will aid you in finding your family. We will ensure they return to safety." Marcus insisted.
"It's a deal then." Ada replied in a split second, not even thinking over the deal.
"Very good." Marcus smiled, sitting back in his chair and glancing up at Julia. Their plan was finally ready for execution.