Chapter XV
Aftermath
October 10th, 2002
Ada jerked about, raised her head forward and sucked in a deep breath of oxygen. She was alive.God damnit she was alive! How the hell had she survived? "Doctor! Doctor she's awake! She's awake!" a high voice shrieked and suddenly hoards of people rushed into the small white room, pushing her back down onto her back. She could hear beeping in the background, faded sounds of voices and thick footsteps. What was happening? Where was she? "Good to see you're awake." the doctor said, smiling down at her, "We'd thought we'd lost you like all the others." The others.Heatherly.Ja.Hillary.Vela. "You mean." Ada stuttered to speak, "Everyone is dead." the doctor frowned, "Not dead.just asleep. We found one body, a young girl. She was badly injured, about as bad as you." The doctor pulled a curtain open beside Ada's bed, revealing the girl that the doctor spoke about. She recognized her immediately. .Hillary.the damn girl survived the fall too.maybe. "There were no more bodies." Ada said, struggling to hold back tears, ".another girl maybe, about the same age. They look kind of similar.what about a guy? About six feet, tan sin, dark hair?" "No.no bodies were found." The doctor said, "Everything was incinerated in the blast, except for you and that girl. They found you amidst all the rubble, underneath a bunch of debris. They said you jumped from the observation tower.I don't know how you survived that." he trailed off as suddenly the same nurse that had noticed Ada was awake came bursting into the room. "Turn on Channel 4!"
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"The body of twenty three year old Heather Lee Taft was discovered today in a nearby alley way that was shielded off from the blast of the Empire State Building. Taft, a member of the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Squad, was discovered early this evening. This discovery suggests that Umbrella may have been involved in the explosion after all." Ada couldn't bear the sound or sight of the dead girl on the screen. Heatherly was dead, and she wasn't going to be coming back. She didn't survive the fall.she didn't make it.but she was so strong. How could she let that happen? "Ms.we're gonna keep you for a month or two to monitor you for documentation. I hope its not too inconvenient." the small nurse said, tending to her wounds, ".its really astonishing that you survived. The two of you were the only ones who made it out of there alive. Everyone else they found looked like they were dead before the explosion hit." Little did she know. ".hegh.that's crazy." Ada stumbled for the right words, trying to keep the woman shadowed in the dark shadow Umbrella had cast over the public. No need to frighten her with the truth. "It's no problem to keep me." Ada couldn't stand the thought of how many people had died.over a million, she guessed.all the tenants, all the researchers. And Gregory, she thought to herself, that bastard is dead and gone.but they never found his body.if he was infected with the same thing as Wesker, maybe there was a chance he was still alive. "No." she muttered, praying that he was dead and gone. She didn't need him walking around, alive and ready to commit another crime against humanity. The Neptune Project was finished.all the data was transferred to Maine.Umbrella got what they wanted, and everyone involved was kept quiet.but they didn't have enough power to keep her mouth shut. She would talk, and by the time she was finished with Umbrella, they would be just a matter of the past.Ada Wong would stop them at all costs.all costs.
Aftermath
October 10th, 2002
Ada jerked about, raised her head forward and sucked in a deep breath of oxygen. She was alive.God damnit she was alive! How the hell had she survived? "Doctor! Doctor she's awake! She's awake!" a high voice shrieked and suddenly hoards of people rushed into the small white room, pushing her back down onto her back. She could hear beeping in the background, faded sounds of voices and thick footsteps. What was happening? Where was she? "Good to see you're awake." the doctor said, smiling down at her, "We'd thought we'd lost you like all the others." The others.Heatherly.Ja.Hillary.Vela. "You mean." Ada stuttered to speak, "Everyone is dead." the doctor frowned, "Not dead.just asleep. We found one body, a young girl. She was badly injured, about as bad as you." The doctor pulled a curtain open beside Ada's bed, revealing the girl that the doctor spoke about. She recognized her immediately. .Hillary.the damn girl survived the fall too.maybe. "There were no more bodies." Ada said, struggling to hold back tears, ".another girl maybe, about the same age. They look kind of similar.what about a guy? About six feet, tan sin, dark hair?" "No.no bodies were found." The doctor said, "Everything was incinerated in the blast, except for you and that girl. They found you amidst all the rubble, underneath a bunch of debris. They said you jumped from the observation tower.I don't know how you survived that." he trailed off as suddenly the same nurse that had noticed Ada was awake came bursting into the room. "Turn on Channel 4!"
*
"The body of twenty three year old Heather Lee Taft was discovered today in a nearby alley way that was shielded off from the blast of the Empire State Building. Taft, a member of the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Squad, was discovered early this evening. This discovery suggests that Umbrella may have been involved in the explosion after all." Ada couldn't bear the sound or sight of the dead girl on the screen. Heatherly was dead, and she wasn't going to be coming back. She didn't survive the fall.she didn't make it.but she was so strong. How could she let that happen? "Ms.we're gonna keep you for a month or two to monitor you for documentation. I hope its not too inconvenient." the small nurse said, tending to her wounds, ".its really astonishing that you survived. The two of you were the only ones who made it out of there alive. Everyone else they found looked like they were dead before the explosion hit." Little did she know. ".hegh.that's crazy." Ada stumbled for the right words, trying to keep the woman shadowed in the dark shadow Umbrella had cast over the public. No need to frighten her with the truth. "It's no problem to keep me." Ada couldn't stand the thought of how many people had died.over a million, she guessed.all the tenants, all the researchers. And Gregory, she thought to herself, that bastard is dead and gone.but they never found his body.if he was infected with the same thing as Wesker, maybe there was a chance he was still alive. "No." she muttered, praying that he was dead and gone. She didn't need him walking around, alive and ready to commit another crime against humanity. The Neptune Project was finished.all the data was transferred to Maine.Umbrella got what they wanted, and everyone involved was kept quiet.but they didn't have enough power to keep her mouth shut. She would talk, and by the time she was finished with Umbrella, they would be just a matter of the past.Ada Wong would stop them at all costs.all costs.