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CassSpaz: I didn't trail off. I'm just a little...irregular with my updates. But if you keep reading them, I'll keep writing them.
So more review's from everyone please. My offer of a shiny new penny will apply to this fic as well....
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Rebecca looked around as she stepped out of the minivan, followed closely by Bauer. The hangar was a hive of activity with people rushing around, loading equipment onto the large aeroplane which took up most of the space inside. Rebecca saw a man with a clipboard who appeared to be directing the preparations and walked over to him.
"Excuse me, who is in charge here." she asked.
"I am, until the CDC send out their guy who's running the show. Now, if you'll excuse me, miss, we have a lot of work to do here." said the supervisor.
"Wait. You don't understand. I'm Dr. Rebecca Chambers. I'll be the one leading this team."
The man looked doubtful until Rebecca showed him her CDC identification. "I'm sorry, Dr. Chambers, I just didn't expect someone so..." he trailed off.
"...young?" she finished, getting slightly annoyed. "Check with the CDC if you don't believe me. But it's your ass if you slow us down."
"No, no. That won't be necessary, ma'am. Anyway, the preparations are almost complete. You should be ready to go in the next twenty minutes." he said.
"Good. Has my team arrived yet?" asked Rebecca.
"Yes, Doctor. They're already on board."
"Then, I'll get on board as well. I need the equipment in the minivan loaded onto the plane as well."
"Of course. I'll get someone on it immediately."
Without saying another word Rebecca turned and began walking towards the stairs up to the aeroplane. After a polite nod to the supervisor Bauer followed.
"It's probably none of my business, but wasn't that a little harsh?" asked Bauer.
"Probably." admitted Rebecca. "It's just that I hate not being taken seriously because of my age. It's not too bad now that I'm a little older. But I guess it's to be expected when you graduate from college at eighteen. I still don't have to like it though."
Rebecca made her way up the stairs to the aeroplane anxious to see who Professor Ryan had put on her team. She was relieved to see that she knew most of the people, or at least recognised most of them. She noticed one of her old lab partners, David, in the crowd of faces which were now staring at her. "Good." she thought. "I could really use his help on this one. Shit. I think that's Susan sitting next to him. If she still thinks that I stole her promotion then she's going to be a complete bitch the whole time. I guess I'll have to deal with her later."
Most of the chatting had died down by now and everyone was waiting for Rebecca to speak.
"Good morning. I assume you have been briefed on the situation in Denver." she began. Most of the scientists nodded in response."Good. There will be vehicles waiting for us in Denver but we need to get the equipment unloaded quickly. Time is of the essence here. If the T-Virus begins to spread we will only have a short time to contain it before the entire city becomes a write-off. Local hazmat teams have the only infected individual under quarantine. It has come into contact with several others who could possibly have been infected. Do we have any questions?"
Rebecca saw Susan's hand shoot up."Dr. Taylor?" she nodded to Susan, bracing herself.
"Excuse me, Dr. Chambers, but shouldn't you let the team leader explain the situation." she said with a barely disguised smirk, and looking at Bauer who was still standing slightly behind Rebecca.
Bauer looked nervous and was about to say something until Rebecca cut him off. "I assume you have all at least heard of Professor Bauer. He is one of the world's leading virologists and although he has no experience with the T-Virus he has still offered his considerable skill in the field of viruses to help us resolve this situation. However..." she looked icily towards Susan. "..._I_ am in command of this mission. Professor Ryan has given me complete authority to command as I see fit in containing this virus. Understood?"
Susan nodded reluctantly.
"Anyone else?" asked Rebecca, looking around the plane. There wasn't.
"Okay. I'm going to go talk to the pilot to see how soon we can get out of here."
As she walked towards the cockpit Bauer took an empty seat near the front of the plane, beginning a discussion on advanced virus replication methods with a confused looking young doctor.
"How long until we are able to leave?" Rebecca asked the pilot, without preamble.
"As soon as were fully fuelled. The equipment is already on board. It will take ten more minutes for the fuel, Ms....?"
"Chambers. How long will it take us to reach Denver?"
"With the current weather it'll take just under three hours to reach Denver International Airport. I'll let you know of any changes to the flight schedule." said the pilot.
"Thanks. I'll be in the back."
As she closed the door to the cockpit she almost bumped into David Freeman, her former lab partner.
"David. What's wrong?" she asked when she saw the look on his face.
"Your friend from Denver is on the phone. He didn't sound good. He said he needs to speak with you right now, Rebecca" David said quickly.
"Thanks, Dave." said Rebecca before rushing to the nearest private phone.
"Barry?"
"Becca! Thank God. I've been trying to get through to you for the last thirty minutes. Thing's are starting to get bad here. One of the detectives from the morgue has tested positive for the T-Virus. He must have been scratched by the zombie or something. We have him contained for now. All of the other tests have been negative so far but were still waiting for a few to come back. How far away is your team now?" asked Barry.
"We're getting ready to take off now. We'll be landing in Denver in less than three hours. The military are providing us with vehicles once we get there but a police escort to the morgue would really help speed things up."
"Consider it done." said Barry. "I've still got my men trying to find out where the zombie came from but so far we've got nothing. It couldn't have been there long or we would have recieved more reports of attacks. It was either deliberately infected and placed there or there's another zombie out there. Either way, this is gonna get really fucking bad. We need you here Rebecca."
Rebecca could hear the pilot on the intercom telling people to take their seats.
"Barry. I have to go. Were about to take off. Take care. We are going to stop this, Barry. This is _not_ going to be another Raccoon City."
Rebecca hung up the phone and went back out to the main cabin. Almost everyone was strapped into their seats by now.
"We've just got word from Denver." said Rebecca. "There are now two confirmed cases of the T-Virus there. We'll arrive there in under three hours. I wan't everyone ready to move as soon as we land."
There was silence in the cabin except for the roar of the engines powering up. Rebecca strapped herself into the aisle seat next to Bauer, much to the relief of the young doctor sitting on the opposite side of the professor. She prepared heself for a flight that she knew would last almost an eternity.
CassSpaz: I didn't trail off. I'm just a little...irregular with my updates. But if you keep reading them, I'll keep writing them.
So more review's from everyone please. My offer of a shiny new penny will apply to this fic as well....
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Rebecca looked around as she stepped out of the minivan, followed closely by Bauer. The hangar was a hive of activity with people rushing around, loading equipment onto the large aeroplane which took up most of the space inside. Rebecca saw a man with a clipboard who appeared to be directing the preparations and walked over to him.
"Excuse me, who is in charge here." she asked.
"I am, until the CDC send out their guy who's running the show. Now, if you'll excuse me, miss, we have a lot of work to do here." said the supervisor.
"Wait. You don't understand. I'm Dr. Rebecca Chambers. I'll be the one leading this team."
The man looked doubtful until Rebecca showed him her CDC identification. "I'm sorry, Dr. Chambers, I just didn't expect someone so..." he trailed off.
"...young?" she finished, getting slightly annoyed. "Check with the CDC if you don't believe me. But it's your ass if you slow us down."
"No, no. That won't be necessary, ma'am. Anyway, the preparations are almost complete. You should be ready to go in the next twenty minutes." he said.
"Good. Has my team arrived yet?" asked Rebecca.
"Yes, Doctor. They're already on board."
"Then, I'll get on board as well. I need the equipment in the minivan loaded onto the plane as well."
"Of course. I'll get someone on it immediately."
Without saying another word Rebecca turned and began walking towards the stairs up to the aeroplane. After a polite nod to the supervisor Bauer followed.
"It's probably none of my business, but wasn't that a little harsh?" asked Bauer.
"Probably." admitted Rebecca. "It's just that I hate not being taken seriously because of my age. It's not too bad now that I'm a little older. But I guess it's to be expected when you graduate from college at eighteen. I still don't have to like it though."
Rebecca made her way up the stairs to the aeroplane anxious to see who Professor Ryan had put on her team. She was relieved to see that she knew most of the people, or at least recognised most of them. She noticed one of her old lab partners, David, in the crowd of faces which were now staring at her. "Good." she thought. "I could really use his help on this one. Shit. I think that's Susan sitting next to him. If she still thinks that I stole her promotion then she's going to be a complete bitch the whole time. I guess I'll have to deal with her later."
Most of the chatting had died down by now and everyone was waiting for Rebecca to speak.
"Good morning. I assume you have been briefed on the situation in Denver." she began. Most of the scientists nodded in response."Good. There will be vehicles waiting for us in Denver but we need to get the equipment unloaded quickly. Time is of the essence here. If the T-Virus begins to spread we will only have a short time to contain it before the entire city becomes a write-off. Local hazmat teams have the only infected individual under quarantine. It has come into contact with several others who could possibly have been infected. Do we have any questions?"
Rebecca saw Susan's hand shoot up."Dr. Taylor?" she nodded to Susan, bracing herself.
"Excuse me, Dr. Chambers, but shouldn't you let the team leader explain the situation." she said with a barely disguised smirk, and looking at Bauer who was still standing slightly behind Rebecca.
Bauer looked nervous and was about to say something until Rebecca cut him off. "I assume you have all at least heard of Professor Bauer. He is one of the world's leading virologists and although he has no experience with the T-Virus he has still offered his considerable skill in the field of viruses to help us resolve this situation. However..." she looked icily towards Susan. "..._I_ am in command of this mission. Professor Ryan has given me complete authority to command as I see fit in containing this virus. Understood?"
Susan nodded reluctantly.
"Anyone else?" asked Rebecca, looking around the plane. There wasn't.
"Okay. I'm going to go talk to the pilot to see how soon we can get out of here."
As she walked towards the cockpit Bauer took an empty seat near the front of the plane, beginning a discussion on advanced virus replication methods with a confused looking young doctor.
"How long until we are able to leave?" Rebecca asked the pilot, without preamble.
"As soon as were fully fuelled. The equipment is already on board. It will take ten more minutes for the fuel, Ms....?"
"Chambers. How long will it take us to reach Denver?"
"With the current weather it'll take just under three hours to reach Denver International Airport. I'll let you know of any changes to the flight schedule." said the pilot.
"Thanks. I'll be in the back."
As she closed the door to the cockpit she almost bumped into David Freeman, her former lab partner.
"David. What's wrong?" she asked when she saw the look on his face.
"Your friend from Denver is on the phone. He didn't sound good. He said he needs to speak with you right now, Rebecca" David said quickly.
"Thanks, Dave." said Rebecca before rushing to the nearest private phone.
"Barry?"
"Becca! Thank God. I've been trying to get through to you for the last thirty minutes. Thing's are starting to get bad here. One of the detectives from the morgue has tested positive for the T-Virus. He must have been scratched by the zombie or something. We have him contained for now. All of the other tests have been negative so far but were still waiting for a few to come back. How far away is your team now?" asked Barry.
"We're getting ready to take off now. We'll be landing in Denver in less than three hours. The military are providing us with vehicles once we get there but a police escort to the morgue would really help speed things up."
"Consider it done." said Barry. "I've still got my men trying to find out where the zombie came from but so far we've got nothing. It couldn't have been there long or we would have recieved more reports of attacks. It was either deliberately infected and placed there or there's another zombie out there. Either way, this is gonna get really fucking bad. We need you here Rebecca."
Rebecca could hear the pilot on the intercom telling people to take their seats.
"Barry. I have to go. Were about to take off. Take care. We are going to stop this, Barry. This is _not_ going to be another Raccoon City."
Rebecca hung up the phone and went back out to the main cabin. Almost everyone was strapped into their seats by now.
"We've just got word from Denver." said Rebecca. "There are now two confirmed cases of the T-Virus there. We'll arrive there in under three hours. I wan't everyone ready to move as soon as we land."
There was silence in the cabin except for the roar of the engines powering up. Rebecca strapped herself into the aisle seat next to Bauer, much to the relief of the young doctor sitting on the opposite side of the professor. She prepared heself for a flight that she knew would last almost an eternity.