Chapter Three

Final Goodbyes

It took Jill a while to realize her left arm was completely covered in blood. The thought she had been lost in had concealed the pain, but now it stung like hell. Looking to the yard next to her, she saw a hose pipe, so she went to turn it on and wash the water off. The water stung slightly at first, but then turned to relief. The red was all washing away. When she finished she started to make her way back to the vehicle to get a bandage, but she saw that there was no use to walking all those blocks since she saw LJ drive around the corner and stop right beside her.

"You see that," LJ said pointing to her shoulder. "You lucky she didn't put one of them in that stubborn head of yours."

Jill gave him a smirk and began walking to the back to get a bandage. LJ could've sworn that he'd seen darkness under Jill's eyes and heard her snivel.

"Hey, Jill, you cryin'," LJ asked sympathetically.

"No," Jill shot back angrily as she pulled out the first aid kit.

LJ didn't bother arguing. He knew that Jill would never admit to crying to anyone, not that he thought there was anything wrong with crying. Shoot when a "brother" he was real cool with got shot or something like that, he'd maybe even shed a tear, but he made sure nobody saw.

Jill wrapped the bandage tightly around her shoulder, covering the bullet hole. Once again she was lost in her own thoughts. She was trying to figure out any kind of way to stop Umbrella without Alice, but it was useless. Heck, they'd likely have to fight Alice in the process, and she would without a doubt kill them easily. It just occurred to her how fake the movies where. The good always beat the evil. The hero always shines, but not this time. The evil had won, and the hero had been turned into a weapon for evil's own good.

"We got a plan?" LJ asked Jill who seemed to be in La La Land.

"Your guess is as good as mine," Jill replied. "This town is as good as dead now, unless you're not from here, of course."

LJ thought, but he couldn't think of anything. There was no way that they could fight Umbrella without Alice. They would've been dead back in Raccoon if she hadn't been with them. He also noticed that Jill was acting like it was all over.

"Let's go," Jill said getting in the driver's seat. "Angie, we're gonna have to find a place for you to stay while we take care of this. You know anywhere that you can stay?"

"Grandma lives here if she's not," Angela paused. "You know. She lives on Burkon Street. It's by that big church over there."

Jill looked at LJ worried but just nodded to Angela and cranked up the car. Jill headed down the corpse covered streets to their destination. The large church stood out through the whole town. It got bigger and bigger as Jill approached it, until it was finally right in front of them. Right next to it was Burkon Street. Angela instructed her to go to the third house on the left. Jill was slightly reassured that there seemed to be no signs of death on the street. She pulled in the driveway and got out with Angela and LJ. They walked to the front steps of the house and knocked on the door. A lady who was about sixty opened the door.

"Hello," the lady said greeting them.

"Hi, I'm, um, Lana Wolf," Jill greeted her while faking her name. She was sure the lady had heard about her being wanted. LJ was looking at her confused but then quickly understood. "I'm sure you heard about Raccoon and Dr. Ashford, so we were wondering if you could keep Angela for a while."

"Oh yes," the lady nodded. "I was so thankful when you called, hunny. I thought you had been in there when that happened."

"Well, thanks, but Ji, er, Lana, don't we need to be going," LJ said looking around the town.

"Oh right, but one more think Mrs. Ashford," Jill said before leaving. "You and Angela may want to get out of this town for a few days. We heard some gunshots on the other side of the town, so we'd really feel better if you both left for a while."

The old lady seemed to think about it for a minute. Then she nodded to Jill and LJ.

"We can go stay at my sister's house in the next town if it makes you feel better," Mrs. Ashford said. "I don't want to risk Angela's life again."

"Thank you, mam," Jill smiled. "But we're kind of in a hurry, so we've got to go."

The two of them began to walk off before Angela yelled for them to wait and ran up to them. Jill kneeled down beside her.

"Will I ever see you again?" she asked.

"I don't know," Jill said honestly. "Truthfully, I really don't know."

Angela shed several tears and wrapped her arms tightly around Jill. She had been like a big sister to her and now she was probably going to die. It wasn't right. Jill returned the hug and kissed the girl's temple before standing up. The two looked at each other for one last time, until Jill turned away and walked back to the vehicle. LJ gave Angie a high five and got into the passenger seat. Jill cranked the engine and looked back to Angela, who was standing in the middle of the yard staring at her. She gave the girl a hopeful nod and then sped off into the darkness. They both knew that it was likely that they'd never see each other again.

As Jill drove, LJ looked to the back to check on Carlos. He was still lying on the seat not showing any signs of consciousness.

"Give him another hour," Jill said staring straight.

"Where we goin'?" LJ asked.

"What Carlos wanted us to do," Jill replied. "Find a place and form a plan, even if we don't have Alice."

LJ sighed and just began to look out the window. It had been a while before the bodies started appearing again.

"What do you think they made her do this for," LJ asked.

Jill didn't reply in words but only shook her head. There were no answers for why Umbrella did these things. Looking at all the dead bodies, Jill realized that a house wouldn't be hard to find. So she pulled in one of the driveways.

"This crib seems dead," LJ said sarcastically getting out of the car, but Jill didn't seem to have a sense of humor right now.

She opened the side door and pulled Carlos out, supporting one arm as LJ supported the other. They were beginning to walk into the house, when they heard someone loudly yell in pain. LJ still continued, thinking it was another victim, but Jill wasn't moving. She slipped away from Carlos, leaving LJ to support him alone and listened. Then yell was heard again and this time Jill was sure of who it was.

"Alice," she said running into the darkness towards the sound.

Author's Note: Okay, I am holding this story for ransom. I want fifteen reviews from fifteen different people or there will be no ch4. I don't waste my time on writing stories that no one reads, so take one little minute and review to let me know, thanks.