Chapter Seven

Surprise

The dim glow of the morning sun was beginning to show itself over the country horizon, as the SUV sped down the road. It had taken about an hour to get to Fawn from Warner, and Alice had provided perfect directions that even LJ could follow. The ride had been a quiet one, except for Alice telling LJ where to go. Carlos had tried speaking to both Jill and Alice, but both only replied with short answers that hinted to him that they had no intentions to engage in conversation.

As they passed the border into Fawn, Jill started to notice her surroundings. Alice had definitely been right about there being a smaller corporation here. It had to be if it was posted in this place. They'd been driving through the town for five minutes and she had counted only one house so far. The place mostly just seemed congested with corn fields and cow pastures. The place reminded her of that Stephen King movie, Children of the Corn, which was why she had no intention on staying long.

Meanwhile Carlos was getting worried about what was going on between Jill and Alice. They all had to be together on this mission, and now was not the time for people to start fighting. He was not the kind of person who would get in to other people's business, but at an important time like this, he had to say something.

"Okay, that's it," he said looking at Jill and Alice. "What happened last night that has made you both to act like two junior high kids?"

Alice and Jill both exchanged glances, one angry, one apologetic, but Jill just turned back towards the window as Alice sighed. Carlos was still getting nowhere with this.

"Jill, you see something interesting out there," he asked as Jill turned to him furiously. "Cause that's all you've been staring at for an hour. Now why don't you stop acting like you're twelve and start acting twenty five, so we can get somewhere with this."

"Why don't you ask her?" Jill shot at him. "Oh I'm sorry. I should be saying it, right Als, cause that's what you think that I consider you as. I thought you trusted me! I thought wrong."

Carlos looked to Alice for answers, who also had a blank look on her face, trying to find the right words to respond to Jill.

"I'm sorry, Jill," she replied. "If I could do anything to make it up to you, I will. Please, I just want you to forgive me."

Everyone was looking to Jill, even LJ from the mirror in the front of the car. Jill didn't reply for several seconds as Alice and she stared at each other, neither one blinking.

"I'm not forgiving you now, Alice," Jill replied. "You'll have to earn my trust back from me, okay? That's the best offer I can give you."

Alice gave Jill a half smile and nodded to her as the ex-cop put her hand on her forehead and began her constant stare out the window. She was pretty sure that she knew how Jill was feeling. Someone putting their trust in someone to find that that person doesn't trust them back must've really hurt, but she would find a way to earn Jill's trust back.

"Damn, this is some Jerry Springer shit," LJ whispered so low that only he could hear but also at the same time forgetting the fact that Alice had ultra sensitive ears. She glared at him, letting him know he was underestimating her power.

"Sorry," he replied back to her.

"Do you see that barn over there," Alice asked as LJ nodded. "That's it. That's the corporation."

Jill and Carlos both looked at Alice when she said that a barn was a corporation factory. Alice noticed their strange expressions and explained.

"The barn's a cover up," she informed. "The corporation is running under it. It may be in a small town, but can you think of a better place to hide your illegals? No one's going to look for them here, especially not under a barn. They even have Umbrella workers selling crops on the surface just to cover it up."

"How do you know all of this?" Jill asked. It was the first thing she had said to her that hadn't dealt with last night.

"Because I'm a weapon," she replied. "I can tell you anything and everything about this corporation."

Carlos nodded and Jill continued to stare at the barn as they drew nearer. It was a large wooden figure with a bright red roof. You would've thought if they didn't want to stand out that they would paint the roof a duller color, but that didn't matter right now. Taking out the corporation was the only thing that mattered.

It took another five minutes from there for LJ to get to the barn. They pulled in front of it and got out of the car. Alice led them to the back of the vehicle, where they loaded up on guns and ammunition. They were running low, so after this they would have to go buy more before they started taking out the larger corporations. They followed Alice to the doors of the barn, which had a large Crops for Sale sign over them, just as Alice had said.

"Kill everyone you see until I say different," Alice instructed.

They all cocked their guns and waited for Alice to open the door. Jill proceeded ahead of LJ and Carlos and stood by Alice.

"I'll go in first," she said gripping her Sub Machines tightly.

Alice nodded to Jill and then started the countdown to three before she opened the door. The second she said three she swung the door open and Jill moved in ready to fire on the first Umbrella bastard she saw. She ran in, finger positioned on the trigger and was about to fire, and then ... she froze.

"Fuck."

"Surprise," Isaacs smiled standing by several snipers that stood by him with their guns focused on Jill.

"Guys, get Alice out of here now!" Jill yelled to her partners who had not yet come in yet.

Instinctively, they all knew Jill was in trouble and charged in. They all stopped when they saw the guns pointed at Jill and Isaacs standing in the middle. When Alice saw him, she wanted nothing more than to rip into his flesh, but she knew if she made a move, the snipers would fire on Jill and as strong as she was, there was still no chance of survival.

"Alice, kill him," Jill said staring straight at the bastard.

Isaacs continued to smile at Alice, which was making her furious. It made her even more furious to know that she could do nothing about it as long as the snipers were still focused on Jill.

"You heard her, Alice," Isaacs smiled. "Kill me. One sacrifice will save the lives of many, right."

"Alice!" Jill yelled. "If you want to repay me, you'll do this!"

Carlos and LJ lowered their weapons and listened for Alice's decision. It could all end right there if the corporation's biggest megalomaniac was taken out, and it was all in Alice's hands.

"Well?" Isaacs asked.

Alice looked at Isaacs and then to Jill. Now was her most likely greatest chance to kill Isaacs. The only way to do it though was to sacrifice Jill. If only she could wipe out all of the snipers with her mind, but Umbrella had only programmed her to do one at a time. It would be seconds before Isaacs made her decision for her so she had to think fast. It took her only a few seconds more before she had made her decision. She looked to Jill sadly before telling Isaacs her answer.

Author's note: Just for those of you who don't know, Isaacs is that guy at the end of the movie who reminds you slightly of Cain. That's the best description I can give to you at 1 AM. So what do you guys think Alice is going to do? I'll be working on ch8 while you figure it out. Keep reviewing and I'll keep being motivated to write.