Chapter Ten

Trying to Fight It

"Alice," Jill said horrified.

She stood there with a creepy smile on her face. Jill knew for a fact that it was all over now. There Alice stood practically bullet proof with a Colt in her hand. The real Alice didn't seem to be pulling a Matt. Maybe Umbrella had found a way to kill her, letting the monster live. She was engaged in an eye lock with Jill.

"What are you waiting for?" Jill asked, refusing to remove her gaze with Alice. "If you're gonna shoot me, get it over with."

"I'm not gonna shoot you, Valentine," Alice responded, then putting her gun on Carlos. "My orders are to kill him."

Jill quickly moved in front of Carlos, blocking Alice's shot. Alice looked at Jill with a 'don't bother' look. Why couldn't she kill this bitch?

"Look, they said to bring you back alive," she said pointing the gun at Jill. "They didn't say anything about you being untouched."

Jill still wasn't moving. Alice sighed tiredly and through her colt on the ground by Jill. The ex-cop was looking down at the weapon confused, unsure what to make of the situation. She noticed the other woman had completely stripped down on all of her weaponry.

"Take what you want," Alice said only remaining in a pair of dark jeans and a blank tank top. "I'll still knock you out cold."

Jill looked behind her to Carlos. He knew that she wanted him to run when she battled Alice. She would lose of course, but at least she could buy him time. He nodded to her and watched her step towards Alice. She guided her opponent's eyes away from the escaping Carlos as she circled her. Alice knew that he was escaping and turned to stop him when ... Abort project kill Olivera. Automatically, her brain switched to retrieve Valentine.

"No weapons?"

"What's the point?" Jill asked. "They don't work on you."

"Smart girl," Alice smiled. "Now get smarter and come with me. Don't make me put you in a coma."

Jill stared at Alice for a few seconds. It would be a lot less painful to just go with her but for what? For Umbrella to turn her into some kind of experiment? Hell no. She'd rather die than become one of their freaks, but then she got a look at what she would have to take on. There was no hope on the damn planet that she could win this so she decided.

"Lead the way," Jill sighed and followed Alice.

Alice smiled victoriously knowing her task had been completed. She didn't know why they wanted Valentine when they had her. She was all they needed.

They want her because they want to make a better experiment.

"What the hell do you mean?" Alice asked furiously.

"I didn't say anything to you," Jill shot back at her.

She looked at Jill like she was stupid, which confused the ex-cop even more. Was she talking to her or herself?

It'll be just like Nemesis. He was their prized creation until I came along. It didn't take long for me to become the long for me to become the favorite.

"What the shit ever."

"I am not talking to you!" Jill yelled. "What is your problem"

"I know that, dumb ass," Alice responded. "I'm talking to that little bitch inside my head."

"You can hear Alice?" Jill asked hopefully.

Jill's hope rose at that instant. If Alice was still there inside that freak, she still had a fighting chance to escape.

"That's nothing to get your hopes up about," Alice continued walking. "In just a few hours, I'd say about four of five, she'll be gone for good."

The hell I will, bitch.

"What did they do to her?!" Jill asked with stunned/angry expression on her face. "I swear if they ..."

"You'll do what?" Alice said smiling at her. "You'll kill them? You're a mouse in a maze, Jill, and I'm the snake they let loose if the mouse doesn't cooperate. Now follow me or I'll constrict you."

Jill couldn't argue with that. It would be one against a thousand, along with a bio weapon. She had no choice but to follow and wait for some kind of play to come. Right now it seemed that her only hope was that it if Alice could fight her way out, but Umbrella had done something to her. She wasn't sure what, but if Alice was going to act, she needed to act quickly before it took too much affect on her.

"Keep trying, Alice," Jill said smiling at the figure in front of her.

The weapon just snickered, while knowing there was no chance for the person inside of her to take control, but meanwhile Alice had returned the smile and Jill knew that she had.

Alice before had eventually escaped from the control of Umbrella, but now it was becoming very difficult. She tried her hardest to focus on moving a leg or a hand. She'd tried her hardest not to let the trigger be pulled on LJ, but every time she had not come close to succeeding. She had felt sorry for the man, but she could grieve later. Grieving would make her weaker, and right now she had to be as strong as possible. She had to believe that this ... thing inheriting her body was not stronger than her. Self confidence was the only way she could get back into control of her body.

Then she had to think of the drug that was beginning to flow through her body. She could feel it more and more as time passed by. It was like she was taking sleeping pills. She was getting drowsier and drowsier and felt like she was about to drift off into sleep soon, except this time she doubted that she was going to wake up.

She tried moving her fingers once again, but she once again found that they were uncontrollable. It had been much simpler last night once she figured it out. How fast did that drug work? But she kept on trying, Jill and Carlos's life depended on it.

They'd walked for about ten minutes until the large barn came into view. Both Alices could sense Jill's fear growing. One took pleasure in it, while the other felt worried. Alice didn't want the ex-cop to have to live like she had to now. She began to wonder how Umbrella could just do this to people, but after thinking about what she'd seen, she had no doubts of what Umbrella could do. She heard Jill's heartbeat quicken on each step she took towards the barn.

"You excited?" Alice asked.

"Shut up," Jill shot back.

They both walked up to the barn door and walked in. There were many escorts this time. Two of them walked up and took Jill by the arms, preventing her from escaping. They dragged her downstairs as Alice followed. She wanted to see what they were doing to her. She hoped it would be painful since Valentine was so annoying. If she'd just been a little less smart mouthed she just might have recommended for them to take it easy on her. As everyone left, Carlos walked into the barn.

"Hold on, Jill."

Author's Note: Hiya, sorry for going long without updating. I had to do work for AST all weekend. I was walking around our park from like eleven to five everyday yelling buy tickets for the duck race. Sorry for all you pledges out there like me. I needed to say that in the reviews I noticed people thought that I meant that Umbrella wasn't controlling Alice. Umbrella is controlling Alice. I compared Alice and Alice to Matt and Nemesis. If you read the book RE: Apocalypse you will notice that some parts are in Nemesis's point of view and Matt voice is in his head. The dialogue of Matt is always in italics. That's why I wrote it that way for those of you who are confused. Now about the chapter. I know it wasn't much of anything, but it is moving okay. The fate of Alice is going to be decided soon and I hope you all will like my decision. We also have to worry about Jill and Carlos too. Just keep reading and all your questions will be answered ... well not all but I'll try to get a lot, yeah. Now review please.