Chapter Eleven

One Way?

They shoved Jill in the room where she was met with four snipers who were standing at each corner of the room. The two employees let go of her arms and walked out of the room. She focused her eyes in the center of the room to see a man that looked like the villain in the movies. It fit the situation well. Alice walked in the room behind her and stood against the wall.

"Hello, Jill," the man greeted her. "Do you know who I am?"

"No," she said shaking her head. "And truthfully I really don't care. You're all scum to me."

The man smiled at the sarcastic comment. He'd expected to get smart remarks from her. That was just the attitude he needed for the program.

"I am Doctor Isaacs," he replied. "I am one of the top executives of this corporation. You've been quite an irritation with this tattle tale to the news, both you and Olivera have, but I've decided to let you off slight with an offer. I am an understanding man, you see. Your choices are to become a loyal employee like Alice over there, or she can kill you. The choice is in your hands."

"You mean become a freak," Jill corrected. "Sorry, but I'll have no part in becoming one of your toys."

Isaacs looked down to the ground disappointedly, but then again he suspected that was the answer he would get.

"I knew you would say that, which is why ..." Isaacs clapped his hands waving for two men to walk in the room. "I'm not giving you a choice. Take her to the experiment room."

The two men took her arms like they had before and took her to their ordered destination. As they moved down the hall, Jill noticed that neither Isaacs, Alice, nor the snipers were following her, so she took her chance. She managed to get one arm free and used it to elbow one guy in the face. The other couldn't respond fast enough before her fist collided with his nose, breaking it. Then out of the corner of her eye, she saw a knife being raised. There wasn't enough time to evade the worker before it penetrated her but then ...

BAM BAM BAM

Jill spun around to see three holes in the employee's body. Some one had just shot him. She looked up to see Carlos Olivera standing before her.

"Thought you might need a hand," he said lowering the gun.

"Thanks," Jill said grinning widely.

"We have to go now," Carlos said looking behind him and then back to Jill. "People will come, drawn to the gunshots."

Jill was about to agree when the thought hit her. Alice didn't have much time left before she died. The freak was about to have her body permanently.

"We can't," Jill said stopping. "They did something to Alice, and now she has about an hour left. I think ..."

Whatever Jill thought was cut off by the sound of many footsteps coming from both directions. Carlos exchanged slightly fearful looks with her as he pulled out his gun, ready to kill whatever came down that hall.

"You got a gun?" he asked.

"No," Jill said not straying to far from him without a weapon. "What do you plan on doing?"

"Not sure yet," he said shaking his head.

The two of them stood back to back, waiting for the workers to come storming around the corners. Running was useless since it sounded like the footsteps were coming from both sides. Not a second later, Carlos heard the foot beats getting louder to the left of them. They were about to come from around that side of the hallway.

"Come on!" Carlos yelled gripping Jill's hand.

The two of them ran the opposite way of the footsteps. Neither one of them had any clue how they planned to win this battle. Carlos opened the first door that he saw and entered it, dragging Jill along with him. They shut the door and turned around to see where they had ended up.

Not good.

Not good at all.

In the room there were four cages that were all obviously extremely strong considering the beast they all contained. Anyone familiar with the works of Umbrella would realize the large, pinkish creatures with elongated tongues. Jill had encountered them in the Raccoon church when she was with Peyton and Terri.

"They're in cages," Jill assured both Carlos and herself. "They're in cages. They can't get out."

"I wouldn't bet my life on it," Carlos said staring at the creatures.

Jill leant against the door and heard the sound of footsteps pass them and continue down the hall. They had escaped ... the workers, but now they were in a room with four lickers, and the fact of them being caged provided little relief. The beasts had already noticed them and were banging on the bars and making roaring noises. They wanted their meal bad.

"Now what are we doing?" Jill asked.

"I'm not sure," Carlos said thinking. "I think taking another hostage is our best bet again."

Jill thought back to John Wadsworth, who she had no regret in killing. The asshole had told them nothing. Who was to say that the one they grabbed next wasn't going to do the same, but what chance did they have? The thought then escaped her when she heard voices approaching the door.

"The experiments," one voice said. "Something's upsetting them."

"Check it out," another voice replied.

Carlos looked to Jill, knowing that she was thinking the same thing he was. They had to grab him when he walked in. So they quickly moved to each side of the door and watched as the knob turned. An Umbrella employee walked in and took a few steps. As the door closed behind him Carlos cocked his gun and put it to his head.

"Get on the ground," she said calmly, making no attempt to attract others by making too much noise.

Without having to be told twice, the man dropped to the ground. Jill kneeled besides him lifting his head of by his hair so that their eyes met.

"Pl ... pl ...please," he begged. "Don't ... ki ... kill me."

"As long as you tell us what we need to know and do what we tell you to do," Jill replied. "You'll be fine, but if you make one wrong move, I promise that you'll regret it terribly. We clear?"

"Yes. Yes. Wha ... what do you need no know," he stuttered. "What do you wa .. wa ...want me to do?"

Jill smiled relieved that this worker wasn't some loyalist and that he had a brain. He just might live. She looked at his name tag to find that it said Koep.

"Now," Carlos started. "First question: Are you familiar with an experiment here named Alice?"

"Yes," Koep nodded. "Program Alice to be exact. They've been working on it for a while now. They took some chick as a candidate."

"That chick is our friend," Jill said cutting in. "What we want to know is if you know how to reverse the effects of Project Alice without hurting Alice?"

They stared at Koep, as he looked to the floor. Jill didn't like hesitation, and she had no problem shooting him too.

"There is one way."

Author's Note: Ch 11 is finally up! YAY! I didn't get to write for a while since I had to go to Biloxi. Sorry. So, how did the chapter go for you all? Does Koep really know or is he just buying time to save himself. Is Alice going to be saved or will the drug take its effect? What's in store for Jill and Carlos? Well I'm about to watch the new season of SNL. Review now or I'll .. I'll ... er ... um ... look just review okay.