Into the Belly of the Beast…or not

Jill couldn't sleep. She couldn't on the plane, or at their base of operations. She was too… exited. She was exited because, within the week, they would be going into the headquarters of Umbrella. Finally, they were doing something… something to stop Umbrella.

"Can't sleep either, huh?" Said a voice behind her.

It was Chris.

She knew he had a slight crush on her before, but she wasn't sure if he had given up on it. This made her wonder if he really had trouble sleeping, or if he came down to hit on her. Though, she had to admit, she had a crush on him, too.

"No, I just can't stop thinking, 'It's almost over', ya know?"

"Yeah, me too. So why can't you sleep?" he said, a little accusingly.

"Ikeep having nightmares about the city. About what happened to Brad, about Carlos. Both of them right in front of me, both of them by the same creature, both killed by the ambitions of Umbrella." She stared to drop tears from her face.

"Oh, I didn't mean to bring what happened in the city up. Sorry about that."

"Chris, I know you like me, but it just can't happen. At least, not now. Not when we're about to go into Umbrella HQ. And besides, I don't like you that way. I used to, but that changed when I met Carlos. I love him. Even though he's gone," she really started crying now, "I won't, no, I can't stop beliving he still out there, looking for me. And ya know what? I won't stop looking for him, either!" Jill yelled, water flying away from her eyes as she stood up and stalked out of the room.

"Dammit." Chris said to the darkness.

She didn't sleep all night, and the next morning, she couldn't even look Chris in the face. They were gathering up supplies for tonight's raid.

It's happening. It's finally happening.

They were going through the equipment now. They checked out the rifles and the pistols. They were fine. It's now six o'clock. They were ready to leave.

"You guys ready?" Barry said. There was a mutter of yes throughout the group. This group, these five people, were the ones who were going to finally do it. They would take down Umbrella. Then something happened.

"Wait!" Chris shouted. "I here a phone ringing from inside the base! Maybe it's Claire! I have to check it out! Wait here for me, I'll be back in five." And without another word, he ran to the base. He came out ten minutes later with a solemn look on his face. "Claire's been captured. She's being held in an Umbrella facility somewhere called Rockfort Island. I have to go save her. It's just something I have to do. If you guys want to go ahead without me, you go. But I can't. I can't have Claire be in the hands of those maniacs. I'm leaving tonight. Sorry."

"Don't worry, Chris. You're never alone. You have us, right guys?" and surprisingly, the words came out of her own mouth.

"Yeah, we're with ya, buddy." Barry uttered.

"And we'll even help you pack." Rebecca said lightly.

"Thanks guys, I won't forget this."