Chapter 19
Alice had control of the wheel, and was speeding down the interstate headed straight for Mission.
"Jesus, Alice, slow down, or we'll be caught for sure!" Jill shouted, trying to keep herself in place in the passenger's seat.
"I know your family is in jeopardy, Alice," Carlos started, "but don't get us killed getting there."
"STARS: Special Tactics and Rescue Service. You guys are the law, are you not?" Alice said, keeping her eyes on the road. She smiled.
"Anyone within a few hundred miles is going to know who we are, Alice, no thanks to the news reporters who claimed we were wanted," Jill explained. "We were lucky to get away with house arrest. Nevertheless, the news still made a big deal about us and Mission is definetly going to know."
"Especially if Umbrella personel work there," Carlos informed her.
Alice took a sharp turn to the side of the interstate, and slammed on the brakes. She looked back to Carlos, narrowing her eyes. "So what do you want me to do? One of us is going to have to walk in there."
"They know about all of us, least likely me," Carlos told her. "I would probably be the safest to walk in there."
"Since you're one of Umbrella's weapons, it doesn't matter from which city, they're going to know who you are. It wouldn't be wise to stomp in there," Jill murmured.
"All I want is the information of where Amelia is. If her memory had been reformated, then she's going to be attending a new home and school," Alice told both of them.
"It doesn't have to be one of us who goes in there to ask for that information, and they'll still sound the alarms. Anyone asking for Amelia, they'll immediatly become suspicious," Jill said.
"Exactly," Alice said, smirking, "which is why we should just get in there, get the information, and get Amelia.. as quickly as possible."
"Would they have biological weapons such as the ones we encountered in Raccoon?" Jill asked, worried.
"I'm not sure. Asheville is definetly not as large as Raccoon, but they may be planning to bring the Reproduction Project into effect."
"The Project with those people who.. ate human flesh?"
"They're called zombies, Jill," Carlos exclaimed.
"This isn't some horror story, Carlos! Let's get real," Jill scoffed.
"Call them what you want, but they're monsters," Alice said. "Remember, I'm infected, but I didn't mutate like most species would. They realized that Amelia was my niece and was of similar bloodtype. They wanted someone young, too, so they chose her."
"Doesn't she have a sibling?"
"She may well be in danger, too. If Amelia's memory has been changed, then her mother and sister are probably dead or part of another experiment."
"Disgusting," Jill whispered. "Using children as biological weapons?"
"You don't feel sorry for me?" Alice asked.
"You're an adult, so that's different."
Alice looked back to the front, and started the ignition. She raised an eyebrow, and briefly smiled. "Gee, thanks."
They moved back onto the interstate, and Alice accelerated again for Asheville.
"There's been a leak," the receptionist of Mission told Doctor Steven. "It seems that one teenager from Erwin leaked information of our intentions to the boy caring for Amelia. Should he be taken care of?"
"Not as of this moment, no. I'd rather you took care of the boy who--"
"Girl. Remember the woman who roomed with Amelia when she attended here?"
"Yes. The nutcase."
"She was one of our former employees, or maybe one of Raccoon. I believe she's told her daughter about Umbrella, and she's the one who told the information to the boy."
"The mother's name was Lauren Cornell, was is? Search that entire school for a girl with her features and the last name 'Cornell'."
"What about the boy, now that he knows about us?"
"Remember I told him that a doctor would be sent over weekly to check on Amelia's statuses? We'll send a squad then. Tonight, that is. He won't suspect anything if we're coming to check on her."
"And Amelia?"
He shrugged. "If she witnesses the killings, we'll just erase her memory again. This time, we won't leave so many damn holes in it."