Chapter 21

Although the car used for their getaway was large and wide, it was still rather cramped in the back seat, sitting Amelia, Rodney, Hannah, and Alice in the back. Jill drove, and Carlos preferred being up front merely because he was larger.

Hannah sat by the left window, Alice to her right, then Amelia and Rodney to the right of her. Amelia was getting drowzy from the long ride. It seemed that they had been driving forever, but were going nowhere in the thick fog that was trapped in the air. She merely gave up at hoping the next exit brought them somewhere safe, and rested on Rodney's shoulder. He smiled, and looked over to Alice, who was also smiling.

"Thanks for helping her," Alice told Rodney. Amelia was softly snoring by now. "You were taking a great risk by trying to have her remember her past."

"I would've done it anyday," Rodney said, stroking Amelia's hair. "Anything for her." He looked over to Hannah. "You're putting yourself in a lot of danger. What for?"

"Not only is she my friend," Hannah started, "but Umbrella possibly killed my mother. I'm not going to let them get away with anymore sick experiments."

"Unfortunately," Carlos informed them, "they got away with this one, but she'll eventually remember things. We'd better let her get her memory back before she hears the rest of the news."

"Rest of the news?" Hannah questioned.

Jill looked through her rear-view mirror at them. "Amelia's mother had been killed. The car accident was just a cover-up story."

"I knew it!" Rodney said in a loud whisper.

"There's more," Carlos said, frowning.

"Which is?" Rodney asked.

"Her sister was taken."

Rodney's eyes widened. Why would they take Alyssa? She was an innocent victim, but then it made since because, perhaps, in Amelia's world, she didn't have any siblings. "Those bastards.." Rodney mumbled.

"Why did they take her?" Hannah asked.

"They're trying to see if they can use her as an experiment, as they used Amelia."

"As they used me," Alice added.

"What do you mean?" Rodney asked.

"I have been injected with the T-virus," Alice said, looking at Amelia's sleeping face. "She has been also. Instead of mutation, evolving into the undead or some mutant, I've become physically stronger, as well as mentally, and my senses are much stronger, as well as my survival skills. The same thing is happening to Amelia because she has a similar genetic structure as I."

"Then you're related to her?" Hannah asked, leaning forward in interest.

"Yes, I'm her aunt, but what is so strange is that we're not blood related."

"Come again?"

"I think you'd better explain that to them when we get back to the station, Alice," Jill stated.

"Tell us what? Tell us what you mean," Rodney demanded.

"We need Amelia to regain her memory of her former self before we tell her any news on her early life," Alice said. "They took Alyssa to try and use her for Alice Delta, which means they'll do the same thing as they did to Amelia, but they'll soon realize who she really is."

"You're not making any sense," Hannah said.

"I am not related to Amelia by blood, but yet, she has a similar structure. Alyssa does not have the same genetic structure as I do, and neither does her mother. Amelia and Alyssa's genes differ greatly."

"But how is that possible?"

"Kelly McKinley is not Amelia's real mother, and Alyssa McKinley is not Amelia's real sister," Carlos said.

There was dead silence, and then Rodney asked, "How is that possible?"

"Kelly is my sister, and this is a fact," Alice started. "We are blood related. For years, men have left her because she couldn't have children. Barren. Kelly told Amelia one day that her father had died in a tragic car accident. The truth was, her father had left her because she didn't want to have sex forced upon her again. He claimed that he didn't mean to be so hostile, but he just wanted children of his own, of his blood, but he was actually just a sick man who wanted her. He raped her one night, then left the following morning. When she found out about his affair with another woman, she just kept her distance and told Amelia that her father had died. She didn't want to be the bearer of the truth."

"So how does Amelia and Alyssa come into the picture?"

"Most hospitals have cribs that are color coordinated, girls in the pink ones, boys in the blue, or something similar. However, Mission didn't have colored cribs and boys were on one side of the room, girls on the other. Amelia's brother got mixed up with--"

"Amelia's brother?!"

"Let me explain," Carlos began. "Amelia and her brother, Jonathan, had been wheeled into Mission the same day that Alyssa and her twin brother, Alan, were born. Of course, these aren't their real names, but that's what they have to be called for now. We don't want to throw out anymore confusion towards Amelia."

"Alyssa's crib was very close to Amelia's, as Alan's was very close to Jonathan's," Jill explained, keeping her eyes on the road. "When Kelly came to claim the two children to be adopted, when she saw Alyssa and Amelia so close to each other, she thought they were sisters, and took them, but the father of Alan came and took Jonathan with him, as well as Alan."

"He knows about it, too," Carlos said. "He knows that Jonathan is not his son, but since he is one of Umbrella's highest priority employees, since his father established Umbrella, he didn't want to cause any commotion and went along with the wishes that Mission asked: to have the children live a normal life. Mission didn't want to take responsibility for their mistake. They didn't want to admit to error."

"So we have a few objectives," Alice told them. "We have to stop Umbrella. That's our top priority, but we also have to reunite Amelia and Jonathan, as well as reunite Alyssa and Alan."

"But won't a conflict erupt between the two families?" Hannah asked.

"You can bet there'll be a conflict," Carlos said, looking back at her, "and it's not going to end between them for many years to come, as long as Alan's family is under Umbrella operation, and Amelia having STARS back her up."