(Disclaimer: I have a new reviewer. I can always use a few of those. Strangely, though, I don't remember who the hell L.J. is in the Resident Evil movie. Was he the dude who tried to shoot Alice or what? Oh wait, he died... Oh well, he sucked.)

Chapter 32

"Ahh, my ears are popping," Jill complained at the high altitude. They had all huddled together because at whatever destination they were leading themselves towards, the temperature had dropped. In the high elevation, they could only see clouds, so they had no clue as to where they were going.

Amelia was half asleep and leaning on Rodney's shoulder. She couldn't quite bring herself to falling asleep because she was watching Hannah to the side of her. Hannah was having a difficult time falling asleep because she seemed to be having stomach pains. She kept moving her hand for her arm as though it itched badly, but she didn't want to touch it. She would just hold it like it was suffering a burn.

"Hannah," Amelia asked, "did they do something to your arm?"

Hannah's eyes jolted open, and she looked to Amelia, smiling nervously. "No, no, I just must've hit it on something."

"You don't look so well," Amelia said, concerned. "You're face looks so pale and dry. You afraid of heights?"

Hannah nodded quickly. "Terrified."

Alice, who was at the controls, kept glancing back at Hannah, her facial expression never changing. "I think she just keeps thinking back to that zombie going after her. It's screwing with her mind." She glanced back to Hannah once more. "Am I right?"

Hannah didn't say anything. Her eyes had been closed after Amelia speaking to her, and she bothered not to open them. She wanted to avoid confrontation with Alice.

"I finally see land," Carlos exclaimed. They all gathered at one side to see a small island below them.

"Don't shift your weight too far right," Alice told them. "We'll tip over and you'll see it up close and personel."

"How did you ever find this location?" Rodney asked.

"While in the hospital, I did some snooping through Amelia's personel files. It seems that they were in the process of changing Amelia's identity and had her original files right under the fakes."

"So the Ashford's live on a deserted island?" Jill asked.

"Though deserted, most of Umbrella International knows where the location is. The first Umbrella Facility was built here several years ago by Alexandra Ashford."

"The father of Jon?"

"No. The father of Jon is Alexandra Ashford Jr. We call him Alex to avoid confusion. The original Alexandra Ashford established Umbrella when he was still alive. Alex takes on his work in his father's footsteps."

"If we took out Alex, then wouldn't Umbrella collapse?" Jill pondered.

"He's not very serious about his work," Alice said. "Umbrella has turned into a nightmare. It was originally a company who mass produced in household items, and then went into biogenetics, making Reproductive cosmetics. Eventually, a virus was made that could possibly revive loved ones from the dead, but--"

"That didn't go too well, did it?" Carlos added.

"Yeah. If Alexandra were still alive, and there not be Alex to take over his work, then Umbrella would probably be somewhat crippled, but after Alex, there will be Alfred who follows in his footsteps, and possibly Alexia."

"I still don't know all these people you're talking about," Amelia shouted.

"Alfred is Alexia's, Alyssa's, your sister's, twin brother."

Amelia blinked. "You mean my sister has a twin brother, too? I'm not so sure if I should believe you guys."

"Believe what you want," Jill said, "but we're landing. You'll find out what's true soon enough."

Below them, the hangar shutters drew open, then Alice parked the helicopter snuggly inside. They sat in the helicopter in silence at first.

"Aren't they going to wonder whose helicopter this is?" Rodney asked.

"The shutters automatically open for any aircraft that pulls over it," Alice explained. "Let's go."

They all left the helicopter through a set of double doors and down a long hallway. They found a room where a series of weapons were being stored.

"There's not enough for everyone to have one," Alice explained. "We'll split up into groups."

Rodney moved to Amelia's side, but Alice denied him.

"We're having different groups this time. Amelia, Hannah, and I will be one group. Rodney, Carlos, Jill, you will be the other." She handed Carlos the Assault Rifle and Rodney the handgun. "Jill can fist fight pretty well, so she'll have to manage." She handed Amelia the magnum with a set of clips for it. "I can fist fight as well. You just protect yourself," she said.

Amelia nodded, then looked to Hannah. "What about her?"

Alice was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll handle her. Come on."

Unsure of what she meant, Carlos, Jill, and Rodney left and followed out by the others. When they got to ground level, there were two sets of doors to take.

"We'll head for the Mansion. You guys head underground. Alex works at either, so when you find him, make him talk."

"Will do," Carlos said, and lead the group the opposite direction.