Disclaimer: No, I don't own the Resident Evil characters or anything, it belongs to Capcom.

Luna: Yes it did seem like I killed off Wesker easily, and no comment to why or if he comes back. You'll just have to read and find out!

Chapter 8: Cheating Death

Ada

Ada was still slumped against the wall, her wounds stinging. She knew the worst of the pain was over, but it didn't make it any less easier to walk or aim a gun. Ada hoped that her wounds weren't infected, but she knew that the First Aid sprays were powerful enough to kill any germ. Except, of course, any of the virus'.

But Ada was still in danger, she was an easy target. That's why she stood here. She remembered Leon's words of him not caring about her. How she betrayed him. Leon's blue eyes said it all: You don't care about me, you don't care about anyone but yourself.

Ada didn't argue with that. She always put herself in the up most priority. Until she met Leon in Raccoon City.

At first, Ada didn't care too much about him. Her mission was to get a G-virus sample and get out. Then he risked his life for hers. And she realized how sweet and innocent he was, unaware of the evil around him.

Ada was shocked, because no one had ever done something like that for her. Back at Umbrella, she was nothing more than a statistic in the obituary if she died. Just another faceless agent who was merely a tool for the company. And she went soft. And died for him. But she was still alive.

Although it was 6 years ago, Ada remembered it like it was yesterday…

Flashback

She remembered when she fell. Ada remembered how her stomach burned like hell from that gunshot wound from that damn Annette Birkin. She remembered letting go of his warm, strong hand. Ada knew it was the end. She connected with the ground, hard.

Ada was near death. She wanted nothing more than to die so the pain could stop. She had been semi-aware to know that the G-virus tube shattered upon impact and she touched her wounded stomach on reflex; the virus liquid all over her hand. Ada closed her eyes, her last thoughts were of Leon.

When Ada awoke, she was still in that same spot that she landed in. Very much alive. Ada knew that the fall alone should have killed her, not to mention the bonus of a bullet having residence in her stomach.

Her hand reached for her wound, but it closed up completely. Ada stood up, feeling better than she had in her whole life.

It was the G-virus…she thought.

Then there was the Rocket Launcher, next to her. She heard the self-destruct system activate, with that annoying woman's voice repeating it over and over again. Ada scooped up the Rocket Launcher and ran, faster than she ever had before.

She eventually found Leon facing off against the former William Birkin. Ada tossed him the Rocket Launcher, and quickly ran down the tunnel the trolley ran on.

And yes, she could run that fast.

Back to the present…

After all these years, Ada had never really had any side affects to the G-virus. She didn't know if it was her gene structure, pure luck or what; but she never questioned it. But after all 6 years that passed , her healing powers and super speed wore off…

When she left Leon back in Raccoon City, she thought it was for the best. Ada had betrayed him, and he was better off never seeing her again. Life was less complicated without Leon around, because she then could focus on her mission as a mole for the U.S, leaking out info to them about Umbrella.

And yet she couldn't stop thinking about him.

Seeing Leon again in Spain gave him the wrong idea. If she had told him the truth there, Umbrella would have known, they always knew and she would of gotten herself and Leon killed.

Ada began to wonder why she was even wasting her time with reflecting about the past. It wasn't like she could do anything to change it…

A sudden slurping noise made Ada jerk her head up. A Plaga had busted out of the dead sniper's body and began its slow walk to her.

Looks like I've cheated death too many times, thought Ada, and looks like my numbers up.

She shakily aimed her gun, still in sitting position.

Leon

Leon finally saw it, the deactivation switch. He had used the 2 crests he found to open the door and here it was, the de-activation switch. Grinning broadly, he pressed it.

I hope Ada's okay…thought Leon.

He heard a gun shot rung out.

" Ada?" he asked.

Leon ran back to where he left Ada. He saw the sniper he gunned down before about to attack Ada; the head missing with a Plaga taking its place. Ada's shots were wild, off target completely.

"ADAAAA!" screamed Leon.

He raised his Striker for the kill and knocked back the undead sniper back. Ada was trying to stand but failed miserably.

Leon shot it, again and again. The sniper fell back, dead; finally.

" Are you alright?" asked Leon, by her side.

" Fine, despite the fact I'm shot in the ankle and shoulder," she said, wincing.

" Let's get out of here," said Leon, softening.

He helped her stand, Ada leaning on him for support.

" Thanks, Leon," she said, forcing a smile.

" Just returning one of the many favors," said Leon.

They began the painful struggle to the door.

If we have any monsters come after us, we're royally screwed, thought Leon.

Meanwhile….

Andre watched it all. He was so sure that the sniper would have killed Ada. The 'stealth' was a mere refraction of light, the same on the Plaga that were on the Regenerators.

He turned his attention to the coliseum, set in one of the most deepest reaches of the lab. Andre usually watched B.O.W.S fight to the death there, seeing which would triumph.

Instead, there was a blonde man face down in the ring. Andre could easily tell he was dead. The man looked so familiar…Wesker, was it? Wesker it was.

From what Andre read about him, Wesker was quite an agent injected with a controlled dosage of G-virus. Andre fused his mind with Wesker's, and experienced his last moments and recent memories.

" Careless…" said Andre.

Wesker certainly had a grudge against the Redfiled man, Chris. He had all capabilities to kill him, but Wesker's fatal flaw was his arrogance. He underestimated him and died. But Andre dug a bit deeper into Wesker's mind and found more than anything he wanted the power of the H-virus, and he assumed Andre would of just handed it over to him.

Nevertheless, there was potential. Andre sent one of his Plaga to fuse with the dead man. Not an ordinary Plaga, to say the least; it could reanimate the body while keeping the brain intact. And Wesker would be more than a simple H-virus carrier, he'd be the ultimate Hybrid.

Andre shifted his gaze to the volcano some that was 3 miles behind his lab. Seemed like things were about to erupt.

And then his door busted open.

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