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As much as I said I'd be tight lipped on what would be of Kim's fate, most of you got the

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Chapter 14

All infected up with no place to go

The mood in the waiting room was grim; Ron was curled up in a ball in the corner of the room crying, Rufus trying his best to calm him. Drakken and Shego frantically looked through the shelves of the dentist's office for anything that had the ingredients they needed for the anti-virus. Josh, Felix, Monique, and even Bonnie were huddled in the chairs quietly, not saying a word. Steve Barkin was currently assisting Vin in moving Kim into one of the Dentists chairs, Will Du just sat back, and he isolated himself from everyone else, with good reason.

Will didn't like not being in charge; after all, he was Global Justice's top field agent. He was far superior than these 'amateurs' ever would be. It should be him in charge of this operation, not some two bit reject from a Corporation. Will was planning his own mutiny, and he hoped that this Vin would cooperate.

While Will was left to his own devices, Vin started pacing across the entire office, occasionally rubbing his hands together or running them through his short hair or cracking his knuckles. To say he was reflecting on how this was 'his fault' was an understatement.

Its times like these that the 'what ifs' always rear their ugly head. 'What if we made a left? What if I acted sooner?' What ifs would always spring up after the fact, and Vin right now was trying to fight them off.

"Thinking about 'what if' would only get you killed"

The voice of his long past training officer back when he was a recruit echoed through his head. If he was going to lead these people out of this hell hole, he had to be thinking clearly, thinking like a soldier. To Vin it was all coming back to him, slowly, very slowly. Hell it was coming to him too slowly for his liking.

Regardless of his training in the field, he had to do something about what was to become of Kim. As of now Drakken wasn't having any luck in finding anything that had the needed ingredients in it for the anti-virus, even if they found something there was no way to create the anti-virus anyway as all the machines were busted or not working.

"Wade, please tell me you have something!" Vin pleaded into the headset.

"We're working as fast as we can, but we have to break the ingredients down and then recombine them to form the anti-virus. It could take us up to Seven and a half hours!"

"God-dammit!" Vin threw his hands down in frustration. That would be cutting it close, too close. The risk of loosing Kim would be too great and be completely unacceptable to him. There had to be another way.

I can think of something, but what? There has to be a way out of this fucking mess!

Just as Vin was trying to think of a solution was when Will Du approached him.

"Agent Pellegrino, if I may have a word"

"I don't have time for your petty; bullshit questions Du so back off!" Vin said as he rubbed his forehead.

"What I want to discuss is of the utmost importance to our mission" Will spoke softly so the others wouldn't hear him.

"It has occurred to me that this mission is not going according to your plan, perhaps it would be better if I took command of the mission"

Vin slammed the butt of his shotgun right into the glass fish-tank that was on his left, the glass shattered instantly sending water, fish and glass all across the room and drawing all eyes on the two figures standing near the center of the room.

"You egotistical mother fucking asshole! You have some fucking balls asking me to back off as commander on this you know that!"

Vin grabbed Will by the collar, he dropped his shotgun and grabbed a shard of glass from the fish-tank and held it to Will's left eye. Vin's own eyes burned with complete rage.

"If you so much as fucking attempt a mutiny on my I'll gouge your fucking eyes out and leave you unarmed and fatally wounded in the fucking streets so the zombies could eat your pathetic excuse for a fucking brain! You disobeyed direct orders, and got your entire team killed; I wouldn't put you in charge of delivering fucking newspapers you prick!"

Everyone stared in both shock and Awe of Vin's actions, Will looked like he was about to have an accident, and Vin looked as though he would literally rip Will limb from limb.

He tossed Will violently to the ground and aggressively threw the shard of glass at him like a throwing knife.

The glass impaled itself into the carpet in-between Will's legs, just millimeters from his groin, drawing a bunch of 'ooo's' and winces.

Vin knelt down to pick up his dropped shotgun when he felt something drip off his left hand. Being that it was the hand holding the shard of glass he looked down at it; it was blood, his blood. Through the aggression he unleashed on the now cowering Will Du he never noticed how tight he gripped the piece of glass, as it cut a good gash into his hand. It was something that a person should go to a hospital for to get it cleaned and stitched up.

Hospital…That's it!

Vin quickly reached into his coat pocket and withdrew the map he took with him. He found their location rather easily; he then searched for the location of the hospital and found it. Two blocks away, another mission formed up in his head.

"Everyone in here now!"

Within seconds of his order, everyone in the office, sans Kim and agent Du were gathered around Vin, who wrapped a gauze bandage around his hand to stop the bleeding.

"Drakken, those ingredients you need for the anti-virus, would they be in a hospital?"

"Oh, most definitely, yes"

Vin nodded before he showed the map.

"We're two blocks away from Middleton Hospital, we send in a team with you, you create the anti-virus and haul ass back here"

"Why not have us all head to the hospital and administer it there?" Shego asked.

"Too risky, Kim's still unconscious and we'd need people to carry her, jeopardizing more lives and costing us more time. No, its better to have a team go in, make the virus and get back. It also keeps Kim from being moved around, causing her heart to beat faster and increasing her infection."

"Well, then who's going to be the team that gets the anti-virus?" Felix asked.

"It'll have to be Drakken; he's the one who knows the ingredients and mixing procedures. With him will be Ron, Bonnie, Josh, Monique and mister 'Super Agent' over there. Felix, you'll provide sniper support for their approach to and from the Hospital, I suggest you get to the roof. Shego, Steve and I will remain back here incase anything comes up"

"Why aren't you going with us to get the anti-virus?" Ron asked, narrowing his eyes slightly at Vin.

"Because, in case you guys don't make it back here in time……and she turns…" Vin paused, sighing "…we'd be the only ones who'd be able to put her down before she goes after us."

The grim reality set in for everyone. If they failed in getting the virus then the only ones who would really have the stomach to put a bullet into Kim, however when Vin said what he did both Shego and Mr. Barkin turned pale. Indicating to the rest that the job of having to put Kim down would rest solely on the one in charge of the mission at hand, Vin.

"Why am I going with them?" Will Du asked as he finally got his nerve back and rose to his feet.

"Because you're a fucking moron, and if there is a God he'll gladly let you get horribly mutilated on this mission so I don't have to deal with your shit anymore." Vin said coldly.

Will sunk back into the background while Vin whispered to Drakken and Ron, as well as the others. "If he so much as looks at you funny, shoot him in the fucking head"

Before Vin sent the team off on their mission he had to check Kim's infection, so this way he had a timetable to give them to try and make as he didn't want to deal with the consequences if they didn't make it.

002.52

It was just roughly thirty minutes since Kim was infected, this was a good sign as it showed that the virus was running through her slowly, giving them more time. It also showed that Kim's body was fighting the virus; it would explain why she was sweating as she lay in the dark room.

Felix already made his way up to the roof with no interruptions and was in position, waiting for the call.

"Ok guys, you have almost 7 hours to get there and back with the anti-virus. Do your damnedest to not take that long. Godspeed."

"Roger that Vin" Ron crackled over the headphones before the back door opened and the six of them headed out.

Vin insisted that they have Will take point, mainly for two reasons. One, to keep an eye on him, and Two, if they were ambushed he would be the first to go. Vin had a newfound hatred for the agent and gladly wished he wouldn't return from this mission. As for himself, Vin sat in one of the dentist's offices that over looked the patient's chairs; he rested one Springfield .45 on the table after he ejected the clip, leaving one round in the chamber. It bore one name on it, and Vin desperately prayed that he wouldn't have to use it.

Meanwhile the team of six was heading covertly through the streets of Middleton, heading towards the Hospital; Felix acted as their guardian angel as he hovered above the rooftops providing sniper cover for them. They occasionally heard him use his AR-15, then ran into what he was shooting, finding it lying in a pool of its own blood.

Their headset lines were still open, allowing them to communicate back to Vin and to Wade as to their location and progress, which was an added bonus. Ron asked if they could have music playing over the headsets but all he received were blank stares.

Don't they realize that we'd kill better if we killed to a soundtrack!

They stopped at a corner, their backs against the brick as Will checked around for any hostiles, as he now called them.

Ron nervously flexed his hands around the grips on the shotgun he was carrying, never in a million years did he expect to be using a gun, especially in a situation that they were currently in, but Kim's as well as their own survival ranked higher than moral stance on guns.

Will signaled all clear and they started sprinting across the street to the next dark alcove. It was all very time consuming, which was gripping Ron so, and by the looks of it, it was also affecting Drakken who was getting very antsy.

"We're wasting valuable time playing 'hide and seek' here!" He shouted to Will, not caring on being quiet.

"If you want to operate safely and quietly then you'll do as I do" Will whispered back.

"Oh for pity's sake!" Drakken left the dark alcove where they were hiding and walked defiantly in the middle of the street towards the hospital.

Will was about to protest when Ron started following Drakken, and slowly everyone else did too. Leaving Will by himself, alone in the corner of a dark building.

"What is with that guy?" Josh asked as he looked back towards Will.

"Some sort of God complex I figure, always me, me, me" Ron said as he walked by Drakken's side, another thing he never thought of doing in a million years.

"Oh yeah" Rufus said from his pocket.

"I mean really, what's so hard about doing this?" Monique questioned.

"We're putting ourselves at risk by walking out in the open like this!" Will said as he caught up to the group.

"Dude, don't even start with that. You're not in charge of this mission for a reason you know" Ron spat back at Will.

"All these creatures could see us walking, we're perfect targets!" Will defended.

"Oh please, something attacks we shoot it," Drakken said.

As if waiting for that moment, a licker came out of the shadows, crawling quickly towards the group, Drakken saw it coming and drew one of his .44 Magnums, firing the cannon at the approaching creature. After two deafening rounds from the Magnum the Licker lay on its back in a pool of blood, two massive holes were in its brain.

"Just like that see!" He added as he emptied the two spent rounds with two fresh ones.

Everyone gave Will the 'I told you so' smirk as they continued down towards the hospital.

Vin sat in the dark dentists office, across from him in the doorsill stood Shego, leaning on one side of the sill, behind her in the patient room was the still unconscious Kim Possible and Steve Barkin.

They'd been listening in on the team's progress and marveled at how much of a third wheel Will Du became, all three of them secretly wanted the GJ agent out of their hair, he was a big liability in this mess.

"So Vin, tell me. We heard what caused the Raccoon City disaster, but where were you in all of it?" Shego asked curiously. She still wore her headset, so everyone heard her question; Vin's was resting on the desk, as he didn't want Will to hear all of his thoughts on the man.

"You really want to know Shego?"

"Considering as it's going to take a while for them to get back, yes I really want to know, and I'm sure the others want to hear as well."

Vin sighed as he put the headpiece back on, he didn't like reminiscing on the events of what he witnessed and went through back in Raccoon, but it would pass the time, and more importantly for him, might unleash some more of the soldier inside of him. He started.

"As some of you know, I went into Umbrella a year before the Raccoon incident. Within a few short months with the corporation I became one of their best soldiers and became the leader of my own UBCS unit, that's Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Squad. Basically it's a corporate mercenary that got things done by any means necessary."

"Anyways I was put in charge of a group of six other men, we were one of the best in Umbrella, only second to one other squad. Then came Raccoon city. We we're told that an outbreak of sorts happened and we were sent in with 5 other UBCS teams, the best of the best. Our orders were to surpress the outbreak and get it under control; only they told us it was a small outbreak numbering in the couple hundreds around town. We came up against a couple thousand."

Vin paused as he shut his eyes, the gunfire, the screams; all started coming back to him.

"Five teams, five teams of six people went into that city. Up against thousands of zombies, lickers, hunters and even three of the tyrant class mutants. Of the five teams, only two people made it out of that city alive. I saw some things you possibly couldn't even imagine unless you saw them for yourself, and I'm betting that you will."

"So, why did you stay with Umbrella after all that, I'd want out and I'd want them to pay for what they did." Shego asked.

"I didn't have a choice. Umbrella had hidden agents throughout the government at the time; they were able to pass the incident off as a nuclear meltdown to cover it up. It would be my word against theirs, and going against a corporation like Umbrella is a death sentence. Only a handful of people have been able to go against Umbrella after the incident in Raccoon, most of those were police officers who experienced first hand what Umbrella was capable of."

"So, you decided to tough it out with a company that nearly got you killed?"

"I was younger; and frankly dumber then, and then I am now. They offered me a giant raise to keep my mouth shut and keep working for them, and I took the bait. All I saw at that point was cold hard cash."

"So you were bought out basically?"

Vin just nodded. "Money corrupts, that's proof. And because I realized my mistake too late to do anything about it."

"I'd hate to interrupt you're story, but I thought you guys would like to know we're at the Hospital" Ron said over the headset.

Vin checked his watch; it had only been a half hour since they set out.

"Steve, what's her status?" Vin called.

"Just reaching 10 percent!"

"Good, don't keep us waiting long guys."

The hospital lobby was a mess, dead and decaying bodies lay all over the place, and the smell was overwhelming. Ron and Drakken brought the collars of their shirts up over their nose to filter the smell.

"Ewww! That is disgusting!" Monique said as she held her nose.

Bonnie rushed back to the doors and proceeded to vomit, amazingly just as Will came to the doors. He was greeted by Bonnie vomiting on his shoes.

Both Drakken and Ron couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of Will shaking the vomit off of his shoes.

"Hey guys! Here's a map of the hospital!" Josh called from the reception area.

Everyone gathered around where Josh was standing, when Ron noticed something was missing.

"Hey, anybody see Rufus?"

At that time Rufus came running over to the group, he was pushing at least 5 large flashlights.

"Buddy! Good thinking!" Ron said as he scooped Rufus up.

"No big" the little guy squeaked.

Ron passed out the five flashlights, leaving Will as the only one without a flashlight.

"Why don't I get a flashlight?"

"Mostly because you get on everyone's nerves" Monique said as she shined her light into his eyes.

Ron checked the map of the hospital, finding where they needed to go.

"Looks like the medical supply room is on the fifth floor, room 513."

"Then we better get moving" Drakken said as he used his light to check the dark hallway in front of them.

Cautiously the group started down the hallway, towards the elevators. Ron reluctantly took the lead as he was the one packing the close range weapon; everyone else had revolvers and an assault rifle. He didn't like being out in front, it reminded him of being the distraction too much, and only the consequences for being caught now were much greater than on a normal mission.

The hospital was mostly empty, they heard the occasional moan or groan of a zombie, only they never really saw one, like it was letting them know that they were here.

They reached the elevators and pushed the call button. Nothing, no lighting up of the button, no sound of the elevator.

"I think they might be broken, looks like it's the stairs then" Monique said as she repeatedly hit the button.

"Aw man, I hate stairs" Ron whined.

"Stoppable, stop being such a whiner, ugh" Bonnie teased. Ron glared at her.

The stairs were conveniently placed right next to the elevators; however they had to walk up five flights of stairs, which no one was really looking forward too. Ron opened the door to the stairwell.

"Shall we go-AHHH!"

A zombie who apparently was waiting on the other side of the door lunged at Ron, causing him to fall back on the floor. At the same time as Ron fell to the floor, the entire group opened up on the zombie, large caliber rounds shredded the zombie as it fell to its back, a pool of blood started forming around it.

"Stoppable, you ok?" Drakken asked as he pulled Ron to his feet.

"Yeah I'm ok. Hey, you remembered my name!"

"Really? Huh, guess I always did" Drakken said as he started to ponder.

"I hate to break up the touching moment, but we have an anti-virus to make" Monique said butting in.

"Right, then let's go" Ron said.

The walk up the five flights of stairs was mostly non-eventful, other than the surprise waiting for them when Ron opened the door to the stairwell the hospital seemed deserted.

They reached the fifth floor; Ron this time cautiously opened the door with the shotgun ready,

No zombie fools Ron Stoppable more than once…

No surprises when he opened the door, making him slightly disappointed as he wanted to blast something now.

They walked a short distance till they reached room 513, conveniently labeled "Medical Supplies Room"

Just as Drakken put his hand on the knob Ron grabbed it. Surprised Drakken was about to start arguing with Ron when Ron put a finger to his lips. He caught on to what Ron meant and became quiet, and heard shuffling behind the door. Something was waiting for them on the other side of the door.

Ron quickly switched places with Drakken, holding the shotgun at the ready. Everyone stood back when Ron threw the door open. Sure enough there were two zombies in the room, one in a ratty doctor's coat, the other in a gown, both started towards Ron.

Ron fired at the closest one, which was the one in the gown, the close range blast of the shotgun and the decaying state of the zombie equaled Ron inadvertently cutting the zombie in half. The legs fell backward while the front half fell forward, Ron felt sick at the sight and knowledge that he caused that. It didn't last long as the doctor zombie started closing in; Ron quickly ejected the spent shell and aimed at the zombie, this time aiming at its upper body.

The buckshot from this round ripped the front part of the zombie's skull clean away, as well as cutting its right arm off. It fell to the ground with a thud. Cautiously the others started coming into the room. Josh had to keep a straight face, as the sight was sickening to him, Bonnie and Monique were along the same with Josh, and Will…..well no one really gave a rat's ass what Will felt at this point.

"Man, Ron you really did a number on these guys" Josh said as he nudged the zombie Ron cut in half.

Ron was by the window, Rufus was leaning out of his pocket making a gagging sound while Ron was just breathing heavy.

Josh started to head over to Ron when he felt an arm grab his ankle, looking down in surprise he realized it was the zombie that was cut in half. Somehow it was still alive.

Josh quickly fired into the creature's skull, drawing surprised looks from everyone in the room.

"It was still alive" He said non-shalantly.

"Enough playing with your new friend and help me find these materials!" Drakken shouted from one of the cabinets.

After being filled in on what they were looking for, the team gathered up all the needed materials that would make up the anti-virus, Drakken made sure that they grabbed large amounts of the needed material so they could make surplus of the anti-virus, a 'just in case' scenario if someone else got infected.

"Right, lets get these things mixed together" Drakken said as he went over to the medical mixing machine, no one really knew how they were to combine the materials, all that came to mind was running them in a blender. But Drakken seemed to know what he was doing, and in fear of having him go on a rant on how the machine works they kept their mouths shut.

"One anti-virus coming up!" He said as he hit the start button.

Nothing.

He hit it again, with the same result.

"Oh, snap"

"What is it Blue boy?" Bonnie asked, annoyed that it was taking so long.

Drakken ignored the 'blue boy' comment and cut right to what was wrong.

"We're not getting any power"

Everyone in the room shifted.

"But that means we can't get the anti-virus!" Ron shouted.

"The power to the city must be shut down," Drakken said, feeling defeated.

"There must be something we could do!" Ron argued.

"I'm sorry Stoppable, but I think we're stuck"

Vin slammed his fists into the desk, he, as well as everyone else that stayed off the anti-virus team was listening in on their progress. No power meant that the grid was shut down, the anti-virus couldn't be made.

"Agent Vin! I need you in here!" Mr. Barkin shouted.

"What is it?"

"It's Possible, she's coming to!"

This is the start of one of my last minute additions to the story, one is the eventual Mutiny from Will Du and his aggravation on not being the head of the mission, we should all know that it's coming by now and I'm not keeping it a secret.

The second is the 'humanizing' of Vin, we already touched lightly on what went on with him in Raccoon, now we'll see some more horrific memories that Vin has in the up coming chapters.

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