A month had now passed and still the pair had nothing to go on. Ada was as secretive as ever as she slipped away on 'small jobs' as she called them leaving Claire in lavish suites she could only dream of ever staying in herself.

"What's your real name?" she had asked one night out of curiosity as she lounged on the large sofa, just as Ada had got back from another job.

She knew it was a long shot, but she was trying to at least make somewhat of a conversation.

"It's been so long," Ada sighed, grabbing a piece of bread and taking a bite from it before getting ready to sit down to eat. "Even I can't remember."

"Hm, somehow I'm inclined to believe that's not true," Claire glanced her way.

Ada just gave her a smile as she swallowed before asking. "What name do you think I have?"

Claire shrugged in thought, coming up with the first name she could think of that would suit the woman.

"Linda," she finally answered.

"Why Linda?" Ada asked with a small smile.

Claire gave another shrug before laying back. "You look like a Linda to me."

Ada shook her head slowly, their fun now over as Claire poked her again for answers.

"So, you always been a tease to men?"

Ada was a little taken aback by this. "What's my personal life have to do with anything?"

Claire looked to her, a serious expression written on her face. "Leon's a good man. He shouldn't be messed about with."

"Are you his mother now?" Ada frowned as she sat herself down at the table to finally eat.

Claire glared at her. "You toy too much with him."

"My relationship with Leon is none of your concern," she told her straight.

"I understand that. I just don't like seeing him perusing someone that couldn't give a shit about him."

Ada turned on her.

"This may actually shock a simple minded person such as yourself, but I have been in a relationship before."

"Shocking indeed!" Claire mocked as she now sat up to press the woman further. "So, what happened? Oh, wait, never mind it's none of my business."

"Look! Let's talk about your relationships, shall we?" Ada now scowled as she set down her fork, having been slightly put off of eating. "Better yet, tell me is all this because you want Leon for yourself?"

"Are you offering?" Claire asked unfazed by the slightly older woman's retaliation.

"Maybe?" Ada shrugged lightly, watching as the younger woman shook her head.

"Leon and I are good friends, that's how we prefer it." Claire informed her. "He fancy's you like crazy and I just don't want you doing anything bad to him, that's all."

Ada rolled her eyes, making Claire glower at her.

"Anyway, you wanted to hear my love life. Well I hate to break it to you, but there's nothing really to talk about. I was very open with the boys back in college. I later found some kid named Steve when looking for my brother, that didn't last long thanks to Wesker."

Ada looked back down at her meal while Claire continued to talk.

"He ended up turning in a monster," she sighed. "Then there was Neil. Now I wouldn't really say we were a couple though. Turned out he was working with Alex Wesker all along. He was the reason we were sent to that island. Though he got what he deserved in the end, Wesker injected him with the Uroboros virus. It was left up to me and Moira to deal with him. So as you can see I've not exactly had the best of relationships."

"His name was John," Ada now decided to open up a little as she picked up her fork again to play with what was left of her food while she talked.

"Your lover?" Claire turned to her.

She nodded. "John Clemens," she informed her. "I actually never thought my relationship with him would be so..."

"Deep?" Claire suggested.

"I suppose," she shrugged. "He was to take over William Birkin's role, but he couldn't stomach what Umbrella was planning with their research. That's when I was sent in to investigate. He started to see me as his girlfriend. I wasn't too sure at the time, but I allowed myself to get closer to him. Stupid I know after what came next."

Claire looked on sympathetically, something that didn't sit well with the other woman. Ada hated showing her feelings, especially to those she wasn't close with. Saying that she was never close with anyone.

"I later found out what happened to him from Annette Birkin," she continued. "He'd been infected with the T-Virus."

"And no doubt she had something to do with it," Claire frowned. "Knowing what she let her husband do to their daughter."

"Speaking of their daughter, I have something I need to return."

Claire looked to her as she pulled out a large gold locket.

"She dropped this when she ran from me. I know you and the young girl are close, so you'll be able to return it to her."

Claire stood to go take a look, opening it up she found the Birkin family photo inside. Once she'd done looking at it, she folded it back up and placed it back inside the locket to then hand back.

"You give it back to her. Sherry's past running away now," she smiled.

Ada furrowed her brows. "You know her more than I do."

Claire shrugged. "You're the one that picked it up after she'd dropped it. It's better for you to return it when all this is over."

And with that she headed off to bed, leaving Ada to watch her go.

xXx

Four months later

It would seem all of Carla's hard work over the last few months had finally paid off, she was quite pleased with her new cure all thanks to Sherry, Jake and the C-Virus.

"Just wait until you see what I'm capable of doing, Simmons. You won't know what hit you when I show you the real power of the C-Virus."

Taking up the small cubic device, she flicked it into a box shape. An image of Simmons popped up shortly after.

"Ada?" he answered. "Where are you? You haven't checked in for months!"

"You know me, Simmons. I've been real busy perfecting this," she smiled at him as she held up a syringe.

"Well?" he frowned.

"This is something you'll be dying to see, my darling." She purred the last part.

"Ada," he looked at her suspiciously.

"I'll send you my location. Don't keep me waiting now, will you?"

Shutting off the device, Simmons was now left clueless as to what had just gone down.

"What is she planning?" he growled before standing to head out.

He was going to get to the bottom of this once and for all.

"If she's gone rogue," he now snarled. "I can't allow her to live."

Getting the only known person he knew he could trust in this matter, he quickly got in touch with her.

xXx

Ada awoke the following morning, stretched and reached out for her ringing phone.

"Ada?"

She frowned deeply at hearing the familiar voice on the other line.

"What is it you want now, Simmons. I told you already, we're through."

"Listen to me!" he snarled. "I'm not calling about that. I have some vital information you need to know."

"Go on," she sighed as Claire awoke with a yawn in the next room.

"After our 'ahem' breakup," he started. "I found a young prodigy. Her name was Carla Radames."

"Good for you," Ada mocked teasingly. "I'm glad you got to move on with your life."

"Quiet," he snapped. "Listen! She fell madly in love with me, but I just didn't share that love with her as much as I did with you."

Ada sighed at having to listen to this. "Is this going anywhere."

"Yes!" he huffed. "She knew about how much I loved you."

"And, what? Did she make a love potion for you?"

"Stop interrupting me!" he snapped before continuing on. "She forced me to love her by making herself into you. She became you, she believed she was you. She even made me nearly believe it."

"Really?" Ada thought surprised "Someone would do that for you?"

"Enough!" he growled. "I need her stopped at once! She intends to destroy the world and blame you. I can't allow that!"

"Aw, it's nice that you care so much about me."

"It's a shame you don't feel the same about me," he sighed, hoping she'd welcome him back with open arms.

There was a slight pause before she accepted.

"I'll take care of your little problem, Simmons." She told him before cutting him off. "Just let me know where she is."

"China," he informed her, giving her the exact location on her phone which Carla had given him.

"Everything alright?" Claire now asked, leaning against the door frame.

"It seems our time together is coming to an end," Ada now smiled at her.

"Then that means I'm closer to finding Chris," Claire now thought.

"Indeed so," Ada acknowledged as she stood to get ready before grabbing her crossbow.

xXx

Simmons now had a young woman and her sister brought down into the catacombs under the cathedral for a little chat. The older of the two had put up quite a fight, which had ended in her receiving quite a beating from Simmons' goons, knocking her completely unconscious.

"I ask for one simple thing and you go beat her half to death," he now snarled as he lifted the young woman's head with his fingers under her chin.

"Helena!" her sister was screaming as she was forced down onto the chair opposite.

"She was too much to handle," one complained, a hand still to his crotch after his ordeal with the young woman. "She hits hard."

Simmons now turned to slap him across the face. "Man up!" he snarled.

He then turned to the younger woman, giving her a slap across the face as well.

"Quiet down!" he glared at her.

Deborah couldn't help the tears that now streamed down her slightly dirty face. She'd been taken from her sister's apartment in the dead of night, only wearing her nightgown. She'd still been recovering from her ordeal with her abusive boyfriend a few days prior, something that didn't faze the men as they'd treated her rather roughly as well.

"Helena, please wake up!" she now sobbed quietly.

"Yes, please do us the pleasure of opening your eyes Agent Harper."

Helena groaned, her head was pounding and upon opening her eyes everything was a complete haze.

"Helena!" Deborah screamed her name again, not caring about getting another slap in return.

"Deborah?" she called out groggily.

"Helena! Help me!" her sister pleaded.

That's all she'd ever done after the death of their parents, it's the only thing she lived for. Her sister was her life and nothing would stop her from protecting her, no matter how dire things got.

"Deborah," she now noticed her sitting across from her and not by choice either. "Hold on, Deborah. I'll get you out."

Simmons smiled as he listened to her comforting words.

"Touching," he smirked. "Very touching indeed, but it's time we got down to business."

Helena turned to him. "I'll kill you! You bastard!"

"Ah, yes." He turned to her. "That's why you stood out to me the most what with your track record, no one would be none the wiser."

"Fuck you!" she screamed. "All I've ever done is protect my sister from monsters like you!"

"Oh, but how do you know I'm a monster?" he teased.

"You've taken me and my sister, you bastard!"

Simmons smiled.

"Very true indeed. Then you'll also know that I intend to hold her until you do a little job for me."

"What is it you want with me?" she screamed at him.

"I want you," he pointed lazily, "to infiltrate the President's security."

At this Helena was at a loss for words, her jaw moved but no words were forming. She turned as her sister begged her to get her out once again.

"Don't worry, Deborah." She soothed her. "I won't let anything happen to you."

Simmons sighed heavily.

"I'm waiting," he frowned.

"It's all going to be alright," Helena carried on, ignoring him.

"Please, Helena." Her sister pleaded, tears still rolling down her cheeks. "Please, help me!"

"That's all I've ever done, Deborah. I said I'd never let anything bad happen to you again. I promised you that and I'm sorry this had to happen. I will get you out, I promise."

Her sisters face perked up a little at this until Simmons had finally had enough and gestured to his men to take her away.

"No! Please!" Helena now found herself begging. "I'll do anything you want, just don't take my sister away!"

"Helenaaaaaa!" her sister screamed as she was cut free to then be dragged out.

"Deborah!" Helena screamed after her, watching as she disappeared behind the closed door.

"You'll get her back as soon as the job is done, understand?"

Helena lowered her head, she couldn't think straight. One of Simmons' men grabbed her by the hair to pull her head back up.

"Get off!" she yelled.

"Well?" Simmons asked, ignoring her as he grabbed her jaw tightly. "Your sister in return for the job!"

She pulled herself free from him.

"Fine," she snapped with a sigh. "I'll do it."

"Good," he smiled, nodding to the man to let go of her hair. "Very good indeed, Agent Harper."

xXx

Six months had now passed for Jill to be able to leave the hospital. She was just glad of the freedom once again until finding out Chris had left in hopes of finding the one responsible.

"Where's Chris?" she'd asked Piers.

"We don't know," he'd sighed in response. "We think he may be after the one that did this to you."

Jill sighed heavily. "Chris."

"What should we do?"

"I'm going to go find him," she told him straight.

"Then let me come with you," Piers offered.

She gave it some thought then nodded.

"Alright," she caved.

xXx

Chris had been wandering about aimlessly. He'd found out Carla was in China, but the exact whereabouts had him baffled. He knew he couldn't get in touch with HQ as this was a personal matter and more than likely they'd take him off of the team.

"I'll find you and make you pay," he vowed.

xXx

Claire hated to admit it, but she'd rather enjoyed her time with Ada. And now she knew the truth of there being a double of her out there framing her, she was quite happy to know Ada wasn't the baddie she thought she was. She now waited as the woman called in for a private plane to come pick them up for their trip to China.

"Your drink," a nice young blonde woman smiled as she set down a glass of something with an small umbrella in it on the side table near the window.

"Uh, thanks." Claire smiled, having no idea she'd get offered anything.

Ada had left her to it while she went off to speak to someone in the back. It didn't matter to her though as she just flicked through the channels on the large TV.

"Can I get a comment please?" one of the reporters were heard as she flicked over to the News channel. "What brings the BSAA to China?"

Her thumb hovered over the button to try the next channel until she heard the man say BSAA.

"Chris!" she thought surprised as her brother now came into view.

"Excuse me!" the reporter pressed until Chris' hand completely took over the entire screen. "Can I get a comment please?"

The camera now shook and she knew at once Chris had pushed it out of the way.

"That's Chris alright," she smiled as Ada now took a seat in the chair opposite her. "Thank god you're safe, and in China. He most have found the fakes whereabouts."

As she sat there she clearly had no idea that at this very moment she would be attacked.

"Ow!" she now frowned feeling a couple sharp pricks at the back of her leg. She let it slide, until feeling something bite her now. "What is that?"

She moved her leg aside to look down under the chair, now spotting a pair of bright green eyes situated in a full body of silvery-grey fur. A lovely looking gorgeous Russian Blue cat with a bright red ribbon around her neck.

"Hey there little..." she was cut off as the small creature hissed then ran out of her hiding spot. "I was just trying to be friendly."

Upon seeing her 'mother' now sat down she jumped up to curl upon her knee all the while giving Claire a look before looking to Ada.

"Hey, Svetlana." Ada stroked her before slipping down the window shade to then recline back in her chair to get quick nap in.

"Svetlana," Claire thought with a smile, a Russian name for a Russian Blue.

She then turned off the TV, only to have Ada say she could sleep through it. Turning it back on again, she turned the volume down a little just to make sure. It wouldn't be a long journey, but getting a small nap in now would help with what was in store, so she shut off the TV to get some rest herself.

oOo

Upon waking she found Ada was also awake and was talking to the pilots, with Svetlana happily munching away at some exquisite food only Ada would pamper her cat with. Looking out the window she could now see they were back on ground level again.

"China, huh." She thought as Ada walked over to the now open door.

"Ready?" Ada asked.

Claire stretched then stood to follow her out. She knew she was closer to finding Chris once again. Upon taking to the streets, in which people were looking to them and pointing what with the weapons they were carrying. Others couldn't care less if it meant they could sell the pair something.

"No thanks." Ada smiled as she passed a woman who was speaking Chinese.

"What was that all about?" Claire asked.

"She asked if I wanted a flower for my hair."

"It will make you look even prettier," the woman went on. "Maybe for your friend?"

"No, she's fine." Ada then replied something back in Chinese making the woman chuckle and Claire frown.

"Mind explaining?" she asked as she followed Ada on.

"It's nothing," the slightly older woman smirked as she wrapped her arm around Claire's waist to take them onto the rooftops.

"I really hate you," Claire now scowled as the pair now landed softy on the roof.

Ada ignored her as she marked out a path for them both.

"That'll work."

Claire didn't bother asking, knowing the woman wouldn't even bother to tell her anyway.

"Come on, I just found us transport."

She dropped down onto a scaffold to then drop down onto a small stall roof, surprising the man inside.

"Hey!" he shouted. "How about you buy something for damages!"

"No time," Ada replied as Claire now followed.

"Hey!" the man yelled again.

"Sorry," Claire shouted back as she followed Ada down the alleyway to eventually come to the docks.

"Climb on," she now gestured as she climbed on the jet ski first.

Claire climbed on behind her, hands at each side of Ada's waist as the woman now started the jet ski up to take them over to the ship.

"You could be more considerate," she now frowned, what with the woman's driving.

"This is exactly why I work alone," Ada told her straight.

Claire rolled her eyes as Ada was now sending out her grapple hook.

"Hey, don't forget about me!"

Ada turned to wrap an arm around her to hoist her up with her. Once on the ship, she then walked over to a closed door to inspect it.

"Locked," she sighed as Claire was now looking down the corridor.

She was already raising her gun to shoot when Ada walked right by her to jump onto the weird masked man, taking his head between her legs to slam him down on the ground. He then suddenly disintegrated into nothingness.

"These things mutate after receiving the slightest bit of damage," she now lectured her. "You have to deal with them quickly."

"I'll remember that," Claire nodded as she now followed Ada through the ship.

The pair then come to a stop at a locked door with a panel.

"Three separate pass codes," Ada frowned as she pulled her phone out to simply scan them as she found them. "Better start hunting them down."

Claire pat her on the shoulder just as another J'avo exited a room behind them.

"My work is never done," she sighed as she headed off to deal with the man.

She checked his outfit for the first pass code and scanned it in.

"One down," she now looked up.

"Two to go," Claire finished.

The pair moved on once again, only this time the pipes burst cutting the two off from going any further. To make matters worse, two weird creatures dropped down with them.

"Let's see how well you do with fire?" Ada smirked as she kicked the thing back into the flames before they were doused completely by the sprinklers.

Claire tried the same thing with hers, only this one decided to split apart before her foot even came into contract with it. Ada was quick to put a bolt through the head of the top half, sending it back into the fire to have it squeal just like the other. The legs however were still fully functional as they wobbled over to now spray the pair with acid from the things guts, thankfully the water from the sprinklers dulled it down a hell of a lot.

"Get away from me!" Claire now kicked the thing into the fire even as it started to diminish.

The legs burnt up just like the rest of it, thankfully. Leaving the pair to finally head on for the last remaining two pass codes which were found on more J'avo up ahead.

xXx

Chris it seemed had been tailing Carla for quite some time now, as he too was heading right for the ship Ada and Claire were now on. He just had no idea what would await him though.

xXx

As soon as Ada had put in the codes they were now free to head for the deck.

"You could at least give me a hand," Claire frowned as she'd been left to climb some crates while Ada got to use her grapple hook.

"I didn't realise it was customary," the other woman looked down on her before offering a hand to help her up.

"It's called being polite, but that's not in your..."

"Quiet!" she whispered as she looked around the door frame into the next room.

"Bees!" Claire frowned.

"Allergic?" Ada asked.

Claire shook her head. "No. I just don't like them."

"Same," Ada nodded. "Come on, let's see if we can sneak around them."

The wasps/bees had taken the form of a humanoid shape to simply walk around the area the pair needed to pass through. Ada waited while it had given them a wide berth before walking into the room with it, thankfully it didn't see them so Ada beckoned Claire to follow on behind her.

Once they were through, Claire was now free to breath once again.

"Come on," Ada called as she was already going on ahead.

xXx

"Looks as though someone's already been here," Chris thought as he passed through the halls littered with dead bodies. "Good!"

He was sure as hell glad that someone had already dealt with the pass codes too, allowing him to slip right through for the lift.

xXx

Ada was once again using her grapple gun, while Claire was back at her again for nearly leaving her behind. She was just now heading through the open door, just as the large thick shutter was activated to seal off the room she was currently in.

"Ada!" Chris snarled as he set eyes on her as soon as the lift stopped.

"You're barking up the wrong tree," Ada told him as she slipped inside to then close the door behind herself before casually walking over to where the shutter was now descending. Leaving Chris to smash the locking mechanism with his gun.

"I think I may have found your brother," Ada now told Claire as she walked passed to head up the stairs.

"Chris is on here?" Claire now thought as she followed Ada up the stairs.

Once the pair reached the top, they both looked out to see a search light. But that wasn't all.

"Ada!" Chris shouted, making both women turn to look at him.

"Chris!" Claire smiled.

"Claire?" he frowned, taking his eyes off the other woman for a split second as she quickly took her leave.

"Gotta run," she told him.

Bullets tore through the metal wall where the woman had once been standing, forcing Claire to quickly duck for safety.

"Chris, stop!" she snapped as she stood once again.

"What are you doing hanging around with that woman? She's the one that infected Jill and all those others in Edonia."

"Listen to me, Chris." She sternly warned him. "She isn't the one you're after."

"What are you talking about?" Chris glared at her.

"There's a woman out there that looks just like her, she's not the one. It's..."

"She's the one, Claire!" he snapped as he turned to head off.

Unfortunately there was nothing she could do as the wall with the bars on the window between them blocked them off.

"Damn it, Chris!" she huffed as she hit the bars. "I'd better get to him before he does something he'll regret."