It was Leon, who'd spotted Carla heading into a warehouse. Holding up a hand he stopped the pair behind him, watching as Carla slipped inside.
"Is that her?" Helena asked.
"Let's go find out," he told the pair as he headed off after the woman.
Once inside they now found no sign of her, until she casually walked by the machines in their way. Leon was given a split second to turn around to see her, before she disappeared again to end up at the next door.
"Carla!" Leon called her out.
This caught the woman off guard, her face setting in a scowl at once.
"I just need to..." before he could finish, bullets tore all way up the metal door Carla had opened.
"Give it up, Ada!" someone shouted from below.
"Who is that?" Helena asked now frowning as Carla ducked to then grapple her way to safety.
"Damn," Leon huffed. "Whoever it was just blew our chances of finding anything out."
"Come on, we should go after her." Jill was saying as she was already heading for the stairs.
The three quickly opened a door to a strange room filled with tanks, what was inside them they weren't keen on finding out.
"We need to get to that elevator. Run!" Leon now shouted at spotting it down the hall.
"Someone else is here," Piers was now heard in the opposite side to them. "Hostiles?"
"Maybe a few of her pets. Ignore them. She's the target," Chris reminded him as they too ran down their end in hopes of reaching the lift first.
As soon as they made it halfway, Carla made herself known from the walkway above them.
"Glad you could stop in. Like what I've done with the place?" she teased just as a laser wall headed right for them. "Hope you like your stay!"
"Lasers!" Helena scowled as Jill was just now securing her gun on her back to then run in.
She made the laser wall look easy as she easily jumped right through them. Leon was then next to give the wall a try, he too made it look easy.
"Come on, Helena!" Leon called to her as the lasers were fast approaching her now.
"How the hell do I..."
"Back up, run and slide under. There's plenty of room," Jill now gave her the easiest way of doing it.
"Captain!" Piers yelled as Chris had thrown himself through the wall as well, catching his gun a little in the process as the part dropped to the floor.
"This crazy bitch isn't messing around," he now looked up at her with a sharp scowl.
"Hurry up, Piers. We don't have all day!" Chris scolded him now.
Piers took a breath then followed through, just managing to make it through as well. Though unfortunately it was far too late for them. Carla had now moved on just as they'd managed to slip past another of her traps.
"Go, I'll hold them off." Jill gestured for Leon and Helena to get in the lift just as Chris was charging his way towards them.
"Jill!" Chris thought surprised. "Where's Claire?"
"We got separated, but she's..."
"Captain, the elevator!" Piers now pointed as Leon and Helena took the lift up.
"Talk later, right now we've got that woman to catch."
"Chris, listen to me." Jill tried to reason with him to no avail.
Once the pair were now on the next floor, they found themselves entering another room.
"What is this?" Helena asked looking around at the tanks with cocoons in them once again.
"Don't know. And I don't like the look of it," Leon frowned as they all made it over to the opposite end.
Helena was over at the doors, banging her fists upon them before ramming herself into them.
"Locked!" she groaned.
Soon an automated voice was then heard.
"Engaging locks. Testing for prototypes."
"Now what?" Helena frowned just as Carla walked right into the room ahead of them, stopping at the control panel to type something into the computer.
"Carla!" Leon now shouted through the glass at her.
"We've been conducting such fascinating work here," she ignored him as small robots were now set free. "Why don't you have some fun with the one of the new prototypes?"
"You're not doing yourself any favours by doing this!" Leon glared at her.
"If it gets you all off my back, then so be it." Carla smirked, knowing she was going to enjoy watching this.
"What is she..." Helena frowned as one of the robots bumped into her boot, light turning from blue to red. "No way!"
Quickly jumping aside she found them to be explosives.
"They're rigged with explosive charges, watch out!"
Leon kicked one aside for it to slip back under to the other side just as the doors opened. It exploded before Jill, Chris and Piers took even one step inside.
"What the hell was that?" Piers asked dumbfounded.
"Be careful," Jill warned as she stepped in after Chris, who ran to the doors opposite to try to open them. "Damn this, bitch!"
"Chris, the panel." Jill pointed out to him. "Maybe we can open it from here."
Chris walked over to the panel to start working on getting the doors open.
"Cover me," he told the pair.
"On it!" Jill nodded, shooting a couple of robots before they could reach them.
"Carla, we don't have time for your games!" Leon banged on the glass. "Enough is enough!"
"Leon, the controls!" Helena quickly grabbed his attention.
Leon turned around to go check the door controls, finding he wouldn't be able to do it alone.
"Hunnigan come in, we've got a small problem." He called her up. "Think you can help with these door controls?"
"Child's play, Leon." She reminded him.
It wasn't long before the automated voice now started confirming the unlocks as both sides went at it.
"Security breach detected in Room One. Security breach detected in Room Zero."
On and on it went as they managed to bypass the security. Carla decided now was a good a time as any to send out a few more robots as they were breaching through like it was nothing.
"Carla, enough!" Leon snapped as he almost got caught by one.
"Disengaging locks in Room One," the voice was heard again. "Disengaging locks in Room Zero."
Carla now turned with a smug smile on her face as she stepped from the room to drop down onto the walkway below. Once the doors were open, Leon and Helena took the low ground, while Jill, Chris and Piers took the high ground. It was now a race to see who would get to her first.
"Carla, stop we need to talk!" Leon called out to her, chasing her as fast as he could.
"Sorry, not in a talking mood." Carla replied as she ran well ahead of him.
"You've got some explaining to do!"
"Enough running!" Helena called out to her from way behind.
"Ooh, you certainly are a take-charge kind of girl." Carla teased back.
"Don't lose her!" Chris growled from above.
"I won't!" Piers responded as he ran as quick as he could as well. "Give it up, Ada. We've got you!"
"Never send a boy to do a soldiers job," she jabbed back at him before throwing a smoke bomb to then grapple her way to safety once again.
Quickly heading into an office area, she quickly grabbed a case and another grenade to quickly head back out onto the walkway, only this time she was stopped dead in her tracks. Piers shot the ground near her feet, forcing her back into the corner.
"Nowhere to run, Ada!" Chris glared as he looked at her with his gun raised and ready.
Carla just gave him a smug look in return as he pulled the trigger.
"Chris, no!" Jill screamed at him, only Leon had thankfully pushed the gun away from the smug looking woman in time.
Bullets now tore through the wall to the side of her as Leon tried his best to stop Chris. Pulling the gun from the older man's hand in their scuffle, Leon threw it over the side. Chris tried to hit him in return, which resulted in Leon dodging to then grab the older man in an headlock. Chris being that little bit stronger, pulled him off with ease. The two continued to fight until both pulled a pistol on each other.
"Chris!"
"Leon!"
"You're protecting this woman!" Chris now scowled deeply at the man in front of him.
"I am," Leon simply responded.
"You know what that bitch did!" Chris snapped.
Leon gave a slight nod.
"She's working for Neo Umbrella!"
"I know," Leon sighed. "That's why we need her alive, she's a valuable witness."
"Witness!?" Chris snapped. "She's the one responsible for the virus. She infected my partner!"
Leon looked to Jill now, who was heading over to Chris in hopes of talking him out of killing the woman.
"Let them deal with this," she told him.
"Not after what she's done," he scowled, willing to shoot Leon too if it meant he'd put Carla down once and for all.
"Captain!" Piers now yelled as Carla somersaulted right over him to then kick him back into the approaching pair.
"Sorry, boys, gotta run." She smirked as she now grappled her way to the floor, while throwing the flash grenade to give her more time before quickly heading out.
It would seem she hadn't been able to lose them after all, but no matter they'd now get to witness Simmons' true form.
"Damn it!" Piers scowled at letting himself get caught off guard like that.
"Get outta my way, Leon!" Chris yelled in his face.
"Chris, you need to stop this now!" Jill now scolded him.
"I'll find that woman and I'll..." he vowed.
"I lost seventy thousand people and the President all thanks to Simmons!" Leon now snapped back at him. "Yeah, I know you both had it pretty hard. But I have too! Carla is a pawn in all this. We need her alive!"
"The President's dead?" Jill turned to look at him in realisation.
"I shot him," Leon sighed as he lowered his head and turned away.
"He was infected," Helena quickly got in. "Simmons made..."
"Helena," Leon stopped her with a shake of his head.
"Chris," Jill now looked to him calmly once again.
"Alright," he now sighed heavily. "We'll go after Ada..."
"Carla," Leon corrected him.
"I don't care what her fucking name is," Chris scowled, seriously wanting to make her pay for her stupid games. "We'll go after Carla..."
Leon nodded.
"...and bring that bitch in for questioning. You deal with Simmons."
"I knew I could count on you," Leon pat him on the shoulder, but Chris shrugged him off.
"It would have been better to just put her down," Chris glared at him.
"I know, but Simmons is our real enemy here." Leon reminded him.
Chris just gave him a hard look before turning to look at Piers.
"Why are you still standing there, soldier?" he frowned. "We've got a woman to find!"
"Yes, Captain!" Piers nodded.
Jill was now getting ready to follow them on before turning towards Leon.
"I'll not let anything happen," she reassured him. "I won't see Chris lose himself to something like this."
"Thank you," Leon nodded. "If anyone can do it, it'll be you."
She gave a nod then followed the pair on.
"I hope she can get it through that thick skull of his," Helena frowned as Leon stepped passed her.
"Come on, we're putting a stop to Simmons once and for all."