Chapter: 4 The Good, The Bad and The Undead

"Oh hell… That guy again!?" Jake whined and rolled his eyes much to Sherry's amusement. "I call him Jeeves, because of the way he looks - You know?" He explained with distaste as he stole a look around a corner.

"Jake! That's rather mean." Sherry scolded while letting out a giggle that made Jake's heart flutter happily.

"Hey, the kid drives me mad." He shrugged in response, "Plus he looks so much of a nerd…" He huffed in amusement. "Hell, he is one." Again Sherry shook her head, bangs of hair flying into her eyes; it had grown a lot since China and she hadn't the heart to cut it for once in her life.

"So, who was the child that brought me to you?" She asked out of curiosity. "Malachi." He answered as they rounded the street corner, guns raised and at the ready.

The purple and pink of the coming morning caught Sherry's attention only for a moment, looking forwards Jake had disappeared. She dared speak just in case an enemy was close by and took notice of their presence.

"Jake?… Jake!" She whispered taking the chance.

"What are you doing all the way down there!" He reprimanded from a few meters away, "I thought you were right behind me."

"Look out!" Sherry screamed as she saw a J'avo materialize behind the red head with a gun poised, ready to bash over Jake's skull.

Within seconds it was over.

She reached his side just as the deceased started to dissolve, a metal arrow was sticking out of its head.

"Yes sir… I'm in position." She replied dryly from the rooftop, watching Jake and Sherry stalk through the streets. She put her phone away and reloaded her bow with a another arrow. "Time to get to work." She smiled as she ran along the rooftops in quiet pursuit of the youngsters.

"Looks like your guardian angel strikes again." Sherry murmured, her brows furrowed again.

"You sound jealous." He alleged pleased with a tilt of his head, but by the look on her face she was not amused. "Forget I said anything, Supergirl."

"Yeah, okay." She panted as they rounded yet another corner, she sure wasn't used to field work after a month of sitting at a desk, "You sure we're not going in circles?"

"Mhmm." He hummed with a quick glance behind them, "We're being followed." He whispered just when a shadow loomed overhead, motioning towards a door with a finger to a building and slipped inside.

His heart stopped when they turned to find a Chrysalid staring them both in the face. He observed Sherry as she too noticed what mess they'd gotten themselves into, realizing it was not one Chrysalid, two or three but a whole room full.

"Oh my god Jake!" Sherry whispered in his ear from behind him.

Above them a floor board creaked painfully, and that was all it took. Hell had been unleashed.

The cocoons began to crack; one after another as the beasts within were released; Napad and Strelat's. The duo weren't sure what to do! They hadn't the firepower in guns to take down a small armada, but like hell was Jake going to let the bastards survive.

Speedily Jake snatched Sherry's arm and started towards the next room, all the time he watched the ceiling - not what was developing before them. The ex-Merc pulled off his belt, Sherry noticing the large amount of grenades attached to it, and watched Jake as he haphazardly took one from the array growling and throwing the belt it into the writhing pit of BOWs. Next he pulled the pin out from the bomb in his hands and hurled it into the room, quickly pushing Sherry to the floor to shield her with his own body from the blast.

'Here I am again.' Sherry thought imprudently when he pushed her down, the memory of the cottage in the snow reoccurring in her mind.

The blast brought her mind back down to earth; it had destroyed the entire room along with the roof, making the building incredibly unstable.

"Clever, but we need to get out of here." Sherry declared whilst rubbing his back trying to get him to move.

"But you're so comfortable," He smirked boldly above her, his face lingering - studying her face as it turned a dark shade of red, "Didn't know you could blush, Supergirl."

12 in the afternoon they managed to trek back to the base; both covered in dust and blood. They'd encountered more J'avo than Jake had apparently ever seen but thankfully they'd only come out of their little fisticuffs with minor cuts and bruises.

"Mr. Muller sir!" A voice behind them shouted just as they'd stepped into the building Sherry had found Jake in.

"Oh geez." Jake yawned, irritation plastered all over his face more than ever. "What is it this time?"

"Another truck sir!" He wheezed holding onto his glasses, "Um-um-umbrella!"

"Christ, do we ever get any rest?"

"This way Mr. Muller! Quickly! Quickly I say!" Jeeves chanted jogging in front of the two, leading them to what Sherry could see was a tower.

"Stop being so needy, will ya!" Jake exclaimed as Jeeves continued to murmur about the truck all the way.

"He's right Jake." Sherry confirmed as she looked through a pair of war torn binoculars, still trying to catch her breath.

"Where they headed?"

"It looks like an abandoned hospital." She looked to her GPS quickly and then back to the binoculars, affirming a lock on the vehicle from the satellites.

"You must n-n-not go there, milady and sir! T-t-trouble!" Jeeves warned from a far corner.

"Yeah, yeah" Jake yawned again, waving the geek off with a hand, "Nothing we can't handle, right Sherry?"

"Of course!" She smiled through squinted eyes, observing this Jeeves as he left the room, she knew there was something suspicious about it but couldn't put a finger on it.

Later that day Hunnigan confirmed and gave the go-ahead move in and inspect the hospitals location, she was also overjoyed that Jake had decided to join their cause, and confirmed he would be paid a good salary; not that he cared anymore.

"It's from the company Jake." Sherry laughed as he took the company phone with a look of disgust.

"So this is how they keep tabs on me, huh?" He retorted with a snort, shoving it into his back pocket.

Sherry raised her eyebrow with a grimace, she knew the DSO had kept a watchful eye on him like they promised but wouldn't dare tell him or he'd go mad! Her own phone chimed in her hand making her jump, looking she'd received a text from Leon.

'I heard you got the mission in the Middle East with Muller. I hope he's not being an ass Sherry.' The message was short and to the point, it almost made her laugh as she could swear she heard his voice in her head cautioning.

'No, no. Just found a lead on Neo-Umbrella. Talk soon. Wishing you and Claire well!' As soon as she sent it she regretted her actions. She knew of his own hatred for the company and was all too aware that she'd given out Top Secret information. 'It's alright,' She reassured herself, 'Leon's part of the DSO. Plus! He's high up in the business now.', she calmed a little remembering she was safe talking to her "adopted father".

"That your boyfriend?" Jake asked heatedly, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"No," She said timidly shaking her head. Sherry couldn't help but stare at him and wonder. 'Why ask me that,'

"It was Leon."

"Humph."

They continued to prepare in complete silence of the armory for the journey ahead. Jake was kicking himself mentally for asking her such a pathetic question, 'What's wrong with you? What do you care?'

Sherry too was thinking along the same lines, 'Would he really be jealous if I had?' she wondered, pushing her stun rod onto her back.

"You alright Supergirl?"

"Yes, just thinking."

Her words were simple but he didn't take too much notice when her smile was so delightful. How could he have lived without her by his side for so long? He didn't know. His heart thumped in his chest as he looked at her, taking in everything he could. 'Damn she's beautiful.' He thought with a smug grin as his thoughts turned filthy, his breathing become more labored as he felt his manhood start to twitch. 'Shit. Stop that… What the hell's wrong with you, Muller?! This is Sherry your thinking of! SHERRY!' He screamed in his head, merely to feel his heart shrug at the false rationality its brother was harboring.

"Not too far now." Sherry said happily as she glanced down at her GPS.

A phone began to ring louder and louder, she looked around to a blank Jake who frowned becoming aware that it was his.

"Yeah?" Jake answered, fatal and unpleasant. Instantly she knew something was wrong. "Shit! Alright, calm down we'll be there in a flash! Stay out of- SHIT!" Jake bellowed slamming phone to the floor in anger, it shattering to pieces, "There's been an attack at the base. BOWs everywhere."
Sherry began to run without hesitation and without a word.

By the time they got there, the base was almost flattened except for the odd building. Blood coated everything. The smell of gun metal and death filled the air. Everywhere they looked there was death.

"This is weird." Sherry stated the obvious. Jake knew what she meant before she continued. "No J'avo." He nodded out the corner of her eye.

He was heartbroken. No, devastated. All the lives he'd saved were gone. All the hard work for nothing. His hand went to his face; fingers gripping the bridge of his nose, as he struggled to keep his demeanor from breaking. He wanted to shout and ball, his anger was so strong.

"We need to get to Malachi." Jake said roughly, brushing past Sherry.

"Jake, we don't know if he's al-"

"We have to try!" He shouted at her, his emotions getting the better of him.

Again in silence they took off in the direction of the operations room, stopping halfway there when they saw white vials lining the floor.

"C-Virus." Jake authenticated, picking an empty injection from the floor and looking at the label. "Or… not."

"What?" Sherry asked moving to his side, holding his wrist and re-adjusting so she could read too. "Oh god, Jake! They've enhanced it." The label read, 'C-Virus GT-03'

UPDATED: 14/01/2015 - Spelling & Grammar