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Chapter Four

Alice turned out to be a security guard for the Hive, along with Spencer, the other man dressed in civilian clothes. They were actually the ones who guarded the emergency entrance the Hive and had been picked up by JD's team when they had stormed the house to enter the Hive. Kit learned they had no memory of their lives before The Incident.

That was what Kit was calling the mysterious attack, 'The Incident'. It was mysterious, could relate to just about any horrible happening possible, and was pretty much perfect. Of course, she was the only one who was out of the loop when it came to The Incident, so it wouldn't matter what she called it. Hell, it would be called 'Fat Ladies in Pink Thongs', FLIPT for short, and no one would know but Kit. Not that it mattered much anyways.

Matt had been the other man standing with Alice and Spencer. Apparently, he was new to Raccoon City and had just been signed on as a new police officer. Neither of the two men seemed very talkative, but thankfully Alice hadn't minded the extra company of a seventeen year old. None the less, it was nice to talk to someone half-way normal like Matt, someone who didn't have ties to the Hive. He also happened to be a baseball fan, which was Kit's favorite sport. To say the least, Alice and Spencer learned more about baseball in the five minutes Kit and Matt had talked then ever before.

It hadn't been long before the two baseball fans had been silence by JD as they came to a huge door, which Kaplan opened quickly. Kaplan, Kit had learned, was the computer genius of the group. He also happened to seem like an alright guy to Kit, which was always a plus.

However, sometimes even computer nerds could be wrong.

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"I hate to break it to you," Kit said in a somewhat sarcastic tone as she looked around the huge room filled with crates. "But, this is definitely not Cafeteria B."

Jason Shade, the commanding officer of the commandos and a man large enough to squash Kit with his pinkie toe looked back to the young girl in an annoyed fashion. "That isn't what the schematics say, kid."

Kit looked at him almost stupidly. "Does this look like a cafeteria?" she asked, gesturing to the large crates that were filling the room fully, "Sir," she added, looking at the commando's stern look.

JD threw Kit a smirk and walked between the isles of crates, not bothering to look inside them. Knowing what the Hive did in its laboratories, what they really did, JD was sure he didn't want to see any of the things residing in the huge crates. What the Hive did with its government money was Umbrella's problem, but JD wasn't going to get himself in the middle of it.

"Cafeterias are on the fourth and sixth floors," Kit continued arguing with Shade determinately. "This is the thirteenth."

'Stupid old man,' thought Kit frustrated as Shade turned away from her and started conversing with Kaplan, who help a palm pilot in his hand, no doubt with the schematic of the hive.

She'd only lived in the Hive for five years; it isn't like she knows where things are, such as a cafeteria that didn't exist. Kit shook her head again and started wandering away from where the others were, thinking. There was no Cafeteria B, only A and C. It had bothered Kit when she had first moved down, but no one she had asked had known about the B Cafeteria. It just hadn't existed. After a year of searching for the seemingly none existent Cafeteria, Kit had finally just given up. It was like in hotels, some just didn't have the thirteenth floor, except the Hive didn't have a B Cafeteria.

A grunt sounded behind Kit and she turned around, expecting to see JD or one of the others but found nothing behind her. She looked down the isle of crates suspiciously, looking for any signs of life. The isle was dark, void of everything but her and the dark crates surrounding her. Kit let out a screamed when the crate beside her let out a burst of steam. She held a hand over her heart as and started laughing just as Alice ran around the corner, a worried look on her face. Behind her came JD along with the others who stared at the laughing Kit in confusion.

JD and the others dropped their guns at the sight of the young girl and JD walked to her briskly. "What happened?" he demanded, grabbing Kit by the shoulders gentle yet firmly.

His eyes searched Kit's brown ones almost frantically and Kit wondered what had happened in the Hive that had everyone so scared. Behind Shade stood Spencer and Matt, who had equally unnerved looks upon their faces as Alice did. The only one who didn't seem by the situation was Rain, who was quickly searching the crates around them.

JD shook Kit a bit, making her focus back to him instead of Rain. "Nothing happened," Kit explained, slightly shaken by everyone's response. "A gasket blew, that's all."

Everyone relaxed at her words and Shade immediately turned back to Kaplan who stared concerned at Kit for a few moments before turning away. JD looked in Kit's eyes once more before giving her shoulder a squeeze and moved over towards Rain. Alice slowly came over to the confused teen as she watched JD walked over to Rain and begin to talk, Rain glancing towards her every few moments.

"You sure you're okay?" Alice questioned gently, throwing an arm over Kit's shoulder, steering her back to where Shade was gathering everyone together. She gave Kit a searching look, much like JD's and Kit nodded her head sincerely.

"Yeah. I'm fine."

Alice nodded and everyone grew quiet, listening to Shade as he explained their next course of action. Kit looked over her shoulder a last time, back to where the grunt had come from and the gasket had blown.

What the hell was everyone so scared about?

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"Don't do anything stupid," JD threatened to a smirking Kit, "I mean it Mary. I promised you wouldn't get hurt. I trust you not to while you go with the others." He fixed Kit with a stern look, failing slightly as his lips starting curling upwards. "Unless you do something stupid."

The group was splitting into two groups; one was staying behind while the other went to shut down a computer of some sort. Everyone was quite vague on the details when telling Kit things; even Alive wasn't willing to share anything more with her than JD did. Kit had opted to go with Alice and Shade, in hopes of learning more about The Incident. JD would be staying behind with Rain and Matt, who was still in hand cuffs, also for reasons unknown to Kit. They didn't tell her much.

Kit gave the older man a grin and held up three fingers, "Scouts honor, nothing stupid."

JD nodded his head and grinned back. "I'm gonna hold you to that, kid," he looked over to where Shade was waiting for Kit impatiently. "Get moving," he said, shoving Kit away playfully. JD surprised himself at his ability to feel relaxed around a kid he had only known for an hour or so, especially in a situation such as theirs.

Kit ran forward and caught up with Alice, who smiled at her. Kit looked back to see JD watching them leave from view and waved to him with a grin. She saw him wave back just before they rounded a corner, out of sight.

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A hiss escaped Kit as the nurse tightened the bandage around her still bleeding hand. The woman had given Kit an odd look at the bite mark but asked no questions, much to the relief of the teen. She really didn't think anyone would believe her, even if it was the truth. Spencer had looked at the bite mark in curiosity but the nurse had silenced him with her stare before he could ask questions.

'Bless you, woman,' Kit thought to herself, looking away from Spencer's searching stare. Almost as if the nurse heard her thoughts, she looked up and gave Kit a small, gentle smile before patting the girls hand and standing up.

Shade barked at everyone to prepare for the opening of the door that Kaplan had been working on for the past three minutes. Kit wondered what was so important behind the blast door, or what Kit assumed was blast proof. Could it be the answer that what had happened in the Hive? It didn't seem likely that this would be the answer to everything, not to The Incident. It couldn't be.

It was too easy.

The door opened behind Kit slowly, jogging her from her thoughts as the nurse gently moved her away from the huge steel door that was opening towards her. Alice and Spencer ceased in their talking to watch the door open and Kaplan looked at it slight awe. The door stopped with a mechanical click and a bright light flowed out of the room abruptly, causing the people standing outside its threshold to cover their eyes for a few seconds. The lights continued turning on row by row until it the entire hall was flooded with light and a door was visible at the other end.

Kit looked down the lighted hall uncertainly. The walls of the small hall were lighted with dozens of long halogen bulbs, still almost blinding the small group. At the other end of the hall was a heavy duty barred door with gears running down the side, keeping the door locked in place. The floor was covered with square glass tiles that showed metal rods supporting the floor dangerously.

Glancing back nervously, Kit stepped away from the open door. "Someone else can go first," she offered, causing Spencer to smirk.

Kaplan looked at her seriously. "That would be a good idea."

Kit gave him a shrug at walked to stand next to Alice as Shade walked hesitantly into the bright hallway, the nurse and two other men followed close behind their CO. Kaplan stayed back to man the computers along with the memory-less guards. Kit looked up at Alice, who had an almost frightened look on her face but it disappeared when she noticed Kit staring at her and a weak smile took its place. Kit gave a small smile back and looked back to the door just in time to watch it start to swing shut.

"Kaplan!" Alice yelled, running to the closing door, reaching it just as it shut and locked. Kit moved forward, only to feel her knees lock up and she slid down the wall to the floor slowly. She watched Alice banging on the small window of the steal door desperately and her cries of the people inside dying. Kaplan was typing furiously on his computers, sweat pouring across his face.

Kit pulled her knees forward, burrowing her head between them in hopes of cutting out Alice's screams and Kaplan frantic cries. Spencer was yelling for Kaplan to hurry and Kit rocked herself back and forth, wishing desperately that she could have stayed behind with JD instead.

Only thirty seconds after it started, Alice's screams ceased and only Kaplan's labored breathing filled the room, along with Kit's soft sobbing. The door clanked against the wall as it swung open, just moments too late to save Shade.

Alice looked over to where Kit was leaned against the wall and walked over to the crying girl, dazed. She slid to the floor beside her and slung an arm over Kit's shoulder, pulling her close. Alice played with the girl's locks of hair as she leaned her head against the wall, trying to erase the images of the hallways out of her mind. Slowly, Kit's sobs faded into hiccups, but she didn't raise her head.

"Too easy," Kit murmured over and over again, causing Alice to pull her closer.

Kaplan looked at the remaining four people before wiping away his own tears. He took a deep breath and shakily stood up from his seat. Alice opened her eyes and watched as Kaplan took into his arms the board they needed to shut down the Red Queen. Spencer watched in horror as the tech geek continued walking closer to the open hallway.

"Are you crazy?" he questioned, genuinely worried about the other man's sanity. "Déjà vu, anyone?" Spencer glanced around the room, hoping for support from someone, but found Alice shaking her head.

"She has to be shut down," Kaplan stuttered, taking a deep breath as he turned back to Spencer. "You don't have to come."

Kit felt Alice pull away from her and looked up to see her walking into the hall that had just taken four lives. Her eyes widened and she scrambled to get off the floor, not hesitating to follow Alice into the bright hallway. She didn't look at the scattered parts of Shade and the others, or the head of the kind nurse, but ran down the hall to where Alice looked back at her, almost proudly.

"Let's do this," Kit announced in a rough voice still laden with the aftereffects of her tears. Kaplan looked back at her and Alice in a thankful way, turning to enter into the open door, leading them into the darkness of the room beyond it.

Spencer stared at the seven teen year old girl in shock as she ran down the length of the hall, catching up with Alice and Kaplan at the end. He shook his head in disbelief before taking a cautious step into the hall way, quickening his pace as he continued past the fallen bodies and slipped in the open door just before it sealed them all in.

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