A/N : First off, thank you to ConGie! I totally forgot to reply but no I meant Beta as in the Beta Licker from Resident Evil but thanks for the idea. Don't forget to review! It's a myth, the review button doesn't bite.


Chapter Three

Zoey stared at Claire again. She tried not to but it was so odd. They did look a lot alike but Claire was obviously older and petting Naliyah head. They totally looked like a couple, only if Naliyah would stop snarling for a second. She looked ready to find this 'Beta' and tear it apart. Claire only held Naliyah's head to her chest and whispered to her trying to calm her down.

Wasn't she scared? Did she really trust Naliyah that much when the girl could go zombie and kill them all?

"Claire. Shut up. Your more annoying than that Beta." Laura snapped. Zoey winced at the sharp voice looking at the women that lead the way here. Laura's eyes barely soften but it did. She only tore her eyes back to the big thick red doors. The twins were tense ever since that thing with the exposed brain and heart attacked them. Whenever she heard a high pitch screaming they would wince, sometimes their eyes would tear up. Naliyah would even whimper when they heard it.

"That bitch isn't going away." Rain scowled. She checked her rifle and looked at Claire. "We need to kill it."

Claire looked at Naliyah. Zoey didn't need to look she could hear her over the groaning zombies outside. Snarls and heavy breathing but she did anyway. Naliyah's eyes were dilated, head constantly shifting around even if her eyes didn't move. It was very creepy. With a resigned sigh Claire tapped her ear piece on. "Jill. We have a Screaming Beta here. We need to split up and kill it."

"We don't really have a choice do we, princess?" Rain scoffed. "Naliyah is going to lose it soon and Laura isn't doing any better."

At this Zoey looked at Laura. She kept her angry eyes on the zombies, her sharp fingers tapping the wall and chipping a piece off every time. She looked like a shadow of that beautiful, much more intimidating and unapproachable. "I'll go with Rain. Tch! Claire needs to stay with Naliyah and Rebecca still needs to patch that idiot up! We can't wait for you guys to come back and the survivors-"

"I'll go." Zoey interrupted. Laura stopped talking and just looked at her. Zoey rather be shooting zombies than stuck in the small safe room with Naliyah. She just felt safer, and she wasn't entire comfortable with a near clone of her cuddling Naliyah.

"Zoey! You can't be serious!" Louis whispered. "It's dangerous-"

"It's been dangerous for over a week now." Zoey argued.

"But-"

"We got no time to argue!" Rains interrupted. Zoey stepped back from Louis, she didn't even notice how close he was. "So you coming or not? Either way we need to kill that Beta."

"I'm coming." Zoey answered.

"Zoey wait." She turned and caught an assault rifle. "I know you like your pistols but that's much more useful."

"Thanks Bill." Zoey smiled. It felt weird, heavy and bulky but Bill shown her how to shoot this ting before. She quickly followed the two out the door and one of the guys just as quickly closed it behind them. Laura was already out of the building impatiently standing at the door. Zoey was next to her in a second, staring down the ally with surprise. It had zombies but they were all already shot and dead.

"AAHHH!"

The scream this time causes Laura to wince, eyes shut as if to block the sound. It lasted for a second before it stopped. It took Laura another second to recover. "I think it's on the roof."

"Lovely." Rain scowled, staring up at the sky. "Let's find a way up there that doesn't involve us ridding on your back."

"What does it look like?" Zoey asked following the two. She carefully looked at the zombies, making sure they were dead. She didn't want one of them to jump up anad attack her. Would any of this happened if she shot the Laura and her sister? Zoey thought looking at Laura's hand. The youngest looking soldier she'd ever seen helped Laura first. All she did was put this weird foam into the hole and bandaged it up but it worked. She was able to move her fingers in a few minutes.

"Like Common Infected." Rain answered with an annoyed sigh. "In the beginning they'll be the first victims of the T-Virus, put into straitjacket due to the Infection's crazed symptoms. These are called Alpha Screamers or Screaming Alpha." T-Virus? Zoey frowned at the word, she never heard of it before but that's what turning people into zombies… or that's what Rain is making it sound like. "These Beta evolved on their own making them harder to spot."

"Just kill everything that moves." Laura snipped. Rain scowled glaring at her. Laura glared back until she looked at Zoey. Then she took a deep breath and looked away. "Sorry. That Screamer is just…" She stopped talking but didn't stop walking. Zoey stared at her back. The elegant women seemed less elegant now. Almost as if something was eating away at her.


Laura's teammates must have passed through here, the streets were dead or almost. The few zombies that were alive struggled over the corpse of the others and easily shot at. They made it through allies and a fast food joint. Zoey only followed them to a large and wide area. It looked like an unloading bay or the back of the warehouses.

"AAAHHH!" Zoey winced but Laura quickly covered her ears. Her face was absolutely painful. It was louder and defiantly much closer.

"Damn that bitch is really getting annoying." Rain scowled walking deeper into the area. "We can use that lift to get to the roof." Zoey looked at it. It was all the way at the other side, and then they have to search for the 'Screamer'. Why would a zombie be screaming and why would it be on the roof?

"RAAR!" Rain stumbled back and Laura was in front of Zoey before she knew what was going on. She felt the ground tremble and heard animal and screeches. "Raar!" Then the truck in front of them was crushed by the Tank's large arm. He tried to reach behind for something. Before Zoey could see what it was she was thrown over Laura's shoulder and staring at the ground as she ran.

"AAAHH!" Laura stumbled but she kept running. Before she knew it Zoey's back and head hit steel. And it hurt, a lot. But through the pain Zoey felt the floor raise and vibrate, then a hand on her shoulder.

"Sorry." Laura muttered. But it wasn't her hand on her shoulder. It had no long nails and much to dark. Zoey looked at Rain who also helped her up. "How's your head?"

"Not cracked open." Zoey answered rubbing it. It was tender and a bruise already forming. Zoey looked down. She was thrown onto the lift, and she couldn't blame her for doing that. Below them a Tank was still thrashing around with one of those pink creatures on it's back. His ridiculously massive arms couldn't reach his back to pull it off. It was doing everything it could and that included ramming his back into buildings and screaming it's head off.

"Lickers." Rain snorted in disgust. Zoey couldn't see it that well, the sun was setting and it was moving to fast but she was sure it was the same kind of monster from earlier. "Is that what Jill saw?"

"If we're lucky." Laura muttered. Zoey looked at the two soldiers. How did they survive Raccoon with monsters like these? Then she saw bright green light behind them. The hospital, Zoey smiled. So close… If only they could pick them up here.

"Oh shit…" Rain muttered. She quickly stepped off the lift, which stopped a few seconds ago. "That things friends are here. We need to move." Zoey felt a hard grab on her bicep and she was dragged off the lift before she could even look. And when she did she wish she could unsee the seen. There were three of those pink brain exposed monsters, ripping the Tank apart with it's jaws and eating it. It was ugly on the outside, she didn't need to know how the inside looked like.

"She should have stayed back."

"She's scared of Naliyah."

"Now she's just scared shitless."

"Zoey. Zoey come on girl we need to move." Someone shook her slightly and Zoey opened her eyes. She didn't expect Rain to be the one defending her but Laura looked mad. Then she looked conflicted again and turned her eyes away. Zoey didn't think about that though, she thought about those… Lickers eat that tank, she could still hear the bones crunching so they weren't safe. With Rain's help she got to her feet and stayed on her feet even if her legs had no power. Did she black out or just freeze?

"I think you'll need to carry her again." Laura snorted but Zoey was effortlessly lifted into the air before she could protest. She gasped, eyes wide and Laura quickly glanced down at her.

"Are you okay?" She quickly asked, her voice no longer annoyed, hard and low. Zoey could feel several sharp points against her disappear.

"Cold." Zoey muttered. Laura's eyes narrowed somewhat

"Deal with it." Her cold voice startled Zoey more than her cold body. Laura looked guilty again, looking at the Mercy Hospital before coming to a stop. "Sorry. I have a bad migraine because of that Screamer." She quickly put Zoey down and took a step back. That conflicted look started to just turn into defeat. Another thought entered Zoey's mind, what she really just a distraction for that pain?

"Hey, corpse bride!" Rain huffed finally catching up to them. Luckily the buildings were close but Zoey didn't want to try and jump them anytime soon. "Don't start your cry feast."

"Shut up…" Laura muttered.

"AAAAHHHH!" Zoey winced, covering her ears. When she opened her eyes she found Laura on her knees hands covering her ears and claws threatening to impale her head. Rain wasn't doing any better than herself.

"Fuck!" Rain yelled when the screaming went down. "Are they suppose to be that loud?"

"No." Laura groaned. "My ears are still ringing."

"You know where it is?"

Laura pointed down. "It's in this building. Let's find it so I can tear it's lungs out." She seethed and it sent chills down Zoey's back. When Laura noticed that conflicted look returned to her eyes. She only started to walk towards the door. Zoey was about to follow when Rain stepped in front of her. "I'll check out the area and get you guys when it's relatively safe."

"Just scream if you need us, corpse bride." Rain called back but her stern eyes never left Zoey. "How's your head? You've been a bit dazed since Laura threw you onto the lift."

"Numb." Zoey answered again. This time she felt the lump on her head. She could feel it but at the same, not. Like someone numbed it or when your leg falls asleep. "I do feel a bit out of it."

"Let's hope you don't have a concussion." Rain said. She just stood there staring at Zoey with a critical examining eye. Why? She's immune if she's worried about that. "Stop getting Laura's hopes up."

"What?" Zoey's eyes widen, her cheeks burning with blood. So Laura's interested? That made Zoey's heart jump and flutter about it was almost painful. "Why…"

"Listen kid. I know she still has a pretty face and all but Laura doesn't need the heart break. She's human."

Zoey's eyes narrowed. "I'm not some sex crazy boy who's looking for a pretty fuck." She had boys like that go after her in collage. They are just disgusting.

"But your still a kid and Laura needs more than that."

"I'm just worried about her and want to help."

Rain scoffed but didn't say anything else. Somewhere between being a pretty bitch snipping at Claire and a tough soldier carelessly throwing her onto the lift Laura lost that sex goddess appeal. But she was hurting and Zoey couldn't just let her savior hurt. She had to repay Laura somehow.

"What can you tell me about her?"

"It's a bit more polite to as the person themselves." Laura stepped onto the rooftop with a teasing smile. She was covered in blood, her hands even dripping. "But now's not the time for talk. That Screamer was chained and tortured by someone." She held up her hand and in her palm was a bloody device. Zoey had no idea what it was. "It was chained down and shocked by this thing." What kind of monster tortures a monster?

"Wesker." Rain scowled. "Why can't that bitch just stay died!"


A/N : And so Zoey starts to see the human and not just the pretty face. I originally planned for Laura to reject Zoey's puppy love advances but I like this idea much better. No awkward heart breaks and such. Hm? How long will I drag this out and will Wesker actually make an appearance? Even I don't know. Review!