Rouge ran after the woman, she climbed up a ladder through a fan vent, Rouge also went up the ladder and kept following the woman.
Rouge climbed down the ladder and was in a chemical area, green pool with a catwalk and some controls for sewer management. She walked across the area with her gun held tight but it was then shot out of her hand.
Rouge looked to the distance to see the woman aiming her recently fired gun.
"Don't move, you're the one who's with that cop if I'm not mistaken, identify your self", she said cocking the gun.
"Rouge, Rouge Wong", Rouge said.
"Rouge Wong, I've heard that name before...now I remember, one of the men from Chicago who came to assist the T-Virus research used his girlfriend's name as his password, Rouge and Bokkun I believe", the woman said.
"How did you know!? Who are you?" Rouge asked.
"Hershey Birkin, my husband's the man responsible for the creation of the T-Virus, Geoffrey Birkin", Hershey said.
"What?" Rouge responded.
"Bokkun's dead, he became one of those zombies, my condolences, and though I regret this, you will be joining him shortly, I won't let anyone take the G-Virus away from me", Hershey said without any real remorse.
"G-Virus?" Rouge asked.
"It's capable of creating the Ultimate Bio Weapon, it's potential is even greater than that of the T-Virus", Hershey said.
"Than that must mean the creature in the Police Department is...", Rouge was saying.
"Precisely, my husband Geoffrey, and it's all Umbrella's fault, none of this wouldn't have happened if they hadn't tried to steal his research away from him", Hershey said and then noticed the pendant Rouge had around her neck.
"Where did you get that pendant? That looks exactly like the one I gave Marine", Hershey said.
"She dropped this, I've been holding on to it for her", Rouge said.
"Liar! Give it back!" Hershey shouted and gripped Rouge and both struggled near the rails and it culminated with Rouge striking Hershey, causing her to fall over the rail into the green pool below.
"Too bad", Rouge said and picked up her gun then looked inside the pendant and saw a virus sample, it's believed to be a sample of the G-Virus.
"This must be the G-Virus, looks like I got the grand prize Umbrella wanted, lets see what exactly Umbrella wanted with this thing, and what he wants with it", Rouge said.
Rouge walked across the catwalk and then climbed down a ladder to take her to the garbage dump room and she then noticed Marine nearby.
"Hey, it's that girl...huh?" Rouge saw something in the water, whatever it was, it scared Rouge, causing her to scream in shock.
Meanwhile Cream had reached a lounge room and went down an elevator.
"Where could Marine be? What about Miles? And that woman Rouge?" Cream asked.
When she got to the bottom she saw Miles injured from his gunshot wound.
"Oh my God, Miles!" Cream said and ran to Miles.
"Cream? Glad to see you're ok", Miles said.
"Me!? You've been shot! I'm more concerned about you! How did this happen?" Cream asked.
"Some woman was trying to kill Rouge, so I took the bullet for her", Miles said.
"What? Who was trying to kill her? Was it a misunderstanding?" Cream asked.
"No she knew very well she was alive, I don't know why she tried to kill her, but I think Rouge went after her, I'm a bit worried, we need to go find Rouge", Miles said.
"Yeah we also need to find Marine", Cream said.
"I thought you found her by now", Miles said.
"We got separated again, lets hurry up and find them", Cream said.
"Right", Miles struggled to get up, so Cream assisted him.
"This will cause an issue", Miles said.
"Don't worry, I got you", Cream said and helped Miles walk to the sewer area.
"Where do we go?" Cream asked.
"Lets try down that path", Miles said.
The area was knee high in water in a dark wet tunnel with bullet holes and blood on the wall.
"Wonder what happened here?" Cream asked.
"Maybe more survivors tried to fight their way through", Miles said.
Both noticed the Web Spinners above their heads and they tried to drop poison on the duo but they both ducked out of the way.
"Crap, I hate these spiders!" Cream shouted.
"Run!" Miles said and both ran off through the gate and were in another area of the tunnel with more spiders, so they ran until they reached double doors and they were in the first floor of the room Ada was just in.
"What is this place?" Miles asked.
"I don't know", Cream said, then heard a gun cock next to her head, she turned and saw Hershey dripping from the liquid she just fell in.
"That's the woman!" Miles said.
Hershey saw Miles, "You're the one that saved that spy, hope it was worth it", Hershey said.
"Spy?" Miles asked.
Hershey then eyed Cream, "Who are you? Oh I see, another spy sent by Umbrella right? Let me guess, you're here to steal my husband's G-Virus aren't you? You are tenacious I'll give you that ", Hershey accused.
"Husband? Then you must be Hershey, Marine's mother?" Cream asked.
"What?" Hershey responded.
"Marine's wandering around alone in the sewers, you have to help me find her", Cream stated.
"That's impossible, I told her to go to the police station, what's she doing here? Geoffrey will be after her", Hershey said.
Miles looked confused.
"Geoffrey?" Cream asked.
"That's right, the creature that's been causing all this destruction is none other than my own husband", Hershey said.
"Wait, you're husband is that big monster?" Miles asked.
"Yes, you see my husband created a virus that was superior to the T-Virus, the very virus that caused this Outbreak, Umbrella wanted it so they sent in a few guys to steal the virus", Hershey started remembering flashbacks of a group raiding and shooting Geoffrey and then taking the G-Virus sample and running off, "I went to check on him and I was about to get some medical supplies, but then he did what I never thought he'd actually do....he injected himself with the virus", Hershey said and got flashbacks of Geoffrey mutating into a monster.
"Are you telling me he injected the G-Virus into his own body?" Cream asked.
"The G-Virus has the ability to revitalize celluar functions", Hershey said, then remembering Geoffrey killing the group that robbed him, 3 killed, one MIA and remembering the rats that were infected with the T-Virus that was also stolen with the sample, off to infect the many towns people.
"So those rats were the carriers of the virus" Cream stated.
"As a result of his virus induced transmutation, Geoffrey should have lost any prior memories of a regular being he's had by now, I tried to save him but I'm afraid it's already to late", Hershey said.
"But....", Cream couldn't finish what she wanted to say.
"And that's not even the entire story, every G-Virus bio weapon including Geoffrey has the ability to implant embryos into other lifeforms, that's why he's after Marine", Hershey stated.
"What are you trying to say?" Cream asked, Miles just looked a little concerned.
"The bodies of individuals with non-related genetic coding are likely to reject the embryo, but since Marine is his daughter, that possibility is non-existent, it's an inherent survival instinct," Hershey stated.
They all heard a scream.
"It's Marine! You go that way!" Cream stated and pointed to the door, Hershey didn't hesitate to obey.
"Where could she be?" Miles asked.
"Uh, lets try that hall there", Cream said and turned a valve handle and brought a bridge down.
They ran across and arrived in a hall and then ran down a huge hall area that's empty save for some gas canisters.
They turned the hall and ran down until they reached a electronic door, the opened it and saw Marine outcold in the refuse dump.
"Marine!" Cream shouted.
Miles also noticed Rouge shooting into the water.
"Rouge!" Miles shouted.
Both looked in the water to see what she's shooting and at that point a giant alligator popped out the water and knocked them both back.
"Ow crap!" Cream said.
The Alligator went into the hall and roared a lot, both Tails and Cream backed off.
"What the fuck is that thing!?" Miles shouted.
"Shoot it!" Cream shouted.
Both shoot at the monster with their guns and backed away a bit as the monster advanced.
"This thing's too big! How the hell do we kill it!?" Cream asked.
"I don't know, fall back!" Miles said and both backed off a bit.
They turned the corner and backed up more and then Miles noticed the gas canister.
"We can use that!" Miles shouted.
"Huh? How?" Cream asked.
Miles released the canister and backed off a bit, the Alligator bit on the canister and held it in his mouth.
"Fire!" Miles shouted.
Both Cream and Miles shot at the canister and blew off the monster's head.
"That got him", Miles said.
"That thing scared the shit out of me", Cream said.
"Me too, lets go check on Rouge and Marine", Miles said.
Both of them went to the refuse area, Cream went to Marine and Miles went to Rouge but he knelt down.
"Ugh, this bullet wound isn't making things any easier", Miles said.
"Quiet Miles, I'll patch you up", Rouge said.
Cream checked on Marine and heard a roar, presumably from Geoffrey.
"Marine?" Cream stated.
Marine got up.
"My stomach hurts", Marine said.
"We need to get out of here", Cream turned to Rouge and Miles, "You two ready?" Cream asked.
Rouge finished putting a bandage on Miles.
"That's two I owe you", Rouge said.
"Don't mention it", Miles said.
".......I just found out, Bokkun's dead", Rouge said.
"What?" Miles asked.
"Nevermind, lets just get out of here, the sooner the better", Rouge said.
"Ok, lets go girls", Miles said.
Marine noticed Rouge, "I think I saw you before", Marine said.
"Oh yeah, I remember you, the little girl that dropped her pendant", Rouge said.
"Oh, you still have it?" Marine asked.
"Yeah, want me to hold it so you don't lose it again?" Rouge asked.
"Ok, but please give it back when we leave the city", Marine said.
"She'll give it back, if she doesn't run away first", Cream said.
"Don't worry, I had a talk with her about that, she won't be leaving, now lets just hurry up and find a way to escape", Miles said and climbed up the ladder.
"Your boyfriend is quite the leader", Rouge said to Cream.
"What? He's not my boyfriend", Cream said a little annoyed and hiding her face.
"Too bad, but I guess that leaves him available", Rouge said and climbed the ladder.
Cream rolled her eyes and climbed the ladder and was followed by Marine.
They reached the top and then activated the bridge to go back to the top, they then proceeded across and back to the ladder Rouge used when following Hershey.
When they reached the top they walked across the fan tunnel but then some bugs started crawling through the hole, cockroaches that are a tad bit bigger than they should be.
"What the hell?" Miles said.
"Aw no, not this shit", Cream said.
Marine hid behind Cream while Rouge and Miles used their knives to cut up and stab the bugs.
They continued on and managed to head down the ladder to the other side.
"How many things were infected due to the T-Virus?" Miles asked.
"Well the virus was spread from this sewer", Cream said.
"Lets hurry, maybe we'll find Hershey", Miles said.
"......My mom?" Marine asked.
"Yeah, your mom was looking for you, she was worried", Cream said.
"What about my dad?" Marine asked.
Miles, Cream and Rouge didn't know what to say, they didn't want to tell her about Geoffrey.
"We don't know where he is", Miles said.
"I'm sure he's worried too", Cream said.
"I'm surprised to be honest, they're both always so busy", Marine said.
"What?" Cream asked.
"N-nothing, lets just go", Marine said.
They walked down the sewer and some zombies rose from the waters and scared Marine.
Rouge took her gun and popped all the zombies in the heads.
"You're pretty good with that gun", Miles said.
"Where did you learn?" Cream asked.
"You don't need to know, lets just go", Rouge said and walked.
Cream whispered to Miles, "There's something suspicious about her, remember what Hershey said about her being a spy".
"I don't know, but lets not be too quick to judge, she doesn't seem that bad", Miles said.
"She could be faking that kindness and using you to get what she came here for", Cream said.
"There's just something about her though, I don't know", Miles said.
"Whatever Miles, just be careful", Cream said.
"You don't need to worry about me Cream, we just need to worry about getting out of town", Miles said.
"Ok, I'll trust her, but if anything just know I'm gonna stay by your side", Cream said.
"Thanks, but like I said, I'll be fine, but if anything the person you need to protect is Marine, her safety comes first, even if it results in my death", Miles said.
"If you two are done talking, can we leave?" Rouge asked.
Miles and Cream realized they spent quite some time talking and followed Rouge.
They crossed the gate and saw some web spinners; Miles, Cream and Rouge shot at the web spinners and killed them, then they walked to a door blocked by a waterfall.
"Now what?" Miles asked.
Rouge saw something on the side that looked technical, so she messed around with it and the waterfall turned off and the door was available.
The group went through the door and walked down a hallway, as they walked, they heard a thump which startled them, but they kept walking.
They reached the next room and saw a cable car.
"Lets see where that takes us", Rouge said.
They went into the cable car and activated it, then it took them away.
As it was moving, a claw popped through the ceiling and startled everyone.
"What the hell!?" Miles shouted.
The claw ascended and everyone had their guns ready.
The claw stabbed through the roof again and everyone shot it.
The claw kept stabbing and retracting, and it's shot at each time to the point where it took enough damage and ceased the attack, eventually the cable cart came to a stop.
Miles, Cream and Rouge went out the car and kept their guns aimed just in case the creature was still there, when it wasn't, they let Marine come out the cable car.
"Where are we?" Cream asked.
"We'll find out if we check it out", Miles said.
"I hope we're free from those zombies", Cream said.
"I doubt it", Rouge said.
They went through a nearby door and were in a small hallway, from inside it was possible it was a factory hallway, as they walked through, they saw some zombies.
"Shit, just our damn luck", Cream said.
They all grabbed their guns and shot the zombies out the way as they proceeded until they came to an area where they can turn.
There was too many zombies down one side so they went to the other side which took them to a door.
They moved fast and shot more zombies out the way.
"Where do all these zombies come from?" Miles asked.
They went through and found a ladder, they climbed it and reached a room with some controls.
Rouge looked around.
"We finally arrived, there might be something hidden here", Rouge said, then looked at some of the technology in that room.
Cream turned to Marine, "You stay here, me and Miles are gonna check the rest of the area", Cream said.
"Protect Marine Rouge", Miles said.
"I won't let harm come to her, you two be careful as well", Rouge said.
Miles and Cream looked through the door and the area was huge, they also noticed a locomotive, it was the same area that Knuckles and Mina were in during their escape from the training facility and the same area Mighty and Co were at when they fought a giant G parasite.
The locomotive was down so it needed to be brought back up, Miles and Cream went down a small elevator lift to a small platform and went to a door, in the door was another control rooms surrounded by some boilers, they walked to the end of the hall and turned a corner and found a key.
"Hey this is an "Up" key, maybe it will bring up the platform we need", Miles said.
"Are you sure? Where are we going?" Cream asked.
"I don't know, but we need to progress in any way we can", Miles said.
After taking the key, Cream noticed something on the monitor, "Hold on Miles", she looked at the monitor and saw Erazor walking toward the camera that was recording, Erazor stopped in front of the camera and destroyed it.
"We came that way, there's no way around!" Cream said.
"Oh shit, here comes trenchy!" Miles shouted.
Erazor appeared before them and attempted to punch them but they rolled out the way and shot him to stun him, then ran out the room and goes up the elevator platform and runs into the room with Rouge and Marine and then they put the key in the proper area.
"You seem like you're in a hurry", Rouge said.
"Big monster tried to kill us", Miles said.
The Locomotive ascended so the survivors left the room and went to the locomotive and entered inside.
"Maybe we can ride this out the city", Miles said.
"Wait", Cream picked up a letter and it said 'This won't get you out the city, so don't bother trying'.
"Damn, well we can go down at least", Cream said.
They found a key and went outside to activate it on the panel.
After activation everyone went inside and the locomotive started going down.
Marine soon started holding her gut, "My stomach....it hurts", Marine said, then she passed out on the bench she was sitting on.
"Marine!" Cream said from concern.
At that point they heard something land on the roof and heard a growl.
Then a claw penetrated from the outside and struck Rouge, leaving her injured on the floor.
"Rouge are you ok? Rouge!?" Miles shouted.
"We need to go outside and see what's happening", Cream said.
Miles and Cream left the locomotive with a warning saying that the door will be locked for a limited time, they understood the issue and went through.
They looked around outside and as they looked a pole was tossed at them but they managed to duck out of dodge.
They saw Geoffrey on top of the locomotive, a bit bigger and his head descended into his body and a new head bursted out and he grew out his claws.
"Oh shit!" Miles shouted.
Geoffrey jumped down and tried to slash them but they moved out the way and moved away from him as Miles shot him with his Shotgun and Cream with her bowgun.
They backed away and shot him as he walked slowly towards them and tried to slash them but he missed and they continued to shoot him, often aiming for the huge eye on his claw arm.
The monster started to show signs of weakness, nonetheless he continued the attack and he eventually grabbed Cream with his non mutated arm and tossed her against the locomotive.
He then grabbed Miles but Miles grabbed his knife and stabbed his eye arm and caused Geoffrey a lot of pain.
Cream got up and shot Geoffrey in the back where some more eyes were and it agitated Geoffrey and Miles finished him with a blast to the head, Geoffrey then keeled over.
"Is he dead?" Cream asked.
"I think he is, lets head back inside and check up on Rouge and Marine", Miles said.
Both went back to the door but it was still locked, so they waited a few minutes to unlock.
During that wait, they heard a thump on the other side of the locomotive, they checked on the situation and saw that Geoffrey mutated into a bigger monster with 4 arms and his heart visible in the center of his chest and his skin gone, only muscle tissue being visible.
"You've gotta be kidding me", Miles said.
Miles and Cream equipped their Magnum and Grenade Launcher respectfully, Cream loaded it with grenade rounds and both unleashed hell on Geoffrey.
He then jumped to the top of the locomotive and then jumped behind them, he swung to decapitate them but they ducked and evaded him while they continued the assault, aiming for his exposed chest.
Geoffrey knocked them back and then leapt into the aim and aimed down two claws to piece them but they dodged out of the way and he was stuck in the ground and was unable to move, so Miles and Cream let out a barrage of bullets and the damage took it's toll on Geoffrey, after he was freed, he staggered off and grabbed a rail to escape from the duo.
"We may end up seeing him again", Miles said.
"Lets try to avoid that", Miles suggested.
They heard the door unlock so they headed back to the locomotive to check on Rouge and Marine.