Chapter Three: Garbage Day
'Well Isn't this just delightful' said Lilia staring at the huge refuse site in front of them, it was a combination of huge rusty skips leaking grey gunky substances and huge mountains of rubbish, there was everything you could imagine, rusty mangled umbrellas, dolls and bears missing eyes and arms and even hundreds of diapers. The stench was overwhelming, Lilia could barely stomach the smell and she swallowed hard.
'So where's the tunnel?' Asked Lilia quietly, Ada shot her that 'You should have paid attention' Look and gestured for them to follow her. Wesker had stayed surprisingly quiet since they'd arrived. He hadn't commented on the slime and filth around hem but he was stepping carefully and his face looked pale and pinched.
'Aw don't be sick Wesker' Teased Lilia, anger flashed across his face and Lilia stepped back quickly as he lunged for her. 'Down boy' She said grinning and Wesker took a deep breath.
'Lilia don't wind Wesker up, he can't help being an asshole' Said Ada quietly as she waded through the filth and gunge that littered the refuse site. 'Here we go' she said, hidden behind one of the dumpsters was a large manhole cover that looked just like any other.
'Ooh sneaky' Said Lilia 'you'd never look here that's for sure, well I wouldn't'
'It is rather clever' Said Ada as she bent down, she shook her bag off her shoulder and pulled out a crowbar, she began to pry at the manhole, Wesker made a move to take the crowbar from her but she gave him an icy glare. He stepped back; somehow Ada managed to terrify everyone. Ada gritted her teeth and the manhole made a popping sound, she slid back the cover, they were in. They climbed down the ladder into the murky depths and switched on their waist flashlights.
'Oh this is even lovelier' said Lilia as she brushed against some slime that was leaking down the grey concrete walls. She brushed it off with her gloved hand, the three of them made their way along the tunnel.
'Interesting' Said Wesker as they came up against a concrete wall. He raised his hand and ran it along the wall before hitting it as hard as he could with the palm of his hand, the concrete cracked and tumbled into the abandoned lab, Lilia choked on the dusk from the concrete and gave Wesker a look.
'I knew you'd come in handy' Said Lilia and he shot her another angry look, like he was barely suppressing murdering her. 'Come on' She said climbing through the hole. As they entered she fumbled along the wall in the darkness and found a light switch, she was surprised when the lights flickered on casting the room in a bright glow. It was clearly an old laboratory, there were cages and equipment still left but not much, her Ada and Wesker began to explore looking through the cavernous room for any clues.
'Naughty boys' and girls' said a voice suddenly 'Looking through things that aren't yours' The male voice let out a high pitched laugh. 'Oh dear, so foolish, did you not think finding this place was a little too easy?' Lilia's eyes widened, they'd absentmindedly managed to fall into a trap, but who would want to trap her and Wesker, they weren't exactly weak and easy to capture.
'Who are you?' Asked Lilia her voice serious 'What do you want?'
'You...dead' Said the voice and a person emerged from the shadows.
'Oh original' Spat Lilia tucking a tendril of hair behind her hair, the man in front of them was at least six foot four, he was slim and extremely pale, his hair was jet black and was down past his shoulders, his eyes a piercing blue. He was aesthetically perfect and yet incredibly unusual looking. 'Ada' Said Lilia, she could sense something about this man she wasn't quite comfortable with. 'I'm going to ask you once and only once, run' Ada shot her an angry look but obeyed and ran for the exit, the man didn't make a move to stop her.
'And then there were two' He said taking a step closer, he was dressed all in black and had no weapons she could see, he swung his hair over one shoulder and grinned at her. 'Aren't we a pretty one...shame you wouldn't help us out.'
'I'm guessing in us your referring to you and Genevieve?' Lilia asked, she looked at Wesker who was stood incredibly still and looking incredibly unphased by the man in front of them.
'How very clever of you child' Said the man smiling 'and how rude of me not to introduce myself, I'm Zachariah, though you may call me Zack'
'Ok Zack, what exactly is it that you want with us?' Lilia asked taking a step backwards as he took a step forwards. Zack smiled, his eyes lit up with malice.
'I just told you didn't I?' He said 'I want you, and Albert dead.' Lilia began wondering who Albert was and then remembered that Wesker wasn't actually his first name. Lilia chewed her lip nervously, the man really was unnerving.
'Oh bring it on' Said Wesker boredly 'Do you know how many idiots like you I've killed, thinking their stronger, faster and better?'
'Yes I have an idea, Genevieve has filled me in on your past, and she even gave me a look at all your extensive research' Zack said nastily. Lilia winced, she knew that was a sore point where Wesker was concerned, Genevieve had stolen Wesker's life work and he'd been unsuccessful in getting it back.
'Look, can you stop with all the villain banter and just do whatever you're going to...' Before Lilia could finish her sentence Zack had crossed the room and his fist connected with her jaw, it slammed her head back and she had the metallic taste of blood in her mouth, she spat it out but but before she could hit him back he'd grabbed her hair and slammed her face into one of the metal counters, she turned round and managed to hit him in the stomach, but it was like punching steel and she felt her knuckles crack. Something wasn't right with him.
'Stop this' Said Wesker quietly, he grabbed Zack by the arm but Zack grabbed Wesker's sleeve and threw him, he slammed into the laboratory wall leaving a huge indent. Zack grabbed Lilia again and smashed her face into the counter again. Lilia resisted the urge to cry out.
'This is going to be fun' said Zack gleefully.
'Oh shut up' Said the familiar voice of Ada, she had a small black device in her hand 'I think you dropped this Zack' It was a detonator, he'd clearly rigged the place with explosives in order to dispose of them once he'd finished but Ada had managed to get the detonator somehow. Zack's face paled.
'Run' Shouted Ada, but Lilia found she could barely move, she felt herself lifted into strong arms.
'Wesker?' She muttered unsure of what was happening.
'Don't tell anyone about this' He snapped 'This never happened' they ran through the tunnel and as soon as they were a safe distance Ada pressed the button. The explosion was immense, it rocked them off their feet and Wesker almost dropped Lilia.
'Hey careful' Murmured Lilia 'Ouch'
'Come on, we need a hospital for you' Said Ada looking at Lilia worriedly, her face was bruised and bloody.
'This isn't good Ada' Said Wesker 'They've discovered something new and whatever it is, I think it's from my research, I think they've found a way to combine the Las Plagas and the T-Virus, it should be too unstable to work, but if it isn't, you end up with Zack, he'll be indestructible, think undead Las Plagas, it's not good'
'Oh my god' Said Ada 'what do we do?'
'Stay out of his way' Said Wesker 'until we work out what to do, we haven't got the strength or resources to go up against someone like him'
'Oh my god' Said Lilia 'I feel like I've been ten rounds in the ring'
'It was more like you getting pounded by one really strong man' Said Leon 'I can't believe that happened, I'm glad your both ok, I should have sent more of you'
'Don't beat yourself up' said Lilia 'If he can hurt me like this, I wouldn't want to know what he could do to you and Ada. I'm just glad she's ok'
'Saved the day' Said Leon proudly giving Ada a look that made Lilia want to throw up, or that could have been the concussion she wasn't sure.
'Good evening' Said Wesker walking into the hospital room 'I take it your injuries were quite bad?' It was later than evening and Lilia had been admitted to hospital with serious injuries. The doctor treating her knew her circumstances as did the government.
'I'm fine' Said Lilia smiling at him 'Thanks for...um'
'No problem' Said Wesker giving her a smile 'couldn't let you die again really, where would the fun be in that' Lilia frowned unsure how to take that. 'Well if you're ok I'm going,' He had a large bruise on his face and his sunglasses were cracked.
'See you around' Said Lilia looking at him strangely. When he was gone Ada turned to her and said.
'DONT YOU DARE PINE AFETR WESKER' she shouted 'Do you even know what he's done? He's somewhat responsible for Raccoon city, plus after all he did to Rebecca and Billy, and then he left us.'
'Maybe he wasn't loved as a child' Said Lilia making a joke of it, but she was confused as to why she actually liked Wesker. He wasn't really a nice man. She shook her head and decided to worry about how bad she'd feel in the morning instead.
