A/N Hey guys, thank you for being such avid readers and reviewing my stories, I really appreciate the feedback and would love to know where you see the story going, what you'd like to see etc. Sorry I haven't updated in a while I've been incredibly busy at work. But finally. It's the next chapter.
Chapter Six.
'Right,' Said Lilia quietly as she pulled on her lace up brown leather boots. She swept her long hair back into an untidy bun and pulled on a white tank top and brown leather pants. Leon and Ada had thoroughly investigated the main zoo area and had recorded and taken as much evidence as possible including the security tapes and samples from the dead animals. They were due to leave by helicopter the next morning. Today was just to cover the island and try and find any more clues or information to help piece together what had happened to the workers and the animals and find out whether they could bring down Genevieve's organisation with the evidence they had found.
'Time to explore' they had split up into three groups; Leo was flying solo whilst Jill and Chris were going to the north side, Leon was taking the middle and Ada and Lilia were taking the south. It would take them most of the day to cover the jungles and fields that covered the island. It would be dangerous with animals running loose but they were all armed up to the eyeballs. Lilia had packed her knives and her two handguns as well as a shotgun she carried in a back holster. Ada was armed similarly.
'This should be fun' Said Ada who was dressed in a red tank top and shorts, sunglasses perched on her nose.
'Yeah I'm not particularly looking forward to it' said Lilia yawning loudly; she had hardly slept the night before her mind wrought with thoughts of Wesker and what had happened. She had never been one for moments of weakness but she had some sort strange connection with Wesker she couldn't quite understand, he seemed so cold and evil and yet he'd saved her life numerous times.
'Whoa you look deep in thought' said Ada as she packed some more things into her shoulder bag. 'Come on Lilia we've got a jeep so we'll drive to the south side and then explore on foot'
'Sounds like a plan' Said Lilia giving her a full smile. 'Come on then'
Lilia enjoyed the feel of the wind in her hair as they made their way to the south end of the island, there were a few dirt tracks cut through the grass and the jungle, it didn't take too long to get there and it wasn't long before they were on foot.
'What are we even looking for?' Asked Lilia kicking foliage out of her way.
'Animal or human bodies...anything really' Said Ada shrugging, 'Just got to cover everything, it'd be bad if we missed something. The government are coming in for cleanup tomorrow.'
'It's so horrible, all these deaths and all because of someone who we can't even prove guilty' Sighed Lilia, 'How much longer will she get away with this?'
'I don't know' Said Ada 'But we have a lot of evidence here we might be able to link something, they've been really careless.' Lilia stopped suddenly at a rustling in the trees; she focused her eyes on where the sound was coming from. She could see two small brown shapes. Monkeys. Lilia smiled. Maybe they'd managed to escape from the virus. They were making their way down to see them.
'Aw monkeys' Said Lila smiling,
'How on earth can you see that?' Asked Ada and then frowned 'Oh yeah the mutant thing'
'Yeah keep reminding me I'm a freak of nature' said Lilia teasingly. Her smile soon turned into a frown when she realised that the monkeys were running away from something.
'Oh shit' said Lilia her eyes wide as she saw two long lithe shapes stalking in the shadows. Two leopards were making their way. Their eyes shone ruby red at her, strips of flesh were ripped from their hinds and their jaw bones protruded from wounds in their face. She heard one of them make an eerie screaming sound.
'What is that?' Asked Ada who hadn't caught sight of them yet.
'Just get your gun out' said Lilia quietly, she saw them assume the pouncing position, there was no point turning their backs and trying to outrun them. She saw a blur of yellow and tried to focus her eyes and everything went slow motion, the leopard leapt in the air its claws out, its mouth open, ready to bite her throat her bring her down, she dropped to the ground and rolled from under its grasp, she felt one of its claws rip across her stomach and she winced with the pain, before she could move it was stood astride her over her back and she could feel its mouth opening ready to bite, she used all her strength to stand up the leopard was thrown away from her, she took the opportunity to grab her gun and squeezed off several shots, one went through the eye of the leopard and it fell heavily on its side. She looked at Ada who was struggling under the other leopard. Lilia couldn't get a clear shot without putting her friend at risk. She ran over and kicked the leopard as hard as she could, it was knocked off Ada who was mercifully unscathed, Lilia grabbed her knife and plunged it into the leopard's skull.
'Oh thank god' Said Ada standing up and brushing herself off 'Lilia are you ok? Do you need the antivirus?'
Lilia looked down, her top was soaked red and her cut was bleeding heavily, it must have been deep but her powers would help her heal, she winced as she peeled her t-shirt from the wound to inspect it, it was almost surgically neat, cut by a razor sharp claw.
'Lilia, those monkeys...' Said Ada pointing towards the trees, Lilia looked up and could see over fifty monkeys watching them, and not in a curious way, in a 'here's my next meal' way.
'Oh crap' Said Lilia 'I suggest running' Ada and Lilia started running as fast as they could away from the trees, they didn't stop until they reached the jeep.
Lilia sat down heavily in her seat and sighed, her wound had stopped bleeding.
'That was a close one' said Ada
'It's always a close one with us' Said Lilia retying her hair up after it had come loose in the struggle. 'Man I feel bad killing those animals'
'Me too' Said Ada 'which might be weird considering how many human zombies we've killed'
'True' Said Lilia frowning.
'Having a nice chat girlies?' Said a voice from behind the jeep. Lilia's eye widened as she turned around slowly. It was Zack. His dark black hair was swept back from his face and his eyes were covered in sunglasses, he was dressed head to toe in leather. Infact, Lilia thought, he was giving Wesker a run for his money.
'Oh what a surprise' Said Lilia stepping out of their vehicle, she motioned for Ada to drive off but Ada shook her head. 'Go' mouthed Lilia 'It isn't safe' Ada rolled her eyes at Lilia and nodded and started the engine. Zack looked at the vehicle questioningly.
'You think I'm just going to let her go?' Asked Zack disbelievingly his mouth forming a wry smile.
'This is between me and you' Spat Lilia 'Your one of Genevieve's creations just like me, so let's fight it out, you and Ada aren't fairly matched' He made a move to follow the jeep but Lilia was in front of his before he could take another step.
'Look Zack, a lil self control goes a long way, which is something you clearly haven't learnt in your time' She said 'Look what happened last time' Zack smiled wider.
'You can't wind me up little girl' said Zack, 'I'm somewhat untouchable'
'Oh really' Said Lilia stepping forward into his face 'that's something I would question'
'I am the upgraded version of you' Spat Zack 'And I won't let you bring any of this evidence to light, Genevieve isn't going down because of you, her own creation, and how do you repay her?'
'Oh repay her for what exactly?' Lilia asked, 'Killing my friends, ruining my life, destroying towns, unfortunately for her she didn't erase my conscience at the same time'
'You need to get off your high horse' Said Zack 'Your like me and Wesker, you can only have that for so long before the power takes over, it is hard to keep control of my body, I'm infected with the las plagas and the t-virus...'
'I actually don't give a shit' Lilia interrupted raising her eyebrows at him 'I'm not here to hear your life story, in fact I wouldn't mind bringing it to an end after what you did to those people'
'You'll lose control someday' said Zack.
'I know I'm capable of it' said Lilia 'But I would never hurt anyone innocent, never.'
'So your judge, jury and executioner?' Asked Zack, he slowly removed his sunglasses to reveal his strange eyes. Lilia met his gaze.
'Right now, yes I am' Lilia could see smoke in the sky from the other end of the island. Zack had clearly set fire to any evidence. The whole island would be burning. She hoped her friends were ok, or had radioed a helicopter to get them before they burned to death.
'Come on then' Lilia said 'You've done your dirty work, you've ruined any evidence we had, and now you've come to finish the job and kill me, so do your worst'
