The rotary blades of the helicopter slowed down dramatically until they were motionless, at which time one of the doors opened to reveal a tall male dressed casually in jeans and a white tank top, a pair of dark sunglasses adorned his Hispanic features. The male then proceeded to help his fellow passenger down, a young girl with mousy brown locks that fell down her back beautifully, her skin rather pale even though the weather had been fantastic recently.
"Angie, remember what I told you during the ride here?" The male asked the girl as he set her on the ground.
"Yes Carlos, I must stay in the room you take me to," Angela replied in her polite manner.
"Good, right lets get this show on the road," Carlos said as he began ensuring that he had all of their holdalls which he carried in his hands as well as over his back. One quick wink at Angie followed by a warm smile, Carlos lead the way inside of the ship unsure of what they would face but determined to help his two friends.
Heading swiftly down corridors, past numerous doors which all looked strikingly similar, Carlos kept alert for any disturbances aside from the obvious distressed holiday-goers, who were still drifting about as if looking for answers from one another. Continuing on without stopping Carlos was able to pick up snippets of conversations, some sounding far more unbelievable than others. Although the mentioning of the undead rising from the sea seemed to fill his being with a sense of dread.
"Carlos, its happening again isn't it? Those creatures from the city are here," Angela, said a hint of fear lacing her voice, causing Carlos to slow his pace momentarily.
"We don't know that for sure, but if it's true we'll deal with it. Don't you worry sweetie, I'm not going to let anyone or anything hurt you," Carlos reassured the girl whom he had become close to and cared for like a daughter. "Angie we're nearly there now, room 69's just ahead of us," He told the girl, trying not to laugh at the room number his friends had been put into. He knew that Jill and Alice were a couple and he was genuinely happy for them, even if he was a little disappointed that he would never have a chance with Alice himself, but Carlos could live with that because right now his main priority was caring for little Angela as best as he could, bringing her up alongside Jill and Alice.
"What do we do now?" Angela asked as she bounced on the edge of the double bed.
"We wait until Jill or Alice gets back here, then we find out more about what's happening here. I know a bit from my ex-colleagues who were the ones that informed me of their suspicions. Luckily they were willing to help us get out here so fast, I'm sorry about you getting caught up in all this sweetie, I really am but with Jill and Alice both being on here, I didn't have much choice, they need me we went through this kind of thing back home," Carlos tried to explain as best as he could for what seemed like the hundredth time to Angela.
"I understand and its fine Carlos, I want to go where you go, I feel safe with you," Angela said before being wrapped in a hug by Carlos, hugging him back warmly.
"Well hello, what do we have here?" Jill said from the doorway, leaning casually against the doorframe as she observed the tender moment before her.
"Jill!" Angela exclaimed, pulling away from Carlos and running straight into Jill's arms, allowing Jill to scoop her into the air.
"Hey kiddo, I've missed you loads. You been a good girl for Carlos?" Jill asked, happy to have her little girl with her.
"I've missed you too and yep I've been good haven't I Carlos?" Angela told Jill, Carlos confirming her answer.
It wasn't long until Alice had returned to the room as well, greeting both Angela and Carlos. Angela was now curled up asleep in between Jill and Alice on their bed, as Carlos explained to them what he knew and vice versa.
"Now we need to work out where to go from here, I managed to get a relatively small amount of ammunition but I doubt it will last us long, once the epidemic begins to kick in," Alice told her companions, as she soothingly stroked Angela's hair.
"Not to worry, I figured the ship wouldn't have much by way of fire-power, so I brought some along," Carlos opened up each case in turn, bar one which contained clothing and the like, to reveal a variety of guns and ammo clips.
"Ok that's sorted, now I guess we need to try and stop this before it gets any further out of hand. Do the authorities know about the situation?" Jill asked rationality kicking in.
"Sort of, they know a few details but they're not prepared to act just yet, after the Raccoon City incident they're being cautious," Carlos explained.
"Crap not good, so there's one helicopter and thousands of people to evacuate this is going to be a nightmare," Jill said bluntly.
"You said it honey," Alice said with a slight smile, before kissing Jill tenderly, her hand now caressing the smooth skin of Jill's cheek.