AN: Sorry for the really long gap in between this chapter and the last, I got rather sidetracked, but I hope anyone still reading will enjoy this chapter and I shall try and get more up when I can. Please R&R
Alice left the others in their cabin and headed back through the ship, ensuring that all passengers were in their cabins, ushering any wanderers back inside. Luckily the gun she was carrying meant no one really tried to argue. Once she was certain that everyone was safely out of the way she headed to the captain's quarters, fully prepared to brief him on the current status and inform him of what he was to do.
Before reaching the captain Alice replaced her handgun back into her shoulder holster, not wanting to intimidate too much, but rather wanting to get the job done.
Walking over to him Alice realised he looked rather troubled, his hands seemed to be shaking uncontrollably and his forehead glistened with beads of sweat, causing his silver hair to adhere to it in places.
"Captain? I know this must be hard but we need to keep this ship out here, we can't afford risking the virus reaching land again, i'm sure you heard about Raccoon City," Alice informed him.
"Uh yes, I understand, its just my colleague, he's…he's become very agitated, distressed even," The Captain stated, glancing towards a cupboard to the left of him, the door firmly closed, although a few groans could be heard from within.
"Shit," Alice exclaimed walking towards the door, knowing full well that the guy inside the cupboard had been infected somehow.
"Wha….what are you doing?"
"Reducing the risk. Has he attacked you in anyway? Bitten you or scratched you maybe?" Alice stated stopping mere inches from the door, removing her handgun.
"No, he tried but I pushed him in there and bolted it, I think he's just anxious," The Captain tried in vain to save his friends life.
"I'm sorry," Alice said, a sad smile forming as she returned to the job in hand, opening the door with a kick, automatically aiming and firing at the man's head, bloody spattering onto his crisp white uniform.
Jill and Carlos meanwhile had left Angela fast asleep and locked her inside the cabin, knowing that was where she was safest. Together they headed along corridor after corridor, stopping every so often to shoot at any zombies that were close to breaking through the make-shift barricades.
"I'm not sure how much longer we're going to be able to hold them off, they seem to be increasing in numbers," Carlos told Jill what she was already thinking.
"I know. But we've got to try, we can't go back to land and yet we have a ship full of holiday-makers who need evacuating,"
"Well back-up should be here soon they're…." Carlos was cut off by Jill, who snapped.
"They're not going to send us anyone! Don't you see they're waiting for the virus to wipe itself out in the middle of the ocean, none of us are going anywhere, the government can't risk it! Covering up the Raccoon City was hard enough the first time; do you really think they'll risk it happening again?"
Carlos stared at Jill incredulously, not believing or wanting to believe her cynicism. Instead he moved towards her, taking her in his arms, holding her tightly as she struggled against him. "Hey don't think like that, we've got to stay positive and hey, who know's maybe when we're back home away from all this, me and you, could you know, go out sometime?"
Jill totally unimpressed and outraged at what she'd just heard pulled totally away from Carlos, slapping him hard across the face, the sound ricocheting off the thin walls. "Fuck you Carlos! You know I love Alice!"
Carlos could only watch Jill storm off, calling after her that he was only joking.
Alice was heading back toward their cabin which was becoming their temporary base, when she saw Jill up ahead alone, looking rather pissed off; her steps were heavy and her shoulders tense as she paced back and forth. Picking up her own pace she closed the gap between them effortlessly, taking hold of Jill's arm, who in turn stopped pacing.
"What's up?" Alice asked looking into Jill's eyes, trying to read her.
Jill however didn't respond, choosing to just look into Alice's blue eyes, feeling the calmness she always felt from doing so.
Alice noticed the slight change in Jill's demeanour and took the opportunity to pull her into her arms firmly for a warm embrace, instantly feeling Jill's tense shoulders sag as a small sigh escaped from the brunette's lips. Smiling slightly Alice allowed her right hand to slowly wander up and down Jill's back lazily, feeling her younger lover shiver occasionally from her touch as her other hand held onto her neck allowing her to run her fingers periodically through the silky brunette hair.
"Babe what happened?" Alice tried again, hoping now she'd get an answer.
"Carlos, he just pisses me off sometimes," Jill replied the tension beginning to return, which Alice immediately noticed and continued what her hands were doing.
"He tried it on again didn't he?" Alice stated getting a nod from Jill against her shoulder. "Babe, don't let him get to you. He's always doing it, has been since day one and I promise I will have a word with him, just right now we need his help," Alice pull back slightly, so that she could place a soft kiss upon the younger woman's lips.
"I love you Alice," Jill smiled weakly feeling a bit foolish.
"I love you too, always," Alice smiled back only for Jill to reclaim her lips in another kiss, this time a lot harder and fuelled by every emotion running through their bodies, only parting when the need to breathe became a problem which gave Jill the perfect opportunity to back Alice up against the wall, instantly pressing her body into Alice's, feeling Alice's strong arms tighten around her as her own hands desperately ran over the blonde's torso, seeking out skin as she felt the muscles beneath her lovers clothing. Alice's own hands dropped to Jill's ass, caressing and kneading, loving the feel of its firmness and also loving the small moan she felt Jill make into her mouth as they continued to kiss with newfound hunger.
Suddenly Alice removed a hand from its place on Jill's ass and reached for her shoulder holster, removing her gun and without pulling away from the kiss she fired directly at the window slightly to their right on the opposite side of the corridor, hearing a groan followed by a loud splash, causing Jill to pull back momentarily, a seductive grin covering her features.
"That is so fucking hot," Jill stated to her lover before once again returning to devouring Alice.