AN: Thanks for the reviews, they're really appreciated. Hope you enjoy this next chapter, oh and if anyone has any suggestions feel free to let me know. Also i still don't own anything related to resident evil
Carlos returned to the cabin to check on Angie, walking into the cabin he expected to see her still curled up on top of the bed, fast asleep. Instead what he saw was an empty bed with the bedding in a state of disarray.
"Angie?" Carlos called, eyes scanning every corner as he made his way over to the en suite, only to find that empty as well causing him to curse, "Shit!" Hurrying back out into the corridor, Carlos took off at speed, taking in every detail around him in the hopes of spotting a clue as to the young girl's whereabouts.
Alice and Jill leant side by side against the wall, revelling in their moment of passion, letting their breathing return to normal. "Al, do you reckon we could sue the holiday company for a nightmare holiday? After all we did fork out a fortune for it,"
"Somehow I don't think so, hell we may not even live until the end," Alice grinned at her partner, loving her sarcastic streak. "Fuck, what was that?" Alarm entered Alice's voice, causing Jill to furrow her brow in response. "Didn't you hear it?"
"Hear what? Babe I hate to remind you but your altered DNA does give you a better degree of hearing than us average human beings," Jill's furrowed brow quickly became a cocked eyebrow accompanied by a mischievous smirk.
"Average? Ms Valentine you're far from average," Alice returned the smirk, placing a hand on the younger woman's soft cheek. "Seriously though, we should get moving, towards the cause of the noise, it sounded like a groan, someone may have become infected somehow," Alice pulled away, taking Jill's hand and leading them off down the corridor, both cautious and on the look out.
As the two women drew closer, Jill heard what Alice had first heard, only now she began to fully comprehend the reason for Alice's alarm, although surely it couldn't be possible, the groaning and shuffling of what sounded like numerous pairs of feet. The virus couldn't have infected the passengers? They were supposed to be safely holed up in their rooms, and surely the undead couldn't have accessed the inside of the ship through the makeshift barricades?
"Umbrella," Alice stated, as if out of the blue.
"You don't think…" Jill's voice trailed off as she processed the situation and her thoughts.
"Umbrella set this up; they've infected the crew and passengers, another sick experiment,"
"But Angie, you and me are ok? Surely not everyone on the cruise has been infected. I mean how could they do that to god knows how many holiday makers? It'd be impossible," Jill's disbelief was only half-hearted; deep down like Alice she knew that it was all totally possible.
"With Umbrella nothings impossible, look at the huge cover-up of raccoon city, power plant nuclear explosion. Umbrella can do what the hell they like and no one can stop them," the sheer hatred of Umbrella was evident in Alice's voice. Then before Jill could even respond, Alice had pulled out her gun and had rounded the corner, firing with such accuracy, zombie, followed by zombie hit the deck with a thud. Jill deciding her partner could use a hand, quickly stepped into action taking out as many of the undead as she could, adrenaline washing through every pore.
Alice seeing that one of the zombies was approaching Jill, who was totally absorbed in the action around her, therefore seemingly oblivious to the danger approaching, ran towards the offending zombie, rugby tackling it to the floor before breaking its neck, the sound of the bone snapping not phasing her at all, such was the familiarity of the sound.
"Thanks, although I wouldn't be trading me in for one of those," Jill smiled slightly at the sight of her partner lying on the ground on top of a zombie, having just helped save her life. Receiving a smile in return from Alice, both women set back to work on their mission.
Carlos meanwhile was still searching for Angie, his level of fear for the girl rising the longer he looked and also due to the amount of zombies he encountered and obliterated. Finally finding Jill and Alice still blasting zombies, he settled for joining them, helping them to eradicate the final few in their vicinity.
"Angie's left the room, I can't find her anywhere," Carlos explained the situation to the two women who both looked at him aghast.
"Jesus! We've got to find her!" Jill sounded frantic and was about to take off, until Alice gripped her around the waist, not thinking it safe for her to head off alone in this state, her fear at losing the little girl overwhelming. Jill, Alice and Angie, were like a little family since Dr Ashford had died.
"Carlos you keep looking and if you find her, meet us back at the room. I and Jill will look together; we'll meet you back in the room in an hour to relay news, and then head out again ok?"
"Sure thing Alice," Carlos said before heading off.
"No way Alice, I'm going it alone, we can cover more ground that way,"
"Jill listen to me, I'm not letting you look for her alone, not while you're like this honey. Trust me, now come on lets move," Alice said looking at her younger partner with such love and respect, Jill was overwhelmed for a second, calmed slightly and more willing to follow the instructions of her love.