AN: Ok so here's another chapter since I couldn't resist the nice reviews. Hopefully you'll enjoy this chapter also. So as always enjoy the chapter and review afterwards.
The small girl sat quietly in the pitch blackness of the gym, fear compressing her heart as she took shallow breaths. Nervously scanning the surrounding black for any changes, expecting at any moment to hear the low, guttural groans of the undead the girl willed her eyes to adjust to the darkness, knowing that if Alice was here she'd be able to see fine with her abilities. God how she wanted Alice with her now, to make her feel safe and to just make everything right.
Wrapping her arms around her knees, pulling them closer to her chest, she mentally chastised herself for leaving the safety of the room, she wasn't sure what she hoped to achieve by heading off on her own, but when she woke up alone she wanted to be with the three people who meant the most to her, wanted to be away from this nightmare. All she wanted was to be back home where zombies were nothing but a distant memory, a bad dream that could be forgotten, not this never-ending nightmare.
As she sat there cradling herself, gently rocking back and forth partly to comfort herself but also to try and keep warm since the cruise liner seemed to have lost its heating, or it was her abject fear that made her feel as if she couldn't get warm. Her mind ran through various memories from back home with Jill and Alice, how she would crawl into their bed during the night if she felt scared and they'd both cuddle her, soothing away her fears until she fell asleep once more, this time peacefully and not to be woken by terrible dreams of her dad, Dr Ashford, dying. She also remembers how Carlos would come over and would take her to the park to play ball and to feed the ducks. She likes Carlos, he's like an uncle and big brother all rolled into one.
Alice, Jill and Carlos will find her, she's sure of it. She just hopes they won't be angry with her.
Carlos continued searching for young Angie, desperate to find the little girl, hoping against hope that it wasn't too late. Already it was plain to see that most of the holiday makers were infected, the virus had spread a lot faster than expected, but then again, there's nowhere for it to go, stuck out in the middle of the ocean, it was bound to spread like wild fire, infecting every human, transforming them into their own worse nightmare.
Alice and Jill were also still searching for Angie, trying to refrain from calling the child's name for fear of attracting unwanted attention. Going from room to room, getting more agitated and frustrated with each room they checked with no success.
"What if she's…?" Jill's voice trailed off, the mental image of their little Angie as one of them, mindless and only wanting to feed off human flesh, was unbearable it felt her like heart was being torn into pieces.
"Jill, don't. She's ok I know it. We'll find her," Alice tried to reassure, looking inside an empty bathroom.
"You don't know that! We may be too late!" Jill screamed, unable to stop herself, it wasn't until Alice took hold of her that she quietened down, her whole body shaking as the pain in her heart only grew. A lone tear rolled down her cheek, something that shocked her and Alice. Jill was tough, heck she's an ex-S.T.A.R.S member, Jill Valentine, tough as an old boot, she doesn't give into her emotions, she's not weak. Yet here she is losing her cool composure, in the arms of her lover, who is holding her tight, mindlessly rubbing her back softly.
"Babe, I promise you I'm going to find our little girl and get us off this ship if it's the last thing I do," the raw emotion in Alice's voice caused Jill to pull back slightly, so she could look into the eyes that she adored, searching them and seeing a mixture of love, fear and determination in them. Closing the small space between them that she created, Jill softly planted a kiss on Alice's lips, waiting for her to respond temporarily before pulling back.
"Let's find our girl," Was all Jill had to say, her composure restored as she set off down the corridor, Alice following closely behind her, a small smile creeping onto her face.