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Chapter Six

Claire looked up as Alice was suddenly in front of her and grabbed the neck of her suit . Alice pulled her a little closer to her while glaring at her. Claire wasn't to sure what to do but expected she would be hurting in a minute. Alice grinned and grabbed her zipper and yanked it, getting it unstuck and making the zipper go all the way up to her throat.

Claire coughed as she was let go and brought the zipper down so it wasn't choking her.

"Thanks," Claire mumbled.

Rebecca smiled as everyone had their suits on. If she didn't know any better, she would say she did a great job.

"Alright ladies, I know its uncomfortable however you'll probably be thankful once we get in there. I've already confirmed the storm will be large and have high winds. Now ladies in the lining of the neck you'll see your earpiece, please insert that now. You have more then enough wire, as you see it extends. I need to run some tests to make sure there functioning properly," Rebecca stated smiling ,almost excited.

The group put the earpiece in, it was slightly uncomfortable. Alice really didn't want this thing in her ear but she knew she had to. Memories flooded back of all the procedures that umbrella did to her, her eyes slightly narrowed at the memories. She would make sure they would never be able to experiment on people. She lost everyone and she refused to lose another friend to umbrella. Alice was quickly brought from her thoughts as she heard beeping in her ear. She almost jumped at the sound, it was very loud to her, she looked at the others as they were fine.

" You ok Alice? Did you hear the beep? If not we can adjust the volume," Rebecca stated as she walked over to her and began to adjust the earpiece.

"Can you turn it down?" Alice mumbled softly.

Rebecca raised her eyebrow but didn't question the strange woman and nodded . After a moment she smiled and handed Alice her earpiece again. Alice put it in once more and smiled as the beep was much softer. Rebecca smiled, she was very proud of her work. It was the first piece of equipment she ever created. She knew computers and used that knowledge the best way she could.

Jill glanced at the group and was very tempted to laugh. Rebecca was clever but she didn't have one sense of fashion in her blood.

"Have you ever heard of this thing called style Rebecca?"

Rebecca rolled her eyes, " I'm so sorry I'm not as stylish as you. I'm sure you don't have much room to talk if you remember our STARS uniform, the one you wore with the beret. I wouldn't be caught dead with such a thing on."

Alice raised her eyebrow intrigued by this statement. She imagined Jill was like a soldier at some point in her life. However to wear a beret and all the proper gear…had to be amusing. The first time she met the officer Jill she was wearing a tube top and a mini skirt…not exactly what a soldier would wear. Alice let out a small chuckle at that thought.

Jill rolled her eyes and just flipped them off before going back in the front to talk to Barry. Alice watched as Jill left and then realized exactly how close they were to their destination. A few more hours…a few more hours and they would willingly step into hell once more.

Barry was to focused on driving to notice that Jill came in and sat down beside him. He went over his plans a few times, he didn't like sending the girls into danger however they wouldn't be alone. If they had gathered enough information, even information on where other hives would be or how many hives there are. They might be able to have enough for the government to be concerned. Barry knew it should be a quick in and out for the team. He just felt he didn't have information, he considered Jill, Rebecca, Claire, and Chris his family. They all had helped him in Raccoon, so he would do his best to help them. He just prayed umbrella had no surprises for any of them.

Angie had her arms crossed and slightly shivered. She didn't mind that Jill had placed in her in the jeep with LJ, however she wanted to be talk to and stay with Jill and Alice before the mission. They were the only ones that treated her equally, like anyone else. Everyone else considered her a burden, she shivered once more. She had survived Raccoon…she didn't weep for her lost father. She had no one left in this world however Alice was like her. Alice and Jill both cared…and right now that was enough for her. Angie smiled and glanced over at LJ who smiled back at her.

Alice stood up and watched the road for a few hours. It was dark and the other girls had sat down and fell asleep in the seat of the RV. She didn't need sleep, she was very eager to pay umbrella back for what they had done to her. Alice's arm began to twitch and she smiled relishing the power they had given her due to the virus. She would have never guessed how her life could change so quickly. She might be their perfect soldier however they would learn very fast they should never fuck with nature. Alice smiled and soon her thoughts were focused on a new scent, one she had never smelled. Alice quickly realized that it was the river and knew the closer they got to their destination the more she was ready.

The four vehicles traveled close to the river Lena, exactly twenty five miles away from it. It looked they would be on time for the storm, by the time to reached the facility the storm would have already hit. They continued to travel North, following the river. They all knew what to expect which was the scary part for all of them.

Alice watched as Rebecca woke up and looked around. She wondered how such a young person could remain calm however if she survived Raccoon…she could very well handle herself. She slightly frowned at that thought, how even the youngest of the group was affected by the tragedy umbrella caused. Alice then wondered what would happen in five years…where would Angie be? Would they still be fighting Umbrella? Alice shook her head, she didn't care, she did know that she cared enough to help Jill…to watch her back and support her in finding the cure for Angie. Alice smiled, her anger blinded her often however she was still human and she just had to remember that.

Rebecca raised an eyebrow at Alice's face expressions, in all honesty there was an air about her that she didn't like. Something was seriously wrong with this woman, she could still smile when the were about to infiltrate a building that could very well have monsters and zombies in it. Rebecca let out a small sigh and looked at Barry and smiled. She wondered how an old man could handle all of this. I guess in time she would learn, if he could deal with her and Claire's behavior, he could handle anything. Rebecca let out a small giggle and snort to that thought.

Rebecca then felt someone grab her hand and smiled over at a sleepy Claire. Rebecca glanced down as Claire stroked her hand gently with her thumb and grinned at her. Jill glanced over at the girls and smirked, they were good friends, they all were. They all understand that none of them would get through this without being close and watching out for each other. Jill smiled and glanced out the window, they were all like family now.

A few more hours passed when Barry picked up the RV radio. " Chris We should arrive at the destination point in about ten, over."

Soon a reply was heard, " yeah I got that, how far do you want me separate from you, over?"

Barry once more picked the radio up, " I'd say about a mile. Carlos and LJ already know what to do so don't worry. Call once in position."

"Alright , will do, over and out."

Jill all of a sudden felt dizzy, her stomach knotted up. They were actually going to do this…go into a building where something far more destructive awaited them. Jill remembered the mansion…her team. She remembered the city…the survivors. Everything she had ever encountered was horrible…gruesome and disturbing. Jill smiled and yet here they were going to face this danger face on… she almost forgot about Angie. She would do everything in her power to help her…to just know she could help one person…is what kept her going.

The vehicle was very silent and they heard the sound of rain against their window. Jill ignored the sound as it got heavier as they drove on. Jill prepared herself mentally, like she was taught. The soldier she had once been began to kick her instincts back to her. It was like any other mission, get to the target, kill to protect yourself, never leave one of your own behind. Jill nodded and glanced back at the girls.

"We ready girls?"

Claire smiled and gave her a thumbs up and Rebecca simply nodded. Jill glanced at Alice who simply stared at her…she knew that look very well. Alice then grinned at her and nodded . Jill looked forward and smiled .

" Well hell Barry, were ready so why don't you stop driving like a old fart and hurry up."

Barry let out a deep short laugh , " The way you girls are, I might have to retire early in life."

Jill smiled and it hadn't been to long before a message came over the radio.

" Hey, in position over here, over."

Barry stopped the vehicle and picked the radio up , " Alright Redfield, the ladies are gonna get ready and get their gear prepped, sit tight. Over and out."

"Alright, gonna check the base and I'll tell you the news, over and out."

Jill stood up along with the rest of the girls. This was the moment, the moment where everything was going to change their lives…once more.

Rebecca grinned and patted Jill's shoulder , " I'm going to get the climbing gear out, you Jill can get your precious items ready."

Alice and Claire simply shrugged and went outside. As they stood outside they realized exactly how grateful they should be for Rebecca's suits. The wind blew with great force as the rain poured down heavily. Soon Rebecca came out and smiled as she could only carry one set of the gear at a time.

" This is a bit heavy, do you mind helping Alice?"

Alice grinned and took the rope off of Rebecca's shoulders and lifted it onto hers.

"Don't worry I'll get the rest." Alice stated walking to back of the RV.

Rebecca glanced at Claire who was laughing but shortly stopped at the death glare she received from Rebecca. Soon cursing was heard from a very familiar Jill and then Alice walked out smiling. She held two ropes over her shoulder and then Jill came out with two. She ignored Alice and handed one rope to Claire before heading back and throwing her rope at Alice's feet. Jill went to the back of the RV once more and then brought out four rifles. She handed one to Claire and Rebecca and then glared at Alice before handing her a weapon.

"Alright ladies, the assault rifle you have in your hands is a AKS-74U. It's smaller then most rifles and let me tell you, that is the point I picked these rifles out. They are perfect for the situation at hand. Were going to be indoors, so this is why I picked these Russian rifles. Also they have suppressor and a scope, I highly doubt well need the scope but you never know, please be careful to not shoot each other, got that Claire?"

Claire simply shrugged and Rebecca smiled. Jill certainly knew what was needed in combat situations.

Claire then remembered something and ran inside the RV. She came out with a weapon holster around her waist and two modified Glock 17's on each side of her hip. Claire smiled, these were her favorite weapons, they brought her good luck. She also held a backpack and tossed it towards Rebecca.

" Aww, look, Claire needs little starter weapons," Alice stated laughing.

Claire glared at the woman, however was nudged by Rebecca and ignored Alice.

They all stood there in silence for a moment. They all knew it could be the last time they saw each other…they knew every risk possible. However they knew best, that if there was a virus down there, one slip up could mess everything up and put all their lives in danger.

Alice didn't know the younger girls all to well as Jill did, however she knew they were all close. She watched as Jill gave Claire and Rebecca a hug. She slightly smiled, a soft moment before the soldier in her would kick in. Alice watched as Barry stepped out and was smiling. Alice wasn't to sure whether that was a good thing or not.

"Ladies I just received word from Chris that were near the back of the building. It looks like there are no cameras set up there quite yet and the security guards just took a break. If you want things easy I suggest you leave now…please be careful and safe."

Jill gave a slight nod and slung the rifle over her shoulder and picked up her climbing gear. Together they began to head out . The terrain was very uneven and there was slight vegetation in the area but not much. It almost seemed like a desert however with more trees. They began to jog and Alice somehow took the lead, it was a very dark night however once they cleared the top of a hill they easily spotted the facility. There were many lights up in the front along with quite a few trucks. There was no movement and hardly any lights in the back side of the building. Were they were entering seemed quite a distance away from the building so there were no lights.

Alice saw a seven foot fence about a mile away and smiled. She looked to her left and saw a guard tower with two lights posts. However it was quite a few miles away. To her right she only saw one light and once more, it was quite a distance away. Alice glanced at Jill who stopped beside her, Jill just shrugged towards Alice and continued down the hill. Alice followed Jill and soon the group reached the fence.

Rebecca glanced at the tall fence in their path. She noticed barbed wire strung on the top, the sides where any posts where, and bottom of the fence She tried her best to focus past the fence, indeed she saw no cameras however she felt they might have motion sensors along the ground and possibly a camera or two near the building.

" Ok I don't see any cameras but Umbrella knows better to have no security. I believe there's motion sensors and we might see a camera or two near the lake. I have my palm-pilot with me so I can cut off their security and gave us one minute…nothing longer or they will be suspicious why nothing of theirs is running. The lake seems to be about Half a mile away and the building is about two hundred feet from the lake."

Jill simply nodded, the girl was smart so she wasn't going to say anything. Half a mile would be nothing for them. Jill watched as Rebecca pulled out some wires cutters from her small pack hooked on her side. As Rebecca was about to cut the fence near a post, Alice grabbed her roughly, " Don't ."

Claire stepped up beside Alice, " What the hell do you think your doing, listen this is no time to be leader."

Jill stepped up to Claire ," She stopped her because of this."

Jill kicked a twig at the fence and the wood immediately burned, " It's a very high voltage."

Alice released Rebecca who immediately began to re-think a plan. This would cut their time greatly.

" Listen just do it now…count down before our time starts," Alice said softly.

Rebecca pulled out her small black palm-pilot and focused greatly on the small electronic. She soon smiled and looked up at Alice, " Three, two, one."

Alice grabbed the fence near the post and ripped it upwards, tearing it away and leaving a nice gap for them. Alice ran through followed by Jill, Claire, and then Rebecca. As Alice slowed down a little to take in her surroundings. The lake wasn't large at all, almost just like a large gap in the ground. They were near what seemed like a large cargo port, probably where they unloaded their cargo since it was connected to the two story building that was much further away .

Jill's gear was already set as she smiled at Alice and waved. She stood near the edge of what they called a lake. It was actually around forty five feet deep before there was any water. Jill jumped down and quickly repelled down the side. Alice watched and smiled and noticed she had hooked her gear up to a strong steel looking pipe. There was many pipes around the edge of the lake. Alice glanced at the younger girls as they set up their gear and quickly looked to the other side, the lake was a good four hundred yards. Alice set up her gear and jumped down just as she heard a beeping in her, she smiled…the minute was over.

Alice saw Jill stopped at the pipe that was five feet above the water. Alice shook her head towards Jill and ripped off the cover over the pipe. It was barely big enough for them to fit, luckily the distance to the building wasn't as far as they thought it would have been.

" Aww, thanks…letting me go first into danger," Jill stated softly as she crawled into the pipe.

Alice followed and Rebecca was next and Claire was last to enter into the pipe. Rebecca had to remove the small backpack and keep it ahead of her and push it up the pipe. Claire did not like the feeling about being stuck in a very small pipe, one in which they could hardly move. Rebecca felt Claire was slightly nervous as Claire kept trying to look back.

" Hey you ok?"

Claire let out a deep breath, " Yeah I'm fine."

" Hell you should be happy kid, your probably loving your view."

Rebecca shook her head, Alice was certainly different. Alice seemed to be fine with what they were doing. She wondered how this mission would be with her. It really didn't matter, Jill trusted her and Jill seemed to be happy Alice would join her. They did make a good team…she hoped.

Jill saw a feint light about twenty feet from her and smiled. It almost seemed like they had been crawling for hours however she knew better. She sent a message to the girls as she approached the screen over the pipe. She looked through carefully, breathing very slowly. It looked like they were in the room with all the generators…probably for the lake. She didn't hear anything but the generators and saw no movement. She pushed the screen off and it fell about eight feet. She slid out and landed on all four and stood up, her rifle ready. Soon Jill could hear the sound of Alice landing beside her, however Alice landed more gracefully.

Alice nodded towards Jill and they both began to scope out the room. Jill could only three generators, one in the middle of the room while there were was one on each side of the room. However she saw nothing else, not even a camera. As she got closer towards the front she saw a door on her left. Jill walked back to the middle of the room. Alice joined her shortly.

" I saw a door to the left, nothing else… seems weird to me they have no cameras but maybe were to far down?"

Alice nodded," There's a door to the right as well, Relax Valentine, its still under construction. Once we get out there they probably have all the guards and cameras that you could ever dream of."

Jill slightly shook her head and smiled as Rebecca and Claire walked up to them.

" Well ladies that took you a bit longer then I expected."

Claire laughed, "Hell Jill, last time we went on a mission it didn't go so smoothly. So we might just a tad bit nervous here."

Jill patted her shoulder, " Alright ladies, we have a door both on the right and left, nothing else in the room. We don't know what's beyond these doors, be careful of guards and cameras. What else Rebecca?"

" I don't think there will be too many cameras set up inside however still be on the look out. You and Alice are going to need to get to the lower levels, place as many explosives as you can. Claire and I are solely going to focus on hacking their system to get data of any sort we can. So well probably be going up a few levels."

Alice felt a shiver go down her spine, was she nervous? Alice smiled, actually she was excited, she could feel her adrenaline rushing.

Rebecca removed the backpack off her shoulders and opened it up.

" Would you like the whole bag? You could carry them I suppose."

" I think well need the bag, exactly how much is in there?" Jill asked curios.

Rebecca smiled, " There's a lot, I have more in my side pouches, we aren't going to set up that many. Remember put them in key places, they cant be detonated, Barry is the only one that can set them off."

" Great we have a old man waiting to push a button that could kill us all," Alice mumbled.

Jill laughed, " Alright I understand…Be careful…don't get into trouble Claire cause I give Rebecca permission to shoot you in the ass."

They all smiled at each other briefly and Jill put the backpack on. She readied her rifle and walked with Alice towards the door on the left. She didn't even look back once, she knew better, she worried for her friends but if they've been on missions while she was stuck in Racoon city..they should be fine with a mission as easy as this.

Alice focused greatly with her powers, she didn't hear anything from the other side. She slowly opened the door, all she could see was a few desks. As she completely walked into the room, she noticed the lights were very dim, almost like they were using generators . To the left of her was a desk against a wall about five feet away. To her right the wall continued until about six feet. There were was a few computers but mostly empty desks.

Alice motioned for Jill to come out. As Jill stepped out she was slightly relieved, maybe they were just to paranoid…right…there's not zombies in every building. Jill wanted to laugh at that thought, this was Umbrella…if its not zombies its horrible…horrible creatures. Jill focused once more as Alice began walking towards a door, she quickly followed, making sure to watch for any cameras.

Alice opened the door walked in with her rifle ready, she didn't see or hear anyone. She began to wonder if there were any guards at all…she knew she wouldn't work in a hive if it wasn't complete. She didn't see any cameras either.

" It's clear," Alice whispered.

Jill walked in . " Do you really need to barge into a room like that?"

" Well hell, If there is a guard you think he won't notice a damn door opening?"

Jill closed the door behind them, " There's a possibility they wont notice, its so damn dark in these rooms."

Alice ignored her and began to walk towards a door on her right. She stopped as Jill grabbed her shoulder. She raised her eyebrow at her.

" Come on miss know it all, there's a door over here with a set of stairs."

Alice followed her and sure enough across the room there was door with a sign that stated it was staircase for emergency use only.

" Do you think there's an alarm hooked up?"

Jill laughed, " Please they wouldn't take time to set up an alarm for fires if they didn't take time to set up cameras."

Jill peered through the small window on the door, it looked clear and opened the door and readied her rifle. Jill was surprised it went only about six feet down before the platform and there was another door. It was a small place, enough for two people to walk through on either side, walls were on both side.

Alice wondered if there were many lower levels, the floors might have an elevator however that would be dangerous, the stairs were better at this rate. She almost forgot the whole purpose of this mission. If the others didn't know how would they feel if Jill succeeded? Would they feel betrayed? Well she would worry about that later, she would be surprised if there was a virus or cure in the building.

Rebecca was very still and quite. So far there luck wasn't to great. They went up two floors with no problem, however the third floor had two guards. Claire had been wanting to take them out when a third guard appeared. She hid quickly however didn't have a clue where the hell Claire was. It was very still…silent…so Claire had to avoid being spotted. Rebecca saw legs a guard walk past the desk and slowed her breathing, She wasn't prepared for this many guards in one room. If they took out three from the start it would more then like be obvious something was wrong.

Claire growled as a guard almost walked by her, she was about to slit ones throat when a third guard stepped in. She had quickly ducked and hid in the shadows. She was currently in a corner, against the all and a computer console. She had no idea where the fuck Rebecca hid. Claire smiled as she heard a beeping in her ear. She then slightly frowned as she didn't understand the full message. She wanted to kick herself for not paying attention to Barry's little class.