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Chapter Eight

As they elevator descended from the dark they saw a very frightening sight. They were quite a few hundred feet above from what they thought was the ground. The room was large, very large. Larger than that of cargo bay. The size of an airport if they airport had nothing in it. What they could see in the room was large glass tanks. On either side of them were the large tanks that attached to the metal wall and nothing else. It looked almost as if they were floating. Below them they could at least see two more tanks. Each were separated by at least fifty feet. The tanks themselves were thirty feet high and seventy feet across.

Alice could immediately feel the presence of more then one creature. She noticed they were about ten feet from a small metal walkway. She became worried, she couldn't detect what was around them. She saw Jill just stare at the tank, she placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Listen I think you should know that-" Alice was quickly cut off.

"I know…were not alone anymore. I can't tell what's in the tanks, there still too dark." Jill replied quickly getting her rifle ready. What could be here? Could it be Tyrants? She slightly shivered. Another Nemesis or…could it be something worse.

The elevator stopped at the metal walkway which was even with the base of tanks on either side of them. The door opened and Jill and Alice slowly stepped out. Jill saw a small console and walked over to it. It looked like she could activate lights…maybe…what if she opened the tanks?

"Shit Valentine get a hold of yourself, it says lights right there," Alice stated reaching from behind her and flipping the switch.

They both looked as they could hear the echo of the computer system turning each and every light on in the room. They both stood very still as they tank that was in front of them was lit up. The tank had many blood spots and what seemed like pieces of flesh. They could see objects in the far back, about thirty feet inside the tank. Jill noticed the large dark lettering on the glass which said " F-M and F-C."

"So…do you know what a F-m or F-c is," Jill asked quietly.

"Not a damn clue so lets just…keep going," Alice stated as she glanced over to the tank on the other side of them. The walkway was circular, it went around the elevator and was not a large walkway however there was about twenty feet between the walkway and the tanks. She walked around to the other tank and saw it had quite a bit of soil, about a foot or two and it got deeper the farther it went into the tank. Alice glanced at the tank lettering which stated "F-ML."

Jill was already back in the elevator waiting, she rubbed her temples. Stuck below ground a few hundred feet with experiments. She didn't like it at all but the tanks had to be secure…they had to be. As long as their was experiments there had to be a virus, a virus meant a cure. So they would go down to the bottom grab a cure and come back up. Only one way up and down, in a fucking tube like elevator…a very small elevator. Jill stood up straight as Alice entered the elevator.

As the elevator continued to descend about another fifty feet Jill and Alice saw the next set of tanks. Jill noticed the lights automatically lit up as the elevator passed the next walkway. Jill watched as she saw the lettering of "F-MO" and the other tank had the lettering of "F-R." Jill was happy the tanks were large, she really didn't see the horrors of what umbrella was doing.

As they went down another fifty feet and passed the third walkway. Alice noticed she couldn't see another set of tanks. She glanced at the tanks lettering which stated "F-I" and the other tank had "F-T." However Alice could care less about the tanks since she could not see another set below them. Alice however saw a feint blue light after about twenty feet past the last walkway. As the elevator descended another ten the lights came on on the bottom floor.

Jill and Alice were amazed at the sight. The saw the floor had a long metal walkway over what appeared to be a large marina. They had very large tanks filled with water however the tanks did have glass over the top. On top of the tanks ran thousands of wires. Most of the wires were red however making it look like blood veins ran over the top of these tanks. The elevator stopped; there was a long straight walkway on the left and right only.

Jill glanced down at the elevator and noticed they could go down one more floor. Jill took a deep breath and pushed the button. The elevator descended past the water tanks. In Jill's mind it would have been a beautiful sight however she noticed an object on the tanks.

Alice didn't like being stuck in a elevator with large water tanks surrounding it. However she noticed Jill was looking at something and turned around to see what she was staring at. She saw a object swimming towards them and then noticed as it closer it was a shark…a very large shark. As the shark swam right past the edge of the glass they could clearly see its decaying flesh. However both were fascinated by this animal because it had to be more then thirty feet in length.

Jill was amazed; she had seen these creatures before however none were nearly that large. The flesh wasn't decayed as much either; she slightly shivered at the memories. Well as long as they didn't swim anywhere she would be fine. Jill then noticed the elevator once more descended into darkness. She sighed and after about two minutes the elevator stopped in what looked like they same room that the elevator started.

The doors opened and Alice and Jill walked off the elevator into the circular room. It took Jill a moment to regain her focus as she noticed a door with a code key. She walked up to the door and ran her fingers over each number and once more entered a four digit number. The door opened and Jill smiled and glanced at Alice.

"You realize what we need to do now right?"

Alice laughed, "Jill, I'll cover your ass if you cover mine."

Jill smiled and simply nodded towards her and opened the door. As she took a step inside she noticed she was in a hallway, a decent long hallway. There were stairs on both ends, she began to walk towards the right set of stairs and Alice walked to left set.

Jill stopped as she thought she heard footsteps, she readied her rifle and edged closer to the wall. She then heard the running sound of footsteps coming up the stairs and smiled, so they did have guards after all. As the first guard turned the corner she quickly aimed and hit the man in the knee and then quickly shot the at the helmet on his head. She glanced at the body and knew that these weren't normal guards. These were soldiers, trained more then likely. She heard the sounds of man giving command and yelled over to Alice.

"They're soldiers not guards keep sharp!"

Alice already took one out, she broke his neck. She then understood that maybe this was only place they needed trained professionals. It more then likely held the virus, so they didn't want any stupid guard shooting down here.

Jill carefully looked the corner and noticed the stairs didn't go very far. She carefully went down and noticed it was another small hallway. Before she went down the last step she noticed there were windows lining the wall on her right. She smiled as she understood where they soldiers were coming from, another floor below them. She quickly aimed her rifle towards the end of the hallway. A soldier peered out from the corner of the wall and quickly ducked his back to avoid her fire. Soon one jumped out while the other shot while peering around the corner. Jill quickly took down the one and actually began to run down the hallway.

The soldier stood up and took a step back ready to shoot the charging woman. He did not expect her however to be sliding on the floor. Jill smiled as she quickly put two bullets into the helmet. She stood up off the ground and smiled. She had dealt with much worse for a simple soldier to take her down. There was another flight of stairs before you hit a platform which lead into the only room. Jill waited until she saw Alice coming down the flight of stairs on the opposite side. She nodded and they both stuck close to the wall.

Jill slightly peered form the corner before she quickly pulled back as she saw six soldiers aiming for her. She knew a grenade would not the best of ideas. Jill smiled, and glanced at Alice.

Alice rolled her eyes she detected one more then six however couldn't place where the seventh one was. Alice nodded and they both peered out from the corner and began shooting. Alice smiled as she saw two and then four soldiers drop down quickly. The other two tried to scatter. Alice then saw one pop out from the wall below the steps. He quickly shot at Jill who ducked back behind the wall. Alice quickly finished him off.

Alice ducked back behind the wall and noticed blood. Alice watched as Jill was trying to focus past the pain. Alice noticed the bullet had hit her shoulder, from the looks of it it wasn't a clean shot either.

Jill slightly glared at her, "I'm fine, the fucking prick had good aim. Let's go, were running out time."

Alice nodded; she certainly had much respect for the smaller woman. Almost was shot in the head and she could shrug that off and continue fighting. Both of them went down the last small set of stairs and Alice quickly shot the one on her left while Jill shot the on her right.

Jill walked over to the soldier and kicked him, she was beyond pissed that she just got shot. The pain was flaring, bullets hurt like son of bitch. Not only did it burn, but it also hit her bone in her shoulder. Luckily for her it was her left shoulder, if it was her right she would have been screwed.

Alice walked over to her and Jill glanced at her with her eyebrow raised. Alice looked at the wound, it had to cause a great deal of pain. Alice wanted to kick herself for letting her get hurt. Alice smiled and patted Jill on her right shoulder.

"Lucky for me they got your left; I wouldn't want you to be shooting if they had hit your right."

"God damn Alice, so glad you care so much," Jill stated as she glared at her.

Alice smiled and looked around the small room. There were three metal doors. Alice watched as Jill walked off to investigate the one in the middle. Alice slightly frowned as she noticed the blood dripping onto the floor because of her wound. They needed to care of that as soon as possible, for both their sakes.

Jill opened the door slowly and smiled, they room had tons of equipment and in the far back she could see a glass case with vials. Jill walked towards it slowly and noticed a clipboard nest to the glass case. Jill glanced at the clipboard and read out loud.

"Fatalis."

"It's the new virus…they already made it. Not too many samples however," Alice stated as she peered over Jill's shoulder to look at the virus.

Jill nodded in agreement and noticed small metal boxes on top of the case. Jill smiled as pulled one down, it could hold up to four vials securely. Jill turned the small handle to the display case and it opened. Jill only needed one virus and one anti-virus. As she reached for the first vial she noticed her hands were trembling greatly.

Alice grabbed her hand, "It's ok, I got it alright."

Jill let out a sigh of relief, she didn't even like the thought of touching it. Although they did have a cap on it…she knew if she dropped it. Jill's stomach slightly turned at that thought and she shook her head. She watched as Alice grabbed the first vial and gently put it into the case and then Alice grabbed the anti-virus and put it safely into the case as well.

Jill smiled as they closed and locked the metal case. From their guess the case was made out of titanium so not even a grenade would damage it.

"Thanks, lets put it into the backpack for now," Jill said softly.

Alice smiled, she already was infected so there's not much to be afraid of after that. She could understand Jill's fear. She also knew that Jill was probably embarrassed that she couldn't do it herself. Alice watched as Jill placed it into and put the secured the bag once more over her shoulder. Alice was curious on why Jill hadn't offered for her to take the backpack, obviously her shoulder was injured. Alice smiled as they left the room and was once again hit with a wave of pain. Alice stopped and rested her hand on a desk to balance herself. She closed her eyes and could feel pain surging through her body and then she could smell the metallic scent of blood. The sensation was so strong she could almost taste it.

The taste of sweet blood on her lips, she craved for more. She was surrounded by it, Alice looked up as the woman approached her. This one was perfect, strong and beautiful, blood almost sweet as honey. Alice shook her head and pushed Jill away from her, for some reason the longer she was in this hell hole the harder it was to control herself. Alice slowed her breathing and took deep breaths, she refused to give into the monster that umbrella created.

Jill became concerned, "Alice hey, you feeling okay? You don't look to good."

Alice stood up straight, "I'm fine, lets just get going. Besides the others are probably almost done."

Jill followed Alice back up the stairs to the elevator. She was now concerned for both Alice's and her safety. She thought she caught a glimpse of her eyes, those same eyes the day she attacked her. The eyes of something that wasn't human. Jill knew better, if it came to that…well it wouldn't come to that. She imagined if it did, they both would come out dead or greatly injured. Jill slightly hesitated as Alice walked into the elevator.

"Valentine hurry your wounded ass."

Jill rolled her eyes and stepped onto the elevator and pressed the button. When the elevator door closed and sighed, the mission didn't go perfect but it ran pretty smoothly. Now all they needed to do was get the hell out of here.

As the elevator ascended from the darkness Jill and Alice both noticed that the shark and another creature were waiting by the glass. Almost as if watching them, as if they waited for them. The other creature was larger then the shark, mostly in length then in mass. They couldn't tell what it was due the scales and long flowing hair that covered its body. Whatever it was, it certainly was ugly.

Alice closed her eyes as she could almost sense what they were feeling, pain and hunger. Alice noticed that the tanks above them, had movement by the glass as well. Alice growled, she wasn't anything like them. She was far more superior, she slightly laughed.

Jill looked back at Alice who was leaning against the elevator glass with her eyes closed. More then likely she was just relieved that they were done. Jill watched as the tanks now all had movement. It seemed the creatures were waiting, Jill decided she really didn't want to see what was in the tanks and closed her eyes.

Alice began to rub her temples, the pain was starting again. Alice glanced at the smaller woman, hunger made her forget the pain. Once again her senses increased. She could smell the metallic scent of blood as if it was right under her nose. She could hear each and every creature walking on the tank floor. She could sense their constant hunger and their endless search for flesh. The warm flesh and blood similar to the one standing before her. She was far superior to those creatures and because of that, she had the right to take what she wanted.