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"This way," Jill called.

The former prisoners all exchanged worried glances, still unsure if they should follow the person who had helped capture them for Umbrella's experiments, but with Claire shooting down two pursuing J'avo, they knew time wasn't of the essence and so, they followed Jill's directions. After being paired together, Jill and Claire went straight for the holding cells, killed the guards and released all the prisoners that were captured from Arcadia. At expected, the newly freed humans were afraid of Jill, the memory of the assault all too fresh in their minds, with some flat out refusing to leave with her. That was until several J'avo arrived and they were forced to comply, leaving with Jill and Claire to the underground trains that would take them to the surface and thus to freedom. As they headed towards the station, Jill recognized the number on a door and she stopped for a moment. Entering the code, she swept into the room first, with Claire close behind her, the pair stopping when they saw what room they were in. Here was where the P30 drug was manufactured and administered to the mind-controlling scarab device. With both retaining the scars of their experience under the effects of P30, Jill and Claire knew that the drug had to be destroyed. The latter had only recently regained all her memories following her escape, while Jill was still dealing with the trauma of all the things she had done in Umbrella's name, having never lost her memories due to the batch she'd been administered with compared to the old version given to Claire. Raising her rifle, Jill fired at the machines, short-circuiting them, as Claire opened the propellant gas tanks, before aiming her gun at a scarab device. It skittered towards her, intent on putting her under the drug's control once more, but a single shot put it out of commission, as flames erupted from the mixture of gas and gunfire. Claire drew Jill out of the room, the two watching as the drug was consumed in the flames, satisfied that it would no longer be able to cause any further harm to anyone.

"Come on, let's go and end this," Claire said, pulling on Jill's arm, "Come on, Jill."

Finally dragging her gaze away from the fire, Jill followed after Claire, hoping that she could now gain closure from seeing the bane of her nightmares destroyed in the flames of retribution, as she resumed her place at the front of the group, hoping she could redeem herself in their eyes by leading them to safety.

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"Ah, here we are."

Wesker strode into the laboratory and headed straight for the main computer, as Alice swept the entire room, stopping short when she saw the White Queen standing before her.

"Geez, next time, announce your arrival," Alice chastised, "What are you doing here?"

"My sister has gone too far with the destruction of the human world," the White Queen said, "She has destroyed the balance and it must be rectified. I'm here to help."

"I'm surprised the Red Queen hasn't shut you down if you're here to help," Wesker said, inserting the chip into the hard drive, "And can you help us exactly?"

"My sister has tried to shut me down, but I'm imbedded in the systems as much as she is. As much as it annoys her that I exist, the truth is, we need each other to balance the other out. She knows you're here, what you intend to do and she's released Project Alexia."

"What's Project Alexia?" Alice asked, not seeing Wesker's smirk.

"Oh, you'll see," Wesker said, "Now, White Queen, you say you can help, so I suggest you help create this cure. I know I have the correct code, now I just need you to make it."

"I can do that," the White Queen said, before fading away.

"So, you actually have the cure?" Alice asked from behind Wesker, "We can save the world?"

"Yes, we can. With the right combination of our blood, the cure neutralizes the T-virus, while restoring the dead to life and bringing back their humanity. Of course, it'll only work on zombies, as the Las Plagas is a different story. But yes, we have a cure."

Alice nodded, as she slowly drew a syringe from her pocket. Wesker was still fixated on the computer screen, finalizing the last few touches on the cure. The syringe contained the same antibodies that had neutralized her own T-virus, although the dosage had been increased due to Wesker using her blood as a serum. Despite what he had done for humanity in terms of creating the cure, Alice knew that Wesker couldn't be trusted. She knew that he wasn't doing this out of the goodness of his heart, that there was some ulterior motive she didn't know about. The longer Wesker was around; he was going to be a threat and would remain so unless she injected him with the antibodies. Then, with his own T-virus neutralized, he would be human and thus easy to kill. She knew it had to be done, for the good of mankind. And with the last pawn of Umbrella out of the way, she could finally destroy Umbrella for good. Alice approached Wesker, pretending to be looking at the computer screen and raised her hand, ready to plunge the syringe into his body, but just as she brought her hand down, Wesker whirled around and caught her wrist, his eyes flashing angrily behind his shades.

"I help you save humanity and this is the thanks I get?" he snarled.

"You only helped us because the Red Queen kicked you off your throne," Alice replied, trying to bring the syringe closer to his skin, but they were too even in strength, "Who's to say that when the Red Queen is shut down, you won't take over again?"

"Hmph, I suppose you're right," Wesker smirked, before landing a palm strike against her chest, knocking her back, "So what are you going to do about it?"

Alice twirled the syringe around her fingers, figuring out a battle plan. They were both even in strength and fighting skill, but while he was faster, she was telekinetic. She was really hoping to have to avoid a fight with Wesker. But just before they could launch into the fight, steam was issued from the center of the room, drawing their attention as a large tank rose up from the floor. Steam blew from the tank as the temperature began to increase, the ice slowly melting to reveal a young woman inside the tank. Alice's jaw dropped in surprise as she recognized the girl, even though she had blossomed into womanhood since Alice last saw her. Wesker grinned, enjoying the reunion, as the tank signaled its completion and opened, water gushing out, as the woman slowly opened her blue eyes and stepped out. She wore a simple white experimental suit, similar to what K-Mart had worn when she was held captive, her long blonde hair cascading over her shoulders as she saw Alice, a small smirk appearing.

"Angela?" Alice breathed, unable to believe what she was seeing.

"Hello, Alice," Angela Alexia Ashford spoke, her voice now longer young and innocent, but now cold and harsh, taunting Alice, "It's been a while."

"But…you're dead."

"It was all part of the plan," Wesker smirked to himself, "Her body had grown used to the T-virus and antivirus and we knew we needed to study it, a potential for something new. So, Doctor Isaacs gave the order for you to kill her, although he was only told that she was expendable. I, however, gained custody of her body and placed her in cryogenic sleep to mature the virus. It brought her back and mutated in an interesting way. Those antibodies in your hand were created from her blood."

"And now that I'm awake at least," Alexia said, "It's time for me to destroy the world of man and allow Umbrella to take control. And I have you to thank for that, Alice."

"No, this isn't you," Alice said, "I know you, Angie, you're not like this at all."

"I am not the little girl you used to know. I am something more now. I am a queen. The power you wield, Alice, is nothing compared to mine."

"So, if you're the queen, you'll be needing a king," Wesker said, "You have the power I need. Give it to me, Alexia and together, we'll rule the world."

Alexia smirked, "You are not worthy of its power, Wesker. You are just an ant in the face of the sun. There's a reason the Red Queen got rid of you: you're not wanted anymore."

Having approached Wesker as she spoke, Alexia then slammed her palm against Wesker's chest, showing immense strength despite her small size when Wesker was thrown across the laboratory. Alice raised her guns and unleashed a hail of gunfire into Alexia's body, but she simply laughed. A laugh of pure malice, as flames suddenly burst to life on Alexia, burning away her clothes as her naked body began to mutate.

"Allow me to show you the start of a new world order."

Her skin turned dark grey, veins darkening under her flesh, as chitinous plant-like growth appeared on her right arm and left leg, becoming like rudimentary armour, her long blonde hair now short and green, also hardening much like her new armour. With a sigh as her mutation finished the changes, Alexia looked upon Alice with glowing red eyes and the latter was hurled across the laboratory by an unseen force, slamming against the wall, her guns being torn from her hands. Alice watched as her weapons were telekinetically destroyed before her, as Alexia laughed maniacally.

"Oh, it's funny, isn't it, Alice? We have both died because of each other and now that we're reborn, we are drawn into conflict once more in a battle of superiority."

"This isn't you, Angie," Alice said, getting to her feet, "I had no choice but to kill you, just like now, only I'm not under Umbrella's control this time. I can't let you live."

"You forget, bitch, that you're facing a god."

There was a blur of movement and Wesker struck Alexia from behind, the force of his sudden attack making her stagger briefly, as he drew his Samurai Edge and shot her in the back of the head, blood dripping from her wound.

"You're wrong, Alexia. The only god around here is me."

She smirked as she glanced at her blood on the floor, "Are you sure about that?"

Her blood suddenly erupted into a burst of flames and as Wesker dodged, Alexia struck him with such force that he was slammed against the wall, crumbling to the ground.

"I am a queen and you will all bow before me or be destroyed!"

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