hello everyone. chapter 5 is here. gonna keep this short. now, lets find out who shot the j'avo. shall we?

looking around, Ayla saw Nate walk twords her, Oceanna following.

"miss us?" Nate teased. Ayla nodded, tears in her eyes.

"are you guys ok? what happned?" Oceanna asked.

"i'm fine. but Piers got knocked out. ambush." she responded. "what took you guys so long?"

"ambush when we landed." they replied.

"i did warn you." Ayla said.

"that you did." Oceanna chuckled. she looked at Piers "so what do you want to do, since our captain is out." Ayla looked around the are they were in. it seemed easy enough to defend if necessary. she looked at her friends.

"lets set up camp for the night. can you two rotate watch while im taking care of Piers?" her friends nodded.

"yes 'mam" they playfully saluted.

"good. lets get set up."

~~~~~Timeskip brought to you by camp being set up~~~~~

within a few minutes, camp was set up. two large tents, a couple of chairs, and a fire pit (A/N: i dont mean like one you can move around, they dug a pit for the fire.). Ayla thanked her friends and moved Piers into one of the tents, which was fitted with some medical equipment. about an hour or so later, Ayla was working on changing bandages (A/N:you ever get slid across concrete, lots of scratches, lots of blood.) when Piers groaned. Ayla looked up to find that Piers was starting to wake up. when he opened his eyes and looked at her, she smiled.

"good morning sleeping beauty." she chuckled and went back to changing his bandages. Piers looked around.

"what happened?" he asked. without looking up, Ayla replied.

"j'avo smacked you, sent you flying, and you hit the concrete and slid for a few feet." she looked up at him. "you sustained several scratches. one on your head, and several on your arms as well as possible bruising of ribs. can you lift your head for me?" she wrapped the new bandage around his head. Piers looked around after she was done and noticed how everything was set up.

"did you do this yourself?" he asked.

"no. Oshi and Nate did. i've been taking care of you. and to answer the unasked question, you've been out for about an hour."

"when did your they show up?"

"just as you got knocked out."

"you guys talking about me?" Nate said as he poked his head in the tent.

"yep." Ayla replied.

"hows he doing?"

"hes fine. i think." she looked at Piers. "how are you feeling?"

"a slight headache but otherwise fine." he replied. Nate nodded.

"good. i'll go tell oshi." with that, Nate left the two agents alone. a few minutes later, Oceanna walked in.

"hey." she greeted. "how are you doing?"

"im fine thank you." Piers said.

"thats good." Oceanna looked at him. "even so, you should get some rest." Ayla nodded.

"she's right. you took a pretty good blow to the head." Piers sighed.

"ok. if that's what the nurse thinks, then i'll do it." Ayla faintly blushed and Oceanna laughed as she walked out. Piers layed down and Ayla placed a blanket on top of him, crawled into the 'bed' next to him, and fell asleep.

~~~~~Timeskip to next morning (A/N: when i wrote this on paper, this was then end of chapter 4)~~~~~

In the morning, Ayla woke up when Nate's rifle went off. she jumped up and, after making sure Piers was ok, left the tent to see her friends fighting some j'avo. seeing one about to sneak up on Oceanna, Ayla jumped at it, changing to her tiger form mid-air and landed on its back, tackling it to the ground. after stomping on its head, she jumped on others, helping her friends clear the all the j'avo were killed, Nate and Oceanna turned to the tiger.

"nice of you to wake up." Nate said. Ayla hissed and turned to go back to the tent, turning back as she went. when she looked inside, she saw piers was awake.

"morning." she greeted.

"hey." he replied as he tried to get up. Ayla rushed over to him, helping him sit up slowly.

"how are you feeling? do i need to call an evac?"

"no. i can go on, but how about you and your friends?"

"we're fine and can continue." Piers stood up and moved to his equipment.

"careful." she cautioned "don't want to reopen your wounds."

"what about you?" Piers asked. "even with your skill, i dont believe you escaped unharmed."

"oh i didn't. none of us did." she chuckled. "but i guess that's the one pro among hundreds of cons about the virus. scratches heal pretty quickly." she helped him into his gear and they left the tent. once outside, Ayla chirped and Oceanna and Nate appeared in front of them.

"yes?" they both said.

"ok lets pack up camp." Ayla said. "the objective stays the same. lets move out."

"yes 'mam." they both saluted and moved to pack up camp. about 10 minutes later, camp was packed up and they were on there way.

~~~~~Timeskip brought to you by a j'avo. a wild Ayla appears and kicks it off screen~~~~~

as the sun was setting, Ayla stopped and jumped onto a building across the street from the deal location. after deeming it safe, she called her friends and hopped down to help Piers up.

"i knew it was a good idea to head out a few days early. ok, lets set up camp here and come up with a plan." Ayla said. "when that's done, Nate, i would like you to go scope the place out. Oshi, could you start watch? i need to check Piers' bandages." the duo nodded and got to camp was set up, Ayla talked to Oceanna about watch schedule, then headed inside to check on her captain.

"hey" Piers greeted when he saw her.

"hey. how are you feeling?" she gave him a look that said 'don't you dare lie to me'.

"a bit sore." he replied. "but otherwise fine." Ayla nodded as she wiped a wet cloth across the scratches.

"theses should heal in a day or two as long as you dont reopen them." Piers nodded and sat still as she placed bandages on the scratches. "now i dont know how bad you hit your head so we'll need to wait until we get back to base to find out."

"so oh great captain," Piers started. "what do we do now?"

"first off, i only took that role because you were out cold. second, im going to leave Nate here with you." she held up her hand to stop him before he could interrupt. "first off, you're still injured. and dont give me 'its just scratches' you hit your head and have possible bruising so without proper equipment or a medic, i dont know the extent of your wounds. secondly, you and Nate both use rifles, which are long-ranged weapons. Oshi and I use short-range weapons. we're gonna need someone to help cover us if it goes wrong." Piers sighed. but nodded.

"does Nate know?"

"not yet. but oshi will tell him when he gets back." he nodded and layed back down. "tomorrow morning, we'll go in and kick some ass."

"and if it goes bad?"

"that's where you guys come in. there's two doors from what i could see. Oshi will go out one and i'll get the other. you and Nate could pick them off while we run."

"and after that?"

"we weave patterns through the village until we loose them then loop back here."

"how long have you been planing?"

"while we were setting up camp."

"you guys seem good with coming up with split-second plans."

"well, running from umbrella gives us that edge." she smiled. shouts could be heard from outside the tent.

"well, i guess Nate's back. i better go see what the fuss is about." with that, she walked out of the tent twords her friends.

'incredible' Piers thought as he closed his eyes for some rest.

finally. chapter 5. :) this was an off and on thing i was typing (even though i had this and part of the next one typed up). i know its late, but i hope you guys had a happy thanksgiving. i'll try to get the next one up before christmas but i cant promise anything. sadly, i dont own Resident Evil, or Piers. yet. im still working on that. :o) well, thanks for reading, and i'll see you in the next chapter. bye