hey there! ^^
i want to say thank you again. this time to the people who left a comment after reading the first chapter. i'm glad you like the start enough, to actually leave a comment, so thank you very much! i hope you like the rest, too. ^^ But i don't want to bother you any longer with my blah-blah-stuff XD
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~That was it. Her fight against Umbrella would end like this. Alice looked forward to the enemy when the shooting started.~
But the blonde just looked surprised at what was happening in front of here eyes. The shots did not come from the Umbrella soldiers and weren't directed at the refugees. They were directed to the soldiers and they came from outside.
"What the hell?..." Chris muttered and frowned.
Out of nowhere appeared armed fighters and shot at the soldiers – who were hardly prepared for the well-armed intruders. The stranger kept their faces covered so that all features would be muffled and make them hard to recognize. Even Alice had no idea if she had ever seen some of them before.
Where ever they came from, they were as well organized as Umbrella and just as quick, especially since the surprise effect was clearly on their side. Explosions were heard and Alice guessed that those would be the last trace of some of the helicopters, which slaughterd the people of the Arcardia like vermin.
Who ever they where, they fought against Umbrella. Alice exchanged a silent glance with Claire and Chris. Both nodded to her and held their weapons ready.
"Come on people! Move! ", Chris ordered, trying to use the chance to escape as long as the Umbrella soldiers were distracted.
A small group of strangers shot their way to the refugees to defend them against Umbrella. Just in time, because no one of Alices' group had any ammunition left, after they killed some soldiers on their way. Chris looked frustrated at his weapon as it just made useless clicks.
"Give these two new weapons, and all others who are able to shoot!" one of the fighters ordered his followers.
"And bring these people out of here already!" he added, as they gave Chris and Alice new loaded guns.
Together with the masked men, they gave the refugees fire protection. K-Mart helped Claire and went along the small group.
"Where these guys come from?", asked the girl.
"No idea, but if they get us out of here, they are heartily welcome at me.", Claire responded, while biting her teeth together, because her leg hurt like hell with every move.
Finally they had made it relatively unscathed to a seemingly safe hall on the outskirts of the city. The group of refugees and strangers gathered as the masked groupleader overlooked the number of people.
But Alice and Chris turned at the creaking sound of a heavy metal door on the other side of the hall, aiming their guns at someone just passed by this door.
"Hey, hey keep cool, okay? Tell them they should not aim with these things to me!", said the guy who wore a black cap on his head . His face, like that of most of the unknown, was covered with a dark cloth over the nose and mouth. He was carrying a sniper rifle and raised one hand in surrender.
"Take them down", said the leader to Alice and Chris, before the two finally lowered their weapons.
"Thank you very much!" the sniper said cheerily and approached them.
"How is the situation, Diago?"
"It's quiet so far. The others are really kicking their asses, so our way is almost free."
"That's good...", said the leader and turned his eyes to Alice and the others. "Even if this should have been different: We still have to bring you to the cars and out of here."
Most of the armed men nodded in agreement.
"Who are you, where are you from? " asked K-Mart even before Alice could say something.
"That you shall see when we make it out of here alive. Diago, you'll take some of the group from this point on. We split the group."
"Okay!", so the sniper called Diago took the cloth down which covered most of his face.
Now they saw the face of a young man, probably in his mid-twenties
"Hey, my name is Diago!", he said to the refugees with a short but friendly smile, even if everyone should know his name by now. But Alice and the others felt a little better to actually see a face to the name.
"Alice... and this are Claire, Chris and K-Mart."
"You have all the time for this later." said the leader, who had split the group of refugees in the meantime.
Smaller groups, higher flight opportunities, that was for sure.
When the group began moving again, they left the building the way Diago came from. While he made a stop to look around, seemingly a little confused, the other group walked away in the cover of the buildings.
"What's the matter?", asked Alice.
"They're gone!", Diago swore and covered his face with the cloth again. Around them were still shots heard, but far less than at the beginning. In the distance they saw smoke rising .
"I told them to secure the entrance! If...", he didn't went any further when a voice was heard .
"Diago!" called a girl, probably in the age of K-Mart as she ran and waved to them. When she was fired by an Umbrella solider, who was lying injured on the ground, she stopped. He had been shot in the previous gunfight but wasn't dead.
"Hey, you fucking ass!", the girl spat to him, when he barely missed her. She raised her Uzi to the lying man on the ground and drove a load of bullets right into his face, that his blood sprinkled the gray and dirty floor.
"Are you totally crazy now, Sam?" Diago rushed up to her and grabbed the girl's wrist, so she stopped firing. "You just wasted all this ammo for a mess like this? Anyway, where the hell were you? ... Wait, where is..."
"Sis went off to kick one hell out of these Umbrella asses." she told Diago with a happy voice. "You know her, when it comes to Umbrella. She said she'll come back with Terry and the others and that i should help you.", she added as if this would be obvious.
"Just perfect, a trouble-making teenager... She was supposed to help me and YOU shouldn't be here at all!..." Diago said, rolling his eyes slightly frustrated.
"And they are supposed to get us out of here?...", Claire whispered a little incredulous now, as they silently observed the scene. Even the other refugees whispered to each other by now. Finally Alice went to the two debating rebels.
"I'm sorry to interrupt the two of you, but shouldn't we move to get away from here?", she asked seriously. "You're right." Diago said, sighing slightly. His gaze wandered over his people and the refugees.
"Okay, if Miss Kick-Ass wants to fight, fair enough... The rest of you follow if you want to stay alive. Come on now!" So they followed him and Sam out of the city.
Diagos people were able to distract Umbrella enough, that the group of refugees managed it almost without problems to get out of the City. They reached a group of other masked men who were waiting next to some Humvees and other cars. They probably stayed to guard the escape vehicles and to sabotage the helicopters.
Alice thought about what had happened again. The leader had indicated earlier, that this was not planned. But these fighters were very effective with their so called 'unplanned' action.
"Diago! Sam! You did it! Get in now, the sooner we get out of here the better." the group was welcomed and immediately the refugees were spared to the vehicles.
"You blew up all these helicopters?" Diago asked his colleague incredulously.
"At least those in our area. And the others have probably wrecked a few, too. You see now: it's always worth it to leave the house with enough C4 in your pocket..." Alice heard the other man say, before she went into the Humvee with K-Mart and the Redfield siblings. Shortly after that Diago, Sam and some others also went in and they drove away immediately. Their goal was unknown to Alice.
A little later the blonde sat silently in the car and just looked out the window without seeing anything in particular. There was hope. All these people on the Arcadia had the hope that life would go on somehow. And now they were all dead, except this tiny group. She had failed. Again! She and a few others were rescued by these strangers, but now after so many people had died again, so much hope was lost and she had failed again...
A hand on her shoulder tore Alice out of her negative thoughts. A soft voice followed in a comforting tone.
„It's not your fault." she heard Claire say, who sitting next to the blonde. Her leg was now covered with fresh bandages, like the wounds of the others.
For a short moment Alice looked into the eyes of the redhead before her eyes wandered back towards the window and the hand resignedly pulled back.
They shouldn't have stayed on this ship. It was obvious, that Umbrella would come after them and do something like this. The blonde always had that thought in the back of her mind, but always repressed it, thinking it was only because something went right for once. What happened was her fault and too many had to pay a very expensive price for it. Those were, at least, the thoughts of Alice.
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okay, okay... i think i have to hide now... to kill almost all of the about 2000 people Alice rescued probably isn't the best way to become friends with her ^^;
so guys, if there is a third chapter next time, than this is a prove that i've managed it to escape Alice and that i'm still alive ^^