Exterior Hostel de la Prix.

The day is breaking. The precarious rays of sun slip through the window of the black mustang. Alice is looking thoughtful as she stares outside the hostel; Claire is just waiting for a signal. The hostel is ostensible. Not flashy, cheap and unnoticed. Out of the way, just what they both need at the moment.

"Let's go." Alice mutters, giving Claire a reassuring smile, she just nods, getting out of the car, carrying Hunks backpack.

During the car ride as Alice drove, neither had said a word, both silent and lost in thought. Since she'd met Alice, Claire had noticed something different about her, but she could never have imagined something as strange as everything that had happened so far. From the strange man who had entered the flat in the middle of the night shooting everywhere while trying to kill them, to when Claire had been targeted and sure to die, Alice had stopped those bullets in a way that could not be explained and everything had changed.

Both walk up to the reception. A bald man, probably the owner is behind a desk, looking at a newspaper with boredom, he seemingly realizes that two women have entered the small hall. When Alice arrives at the desk, he looks up.

"€17 per night." Right to the matter. His tone matches his face, bored and disinterested.

Alice just pays him without saying a word. The dealing is fast. The man just gives her the keys, no flamboyance, just cash and carry. No questions asked. Good. During that quick interaction, Claire has been right behind Alice, not paying attention at all to her surroundings, her mind is a myriad of questions and she's thinking about Alice.

Again.

Claire is not quite sure how to interpret all that she has gone through in such a short time with this woman, there are so many things in her head right now that she can feel the beginnings of a terrible headache forming in the back of her skull, plus the fatigue is quickly kicking its way into her body, all that she wants right now is to get to a room and crash into bed, but she knows that that's not going to happen until she gets some answers from Alice.

Alice.

Claire is thinking how strange this woman makes her feel. Somehow she feels that she can trust Alice with her life, she did save her from certain death, but also the woman has the facility to set her off very fast and make Claire a bundle of nerves and anger.

Not realizing how or when, they arrived at the room. Her feet have followed the other woman down the stairs and they are facing room 07. It's a very small room with two parallel beds facing the front door, a shelf; where a TV that seems to belong to the last century covers the entire length of the shelf that is leaning against the right wall, finally a little table in a corner.

"Cozy." Alice mutters under her breath. Claire is quiet.

Both look at each other, not sure of what to do or what to say.

"Alice…"

"Claire I…"

That brings a smile to their lips, but the awkwardness is still in the air. Claire moves to the bottom of the bed, sitting, she makes a wave with her hand, indicating Alice to speak first. Alice looks at her nervously leaning against the table in the corner.

"I know what you're going to say." Alice starts, looking Claire right the eye. "I… I'll tell you what I know, and then you can ask me anything, OK?"

"OK."

Umbrella headquarters conference room. Zurich

Its 5 am in the morning and everybody is there. All the board members are waiting impatiently as the face of Albert Wesker appears in the monitor.

"Good morning gentleman." He says, slurring his words as usual. The rest of the board just nods at him, not saying a word. "I believe I have some good news for you all."

There are several whispers among the board. Wesker just smiles, taking his sweet time, pausing for dramatic purpose.

"As you all know, for a moment there we thought that Cain's ridiculous idea of blowing up the city would work to contain the virus, however it has already infected rivers and animals, so it is spreading through the United States, I have reports it has reached Central America as well."

Some of the board members are gasping, whispering things.

"And how is that a good thing?" One of them manages to say.

Wesker's smile widens.

"Well you see, the news has quickly traveled the world, we had tried to cover it as disease at first but now we've achieved our secondary goal of laying the blame at Middle East. We have been planting false evidence and hacking all the relevant agencies databases around the globe."

There's a movement among the assembled. All gasping and talking to each other. Wesker is almost laughing, amused by the men in the room.

"You're saying that there's no way anyone could find out about Umbrella's experiments?" Birkin is saying.

"Of course. At first the European television networks tried to concern themselves, with the problem, however Umbrella had Agent Wong infiltrate their databases and she deleted all existing communication with the host country first, then with the entire American continent.

There is no whispering anymore, the entire room is filled with heated conversation.

"What?"

"You cut all connection with America?"

"How did you manage to do that?"

"What's…"

"Gentleman please." It is Spencer's firm voice, the rest of the board quiet down.

"Would you care to enlighten us all here Wesker? Because I can't see anything good in this prattle you're pulling out."

Wesker smile fades a little bit.

"Ah well you see my friend." He starts and Spencer makes a grimace at the word 'friend', coming from Wesker, his good mood is completely disturbing. "For years we've been trying to imitate an environment fitting enough to test our subjects and B.O.W."

Wesker is smiling like a mad man. "And now we got a whole continent to do it."

Everybody is quiet, thinking exactly the same thing. This man is crazy, completely certifiable, and all at the head of the company must be as insane as well. Birkin is looking at Spencer, throwing him glances, trying to soothe him.

"And what about the virus?" He says trying to calm himself a bit. "Don't you think it will pass through this part of the world?"

Wesker is smiling again.

"We are working on it, as I told you, very good news indeed." And with he's off the screen.

For the past 30 minutes Alice has been telling Claire all about her relationship with Umbrella. She has told her that she was head of a security facility called the Hive, an underground laboratory located near the forest, that her training was very specialized and better than the militarized one.

She felt a little weird, talking about herself as if she remembered everything, when in actuality; she just remembered a little from her past and was sharing it. Claire however has been paying attention, not saying a word, just digesting everything.

Alice told her that she didn't know at first about Umbrella's more dirty dealings, that she was told that they needed high security as the pharmaceutical goods they synthesized were expensive and dangerous in the wrong hands. She told her that as soon as she found out about the viral and bio-weaponry and the experiments that they were making with human DNA and human beings, she set out to find a way to bring the corporation down. Somehow, and although everything sounded incredibly farfetched, Claire believed her, and for that, Alice was very grateful.

"I joined forces with one of the S.T.A.R.S commanders, I really can't remember her name, and before you ask, I don't know if I met your brother." She said looking apologetically at Claire.

She continued to tell Claire all about the B.S.A.A., a force founded by herself and a few others that knew about Umbrella's true purpose, with the idea of bringing down the company by stealing its viral weapons to expose them to the media.

"Of course it was a secret organization, I mean, most of us worked for the company and if they found out, we would undoubtedly be killed. Or worse."

Then she told her that at first they tried to infiltrate into their labs but that it was impossible.

During the conversation, they had changed positions, Alice is sitting at the bottom of the bed and Claire is pacing around the small bedroom, trying to take it all in at once.

"What happened then?" She asks.

"I remember a woman, about my age, an Asian woman, I can't remember her name, well I can't even remember if she ever told me her name." Alice is trying to remember her dream.

"I can help you get the virus. Access codes, security plans, the works."

"Good."

"But there's going to be a price."

"Name it."

"You have to guarantee me ... You'll help bring the Corporation down."

"She said she was part of a large group of mercenaries; they all wanted the same thing: Bring Umbrella down. She never told me why, but she was going to help us. She… she got the idea of infiltrating one of us like a subject test, into the lab. It was a good idea so I offered myself for the job.

Now Claire has stop moving and it's looking at her as if not believing what she just said.

"You did what?"

Alice is feeling a little bit uncomfortable. She's getting to the part that she doesn't like at all.

"They needed human DNA to combine it with the T-Virus, at first we thought they would only take a sample of my marrow, but then…"

"Don't fight it. We have to blindfold you my dear, it's for your own safety. Relax…."

She's not dreaming but she can feel the panic that she felt that day. And she remembers the sharp pain in her arm, the prick of a syringe so vivid.

"T-Virus?" Claire says bringing her back to the present.

"T stands for Tyrant." Alice explains. "Yes, the same virus you saw in that Umbrella report."

"Jesus." Claire isn't moving; she's just standing there, looking at the floor, completely out of herself, trying to assimilate that last bit of their conversation.

"They were trying to create a weapon. A biological weapon to kill an entire civilization" She's talking more to herself. "Why Alice?"

"We're talking about Umbrella, they didn't care if it would eliminate half the planet, not if someone would pay for that weapon."

"Who would pay for something like that?" Claire is looking at Alice for answers.

"You'd be amazed to know how many entities would pay for something like that around the world, just to have power."

"Oh God, this is bigger than I thought." Claire is moving again. "So they combined some of your DNA with that?"

Alice gives her a bitter smile. "That girl? The Asian one? She was working for Umbrella and they got me. They knew what I was trying to do. They didn't take a sample of my DNA..." She shook her head. "They took it all."

Claire is sitting again, next to Alice, her hand resting on Alice's shoulder in sympathy. "What you mean, took it all?"

"The last thing I remember is waking up in a hospital room"

Claire is gasping; this whole thing is starting to freak her out. She's not sure if she wants to know the end of the story.

"You offered yourself? You offered yourself for an experiment, even knowing what you do about how messed up Umbrella is?"

"Yes." Alice is looking at her. "There wasn't another way, we tried so hard, believe me, for years, but it was near impossible, so when the first real opportunity to bring us a step forward came, I took it."

"Did anyone think it would be a set up?"

"I honestly didn't care at the time, I was so eager to bring them down, it didn't matter, there was a plan, while I was in there, someone else would infiltrate the Hive, to steal the virus, I can't remember how everything went wrong, but I know something happened."

Claire wants to ask what was it that they did to her, but she's not brave enough. She can see that Alice is hurting and confused; she's shifting uncomfortably; like she knows what Claire is thinking.

"They…" She takes a deep breath moving as far away from Claire as possible in as much as the room allows her. "They did something to me. I can't remember what they did, just a lot of blurred images. But you've seen what I can do, I barely feel human anymore."

Claire eyes widen, and both women can hear her swallowing hard.

"That's why you got all those powers, that's how you saved me, but I… I don't understand… it said that the virus was a deadly one, isn't it? How is it possible that it didn't… you know…"

"You're wondering why I'm not dead?" Alice says smirking bitterly." Yes, the Ebola virus kills its host, but in me? Somehow it changed my structure, changed its own structure and I survived, but I think I was the only one who survived."

Claire's mouth drops open. Now she can understand what's happening.

"Raccoon?" Is all that she manages to say.

"Yes"

"My God, Chris" Claire is angry and worried at the same time. "Chris" All that she's got in mind has moved to a corner of her brain, her brother now is her priority, she's moving away from the bed, taking Hunk's backpack trying to find her stuff. "I need to get to the States, I need to find him."

"Claire wait." Alice is moving towards her.

"I need to find him before is too late, I need to…"

"Claire?" Alice has reached Claire's wrist and now she's moving her away from Hunk's backpack. "You can't just go to the airport and buy a ticket to L.A, at this point all communications with America will be under Umbrellas' control."

"I don't care… I need to find my brother." She releases herself from Alice's grip violently and Alice backs off a bit. "You don't understand."

"I do understand Claire, but don't you think Umbrella already got its eye on you? You need to be patient here, I can help you get to the states, but you need to calm down a bit." Claire's explosive behavior is driving Alice a little crazy.

"I can't wait any longer!"

"They'll get you Claire; they'll get you before you step into the airport. You know that."

Those words seems to ease her, she's moving away from the backpack, throwing it at one side.

"Shit"

"I can help you get to the states, but we need to rest." Alice is saying.

"What's your plan?" Claire ignores Alice's last words.

Alice sights. "I need to get inside Umbrella's Zurich facility, I can hack their database, find a way to get us out of here, without being tracked."

Claire nods with her head. So far is a good idea. "Good." She's moving again to the backpack.

"But we need to rest." Alice repeats.

Claire is looking at her, with a murderous look. She knows Alice is right. "Ok, but not for long."