Ella leaned against the steel wall as yells, moaning and words were heard through the inside and out. Ella
heard loud banging on the steel door. She looked at the door
"Open the door!" they heard Alice yell before she and Matt ran inside
Spence closed the door just in time before one the dead residents try to get in.
"We need to get out of here." said Alice "What about this door" she was about to go to it when Kaplan stopped her.
"Don't!" he said "They're waiting there to"
"And that way?" Alice asked pointing to the darken room at the center of the queen's chamber.
"Dead end" answered Ella.
"There's no way out of the queen's chamber" Kaplan said
"So, we wait. If someone doesn't hear from you, they'll send a team or something, right?" Spence asked. Rain, Kaplan were silence.
"What? What's wrong?" Spence asked after a few minutes. Ella looked at them wanting an answer.
"We don't have much time," Rain spoke, moving her hand around, "you know those blast doors we passed on the way here? They seal
shut in under an hour. If we don't make it out of here by then, we aren't getting out of here." Rain said.
"My god..." Ella mumbled under her breath.
"Are you saying that they'll cover this up?" Matt asked.
"They can't just bury as alive down here!" Spence shouted.
"Containing the incident is the only fail safe plan they had …against possible contamination." Rain informed.
"And you're telling us this now! We're trapped a fucking mile underground. Shit!" Spence shouted losing the last cool he had.
"We have to get outta here" Ella said as Alice nodded before Alice went over to the table and grabbed the sealed bag and headed towards
the darken red queen's chamber.
"What are you doing?" Kaplan asked following her.
"Im turning her back on" Alice said bending down to work on turning her back on.
"That isn't a good idea." Kaplan said.
"She'll know a way out" Alice informed him continuing to do her work.
"That homicidal bitch killed my team." Rain argued.
"That homicidal bitch may be our only way outta here" said Ella glaring at Rain while Rain glared back at her.
"Considering the way she's been treated, I bet she'll be jumping for joy to help us out." Matt said, trying to lighten the mood.
"That circuit breaker you mentioned, can you bypass it?" Alice asked.
"Yeah"
"So do it" Alice said
"The circuit breaker's disabled. This time, if I hit the switch, she'll fry. The charge must have damaged her boards." Kaplan informed the group.
"Ah, there you are," The Red Queen's voice rung out, "Things, I gather have gone out of control."
"Give me the switch, I'm gonna fry her ass!" Rain shouted, running towards Kaplan who pulled the switch away from her. Ella titled her head as her black hair went to her left shoulder.
"I did warn you, didn't I?" The Red Queen said.
"Tell us what's going on down here." Rain demanded.
"Research and Development" said the Red Queen.
"What about the T virus?" Matt asked
"The research was a major medical breakthrough. Although it clearly possessed highly profitable military applications."
"How does it explain those things out there?" Spence asked. Ella flinched a bit before she continued to listen carefully
"Even in death, the human body remains active: hair and fingernails continue to grow, new cells are produced, and the brain holds a small electrical charge that takes months to dissipate. The T- Virus provides a massive jolt to the both cellular growth and those trace electrical impulses. To put it simply, it reanimates the body." The Red Queen informed.
"So it brings the dead back to life?" Rain asked
"Not fully. The subjects have the simplest of motor ability and perhaps a little memory. They are virtually driven by the basest of impulses, the most basic of needs."
"Which is?" Matt asked.
"The need to..." Ella started to say before the red queen cutted her off
"Feed"
"How do you kill them?" Rain asked breaking the silence that was there for a while. "Severing the top of the spinal column or massive trauma to the brain are the most effective methods." answered The Red Queen
"You mean shoot them in the head?" Rain asked.
"Why did you kill everyone down here?" Alice asked before looking at Ella "Almost everyone"
"The T Virus escaped into the air conditioning system and an uncontrolled pattern of infection began," The Red Queen stated,"The virus is protean; changing from liquid to air to blood transmission depending on its environment. It's almost impossible to kill. I couldn't allow it to escape from The Hive. Soo, I took steps." She finished.
"Wait, wait wait if T-virus got in thats means Ella is..." Spence said before he glared at Ella before she sighed.
"Im immune to it you dum dum" Ella hissed "If I wasnt I would been changed"
"Steps?" asked Alice continuing the subject.
"Its in her programming" Kaplan explained "When there is a problem in the Hive. The Red Queen has to choose to best choice to stop it or else bad things will happen. She would do anything to save the world even if it means killing a few"
"What?!" yelled Spence
"Correct. You must understand those who become infected, I can't allow you to leave."
Ella looked at Rain in worry as she saw the bite on her hand.
"Were not bitten" said Alice forgetting about Rain.
"Just one bit, one scratch from these creatures is sufficient and then you become one of them. A check of my systems indicates my main drive circuit breaker has been disabled, may I ask why?" asked the Red Queen
"Insurance. We need a way out of here. If you refuse to help at anytime, we flip the switch. Understand?" Alice informed. Ella smirked.
~To be continued~