Claire ran. She kept running and she ran against the crowd, not with it. She needed to get a hold of a computer or something to message Chris or someone for help. She soon reached a long hallway that had been evacuated. She looked into the windows of the rooms and located a computer. She entered and scanned the room for any signs of lickers or infected. The room seemed clear enough to be safe, despite being an Umbrella laboratory in which an outbreak had occurred. She carefully made her way over the computer and logged into her email. You guys know what to do. She sent the email to all four of her comrades and waited. She then sat back and waited for a response she knew would come shortly. *Bing* An email had arrived. It was from Leon.
"Too late. We were on our way an hour ago. Ur in Richmond btw. ;P"
Relief flooded her chest. They were coming. As she got up to exit the lab/office, she saw a shiny, metallic case lying on a counter. She walked over to it curiously and opened it. She was shocked as she the contents inside. Swirly vials lied inside. All different colors. Some blue, some green, one purple. Oh shit. Could it be she found samples of the T-virus or even the T-Veronica Virus? She knew the dangers and hoped that the loss of these viruses wouldn't have some type of consequence. She took out every vial and laid them on the table. Having been in Umbrella labs before, she knew it wouldn't be long before the self-destruct sequence was activated. Claire would leave these vials out in hopes that none would survive the self-destruction. As she laid the last one on the table, she heard the door open. This time she got gun in time and shot towards the door. For a split second there was silence, then another shot rang out. Claire ducked behind the desk for cover, just as a bullet flew over her head.
"Can't hide forever Claire." The voice belonged to Sergeant Rodgers. Claire stood up from behind the desk and Rodgers came out from the hallway. He seemed to be fine. The only apparent injury seemed to be the large scratch on his face.
"Yeah well, I'm not hiding anymore. You got a little something here, by the way." Her hand waved over her cheek, mocking the man's obvious laceration. He stepped forward and tossed his gun aside. He was getting closer. She raised her gun and aimed directly at his chest.
"Now, now. That's a little hostel. Why don't lower that thing before you get hurt." He swung his hand over, knocking the gun sideways and Claire felt a quick flash of pain above her eyebrow. She swung her leg and it made contact with the Sergeant's rib cage. He backed away a bit, and it gave her time to breathe and notice that he had now a long knife in his hand. As if putting the pieces together, she raised her hand to her brow, and then lowered it, her hand was now bloody.
"You have a little something around here." The Sergeant mocked.
"You've got some nerve." Claire disliked being taunted. She was the sarcastic one, not him. She then saw him dash towards her. She registered his movement in time to bring her knee up and it land straight on his stomach. She swung a fist towards his face as he was momentarily distracted. It landed home, but was immediately returned. She shielded her face and was punched in the midsection. She grabbed an empty syringe and stabbed his leg. He yelled in pain. He then grabbed her and tossed her towards the table. She flew over the table, knocked off all the contents they were laid across it, and landed on her back. As stood to get up she heard the cracking of glass and felt a sharp pain across her forearm. She looked down and was panic stricken. Her arm was bloodied and had shards of glass within her arm. The vials' content were spilled all over the floor and some was on her arm. Quickly, she wiped her arm on her pants, despite the pain that shot through her arm. Fuck! Some couldn't have gotten in! Right?! I'm not infected! She quickly stood up to find the sergeant staring down at her.
"Looks like someone's been exposed. I no longer have any reason to keep you around, since you're infected and will die soon enough." He aimed his gun at her head and was ready to fire. Before anything shooting occurred, a computer activated voice announced,
"All Umbrella employees please be advised, an outbreak has occurred the main chamber. Self-destruct sequence has been activated. Detonation occurs four minutes."
"Well. I got to run," Rodgers smirked, "I'd love to stay and chat but, I'm sure dying to see what the self-destruction of a lab looks like from the outside." With that he shot her knee and was off. Claire was left alone on the floor, glass in arm and bullet in her knee. Never had she felt so alone.