Ada quickly followed Simmons with the helicopter, easily catching him up. Carla was still raining down heavy fire, attacking Simmons from afar. The lumbering beast below roared, ran ahead of them to then stop. He mutated that bit more as long tendrils shot out from his chest, weaving together to form a long arm in which he used to throw whatever he could at the pair.
"He's angry now," Ada thought amused as she quickly pulled the helicopter back to avoid any damage.
Simmons had been heading for the quad tower all along. The very tower Carla had set up her base of operations, but what was Simmons after there? As soon as Ada lowered the helicopter down in between the four towers, Carla was sending missiles his way.
Soon he was crying out again as his body shifted, this time though things were different. Very different. How it was even possible what was happening at this point in time was beyond them. Admitted there had been the incident with Birkin, but this, this was on another level.
A rather large amount of bone was now growing from Simmons' back, soon forming what looked to be the vertebra of a very large animal. That soon followed by the growing of his legs, and body which were now more than ten times the size of him. Muscle and bones were forming rapidly as Simmons' top half now formed the rest of the intended animal. That animal being the form of a T-Rex, but this was all muscle, bone and eyes. There were lots of eyes hidden beneath the back bone and under the ribs below his belly. The jaws were lined with a row of razor sharp fangs, all ready and willing to tear into anything that got in his way.
"A dinosaur as well, I mean really?" Ada asked, turning to her double.
Carla just shrugged in response, now going back to firing at the beast.
"Never seen a Tyrannosimmons Rex before?" she asked.
Ada couldn't help but smile.
"Cute," she sighed, getting a smile out of Carla now too.
xXx
"This isn't working!" Chris yelled, finding the behemoth's skin too tough to penetrate.
"Don't you have anything stronger?" Jake asked as he slid between the bulking creatures legs.
"Yeah, a grenade launcher."
"Well then, where is it?"
"In the humvee," Chris responded.
"Well it's no fucking use there," Jake scowled as he ran over to punch the thing only to be sent flying back into one of the crates.
"Jake!" Sherry screamed, rushing over to him.
"Don't worry about me, I'm built like a tank." He reassured her as he stood to then round his shoulders for another go.
"Alright, I won't." She huffed as she stepped in to help once again, while Claire kept Piers awake until help arrived.
"Sherry!" he now scowled at her. "Get back with Claire!"
"You think I'm incapable of saving myself or others?" she asked angrily.
"I didn't mean it like that and you know it!" he scowled as the claw headed right for them.
Jake ran at Sherry, knocking her out of the way. He couldn't help but look down at her, getting a small smile in response. To cut the awkwardness she knew he was feeling she thanked him.
"Don't mention it," he replied before quickly standing from her to then help her to her feet.
She smiled at him and he couldn't help but return the gesture before running back in to help Chris and Jill.
"There's a oil tank over there if we can just..." Jake now pointed out.
"On it," Chris smirked, rushing over to grab the tank to throw at the creature, who caught it to then burst it all over his body.
"Not too smart, are you pal?" Jake grinned as they set the thing alight.
He roared, arm and claw flailing as flames engulfed him.
"You're not taking Jake!" Sherry now screamed as she held up a magnum to the things exposed heart.
Jake ran over, stopping beside her. He could see how shaky her hands were as they held up the gun. He raised a hand of his own, cupping hers to help support her.
"Let's end this."
She looked to him and smiled as he then turned to her with a smile.
"Ready, super girl?"
"Ready," she nodded, finger now squeezing the trigger.
The Ustanak was forced back a little before he regained himself, raising the claw he soon found his body was now breaking up, soon he was nothing more than a bloody mess of parts.
"We did it!" Sherry practically jumped on Jake. "It's over!"
Jake was a little taken aback, but slowly raised an arm to pat her on the back.
"We did," he sighed, starting to enjoy the moment until Sherry broke away to run back over to Piers just as the medics now arrived.
Rebecca was already barking orders to the others, talking medical jargon he was too out of it to understand.
"Claire," Chris called out.
She turned to him. "Chris, what are you going to do now?"
"Go after Simmons," he told her, sighing slightly. "I'm gonna stop him and help to bring Carla in. She can't get away with what she's done."
Claire nodded. "Do what has to be done, Chris."
"Miss Redfield," one of the men waved her over. "We need to leave now!"
"Coming," she told him before looking back to her brother. "I don't want the same happening to you, so be careful."
"I always am, Claire." He smiled. "Alright, I'm going after Simmons and Carla."
"We're coming too," Sherry now told him.
"Not a chance!" he scowled.
"Chris," Sherry lowered her head now. "Simmons used me. I thought I could trust him, but after what he did to me I know I never should have."
Chris shook his head. "Alright, but you're under mine and my partners protection. You do as I say, got it?"
"Got it," she nodded with a smile.
"Thanks for volunteering me, babe." Jake huffed behind her.
"Sherry!" Claire called to her. "Be careful."
"I will," Sherry nodded as Claire then left with Piers.
The four now climbed onto a humvee, Sherry and Jake took up the turrets on the back while Jill took the wheel and Chris gave cover from the sunroof.
"Let's finish this son of a bitch!" he snarled as Jill drove them over to the tower courtyard.
xXx
Leon and Helena had already got there before Chris and the others, finding Ada and Carla already firing at the new monstrous form he'd now taken on.
"What is this?" Helena though, mouth slightly agape at the large extinct creature now in front of them.
"Ada!" Leon shouted, breaking her from her daze.
She looked up just as Rex-Simmons had now picked up a car in his monstrous jaws to sling at the helicopter that was still firing wildly at him.
"A-da!" the creature roared, turning his huge head to look up just as Ada quickly took back control of the helicopter after dodging the car thrown her way.
He roared loudly now, forcing Leon and Helena to grimace in pain as they tried their hardest to cover their ears. Ada fought with the helicopter once again as Simmons' mighty roar caused her and Carla some discomfort too.
"Am I grateful we don't live with Dinosaurs," Leon grumbled as Helena turned to look at him.
"What!?" she asked.
He shook his head at her, then pointed as Simmons spun round.
"Watch out!"
It was too late as Helena took Simmons' tail to the gut and was sent flying through the air right into Leon.
"Helena," Leon grunted.
"Sorry," she apologised, obviously winded.
As they were recovering, Carla sent a missile Simmons way, engulfing the large lizard in fire. As expected Simmons roared in pain as his body shifted back to his human form once again.
"I'll kill you!" Simmons roared.
Helena quickly stood, feeling herself filled with rage towards the man standing in front of her.
"Helena!" Leon shouted even as she was already jumping in the air, her knee striking Simmons under the chin to knock him to the floor as she then pounced on him to start beating him to a bloody pulp.
It didn't take long however until the virus kicked in again and Simmons was once again crying out as Leon ran over to pull Helena off of him as he transformed once more.
"You'll pay!" Helena snarled as Ada moved the helicopter round to allow Carla to fire at him again.
This time a few bullets hit their mark, piercing a few of the eyes under his ribs. Simmons roared in pain, reaching down to grab a large tanker in his mouth only as he did he ended up piercing it. Oil spilled out around him as Carla shot at him again. He was downed once more, the blazing fire blocking Helena's path to get to him again forcing him to change again.
"Won't he just stay dead!" Helena groaned just as Simmons' huge head broke through the fire wall to snatch her up in his mouth.
"Helena!" Leon yelled as she screamed.
"Help me!" she cried out.
Leon was just about to fire at Simmons when something broke through the pile up of cars. Upon looking up Leon was surprised to see Chris and the others here.
oOo
"Is that Simmons?" Jill asked looking though the windscreen in shock.
"Why do I always feel like I'm trapped in some kind of monster movie?" Chris thought as he too looked at Simmons' new form.
"Chris!" Leon shouted to him. "He has my partner!"
Chris nodded then turned to Sherry and Jake.
"Aim for the eyes!" he told them.
"Right!" Sherry nodded as she and Jake aimed at Simmons' eyes.
oOo
"It's a like a Racoon City reunion," Ada thought as Carla rolled her eyes.
"Let's just finish this," she sighed, shooting at Simmons once more as Ada manoeuvred around the large stone spike pillar in the middle of the Umbrella sign on the floor.
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"Take out the legs!" Chris yelled as Helena was finally spat out.
They started to shoot at the legs now, bringing Simmons down with a crash.
"Unload on the bastard!" he then ordered.
They all fired at his belly, the rest of the eyes there all exploding, spraying pus all over. Simmons lifted his head, giving one more ear shattering roar before dropping his head back down with a heavy thud. All three eyes on each side of his head closed.
"Did we do it?" Chris now asked as he climbed out to jump down.
Jake was now kicking Simmons upside the head.
"Fucking piece of shit!" he scowled.
The sickly sound of his body transforming once again was heard as he reverted back to quickly change into the cat like creature again. He threw himself at Chris and Jake, knocking the pair off their feet with a grunt. Leon was now firing at him as he climbed up the tower with ease.
"I'll find out for myself what you've been doing, Carla!" Simmons snarled.
Leon stole a quick glance at Chris and the others, seeing the pair now standing back up. Ada was just now taking the helicopter up to the roof.
"We're heading up," Leon told them. "We have to stop Simmons!"
"We'll meet you up there!" Chris responded after shaking his head to clear his vision.
"Are you alright?" Jill asked worriedly.
"Yeah, think I've just got the sense beaten back into me again." He smiled.
Simmons had now made it to the walkway tunnels that connected the towers as Ada and Carla had now ditched the helicopter to come face to face with said man.
"Ada!" he thought surprised at seeing two of them. "But why? How is this possible?"
Suddenly the surprise was turned to anger as he threw everything he had at the pair.
"I killed you!" he roared. "How is it you're still alive?"
Carla said nothing as she opened fire on him.
"Ada, how could you turn against me?" he roared as he swiped at them. "Why am I surprised though, I knew you'd fall for that bitch's lies!"
"I fell for nothing, Simmons!" Ada frowned as she fired a bolt, that struck him right between the eyes.
He roared in annoyance, body shifting yet again to pull the bolt from his head.
"You and me, Ada. We could have been perfect together! You were my everything! I loved you!"
"You clearly had someone that felt the same way about you," Ada scolded him as she somersaulted back, seeing Carla do the exact same thing next to her.
"What, Carla?" he growled.
"Don't make me sick," Carla glared at Ada forcefully.
"Then why did she betray me?" he snarled as he sent a long tendril right at the pair.
"Move!" Ada warned, pushing Carla out of the way just to be taken by Simmons.
Ada squirmed in his tight grip as she was held high above him.
"I'll change your mind to wanting me back!"
"Not a chance, Simmons!" Ada groaned as his grip around her ribs tightened.
"You'll love me!" he snarled.
"You couldn't love anyone, but yourself!" Carla glared at him as she shot a few rounds into his face while he was distracted.
He cried out in pain, stumbling back. His grip lessened a little on Ada, but he sent out another tendril to knock Carla off the side of the building.
"I only need one of you!" he laughed as he looked back up at Ada, who was so close to passing out.
oOo
As Leon and Helena were now making their way up in the lift, Helena decided now was as good a time as any to strike up conversation with Leon about Ada.
"You love her, don't you?" she asked, stepping over to the window beside him.
He just turned to look at her and she knew without him saying anything it was true. She turned to look back out of the window, now spotting the pair.
"Leon, isn't that Ada!"
Leon quickly looked up to see his lover held by the one man he really despised.
"Ada!" he banged on the glass, knowing there wasn't really anything he could do to help right now.
At seeing the lift rising, Simmons automatically knew for sure it was trouble. And so, he threw Ada down harshly onto the walkway to then lunge himself at the side of the building, completely tearing away the lift.
"Jump!" Leon yelled.
They both jumped to grab the steel cable. Leon just managed to grab hold as Helena let out a cry as she slipped.
"I've got ya!" Leon grunted as he quickly grabbed her wrist. "Go up!"
With shaky hands, Helena gripped hold of the cable to then pull herself up and over Leon. The pair then slowly made their ascent up until the walkway was in range.
"Cover me!" Leon now turned, dead set on dropping down to the walkway below.
"But Leon.." she protested even as he was already dropping down.
He landed with a grunt, ignoring the surging pain in his ankles as he'd dropped upon them. His main concern was getting to Ada and helping her out with Simmons.
"Ada!" he called out to her as he dropped to one knee beside her.
She was out cold once again just like the time in Raccoon City, Spain and Russia, though he hadn't actually known about the last one. He pulled her up so that her head was resting upon his knee, leaving him to be able to deal with Simmons if need be.
"Leon, get away from her!" Simmons now snarled as he stood menacingly in his human form. "You're not half the man she needs!"
"Ada, you're the real you I know you can pull through this." Leon looked down on her. "Just open your eyes."
Unfortunate for him, Simmons was advancing on them now and Ada still wasn't waking.
"Come on, Ada." He tried to encourage her.
"Leon!" Simmons growled before screaming out in pain as he transformed again to this time send projectiles their way.
Thinking quick, Leon grabbed hold of Ada and pulled her up to his chest as he then moved his body slightly to shield her with his back facing Simmons. Taking a few hits hurt like hell, but he'd do it a thousand times over if he had to.
"She's mine!" Simmons bellowed as Helena shot at him to try and distract him.
Thankfully more gunshots rang out from behind him, making Simmons roar loudly.
"Stop interfering!" he snarled as he ran at Chris and the others.
Jill was quick to grab hold of Sherry and knock her out of the way just as Simmons' burst right through the wall, his claws barely touching them thanks to Jill's quick thinking.
"Thank you," Sherry smiled at her.
Jill nodded as she quickly climbed to her feet to help Jake and Chris keep him at bay.
"How the fuck do we stop him?" Jake asked, seeing as nothing was working.
"We just have to find his weakness, they all have one." Chris reminded him.
"Easier said than done," Jake sighed.
oOo
Thankfully this now gave Leon the time to take a breather and to help wake Ada.
"Ada," he called her name softly again, lowering her away from him a little.
There was a loud roar and half the building was now crumbling as Simmons morphed back into his dino form.
"Come on, Ada." Leon tried once more, now smiling as she opened her eyes to face him.
"I was just resting my eyes," she lied as she laid a hand over his.
"You shouldn't sleep on the job," he teased her as she pulled herself to stand.
"I don't suppose you saw where Carla went do you?" she asked him.
He shook his head.
"Ada!" Simmons screamed in his cat form, bounding right back over to them.
This time he threw himself at Leon, knocking him off the side of the building this time only Leon was quick to grab the edge.
"Leon!" was the last thing he heard from Ada as he hung on for dear life as Simmons reverted back to his humanoid self.
"With you out of the way, I can take back what's rightfully mine!" Simmons snarled as his foot came down on Leon's fingers. "You could never have her!"
Leon cried out as pressure was placed upon his fingers. Helena could only look on in worry as she watched from above. Ada was now pulling a bolt from her crossbow to then run over with it.
"I was never yours, Simmons!" she told him forcefully as she rammed the bolt into his side before pushing him off with her. "I'm no one's and neither is Carla!"
"No!" he screamed as he was now left to fall while she grappled her way to the walkway below.
"Ada," Leon turned to now see her looking over at him.
She smiled at his expression. "So cute," she thought as she pointed up to the roof.
"Ada!" he shouted as she turned to walk away.
"What are you waiting for?" Helena now came over the earpiece. "Go after her."
"No, we're partners remember." He replied.
Helena couldn't help but smile as Leon now made his way back to her.
"Come on, we're gonna put a stop to Simmons once and for all."
"Alright," Helena nodded. "Let's go, Leon!"
"Why do I always get stuck with the bossy ones," he sighed as he followed her on.
oOo
Carla landed harshly on the walkway below, a sharp stabbing pain in her leg caught her full attention as she soon come round. A shard of glass had embedded itself in her leg. Not giving much thought on the matter, she grabbed the glass and ripped it free to then throw it aside. Now standing with a limp, she made her way back inside the building.
"I'll show you, Simmons!" she seethed as she made her way to her lab.
"Give it up, Carla!"
She grew annoyed at the sound of her own voice, turning around to Ada standing their smugly as anything.
"You're still here?" she frowned.
"I just wanted to see what you were up to," Ada shrugged lightly. "Especially after the knock on the head."
Carla glared at her.
"You've no right!" Carla now turned on her again. "I won't allow you to stop what I've created!"
"You're done creating things, Carla." Ada frowned as she walked over.
Carla grabbed her arm in a vice like grip, stopping her from going any further.
"Leave," she demanded.
Ada turned to face her, seeing the look of sadness in her eyes.
"I can't," she sighed. "This has to end."
Carla let her grip on the other woman loosen as she dropped back against the wall, head hung low.
"I hate you," she seethed, sounding so much like a child.
"Join the club," Ada shrugged before heading inside.
She made her way over to the main console to plug in the device she'd picked up back on the ship and looked up at the monitor that was now playing a video.
"Another failure. Bring me another subject," Carla had ordered.
"Why are we doing this?" one of the scientists asked.
"Are you refusing my orders?" she turned to him with a scowl.
"N-No, I-I would never, Dr Wong." He cowered slightly in front of her.
"Then go find me another subject," she repeated harshly.
"But, we don't..."
"Just go outside," she pointed to the door. "There's thousands of subjects to choose from."
"You want me to..."
"Get me another subject," she was not going to repeat herself again.
"Y-Yes, Dr." He quickly hurried out as she watched as their last victim was forced down to his knees in front of her.
She nodded to the man, indicating to the other scientists to inject him. The man before her just looked up, his eye lids droopy as if he'd been drugged.
"Let's see how this one goes," she thought with a slight smug look upon her face.
The man shook before bursting into flames, which soon died down to have him now be covered in slime. She walked over taking a sample of the slime, collecting it in a test tube for later study. Quite soon after it hardened and soon it started to crack. A figure emerged, but it unfortunately it was a slimy mess that was not what she was expecting. It opened it mouth, but nothing came out but a gargle.
"Put it out of its misery," she waved a hand at it, looking rather disgusted as she turned to head out.
The video cut to another room, showing the scientist from before.
"Yes, sir. Yes. I understand, sir." He seemed to be speaking with someone on the phone. "No. I wasn't allowed, sir. She told me to tell you she was busy. Yes, sir. I apologise, I won't let it happen again. Yes, sir. She seems to be working on creating a..."
Carla now made an appearance.
Ada could clearly see the fear written all over the man's face. "I-I'm sorry, sir. I have to go. N-No, sir. She's here..."
She snatched the phone from him, placing it to her ear.
"Hello, Simmons." She greeted. "Yes, I told Miller to tell you I'm onto something incredible."
Now moving it from her ear, she cut him off and threw it back to the man standing in front of her.
"You're the one who chose me as a test subject, aren't you?" she pointed at him now.
"No. No...no! It was Simmons! He forced me too!" panic now set in at seeing the two J'avo closing in from behind. "Please! Don't do this!"
"Believe it or not, I said the exact same thing."
"N-No!" he pleaded. "I beg of you!"
She nodded to her men to take hold of him.
"Now I see it was you all along," she now smiled as she looked him over. "You will be a perfect subject."
"N-Noooo!" he thrashed, trying to escape his bounds.
"Take him upstairs," she ordered. "I want to make a start on him right away."
Once again the video cut to a full cocoon standing in a tank.
"Finally done it," she smiled at her accomplishment. "This will be my greatest work yet."
The video then cut off.
Ada looked back at the tank, seeing the cocoon start to crack. A man's hand now emerged, followed by its twin. At this Ada knew right away what Carla had intended to release.
"I pity you, Carla. I really do." She sighed heavily. "Simmons really pushed you over the edge so much so that you had to create your own version of him."
She knew this was why she could never get close to anyone, especially Leon. Getting attached, meant forming a bond. Forming a bond meant you were one. She shook her head at the very thought.
"We're beyond sympathy at this point," she scowled at the thing as she raised her gun. "We're beyond humanity."
All the pent up rage inside her at Simmons creating such a thing as Carla, as the woman still clearly had a thing for the man. She felt disgusted at having her look like her, share the same feelings as her, no not the same feelings as her, never that. But she couldn't bring herself to kill Carla, she was human. A very broken human, yes, but she believed Carla could now turn her life around and hopefully cure the world and herself of Simmons once and for all. With this she allowed herself to vent out all this rage onto the thing that was now emerging, her finger squeezed the trigger, firing at the cocoon and everything around it until the lab was engulfed in flames.
Giving one last look to the monitor that still had the photo of Carla and Simmons, she turned and headed on out.
