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A Double Twisted Nightmare Chapter 16
December 2nd Bordeaux, France Umbrella Lab 7:45pm
Alarms were blaring, as Daniel Fabron types away on a computer. Umbrella had found out that he had been experimenting with viruses, seeing how long the virus can be delayed and kidnapping ordinary people to fight against B.O.W.'s.
Just before the outbreak occurred in Raccoon City, he had six people that had promising. He pitted them against all kinds of B.O.W's, and they actually acted as a team to get through them all.
Unfortunately, they also worked together to escape, despite his warnings that he had infected them with a virus.
The injections he came up with were designed to see how long it could delay the t-virus. Those that he infected then had to fight against the monsters, within a certain time limit if they wanted to receive the injections in a timely fashion.
The latest was able to last three days without the virus taking over, but the six people he had were able to escape once they got their last injections from him.
Ironically, shortly after, the outbreak occurred. He sent a T-103 Tyrant after them, as well as gathering his group of followers to chase after them. However they encountered a group of eight people that helped fend them off.
Eventually from what he heard they had found a cure for the virus in the Umbrella R & D Center and they were cured of the virus.
He had no choice but to give up on them once they ended up in the custody of the US government. If he used too many resources, Umbrella would have found out what he did sooner. Last he heard, they were being relocated to cities around the country.
With Umbrella being under fire, he started making plans to go where Alex Wesker is. He had been to her island only once, but he remembered where it is.
But Umbrella had been cracking down on those who have had ties to the Wesker siblings and those who have already betrayed them. They had found some documents that states what he has been doing.
So they sent in a team to kill him and collect the data that he had about the survival rates and injections.
'They won't get it.' Daniel thinks as he hits send. He is sending all the data he had collected to Alex, then he scrambles the computer so that Umbrella can't track where he sent it.
When he found out that Umbrella was on to him, he rigged up the lab to explode when unauthorized personal entered the lab.
'Oh, Cherie, how I wanted to see you again.' Daniel thinks of Alex.
The door behind him is busted down, an armed group of men came in. "Officer Daniel Fabron, your charged with conspiracy against Umbrella and doing unauthorized experiments without informing your superiors. Get up slowly and surrender quietly or we will shoot you." one of them said.
Daniel gets up slowly and turns to face them, "Your done mes amis. The lab is set to destroy itself in two minutes." he said, not the least bit afraid.
No sooner than he said that the computer gave a warning that the lab is to be destroyed in two minutes.
"You've lost your mind! Shut it down!" the man in charge orders one of his men.
"It won't work, stupide. In this lab, you need the master code to override it and only I have it." Daniel said.
"Damn! Retreat!" the captain said. They all make a run for it, leaving Daniel behind.
Daniel waits for the countdown for his death. He knew that even if they had him alive, it would only been prolonged so much. For they would wanted to have him interrogated, to see if he knew anything about Alex and her plans. Then he would be killed or made into an experiment.
The only thing he knew for certainly, was where she is. Thus he chose to die, to prevent Umbrella from getting the information from him.
When the countdown hits thirty seconds, he removes his sunglasses as he thinks of Alex once more.
"I die for mi amour! Alex! Au revior!" he declares his love for Alex, as the countdown reaches zero and the place explodes.
December 3rd Unknown Island the Labs 8:03 am
"Daniel, you fool." Alex said. She had just finished reading his notes as well as the personal letter he had addressed to her.
"Fool, yes, but a loyal fool nonetheless." Albert said.
"Still, the experiment he had been doing is rather interesting. He may have been trying to find a cure on his own or was trying to give the test subjects an incentive to fight against B.O.W's." Albert said, going over the data again.
"Hard to say with Daniel. He always had a flair for dramatics." Alex said.
When they all had gotten back from their honeymoon, the Organization had them get back to work immediately.
Chris and Claire were up with them, they were ready for another round of combat data gathering.
Chris reads the letter that Daniel had written for Alex. "He was in love with you." he said, meaning Alex.
Alex sighed, "I respected Daniel as a colleague, I had no interest in him." she said.
"Still he would have been an asset had he got away from Umbrella. There aren't many who would be loyal as him. That's why he never acted on his impulses. For which I'm grateful. I would have teared him to pieces." Alex said, meaning she would not have hesitated in breaking his heart as well as their relationship.
".. So what do you want us to test today?" Claire asks them, after a moment passes.
"We're thinking that the Lickers, that were in encountered in Raccoon City, would be good. Just remember your safety." Albert said.
"Sounds promising. I actually wanted to try my hand at them." Chris said.
"Don't underestimate them. They maybe blind but their hearing more than makes up for it." Claire reminds him.
"Are you sure your up for it Dearheart?" Albert asks Claire. He was talking about her time in RPD.
"Yes, I'm more than ready for them this time." Claire said, patting the gun she's chosen, in its holster.
"Just remember, if you feel sick, let us know so we can do tests." Alex said. She was bringing up pregnancy nasea.
"I understand, but nothing has happened in that department that I know of." Claire said.
"All right, let's go Claire." Chris said. They went to the B.O.W training room.
December 9th Wrocław, Poland 11:18pm 1998
Nikandr Balakirev was on an elevator, heading to his penthouse. He lives the good life, takes to investments he doesn't have to work unless he needs to. He just moved here three weeks ago and loves the view.
He has black hair, clean shaven, of Russian decent, and is wearing a suit that works with his lifestyle.
When the elevator doors open, he gets out and uses his key to unlock. He heads in but no sooner than the door shuts, something grabs him. He fights with his attacker but it was no use. His attacker had strength like no other, so he looks up to see who it is.
Sweat starts running down him as he stares at a tyrant called Ivan. He then hears a clinking noise, causing his head to turn to the right.
He sees Sergei Vladimir sitting in a chair, with another Ivan behind him, and drinking a glass of vodka imported from Russia, which has ice in it.
As he lowers his drink, he speaks, "You disappoint me, Nicholai."
Nikandr pales, he had been Nicholai Ginovaef, a member of the UBCS with the rank of Sargent. Until he decided he want a pocketbook filled with millions.
Sergei motions the Ivan that had him, he drags him before Sergei and has him on his knees.
"Did you really think that having plastic surgery and changing your name, would keep you safe?" Sergei asks with a sneer.
"Sergei, I-" Nicholai tries to speak in defense but Sergei motioned once more to the Ivan that had him, and he is punched on the back, causing him to let out a gasp of pain.
"Again, I'm disappointed. You fell for the capitalism trap that Americans often dig themselves into. You've betrayed me, and you've betrayed Umbrella." Sergei said, furious.
Nicholai looks at him again, "Then what did you want me to do? Serve Umbrella until I became old and decrepit?" he said, not looking away.
"I would have made certain that you would have been well rewarded, instead you betrayed everything that I did for you." Sergei said, unamused.
This made Nicholai flinch, for before he had been Nicholai Ginovaef, he was Nikolai Zinoviev, that was his true birth name. He had been in the Soviet army, which is how he met Sergei and they developed a friendship.
Time passed and the Soviet Unions collapsed, leaving him out of work and right into trouble. He began spying on people, important people and selling their information to their enemies, to make ends meet. Eventually he was caught and was told by the new government of Russia that he would be sentence to death in outrage for the crimes. He had made a rat's nest of paranoia with his actions.
Then Sergei visited him while he was on death row, told him about Umbrella and how they can help. He pulled strings to free him and have his name changed from Nikolai Zinoviev to Nicholai Ginovaef.
The reason was to have him join UBCS as a monitor, to make sure no one was to betrayed Umbrella as well as collect combat data from the team. However he couldn't do it with his birth name, that name had been printed in Russia, once he was caught, and anyone being nosy would have exposed him, which in turn would have left him with nothing and Sergei's name in the mud.
So he did what Sergei wanted him to do, but he was also thinking about the future. What was he to do once he no longer could do action?
He found his answer one day when he had played cards and won the whole pot, but he decided to apply it in a different way, knowing that he couldn't always win at cards. Using his skills he earned from spying on people, he spied on those who were on lower rank, and reported them to their superiors, if they were a threat. He also did other jobs outside of Umbrella.
Having learned his lesson back in Russia, Nicholai made sure that this time; he knew exactly who his clients were and kept his name a secret.
He knew that if Sergei found out that he was doing the same thing that he did in Russia, he would make him pay.
Then shortly after they were told they were being deployed to Raccoon City, he received a call from Wesker. He told him to gather information on the Nemesis tyrant and in return, he would be rewarded handsomely.
So he took the offer and knew that once the job was done, he had to disappear. He knew Sergei would track him down once he found out that he betrayed Umbrella. That reason being USS, he ran into a group of them shortly after separating from his group and again before he headed for Nest-2.
They had discovered before meeting up with him a second time that he had not only 'betrayed' his team, but that he was planning to sell the information collected on the Nemesis to an unknown party.
He knew immediately that they had reported him to upper management. It wasn't easy but he was able to lose them and went to Nest-2.
Left with no choice, he collected the data and flew out of Raccoon city with a helicopter that was in disrepair as well as an injured shoulder.
He hated to admit it, but Carlos had improved significantly in Raccoon City.
Once he landed, he got back into contact with Wesker and gave him all the data he had, Wesker then transferred the promised amount.
When that was done, he found a doctor that removed the bullet from his shoulder, but had to wait to get plastic surgy due to his injury. Then he found a forager that gave him a new name and passport, before leaving the States behind for good. His biggest hope was that Sergei thought he had perished in Raccoon City.
Now, looking in front of him, he realized he may have put a little too much faith in that hope.
"Sergei, the days of the Soviet Union are over and given the way things look, it shows no sign of returning." Nicholai said.
Unlike Sergei, he adapted to life outside of communism and Umbrella.
Sergei was silent for a moment, "Perhaps you are right, things in Russia have changed too much in such a short amount of time, for things to return to the way they were." he finally said.
"But the one thing I believed that was the friendship between you and I." he finishes with a growl and breaks the glass he is holding.
"Ivan." Sergei said, bringing his injured hand to his mouth.
Nicholai realizes that Ivan was going to kill him. "Wait! I know where the Wesker siblings are." Nicholai reveals, struggling against Ivan.
"Oh?" Sergei asks, interested.
"The money I got won't last forever, so I had kept tabs on those who are loaded so that when the time came, I could replenish it." Nicholai said.
"They're on a island that had been purchased under Alex Wesker, though she used a different name for it." he tells Sergei.
"Tell me the coordinates." Sergei demands.
Nicholai tells him where to find the island. "Very well, Nicholai." Sergei says, motioning to Ivan to release him.
"I'll let you walk away with your life this time, but understand this. You are to report to me, about anything in the underground that could be of threat to Umbrella. I know you still have contacts." Sergei said, standing up.
Nicholai also stands, as Sergei comes over to him and grabs him by the chin. "Know this, if I find out that you have betrayed Umbrella again, I will not be as merciful as I was today." Sergei said with growl in Nicholai's face.
"I understand." Nicholai said. He knew that Sergei was speaking the truth, he would end him if he betrayed him again.
"Good." Sergei said, releasing him. He takes his leave followed by the Ivans.
December 12 1998, 3:03 pm Unknown Island
"No Beloved, the cerebrum and cerebellum have different functions." Alex tells him patiently.
Chris was learning about the brain and it's varies functions.
"Ok, need to revisit those two. So the hippocampus helps regulates body temperature, synchronizes sleep patterns, controls hunger and thirst and also plays a role in memory and emotion. And the hypothalamus helps supports memory, learning, navigation and perception of space." Chris said.
"Wait, I got those swapped around again, didn't I?" Chris said with a groan.
"At least you are getting better at learning them, Christopher." Albert said. He and Claire were watching in amusement as Chris was learning.
"Don't rub it in." Chris said, unhappily.
"Don't worry Beloved, I'll have a test ready in two days to see how much you can remember." Alex said, with mischief in her voice.
"What? This isn't school!" Chris said not amused.
"Then how are you going to keep track of what you have learned?" Claire said, sounding humorous.
"It won't be that bad, we'll help you until you get a 100%." Albert said.
Chris groans as they all laugh at him.
December 18th 1998, Unknown location 4:46pm
"I must say, Alex certainly kept her plans more of a secret than Albert." Spencer said. He was looking over the island where 'his' children are.
"However, we have no real reason to go after them right now. We need to focus on finances, so we can delay court proceedings." Spencer said.
"I understand, we'll have an increase of production of B.O.W's." Sergei said.
"As for the Wesker's, I sent in a spy to infiltrate the island, but it will take time until they get the confidence of the island." Sergei said.
"Very good, now we must do something about Valentine." Spencer said. He and Sergei have had enough of her, infiltrating their facilities to try and find people they don't have.
"Yes, I was thinking of setting a trap for her." Sergei informs him.
"How exactly?" Spencer asks.
"We spread a rumor about one of our facilities having difficulty with maintenance. It has to be a big one in order for her to take the bait." Sergei said.
"We will have armed men ready for her once she's deep inside the building. Then I was thinking of sending her to Rockfort Island." Sergei finishes telling him the plan.
"Oh?" Spencer asked in surprise. Due to Valentine being a pest, he thought Sergei would want her dead.
"Since she wants to be involved with Umbrella so much, why not show her what we do to those who betray us or seek to destroy us?" Sergei said with a malicious smile.
"That's fine." Spencer said. He realized that Sergei believed that a quick death was too good for her.
"How about the Paris facility? She seems to prefer Europe and she hasn't hit France yet." Spencer said.
"Thank you, my lord. I'll start making the arrangements." Sergei said.
December 24th 1998, 12:04pm
"Come on, please join us later." Claire pleads with Albert and Alex.
She and Chris have been bothering them since they got up to join them for a little Christmas celebration.
"We have told you, that we don't dabble in that." Alex said, firmly.
"Indeed I'm trying to go over the plan of finding Alexia Ashford and the T-Veronica Virus she carries." Albert said.
Alexia Ashford, is a descendent of Veronica Ashford, who founded the Ashford family and Edward Ashford, her grandfather and the last of the founders of Umbrella. She disappeared a little over fifteen years ago, though it had been said she died, there are precious records that imply otherwise.
Albert had created his own paramilitary group, dubbed Host Capture Force or HCF for short. He started it shortly after the mansion incident in July, but has made good progress in the last few months.
Albert and Alex have been trying to track down Alexia's last known whereabouts, so they could get the t-veronica virus from her, she has the only sample of it inside of her.
Chris sighs, "You two said that you don't believe in a lot of the things Spencer taught you, but looking at this, I think you both are more like him than you think." Chris said.
There was silence.
Chris sighed again, "Let's go Claire." he said and they leave the lab for their living room quarters.
They had a part of the compound rearranged so that it was more like a home, the entire upstairs floor was theirs. So they made rooms, such as a living room to give them a place to go when they didn't want to go downstairs. They stop by their rooms to put on Christmas sweaters.
They were going to the room to decorate for Christmas, they had Stuart get the things they wanted.
They start decorating the tree, once they're in the room, in silence.
After a few minutes Chris speaks, "Claire... Do you think I was too harsh on them?"
"Maybe a little, but I do believe you have a point." she said, as she puts an ornament on the tree.
When the tree was finished, Chris turns on the lights and they both stare at it in awe and wonder. They hum Christmas carols as they dance together in excitement. When they have their fill of that, they continue to decorate the room until it was time to make dinner.
When they get to the kitchens they make:
As they put dinner on the table, Albert and Alex come in. Both Chris and Claire were surprised, they thought that they would be busy until tonight.
"Looks good." Albert said, looking at the spread on the table.
They all sit and eat dinner in uncomfortable silence.
After a moment Alex speaks, "What do you two do on Christmas?"
Chris and Claire share a look at the odd question. Claire speaks, "Well, we watch Christmas movies together after dinner, while wearing our ugly Christmas sweaters and sipping on hot chocolate."
"Surely, that is not all." Albert said sounding neutral.
"Well... We usually bake cookies, and this year Claire gets to try eggnog." Chris said.
"Assuming she hasn't already." Albert said.
They all look at Claire. "... Ok, I did try some at the university." she admits.
"But, just a couple of sips, I swear!" Claire said, seeing Chris giving her a look.
".. There is more though?" Alex asks.
".. Its fine, its stuff we can't do now." Chris said.
"Tomorrow, we will exchange gifts and make a ginger bread house." Claire said.
"... Are Christmas movies... sappy?" Alex asks, tone natural.
"A lot of them are, Alex." Albert said. He knows because he had to watch Sherry during Christmas while her parents were in the lab and she loved watching those.
"Yes, but they're full of nostalgia and warmth." Claire said with a smile.
".. I suppose watching one or two will be fine." she said, surprising Chris and Claire.
".. It's too late to start baking tonight, let's do it tomorrow." Albert said, once again shocking them.
They exchange a look, "What brought this on?" Chris asks as he and Claire turn back to face them.
"We have never had a Christmas celebration before." Alex admits and Albert nods.
Both Chris and Claire look at them, at each other and look back at them.
"All right, we'll show you how Christmas can be celebrated." Chris said.
"For sure." Claire said.
When dinner is cleaned up, they head to the decorated living space to drink hot chocolate and watch 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'.
December 25th 1998, Washington DC, Simmons's home
Leon, Sherry and Jill were seated in front of the tv as 'Frosty the Snowman' finishes. They were wearing Christmas sweaters.
"As always, watching it fills me with warm." Sherry said, taking a sip of hot chocolate.
"Yes, I hope you had a good Christmas Sherry." Jill said, sipping on her own cocoa.
"Yeah, I did! Thank you both for sharing Christmas with me." Sherry said, with a smile.
Jill and Leon were able to get away from their jobs to spend time with Sherry for the holidays. Considering what they all been through this year, they needed something to celebrate.
However Leon was to be shipped out tomorrow for a mission in east Europe and Jill was heading to France after one of her contacts told her that an Umbrella facility in Paris was undergoing maintenance.
"I'm glad we we're able to celebrate Christmas with you Sherry, but.." Leon tries to tell her something, finishing his cocoa, but Sherry shakes her head.
"I know, not every Christmas you'll both be here to celebrate with me. I'm just glad that you were able to this time." she said.
"Yes." Jill said, before someone comes in.
"Excuse me, but dinner is ready." the servant said, leaving.
The three of them get up to eat dinner before Leon and Jill leave. They were glad that Simmons wasn't joining them, he had business at the White House.
As they eat, Sherry speaks, "I hope we can meet up again soon."
"I do too Sherry." Leon said.
Between today and yesterday, Sherry enjoyed the holidays for a lot of things.
Like Jill and Leon took her out last night in a car to see Christmas lights in the city and the suburban aeras, though Simmons only agreed if they had agents tailing them.
When dinner was done, Sherry walks them to the door.
"Please stay safe the both of you, and let me know if you find anything about Claire and Chris." Sherry said, hugging them.
"We will Sherry, you stay safe yourself and focus on your studies." Jill said, returning the hug.
"Yeah, Merry Christmas Sherry." Leon said as he let her go.
"Merry Christmas, Sherry." Jill said, as she and Leon leave the door.
"Merry Christmas!" she calls after them, waving.
Jill and Leon leave for their respective ride, that would take them to where they need to go.
December 29th 1998, Unknown Island 7:05am
Albert and Alex were getting ready to take off for Rockfort Island, one of two places where Alexia Ashford was last seen. If she wasn't there, they would head for the Antarctica base, the only other place she could be.
Chris was already there to see them off, but Claire said she had something to do before she came out.
"Are you sure about going Alex?" Chris asks her.
"Yes, Beloved, I need to stretch my legs for a little bit. Don't worry, I'll always prefer the lab." she said, looking at him with her amber eyes, something that the virus gave her and putting on sunglasses.
Alex and Albert eyes started changing around the time their honeymoon came to an end.
"So will I, though are you going to try to face off against Alexia?" Albert asks.
"Perhaps.." Alex trails off.
Alex and Alexia hated each other from the moment they laid eyes on each other. They both were alpha females, beautiful, and intelligent. Put them in the same room and they would attempt to rip the other to sherds.
"Where is Dearheart? We need to take off." Albert said.
No sooner than he said that, Claire came out. She heads over to them, she calls out, "Good! I was hoping to catch you before you left."
Once she was where they were, she gets in front of Albert. She reaches up and pulls off his sunglasses, exposing the burning amber eyes he now had.
"In the past couple of days I haven't been feeling well. So I had Stuart run a few tests.. " she trails off, looking away.
She then turns back to face, "Albert, I'm pregnant. Four weeks." she informs them.
I can't imagine that Sergei would allow Nicholai to go unpunished, had he survived Raccoon City.
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