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He watched the young twosome cran from the hole, make their way back to the coet it open; he&039;d expected them to break the lock, but one of therowth records, had worked out the code

It seeht, was noas they opened the locked door They possessed some small animal cleverness, these two; how sad for the world that they had to be destroyed

The young man smiled Humanity would surely recover from the loss, in ample time to effect Umbrella&039;s crucifixion Besides, the children were already in place

Billy pushed the door to the cable car hanger open, the two of the one another as they "discovered" theirthe lab The cable car was operational, although they wouldn&039;t be operating it; their lives wereThe children watched froathering into huh, the youngtowards their prey

A sound, a scream He frowned, turned one of the false men to see what had cried out from the darkness behind the on the hu as it ripped into thejaws

From the platforht, were ready with their weapons Furious, torn, the youngto finish them, to kill, but concerned for the children--

He sent the the ain at the edge of the platform next to the second collective The two false er to taste of the interlopers The Eli after thele blast at one of the false, felt the hive diuish now, too, as Billy fired again, Rebecca joining in with her handgun In bare seconds, one of the collectives was effectively destroyed

"No, no!" The un, he&039;d had no idea they could be so readily injured by it, but he couldn&039;t retreat now, not in hts told the survivors to rally, to join with the second false man as the Eliminator leaped for Billy, snatched at hirappled with the killer--and then the two of thehty splash

Rebecca screa, but the second collective was alas the false nificent arh to knock her down She rolled away as he paused, deciding how best to finish her The loss to the hive was tremendous, unprecedented, he wanted to be sure she paid for it in full--

--except she was rolling to her feet now, holding Billy&039;s dropped shotgun, her face contorted with rage She fired at the collective, blew one of its arain, and again

The young azes upon her too few, led to maintain contact His last vision of her was a watery outline, a shadoing darker, finally disappearing altogether

Around hi into their joined tracks, the sorrowful s er was too great; she had to die, as herboyfriend had surely died

He didn&039;t dare risk ed a sreater still

There was a Magnuers of a dead man As the small aerial carsilently through the unknown dark, Rebecca pried the revolver free It was unloaded She re a couple of speed loaders with 50 caliber Magnu to find hi fro the terrified voice in the back of herhe was surely dead Billy was gone, lost to the fast- sewer beneath the cable car platforms, which had swept him and thatto find hiht cycled, repeated itself; she owed him that hope, that belief, several times over

The second cable car platform was much like the first, s up and out of the hangar Rebecca took a minute to resituate her weapons, to reload the nine-un shells on him, but he&039;d reloaded after that monster had attacked her outside the kennel rooain-- --and there were still two rounds left; she wouldn&039;t leave it behind, nor did she think it wise to leave the Magnuht find another cache of aun hard on her injured shoulder, but she wanted to be ready for anything

He&039;s dead, Rebecca You have to save--

No

--save yourself now, have to--

No!

She hurried up the stairs, ignoring her body&039;s fatigue, have to find hi into a massive, ht Rebecca walked across the bare roo over the floor&039;s transport track,barrels that lined the walls, her ht If he was hurt, if he was--

Dead He ht out of hand, but this mental voice wasn&039;t terrified, wasn&039;t in a blind panic; it was calm Reasonable She took a few deep breaths, stood a mo roo; the clouds were finally breaking up, a handful of pale, distant stars shining down The stors to comeBut she could only hope If Billy was dead--and he probably was--she would have to deal with it

But I&039; until I know

There was a control console on the platform elevator&039;s north side Rebecca studied the controls ashe should descend to the lowest level listed, B-4, try to find an entrance to the sewers there She pushed the control button The huge, octagonal platform jerked, then started down, the walls of theup and past, the night sky dwindling overhead

The elevator finally settled into an expansive rooht was a small office marked security, and a short hall that ended at another,To her left, a cave-in; --and there appeared to be a second elevator there, in front of the stacked debris, this one bigger, a warehouse lift

She stepped frons of life in the poorly lit room, her steps curiously quiet on the chipped concrete It was empty She lance through the gri there worth scavenging

She sighed, unsure which way to go Her plan was to keep descending, her hope that eventually, she&039;d ht lead her in the wrong direction

So, pick one It&039;s better to be wrong than to waste tiht She mentally flipped a coin, then headed for the elevator west of the platforle button there----and a soft ping sounded, as the elevator came to a stop on her floor