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They all stared at david, chris feeling like he&039;d just been punched in the gut He was still reeling from the information about the STARS, from the realization that they were on their own and now another lab?
And he wants to take Rebecca
David went on, his dark gaze still fixed on the young Bravo "I&039;ve talked to the people on reed to go I&039;erous, and without the STARS to back us up, there&039;s no guarantee we&039;ll be able to close the lab down We just want to go in, collect soet back out before anyone even knoe&039;re"
Before he could stop hio," Barry said fir her arm around Rebecca The teen see at her, Chris was once again reminded of Claire It was more than just a physical resemblance; Rebecca had the sahtfulness that Chris&039;s younger sister had And since the Spencer estate disaster, Chris had come to feel just as protec- tive of Rebecca Too many of his friends had died already Joseph, Richard, Kenneth, Forest, and Enrico-not to mention Billy Rabbitson; his body had never been found, but Chris had no doubts that U It wasn&039;t that Rebecca couldn&039;t handle herself but daoes without us David shook his head "Look, this isn&039;t a full-scale op; five people is already stretching it Rebecca&039;s got the background we need to find the data on the virus, and she already knohat syht here," Chris said "You can take us instead, let your guys look into the cover up"
David sat back down and looked at Chris, his face expressionless, "Tell me who&039;s involved in Umbrella&039;s conspiracy to hide their research," he said Chris glanced at the others, then back at David, determined not to let his confusion show "We sus-pect several people locally Umbrella&039;s office workers, of course The police commissioner, Chief Irons, a couple of his men" David nodded "And now that it looks like the STARS are in on this, what do you propose to do?" Where the hell is he going with this? Chris sighed "I don&039;t know I we should con-tact the Feds, maybe an internal affairs division to look into the STARS and the RPD" Barry cut in "and we&039;ll get in touch with soood people working out there who ain&039;t gonna be too happy that Uree that Uerous?" "Well, no shit," Chris said, scowling angrily "We can&039;t just sit around and do nothing, there&039;s no telling what could happen if the T-Virus gets out again!" "And what can you tell me about the classification of the virus?" David asked quietly Chris opened his htfully He was about to say, "You should ask Rebecca" And he knows it David stood up and looked at all of theree, Umbrella has to be stopped-but let&039;s not kid our-selves We&039;re talking about breaking froainst a oing to be safe, and our only chance for success is if we each do e can, e&039;re good at, to take Uaze on Chris, as if he realized that Chris was the one who had to be convinced "You and Jill and Barry already knohat to look for here, and you&039;ve been with the STARS longer than Rebecca You should stay here, out of sight, see if you can ferret out the connection between the local police and Umbrella-and reach out to the STARS members that you think would help us" David turned to Rebecca again "And if you agree, I think we should leave for Maine tonight With the inforotten out of hand My teao in tomorrow at dusk"
The roo fan whirring overhead Chris still felt angry, but couldn&039;t find a hole in the ht about their options, and whether Chris liked it or not, the choice to go to Maine was Rebecca&039;s to htfully "How did you find out about the lab?" David reached down to a battered briefcase propped next to his chair and dug through it, pulling out a file folder "An interesting story in itself, if a strange one I was hoping that one of you ht be able to decipher some of this"
He laid out three sheets of paper on the coffee table as he spoke, what looked like photocopies of newspa-per clippings, and a siram "Shortly after I talked to the hoer, a man who claimed to be a friend of the STARS he told ave me these" "Trent!" Jill broke in excitedly She turned to Chris, her eyes wide, and Chris felt his heart skip a beat He&039;d aluy who told Jill to watch out for traitors, who told Brad where to pick us up David stared at Jill, his expression puzzled "You know him?" "Just before ent in to rescue the Bravos, a ave me some information about the Spencer estate, and warned me about Wesker," Jill said "He was quite a piece of work, real shady-he didn&039;t give anything away, you know? But he kneas going on with Umbrella, and what he did tell me all panned out" Barry nodded "And Brad Vickers said that Trent called in the estate&039;s coordinates right after Wesker activated the triggering system If he hadn&039;t radioed, oulda blown up with the rest of the mansion"
Chris suddenly realized that he had a serious head- ache brewing as they all gathered around Barry&039;s coffee table, staring down at the papers The STARS orking for U in Maine-and now Trent again, popping up like souess at It was like soled to get to the bottom of Umbrella&039;s conspiracy
And we have no choice but to play-but whose ga if we fail?
Chris shot an unhappy glance at Rebecca, thinking again of his kid sister and wishing, not for the first time, that they&039;d never heard of Umbrella David watched theiven hier had contacted the STARS be- fore The h at what, precisely, David couldn&039;t iht Uht back to the brief encounter he&039;d had only five days ago, searching hishe&039;d missed He&039;d arrived ho, a thundering summer storentle knocking The Exeter STARS had enjoyed an easy sum-mer, more paperwork than action The Bravos had taken off for a cri sehts of packing a bag and attending the final days-until he&039;d received Barry&039;s call, followed by his first hint fro He&039;d spent the next day calling a few of his branch contacts with discreet questions and digging through files on U rain had ushered hi his mood perfectly He&039;d poured a scotch and collapsed on the couch, his head spinning from the implications of what he&039;d learned-that either his old friend Barry was lying or that the AD for the STARS was The rapping at his door was so soft that heon the roof cover- ing the sound Then it grew louder Frowning, David looked at his watch and walked slowly to the door, wondering who the hell caht He lived alone and had no family; it had to be work, or maybe someone with car trouble He cracked the door open-and saw aon his porch, streaer sht with hulance Tall and thin, e, say forty-two or forty-three His dark hair was plastered to his skull by the rain, and he held a large rinned wider "My name is Trent, and this is for you"
He held out the dalanced at it warily, not sure if he should take it Mr Trent didn&039;t see, but he was still a stranger, and David preferred to know the people he accepted gifts from"Do I know you?" David asked Trent shook his head, his s "No But I know you, Mr Trapp And I also knohat you&039;re about to go up against Believe et" "I don&039;t knohat you&039;re talking about Perhaps you have me confused with someone else"
Trent&039;s smile faded as he extended the envelope, his dark eyes narrowing slightly "Mr Trapp, it&039;s raining And this is for you"