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The e block was no different than the first four they&039;d encountered, as bland and industrial and stale as the rest of theh the stuffy halls, turning on lights as they went, searching for the room that held the final clue to Dr A; al range, where David had found boxes of loaded M-16 o with them John had asked if he should retrieve the Trisquad&039;s weapons, which Rebecca pro with virus Like Karen&039;s blood by now, strea for new cells to attach to and use and destroy "Here!" Steve called fro corridor, and Rebecca hurried toward hi with Steve by the closed door, the red, green, and blue triangles a sign that they&039;d hit on the right rooaze seemed to seek her out, but was blank of all emotion except worry She didn&039;t mind, noted it only absently Karen&039;s infection, John&039;s insane run at the Trisquad - there wasn&039;t roo but the need to find the lab, to find help for Karen Steve opened the door and they filed inside, Rebecca continuing to watch Karen closely for signs that the virus had progressed and wondering what she should do with the information she&039;d picked up so far about the amplification time She didn&039;t really have any doubts that Karen had been exposed, and knew that no one else did, either, but what should she say?

Do I tell her that it ht only take hours? Do I pull David aside? If there&039;s a cure, she has to get it before the dareat, before it starts to fry her brain - before it du Karen Driver and beco else

Rebecca didn&039;t kno to handle it They were already doing all that they could, as fast as they could, and she didn&039;t know enough about the T-Virus to assu She also didn&039;t want to see Karen anyher best to control it, but it was obvious that she was on the edge of a breakdown, fro tremor of her hands And the Trisquads had aler amounts than Karen had been exposed to; maybe she had days

first symptoms in less than an hour?Don&039;t kid yourself You have to tell her, to warn her and everyone else of what could happen Soon

She pushed the thought aside al around at the room they&039;d entered It was smaller than the test chatable pushed to the back, a half dozen chairs behind it In the front of the roo and a foot deep There were three large buttons on the flat surface, red, green, and blue The wall behind the shelf was tiled in large, sray tiles made from some kind of industrial plastic "That&039;s it," Steve said "Blue to access" With barely a second&039;s hesitation, David walked to the counter and pushed the blue button A woman&039;s voice spoke coolly fro, the bland tone eerily re Rebecca of the finalsystem tape

"Blue series completed Access reward"

One of the tiles behind the shelf slid away, revealing a dark recess set into the concrete As David reached into the hidden space, Rebecca felt a surge of frus-trated anger and disgust for Umbrella, for what she realized they had done It was despicable All those tests, all that work - set up to dole out treats to T-Virus victi, here&039;s your bone and as their reward, for s, to ease their hunger? Maybe a brand neeapon for them to train with? Jesus, did they even understand what they&039;d been doing? She saw the saust on the faces of the others and saw the sale tiny item from the recess, what looked like a credit card with a slip of paper stuck to one side They gathered around hiaze heavy with an alreen key card, the kind used to open electronic doors, blank except for a netic strip and the scraords on the small square of paper said only: LIGHTHOUSE-ACCESS 135-SOUTHWEST/EAST

"Handwriting&039;s the same as on Ammon&039;s note," Steve said hopefully "Maybe the lab is in the light-house" "One way to find out," John said "Let&039;s go"He seery, the same look he wore since their discovery of Karen&039;s exposure to the virus After watching hie the Trisquad outside, Rebecca almost hoped that they&039;d come across Dr Griffith; John would tear hi the card into his vest The fear and guilt that he felt were obvious, playing across his features in a constant, twitching ht Karen?"

She nodded, and Rebecca saw that her already pale skin had taken on a waxy tone, as if the top layers were beco translucent Even as she watched, Karen started to scratch absently at her arood," she said quietly She has to know She deserves to know

Rebecca knew it couldn&039;t wait any longer Choosing her words carefully, aware of their limited time, she turned to Karen and spoke as calmly as she could

"Look, I don&039;t knohat they&039;ve done with the T-Virus here, but there&039;s a chance that you could start to experience more advanced symptoms in a relatively short amount of time It&039;s important that you tell , physically and psycho-logically Any changes at all, we need to know, okay?"

Karen s at her arms

"I&039; to itch all over"

She turned her red eyes to David, then to Steve and John before looking back at Rebecca "If if I start to act irrationally, you&039;ll do so, won&039;t you?

You won&039;t let le tear slid down one pale cheek, but she didn&039;t look away, her wet, cri as it had ever been Rebecca sed, struggling to sound confident and reassuring, awed by the bravery she saw in Karen&039;s eyes - and wondering how er that bravery would hold up beneath the roar of the T-Virus running through her veins