Surviving

Chapter 4 - Follow Ada

Cleo's POV

Following Leon back down to Ben's body was easier than both of us realised with everything being silent. Leon went towards the control panel and began to mess with each of the pieces for the puzzle. I looked at Ben's body, the blood had began to dry on his clothes. Ada's way of speaking about her informant was off putting to me, it was as if she didn't actually known who he really was, which in of itself was strange. Not knowing your informant in some way or another? Im pulled from my thoughts when Ben's cell is opened making me give a jump before both me and Leon headed into the small cell. Gently moving over to Ben's body I pull off my over shirt and place it over his head after taking the lanyard. Looking over to Leon I give a small thumbs up and hold up the lanyard. "looks like ive found our meal ticket." I give him a small wink and stand up straight. Leon follows my lead and rises too, holding a device in his hands. "This has some woman and ben talking on it, you said you came here to find out what happened. This may help." He hands over the device to me and then gives a small smile, "whats this?" He gently picks up my necklace, looking over the engraving. "Someone dear to me gave me it, it holds a photo of me and them when we was younger... I have no idea what happened to him after he left my town..." Quickly shaking my head away from the dark thoughts, I pull out my gun and turn to leave the cell just as all of the other cells open and the big ugly Tyrant thumps down the hall. "Leon!" I shout as I shoot at the zombies and the Tyrant keeping the focus on myself. "I'm not leaving you again!" He pipes up, cocking his shotgun. "Leon! this really isn't up for debate!" Holding up the lanyard, I give him a hard look. "take it and go, i promise i will find you!" sighing softly he snaps up the lanyard, then grabs my face and presses a quick kiss to my lips. "Remember to return that to me." He gives a small smile and a wink then runs off, as I begin to shoot more zombies. The tyrant turns after leon and once i've emptied my gun of bullets the area is silent. Suddenly my radio brings static noise into the area. "Agent Carson? do you copy? Over."

Finally! I subconsciously think. "This is Agent Carson, Repeat Agent Carson. Over." More static then she comes through my best buddy from the DSO. Henry. " Carson! You're alive! Thank heavens, look i have some information that can help you to bring whoever started this down." I smile, "always straight to business eh?" I speak, slowly walking after where Leon left. "There's a woman I need you to do a search for me on." A small 'hm' comes from the radio making me give a silent chuckle. "Annette Birkin and William Birkin they created something called the T-virus and the DSO and FBI has reason to believe they have started this." My eyes widen at this information shaking my head, I open the door to the main parking lot seeing a flaming police van and the tyrants hand. Gulping I all but run from the underground and into the rain. "So... who do i need to search for?" Henry's voice comes again. "A agent by the name of Ada. "

Leons POV

After yet again escaping the Tyrant's grip, I fall to the floor coughing. Looking up at the S.W.A.T van that had crashed into the tyrant my eyes widen, "Ada?!" She sighs, walking away from the car "this is getting old... saving your ass - that's twice!" Slowly rising to my feet i gave a little chuckle. " I didn't realise you were keeping score." Harshly Ada turns to look at me with a huge frown on her face. "Look, this isn't a game!" Just then the S.W.A.T van began to move making me raise my gun at it and causing ada to sigh and throw up her hands. "you've gotta be kidding me. Nothing dies down here." she then pulls out a small device and pushed a button causing the van to burst into flames having exploded. she then turns her attention back to me. "I take it you have the key card?" i gave a small nod. " Yeah, and my partner has something, we hope you can explain what's on it." Ada shrugged slightly. "Maybe... after i hear it. Lets get out of here.  I followed Ada out of the underground parking lot. My mind wanders back to Cleo as the cold water from the rain soaks into my skin. Was she okay? Was she alive? My eyes wander back to the parking lot and then over to Ada. "do you think it'll be the intel you need?" I piped up, catching her attention. "Hopefully, ill know more when your friend meets up with us." she continued to walk towards a little gun shop, making me pipe up again. "well, what exactly are you looking for?" she paused slightly then spoke again. "More info on the people responsible for this mess. what about you?" she turned to look at me as she walked. "Trying to save the world?" I gave a small shake of my head. "I told lieutenant Branagh I'd bring help." she gave a small scoff. "Good luck getting that." She stopped at the end of the road looking down. "Roads out. " She looked up and then at the gun shop. "going through that gun shop looks like the only way." She moved over to the door and began to pick the lock, allowing us both to enter. I looked around quickly, hoping to collect some more supplies. My eyes scan before seeing a corner and making over towards it only for a man to pop out holding a gun to my head, instantly i stop holding my hands up. "Don't move!" he says pushing the end of the barrel closer to my skull. "I'm not going to hurt you..." I slowly try to move my foot forward, only for the barrel to get closer to my head. " I said DON'T MOVE!" he shouted making me flinch slightly. "I'm just passing through." My eyes look at the gun in his shaking hands. "I'm going to ask you to lower that weapon. " My arms come out slowly, not wanting to end up dead because of this guy. "Like hell you are!" he shouts, then waves the gun slightly towards where i had came from. " You're going to turn around, and go right back out the way you came in." My eyes travel to the young girl now stood in the doorway. "I thin your daughter needs help, sir." He shoves the gun closer again making me blink quickly. "Don't tell me how to deal with my daughter." Then i heard her sweet voice and ada, both of their guns raised towards this man. "Drop it!" both of them say. Cleo had her gun trained onto the man whereas Ada had hers trained onto the young girl. "No! wait!" the man stands in front of adas gun and his daughter. "Step aside. We need to terminate her before she turns." Ada spoke up. His eyes darted between Ada and Cleo as they turned to Cleo his eyes widen before turning quickly back to Ada. ""terminate"? that's my fucking daughter!" I grab adas gun softly. " ada... just let them be.." Cleo and ada then lowered their weapons, as Cleo looks at me and gives a small smile I blink. were her eyes always purple! within an instant the colour is gone and her regular eye colour had returned making me question if it had been a figment of my imagination.  The man had kept his gun trained on the three of us. "Emma, Sweetheart, I told you to stay put..." He turned to look at his young daughter, her breaths coming from her small form in harsh short intakes. "Da...ddy?" she questioned, making my body shudder and making Cleo give a small gasp. The man places down the gun and gently takes his daughters arms, bending to her level. "yeah, Emmie. Daddy's here. Im here, ok?" He hugged her tightly, his shoulders beginning to shake as he turned to address us again. "Those fuckin' things outside..." He gave a small gulp. "Look what they did to us." My eyes flicked back towards his daughter and then to his face again. "You're a cop. You're supposed to know something-" just from the tone of his voice, i could tell... I knew what he was asking and I knew what he was about to do. "How did this happen!? HUH!?... She was our sweet little angel.." His shoulders shake again as his daughter groans out. "mom...my?" He took her hands in his as he looked into her eyes, his decision was final now. "Mommy's sleeping, honey, ok?" His grip became a little tighter on his daughters hands. "And i'm gunna put you to bed too, ok?.... Emma." He scooped her up, her body already hanging limp in his arms. My anger boiled towards both the FBI agents who refused to tell this man something - Anything! "Just go..." he mumbled, tears freely falling down his face. My eyes moved towards Ada, no expression on her face then over to Cleo, her eyes again that same violet colour as tears collected on her lower lash line. "Just give us some privacy." He then closed the door that he had gone through. I turned to the two women a scowl on my face. "You know, it's one thing to keep the truth from me!... But why him?" Cleo shook her head softly, indicating she had no idea what was happening. "I want to find out what's happening here. And stop whoever's behind it." My hand moved, motioning towards the man and his daughter as a gunshot ran making Cleo gasp, tears slipping at the thought of that little girl losing her young life. "Helping people like them... that's why i joined the force." Ada sighed softly, crossing her arms. "My mission is to take down Umbrella's entire operation. We may not make it out." She said slowly but my eyes had already moved from her to Cleo... Wasn't that her mission? Why give two agents the same mission? Something within me wanted to call her out on how much bullshit she had spat the entire night but i stopped myself, giving a little smile to Cleo. "Whatever it takes to save this city.... count me in."  And with that Ada nodded, walking away from me and towards the exit. Cleo slowly moved over to me, the violet in her eyes still ever present. "Hey stranger.." She said slowly, her hands gently grabbing my arm maybe to make sure I was real. One question floated around in my brain and it spilled to her before i could stop it. "Have your eyes always been that Violet colour?" And as the question left my lips the colour vanished, leaving behind a warm chocolate brown colour and in her eyes I saw the walls become taller.