Resident Evil Multiverse Of Madness

After the entire incident the group continued with their journey through the streets, it was around this time Zeel noticed the peculiarity.

"We're being watched" Zeel said to the group.

"Watched? By who?" Alice asked as she slightly shifted Jill who was resting on her back since she was unable to walk.

"You can probably feel it too just focus" Zeel said as he once again tapped into the nearby cameras and discovered someone monitoring them alongside himself but since he was using more of his brain power enhanced by nanites than actual computer to carry the load of calculations, he could not find anything other than the location of the person that was monitoring them.

"I feel it" Alice said as she pointed in a specific direction "It's that direction about 4 kilometers"

"Yeah, but just ignore it, this person isn't doing anything except monitoring us and I need more time to get a clear view of their intentions since a lot of signals are meshing right now" Zeel said as he could feel several access points using the same cameras all over the city, most were just aimed at different locations. It is a good thing he shielded himself from all monitoring equipment since if whoever is in charge knew Project Exodus is active, they would no doubt evacuate immediately.

The group continued walking ignoring the fact they were being watched, of course they were heading to the location of a gate since if it was Zeel and Alice they could probably manage to get everyone across. Every corner they passed the phones started to ring, it was as if the noise was following them.

Alice grew tired of the ringing and decided to answer.

"Hello"

"God, I thought you'd never answer" Dr Ashford said from the other end.

"Who is this?" Alice asked.

"I can get you out of the city. All five of you. But first we have to come to an arrangement. Are you ready to make a deal?" Dr Ashford asked throwing the bait he had been holding onto all this time, he was in urgent need of someone to rescue his now lost daughter. Dr Ashford had managed to successfully track his daughter Angie to her old school in east Raccoon City.

"Do we have a choice?" Alice asks.

"Not if you want to live past tonight, no." Dr Ashford replied.

Zeel took over the phone from Alice just as Dr Ashford was about to give her the main information about his daughter "I know where the helicopters are, and when they're going to leave, why should we help you?"

Dr Ashford reeled in shock for a moment since he thought that only himself and a few others was privileged to that information "I can notify them that you're coming, I don't think you'll like …"

"Don't threaten me doctor, a lot of people have tried and only one lived to see the next day" Zeel said in a threatening manner since he still had a trauma from the shackles placed on him by the Cosmic Being.

Dr Ashford thought for a while and used every communication available to relay the next statement, it was loud enough for the entire group to hear "Please my daughter is at Raccoon City Middle School, it is not far from your location. I just want you to get her for me and I'll do whatever you ask"

Lucky for Dr Ashford he chose the right method of approach, had he tried the sympathy move with Zeel, the outcome would have probably not been as favorable.

"We'll do it!" Alice said after contemplating for a while, then she looked at Zeel "Even if there is a chance the little girl is alive we have to help where we can"

Zeel just sighed internally since this is the type of answered he would expect from Alice, he even refrained from telling her they didn't need to go through with this mission in the first place since that would only make her hesitate a little and not change the outcome.

After Dr Ashford hung up, Alice began to summarize what she knew "His name is Dr Ashford and he...Runs the genetics and viral research division of Umbrella Corporation."

"What's he wants with us?" Peyton asked a bit confused.

"His daughter, Angela is trapped in the city. Umbrella was to evac her, but she didn't make it. She's hiding out in her school. We find her, he'll help us escape

the perimeter." Alice said as she examined the faces of those in the group. Everyone apart from Zeel was giving her doubtful looks.

"Why do we have to help? Why can't we just hall a.s.s to a wall and get out?" Terri said in exasperation, feeling as if she was the only one thinking clearly in the group, after all sometime the obvious answer is the best answer.

"Can you get there before your time expires thou?" Zeel asked feeling a bit funny at the current situation since that was the stupidest answer he had ever heard up until now.

"What do you mean?" asked Peyton, catching onto what Zeel had been hinting all along.

"Listen Umbrella knows they can't contain the infection. So at sunrise this morning, Raccoon City will be completely sanitized." Alice states something everyone should have already realized.

"What do you mean by 'sanitized'?" Jill asked.

"A precision tactical nuclear device."

"What yield?"

"Five kilotons." Zeel replies in Alice's place.

"How much is five kilotons?" Terri asked.

Zeel looked at Alice who shrugged, then he sunk into deep though for a while before responding "Goodbye Raccoon City kind of bomb"

As the group is walking along the street looking for a car to jump start, Alice and Zeel stand still and both look in the same direction before ducking behind a car.

Everyone else freezes and mimics the action fully comprehending just how skilled these two are, hence they don't think twice before following.

"There is something out there" Alice whispers to the group.

"What is it?" asks Zeel, while he could feel the presence of something that could threaten him below, he did not have the necessary insight to point out the level of danger.

"Not sure. But it's huge and aiming for us." Alice replies.

"hmmm. Project Nemesis, should be a mutated version of your friend that Matt boy" Zeel said after carefully feeling the presence of the being hidden some distance away.

Alice reels in shock before gathering herself and asking "Can you be sure?"

"80% we were at the same facility and my nanites can do minor hacking, best thing you can do for him is take him out of his misery. And of course I can tell since I didn't like him and I don't like whatever is aiming at us. I just assumed it was him based on that information" Zeel said like the people he didn't like was limited to just Matt alone – well it might have been given everyone else died in The Hive.

Zeel then continued to explain "I can't help you with this one either because if they see me chances are they'll evacuate as my biology is unique and they are aware of that. So you have to lead it away and then escape. I'll try and infiltrate the main base"

"Understood. I am surprised by how much trust you have in me" Alice said a bit cheekily since she was never one to hold a grudge for a long period of time, especially since Jill could walk and talk properly once again.

"Well it's mainly because based on what I've read, you can't die even if you wanted to a discussion for a later time thou, my nanites can only be inside you so I would recognize you anywhere." Zeel said, Alice was confused at this message since it was all over the place. Was she immortal or something? What did he mean she couldn't die?

Not waiting for anymore discussions on the topic, Zeel separated from the group as he ran in the opposite direction towards the City Hall.

After making sure Gill, Peyton, and Terri understood their part of the mission, Alice too opted to leave the rest of the matter in their capable hands – well Gill's capable hands since she didn't yet trust Peyton or Terri.

Alice jumps off the bridge and runs towards the distance; Nemesis immediately starts launching round after rounds of bullets at her, if it was before Alice would've duck for cover as even with all her enhancements she could not dodge a bullet, and truthfully right now she barely could; however, benefits of the upgraded nanites is they can aid with mental calculations meaning her brain right now is comparable to a super computer.

Predicting the trajectories of bullets, judging the speed she should run so not to get ahead of herself. After all, running too fast is just as bad as running too slow. When she got close enough she raises a knee and jumps towards nemesis effectively kneeing him or it in the jaw. Success however, was short lived as he grabs her and slams her against a concrete pillar.

Alice bends her body in a semi-circular manner using the force to swing around the pillar and launching herself towards a nearby building and slamming through the window. Nemesis on the other hand is not as capable hence just running through the wall itself, Alice then runs towards the garbage shoot hoping to get away while also leading nemesis away as that was the goal of this fight.

Nemesis hot on her heals raises a gun to shoot, reacting swiftly Alice then slide while unloading what is left of her bullets below the garbage shoots before smashing through the wall and into the shoot sliding down like a professional garbage bag. Nemesis looks down the garbage shoot and then launches a grenade down wards, Alice jumps from the bin and taking a page out of Zeel's book, she lands on the opposite wall and launches herself outwards effectively escaping the blast radius.

At City center, Base of Umbrella Operations in Raccoon City

Zeel is currently putting on an umbrella soldier's uniform after killing the previous guard. After he is finished wearing the clothing over his own, he makes his way around the compound over the next hour and a half dropping some blood here and there especially on the other helicopters. His blood had an increased corrosive effect on metals so he figures this is the most inconspicuous way of getting rid of the other helicopters. The nanites in his blood while not effective in corroding all metals can still corrode specific parts of machinery – a small hole in the fuel tank can go a long way.

After completing all preparations, he can think of, he then waits for Alice and the team to perform any form of attack to act as a distraction. Though he cannot read Alice's mind the nanites can convey intentions fairly well when they are stimulated by certain parts of the brain. Zeel was never one for flattery and beating around the bush so usually if he had a chance to end things in one strike he wouldn't hesitate to do so. However, Zeel neither would think himself infallible hence even if he could kill Major Cain, maybe a stray bullet could kill him. Best scenario was to wait for a suitable distraction and strike when they least expect it.