Zeel tired and a bit dizzy from the previous encounter did not have all his wits about him at the moment. He immediately jumped into the helicopter and attempted to take off, not even following the proper warm up procedure. The helicopter in response made it a couple feet into the air before it began immense bouts of swaying.

It was at that moment Zeel noticed that there seemed to be more soldiers than he had initially expected to fight. Focusing on his senses Zeel then noticed the incongruity, he could feel data transfers all around him as if the soldiers were being controlled by a central computer.

Slapping his head Zeel then realized the problem "The satellites are inaccessible because they are continually being used to control human beings like they did with Alice"

Too bad for Zeel this realization hit home a bit too late. All of a sudden his intuition blared up, more than it had previously. Zeel looks outside to see if a missile was launched but notices nothing, this distraction was enough for The Red Queen to send a burst signal frying the helicopter and sending a couple thousand volts of electricity through his body effectively paralyzing Zeel in place. A soldier then comes up and proceeds to gun b.u.t.t him in the head.

'Oh I am so f.u.c.k.e.d' was Zeel's last thought before passing out.

"Package acquired" Soldier One reports with the beetle attached to his c.h.e.s.t constantly blinking in response.

"Excellent job. I have heard many things about Project Exodus I would like to see it with my own eyes" replies Wesker's projection on the table. To say he had been tracking Zeel since the break out of the T-virus is not an exaggeration, since everyone in Umbrella had heard of the notorious Project Exodus that even puts Project Alice to shame.

"Roger Sir, beginning extraction to the Arcadia" Soldier One says as a stasis chamber is escorted out of the tent holding the hibernating body of Zeel.

"Don't keep me waiting too long. By the way use extra sedatives for that one, if half what I hear about him is true, then you'll need more to keep him out" Wesker reminds not wanting to take any risk that could ruin his retrieval of Project Exodus.

Project Exodus aka Zeel was then loaded with the stasis chamber into the last helicopter prompting extraction to the Arcadia. While unconscious the entire time, the nanites inside Zeel's body had begun their upgrade from Stage Two to Stage Three.

A Helicopter flies over the Oceans of the world, intent on reaching its destination at the fastest rate possible.

Zeel has been in and out of consciousness for the past three days, he still had vague senses of what had been occurring near him. He is able to sense the regular sedatives that is fed into his stasis pod at regular intervals, he is able to hear the mocking voices of the soldiers guarding him. Zeel is able to remember being captured and can recognize the familiar noise and sensation of flying so he knows he is currently in progress of being transported somewhere. Judging by the temperature he can guess they're flying far above the 10,000 feet needed to sky dive safely. Running countless scenarios through his mind, he finally decides to risk self-destructing his nanites for a chance to survive. While the nanites can be replaced his own life cannot, and sky diving from about 20,000 feet without parachute only by detonation of his nanites can he survive the fall, and that is considering he lands in water or where no zombies are active since a long period of recovery is to be expected before he could walk once again.

As Zeel was about to act on his suicide plan, he then begins to feel a strong resonance connection a couple thousand feet below the helicopter; this replayed two key information to Zeel: One - Somewhere below him Alice is located, his chances of survival just increased – if he could get close enough to her location, she could use her telekinesis to weaken the impact of the fall at least. Two – His nanites had been upgraded to stage three granting him two new abilities: a minor Electromagnetic pulse that would destroy anything electronic within a ten feet distance of himself, and Stagnation the ability to pause any machinery for up to three seconds depending on the size and complexity.

The upgraded nanites could filter the sedative out of Zeel's system much faster, so he was no longer in and out of consciousness. Hacking the stasis chamber and shutting it down, the chamber fizzles before opening and letting him out. Zeel groggily gets out of the container much to the fright of the nearby soldiers, though he was still injured as his nanites was burning the sedative all this time and not having the spare resources to heal him properly. However, his Z-virus healing factor should be enough to allow him combat effectiveness regardless of the bullets piercing his shoulder and lower abdomen.

Utilizing his burst technique Zeel immediately disables the two soldiers on his right, then pulling the pin from one of the soldier's grenade Zeel then throws him to the back of the helicopter followed by the next three soldiers nearby. The plan was to use the soldiers as a buffer for the subsequent explosion. Jumping to the front of the helicopter which seated only one pilot, Zeel then ducks as low as he could in the seat *BOOOM*.

An explosion sounds from the back of the helicopter as it begins to break apart, and spin uncontrollably in the air. Zeel pushes himself through the air and out the now opened back of the helicopter; though a few rubble manages to hit his head, causing it to bleed like a waterfall. Using sky diving techniques Zeel enters a state of freefall; he can barely keep his bearing with the lack of oxygen and pressure he feels upon exiting the now falling helicopter.

Zeel assumes a straight diving position to stabilize his descent but with a lack of goggles he can only depend on his connection to Alice to find her position, so he closes his eyes and begins to focus on the connection.

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