Resident Evil: Prestidigitation

Disclaimer: I do not own the Resident Evil series, nor do I own any of the following characters.

She stood there staring at the glass windows of the building. Nothing had really changed in her absence and she discovered that Umbrella had once again won another fight and told another lie. The footage only backfired of the incident in Raccoon City and her friends only to be blamed and wanted by the police. She glanced at her arm as Jill had took hold of it.

" Come on, well get you inside where its warm an get you some clothes."

Alice grinned slightly as Valentine had let go of her arm and walked up the steps to the motel and entered the building. Jill she could trust, they were similar in many ways. Her face went blank, clear of any emotion as Carlos carried Angie inside the building. She didn't like Carlos very much though, however she still had to be thankful. She would figure everything out after a nights rest, at the moment she was to exhausted to think. She walked up the steps of the building and even though she should have felt better she was back with her friends…she didn't, she felt she was endangering them.

Jill looked up at as Alice entered the room, she threw some clothes at her. " Those should do for now."

Alice looked at the clothes in her hand, some jeans and a gray t shirt. She closed the door behind her and let the white cloth go and drop to the floor. She slowly slid her arms through the t shirt and slipped it on before feeling dizzy and lost her balance. Jill raised an eyebrow at her and went to help her.

" Guess I would be dizzy as well if I came back from the dead."

Alice ignored her and let Jill help her up. " Who ever said I was living in the first place."

Jill glared at her and held her up and bent down to pick up her jeans, " Well you most certainly are now. Do you have any idea what they did to you?"

Flashbacks flooded through Alice's mind and voices rang in her ears. It was still to blurry she couldn't remember. Jill steadied her as she lost her balance again. " Well I suppose you should get some rest first before we think about anything else."

Alice made no comment. Jill sighed and walked her over to the bed and let her sit on it. She was very happy to have Alice back. It had been three weeks only and she was happy to have someone return. She lost many friends but felt a certain connection with Alice…maybe that was because they were similar in some ways and she could trust her. She was stubborn but all in all…a decent person, rough attitude but she didn't mind that one bit. " You can have the bed for tonight. Carlos and Angie are across the hall, decided you needed rest and space. If you need anything ill be here with you so don't be afraid to ask."

Alice watched as Jill pulled up a chair and sat by the window, her gun in its holster with the safety off. She laid down and pulled the covers over her body however she refused to close her eyes, the last thing she needed was sleep. " How long…has it been Valentine?"

Jill glanced at her, " three weeks."

Alice rolled onto her back, " What is the latest news with Umbrella?"

Jill once again glanced at her. " Umbrella had nothing left to Salvage from Racoon city. However They still have samples of the t-virus in other locations. Some of our connections have discovered a new Hive, they are making a plan to try and shut that one down as well…before another incident happens."

Alice turned and her head and stared at Jill. A war between the worlds largest company and most deadliest against a few rouge cops…it was quite interesting. " Where is the new hive located?"

Jill raised her eyebrow and ran a hand through her bangs and sighed. " Its in Russia. This one is very different…more advanced which means, security is at its best. Our teams have found little to no information and no way to get in. Were focusing on this facility because it was built a few weeks after the start of the Nemesis research. We think they have a created a brand new virus much stronger then T-virus."

Alice eyes narrowed. " You think they have done a lot of experimenting with this virus?"

" We don't know but my guess is that Umbrella is doing something more horrifying then we have yet to see….You should get some sleep, ill fill you in tomorrow."

"Wow, didn't know you cared so much," Alice replied rolling on her side.

Jill glared at her, " I don't. Mostly eager to hear you have to say." Jill looked out the window, she did care….Alice had watched her back in Racoon, the very least she could do was the same for her.

- morning-

Her eyes snapped opened, she didn't know where she was and shot up out of bed. Jill went to her side quickly to see if she was alright. Alice felt someone grab her arm and quickly threw the person off her and went to attack. Jill groaned as she hit the wall and saw Alice charging towards her, she quickly moved to the side and caught her arm and pinned her against the wall. " Alice , hey its ok your safe, its just me."

Alice's breathing began to slow down as she remembered the events of last night. Alice relaxed and pushed Jill off her. " Sorry."

Jill rubbed her shoulder, the woman certainly had a lot of strength…she was glad she was on their side. Alice noticed that she wasn't clothed and wondered how Jill seem to ignore that easily. She could feel that she hurt the other woman and went to the bed and slipped on the pair of jeans. She smiled as she could sense her thoughts almost, the woman respected her strength. However she didn't sense fear, she smiled as she continued to muse about the other woman. She was twice as powerful as before as well as her natural instincts. Her sense of smell, her hearing, her vision …everything was much better. She did not want to tell her friends about some of her new powers, it was still all new to her.

Jill stared at her, she never understood Alice very well and she imagined no one would. " How are you feeling today?"

Alice turned to her and shrugged, " I'm fine, thank you. I apologize if I hurt you." she imagined being thrown against the wall in the morning wasn't pleasant.

Jill popped her neck, " No problem, you were confused and did no damage." She might be stronger but she herself was just as good to a point, she didn't like to show weakness cause she wasn't weak. "So do you remember what they did to you?"

" Not really. They brought me back to life, I say that summons it up." Alice replied.

Jill nodded and decided to just drop the subject, more then likely the info wouldn't be useful anyway. "Well lets go see if the others are awake and see what our plans are."

Alice nodded and before Jill could open the door she put her hand on her shoulder. Jill paused and raised an eyebrow at the slender woman. " Thank you Valentine."

Jill grinned, " I think they messed with your head, are we getting soft?"

Alice snarled and opened the door making Jill stumble back, " Don't have high hopes on that."

Jill smiled, " oh ill take your advice on that."

Alice slightly allowed herself to grin before walking out with Jill following her.

Carlos, Angie, and LJ were standing in the hall ready and waiting.

" Alice!" Angie shrieked and ran and hugged her. " I'm ever so thankful to have you back, are you alright?"

Alice crouched down and smiled. " I'm just fine. Did you miss me?"

Angie smiled brightly. " I did. Jill said it was ok to miss a friend and that you would return and she had also missed you just like all of us."

Alice eyed Jill from the corner of her eye and noticed she walked off down the hall. " Well I'm glad you listened to her. Lets get going ok, we have a long trip ahead of us."

Carlos stood up straight and offered his hand, " nice to have you back."

" Likewise," Alice stated walking past him to catch up with Jill.

" ha ha, I just don't think ya got luck with women," LJ said walking off with Angie.

Carlos shrugged and ran a hand through his hair and went to get the vehicle. Alice easily caught up the other woman. " So you missed me Valentine?"

Jill rolled her eyes, " Was just saying that help the kid understand."

" You're a terrible liar Valentine," Alice replied smiling.

Jill growled, " Well if you know me so well, then why ask me?"

Alice put a arm on Jill's shoulder and leaned down to her ear. " Quite simple, you tend to blush when it comes to a subject about caring."

Jill became flustered and shoved Alice away. " Excuse me but I do not and I do not care."

Alice wasn't going to allow herself to be pushed around so easily. She walked towards Jill confidently and a deadly look in her eyes. " Is that so Jill? I think you're a little too feminine not to care."

Jill backed up but didn't back down. " Excuse me? Listen bitch why don't you stop trying to read me because at least I can care."

Alice pushed valentine back into the wall and Jill struck at her face and she easily caught her fist and pinned her against the wall. She could easily detect that Jill was nervous. Her scent was strong, refreshing from all the other scents, more clean and sweet. She grinned at her as Jill glared at her. " I think you should shower, I can clearly smell your fear."

Alice let go of her and walked off. Jill flipped her off and adjusted her clothing and mumbled about rude women. " Come on Valentine, don't want to miss our ride!"

The car they were in was older then the black expedition they had. It was a van that was dark blue with only three seats in the front. Naturally Carlos needed to drive and Angie had to have a seat belt. LJ was little scared of the Alice as she always glared at him and he was better with kids.

Jill and Alice were the back of the van and unfortunately there was no seats as it was used to haul things. So it was a very bumpy ride. They were informed in two days the would arrive at the spot where the would rendezvous with some other STARS members which would assist them in their mission and inform them of the new hive and situation. It was a silent ride for Alice and Jill. In a way Jill was happy, Carlos tended to chat a lot trying to impress her.

" Your hiding something from me." Alice plainly stated. Jill raised her eyebrow and stared at her blankly. " I'm sorry…what?"

" What are you not telling me about the mission?" Alice asked steadying herself as they hit another bump. Both of the girls were sitting on the metal in the van where the tires were placed, made it more relaxing.

Jill looked at the doors at the end of van. " Its Angie."

Alice was slightly surprised by this, what did she to deal with this.

" You know how she is infected. Well she doesn't have many anti-virus vaccines anymore."

" So what are you implying?" Alice asked unsure of where she was going with this.

" The anti-virus has long lasting affects. To a month or longer."

" She still has a couple doesn't she? She is safe for a while?"

" She has two left. She got sick…during that the virus grew stronger and we had to use the anti-virus. Yes she should be fine for three months or longer...but that isn't to long. Also if she gets sick again…it could turn out bad."

Alice nodded as she let the information sink in. " So….were looking for anti-virus as well as trying to find and destroy this new virus?"

" Yes. If we are lucky they have a anti-virus. Also if they created a new virus then the new Anti-virus should be much stronger." Jill added.

" Isn't that risky….the anti-virus would be created for the new virus. The T-virus could be obsolete and we could risk infecting her."

" that's something I've considered already. We might have to take a sample of the new virus. However that's a huge risk to everybody. It would have to be handled with extreme care until we could get it to Angie."

Alice nodded and leaned her back against the cool metal of the van. " Everyone knows about this?"

Jill smiled. " just me, you, and Angie."

" How come the others don't know?"

" Their men, they would go against it saying it was too big of risk. Also I imagine they could care less about the girl, only enough for sympathy."

" Well Jill, surprised you are willing to risk such things for one person."

" Someone has to. Don't kid yourself Alice, we are here because we care what happens to innocent people whether they blindly continue with their lives or not. Umbrella will learn we mean business and they cant get away with so much blood on their hands."

Alice smiled. " I like how you think Valentine. Together well bring down Umbrella. This mission will just be like it was in Raccoon city."

Jill smiled at her. " Your right there. Ill cover your ass if you watch mine."

Alice extended her hand out to her. "I'll hold you to that Valentine."

Jill smiled and shook her hand, they might not like each other so well but they both knew no one else was better to watch their backs then each other.