The team sat in absolute silence in the back of the STAR APC heading for the location that the chief had said the monsters were sighted. Each of the members checked their weapons, re-checked and checked again in preparation for what was coming. With every other STAR mission they was always a chance that you might have to fire your weapon, however this time there was no question at all. Chris had warned them that even the smallest scratch from one of these monsters was enough to turn you into one of them.

Each member carried with them an MP5 machine gun with extra ammo as well as their issued .45 hand gun. Jill had turned down the MP5 in favor of her old Beretta and Rebecca had her shotgun resting on her lap. She still wasn't showing any emotions whatsoever and it was really scaring Jill. Chris felt somewhat better about this situation than he had about the others seeing as they all knew what they were getting into and now were better armed than the last run in with them.

As soon as they rounded the corner to the location that the chief had indicated the driver called out that there were bodies in the street and people running away from dozens of the things he had seen on the news. The APC came to a stop half a block from the monsters and the back ramp slid down. Chris was the first one out of the APC with his weapon raised and circled around the left side of the APC followed by Kim and Johnny. Rebecca circled around the right side with Jill and Julie right behind her. They all stopped just in front of the APC and formed a two column formation and began heading down the street slowly.

Their mission was to put down any of the monsters they came across and rescue any uninfected civilians that were still left in the area. Chris and the others could plainly see the bodies and monsters in the street in the early afternoon sun and they were glad to have it. This time the monsters wouldn't be able to come sneaking out of the darkness towards them. They quickly made their way down the street until they were close enough to the monsters to hear their pitiful moans as they wonder the street looking for flesh to eat.

"Oh God what is that smell?" Kim said forcing back vomit.

"That is the tell tell sign of those damn things." Chris said. "They are rotting."

Julie wrinkled her nose as they continued on getting closer and closer to the monsters. All of their hearts were beating faster and faster as they approached but they kept clam. Finally when they were only fifty feet or so from the monsters Chris and the others opened fire. The streets were filled with automatic weapon fire and the blasts from Rebecca's shotgun. They all watched as the monsters fell to the ground in twitching heaps with bullet holes in their chest and heads. With each blast from her weapon Rebecca was ripping holes the size of a mans fist through the bodies of the monsters causing enough damage to put them down for good.

Bullet casings and shells littered the ground all around as the STAR members advanced down the street killing anything that wasn't human. Soon there were dozens of the monsters lying all over the street and the team stopped firing once the last one went down. They all lowered their smoking weapons and looked around the street for ant threats but didn't see any.

"Ok spread out." Chris said. "Three man teams. Rebecca, Julie and Jill take the right search the houses for survivors. The rest of you with me on the left."

The teams spread out and each took a building on their side of the street. Rebecca was leading the way through an apartment building kicking any door that was locked and looking for survivors. They found several people cowering in their rooms and some were even hiding under their covers like a child would hide from his dream. They were all led out of the building to a troop of city busses that had arrived guarded by regular police and SWAT members.

After a wile Jill stepped in front of Rebecca saying that it was her turn to take point and began moving down a familiar hall way. Rebecca wanted to argue but kept her mouth shut, Jill was her superior after all. After clearing several more rooms Jill stopped in front of one she knew all to well.

"Please don't be in here." She thought reaching out to try the handle.

It was locked. Jill raised her hand and hammered on the door several times.

"San Diego STARS team…Maria are you in there?"

Rebecca looked at Jill with her mouth slightly open about to asked her who Maria was when the door to the apartment flew open and a young Hispanic woman crashed out throwing her arms around Jill.

"Oh my god Jill you came for me." Maria sobbed against Jill's chest.

"Maria listen to me, you need to get down stairs there is a bus that will take you to safety."

"But I though…"

"I still have a job to do."

Maria looked at the other two women standing with Jill including a young and very attractive woman who looked ready to explode about something. Finally she nodded and grabbed a her backpack and headed down the hall to the bus. Jill didn't even look back at Rebecca she already knew the look she was getting. Instead she continued down the hall clearing the rest of the building before heading out to the street waiting for the other team to finish their sweep before heading to the next block.

"Jill!" Maria yelled running up to her.

"Maria why aren't you on the bus?"

Maria hugged Jill again as she looked in her eyes.

"I was so afraid, I kept hoping you would come for me."

Jill didn't know what to do. Here was her lover for hire hugging her like they were a couple and Rebecca was standing right next to her. Maria was holding onto Jill tightly not making any move to let her go until finally Rbecca had had enough.

"Ok listen Miss." She said putting her hands of Maria's shoulder and not to gently pulling her away from Jill. "I don't know what your relationship with Jill was but she is with me now so back off and get on the bus."

Maria stepped away from Jill and looked at her then Rebecca before running to the bus with tears in her eyes. Jill stood there with her mouth open not knowing what to say. It was true what Rebecca had said but Maria was also special to her. After a moment Chris and the others came out of the apartment next to them and the team moved further down the block checking every apartment and store they came across. They only ran into the occasional monster and soon they were all back in the APC heading for the station. The whole rest of the mission and drive back to the station Rebecca wouldn't talk to Jill let alone make eye contact.

She was really scaring Jill now and she was going to snap Rebecca out of whatever was bothering her. As soon as they were back in the station Jill pulled Rebecca into the woman's bathroom leaving Julie standing outside the door like a prison guard. Jill pushed Rebecca up against the wall of one of the stalls and pinned her to it by the shoulders.

"Let me go Jill." Rebecca said as emotionless as ever.

"What is going on with you?" Jill asked. "It's like you are a completely different person."

Rebecca looked into Jill's eyes with a fire burning inside hers, a heatred for everything most of all Umbrella. She pushed Jill off of her sending her hard against the wall of the bathroom then to the ground with a smack. This sudden burst of anger seemed to be the final straw for Rebecca. She kneeled down beside Jill and helped her to the sitting position and pulled her against her body.

"I'm so sorry." She whispered shacking a little. "I didn't mean to."

Jill didn't say anything, she just held onto Rebecca sitting on the tiled floor of the restroom. Rebecca ran her fingers through Jill's hair not knowing what was happening to her. She never thought she would ever be violent to Jill yet she had just slammed her into a wall and let her fall to the floor. Tears began to well up in her eyes as Jill leaed against her. A knock at the door pulled them both back to reality as Julie leaned her head in the door.

"Hey guys, are you about finished in here? Chris wants us in the STAR room." Julie said and closed the door again.

Rebecca stood up and pulled Jill to her feet and gave her a hug before kissing her softly on the lips.

"I'm sorry baby." She whispered and kissed her again.

Jill felt better about the whole situation about Rebecca and could already feel the difference in her body language. Her baby was back, together they walked out of the bathroom and headed down the hall to the STAR room with Julie tagging along behind them.