The halls were built to minimize the corners and places of shadow, the majority of places were well lit and easy to search, and the ceilings were too low to make a surprise attack from above easy to accomplish it.
There were various security devices, as well, that sent their data to the central command and, from there, on to the security patrols.
They had dealt with breakouts before and they would again.
They turned a corner to find an air duct smashed out, and started to scan about the area as their commander contacted the central station.
"We've found their point of exit," the officer said. "Any clue on where they'll go from here? Will they behave like Sil and Eve, and try to escape, or will they act like the aliens and start hunting us?"
"Unknown at this time," Carthy said. "They were just waste material."
"Roger that," the officer said, signing off. "Should have burned them as soon as they took the drones out. Like always." He sighed and looked to his men. "Watch the corners, you know how these things like to play."
"Yes, sir," a soldier said.
****
"Where's the lady you sent to observe, Garr-?" Carthy's question was cut off as he turned about and saw Garrison and his bodyguards holding guns on the HQ command.
"Somewhere out of our way, I hope," Garrison said.
"What are you doing?" Carthy demanded.
"Destroying this place and all the things you made within it," Garrison said.
"What?" Carthy said questioningly.
"Umbrella has been around for more than four hundred years," Garrison said. "And in that time, you've killed more humans than the aliens and the hunters combined and you ask that question? Farren, can you manipulate the test room from here?"
One of the bodyguards was sitting down at the computer and cycling through computer commands with obvious skill.
"Yes sir," Farren said quickly. "And the reactor core. Thankfully they logged in past most of the security protocols."
"We have a clear path to the ship?" Garrison asked.
"We do," Farren said.
"I don't think security has enough to do yet," Garrison said. "Open the test room and leak the virus into the air."
"The...the virus?!" Carthy gasped. "But, with the things already here?!"
"We're vaccinated against it," Garrison said. "Making a guess about your staff, I'd say most of them aren't. And we won't be staying around long enough to encounter any of the escapees."
****
Aya paused as she a since of unease. After so many centuries, she recognized it farely easily. Eve was about to try something dangerous. That meant it would be burning out its host soon.
****
Eve found what she was looking for on the edge of her senses, an active camera. There was electrical power there, power that connected to the power core. She hadn't generated much bio-electricity yet, hoping to conserve her powers until she could escape and, hopefully, find another host that she could subtly build until it was fit to hold her.
If she did this, however, she would have more or less three days to live, assuming she didn't continue to burn energy, which she'd have to do in order to escape. That meant finding a host here and insuring they escaped.
In any case, she had little choice left, soon she wouldn't have near the energy she needed to both escape and catch a new host.
*****
The hybrid drones rose up their heads and turned toward the sound of the door opening on the long tunnel, even as the whispering sound of a released aerial virus passed them, unconcerned.
At the end of that tunnel there were intruders to the hive, and they would have to be dealt with.
*****
Kodachi and Ranma frowned as they found themselves facing a dead end and turned to look back towards the sound of stomping feet heading their way. Soon, half a dozen armed personel turned the corner and had them cornered.
Under the best of circumstances, this was hardly a good thing for the security.
*****
"The test room is opened, the virus is unleashed," Farren said. "I'm starting to work on the core melt..."
The radio crackled to life.
"Central," one of them said. "We have the hosts..."
And that's when broke loose.
Garrison and the majority of his men took cover as the electrical boards exploded outward. Only Farren was unlucky enough to be caught as the monitor glass nearly decapitated him, leave behind a ghastly corpse.
*****
Aya frowned and prepared herself for battle, that had to have been Eve's move.
*****
In the flash of exploding cameras and lights, the six security officers were quickly and easily defeated by Ranma and Kodachi.
Ranma stood over the last of his foes, staring hungrily and hesitating to pass on and follow Kodachi. Ranma's lips peeled back to reveal the sharp canines beneath and a hand, with growing claws, reached outward to claw the face off of the senseless guard.
"Ranma-sama," Kodachi snapped insistantly, and the momentary impulse to kill passed away as Ranma dashed forward to catch up to his mate.
*****
All across the repository, magnetic locks were released.
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