"S. D. Perry - Resident Evil 02 - Caliban Cove" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry S. D)

matter of time. Umbrella was experimenting with dangerous stuff, and wouldnтАЩt be able to hide it from a
S.T.A.R.S. investigation. She and the others just had to watch their backs until the home office sent
backup. Speaking ofтАФouch ...

The pancake holster was poking into her ribcage. Rebecca adjusted it through the thin cotton of her
shirt, hoping that after tonight she wouldnтАЩt have to carry the weapon anymoreтАФa snub-nosed .38
revolv-er from BarryтАЩs collection. She couldnтАЩt speak for the others, but she hadnтАЩt had a decent nightтАЩs
sleep since theyтАЩd escaped the Spencer estate, and walking around armed all of the time wasnтАЩt her idea
of safe. Sighing inwardly, she took a left on Foster and pedaled through the shadows toward BarryтАЩs
house, reminding herself that heтАЩd probably called the meet-ing because heтАЩd heard from the home office
with orders. He would only say that there had been a тАЬdevelopmentтАЭ and to show up ASAPтАФand
though she was trying not to let her imagination run away with her, she couldnтАЩt help the steady pulse of
excite-ment that had knotted her stomach since heтАЩd called. Maybe theyтАЩll fly its to New York to brief
the investi-gation team, or even to Europe for when they storm UmbrellaтАЩs headquarters....

Wherever they were sent, it had to be better than staying in Raccoon. The strain of looking over their
shoulders had been getting to all of them. Chris seemed to think that Umbrella was waiting until the public
eye was off the S.T.A.R.S. before making their move, though it was only a theoryтАФand not exactly the
most reassuring thought to fall asleep by. Chicken-heart Vickers had skipped out of town after only two
days, unable to take the pressureтАФand although Jill, Chris, and Barry had condemned BradтАЩs
cowardice, Rebecca was starting to wonder if maybe the Alpha pilot didnтАЩt have the right idea. It wasnтАЩt
that she wanted Umbrella to walk, there was no question that their experiments were morally
reprehensible and certainly illegalтАФbut until the S.T.A.R.S. sent help, staying in Raccoon City was
dangerous.

Not after tonight; just a little bit longer, and this will all be over. No more guns, no more locked
doorsтАФno more worrying about what Umbrella will do to us for knowing the truth.

When theyтАЩd first made the report, their superiors in New York had told them to stay put. Assistant
Director Kurtz himself had promised to do some investigating and get back to themтАФbut it had been
eleven days, and still no word. She had no intention of running away as Brad had done, but sheтАЩd come
to hate the feeling of that holster, the weight of the deadly steel against her side every waking moment of
every day. She was supposed to be a chemist, for chrissake....

And once the reinforcements come, maybe theyтАЩll move me to one of the labs, let me study the virus.
Technically IтАЩm still a Bravo; thereтАЩs no way theyтАЩd want me on the front lines....

There was no question that it would be the best use of her talents. The others were experienced soldiers,
but Rebecca had only been with the S.T.A.R.S. for five weeks. Her first mission had been the one to
Raccoon Forest that had wiped out over half the team and clued the rest of them in to UmbrellaтАЩs secret.
Since then, sheтАЩd spent a lot of time brushing up on the molecular architecture of viruses, trying to
deter-mine the T-Virus replication strategy. The S.T.A.R.S. didnтАЩt need field medics right now, they
needed scientists ... and if sheтАЩd learned anything from the Spencer estate disaster, it was that she
belonged in a lab. SheтАЩd held her own that night, but she also knew that working with the T-Virus was
the greatest contri-bution she could make toward stopping Umbrella. And you may as well face it, her
mind whispered, youтАЩre fascinated by it. The chance to study an unclas-sified emerging mutagen, to find
out what makes it tickтАФthatтАЩs what makes you tick.

Yeah, well, there was no shame in enjoying her work. SheтАЩd joined the S.T.A.R.S. in hopes of just such
an opportunityтАФand with any luck, after to-nightтАЩs meeting she would be packing a bag and getting the