Footsteps thundered on the steel forms of the bridge as two agents were racing against time as an approaching army of undead was approaching, closing in on them. They halted stumbling a bit as reality played a cruel joke. Their only means of escape was out. They slowly peered over the side to see just how deep of hole it was. A slow shiver traveled up their spines when even then they couldn't see the bottom.

"Well, Leon, I'd say we've gotten ourselves into a mess yet again." she spoke with a sarcastically pleasant tone.

With a quick 'hnn' Leon looked over at his partner, giving a slow but easy smirk. "This is easy compared to what we've had to face Claire." He held up his pistol and shot a few zombies that were getting too close for comfort.

Both agents were forced to back away until their heels slipped on the edge. Trapped like rats in a maze of hell. Leon and Claire held themselves ready, the horde only getting closer to them. Leon brushed hair out of his face and turned around.

"Well,"

There was a moment of silence from Claire before she turned around and nodded to him. They took two steps back then with a short running start, jumped off the bridge and began to plummet into the darkness. The wind rushed passed their faces as their adrenaline rush became the instinct to survive.

"Are you sure this was a good idea!" Claire yelled over the sound of rushing air.

Leon himself wasn't even sure if what they had just done was they smartest move in the world. The air was whistling in his ears making it incredibly hard for him to hear anything he was trying to say or what Claire was saying. After what seemed like forever, the bottom of the gorge was coming into view, and Claire visibly gulped. Leon reached out and grabbed a group of vines, trying to slow his descent down, when he pushed off and grabbed Claire's hand, both of them slamming against the rock wall.

"Gah!" Claire held her aching shoulder, as she turned her attention up at the zombies starting to fall off the downed bridge. They fell passed them as they hit the ground, splattering like watermelons falling from a twenty story tower. She looked away and found her arms around Leon's neck as he started to climb up onto a ledge.

Claire rolled on the ground, her chest rising and falling as she heaved for air. Leon sat there and looked up. His PDA started to ring as he looked at it. He stepped away and looked at the screen.

"Leon, are you alright?" Ingrid Hunnigan gazed at Leon through the camera on his phone.

Leon rubbed his eyes and nodded, "Yes, Claire and I just barely escaped from the compound. They knew we were coming, so they released the T-virus on all the researchers there and erased all the data on the computers."

"That is not good. I'll send a copter out your way for pick up."

"Thanks." Leon looked over at Claire before something loud rang in their ears. Claire was on her feet and looking up at the bridge.

"Leon, looks like there's a new version of Trenchy!" She yelled as the Tyrant suddenly leapt off the steel structure and straight down towards them.

"Looks like he got a wardrobe change!" he yelled, before looking at Hunnigan.

"Be careful Leon."

"Aren't I always?" With those three words, Leon hung up and jumped, tackling Claire out of the way of the landing Tyrant. The ground shook violently as the massive B.O.W landed with a crash, leaving a small crater in its wake. Claire and Leon looked over their shoulders, at the Tyrant then at each other before scrambling to their feet. The tyrant chased after them effortlessly, keeping up with the panicked agents.

Leon motioned with his hand for them to split up, but Claire just simply shook her head. If they were to survive this they needed to stay together. The Kennedy gave a quiet sigh as they ran. Claire paused and grabbed Leon's arm pulling him into a tunnel that seemed to lead up to the surface.

"Hurry, Trenchy's right behind us!" Leon yelled, both agents running through the winding upward tunnel.

"Look!" Claire pointed up ahead as she saw moonlight. They burst out of the tunnel and tumbled along the ground before catching themselves. "Now we have room to fight." Claire shot at Trenchy as she was trying to get back to the car, which was a fair distance away.

Leon stood beside Claire, unloading each ammo clip into its head or chest. Somewhere, anywhere trying to find its weakness, but it was as if there was no weakness, just an unstoppable monster.

"L-Leon, look!" Once again Claire's voice sounded panicked as another one of the Tyrants seemingly strolled towards them.

"Oh shit." Leon scowled as he turned his head.

The Tyrants closed in on them causing them both to go back to back. They were staring at their ends as one Tyrant was hard enough, but two, there was no way they were going to survive. They were going to need a bloody big miracle if they were going to survive even the next two minutes. Time seemed to slow as the reality of their fates came to fruit in their minds. Leon and Claire looked over at each other over their shoulders and took deep breaths. This was the end of the line for them. They both put a hell of a fight over the last fifteen years.

"Well Claire, I guess this is good-bye. It's been a pleasure working with you." Leon said calmly, keeping his gun trained on the tyrant in front of him.

"I guess so." Claire chuckled under her breath as she watched the Tyrant's close in on them. "Definitely not the rookie cop I knew back in Raccoon City."

With a simple but unrecognizable smile, Leon's shoulder's seemed to drop a bit. "I can the say the same about you. You're not an inexperienced biker girl anymore."

Blood spattered the ground, but it wasn't Leon or Claire's blood that stained the soil. One of the Tyrants had been killed by an unknown assailant. Leon pushed Claire away as the one living B.O.W swiped at them, but sent Leon flying into a rock, causing the Government Agent to fall unconscious.

"Leon!" Claire screamed as the Tyrant soon turned its attention to her. She struggled to get to her feet, searching for her gun with one hand. Trenchy got even closer to her when another shot went straight through its head, spraying blood onto Claire as it seemed to just collapse. There was no head left on its body. "What in the world?" Claire's gaze traveled around the rocky terrain.

There was nothing around. Some unknown face had just saved their lives, yet didn't want to be thanked. That was rather odd even for Claire. Her mind snapped back to reality as she ran over to Leon and slid to her knees. She grabbed her first aid kit out of her pack and started to tend to his wounds.

"Claire, don't worry about me. Worry about yourself." His eyes were barely open as he forced himself to talk. His eyes closed as his breathing got ragged.

"Leon, stay me now." She said as she wrapped his head up in a bandage working quickly. Leon was slowly slipping in and out of consciousness. His head was rising and bowing. Claire was working fast now as she laid him down on the ground. "Leon, you stay with me got it." She said with a worried, but slightly stern tone.

Leon slowly reached up, and touched her cheek. He slid his other hand behind her head, and brought her down slowly, pressing his lips against hers. Claire squeaked out of sheer surprise, but didn't resist the kiss as she returned it. His hands slipped away as he fell into a coma, laying there, his eyes closed.

Claire rose up; her face was the colour of the reddest tomato. The wind began to kick up as she looked to the sky only to see their helicopter landing. She shielded her eyes from the dust that was being thrown in to the air.

"Ms. Redfield, are you alright?" The pilot yelled over the roar of the rotors.

"Yes, but Leon's hurt! He won't respond!" She called back, staying low with Leon in her arms.

The pilot nodded and went back to the helicopter, and got a stretcher. "Help me get him onto it." With a simple and solemn nod, Claire helped the copter pilot lift Leon onto the stretcher. They carried him to the helicopter and strapped him in securely before the pilot jumped in. Claire followed suit and closed the door to the helicopter. She motioned with her hand to take off as zombies began to flood the area they were just in.

Claire fell back, leaning her head against the helicopters wall, and stared at the ceiling. She slowly touched her lips, as her skin was covered in goosebumps. Leon kissed her. Did that mean he had feelings for her from Raccoon city when they first met? So many questions whizzed in her head, only to give her a massive headache. Claire rested Leon's jacket over top of him to keep him warm as they returned to civilization. They were lucky to have already been vaccinated, so any infection from being bit by zombies wouldn't turn them into a zombie themselves.

Luck? Maybe, but this time their luck came with a price. Claire didn't know if Leon was going to wake up or not. He just seemed so peaceful. Her eyes drooped, before finally closing as sleep overcame all her senses. Claire's head drifted to the side and stayed like that as if she were imagining Leon's shoulder being there. Suddenly his PDA went off forcing Claire to open her eyes. She reached into Leon's jacket pocket and pulled it out before pressing a button.

"Leon?" It was Ingrid Hunnigan again when she paused. "Wait, you're not Agent Leon."

"No, I'm Claire Redfield." She rubbed her eyes.

Hunnigan paused and looked at her. "Where is Leon?"

With those three words, Claire fell silent as she turned the PDA around, showing Hunnigan the comatose Leon. There was a soft, shocked gasp from the woman. Claire turned the PDA around and faced it towards her.

"What happened?" Hunnigan asked her tone full of worry, not only for Leon but now Claire as well.

"We were attacked by what we thought was only a single Tyrant B.O.W, but as we made our way up a tunnel to what we thought was safety, another Tyrant B.O.W appeared. We were trapped until something or someone shot one Tyrant dead. Leon saved me," Claire paused in the middle of her explanation. If he hadn't pushed her, he wouldn't be in this state. "The Tyrant got a hard hit in on him and threw him into a pile of large rocks. He hit his head hard. The last Tyrant was killed by the same unknown." She calmly but tiredly explained.

Hunnigan listened to Claire's explanation intently. "Understood, I'll have a hospital prepare a room immediately for Leon. You should also get yourself checked out Ms. Claire."

"Please just call me Claire."

"Alright," Hunnigan gave a weak smile. "On that note Claire, I do suggest you get yourself checked out as well. We'll have our finest doctor's look after Leon."

The Redfield nodded quickly, as she leaned against the wall once more. She took a deep breath. "How many cases does Leon have that he's to be assigned to?" She asked with serious tone.

"Numerous, may I ask why exactly?"

Claire looked at Leon as her eyes closed. "I'll take over his cases until he's better."

There was silence from Hunnigan before she started typing something in. "Welcome to the Special Government Task Force, Agent Claire Redfield."

I guess this is where my next step in life begins. Claire gave this a lot of consideration before she had even asked Hunnigan about it. The helicopter landed and Leon was rushed into Emergency to find out what was wrong. No one could tell what had truly happened, but he had fallen into a comatose state. Claire was informed of this and her suspicions had been proven true.

She sent her notice of quitting to Terra-Save that day as she now worked in place of Leon. Anytime Claire did have some free time it was to visit Leon in the hospital. The room was decorated with flowers and cards from Chris and Jill; even Ashley sent him a card. Claire stood in the door way, Leon's jacket draped around her shoulders as she slid her arms through the sleeves, putting her hands in her pockets and walked off.