The Evil Within

Chapter 1

Cuff with you?

Leon cursed inwardly as his car came to a bumpy halt; he couldn't help but hit the steering wheel out of frustration. He exited his vehicle and popped open the hood. It didn't take a genius to know that things were pretty bad, from the amount of smoke that got out. Leon tried to clear it by waving his arms to get a better look at the engine, as he coughed a little. It seemed like the radiator of the car overheated or something like that. He checked his phone and there was no signal on it since he was miles away from any kind of civilization and he couldn't help but curse his luck. He looked around, trying to see if he could spot any car but he was in the middle of a desert like place and since it was getting dark, he suspected that not too many cars would be passing by, after all it later than 10:00 PM.

Leon again took out his phone and held it over his head trying to get a signal as he was reminded of the mission that he was sent here to carry out. According to USSS Intel, this city was on its way to become the base of the virus smugglers. So, he had decided to personally investigate the case, acting undercover as a cop. He believed that if he could get his hands on one of the culprit, then he could link up and find the major players of this business. It had been years since Umbrella was destroyed, still it didn't stop the threat of bio-organic warfare, since the viruses have found their way into the black market, easily available to anyone who had dreams likes Wesker. Although this mission was a shot in dark but, if the arrow hit the mark then it could definitely take down one of the tyrants of this industry.

Leon quickly pushed the call button when a bar appeared on his phone and waited for the call to connect, "Identify yourself!", he heard a male say and turned to see who it was, "Who are you calling? Drop the phone!"

"You are misunderstanding…", Leon tried to explain calmly but the other guy withdrew his gun.

"Drop it I said!", he almost yelled aiming his gun at Leon's head and when Leon didn't comply, the man snatched his phone and threw it away.

"What the…", Leon couldn't help but be a little surprised by such behavior.

"Hand over you weapon", the guy ordered him again eyeing his dual handguns; "You're under arrest!"

"Excuse me?!", Leon said in confusion, "Will you tell me what's my offense."

"For possession of firearm; waiting for someone in the middle of the highway and calling someone in dead of the night seems suspicious to me", the man replied cuffing Leon's hand and confiscating his handguns.

"Hey listen to me I can explain", Leon tried to explain the situation to the stubborn head.

"You have the right to remain silent, anything you speak can be used against you in court of law", the guy spoke moving to check Leon's vehicle.

"I am not a criminal", Leon tried to defend himself as the guy steered him to his police vehicle.

"Shut up! Or I'll make sure to add this to your list of your crimes", the policeman said putting him in the back seat of his car.

Leon decided not to say anything anymore, since it was clearer than anything that nothing was going through this cop's thick skull, plus on the positive note he was taking Leon to his destination, the police station, where a more sensible and reasonable cop would definitely listen to Leon's side of the story, so Leon just relaxed for the time being. He again looked at his watch when they entered the small city and it was around 11:00PM. The policeman stopped at a traffic signal and Leon couldn't help but be amused by his strict to book, straight-laced personality.

As the lights turned green something heavy landed on the hood of the car, "What the hell", the cop cursed and exited his vehicle as the BOW gave them a toothless grin, "You're under arrest for assaulting a Police Vehicle."

Leon looked through the grated partition and immediately recognized monster, it was Mr. X. The cop was said something to it but it didn't heed him and smashed the windshield of the car with a punch. Leon exited the vehicle but he couldn't move any further as he was cuffed to the car door.

"Not my lucky day", Leon couldn't help but say as he looked at the monster anticipating its next move.

Leon reached for his gun and then he realized that he was totally vulnerable but fortunately the cop was already by his side releasing his cuff from the door as Mr. X jumped off the hood and slowly made his way to them. And the most dumbest thing happened as the cop put the other end of the cuff on his hand. Leon was totally left speechless by such stupidity that he dared not comment but sighed inwardly about his bad luck and that was all he could do as Mr. X drew closer.

Leon ran pulling the cop with him; he knew if they get caught it'll be a one way ticket to heaven for them,"Hey stop! We have to get that trashy mobster", the cop yelled pulling on the cuff.

"He's a monster!", Leon spoke urgently tugging him on.

"Well that's a rude way to address him", the cop said resisting him.

"Look out!", Leon could only manage as the cop car came flying at them and he and cop barely dodged it.

"You're charged for attempting to harm an on-duty officer!", the cop yelled at Mr. X, who only started to run towards them in response. Leon really didn't know what to say to this oblivious policeman, he thought he should probably start by telling that it wasn't an attempt to harm him.

"Look give me a gun and I can help you", Leon said keeping everything aside, trying to deal with the situation calmly.

"I am at a tight spot and I admit that I can't capture him alone but I am not taking help of a criminal", the cop said observing the approaching monster.

"I am not a criminal", Leon told him slowly and clearly, "I am cop just like you, I just got transferred."

"Pfft.. Cop? You?", the cop gave him an inspecting look, "You don't look the type", and Leon couldn't really believe his ears, "Come on police station is not far away, we'd get back up there", he pulled Leon along and Leon was a little glad that they are at least running away from the monster but the monster started running towards them too.

"We have to lose him", Leon said to the cop and the cop pulled him to hide behind a magazine stall.

"I am saying again, give me a gun. I can help", Leon said to him speaking fast and keeping his voice low.

"I am not going to repeat myself", he replied peeking through the side of the stall, "I think we lost him."

But Leon knew instinctively that Mr. X is not going to disappear just like that and his suspicions were confirmed as Mr. X appeared right in front of them, "Trust me and give me a gun!", Leon almost yelled as MR. X ran towards them and this time the cop complied, "Aim for his head", Leon said taking aim as the cop got another gun for him.

Leon was about to pull trigger when he felt a tug on his and he looked sideways, "I am not a lefty you know", the cop said taking aim.

And they both shot at the incoming Mr. X till their guns clicked empty and Mr. X fell to the ground just at an arm's length. Leon sighed in relief and looked at the cop, who seemed pretty calm for someone who'd seen Mr.X for the first time.

"He took more bullets than necessary", the cop commented, keeping his gun back, "And you do shoot like a cop."

"Leon S. Kennedy", Leon introduced himself.

"Vincent Addison", the cop kept his introduction short.

"Now will you get these off me?", Leon said referring to the cuffs.

"I lost the keys", Vincent said sheepishly.

"You're kidding right?", Leon asked him seriously.

"No, I lost it while we were running from this guy", he told Leon casually moving away from Mr. X pulling Leon along. And Leon sighed out of distress the last thing he wanted to be stuck with this guy, "But I've a spare at my office."

"Thank god for that!", Leon said to no in particular.

They both walked to the Police Station without speaking a word to each other. Leon liked this setting, since he really wasn't a talker plus he wasn't here to make friends or something like that. Besides he had other things on his mind, like the Mr. X that just attacked him out of nowhere. He looked at the cop and it didn't seem like the Mr. X, was after him but Leon couldn't really say for sure since for most of their encounter they had been cuffed together, so it could be any of them. But from experience Leon could say that the monster didn't have any specific target otherwise, they'd be chased once again until either them or monster was dead and again from experience he knew the BOW wasn't dead yet.

When they entered Police Station the receptionist at the police help desk asked, "Hey Vin, got a new thug?"

"He does look like one but he's our new cop Amy", Vincent answered her.

"Why is he in cuffs?", she asked confused.

"Because he took me to be a criminal", Leon couldn't help but say.

"Come on", Vincent dragged Leon along with him to his cabin and finally freed him from the cuffs.

"Finally", Leon sighed in relief and then spotted a phone, "I have to…", he began walking to the phone but Vincent beat him to it, "make a call."

"Do it after I am done", Vincent said dialing a number and Leon waited patiently for his turn, "Ah yes Paul, get morgue team to collect a dead body from Street-32… yeah the one near that old man's newsstand", he spoke on the phone.

"Can you ask him to get my car as well?", Leon queried.

Vincent looked at him and then again said to the person, "Get one of our patrol cars from near there too", and after that he disconnected and Leon couldn't help but shake his head in disbelief, at the non-cooperating nature of this man.

Leon picked up the receiver to call Hunnigan and then decided against it because for all he know this place could be bugged and even if it didn't look like it he couldn't trust this cop called Vincent Addison, for all he knew, Vincent might be an enemy. He decided to just send her email once he gets his stuff back. So he headed out to the help desk lady so that she could help him with the matter.

"Hey… uh… Amy right?", Leon said remembering her name.

"Yes, that's me", she said beaming at him.

"I was wondering if you could help me", he more of stated than asked.

"Well that's what I am here for", she said tapping the Help Desk sign.

"Well my car broke down in middle of the highway; it would be great if you could get it towed. I have all the paper work and everything in it; I can't even head home, since my house keys in my car only", Leon explained the situation to her; he didn't even had the address to his apartment.

"Don't worry handsome. I'd get it towed immediately", she said smiling flirtatiously at him and made a call to get it towed.

Leon had to wait an hour or so during which Amy offered to give him a tour to the Police Station, for which he had to agree since he didn't want to be rude but on a good note she introduced him with everyone at this place. The only person that he hadn't met was the Head of this police department, since they had already left for their home but it was expected since it was already almost midnight when he arrived.

Leon had no option but to wait for his car during which Amy offered to give him a tour to the Police Station, for which he had to agree since he didn't want to be rude but on a good note she introduced him with everyone at this place. The only person he couldn't meet was the Chief of the Police Department, since he had already headed home by then. It was a little before midnight when Leon's car was brought and he immediately headed for home.

A/N: Evil Within is a collaboration between me and my bestest friend and sister JennaWilliams who's accomplished author herself of RE fics! Do check out her stories as well! We have been working n this collab for more than a year! lols we only had the time to finished and upload this now haha hopefully you guys will like this! :)

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