Hi everyone and thank you for clicking on this story. This is my first fanfic and I'm really excited about it. I had been reading many great RE fanfic so I felt inspired. I hope you Enjoy it! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the original characters from the Resident Evil Franchise: Leon, Hunnigan and Piers but everything else is mine.
It had been seven years since I left the agency. I am a single mother living with my son. He means the world to me. I would do anything for him. He is very smart for his age, quite serious but he has his sense of humor which reminded me of Leon, not to mention he had his eyes. I worked at a supermarket as a cashier, luckily I still had a hefty sum of money from the days I worked at the agency. While I worked my morning shift at the super I would leave Liam at school. My shift started from 7:30 in the morning and ended at midday and I had Sundays off. So I usually took him for walks in the park on Sundays. Liam would often tell me he wanted to be a cop or an agent and fight crime, what could I do he was just like his parents born to bring justice to a cruel world.
We would get visits, rarely from Hunnigan, I would always ask her to tell me what had been going on around the agency after my leave but I always asked her about Leon. She had promised not to tell Leon were I was but I feared that eventually he would find me and I believed that – that day was approaching.
On one particular day-
"Liam your aunt just called she'll be here in 5 minutes."
"Okay mommy I'm just looking for my cop car. Have you seen it?"
"Isn't it in your backpack already?"
"Let me see."
I went to the kitchen just to get his snack ready, when the door bell rang, I opened the door supposing it was my sister Jennifer when I was taken back. "Leon? What are you-"
"I found it mommy, it was in my pack." I looked behind me Liam was smiling; I looked back at Leon who was surprised maybe more than surprised... I wanted to run, but my legs were glued on spot. Liam came to stand next to me and stared at Leon. "Mommy who's this guy?" Thankfully my phone rang.
"Jennifer, yeah, I'll be down in a few minutes." I went back inside and picked up Liam's snack.
"Selene are you alright?"
"Just perfect." My tone was totally off and Jennifer could totally tell.
"Do you have everything?" I said trying to ignore the front door.
"Yeah I'm sure, mom is this guy a weirdo or something?" Leon was still frozen at the door. I grabbed Liam's hand closed the door behind me leaving Leon at the door still frozen. I walked down the stairs with him and into the garage. Jennifer was outside her car waiting.
"Hey Selene what took you so long?"
"I was just looking for Liam's snack."
"Are you sure that was it?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Hmm, I don't know maybe because tall, blond and handsome is walking over here." I turned around Leon was making his way to us.
"Let me just say goodbye to Liam."
"Fair enough, Selene don't you think the weekend is too short?"
"Short, what do you mean?" I knew where she was going with this.
"You know to catch up on some lost romance or something?" I glared at her, she knew her comment was indecent and perverse. "Fine I get it." She said putting her hands up as an innocent gesture.
I walked over to the car and buckled Liam in his seat, "Mommy aren't you gonna tell me who that guy standing in front of our door was?" he said while trying to look over my shoulder as I blocked his frontal vision.
"Nope." I kissed him on his forehead, "be good okay, and behave with your cousin."
"Fine." He was upset but he knew he had to behave.
"Aren't you gonna give me a smile?"
"Why should I?"
"Please for your mommy." I smiled. He smiled back laughing. I closed the door to the car. I walked back to Jennifer, "Take care of him."
"Don't worry he'll be fine, I have a super weekend planed out." She hugged me tightly, "Now you take care okay, and remember confronting the past is hard but it's better to deal with it when there isn't so much to mend."
"I'll keep that in mind." I mumbled worriedly.
She got into the car and left. I was walking back to the house when I passed by Leon,
"Aren't you coming?" I kept walking, he followed me in absolute silence; God knows what he was thinking. I didn't want to reach the front door, fearing what he would say or ask me, it had been seven years since I disappeared from his life with no word whatsoever. I opened the door and let him pass me, I closed the door and gestured him to sit down.
"Selene," I turned to face him, he was really close, too close. He cornered me and began to speak, "You left me seven years ago without so much as a goodbye, why?"
"Leon I, uhhmmm," I looked at my feet not being able to face him, his eyes would be the end of me, "I'm not at all great with goodbyes."
"You should have at least explained why you were leaving."
This tipped me off, "It's not like we're married, for me to have given you an explanation on where I was going or what I was going to do with my life."
We held each other's gaze for a moment, his eyes said so much, I was hurting him and this was hurting me, deeply. I wish I could take everything back and say I'm sorry, I was afraid at the time, afraid to admit I was carrying a child, our child. At that moment his communicator rang. It rang for about a whole minute before Leon decided to answer it.
"What is Hunnigan?" His voice was completely dry and aggressive.
"Leon where have you been? The S.R.T members are waiting for you." He stared at the screen then he turned the communicator towards me. Hunnigan was wide eyed with shock,
"SELENE!? WHA? HOW?"
"Hunnigan," Leon turned the screen back to himself, "Don't lie I know you're the one who helped Selene hide."
"Leon, can we discuss this later you-"
"No, we'll solve this NOW!"
"Leon the situation is getting out of hand!"
"What is going on, exactly?" I asked irritated.
"There is supposedly, a zombie infestation at River View Park, at leas-"
I interrupted Hunnigan completely; I was full of fear at this point, "RIVER VIEW PARK BUT THAT'S WHERE MY son is…" I collapsed on the floor clutching myself, I had to go out and save him, I wouldn't lose him the same way I lost my father. "I'm going with you."
"Selene, do you still have what it takes?" Hunnigan asked I looked at her with assuring eyes.
"Of course she does, just because she was out for 7 years doesn't mean Selene would lose her skills." Leon said tensely in my defense, he didn't seem convinced with his intervention but Hunnigan sighed and agreed; I don't think she dared to question him. My heart lit up when he looked at me again. "We'll be there in 5." He shut the communicator and I left to get the trunk that was hidden in my closet. "What's in there?" he asked indiffrently.
"My companions." A collection of my most prized weapons were in that case, they were the ones that let me get my job done. We ran down the stairs and jumped in the car, Leon drove fast. When we were almost at the entrance to the park I got a phone call, Jennifer.
"SELENE! YOU HAVE TO HELP US WERE LOCKED IN A CABIN BUT I THINK THOSE THINGS,… THE,.. THEY KNOW BECAUSE THERE GATHERING!" I wanted to start crying we had to hurry but I kept my voice under control as much as I could.
"Where are you precisely?"
"WHERE, UHMM IN A CABIN IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE FOREST!" she was whimpering and I heard soft crying but it was drowned out by a low moaning sound. "SELENE YOU HAVE TO HURRY!"
"Don't worry I'll be there just keep each other quiet and safe Leon and I are coming for you." We got out of the car, I opened the trunk and put on my special holster, I quickly loaded my handgun and magnum and tucked it in my holster. I fit 2 pockets of ammo in my belt and tied my knife on my small leg holder.
"Ready?" Leon asked.
"Yes." We ran into the S.R.T. camp reservation and we were greeted by a young man with brown hair and blue eyes. "Agent Kennedy I'm glad you could finally make it," he looked at me, "and you are?"
"Agent Blackwell."
"A pleasure agent Blackwell, I'm Captain Luis Daniels." We shook hands.
"Alright Daniels, what's the situation?" Leon asked firmly, not hesitating at all.
"Apparently, someone was up to no good, we don't know what happened. All we know is that there have been sightings of dead looking people around the south eastern part of the forest."
"We believe it's possible that the creatures migrated somehow, and that there mutating, as well." A woman with short brown hair said while walking towards us, "Ahh agent Kennedy good to see you again, though I would have preferred different circumstances."
"Likewise Captain Bayden."
"Not to sound rude but it's actually Captain Nivans now." Leon covered his mouth discreetly; he must have found Jun getting married hysterical, at least considering that Jun was such a strong person both physically and characteristically.
"Selene," she said surprised, "I didn't expect to ever see you again in a situation like this one, I thought you had left the agency."
"I have Jun, but this is a family matter, I'm needed."
"Very well then."
"Do we know what were dealing with?" Leon asked.
"Mostly zombies, maybe dogs and possibly lickers." Daniels responded a little uneasily.
"Do we have a map or something?" I asked trying not to put so much thought on what we were dealing with.
"Yes, here." Jun handed us a copy map of River View Park.
"My sister Jennifer told me she was in a cabin in the eastern part of the forest." Everyone looked at their map intensively.
"Found it." Leon came up to everyone with a pen and circled the location, the area was a camping site, and it was at the most eastern part of the park. I gulped hard, they were super far away.
"Were going to take a helicopter, but we have to land about 5 miles away from our destination, the woods close to the campsite are too dense to land in." Daniels said reassuringly to me. I nodded back; glad we didn't have to walk 30 miles in a zombie, monster infested forest.
"Alright," said Jun, "Knowing how Leon likes to work, Leon, Selene and you will take the northeastern route and work your way down to the campsite. Daniels and I will land on the south eastern side and work our way up." We all nodded understanding the situation. Before we left June handed each of us a communicator so we could update each other. Leon and I boarded the helicopter and strapped ourselves in. I took a look over my guns and attached a head light to them just in case we were still in the forest after dark.
"We'll find them," Leon said to me reaching for my hand. I'm glad he didn't ask me anything during our flight, I bet he knew we had to be a team, stay focus and have no tension before entering the bigger tension.
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