Piers, you don't have to do this!

Chris watches as Piers pushes the latch to launch the pod, he gives him a smirk. It was the first time Chris saw Piers smile at him, not because he had just won an argument with Chris but because he knew what he was doing and it was okay with him.

Piers!

Chris jolts up from his sleep. That dream again. He takes deep breaths and runs his hands over his face. He looks over to the clock nestled at his bedside table. It read 3:15am. He knows he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep so he stood up and walked around his apartment. He was about to leave his room when the familiar tone of his cellphone rings. Who could be calling at this hour. He fumbles around the things in his room, looking for it and finally finding it with the pile of clothes he had planned on washing 2 days ago. It was Leon. At first there was only static but then Leons voice made its way through.

"Chris? Sorry to wake you but I figured you'd like to know about this as soon as possible." Leon sounded worried, unsure.

"It's okay, I was up. What's going on?"

"It's your second in command, Piers was it?"

Chris swallows. His mouth dry.

"The BSAA went to check the underwater facility to make sure nothing unwanted was left. They didn't find anything worth keeping. Except for one thing. " Leon pauses on the other end to make sure Chris was still there.

"What was it?" Chris asks. Almost a whisper.

"It was a cocoon. It just cracked. It's Piers Chris. He's Alive. We're at the BSAA Headquarters right now." Leon waits for an answer he knew he didn't have to give a question to.

"I'll be on my way." Was all Chris could say before Leon hung up leaving him momentarily frozen, it was like Jill all over again.

Chris paces back and forth in front of the testing labs. Where Piers cocoon hatched. Leon is sitting on a bench opposite of him, beside him was Sherry and on the wall nearest to Chris was Claire, leaning on her back as her eyes follow Chris back and forth.

"Would you stop that?" Claire exclaims, louder that she had planned to.

Chris stops for a moment looks at her, decides to pace again, stops himself and just finally gives up and leans on the wall next to her.

"I don't think I have ever seen you this way before. He is that important to you, huh?" Claire looks at him with visible concern for her brother. Chris doesn't reply, she isn't sure he's even listening but she forgives him this time, after what he's been through, he has the right to ignore every human being on the planet which is not a lot considering what was happening.

Natasha Lakewood

I watch as they slowly place the man inside the incubator. The doctor said he had to be placed in there for a while to be secure. We don't know if he's going to mutate or not. I watch him, inside this glass container made to keep things inside. He was about my age, I guess, maybe a little older. They said he's name is Piers Nivans, a BSAA operative that sacrificed his life for his captain. I touch the glass and brush my hand on the cold surface. I wonder if he'll remember any of it though.

"Natasha."

I jump at the sudden mention of my name, feeling like I've been caught in an intimate moment. I hold the clipboard in my arm close to my chest and look at the doctor assigned to monitor Piers Nivans recovery.

"Yes, Doctor?" I reply. Almost mumble. I bite my lip. I should be punished.

The doctor looks at me, his eyes skeptical behind his round framed glasses. He lets out a sigh and I know I will be in trouble later.

"The patients friends are outside, kindly tell them they may see the patient now. " He tells me. Monotone. I give him a nod and head out the front doors of the Testing labs where I see the one and only Redfield siblings, another guy with a weird haircut and a cute little girl with light blond hair. I don't believe I have ever inhaled that much oxygen before.