Chapter 1 – The Arrival
"All right, guys. Form up, Captain Wesker will be here any second no-"
Before Enrico could finish his sentence, a tall male with slicked back blond hair and sunglasses waltzed into the room gazing upon the new recruits who were barely forming up before looking over to Enrico and gave a nod. He slowly strolled down the line of the new members of STARS, glancing at each and every one of them with a cold blank stare through the tinted shades until he reached one by the name of Brad Vickers who tried to hide from him. He ignored it and walked toward opposite side of the line after examining their physical appearance and stood in the center, catching himself gazing upon the recruit Chris Redfield and his brown hues that had caught his interest. The male cleared his throat as he pulled up the clip board that held all the personal information of the new recruits.
"Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, Brad Vickers, Joseph Frost and.. Chris Redfield, follow me. The rest of you go with Enrico."
Chris perked his head up as he caught sight of the unknown man walking down the line, glancing up at to notice that he had passed him. Sighing in relief, he watched the back of the tall male which had the STARS logo right in the center before noticing that he had walked onto the opposite of them. His brown orbs locked onto the dark shades that held the mysterious eyes of the man. He wondered what exactly was behind those shades as the man called out names from the clip-board, almost completely not noticing that his name had been called. Chris straighten his posture like he did in the Air Force whenever his superior would call for him before breaking his pose and following the rest of the members who had been called into another room where the unknown man stood in front of a screen with his arms behind his back.
"As you are aware, you have been hand chosen to be in this department of the Raccoon Police Department for your skills. My name is Albert Wesker, I will be your captain and all of you will be members of Alpha team. Both teams will be required to do physical training each day and will be required to complete the obstacle course in 30 minutes or less. If you do not, then you will have to redo the obstacle course until I say otherwise. All of you have until 1700 hours to complete the course today. Dismissed."
Chris groaned a bit after hearing the requirements demanded of him from his captain before looking over at the rest of the squad, noticing their same reactions except for Brad who slightly looked worried about them. What his captain was requiring of him wouldn't be a walk in the park due to his swimmer build, but he was determined to complete the challenge. Once he had heard his dismissal, Chris trotted over to Brad's side and patted him on the shoulder, giving him a warm smile of encouragement which made Brad become less tense as they had entered the locker room while being greeted by Bravo team. He quickly went to his locker as his fingers gripped the metal latch to open it and began undressing down to his briefs, slipping the sweatpants and black tank top then headed towards the other door that lead outside. Chris put all his weight into the door as it opened with the brightness of the sun blinding him for a few moments and then disappeared as his eye scanned the obstacle field that had a track field circling around it. He immediately took flight, the cool breeze blowing against his body as he run onto the track to warm up for the challenge ahead while the others followed behind him.
Wesker watched as all of them clear out of the briefing room and turn left towards the locker rooms to change into their issued gym outfit. Sighing softly at the fact that he knew Chris would become more of a challenge then the rest of them, but took into fact that he had recently retired from the Air Force and would be able to pull his own weight. However, Brad seemed to be the lamb in the team even with his skills as a pilot. Wesker walked out of the briefing room and towards the locker rooms to change into his own pair of gym clothes to join the rest of the members even though he would be able to pass the obstacle course with ease. Upon entering the locker room, he removed his M69 flak vest and placed it onto of his locker which stood beside the one person he thought he wouldn't have been next to, Chris Redfield. He pushed the thought out of his mind and began undressing, grabbing the folded pair of clothing and slipping them on before heading out into the courtyard. The light illuminating from the sun had no affect on his vision due to his sunglasses, his eye catching the brown haired male make the corner and began the obstacle course. A small smirk appeared at the corner of his lip as he began to run towards the beginning of the obstacle course, his watch timing how long it would take him to complete the course.
Chris hadn't noticed Wesker watching him from a far as he made the turn towards the opening of the rigged obstacle course. He swiftly passed through the tires with ease, but tripped on the last one as he saw Wesker was next to him which had startled him. He grunted a bit but was able to keep his balance and made sure that he was neck to neck with his captain, refusing to let his superior make him second. The both of them stayed at each others necks throughout the whole course until the end when Chris started to become slow. While catching his breath, Wesker glanced at his watch and saw that Chris had finished the course in less than 28 minutes. The icy blue hues then turned their attention to the male who was bending over trying to catch his breath while the others with the exception of Brad began to walk to the locker room since they had passed the course with the required time limit.
"Remarkable, Redfield, you were able to keep up with me until the bitter end and finished in 27 minutes and 55 seconds. Good work."
With that, Wesker started to walk away from the brunette and then stopped, looking over his shoulder at the back of the male through the crease of his sunglasses with eyes of impression, attraction and admiration. It was the first time he had met someone who could keep up with him, let alone made him feel these emotions towards another human being. He disliked feeling any type of emotion because in his eyes it was a weakness that could be used against him in any way, shape or form. Shaking his head, the blond continued to walk toward the door, hearing Chris jog up to him and then past him and into the doorway of the locker room. Wesker discarded his thoughts followed suit. Once he entered the building, he quickly strolled over to his locker, not paying any mind to the rest of the team members as they dressed themselves after taking a quick shower and grabbed his towel after undressing himself and wrapping it around his waist then began heading toward the showers.
