Chapter 1." Prologue."
A woman sat under the dome of the sky, on the roof top of her house. The beautiful-green street stretched before her. The asphalt was recently repaired as the old layer was scrapped off last month. Now new pure grey blanketed the street.
She lived in Washington, DC, in a small quite neighborhood, where dogwood trees filled the place along with as green grass graced the street.
She moved her head up to watch the sun as it tilted toward the horizon. There is something she always felt from the golden rays of the sun; somehow it gave her comfort whenever she missed her friends or the times when she felt exhausted. She will always come here after work, and reflect on how she desired to share a visit of any kind with her friends. To be with them at that very moment! But, as Chris had said, that each of them would reunite someday to have a party, when they finished most of their assignments. Which usually meant some kind of life threatening missions.
The woman who sat on the roof had a narrow, heart-shaped face with full cheekbones and a pointed chin. Her almond-eyes were a deep hazel, and her thinly sophisticated eyebrows are shaped into a perfect arch that followed the slight curve of her eye. It just occurred naturally that way. She never really had a need for tweezers. A long nose hooked over continually her pursed lips. Light caramel hair, made a little thin from too many years of haircut and dye. Her cute-baby features of her face were merely a reflection of her entire body structure.
She is Rebecca Chambers, a twenty five years old nurse.
Rebecca wasn't what many might call an ordinary nurse of the famous hospital, she was a former member of S.T.A.R.S. More specifically, a rear guard and Medic for S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team.
As expected of any nurse, she was good at her job: her co-workers described her as a gentle touch. She was skilled when it came to the care of the wounded until the real doctors arrive. She always offered emotional support to the depressed patients and stood by them, especially children.
Rebecca's older sister, Hope Chambers on the other hand worked in a restaurant. At the place, little help was offered to Hope.
"Becky, come on down." Hope pleaded.
Rebecca dreamily sighed and took her time down the stairs. Hope waited for her at the doorway. "You have a shift at the hospital, and you have only five minutes to get ready." she spoke happily, "Since when were youthislazy?"
Rebecca punched her shoulder lightly, "Shut up, I don't have many patients to see this afternoon." she said with a chuckle. "How's your Restaurant doing?"
"Don't worry about me, my workers are doing fine." she answered.
At last, Rebecca took her bag and adjusted her cap; it is a part of her uniform and she made her way to the front door. "I might be a little late today Hope, no need to worry about it, okay? I think I'm going to stay in the nearby park for a while." she said as she stopped at the threshold.
"Fine, have fun darling."
Hope watched over her through the window until Rebecca was out of the front yard.
Rebecca made her way through the street and greeted her neighbors like she always did on her walks. She did not go far from her house when suddenly she felt her heart skip a beat.
A feeling she knew all too well, she slowly rotated her head and observed her surroundings carefully.
Nothing seemed too abnormal. Why am I feeling like this? She asked herself.
She tried to bury that feeling and quickened her pace toward the hospital.
Meanwhile in the silent part of the street, a man watched Rebecca pass by. The man was dressed in a tux and a large hat that covered most of his face. His appearance was that of a well-adjusted working man. Of what, it could have been anyone's guess. He could be a lawyer or an executive to a company. The man put his hand into his pocket for his outer jacket. When he did, he moved his arms so that his collar would hover closely to his lips. "Moving into position now." he whispered.
"Copy that." The radio buzzed in the man's left ear, "Keep a low profile."
"Understood."
In the middle of the crowded street he stood; the special agent Kennedy.
He wore a blue-long sleeves shirt, black sleeveless jacket. "So it is true." he whispered.
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Rebecca made her way through the main doors and as usual the place was crowded with people. until she want to the employees only section.
She took few paper works out of her bag, and prepared to go out and be with the patients.
Two tall nurses approached her, "Hey Becky, good to see you again." the woman named Andrea greeted.
"Hey Sarah, Andrea do I have a patient to worry about?" Rebecca asked.
Sarah, the blonde-haired one gave Rebecca a file. "Here is someone who came to us moments ago."
Rebecca opened it and started to read the file.
Full name; Leon Scott Kennedy.
Age; 31 years old.
Occupation; Special agent for the government. Specifically for the D.S.O. The Division of Security Operations.
Relationship status; Married.
The rest of the papers withheld some Information of his medical history.
"Okay...why is he here?" Rebecca asked.
"Sore muscles, Insomnia...and so on, he is in room 2." Sarah led Rebecca forward to the left corridor after the waiting room.
She stood in front of the door and took a deep breath, to calm her nervous. "Easy you can do this." she thought.
Slowly she turned the door handle and pushed it open. Inside there was a man at the bed, he had a square-shaped face with narrow cheekbones. He clearly looked to be in his thirties.
His chocolate hair is long in the front covering his right grey-eyes on the side.
"Hello mister Kennedy," she said cheerfully, "My name is Rebecca, what's the problem?"
"Pleased to meet you Rebecca," He said, his voice was deep and assertive which drove most people to focus on what he wanted to say. "It seems that I cannot sleep well at night. I have a recurring headache before I even had Insomnia and my eyes just don't feel right."
She took the Otoscope from the small table near the bed, "Please look at the wall, and try to keep your eyes open."
She brought the scope close to his eyes. "How long have you been suffering from this headache?" she asked.
"Fourteen days, from today."
At last she turned off the light, "Do you take any kind of a medicine before you go to sleep?"
"No,"
She took the sphygmomanometer off the table, "Show me your arm please,"
Leon slowly brought his sleeve up and allowed her to pull the cuff. "I'm not surprised someone like you is here." she pointed out. Her eyes fully focused on the portable unite.
"Right," he scoffed. "My occupation demands that its agents to visit doctors often. It's a gift and a curse."
"Well, I'm just a nurse." She joked.
"Loopholes I guess," Leon looked away from Rebecca.
At last Leon felt his arm loose, and she removed the cuff off of him. "Your blood pressure is a little high."
She left his side and went to the sink, there she took the pen and wrote down in the paper for the doctor.
"You're an old S.T.A.R.S. member right?"
Rebecca felt her blood freeze in place, like she was in a snowy room.
Nobody mentioned that acronym to her for years, "How do you know that?" she whispered.
Leon smiled at her, gently. "My wife Jill, she told me many stories about you and the old days."
"Really! Jill got married!?" she shouted, "I'm going to kill her." she tightened her hands like she wanted to punch someone.
The sound of her pager interrupted her urge to scream.
"We're not done, this'll just take a moment," she said and left the room.
Leon heaved a long sad sigh, "I'm sorry, I'm going to kill her too, for letting me do this alone."
He took his phone out of his pocket, and went straight to the messages.
He pressed the button, new message.
*I just met Rebecca, why you did not come with me? she might be more comfortable with you by her side.
How am I going to tell her about what's happening?
I'm not joking with you, I saw someone watching her house, they're moving with their plans fast, and still no sign of Claire's whereabouts...*
At last he pressed send, hoping beyond hop that she will answer him fast.
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Special thanks to The95will, for his help and support.
Ofcourse you're wondering about Jill, So I suggest you guys read the story "the Light within the Abyss." it is all about the two of them, this is not like a sequel to that story, so you didn't just read a big spoiler. The author update fast and she is good.
