Ouroboros
Jake and Sherry delve even further into their parents' past in attempt to understand why? Albert Wesker,Rita Muller,Annette Ashford,William Birkin . . . Lies,conspiracies,forbidden love ,twisted experiments and murder .No wonder they all went mad .SEQUAL TO PICTURES OF YOU
Author's Note : I realize I got this problem with writing fics based on whatever game I am playing .I'm playing resident evil 5 and 6 .This was spurned from 2 things .1)Wesker circa RE 1 and Code Veronica is completely OOC compared to RE5 Wesker .Shit just don't add up .
Chapter 1: Memories of You
Chris looked at the large manilla envelope on his desk curiously . Usually, when something like this made it his way, it was serious business . Except this one had in large whit letters 'From Jake, with love ' .Chris shook his head .
'Count on Jake to be a jokester ', he thought .
He opened the envelope and slid it's contents out onto his desk .As soon as he did, his smile sank .
Jake was fucking with him .
There were pictures, everywhere of The Birkin's, Wesker and an unknown redheaded, amazon of a woman .
Jake's mother, Rita Muller .
There was even a wedding picture of a very pregnant Rita, kissing Wesker on his cheek, William and Annette hanging onto his other shoulder and little Sherry hugging his leg .
Wesker himself was sporting longish blonde hair brushed back and tucked behind his ears and had the decency not to wear shades (they were in his pocket) .Chris noted that even though Wesker was always easy on the eyes, at this age he was a got damned showstopper ,the kinda person that would make you drop what you were doing and just stare ,even if you didn't want to .And God's know,Chris did NOT wanna stare at Wesker .
Chris tried not to think to hard on that .
But seeing this,he realized how little he really knew about Wesker .He had no idea Wesker was married ,hapilly maried .Hell,he didn't know Wesker had FRIENDS .Dumb as it is,it's true .
Then again, he also didn't know Wesker was a traitorous, murderous bastard .
Chris sighed and sat the picture aside, grabbing the next one .It was an even older picture of a teenaged Wesker and Birkin wearing over sized lab coats . They had on stupid grins, lying in the grass and waving at the camera .Chris frowned and moved on .Another picture had Wesker with Annette and William Birkin, all three of them trying to fit on a a single bicycle rolling down a path and clearly ready to fall at any moment .
Chris knew what Jake was trying to do .
He started stuffing all of the envelops back into the envelope . He put them all away except for two . One was a picture of Rita Muller and Albert Wesker in their U .S .S uniforms, back to back,assault rifles in hand .On the back of the picture, it said 'Partnerz4 life' .
He and Jill took a similar picture before Kijuju .
But the one that broke his heart the most,was the picture with Wesker holding baby Jake, who had stolen Wesker's shades .
There was knock on the door and Chris hurriedly shoved the pictures into the envelope before he he put it in his drawer .
"Come in", he called .
And none other than Jake Muller himself answered the door .
He came in with that same pretentious-dick look on his face that Wesker use to where when he knew something that you didn't . Worse, he had shades . . .and Chris just knew for a FACT ,that they were Wesker's .
'He is definitely fucking with me ',Chris thought .He sighed, and Jake out right grinned .
"Morning, Redfield .Gotcha coffee ",Jake said,letting himself in .
"What do you want? ", Chris said .
"Is that any way to talk to a friend? ", Jake said, sitting the coffee on the desk .Chris didn't touch it .
"When did we become friends? ", Chris said .
"I dunno . . . .just thought we should be on good terms . . .you know since you knew my dad and all . . . .donut? ",Jake said,opening the paper bag he had .
"Look Jake, I said I was sorry for . . .you know ",
"Yeah, I got it .You killed my insane omnicidal father .I already forgave you for that ",Jake said .
"Really? Then what is this? Huh? Why taunt me with this?! ", Chris demanded .Jake sighed, slid his shades off .He reached in the bag,his eyes avoiding Chris's .
"Because you lied .You said he was a monster, and I catch him snuggling babies and working at animal shelters and all this other crap . . . .I know he was a sick fuck ,but something happened that made him that way .He did NOT just decide to go psycho for no reason .Even Sherry said she knew him -"
"The front he put on, maybe ",Chris countered .
"Sherry said that she heard her parents and my parents talking about running away, leaving that madness behind ", Jake said .
"Look this is in the past, Jake -"
"Maybe . . .but it affected the future,our future,me and Sherry .Because of what happened to them,this is what happened to us",Jake said .
"We can't turn back time",Chris said .Jake smirked .
"Says the man who keeps pictures like this",Jake said .He opened a wallet and took out an old picture ,one that was very familiar to Chris .The edges were crinkled,but he still recognized it .
It was a photo of the entire STARS team in front of a helicopter,smiles on their face .
"Where did you get that?",Chris snapped .Jake smirked .
"Found it lyin' around . . .so I held onto it ",Jake said .
"You stole from my office ",Chris said, glaring .
"Stole is a strong word . . .you can have it back ",Jake said .
"Jake, I'm going to have to ask you to leave ", Chris said .
"No problem .I'll just leave this here ", he said, sitting the picture down .
"Fine ", Chris said exasperated . Jake was headed out of the door and Chris was grabbing for the picture .
"Oh, but there is just one thing, I need to ask ", Jake said, looking over his shoulder .
"What ",Chris said .
"After all this snooping you did after Raccoon City . . . .how come you didn't know about Project W? ",Jake asked .
"About what? ", Chris said .
"Project W, Umbrella's ultimate plan? The thing that lead to the whole 'start a new world ' shit in the first place . . . I mean, it's a little unprofessional going into a job with no intel",Jake said .
"I don't know ", was all Chris could say .Jake shook his head and turned and faced Chris .The smug look he held was not unlike his fathers .
"Here's a little tip soldier to soldier . . . .shooting in the dark is always a bad idea,even with night vision ", he said Before Chris could respond, Jake was out the door .
"Chris said you came to see him yesterday ", Sherry said . Jake Stuffed a french fry in his mouth, then went for his soda, avoiding Sherry's gaze .
"Yeah . . .I did .So what? ",he said .
"He said that you showed him some pictures ",Sherry said .Jake was biting into his burger now .
"Somethin ' like that ", he said .
"And Piers had to go get him from the bar, nearly missing his medicine ",she added ,stern .
"Redfield is a grown man, Sherry .He can take care of himself .Nivan's is just his personal ass slave, that's why he went after him ",Jake said .
"Really, Jake? ",She said .
"It's kinda obvious ", Jake said, a smirk on his lips .
"That's not what I meant, Jake ",she said .
"Hey, all I did was drop by and gave him back that STARS group photo he was looking for ", Jake said .Sherry's gaze was stern .
"Jake . . ."
Jake finally looked at her, her arms crossed and sighed .
"Okay, fine . I showed him that picture you found of my dad . . .him holding me and I stole his glasses .And I showed him that wedding picture, okay? ", he said .
"If it was no biggie, why show it to him? ", she said .
"I dunno . . .just thought he needed to see it ",Jake said .
"You wanted him to look at the man he murdered "Sherry said low .Jake dropped the fry he was holding .
"Yeah .I did .So what? ",Jake said .Sherry frowned deeply .
"Jake, there is nothing you can do about it now",Sherry said .
"Yeah, I know, my parents are dead and gone .And I was totally alright with it, I moved on and all that .But then . . . .then I found this",Jake said .He pulled out a small book, small enough to fit in ones pocket .
"I found my mom's journal, Sherry .And dad's too .And I read some of it .Even if my dad was a crazy fuck, something happened .Something made him this way, Sherry .Not just my mom, but old Umbrella reports . . ."
"How did you even get that stuff? ", Sherry said .
"Same way he did ", he said .
"Stealing ",Sherry said flatly .
"Yup, good old five finger discount .Found out they were both good at that too",he said, pointing at one of his hands and wiggling it's fingers .
"But Jake . . ."
"Umbrella . . .they made him do it ,they did something to him .The EXPERIMENTED on him! ", he said .
"I know-"
"No, you don't . I found all kinds of shit up in this old lab in the Arklay mountains . They really made him do things he didn't want to do .And it twisted him up i his head . . .it fucked him up bad .Your parents too,everybody at Umbrella", Jake said .
"I know, but . .",she said .
"Anyone who didn't follow orders dissapeared .And the reason I never saw him was because he was protecting us, both of them were on the run from Umbrella .
But get this . . .it turns out, I did meet him, only he never told me who he was .Creepy guy with shades and the accent who use to fuck my mom and gimme stuff, remember when I told you that? It turns out it was him!",Jake said .
"And how did you not know? ",Sherry said, confused .
"I was a kid,you know how kids are . . .mom didn't want me to point him out in the street,because if I did . . .they would know I was their kid, know that she survived and they would have come after us .They actually came to Neizenberg and spied on us! For years! When I started getting old enough to piece stuff together,she told him to stop coming .And when he stopped ,they stopped,Umbrella left us alone .Then the war came,Neizenberg got bombed . . .how could he have known we were still alive? ",Jake said .
"He wouldn't",Sherry answered .
"Exactly",Jake said .
"So he lost it when my parents died and he couldn't get to me . And he lost his humanity and it was for nothing .That is horrible,but it still doesn't add up",Sherry said .
"No,there's more",Jake said .
"I figured ",Sherry said .
"Also,my mom wasn't a prostitute,that's just what she told me . . .she was a mercenary too,just like me . God,so many things that didn't add up . . .they make sense now! It all makes sense now",Jake said ,sounding relieved .
"I always though when mom said 'Your dad loves us both . . .I thought it was bullshit .I remember . . .I remember watching mom starve so that I could eat . . . I remember the nights when we had to huddle together so we wouldn't die in the cold ",Jake said .He could feel the tears welling up in his eyes but he held back .Sherry reached over the table, took his hand, squeezed it tight .
"I know . . . .I know what it's like too .I know what it's like for everyone to tells you your parents were monsters .Know what it's like for them to pity you, for them to whisper behind your back .For them to secretly talk about you being an abomination . . .I know what it's like ", Sherry said .Jake squeezed her hand .
"I know you do, Sherry .That's why . . .that's why I have to find out the truth,We have to find out the truth .I know my dad was a twisted up so of a bitch . . .but he was NOT always like this .My mom was a killer and I know, like me, that was because that was her best option .Sherry . . .listen .One day, we are gonna have to explain this to our children . And what are we gonna say then, huh? ",Jake said .
"Our kids? As in you . . .and me? ", she asked .Jake smiled .
"Well sure . . .why not? I can totally see a redheaded version of you walkin' around ",he said .
"Yeah . . .I guess ",Sherry said, nervously .
"Why? What's wrong? ",Jake said .
"It's just . . .I'm scared . . .I'm scared that if I have a baby in a world like this, I couldn't protect it ",Sherry said .
A lie .
Sherry felt horrible saying it .But this broken man . . .she couldn't break him anymore .
"Yeah, except that the fact our kids might inherit BOTH of our abilities . Awesome, right?,You don't get any safer than that" he said, smiling .
"Yeah, I guess you're right ",she said .
More Resident evil ranting :Once you start trying to destroy the world (supernatural did it too) . . . it just changes shit .How do you trump this ?.Why couldn't Wesker be doing something less mad ,but believable,like bringing back a loved one or something?(T-virus did bring back the dea . . and the came back wrong but still) What the fuck was his plans,did he ever HAVE any plans? How exactly did he become Spencer's bitc- I mean,how did he decide that he wanted to go about destroying the world . . . and in Wesker's report,he isn't too happy about becoming a monster and losing everything . . .Then there's Jake . . . why the fuck are you mad you never met your dad who abandoned you? Did Wesker know he even had a son? What thehell did mommy say to you ,Jake ? He was goin' through it ,for real when he found out what Chris did
Did she say daddy was gonna come home and make it all better ? I mean,if they just elaborate,I can understand . . . fuck it ,Capcom started wingin' it after resident evil 3 . . .when they left Raccoon city it became? (GAMEPLAY=WIN though so :) ) .
Sorry for the rant . . . on with the fic