Chapter 1
Chris was annoyed; there was no doubt about that. There was a briefing about a new transfer that was coming into the office the next day.
"Everyone but Chris is dismissed; I need to speak with you." Anderson told the group.
Chris rolled his eyes as he uncrossed his arms.
'Great I get the rookie.' Chris thought to himself.
"What is it Anderson?" Chris asked.
"Chris I'm sorry to do this to you but you're the only without a partner, I'm going to have to partner you with her when she arrives." Anderson replied.
"Her?" Chris inquired.
It had been a year since he had a partner, he didn't see the need for a partner now.
"I'm sorry, but she is technically a rookie. She is highly trained in combat but she hasn't been really been in the field. She needs a partner." Anderson replied.
"Spare me the bullshit Anderson." Chris replied.
"Take the rest of the day off, take the file and prepare your going to have an assignment with her tomorrow when she comes in." Anderson said slightly perturbed with him handing him a file.
"Right," Chris said walking out of Anderson's office.
'Bullshit! Fucking Bullshit!' Chris mentally screamed.
When Chris came in the next he was still rather pissed off but he kept himself contained. Anderson walked up to him and gave him a half smile.
"I'm still really sorry about this. How are you holding up?"
"When does she get here?" Chris asked.
"She should be in here in about an hour, her flight got delayed." Anderson replied.
"Right," Chris replied walking to his desk.
He sat at his desk and stared at his computer screen for what seemed like an eternity. He felt like he was about to fall asleep; he contemplated getting up and getting a cup of coffee.
"Hey," he heard a soft female voice behind him.
Chris spun around to see a tall slender female with black hair and steel grey eyes behind him.
"Chris Redfield," Chris stuck his hand out for her to shake.
"Skyla, pleased to meet you." She took his hand and smiled.
"Likewise," Chris replied.
Anderson walked up on them.
"Glad to see you two are getting along. Skyla let me show you to your desk."
"It was nice meeting you Chris." Skyla said taking her hand back.
Anderson started walking towards Skyla's desk; Skyla smirked at Chris and nodded then followed Anderson's lead.
'Well at least she is good looking. Really good looking.' Chris shook his head. 'Don't think like that Redfield that will get you into trouble. She is your partner.'
Anderson and Skyla walked down a few rows to an empty desk, although clean it still had the appearance of being empty for a while. Anderson handed her a file.
"This is your desk, here is a briefing of the assignment you and Chris will be on." Anderson told her.
"Thanks," Skyla responded.
Skyla sat down at her desk with the file reading over it. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Chris' voice behind her.
"Ready?"
"Yeah," She replied.
Chris turned on his heel and headed for the exit with Skyla following behind him. There was tri-cell facility that been found close by they were headed to that location. As Chris exited the building he slowed his pace so Skyla could catch up to his pace to walk beside him. He examined her more closely out of the corner of his eye. She was around 5'7 to 5'8 very slender until her chest and behind then she was endowed. She was also muscular. She had a nose ring and a lip ring which he was surprised the BSAA allowed her to have. From what he could tell she was in her early twenties.
When they had gotten close to the BSAA issue hummer Chris pulled out the fob and unlocked the vehicle. Chris walked to the driver side and got in, Skyla following suit got into the passenger side. At first the drive was quiet, not much was said between the two. Chris or Skyla would occasionally look over at one another but no words exchanged.
Finally Skyla broke the silence.
"How long have you been in the BSAA?"
"6 years" Chris replied.
"Oh, are you married?" Skyla pried a little further.
"No." Chris stated.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Skyla asked.
"Stop." Chris said bluntly.
"I'm sorry; it was none of my business." Skyla replied.
Skyla looked down at her lap and fumbled with her hands. She was curious about her partner, she figured asking about his personal life might build some trust between them.
Chris glanced over at her and sighed.
"How long have you been in?"
"Right about two years," Skyla replied.
"Didn't realize you were that old," Chris stated.
"I am about to be twenty five." Skyla replied to him.
Skyla smirked, he was trying. Unfortunately she as still bored, she pulled out her phone and went to check it when it was yanked out of her hands.
"HEY!?" Skyla yelled.
Glaring, Chris rolled down the window and tossed the phone out window without a word to her.
"What was that for?" Skyla shouted at him.
"They can track us with that; they will know we are coming with you on that thing." Chris replied harshly.
"Oh, I've never been out of the office." Skyla replied.
"They told me you were highly trained in combat." Chris replied.
"I am but I have never been out of the office." Skyla said.
"Great." Chris replied sarcastically.
Skyla stared out onto the road; she had heard rumors at her old branch that Chris was cold especially after Jill had been killed about a year ago. But she didn't realize he was this cold.
"Hey Chris," Skyla asked after a while.
"Yeah," He replied.
"I need to stop and get a drink. Do you mind if we stop at the next store you see?" Skyla asked.
Chris reached an arm around behind his seat feeling around for a minute after a minute he found a cooler and pulled out a bottle of water. He handed it to Skyla. She smiled at him, opening it and took a drink.
"Thanks," Skyla said to him.
"Don't mention it." Chris replied.
After a while, Skyla tilted her seat back and closed her eyes. Suddenly she felt the car veer off the road and stop. She raised the seat back up and looked at Chris.
"Is everything okay?" Skyla asked.
"Yeah I just need to look over the map." Chris replied.
"If you need me to I can navigate," Skyla said to him.
"No, I need a break from looking at the road anyways." Chris replied.
"Okay, do you mind if I get out and stretch my legs?" Skyla asked.
"Go ahead." Chris said staring at the map.
'This is going to be a lot more complicated than I thought.' Skyla thought to herself.
She leaned against the car and sighed a heavy sigh. She heard footsteps coming towards she turned to find Chris walking towards her.
"Looks like it's probably going another hour or so before we get there." Chris said to her.
Chris leaned against the car next to her. He looked over and her for a moment. He could tell Skyla was deep in thought. Chris went to stand up to get back in the Hummer when she said something to him.
"Chris, what happened to your last partner?" Skyla asked him.
Chris' body stiffened at her questioned.
"It doesn't matter." He replied.
"I know she died, but can you tell me what happened?" Skyla asked him.
"It's in the past. Plus I said it doesn't matter." Chris growled.
Chris went to walk off, Skyla grabbed his hand and spun him around and stared him in the eyes. She could see his pain.
"It does matter, I can see it." Skyla said softly to him.
"She couldn't take it anymore after all the shit we have seen and been through. The monsters Umbrella had created and people we have had to kill. Our last mission she lost it and got careless. She was infected, and I had to shoot her." Chris turned away from Skyla.
"Chris." Skyla tone was soft.
"Don't!" He snapped.
Chris wrenched his hand out of hers, he stomped back to the driver side of the Hummer and got in and slammed the car door causing Skyla to wince. Skyla gave him a few minutes to cool before she made her way back to her seat.
Skyla got in and looked over at him sadly.
"Happy Now?" Chris asked her.
"Kind of, I'm glad you opened up to me. I hate that happened to you." Skyla said to him.
"Thanks Skyla, Nobody has really said that to me." Chris replied.
"Were you and Jill more than partners?" Skyla asked.
She knew she was probably crossing the line, but she wanted him to open up to her.
"Yeah." Chris replied.
"I'm really sorry Chris." Skyla said.
She put her hand on his shoulder. Chris looked over at her hand and nodded. He put his seat belt on and drove off heading back on track towards the Tri-cell facility. Chris drove for a while longer before he pulled off into some brush; Skyla could see a gate up ahead. Skyla got out of the hummer; Chris got out and ran around the around the vehicle pressing his body against hers.
"Are you crazy?" Chris whispered into her ear.
Chris watched as a guard passed by them he waited a few more seconds before he pushed his body of hers.
"Sorry," Skyla whispered.
Chris shook his head at her; he walked around to the trunk of the hummer and opened it smiling at the vast amounts of weapons he found back there. Chris grabbed two hand guns, a sniper rifle, and a shotgun along with ammunition. Skyla walked up and Chris waved his hand to the weaponry.
"Help yourself," He told her.
Skyla grabbed a knife, a handgun and machine gun along with some ammunition. After Chris closed the Hummer's trunk and checked to make sure that the coast was clear they made their way to the gate.
"Ladies first," He said preparing to give her a boost up to a ladder.
Skyla looked at Chris and shook her head.
"No way Chris."
"What's the problem?" Chris asked checking to make sure they coast was still clear.
Skyla nodded up and frowned.
"I'm not a fan of heights." She replied.
"Are you kidding me? You flew on a plane, you're in the BSAA." Chris stated.
"Heavily sedated." Skyla replied.
Chris looked and saw the guard was coming.
"Sorry sweetheart, we don't have time for this, I got to give you a boost." Chris said getting into position again.
Skyla sighed and stepped into his foot, Chris boosted her up onto the ladder.
"How are you getting up here?" She whispered down to him.
Chris waved here up, Skyla climbed a few rungs up. Chris took a few steps back and he took a running leap and jumped grabbing onto the ladder pulling himself up.
Skyla climbed the rest of the way up resting onto of a pillar waiting for Chris; he joined her a moment later. The guard passed under them, Chris and Skyla looked at each other, Chris nodded towards the facility indicating for them to continue onward. They made their way to the Tri-cell facility; once they were inside they were stunned. It was completely empty; the place had been vacated for a while.
"Let's split up and make sure it's empty; you take the upstairs I'll take downstairs we will meet back up here in 20 minutes," Chris told her.
"Right," Skyla nodded and headed up the stairs with her handgun drawn.
Skyla carefully checked each room but came up with nothing, she looked around nodded satisfied with the results and headed downstairs to wait for Chris. Chris was there momentarily afterward.
"Why are there guards here if they are guarding nothing?" Chris asked aloud.
"I dunno, but let's get out of here," Skyla responded and head towards the door. Chris followed suit. When outside they took the same route out that they came in. Chris boosted Skyla up the ladder and backed up and took a running leap towards the ladder and climbed the rest of the way to the top again.
Skyla climbed down the other side of the ladder and dropped down. She looked up at to see if she could see Chris when a hand slid over her mouth, and a cold rounded metal object was pressed against her forehead. She tried to wiggle out of the grasp of her captor, but their grasp got tighter as she moved. Her only hope was that Chris would see and shoot the person in the head. She tried stomping on her captor's toes but again failed, the captors grasp got even tighter around her.
"If you want to live you will quit struggling."
Skyla rolled her eyes.
'Such a cliché line to use.' She thought
Without warning she heard a shot and the grasp that had her let go, and she heard a thud. She looked up to see Chris lowering his sniper rifle. Chris shook his head and turned down and slid down the ladder.
"What the hell were you thinking going down before me?" He asked Skyla as he approached her.
"I had to get the damsel in distress out of my system." Skyla replied with a shrug.