It wasn't hard keeping track of the younger Redfield. Especially with her constantly out and about with her government agent best friend. Ada watched as the two walked around Little Tokyo after splitting up with her brother and his partner. Honestly, they were making it really easy to be followed undetected. Ada didn't even need the blonde wig to hide her all to familiar face. Her cell rang, distracting her from Claire.
Unknown Caller. She answered it, expecting a voice to automatically feeding her information, as it usually did in her line of work. Instead it was quiet. She hung up and looked for the pair, who were nowhere in sight. Shit. She quickly turned away only to be stopped by a towering black figure. Instantly, she knew the all too familiar person in front of her.
"Nice to see you, Wesker. It's been too long." She smirked tilting her head up to stare the devil in the eye. It was about time he showed up.
"I wish I could say the same Miss Wong."
"May I ask what has brought you to grace me with your presence. Or are you making trips to all of your favorite little spies." She moved her hand to his jacket, pretending to brush off lint from his perfect black jacket. His hand flashed upward, grabbing her hand and softly flinged it away.
"Hmph. Funny of you think you're my favorite. I believe you have some notion. Why are you shadowing Miss Redfield? Or are shadowing your government agent? Because if it's the latter, I really do suggest you find a man who calls you to see how you're doing instead of taking his comrade's little sister out on walks."
Ada's smirk faded from her face, like she'd stoop so low to act like a heartbroken teenage girl, stalking the one who didn't fall to her charm. At least not anymore.
"As if, Wesker. If anything, I'd believe you're the one here shadowing your little angel wings."
Annoyance filled Wesker's face. "Well, it is my job to protect my investments, Miss Wong. And since your last meeting with Miss Redfield went so well, I think it my job to make sure you're not planning any sort of...vendetta." Ada moved slowly around Wesker, her back no longer against the tiled wall.
"You offend me with how low you think of me. As if I'm stupid enough to try to take down the devil's little angel- who is also now part devil. I am more surprised by the fact that you managed to get the girl into bed, seeing as how important loyalty i-." Ada spoke quickly but not enough to finish her sentence before a hand came up and wrapped around her throat. Wesker leaned down close enough to get his mouth near her ear.
"Careful, Miss Wong. What you think you know and what really is, can be two very different things. Now I have work to do. But keep in mind, that I am watching. Do your best to behave. I don't wish to have to make these little visits often." He let her go just as her breath was beginning to run out. She turned her head and rubbed out the pain in her neck. Basterd. He'll get what's coming. And so will his little angel.
"Honestly Claire, I'd feel a lot better if you just stayed here with Rebecca and helped us with navigating the lab." Chris rubbed his forehead as the team and his sister, discussed the situation at hand.
"And Chris, I'd honestly feel a lot better if I were out there with you kicking some bad guy ass and covering your back." There was a new lab found and Chris and the team were being sent to clear it of any B.O.W testing. Chris was not too happy hearing Claire wanted to join.
"Jill will be covering my back. You don't need to worry."
"Then I'll cover Leon's! Who better to help than your superhuman sister!" The rest of the team stood back and watched, knowing better than to budge in when the Redfields began arguing. The worst thing to do was budge in and help either sibling.
"HUSH Claire. I told you, nobody can know. Do you want to be strapped down an experimented on!? And I'll call Barry. He can help."
"Chris, leave Barry alone. He has a family he trying to hold together. I'm coming with you."
"UGH! FIne! There! You cover Kennedy...so annoying I swear." He whispered the last part under his breath but Claire was too excited to snap back. It had been a while since she had gone out and done something useful with the team. She walked around the coffee table until she stood next to Leon. She propped her elbow on his shoulder and looked up at him. "So partner, when do we leave?"
He looked down at the big gold flecked blue eyes, and chuckled at the sound of her calling him partner. "I swear Redfield, if I get killed on this mission, I am so coming back to haunt you."
Thinking Leon was talking him, Chris turned around to respond but stopped, when he saw Leon's focus on Claire. He had noticed they had been spending more time together than usual. He didn't know what to feel. Since the Ada incident, his trust in Leon had wavered, but then again, he felt relieved someone kept an eye on Claire when he couldn't.
"Both of you. Be ready by six. From there, we'll pick you up. If you're not ready, you can meet Rebecca and help navigate."
"Don't worry. We'll be there." A smirk grew on Claire's face as she started to feel the usual thrill of a new mission. "Well, while we wait, I'm going to go grab lunch. You guys want anything?" Claire grabbed the keys to her motorcycle, only to be scolded form Chris.
"If you're going to bring us lunch on your motorcycle, if will be squished and cold. No thank you."
"I can go pick up lunch," Leon butted in as he held up the keys to his car, "but we are eating In-N-Out." A grunt rolled around the room.
"Leon, enough of In-N-Out. That'll be the third time this week." Jill shook her head at the government agent.
"FIne. You all can have cold and squished Chinese food."
"Leon, just get the damn burgers." Chris handed Leon a twenty before lying down on the couch that resided at the back of the room. "Wake me up when you guys get here. I need to nap before later."
Leon began to walk towards the door, keys in hand when suddenly they were snatched from his hand. Claire quickly made her way around him before his agent reflexes kicked in and he had her in chokehold.
"Alright Kennedy, I'm driving." She dangled the keys in front of him, taunting him as his face grew wide with fear.
Leon tried to grab the keys but she was already out the door by the time he tried. "No, Claire. I'm serious. I just got this car." By the time he caught up, she was already settled in the car.
"Leon, trust me. I'm a great driver." Leon gave up easily and settled into the passenger side.
"Claire, you've crashed your motorcycle at least seven times." He held onto dear life as she sped through the busy LA streets.
Albert Wesker stood at the tall window of his apartment, watching down at the people below. It wasn't as luxurious as his apartment in New York, but it would have to do. He had been forced to visit the west coast the second he saw Ada following the tracker he had placed in Claire's necklace months ago. He had to make sure the Asian spy wasn't trying anything. He wouldn't risk Claire's safety. His phone beeping shook him out of the memory he was remembering about his goddess. Claire was on the move again. Had she not learned anything about keeping a low profile? He both scolded and relished in her recklessness. Maybe it was time to pay her a visit. Soon.
It was about 6:05 and Claire was still holed up in the restroom, getting ready.
"Redfield, your brother will be here soon and he is going to beat the crap out of me if you aren't ready."
"Leon calm down. I'll be out in five!" Claire stared at herself in the full length mirror she had in her bathroom. She strapped her knife to the thigh holster that was over her black jeans. Claire grabbed the red gemstone off the counter and tucked it under her t-shirt. No one had seen it, nor did she intend to show them. Especially with the recently discovered the carved initials A.W. on the back of it. She laced up her heel-less boots and exited the room as soon as she put her hair in it's usual ponytail.
"See there you go. And Chris isn't even here!" She looked up to find Chris standing at the front door with his arms crossed.
"Claire, you are so lucky I made sure to tell you to be ready earlier than was actually needed. Now let's go, the Sun is setting and we want to arrive there undetected. We'll only be driving about 80 percent of the way there. "
"That reminds me," Claire spoke up as she locked the door behind her, "where exactly are we going?"
Two hours later, after walking through muddy dirt and rocky trails, they came to a stop.
"You could have mentioned this base was in the middle of the woods. How did Hunnigan find this place anyways?" Claire stood against a tall tree.
"I don't know. She said someone tipped her off to it and it checked out. Whoever it is, obviously has connections, but hey, if they know something, they told the right people." Leon took a quick glance at her from the corner of his eye, not putting down the binoculars.
He scanned the area, focusing on the large mansion-type building in the center of a cleared field. There were no driveways, or people in sight. Chris grabbed the binoculars and took a look.
"The only way I see in is the front doors. The gates surrounding it seem to go on for a few acres. And with our experience of mansions, all the movement is probably underground."
Jill stepped in and took the a look from behind Chris. "Approaching the front can be dangerous. If that source was right, people could be very well occupying the mansion and see us coming, if we haven't been sensed already. We should send one person at a time, it'd be easier to remain undetected."
Chris tucked away his binoculars and spoke, "Okay, who do you guys think should go first?"
Leon was the first to speak, "I can go."
"Okay. You guys good with that? Claire?" Chris turned find that she was nowhere in sight.
"What the hell? Chris, is that her?" Jill pointed towards the mansion. Barely visible by the moonlight, they could make out a figure stealthily making its way to the front of the mansion.
"Goddamnit Claire. What are you doing?" He tapped in his mic, reaching Claire, but not getting a response.
"Chris. It's clear. I can't sense anything behind the door. There are no guards. We just need Jill to pick the lock."
"Go. Go."
The three ran to maneuvered their way to the front with Claire. Jill got to work on the lock and Chris turned to Claire ready to lecture like he usually did, but before he could start, Claire lifted a finger and told him to save it for later. The click of an opened lock snapped them out of the mental argument the two Redfields were having. Jill slightly open the door and signaled the three that the coast was clear. The inside of the mansion was very wide and vintage looking, the lights very dim, and no one in sight. It wasn't until a steady clicking of heels that the team split up into twos, each pair hiding behind a column. Claire easily picked up to scents coming from a room that was to the right of the main hall. She peeked around the column and saw a young lady in a lab coat joined by an older man, also wearing a lab coat. She saw as the pair walked up the large stairs leading upwards. Their words reached Claire's ears before anyone else's.
"Hopefully, we make more progress tomorrow. I wonder how the other sector of the research is going. The boss is starting to get uneasy with our project."
The man responded to her comment looking angry.
"Well, how the hell are we supposed to make progress if we don't have a clue with what we are dealing with? We need samples, and anyone who tries to receive a sample ends up dead. Two sources is not enough unless one of them becomes steady, even then…" Claire stopped listening after that, having quickly lost interest after the words, 'more progress tomorrow'. They were recently researching. That's all they needed to find where they came from. And there was more than one. After the pair was gone, Chris made the plan to split up.
"Okay, here's the plan. Cleon, you guys take the sector they just came out of. See what you can find. We meet back here in-ummm- 90 minutes."
"Allright. Hopefully we don't come back with masses of guards behind us. What about you Valenfield? Where will you be?"
"This mansion, looks identical to the one in Raccoon. If I'm right, Jill and I know where to go to find its archives. Maybe wherever this 'other sector' is. If anything goes wrong, contact us through your mic. Transition shouldn't be bothered by anything here. Goodluck, Cleon. Be safe."
"Chris. Be Careful." Claire watched as her brother and his partner walked their way to a set of double doors on the opposite side of the hall. The loud sound of a clock was the last thing she heard until the door shut behind them.
"You ready?" Leon's voice whispered from behind her, causing her to momentarily be broken from her memories of what happened the last time she and Chris had split up. Noticing this, he placed a hand at her shoulder. "Hey, you alright, Red?"
She stared back at his steel eyes, taking all the sights and smells of the place, determined to make it back this time.
"Yeah. I'm fine. We should get going." She started to move, but Leon's hand grabbed her wrist.
"Claire. We aren't going to be separated again. Not if I can help it." She gave him a small smile, knowing that even Leon and her brother couldn't help some situations, but she was glad he still remained hopeful of these things.
"All right, Kennedy. Let's get going." This time nothing stopped her from moving toward her objective.
AN: Hello! I'm not dead yet! Just in school! It's finally here. I'm sorry for being so neglectful! But I am back and have started on the next part! love y'all! R&R with stuff that maybe you'd like to see! Or questions I can clear up bc I feel that i have left many end loose :) See ya soon! Im still here