Oh no, no no no no!" Claire screamed in her mind. "why is he here? Why must he be in same train as I ? I'm doomed if he sees me!"
She tried to keep her breathing controlled and be calm. If Wesker found out she was in same train as he, the man would probably try to kill her or get to Chris somehow trough her. Then again, Wesker wasn´t that kind of person who would shoot her in middle of the public transport, too much attention to him.
So, if she tried to keep him from seeing her, and stayed near people, she should pretty much be OK, unless the Wesker dragged her to some other , empty cart and shot her there, heck even punched one time, like the man needed any weapons to kill.
The events in Rockfold Island were still fresh in her mind, she was a punching bag...
She unconsciously petted her handbag, which had a handgun inside. Then, after a while she noticed that she had a tight grip of it "well done Claire! Like the gun would kill Wesker! The man doesn´t even mind the bullets, well, at least he didn't seem to´ Claire frowned. "I wish I had a rocket launcher"
After 10 minutes, she finally started to read the paper, nothing interesting in it really, most of the paper had some articles about politics and, surprisingly a small story about Umbrella´s stock beginning to rise again, which was a surprise, after all the horrible things like Raccoon city.
After 1 hour, Claire finally put down the paper, she feared that Wesker might come back any minute, but her arms were tired of holding the paper up. The old lady searched her purse and looked worried "Something wrong ? Claire asked.
Lady gave a sad smile "Oh nothing, wrong I just noticed, that my other glasses are in my bag, up in the luggage there" she said and pointed up to bag holding area over the seats. "Could you get them for me Miss? I really need them."
Claire hesitated. "Come on Claire! Get a grip! Surely you can help an old fragile lady to get ther glasses from the bag, so what if Wesker comes back? Just act normal and dont do anything drastic´ She told herself.
"something wrong Dear?" the old lady asked and Claire turned her attention to her.
"Oh no, I was just in my thoughts!" She said with a smile.
She got up and got on her toes to reach the bag. Then, she heard the cart door open, well, in truth, almost slam open.
She turned her head towards the door, eyes wide, and got even wider when she saw Wesker standing in the doorway alone and he was staring at her. His expression was blank, Claire´s was somewhat scared. Slowly, his lips turned into small, malicious smile.
Claire, took out the glasses from the side pocket. She couldn't believe this. She was on her toes, reaching up to luggage, and staring at Wesker, who was calm as ever, smiling, and probably had more than one gun in his possession right now, not that he needed them to kill Claire.
The Redfield luck was double edged sword. It gave her the advantage of seeing Wesker first, but then it threw her into the worst possible situation. Which was practically predator versus prey, and Claire was the prey. "Damn it Claire! You are doomed. Now, Just act normal, and don't give Wesker any reason to take you with him, if he tries it, just say "no"´ like Chris taught when dealing with strangers.
She recalled the time when Chris had told her how to act with strangers you didn't want to deal with.
"OK sis, if a man wants you to come with him and you don't want to. Example, this drunk gorgeous guy who tries to hit on you , just say out loud "NO!" and then some knight in the shiny armor will come probably to save you." Chris had told her, when she was 16.
"And if that doesn't work?" Claire asked. Chris smiled "Then you do as I told you earlier?"
"smash his face with a fist?" She asked. Chris sighed "well, that works too..."
She couldn't remember what else Chris had in his mind, but it wasn´t important right now.
The fact was, that Wesker probably wouldn't want to get much attention.
She handed the glasses to the lady who thanked her kindly. Claire started to sit down on the seat, keeping her eyes on Wesker all the time. Just when she was about to land the covering, Wesker had walked over to her and grabbed her arm with iron grip.
Claire looked up to Wesker´s shades, and could barely see the the red eyes burning behind them.
"Miss Redfield, what a pleasant surprise to see you here...hows your brother ?" He asked, locking his eyes with Claire´s, even though he had the pitch black sunglasses on. Claire couldn't help it, she opened her mouth but the voice just wouldn't come out.
"Friend of yours Dear?" Old lady asked with a warm smile meant for Wesker. Claire turned her attention to woman and then back to Wesker. The tyrant didn´t take his eyes off Claire.
"Something like that" he said simply, then he added "Why don't we move to cart where I have seat? There is plenty of room there...Maybe we could talk about old friends..." he said, trying to sound pleasant but the maliciousness could be heard in his tone.
Claire screamed in her mind "Claire! Stupid girl, say something before he drags you off with him´"
"Thanks, but I'm afraid I rather stay here, wouldn´t want to bother you Mr. Wesker" Claire said as calm as possible.
She could see the eyes burn more intense behind the shades "Don't understand me wrong miss Redfield, I insist!" He said and pulled Claire up form the seat. Claire grabbed her handbag and for moment thought about pulling the handgun out. But she didn't, what help would it be?
"I said I wont come!" Claire snapped. Few people turned their attention to Wesker and Claire, even the couple had stopped the cuddling and kissing.
Wesker pulled down his shades so that only Claire could see his snake eyes. "Dear heart, you either come with me, or, I just might let something loose in this train", he said noting to metal case in his hand. Then he pushed the shades back to their spot. Claire gritted her teeth "You wouldn't dare" She said.
Wesker answered "Do you want to find out?" They stared each other for a moment, hatred could be felt between them.
"Fine" Claire said, she wouldn't be so selfish to see all of the train people turn into zombies, just because she wouldn't go with the man, even if it meant her and Chris´ death. Wesker gave her a cold smile and then lead/dragged her trough the passage to the door.