Chapter 2:
Jill watched as Rebecca Chambers went about her task of taking various measurements of things, like blood count , the standard anti-viral treatments, and the basic sort of physical stuff. When there was a lull in the bombardment of questions to obtain information from her, Jill spoke up.
"So, how are you?" Jill asked leaning forward to watch Rebecca work.
"I thought that we already covered this, I said I'm fine. Doing better now that you're not dead anymore. Next time you think you're going to get abducted, how about a little warning eh?" Rebecca asked looking over her shoulder through her brown hair at the older woman. To be quite fair despite the on and off again relationship that Rebecca had with Billy Coen, a convict on the run, Rebecca had always burned a torch for Jill Valentine. A while ago, before Jill and Chris went to check out the Spencer Estate, she and Jill had one too many drinks and the next thing Rebecca remembered was that she woke up with Jill in her bed, nude and herself in a similar state of undress. That in itself sparked off something that couldn't exactly be called an affair since Billy and Rebecca both agreed that they couldn't exactly have a relationship when he was constantly on the run from both the military as well as the police. Eventually Rebecca came to the understanding that her relationship with Jill, as steamy as it was, was more about the sex than it was actual love though to be completely honest they did care for each other, but it just wasn't in the way that a romantic relationship really needed to be going in.
"I'll do my best 'Becca. So, you involved with anyone?" Jill asked as she watched Rebecca slowly check things off the list attached to the clipboard she was holding.
"No, not really. I've had my hands full going through the data that Leon managed to get for the B.S.A.A. after the Harvardville Incident. And I have a feeling that what you, Josh, Sheva and Chris have to say about Tricell and Wesker isn't going to make my workload any easier." Rebecca said as she signed her name on the part that requested the doctor to sign.
"That secondary outbreak of the T-Virus? Is that what they're calling it now, the Harvardville Incident?" Jill asked with a frown.
"Seems like. For a moment there I thought we had a second Raccoon City on our hands there. Glad we didn't though." Rebecca said shuddering slightly when she recalled what happened not only at the Spencer Estate as well as the city to which she used to call home.
"Yeah well Africa wasn't much better than Raccoon City, and I played a part in it." Jill said pulling her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.
"It's not your fault. Wesker had you brainwashed, simple as that. So don't let it bother you 'kay? What matters is that you make up for it with what you've got now, right?" Chris asked from the doorway.
The two women looked up and smiled, amongst the three of them, four if you counted Claire as well, cheering someone up was never too hard.
"So, are you done with your physical too?" Jill asked jumping slightly off of the examination table that she was sitting on as she crossed over to her original partner.
"Yeah, seems like. It may be cliché' but now I know what a pin cushion feels like." Chris admitted as he flexed his bicep to help staunch the blood flow from where he'd received several shots and had blood taken from.
"Same here, but I think there some suits that wan to hear our reports on what went down in Kijuju right about now." Came the voice of Sheva Almoral who had Josh Stone in tow with her.
"Sheva's right, we can chat it up later. We need to give our reports." Jill said mentally knowing that her report would take far longer since she would no doubt have to go through an assessment to make sure that she wasn't still under some sort of brain control by the now permanently and officially deceased Albert Wesker. She didn't blame them for being wary, after all she'd been presumed dead for nearly four years, and suddenly she'd come back from that presumed dead and under control of Wesker, though there was very little chance of him still controlling her from some far off place.
"Well, I'll catch you all later then. Have fun arguing and trying to explain field ops to those people who only go in after all the hard work's been done." Rebecca said waving as the four proceeded to head to the elevator that would take them up to the boardrooms and such.
As the four of them climbed into the elevator, Sheva shifted a little, not exactly feeling all that great in the small little elevator with two men, one of whom could have easily passed as a professional body builder, a man she considered an older brother who wasn't exactly a slouch in the muscle department either, and then a extremely attractive blonde who, despite what Chris said about her, was probably feeling incredibly vulnerable or unsure of herself right now, Sheva wasn't afraid of any of them, although the blonde had worked her and Chris over harder than anything they'd been through save for their final and tiring fight with Wesker, so it wasn't like she couldn't hold her own in a fight. The real reason she wasn't exactly cool with this arrangement was the fact that Sheva had a small, almost nonexistent fear of tight places, which normally happened when there wasn't a whole lot of room to move around in, like there was in the elevator right now. The dark skinned woman attempted to mentally will the elevator to get to the top faster than it was going right now so she could have some elbow room once more, though like most man made things, the elevator wasn't in the mood to comply with her mental requests. Eventually though the elevator did make it to the floor where the debriefing would be held and as they filed out of the elevator Sheva let out a small breath that she hoped no one noticed.
"Don't like tight spaces Sheva?" asked Jill as she stopped to stand next to Sheva.
"Something like that."
"Something wrong ladies?" Chris asked when he noticed that Sheva and Jill weren't behind him and Josh, or rather they had yet to catch up to him. Jill smiled and waved her partner off, "We just need a minute. You and Josh head on, we'll catch up." Jill said.
Sheva watched as Chris and Josh went on ahead, most likely under the impression that the two were having a female conversation that neither of them wanted to part of, despite the fact that there was probably very little that either woman could talk about that could really disturb either man, though it was common practice for men to stay out of certain female conversations as well as to not know certain things about the females they worked with since it could change the working dynamic between them.
"Thanks, I owe you one." Sheva said once she was certain that Josh and Chris were far enough away so that their conversation wouldn't be overheard easily.
"Not a problem. I know how you feel. It was never really that crowded in an elevator with Chris before. I guess his shoulders are a lot bigger than they look." Jill joked as she patted Sheva's shoulder in a friendly manner.
"Maybe, but they certainly do what they need to when they need to don't they?" Sheva joked.
Jill stifled a laugh but smiled and nodded regardless, then she regarded Sheva for a moment, a moment that made the other woman feel slightly uncomfortable.
"Sheva, you mind if I ask you a personal question? Just between us girls?"
Sheva wondered briefly if the reason Jill had told the guys to go on ahead was to ask whatever she was about to ask, instead of seeing if Sheva was really alright. "No, not at all. What's on your mind?"
"You're not seeing anyone are you? I mean, romantically or anything." Jill asked trying to act casual, but like most people, not fairing so well in the act.
"Um, no… Why?" Sheva asked deciding that the briefing would be a better place than this at the moment. The timing of the question was a little odd, considering that Sheva had been sneaking peeks at Jill both on the trip back to America, and since they'd touched down. Sometime during the physical Jill had changed into something that didn't scream, I just got off of vacation!, which consisted of a pair of cargo pants, as well as a semi-form fitting shirt with a jacket that bore the B.S.A.A.'s North American emblem on it's right shoulder. This outfit was a little more along Sheva's tastes, after all Sheva rarely, if ever wore dresses and she was willing to bet that Jill was the same. In a fight, all that billowing fabric and stuff just got in the way and could prove to be the difference between life and death in their line of work.
"No reason. Just curious." Jill answered as she followed Sheva to the meeting room. The growing knot in her stomach was compounded by the fact that she not only had to recount what she remembered from her time as Wesker's puppet, but now because she might have scared off Sheva, even though she wasn't making any real pass at her or anything, though she was willing to bet that Sheva would be impressive in the sheets if only she could get her there.
A/U: The next chapter will be a recap, and a little Q/A session with the readers. If you want to participate, message me here on and I'll address the top five questions in it! Hope to hear from you all!
