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Author's Note: Sorry about posting this chapter a little late, but I have to deal with school, homework, and my family. I have to keep up the good grades, otherwise I might not be posting the next chapter until next month and we don't want that. Seeing that this is the fourth chapter of this story and there is nothing that says that this story is complete means that this story will become a long story. I want to thank all of you guys for the great reviews and the fact that you did not tear me up to little pieces and throw me to the wolves. Speaking of reviews, I got only five reviews for this chapter so I did not post this chapter early. You guys were so close but close only counts in horseshoes, darts, hand grenades, and a few other things. Before I begin this chapter I want to address a few things. This story is another short chapter but it is a little longer than last chapter. Luckily next chapter will be back to 3,000 words, and in fact is the longest chapter I have written so far. One thing I forgot to mention last chapter was if there was going to be any romance in this chapter. I'm sorry that I did not address this question last chapter, but I was in a hurry and I was barely able to post this chapter before I had to leave to go to a party, and I would not have posted the last chapter for another few days due to the fact that one of my family members was in the hospital. Back to the question, I really can't answer that question and you will see why in the next couple of chapters. Another thing I want to address is my grammar mistakes. Believe it or not, English is actually on of my worst subjects and I am terrible at grammar. I review each chapter constantly for grammar, and if I happen to miss some, please forgive me. Finally I want to address how I was able to post Chapter 3 quickly. I write a few chapters in advance and so that I could post them if I ever ran into writers block, which won't happen to me because I have the next few chapters planned out. I could actually post Chapter 5 tomorrow but I don't want to do that because than I will bleed myself dry and my postings could become irregular. I will post the next chapter if I get six reviews for this chapter, finish writing Chapter 7, or if a week has passed. Let me tell you now that I'm a little behind on my writing and I'm almost done with Chapter 6 so the second option might not happen for this chapter. Now I better stop talking, otherwise you guys might be bored out of your minds. Now it is time for the moment you've all been waiting for. Who will Steve end up with? Who is the strange new character Steve will meet? When will school ever stop giving us piles of homework? Everything, except the last question, will be answered in this chapter so read it and review.

Main Characters: Steve Burnside (Handles tV-Type Tyrant), Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Sherry Birkin, The Voice

Secondary Characters: Chris Redfield, Alexia Ashford, Alfred Ashford, Billy Coen, Dedro, Cerrby

Chapter 4: Psychological Warfare

Chris groaned when his phone rang. He was still in bed and when he woke up it was three o'clock in the morning. He slowly got out of bed and answered the phone.

"Hello," he said sleepily.

"Hey Chris, it's me."

"Jill, its three o'clock in the morning, you know the time where normal people sleep."

"Well sorry! I thought you would like to know that Claire is in the hospital."

"What do you mean, Claire is in the hospital."

"Well, she went out in the dead of night and fell unconscious. The doctors have no idea why it happened."

"Is she alright?"

"Yes, Chris she's fine."

"Well could you explain to me exactly what happened?"

"Don't ask me how it happened; I was trying to get you some stress reliever medicine when she just walked out the door."

"Well where are you?"

"I'm at a hospital in Cloven; you know where that is right?"

"Yea, I have been there a few times. Thanks Jill."

"No problem, and next time don't jump to conclusions, I don't like to be up at three o'clock in the morning just for the heck of it."

Chris hung up the phone and quickly got dressed and grabbed the keys to his car. A lot of things were racing through his mind that it almost gave him a headache. With a lot of things going on at work and the fact that his sister is in the hospital, it was enough to make any man want to scream. He got into the car and left the house, wondering what was wrong with his sister and what possessed her to go into the freezing night.

Steve, Sherry, Alexia, and Cerrby left the hospital and headed for the car. However Alexia turned and stopped them and said, "You two need to figure out what is going on with you two. The sooner you solve this, the better," and with that, she left for the car leaving Steve and Sherry alone.

"Well I guess we need to figure this out." Steve said

"You're right." Sherry responded.

"Do you have feelings for me?"

"I don't really know. I mean you are my best friend and you are like a big brother to me. You were the only one who has ever really cared for me. I mean not even my parents cared for me because of their precious G-Virus. We were so close when we were at Wesker's mercy because we are a like. We told each other everything and never hid anything from each other. And besides, both of us are inexperienced with love, I mean none of us ever had a relationship and we never kissed someone from the opposite gender."

"So I assume you love me as an older brother?"

"I guess so. So how do you feel about me?"

"I feel the same way about you. You're like a little sister to me and I don't want my relationship with you to change. I guess we were both caught off guard by Jill's question."

"So we're cool?'

"We're cool. And besides, when you finally fall in love with someone, I get to harass them and threaten to kill them if they ever hurt you."

"And I get to tell Claire, all the embarrassing things about you." Sherry began to walk to the car and turned to notice that Steve wasn't following her. "Are you coming Steve?" she asked.

"No you go on ahead; I'm going to finish my walk. It should give me some time to figure out how I should handle the whole Claire situation." Steve responded. Sherry turned to head for the car, and Cerrby began to follow his master, as he begins to ponder over the predicament he's in.

"So did you fix your problem with my son?" Alexia said as they entered the manor.

"Yea, we decided that we love each other like brother and sister." Sherry responded.

"That's good," Alexia said as Billy began to run up to them.

"Hey guy's, where is Steve and Alfred?" Billy asked.

"Steve went out for a … What do you mean you don't know where Alfred is! He is supposed to be here!" Alexia responded.

"Well I sent Alfred out to find Steve, and because Steve was with Jill, I guess Alfred is still looking for him." Sherry stated.

"So go call him Billy." Alexia said.

"Eh, there's one small problem with that."

"God Billy, do I have to explain everything to you! Just pick up a phone and dial his number!" Alexia said with a small amount of anger in her voice.

"I know how to work a phone Alexia! Its just that Alfred's cell phone ran out of minutes."

"What do you mean it's out of minutes?" Alexia screeched.

"Let's just say, Dedro loves to make prank phone calls to random strangers."

"Just perfect Sherry, you made a talking hunter that wastes all of our minutes."

"It's not my fault." Sherry retorted.

"Well there is nothing we could do about it now. Billy, go find my brother." Alexia said.

"Why do I have to find him?" Billy asked.

"Because you're the one who taught him how to do that," Alexia responded.

"How was I supposed to know that he would waste all of our minutes?" Billy muttered as began to stomp out of the manor to look for Alfred.

"Alright Sherry, now let's go find Dedro and talk some sense into him." Alexia said.

"The only question is; where is he?" Sherry replied.

"I'll give you one guess."

On his way to the hospital Chris' cell phone rang. Chris quickly fumbled though all of his stuff and grabbed his cell phone.

"Hello." Chris said on the cell phone.

There was another voice at the other end of the line, but Chris had no idea who it was. "Hello…this…is…the…National…Waffle…Factory…of…Belgium. We…are…calling…to…report…that…a…Chris…Redfield…has…a…order…for…one…hundred…boxes…of…waffles."

"I did not order one hundred boxes of waffles."

"You…are…Chris…Redfield…right?"

"Yea but…"

"Than…you…ordered one…hundred…boxes…of…waffles. I…want…my…money…you…cheapskate."

"Fine, I don't have time to argue. How much are the waffles?"

"One…thousand…dollars…"

"One thousand dollars are you insane! I'm not going to pay one thousand dollars for waffles I didn't even order!"

"Dedro you better not be making another prank phone call!" another voice said before the line went dead. Chris could not place it but that voice seems so familiar, but he couldn't figure out who it was.

Steve and Cerrby began to walk in the Cloven Park as it was the quietest place to think. Steve knew that he had been avoiding it for the past nine months but he knew that he could not hide from it forever. He knew that someday but he could not do it right now. He has murdered in cold blood, kidnap people for Wesker, and worst of all he was a part of the viral outbreak in Kijuju.

"You know Steve, you have to let go of the past and move on."

Steve quickly turned around but he saw no one was there. He was all alone except for Cerrby, who could not even talk.

"You can't see me Steve, you can only hear me."

"Who are you?" Steve demanded, which made Cerrby alert of the situation, but was completely confused.

"I am you, Steve or should I say Handles."

"That can't be true."

"Of course it's true and you know it."

"I'm not insane!" Steve yelled to himself.

"I didn't say you are insane and I am real. I am like your conscious, except I can actually talk to you. All tyrants have one."

"That's a lie. I never saw Alexia or Wesker talk to themselves!"

"That's because no tyrant has ever been screwed up like you."

"I'm not screwed up!"

"Who are you trying to kid, me or yourself. You have a lot of problems. You're hiding from the one you love and calling yourself a monster."

"I am a monster!"

"You're not a monster and you have never been a monster. If you were a monster, you would have never felt any guilt for all the things Wesker forced you to do."

"So that means I don't deserve redemption!"

"Everyone makes a mistake in their life and no matter how big it is everyone deserves a second chance. And the only way you are going to gain that second chance is through Claire."

"How could Claire ever accept me for who I am and what I've done?"

"When you confront her, you will hide nothing from her. She will know that your life has been out of you hands for the past six years, just as Jill did."

"I can't confront her, not yet."

"You soon will have no choice in the matter. You and Claire will meet again soon and you will have to choose to either embrace her love or abandon it for good. You will soon be at a crossroad in your life and there is no way of avoiding it. You will have one and only one final chance to have your fairy tale ending with Claire."

"Claire could never love a person like me."

"Then you have already sealed your fate, Steve. You can not deny what your heart wants and it will eventually catch up with you. It will destroy you and you will lose your mind. Without love, no one can keep their sanity. You will become just like Wesker, Steve, is that what you want!"

"No."

"Than you must learn to forgive you and you must accept Claire's love. You will only have one shot at this and if you fail, then there will be no hope for you."

Just as soon as the mysterious voice came, it disappeared. Before he could ponder at what the voice said he suddenly heard something. He quickly went to the source of the noise with Cerrby close behind. He soon discovered that the noise came from Billy who was yelling Alfred's name. Before he could respond he heard another person approach Billy but he could not make the person out. Billy tried to get away from the person but he was too late and the mysterious man was pointing a handgun at Bill's head.

"Billy Coen, you're under arrest."

Steve could not believe it. The person who was approaching Billy was Chris Redfield, one of the BSAA leaders. He tried to move but something was stopping him.

"That would be a foolish move, Steve. You would only get yourself killed and condemn your friends. Then how would you and Claire ever meet again, in the afterlife?"

Steve knew he could not fight the mysterious voice and if he respond to the voice, Chris would find out where he was hiding and Chris would not hesitate to kill him. He could only stand there helplessly as he watched Billy get handcuffed and dragged away. When they were both out of site, the voice let hold of his grip against Steve and he ran quickly to the mansion to find the others.

"Dedro, how many times do I have to tell you not to make prank calls? We need all our cell phones in case an emergency." Alexia ranted, but nothing seems to ever get through to him unless Steve tells him to.

"Hey guys, I'm back." Alfred said as he walked into the mansion.

"Alfred, where is Billy?" Alexia asked.

"Isn't Billy supposed to be here?"

"Great, now we have another problem. Why does is it seem like tyrants are the only ones here that get anything done?"

"Hey, I do a lot of work here!" Sherry retorted.

"Yea but you also created are problem with Dedro anyway. But bickering is pointless, Alfred why don't you go find Billy." Alexia said.

"I'm not going back out there, its freezing!" Alfred complained.

"Well I know one person dumb enough to go out in the middle of the night."

"You mean Claire?" Sherry asked.

"Yes," Alexia responded, "Anyway, when I had a little peak at what she was dreaming…"

"Wait you can look at other peoples' dreams?" Alfred asked.

"Yes, all I have to do is use one of my tentacles and put it in her ear. When that happens, I can hear every thing she's thinking and see everything she's dreaming. When I looked in her dream, I saw her tongue wrestling with …"

"Billy!" Dedro blurted. Everyone just seemed to stare at the hunter. "Alfred!" Again this gained the same response accept Alexia was started to get angry. But before Dedro can blurt out another name, Alexia interrupted him.

"Dedro, two things," Alexia said after trying to calm herself, "One, you are just saying random names that pop into your thick skull and two, If you say my name so help me god, I'll shove one of my tentacles up your …"

Just than, Steve entered the manor, gasping for breathe and fell down on the floor. Everyone ran up to him to see if he was alright, and when they knew that Steve was fine, Sherry asked, "What happened?"

Steve stared at her for a second and said, "Chris Redfield has arrested Billy!"

I hope all of you guys had I good laugh during this chapter. Dedro will be are funny man through out this story, because he's Dedro and my OC. Everyone can now rejoice in the fact that Steve will end up with Claire, edventully. I want to tell you guys for the reasonings behind putting Steve and Claire together. I went through many ideas for the direction of this story, but I had origannly put Steve with Claire. However though out the process, I was wondering what if I had put Steve with someone else. So I put Steve with Claire, Sherry, Alexia, and Jill to see where that relationship might leave. I immediatly crossed out StevexJill because I view their relationship as more of friendship than romantic, but I did end up with funny results for this relationship, includding jelousey between Chris and Claire. I next crossed out StevexAlexia because that relationship of the romantic type will never happen in a million years. The only way I saw it possible was if Alexia somehow brainwashed Steve to fall in love with her, which wouldn't work so well with this fanfic. However I did see that it was very likely to form a mother and son relationship between the two so I used that. StevexSherry was the hardest one to cross off. They are both so alike and simular that they seemed perfect together, but there were only a few things that persauded me not to put the two together. The first thing was the fact that Sherry is too young for Steve. By saying that, I would also say that I support a LeonxClaire and a ChrisxSheva, which I don't. The other thing was that Steve and Sherry would be more like brother and sister, than boyfriend and girlfriend, which was said by ZetaAdele and I have to agree with her. So review and tell me what you guys think and remember, six reviews = early posting of Chapter 5.

Next time on Handles, the ABTS calls an emergency meeting to deal with their current predictiment about Billy's arrest and the new virus developed by the "Organization". More information on The Voice is revealed as it tells Steve to do something that some one only completely insane would do.