Chapter Three: Arriving to Raccoon City

On the same night Xavier arrived to the Venix Universe and in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy was about to move to Raccoon City for his job at RPD. After hours of packing his things and getting ready for the trip to his new home that he rented out in Raccoon City, he was finally ready to go.

He felt extremely nervous since being a police officer was his dream ever since he was a little kid, but the fact that it was becoming a reality was unreal to him.
"Well, this is it." Leon said to his mother proudly with a wide grin on his face.

"Oh, my dear son is becoming a man." His mother hugged him tightly with tears rolling down her cheeks, mixed with both happiness for her son, as well as sadness to see him go.

"Be sure to visit me whenever you can, okay Leon?"

"I will, I promise. I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too." She gave him a kiss on the cheek and finally let go him.

"Here, take this." Leon's mother took off a golden watch from her wrist and offered it to Leon. "You know, it was your father's before he...well..."

Leon looked at her with a sense of confusion.

, "Mom, you do know I'll be only an hour or two away, right? I'm not going across the world."Leon spoke softly.

"Leon, please...just...take it. Please." Her eyes filled with tears as Leon stared down at the watch and gently took it. He gave her a hug.

"I'll miss you", Leon repeated once again.

"I'll miss you too, dear. Please...be safe, okay?"

Leon nodded and they let go. He got inside of his car and waved at his mother goodbye before he drove off.

After a couple hours of driving, Leon reached Raccoon City. He saw his apartment building not so long after. In excitement, Leon eagerly turned off his car and got out and made his way into the building. The building was crummy and infested with rodents, but Leon didn't care. After all, it was what he could afford at the time.

He finally had his own place and most importantly, he achieved his life-long goal of being an officer. Once he reached his apartment and entered it, he felt like the happiest man on Earth. Even though it was just a small, cramped one bedroom apartment, it was the freedom Leon felt that made him so alive. Leon spent the next couple of hours unpacking and he ended the night when he slept on the cold, wooden floor.

The next morning, Leon woke up and yawned loudly while he stretched. He checked the time on the watch his mother gave him. It was seven in the morning. His first day started at two. He thought to himself that he should buy some groceries to fill the fridge. Leon proceeded to get up from the floor and threw on some clothes. His hair was a complete mess, but he didn't bother to fix it up. He stepped out of his apartment and walked down the street towards a grocery store.

Once he arrived at the grocery store, he looked down at the watch. He thought to himself,

I still don't understand why she gave this to me. Whatever I gu-

His thought came to an abrupt end after he bumped into a woman around his age. She had long red hair and wore a red jacket and jeans. Leon looked up at her and smiled.

"I'm so sorry, miss." Leon chuckled nervously, his face turned a bit red from the embarrassment.

"Aw, it's okay. Just watch where you're going" The woman said teasingly as she giggled, which Leon laughed as well.

"Um, you do-don't...happen to...um...kn-know where...uh..."

Leon's mind was scrambling for excuses to use to keep the conversation with her. He found her to be attractive enough that it intrigued him.
The woman kept a friendly smile while she patiently waited for him to finish his sentence.

"Uh...the er...pet...store?" He internally rolled his eyes at his own question.

That was real fucking lame.

"Heh, no I don't. Sorry. I don't really like pets, so I don't really bother knowing where they are."

"Oh, yeah. Uh, I don't really like pets either." Leon chuckled.

"Then why'd you ask?" She asked confusingly.

"Uh...friend?"

The woman giggled once again. Leon felt like a complete idiot at that point and was discouraged.

"Hey, uh...Are you...you know? Doing anything tonight or tomorrow by any chance?"

"No, why do you ask?" She seemed pretty amused by his efforts.

"Well, I'm new to the city and I don't have much to do. Could use a friend to just talk to, you know?"

"Mhm. My name's Claire. You?"

"Leon. Nice to meet you." He grinned widely and felt a sense of pride that it was going well so far.

"Nice to meet you, too. Here, I'll give you my number."

She took out a piece of paper and searched for a pen. Leon eagerly took one out of his pocket and handed it to her.

"Here you go!" He flashed a grin as Claire chuckled.

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"Thanks!"

She wrote down her number and handed it over to Leon.

"See you soon. Bye, handsome." Claire waved off before she walked away.

"Bye.

" Leon waved back her. He felt rather impressed with himself of how great the encounter was. At that point, he completely forgot what he came to the store to get, so he left.

Less than a minute later, Xavier entered the store. Xavier froze and he took a short breath and let out a light gasp as he looked around. He felt a strange presence within himself upon entering the store. Xavier slowly moved his feet into motion towards the back of the grocery store. He was amazed by all the food that was there. He hadn't eaten a proper meal in over a year since being captured.

Xavier picked up an apple and stared at it before taking huge bites out of it. An elderly man who happened to be an employee of the store looked on in complete disgust by the way Xavier was eating like a hungry dog, devouring the apple in a matter of seconds. He dropped it to the ground and grabbed another, repeating the same action.

"S-Son, what are you doing? Aren't you gonna pay for that? Sir?"

Xavier ignored him and continued to eat. He moved on to another apple.

"Sir!" The old man placed his hand on Xavier's arm. He stopped chewing and spat chunks of apple out, slowly turning his attention to him.

Xavier had an infuriated look on his face and as retaliation for the interruption, he responded in a loud, aggressive tone.

"What?!" People in the store began to watch the situation unfold they heard a thunderous shout. The elderly man started to shake and so did his voice.

"I-I-I'm going to...a-ask you to leave."

Xavier couldn't believe what he was hearing. A person he deemed as an inferior had instructed him to leave. He felt disrespected. Xavier suddenly put his hand around the man's throat aggressively and began to choke him. The crowd of people screamed in disbelief. A couple of men tried to pull Xavier away from him, but they were no match for his strength and resilience. Xavier got closer into the old employee's face, which was filled in terror.

"You first."
Xavier shoved him with one hand across the store into the freezers. Everyone screamed in fear and shock. People began to run out of the store, while others tried to fight him.

A tall man rushed towards Xavier and went to furiously hit him with a right hook. He quickly reacted and simply side-stepped. Xavier grabbed his arm and snapped it fairly easily in a vicious manner. The man let out a pain filled cry as he dropped to the floor..

Two boys in their late teens went to rush him at once, but all it resulted in was them simply being thrown through shelves. Suddenly, Xavier heard a cocking sound of a handgun behind him, followed by a gunshot. With his abnormally fast reaction time, he turned around and ran over to the shooter. Xavier dodged the bullet and easily disassembled the gun.

The man looked at him in shock before getting a strong uppercut, which sent him flying into the air a few feet and back down hard. Xavier noticed that once everyone stopped fighting him, they started to run out. He ran out of the store and escaped by cutting through an alleyway between two buildings near it. Police sirens went off in the distance.