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This chapter is a little shorter than the others, but the next one I promise will pay off! More adventure and drama is coming. The calm before the storm.
Chapter VII – Old friend
| Leon POV |
The moment I heard my name, I felt like shooting the voice's owner. Samantha had pulled away a few steps and I turned to see who it was. Not believing my eyes.
Chris Redfield was standing there, a bag over his shoulder and he blinked while looking at us.
"Chris?" Both Samantha and I said at the same time, getting near the man in front of us. I looked at her, confused, how did she know him? "Do you know him?"
"Long history." She muttered before looking at him and smiling. "Sam." He said, dropping the bag on the ground and running to her, hugging the womanI was about to kiss just moments ago.
I felt uncomfortable and out of place, looking at them not believing my eyes. He let her down and turned to me.
"Hey, buddy, long time no see." We shook hands, my grip tighter than I had intended to be, but the anger of being interrupted still burned inside of me.
"I didn't know you two knew each other." A blush appeared in Samantha's cheek, but the lack of light did a pretty good job hiding it. "We work together… What are you doing here? Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
"The BSAA was informed about a terrorist arrested selling viruses and I came as soon as I could." Sure, part of the mystery I solved, but that doesn't answer how the hell they know each other.
"Where are you staying?" Samantha asked again, God, I swear I am going to punch someone. "A hotel nearby, BSAA is paying."
"No, you can stay at my place." I was looking between Samantha and Chris, not understanding a thing of what was happening in front of me.
"Ok, then. If you are here, then you still live in the same place." He answered. Why was he going to stay with her?!
My face was hot and I knew I was red from anger; Samantha seemed to notice that since she turned to Chris. "Chester is playing around here, go say hello to him, I will go shortly."
He obeyed, simply nodding his head to me and leaving after it, going to find Chester, who played with Moon.
"So…?" I waited for an explanation, staring at the woman in front of me. "Chris is… An old… Friend. I met him a few years back and it only seems right that I help him out now he is in town. Your turn."
"He is an old friend, he is the one who gave me a recommendation letter to go to Raccoon City and has been helping me in this war ever since."
My lips felt dry and I licked them quickly, still feeling frustrated. She looked at every direction except to me.
"I should go… I will see you tomorrow, maybe… Goodnight." Before I could say goodbye, she was gone to find Chris and kneeled down to say goodbye to Moon, who came running to me.
Minutes later Chris, Chester and her were out of my sight and I was alone in the park, sighing and frustrated.
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I barely slept at night, nightmares and the memory of last night appearing all the time in my mind, among several questions and thoughts.
I decided to go to work early and got to the office before 7:00 a.m., without anything in special to do. I wandered in the HQ, walking in the corridors like a ghost. That was so unusual and unlike me.
After a few minutes wandering I heard laughter and decided to see who it was, only to frown and feel like killing someone when I saw Chris and Samantha walking and chatting happily. They stopped when saw me, a smile appearing in Samantha's lips.
"Leon." She called and I walked toward them, standing in front of Chris. He was taller than me, more muscular and I mentally hit myself because of the hideous comparison.
"You are here early. You don't have to watch over Ashley today?" Samantha asked, still smiling. "I have, but I needed to get some papers here before." I lied, thinking about an excuse quickly, she seemed to believe it.
"I was taking Chris here to our superior's office, they have things to talk about. Want to have breakfast before you leave?" Her proposal made my heart speed up and I smiled for the first time in hours.
"Sure. Will you be joining us, Chris?" I looked at him, the serious expression back on my face. "I don't think so, you guys go ahead." I smiled on the inside, but kept the serious expression.
"Ok then. Have a nice chat." I said while he left and Samantha laughed, chat with our supervisor was never nice.
"What is going on, Leon?" She asked while we walked to the cafe next to the HQ. "Sorry?" I played dumb, raising an eyebrow.
"You are acting weird near Chris. Aren't you guys friends?" Crap, she noticed. "We are, and I am normal, just a little bit tired."
She didn't look convinced, but ignored and entered the cafe, sitting on a table near the door. The waitress came with the menus and winked at me while she waited. We ordered toasts, eggs and coffee.
I wondered if I should talk about events of last night before we were interrupted by Chris, but feared things would get awkward between us. I observed while she took the mug and led it to her lips, her pink inviting lips. I looked away and shook my head to wipe away the crazy and inappropriate thoughts that appeared in my head.
"Oh, I realized that we haven't really talked about our last mission." Samantha said, looking thoughtful and I mentally thanked her for bringing up a different subject. "Yeah, did the man say anything about where he got the viruses?"
"Not much, he said a friend gave it to him, he seemed oblivious to what it really was, thinking it just caused the skin to look younger and stuff like that. I don't know if I believe him." She sighed and took another sip of the coffee.
"Maybe we should check the foundation we were investigating, pay them a visit." She pondered for a few seconds before saying anything. "We could. But we need a really good excuse to appear there, what if the place is just innocent?"
"We will come up with something, let's get the supervisor's permission first."
We continued breakfast without talking too much, we just ate and looked at each other time to time, and she smiled gently when she saw my eyes on her.
We returned to HQ, but I didn't enter it, it was time to go to the White House and baby sit again. She turned at me when we reached the door. "Well, don't kill yourself because of Ashley." She joked.
"I won't, promise." We shared a smile before she turned to leave, entering the place and leaving me alone o attend to my duties.
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I felt like the day dragged itself, minutes seemed like hours and when night finally came, I felt like I hadn't slept in years.
The ride home was boring and when I got home, I dragged myself to bed, not even changing clothes. My eyes were closing when I heard the phone ring.
I groaned but picked it up anyway. "Hello?"
"Leon? It's Samantha. I am afraid I have both good and bad news for you. Our request to pay a visit to The Sacred Holy Stone was accepted." I heard Samantha's voice on the other side of the line and my sleep disappeared.
"And why is that bad news?" I asked, sitting on the bed. "Because we will have to pay them a visit, duh. Our life could be in danger one more time."
"Isn't it always in danger?" She sighed and I smiled when her face popped into my head. "When do we leave?" I asked.
"I don't know yet, we will be informed when the time has come." I sensed the worry in her words, but also the determination. "Well, I should probably let you sleep." She said.
"I am not sleepy!" I rushed in saying and she laughed lightly. "Ok, then. But I still should hang up."
"No, we can talk!" Boy, I sounded like a fifteen years old, I felt like one. "Ok, we can talk." We didn't speak for a few minutes.
"Then speak!" She laughed once more while talking. "Is your guest asleep?" I couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know. I am locked in my room, he is sleeping in the couch, when I got to my room he was watching TV." Good, separated rooms. "Ok, then. Good to know."
"Jealous, are we?" She joked and laughed again, but in reality, I was jealous. "Sure, of our couch, I bet it is really comfy." She laughed again.
"It is. Perhaps one day you can sit on it." Oh, I would very much enjoy that. "Only if Chester sits with me."
We chatted for almost an hour before sleep took over both of us. "I think we should hang up, I am sleepy…" She yawned on the other side and I smiled.
"Ok. Have nice dreams."
"You too. Goodnight." She hung up first and I let myself fall on the bed, drifting to sleep slowly.
The next couple days I forced myself to stay away from the headquarters. I knew Chris was there, probably sitting on Samantha's couch and talking with her about many things.
I tried to concentrate on Ashley for the first time in my life, she was talking like usual.
"So, Leon, where is your agent friend?" She asked, making me turn to her with full attention. "Who?"
"You know, that agent that disturbed us the other day at the mall when we were alone, just the two of us." She focused on the last part, winking at me and I felt uncomfortable.
"She is working." Was all I managed to say, thinking about what she was really doing at that time. Was she talking to Chris? Or was he just staring at her while she worked? Ok, I gotta get this out of my mind immediately.
Ashley was mumbling and cursing that we were interrupted that day and I tried my best to ignore.
We were sitting on the White House's garden, she wanted to have a picnic and who was I to no?
A guard approached us, handing me a piece of paper. "Agent Kennedy, this is from the President." And left.
I stared at the paper for a couple of seconds before finally opening it to read, it said:
Leon, I received a request for you and agent Wright to investigate a suspicious foundation. I am granting it, but before we will have to wait to see if we can extract any more information of the seller arrested in Las Vegas. If we don't, in a week you will be departing to your new mission.
President Graham.
Well, by the looks of it… I have a new mission to attend to.
