Resident Evil: Dead Awakening

Passionate Let Down

I continued to stare up into Chris' eyes knowing he couldn't possibly understand how I felt; I removed my arm from his grip and began walking towards the staircase heading towards the roof once more. I could sense his presence following closely behind me, he wasn't saying anything but his mood was changing I could sense that much. I took my chance to begin thinking of my next move, it would have to be swift and lead me towards Ava.

I had to be with her.

I opened the door allowing the cold evening air to nip at my skin, and caught sight of Jeremy one of Chris' men scouting the area, his eyes turned swiftly towards us and a small smile climbed across his face as he saw Chris walk forwards.

"Chris, we may be having some trouble sometime soon. Frank is heading on over," I leaned over the ledge and caught a final glimpse of this 'Frank' who was heading our way, with another one of Chris' men close behind. It didn't take very long for the noise to flow up the stairwell; if they kept this up they'd attract more unwanted attention than we needed.

As Frank forced his way up onto the roof I soon caught glimpse of the rage that was smoothing his face.

"You fucking bitch, you almost killed me!" I thought for a split second he was talking to Sheva whose face was terrified but prepared.

His hand was wrapped around my throat and pushing me closer to the edge of the balcony before I even had a chance to breathe, I craved the air so desperately my throat was already beginning to burn.

"You bitch, why did you think you could take a shot at me?" his sarcastic tone filled the quiet air and I so badly wanted to set him straight.

"I d-didn't shoot you…" it didn't matter; each word was lost within his rage. Then I looked over at Chris, Jeremy and Sheva each one of them had their guns pointed directly at Frank's head.

"Frank, let her go now and turn around slowly." Hearing the authority in Chris' voice caused a twinge deep done inside of me.

"Frank, I will give you to the count of 5 and if you haven't let Kayla go by then, I can promise you my bullet will be imbedding in your skull any second," I could feel my brain aching from the lack of oxygen and for a moment I thought this was going to be my last breath, but Chris wouldn't let that happen.

I watched in a haze as Chris' gun crashed down on the back of Frank's head loosening his grip on my throat instantly, before I had a chance to fall on my feet they gave out from beneath me leaving me falling to the ground. Only to have Sheva come to my rescue and help me stand, she held me close to her and began checking my neck over for any sign of injury, thankfully there was nothing but a harsh red mark.

"Are you sure you're okay?" I smiled at her, knowing she was only being kind to distract me from the scene that was happening before me.

"I'm fine," I gradually allowed myself to move away from her, giving myself some room. Watching Chris deal with the fellow solider was another matter entirely, his fist was raised and for a moment I felt the hostility in his presence.

"I promise you Frank, one more move like that and everything you've worked so hard for will be gone and far from your grasp, I'll even make sure Maggie is kept away from you."

"You keep Maggie out of this Chris." The atmosphere was beginning to fill with the testosterone the Captain and lower ranked soldier were giving off, the battle of dominance to be the top rank was fuelling the fight between them.

"Look Chris its fine, just leave it. It won't happen again, I'm sure he's got that." I placed my hand on his chest feeling him relax almost instantly under my touch, his eyes fell down on mine and for a moment I thought I saw a twitch of a smile threaten to appear on his face.

"Fine, but Frank you better what your attitude. Sheva and Kayla are part of the group now, so you better get used to protecting them just as much us, that's an order." As Frank's eyes fell to the floor his shoulders slumped back and I could feel his pride shatter before his very eyes, his Captain had spoken and he didn't have any choice but to follow the order he'd been given.

"All right, Sheva lead us to the room where you have your equipment set up to," the shield that protected Chris from all emotional contact was up once more, I followed closely behind, catching a quick glimpse of Frank leaning over the edge looking down at the streets to see Jeremy pat him on the back in a comforting manly motion.

Even through everything, he still had his team, Chris' team.

"So your telling me that Ava could be somewhere near Scotland right now?" as Chris leaned over the laptop that lay before him presenting him with all the information he'd need to track down Ava, I felt that twinge deep down inside, Ava was alive and she was safe.

"Yes I believe so, she was preparing to leave just as London and most of the United Kingdom got hit. I believe she may know the person involved in the attack."

"Wait, you have to be wrong. Ava wouldn't put the whole of the UK into the dark ages and destroy everyone's lives like this, she's had enough of a hard life, she wouldn't make it harder for herself." I watched as Sheva moved away from the laptop and neared me, her eyes giving away her emotions.

"She may have safety precautions set in place, it has happened before. We know Wesker was similar he had every step of his plan ready and waiting. With every move we made, we were just falling deeper into his plan, he was prepared for anything and we believe Ava maybe doing something quite similar." I turned away from Sheva, feeling the stab of hurt rush through me, and then my mind began to tick over what she'd just said. There was a hint of Ava hidden in there, this isn't impossible for Ava to do.

"Fine, say she has planned every step of this. She'll be expecting us to find her, how are we going to do this?" that's when Sheva moved away from me and turned to Chris her eyes lighting up at the very sight of him.

"That's where Chris comes in, his team and heavy machinery will get us there in no time and we'll be able to get hold of Ava and stop her plans there and then." Each moment we planned to take down Ava felt like another betrayal against her, but if she was pushing the world into destruction she had to be stopped.

"Okay Sheva I want you to stay here and begin planning out our route, also get one of my men in here and we'll get in contact with Beta Team; we'll need all the help we can get. Kayla, come with me and we'll check out the street scene with Frank, we'll need some idea of how much we'll be going against." With a quick nod we were away and I was following closely behind, I wanted so badly to tell him 'If Ava was doing this, there must be a reason behind it' but I know my words would get lost in the moment, and he'd hearing nothing but lies.

"I just want you to know Kayla, that I'll always know why you choose Ava over everything and everyone else. My own sister is my life force; my life would be empty and pointless without her there. After we lost our parents, I was all she had, and I still am." I could feel myself relax knowing that in a way he understood what I was going through, now all I had to do was make him understand Ava, and that this wasn't her way.

"Is she okay? Your sister I mean?" I touched his arm briefly feeling him tense under the sudden shock of my touch, only to relax almost instantly.

"I hope so; she's here in London at the moment. I haven't been able to get hold of her though, I know she's strong and she can look after herself but that doesn't stop me worrying about her."

"I know how you feel; knowing Ava is alive is the only thing keeping me going at the moment. I just need to know she's okay," I smiled gently at Chris and held his hand only for a second, his squeeze back was enough reassurance to know he understood me.

"Frank, what's the scene like up here?" Chris threw himself straight into the conversation whilst I stood back and watched intently, the two men were both built big, though Chris slightly larger. The way they acted around each other was unique; it wasn't something I had seen often at all, it was like they were constantly battling for dominance over one another.

"It's not too bad actually, I think we'll be able to stay the night without any trouble, although we will have to board off the entrances to the ground floor and this floor, and we should be able to rest here." I approached the balcony edge and took one more glance down at the sickly quiet London street, there was almost nothing. Only one possibly two zombies at the most, nothing to cause any threat, the rest must have moved on.

"All right, I want you to get Philip, Andy and Jeremy together and start boarding up the entrances and exits, then report back to me once this is done, and also check on Matt and see how he's doing with Sheva. I want to know immediately if they've got in contact with Beta Team." With a quick nod from Frank the conversation was over, he was already half way out of the door before I could offer him an apology.

Then I was reminded, I was alone with Chris once more. We couldn't ask for any more privacy, I stayed firmly at the side of the balcony and smiled lightly at Chris feeling my cheeks flush before I had a chance to stop them. The feeling of a simple school girl fancying the brother of her best friend swam through my mind. What a similar situation this was, yet something I'd never been involved in myself.

"You seem quiet, are you worried about Ava?" I allowed myself to take a small breath and calm myself down and finally turned towards Chris.

"Actually, I was thinking about us." Seeing his face fall in such a nervous action was humorous for me, his hand raised and began scratching the back of his neck a nervous twitch perhaps?

"Us, what part of us was you thinking about?" if his face wasn't filled with such thick stubble I'd have a better chance of seeing if he was blushing or not, but his stance wasn't giving anything away.

"Just how easy it was to knock you down earlier, for someone built the way you are I didn't expect it to be quite so easy." The smirk on my face was showing my true playful manner, once he caught scent of it the smirk climbed across his face quick enough.

"It won't be so easy next time, I can promise you that much," watching him move towards me as the sky dimmed behind us, made the moment that little bit more intense.

"I hope that time comes soon, because whatever it was I want more of it," I forced myself closer to him, so much so that the heat radiating off him wasn't warming just himself any more.

I waited so patiently for his response only to be stunned, his hands lifted up slowly tracing gentle lines along my skin causing each hair to stand on end. Once his hands finally found my hair they lost themselves in it and his lips soon locked with mine, the passion behind the kiss was enough to leave me breathless.

Our lips moulded together with every kiss, his tongue slowly tracing the line of my lips begging to enter and trace light lines along my own, I threw my hands into his hair losing myself in him. Every inch of him was pressed up against me, and before I knew it his hands had a firm hold of my buttock and lifted me up, which allowed me to wrap my legs around him whilst he supported every ounce of my weight.

As our tongues entwined and my hands lost themselves in his hair I could feel which way this was heading and I hadn't wanted it so much in my life. Our souls were locked with each other, losing ourselves in the moment; his hands every now and again would gently squeeze my buttock. I finally allowed myself to pull away, a chance to finally gasp for the breath my lungs so badly needed.

"What are we doing here?" each word was breathy and full of the passion that clung to every inch of this moment.

"I don't know, but whatever we're doing it's making me ache for you. It more ways than I care to mention." I held his face gently in my hands and smiled and kissed him with an urgency that showed just how much I truly wanted and needed him now.

"We have to sort out the team, before this goes any further," I spoke each word in between the kisses Chris trailed along my neck and collarbone. He finally ended with the lobe of my ear in between his teeth, his breathing sounded loudly in my ears causing shivers to float down my spine.

"Oh god, please, if you keep doing that we won't have to sort the team out," the sarcasm fuelled every word I spoke.

"That's what I'm planning on."

"Um, excuse me Captain." Chris froze up in front of me, his eyes locking with mine. The disappointment was clear as day within them, he kept his waist pointing my direction but allowed his torso to turn and face Matt, Chris' hand to hand specialist.

"This had better be good Matt."

"It is, Captain. We managed to get in contact with Beta Team they're half a day's walk from here, if we leave at 7am tomorrow we should be able to get to them around 3pm, although, they have someone with them, a Leon S Kennedy. They found him fighting off a large hoard alone." I couldn't hide the sudden tension that ran through my body, and caught Chris glancing at me as I did it.

"Matt, is he okay?" the urgency and emotions were present in my voice; with my defences down I was any open book.

"He's perfectly fine, they said he needed some patching up but he's helped them a lot since he's joined them, our team owes him their lives," I felt the stab of pride as Matt finished his sentence.

"All right, tell everyone to find a room close to Sheva's set up and get a good night's rest, we have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow and I doubt it'll be as easy as today."

"Yes Captain, and well done." I watched embarrassed as Matt gave Chris a cheeky wink and left the roof.

"Shall we find a room?" Chris' eyes fell on my with the same passion that had been there only minutes ago. I smiled whilst jumping down from the balcony side, and turned to face Chris with a smirk that was too venomous not to notice.

"Oh, I think you've had enough for today, another time perhaps? After all, what you said to Matt was quite true. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow, I'll see you in the morning." I turned quickly leaving him speechless and aching for my body, as I began descending the stairs I heard that ever so familiar voice ring in my ears.

"You did me proud, I'll see you soon."