Chapter 10

Ohh! A mystery is coming! I promise the story will get better! :)

If you don't know what I mean by mystery, I mean the zombie…who wasn't ever bitten…o.O

Claire rushed to my side, "Give me the gun" She said a bit worried, scared, but she was also taking charge of the situation.

I was still in a bit of shock. I just…killed someone. I mean, I've killed the monsters for Wesker, but this person was still a human. Not the zombie that had been feasting on his flesh.

I had to get over it. It would do me no good.

I gave Claire the gun and she turned me around she tried to help Chris. Whom tossed her a cell phone. "Call the B.S.A.A. We need backup!" He told her.

She nodded and had me by her side. I stayed close, suddenly reverting back to frightened child mode.

Claire had one hand on her gun, she had it ready to shoot any zombies if needed. Though, there weren't that many.

Soon the line picked up.

"Hello? Redfield what is it?" A voice said to Claire.

"My name is Claire, I'm Chris' sister. We are at Westfield Mall in San Diego. We need back up. There are zombies here. We are holding off as many as we can, and the persons in the mall are fleeing. We need your help." She said, trying to be calm. But it was hard to.

"Roger that Miss Redfield. Right away."

Chris was taking care of some zombies. Though the strange thing was…only some of them were even bitten.

One got close and he kicked it away, shooting it quickly.

"They'll be right here Chris! Just hold on!" Claire said to him.

I stayed quiet. How one flick of a finger can change someone so much.

Chris was taking care of some zombies. Though the strange thing was…only some of them were even bitten.

One got close and he kicked it away, shooting it quickly.

"They'll be right here Chris! Just hold on!" Claire said to him.

I stayed quiet. How one flick of a finger can change someone so much. So fast.

Claire quickly shot down one zombie. "We have to move!" She said. We were in the middle of the mall and the most vulnerable here. We needed to get to one of the entrances where it was safer.

Chris nodded. "Get moving! Go to the West entrance! It's closer and there's less over there!"

Claire nodded. "Be careful!"

Thinking I was some little kid she took my hand and started to run.

I ran too. But pulled my hand from her grip. I could run just fine without her dragging me along.

We ran through people to the West exit. Making it there we saw multiple armored vehicles outside and armed soldiers.

I stopped seeing them, The guns pointed our way. But not at us. "C'mon!" Claire told me. I ran with her.

We got outside as other people were there too.

A man came to address Claire. "Where's your brother?"

"He's still inside." Claire sounded worried. She turned around to look back at the glass doors to see a figure running our way. Faster than a zombie. Other figures followed behind him. Zombies.

Which meant that that was Chris!

He burst through the doors and ran to us. "Fire! They're coming!" He yelled and ducked out of the way.

The B.S.A.A. commander ordered the men to fire. The zombies got to the doors.

Sounds of gunfire exploded everywhere around me. I didn't think my ears could take so much of this. It was much louder than expected.

"Are you alright?" Claire asked Chris over the gunfire.

He waved her worries off. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me." He said and hunched over to catch his breath from the run. "You two alright?" He was about to ask, but a B.S.A.A. member asked us first.

We nodded. "We're fine." Claire said. I was still silent as ever.

I looked at Claire and whispered. "I think we should get out of here…"

"Why? I mean, besides the obvious, it's safe with B.S.A.A." She said.

I shook my head. "For you. Not for me." I whispered. Afraid they would hear me. Meaning the B.S.A.A. people.

Chris straightened up and looked at me. "Oh…right." He said. "Well, actually that may be best if you stay…"

"No! You idiot!" I snapped at him.

Then quieted down. "He will kill me if he finds out that I was doing all this with you guys. Granted he will find out anyway, but if I stay with the B.S.A.A. they will find out who I am, and what certain virus is in my body. Making this even worse!" I yelled in a whisper. The gunfire continued.

He groaned. "Listen kid," He began a little annoyed. "He might kill you either way! You may be what we need to figure out how he's alive, what he's doing, how to stop him, and how all this happened!" He scolded me.

I stared at the floor. Then looked up at him. "I can't stay here Chris! As much as I'd like to help, I don't know anything about his plans or anything!"

He sighed. "Claire, watch her. I need to go talk with someone." He said and walked off to go talk with the commander. Leaving me alone with Claire.

She looked down at me. "Well, when do you have to go back?"

"Tomorrow." I said.

"…Then we still have time…" She said to me.

"Time for what?"

"To figure out what's going on here." Claire said.

I nodded. I understood now. I was to help figure out why Umbrella was doing this, well, sort of, and what exactly was their plan. But I was still at risk. Being with this many B.S.A.A. members, and Claire who was Terra Save .That might recognize me.

"Can we please go? I don't want anyone to recognize who I am." I said to Claire.

"Are you sure?"

I nodded. "I went missing four months ago. It will raise suspicion if people notice who I am, that I just happened to turn up again."

Just then I heard my name being yelled.

I turned. I saw a girl with outstretched arms and was running. My first instinct was a zombie. But it wasn't.

Zombies didn't smile.

I braced myself for impact as she wrapped her arms around me in a hug. "Chelsea!" She said happily. "Is that really you? We thought you were dead! Where were you?" She asked, looking at me.

I winced when she asked that. But couldn't help but hug my friend back.

"Hey Paulene." I smiled.

She smiled too.

"Listen…I…it's going to be hard to explain…let's just say I was kidnapped…?"I suggested. Sort of was true anyways.

She looked at me as she spoke, "And you just show up now?"

I nodded. "Be glad I showed up at all."

I completely forgot Claire and Chris were there. I heard a bit of footsteps—Chris was coming back—and a grunt. I looked up as did Paulene.

"Friend of yours?" Chris asked me. Looking at us, still in our hug position. We both let go at the same time.

"Yeah." I said.

She waved. "This is Paulene." I introduced her to Chris and Claire.

"Chris Redfield." Chris said.

"Claire Redfield." Claire said after her brother.

After the introductions, Paulene looked back at me. "Will you explain now?" The sound of gunfire started up again, making her jump, and me also.

I sighed.

"Also, do you know what's happening in there? I just got here and they wouldn't let us inside."

I nodded. "Someone was…infected…and it caused chaos." I said.

I looked at Chris and Claire. "And…the B.S.A.A. came to help." I said.

She looked at me still, then Chris and Claire. "B.S.A.A.?"

I pointed to Chris, "Like him. Though he was with me and Claire when it happened." I said. "Like all these armed soldiers out here. All in the Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance."

She got a confused look on her face then she got an idea. I could tell. "Hey, wait, didn't you once mention that from that video game? …Resident Evil?" She asked.

I nodded, biting my bottom lip. "Remember who I drew? Well these are two of them."

She was shocked a bit. "Wait…they're from a video game? Then, where's the guy with the sunglasses?" She asked. The gunfire continued. She had to yell over it now, "Wait, THERE WERE ZOMBIES INSIDE THE MALL?" She asked loudly.

The three of us, me Chris and Claire nodded.

Chris looked at me and bent down a bit to whisper something to me, "Are you sure you should be telling her all this?" He asked.

"It'll be fine. I'm just going to tell her what happened in there, nothing too detailed. I am really worried about B.S.A.A. though. God knows what they'll do if they find out." I whispered back.

"I can…here you Chelsea…"

I face-palmed myself.

"Well, I guess I have to explain now…"