How will the group strike back?


The group had to find a new place of operation after losing their HQ. Wesker had completely annihilated it, many barely getting out alive, including our heroes.

They arrived at a new base, it was a small place but they had a little assistance from Leon's Government ally, Helena Harper, who gave Leon the coordinates to a newer hideout, it's not as big as the BSAA but it's still a decent place of operations.

They arrived at an isolated base located in a forest, where they were greeted by an old friend of Leon & Claire, agent Sherry Birkin, the very girl that Leon & Claire rescued from Raccoon City.

The base had enough room to house all the agents and hold their weapons, so once everyone was settled in, Chris went straight to work, he wanted to figure out how to deal with Wesker.

Applejack took this time to introduce herself to Sherry, "Howdy there, mah name's Applejack, great to meet yah"

Sherry looked a bit shocked to see Applejack, granted she knew about her beforehand, she never actually had the chance to meet Applejack face to face. Seeing Applejack up close was such a surprise to Sherry, but she decided to return the courtesy.

"My name is Sherry Birkin, it's nice to meet you too Applejack"

"You the one that Leon & Claire rescued from Raccoon City right?"

Sherry nodded, "Yeah, when I was a little girl, I went to the Police Station to get away from the zombies, but it did no good since the zombies were there too, Leon and Claire managed to rescue me and get me out of the city safely"

Applejack nodded, "Good on them, though if Ah may ask, you said you were a little girl...where were your parents? They at the station with you?"

"Sorta...my mom didn't go with me, she told me to go on my own, she was on her way out of Umbrella's labs"

Applejack nodded, "Right, Leon & Claire said your parents worked with Umbrella, must be hard knowing something like that nowadays, how you feeling?"

"I'm just fine, it's a shock but it's something I was able to get through"

Applejack nodded, "Good to hear"

Bruce walked by, "Hey AJ, Sherry, things all good here?"

The two nodded. "We're good Bruce", Applejack said.

"Good, man quite a day, we almost got killed, thankfully we have the skills to get out of there", Bruce said.

Applejack felt a chilled spine, the fact that she was so close to dying again, Wesker was a frightening man, "Yeah, if you say so Bruce", she then walked off, Bruce became concerned.

"AJ?" he went to follow her.

Meanwhile Chris is sitting on a chair, very stressed out over what happened, then angrily knocked down some nearby files, "Dammit! I can't believe he got the drop on us like that!"

Chris rested his head a little. Leon and Claire approached him, a bit concerned for him.

"You alright there Chris?" Leon asked.

Chris just looked at Leon, "I'm fine...", he let out a heavy sigh, "Not too happy on how things played out today, I thought we could handle him..."

"He just snuck up on us, we'll get him next time", Claire said, keeping a smile on her face, hoping Chris would follow suit on it. Chris didn't smile though, he was very frustrated.

"Whatever you say Claire, now leave me be a moment, I need to figure some stuff out", Chris laid back a little. Leon and Claire decided to back off from Chris a bit, let him gather his thoughts.

Back with Applejack, she's in a room, still in thought about the whole Wesker situation, Bruce had entered as well, "AJ, you ok?"

Applejack nodded, "I'm fine Bruce, don't worry", there was a little doubt in her voice though, Bruce caught that, "If something's bothering you baby girl, you can tell me"

"I'm fine Bruce, I'm just...a bit concerned"

Bruce approached her, "About?"

Applejack kept her head turned away, "It's just...I've seen so many scary things in mah life, I've seen evil kings of shadow, changling queens that steal love, a giant centaur steal the magic, flight and strength from ponies, a town of creepy smiling ponies with a strange mayor, a giant serpent like creature that loves chaos, even the first major advisory me and mah friends fought, a mare that wanted eternal night", she let out a chuckle, "That would hurt mah business, no sun means no food growing"

Bruce humored her with a chuckle of his own, she continued, "Point is I've seen a lot of scary things...even facef off against a chimera"

"You're a tough girl, got a lot of guts"

Applejack shook her head, "Ah thought so...but something about that Wesker guy...everything he's doing here, the zombies, the monsters, all these B.O.W.s, somehow seems a lot worse than everything I've encountered, so much more dangerous, so much more scary...ah...ah think I'm becoming a coward..."

Bruce looked unhappy, "You ain't no coward, a coward runs, you always did your best out there, maybe it's all new to you, or maybe you just feel nervous because your friends ain't around"

Applejack groaned, "But that just confirms I'm a coward, that ah need mah friends because otherwise I'm just some useless country hick, ah can't really do things, I'm just in over mah head", she started tearing a bit, "Ah can't handle this Bruce...why can't ah be strong like you"

Bruce went down to her and looked her in the eyes, "That doesn't mean you're a coward, your friends helped you find the courage because you care about them, when you were with them, did you use them to protect yourself, or were you ready to go on the front lines with them?

Applejack wiped her eyes a bit, "Front line, ah always want to fight fer my friends, but without them ah can barely fight fer myself"

"It's because you're a good friend, look AJ, everyone's scared, even I'm scared, I'm always scared because I know I could die at any moment, but I power through that because it's my duty"

Applejack looked up at him, "You sure hide it well"

Bruce nodded, "Yeah...I do, don't I? But I always have a reason to fight, to protect my friends, to protect Fong Li, now to protect you"

Applejack looked at him with her big green eyes, "You're very special to me Applejack, like a little sister, someone for me to care about, there's nothing wrong with being scared AJ, you seem to handle it as well as you can, and when things go bad, you don't give up, you keep trying, if you were a coward you never would have even tried to do this, now you've come a long way...I don't think it's just the situation that's scary, I think it's that you're worried about your friends, and your sister, and your brother and grandma and all your cousins, all that plus this situation of being in a new world, seeing new enemies, it just got to you, but I can see you're still trying to fight through it"

Applejack let out a few sobs, "You really think so?"

Bruce nodded, "Yeah, you're a great fighter, I've seen how much you're willing to risk your life to help me and Rebecca and everyone else, you're a great mare Applejack, I love you, and I'm here for you baby girl"

Applejack smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, "Ah love you too Bruce, you're a true friend"

Bruce then grabbed AJ and looked her square in the eye, "And remember, you can always come to me, don't ever feel like you ain't worth my time, or that you're a worthless pony", Bruce closed his eyes, holding back a tear, "Because you are a special girl, and it breaks my heart to see you this upset", Bruce wiped a tear from his eye, "I just want to get you through this, and send you home, back to your friends, and back to your family because I know that you really need them right now, and I swear, if I can, I will help you find where your sister went and I will bring her back for you"

Applejack's tears of sorrow became tears of joy, Bruce's tears still remained as Applejack rested her head back on his shoulder and hugged him, "Ah do know one thing, as long as I'm with you, ah still have a family, you're an Apple in mah eyes"

Bruce chuckled, "Maybe I can change my middle name to Apple, I would be Bruce Apple McGirven"

Applejack returned the chuckle, "Yeah, ah guess"

As they chuckled, Rebecca passed by the room, she was so happy for them, she peeked in a little and awed at the hug.

Applejack noticed, "Howdy there Rebecca"

Bruce turned to her, "Hey there, what brings you here?"

"I have to check on everyone for injuries, I didn't want to interrupt your moment"

Bruce smiled, "Thanks, she really needed a talk...how about you give her a little chat, could help"

Rebecca nodded, "Will do"

Once Bruce left, Rebecca went to Applejack and kneeled to her, "Everything ok here?"

Applejack nodded, "Just a bit worried...that Wesker fellow is scary"

Rebecca nodded, "Yeah...I remember the time he tried to kill me, thank God I had my vest but..."

Applejack nodded, "Right..."

"Glad you're doing ok, this is a scary situation, thankfully you have Bruce, he really cares about you"

"Ah care about him too, ah also care about you Rebecca"

Rebecca blushed at that comment. Suddenly the two were locked in a kiss that lasted a moment, though once they broke it, Rebecca had a small frown, "There's little chance of us happening"

Applejack nodded, "Ah know...but it's good to have someone during this"

"Truth be told, I was looking for someone to have during this...glad it's you"

Applejack then kissed her some more and looked to the bed, "Let's just enjoy ourselves while we can"

Rebecca nodded, "Right...we have time before the check up, so a quick round shouldn't hurt"

Applejack nodded and went to the bed with Rebecca eagerly following, ready to make some love to each other, but, of course, just as a stress reliever, nothing more.

Meanwhile Chris is talking with Jill on the Wesker situation.

"When do we strike?" Jill asked.

"Soon, Leon's talking with Helena Harper, they're gonna get us the means to defeat Wesker", Chris replied.

"I hope so, otherwise we're screwed"

"We're screwed either way, whether she can get us more weapons or not is a moot point, I'm gonna head in there and kick Wesker's ass for all this"

Leon enetered the room, "Just spoke to Helena, she'll be meeting us soon, once we're ready, we'll all go after Wesker"

Chris nodded, "Good...Wesker's going down"

Meanwhile Wesker was waiting, waiting to deal with Applejack on behalf of Sombra, ready to take down the remains of the BSAA, ready to kill Chris Redfield.


Revenge on Wesker coming