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Chapter 21! I'm so happy that this has actually gotten somewhere! I wanna thank so many people for the favorites and reviews, also on my other stories. Thank you so much! So here I present to you… chapter 21!
The Day That Never Comes:
Chapter 21:
Apologies and Malls
"How much deception can you take? How many lies will you create? How much longer until you break? Your minds about to fall…" – Muse: MK Ultra.
Rose hated apologizing. It wasn't in her… nature. When she slapped Albert and then told him off, she just went upstairs and cried. She hadn't said a word to him for days. He would spend his lonely hours in the lab, at meetings, sailing by himself, driving by himself. He didn't take Huck with him anywhere, and it was really starting to get to the poor dogs head.
She didn't like it when he was unnaturally silent, it irked her when he took his dinner into his office, and it also made her guilty when she would walk past a bathroom only to find him staring at himself in the mirror, a sad expression on the man staring back.
So after four long days of an incoherent Albert, she manned up and decided to talk to him.
She walked down the winding staircase of his mansion and looked around the living room. She entered the extension and found her brother sitting in front of a large aquarium.
I didn't know that he had one of those… Rose thought.
She stood in the threshold; Albert's back turned to her. Huck sat next to him. Albert was dropping something into the tank. Rose walked over to Huck, and stood beside him. Albert was dropping in decent sized, live goldfish into the tank. He watched the five fish shred the poor goldfish to ribbons. The blood only made the fish crave more. Huck's eyes followed the five killers intently, and Albert dropped another fish into tank. The five killers were upon the goldfish in seconds, ripping the scales and skin away, revealing innards and bones. When they were finished, they let the bones sink to the sandy bottom.
"Serrasalmus Rhombeus." Albert said, breaking the silence. "Also known as the Black Piranha. Beautiful creatures they are… they way they hunt in packs… it's phenomenal." Rose watched as he dropped the last goldfish into the tank, and just as before, the piranha's devoured it in a matter of seconds.
"Albert… you know I didn't mean any of that stuff. I was just upset, and to tell the truth a bit awed. But I just wanna say sorry for, you know… slapping you."
Wesker turned to her. "Rose, I don't think that you should be the one apologizing. I messed up. I messed up before this, reality hurts, I know that, but everything I told you was true, because I don't lie. I need to apologize to you because I revealed a side of me that you weren't ready to know yet. And it will scar you just as it has scarred me."
"Well… I accept your apology, but I think you should accept mine too, just to make me feel better." Rose smiled.
Wesker stood up and hugged Rose. Rose had never gotten a hug from Albert, ever, so it was a bit strange. What she said next she should have hit herself for saying it, it was so stupid.
"You smell good."
Wesker held her at arms length. He raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Thank you?"
"I just… ya, I don't know." Rose stammered.
"I get it, it's alright." Albert said.
Rose pointed to the tank. "So when did you get those?"
"I was out yesterday and I happened to walk past a pet store. I saw these fellas in the window, so I bought them, simple as that." Wesker said.
"Pretty neat, do they need live food?"
"No, I just enjoy watching them feed on live food."
"Sicko… so, I'm gonna go for a drive. I met this girl at the mall the other day, she's pretty sweet. Wanna tag along?"
Wesker sighed. "I suppose, I have nothing better to do considering that Excella has taken the Chris Redfield matter into her own hands. I don't really have to worry about that little shit right now."
"Sweet, so what about Huck?" She said, pointing to the dog, still watching the fish.
"I have many ways to get him into many places." Wesker said, smirking.
Wesker locked up and then he, Huck, and Rose stepped into the driveway. Rose unlocked Veronica and then sat in the driver's seat. Wesker pulled back the passenger seat so Huck could climb in and then took a seat himself.
"Off we go!" Rose yelled. She started the engine, the car roaring to life.
"You like it?" Wesker asked.
"I fucking love it!" Rose stated as she sped down the driveway.
When the three were at the mall, Wesker let Huck out and replaced his leather collar with a police dog tag.
"Clever." Rose smiled.
They entered the mall and waited by a store.
"So, who are we meeting again?" Wesker asked.
"A friend of mine, her name is Emma." Rose said. "Look, there she is!"
A woman about the same age as Rose hugged her. She had long brown hair that went passed her shoulders; and her eyes were a stunning hazel. She dressed similar to Rose, jeans and a tank top. The tank top had a small skull and cross bones on the right strap. Her grubby Vans were black and white checkered, and she had a wristband on that said BITE ME.
"Al, this is Emma Grady, Emma, Albert." Emma shook his hand and smiled.
"Charmed I'm sure." Wesker smirked.
Emma pointed at Huck. "I don't mean to ask, but I noticed the dog and the sunglasses. Are you… blind? Not to be mean, I'm just curious."
Wesker chuckled. "No, I'm not. Huck just follows me wherever, and I have a high sensitivity to light." This was a lie.
"Ya, Albert has some high authority around these part, you know, Government crap.
Wesker scoffed. "It most certainly is not crap!" He turned to Emma. "I am a scientist, biochemist to be exact; you have it high up with the government when you specialize in playing God."
Emma nodded. "I see, so where are we headed?"
Rose shrugged. "I dunno, I guess we could just string along until we find something interesting."
"So you just dragged me along to play bodyguard?" Wesker complained.
Rose shrugged. "Well if you want to, be my guest! We can be all like; 'we're all badass because we have a bodyguard and a vicious dog!'"
Emma pointed. "But, that dog doesn't look vicious, and he doesn't look like a bodyguard."
Rose leaned in to Emma. "Trust me, looks are very deceiving when it comes to Albert, and Huck is not vicious I was just over exaggerating."
"Like you always do." Wesker mumbled.
"Hey! I do not!" Rose yelled.
Rose and Emma window shopped for a good hour, Wesker and Huck trailing behind. A few mall cops stopped them to question about Huck but Wesker flashed a fake badge and the cops moved on.
"Can we go home now?" Wesker complained.
"Ahhh ya, just hold on for a minute." Rose said.
"You said that fifteen minutes ago!" Wesker barked.
"Don't complain bodyguard." Rose mocked.
Wesker grunted in annoyance.
After nothing in the stores struck their interest, the two girls said their goodbyes and parted. Rose, Wesker, and Huck made their way to the car. On their way home the car ride was silent save for the music from the radio that flowed through the car, Marilyn Manson's Mobscene. Rose loved this song.
Ladies and gentlemen.
We are the thing of shapes to come.
Your freedoms not free and dumb.
The Depression is Great.
The Deformation Age, they know my name.
Waltzing to scum and base and married to the pain.
Bang we want it!
Bang we want it!
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
You came to see the Mobscene.
I know it isn't your scene.
It's better than a sex scene, and it's so fucking obscene, obscene yeah.
The engine stopped and so did the music. Rose parked the Camaro next to the Cadillac. With empty-shopping-bag-hands, Rose unlocked the door.
When the three were in the living room, Rose bent down and noticed that Albert has two missed calls.
She threw him his phone. "Two missed calls bro."
"Thanks." Wesker said as he sat down on the couch.
He went through the first message, a very unimportant one at that, and then listened to the second one as his eyes widened.
He called Excella back.
She answered. "Hello, Albert, did you get my message?"
"Yes I got your message and what do you mean 'lost them?'"
"Well, the two wreaked havoc on the mines, and found Irving. Also, Irving left behind the oilfield files, so they are heading there as we speak."
Wesker pinched the bridge of his nose. "The one place we didn't want them to find and they are headed there… right now."
"Yes sir."
"Well, there shall be no punishment involving you… you find Irving and you tell him to call me or so help me I will skin that little insolent fool alive and breathing!"
"Yes sir, thank you sir."
Wesker hung up.
Rose looked at her frustrated brother. "Redfield? I always knew he was the pest one of that damn team of yours."
"Well your right… he's been tracking me down since the day he figured out I was alive still. What a fool to think that I stayed dead, twice for that matter."
"What will you do when he faces you? Will you kill him?" Rose asked, barley a whisper.
Wesker looked out the window. "Yes, I'll kill him. Do you know why?"
Rose shook her head.
"I'll kill Christopher because he needs to be shown what true fear really is, he needs to understand the raw power of death. He deserves it, but many think he doesn't. When you say that no man deserves death no matter the circumstance, I say to hell with that, everyone deserves to die while I sit back and watch the world riddle away into nothing."
Rose was silent, not able to respond to Albert's deep thought about death and its work.
"The day will come and I will hold this world in my icy grip…"
A/N: So sorry this took forever to post, I'll have a new chapter stat for you guys!