Wesker began laughing the second he saw the small group leave the hummer. He instantly recognized them. It was the personal protection force that high ranking Umbrella employees used. Of course he knew the organization was still active, it was well known to any former Umbrella employee. He had not expected to see them around this city though. He was sure the government had already given up hope. It seemed there would be no bombing after all. Crouching lower into the tree he knew rested in, he caught a glimpse of some of the members. Slick was the first person he knew. The Russian had guarded him personally when he was a scientist. Then there was Steve Burnside. The boy had supposedly died on Rockfort. How amusing that Umbrella always seemed to bring people back from the dead. He, himself was proof of that. His mouth nearly dropped open when he saw his enemies little sister trailing behind Steve with her shotgun ready. When had she joined up with the protection agency? Then again, they had probably called on her.

He briefly wondered if their little infection tracker would pick up on him. Technically he was infected with the G-Virus even though his body had more or less weeded it out over the last few years. An undead stumbled out of the house nearest them. Deliny stepped towards it and blew a single pistol round through the creatures head. It collapsed and they continued moving. He had to admit that they were efficient if nothing else. Wesker was very curious about Burnsides abilities. He wondered if the younger man was in any way similar to him. He could always engage them and find out. With Claire there though, he would be exposed to her and she would inform her brother. He wasn't ready for that.

As they drew nearer, Wesker thought they would pass by without any idea he was there. He was wrong. Steve stopped and turned towards the tree. Wesker could feel his eyes penetrating the tree. He grinned and gave a little nod. Steve stared for a moment more before doing a small nod in return. They knew what each other were. Steve had no reason to expose Wesker as he was obviously civilized and not currently a threat. He also saw a warning in the red heads eyes. As if that little boy could harm him. Once the team moved by, he leapt down from the tree and took off towards home. He needed to warn Sherry to stay off the streets just in case.

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Chris, Jill, Barry, and Sherry all stood staring at Leon. The blond man shook his head and turned to walk back towards the desk. Ada was sitting on the desk staring off into space. They all seemed utterly shocked at Leon's statement. Things had drastically changed. They would no longer be leaving the city via the evacuation copter. The government had changed their minds about destroying the city. It seemed that they were going to try and contain the virus. Chris snorted. Yeah that had worked great so far. Literally half the city was dead and trying to eat the other half. He turned away from the rest of them and went to look out the window of the police department.

The city was cut off. No supplies were going to be brought in until the biohazard was contained. People were no longer driving because all the stations were out of gas. Grocery stores were a literal war zone. He was happy that he and Jill had gone shopping before the mess got bad. They were set for at least another 2 weeks. Break ins were at an all time high but that was mainly in the more rough sides of the city. He was lucky enough to be fairly close to the PD. The neighborhoods surrounding the precinct were oddly ignored by criminals. Cops were going non stop as it was to keep people from killing each other. Leon had even been called out to do regular officer work even though he was a government agent. Jill cleared her throat. Everyone looked at her, including Chris.

"So are we supposed to just sit around and wait for everything to get better?" she asked.

Leon sighed.

"Honestly I don't know. HQ is really being sketchy about this. I was told that things would be handled by tomorrow."

Barry laughed.

"Are you kidding me? They think they can have this all cleaned up over night? Haven't they learned anything from the outbreaks before?"

"There was a report of an outbreak in Salt Lake City. The outbreak started on a Tuesday, killed about 10,000 that day and night and was completely sanitized by Thursday morning. I don't know what they are working on but its good, whatever it is." Leon said.

Chris couldn't believe that. Other than bombing the infection site, they couldn't fix it all that fast.

"They didn't bomb?" Sherry asked.

"No. It's some kind of secret project." Leon said to her.

Jill walked over to stand with Chris.

"Look it sounds like a good thing. Lets just let them do it and be happy that they are." she said.

Ada stood and took Leon's hand.

"She's right. Why worry about it?" Ada said.

Leon smiled at her. Chris wondered if there was something more going on there. Then his cell phone rang. He glanced down at it, seeing it was Bobby. Why was Claire's boyfriend calling him?

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hey Chris its Bobby." he said.

Chris nodded to his friends and went down the hall slightly to get some quiet.

"Hey man what's up?"

"Dude is Claire with you?" he asked.

Chris felt his throat tighten up.

"No, I haven't talk to her for a while."

Why didn't he call her? Chris hadn't even realized it had been so long since he had talked to his little sister.

"I keep calling her but her phone goes straight to voice mail. She was supposed to come get me so we could get to some important meeting or something like that but she never showed."

Chris knew Claire had been referring to the evacuation.

"Uh, did you go to her apartment?" he asked.

Claire and her boyfriend used to live together but after a fight, they decided to live separately again.

"Yeah the door was locked. Some kid told me she left yesterday and hasn't been back."

"Well let me try to find her and I'll let you know if I figure it out." he said.

"Thanks man. Talk to you later."

Chris hung up and turned around. Jill was standing there staring at him.

"She's fine Chris." Jill said.

He nodded.

"Yeah I know. I do need to find her though." he said, smiling at her.

Jill took his hand and led him back out. He was wondering what in the world his sister had gotten herself into. She always seemed to have terrible luck and it always got her into difficult situations.

"Guys its 6:18. I think we should all be heading home." Leon said, starring at a watch on his wrist.

Chris glanced at his own watch. Curfew now started at 7pm for all city residents.

"Yeah me and Jill are heading out." he said.

Leon nodded to him.

"Alright, be careful guys." he said.

"Yeah watch your back." Barry said.

Sherry waved to him and he nodded back.

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Steve Burnside loved his job. He was now an expert fighter, he could use any weapon put in his hands, and he was fast. Really fast. It was like he was build to do this work. He couldn't remember anytime before he started this job that he was really truly happy. His mind flashed back to when he was with Claire. The woman had made him happy even though they were in a perilous situation. Even though he had died after trying to kill her.

He shook his head and kept moving. Claire was close behind him, shotgun raised. The rest of the team was ahead of him. They were moving into one of the worst infected neighborhoods. Once they were inside, they would split up and take different directions. He couldn't wait to mow down some zombies. It was just as fulfilling each time he did it. There was just something about pulling that trigger and watching Umbrella's evil explode all over the pavement. Sighing, he came to a stop as Pinks stopped in front of him. Claire came and stood by his side. He glanced at her, taking in how beautiful she was. She looked the same as she had before. Her redish hair was pulled into that same pony tail, blue eyes shinning brightly. He couldn't believe she didn't look scared at all. Then again, he didn't know what all she had been through since Rockfort.

"Alright, Pinks and Nick. You guys go east." Erik ordered.

The two men nodded and stood together.

"Lane you're with me. We're going west. Slick you're on your own as always and headed North." he said.

Lane went to his side while the Russian nodded. Slick was the most experienced member of their group. He had personally protected Spencer, Albert Wesker and William Birkin. The man was a walking army all on his own.

"Burnside you got the rookie and the south." he said, giving Claire a wink.

Steve nodded and saw Claire do the same from the corner of his eye.

"We meet back here in an hour. I think you guys can handle taking out those monsters in that time." Erik said.

Pinks whooped and the rest laughed. Steve loved to be given a time limit. It made it more fun. Then again he had Claire and he didn't want her to get hurt because he was trying to get back first.

The pairs slowly departed. Steve checked his handgun and began walking towards the housed to the south. He could already smell the rotting flesh. He guessed there were about 8 undead ahead of them towards the first 2 houses. His senses were much stronger since Umbrella messed with him. He could tell when other infected creatures were around and was especially in tune with other tyrants. That was his technical name. He was a Tyrant 00SB01. At least that's what it said on his file. His thoughts drifted back to that man he had seen in the tree. He had also been a tyrant. A chill went down his spin as he thought about the blond man. Something had been off about him but he wasn't a threat so Steve had ignored him. It wasn't in him to fight another B.O.W. if he really didn't have to. Unless it was a Cerberus or another creature like that. He hated those damn dogs.

"Steve?" Claire asked.

He turned towards her.

"I need to know." she said.

He knew what she was talking about.

"I don't know. I wasn't entirely dead when you left, I kinda came back." he started.

While talking to her he needed to make sure he was paying close attention to his surroundings.

"I managed to crawl to a boat and get away. A big tanker picked me up. It was Umbrella's. I saw that damn symbol on everything." he grinned.

Claire returned it.

"Well they took me somewhere and did…things to me. I remember a lot of shots and things got really hazy. Then after what had to have been a few years, I woke up."

Claire looked at him.

"You woke up? Were out that entire time?" she asked, sounding horrified.

"No I mean….well I don't remember a lot. I do remember when I woke up and was like this." he said, gesturing to himself.

She didn't seem to understand.

"I'm not normal, I'm something new. I'm super fast and strong. My senses are incredible. They made me into something completely amazing!" he explained.

"So you're like…like Wesker was." she said.

He raised an eyebrow.

"Wesker?"

Of course he knew of Albert Wesker. He just didn't know anything more about the man other than that he had worked for Umbrella then went crazy and went around causing havoc until he disappeared.

"Yeah Wesker was something like you. He moved so fast that I couldn't follow him and he was ridiculously strong. My brother killed him." she said.