37. ACCEPTABLE LOSSES
Everyone only stared at the wreckage that only a few seconds ago was a huge mansion without saying a word.
'B…Boss?' Matthew could only utter.
'He was inside?' Krauser jumped. 'Why?'
'Mr. Wesker… MISTER WESKER!' Tomoe fell on the ground and started to weep sadly.
Connor was shaking and desperately trying to keep his cool.
The doctors were just as shocked.
Gabriel took the cigarette out of his mouth and threw it on the ground.
Maria kneeled down to Tomoe and hugged her tightly.
'I'm sorry… I'm so, so sorry… '
Dr. Tachibana hugged her friend back and kept crying on her shoulder.
'I'm sorry, Boss' Krauser threw his knife on the ground. 'I should've taken your place. If I only knew…'
'No!' Connor yelled. 'Nobody should've taken anyone's place! We all had to make it out of this! This wasn't supposed to happen!'
The boy wiped a tear from his face, then turned around.
*CRACK*
Everyone looked at the wreckage once again.
Suddenly, a piece of wood was sent flying from it.
'Wait…' Markus looked carefully.
Amongst all the rubble, everyone suddenly recognized something that kind of looked like the silhouette of a man dressed in black.
The man slowly got out of the wreckage and stood up.
'Don't tell me…' Angie gasped.
The man waved at them.
'MISTER WESKER!' Tomoe laughed, then ran to him.
As soon as she approached him, she hugged him as tightly as she could.
'Dr. Tachibana, I thought I told you that death is not something I can achieve easily'
'Mr. Wesker…' the girl kept on crying.
But this time, those were tears from happiness.
'It's alright now' he hugged her back.
'Please… Please promise to never leave my side again'
'I promise' Albert smiled.
'I absolutely FORBID you to pull ANYTHING like that again!' Maria yelled. 'Who do you think you are, mister? You almost gave Tomoe a heart attack here!'
'I'm sorry. I'll keep that in mind'
'BOSS!' Matthew saluted.
'Mr. Wesker! I knew you couldn't die that easily! I just knew!' Connor smiled widely.
'Yeah, thanks for the trust… Ow…'
'Are you hurt?' Valerie asked.
'Well, standing right next to an explosion isn't something you'd walk out without a scratch on' Gabe smiled. 'Come on, let's patch you up!'