August 19, 2008
*Happy birthday my little rose.*
Claire drove off to Midwitch Elementary where Tricell and Terrasave would do annual health checks on students that became common ever since Raccoon City.
Centralia 10
*I've got at least a half-hour before I even need to be in town.* Claire finished what was left of her coffee and looking over at the passenger seat not paying attention to the road since it wasn't busy and she had made this trip thousands of times.
Once at the school, it looked as though Neil was the only one there once he saw her he waved her down,
"Your early."
"Your fucking point?"
"Why haven't you gotten fired yet?"
Claire punched Neil in the gut holding back a bit,
"Might wanna get up. Tricells here."
Neil held his stomach as a fancy sports car pulled next to them. Neil tried to look up at the two people who left the car and Claire gave her usual annoyed face since she hated everyone equally.
"Hello," Neil barely managed to get that out without sounding in pain.
Claire said nothing almost looking even more pissed off," Are you going to introduce yourself girl?"
Looking over at the woman who just addressed her, Claire didn't say anything instead glaring at her looking pissed.
"No, figure my name out."
"Claire, she asked a question."
Claire elbowed Neil in the stomach right where she had punched him about 2 minutes ago. Before anyone else said anything Claire took for the school with a small box that was in her passenger seat.
At the main entrance, the 4 were greeted by a man in a suit,
"Welcome, thank you for coming on short notice."
Neil and the woman from Tricell simply smiled and nodded, while the man from Tricell and Claire looked pissed off.
"Well, some of the older students are here. Follow me."
The man in the suit lead the four to a classroom of what looked like 4th graders with way too much energy,
"Students settle down."
All the student sat down in a seat all looking at the 5 people at the front,
"Hello, children, as you all know we have come to this school to make sure you are healthy and TerraSave is going to make sure you're not infected with any of the viruses that our world is now plagued by."
Exllea explained with a bit of a sad tone when she described TerraSaves's job there. Most students had a proud face on with a smile but one girl in the back looked like she was sleeping. Claire smiled a little knowing who that little girl was, her little rose.
"Alright, kids we are going to do this boys and girls. Boys with Neil and I, girls with Claire and Exella."
The kids immediately got in two lines with the boys following Neil who was following the principal shortly after the boys left the girls followed.
At the gym, the boys went to the left and the girls went to the right,
"Ash Linly," Exella called from the tent that looked like it could hold all the girls instead of them having to sit on the bleachers.
Ash Linly came in looking way to taken care of to be a 4th grader with brown hair that had clearly unnatural blonde highlights in it, what looked like light make-up on, and the cherry on top was a dress that went past her knees and was clearly make of more expensive material.
Exella measured her height, her weight, made the girl follow a pen with her eyes before sending her off the Claire.
"I'm going to need your hand."
"Why?"
Ash gave Claire her hand which Claire used a small knife to poke at one of her fingers,
"Ow, hey you can't just do that."
"I can, regenerative abilities negative."
Claire kept a strong grip on the girl's hand while she tried to put a bandage on her finger that was bleeding. Claire let go of the girl's hand and put up her own hands,
"Alright, now punch my left hand with your right arm, and right hand with the left arm. Don't hold back."
Ash did so not even giving enough force to even leave evidence she punched her," Strength, zero you can leave now."
Ash left the tent as the next girl came in doing the same thing with the same reaction Ash had when she was poked, none of the girls even left red marks on her hand,
"Natalia Korda."
The last girl came in looking completely different from all the girls who looked all dressed up Natalia was wearing a plain black hoodie, with jeans and tennis shoes that had seen better days.
"Finally, a normal child."
The little girl smiled at Claire who smiled back and turned to Exella who had found Natalia's sheet. Once Exella had finished she stood up and left leaving the two alone Natalia hugged Claire who hugged her back,
"I missed you belladonna."
"I missed you to my little rose."
"So you're doing the health checks this year with Tricell?"
"By force, I'm to be against what they believe in." Claire gave a subtle wink to Natalia,
Claire smiled and laughed to herself a little, and began with the infection test.
"Ok, your a risk but no one can know that now can they."
"True, so that Tricell man?"
"Yeah, it's your dad."
"Guess I look more like you," Natalia smiled a bit at knowing she may be related to a false god by blood but didn't look like him at all.
"Also, I have your birthday present," Claire handed Natalia a small box and Natalia smiled since not many people wish her a happy birthday.
"Thank you, see you later,"
Natalia left the tent a bit sad since she hadn't seen her mom in 3 months. Outside the tent, most of the student had lined up and Ash was giving her a confident smirk,
"Hey adopted freak,"(Like I've said before I have nothing against adopted people, I just need to make Ash a little bitch and piece of shit.)
Natalia didn't answer her since that was one of her more annoying nicknames,
"It's rude to ignore someone like that, how were we even friends?" Amy, it did still hurt when she joined in on the bullying even though the two hadn't been friends for years.
"I'm not responding because I don't want to."
"You're on the bottom, someone who relies on others to get by. Unlike me who can support themselves without handouts."
Natalia was about to snap,* Why don't you fuck right the hell of bitch I'm about done with your bullshit.* Looking at Ash with what her mom dubbed her 'Wesker glare' as she continued to laugh at her.
"What's that?"
Ash looked at the box Natalia had and she backed up a bit holding closer to her,
"None of your business."
"Well, now it is." Ash grabbed the box right out of Natalia's hands and held it out of her reach. That was the breaking point before Natalia could even think it out she decked Ash square in the face, once she did it sounded like someone had laughed loudly,
"CLAIRE, WE ARE NOT TO CONDONE THIS BEHAVIOR!"
"10/10 KID!"
Claire continued laughing as Neil yelled at her and the Tricell heads looked away a bit embarrassed.
"You really are a monster." A boy from the other line said picking up the box the Ash had dropped since Natalia probably broke her nose.
"Give that back Adam, now."
"Probably isn't worth much you piece of shit."
The adult looked over in shock,
"Oh this got interesting and Neil your not important I will condone this behavior."
The whole gym got silent the student looked at Natalia in annoyance since she'd do nothing to defend herself except look at him darkly. Natalia raised her foot and kicked him right in the groin the 4 adults had different reactions,
Exella still looked in shock from the punch
Claire was impressed and happy
The man in black had not expression present
And Neil went right behind the man in black in fear of the little girl,
"Any sarcastic comment Miss Redfield?"
"One it's Claire to you and two, GREAT SHOT KID!" Claire yelled out smiling and giving the kid a thumbs up.
"Can we all agree this never happened?"
"Claire that kid probably broke a nose."
"I've done worse besides those two did deserve it. So this never happened?"
"Uh, sure," Exella said a bit scared of the kid, and Claire
"Only because I know you would kill me," Neil said still cowering behind the man in black,
"Got anything?"
"Fine. It never happened."
The teacher came into the gym with the principal and yelled for Natalia, Ash, the boy, and the four adults to be in the office.