Zane woke up early to get ready for work , wearing a red shirt , black jacket, tan pants and white shoes, he grabbed his sidearm and tucked it into his waistband at the small of his back, and thought' I may have to talk to Barry about something for when I need a really big kick.'
As he was leaving he saw Rebbeca leave her apartment and offered her a ride to the station, she accepted and off thay went when they pulled into the station they went to the STARS office and went in to property greet the teams.
Rebbeca went to talk to Enrico, while Zane went to Chris.
Chris looked up, " Ah good to see you Harper, see you got a shotgun as well, the locker on the far left is yours, its got your vest in it as well, that desk in the corner is yours."
After he put his weapons away he went to talk to Barry.
" Yeah kid how can I help ya."
Zane said " I saw your revolver yesterday, a fine piece of work, and was wondering if you could help me get something for when I need something with some weight behind it"
Barry nodded, " Not a problem, tell you what come by my place in about a week and it should be all set, alright?"
Zane nodded, " Thanks barry."
Nothing major happened that day just more reports on the Arklay mountain killings, so Zane said oult loud to everyone, " Is there a reason we aren't on that case, its been what two, almost three , months since the first killing and still not one report."
Almost everyone in the room looked kinda pissed, but not at him, and Jill said, " Oh make no mistake , we'd love to find out what the the hells going on."
Chris took over," But every time we've asked Chief Irons about it we've been turned down , even Wesker has been acting odd, completely brushing any concerns off without a second thought."
Zane found that odd, and the uneasy feeling he had in his gut whenever he thought of Wesker was stronger now. He stored that away for later, and sat at his desk before removing a piece of paper from his desk and writing 'Arklay Mountain Murder(s) case file' and with that he got too work.
After his shift ended he and Rebbeca got in his car.
" Hey Rebbeca, I need to make a stop before heading back, but I also have a gift for you , as it happens I have some more of the high end custom parts, so we're gonna run by Kendo's, your gonna get you gun upgraded, and I'll have time to run my errand, sound good?"
Rebbeca was suprised , " Uh thanks, yeah sure that works I need to get things like a holster any way so this works pretty well."
As Zane dropped of Rebbeca he gave her a form for Kendo, she guessed the customization specifications for her gun.
As Zane drove off she went to talk to Robert and give him the paper and parts for the upgrades, when a little girl came running to show him a drawing. He looked and after talking with her for a minute sent her to play.
Robert said " Sorry had my daughter today, so want an upgrade huh, let me see the form and parts and I'll talk with my brother and we can work our magic, huh seems he knows his stuff, his customizations had the firing speed , fire power , and reload time all enhanced, but for you he had the fire power left the same, smart of him, for your body type as to much recoil could do more harm then the extra punch would do good."
She understood and found it a smart decision.
As Robert and his brother got to work Rebbeca couldn't help but wonder what Zane was doing.
Zane was pulling into the local morgue, like he told Rebbeca he needed more info to bulid a profile, and this was the place to start. When he went in n the showed his badge and asked to talk to the head doctor.
He was met soon," Hello I'm Edwards, what can I do for you."
Zane told him " I'm starting to look into the Arklay murders but need information to begin and cause of death , tox reports, even where the bodys were found could all be helpful."
Edwards looked nervous " Look officer, I want these killings solved, but I'm under order from the mayors office and the Chief of police to keep those things under wraps."
That set off more that a few alarms as far as Zane was concerned ,and he didn't want to get the doctor in trouble, but he couldn't start a case file with out information.
" Edwards I'll be blunt, whether the city likes it or not, before long my team will have to take this case , or risk either riots, or a mass exodus, so I can either wait till I'll have no time to try to keep my team alive, or I get proactive and start now."
Edwards was conflicted but was won over in the end.
" The first three bodies just seemed like hikers attacked by wolves, unfortunate, but unavoidable with how many hikers go up the mountain each year."
Zane saw the body and found he concurred, what ever killed the man had attacked the legs then gone for the jugular, wolf pack hunting.
Edwards went to another compartment " It was the forth that caused the city to seal it, in addition to canine teeth marks we found evidence of human teeth marks, and the next five bodies , no canine marks only human, the most disturbing part, the bodies had been in various states of being eaten when found."
Zane was shocked and disgusted.
" Are you telling me we are dealing with , most likely, mentally unstable, possibly doped up , cannibals and no one thought to spread the word, jesus, I'm gonna need copies of those files."
Rebbeca had been waiting about an hour when Robert came out.
"Miss Chambers, it's ready."
Opening the case Rebbeca saw the gun looked mostly the same but felt lighter and easier to control, it also had a flashlight attached under the barrel.
" Mr. Kendo, thank you."
As she was getting her purchases together she saw Zane pull up and she got in.
They decided to go to a cafe for lunch and both ended up having a good time, it wasn't realy a ' date' but both felt it could be a stepping stone to somthing more significant.
The next day Zane spent his entire shift filling out the case file, and others, with fact,thoughts, and theories on why a group of people would do this , so far he had ideas going from, satanic cult, to drug trip hallucinations, and all in between.
After word everyone headed to the bar.
After a few drinks questions started to be thrown around.
Zane was curious " So Chris, how did you come to work for STARS?"
Chris said" I was a pilot in the airforce, but had trouble following one order' Stay Put' even through I could save lives they still told me to stay, so after one to many unauthorized take offs I was discharged, without honors. Then Barry, who had served in the same unit as me, convinced me to try out and here we are."
Then Chris returned" What about you Zane why are you here?"
"My dad was a cop , a SAWT lieutenant to be precise, and it was never realy a question, this is what I've always wanted to do with my life, Rebbeca what about you?"
Rebbeca said" Well I had just graduated college at 18 and wasn't sure what to do I saw that I qualified to be the STARS medic and thought, no matter what I do field experience couldn't hurt."
Then Enrico called" Zane, Chris, Barry get over here we got a bet going on."
As the guys left the only ones left in the booth were Rebbeca and Jill who decided to tease the new girl, and give her some actual advice.
" Hey Rebbeca."
" Yeah?"
" Free advice, don't wait to long for him to make the first move, or you could be waiting quite a while." She said this while looking half annoyed, half amused at Chris.
Rebbeca's eyes widened and she coughed as she breathed in her drink.
She blushed bright" W-What are you talking about?"
Jill smirked" Exactly as I said, it's cute to watch you two dance around how much you like each other , but hey it's somthing to think about as well."
Rebbeca blushed, but also thought on if she really did want to pursue a relationship with Zane, she had fun with him, he was smart, and she genuinely enjoyed being around him. She would have to think some more, but she had already begun to make her decision.
The next week everyone was officially curious on what Zane was working on, as for nearly seven days straight he had worked non stop.
Jill had an idea of how to find out.
" Hey Harper , lunch run, I got everyone's order here."
Zane nodded, as he locked up all the files he was working on" Alright I should be back in half an hour."
When she was sure he was gone she pulled out her lockpick and began to work on his file cabinet.
" What are you doing Jill?"
She didn't even bat an eye" Finding out what has the rookie so fascinated the last couple of days, and , almost, got it!"
As she opend the drawer she saw a bunch of files from the station, city, morgue, and blank ones she could only assume he wrote himself , everyone grabbed a file.
Chris was reading one from the city" It's information on one Adam Peters, 36, retail, hiker , deceased. Wait a second I remember this guy he was the first hiker they found dead in the mountains."
Barry was reading one from the morgue" Jessica Hayes, 27, found one mile into Arklay forest, multiple lacerations and puncture wounds( likely caused by wild animal), cause of death( jugular punctured), bleeding out from open wound to the neck, what the hell is all this?"
Jill was reading one of the homemade ones. " Possible reasons, satanic cult, brug induced hallucinations, mental illness- what the fuck is Harper doing with this shit?"
Rebbeca was reading one bigger than the rest " Hey guys check this out ' Arklay Mountain Murder (s) case file': After talking to the coroner I discovered that, in addition to at least four people killed from wild animals a larger part of the killings were committed by humans, the most disturbing fact was that every body that was confirmed to have human involvement was found at least partially eaten, suggesting cannabalist tendencies-"
Rebbeca wanted to throw up after reading that.
The rest of the room wasn't much better, now they understood why Zane had these files he had been working to put together a profile.
" You know if you guys wanted to know that bad, you could have asked right?"
Everyone spun around, and there was Zane , holding a fast food bog, with a cup holder in the other hand.
Everyone looked a little embarrassed, he just laughed and passed out the food.
As he ate he said" I figured you guys would ask before long so here it is, I've been making that file since my second day, I'm not acting on any gathered info, so I'm not breaking any rules, but something didn't sit right, have any of you noticed, one officer go up the mountain, all we're doing id blocking access, but these are getting closer and closer, before long we'll need to look into this, I just chose to be proactive."
The senior staff was impressed by his resolve and were a little ashamed to have done nothing so far.
He than asked Barry " Hey Barry, did you get it?"
" Yeah , come on by tonight and you can pick it up, Robert got those custom parts installed and I have to say, I'm a little jealous."
After Zane dropped off Rebbeca he drove over to Barry's home, as he rang the doorbell, he wasn't expecting a seven year old girl to open the door.
" Hello I'm here to talk with you dad, can you het him."
The girl nodded " Sure one second."
A few seconds later Barry came out " Hey kid, see you met Moira, come on in."
As Zane entered he saw three people in the living room, Moira, who already met, a slightly younger girl, and a blonde woman, who was most likely Barry's wife.
The next thing he knew the younger girl was running up to him and talking so fast he almost didn't catch the question.
" Hi I'm polly, You already met my sister, and thats mama, are you a policeman like papa?" she fired off.
Zane took a second but said " Yes I am, I actually work on the same team as your papa."
Polly looked excited " Wow cool , you look alot younger then papa when he started in the pictures."
Barry's wife giggled, Barry looked forlorn ' Not even that old' he heard him mumbling.
Zane chuckled abit before answering her" Well I started early, because I'm really really smart."
Barry shaked his head while smiling" Alright girls, time to get ready for bed, papa has to talk with his freind."
Moira grumbled, but Polly just smiled and said " Goodbye Mr. smart policeman."
Zand chuckled " Cute kids Barry, you must be proud."
Barry was smiling" Well I can't take all the credit, but yeah there my pride and joy. Let me go and get it, wait here."
" Hi I'm Kathy Barry's wife, nice to meet you, can I get you anything to drink water, soda?"
Zane shook his head " No thank you."
Just then Barry came back in, he was carrying a case, which he put in front of Zane.
Zane opened it to find a customized colt anaconda, it was a polished silver in color, with the grips being black and the STARS symbol stamped on the grips. He felt the powerful weapon, a 44. magnum , it was exactly what he wanted, something with enough ppower behind it that it didn't matter if the person he had to shoot was wearing armor, the force of the bullet would pulverize their insides.
" Barry its perfect, thank you."
Barry smiled " Thats actually one of my spares that I gave to the Kendo's to customize, I've got a few incase mine breaks."
Zane was actually pretty tired and was about to enter his apartment when Rebbeca came out of hers she saw him and seemed unsure of something, before coming over to him.
She said" Hey Zane can I ask you something?"
He replied " Sure whats up."
She again looked nervous then steeled herself " I wa as wondering, since we have tommorw off , if you wanted to , go out, you know on a date?"
Zane was suprised, he had been working up the courage to ask Rebbeca out, but she seems to have beat him too it.
Smiling he said " Yeah I'd love to."
Rebbeca was all smiles" Great , we'll meet for lunch, see you tommorw Zane.
As he wwas getting ready for bed Zane was confused, he had a date with the girl he liked he should have been over the moon, and he was happy, but the uneasy feeling he had was back again and he couldn't explain it.
Wesker sat at his desk at home, talking to someone on his computer.
Wesker asked " And your sure it's him?"
The voice replied " Yes when he updated his profile for the job we found the match."
Albert stroked his chin" What do you want done?"
The voice said " Despite our intervention, the virus has breached containment, when you send the teams to investigate, send him too, either he will die and his latent abilities never awoke, or we will have combat data of the highest degree."
Wesker confirmed " Yes sir I'll see it done."
Hey guy, you may have noticed my foreshadowing at the end there, not realy as subtle as I wanted but oh well, So the relationship has set sail and next chapter we get going into the stort of Zero.So another thing, there are, to my understanding, two timelines, one where Jill stays in Raccoon, and one where she leaves, in this story she leaves, but dont worry, the Nemesis will be in this story.
Not quite sure how to work Wolfpack in but I have a specific idea for them.
Something I'm not sure I mentioned last time, I will be working off of the remakes, as they are easier to get details on, and with that read znd review, and have a good one guys.