Left in the Dark
Authors note: This used to be two different fics, until I combined them, some of these lines might seem a little familiar from somewhere, but sorry about that. Also, sorry for the grammar/spelling mistakes there might be, and thank you to everyone who reviews!
Disclaimer: I don't own any Resident Evil characters, or etc.
"Well, its good that you'd like to join." Concluded Eliza, but Claire stopped her right there.
"Whoa, wait up. I didn't say I'd join yet, just know what's going on." Claire said, she could have sworn she saw Derrick snicker from the front, for her being so cautious maybe.
Eliza looked taken a back for a second, but then must have understood what she just said. Leaning up front she pointed to the drivers seat.
"Derrick, get off your lazy @$$ and pass me that file." Eliza said motioning to some document.
Derrick leaned forward, and handed back a paper, Claire immediately noticed wait it was.
"This is one of Umbrellas documents, we looked up. Its simple once you get hold of there password, show you it later." Eliza handed off the paper to Claire.
Claire studied it for a moment. It really was from Umbrella with the icon on the upper right corner. Below, it had various bars that separated the things. She noticed most of it,
'Claire Redfield- surviving civilian
Age:19
Sex: Female....' It went done all her information, even to her school Crossroads.
What caught her eye on the bottom was a box.
'Last location verified, Crossroads County collage, dorm number 721...'
Eliza noticed it to, and pointed.
"That's where we found out where to find you." Eliza turned around to look out the window.
"Derrick! There after us again. Claire, you knew you were being monitored by Umbrella right." She said in-between, then jumped up to the front seat.
"Derrick, let me drive, your much better at shooting." Eliza complained, motioning toward the wheel.
To Claire's surprise, Derrick flat out refused.
"I'm sorry, but I bet me and Claire here rather not be sitting in the passenger seats at ground zero sis." Eliza looked pissed, and Derrick reached down for the shot gun.
Claire wasn't sure what made her say it, or talk it the first place.
"I'll take the wheel." She offered.
Derrick glanced back at her, then nodded, and jumped in the backseat, until Claire could make it up front. Claire found driving this car a lot different then her motorcycle, seemed faster, and bigger.
Opening the windows, shots filled her ears.
Nothing she had her sub-machine gun, grabbed it, and opened her one window. Keeping one eye on the road she shot back. Another bullet knocked the gun from her hands.
"Eliza get the wheel!" She clutched her hands, to find it was bleeding mildly.
Eliza put one arm on the wheel guiding it. Claire turned her attention back to her hand, until the car swerved to the right, left, and right again causing Claire to bang her should against the wall.
"Eliza, where'd you get your license!" Claire grabbed back the wheel.
Slowly the gun shots faded, and Derrick, and Claire switched seats once more. It seemed like a fifteen minute drive, until they pulled up into a hotel.
"Sure this is safe." Claire as, grimacing at the own sight of her wounded hand.
"Already checked it out." Answered Eliza.
They went in, and took the elevator to the second floor.
Eliza noticed Claire's hand, and brought out some bandages. Wrapping it nicely, made Claire wonder if Eliza was a doctor, if not, she should be.
The phone began to buzz of the hook. Claire stared at it a moment, wondering if they should answer it, but Derrick made it there first.
"Hello..." He picked up the phone.
There was a soft voice muttering under the line.
"Do you know where she is?"
"Akagi, right...."
"No, Redfield..."
"Claire Redfield her brother is Chris..."
"Former member of R.P.D. S.T.A.R.S."
"No, not any time soon..."
"Yeah, stay in one piece tell I see you next..."
"Its a fight to survive she knows..."
"Oh no..... heading over there soon...hasn't joined yet..."
"right...."
Derrick hung up the phone, and head his head low in defeat. Eliza noticed this to. Claire felt around for her address book, that was stabbing her in her back pocket, and laid it on the bed.
"Who was that?" Claire asked, since he said her name far more then once.
Derrick sighed, then turned to Eliza.
"Eliza, get out, I need to speak to Claire." Derrick demanded, Eliza was about to open her mouth to protest, but Derrick stopped her, and shooed her out.
Eliza left, into the bedroom, with a disapproving look on her face, the entire way there.
Claire waited paternity, until Eliza was out of ear shot, and turned to Derrick.
"Claire, you did have a brother named Chris right?" Claire nodded her head.
"He used to be a member of S.T.A.R.S. had a team mate Jill Valentine correct?"
Claire nodded her head once more, what was he aiming at.
"Do you know if he was still in Pairs?" Claire wondered about this one, no he couldn't be, he saw her to Crossroads, and had no reason to go back.
"No, I think he was at Silver city. Why'd you ask?" Derrick let out a sigh of relief.
"Its a lon-" Derrick was cut off.
Eliza burst in the room, and came in running.
"Got- to -get- scan-copter-run-dash-laser-gun-agent-help." Eliza gasped for breath.
"Breath!" Claire shouted as she shook her, Eliza instead of answering, grabbed Claire's hand, and ran.
They dashed down the halls, for sure going as fast as they could.
"What's going on!?!" Derrick demanded to know as he two was chasing after them.
Eliza never stopped to talk, as they ran down the exit stairs, and dashed toward the parking lot.
"Get down." Claire ordered just catching on, they jumped down into the ground, as the building before their eyes burst into flames.
Black vans were just leaving from every direction, as people dashed out of that building. "Monsters!" One women screamed while waving her hands rapidly in the air, running as fast as she could.
"No...no....not this again.....have to g-get away....not again...." Claire muttered to herself as sirens filled the air.
"Not again, I'm not going through this living night mare again!" Claire stood up, and began to back away from the scene.
It was true, she didn't want to see it again, didn't want to lose any more friends, or put anyone in danger.
She didn't want to think every breath she'd take might be her last. She didn't want to fear for her life every second. She didn't want to know the horrifying truth that would haunt her dreams forever. She didn't want to die.
She wanted to do so many things before she died. Claire had just found her brother, and now split up again. She had promised Sherry she'd take her to Disney, she promised Leon she wouldn't try anything stupid. Claire wanted to escape.
Doing what any normal person would do, flipped around, and began to dash. She was almost out of the drive way, before something caught her sweater.
"Don't run away!" Eliza screamed, almost fear in her voice.
Claire paused for a moment, that would be running away. That would be running away from herself.
"Here." Eliza shoved something hard in Claire's hands.
She glanced down to find an I.D. card. The words Iris Incorp. Division 7 bh&m.... Claire Redfield...
"We can help get rid of Umbrella, those walking zombies that are always trying to screw up my life!" Eliza added, someone who seemed very sensitive about this.
Claire paused for a moment, then a smile played at her lips.
Pulling out the magnum from before, she loaded a round, and turned to Derrick.
"Can't be sure, but I take it that means your in." Derrick said.
Claire nodded.
"Good, anyway there's a Umbrella abandoned faculty that still holds dear information. It used to be one of the Ashford's family's links, but since there er- downfall its not well guarded." Derrick added.
Claire noticed the building still in flames.
"We're going to break in there, get all we can, and get out alive. Promise on your badge." Claire pointed toward her I.D. card.
Eliza put her hand in, and Derrick did after a few seconds.
"Man, Claire, those guys are really after you." Eliza added, as the blue car slowly pulled out of the driveway, watching the building, and fire fighters just arriving.
"They knew we got out, why did you think they left?" Claire paused for a moment to answer her own question.
Quickly feeling her pockets for her address book, it was no where to be found. Eliza watched in shock, probably didn't know what was going on, but knew it was serious. Claire remembered how she had Sherry, Leon, and the S.T.A.R.S. members named circled, and gasped in horror.
"Derrick, can you get us to Silver City, and fast!" Claire said more as a command then question.
Eliza added to that. "Yeah, step on it!" The blue car took off quickly heading down the road....
*********Leon's pOv*********
The young blond girl, named Sherry, sat only a few feet away from the TV., watching cheap cartoons. I on the other hand, laid back on the couch right behind it, in a shorts, and white t-shirt myself.
I didn't need to look around to know this was a cheap hotel room. Sherry did deserve better, but we were constantly on the run, so never had a place to call home.
Sherry clicked off the TV. and turned to me, studying me for a bit.
She opened her mouth, here it comes.
"Leon, when's Claire coming back?" There she said it, again.
She's been asking that everyday. I keep answering 'soon', but really have no idea. The last I had heard from her was the email of distress, and that wasn't good. Although I wasn't just about to call Chris and ask either. I really hope she got out of there alive. It would really hurt Sherry...and me. Besides the point, I took a sip of my coke treasuring the flavor before I spoke.
"I'm not sure Sherry." If she gets the same answer everyday, why's she keep asking.
Still, Claire would visit everyday afterward. Then every week, then every month, then she stopped coming. I'm not sure if anyone else had noticed this, but Sherry sure did. Sometimes when I came in, she'd think I was Claire, and come running. Then when she found out it was me, returned to her waiting space. Sometimes she'd just sit there waiting for Claire to come, but she never did. One day Claire gave a call, the day before she disappeared to Pairs, and got caught that is.
I'd guess her brother might have saved her, but even then she left somewhere after that. Once a year, she'd send Sherry a birthday card. The only clue we had to where she was, was the copyright in Crossroads county.
Still the truth is, I already heard Crossroad was raided by agents, and half the collage blown up. That doesn't seem to good anymore. The last part really scares me. Something inside of me wants to tell Sherry she's not coming back. Its just because she kept disappearing, I don't even want to believe it myself.
The doorbell snapped me out of my little daydream. Hopping up, I went to answer it. Sherry didn't follow, I guess she is beginning to believe Claire isn't coming back either.
I slowly opened the door, to make sure a gun wasn't going to be pointed at my head. Instead, I opened the door to a girl, long black hair thrown back in a bow, green eyes flashing warningly. A long normal face, for that point anyway.
"Can I help you?" I tried my best to be polite, but it sounded beyond rude.
"Cut the crap, anyway, I'm Akagi, here to tell you something about Claire Redfield, you know her right."
I paused. Akagi, didn't that name sound familiar. If I wasn't mistaken Francisca Akagi was Claire's friend, or something.
"I need to tell you something very important." She let herself in, and locked the door behind her.
"You are all in grave danger, and need to escape now."