Leon stared at the computer screen not sure if he was reading the
information correctly. If he was Wesker was not going to be happy. Getting
up from his seat he knew the information couldn't wait. Walking down
stairs and heading directly to Isabel's room, Leon gave a light knock and
waited for someone to answer the door. After a few minutes he was greeted
by Wesker.
"She's sleeping right now." Wesker said looking over his shoulder to where Isabel lay asleep on the bed.
Leon followed his gaze and saw to his immense discomfort that she was indeed asleep and from the bare shoulder sticking out of the covers completely naked.
"Hey what you guys do is your business." He said looking back at Wesker, turning slightly pink.
Wesker's expression didn't change in the slightest. He was as cool and calm as ever. Leon had to give it to the man, he didn't embarrass easy.
"You can come back later." Wesker replied ignoring Leon's comment.
"Sir, I came to get you. I've found something you need to see."
Knowing it must be important Wesker silently motioned for Leon to lead the way. Neither one spoke as they climbed the stairs to Leon's room. Entering the bedroom Leon motioned for Wesker to have a seat at the computer.
"I think you need to read this." Leon said pointing to the screen.
"You're in the HCF data base." Wesker said slightly impressed. In his opinion Kennedy must be a half way competent hacker to break through the security for the system.
"Yeah, I've been trying to get into it since Isabel arrived. Rebecca wanted to get her files to see her medical history."
"That's why you brought me up here? I've already read her file."
"No I brought you up here because of this." Leon said again pointing to the screen. "When I typed in Landen three names popped up. Isabel, James, which is her father right, and Denise, that's the one that interested me. Why would they have a file on her mother unless she was at the facility? You need to read her file."
What Leon said made sense why would they have a file on Isabel's mother and why hadn't he seen it? Wesker waited until Leon took a seat on one to the two beds that occupied the room before he started to read. It took Wesker ten minutes to read the whole file and a few more to digest the information that had just been handed him.
"Get Chambers in here." Wesker ordered.
From Wesker's reaction Leon knew he had been right about his interpretation, Wesker was definitely not happy. With out a word he went to find Rebecca. It took him five minutes to find her. Rebecca ended up being in the basement doing laundry.
"Rebecca, I've got something you need to see." Leon said walking down the narrow wooden steps.
"Can it wait a minute?" I'm right in the middle of this." She replied not looking up from the clothes she was folding.
"No, it's important. It's about Isabel."
"What? Is she having dizzy spells again?" Rebecca asked her head shooting up.
"No... What, She's having dizzy spells?" Leon asked concerned.
"She's fine. She had a couple yesterday that's why she's on bed rest. We figured out it had to do with her not eating."
"Are you sure, who knows about this?"
"Yes I'm sure and you're the only one so don't open your mouth okay. Now, what is it about then?"
"I got into HCF's data base there's a file Wesker wants you to see."
Rebecca nodded her head and followed Leon upstairs. When she and Leon walked into the room Wesker was standing by the desk arms folded across his chest waiting for her. Going over to the vacant desk chair Rebecca sat and began to read. When she was finished she looked at Wesker with a shocked expression on her face.
"This is Isabel's mother." It wasn't a question.
"Yes."
"Her father..."
"Yes."
"Guys could someone explain to me what exactly is going on? I mean I read some of it and it looks like her mother was on some type of medication." Leon spoke.
Rebecca turned and looked at Leon as if she had forgotten he was in the room. She didn't speak right away, trying to figure out how to explain everything as simply as possible.
"It isn't just that Leon. From what it says in the files Isabel's father experimented on her mother."
"What?" Leon asked.
"It's worse than that, from what it says here he did so while she was pregnant with Isabel. He gave her something code named MB223. It apparently was supposed to enhance Isabel's mental and physical capabilities."
"Supposed to?" Leon asked, trying to get a grasp on what he was finding out.
"It was a failure, as a child she showed no signs of excelled learning or advanced physical attributes. They stopped testing Isabel when she was two." Wesker answered for her.
"How could someone do that to their wife and child?" Leon asked astounded.
"Someone who didn't want the child to begin with." Wesker answered again.
Both Leon and Rebecca looked at him as if they'd never seen him before. Wesker didn't elaborate and neither one of them had the nerve to ask him about it.
"I don't want Isabel knowing about this do you understand? I want this wiped off the hard drive." He added.
"Sir, Isabel should know about this. It affects her." Rebecca said in disbelief.
"She was considered a failure. There was no effect on her. Do you want her more upset than she is?" He shot back not happy about being questioned on the matter.
Rebecca didn't answer immediately, it was clear to both men that she was trying to work something out in her head.
"I don't think she was a failure." Rebecca said looking straight at Wesker.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that she might not have some super strength or be some kind of a genius, but she knows things. She can usually tell how we are feeling, sometimes before we do."
"I doubt..." Wesker started to reply.
"No hear me out. She can read you better than anyone sir. Isabel's done it to me too and Carlos. She can just tell things."
"She's done it with me also." Leon finally spoke again. It had taken him a long time to get over the shock of finding out this information. Leon almost wished he hadn't gotten into the files. He wasn't sure how he was going to act around Isabel now. Finding out that her father wasn't the man she thought he was and not being able to tell her, he didn't like it.
Wesker didn't know what to say. What if it were true? Searching his memory he tried to recall anything that would give weight to Chambers' hypothesis. It wasn't hard, even at HCF Isabel had been able to read him. She'd done it several times in this place also, when he was going to leave she'd known before he'd said a word.
"It makes sense, but there is a wrinkle in your theory, she can't tell all the time what someone is thinking or feeling." Wesker said still not completely ready to believe.
"Sir, Isabel probably can't control it, she's never been trained. She doesn't even realize she's doing it, for her it's simply been a way of life, nothing more." Rebecca answered.
"Why didn't someone pick up on this before? Her dad was the one that did this wouldn't he have noticed as she got older?" Leon asked getting up and pacing.
"Her father left when she was twelve." Wesker answered. He wasn't happy about telling them all this information, it wasn't his place, but they needed to know all the facts, so they could figure out this mess.
"Then he probably didn't know, it could have lain dormant until she hit puberty." Rebecca suggested.
"It's possible, with all the hormonal and chemical changes." Wesker agreed.
"If I had to hypothesize I would say that her being pregnant has probably made her even more sensitive to the emotions around her. Once she has the baby it probably won't affect her as much and if she has more children during the pregnancies it will again become stronger. It would be an interesting study." Rebecca hadn't meant to go on that way, but the scientist in her had gotten the better of her.
"Get this straight Chambers, she is NOT an experiment and she will NOT be treated as one." Wesker stated allowing a hint of anger into his voice as a warning.
Rebecca was taken aback at the fact he would think she would do such a thing. She didn't play with people's lives like that. Rebecca never had and never would. Then she realized he Wesker spent his entire adult life around people who, just knowing Isabel carried his child would probably cut her open and take the baby to study it.
"I didn't mean it that way. I am not like the people you worked for. I don't use people as guinea pigs." She said defending herself.
"As long as you know where I stand. Isabel is not to know about any of this." He warned leaving the room.
Rebecca just stared at the door after Wesker left. After a couple of minutes she looked at Leon. She didn't know what to say. Rebecca hadn't thought he would react that way to her statement. She was just expounding on a theory.
"I didn't mean it the way he took it." Rebecca said in a subdued voice.
"Rebecca, I know you didn't. To be truthful, if it were me and you spoke that way about Claire I would feel the same way. There for a minute you sounded like some mad scientist."
"I did? I was just stating..."
"You were stating that it would be interesting to study her abilities if she had more children. Hell Rebecca it almost sounded like, let's get her pregnant again and study her, when she hasn't even had the first baby." He cut in.
"I would never suggest that."
"But that's what it sounded like. I'm pretty sure that's what Umbrella or HCF would do. Artificially inseminate her to study the results."
"OH GOD, I need to apologize to him." Rebecca stated her face a mask of horror at the thought of what she'd done.
"Give him a few minutes to cool off, then go." Leon said getting up and giving her a pat on the back.
When Wesker got back to Isabel's room she was just starting to wake up. She gave him a sleepy grin of contentment as he walked towards the bed and sat down next to her.
"Where did you go? Aren't you supposed to be keeping an eye on me?" She asked stretching under the covers.
"I was keeping an eye on you. You were sleeping soundly and I needed to speak with chambers."
"You aren't keeping me in here longer are you?"
Isabel's pleasant expression quickly changed to one of distaste at the thought of being held up in bed any longer than necessary.
"No, my dear I would never dream of keeping you locked up in here any longer than need be. I get a feeling I'd be changing diapers for a month straight. He said smiling at her.
"And don't you forget that either." She said sitting, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him.
A light knock at the door interrupted their intimate moment. Sitting back and never taking his eyes off of Isabel Wesker answered it.
"Enter."
As Rebecca entered the room she saw the two on the bed. Wesker sat with his back towards her, not bothering to turn around. Isabel was facing her, a smile on her face blankets demurely tucked under her arms, covering her clearly naked form. Rebecca was surprised that Wesker would do something so risky as to take her to bed when he was so concerned about her welfare last night.
"Sir, I need to speak to you a moment, if it's all right." She said not coming any farther into the room.
"I'll meet you in the living room in a few minutes." He replied still not looking at her.
With nothing else to do she turned and went to the living room to await his arrival. Rebecca didn't have to wait long.
"What is it now Chambers?" He asked before he even stopped walking.
"I wanted to apologize sir. The part of me that is a scientist spoke before the rest of me could catch up. Leon made it clear to me how I sounded and I would never treat Isabel or the baby as an experiment." She took a deep breath after finishing her speech.
"Apology expect, as long as we both know where each other stands."
"I think we do. Having said that I feel I must warn you that you two shouldn't be having sex right now, at least until she's off of bed rest. I mean after that there should be no reason you can't resume normal activities."
It took everything in Wesker not to laugh at her miss-conception. He hadn't thought about how it might look to anyone walking in.
"Chambers, the one and only time we had sex was when she conceived. I haven't touched her since then. I wouldn't risk it."
Rebecca wasn't sure, but she thought she heard a slight hint of longing in his voice.
"You can, you know, but not until after I clear her." She stated, blushing profusely by now.
"If that's all chambers, I need to go make sure she's not out of bed." Wesker replied turning to leave. After taking a few steps he stopped. Looking straight a head he spoke again. "Thank you Chambers, for everything."
Before Rebecca could reply he was already down the hall.
Rebecca had been quiet most of the evening. Carlos was starting to think that she was regretting going out with him. It would figure the one time I want something serious with a woman, she doesn't. This wasn't going how he planned. Carlos expected them to talk and laugh like they usually did, but they hadn't. Dinner had been almost silent and he wasn't sure, but he didn't think Rebecca had paid much attention to the movie either. As Carlos was going over what a disaster their date had been, Rebecca did something that took him totally off guard. She scooted over as close as she could to him and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Becca is there something bothering you." He asked.
"It's Wesker, he thanked me today, but I can't figure out why." She replied.
"Don't let it go to your head. He knows he needs you and that you'll take good care of Isabel when she delivers. He was thanking you because of her."
"I guess that makes sense. It just took me by surprise. He isn't the type of person to do something like that." Rebecca stated after thinking on it a moment.
Her answer to his question made Carlos feel much better about the whole situation. To know that she wasn't regretting anything gave him hope.
"So our date was ruined by Wesker. I think I'm beginning to dislike the man." Carlos stated.
"Our date wasn't ruined." Rebecca said lifting her head off his shoulder.
"It wasn't? We barely talked at dinner and I don't think you could tell me what happened in the movie." Carlos replied taking his eyes off the road for a second to look at her.
"It wasn't ruined, because I was with you." She countered, placing her head back on his shoulders.
Carlos couldn't believe Rebecca had just said that. She was happy to just be with him. He was going to make this night up to her, even though it hadn't been his fault. Carlos was going to have to think of something really special. As they pulled onto the dirt road that led to the house it began to snow.
"What a perfect ending to the evening." Rebecca said looking up into the sky.
Walking towards the house hand in hand, Carlos stopped Rebecca before she opened the front door. Wondering why he'd stopped her, she turned to look at him.
"May I kiss you good night?" He asked.
"Yes, but I'm not sure why you asked. I fully intend to sleep in your bed again." She answered with a smile on her lips.
"Really?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. You keep the nightmares away."
Leaning over Carlos gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.
"We should go inside. It's pretty cold out here." He said lifting his head.
When Carlos and Rebecca walked through the door they were greeted with the sight of Chris sitting in the arm chair that faced the door. He had a slight frown on his face and looked like he'd been sitting there for quite some time. Gee all that's missing is a shot gun laid across his lap, Rebecca thought, trying not to laugh at the ridiculous image.
"Where have you two been? You guys just leave and not tell anyone." Chris asked trying to keep his anger under control.
"Sorry dad, we just went to see a movie. It will never happen again, I promise." Carlos replied smiling at him.
Chris couldn't believe it, he had been really worried. He knew that there was something going on between them, some sort of argument. When they had both come up missing at dinner he didn't know what to think and began to worry.
"Stop being a smart ass Oliviera, I was worried something had happened." Chris shot back.
Rebecca felt bad. She hadn't meant to worry anyone. The only person who knew that she and Carlos were going on a date was Isabel. Rebecca was just very shy about this kind of thing and didn't want to be teased by Jill or Claire. She hadn't expected Chris to be so upset that they left and didn't tell him.
"Chris I'm sorry, we should have told you. We went to see a movie." Rebecca said trying to stop an argument before it started.
"I was just worried next time let us know what's going on." Chris replied his anger giving way.
Carlos stood there slightly stunned. Chris could definitely be a pain in the ass. He acted like it was his responsibility to father Claire and Rebecca. They were adults and could handle themselves in almost any situation. They had proven that time and again. First there was the scene with Leon and now this. The man was going to blow his top when he found out that they had been sleeping in the same bed together.
Well might as well get this over with.
"Becca why don't you go upstairs, I'll be there in a minute." Carlos said turning to look at her.
"Are you sure?" She asked back.
"I know what I'm doing, I'll be right up."
Carlos watched her walk upstairs until she was out of sight. He then looked back at Chris. He could tell Chris was trying to figure out what was going on between Rebecca and himself.
"Are we going to have another Leon incident or are going to let me explain?" He asked.
"This had better be good." Chris said using every ounce of restraint he possessed.
"She's been having nightmares and I've been sleeping with her."
"What?" Chris almost yelled.
"We have been sleeping in the same bed, nothing more. I respect her to much to try anything with her." Carlos stated far more calmly than he felt.
Chris didn't speak for some time. Carlos couldn't tell if he was trying to control his anger or he was thinking something over.
"I really care for her, Chris. Now the question is are you going to trust that I'll do the right thing or are you going to try and beat the shit out of me? Either way I'm not letting her go." Carlos said when Chris still hadn't spoken.
"Carlos, you better really love her, because if I find out you've used her, you'll have hell to pay." He finally said getting up off the chair.
Carlos couldn't help but laugh at that. It was the most inappropriate thing to do at the time, but he felt like he'd just gotten permission to date someone's daughter.
"What's so funny?" Chris asked anger creeping over him again.
"Leon pretty much said the same thing this morning. I guess I'll have to be on my best behavior now." Carlos answered with a grin.
Chris relaxed at that. He knew Rebecca had a crush on Carlos, but he never thought Carlos would return the feeling. When Jill had shown up with him, Chris had thought any chance with her was gone. They seemed so close. When Jill told him that she and Carlos were just friends and admitted to him how she felt, Chris had been relieved. He thought that Carlos may have still been a problem once Jill had rejected him, he hadn't been. He'd told Chris that he didn't step in other men's territory. Thinking about it now Chris couldn't believe he hadn't trusted him. Carlos was a stand up guy, it was just that Claire now had Leon and Rebecca had Carlos. Chris felt responsible for both of them for so long it was hard to let go.
"Did Leon really threaten you?" Chris asked in disbelief after a moment.
"You know Leon, he doesn't threaten anyone, but I definitely got the impression that if I hurt her I'm in trouble." Carlos answered his grin widening.
"Good that goes double for me." Chris said finally grinning back.
Walking towards the stairs, Carlos stopped and turned back around.
"You know, you better have boys, because I feel sorry for any daughters you might have," and with that he headed upstairs.
Walking into his room, Carlos saw Rebecca was already in bed and for once Leon was asleep before one A.M. Being as quiet as he could he grabbed a pair of gym shorts and a T- shirt out of his dresser and went into the bathroom to change. Upon re-entering the room he noticed Rebecca had scooted to one side of the bed to make room for him.
"How did things go?" She whispered as Carlos slipped into bed next to her.
"Everything's fine, I'm still alive and I got permission to date you." He said smiling at her.
"Really, you asked permission?"
"No, but I told him everything, including us sleeping in the same bed and when everything was said and done, he's okay with it." He said kissing her on the forehead.
"Now I think it's time for bed," he said yawning.
"Good night becca."
"Good night." She replied as the both snuggled up under the covers.
When Chris entered his room, after turning off all the lights down stairs, he found Jill still awake and reading a book.
"What are you doing still up?" He asked.
"Waiting to hear the gun shot." She answered not looking up from the book.
"What?"
Putting the book down and looking at the man she loved, Jill recalled exactly why she loved Chris. Because he would do anything and go anywhere for the people he cared about. She knew he could be stubborn and over protective, but he was only that way with the people he loved.
"Chris, my love you can be over protective sometimes, especially when it comes to Rebecca and Claire. She stated.
"Well right now I feel like I've lost them. They don't need me anymore." He replied, looking at the floor.
"Maybe they don't, but I still do and I don't think you could have lost them to two better men, either."
"I guess your right, as long as you still need me." He replied looking back up at her and grinning.
"I do, this bed feels kind of empty without you taking up three quarters of it." Jill said patting the empty space besides her.
"Hey I do not take up that much of the bed." Chris shot back.
"Redfield, just get over here so I can show you how much I need you." She replied turning off the bedside lamp.
"She's sleeping right now." Wesker said looking over his shoulder to where Isabel lay asleep on the bed.
Leon followed his gaze and saw to his immense discomfort that she was indeed asleep and from the bare shoulder sticking out of the covers completely naked.
"Hey what you guys do is your business." He said looking back at Wesker, turning slightly pink.
Wesker's expression didn't change in the slightest. He was as cool and calm as ever. Leon had to give it to the man, he didn't embarrass easy.
"You can come back later." Wesker replied ignoring Leon's comment.
"Sir, I came to get you. I've found something you need to see."
Knowing it must be important Wesker silently motioned for Leon to lead the way. Neither one spoke as they climbed the stairs to Leon's room. Entering the bedroom Leon motioned for Wesker to have a seat at the computer.
"I think you need to read this." Leon said pointing to the screen.
"You're in the HCF data base." Wesker said slightly impressed. In his opinion Kennedy must be a half way competent hacker to break through the security for the system.
"Yeah, I've been trying to get into it since Isabel arrived. Rebecca wanted to get her files to see her medical history."
"That's why you brought me up here? I've already read her file."
"No I brought you up here because of this." Leon said again pointing to the screen. "When I typed in Landen three names popped up. Isabel, James, which is her father right, and Denise, that's the one that interested me. Why would they have a file on her mother unless she was at the facility? You need to read her file."
What Leon said made sense why would they have a file on Isabel's mother and why hadn't he seen it? Wesker waited until Leon took a seat on one to the two beds that occupied the room before he started to read. It took Wesker ten minutes to read the whole file and a few more to digest the information that had just been handed him.
"Get Chambers in here." Wesker ordered.
From Wesker's reaction Leon knew he had been right about his interpretation, Wesker was definitely not happy. With out a word he went to find Rebecca. It took him five minutes to find her. Rebecca ended up being in the basement doing laundry.
"Rebecca, I've got something you need to see." Leon said walking down the narrow wooden steps.
"Can it wait a minute?" I'm right in the middle of this." She replied not looking up from the clothes she was folding.
"No, it's important. It's about Isabel."
"What? Is she having dizzy spells again?" Rebecca asked her head shooting up.
"No... What, She's having dizzy spells?" Leon asked concerned.
"She's fine. She had a couple yesterday that's why she's on bed rest. We figured out it had to do with her not eating."
"Are you sure, who knows about this?"
"Yes I'm sure and you're the only one so don't open your mouth okay. Now, what is it about then?"
"I got into HCF's data base there's a file Wesker wants you to see."
Rebecca nodded her head and followed Leon upstairs. When she and Leon walked into the room Wesker was standing by the desk arms folded across his chest waiting for her. Going over to the vacant desk chair Rebecca sat and began to read. When she was finished she looked at Wesker with a shocked expression on her face.
"This is Isabel's mother." It wasn't a question.
"Yes."
"Her father..."
"Yes."
"Guys could someone explain to me what exactly is going on? I mean I read some of it and it looks like her mother was on some type of medication." Leon spoke.
Rebecca turned and looked at Leon as if she had forgotten he was in the room. She didn't speak right away, trying to figure out how to explain everything as simply as possible.
"It isn't just that Leon. From what it says in the files Isabel's father experimented on her mother."
"What?" Leon asked.
"It's worse than that, from what it says here he did so while she was pregnant with Isabel. He gave her something code named MB223. It apparently was supposed to enhance Isabel's mental and physical capabilities."
"Supposed to?" Leon asked, trying to get a grasp on what he was finding out.
"It was a failure, as a child she showed no signs of excelled learning or advanced physical attributes. They stopped testing Isabel when she was two." Wesker answered for her.
"How could someone do that to their wife and child?" Leon asked astounded.
"Someone who didn't want the child to begin with." Wesker answered again.
Both Leon and Rebecca looked at him as if they'd never seen him before. Wesker didn't elaborate and neither one of them had the nerve to ask him about it.
"I don't want Isabel knowing about this do you understand? I want this wiped off the hard drive." He added.
"Sir, Isabel should know about this. It affects her." Rebecca said in disbelief.
"She was considered a failure. There was no effect on her. Do you want her more upset than she is?" He shot back not happy about being questioned on the matter.
Rebecca didn't answer immediately, it was clear to both men that she was trying to work something out in her head.
"I don't think she was a failure." Rebecca said looking straight at Wesker.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that she might not have some super strength or be some kind of a genius, but she knows things. She can usually tell how we are feeling, sometimes before we do."
"I doubt..." Wesker started to reply.
"No hear me out. She can read you better than anyone sir. Isabel's done it to me too and Carlos. She can just tell things."
"She's done it with me also." Leon finally spoke again. It had taken him a long time to get over the shock of finding out this information. Leon almost wished he hadn't gotten into the files. He wasn't sure how he was going to act around Isabel now. Finding out that her father wasn't the man she thought he was and not being able to tell her, he didn't like it.
Wesker didn't know what to say. What if it were true? Searching his memory he tried to recall anything that would give weight to Chambers' hypothesis. It wasn't hard, even at HCF Isabel had been able to read him. She'd done it several times in this place also, when he was going to leave she'd known before he'd said a word.
"It makes sense, but there is a wrinkle in your theory, she can't tell all the time what someone is thinking or feeling." Wesker said still not completely ready to believe.
"Sir, Isabel probably can't control it, she's never been trained. She doesn't even realize she's doing it, for her it's simply been a way of life, nothing more." Rebecca answered.
"Why didn't someone pick up on this before? Her dad was the one that did this wouldn't he have noticed as she got older?" Leon asked getting up and pacing.
"Her father left when she was twelve." Wesker answered. He wasn't happy about telling them all this information, it wasn't his place, but they needed to know all the facts, so they could figure out this mess.
"Then he probably didn't know, it could have lain dormant until she hit puberty." Rebecca suggested.
"It's possible, with all the hormonal and chemical changes." Wesker agreed.
"If I had to hypothesize I would say that her being pregnant has probably made her even more sensitive to the emotions around her. Once she has the baby it probably won't affect her as much and if she has more children during the pregnancies it will again become stronger. It would be an interesting study." Rebecca hadn't meant to go on that way, but the scientist in her had gotten the better of her.
"Get this straight Chambers, she is NOT an experiment and she will NOT be treated as one." Wesker stated allowing a hint of anger into his voice as a warning.
Rebecca was taken aback at the fact he would think she would do such a thing. She didn't play with people's lives like that. Rebecca never had and never would. Then she realized he Wesker spent his entire adult life around people who, just knowing Isabel carried his child would probably cut her open and take the baby to study it.
"I didn't mean it that way. I am not like the people you worked for. I don't use people as guinea pigs." She said defending herself.
"As long as you know where I stand. Isabel is not to know about any of this." He warned leaving the room.
Rebecca just stared at the door after Wesker left. After a couple of minutes she looked at Leon. She didn't know what to say. Rebecca hadn't thought he would react that way to her statement. She was just expounding on a theory.
"I didn't mean it the way he took it." Rebecca said in a subdued voice.
"Rebecca, I know you didn't. To be truthful, if it were me and you spoke that way about Claire I would feel the same way. There for a minute you sounded like some mad scientist."
"I did? I was just stating..."
"You were stating that it would be interesting to study her abilities if she had more children. Hell Rebecca it almost sounded like, let's get her pregnant again and study her, when she hasn't even had the first baby." He cut in.
"I would never suggest that."
"But that's what it sounded like. I'm pretty sure that's what Umbrella or HCF would do. Artificially inseminate her to study the results."
"OH GOD, I need to apologize to him." Rebecca stated her face a mask of horror at the thought of what she'd done.
"Give him a few minutes to cool off, then go." Leon said getting up and giving her a pat on the back.
When Wesker got back to Isabel's room she was just starting to wake up. She gave him a sleepy grin of contentment as he walked towards the bed and sat down next to her.
"Where did you go? Aren't you supposed to be keeping an eye on me?" She asked stretching under the covers.
"I was keeping an eye on you. You were sleeping soundly and I needed to speak with chambers."
"You aren't keeping me in here longer are you?"
Isabel's pleasant expression quickly changed to one of distaste at the thought of being held up in bed any longer than necessary.
"No, my dear I would never dream of keeping you locked up in here any longer than need be. I get a feeling I'd be changing diapers for a month straight. He said smiling at her.
"And don't you forget that either." She said sitting, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him.
A light knock at the door interrupted their intimate moment. Sitting back and never taking his eyes off of Isabel Wesker answered it.
"Enter."
As Rebecca entered the room she saw the two on the bed. Wesker sat with his back towards her, not bothering to turn around. Isabel was facing her, a smile on her face blankets demurely tucked under her arms, covering her clearly naked form. Rebecca was surprised that Wesker would do something so risky as to take her to bed when he was so concerned about her welfare last night.
"Sir, I need to speak to you a moment, if it's all right." She said not coming any farther into the room.
"I'll meet you in the living room in a few minutes." He replied still not looking at her.
With nothing else to do she turned and went to the living room to await his arrival. Rebecca didn't have to wait long.
"What is it now Chambers?" He asked before he even stopped walking.
"I wanted to apologize sir. The part of me that is a scientist spoke before the rest of me could catch up. Leon made it clear to me how I sounded and I would never treat Isabel or the baby as an experiment." She took a deep breath after finishing her speech.
"Apology expect, as long as we both know where each other stands."
"I think we do. Having said that I feel I must warn you that you two shouldn't be having sex right now, at least until she's off of bed rest. I mean after that there should be no reason you can't resume normal activities."
It took everything in Wesker not to laugh at her miss-conception. He hadn't thought about how it might look to anyone walking in.
"Chambers, the one and only time we had sex was when she conceived. I haven't touched her since then. I wouldn't risk it."
Rebecca wasn't sure, but she thought she heard a slight hint of longing in his voice.
"You can, you know, but not until after I clear her." She stated, blushing profusely by now.
"If that's all chambers, I need to go make sure she's not out of bed." Wesker replied turning to leave. After taking a few steps he stopped. Looking straight a head he spoke again. "Thank you Chambers, for everything."
Before Rebecca could reply he was already down the hall.
Rebecca had been quiet most of the evening. Carlos was starting to think that she was regretting going out with him. It would figure the one time I want something serious with a woman, she doesn't. This wasn't going how he planned. Carlos expected them to talk and laugh like they usually did, but they hadn't. Dinner had been almost silent and he wasn't sure, but he didn't think Rebecca had paid much attention to the movie either. As Carlos was going over what a disaster their date had been, Rebecca did something that took him totally off guard. She scooted over as close as she could to him and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Becca is there something bothering you." He asked.
"It's Wesker, he thanked me today, but I can't figure out why." She replied.
"Don't let it go to your head. He knows he needs you and that you'll take good care of Isabel when she delivers. He was thanking you because of her."
"I guess that makes sense. It just took me by surprise. He isn't the type of person to do something like that." Rebecca stated after thinking on it a moment.
Her answer to his question made Carlos feel much better about the whole situation. To know that she wasn't regretting anything gave him hope.
"So our date was ruined by Wesker. I think I'm beginning to dislike the man." Carlos stated.
"Our date wasn't ruined." Rebecca said lifting her head off his shoulder.
"It wasn't? We barely talked at dinner and I don't think you could tell me what happened in the movie." Carlos replied taking his eyes off the road for a second to look at her.
"It wasn't ruined, because I was with you." She countered, placing her head back on his shoulders.
Carlos couldn't believe Rebecca had just said that. She was happy to just be with him. He was going to make this night up to her, even though it hadn't been his fault. Carlos was going to have to think of something really special. As they pulled onto the dirt road that led to the house it began to snow.
"What a perfect ending to the evening." Rebecca said looking up into the sky.
Walking towards the house hand in hand, Carlos stopped Rebecca before she opened the front door. Wondering why he'd stopped her, she turned to look at him.
"May I kiss you good night?" He asked.
"Yes, but I'm not sure why you asked. I fully intend to sleep in your bed again." She answered with a smile on her lips.
"Really?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. You keep the nightmares away."
Leaning over Carlos gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.
"We should go inside. It's pretty cold out here." He said lifting his head.
When Carlos and Rebecca walked through the door they were greeted with the sight of Chris sitting in the arm chair that faced the door. He had a slight frown on his face and looked like he'd been sitting there for quite some time. Gee all that's missing is a shot gun laid across his lap, Rebecca thought, trying not to laugh at the ridiculous image.
"Where have you two been? You guys just leave and not tell anyone." Chris asked trying to keep his anger under control.
"Sorry dad, we just went to see a movie. It will never happen again, I promise." Carlos replied smiling at him.
Chris couldn't believe it, he had been really worried. He knew that there was something going on between them, some sort of argument. When they had both come up missing at dinner he didn't know what to think and began to worry.
"Stop being a smart ass Oliviera, I was worried something had happened." Chris shot back.
Rebecca felt bad. She hadn't meant to worry anyone. The only person who knew that she and Carlos were going on a date was Isabel. Rebecca was just very shy about this kind of thing and didn't want to be teased by Jill or Claire. She hadn't expected Chris to be so upset that they left and didn't tell him.
"Chris I'm sorry, we should have told you. We went to see a movie." Rebecca said trying to stop an argument before it started.
"I was just worried next time let us know what's going on." Chris replied his anger giving way.
Carlos stood there slightly stunned. Chris could definitely be a pain in the ass. He acted like it was his responsibility to father Claire and Rebecca. They were adults and could handle themselves in almost any situation. They had proven that time and again. First there was the scene with Leon and now this. The man was going to blow his top when he found out that they had been sleeping in the same bed together.
Well might as well get this over with.
"Becca why don't you go upstairs, I'll be there in a minute." Carlos said turning to look at her.
"Are you sure?" She asked back.
"I know what I'm doing, I'll be right up."
Carlos watched her walk upstairs until she was out of sight. He then looked back at Chris. He could tell Chris was trying to figure out what was going on between Rebecca and himself.
"Are we going to have another Leon incident or are going to let me explain?" He asked.
"This had better be good." Chris said using every ounce of restraint he possessed.
"She's been having nightmares and I've been sleeping with her."
"What?" Chris almost yelled.
"We have been sleeping in the same bed, nothing more. I respect her to much to try anything with her." Carlos stated far more calmly than he felt.
Chris didn't speak for some time. Carlos couldn't tell if he was trying to control his anger or he was thinking something over.
"I really care for her, Chris. Now the question is are you going to trust that I'll do the right thing or are you going to try and beat the shit out of me? Either way I'm not letting her go." Carlos said when Chris still hadn't spoken.
"Carlos, you better really love her, because if I find out you've used her, you'll have hell to pay." He finally said getting up off the chair.
Carlos couldn't help but laugh at that. It was the most inappropriate thing to do at the time, but he felt like he'd just gotten permission to date someone's daughter.
"What's so funny?" Chris asked anger creeping over him again.
"Leon pretty much said the same thing this morning. I guess I'll have to be on my best behavior now." Carlos answered with a grin.
Chris relaxed at that. He knew Rebecca had a crush on Carlos, but he never thought Carlos would return the feeling. When Jill had shown up with him, Chris had thought any chance with her was gone. They seemed so close. When Jill told him that she and Carlos were just friends and admitted to him how she felt, Chris had been relieved. He thought that Carlos may have still been a problem once Jill had rejected him, he hadn't been. He'd told Chris that he didn't step in other men's territory. Thinking about it now Chris couldn't believe he hadn't trusted him. Carlos was a stand up guy, it was just that Claire now had Leon and Rebecca had Carlos. Chris felt responsible for both of them for so long it was hard to let go.
"Did Leon really threaten you?" Chris asked in disbelief after a moment.
"You know Leon, he doesn't threaten anyone, but I definitely got the impression that if I hurt her I'm in trouble." Carlos answered his grin widening.
"Good that goes double for me." Chris said finally grinning back.
Walking towards the stairs, Carlos stopped and turned back around.
"You know, you better have boys, because I feel sorry for any daughters you might have," and with that he headed upstairs.
Walking into his room, Carlos saw Rebecca was already in bed and for once Leon was asleep before one A.M. Being as quiet as he could he grabbed a pair of gym shorts and a T- shirt out of his dresser and went into the bathroom to change. Upon re-entering the room he noticed Rebecca had scooted to one side of the bed to make room for him.
"How did things go?" She whispered as Carlos slipped into bed next to her.
"Everything's fine, I'm still alive and I got permission to date you." He said smiling at her.
"Really, you asked permission?"
"No, but I told him everything, including us sleeping in the same bed and when everything was said and done, he's okay with it." He said kissing her on the forehead.
"Now I think it's time for bed," he said yawning.
"Good night becca."
"Good night." She replied as the both snuggled up under the covers.
When Chris entered his room, after turning off all the lights down stairs, he found Jill still awake and reading a book.
"What are you doing still up?" He asked.
"Waiting to hear the gun shot." She answered not looking up from the book.
"What?"
Putting the book down and looking at the man she loved, Jill recalled exactly why she loved Chris. Because he would do anything and go anywhere for the people he cared about. She knew he could be stubborn and over protective, but he was only that way with the people he loved.
"Chris, my love you can be over protective sometimes, especially when it comes to Rebecca and Claire. She stated.
"Well right now I feel like I've lost them. They don't need me anymore." He replied, looking at the floor.
"Maybe they don't, but I still do and I don't think you could have lost them to two better men, either."
"I guess your right, as long as you still need me." He replied looking back up at her and grinning.
"I do, this bed feels kind of empty without you taking up three quarters of it." Jill said patting the empty space besides her.
"Hey I do not take up that much of the bed." Chris shot back.
"Redfield, just get over here so I can show you how much I need you." She replied turning off the bedside lamp.