Hey there! I know that my story isn't that catchy but I'm glad that at
least one had read it and gave a review. I'm not implying that I'm angry or
something but I'm just saying that I'm really not expecting much.you know.
Pinquich: (did I get your name right? I'm sorry if I didn't) Thanks for the review and encouragement that you gave me. I didn't really expect for my work to get at least one review.
Anyway, here's the first chapter. I hope you, the reader, enjoys reading it.
Inferno
Chapter 1 The Call
~ Italy. Saturday June 25th ~
"Where could he be?" Jill thought aloud as she glanced outside the window of Rebecca's apartment.
Rebecca, who was then coming from the kitchen to bring them something to drink, replied, "I don't know Jill. He just said that he got news that Claire was in danger so he left to help her. He said that he would be back after he helped her and had found you and Barry."
"This is so much like Chris.handling everything by himself. Why can't he trust anybody? I mean, we all went through the same thing. He should know of all people that if anyone could get through this alive, it would be us." Jill commented.
Ever since they had returned from the mansion, she had noticed that Chris had changed.
He had once showed her what he was up to but he never revealed anything deeper than what was in the surface.
"Jill, why don't you just chill out. I know I never met him but I think he's the kind of guy that would keep his word. I mean, had he ever let you guys down?" Carlos said.
"No." Jill replied as she turned and headed for the sofa.
Rebecca then handed them some drinks.
"You're right. I just wonder how everybody's doing right now?" Jill then said.
"Let's just hope for the best, Jill." Rebecca replied as she sat opposite of Jill.
They were silent for a moment.
Carlos, who looked from one woman to the other, saw that Jill was completely worried about Chris and Rebecca felt really powerless to help comfort Jill's troubled heart.
"So, Rebecca right?" Carlos started to change the mood in the air.
Rebecca then turned to him, quite uncertain.
"Yeah?"
"You part of S.T.A.R.S?"
"Not exactly. I was part of team Bravo. Since strange things happened, STARS was dispatched. I was the only one who survived from the Bravo team. I've been with Jill and the others ever since." Rebecca explained.
She tried not to quiver at the memory that her team had been totally destroyed.
If it weren't for Chris and the others, she didn't know if she could have survived.
Suddenly the phone rang.
~ Toronto, Canada. Saturday June 25th ~
"Daddy, daddy, please don't leave us." One of Barry's young daughters pleaded as she hugged her father.
"I can't sweetie. I must do this. You might not understand now but daddy has to go fix some things for you." Barry explained.
"Why can't Uncle Chris do it? Daddy, please."
"Now, now. Daddy has to help Uncle Chris fight the bad men so that all of us can live happily once more." Barry said.
He then stood and faced his wife.
He could see that she was trying hard not to cry and be strong for their children.
Barry then hugged her and whispered, "I'm sorry."
"It's ok, my love. I understand. Just promise me that you will come back to us safe and sound. We almost lost you once, we don't want to have to think about that again." She whispered back.
Barry just tightened his embrace.
As he turned and left his family, it pained him to walk away.
He tried very hard not to look back.
Outside, Chris met up with him.
"Let's go." Barry said.
"Are you sure about this?" Chris asked his friend and teammate.
Barry just nodded and entered the car.
Chris then entered the driver's seat.
They then drove off to the airport.
Once there, Chris got to a phone and began to dial Rebecca's number in Italy.
As the phone began to ring, "All we have to do now is find Jill and get back to the US." Chris said to Barry.
"Yeah. Tell Rebecca that we're on our way to meet her and then we'll go find Jill." He replied.
The phone was then answered on the other side.
"Hello?" Came Rebecca's voice.
'It's good to here that you followed what I told you.' Chris said to himself, quite pleased that Rebecca didn't tell her name when she answered the phone like she usually did.
"Becca, it's me, Chris." He said.
"Chris! Thank God. So, what happened? How's Claire? Is she there with you?" Rebecca said.
"Slow down. She's fine and safe. I'm sure it won't be long before she finds out where we are." Chris said.
"So you left her just like that?"
"I'm sure she's with that Leon fellow now and that Steve."
"Leon? Steve? Wait a second, what's going on?"
"I'll explain everything once we are complete. We must find Jill first."
"There's no need. She's standing right beside me right now."
"What?"
"She and a guy named Carlos arrived here a few days ago looking for you."
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Jill will find my tracks. Hey, wait a minute who's Carlos?"
"Oh this is sweet. You jealous?" Rebecca teased.
"Certainly not! Anyway, Barry and I will be heading there and would arrive early tomorrow. Stay there. We'll get to you guys once we arrive. We've got to go. Our flight is about to leave." Chris said as he hung up the phone.
~ on the other line ~
"Wait! Chris! Chris!" Rebecca said.
"He hung up?" Jill said.
As Rebecca placed the receiver down, she nodded.
"Well, what did he say?" Jill asked curiously.
Rebecca turned to her.
"He's with Barry and they're on their way here. They'll be arriving tomorrow. He said that we should stay here and wait."
Jill just signed and sat down again.
"This is so much like him. This doesn't surprise me one bit. He didn't even tell Claire where he was going or what he's planning to do. I wonder what's going on in that head of his lately? Rebecca, remind me to ask him when he arrives."
"Sure. No problem. I'm also wondering why he didn't take Claire with him or those guys, Leon and Steve." Rebecca said also sitting down.
Carlos couldn't help but grin at the sight he was seeing.
'I guess Jill really has feelings for Chris Redfield by the way she's acting. I wonder why she still refuses to admit it when it shows? And Rebecca.' Carlos thought.
"What's so amusing?" Rebecca commented snapping Carlos back into reality.
Carlos just shook his head and grinned.
He then said, "I just couldn't help but be fascinated by your reactions. I mean, Jill still wouldn't admit that she's in love with him. Correct me when I'm wrong but I'm sure I'm not but. ever since we got out of Raccoon City, she has been giving all her strength to find Chris. And you Rebecca."
Jill blushed but then shook the idea out of her head.
"Look, he's my partner and of course I worry about him. Cool it Carlos. I'm not in the mood for your jokes right now. I'm too tired to laugh." Jill said as she stood and stretched her aching muscles.
She had woken up very early that morning and hadn't had a descent night's sleep for quite a while because of her worries over Chris and the others.
"Why don't you take the room two doors from the bathroom? I'll take the one by the end and Carlos could stay here in the couch." Rebecca said as she also stood.
"That sounds like a good idea. Good night every one." Jill said as she headed towards the room.
She could feel the bed calling to her.
She could also feel that she could collapse at any moment due to exhaustion.
(To be continued.)
Well, what do you think? Please send me your reviews. I'm dying to know what you think. I really love reading reviews no matter what is written there. For any wrong grammar, I apologize. Please, please send in your reviews.
Michiko
Pinquich: (did I get your name right? I'm sorry if I didn't) Thanks for the review and encouragement that you gave me. I didn't really expect for my work to get at least one review.
Anyway, here's the first chapter. I hope you, the reader, enjoys reading it.
Inferno
Chapter 1 The Call
~ Italy. Saturday June 25th ~
"Where could he be?" Jill thought aloud as she glanced outside the window of Rebecca's apartment.
Rebecca, who was then coming from the kitchen to bring them something to drink, replied, "I don't know Jill. He just said that he got news that Claire was in danger so he left to help her. He said that he would be back after he helped her and had found you and Barry."
"This is so much like Chris.handling everything by himself. Why can't he trust anybody? I mean, we all went through the same thing. He should know of all people that if anyone could get through this alive, it would be us." Jill commented.
Ever since they had returned from the mansion, she had noticed that Chris had changed.
He had once showed her what he was up to but he never revealed anything deeper than what was in the surface.
"Jill, why don't you just chill out. I know I never met him but I think he's the kind of guy that would keep his word. I mean, had he ever let you guys down?" Carlos said.
"No." Jill replied as she turned and headed for the sofa.
Rebecca then handed them some drinks.
"You're right. I just wonder how everybody's doing right now?" Jill then said.
"Let's just hope for the best, Jill." Rebecca replied as she sat opposite of Jill.
They were silent for a moment.
Carlos, who looked from one woman to the other, saw that Jill was completely worried about Chris and Rebecca felt really powerless to help comfort Jill's troubled heart.
"So, Rebecca right?" Carlos started to change the mood in the air.
Rebecca then turned to him, quite uncertain.
"Yeah?"
"You part of S.T.A.R.S?"
"Not exactly. I was part of team Bravo. Since strange things happened, STARS was dispatched. I was the only one who survived from the Bravo team. I've been with Jill and the others ever since." Rebecca explained.
She tried not to quiver at the memory that her team had been totally destroyed.
If it weren't for Chris and the others, she didn't know if she could have survived.
Suddenly the phone rang.
~ Toronto, Canada. Saturday June 25th ~
"Daddy, daddy, please don't leave us." One of Barry's young daughters pleaded as she hugged her father.
"I can't sweetie. I must do this. You might not understand now but daddy has to go fix some things for you." Barry explained.
"Why can't Uncle Chris do it? Daddy, please."
"Now, now. Daddy has to help Uncle Chris fight the bad men so that all of us can live happily once more." Barry said.
He then stood and faced his wife.
He could see that she was trying hard not to cry and be strong for their children.
Barry then hugged her and whispered, "I'm sorry."
"It's ok, my love. I understand. Just promise me that you will come back to us safe and sound. We almost lost you once, we don't want to have to think about that again." She whispered back.
Barry just tightened his embrace.
As he turned and left his family, it pained him to walk away.
He tried very hard not to look back.
Outside, Chris met up with him.
"Let's go." Barry said.
"Are you sure about this?" Chris asked his friend and teammate.
Barry just nodded and entered the car.
Chris then entered the driver's seat.
They then drove off to the airport.
Once there, Chris got to a phone and began to dial Rebecca's number in Italy.
As the phone began to ring, "All we have to do now is find Jill and get back to the US." Chris said to Barry.
"Yeah. Tell Rebecca that we're on our way to meet her and then we'll go find Jill." He replied.
The phone was then answered on the other side.
"Hello?" Came Rebecca's voice.
'It's good to here that you followed what I told you.' Chris said to himself, quite pleased that Rebecca didn't tell her name when she answered the phone like she usually did.
"Becca, it's me, Chris." He said.
"Chris! Thank God. So, what happened? How's Claire? Is she there with you?" Rebecca said.
"Slow down. She's fine and safe. I'm sure it won't be long before she finds out where we are." Chris said.
"So you left her just like that?"
"I'm sure she's with that Leon fellow now and that Steve."
"Leon? Steve? Wait a second, what's going on?"
"I'll explain everything once we are complete. We must find Jill first."
"There's no need. She's standing right beside me right now."
"What?"
"She and a guy named Carlos arrived here a few days ago looking for you."
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Jill will find my tracks. Hey, wait a minute who's Carlos?"
"Oh this is sweet. You jealous?" Rebecca teased.
"Certainly not! Anyway, Barry and I will be heading there and would arrive early tomorrow. Stay there. We'll get to you guys once we arrive. We've got to go. Our flight is about to leave." Chris said as he hung up the phone.
~ on the other line ~
"Wait! Chris! Chris!" Rebecca said.
"He hung up?" Jill said.
As Rebecca placed the receiver down, she nodded.
"Well, what did he say?" Jill asked curiously.
Rebecca turned to her.
"He's with Barry and they're on their way here. They'll be arriving tomorrow. He said that we should stay here and wait."
Jill just signed and sat down again.
"This is so much like him. This doesn't surprise me one bit. He didn't even tell Claire where he was going or what he's planning to do. I wonder what's going on in that head of his lately? Rebecca, remind me to ask him when he arrives."
"Sure. No problem. I'm also wondering why he didn't take Claire with him or those guys, Leon and Steve." Rebecca said also sitting down.
Carlos couldn't help but grin at the sight he was seeing.
'I guess Jill really has feelings for Chris Redfield by the way she's acting. I wonder why she still refuses to admit it when it shows? And Rebecca.' Carlos thought.
"What's so amusing?" Rebecca commented snapping Carlos back into reality.
Carlos just shook his head and grinned.
He then said, "I just couldn't help but be fascinated by your reactions. I mean, Jill still wouldn't admit that she's in love with him. Correct me when I'm wrong but I'm sure I'm not but. ever since we got out of Raccoon City, she has been giving all her strength to find Chris. And you Rebecca."
Jill blushed but then shook the idea out of her head.
"Look, he's my partner and of course I worry about him. Cool it Carlos. I'm not in the mood for your jokes right now. I'm too tired to laugh." Jill said as she stood and stretched her aching muscles.
She had woken up very early that morning and hadn't had a descent night's sleep for quite a while because of her worries over Chris and the others.
"Why don't you take the room two doors from the bathroom? I'll take the one by the end and Carlos could stay here in the couch." Rebecca said as she also stood.
"That sounds like a good idea. Good night every one." Jill said as she headed towards the room.
She could feel the bed calling to her.
She could also feel that she could collapse at any moment due to exhaustion.
(To be continued.)
Well, what do you think? Please send me your reviews. I'm dying to know what you think. I really love reading reviews no matter what is written there. For any wrong grammar, I apologize. Please, please send in your reviews.
Michiko