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Reunited

His vision was blurry, and his head was pounding. He could barely make out the sound of several muffled voices. "What the hell happened? Why do I feel like I just got bashed on the head with a two-ton anvil?" He thought to himself. His vision began to clear, and he noticed that someone was hovering over him. As he raised his head, he could make-out the form of a casually dressed young woman, and he thought out loud, "I must've died and gone to heaven. If not, I want more of the drug I've been given."

"Well it's nice to see you too, Kevin." the feminine voice replied, "Long time no see handsome."

"Cindy?" he responded.

"Guess again, prettyboy."

"Alyssa!"

"Give that cop a prize."

"Uhn, what's going on? One minute I was talking to an FBI agent, next thing you know, I'm waking up in a strange place with you here."

"Not just me. David, Mark, Yoko, and Jim are here too." replied the usually stoic reporter.

"KEVIN!" He heard the little-girl-like voice of Yoko shout as she came over to hug him.

"Whoa, easy there, " he said, "I'm still a bit groggy."

"Sorry." she responded.

"Welcome back to the land of the living." It was Jim.

"Thanks, I think." Kevin looked over and acknowledged David and Mark, who each took a turn to come shake his hand.

"Where are George and Cindy?" Kevin finally asked, as if he'd just noticed their absence.

"We were hoping you could tell us. You were the closest to them." said David, finally breaking his own silence.

"Last time I talked to them, they had moved in together, some place in Atlanta. Cindy invited me down for a visit, but my new job at the Miami Police Department had been keeping me busy."

"Wait, they moved in together?" asked Alyssa, surprised. "I never would've taken Cindy for the type to shack up with someone out of wedlock. I mean she had that sweeter-than-sugar, oh so wholesome personality rep."

"Well, they never really connected in THAT way. But since they were the closest out of all of us, it only made sense. Besides, George was still hurting from his divorce. Truth is, they just felt comfortable with each other. More like a sibling relationship than a romantic one."

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that Kev. One day you'll believe it, but I wouldn't keep holding out for miss cute-as-a-button for too long." Alyssa sounded meaner than she had intended, but it was no surprise that she and Cindy were never gonna be more than close acquaintances. They were just too different. But everyone also knew that Officer Ryman had a bit of a crush on the waitress with a sunny disposition and an even brighter smile. But so did most of the male regulars at J's Bar. Kevin had told Jim during a brief break from surviving that he was gonna ask Cindy out, but the plan was nipped in the bud when the zombies attacked the bar.

David spoke up again, "So, in short, we have no idea why we've been taken or by whom. We don't know where George and Cindy are, just that they're probably together, and we have no idea where we are, correct? Nice to know we're doing so well solving the mystery."

"Hey, chill out man, " said Jim, "We'll figure this out. We have to. After Raccoon City, we can handle anything!"

"I hope your right Jimmy," Mark replied, "I hope you're right."

Cindy Lennox was finishing up some much needed housekeeping. Her job at the diner kept her away most of the day, and George was always busy with his medical cases. But the house still stayed pretty clean. After all, it was just the two of them. They each had there own things that they did around the place. George usually handled the repairs and took out the trash, while Cindy usually did the dishes, and the basic straightening up. They took turns cooking. It was a pleasant living arrangement, but there were no romantic sparks. As Kevin had observed, it was more of an older brother/younger sister relationship.

Cindy had been on a few dates since the incident, but nothing major had happened, while George usually buried himself in work. Every once in a while they'd go and do something together, but they usually just stayed home. They both joined a local fitness club, where George worked on getting stronger, and Cindy tried to improve her swimming skills in the club pool. That was because she and Yoko had both nearly drowned during the outbreak in Raccoon City. Cindy had gotten a cramp in the alligator pond at the zoo, and Yoko (who was a poor swimmer even in comparison to Cindy) had nearly drowned in the canal behind J's. In fact, if it hadn't been for Kevin and Alyssa, they'd both be at the bottom of some body of water somewhere.

As she finished vacuuming the living room, she heard a knock on the door. As she went to answer, the door suddenly burst open, and a man with a military uniform came through, with his gun pointed directly at her.

"Wh...who are you! What do you want!" she screamed.

George had been in the den overlooking some files when he heard the commotion. As he entered the room, he saw the soldier inject something into Cindy's neck.

"Cindy!" He shouted, just before cold, hard metal connected with the back of his head, knocking him unconscious. As his vision faded into darkness, he saw Cindy's limp form fall to the floor, and his first thought was "She's dead."

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I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I guess alot of you are thinking WTH? When did Cindy and Yoko nearly drown? The answer is, it never happened. However, in Wild Things (File #2), Cindy and Yoko's ad libs make it seem as though neither of them are real happy about having to swim across the pond. Cindy: "You mean I have to swim?" And Yoko actually says it with hesitation: "You mean I have to...swim?" "I don't like swimming!" So I interpreted it as Cindy and Yoko not being good swimmers. Especially Yoko. In any case, I don't plan to have another drowning scene in this story like I do in the other two RE stories I have on here, but I wanted to add this info as backstory.