Weskers Second Betrayal

Chapter 9

"Where's Lauren?"

"I don't think things are gonna work out between us no. I'm sorry."

"Lauren, Hold on!"

"He's my boyfriend Dad."

"Ben…"

"If we take one gun each, we'll have a reminder of each other no matter how far apart we are,"

"LAUREN!"

"I'm the reason you have no family,"

Ben stood in the watch tower, his arms resting on the railings. Since they had arrived at the UURF HQ, he had isolated himself from everyone, preferring to be alone. They had heard nothing about Laurens whereabouts, or any ransoms. Wesker was still looking for both her and Steve, who had been moved before they could get him out. He sighed and looked up at the night sky, the stars overhead appearing as he looked around. His hand drifted down to the gun that Lauren had given to him, her carved name shining as he reflected the light from it.

"I couldn't save you, and now I've lost you. You were right, things aren't working between us," Ben thought. He hung his arms by his sides and felt a tear roll down his cheek, his heart unable to take the pain anymore.

Rebecca watched her brother from the window set in the wall of her room. She was starting to worry about him, he never spent any time with anyone.

"Maybe I was too hard on Lauren. I can't help thinking that I'm the reason they split up," She thought as she leaned on the window sill, her hair falling onto her face. She adjusted her top and picked up her bullet-proof vest and slid it on, fastening the clips at the side and walked out of her room, shutting the door behind herself as she walked down the corridor.

"Still, he's my brother, and I should at least check on him," Rebecca thought as she walked down a flight of stairs and out into the open. She took a deep breath of fresh air and blew it out, the wind blowing through her hair. She walked over to the ladder that was bolted to the side of the watch tower and started to climb it slowly.

Jill leaned forward and kissed Chris, her hand sliding lovingly up his arm. As their lips connected, she felt him lower his hand to her leg and rest it gently on her thigh. She broke the kiss and looked at him.

"I don't know why, but this feels real awkward," Jill said quietly. Chris nodded.

"Yeah, it does," He started. "Do you reckon it's because of Ben?" Jill shrugged her shoulders.

"Probably. I feel kinda bad about what has happened. First he infects himself to save Lauren, and now he loses her," She replied.

"It must be hard for him. I haven't seen him around the base since we got here, and on top of that, he's persistently checking to see if anyone has heard anything about Lauren. I'm actually getting worried about him now," Chris said as he rose to his feet and walked over to the window. He looked out and saw Rebecca walking slowly through the shadows.

"Looks like we're not the only ones worried about Ben," He told Jill as he motioned to the window. Jill walked over and stood next to him.

"Is he still up in the watch tower? He's been there for 2 days almost…" Jill replied, and trailed off as she watched Rebecca slowly climb the ladder to the tower.

"Come on, lets go show some support," Chris finished as he walked over to the room door. Jill smiled and joined him, wrapping her arm around his waist as he opened the door and stepped out into the corridor.

Ben grabbed his gun as he heard someone climbing the ladder behind him. He raised the weapon and stood in silence for a few seconds, before Rebecca's head appeared from the shadows. He blew out a breath and turned around and rested on the railing. Becky climbed up into the watch tower and walked over to Ben's side.

"Are you OK?" She asked gently. Ben stood motionless, his gaze fixed on the sky above.

"I'm fine," He replied coldly. Rebecca shook her head.

"No, you're not. You've been up here for two days, you need some rest," She continued as she stepped up next to her brother. Ben shook his head.

"You're wrong. The virus in my veins keeps me awake. Besides, I wouldn't be able to sleep even if I tried," He replied as he slid his gun back into the holster on his leg. Rebecca put her hand on his shoulder.

"Get off," Ben said quickly as he threw her hand away. Rebecca stared at him.

"You don't get it, do you? I'm worried about you Ben! You're my brother, you can talk to me about this!" She replied sharply. Ben chuckled quietly.

"Brother? You're the reason that I lost Lauren in the first place!" Ben shouted.

"No, that's not true! Ben, she was the reason I lost you!" Rebecca replied hotly.

"But you got me back! You know that I would never dream of leaving you again! So instead, you go and poison Lauren against me!" Ben shouted back. Rebecca was shocked.

"How dare you! I would never do any such thing!" She shouted hotly. Ben stood rooted to the spot, even as his wrists began to glow, a dull light emanating through his skin.

"You slapped her, told her you hated her so much…Of course you poisoned her! She thinks not only of me, but also you! She cares about everyone around me and what they think of the two of us being together, and if you hated her, it would have been too hard for us to be together!" Ben screamed back, light exploding from his wrists. Rebecca stepped backwards.

"I, I never thought of that…" She whispered.

"Yeah, well you should have. Now I've lost Lauren. I hope you're happy," Ben finished as he crossed his arms, trying to hide the light as it shone from his wrists. Rebecca turned and quietly stepped down the ladder and onto the floor, wiping away the tears as they formed in her eyes. She turned and stopped as she looked at Jill and Chris, the two of them stood quietly near the building.

"Is everything OK Becky?" Chris asked warmly. Rebecca shook her head.

"He still refuses to come down, and it's my fault. If I hadn't been so selfish, we wouldn't have lost Lauren," She replied, almost choking on her tears. Jill shook her head.

"No matter what anyone had done, we still would have lost Lauren. We know UMBRELLA moved her somewhere, we just don't know where yet," She replied quickly. Rebecca nodded as she scratched her arm idly.

"When Leon gets here, we'll know more about where they might be keeping Lauren and Steve, but until then, we're in the dark," Chris said as he placed a hand on Rebecca's shoulder.

"Don't blame yourself for anything, OK?" He finished. Rebecca nodded as she walked back into the building and climbed the stairs slowly and slid into her room quietly. Chris watched her disappear and turned to Jill.

"I reckon they need some time," He said simply. Jill nodded.

"Yeah. I'm kinda tired, let's go get some sleep," Jill finished as she walked back into the building, Chris looking up at Ben one last time before he followed her inside.

A.N. I decided to split this chapter up because I don't want to continue it until I complete Resident Evil 4 and know some more about Leon's story. Next chapter Claire, Barry, Leon, Ashley and Carlos join the team. YAY!

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