Author's Notes: I gotta say, I'm liking writing this one way more than 'How we live now' so if I get this one up quicker, don't complain… (: Anyway the rating for this one may go up cause there may be more blood and gore, and maybe even some 'lemon' (if I'm feeling inventive…) in later chapters. Please keep reviewing…
Also, please don't say anything about me completely messing with the plot of RE3, cause it's all for the greater good, and Carlos will still be in it so it's not that bad!
-Dd-
"I need to see you…"
The receiver nearly fell from Jill's hands as the words washed over her, familiar tones settling in the pit of her stomach, a thick feeling of nausea washing through her form as she stood there, unbelieving.
"What…?" she said simply into the phone, not even realising that words had passed her lips.
A sigh could be heard from the other end of the phone, an exasperated noise filled with complete and utter annoyance, his feelings in that exact second immortalised in that one simple sound, a sound that registered somewhere deep in her unconscious mind. She'd heard it before. More than once before.
Get real Valentine; he gets pissed with you all the time. You piss each other off, you bicker, you fight, big deal…
Why was he angry with her this time?
He's angry with me because I didn't give him an answer. I left without giving him an answer. That's why he wants to see me. He asked me a question…"You know what," his voice was raised, heated, and exuded a force and anger that Jill saw from Chris all too often. He always picked fights, almost always with her. Redfield nature…
"You think you can just leave without a word after that? After me putting my heart on the line when all you do is tear it apart…?" she could almost feel him rubbing his temple, as the previous heat his voice exuded turned to something a little softer. A little more desperate.
Pleading, sad… When does Chris plead…? Wait, what did he ask me…?Moving images filled her mind once more as an uncontrollable ripple of burning heat seeped into each cell, clinging to her flesh making every inch of her exposed skin itch. Pain. Burning pain, everywhere.
Nemesis hulking over me. Fist wrapped tightly around my throat, pulling me into the air. Blood on my tongue as I try to swallow; the hot liquid bitter and metallic in my mouth. Darkness looms. I try to avoid its grasp but it pulls me down. I open my eyes and see him, the last sight before I die…
Chris…
"Jill…?" Chris's voice on the other end of the phone, dragging her mind back to the reality that her body was trapped in.
"Yeah Chris," the only thing she could say, yet, a million other phrases came to mind. Why does this whole fucking scene feel like it's been pre-recorded and I'm reading lines that I don't know about…?
"Why won't you just answer me…?"
For a split second his voice seemed distant, distracted, like he too was having trouble voicing his true opinion, as if the words that passed his lips weren't the words that were formulating in his mind. Only for a second, until his words were once more consumed by fire, rage.
Jill closed her eyes, desperately searching in her memories subconscious for the moment in question. When she'd left him, ripped his heart out, mutely ignored him without a backward glance. Images flooded back anew, but not the ones she had been searching for.
Nemesis. Crushing my throat, slowly killing me as I hung limply in its outstretched arm. Blood filled my mouth, coursed over my tongue. I could taste it. Then I saw him. The last person I would ever see. I'm sorry, I hope he knows I'm sorry…
Pain, burning, darkness. All too familiar.
Stop.
The phone dropped from Jill's trembling fingers, clattering to the floor in slow motion as if it were meant to happen, as if it was being controlled by some far away conductor, settling on the floor as that was where it was meant to be. Jill just left it there. That seemed like the right thing to do to, although she didn't know why.
Why, when I try to remember anything, do I come up with that twisted fucking dream?
The sound of Chris' voice could be heard, muffled words emanating form the bottom of the dropped phone receiver. Jill sat down next to it, the cold tiled floor sending shivers snaking up the base of her spine as she simply stared at the piece of plastic, already knowing her reply to Chris' earlier question. Already knowing an excuse for her clumsiness.
Sorry about that Chris, just accidentally knocked a glass on the floor, made me drop the phone…
Jill looked up the tabletop and saw a dirty glass on the sideboard ready to be washed. It didn't look right; it didn't feel right in that place. Why should I knock it over, at least why should I this time around?
She stood up, eyes never leaving the surface of the dirty glass as it simply sat on the table, unmoving, out of place from where it was meant to be. It didn't seem right. I knocked it off the side by accident, I didn't mean to, I was just bending over to pick the phone up and it…
Smashed.
Jill looked round, the crack of glass directing her gaze to the floor where the glass now lay in pieces, shattered on the floor. It came true, I knew that it smashed and it came true. I tried not to but it still happened. It really was an accident…
Chris' voice was slightly panicked at the other end as she held the receiver once more to her ear, frantically calling out her name to see if she'd gone. He knows I haven't gone, already knows what I'm gonna say cause I've said it before. This is well and truly fucked Valentine, you know that don't you…?
"Sorry about that Chris, just accidentally knocked a glass on the floor, made me drop the phone." The words were mechanical, pre-set, repeating what had already said. Now that is whacked…
Silence could be heard on the other end, only for a few seconds, but it was there, a sign that all was not right on the other end. Jill knew what he was about to say, even before the sound travelled down the phone line. Is it just me or do you feel like this has happened before…
The Groundhog effect.
-Dd-
Chapter notes: I know that was way confusing, but that was just setting everything up, again, and dropping hints about what's to come. If you wanna find out more please keep reading, and as always review ;)