IT'S ALIVE! Hahaha. Well hello again! Thanks for the reviews. Sorry for the extremely late date. Okay, so I bought the new 007 game a when it came out, which was what, two months ago or something, and guess what happened to be one of the mission titles? Yep, that's right, Long Way Down. Well not actually, it was "A Long Way Down" but who cares. I haven't been playing it lately anyways. I hate school. Yeah so I'm sorry about the delay, been busy with (sighs) school as always. Did I already apologize? Well, sorry again. Now that midterms are over, but I still have a tons of papers to write, I can sort of concentrate on this. Yeah, yeah, whatever Jane! I've also been busy juggling the plenty, many homework I have, the new 007 game and MGS: The Twin Snakes. It's a kick ass game people. Get it if you don't already have it or something like that. Ooo and I just got my HDD and FFXI, COOL! It's cool, it makes your PS2 mighty heavy, but I don't lug it around anyways. Yeah, and RE Outbreak is coming out soon too! Hmm, I think it's already out by now. Give me a break, I've been writing this ever since. Takes me forever to finish but hey, maybe I'll see one of you online hehehe. God, I'm so broke already, hahaha. Anyhoo, enough of my ranting, I guess read on and don't forget to review!
Chapter 11: Marc What?
Jill and Chris arrived shortly before five and found some of the Bravo team was still there. "Why are you guys still here?" Chris asked.
"We're waiting for you to relieve us." Richard said sarcastically.
"Right." Chris said, making his fingers like a gun and pointing it at him, while clicking his tongue.
"So Chris, what did you do today?" Forest asked suspiciously.
"Nothing, went to the DMV, mall and took a nap." He said.
"A nap? Are you sure that what's you did?" Forest said.
"I'm pretty sure I'd remember what I was doing, Forest." Chris said.
"I have no idea what you two are talking about and I don't think I'm part of this equation, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to change. Hopefully my extra uniform is still there." Jill smiled and left the office and headed to the locker rooms.
"So are you sure that's all you did, take a nap?" Forest asked yet again, trying to see if Chris will spill.
"Who took a nap all day?" Joseph asked upon entering the S.T.A.R.S office.
"Him." Forest said, "At Jill's place. But I think 'taking a nap' is just a cover up."
"How did you know I was there? Are you spying on us?" Chris said.
"Oh, so there's an 'us' now?" Joseph teased.
"Fuck you! What the hell, don't you guys have anything better to do?" Chris said.
"No, that's why we went for a stroll and spotted your bike in front of Miss Valentine's apartment." Richard said.
"So was it good?" Joseph teased.
"What was good?" Jill asked upon her return. Chris was really pissed off by now and was about to slug Joseph in the face if Jill didn't walk in just now.
"Um, that Chinese restaurant around the corner. I was just asking him if they serve good food there because I was thinking of taking Kate there tomorrow." Joseph lied.
"I wouldn't know because nothing happened." Chris said and left the office to get changed.
Jill stood there confused. "Okay…"
"Hi, Jill! So how was your day?" Forest changed the subject.
"Um, hmm, I went with Chris to the DMV and he took me to the mall and then we went to my place."
"Yes, can you elaborate on the 'went to my place' bit?" Joseph asked.
"Oh my god, you guys are sick! Get a life and a girlfriend." Jill walked away.
"Hey, I'm seeing Kate." Joseph followed.
"And I'm seeing, hmm…I have to go now." Forest said and walked out of the office leaving Jill laughing.
"Yeah, I guess I'm gonna go now too. See you guys later." Richard said and took his leave.
"Not fair, I can't leave yet. I need to update your records." Rebecca informed them.
"Update as in how?" Chris asked upon entering.
"Shots, physicals, eyesight, blah, blah, blah." Rebecca answered while Chris took a seat behind his desk and noticed that some things were out of place .
"Shots? Who got shot?" Barry asked making his presence known.
"No one got shot. I need to update your shots." Rebecca corrected him.
"Hmm, I hate shots." Barry said and took his seat behind his desk.
"Jeez Barry, for such a big guy you sure are afraid of something so small." Jill said. Right when she said that, Chris happened to see a spider making its nest in the corner of the file cabinet. He quietly got up from his chair and carefully scooped it in the palm of his hand and walked over to Barry.
"I'm entitled to my fears." He answered.
"Hmm, so Jill, what are you afraid of?" Chris asked, feeling uncomfortable with the spider tickling the inside of his hands.
"Jill fears nothing!" She said with pride and a hint of sarcasm.
"Wow, that really is amazing." He said sarcastically. He then walked over to her as if he were going to give her a pat on her shoulder but slipped the spider on her shoulder. After he was a couple of steps away from her, he decided to inform her of the little visitor. "Oh by the way fearless one, there's a big hairy spider on your shoulder."
"WHAT! GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF!" She yelled, spinning in circles and waving her arms hysterically trying to get the spider off of her. Barry, Chris, Joseph and Rebecca laughed at how stupid she looked. She then gave up and slid to the floor in defeat.
"Jill? Are you okay?" Rebecca approached her while trying to contain her laughter.
"No. I've just been violated by a spider." She whined while Rebecca continued to giggle.
"What seems to be the matter?" Chris said in between laughs, "I thought Jill fears nothing."
"I was being sarcastic if you didn't know." She said, still slumped on the floor.
"I did catch that but I couldn't resist." He then walked up to her and helped her off of the floor. Once she was up on her feet, she slapped him on his face. "If this is the thanks I get, then remind me to never help you again." He said.
"Okay enough of this before Wesker chews our heads off. Rebecca, I suggest you do the updating now so you can go on home." Barry said.
"No, I don't want. I have all the time in the world and it won't take me more than five minutes to finish each of you." She said. With that 'little' icebreaker they just had, she felt really calm and comfortable to express herself freely.
"Don't be cocky young lady." Joseph said.
"I'm not. And besides, I'm not tired and I want a chance to get to know all of you before our actual shift together." She smiled.
"Is it me or does anyone else notice that Wesker seems to be MIA most of the time?" Joseph asked out of the blue.
"Yeah, I'm beginning to see that." Chris said.
"I wouldn't know, I've only been here for like two days." Jill said.
"I wouldn't know either." Rebecca said.
"Hey guys, what are you all up to and what was up with the screaming?" Brad asked upon entering.
"Chris put a spider on Jill's shoulder and she freaked like a mad woman." Joseph told him. "And where the hell were you? You're half an hour late."
"I was at the heliport checking if the chopper is still in working order." Brad said.
"Okay." All of them responded
"I'm gonna head down to the range if anyone needs me. But I suggest you don't bother me otherwise I'll bite you." Chris said as he got up from his seat.
"My, my, my Chris, it's not like you to go biting people." Joseph joked. Chris flicked him off and left the office for the range to ease his boredom.
"He's so grumpy." Jill laughed, hopefully he was far enough to not have heard her.
"He's just not getting some…that is unless…you're giving it to him, Jill." Joseph said jokingly yet seriously.
"Jill! How could you! Don't you have any morals? You've only known him for two days!" Brad immediately got in on the joke. Rebecca started to giggle and so did Barry, although he didn't show it much.
"Screw you guys!" Jill yelled at all of them.
"You're the one doing all the screwing. Unless, you just sit back and enjoy the ride." Joseph laughed.
"Oh my god! You're such a perverted asshole. I am not sleeping with Chris. That is so unprofessional to sleep with your coworkers. Not to mention gross, ew."
"So Jill how was it?" Brad continued on.
"I wouldn't know, I already told you guys that I am not sleeping with him!" She said in an angry tone.
"You guys, you should know that a woman never shares her intimate experiences with the male audience. Hey Jill, want to step in my office and inform me on the juicy details." Rebecca laughed and gave Joseph a high-five seeing he had his up in the air for one.
"Okay guys, Rebecca, enough." Barry said, trying to contain his laughter, "Jokes over, leave her alone before she explodes in our faces."
"Thank you Barry." Jill said starting to relax
"Yes but before you do…how exactly did you seduce him? Inquiring minds want to know?" Barry laughed.
"Ha! I've had enough of this! Barry, I can't believe you would stoop to that idiot. And Rebecca, aren't you a little young to be listening to conversations like these. And you Brad, of all people…argh!" Jill stormed out of the office.
"Hey, what about me?" Joseph asked.
"Barry, why'd you have to go and piss her off like that?" Joseph said.
"Me? You started it."
"Never mind who started it. I think we all owe Jill an apology." Rebecca felt really bad.
"Yeah, I agree with her." Brad said.
"Yeah okay, later on though." Joseph said.
"Yeah." They all agreed.
Jill was extremely irritated and exited the building for some fresh air. She went back inside ten minutes later and wandered around the department, unknowingly leading herself towards the shooting range. She was lost in her thoughts when she heard some gunshots and snapped out of her daze. She looked up and found herself at the range. Since she was already there, she decided to check on what Chris was up to. She entered and leaned quietly against the doorframe that led to the actual range and saw that Chris wasn't using the standard Beretta.
Chris didn't notice he was being watched and he stood as if he were a cowboy in the Wild West and if on cue, he drew his gun and started shooting as the cowboys did during a draw. He emptied out his gun and stood there with the smoking barrel still in his hand. Jill couldn't help but laugh at how a grown man still has fantasizes of becoming a cowboy. He heard a laugh and turned around. He found Jill leaning against the doorframe giggling. Chris immediately stood up straight and hid the gun behind his back as though nothing were going on.
"Jill! I didn't hear you come in. What are you doing here?" He was surprised.
"You're so cute. You look like a little boy." She laughed.
"Hehehe, but what are you doing here?" Chris asked, still holding the gun behind his back for her not to see.
"Those assholes in the office were teasing me that we were sleeping together." She said.
"Hmm…" Is all Chris said. He then walked backwards to the counter where one would sign for the weapon.
"You're not mad about what they were saying?" She asked in amazement.
"Nope. As long as I know it isn't true is all that matters." He said, taking a look back to see how far he was from the counter.
"What are you doing? Why are you walking like that? What are you trying to hide?" Jill questioned. She then started to walk up to him to see what was behind his back.
"Nothing, nothing. Don't worry about it." He said.
"Okay, whatever. I'm gonna go then seeing you don't want me here." She said.
"I never said that." He said.
"You didn't have to." She said and left the range but she didn't go far. She stood near the door and waited, knowing he wasn't finished shooting.
Chris looked at the door and saw she was actually gone. He got more bullets and proceeded towards the targets. Six shots were fired simultaneously and Jill took a peek into the room and saw him reloading. As he drew his gun again and shot, Jill walked up quietly and stood behind him. "Howdy." Jill greeted from behind after he emptied his gun.
"Jill! I thought you left?" Chris asked.
"Nope. I'm here aren't I?" She smiled.
"I can see that!" He said.
"So cowboy, you any good with that?"
"Er, okay I guess." He said
"Well let's see." She said. She pushed the button that retracted the target and examined it. "Hey, you're pretty good." She said while looking at his target.
"Thanks." He said while he twirled the gun and stuck it in its holster.
"Where did you get that gun anyway? They don't have them here do they?" She asked.
"They kept it in the back. I found it when I was cleaning the place." He said.
"And why were you cleaning this place?" She asked.
"Um, that's none of your business." He smirked.
"Um anyway, since I'm here, I might as well get in on the shooting." She said. Jill hooked up a target and waited for it to withdraw. She put on her some earplugs and pulled out her Beretta and started firing.
Chris watched her and just smiled. After she emptied her clip she reeled in her target. "Not bad…for a girl that is." Chris said.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho. What are you trying to say?" Jill asked
"Well, I don't know who taught you how to shoot but you have bad posture."
"Whatever! You have bad posture. I shoot just fine." She said arrogantly.
"We'll just see. Shoot that target in the head." He pointed to the one he set up. Jill stepped over to his side and pulled the trigger. "Okay, now this one." He guided her to the other side and positioned her. She felt really weird in his arms but found it somehow very inviting. "Okay just hold it…there." He stepped away from her.
"Like this? It feels awkward." She said.
"You moved." He moved closer to her. "Feet apart," He stuck his foot in the middle of hers. "Arms leveled."
"Uh-huh…" She looked to him.
"Aim." He said calmly.
"Yeah…" She turned her head towards the target.
"And pull the trigger." He said and stepped away.
"Okay." Jill stood there facing the target.
"Are you going to pull the trigger?" Chris asked.
"Wha?" She turned to him. "Oh." She said and pulled the trigger.
"Er…hmm…you forgot the whole aiming part." He said as he reeled in the target. "But really, nice shot." He examined the hole in the middle of the eyes.
"Huh?" She asked.
"Jill are you okay?" He placed his hand on her forehead to check her temperature and casually moved it down to her neck. "You seem a little out of it."
"Oh, I'm fine."
"Yeah, you are, now that you've got his hands all over you." Came a voice from the door. They immediately turned and saw Rebecca standing there grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"Girl, if you weren't eighteen and a member of S.T.A.R.S, I would knock you." Jill said.
"Jill, if I weren't this small compared to you, I would knock you." Rebecca smiled.
"Alright, chick fight. Hey make sure you rip some clothing. It adds to the drama." Chris smiled. Then all of a sudden, Rebecca and Jill turned and slapped him on both sides of his face. "YEOUCH!" Chris yelled, while grabbing his stinging face. "THAT'S ASSAULT!"
"No it isn't. According to the law, assault is a thrust against another person with the intention to injure that person. We weren't trying to injure you sweetie." Jill said and pinched his cheeks while Rebecca stood there laughing.
"Sure you weren't." Chris said and slapped her hand away. "You know, for the two days that you've been here, you've hit me more than I had girlfriends."
"Funny."
"Aw, kiss and make up." Rebecca smiled. They both shot her a dirty look and she immediately changed her facial expression. "Er, oh yeah, um before I forget, Wesker's here and we need to go up to the office." She said and left the two at the range.
"Well, we might as well." Chris said.
"Kiss and make up!" Jill uttered in amazement.
"Well, we can, but that's not what I meant. What I meant was that we might as well head on up to the office before Wesker chews our heads off again." Chris said.
"Okay, I'll see you in the office." Jill said and holstered her gun and immediately left the range to avoid further embarrassment. Chris just laughed and went to put the gun back. After thinking some things through, he went up to the office and joined the others.
"Okay, now that we're all here, there is a class going on downtown and we're required to go. So if you're all ready, let's get a move on."
"I have a question. What is this class about? I hate school." Joseph said.
"It's not school Mr. Frost. We're just required to go." Wesker said in a strict tone.
"Oh, okay. How long do you think this will take?" Joseph asked.
"One, two hours perhaps. Rebecca? What are you still doing here?" Wesker asked upon noticing her presence.
"Just finishing up their records and other medical documents that need updating." Rebecca said.
"Well since you're here, you might as well come." Wesker said.
"Yes sir." Rebecca obeyed.
"Okay, let's go." Wesker said. They proceeded to the parking lot and piled into the S.T.A.R.S. van. They arrived at their location shortly and found a S.W.A.T. van parked in the underground parking spaces.
"Crap, what are S.W.A.T. doing here?" Joseph growled.
"They do fall in the same field as we are." Barry said.
"I know that the S.T.A.R.S. and S.W.A.T don't get along, but for the time being please try to suppress the hatred you have for them. Do not embarrass me. Everyone got that?" Wesker said.
"Yeah." Everyone answered.
Once inside the building, it didn't take long for the team to spot the S.W.A.T. members. "Albert." The captain of the S.W.A.T. team greeted.
"Kevin." Wesker growled back.
"Well I see you haven't changed. Still have that attitude of yours when someone refers to you by your first name, and those trademark shades you have. Are those the shades back when we were in the Academy?" He joked.
"You tell me. So do they still call you Captain N?" Wesker asked.
"Hahaha, as a matter of fact, they still do." He laughed that Wesker remembered.
"Excuse me, Captain Wesker, Captain Keene, you're needed in the front." Some young guy in a suit said to them. The two nodded and followed the man towards the members of the board.
"Whoa, Wesker's been sporting his shades ever since the Academy?" Joseph whispered to Chris.
"I guess, but I think they're probably a new pair. Shades don't last that long." He told Joseph.
"Whatever. Man, I have a feeling this is going to be boring." Joseph said.
"You got that right." Brad said
"Brad? Are you feeling okay?" Chris asked him.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Why do you ask?" Brad said.
"Nothing. Never mind. Forget I ever said anything." Chris said.
"Okay." Brad was confused.
"Don't look now, but here comes S.W.A.T." Joseph noted their approach.
"Why? What's up with S.T.A.R.S. and S.W.A.T.?" Jill asked.
"Yeah?" Rebecca asked
"Nothing, only that we hate each other's guts." Joseph said.
"Jeez, males and their need to be dominant." Jill said as the S.W.A.T. team arrived.
"So, you guys make up the S.T.A.R.S team? Two guys a girl…" Jerry, one of the S.W.A.T team members was saying.
"And a pizza place?" Chris interrupted.
"Love that show. Sharon is hot!" Joseph included.
"No asshole. I was going to say a kid." Jerry said.
"I'm as much as qualified as you are!" Rebecca said.
"Whoa, hold your Pit Bull there, Redfield." He teased. Chris eyed him but turned his back to leave.
"Aw...to stupid to respond?" Marcus, another S.W.A.T. member said.
Chris turned around and eyed the guy. "Listen, Marcus, I don't want any trouble alright. So just grow up and back off." Chris walked away with the others following behind.
"What is their deal anyway?" Rebecca asked.
"Well, Chris and Marcus had beef ever since high school." Joseph said.
"Since high school?" Jill asked.
"Yep. He was a gorilla compared to me back then and he always called me an orphan. I beat the shit out of him and it hasn't stopped yet. Not even in the force."
"What an ass." Jill said.
"I don't care. I'll beat the shit out of him any day." Chris said.
"I'm going to talk to him." Jill said. "And don't stop me." She stated firmly to Chris.
He held his hands up in defeat. "Fine. But if he so much as insults you…"
"Don't worry, I'll come running." Jill said sarcastically. She walked over to the S.W.A.T. team and pulled Marcus aside. "Marcus, right?"
"And who might you be?" He asked.
"Jill."
"Okay Jill, what do you want?"
"Well, I came here to tell you to lay off Chris. You're an adult and you should behave like one."
"If Chris wants me to back off, why doesn't he come here himself?"
"Because I know he might do more than speak." She said.
"All right sweetheart, I'll back off if you go out with me." He pulled Jill closer to him and ran his hand down her butt.
"Excuse me." Jill tried to push away but he held her in place.
"What the fu…?" Chris walked over to them and had his fist ready to strike. Jill immediately grabbed his arm and restrained him.
"Chris, cool it!" Jill yelled.
"Yes Chris, cool it!" Marcus mocked.
"You touch her again and I'll kill you." He spoke subconsciously. Marcus smirked at him and Chris swung at him with his free hand. "Oh whoa, watch your step Marcus." Chris laughed as Jill dragged him to an empty corner.
"Chris, lets get things straight." Jill was angry. "I appreciate what you did and all, but I am not your girlfriend, so please don't treat me as if I were!"
"You're right. It's just…forget it." He said as he saw the others approaching.
"And where the hell were all of you at?" Jill scolded them.
"Coffee." They all answered. "But that was a hurtful left hook Chris." Joseph said.
"Thanks." Chris said.
"Uh-oh" Rebecca said.
"What now?" Joseph asked.
"Wesker is on his way here. I think you're going to get it Chris." She said.
"Doesn't matter. It was well worth it." He said.
"What the hell is going on?" Wesker asked.
"Nothing. Everything's fine, Wesker." Barry said.
"It better be." Wesker said, "Let's get seated, it's about to begin." He exhaled. They all took their seats with Wesker sitting near the aisle, Barry at his left, then Chris, Joseph, Jill, Rebecca and Brad.
After a long and boring lecture which they thought would never end, they had a 15 minute break before they got into the more detailed and "exciting" stuff.
The others went straight for the refreshment tables while Chris stepped out of the building to smoke. Meanwhile S.W.A.T. team member Marcus went walking around looking for Chris, apparently still ticked off from the punch earlier. He searched the place and but couldn't seem to find him so he steps out for some fresh air. Upon opening the door, he spots Chris standing next to the astray. Marcus walks out quietly and grabs the cigarette from Chris's mouth. Thinking that it's Jill, he turns around to give her an earful but gets a cigarette flicked to his face and a punch following it. His head jerked back from the impact and before he can recover, Marcus punches him in the gut. While hunched over, Marcus begins to kick him, but Chris quickly grabs his swinging leg and pulls it as hard as he can, causing Marcus to fall flat on his back. Furious with his cheap shots, Chris gives him a hard kick to his stomach and repeated punches to his face. Chris stops his attack and waits for Marcus to get up on his feet before they start throwing punches at each other.
-Inside, five minutes prior to starting -
"Where's Chris? Its about to start soon." Brad says.
"Jill, go look for him." Joseph tells her. Knowing he went for a smoke break, she goes outside and immediately sees the two guys going at it.
"CHRIS!" She yells to him. He looks towards her direction and Marcus takes this opportunity and slugs him on the face again.
Knowing that she cannot break them up by herself, she runs back inside and quickly grabs Barry who is the nearest to her. "Barry, I need you, now." She drags him towards the exit.
"Hey! I was…my donut." He whines and immediately stops when he sees what's going on between Chris and Marcus. "Jill, grab Chris!"
"I'll try." She says. After much struggling, they eventually pull them apart.
"What the hell has gotten into the both of you! You can get suspended for this! Do you really want that on your record?" Barry yelled "I don't know what the hell prompted you two to start this brawl but you better fix yourselves before you get back in there." He scolded.
Marcus eyes Chris and returns inside. "What the hell was all that about?" Barry asked while Chris gathered himself.
"The hell if I know." Chris wiped the blood from his lips.
"You punched him earlier." Jill reminded him.
"Forgot." He said as he smoothed his hair.
"Well whatever, let's get back inside." Barry said before Jill could get a word in. Barry then pointed to his right brow motioning for Chris to wipe the blood emerging from his cut.
"We have to talk!" Jill whispered madly to Chris. The three of them went back inside as though nothing was going on. Soon, everything was finally over by nine o'clock.
"Hey Jill, are you okay? You were awfully quiet the whole second half." Rebecca asked her as they waited by the van for Wesker.
"Oh, no I'm fine. Just thinking, that's all." She said.
"You look like you were thinking awfully hard." Rebecca said.
"I've got a lot of things on my mind." She rubbed her eyes.
"Chris." Joseph said. Chris turned to him and he signaled him to look onward at the S.W.A.T. team who looked like they were about to approach them.
"What!" Jill immediately turned to him and gave him this look as though he read her mind.
"Huh? What? What are you talking about?" Joseph asked, dumbfounded, "I was calling Chris. Your name is Jill. Get it straight, girl." He said. He then smiled because he happened to have heard the girl's quiet conversation.
"It just goes to show that she's always thinking of me." Chris chuckled. Jill shot him this sharp look, but she did not say anything. "Ow." He grabbed his ribs in pain from laughing.
"Hey Chris, what happened to your eye?" Brad noticed how read it was.
"Er, I…" Chris stuttered.
"He got into a fight with Marcus." Barry said.
"No shit! What happened?" Joseph asked.
"The hell if I know. I'm outside taking my smoke break and he just pulls the cigarette out of my mouth and punches me and then we just duke it out. Jill comes out in the middle of it and calls me. I get distracted and he takes a cheap shot, stupid bastard. Then Jill fetches Barry and they break us up. That's all."
"Did you kick his ass?" Brad asked.
"Got in a few good jabs." Chris said.
"Yeah, and I see he got some in too." Joseph said.
"Yup." Chris said.
"Hey, Wesker's coming." Brad said.
"Let's get out of here. And if you ask me, this was a waste of time." Wesker said. Everyone got into the van and drove back to the R.P.D. They retreated to the office where everyone plopped down in their respected chairs. Wesker went straight into his office and on his way in, he signaled Chris to follow him and he shut the door after entering.
"What's up?" Chris asked.
"Don't 'what's up' me. I know what happened, I'm not stupid you know." Chris didn't say anything. "And what did I say before we went to that stupid thing?"
"To not embarrass you?" Chris said.
Wesker nodded. "But seeing that it happened outside and not if front of the board, I'm going to let you go on this one. Next time, you won't be so lucky. Get out of here." Wesker said.
"There won't be a next time, sir." Chris said and exited his office to the awaiting S.T.A.R.S members who wanted to know what happened.
"So?" Joseph asked.
"Nothing. He let me get away with it this time." He said as he sat on his chair. "Where's Barry?"
"Getting his updating. And since it's going in alphabetical order, I'm next." Joseph said.
"Joe, you're up." Barry said upon entering the office.
"Crap." Joseph said left for his turn. After everyone had their turn with their updates, including Wesker, they didn't know what else to do for their remainder of their shift. Wesker had left and put Barry in charge. He said he had to go and meet someone named William, something about an emergency. "Hey you guys want to get something to eat? I'm kinda hungry."
"Yeah, same here." Brad said.
"Okay." Barry agreed.
"I'm game." Rebecca said.
"Chris? Jill? What about you two love birds?" Joseph joked
"Gag me with a tuning fork." Chris said.
"Excuse me valley girl, but like, this isn't, like, the eighties." Joseph said in an airhead voice.
"No, I'll stay just in case we get a call or something. Just bring me back anything." Chris said.
"Okay, sounds good. Jill?" Joseph asked.
"I'll be down in a while…let me finish these first." She said.
"We'll give you five minutes." Joseph said.
"Eight." Jill said
"Alright, but if you're not down, we're leaving you." Barry said.
"You better start the clock when you get to the lobby though." Jill said.
"Yeah, yeah." Barry said.
"Okay, let's go." Joseph, Brad, Barry and Rebecca walked down to the lobby area. Upon sitting down by the fountain, Rebecca found that she left her wallet upstairs.
"Um, I'll be back, I forgot my wallet." She said.
"Okay, but tell Jill she has five minutes left." Joseph said.
"But we just got here."
"Yes, but by the time you get up there, time would have passed wouldn't it?" Joseph said.
"Yeah, you're right. Be back in a while." Rebecca made her way back to the office.
Back at the quiet office, Chris stared blankly at the wall while Jill made her way towards him. "Chris?" Jill called.
"Yah-huh?" He answered.
"Listen, I know I said this earlier, but I just wanted to thank you for sticking up for me." Jill said.
"It sounded more like you were scolding me for sticking up to you." He said.
"It's just that I like to fight my own battles. And, it isn't everyday that a man sticks up for me. Seriously, I don't know why. Do I have this bad aura or something?" She tried to break the mood.
"I don't think that's it." He looked up to her.
"But in any case, thanks a lot." She bent down and kissed him next to his cut above his eyebrow.
Chris smiled at her. "You're welcome. And you better get going before they leave you."
"Oh yeah. Anything in particular that you want?" She offered.
"Cigarettes?"
"Denied." She said and headed out the door. Rebecca saw her heading out, so she quickly ran down.
"Rebecca, you didn't have to run down. We would've waited for you." Barry said.
"It's not that. Chris and Jill were talking upstairs so I eavesdropped."
"What did they say?" Brad asked.
"I couldn't hear much but Jill…"
"What did I do now?" Jill asked.
"Nothings, it's just that you're one minute overdue." Joseph said.
"A minute, so leave me now." She said sarcastically.
"Well you're here now, might as well take you along." Barry said.
"Actually, I came down to tell you I changed my mind." Jill said.
"Oh great, so we wait ten minutes for nothing?" Brad complained.
"That's what you get." Jill said and headed back to the office.
"Hey Joe do you think you can…"
"Don't worry kid, I got you covered." Joseph said as they headed outside.
Okay so I'm going to leave it here. It's a little longer that the other chapters. Microsoft Word says it's twenty pages, but I edited it and now its 18. I was going to make it around thirty pages to make up for my late updating, but I thought it might be too much and I didn't want anyone straining their eyes to read it all. Well, I don't like this chapter and it's okay if you don't like it either. I just wanted to update now cause I haven't been doing so. I'm really sorry for that but whatever. Yeah, so don't forget to review cause I could definitely use some. So did anyone catch the Captain N: The Game Master bit? You know, the cartoon for the late eighties, early nineties? If you all don't know, its about a boy, Kevin Keene, who plays Nintendo too much and then one day gets sucked into his television along with his dog Duke, who tries to stop him from getting sucked but gets dragged in with him. Yeah, so they end up in Video Land and he joins with Simon Belmont, (is that his name cause I really don't remember) Kid Icarus, Mega Man, Gameboy, and Princess of Video Land, Lana. They basically protect Video Land from Mother Brain and her two henchmen, King Hippo and Eggplant. Great cartoon, oh yeah and Link and Zelda make an appearance in two episodes and they go dancing during a ball but Zelda falls ill because one of the pieces of the Triforce gets stolen from the baddies. She faints and guess who catches her? Yup, Link to the rescue. Er, but don't quote me on that because it's been a long time since I've seen that cartoon and my memory might be a little boggy. Hehehehe, um okay, I guess if you peeps want more info, search because I'm not going to explain it here and I really shouldn't have but I used Kevin Keene. I needed a name and it popped up. Um anyways, I'm sure there are some sites where you can check it out. Okay, well um stay tuned for the next chapter, which hopefully won't take two months to update. The next chapter will include Chris and Jill's prank on Forest and Joseph. Hopefully that will get them to confess and give her her clothes back. Also, Chris and Jill duke it out in the boxing ring . Stay tuned for more Resident Evil mischief. And everyone who reviewed and complained to me to update more, I thank you very much! Yay! Peace out cool people of Yahoo, SPRING BREAK, no school, no homework (yeah right) and hopefully more updating. Hehehe, I'm too broke to fly off for vacation. Okay, until next time, see you space cowboy.