Collide
By Rezie
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Chapter 14: Emotions Are Overrated
"Slit, I don't trust him" Rachael Dez told the leader of their small clique which for now worked under Wesker.
"Do we have a choice, Rae?" Slit took a sip of his cold beer, studying Styne which rummaged through Leon's weaponry gear. He laid his left foot on his right knee, a hard façade on his strong features.
"Bane getting into a car accident…" Rae repeated Wesker's words. "It sounds like bullshit"
"Does it matter Rachael? We have money, we have power and Bane is out of our way" Styne smiled, touching the Killer 7's fine craftsmanship.
"But what about Wesker? He could pose as a threat and you know that" She countered.
"So what do you suppose we do about him?" Slit asked, taking another sip.
"Dispose of him" She suggested.
"After we get what we need" Slit recommended.
"And what do we need?" Ada's blood-red headed brother questioned.
"The substance needle -the one Bane so desired, it could be of value" He answered.
"How?" Rachael asked with a small smile on her lips.
"We gain his trust, we do his work, and we get paid. Then we fuck him over"
The whirring engines of the helicopter accompanied their deceptive plans.
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"Spencer, I need you to do something for me" Wesker spoke into his cell phone and crossed his long legs over. His left foot began its natural nervous tapping -Wesker, being back at his clandestine hideout in the Virgin Islands, still felt at unease. He couldn't relax; he needed to finish of those damn pests one by one, especially Ms. Ada Wong. She posed a bigger threat, since the lady in red knew the most about him.
"Yes sir" Dr. Spencer answered back, a bit groggy. He was the one that was supposed to get data off of the Las Plagas pills, the ones which would slow down the growth process. But Ada had, as her specialty, seduced him, stole it and sent him into a day-long sleep.
"I need you to listen close and do as I say, you have already failed me once" Wesker monotonously spoke.
"I understand and I deeply apologize"
"I need you to have a 'meeting' with a Dylan Kento" Wesker instructed. "I'll fax you the data, call me when you have reached him."
After a few moments, Spencer grabbed the warm sheet and studied over it.
Dylan Kento
Location: Los Angeles, California
Address: L.A.P.D. Building (Main District Center)
Objective: Extract Subject –Alive- and bring him to me.
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They were all sound asleep (of course it was probably 2 a.m.), until Jill was abruptly woken up by a beeping. That sound had met her ears before, but she paid no mind to it until now. The shortly-cut brunette fumbled through her pockets, until coming upon a hi-tech object. It was like a flat Ipod but with a small keyboard on the bottom.
9 messages
She touched the screen and popped up the first message from her boss. He probably snuck it in her pants one day, which means he had been planning for her to go on his mission for a while.
Most of the messages went like this: Call me or How are things going with the subject.
One was reminding her of her prime objective and if she were to back out or fail -what it would cost.
She groaned and stuffed it back in her pockets. What a fuck, Jill thought.
Before closing her eyes for a well-needed sleep again, she examined Ada and Leon snuggled next to each other. Lucky, she finally surrendered to her tired eyelids and moved her face towards the pillow. And before falling into her unnerving dreams, the last name that came into her mind was: Chris.
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"Sir I was not able to locate Mendez" Chris Redfield spoke into the device.
"Okay. Return back to base, we have another operative bringing a vehicle to transport you out of there."
"And Sir"
"Yes"
"I've gathered some samples from the escaped experiments, like you asked."
"Good work, son. Are all terminated?"
"I've checked the area twice, there are none in sight"
"Okay, good job, hurry out of there"
"Yes sir"
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"I understand and I assure you Kennedy will not leak any information of what happened to my daughter" President Graham spoke into the Whitehouse's' telephone.
Information? Ashley? Nikolai thought to himself hanging up the phone which he had picked up the same moment the President had because it had rung. And curiosity had him on hold. He studied the blonde outside at the courtyard chatting with her mother, as usual surrounded by way too many guards.
Wasn't it 'a regular mission' He re-thought every tidbit of information he heard, that article Charlie Madison wrote. He was a lead journalist, after that first information leaked into public others on followed. Of course Madison received most coverage and money.
Leon? He sighed. Why would anyone be hiding anything? Was everything that the press and even the president said that happened to Ashley, was not true? And if so why would they insist to keep it hidden?
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"Nina, I'm glad to hear you're alive" Wesker spoke through his cell as usual.
"Yes. Nolan is dead" She spoke through the payphone; Stark leaned beside it lazily rolling a toothpick in his mouth.
"I heard" Wesker assured. "Look, Is Stark with you?"
"Right here, boss" He answered wit his husky voice, glaring at a passerby which sped up his walk.
Good hearing, Nina observed.
"I need you two to get as much information and maybe even track down, a secret agent known as Shaunte"
"Shaunte?" Nina spoke. "There is no other information?"
"No" Wesker answered back.
"What about Kennedy and the others?" Stark asked; his voice naturally booming.
"They are later on, this Shaunte poses as a bigger threat." Wesker explained. "No more questions; get to work." He clicked.
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"It said in the article, this Irvine would make an appearance at a catwalk for commercial advertisement…" Ada tried to remember the information. "The Macys, down town" She clarified.
"Okay, so we'll catch a taxi, go there and …what?" Jill planned. "Take him for hostage; ask him information on his brother –address?"
"Sounds good to me" Leon smiled and Ada rolled her eyes.
"Let's just get there first" She said, beginning to wave her hand for a taxi outside on the busy streets.
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"How do we get backstage?" Leon asked, letting his eyes meander towards two large body-guards at the door leading backstage to Macys –where models were preparing.
"Like how we get in everything else" Jill cocked her STI eagle.
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"Irvine Lafayette, wow you're even more of a hottie in person" Jill complemented holding her gun to his head, as other male and female models scattered in distraught. Cops and such were sure to come, security was unconscious.
"Uhh…thanks?" He choked out, confused on whether to be scared out of his mind or flattered. He had no idea what this was about, but had the faintest idea it had something to do with his brother.
"C'mon, you have a car here?" Jill asked. Leon and Ada threatened others with their weapons, forcing them to back away. It was as if they were holding up a bank.
Irvine pointed at his keys with his eyes on the table. "Good, let's go" Jill smiled with her natural daunting façade and flirty behavior.
It was an old-fashion Cadillac, something that caught Leon's eyes in glee.
After a while they all hopped in the car, Ada began driving –Leon in passenger and the remaining two in the back seat.
"You know cops are going to hear of this –of you guys" Irvine said, gun still pointed to his temple.
"Wonderful" She smiled.
"We know you have a brother, Linden Lafayette –famous plastic surgeon, yes?" Ada added. Irvine nodded, feeling uncomfortable.
"We need the address" Leon said.
"You think I'd give the address to my own brother's house, for what? So you guys could kill him" Fear could be traced in his strong voice. He wore a fitting white polo and denim jeans with black dress shoes – part of Macy's men catalog.
"No, so we can kill you" Ada stated.
"Ada…" Jill scolded.
"What?" They were driving far away from the scene.
"Look you're brother was a…victi---part of the…corporation, Umbrella." Jill stated carefully, not wanting to leak too much information.
"I know, he was a B.O.W. patient, he told me. But only me, he didn't even tell his fiancé" Irvine added.
"Fiancé? Marriage…that's why his calendar marks a few months off" Ada said.
"You looked at his calendar" Irvine said.
"Look kid, give us the address and no one will get hurt" Ada said, pointing his handgun to Irvine's head. He had a fade haircut and the hazel in his eyes was filled with terror. Now two guns were threatening him. Ada took her weapon off of safety.
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"Nice place your brother has" Ada parked at the drive way beside a jaguar convertible. It was a modern house, not matching up to Billy's penthouse but it was fancy and by the looks of it, expensive.
Jill, weapon still pointing at Irvine, scooted him out of the car –herself following. Leon banged the door and Ada followed. Irvine grimaced distastefully. 'What do you want with him?" The male model asked.
"We need answers" Leon said, pulling out his handgun.
They walked up to the large white doors and rung the doorbell with its whimsical chant.
No answer…
Leon rung again, this time a woman's voice echoed saying "Hold on, I'll be right there"
Ada leaned against the wall lazily and Jill watched over Irvine. Vines crept up the walls; the handle of the door appeared made out of pure gold. The grass was mowed to perfection, lilacs and beautiful flowers adorned their lawn. It was a traditional American home.
"Jenny, hi you're early" Claire Redfield unhinged the door carrying Wedding invitations and seeming very tired, thinking that doorbell alerted her Jenny, their wedding planner had arrived. She was wrong.
"Claire…." Leon groaned staring Ada, Jill and Irvine then back at Claire a few times. She shared the same amazed and frightened expression.
Behind them they could hear approaching cars. And how would it seem Jill Valentine holding a gun to a Irvine Lafayette's head out on the porch –one word: bad.
So Ada stared back and didn't even question this odd reunion, pushed the hostage and Valentine into the house. Then dragged Leon and charged into Claire's home like it was her owns. The Asian spy locked the door.
"What the fuck are you doing here? And Irvine?" Claire spoke, confused and not knowing how to react.
"Honey, the police just called saying a group of three had kidnapped …." Linden, Claire's fiancé held the telephone. "Irvine…"He dropped the phone and the dial-tone permeated the room, his eyes caught his brother…hostage.
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"What do you guys think you're doing? First off, you can't just kidnap random people" Claire glared at Leon and then Irvine, pacing back and forth. "And second, don't come barging in my house like that" She glared at Jill.
"Wait, Ada pushed me in…" Jill defended and Ada hit her in the rib.
"It's not like we know you'd be…here" Leon added. "Kind of weird…."
"Sure is" Claire smiled, amused.
"Honey, what's happening?" Linden asked eyes ready to fall out.
Jill pulled her STI eagle away from Irvine which hurried towards his brother's side. Leon and Ada then explained their plan on taking Irvine for hostage just incase this could be a trap. Apparently it wasn't….these people were frightened out of their minds and Claire Redfield, their comrade was the B.O.W. patient's fiancée. Any weirder and Leon considered becominga bar tender.
"B.O.W. patient?" Claire asked bewildered and glared at her soon-to-be-husband angrily. He appeared ashamed and mad at the same time.
Ada then discussed the whole Madison/Scarlett ordeal and B.O.W. patients quickly. Cops could come anytime….
"B.O.W. patient….Linden…" Claire's beautiful eyes were glued onto the handsome man, legs threatening to shatter. At that time a pang came rushing into Leon's unaware heart, something which caught him off-guard. He hadn't seen Claire in years, and this coincidence no matter how weird and unexpected it was –he wanted. And he didn't know why…He didn't know why he loved Ashley? He didn't know why he loved Ada? And he didn't know why he wanted what Claire had…marriage, a life, and children…normality.
Ada observed Leon staring at Claire. She knew Leon had known her, and she knew she was jealous. He had never stared at her that way and if so, she had never seen.
"Babe, I was going to tell you…." Linden said.
"When…?" She asked…breathless. "Why would you hide this from me? You know of my background with Wesker….what else are you hiding?"
"You have to understand. I wanted to start over again…" He admitted. "To forget about everything and spend my life with…you"
Leon went over those words in his head….To spend my life with you….why did every conversation remind him of Ashley and then he glanced at Ada…
Maybe he wanted to settle down and who would he settle down with? Ada –which he knew, would just disappear or Ashley- which would stick around for the ride.
Claire paced again…"And Irvine, you knew?"
The model nodded. Linden stood still desperate to cure Claire's sudden change of emotions. He knew he should have told her? But he couldn't even tell himself?
"Look, all we need is a ring…a ring Umbrella gave you" Leon said. "And then we're gone…"
"A ring…?" Claire asked, and then stared at her wedding ring with its diamond gem.
"I'm sorry babe…." Linden apologized.
"What is this? A tracker…what else have you lied to me about…?" She was baffled and hurt; all these secrets sprang to her too quickly and too massively. It was too much for the brunette to handle.
"What do you need it for?" Irvine asked, changed the subject. He noticed his brother was overwhelmed and Claire seemed besieged as well.
"It seems Wesker is hunting for all the gems the B.O.W. patients have. He knew they wouldn't have thrown it away…it's all a plan….so we're trying to get ahead by obtaining the gems first. For what reason? I guess we're going to find out" Leon explained their theory. "So it's safe if you lend us the gems, then if there is a way to track you guys down by them…we'll have it"
"Claire…"Linden spoke, fragility in his deep voice.
"I'm going with you guys…" Claire stated.
"Claire…" Linden spoke firmly.
"It's dangerous…"Jill stated.
"Where's your next destination…who's the next B.O.W. patient?" Claire asked, taking her coat off of the rack.
"We don't know, we're going to hunt down for some information"
"If anything, I bet my brother knows" Claire informed.
"Chris" Jill said, eyes lighting up.
Claire nodded.
"Why are you doing this, Claire?" Linden asked. "I'm sorry, but I had to keep it a secret"
"You could be a killer for all I know…"She bluntly stated and a hurt came rushing at him. "And…I have the gem…they won't find you" She said. But me…
"This is suicide" Irvine intervened.
"They're here for a reason…" She said, her instincts telling her not to trust Linden or Irvine. Tears were soon to come rushing into her eyes.
She felt so betrayed….
"Leave them, let's go" Claire instructed with her naïve smirk and they all headed for Irvine's Cadillac.
"Cops will be looking for that, let's take the jag" She said, tossing the keys to Ada. They all nodded, they needed all the help they could get. Even though Claire was emotionally drained, she needed their help and vice-versa.
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"Fuck…why didn't you stop them, Irvine? Now that bitch knows. Wesker said to keep her out of the picture, to play along, because than her fucking brother will get in the picture" Linden slammed his hand into the glass table beside him, a cut imprinted into the fine glass.
"They had guns… "Irvine said.
"Damn…let's go after them, get the keys for the hummer" Linden ordered as Irvine snatched the keys off the kitchen table. His older brother opened the garage door revealed an all-black H3.
"Let's get them before Wesker finds out" Irvine stated.
"Get the guns" Linden ordered, staring above them were there a white board matching with the ceiling. The attic was there and since Linden said there were rats there, he knew Claire would never check it out. Irvine grabbed a ladder, positioned it, pushed off the board, check it out and climbed down. On his way down, he carried three large army bags.
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"And when you're an angel, please don't watch over me because I don't want you to be ashamed"
Shaunte. I Love You, Claire.
Love, Steve Burnside.
A/n: Damn…I feel bad for doing that to Claire…Anyway reviews please.
Is anyone confused on where and what all these characters are up to? Well if so, here's a short review on everything.
-Leon S. Kennedy: Aiding Ada to find the cure for the Las Plagas virus, also heis caught up in Wesker's B.O.W. conspiracy
-Ada Wong: Trying to find the cure for the virus which is slowly mutating her and is also caught up in the conspiracy
-Jill Valentine: instructed to get more information on the Ashley Kidnapping (the real information) and is also caught up
-Ashley Graham: Dealing with her emotions for Leon (she misses him) which plague her
-Nikolai Gaviot: Dealing with his emotions for Ashley and is also suspicious on the Ashley Kidnapping
-Billy Coen (Bryan Wes): Along for the ride at first because the drug-induced bull ruined his tournament and brought him together with his past (pure coincidence), now trying to help Rebecca overcome the sickness that has taken over her
-Rebecca Chambers: Met up with Jill/Leon when chasing the drug induced bull. She is Venetian cop now. Then the bull crashed into the boxing arena where she met Billy, a.k.a. Bryan Wes. Now she is unconscious.
-Chris Redfield: Searching Government hidden campsites conducting lab experiments in the middle of nowhere in Arizona.
-Claire Refield: After finding out her fiance is a B.O.W. patient, her instinct tells her he wasn't the person she thought she knew.Now she has left and is accompnaying the trio (Ada,Leon and Jill) to discover the last B.O.W. patient somehow.
-Steve Burnside: Has a connection with the name 'Shaunte'
-Linden Lafayette: Now we know he is working under Wesker and is trying to keep Claire away from the conspiracy so Chris doesn't get involved.
-Irvine Lafayette: Knows of the conspiracy and is ading his brother at chasing Claire and the others
Slit Ris: Leader of Venice's Most Wanted. He's planned to fuck over Wesker after getting what they want. The reason they are on the plane is unknown, their destiantion is unknown
-Rachael Dez: Following orders by Wesker and Slit
-Styne Conart (Adam Wong): He is Ada's brother and is as well following orders
-Stark (St.Ark): instructed to stopsearching for Leon and company and is now locating information on a 'Shaunte'
-Nina (female accomplice): Read Above
-Dr.Spencer: Instructed to search for a Dylan Kento (which is jill's boss)