Collide
By: Fame In Flow
A/n:
Ji Hyun: Thanks for the review. And sorry about the shortness of this chapter, it is very short but it adds to the angst.
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Yumenori: Yes it is full of secrets and lies, anyway hope you enjoy this chapter and thanks for the review.
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ShadesOfBlood: Thanks for the reveiw, and I apologize for the shortness of this chapter also. But I promise the next chapter will be much longer.
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Chapter 18: The Room Is Too Cold
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Jill closed the packet and stored it in her cargo's pocket. Her mind was restless; it felt like everything was doing somersaults. The world was out of place, unorganized and she felt vulnerable just watching.
And it felt like Wesker had this unorganized, somersaulting and out of place world in the palm of his hands. And they, were mere pawns in his cynical game of chess.
She sighed and exited the stall, moving towards her seat. For the meantime, she'd keep this information about the President and Wesker secret, until the right time came along. She knew it would.
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California was busy as always. Leon, from the taxi's window, observed the homeless making their way through dirty streets. Jill, in the passenger's seat gave the driver the address to her apartment she shared. Ada sat in the back, middle seat with a soft hand rested on Leon's thigh and Claire was beside her, trying not to pay attention.
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The apartment building wasn't bad, disordered but decent. She unlocked the door to her house, after climbing three floors: 310
"Jill!" A curly brunette, pratically dropped her Pepsi on the counter, and happily stared at Jill. "My God, where have you been?" She gave Jill a warm hug.
"Work…"Jill groaned, with a smile. "Sorry I didn't call Mallory" She hugged the brunette tighter.
"We were just worried" She said. A dirty blonde girl came through the bathroom dressed in a business suit.
"We were" Laney smiled and ran up to Jill, giving her another warm embrace.
"Sorry guys. Anyway these are my….partners" She lied, noticing the two girls staring at Leon, Claire and Ada.
They all smiled at each other, then later shared names and small talk. After ten minutes, Mallory needed to drive Laney to her job, then after visit the bank.
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"Sorry, I notice the girls haven't been cleaning" She smiled and tossed things in the small trashcan she carried around.
"It's fine…" Claire said and took a seat on the sofa.
"Jill…"Ada said, staring at the girl placing the trashcan on the floor."Your boss, Kento, did he know Wesker?" She asked.
"I don't know…" Jill swallowed. Ada knew about the X45h8
"Look, I need to tell you guys something" She began, casting her gaze among the three. Leon, still standing stared at Jill, distrustfully.
"Kento was under a spell, a concoction Wesker must have made." She sighed. Leon now took a seat on the sofa, beside Claire. Ada still stood by the wall; a thigh rested against the sofa's arm and gazed at the floor idly.
"A Mixture called X45h8, it takes your free-will and somehow, Wesker has control…..had control of Kento." She could feel their hot stares. "And…" She couldn't make out the words. "Here" instead she took out the packet and tossed it to Leon.
Leon eyed the packet carefully. "What is this, Jill?" He questioned hotly.
"Just read" She sighed.
After staring at it for a while, curiosity found him and he opened it. Claire and he read the words carefully. The blood rushed. Ada still stared at the floor.
"How did you get this?" He asked, losing all trust he once had for Jill.
"Kento gave it to me…" She said truthfully. "Look, he asked me to try to find information bout what really happened to Ashley. We know the 'regular mission' is a lie."
"So you were using me this whole time" He stated bitterly.
"No, Leon, just listen." She was about ready to cry. "I didn't, okay."
"So what, you expect me to trust you?" he rose, dropping the papers on the table before them. He scoffed. "And Ada, you knew didn't you?"
She offered to answer. "You knew, didn't you?" He asked again firmly. She still offered no answer. "Is Ashley in danger?" He asked and that name, brought her stare from the wooden floor up to him.
"Huh…What else do you know? What else are you hiding?" His voice had softened, meeting eyes with her. Claire read the papers over.
"Ada, talk to me. Is she in danger?" He breathed.
"I don't know" She answered truthfully.
"You're lying"
"Why do you care so much?"
Claire lifted her head. Jill still watched, guilty.
Ada scoffed at this, her usual blank demeanor had been shattered. "I don't know…"
"You're lying. Both of you…"
"Fine." Ada breathed, a tear rolled down her cheek. "Leon, fine…" her words were a whisper. Leon was stunned, the two people he had grown to care for so much were so full of secrets and lies. What was happening?
Ada pushed herself off the wall and walked pass him. "Better off alone, right?" She said, holding the doorknob gently.
"Yeah" He swallowed. She opened the door, closed it again and disappeared as usual.
He stalked towards the sofa, elbows rested upon knees and head bowed down. "Fine…."He whispered to himself. The room had never felt so silent. The room had never felt so cold.