At first no one noticed, it started so slowly, a few people disappeared. Mostly homeless people, runaways, the hermits of society. The fewer people looking for them, the less chance somebody would notice them missing. A few months later, people from hospitals started disappearing. That's when the BSAA noticed.
"What do you mean he's GONE?! He could hardly get up and fucking leave on his own?! So where is he? ", the loud roar caused the poor nurse to jump.
"Please.. Mr Redfield, we are doing the best we can to try to find out what happened. I can't explain it, he just disappeared into thin air."
Chris was about to say something when he felt someone squeezing his shoulder. "Claire? I told you it was dangerous. What are you doing here?", he asked frowning.
"That doesn't matter right now, what matters I am figuring out what's happened to Piers, and all the others." She let go of her brothers shoulder, and turned to face the young nurse. "Anything you could tell us would be greatly appreciated".
The nurse licked her lips and nodded. "We should probably talk somewhere more private", both Redfield's agreed before following her from the hospital hallway into an empty room. "I...I. Honestly don't know what to tell you. Myself and an auxiliary nurse where both in the room with Mr Nivans when an alarm went off down the hallway. It was a false alarm, nobody was in the room that the alarm cord was pulled from. When we entered the room again, less than five minutes later he was gone."
"When I arrived the police were already outside, was it you that called them?" Claire asked, noticing her question caused the other women to look nervous.
The nurse's brown long ponytail danced, as she shook her head. "No, they are here about a girl who disappeared last month. Her family think she ran away, but the staff aren't convinced."
"Thank you, I'm sorry we have taken up so much time". Claire said with a weak smile, as she practically pulled Chris out of the room before he could bombard the nurse with more questions.
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The drive back to the hotel Chris was staying in was quite, neither of them spoke until they both went into his room.
"Chris I'm sorry..."
"Why the fuck are you here Claire?" He snapped back at her. "I told you to stay away so you wouldn't get hurt. How did you even know about this?"
Her silence told him everything he needed to know. Kennedy told her, she knew how her brother felt about him. How he was still angry at Leon for saving Ada. Chris watched as Claire sat on the bottom of the bed, looking down at her fingernails, something she used to do as a child when she got into trouble.
"I almost lost you Claire. You promised me you would try to stay away from trouble, but here you are, chasing it. Why?"
Why? That question angered her. "Why? Because you are brother Chris. I have chased you across the world to try to make sure you are safe before, why would now be any different? I'm also here because Piers is my friend, and I want to help find him".
He knew that look in her eyes, determination. Chris knew better than to try to stop her. "Okay fine. How do we even start to look for him? We have nothing".
"Well that's not true...", Chris watched as Claire reaches into her bag and pulled out two brown files. "The first one is Piers, the second one is the girl who went missing from the same hospital".
Chris was impressed, "you already knew that girl was missing". It wasn't a question but a fact. He sat down next to his sister as she handed him the file.
Claire nodded, "I only asked to see if she knew anything else. I think they are connected, this girl might lead us to Piers and whoever is behind this".