I am soooo sorry for these months out. I had some things to take care of and now I have the time to post
Thanks for waiting!
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A few hours later found them in a two story house, in the woods outside Dallas. Leon had managed to get a decent safe house for the group with space to land a helicopter. Piers was placed in the first room on the second floor, the rest of the group were changing or at the living room.
"So, it had happened before?" Leon asked as he was leaning on the wall.
Jake nodded "Once"
"What happened?" Sherry asked.
Jake sighed as he closed his eyes "We stayed in a rundown hotel, it was small and we were still in Asia, this happened after I picked him up." He looked at the fireplace "My part of the story is that I woke up to screams, when I opened my eyes, Piers was on the floor, hand beginning to mutate. Now science is not my forte but he wasn't violent when I saw him in Taiwan, but when he saw me there and then he attacked. I managed to get to the vaccine and inject him. He turned back to normal, although he didn't remember what happened" he explained.
"So you've been checking up on him" Chris said as he was loss in thought.
Sherry looked at Jake "You're protecting him alone Jake, now you have us. We can help" she said
Jake shook his head "Well, I don't like people telling me how or what I do" he said as he looked towards Chris.
Leon was looking at them as he checked his phone.
"Look, I am sorry if my tactics on helping Piers are not what you like" Chris said as he stood up "It was my fault and I should be responsible for helping Piers" he said "If it wasn't for my weakness" he said
Jake stood up as he was about to say something…
"Enough!" Leon said "You two can stay here taking responsibility but right now we have something to do, and that is checking who is responsible for everything that is happening" he added
Sherry nodded "We have to find the source" she said as she stood up from where he was seating. "If we can't find it, they will keep on searching for Piers" she added.
Chris and Jake looked at them "Then how do we start?" Chris said
"We managed to find something in Africa when Piers and I went there for a job" Jake said
Chris looked at him "Africa?" he asked remembering what happened years ago with Albert Wesker.
Jake looked at him "Yeah, we were following the trail of BOW's and it was pretty weird, I think they just used a village in Africa as test subjects" he said
Chris nodded as he continued to listen. "So you managed to contain that?"
Jake smirked "Of course, we might be two guys but we do a lot of damage"
Chris nodded as he remembered his partner Sheva and he looked up the stairs thinking of everything Piers did. He shook his head thinking of how Piers saved him from their transformed soldiers when he lost his memory. "I know the damage two people can do… trust me"
Jake looked at Chris "Well after that we went to Russia and found the person who is giving away the virus to homeless" he said "And after killing the BOW we managed to interrogate him before, we learned he was pay to distribute them and the name was a fake one. But we know there is someone there that is…"
"Like Ada Wong" Chris said
"Carla Radames" Leon corrected
Chris nodded "Her, that bitch who tested on my men" he added "Making vulnerable people their test subjects" he said.
"Piers and I were going to investigate how and who was in at the time of the infection, but thanks to you guys…" Jake looked at Chris as he said it "Piers and I had to leave"
Chris looked at him "Well, you should know that we would've helped you if you contacted us" he said
"Piers didn't want to be discovered" Jake said sharply.
Chris sighs as the thought about what was said to him about why Piers did not want to let him know he was alive.
Leon looked at them "We will need a sample of his blood to take for analysis, that way we can help him not mutate again"
Jake looked away, he knew that the agent was saying the truth. "Fine, but we are not responsible if it falls into the wrong hands" he said
"Noted" Leon said as he raised an eyebrow. He managed to contact the BSAA to help, but no one knew it was going to be a former BSAA member's blood they were testing. The helicopter arrived at 2am and when Chris opened the door he saw one of his soldiers. He nodded at the soldier as he gave the kit to Leon. They were making sure this would go perfect so no one but one of their small group would take the blood sample.
Leon finished inside the room and looked at the young soldier. He frowned when Piers didn't flinch at the needle piercing his skin. He stood up and gave the box to Chris.
Chris gave the box to his soldier. "If you mess this up I will make sure you won't have a career in the BSAA." He glared
The young man nodded as he took a look at the box. The captain said it was important and he even got contacted. He knew that it was urgent, when Capt. Redfield had asked the BSAA for his sister's help in this matter. TerraSave was going to have some access through Claire Redfield monitoring what was going to be done with the blood sample.
Chris needed someone he could trust and Claire was the person. He had explained everything that happened to her. He knew she would do anything to help out.
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He opened his eyes and then he looked at the ceiling for a moment. He was trying to figure out what had happened to him. He frowned as the only thing he remembered was the two men inside the helicopter that wanted to test on him. He sat up quickly and looked at himself, then around the room. He heard someone growling next to him and saw Jake sleeping on the bed next to his. He tilted his head to the side as he got up the bed and raised an eyebrow as he then looked at the door. He walked to it and when he had his hand on the handle…
"Where do you think you're going?" Jake asked as he raised his head from the pillow.
"Where are we?" Piers asked as he went and stood in front of Jake's bed.
"Safe" Jake grumbled as he sat up and stretched. "You did sleep a lot. And we were doing all the work" he added
Piers crossed his arms in front of him "We?"
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Sherry was trying to make some food, Leon and Chris looked at each other for a moment and shook their heads.
"Hey, look who's finally awake" Jake said as he was walking down the stairs.
The agents and the soldier looked at the stairs to see Jake appear and Piers not fall behind.
Piers couldn't believe that he saw. The group was in the kitchen, Chris and Leon reading parts of the newspaper they must've gotten in the morning, and Sherry cooking. Jake hit him in the arm and motioned him to head to the seats.
"How are you feeling?" Chris asked Piers.
Piers looked at his former captain and nodded "I'm fine"
"We don't want what happened a few days ago to repeat itself." Leon said as he got the whole group nodding.
Piers looked at them and then did a double take "A few days?" he asked
"You were knocked for a while Piers" Jake looked at his friend. "After what happened, we have been searching for another way for you to get a new vaccine"
Chris nodded as Sherry served him lunch, just standard chicken, mashed potatoes and corn. Leon raised his newspaper for the food and then closed it "Thanks Sherry" they said in unison.
Sherry looked at Jake and Piers "Come on guys" she pointed at the seats as she placed the two plates of food next to Leon and Chris and she had another one placed when she sit down next to Leon. Jake took this opportunity to sit next to her, leaving Piers to sit between Jake and Chris.
Piers looked at the food and then at everyone around him. "Thank you" he said as Sherry nodded at him.
They all started eating and after everyone had they stomach full they started talking about what they were going to do. "So we are still waiting for the results, and hopefully Claire will deliver them to us" Chris said
Leon nodded "Have you talked to her at all?" he asked
Chris shook his head "Not really… I can't call her an expose where we are." He said
"But sir" Piers said without realizing.
Chris smirked at him as he raised his hand. "Claire is doing everything in her power to help us." He said
Leon nodded as he had his arms crossed in front of him as he leaned back on the chair. "We need to do something. Not leave everything to Claire"
Sherry nodded "So I was in contact with National Security" she said as she stood up and came back with her laptop. "I received some files from a company called Neo Umbrella" she said as she looked at Leon. "I just got them last night and was reading them" she said as she opened a file. Everyone looked at her, but since Leon and Jake were the ones next to her, they managed to see the files.
Chris frowned "Neo Umbrella is the same company that Ada…" he stopped himself "Carla Radames managed, and tested in Edonia" he said as he looked at them.
Sherry nodded "The same company that experimented on us" she looked at Jake.
Jake glared at the files "And now there is a company that took on their name" he said.
Claire was in the building, she had been there working non-stop for a week. Her best friend at the moment was coffee and she had seen so many DNA strains that she almost knew which one is which. She shook her head as she continued to talk on the phone. Her free hand went to her neck as she massaged it to relax some tense muscles. "And I am not leaving this place until we find a way to restrain the virus for longer time." She said as she placed her code on the locked door and got in. "We just found someone important" she said as she stopped as if they asked something. "A friend" she responded. She rolled her eyes as she sat down next to a scientist from Terra Save. "Just wait then" she said and hung up.
Martha looked at her "Trouble?" she asked
Claire just shook her head and sighed "More like supervisor" she said "He doesn't understand that what we are doing can save more people infected with the C-Virus." She said
Martha nodded "And with the blood sample your brother acquired can help us. Since this is a new strain" she added. "How did he managed to get this one?" she asked
Claire gave a small smile to her, she shrugged and said "Beats me" she wasn't going to reveal anything to anyone. Her brother and friends were trying very hard in knowing who else would want to use the C-Virus as a weapon. With Simmons and Carla dead, they couldn't think of anyone else who would do it.
"So we managed to get it done, but we still need it to be tested" Martha said, "And we did some of it" she said as she went to the box and retrieved a few doses of the new vaccine. "And we don't have the test subject" she added.
Claire was surprised that they managed to do a test vaccine fast, well it took a week but she thought they would need more time. She stood up, "I can take it to the subject we have in quarantine" she said as she got her phone out again. She needed to contact her brother and tell her where they are. She was delivering it herself.
"But I haven't heard of that" she said
Claire looked at her "Martha, that information is classified" she said as she went and started getting the vials that Martha placed on the table in a container.
"You can't do that Miss Redfield" Martha said as she went to the phone to call security.
Claire went to her and disconnected the phone. "I'm sorry Martha, but this is for a friend" she said.
Martha looked at her "I cannot let you take that, please" she said
Claire smiled sadly at her "I'm sorry" She said as she hit her, knocking her out. "But this is more important" she said, she was crazy as to take the samples from the BSAA. But she knew that if Piers Nivans, arrived at the facility he would be experimented on. She ran towards the entrance as she entered her pin. She started running; suddenly she heard the sirens, red lights blinking. She hid from incoming BSAA personnel. She received a phone call. "What the hell Redfield?" the man said.
"I'm sorry Roberts but, I need this." She said "You can complain after everything is finished and we find who is responsible for the outbreaks all over the country." She added.
"What do you mean?" Roberts asked
"We've had outbreaks all over the planet. And there is information regarding the company Neo Umbrella. The same company that is responsible for the incident in China." Claire said as she moved to out of the facility she was at. "And I know who will be able to find out and help" she added as she walked away. She already had everything ready to call her brother. "And I will come back once it's over" she finished and hung up. She got on her car and drove off. It was easy to hide and take whatever this is. She might have just cut off the trust she had in the BSAA but, this was important. She needed to find what happened. She needed the help of everyone with her brother. And she had some more help…
-Hideout-
The phone started to ring; Leon looked at it and picked it up. "Hunnigan…?"
"Leon, we have a situation, you asked me to check on the BSAA facility where the new vaccine is being created. Well we got information that someone stole the vaccine, I managed to pull up the surveillance video and at least it's with Claire Redfield." Hunnigan said
"So you're telling me she stole it from them?" Leon asked, he looked up and saw Chris heading his way. Since Leon answered in speaker.
"But guess what happened after she took off with it?" Hunnigan asked.
"What happened?" This time Chris was the one that asked.
"Hunnigan this is Chris Redfield, so what happened?" Leon asked
"Someone hacked into the system, trying to get data on the vaccine created" Hunnigan said as she started typing. "Lucky I was checking the system and sealed everything that was important, which was your location and the DNA sequence of your test subject" she said.
"Good Job" Leon said as he smirked, he did have one of the top hackers working with him.
"When did this happen?" Chris asked
"Well this was 5 hours ago" Hunnigan said "I'm sorry I just called, I had to double check the security in the location and with the time difference as well." She added.
"It's okay, at least everything got sealed and they cannot find us" Chris said "Thank you" he added
"You're welcome" Hunnigan said as she logged out.
Leon put his handheld back. "Well that was close" he said
Chris nodded "And Claire did well in stealing the vaccine, but I will have to talk to her" he smirked.
Leon smirked as he nodded "Yeah, but we both know you will not say anything" he said
Chris half shrugged "True" he said.
A few hours after their conversation with Hunnigan, the group found themselves in the living-room. Jake was talking with Sherry and Leon and Chris were talking about Claire. Piers was in the second floor, he had not been feeling well. His eyes closed he didn't want anyone else worried about him. He started coughing; he changed his position as he stayed still.
There was a knock at the door; all four people looked at it taking their guns out. Chris looked at Leon as they moved forward. Each of them were walking slowly, Sherry and Chris went behind the door, while Leon and Jake opened it. Leon's face showed relief when he saw the familiar person that was waiting outside. "Claire" He said
Chris opened his eyes as he walked and saw her, he wrapped his arms around her "How are you?" he asked
"Good, missing my brother" she said as she then looked around looking at Leon and Sherry. "Hey!" she hugged Sherry. "You've grown, and I heard you're an agent, good for you" she smiled
Sherry was smiling, hugging and seeing another of her rescuers. "Haven't seen you in a while" she said
"Well I have been doing a lot of things recently. But this one takes the cake" Claire said as she showed them a briefcase.
"Tell us about it, 30 minutes later the complex was broken into" Leon said
"Even after they activated the alarms for me, they got in?" Claire asked
"Then it was good I did it before them" Claire said as she gave the briefcase to Chris. "Everything is there; we still need to test it. But everything looked good" she said
Chris nodded as he looked at it, he then looked at Jake. "Let's go then" he said
Chris and Jake went to the second floor and knocked at the door. "Piers, we have the new vaccine" he said
Piers looked at the door; he had been trying to control the pain that he had been feeling. He knew that he needed the vaccine. He sat up on the bed, "Come in" he said
Chris opened the door.
"How are you feeling?" Jake asked as he turned on the lights.
"Not… good" Piers said as he shut his eyes closed.
'Shit' Chris thought as he saw the young man. His eyes were beginning to turn into a different color, and he was amazed how he hadn't already changed. He put the briefcase on the bed. He heard another set of footsteps and looked at the door to see his sister.
Claire wanted to see Piers since she learned the man was alive. She saw him, well his back. She couldn't believe he was there. She placed her hands over her mouth as she walked.
Getting the vaccine out of the briefcase and stood in front of Piers. "Alright, let's hope this works" he said.
Piers grabbed Chris's arm "If this doesn't work"
Jake got angry, Piers was a great friend, he always had his back, he couldn't believe it but he had spent more time with Piers than with Sherry. He went to Piers and grabbed the hand that had Chris. "This is going to work." He said
Claire looked at the reactions of her brother and the other man, she walked forward to take a better look of Piers. When she saw him, she remembered the young man.
Piers nodded as he looked at them, he then noticed Claire. He was surprised to see her in the room but closed his eyes.
Chris injected him with the vaccine and then looked at Piers as if there was going to be an instant change.
Piers noticed the vaccine's effects he felt his heart constrict as he raised his left hand to his chest.
"Piers" he could hear the call from the ones in the room with him. He fell to the floor, his right hand preventing him from falling face down. He started coughing and groaning, his eyes burned and he could feel something in his stomach…