Here's Chapter 23! I don't own Resident Evil. Enjoy!
A New Revolution
A Resident Evil and OC Story
By SamuraiWriter
Chapter 23: Cooperation
After summoning a cab, Kevin entered it and dragged Sophie in along with him. Sophie pulled the cab door closed and Kevin instructed the men where to go, loosening-but still holding-his grip onto Sophie's wrist. At the same time, Sophie held onto her purse full of fire power. However, she didn't want to pull them out as she was in a cab.
"Who are you?!" Sophie asked, looking at him with a worried expression.
Kevin turned towards her and got close to her face. "Kevin Ryman, and you're my ticket to getting my sister back!" he answered.
Sophie blinked. "Your sister?"
Kevin backed away from her face and nodded. "Yeah. You heard of a girl named Sherry Birkin?"
Sophie shook her head.
Kevin a got a little closer to Sophie, but not as closer than before. "Well, she's holding my sister hostage and she's demanding a pay at 20,00,000 dollars." Kevin said in a whisper.
He then moved his face just a tiny bit closer. "You're her pay."
Sophie gasped, but it was interrupted half way through my Kevin's hand to her mouth. "Your bounty is exactly 20,000,000 and I'm sure that bitch Sherry will be happy to see you. See, Sherry Birkin and William Birkin are related."
Sophie blinked at the name. "Who?"
"William Birkin. I did a tiny bit of research and I found out that William Birkin is in an alliance with Albert Wesker. Albert Wesker is a notorious gangster, and you happen to be mentioned in a news report along with his name. Now, let's get back to Sherry. Sherry wants a ransom of 20,000,000; she wants you. She wants to collect you so she can deliver you to William, who will give you to Wesker, and then you two can continue your diabolical plans to take over California!"
Once Kevin was finished explaining, Sophie just looked at him with wide eyes. Though his explanation was vivid and detailed enough, Sophie still found herself confused.
Kevin chuckled. "Me? I could careless about the bounty that's been placed on you. I could careless about your alliance with Wesker, too. I just want my sister back in one piece and alive." he said in a whisper.
'Alliance with Wesker?' Sophie thought. Sophie wanted to oppose Kevin's opinion, but she didn't want to give the real story away to him, a man she didn't even know.
Suddenly, a memory seemed to float back into Sophie's head. It was her supposed drug exchange with Saddler that went haywire. Kevin, along with his sister, were among the few who were chasing her.
Sophie looked down at her feet deep in thought. Could this actually be helpful to her? If Sherry worked for Wesker, this could bring Sophie one step closer into finding her brother.
As Sophie and Kevin rode into the cab, Sophie remained quiet. 'This has to go right.'
"Here we are." Kevin said. He had finally released his grip from Sophie's wrist, which had left a faint, but noticeable mark around it. Sophie stood beside him looking at the location the exchange were to take place.
It was an abandoned warehouse, located near other rundown buildings and structures. This place reminded Sophie of her very first mission, which was also the first time she saw Wesker. It had a slight stench around it, but it wasn't strong enough to make someone puke. There was trash around the place and some parts of the warehouse were rusted, and were barely coming off.
Kevin turned to Sophie, who was till gazing at the warehouse. "Do I look conservative enough?" Kevin asked her.
Sophie turned to him and looked over his wardrobe. Kevin was dressed in a wrinkled white shirt with blue jeans and white Nikes. A black jacket with a hole in on its side covered his upper body, and his brown hair was slightly messed up.
"Uh…" Sophie spoke.
"Good." Kevin said. "Sherry called and told me she would be here by 6:30." he said. He looked at his watch which was hidden by his jacket. It read 6:28.
Sophie and Kevin walked towards the warehouse doors. Kevin cracked open one door, letting Sophie in first before walking in himself. He closed the door behind him. The warehouse mostly contained boxes and shelves, and a pair of doors similar to the front ones were located at the back. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
"Sherry! Come out here, you bitch!" Kevin ordered, his voice bouncing off the walls of the warehouse.
After a few minutes, the sound of heels clicking to the floor could be heard. Sophie and Kevin's eyes rotated towards a couple of boxes. Kevin's eyes grew wide with anger as he saw Sherry, carelessly pulling onto Karen's hair. She was dressed in a black tank top jeans shorts, and black heels on her feet. Karen's attire was more bright, consisting of a pink blouse, a green miniskirt, and pink flats.
"You made it here in one day? I'm impressed." Sherry said.
"So, where's my money?"
"Right here." Kevin said, pointing to Sophie. Sherry gasped and grinned, slightly tugging harder on Karen's hair. Karen tightened her face up as Sherry pulled, the pain striking her. Sophie clenched onto her purse as Sherry looked at her, a striking feeling of anger attacking Sophie.
"I never knew you had an alliance with Sophie!" Sherry said, a jocular tone in her voice. She then turned to Karen and pulled on her hair once more. "I should kill you right now for lying to me."
Karen gasped and shivered, which made Sherry giggle. "But I won't. Having Sophie is just to good enough." she said.
With a smirk, Sherry violently threw Karen onto the hard flooring and pulled out a Glock 22, mainly at Sophie. Sophie and Kevin quickly moved out of the way and ran behind some boxes that were stacked on one another. As Sherry continued to fire bullets, Sophie opened her purse and pulled her two Desert Eagles.
"Billy was right." Sophie muttered. She loaded each gun with a magazine and handed one to Kevin. Kevin took it with gratitude.
"Where did you get one of these?" Kevin asked as he admired the gun.
"Here." Sophie said, ignoring his question. She handed Kevin four out of the nine magazines Sophie had in her bag. "Use them wisely, as I think we might be in for a gunfight." she said.
Their conversation was caught off by Sherry's bullets. With a nod, Sophie and Kevin entered combat. Kevin shot at Sherry, who avoided each bullet that came her way. She countered with bullets of her own, to which Kevin avoided as well. Sophie shot her own at Sherry, which barely hit penetrated her skin. Kevin could see that Sophie was a little experienced with guns. Kevin's firearms skills had rusted ever since he quit the force in 2007.
Meanwhile, Karen hid behind some boxes, thinking about the situation she was currently being placed in. 'This is crazy! So crazy!' she thought. She then covered her ears as the sound of bullets being released by their respected gunners bounced off the walls.
"Let's go!" Kevin told Sophie. The duo stopped shooting and sprint behind the boxes. The primary objective was to rescue Karen from hiding and escape out the back doors. Sherry continued to fire, the bullets speeding through boxes and creating holes in them.
"Sis!" Kevin called out.
Karen looked up and smiled as she saw her older brother run towards her. The two were finally reunited, giving each other hugs and Kevin placing a sibling kiss on her forehead. "It's okay, Karen. You're gonna be okay." Kevin assured his sister.
While hiding behind boxes and out of the eyesight of Sherry, Sophie smiled warmly. Seeing Kevin and Karen hugging reminded Sophie of Xavier and herself, placing memories of sibling happiness back in her head. As she looked at the scene more, Sophie could feel a lone tear exit her left eye and run down her cheek, as the image of her brother floated through her mind.
Suddenly, a bullet interrupted the warm moment. Taking that as a signal, Kevin, Karen, and Sophie all ran for the exit. Sophie and Kevin barged the doors down and ran towards Karen's Volkswagen Fox that Sherry used to get to the warehouse. Throwing Kevin the keys, Kevin got into the driver's seat, Sophie in the passenger's, and Karen crawled into the back seats. Kevin started the vehicle up and began to drive away from the warehouse. Via side mirror, Kevin saw Sherry running to them the fastest she could. Though, it was too late.
Seeing that there was no way she could keep up, Sherry stopped running. She placed her hands on her knees and caught her breath, angrily staring at the escaping trio's car. Overwhelmed with anger, she released bullets from Glock 22 in their direction, which desperately failed to penetrate the car.
"Shit!!" Sherry cursed loudly, looking around. "I have to get out of here and report back to Dad."
"Wait a minute!" Karen exclaimed, slamming her fists lightly onto the car seats.
As Kevin came up to a red light, he looked at Karen through the rear-view window. "What is it?" he asked.
Karen then turned to Sophie, who sat in the car patiently and quietly. Raising her index finger, Karen pointed to her. "What's she doing here?!"
Sophie rotated her eyes to Kevin, who only sighed and laughed. "You're just noticing her? Yep, that's Sophie. She served as my bait to get you back." Kevin said. Suddenly, the red light turned green and Kevin began to drive again.
"Oh…" Karen muttered. For a moment, the car was silent.
"THANK YOU!!!" Karen screamed at the stop of her lungs. Sophie jumped and yelped and Kevin briefly lost focus of the road. He regained his focus and quickly turned to Karen, who's arms were around Sophie's neck.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Kevin shouted, taking quick glances at the road.
"Oh, thank you!! You're my hero!" Karen said, smiling and blushing as she said it. She then placed light kisses on Sophie's cheek, to which, in response, Sophie jumped and moved away a little.
"No! Please stop!" Sophie pleaded. Karen was too infatuated with Sophie and continued to place kisses on her cheek.
Suddenly, Karen's hands found themselves slithering down to Sophie's breasts. Karen grinned as she lightly squeezed them, making Sophie blush extremely.
"Eeek!" Sophie screeched. She quickly moved Karen's hands away from her chest, but Karen continued to hug and squeeze her body.
"Oooh! You're so cute!" Karen squealed. "You're my new teddy bear!"
In the passenger's seat, Kevin quietly sat there. Tears were forming in his eyes as he drove. 'I thought I was her teddy bear.'
End of Chapter 23
Well, that chapter is done! I hope you all liked it! I tried my best to make Sophie innocent, cute, and yet clueless in the last scene. I think I did a good job, but what do you all think? The next chapter will be up soon! Thank you!
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