A/N: here is the second chapter, just want to get a good start before I start writing some more.


Victoria was shocked, being an avid –still-in-the-closet – video game player, thanks to her older brother. And with Resident evil being her absolute favorite game series, she knew those names well. She walked up closer to the people and took a closer look at the group of people the first man he was tall, a bit taller than the General who she knew was an impressive six foot five inches, with short brown hair, brown eyes, and his skin was tanned nicely, must be Chris Redfield, he looks exactly like he did in Resident evil 5, except dressed in a white t-shirt, and dark blue jeans.

The woman next to him was shorter than him, with the top of her head just reaching his shoulders. She had shoulder length brown hair and light blue eyes; Victoria could only assume that this was Jill, she is even prettier in person. Jill was dressed in skinny jeans and a bright red tank top with a black jean jacket over it. The next man was of Latino descent, he was the shortest of the three men but still pretty tall, and his caramel brown hair fell into his dark brown eyes. His wore tan cargo pants and a dark green long sleeve shirt. He also had on what appears to be Native American looking necklaces. Looking at him she recognized who he was, Carlos Olivera, the once Umbrella mercenary. Victoria smiled inwardly her good friend, fellow Free Runner and Resident evil fanatic, Rebecca "Becca" Tresmont would be extremely jealous that she met her favorite character.

Looking to the second woman, who was African, she was taller than Jill and Victoria but shorter than the men in the room, and her hair was pulled back in a small ponytail. Victoria knew she was Sheva Alomar, the newest member to the Resident evil scene. Victoria looked to the last man leaning against the wall; he was a tad shorter than the General but still a formidable height with dirty blonde hair that fell into his dark blue eyes. He wore dark shirt, a leather jacket over it and dark blue jeans. This was Leon Kennedy, if possible more handsome than portrayed. Looking into his blue eyes Victoria saw what looked to be recognition, but it pass through his eyes so quickly she was not sure. A frown graced her lips before she shook herself from her thoughts and shook their hands and greeted each of them.

"You know," she paused. "y'all make me feel short." The teasing look in her eye caused them all to laugh, breaking the ice. Now, Victoria wasn't small by any means, a very respectable five feet and five and a half inches. She smiled and sat down on top of the desk.

"Now the reason you are here, my dear." Mark said. "It's because these five are on a cleanup mission around the world, and they need an interpreter and someone they can trust."

"And that would be me?" Victoria asked.

"Yes, only you will know of their true identity, and there is something else…" Mark trailed of as the door slammed open. Strolling in, like he owned the place, was a short dark haired man dressed in U.S Army Class As. Victoria and Mark's demeanor changed as the man walked in. Victoria became tenser and was wound up like a tight wire, ready to snap. Mark went back to the stiff and formal appearance he had before.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Victoria stood up as she saw the man

"Lt. Cross Please, Sit down!" General Warren ordered. "This is Captain Bill Blackburn." he sighed he ran his hands through his graying blond hair. "He is the other person that will be on your team."

"How good are they, besides Lt. Cross's language skills?" Chris asked.

"Victoria Please," Victoria interrupted, giving them a soft smile. "I never liked formalities and if I can I try to avoid them."

"Lt. Cross is a quick girl and is an excellent Free Runner, good with most guns, but her specialty is sniping, a girl's got a natural talent for that on top of unofficial training from some of the top sniper riflemen in the world. She can think quickly on her feet, sometimes too quickly." General Warren said Victoria gave him a small glare and sheepishly smiled at him. "She is good at adapting to a situation."

"That is good, seems she will be very useful." Leon said coolly.

"Captain Blackburn is an expert fighter and good with guns also, he has a knack for computers." The General said.

"Don't forget Womanizer, Cheater, and all around asshole." Victoria growled, "the nerve of that bastard, he broke my sister completely; she hasn't looked at another man since then."

"Oh, I guess you're still sore about my breaking your little sister's heart." Blackburn scoffed.

"No Shit, you bastard, you cheated on her with any woman, you insulted her any chance you got. You made her believe that you loved her, and then you threw her away like trash. So yeah, I'm a little sore." Victoria yelled, she stalked towards Blackburn but before she got five feet from him the General stopped her.

"Sit down Lt. Cross, and you are dismiss Captain, I do not want to see you until the debriefing, is that understood." General Warren commanded.

"Yes Sir." Blackburn smirked, saluted, and walked out of the office.

Victoria huffed and sat back down not happy at all, "Why is that fu…"

"Victoria!" Warren interrupted "do not take that tone with me or in my presence"

"Yes Sir." Victoria snapped to attention.

"You know I feel the same way that you do, but the Higher ups wanted someone from their crew to keep an eye on this mission. And just to spite me they sent that stupid S.O.B." He explained. Mark sighed and put her at ease, at once both of their postures relaxed and they were back to how they were back to how they were before the Captain walked in. Mark turned to the others "Look; I know that Victoria is hungry, and it is around lunch. Why don't we go out and get something to eat?"

"Sounds great" Jill said.

"Good, I know this great place to eat." The General smiled.

"Marti's?" Victoria asked.

"Yes." Mark answered.

"Cool, I'll meet you there; I have four hundred dollars to collect." she told him.

"And why are you collecting four hundred dollars?" Mark questioned. "Doesn't the army pay you enough?"

"Well, for one, extra money never hurts, and two, it is the annual parkour games for Urban Evolution, and the boys asked for it." Mark laughed at her statement and patted her hard on the back.

"They never learn, do they?"

"Hell no, even after five years in a row losing to moi." Victoria laughed. "They are getting more people together to see if they can catch me again next year."

"Why are they so hell bent on catching you." Leon asked.

"Because I am the fastest, most daring, and crazy person they know. It started five years ago with a simple game of tag, no one could catch me. I would always manage to slip past them whenever the other team got close. It ended up being all against one, because I was the best. And to be the best you have to beat the rest." Victoria explained.

"So it's all a game?" Carlos asked.

"Of course, I love to play games with some free running buddies, where ever I go I always find time to play at least one game. When I was in Paris last year I got to play ball with a group there, it was crazy we were up on top of the buildings." Victoria smiled. "My team won, of course."

"Isn't that dangerous?" Jill asked.

"And what you do isn't." Victoria countered.

"Touché" Jill smiled.

"Well I'm out; I'll see you in twenty." Victoria nodded as she exited the room. Minutes later she stepped outside the pentagon and bolted. They followed her movement out of the window.

"What do you think of her?" Mark asked.

"She is good, very athletic, but what I am curious is about is what your relationship is with her?" Chris asked.

"That is a long story, come I'll tell you on the way to the restaurant." Mark said as we walked out to his SUV.

Once on the road Mark started to talk. "Victoria, was the only child of her parents; her mother owns a ranch near Lexington; Victoria lives with her when she is on leave."

"Isn't that three hours away?" Carlos asked.

"Yeah it is, so when she is on duty or needs to be in the city she stays in my apartment." Mark said. "Her father, Cain, and I worked together as SEALs."

"SEALS? But aren't you an army General?" Chris asked

"Yes I am, but I got out and a couple years later I was offered a job by the government organization you work for. Victoria doesn't know about the organization, at least not yet that is. I will have to explain this to her within the next two days." Mark told Carlos. "But anyway, back when Victoria was ten we were still SEALs ,Cain and I were on what would be our last mission, our mission was to figure out what happened to decimate a village in South America, the village was chaotic and in the fray I lost sight of my swim buddy, never saw him after that." Mark sighed pausing in the memory. "And that is why I got out of the SEALs, went to college and got my degree. I started up my own security firm, a couple years later the Army said they would reinstate me and if I worked hard in a couple years I could make General. I couldn't resist the call to serve my country again, so I gave control of the company over to my Ex-wife, and here I am."

"That is how you got into our department isn't it?" Leon asked

"Yeah, I don't know how you guys can do it daily, it takes someone more that human to withstand seeing that more than once, and so you better watch over Victoria." Mark warned.

"So what happened to her and her mother?" Jill asked.

"Well, it tore up her mother, Helena; she wasn't the same after that, we were lucky not to lose her. We waited months to hear anything about him but we never anything and assumed he was killed." Mark said as he stopped the car. "Well, here we are, let's go inside and get a table, then I will continue telling the rest of the story."

They walked inside the restaurant quietly, each one thinking about what they heard. Looking around the restaurant everyone took in the layout of it. There was a bar off to the right, a stage in front with a band playing. There was a booth along the side and tables in the center, and next to the tables and in front of the stage there was a dance floor with people dancing on it.

"DADDY!" a young woman cried. Mark was engulfed in a hug by a small blond woman.

"Trinity; honey, how are you today?" Mark asked her.

"Professor Z was boring as usual, and I swear that man sweats more than a stuck pig; but other than that great. Now do you want your normal booth?" She asked pointing towards a half circle booth.

"Off course and Victoria is coming in soon so can you get her something she would like." Mark said.

"Sure." She said and walked off.

"Was that the girl Lt. Cross was talking about?" Sheva asked seeming quite interested in the small blond.

"Yes, believe it or not she is only 20. She goes to college here in D.C." Mark smiled; they sat down in his booth and picked out what they each wanted to eat.

"So what happened to her after her father died?" Leon asked curious about Victoria, she has seemed to have sparked his interest to the amusement of his comrades.

"Ah, yes, she did go into a depression, she was only twelve. I promised her father if anything were to happen to him I would watch over her and her mother, and I did. At first Victoria wouldn't talk to anyone but her mother and would just sleep, but thankfully my two kids, Lucas, my oldest, and Trinity, were able to bring her out of her shell, but what really brought her out was Free running, after that we started to see more and more of the old Victoria back." Mark finished. He looked at his watch and frowned.

"What is it?" Sheva asked.

"She's late; it only takes her ten minutes to get here usually adding at least ten more minutes for her to get her money." Mark told them, seconds later the door slammed open and walked in, a soaking wet Victoria. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she was shivering from the cold. The water made her cloths stick to her body like a second skin, all the guys in the bar stared at her blatantly; Leon shot them a cold glare causing each one to turn back to what they were doing. Leon did not like how they looked at her like she was a piece of meat. He was raised to respect women and Victoria did not deserve to be treated like that. He stood up and took off his jacket and walked to Victoria and put it around her. Victoria blushed and thanked him pulling it closer to her body thankful for the cover. She was engulfed in the warmth and smell of Leon, which she had to admit, was a damn good smell.

"What the hell happened, Tori?" Trinity asked walking up with their drinks.

"Met up with the bike race on the bridge." Victoria said and Trinity started to laugh causing Victoria to pout. "You're not nice; a nice sister would feel bad and offer a clean set of clothes."

"You're right I'm not a nice sister, but I'm your only, now let's get you some clothes don't want the perverts to keep staring at your chest." Trinity laughed, got their orders, and led Victoria away.

"Does this happen often?" Chris asked.

"It isn't always this, but yeah she can get into some trouble." Mark smiled, minutes later Victoria came back dressed in a simple dark red spaghetti strap dress, that went down to her mid thigh, and a pair of black ankle boots. Leon's jacket hung loosely over her shoulders. Her hair was up off of her neck and in a messy bun, still damp from her dive into the river. Leon scooted in since he was on the end and let her sit down.

"Sorry about that, wasn't expecting to take a bath so soon." Victoria joked. "Here is your jacket, thank you so much for lending it to me." Leon nodded and took the jacket back.

"Don't worry about it; you look nice by the way." Jill smiled.

"Thanks, Trini has learned to always have a spare set of clothes for me here, if it isn't the Hudson, its mud or grim." Victoria smiled.

"What about sewer water?" Trinity said as she passed their table. Victoria pointed her finger in a threatening manner at her sister.

"You were never to mention that again, brat."

"So you ran all the way here?" Sheva asked trying to start a conversation.

"Yeah, it isn't that bad of a run. The chased today was pretty much from one side of the city to the other." Victoria told her.

"And you won?" Carlos said.

"Yeah four hundred bucks, it took jumping off a bridge and onto a bus to get away, they're getting harder to evade each time we play, I think they know me too well." Victoria smiled.

"A risk taker?" Leon said.

"A little . . . I told you I was crazy, but there are things I won't even consider doing." Victoria said. Trinity arrived with their food and set it down. "Hey . . . Is it alright to talk about who you really are or should I completely keep it hush, hush."

"No, it's alright to talk about it here, but thank you for thinking of us." Jill said thankful knowing that Victoria wouldn't blurt out who they were to the world.

"No prob, just let me know if I overstep any lines." Victoria said. "So how much of the games are actually true?"

"Most of it is, but there are things changed here and there and some background details too." Chris answered.

"Oh cool, I mean I find playing the games fun, but man it must have been scary for you." Victoria admitted.

"It was, especially when you aren't expecting it." Carlos answered.

"I would think so," Victoria said thoughtfully, "Hmm, so how come no one knows about this, or is this all been covered up?"

"Yes we don't want mass panic on our hands; it would make our jobs much harder." Leon told her.

"And I'm one of the lucky few who know what is going on behind the scenes." Victoria said.

"Yep." Sheva smiled.

"What's our mission?" Victoria asked.

"There have been an increase in biohazard attacks and we are to find the source of where they are coming from." Leon said.

"Got it." Victoria smiled. They slipped into normal conversation as they finished their meal.

"Victoria, I've been meaning to ask, what is that huge ring on your finger for?" Carlos asked. Victoria smiled and looked down at the huge ring on her finger; it was around 40 penny weight with rustic silver with cross sabers on top.

"This ring is my class ring, I went through hell at that school and I am damn proud of it. We get these our junior year in a big ceremony; it's a huge deal at my school." Victoria said with a proud grin on her face. "This is my field ring, I have a garrison ring as well, and it's a 44 penny weight white gold with an opal stone."

"That is huge." Sheva said astonished.

"Hell yeah, and we are damn proud of our rings."

"Excuse me, do you want to dance?" A man came up asking Victoria. Victoria smiled and nodded, she was known for dancing pretty well at Marti's, and some of the regulars would occasionally ask her to dance. Victoria took his hand and they walked to the dance floor just as the tango came on. Leon watched Victoria closely, as she moved her body. He watched her lithe form as she danced with the stranger, her curly hair bounced with life and green hazel that had golden flakes in the center gleamed with joy. And despite being a runner she still had nice curves. And yes he did check her out when we first met, but that is something he would never admit it aloud. His job was dangerous and he didn't have time for a woman, and his current track record with them wasn't all that great either.

Victoria ended her dance and sat back in the booth while everyone was clapping. "You dance very well." Leon said.

"Thanks, my mother taught me, she said that a lady should always know how to dance." Victoria blushed

"Oh so you are a lady, now?" Trinity asked as she came up with the bill.

"Yes, now give me the bill." Victoria pouted.

"No, Trinity, give it to me." Mark said.

"Oh God, No fighting over the bill." Trinity whined.

"I extended the invitation so I pay." Mark said.

"You paid last time, It's my turn." Victoria said.

"No, I will pay." Mark said Victoria shook her head.

"Nuh-uh, I won four hundred dollars."

"I have seniority, and I out rank you."

"Then the lower and younger pay." she countered, they both stared at each other in a grid-lock battle of will. Victoria huffed in annoyance. "We need some sophisticated way of dealing with this." she declared.

"Rock paper scissors." He offered.

"Exactly." Victoria agreed and then started the fiercest game of rock paper scissors.

"Do they do this every time they go out to eat?" Sheva asked Trinity, the smile on her face giving way to the entertainment she received from the two's childish antics.

"Yes." Trinity groaned. "We tried to have a system set up, but it never works."

"It is quite funny." Jill laughed, Victoria had won the first game and Mark complained saying two out of three, which she won all three. She took the bill and paid it in cash then gave it to Trinity, Trinity left and then a short while later returned with the change. As they were leaving Trinity was giving them all hugs, Sheva admired the small attractive woman and gave her an extra squeeze when she hugged her. Trinity smiled slipped something into Sheva back pocket. When Trinity pulled away she winked at Sheva and then turned to go into the back. Sheva smiled as she pulled out the piece of paper"

(293)569-1294 call me - Trinity

Smiling and Sheva slipped the piece of paper back into her pocket and followed the others out.


Yeah, Victoria can be a bit childish, but that is all part of her charm. and the thing about the class rings it is true. I do go to a school which has a contract that states if anyone tries to beat us in ring size Jonstons is obligated to create a bigger ring. the biggest ring can be considered a brass knuckle weapon.

please let me know what you think, if there is any confusion I would be glad to clear it up.

Tata for now.