Author Note: All characters ain't mine, some are CAPCOM's truly and others are, well, from other different places (I'm actually considering an allocation of effort to write out a piece of reference to where I get those other characters from, next time, of course…) and yeah, it's been long since I've published something concrete, so here's it…
5. Madness
Jill had ever been as pissed like this before.
The feeling of being betrayed as one of her oldest friends had actually hidden something (no, someone) from her. And it just happens to be that someone who had wrecked hell around the world not so long ago. And it wasn't that long ago, yet. Bioterrorism happen occur every moment and it heightens the effort to fight such occurrences, Jill had mostly done so most of her life since Raccoon City. Now, it seems like most of her efforts had gone to waste when she couldn't trust people she'd known once, or rather had thought she'd known.
Of course, on her side, her people did outnumber Leon's. It took them a minimal effort just to get the three of their visitors sitting, gagged in separate rooms for questioning. Thus came the hardest part of this confrontation, the search for the truth.
"Now, I don't want to hear your defend her, I want to know why you of all people are associated with this mess", she jabbed a finger at Leon's chest. "And don't you dare give me the 'you have no choice, it's the only way you could have done this' either. I don't want you to fall this low, Leon, not when your decisions could impact the people around you".
He looked at her as if considering her demands, gave a nod and leaned forward so that she could remove his gag.
"Got everything out of your system, yet?" he didn't look smug at all, so that might have saved him from getting his nose broken.
She nodded.
"I can explain", he began, his tone apologetic.
"You'd better", she muttered, glaring at him.
He let out a deep resigned sigh. Taking a deep breath, he looked up at her, "It's a long story and it's complicated".
"Well, start now or I'll let Chris beat the hell out of you", she said through gritted teeth. "Or I could do it myself".
And he told her.
Everything.
MEANWHILE
"You're wasting my time", Ada said smoothly as she glared at the French woman in front of her.
"I don't care", Emilie said easily, leaning back languidly on her chair with her tanned leather boots on the small wooden interrogation table.
"Who were you before?" she tried for another angle.
"A nobody", the other woman murmured.
A smile tinged Ada's lips. She had recognised the position this woman was in, a torn decision on doing the right thing or letting the whole world burn. This woman in front of her was on the fence, probably being dragged into this as some sort of penance against a past experience.
"Who were you before you got yourself in this?" Emilie asked out of sheer curiosity.
"A spy", Ada smiled. "Still am one".
"Oh", Emilie was speechless.
There was a loud shuffling sound coming from next door. Then, a thud like a soft flesh hitting the hardwood floor as if someone was being roughened up.
"Um, excuse me. Jill was specific that none of you were to be touched", Emilie said, walking out.
Once the other woman was outside, Ada tried her handcuffs again. It would have been fairly simple if she had something to work with to manage her escape.
"Well, I'll just have to get creative then", she murmured to herself.
WHILE
Jake watched over the two men who lay unconscious before him. Savoy went down easy but it was the other, Carlos, who had brought up a tougher fight than he had expected.
"You losers are too easy", he snorted, dropping his cuffs aside, kicking Savoy one side.
"Jill told you not to…", a woman said as she opened the door. Identifying that it wasn't Ada, he stood out of her view.
"What?" she was about to call out for help when Jake pulled her tight against him with a hand firmly over her mouth. His other hand, he had around her neck.
"Sorry, honey, I don't hurt women but if you don't tell me where you got Leon holed up, I will end you", he whispered into her ear. She struggled, but with a firm shake, she stopped.
"Hmm…this is an improvement", Ada crooned from the open doorway.
"Let's just find Leon", Jake growled.
"As you can see, it wasn't her", Leon said.
Jill messaged the bridge of her nose. "Ough. Damn you, Carlos, you paranoic idiot".
"Jill?" she heard him ask her, his voice filled with concern.
"Alright, I believe you. Not because of our past or what you've just told me but because of the kind of shit that would always hit us", Jill said tiredly, getting up, she removed his cuffs, "Now, if any of your team screws up our hard work, heads will roll".
"Thank you", he sighed.
Just then, the door swung open.
"Let him go now!" Jake yelled out, tightening his grip on Emilie. Ada had a knife in hand and was about to hurl it at Jill when she noticed that Leon wasn't cuffed.
"Care to explain that, Mister Kennedy?" Jill gestured at his 'rescuers'.
Author's Note: Short and a little towards the funny side. Now that's aside, back to the seriousness of the situation. Oh, and uh reviews please. I need some more encouraging words before I can churn out something longer and more readable. So, if you wanna more of this series, reviews are demanded.