No More Running…

Leon/Claire fic.

It's time to stop running…and start loving.

Epilogue

Several months later...

Location: Grayling, Michigan

Claire stood at a kitchen counter chopping vegetables, she looked out the window and saw someone coming towards her. As the person got close she smiled as Leon waved at her. She could distinctly see Leon dragging what looked like a 10 point buck behind him and a hunting rifle slung across his back. She watched the snow come down outside, the tall trees surrounding their house.

Leon and Claire were offered to go into witness protection for testifying against Umbrella but they both refused, Leon insisted they were done running. They did over go over some changes: Claire grew her hair out until it reached her waist and she had it in a ponytail right now. Leon grew a beard and his scars healed up pretty good, several of them faded away. They also adopted Sherry as their own and moved into a large two story cottage in Michigan. Leon built several 'home defenses' he calls them, meaning he put in several secret compartments that held high powered weapons and a safe room.

She heard a door open downstairs then close, several minutes later, strong arms wrapped around her waist. She smiled and leaned back, the overhead light reflected a glint of gold on her finger as did Leon's. He kissed the back of her head and sighed. "What'd you bring home?" Claire asked as she resumed chopping vegetables. Leon sighed as he unslung his rifle. "Got me a buck. Nailed him with one shot. Oh, hey. What time are they getting here?"

Claire glanced at her watch. "Chris and Jill should be here soon." Leon nodded as he put the rifle in a glass door gun cabinet. "Good, we all set?" Claire nodded in return. "Yeah. Had to set up several tables though." Leon took off his jacket and hung it up. Both of them looked up when they heard a car horn, Leon went downstairs again. He opened the front door to find Chris and Jill Redfield standing on the front porch. Jill held out a bottle of wine. "A housewarming gift." Leon accepted it. "Thanks Jill." Jill smiled and pecked him on the cheek. "Where's Claire?"

Leon looked over the bottle. "Where she belongs: in the kitchen." A washcloth nailed him in the back of the head. "I HEARD THAT!" Claire called from the top of the stairs. Jill chuckled and headed upstairs. Chris and Leon shook hands. "S'up bro." Leon smirked. "Nothing much. Everybody else coming?" Chris nodded. "Now, where's the beer?" Leon chuckled. He pointed upstairs. As soon as Chris went upstairs, several more cars and trucks showed up.

Barry, Rebecca, her boyfriend Billy Coen and Carlos Olveira got out of Barry's SUV. David King, his girlfriend Alyssa Ashcroft and Jim Chapman got out of a black Ford F-150. David shook his head. "This guy would not shut up. The entire trip up!" They walked past him into the house. George Hamilton and his fiancee Cindy Lennox and Yoko Suzuki got out of a dark green BMW. George and Cindy smiled at Leon and walked past. Yoko nodded to him and went upstairs.

Ark Thompson, Sherry Birkin, Lott and Lily, Kevin Ryman and Mark Wilkins got of a white Jeep Commander. The former went right away but not before Sherry gave him a hug. Mark patted Leon on the shoulder. Ada and Hunk got out of a black Ford Bronco. Hunk handed Leon another bottle of wine. Once everybody was inside, Leon stood at the head of the table.

He cleared his throat. "I want to thank everybody for taking time out of their busy lives to come and have Christmas dinner. Back when Umbrella was around, we were all busy trying to defeat them. And when Umbrella went down, we all kinda of drifted apart. But now we're together again." Everyone looked at one another, everyone was either looking at an old face or someone new.

Leon continued. "It's amazing. It's amazing that in spite of all that has happened to us, all the misfortunes, all of the tragedy. We have grown close. Closer than friends. We're family."

Leon sat down and everybody began to eat.

Meanwhile outside the house...

20 large troop transport trucks pulled up in the dirt driveway, an armored Hummer with a mounted .50 caliber machine gun pulled up first. Several APC's also followed. The back passenger door opened on the Hummer and the commander of the 'army' wearing a gas mask stepped out. "Looks like I was right. They're all here."

Over 300 heavily armored and armed UT's jumped out of the troop trucks. The commander pulled out a M4A1 assault rifle with a M203 grenade launcher. The commander stepped to the front. The second in command came up next to the commander. "What do we do now?" "We wait." Leon went down to the basement to get more beer for the guys when he glanced out the window. He dropped the six pack. "Oh, fuck."

"CLAIRE! Get the women and children to the safe room and wait for me to come and get you." Claire nodded and herded everyone downstairs. Barry came up to Leon. "What kind weapons you got here?" Leon smirked. "You mean, what don't I have?" Leon led the guys down to a door in the basement, he fished out a set of keys and opened the door. Inside was an armory that was 3 times the size of Leon's old one.

Leon grabbed a Remington M870 with a folding stock, he also grabbed a shotgun bandolier. Chris picked up a Benelli M3 Super 90 and a box of slugs. Carlos opened a box and pulled out a Kalashnikov PK and a 100 round box. Barry took a M60E3 and two boxes of ammo. Ark grabbed a M203 standalone grenade launcher and a belt of 25 40mm HE grenades. Hunk got a HK UMP .45 submachine gun and a pouch that held 8 clips. David King picked up a SIG 552, Jim had run off with the women and children, George went with them to keep them safe. Kevin Ryman took a IMI Galil SAR. Billy took a HK G36C, Mark took a Mossberg 500 shotgun.

All the men went upstairs and out the front door, the UT's pointed the their weapons at them. The commander walked to the front and ripped off the gas mask. It was RepliClaire. The men spread out in a line, nobody moved. RepliClaire raised her gun at Leon. Leon raised his at her. Their fingers slowly moved back to the triggers.

"READY!" RepliClaire shouted.

"AIM!" Leon shouted.

"FIRE!" They both yelled.

RepliClaire pulled her trigger. Leon pulled his trigger. The former STARS and Raccoon survivors pulled their triggers. The UT's aimed their weapons and fired. The roar of gunfire was deafening.

And thus it began...

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