A motorcycle is manoeuvring frantically in and out of traffic. We follow the motorcycle until it arrives at a block of flats. The reminder removes their helmet revealing it to be Claire Redfield. She sprints through the front door and continues running until she reaches her apartment. She throws her front door open where we focus in on Ryan Redfield. He is sitting on the sofa beside the coffee table. His, revealing his freshly applied rib/shoulder tape to indicate that they have still to fully heal. He is sitting rapidly shuffling through papers, and his BSAA equipment is scattered over the table. Claire looks towards her brother furiously.
CLAIRE: Just what the hell do you think you're doing?
RYAN: Nothing, there's nothing here it's all useless!
CLAIRE: You checked yourself out of hospital; look at yourself you can barely stand you need to rest.
RYAN: I don't have time for that Claire! Jill is out there somewhere on her own and the second the BSAA get wind of what's happened here they'll dispatch a retrieval unit to apprehend her I have to find her before that happens.
CLAIRE: Wait…just slow down for a minute. If they can find her and give her the help she needs then shouldn't you help them track her down.
RYAN: No.
CLAIRE: No?
RYAN: NO!
Ryan looks at her sister, seeing the surprise in her eyes at his reaction. He sits back down on the couch placing his head firmly in his hands. Claire walks over to the sofa and sits beside him.
RYAN: Claire…I'm sorry.
CLAIRE: It's okay.
RYAN: Claire if the BSAA dispatches a retrieval team and they catch Jill she'll spend the next 12 months in quarantine and that's assuming everything checks out but given everything I've seen tonight there is no will that it can.
CLAIRE: Ryan….look this is really hard for me to say but it's obvious that there is something wrong with Jill. She was gone for years god only knows what Wesker did to her during that time. She nearly killed me last night Ryan and she could have easily killed you.
RYAN: But she didn't Claire, she fought it when it really mattered. She needs help Claire and she's not going to find it locked in some sterile room being poked and prodded by people she doesn't know 24/7, she needs us!
CLAIRE: Okay, I see your point. Ryan you know that I love Jill but what if we're getting in over our heads. There are some things that you can't control Ryan, no matter how much we might want to she may be beyond our help.
RYAN: She loved him Claire.
CLAIRE: Who?
RYAN: Chris. She loved him. She loved him so completely that without any thought for her own wellbeing she tossed herself out of a window to save his life. That bastard took her against her will and locked her up for god knows how long and she was all alone. Well she's not alone anymore; I'm not going to find a way to save her if it's the last thing I do.
Claire looks at her brother amazed at the showing of loyalty and sentimentality that he has just displayed. Her brother had always been a good man but for so long it had felt like he was so determined on proving himself by comparing himself to Chris that his own path had been lost in the process. Standing there now and watching him so determined to do the right thing she couldn't help but be amazed.
CLAIRE: Okay, I'm in.
RYAN: You're in. You're in what?
CLAIRE: You want to help Jill and so do I. Besides that, there's no way that you're any kind of condition to do this by yourself. Jill might need help but so do you, can't save the world by yourself (winks).
Ryan doesn't say anything, instead he just smiles. Claire had specifically chosen a life working for TERRASAVE because she preferred the role of a rescuer over the role of a fighter, he knew how much she truly detested violence. Despite that she was willing to throw away everything that she believed in to help someone in need or to make sure that her brother didn't have to face a dangerous situation alone; he was so proud of her.
CLAIRE: So where do we start?
RYAN: The fact is that we don't know anything about what is causing this. I tried to gain access to the in depth report about the operation but given Chris's death and Jill's resurrection there was a lot of red tape.
CLAIRE: Well you're still an active BSAA agent why don't you just call and have them tell you what you need to know.
RYAN: Because they weren't entirely happy with my decision to bring Jill home. I was able to talk them round eventually but only under the promise that I would bring her back in a month or two for a full psyche evaluation and physical work-up.
CLAIRE: Why is any of that a problem?
RYAN: Because I knew what would happen if they found any anomalies. I've amassed contacts outside of the BSAA and I wanted them to check her out independently first; if I call in and start requesting confidential files on her then they are going to know something is up and I'd like to keep them from finding out for as long as possible.
CLAIRE: Well then if we can't go to the BSAA; maybe I know someone else who can help us.
RYAN: Do you think that he'll be able to do it?
CLAIRE: Well I'm sure that he'll have access to all sorts of Intel and tracking tech; I don't know if it's necessarily the most kosher use of his clearance but I know he'll do it for me as a favour if I ask him nicely enough.
At this point Ryan looks up as if a light bulb had just gone off in his head. Claire and Leon had grown close through their ordeals in Racoon City. Their chosen careers took them off in different paths but he knew that they had stayed in touch over the years but up until now he had never really given it much thought.
RYAN: Just out of curiosity how often have the two of you kept in touch?
CLAIRE: Do you really want to have this conversation now.
RYAN: Fair enough but make no mistake missy it will be a conversation that is to be had. Listen you see if you can get in touch with him we're running out of time.
CLAIRE: What are you going to do?
RYAN: I'm…….
All of a sudden Ryan spots something spiking on one the computer that he has sitting on the table in front of him. He rushes over to the window and peers outside of the blinds.
CLAIRE: Ryan? Ryan what is it, what's wrong?
RYAN: Oh nothing…nothings wrong I just lost my train of thought for a moment. Listen I'm going to go and check something out okay, you just…sit tight.
Ryan quickly moves into the bedroom and puts on a shirt before grabbing his jacket and heading out the door. He runs through the halls of the building and sprints down the stairwell. As he makes his way out the front of the building he walks over the street. He walks passed a parked car and slams his fist through the driver's side window. As the gentleman in the passengers side runs out of the car and goes to pull out his gun Ryan slams the drivers head off of the steering wheel before rolling over the bonnet and dispatching of the second man. He slams him up against the car.
RYAN: Alright. I'm going to ask this once and once only, who the hell are you and why are you watching me.
The driver makes his way out of the car wiping blood from his nose and pulling out a badge from his jacket pocket.
AGENT PHILLIPS: Ryan Redfield. Agents Brad Palmer and Michael Jensen, agents of the Bio-hazard Security Assessment Agency.
RYAN: What? I'm an agent of the BSAA why the hell are you staking out my apartment?
AGENT JENSEN: I think you know why Mr Redfield. Where is she?
RYAN: Where is who?
AGENT PHILLIPS: Cute. Do you realise what kind of trouble you're in here. The type of bio-hazard outbreak your risking by allowing her to remain free.
RYAN: Do you two really want to talk about this here?
The two BSAA Agents look at one another and motion for Ryan to get in the car. He promptly agrees and they drive off. The trio eventually relocate to an empty parking lot.
AGENT JENSEN: Listen Redfield. Nobody here is judging you but the fact of the matter is that you're to close to the subject…
RYAN: Don't call her that again. She has a name, it's Jill, Jill Valentine!
AGENT JENSEN: I apologise. I meant no offence but the fact is that you've lost control of this situation. Do you even understand what she's capable of?
RYAN: Do you?
AGENT PHILLIPS: Cut the crap Redfield. This isn't about you or her. The fact of the matter is that she is a security risk and she needs to be detained until such times as it can be determined whether or not she is a risk to the security of this entire nation. You're an Agent of the BSAA as well and it is your duty to help us bring her in.
RYAN: Bring her in? Bring her in for what exactly? She was a victim. She spent her entire life fighting against the very people that we are supposed to fight against and they took her and turned her into a weapon. Now the very government that she tried to serve wants to lock her up, it's bullshit!
AGENT JENSEN: I can understand your frustration…
RYAN: YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING! It's because of people like you that have one of the most decent people I've ever known blaming herself for something that she had nothing to do with.
AGENT PHILLIPS: This is getting us nowhere. The fact is that we don't need your help bringing her in we already know where she is but given your relationship we assumed that would be easier for everyone involved if you were on the Task Force assigned to bring her back.
RYAN: You guys have been watching her the entire time.
AGENT JENSEN: We had to. Based on the initial information that your brother gathered during the operation it seems that through her experiences Jill's immune system has formed some sort of natural defence against Umbrella's manufactured bio-weapons.
RYAN: Meaning….
AGENT JENSEN: Meaning that strains of the T, G and T-Veronica Virus have no effect on her. We believe that is how Albert Wesker was able to give her the type of speed and strength that she now possesses. She retains the strength that comes with the virus without any of the extreme physical mutations.
RYAN: Wait. You're telling me that she's infected.
AGENT PHILLIPS: On a massive level. It's miraculous that her body can handle the type of power that she now possesses. (HANDS OVER AN INTEL FILE TO RYAN DETAILING INFORMATION ON JILL)
AGENT JENSEN: We believe that her blood was the catalyst that Wesker used to make the 'Uroburo' Virus a plausible weapon. Explaining why the Virus has such a high rejection rate, exposure to the previous viruses has altered her genome somewhat, only a small percentage of the population can actually properly assimilate the virus into their system.
RYAN: Oh god…
Ryan gets out of the car and begins walking. He is holding tightly onto the file given to him by the BSAA agent .
AGENT JENSEN: Agent Redfield STOP!
RYAN: You know what I think? I think that if the BSAA thought they could bring them in on their own they would never have had you two keep an eye on me in the first place. The fact of the matter is that the brass doesn't think they can bring her in. I'll find her make no mistake and when I do, I'm going to help her.
AGENT PHILLIPS: That's not your call to make. You either help us or we'll bring you in as a security breach until we find your little girlfriend.
Ryan pays little attention to the agent as he continues to walk off.
AGENT PHILLIPS: Typical. Chris would have done it…
That is the last straw for Ryan as he turns around and marches right up to the agent, decking him down to the ground. Sensing that the situation is changing agent Jensen gets his gun out, aiming it in Ryan's direction. Ryan sees the move coming though and quickly turns it around grabbing the gun out of the agents hand and points it back.
AGENT JENSEN: C'mon Ryan. You're a good agent, just confused we both know that you're not going to pull that trigger.
Ryan clutches the gun in his hand and uses it to knock the agent out.
RYAN: Good Call.
He promptly walks over to their car and disables it with startling swiftness and efficiency, demolition all of the communication equipment held within so as to buy himself some time. As he is out of the parking lot we are drawn to a lone cloaked figure standing above, watching him silently. They continue to watch as Ryan walks out of sight before leaping down into the parking lot and approaching the two unconscious BSAA agents.
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Okay, so I'm not sure if this is one of my stronger ones but I'm trying to keep pacing. Anyway I'm really enjoying writing the story but as I've mentioned previously I'm not sure if it is hitting the mark character wise or maybe people aren't clicking with the Ryan Redfield OC. At any rate please, and I'm begging here, R and R J x