*Okay, I'm so sorry I didn't get this out earlier but I got really self-conscious in this chapter with the whole introducing Sheva and writing her character and I had a lot going on this week. But, I finally got it done and I'm so happy to bring another chapter to my followers.

-mrssherrymuller*

Chapter 5

The Museum

Bougouni

"Chris" Sheva couldn't believe her eyes as she gazed into the eyes of her former partner Chris Redfield. Was he a part of the team she was helping, was it just a coincident that he was here. She didn't know. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm on a mission looking for a contact with a red bandana tied to her arm." He pointed to her arm. She looked down at her apparel and realized she wasn't wearing standard BSSA clothes. She was only wearing a leopard print bikini top and a red and leopard print skirt on top of her bikini bottoms. It wasn't exactly appropriate.

"Um... we'll I was waiting for you guys, I was about to go and look for Leon and his group." Sheva shifted uncomfortably. " I think the facility I'm working undercover in caused this attack." Naomi at this point had came to the place the two had been speaking.

"Chris, is this the contact?" Naomi said after finally reaching them.

"Yes, this is Sheva, she believes that the facility is responsible for the B.O.W's." Chris says nodding his head.

"Don't you think she's a little inappropriately dressed." Naomi whispered to Chris. But, Sheva overheard and said. "I'm only in town because I got vacation days for a festival in this town, that's why I'm dressed this way."

"Oh sorry." Naomi said out loud. Sheva smiled warmly at her.

"That's okay." Sheva looked at Chris and said "Now, I think we should search for Leon. I lost contact with Leon and his group a half an hour ago."

"So, where do you think we should head." Chris asked.

"I was going to head to the art museum. Leon said that he thought that one of your teammates was trapped there, Something Chall." Sheva told them.

"Did they say if he was alright." Naomi said with a little urgency in her voice. Sheva shook her head sadly. Naomi turns to Chris and says "I think we should go help them out."

"Yeah, I don't think its a good idea to stay in one place too long." Chris said.

"So, I'll show you the way to the museum. Its a long walk, so keep up." Sheva turned before giving a signal to follow her. Chris couldn't help but, watch as she started to walk away. And he thought back to all the times that he watched her walk away just like that. He hadn't seen her in months, not since that night. The one after they got of that volcano, the one that he had never told anyone. The one where she walked away just like that but, he thought that she'd never come back.

After the Africa Mission

After the mission, Sheva felt off. She never thought about it before now. But, here she was alone in her tent in the camp. Thinking about one thing. Her partner Chris Redfield. It was the most peculiar thing to Sheva because she didn't usually sit and think about people, not like this. She thought about the first time they met and the little spark they felt every time they touched.

Sheva was sitting in her sleeping bag when she heard a light tapping on her tent. She stood up and opened her tent to see, Chris.

"Chris." Sheva was lead to believe that he was to leave Africa with Jill fairly quickly. She smiled and said "Come in."

Chris walked in and looked at the tent and said "Nice place you got here." She looked at her surroundings and they looked clean but, not exactly pretty in her opinion. No, color there at all, no bright greens or oranges or purples. She didn't like the muted environment she was placed in but, she hadn't been worrying about it.

"Yeah, its not pretty but, it has protection from the rain and something warm to sleep in." She paused then started to speak more cautiously "So, um Chris the soldiers told me and Josh that you and Jill were going back to America."

"Jill had to make a call."

"Oh, so when are you leaving?"

"As soon as she finishes that call."

"Came to say goodbye." Sheva smiles. Chris looks and offers a handshake, she accepts.

"We had a good run, partner."

"If you're ever in Africa..." Sheva says.

"I will." Chris smiles. She sits back down on her sleeping bag as Chris looks out to Jill she's, still speaking on the phone. "Um, Sheva, I think we should talk." She looked up curious as to what he wanted to talk about. Little did she know that his emotions were just as rattled or even more than hers. Ever since Chris had met her, he felt this bond. And this bond at first he believed was just because she was attractive. But, Sheva had shown herself to have an amazing personality. One that Chris admired, more than he would admit.

She was beautiful and just amazing in the eyes of Chris. But, Chris couldn't become involved with her because, his girlfriend Jill Valentine. Jill had jumped out of a window for Chris, she saved his life numerous times. He couldn't just leave her. He wanted to tell Sheva all of his feelings towards her and tell her that he couldn't just leave Jill, to get it off his back.

Chris sat beside her on her sleeping bag and then started. "Sheva every since we met I've had sort of a crush on you-" Sheva's eyes opened wide in shock. "And, if we had met in different circumstances I'd be inclined to ask you out, its just that..." Chris's voiced trailed off and Sheva shook her head knowingly.

"Jill, is your girlfriend." Chris nodded shyly. "Well, then If we had met in other circumstances and you didn't have a girlfriend. I would of said yes." She smiled, then stood.

"If things don't work out..." Chris regretted it as soon as he said, Sheva's eyes stared holes into him and she frowned.

"Mr. Redfield, I am not second prize to Jill. I am perfectly capable of making my own relationships without waiting for yours to end." Sheva hissed.

"Yes, I know I didn't mean it like-"

"And I'm better than waiting for your life to take a turn for the worst, on the off chance that you'd screw up." Chris stood and crossed his arms.

"What do you mean 'screw up'" Chris said defensibly.

"I don't mean it like that." Sheva said.

"What did you mean by that?"

"I didn't mean anything by it." She sighs. "If the circumstances were different, I don't think we would make it very far." She looked down almost saddened by the fact. " Chris, I think you should go home with Jill and forget about this." Chris nodded his head then turned to leave. Sheva started walking away in the other direction and before Chris left the small tent. He turned to see her walking away slowly. He wondered if he'd ever see her again.

Outside of the Bougouni Museum

The group approached the museum, Sheva nodded "This is the museum. Your colleagues should be inside there." Sheva pointed as they approached the tall white building. Chris stopped before entering and spoke to his group.

"Okay, be ready for more of those creatures." He pulled out his gun and Sheva looked at the tiny pistol and smirked. "What?" She smiled and pulled out her gun it was pistol. It was larger than his. "Do you want trade." She smiled then laughed as she turned to him and said.

"No way, its too embarrassing."

"No it wouldn't, men would drool as you walked by." Chris said trying to convince her.

"I'm walking around in a bikini during an undead outbreak, men already drool as I walk by." 'She got that right, no. Stop thinking like that, Chris.' Chris thought.

"Getting a little cocky there, Sheva." Chris stated jokingly, Sheva smiled then said.

"Don't worry, won't happen again." Sheva turned and started walking towards the museum, where Naomi had been waiting for awhile. Naomi smirked at Sheva and said.

"Had a nice chat with him." Sheva looked to her and spoke.

"It's not like that, we're both in relationships."

"Does he know that?" Naomi asked.

"Um.. I haven't talked about it much, to anyone, its in it early stages." Sheva said. "We've only been together for 2 months."

"Still more than I have." Naomi said as Chris walked up to the front door and nodded to the two females. He pushed the door of the Museum open and they all entered the museum with their guns pointed in different directions.

The room was large and had marble floors and cream walls. Each wall had giant red curtains hung across. A staircase leads up into a hallway that must go to the other exhibits. This room had several pieces of art in glass cases along the walls and a few cases in rows that are scattered. Chris's eyes scanned the room for B.O.W's but, didn't see any. He lowered his gun and looked at Sheva and Naomi as they did the same.

"Keep your gun out, they're might be B.O.W's here." Chris told them as they started to move into large room.

A small whisper is heard from upstairs, which results in Naomi swinging herself around to face where the sound was and quickly pulled her gun faster than both Chris and Sheva.

"The candle flame was extinguished, but the candle isn't melted. They try to ignite it but, the spark is gone." A low muffled voiced said as loud stepping noises echoed through the giant room. The voice repeated the words getting louder and louder along with the giant booming steps. The B.O.W stood at the top of the stairs looking over the room and down at the three beings waiting there pointing their guns at it.

Its neck stretched down its torso and the surrounding skin formed across its neck. It head had skin covering it eyes and its nose, and its jaw was unattached and long sharp teeth sprout from the skull. Its nails had the same elongated mutation of the B.O.W's that Chris had seen earlier. And its skin looked rotten and gashes covered its torso and legs.

It slowly started marching down the stairs. Naomi gawked at the creature and looked at Chris and Sheva. They didn't seem nearly as scared of the creature. It was an abomination to her. She had seen B.O.W's before but, this one spoke, it kept on muttering the words, using its tongue and teeth to faintly speak. The creature repeated the words as it dragged its body down the staircase. It walked towards the group, then stopped in front of Sheva. It stopped chanting the words then spoke again in a higher pitched voice.

"They didn't realize it couldn't be lit again, they kept trying. I told them there was no spark but, they never gave up." It stepped closer to Sheva. Sheva slowly pulled her knife out. None of the people made a move. "And I fear it will destroy them."

It stepped closer to her and she took her knife and cut the monsters neck so, it was now detached from the torso. It stumbled back and yelped loudly. It then took its giant claws and ripped the skin from its eyes and store at them. Its stare ended at Chris and with a growl, it charged to him.

Sheva and Naomi shot at the disgusting creature but, it picked up Chris and rammed him into a wall. Chris fell down and laid on his back as the creature stood and looked down upon him. The creature was about to kill Chris with his giant razor sharp teeth when Sheva ran up to the creature and stabbed it in the back, it stumbled and Sheva did a roundhouse kick and it fell to its knees. She pulled out her gun then started to shoot it into its back.

Naomi approached the B.O.W carefully then looked down at it then shot her SMG into its head and it yelped then stands up and charges at Naomi and pins her against a wall. She struggles under the monster as Sheva points her gun at the creature and tries to shoot it but, her gun is empty and she looks around for ammo.

"Shoot it." Naomi yells.

"I don't have any ammo." Sheva responds looking to the back of the room and seeing Chris on the floor trying to get his gun from across the room. She dashes off to get the gun but, before she reaches it a gunshot is heard from the other side of the room. Sheva looks to the B.O.W and sees it fall to the floor with its head almost obliterated and Naomi looking confused. Naomi turns her head to see a young boy holding a magnum gun and she looked terrified.

"It was going to kill you." The young boy spoke "I had to." The group gazed up at him as him put the gun down.