*Okay, so this was supposed to be finished and posted yesterday but, there was a power outage in my town so I couldn't finish it till today so, next chapter is going to have some more story progression and I'd once again like to thank all those who've been following, favoriting(I'm pretty sure that's not a word) and leaving reviews, they really help me continue this story so, thank you!

-mrssherymuller*

Chapter 8

Reunion

The Museum

Leon peered into the main hall, hoping the group was still lingering in the tall room. But, they were gone. Leon examined the room as he stepped down the large staircase. Two corpses laid in different sides of the hall. One horribly disfigured and the other hardly so. He moved towards the dead B.O.W, seeing its head almost completely obliterated. He was unsure if it would reanimate but, he decided that he needed to find Chris so he would quickly search the room.

Then he turned towards the second body lying on the floor. It was a young boy, Leon's guess was 11 years old. He was dark skinned and thin. But, he wasn't starving. He wore a yellow ragged t-shirt and faded blue jeans. Leon looked at the boy's head and saw one bullet hole piercing through his forehead. He didn't look infected but, if he wasn't why was he killed. Leon turned and spoke quietly "Its clear."

Two people entered the hall, one was Andrea and the other a was Gaston. Two members of Leon's teams. Andrea looked around the room and spoke "They were here 5 minutes ago. Where are they?" She glanced down to Leon's feet, her eyes widen as she looks at the boys corpse. "Isn't that the boy that was with them?" She said pointing to the boy's corpse . Leon nodded his head and she and Gaston walked closer.

"He doesn't look infected?" Gaston said as he and the stood next to the corpse.

"If he wasn't infected then why is he dead." Andrea said kneeling down beside the corpse.

"Maybe those friends of yours got angry, Kennedy." Gaston said as Leon shook his head.

"I highly doubt that either of them would do this."

"Are you sure? Some people lie."

"Mr. Jucks, I have known Chris Redfield for 11 years and he wouldn't kill a civilian unless they attacked him." Leon said as Andrea looked through the boy's clothing.

"Listen, Kennedy. I don't think this kid could pose a big enough threat for it to force either of them to kill him." He pointed to the child. "And killing people even if they attacked only a horrible person would do that." Andrea stood and looked at him.

"Even in self defence? Chris was incapacitated and Naomi isn't very strong. The boy had a gun, from what we saw it was a high power magnum revolver. If he turned against them, then they should be able to defend themselves."

"Of course you feel that way." Gaston said moving his gaze to the floor.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Andrea said. Gaston he looked to her face seeing the anger in her eyes.

"I read your profile and the thing you did 11 years ago."

"Hey!" Leon interrupted.

"Kennedy, I'm disappointed in your choices for this mission. Really, a murderer, a alcoholic, the guy with the mental illness. The only one I can really understand is the hero, Chris."

"I respect each one of them, they all can do this."

"From what I read, this murderer can hardly protect herself from harm, how am I supposed to trust her not to murder us all in our sleep."

"Hey, that was along time ago and it was in self defence." Andrea argued.

"He wasn't armed and was walking away from you."

"He shot me."

"Is that how you justify murder." Gaston asked.

"First of all Jucks." Andrea poked at his chest. "Honestly, I'm wondering how you made this team. Because, you obviously certainly don't have the social skills to be useful to a team. But, I trust that Leon has a reason for bringing your rude ass along with us. Because I doubt you'll be productive at protecting any of us because from what I've seen of you so far it seems you don't trust any of us. And last of all, you don't know everything about that night so, don't act like you do."

As Gaston opened his mouth for a rebuttal to her frustrated rant but, was interrupted by a loud grunt and a crash. Leon pulls his gun out and says. "You two can finish this later. But, right now, we need to investigate that sound."

The Modern Art Exhibit

Leon and his group quickly rushed into the Art Exhibit and as they entered the first thing Leon notices was a African woman stabbing a B.O.W over and over with a combat knife. She was sitting on the creature and stabbing it repeatedly in its yellow eye that was guarded by crusty material surrounding its entire head all the way down to its shoulders. The B.O.W had the same giant claws as the other ones he'd seen. It stopped moving after awhile and the woman stood and rushed to the another scene that Leon hadn't noticed yet.

Glass shards were scattered across the floor surrounding the man sitting at the base of a large wooden cabinet. Leon recognized him as Chris Redfield. A large piece of glass pierced Chris's leg and his head had a shallow gash that bled little. The woman rushed to his side along with Andrea and another woman that Leon didn't even notice before he saw her at Chris's side. Leon approached the scene, asking a question as he stood next to the woman kneeling beside Chris. "What happened?"

The woman looked up and spoke to him. "Me and Gillette went into the employees room and was attacked by the B.O.W." She explained as he looked around the room noticing Drake Gillette standing by the B.O.W, examining it. " Then, Naomi and Chris came in and it just attacked him, as soon as it saw him, it just ran for him."

"How are bad are his injures?" Leon asked Andrea as she looked him up and down.

"The gash on his head isn't fatal I think we should just clean it up and make sure it isn't infected." Andrea explained.

"Yeah, head trauma's a bitch." Naomi added as Andrea looked at her then continued.

"Its the leg injury that worries me, its pretty deep but, I'm 99% sure that the glass isn't severing any of his major arteries."

"99%, why not 100." Chris croaked, slipping into unconsciousness.

"Because, if I was wrong then, I'm a bad doctor."

"And 99% is better."

"Slightly, anyway. We need to find a needle and string or staples, bandages, antiseptic, a stick and a cloth." Andrea listed off, causing the woman that sat next to Leon to stand and rush to an open door. After a few seconds she returned holding a first aid kit and handing it to Andrea. Andrea quickly pulled bandages, antiseptic and a cloth out. "I still need something to close the wound and a stick."

"Um, there is a stapler in the desk room." The woman said.

"That will work."

"Wait, are you going to staple it together. Won't that hurt like hell." Chris said weakly

"Don't worry you'll already be unconscious from when we pull the glass out." Andrea explained.

"Okay, that's good then." Chris said as the woman left once again. Leon decided to ask the group a question.

"Who is that?"

"That's the contact, Sheva Alomar. She's a friend of Chris's" Naomi smiled earning a tired look from Chris. Leon nodded his head and opened his mouth to speak but, was interrupted by a cracking noise and a slam. The group all turned their heads to another side of the room where a cabinet is standing on two legs, the third cracked off. Drake held a wooden leg as he approached the group and handed it to Andrea.

"Here's a stick." Andrea examined it then smiled.

"This will work, Thank you." Gaston looked at her then spoke.

"He could of alerted them."

"There isn't any here, don't you remember the security camera's didn't show any of those creatures from the streets in here." Andrea stated.

"He didn't know that but, I bet he couldn't hear it anyway. Old geezer probably deaf." Naomi's eyes focus on him then she looks to Andrea.

"Is he serious?" Andrea nodded her head then started to clean Chris's head wound. Naomi stands and crosses her "Okay, Mr. Sucks." Naomi started making Gaston correct her.

"It's Jucks."

"I know what I said, Anyway... Drake is a member of this team, so please respect him." Then, Sheva rushed back in holding a stapler. And passed it Andrea.

"Okay everybody give a little space for me but, I'll need your help." Andrea pointed to Leon as she spoke. The group moved away, and Andrea spoke to Leon. "Help me pull glass out."

"Wait!" Sheva yelled as she stepped toward Andrea and Leon. "I have something that might help." She said holding out a bottle of water and a pill bottle. "Its a painkiller, it might help."

Sheva kneels beside Chris speaks softly. "Open your mouth." He opens his mouth and she gently places a pill in his mouth then says. "Swallow the pill." She slowly poured the water in his mouth and he swallowed the pill. She smiled then, stand and joined the rest of the group, sitting at the opposite side of the room. Leon and Andrea exchanged looks then pulled the glass out of Chris's then continued treated his injury.

After treating the wound, Chris's leg was stilted so, he could travel easier. Leon and Sheva helped him up stand. "Now, where are we heading next?" Chris asked, still feeling the pain in his leg.

"I think we should head back to the security room, that area of the museum seems to be the safest so far and we can look more for Keran from there." Leon said. "Its how we found you guys."

"I think this is a good idea." Drake tells the group.

"I agree." Naomi says. "If it will help us find Keran."

"Then I think we're all in agreement." Leon says watching the entire team of nod. He turns around and starts heading towards the security room. All 7 of them following.