Chapter 4: Leon's Investigation
Upon his return Chris was greeted by the sight of his annoying sister, Claire. Sighing at the fact that he couldn't get any more reprieve from the usual troublesome life that he has, he then did his best to avoid her but to his dismay his sister caught his arm and asked, "Where the hell had you been, Chris? Did you know that the SOU Delta unit was sent just to look for you!?" This time sighing in irritation, he pulled his arm away from his sister's grasp and answered, "I went out into the forest to sleep. Besides, you shouldn't even put much effort in looking for the Delta unit." Noticing her curious state, he immediately held Albert's coat closer to him and continued particularly emphasizing the word sister with a little venom, "I'm not in the mood to talk to you, sister. I have other important things to attend to." Turning on his heel, he went on his way towards his quarters.
Passing some of his colleagues, Chris barely gave them any greetings of sort. Going on his way with a single purpose he was then able to reach his quarters and upon doing so he immediately locked the door and collapsed at bed holding Albert's coat. Pulling the coat closer to him, he sniffed it and smiled. The coat had Albert's scent and it reminded him of the days when they were back in the S.T.A.R.S., Albert would sneak up behind him and hug him from the behind telling him that they should go home and that he would want Chris to cook for him. Relishing at the old memory he smiled for a moment but to his disappointment, loud knocking could then be heard from the outside of his apartment door.
Sighing, he carefully took his time folding the coat and hiding it away along with his other possessions that were important to him, he then went and answered the door. Chris was albeitly surprised when he saw Leon standing at his front door but then again he soon realized that the B.S.A.A must've found the dead bodies. Letting the man in he then asked with fake curiosity, "What's the matter, Leon? Why are you here?"
Leon was just doing his normal routine that morning when he recieved a call to go on check the missing SOU Delta unit which obviously had been missing for a couple of hours now. He was given intel that they were given a mission to go and do a surveillance on agent Chris Redfield as the B.S.A.A were starting to fear that Chris might turn out to be a threat to the organization. Investigating on the matter he was able to track them down on their last reported coordinates and there he was surprised at what he saw; nine bodies were found and identified that belonged to the Delta team. The bodies were scattered, their bones shattered, and some of their limbs weren't anymore connected to the bodies. To sum it all up, it was a massacre but what made him wonder was that in his report there were supposed to be eleven members, where did the two remaining bodies go?
Further searching for the two, he along with his assembled team found the remaining two. Fortunately one of the agents that they found was unconscious but alive, the other in the other hand was not so lucky. Bringing the remaining survivor back to the base he then immediately went to find Redfield once he received news that the agent safely came back unscathed. Arriving at his destination, which was outside Chris Redfield's designated apartment, he then knocked and there he found an annoyed Chris Redfield.
Chris was getting impatient, Leon stood outside his door not answering his questions. Deciding to slam the door at his face Chris then was about to do the action when the man suddenly blurted out, "The Delta team's dead, Chris." Raising an eyebrow at the sudden out burst he then countered, "And what does that news have to do with me, Leon? Those idiots deserved what they got. " It was obvious that Leon was shocked by such an rebuttal, sighing at such a reaction he then continued with a much more reserved tone, "Leon, you should understand that being an agent meant that they could die any moment. Their death due to a mission like watching someone would only mean that they really were weren't doing their job right." Shutting the door Chris then shook his head and went back to memory lane.
Having the door slammed at his face Leon went on his way to check on the lone survivor of the Delta team. Redfield's opinion about the matter really got him surprised, as far as he remembered Chris was a compassionate and kind person but the attitude he just displayed was more of a cold and uncaring person. Trying to figure things out he silently went on.
It had been a month now since the whole Delta team massacre and an investigation happened. Apparently, there was barely a trace of what killed the men and aside from that the only survivor that they had kept on answering that he wasn't able to see what attacked them as he lost consciousness when they arrived at the building. Putting the thing aside, the B.S.A.A was still suspicious of agent Chris Redfield so they tried to send spies to watch over him but then not a few days later after these agents were given the assignment they'd be found dead either due to an accident or suicide. After the death of sixteen agents no one accepted the mission anymore and because of that matter the B.S.A.A then stopped giving the mission. As much as they find Redfield a threat they can't have anymore people die as their human population was already near it's extinction, they'd have to preserve the life they still have left.
Leon, even with the dismissal, continued to pursue the investigation on Chris. The matter of the deaths of the agents assigned on Redfield really made him wonder what really was going on. The mystery that suddenly shrouded Chris seemed to lead them to something bigger than what they know. Keeping himself in a considerable distance he watched his target's every move, keeping a close eye waiting for any chance that Chris might accidentally reveal something to him that might help him in solving this big mystery.