Chapter 2

Ashley was the first to get off the jet. Followed by Leon and Ark. Three Government Agents came and took Leon and Ashley to a black limo. Ashley was seated by the unknown agent. While Leon was siting on the opposite side looking at the mini bar inside. The other two sat in the front part.

"Miss Graham, Mr. Kennedy. I'm Special Agent Hurstein. We will escort you to a hidden facility so that we can do some tests and such. Kennedy, you will also be debriefed there as well. You will have no contact with the outside for at least a week." Hurstein said in a serious manner.

"Fine." Ashley and Leon said at the same time. Not paying any attention to Hurstein.

They arrived at the undisclosed facility and was taken into rooms to change into the hospital gowns. They both had tests to see if the parasite was still in them. Or if they were contagious. The also had pneumonia tests and HIV tests as well. They practically had every medical test known to man. And neither got a break because they were being debriefed while they weren't having any tests done. It was going to be a long week of solitude for both of them. But both of then thought that it was better than Spain.

Ashley was having nightmares while she slept. She'd have to be woken up by the night shift of nurse's because she was screaming at the top of her lungs. Leon however, slept with no dreams whatsoever. It was just dark with nothing popping out from no where. Those frightened him more than the nightmares.

On the sixth day of being there Leon was glad that they stopped giving him tests and debriefing. He sat there with the t.v. on watching a episode of Supernatural. It was the episode "Croatoan". It was about a virus that the towns folk contracted and it turned them into "Zombies". Leon watched out of curiosity and then turned it of and rolled on his side.

"If they only knew the truth." Leon said to himself sighing. Then Leon heard a knock on his door. Then it door was opened by a man with greying hair in a white doctor's coat. He looked at his file and told Leon the news.

"Ah. Mr. Kennedy. It seems that you and Miss Graham have a perfect bill of health. Both of you can leave today. A car will come to pick up both of you and drive you to a private runway and you will be transfered to D.C." said the doctor with a smile on his face.

"That's great news Doc. Now I can get out of this hell hole." Leon replied with a smirk.

"Yes. Well you keep yourself out of trouble for a while now Mr. Kennedy. You may change your clothes. And after that you go to the nurse's station and sign the release forms please." The doctor then left Leon alone in his room.

Leon quickly changed into some clothes that Ark had brought for him. Luckily Claire gave them to Ark before he left D.C. to come pick him up. And he was also happy that she packed his favorite jeans and t-shirt. Leon looked around for anything else he might have forgotten. He sighed when he looked because he almost left his attaché case behind. Then he left his room and walked down the hallway to the Nurse's station. He was greeted by an older nurse that was wearing Care Bear scrubs.

"On your way out Mr. Kennedy. That's great news! Miss Graham is in the waiting room for you. Just sign some papers please." She had a large smile on her face. Leon signed the papers and then was shown to the waiting room. Inside sat Ashley with three other people. They all wore black suits and sunglasses.

"They have to be with the secret service" Thought Leon.

Leon walked in and turned around and almost ran face first into Ark. Ark shoved him away from him.

"I know you wanna kiss me baby, but not while I'm working. They boys will make fun of us." Ark said with a serious look on his face. But he couldn't hold it long and broke into a grin.

"Shut up." said Leon. Leon turned to Ashley and gave her a smile.

"Ready to leave kiddo?" Leon said with an assuring smile.

"Of course I am." said Ashley.

They walked with the three secret service agents and of course Ark. They went to a limo and rode in it for what it seemed like ten minutes. Then they were ushered to a jet. Ashley sat next to Leon and Ark sat on the other side of him. Ark once again took out the phone and offered it to Ashley. She took it and walked to the other end of the jet. Then Ark moved closer to Leon so they could talk.

"I heard that they are going to give you a party when you get back. They invited all of your family and friends. I think it will be a disaster. " while Ark said that he had a cheerful smile on his face.

"I don't want a party. I don't like to go to big fancy parties. They are boring, and I don't think it will be safe." Leon was too afraid to have all his family and friends in one spot now that Wesker has returned again.

"That's exactly what Claire said, so you won't be having one. She knows you too well." Ark said with a laugh in his voice.

Of course Claire knew him well. They'd been through hell together and back. After she came back form Antarctica she pushed people away because she thought that they would get hurt like that Steve kid. But Leon stayed by her as much as he could. And they grew even closer from that. Pretty soon they were inseperatable. Then they got married and Leon had to go into training. They only could write letters, because that was the only means of communication they allowed. But now after the Spain ordeal, he wasn't going to let her out of his sight. He was going to be there for her like she was there for him.

"Hello?" Ark tapped Leon on the head because Leon drifted off into his thoughts. Leon snapped back and looked around like he was confused. Ashley came back with the phone again and handed it back to Ark.

"Hey! You wanna call Claire and tell her we will be there in about an hour?" Ark handed him the phone and Leon dialed her number waiting for what seemed and eternity but actually it only took four rings and Claire's voice answered the phone.

"Hello?" said Claire in a sleepy voice.

"Hey you. Guess what?"

"What?! Your coming home?"

"You guessed correct."

"When will you be here?"

"In about an hour."

"I'll come pick you up then."

"Nah, Ark can drive me home. You sound tired. What are you doing?"

"Doing laundry. Nothing special. Kinda boring. Lily and Lott are at school and I have nothing to do"

"Sounds like fun. Well I gotta go now. I'll see you in a few. I love you Claire."

"I love you too Leon. Bye for now." Leon hung up the phone and gave it back to Ark. Then he dozed off to sleep and dreamed of nothingness.

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Earlier at Leon's house Claire was doing the laundry. It was hot in the house so she opened a window in the living room. And then her cell phone rang. She answered it and talked to Leon. She forgot all about the opened window. And then walked off to the laundry room which was two rooms away. Claire had just started the washer when she thought she heard something.

"Shit." Claire mumbled under her breath. She forgot about the window. She went to the closet in the room and pulled out a .357 magnum. Every room in the house had at least one loaded gun in a room. She carefully paced herself and walked into the hallway. She walked cautiously to the living room. She peeked around the corner and saw nothing. She saw the opened window and the breeze was blowing the curtains. It was making a rustling sound.

"Thank god. I thought it was a person." Thought Claire. She walked over and closed the window and turned around.

"You know Dearheart. Leaving a window open can be very dangerous. Especially for you." Claire's heart missed a beat and she spun around and stood motion less while she stared at Albert Wesker. He was so close that she could see his red eyes shine from behind his dark sunglasses. She didn't even dare to blink.

"Wesker." muttered Claire. She didn't even move her lips. It slipped out of her mouth.

"You looked like you have seen a ghost. Now why is that?" he said with a smirk on his face. Claire didn't reply.

"Well, I shouldn't be intrusive. But I have come to ask you a simple question."

"Chris isn't here."

"I know that. I can to ask you if your husband told you anything about his mission in Spain."

Claire heard a grunt in another room when Wesker said husband. That made her more worried. She glanced at the doorway she just came from.

"No. He didn't. Who is here with you. I know there is I heard it." She still kept trying to see the other person.

"Oh you will see soon. But why should I believe you Dearheart? You could be lying to me. Now why wouldn't a Redfield lie to me?"

"I'm not. I know nothing about it."

"Alright then. We shall take our leave now."

Out of the corner of Claire's eye she saw a person. She turned her head and gasped.

"S-s-steve?" Claire said in astonishment.

There stood Steve Burnside. He didn't look a day older from when she last saw him. He was wearing sunglasses just like Wesker. He didn't show any emotions on his face at all. All he did was stare face forward at Claire. He held something in his right hand and tossed it on the couch. It was Claire and Leon's wedding picture. She looked down at the picture and then looked back up. But when she brought her eyes up Steve and Wesker were already gone. The window was still shut from when she closed it herself. She walked over and locked the window and shut the curtains, she did it to every window in the house. She also checked every door and anything else she could think of.

Claire grabbed the photo and went to the bedroom and took out every gun she could find in the room and called Chris to come over. He and Jill would be there in ten minutes with undoubtedly all the ammo they could think of that might inflict some kind of damage to Wesker. She sat there and stared at the picture and thought of the wonderful memories that happened between her and Leon on the happiest day of their lives.