Chapter 3

Leon and Ashley, along with Ark were driven to the White House in yet another limo. Which Leon didn't have a problem with whatsoever. They pulled up into the drive and were escorted inside the building. They were greeted by the President and the First Lady. Ashley ran to her parents and they all came together in a large embrace. Leon saw tears in all of their eyes. Then President Graham straightened up and wiped his tears and he walked straight over to Leon and lent out his hand.

"Well done Mr. Kennedy. You have proven yourself quite the hero once again. I knew I could trust you with the rescue of my daughter."

"Thank you Sir. It was an honor."

"Sure. Anyway my boy. I heard that you turned down the party. I think it was a wise decision. Those parties are very boring."

"Yes. Sir. Mr. President."

"Yes. Well then. I will have you take your leave. I'm sure your wife is worried sick about you."

"Thank you Sir. I will."

Leon walked over to Ashley. She flung herself forward and hugged Leon tightly.

"I'll miss you Leon. I'm glad you were the one that rescued me from there."

"Your welcome. You have my number if you want to call. Well, I gotta go now, I will

see you later."

"Of course you will. Bye Leon."

"Bye Ashley, stay out of trouble." He waved good bye and he and Ark walked out of the White House.

Ark lead him to a black BMW. He pressed the remote and the doors unlocked. Leon walked over to the passengers door while sliding his fingers against the hood and opened the door and got in.

"Nice car Ark. Too bad it's not yours." Leon said while he looked around in the luxurious car.

"I know. But I will take this baby for a spin. Just like Ferris Bueller. It will be awesome." He said with a large smile. Both of the men buckled their seat belts at the same time.

"But I don't want to be Cameron, he was such a loser in that movie."

"It's not your car now is it? I get to the Bueller."

Ark pulled the car out and they drove down the street. They were in the middle of D.C. in the late morning.

Ark turned on the radio and was singing to every song that played. Right now he was at the beginning of "Don't Stop Believein'".

"Just a small town girl. Livin' in the lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' any where. YOUR TURN LEON!" Ark shouted at the top of his lungs while pointing his finger in Leon's face.

"No. I don't want to." Leon said smugly.

"Come on buddy! I know you know this one! Sing it!"

Leon remained silent. He didn't feel like singing at the moment. He was thinking. At least trying to think. Ark's singing voice wasn't the best. And Leon was trying to block it out of his head.

Ark shrugged his shoulders and began to sing the song once again but even worse than before. Just because he knew that Leon was annoyed by his singing in the first place. Leon shifted in his seat and crossed his arms. Ark noticed this and turned down the radio and stopped singing.

"What wrong?"

"Nothing. I was just thinking."

"You think? No way. What are you "thinkin'" about?"

"Why did Wesker come back after six years? What is he planning?"

"Maybe he was waiting for the perfect time to strike. Maybe he had something going on for those years and it's finally done."

"Yeah. Maybe. But what?"

"Don't ask me. I'm just a government agent that is also a single father. If you haven't noticed, I don't get to think much now-a-days. All I have to worry about is terrorists and new boyfriends and girlfriends. It''s a tough life now." he said sarcastically

"I bet. And what you just said was really lame, it sounded like a 60's sitcom." said Leon in a sarcastic tone. He turned and looked out of the window and watched the tall buildings go by.

"Whatever Leon, you're the one that says all the lame ass dialogue."

Ark leaned forward and turned up the volume to the radio. At this time the song was over and now it was on a different one.

"Oh yeah! I'm on a highway to hell!" exclaimed Ark like a young teenage girl.

"I actually on one right now." Thought Leon. Leon once again tuned out Ark's so called "singing" and watched the buildings once again. And wondering the welcome he would get when he arrived home.

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Ark's car pulled up in Leon's drive way and both of them got out of the car. Chris's car was in the drive way as well and Leon wondered why it was here. Leon had two cases with him. His suitcase, which carried only a few clothes that Ark brought. And his attaché case, which carried all of his new weapons from Spain that he got from the mysterious merchant. Leon sure was glad that they let him keep all his new weapons.

They start to go up the stairs and arrive on the front porch. Leon knocks on the door and waits a few minutes. Then he gets a little worried and pulls out his keys and his killer 7, Ark pulls out a regular 9mm Beretta. He places the key in the door and slowly turns the key in the lock. He grabs and turns the knob and slowly pushes the door open. He presses the code into the security system so the alarm wouldn't go off. He and Ark enter the house, Ark points upstairs, and Leon nods. As Ark headed upstairs, Leon kept making his way to the living room. He moved so swift that no sound came from his footsteps. The only thing that could be heard was the loud persistent beating of Leon's worried heart. He walked through the door frame and saw nothing in the living room. He turns around and is face-to-face with a double barrel shotgun.

Chris Redfield was pointing the riffle at his little brother-in-law. He had a devilish smile on his face the entire time. Luckily Chris saw Ark going up the stairs and knew Leon was in the house as well. But he still had to be cautious, and plus he wanted to scare him for some fun.

"J-jesus Chris, put that damn thing down!" exclaimed Leon

"Now why would I do that? Maybe I want to kill the man that married my sister." said Chris with a serious look on his face.

Both of the men put down their guns and went and hugged each other.

"Leon?" came a voice from upstairs. Then he heard three sets of footsteps rushing down the steps.

"Claire?" he shouted to let her know that it was him.

Claire, Jill and Ark came into view. Claire ran up to Leon and threw her arms around her husband. Then Leon looked at Chris and smiled widely. Then he gave Claire a light kiss on the lips.

"God." Muttered Chris under his breath. He knew everyone heard him say it. People knew about how the older Redfield didn't like seeing people kiss his little sister.

Then Leon and Claire then held each others hands. Ark stood there with bright pink cheeks as if he was a child coming in from the snow. Chris noticed him staring and nudged him with his elbow.

"Hey Claire, can I have a kiss too? I'm a lonely man you know." said Ark. Claire smiled and shoved him. Then Leon turned to Chris and stared at his rifle with a questionable look on his face.

"Hello Leon, how was Spain? I heard some awful stories about it." said the voice that belonged to non other than Jill Redfield.

"Terrible. By the way, what are you two doing here? And why do you have guns?" Leon asked curiously. Claire let go of his hand and stared at him in his eyes.

"Wesker's back."

"I... I know that." Leon said looking down at his feet.

"So is Steve."

"Steve. You mean the Steve from Antarctica? The one that is supposedly "dead"?"

"Yes. He was just here. With Wesker."

"How? When?"

"Just after I hung up on the phone earlier."

"We need to leave right now. Pack some things and lets go."

Claire walks away and goes upstairs to their bedroom. Leon follows to go pack some more. Ark, Jill, and Chris stay in the living room.

"Well. Another person ends up being alive after they were thought to be dead." said Ark trying to lighten up the tension.

"What do you mean Thompson?" Said Chris in an angry voice.

"Turns out that a Ms. Wong is alive too. What a coincidence huh?"

"What? Ada is alive too? Great, now we have to watch out for her too. This is a very bad day." Chris walked past Ark and went upstairs.

"You could have told him that later. Now was not a good time. Whenever Wesker is brought up he turns into a jerk" Jill also walked past Ark and went upstairs.

"Weeellll eexxxccuusse me! Like I'm a freaking mind reader people!" Ark shouted at the top of his lungs.

Ark stayed in the living room and sat on the couch and stared at the ceiling. Then he heard some yelling and ran upstairs to Leon and Claire's room. He met up with Chris and Jill at the door. Chris turned the knob and opened the door.

"What the hell do you mean Ada's alive!" Claire shouted.

"I mean she survived Raccoon. And she showed up in Spain!"

"What the hell was she doing in Spain Leon!?"

"She was working for Wesker and took the Las Plagas sample and left me and

Ashley a pair of freaking jet ski keys so we could get out of there before it blew up!"

"I knew she was working with him! And she left you to die for the second time! How did she know that you would escape Leon? You just got lucky, you can't trust her. She might kill you."

"I didn't trust her. She saved my life and then at the end I saved hers. Plus she's probably not going to give him it. She'll probably give a fake one, I know she doesn't want another Raccoon city. And I don't think she'd kill me."

"This time at least. What happens if there is another? What if she kills you if you get in her way? What if Wesker tells her to kill you? What the hell am I gonna do without you?"

"I highly doubt she will be the one to kill me. From what I heard it will be your friend Steve and his sick obsession with you!"

Claire fell silent. She zipped her case up, grabbed it with three duffel bags, and walked out of their bedroom. Leon grabbed his as well and followed her downstairs. They shoved past the others and went downstairs to the living room and sat on the couch.

"Claire, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"Your right. You shouldn't have. But... I shouldn't have said that about Ada either."

"No. Your right I can't trust her. And you can't trust Steve."

"I'm sorry Leon."

"I'm sorry too. And I would never leave you. Never."

Both of them hugged and Ark walked into to the room.

"I gotta go you two. I have to pick up Lily and Lott from school. I'll take their stuff back home, I'm sure they will want it. Then I will have them pack up and meet up with you guys later.. I know that they wont be happy about that. But their safety is important. I will be there in about an hour. See you guys later." Ark waved good bye and walked out the door.

"We need to get going. I don't want to stay here. It's not safe anymore." said Leon. He grabbed his wife's hand and walked to the front door. Chris and Jill were waiting there. Leon picked up two duffel bags and his attaché case. He was carrying four in total. Claire had three duffel bags and one suit case.

"Jesus, you guys bring enough shit?" said Chris in a joking tone.

"I could have brought more guns." said Claire while looking at her luggage.

"And I could have brought more condoms." said Leon giving Claire a devious stare.

Chris looked like he was going to be sick. He didn't want to know his little sisters sex life. He especially didn't want to hear that from Leon of all people.

"I'll kill him if the thinks he can have sex with Claire. I don't care if they are married. They will not be doing that in the same house I'm in!" Thought Chris with a big frown on his face.

"Jesus Chris I was only joking!" exclaimed Leon. Chris gave him the evil glare and opened the front door.

"We need to go to our house too. We need clothes and more supplies." said Jill.

"We'll go with you two. No since on bringing another car." said Leon. Jill and Chris nodded. They walked out of the house and went into Chris's car. Leon walked up to Claire and said in a whisper.

"I wasn't kidding about the condoms." he said with a slight smile.

"I know you weren't." replied Claire with a smile.

They got into the car and Chris started it up. He moved the rear view mirror so he could see what was going on in the back seat where Leon and Claire were. Satisfied, Chris pulled away front the curb. Leon and Claire watched silently as they drove away from their house. Hopefully they would return soon.