Chapter 24
Wesker went back to Krauser's room to see if anything 'new' happened to him. He stared through the glass at Krasuer's form. How long will it take for the Virus to infect the Plaga? When will the parasite rip itself out of his body? Time was Krauser's worst enemy right now.
Wesker's top lip curled and he then walked out of Krauser's room. He was about to go upstairs when he thought that he can get some more answers from Ada. After all, Wesker was a man that didn't enjoy being alone all the time.
He walked inside of the door and saw Ada place the phone down that was on her table. Wesker cocked his head to the side and spoke to her.
"Well now Ms. Wong who did you call?"
"The Ghost Busters. Who the hell did you think I called?"
"I might have a thought. But I'm wondering on how you have their number and I don't?"
"That's none of your business handsome."
"Don't even try Wong. You being sultry wont help you this time. How did you get their number?"
"I already answered that question."
"You know that if I push this button over there I can ignite the entire room which your standing in?" Wesker pointed his leathered finger over to a wall with a large red button.
"I don't think that I'll be much help burnt to a crisp."
"I think that your usefulness is running low Ms. Wong. The clock is ticking and it wont be slowing down. How did you acquire the number?"
"I have my resources. Plus they didn't even answer, so I left a voice mail."
"Don't tell me you told them it was you."
"Sorry to disappoint you Chief." Ada turned her face away from Wesker and began to stare at the wall.
"I'm not a Chief Ms. Wong. That fat bastard was killed in Raccoon just like you should have."
"You only let me live for your friend's tissue sample." Ada turned her face back with her eyes slit.
"Never speak of him near me Ms. Wong. Or it will be the end of you."
"Wesker. I'm in a fucking bubble right now. I don't think it could get worse."
"Well you shouldn't think now should you? Since you called them I'm sure that they'll call you back."
"How do you know?"
"I just know. No doubt Redfield is giving a little speech right now as we speak."
"Just leave. I want to be alone."
Wesker didn't reply and walked out of Ada's room.
"Might as well see HUNK." thought Wesker as he continued down the hallway. He slid his card and entered another quarantined room.
HUNK sat on his bed without his gas mask on. He was wearing a pair of light blue scrubs. HUNK arose from his bed and saluted Wesker as he stood in front of him.
"Now, now. We don't have to be formal about this."
"Understood sir." HUNK let his arm fall to his side.
"It seems that Ms. Wong got a hold of our little S.T.A.R.S. No doubt she told them about what happened to Krauser. Once you and Ms. Wong are cleared I want you to find Bruce McGivern and Fongling. Don't hurt them, and don't touch the others."
"Should I acquire Burnside and Birkin as well?"
"No. Let them continue their little 'reunion'. I just want the two I asked for."
"Understood sir."
"Very well then. Your tests should be back any minute. So be ready to leave."
HUNK gave Wesker another salute while he walked out of the room.
Wesker walked out of the hall and walked to the T-virus specimen. Well, what was left of it. The plaga still was the same as before, but Wesker couldn't help but stare at it. The spider plaga had stopped thrashing around in it's cage and began to look at Wesker. They started at each other for a few minutes but then the plaga began to rapidly move again, and Wesker walked off into the elevator.
"Well now James, it seems that you're not infected. Same as the others." said the man that held HUNK's clip board.
HUNK 's laughed a little, but because he hadn't been called by his real name for a long time. He arose from his bed and went off to look for his partner. He found her room and entered. Ada was still sitting in her chair looking at the phone waiting for them to call back.
"You look like some love-sick teenager. Come on, we have a new mission."
"Let me guess. Find Bruce and Fongling."
"You got it, now lets get goin'." HUNK pushed the button that unlocked Ada's room. She got up from her chair and walked over to him.
"What's with the jokes? You seem a little less... you."
"I was just reminded that I had a life before I came to Umbrella. Just thinking of it, that's all."
"I know what you mean. Let's get going."
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Safe House
"What." asked Jill as she looked at her husband.
"You heard me, that guy Leon knew now has the T/G Virus in him along with the.. what did you call them Rookie?"
"Las Plagas." Leon shifted in his seat and whispered under his breath "Asshole."
"Right, Las Plagas. I don't think this is good. From what Ada said Wesker is now looking for Bruce and Fongling to find out what the T/G Virus can really do. We have to have two look outs each night now."
"That shouldn't be a problem. We have enough people." said Barry.
"Exactly, now we're going to have two new people up there every two hours. Understood?"
"Yeah, yeah. Chris, for the love of God please put some pants on." complained Claire as she looked at her brother.
"This is really important Claire."
"I know it is, but siblings don't like to see other siblings 'parts'."
"What?" Chris looked down at himself. "Nothin' is showin'."
"You're making everybody uncomfortable."
Chris looked around at his friends and saw their glances towards the floor.
"Fine."
"Oh yeah by the way Bro, Leon and I have to go shopping to get more supplies." said Claire.
"Claire, what the hell did I just say?"
"We're out of food."
"Don't we have canned food down in the basement."
"We're out of everything."
"God, ok. But you aren't the only ones going. Hmm Ark and Carlos can go as well."
"Ah thank God!" screamed Ark as he fell to his knees.
"I'm finally getting outta this hell hole." said Carlos as he walked past Chris,
"But you guys have to take Rebecca and Billy's car because they weren't being followed by those SUV's."
Billy gaze turned cold and he started to glare at Chris. Rebecca got up from the couch and took out the keys. She tossed them at Leon and sat back down.
"Why can't we go instead of Leon and Claire?" asked Billy
"Because Leon is an Agent and you're not." said Claire as she headed for the kitchen.
"Then why are you going?" Claire turned around with a furious look.
"Because I said so." Claire turned back around and walked to the door that lead to the garage.
Carlos came downstairs with a small bag. It was filled with four 9mm's and a couple sawed off shotguns. It also had over twenty clips and a couple boxes of shells.
"Ready to go Amigos?" asked Carlos as he reached the door.
"Let's get out of here."
"Shotgun!" screamed Claire
"Dammit." muttered Ark and Carlos at the same time.
Ark, Carlos, Leon, and Claire came up to the car and got inside. Chris came into the garage and began to open the door.
"Hey guys try to be back in an hour please."
"You got it." said Leon as he began to back out. The car exited and Chris shut the door.
Leon sped off and had the car out of the drive in less than a minute.
"Would ya slow down man. We don't know if some Hillbilly cop is behind a bush or something." said Ark as he looked out the window.
"Fine crybaby." Leon slowed down the car so that it was only going ten over the speed limit.
"Leon, there's a Motorcycle dealer somewhere around here. Can we go to it, pleaseeee." asked Claire while she was battering her eyelashes.
"Why the hell is there a dealer in the middle of no-where?" asked Ark
"It's the mid-west, there's a bunch in small towns." said Claire
"We can look, but not too long. Your brother is gonna be all pissy if we're late."
"And that's exactly what a Rookie would say." said Carlos as he looked up.
"Shut the hell up Carlos. Don't ever call me a fucking Rookie again."
"Well Redfield seems to call you that again."
"Because Chris is an asshole. He knew that shit pissed me off six years ago and knows that it still does."
"Ahhh poor crybaby Leon." snickered Ark.
"Will you guys just please shut up!?! I wanted to get out of that house for all that crap and you're bringing it in here! So shut up!" screamed Claire at all of the guys. They fell silent and Leon continued to drive down the road.
A few minutes later they pulled into a small connivence store and got out.
"Alright guys, you know the drill. Let's just get the shit and go to the damn dealer." said Leon as he walked into the small store.
It was a tiny little store, it really just had the necessities inside of it. Carlos and Ark walked off with a cart while Leon and Claire took the other. After a half hour of shopping they all got together at the so called 'checkout' so they could pay.
After that was done they loaded the groceries in the trunk and got back on the road. They drove for about ten minutes until they came to a small building that had motorcycles parked out in front.
"There it is Leon! Oh I am so excited!" said Claire. Leon even saw her bounce a little bit from all of her excitement.
"Jeeze Claire, would you calm down? You have a bike back at your place." said Ark as he got out of the car.
"Shhh shut up man. Do you want a death wish or somethin'?" whispered Carlos. Ark looked over to Claire and saw her eyes inflamed with hatred towards him. Ark shifted his feet and began to walk inside.
"Oh Leon look over there!" Claire grabbed Leon by the shirt and drug him over to one of the bikes.
"God, she's got him wrapped around her finger." whispered Ark as he began to thumb through a catalogue.
"What so wrong with a Wife havin' a little control over her Husband?" asked a small voice from behind the counter.
"Huh?" Ark looked around but didn't see who the voice belonged to. "Who said that?"
"That would be me." Ark saw a small blonde woman dressed in a t-shirt and jeans pop up from behind the counter.
"Oh I see. Only a woman would say something like that." said Ark as her looked at her body up and down.
"And only a man would say what you did. What's wrong with a woman havin' a little control?"
"Nothin', nothin'. It's just he's not the same as he was before they got married. He has to do what she says or else he gets it." Ark slammed his fist into his other hand.
"I seriously doubt that she can beat up her Husband. I mean just look he's built, that means he's gotta be strong."
"Leon? Nah, he's a pansy." Ark looked back at his friend who was till being hauled around by Claire.
"I'd say he looks happy. Just look at how they react with each other."
"She's dragging him my the arm forcing him to look at the 'precious motorcycles'. I think that's appalling."
"Appalling? Are you serious? Then why are you in my store looking through a catalogue?"
"Because Carlos took the only seat and it looks like he's sleeping." Ark pointed to Carlos, and sure enough he was out cold.
"Then tell me sir. Do you think that men should have complete control over their relationships?"
"Yeah, actually I do. And that's from a man that has two kids."
"Two kids really, how old are they?"
"Dammit, I knew she was gonna ask that." thought Ark
"Lily is fourteen and Lott is eighteen."
"Wow. Then how old are you?"
"I'm... twenty-nine."
"Wow. Just wow. So you're telling me that you had a kid when you were eleven?"
"Alright, I adopted them. But you can't say that I don't have responsibility."
"You got me there... uh."
"Thompson. Ark Thompson. And you are?" Ark lent out his hand to her while he was wearing a large smile.
"Elza Walker." She grabbed his hand and shook it lightly.
"Nice to meet you Elza. Wanna see a picture of them?" Ark pulled out his wallet and pulled out a picture. It was the three of them at Disney World. It was taken a few months after Umbrella was taken out.
"Those are some good lookin' kids you got there. Keep care of them, you wouldn't want to lose them. Or have them lose you." Elza gave the picture back to Ark and he placed it back in his wallet.
"I don't think they could handle losing me too along with their real parents. I saved both of those kid's lives and I'll make damn sure that they aren't in danger again."
"That's sweet. Say, how about you and me go get some drinks later?" asked Elza as she checked out Ark. Ark's eyes grew large and he looked over at Leon and Claire.
"I... I... I..."
"He'd love to." answered Leon from behind.
"Yes. I would, but I can't." said Ark. Leon pulled Ark to the side and they got in a huddle.
"What the hell are you doing? She's freaking gorgeous and she likes motorcycles. Just think that she's a blonde version of Claire. They practically look the same!"
Ark took a glance back at Elza and sighed.
"You know that I can't we're in hiding and Redfield would never let me go out with an outsider. He'd think she was an Umbrella spy or somethin'."
"That is true. Man you finally get a girl that likes you and you can't go out with her. That really sucks."
"I know, but I gotta say she's not hotter than Claire." Leon punched Ark in the shoulder hard. "Owe asshole, it was kinda like a compliment."
"Don't talk about my wife that way. She may be hot, but... Ah hell I don't know, just don't say it around me."
"Guys?" asked Claire. She had he eyebrow raised while she was leaning on the counter next to Elza.
"Yeah Claire?" asked Leon as he turned around.
"What's with the little 'gay huddle'?"
"It not gay. It's manly." said Ark as he broke away from Leon. "Sorry Elza, I would really, REALLY like to go out with you, but I can't. Maybe we could do it some other time."
"I understand. Just gimme a call when you're interested. If you haven't noticed there aren't very many good lookin' guys around here. So I hope to see you soon." Elza grabbed a card and wrote down some numbers.
"Thanks, here lemme give you mine." Ark grabbed another card and wrote down his number.
"Alright let's get out of here before Chris has a heart attack. Come on Carlos." Leon slapped Carlos on the shoulder and he leapt out of the chair.
"Bye Elza, see ya soon." said Ark.
"See ya."
Ark walked out of the dealer and walked up to his door.
"Ahhh Ark, are you blushing? I think you are, how adorable." snickered Claire as she opened her door.
"Shut it Claire. Your just jealous that I might not be a single man for much longer. You know that you love havin' me by you all the time."
"Yeah right." said Claire
"You got that hot girls number? That's not fair." pouted Carlos.
"It's your own damn fault. Besides, you have Monkey Face back at home." joked Ark
"You are such an asshole Thompson. I'm so gonna kick your ass when we get back." said Carlos as he got in the car.
Finally Ark got in the car and then they were off to the safe house. Ark continued to stare at the card thinking about Elza and how hot he thought she was.
A/N: Holy crap that was a long time being gone. Jeeze. I've just been so damn bored with writing and stuff I just didn't feel like it. Oh, yeah- HUNK's real name is James Cooper- so I might be using that a lot now. Google it if you don't believe me. Also Elza Walker was supposed to be Claire in RE 2, but she got cut out. Look up RE 1.5 and you'll find out stuff about her and the supposed to be game. Oh yeah, one other reasons I haven't been writing is because I started reading the Armageddon stories by Striker and i've noticed that some of the crap I have planned out from the beginning (like the relationship between Ark and Elza.) has already been done. So I'm kinda sad and happy at the same time. So if they kinda sound the same, well then I'm sorry because I had no freaking idea! I mean how that hell didn't I see that!?!!? Oh well. I hope to have the next chapter up super soon (ha.ha. yeah right.). Like always any complaints/ ideas just message/ review. Thanks to those who reviewed, it's appreciated!