RESIDENT EVIL : BURN IT DOWN

PART TWO

Leon and Jill walked around London disguised as a loved up couple. As soon as they exited the hotel, Jill grabbed Leon's arm and beamed away muttering "what should we do today love?" It made Leon feel slightly awkward. He knew they needed to blend in, otherwise they would be noticed and attract attention if they were all guns blazing hard faces as they usually were, but from what he'd heard and read about Jill, she wasn't one to be...clingy. Leon thought about what she'd told him about this woman with the burn. He'd never heard of such a woman before. And Umbrella was back? How on earth did that happen? Leon was beginning to doubt the BSAA's abilities. This is what they exsisted for. The BSAA's soul purpose was to capture terroists and prevent further attacks and outbreaks. How did they let the biggest terrorist of them all slip through and manage to recreate itself? Jill tugged Leon around a corner. People were chattering to friends and partners on the streets of London. Leon had grown fond of England as a whole. It was peaceful, unlike America was at the current time. England had a few outbreaks in the north, but nothing even scaling to what Leon had witnessed at Racoon City. They were walking down a path near a road where red double decker busses and black cabs were driving around in the early afternoon traffic. There were billboards up advertising the newest winter wear from Mark's & Spencer. There was a deep aroma of vinegar as they passes a fish and chip shop. "That smells lovely," Jill said.

"How far have we got to go?" Leon asked her still looking forward. Jill reaches into her pocket and brings out a phone with GPS on it.

"We're looking for Lord street. It says it's not far. Just a left turn and then go straight down and it's on our right," she puts it back and strokes his arm. "What big muscles you have," she giggles. Leon smiles awkwardly and tries to forget she even said that...ever.

"How are things back at...uh...home?" Leon says trying to code "home" to mean "BSAA HQ". Jill takes a few moments to understand.

"Oh! It's all fun and games. Chris is still Chris, well kind of," she trails off.

"Kind of?"

"You know Piers?"

"I met him briefly,"

"He...he died," she says. Leon remembers when him and Helena were in China chasing down Carla Radames, the Ada Wong double who wanted to cause havoc with a virus and they had bumped into Chris and Piers. Piers seemed like a guy who took his duty very seriously, like Chris.

"I'm sorry,"

"Thanks. It's hit Chris a bit hard. He talks sometimes and other times he's more evasive. Apparently he was like this when he thought I died," Leon read about this. It was shortly after Leon had retrieved Ashley, the former presidents daughter at the time. Jill and Chris had tracked down the Umbrella founder to a mansion in the Arklay mountains and were sent to bring him in. However, they hadn't anticipated Albert Wesker's prescience and the fight ended with Jill spearing Wesker out of the window to the rocks and sea below. No body was found until chris went to Africa and was shown evidence of Jill still being alive by Sheva Alomar, who is part of BSAA Africa.

"How are you coping with that?"

"Ok I guess. It was weird coming back. This is my first big op since. I know what I did, what he made me do," they turn a corner. "He had many more people under control. He seemed to prefer me in a weird way."

"You were on his STARS team were you not?" Jill nods.

"I was."

"Maybe that's why he liked you. He knew you before. He knew your skill set,"

"We're here," Leon looked at the building. It looked fairly old. It was a warehouse of sorts. There was a sign flapping in the breeze that had a smudged name on it. Leon squinted and noticed it said "Flint Interior". There were a few smashed windows on the upper floors, probably from teenagers throwing rocks. This warehouse was off the main road and down a quiet road.

"Doesn't look like anyone's home,"

"Well obviously. Best to pick the thing that does looked occupied." Jill opened her bag and pulled out a pistol. She attached a silencer to the nozzle and screwed it on. Leon revealed his gun from the back of his trousers and they stalked towards what appeared to look like a door. "Be careful," Jill mouthed. Leon nodded in response. She touched the door gently and pushed it inwards. There was a sharp creak as it revealed the inside. Leon jumped out from cover, aiming his gun to the dark. He adjusted the light at the bottom of his pistol and it blared into power. It showed a short corridor with a sign at the end of it stating "Workers this way". He motioned Jill to come out and they walked in, closing the door behind them with a thump. Jill also looked at the sign and noticed something red. She narrowed her eyes and touched it. "blood," she tells Leon. "it's dry though." they follow the signs instructions leading them into more darkness. Jill could feel the hairs at the back of her neck stand up as they slowly made their way down another darkened corridor.

"Keep an eye out," Leon said.

"I'd love to but I can't see a thing," Jill accidentally walked into a wall and smacked her head. "Ah shit," she curses grasping the spot she'd hit.

"Ruined the element of surprise," Leon carries on.

"Are you always like this?"

"Me? No..." Leon secretly smiles. They step into a large room that's virtually empty bare a wooden chair, a woven bag and a table with all sorts of horrifying objects sprawled out on it. Jill runs over to them as Leon surveys the area. "definitely in the right place," he says. Jill examines the equipment. There's everything from a hand saw to a screwdriver to a machete. They all have dry blood smeared across them.

"Whoever they had, they sure aren't around now," Jill walks over to the chair and woven bag. She picks the woven bag up and look at it more closely. She turns it round and see's there's something written with a marker. It's all written in capital letters "WATCH YOUR BACK VALENTINE"

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