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"Holy shit," Chris muttered.

The White House was surrounded by hordes of the undead that stretched out for at least a kilometer, with numerous flying creatures keeping the anti-aircraft guns quite busy. Flames burst from the corners of the Presidential building, incinerating scores of zombies, but they kept coming, threatening to break through the barriers and destroy everything in sight.

"So, the last final resistance of mankind," Jake mused, "They look a little screwed."

"Help them, Chris," Claire said.

He squeezed the trigger, blasting a hailstorm of bullets, ripping into the zombies. Blood sprayed as their bodies were torn to shreds, while some of the larger biological weapons, such as the Ndesu, required more than a few bullets to die. Letting off from the machine guns, Chris then switched on the rockets and fired them. Missiles soared through the air, smashing down into the zombies, massacring them in their numbers. Kipepeo turned their attention to the Osprey aircraft, as Chris switched back to machine guns, but with the creatures' swift agility, he was finding it hard to pin them with bullets and he didn't want to use rockets against them, lest they dodged and he destroyed the White House by accident.

"They're swarming us!" Jake cried, "Do something!"

"You've got a gun," Chris replied hotly.

A few of the Kipepeo were destroyed by the anti-aircraft guns, but they weren't ones attempting to attack the Osprey. Jake and Claire drew their guns, shattering the windscreen as they shot at the Kipepeo, with Chris killing the odd one or two mostly by chance. One of the creatures flew inside the aircraft and K-Mart's scream was heard. Jake rushed into the bay, delivering a kick that crushed the Kipepeo against the wall.

"Thanks," K-Mart said.

"You're welcome," Jake said, "Chris, we gotta land this thing."

A warning light appeared as the Kipepeo tried to tear the Osprey apart, but Chris did his best to ignore them while trying to land the aircraft. He was thankful that they hadn't been shot at yet and assumed they had been identified as friendlies, while his sister fired at the Kipepeo. Hovering above the White House, Chris watched as the surrounding Kipepeo were shot down and he was able to land the Osprey, shutting it off and opening the hatch, before following the others out onto the rooftop of the White House, where they were greeted by Alice.

"Good to see you guys are alive," she greeted.

"Same to you," Claire replied.

Alice smiled, then looked up at the remaining Kipepeo and she released a telekinetic shockwave that knocked them from the sky to rain upon the ground around the building.

"Alice!" K-Mart greeted, throwing herself at the woman.

"Hey, K-Mart," Alice said, hugging her, "Good to see you."

"Alice, this is Jake Muller," Chris introduced, "He helped us escape."

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it," Jake said dismissively, "So, we going to head inside or what?"

Alice glanced at Chris with a raised eyebrow, but he shrugged, hoisting his assault rifle onto his shoulder, before following after her into the White House, as the battle raged on.

"How'd you know to find us here?" she asked as she led them down a hallway.

"The Red Queen's got you on a big screen at home base," Jake replied, "And really, there's only one White House in the world. Amusing how America is always the target."

"How do you guys do it?" Claire wondered, "How have you lasted so long?"

"Well, I've been helping out," Alice replied, "But I'm not the only-"

"Because of me."

Everyone stopped short when Wesker appeared in the hallway, a grin on his face when he saw Chris and Claire. The Redfields instantly aimed their guns at him, which caused his grin to grow wider, if possible. Alice looked between him and the siblings, unsure of what to do, while Jake was glaring at Wesker and K-Mart had a scared look on her face.

"Okay, I understand there are some issues," Alice said, "But we need to-"

Gunfire suddenly erupted, spraying across the ceiling and K-Mart screamed, Chris's assault rifle hitting the floor and he went for his handgun, but someone shoved his hand aside, preventing him from drawing the weapon. In response, Chris threw a punch, his opponent moving behind him and lashing out with a mid-section sideways kick. Chris managed to avoid it, striking with an elbow that was blocked. He could hear shouts around him, but he wasn't caring, too busy firing his knee into Leon's stomach, except that Leon was able to block with his forearms, before breaking out of Chris's grip and going with a backhand. Ducking the swing, Chris caught Leon around the waist, the two struggling along the floor for a moment until Chris got Leon into an arm lock, blocking an attempted elbow. However, before the lock could be completed, Leon swung himself around to behind Chris, attempting to pin him, but didn't expect to get thrown over the shoulder. Rolling onto his feet from the throw, Leon whirled around and drew his handgun, as Chris did the same, the pair aiming at each other. Claire, Alice and K-Mart were all tense from the swift, but brutal fight, Wesker was quite enjoying himself and Jake wasn't caring at all, his focus on Wesker.

"Who the hell are you?" Chris demanded, "You have any idea who this man is?"

"I do," Leon said, "But Wesker is important to saving mankind. We need him."

"How? Because of him, my sister lost her memories. Countless people have died, no thanks to him and you're willing to trust him?"

"He doesn't work for Umbrella anymore. He knows how to make a cure for the virus."

"Is that what he told you? Are you really that naïve to believe anything that bastard says?" Chris demanded, "You're a fool to trust him."

"Hey, I don't trust him," Leon defended himself, "I don't even like him at all. But he really is the only chance we have at saving humanity. I know you don't like him, but trust me."

"Sorry, but I really don't feel like trusting anyone who runs with Wesker."

"Well, isn't this one big happy family reunion?" Wesker said sardonically, "Chris and Claire Redfield, it is so nice to see you again. And here I was feeling ignored."

"Boys, I think we should lower both the testosterone and the guns," Alice suggested, "There is a non-violent way we can do this."

"You may be trusting of Wesker," Claire said, "But my brother and I, we're having a hard time trying to deal with the fact that he may be a good guy."

"Believe me, Claire, not a single person here even likes the guy."

"That's fine, because I like every single one of you people even less," Wesker retorted.

Leon and Chris were still aiming their handguns at each other, unwilling to lower their weapons, the former hating himself for defending Wesker, while the latter was full of rage at the former leader of Umbrella until someone else spoke.

"Chris?"

The sound of the voice caught him by surprise and he lowered his gun, turning in her direction to see her standing nearby, her look a mixture of surprise and apprehension.

"Jill?" Chris said.

"Yeah, it's me. It's really me this time."

"You don't belong to Umbrella any more?"

She shook her head and he took a couple of slow steps towards her and she looked fearful, although he could understand why. The first time they met after the outbreak and she had helped capture him. He knew about the mind-controlling scarab and knowing Jill, she would be feeling guilty about what she done, even if it was against her will. Chris didn't care about that. He was glad to see her alive and well and free from Umbrella's control. Closing the gap, Chris gazed into Jill's eyes, as she stared back, unsure of what he would do and was caught by surprise when he pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. It took her a moment, but then her arms went around his shoulders.

"When I saw you working for Umbrella, I thought I lost you," Chris whispered in her ear, "Now that you're here with me, I don't want to ever lose you again."

"I thought I lost you too when Umbrella captured you," Jill said, "I'm glad that you're alive, no thanks to me. I'm sorry for doing that to you."

"You don't have to be sorry, Jill. It wasn't your fault. I don't blame you."

"Um, you guys obviously know each other?" Alice asked.

Chris broke away from Jill, although his hand remained in hers.

"We used to work in S.T.A.R.S together until the Mansion Incident," Chris replied.

"What Mansion Incident?" Alice asked, "I didn't see you guys there."

"You really think that your mansion was the only secret entrance to the Hive?" Wesker said, "There was another mansion, where these morons had their own problems."

"After that, Chris left for Los Angeles after hearing about an Umbrella facility there," Jill continued, "And I remained in Raccoon City to help S.T.A.R.S. We haven't seen each other since."

"Unless you count her trying to kill us on Arcadia," K-Mart said.

"Hey, come on, K-Mart, be a little fair," Claire said softly, "It wasn't her fault. She was under Umbrella's control, much like I was. Much like you were when we found you again."

"Except I didn't kill anyone."

"Okay, let's all take a deep breath and calm down," Alice intervened, "I think there are more important matters to worry about than grudges and misunderstandings."

Wesker finally noticed that Jake was staring at him and hadn't even uttered a single word in his presence. And if he wasn't mistaken, the look on Jake's face was one of hatred.

"Is there something I can do for you?" Wesker sneered, "Didn't your mother ever tell you it's impolite to stare at people like that unless it's for a good reason."

"Oh, I've got a good reason alright," Jake said, "Nice to finally meet you, Dad."

There was silence all around from that revelation, even from Wesker, who actually had a look of surprise on his face for once, noticeable despite his sunglasses, and then the silence was finally broken by Leon.

"What?"

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AN: I know I have Leon here defending Wesker, but it's only because of the whole cure thing. Otherwise, really, Leon doesn't like Wekser. Just though I'd clear that up. And about the Mansion thing, I think I seen something somewhere that Jill had her own experiences with the T-virus in a mansion prior to Resident Evil 2, which is why she knows how to fight them, so I decided to go with that and throw Chris in there as well as a way to have them know each other.