(Sorry for the delay, I couldn't get in the right mood to write this story, and listening to nothing but love and Disney songs definitely wasn't helping at all.)

I don't own Resident Evil.

Chapter 4

Chris has been driving for about an hour now and Piers haven't explained a thing. The car ride was completely silence. Piers looked over at his ex-captain.

What was there to explain?

He looked up at the sky, and noticed that it was cloudy. The sun was nowhere to be found. Piers looked out at the rear view mirror to see if anybody was following them.

He didn't necessarily have all the answers himself. He only remembers bits and pieces of things. Chris didn't seem as angry or frustrated. Piers sighed. At least he was giving him time to think and talk.

What exactly happened to him? He remembers waking up in the lab, not being able to feel anything. But, all he could remember were bits and pieces and everything was a blur to him. He only remembers recent events more vividly. After freaking out on Chris, he figured that Chris at least deserved a rational explanation. He's only worried….right?

Piers looked down at his hands. "…I don't know where to begin."

"Fine… I'll start." Chris had one hand on the steering wheel and the other supporting his face while he leaned against the door of the truck. "After the facility accident, I gathered a team to go back in order to see if I could find anything. I was…. I guess I was hoping to find you. The days after you sacrificed yourself were…very dark for me. I couldn't believe that I destroyed my whole entire team, and… my very own partner. Losing Jill was one thing, but after losing you…" Chris ran a hand through his hair. "After losing you everything seemed to shut down on me. I just couldn't understand why you did it. I was only your captain. Not a childhood friend, a relative or a loved one. I was only your captain and you had no problem in sacrificing yourself. And, I always asked myself, why sacrifice yourself for me? So, I gathered a team together to go back to the facility in order to see if I could find anything interesting. We found your body. You were dead. We took you out of there in order to give you a proper burial." Chris slowed the truck to a stop and parked on the side of the road. "…I want to show you something."

Chris got out of the car and started walking towards the cemetery. Piers got out of the car and slowly followed. He looked up and saw a sign that said, "United Cemetery". Chris walked over to the grave that had Piers name engraved on it. Piers breath caught in his throat when he saw the grave tomb and the white flowers that were placed in a small vase, right on top of it. His name was engraved into the stone.

He really is dead to the world.

Chris frowned as he looked down at the grave. "After I identified your body, we had a funeral for you. I watched the casket going in the ground and the entire time I didn't want to believe it. I couldn't believe it." Chris swallowed hard, trying to keep the emotions downs and all of the millions questions that ran through his head. He looked up at Piers and pointed down at the grave. "If you're right here, then who the fuck did I bury? Don't you see, I never forgotten you. I don't know what convoluted or twisted story that's going through your head, but Piers, every day I come here and talk to you. I never moved on from your death not once. Every night, I have nightmares and dream about you. I just-"

-Piers leaned in and hugged Chris. He firmly wrapped his arms around his waist and Chris stood there awkwardly for a moment. Slowly, Chris wrapped his arms Piers and they hugged each other for a moment. It was quiet and simple. It was something Chris definitely needed in order to finally realize that this is real. This isn't a dream, or a nightmare. This is Piers, the Piers Nivans that he missed so much, finally in his arms. Actually hugging him.

Chris laughed lightly as he pulled away. "I don't care how you got here, but boy am I glad that you're alive. You better not leave me like that ever again."

Piers smiled momentarily and looked up at him. His captain really did miss him after all.

For once being alive felt a little better after all this time.

Both Chris and Piers ducked when they heard a gun shock ricocheted off of a tree. Piers cursed at himself. Chris looked around and asked, "What the hell is going on?"

Piers grabbed Chris hand and started running through the cemetery. They needed to get out of there. A few more gunshot could be heard from behind them. Chris followed Piers.

Piers ran out of the cemetery through the back gates, and pulled Chris into the city. Piers stopped momentarily as Chris ran into him. Piers turned around and explained, "Chris… if you stick around, I'll only bring you trouble. This situation is probably bigger than you and me both combined together. I'm stuck… but if you stay, both you and your family might get in trouble. We can part ways now and-"

Chris growled and said, "Don't give me that bullshit. Follow me." Chris took Piers into town. The sky was still cloudy. Piers followed Chris into China town. There was a festival going on. People were dressed up in Kimonos, and women had their hair done. It was nice out, so there were a lot of people around. Stands of food, jewelry and other festivities were all over the place. Cherry blossoms were all over the streets and on the stands. Huge trees with cherry blossoms blooming all over were throughout the town. Piers felt uneasy but he went with it. He trusted Chris. He's the only person that he could trust right now.

On the other hand, Chris had no idea what he was doing, but he had to do something to help Piers. He had to figure something out. "We need to get somewhere private."

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The chairman looked down at the folder that contained Piers folder inside. He lightly tapped his pen on his desk and he read the impressive records that were currently in his hands at the moment. Piers was the only person that was able to withstand and improve with the new virus that they created. Records show that he was outlasting and improving at a far faster rate than the other specimens they tried. He looked up at the female in front of him.

"Are you telling me that, we had him right at our fingertips in this facility and he somehow, miraculously escaped from here?"

The female responded nervously, "W-we're still investigating that as we speak. It's impossible to escape from this facility unless…"

"He received some kind of help." The chairman cracked his knuckles trying to wrap his head around the situation fully." So, afterwards, two of your people found him on the street and they still couldn't get him after cornering him in an alley?"

"That is correct, he shot both of them with a pistol. But, of course, my men can't die. –well… they can't die from a gunshot."

"I don't care about your people!" The female jumped and mumbled an apology. "Where is Piers right now?"

"My men lost him when they entered China town, east of the United Cemetery. He's made contact with his ex-captain and they're on the run as we speak."

The chairman looked out the window and sighed. He leaned back in his chair and thought for a moment. "Since it's such a pain in the ass to catch him, maybe we can bring him to us rather than the other way around…"

"And… exactly how do we do this?"

The chairman smiles happily. "Simple, we either target his ex-captain, or we do something where he has no choice but to come to us."

"That…that doesn't explain anything at all."

The chairman got up and explained, "Don't worry about it. Can you show me to the labs where we keep the specimens and viruses?"

"U-um, sure." The woman gathered her belongings quickly and lead the way to their main laboratory.

I'm sure he'll come around when I decide to start another zombie apocalypse just for the heck of it.

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OMG, I finished the chapter. I think this is shorter than the others (sorry). Well, I decided to update this story more often rather than once a month. Once a month isn't working. It makes me procrastinate.

On a side note, who's the hottest? Leon? Chris? Jake? Or Piers?

Lastly, um, people will come to light eventually. Hopefully you guys love this chapter. I'm not sure if you guys like how this story is going so far. A lot of unanswered questions… haha. And I hate dragging stories out. It kills me when I write. I just like writing the good stuff, BUT I'm trying to make a coherent story. Ha, so I'll stop babbling. Read and review.