Chapter 14

As she opened her eyes, she see's white walls, wires connected to her arm and saw floral arrangement on the table that is right next to her hospital bed. She rubbed her eyes and her eye sight went back to normal. The fuzziness was still in her head, but it wasn't in pain. She noticed a hand was on hers, it was a man's. He was sleeping in a chair and laid his head on the bed. He grunted, rubbed his eyes and his sight was clear as day because Claire is awake.

"Claire?"

"Ivan."

"You're awake. Finally. I was so worried about you. I stayed until you woke up. I'm just happy you're alright."

"How long have I been sleeping?"

"Quite awhile and I know your gonna asks this, you were attacked a few nights ago. You got minor injuries."

"Why does my shoulder hurt?"

"That's one of your injuries. You were stabbed in your shoulder and a minor head injury, but other than that, you're perfectly fine."

"That's good to hear. By the way, who took over my position when I have medical attention?"

"I took over your position for a while since you were here. Now I know you're good at your job, I don't even know what I'm looking for."

"Well hand me the file and we can look at it together and see what we can find."

"Okay, I'll go get the files." As Ivan got up, Claire grabbed his arm. He turned around and saw Claire smiling again. They looked at each other for a few moments. She smiled and instead of giving him a kiss on the cheek, she kissed his lips. Ivan was surprised, but kissed her back. He's always wanted and loved her for so long since he first laid eyes on her side no matter what. Ivan broke the kiss to let Claire breathe. "I'll be back in a couple of minutes. I need to call Leon and see how he's doing."

"How is Leon doing with Anya?"

"Last we heard, she got sick and called a hotel doctor to see what she has."

"It could just be the flu or just a cold. What are her symptoms?"

"Heavy breathing, sweating, chills, shaking violently and pain in her head."

"And this all happened last night?"

"Apparently, the doctor said she needs to be taken to the hospital, but Anya refused to go. So, Leon called Boss and he sent a chopper over at the hotel they were staying at. They should be here soon, they weren't that far. Anika met them and drove Leon's jeep here after she dropped off Anya's father, aunt and uncle."

"Wait, why are they here? I thought Anika was going to stay at Gerard's brother's house."

"That was the original plan, but Anika told them about the second murder that happened back in Portsmouth. Apparently the boy was murdered the exact same way as the blonde girl was killed."

"Do they know who the boy and his name?"

"No not yet. When they heard that Anya was ill, they wanted to see her, so they sent a team to go pick up Anya and Leon."

"That's good. She'll get more medical treatment here than anywhere else. She's in good hands."

"Yeah that's a relief. She gets here unharmed and not attacked during her journey here."

"That's good. Well, go get the file, I won't be going anywhere." Claire gave him a shy smile. Ivan gave her one last kiss and smile at her before he left the room. He walks toward the command room, reached his work station and grabbed the files. He picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers.

"Boss, it's Ivan."

"Yes Ivan, what can I help you with?"

"She's awake. Claire is awake." There was silence on the other side. Boss at his desk and froze hearing the good news that his daughter was awake. He sighed in relief that his daughter is okay and out of harms away.

"God has heard our prayers."

"Me too Boss, me too."

A roaring sound was screeching in my ears and a cold breeze was whipping throughout my whole body. My hair was blowing in my face and heavy blankets were keeping my body warm from the cold breeze. My eyes started to open and I could see the bright blue sky. Was I flying? Was I fucking flying! I looked all around and everything was all back and doors were open on both sides of a….what the hell am I in?

"You're awake! Thank god! I thought we were too late!"

"We're in a helicopter! We're heading to headquarters!" How long was I out? When did this all happened? Why are we being flown by helicopter to headquarters? I looked at Leon with confusion and wanting to know what the hell is going on. "I'll explain everything when we land which will be in two minutes!" I looked down were land was, a building that almost looks like the Pentagon, but a little bit different though. The building was all run down like it's been through a tornado or an earthquake. As I was looking down, my head was in screeching in pain. I basically collapsed on the helicopter floor. My hands covered the sides of my head and screamed in pain. Leon kneeled beside me and held on to me if I fell or something like that."Anya! What's wrong!"

"My head! It hurts! Aaaaaggggghhhhh!" Leon held me closer while I cringe in pain. He felt useless; he didn't know how to help me with the pain.

"Hey comrade! Are we close to headquarter!"

"We just got here! I'm landing the helicopter on the landing platform now!"

"We need to hurry! Anya needs medical attention right away!" The agent who was flying the helicopter, landed as quickly as he could. It was a sloppy landing, but they were finally on the landing platform. The helicopter turned off, but the propellers were still slowing down. Leon picked up Anya, handed her to the agent, Leon jumped out and took me out of the agents arms.

"We need to get Anya to the medical facility!" The wind was whipping and the agent could barely him.

"Say it one more time! I can barely hear you because of this wind!"

"I said, we need to get Anya to the medical facility!"

"Okay! This was and hurry!" They both jogged towards what looks like a rugged old elevator. The agent in front of Leon pressed a six digit code and the doors opened. The agent held it open and Leon went first since he was carrying me. The doors shut and the agent hit the first floor button. I was groaning in pain when the elevator started to move. Leon looked down and saw how much pain I was in.

"Hang in there Anya. Just a few more minutes."

"I just radio in. They have the medical room all set for her arrival." Leon nodded to the agent and looked back down at me. My eyes were shut hard and I was gripping on Leon's shirt. His heart started to break again.

"Claire, are you all dressed?"

"Yes I am and ready for work."

"You sure you want to go back to work so soon. You just woke up."

"I'll be fine Ivan, I promise. Besides, it's not like that alarm is gonna go off when Leon arrives." Suddenly, the red alarms went off. Ivan and Claire looked up at the alarm, everyone in the command center was stunned and Boss stopped doing his paper work and looked around.

"There here." Ivan looked at Claire. They both nodded and ran toward the command center to see what orders they get from Boss. Everyone started running around and getting the medical facility ready. Suddenly, the doors opened and men in black trench coats burst in and started shooting every agent. They killed half of the agents and some agents were firing back and killed only five black trench coat guys. Claire and Ivan got to the doors of the command center, and then stopped in their tracks. Two black trench coats turned around and saw Claire and Ivan and started shooting at them, but Claire and Ivan we're faster than them. "We need to find Leon and the others."

"Let's get out of here!" Claire and Ivan ran back the way they went, but they were block by four black trench coat guys, they went the other way, but it was block off. Claire and Ivan surrendered and they dropped their guns. One black trench coat guy was different; he had black hair with blonde streaks, he was taller than Claire and Ivan combined. He looked at Ivan.

"Sorry, one of you will have to go." The guy pointed his gun at Ivan's head and shot him. He fell to the ground and Claire stood there frozen. Her eyes went wide as she sees her best friend lying dead on the floor. She started to breathe hard and couldn't believe that he's dead. She saw the blood spilling from Ivan's head and all over the cold floor. She didn't move one bit. The taller guy walked towards Claire and took his hand and propped up her chin. "And what's your name, pretty face?" Claire glared at him and he gave a smirked.

"Claire, Claire Redfield."

"Well, Claire, where is Anya?"

"I don't know, she hasn't been reported here yet."

"Well, I sense she is here and I'm going to use you.

"As what exactly?"

"Bait."