A/N: I am really grateful to the readers and my reviewer Shirahane Aikawa.

Disclaimer: I don't own Resident Evil or any of its characters; they all belong to Capcom.

Chapter 11

(Leon's POV)

"I'll be a little late I guess so don't wait for me at dinner, better if you don't make it", I said when Kate served me breakfast. She was wearing a high necked sweater top with extremely long sleeves and tight fitting pants, her hair pulled up in a pony tail and she looked extremely gorgeous, "I won't be coming home for dinner", I repeated. She didn't say anything just nodded in acknowledgement and went in the kitchen. Shadow followed her as she filled his bowl and moved out and went straight up the stairs, "Damn", I cursed pounding the table with my fist.

It had been two days and Kate hasn't spoken to me properly. I was missing her cheerful side, she was a bit gloomy all day like some doll with no emotions. When I thought about the reasons of her being mad at me, the only reason that came up in my mind, was that I left her that day, left her crying alone, she wanted me to stay but I left her because Ada called me. Between all this the last murder's investigation was put to a halt since there was only one suspect my so-called wife, against whom we still haven't got any strong proof that she killed the man.

I ate my breakfast in silence and then walked upstairs. I slowly opened the door to my bedroom and saw Kate tidying up the bed silently with a poker expression on her face, "I am leaving", I told her but she didn't even look back at me; just picked up blanket and started folding it. I closed the door again and stood with my back against the wall, 'God! Why it hurts so much seeing her like this? I want her to care about me, I want her to react to me', I thought. I wanted to cry, my throat was hurting, my heart it was crying. I rested my head against the wall, closing my eyes, 'Why didn't I just stand by her side for once?', I thought again and then I heard a soft click of the door as Kate tried to hurry down the stairs. I grabbed her hand and she looked back at her hand then to me and she was silently crying, "I am sorry, please forgive me", I pulled her to my chest hugging her, "Sorry, I am so sorry I should have stayed."

"It's alright", she said softly.
"Don't ever ignore me like that again", I said hugging her tight as if she was really my girlfriend or wife and that inexplicable feeling just got even more intense.

(Leon's POV)

"Leon, what do you like? Chocolate or Vanilla?", Kate asked as she stood near the counter buying ice-cream with Claire and Sherry.
"Chocolate would do", I yelled back to her. We were out on an outing with the rest of the gang and we were currently in a café having ice-creams and coffee. Today for a change, we all decided to give work a rest and spend some time together.
"Here", she said holding out ice-cream in front of me and distributing the rest to others.
"Thanks", I said as I scooted a bit to make room for her and she sat down.
"So what do we do now?", John asked.
"How about we go to a movie, there's this really fantastic movie being showcased nearby, What say?", Jill suggested.
"Great idea", Claire said and we all agreed and drove to the said theater.

"We'll get the tickets; John and Claire get drinks and Kennedys go get some snacks from the shop across the street", Chris ordered around everyone.
"Why from the shop across the street?", I couldn't help but ask.
"Because I said so, isn't that the reason enough", the elder Redfield tried to threaten me.
"Okay, we'll go", Kate said a bit frightened as she pulled me along.

"You know I can handle Redfield", I told Kate as we walked across the street, "You shouldn't have…", I said looking sideways but Kate was not there. I turned back and she was staring in a particular direction unaware of the speeding car that was about to hit her, "Kate", I yelled. She looked at me and then at the car and almost as if it was a reflex she stepped back just to avoid it by a mere inch. It looked as if she didn't move but my professional eyes weren't mistaken she did move by mere inch, "Are you okay?", I asked walking up to her, "And how did you do that?", I asked again about her just incredible feat.
"I don't know what are you talking about", she spoke nervously; "You could call it luck since the car missed by an inch or so."

It seemed coincidental but it wasn't she moved on purpose just to avoid the car just by a bit, maybe it was a reflex to her and she herself was unaware of it. And the way she was staring off into space, it seemed more like her previous self maybe she was remembering something or she was an airhead and maybe got thinking something stupid while crossing the road, "Did you remember anything?", I asked her trying to see any glimpse of her old self.
"No", she answered shaking her head, "Is this place important?", she asked concerned.
"No", I replied, "let's get going, the movie would start soon", she nodded. We crossed the street and I held her hand this time.

We got to the said store, "Ah… caught like a bird", someone said as we were about to move inside the shop.
"What do you want?", I asked pulling Kate behind me; my instinct were telling me that this guy was not right.
"Don't you know?", he said smirking looking at Kate.
"Kate, be ready to run", I muttered to her holding her hand and after staring at the man for some time and I just took off. I couldn't fight with Kate around, she might get hurt or worse if she's a BOW she might transform and kill. I pulled her into the alleyway and it was all so surreal like before.

"Going somewhere", the man said appearing out of nowhere.
"How'd you...", I began shocked, I left that guy far behind.
"Like this", he answered and disappeared and then we were standing at a few arms length, "I am a hybrid between Las-plagas and t-virus, want to see what I can do", he said and I pulled out my gun.
"Kate, run for your life and whatever happens don't come back, I'll hold him up for you", I said to her.
"But…", she tried to say something.
"No buts just do what I say, just run and don't come back", I said very seriously to her, "Please", very slowly she nodded and took off.

"Damn you bitch!", the man cursed as she made a run, "anyways once you're gone it'll be easy to catch her", he said to me resuming to smile and with lightening speed he moved towards me. I could only see a blur and fire my bullets at him moving away from him. The fight might have been in my favor if had my army knife with me but I didn't feel the need to carry it when I wasn't on missions. I felt him land a punch on my face and then he punched and kicked me till I was unable to move, "I would have played more but you see have to catch a runaway project", he said smiling.

"Run… run… away project?", I repeated coughing up some blood and then I heard the sound of footsteps

The man looked up and smirked, "I didn't expect you to crawl out of your hole for him", he said smiling as the stranger's footsteps drew nearer. I wanted to tell him/her that it was pointless taking on him but I was unable to do anything as I slowly felt my head getting heavy, vision becoming blurry as my body become numb to pain as I lost consciousness.

Then everything was a flash, Kate running to me crying followed by everybody. Ada yelling at her because I was hurt, I didn't know how that person was able to lure that BOW away from me and Kate or maybe it killed that person too and his body was lying somewhere by my side wounded or dead. But why did he left me alive; Kate couldn't have run faster than him; stopping me just so he could get to Kate it wasn't making any sense and why not kill me since I would tell everything about him to everybody. All these thoughts made my head hurt as somebody pulled my head to her chest and from the smell of it, it was probably Ada, I became unconscious again.

(3rd Person POV)

"What?!", Francheska yelled.
"It's… its true ma'am", the BOW stuttered.
"How can that be possible?", she asked.
"I don't know I was keeping an eye on my target when it all happened and then I sensed him dead, I hurried back and couldn't retrieve his body. Everybody came to the agent's aid quickly", Tiera told her.
"Agent?! Who?", Wesker asked barely keeping his anger down, "You are not talking about our primary target are you?"
"Yes sir", she said just loud enough so he could hear, "But he is alive", she added quickly.
"He should better be, otherwise you will be joining Frank", Francheska barked at her.

"How did that all happened?", Wesker asked resuming his calm.
"Well we both were trying to get our hands on the two women but it was getting difficult as they were always surrounded by those agents and Frank informed me that he was going after his target, I didn't know she had the agent with her or otherwise I would have stopped Frank", Tiera informed whatever she knew.
"So you haven't got any idea how the agent managed to kill him?", Francheska asked her raising a brow.
"No", Tiera shook her head nervously, still fearing for her life.
"Maybe they already know about us", Wesker said, "Otherwise it would have been impossible to kill prototype beta model."

(Leon's POV)

I woke up and found myself in dark. My head hurt badly and I groaned in pain but I was feeling too weak that not even a squeak came out of my lips. And then there was click of light switch and the room came to light, "Hey, who turned on the lights?", John mumbled from somewhere.
"Kate, switch off the lights, we're trying to sleep here", Claire sounded really close.
"He's awake", Kate said and there were sudden movements of chairs and everybody ran to me and surrounded me.

"Are you alright?", Ada asked me and I gave her a slight nod.
"What happened?", Claire asked.
"How did you get beat up pretty bad?", John asked.
"How did you manage to kill him?", Chris asked, possibly referring to the other person.
"That BOW had killed him", I answered him with a dry throat.
"There were two!", Rebecca said in astonishment.

"What!?", I said as I tried to sit up and Claire and Ada helped me up.
"Look we found the BOW dead by you, the question how you killed him?", John asked curiously.
"Do I look like I would have killed it, he beat the crap out of me", I said a bit frustrated because of their silly questions.
"He couldn't have just hit its head and died", Claire said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"There was someone he/she must have killed him", I said remembering.
"Who? We want to know I mean who can kill a BOW under ten minutes", John said.
"I don't know, I didn't see but that BOW seemed to know whoever it was, since he said that they crawled out of their hole to save me", I told them.

"Must be another BOW, a BOW can kill another", Ada said crossing her arms maybe she meant Kate.
"And when did BOW started being homicidal", John said to her.
"So do you have a explanation for it then", she said scowling at him.
"You know she ran to us and we followed her the moment we saw her , so she was not it", Claire said and I was thinking why were they actually talking all this in front of Kate but then I noticed she wasn't there.

"Where's Kate?", I asked cutting their bickering short.
"She's gone back home", Claire answered trying to sound uninterested but sounded more of infuriated.
"What?! Why?!', I asked her shocked, it was unlike what Kate would do, it was more of a Kat behavior.
"Don't worry Jill went with her", John said trying to make sound reassuring but he failed miserably.
"I asked why?", I emphasized looking from one face to another, hoping they'd answer.
"Well Ada got a restraining order for her and she can't stay with you any longer", Claire answered really casually.
"Why you did that?", I asked Ada, in a tone of surprise.
"Maybe because you almost died", she replied a bit annoyed.
"But she was right here when I gained consciousness", I said still a little bewildered at the info.
"Well she literally begged David and Ashley that she wanted to stay by you at least until you woke up", John said pretending he was remembering what actually happened but I knew he could repeat each and every word that Kate must have said and she might have done more than begging.

"C'mon guys you all should go now, he needs rest", Rebecca said trying to wrap it up.
"I am staying", Claire announced.
"I always stay", John said and they both sat back on their chairs and only ones leaving were Ada and Chris.
"I am staying too", Ada said, okay now only Chris.
"Sorry can't allow more than two people", Rebecca said raising her hands up in air and she and Chris exited the room.

Ada looked at my two friends, who both pretended as if they didn't hear Rebecca, busy reading a magazine and listening to music respectively. Ada sighed and moved to me and kissed me on lips saying, "I'll be back first thing in the morning", and then she too left.

"So how long are you two gonna pretend, she's gone", I said after a while when they still kept up their act, "John don't you wanna describe the scenario in detail and Claire don't you wanna tell me about Kate?"
"Well yes actually…", they both chorused and we all started laughing.
"You know, when we reached there we didn't know what to do, 'cause we were still afraid that that ugly BOW would get up any moment", John began.
"What do you mean ugly? It was still in its human form when we fought", I said a little confused.
"Well not when saw him, he wasn't", He told me shaking his head.
"The strange thing was whoever it was he/she took him like a piece of cake", Claire said sounding impressed, "It took them just 10-15 minutes."
"How did they kill it?", I asked curiously.

"Well out of suffocation", Rebecca said joining us, "I knew you would start discussing once Ada was gone."
"Whoever it was, they choked that man?", I said in disbelief.
"No just punctured his diaphragm", Rebecca replied, "Better way to stop breathing than to choke someone… or something", she said not sure which pronoun to use.
"Maybe whoever it was he/she killed it accidentally", I suggested. It was unbelievable for us that someone could kill a BOW in less than 10 minutes.
"Maybe it was an accident or he/she is a true genius", Rebecca said
"All we know for now, that whoever it was, he/she is maybe a foul opponent or a strong friend", Rebecca said and we couldn't help but agree with her. All I wanted was to get out of this mess as quickly as possible.

A/N: Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed the story. I apologize for any typos or mistakes in the context that might have caused an inconvenience. Feel free to share your views about the story.