Chapter 2: Cat and Mouse

Author's note: Hi everyone! In this chapter we get to see who the mystery woman that Chris ran into is in the last chapter. Well, she's not really a mystery. I think we all know who it is :). Anyway, this chapter was fun to write and I hope that you all like it.

Also, I'd like to thank wee kori L for following this story and to gamer55551 for following and giving a favorite! It really does mean a lot to me and it helps motivate me to write more.

Much love and thanks to you guys, Sarai.

"I'll find him, okay? Don't worry," she said into the phone. Sheva hated when Piers got antsy and started questioning her skills.

"I know. Just keep your eyes peeled. Captain Redfield has been missing for 4 months now and no one has an idea where the hell he is. I'm depending on you," Piers said on the other line.

One month ago Sheva got a private mission. One that required only one person for the job. The mission was to search for a BSAA agent that went missing after a mission had gone haywire. She knew right away who the agent was they were looking for. In fact, she had already been looking for him –in secret, of course. She hadn't been able to look far, since she was constantly on missions herself. But now that she was assigned to directly look for him, she was going to find him no matter what.

The missing agent was Captain Christopher Redfield. The summary stated the HQ believed that Captain Redfield was in somewhere in Edonia or one of the surrounding countries. So, she started her search in Latvia. She had to be discreet about everything she did. She would talk to locals in small conversation and then bring up the fact the she was looking for someone. They always said the same thing: that they had no clue as to where this person might be.

Sheva was smart though. She knew that Chris would go somewhere unknown or small. She went to towns or villages that would have no more than 5,000 people populating it. She would check into hotels that Chris might have checked into himself. While signing at the desk, she would casually ask if they had seen her friend or if he had arrived, most of the time they would say no, until one day. In a small hotel in Russia by the border of Edonia, the clerk at the counter said that a man that fit her description had just checked out after staying for a little less than 2 months and they never saw him again.

If Sheva was right, then she figured Chris would be slowly traveling north. She arrived into an Edonian village, Kartna. The city had little population and it served as railway station at the border of Edonia and Russia.

It was late at night, or possibly really early in the morning. She went to the only motel in the town and asked for a room. As they handed her the key, she politely asked them about a friend that might have come through here. After giving the woman at the desk a simple description of the man she was searching for, the woman asked, "Is he American?"

"Yes! Has he been here?" She asked professionally but still with some urgency in her voice.

"Mhm, yes, he's been here for almost a month." It was hard to really understand the woman as she talked with a thick Russian accent. "I don't see him often, though. He leaves in the evening and doesn't come back until the early hours of the morning. He left about 7 hours ago. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your stay. The heater works and everything is clean."

"Oh, OK. Thank you very much." Sheva grabbed her bag and headed to her room. She breathed a sigh of relief as she set your things down by the bed. She finally found him. After a month of chasing him, she caught up with him. She thought of where he might be right now. "He went through shit and ran away…he's probably at the bar." She told herself.

Once Sheva settled in she went to the front desk. "Excuse me," she calmly asked the lady behind the desk, "Where is a bar around here?" After the woman gave her directions to the nearest bar, Sheva took a breath and headed for the bar; for Chris.

It wasn't very far, so she decided to walk to the bar. She was walking up to the door when suddenly her phone buzzed in her pocket. She sighed, flipped open her phone and held it to her ear, "Alomar."

"Sheva, how's the search going?" Piers asked on the other line. Piers Nivans' job at BSAA was equal to Sheva's and they both knew that, but HQ had requested that Sheva to report to Piers and give him updates. Even though she knew it was just to pass information, it pissed her off that she had to answer to him. She liked Piers, but he could get antsy sometimes.

Sheva leaned against a wooden post facing away from the bar. "I'm close. I found the motel he's staying at. I'll find him any minute. How are things at HQ?"

"Uh, it's fine. You found him? Really? What has he said?" his voice eager at the discovery.

"I said I'm close, not that I've found him." After Sheva finished her sentence she heard the door of the bar open. She didn't bother looking back at the local.

"Oh, well, hurry and find him. HQ is getting bothersome."

"I'll find him, okay? Don't worry." She was becoming irritated with Piers' bossy attitude.

"I know. Just keep your eyes peeled. Captain Redfield has been missing for 4 months now and no one has an idea where the hell he is. I'm depending on you."

Sheva could feel someone staring at her from behind and it seemed as if they were eaves dropping. She lowered her voice, "Piers, I got to go. I'll keep you updated, alright?"

Piers let out a sigh, "Alright. Be safe. Nivans out."

With that, Sheva hung up her phone and slipped it back into her pocket. She tucked a lock of dark hair behind her ear and turned around. She almost felt her heart stop.

"Chris?" Sheva asked in disbelief. "Chris!"

She couldn't believe it; there he was. She knew she was close, but it didn't really hit her that she would see him so soon. She unconsciously took a step towards him. She stopped suddenly when he put his hands up, the gesture slightly hurting her feelings. 'Don't scare him, Sheva. He hasn't seen you in months,' she thought to herself.

"Chris, it's me…" Sheva said. He looked confused and frightened.

He lowered his hands and looked her dead in the eye and asked, "Who are you?"

Author's note: Okay, so this is what I meant when I said I didn't want it to be repetitive. You know, the fact that the chapter ends with Sheva finding Chris, just like the end in the last chapter. But I'm not too worried about it. In the next chapter we're gonna see more how Chris reacts to meeting the woman from his nightmares and how Sheva reacts as well.

Just thought I'd let you guys know that I've decided I will to be uploading chapters every 3-4 days. Like I said in the last chapter, I have already written a fair amount for this story. So unless I don't have any access to the internet then I don't have any great excuse for not publishing.

Please leave a comment or review and please favorite and follow this story :). It really does help! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I will see you soon!

Sarai.