Chapter 6: Ironic Revenge
Jill woke up to the smell of something frying in the kitchen. She sat up and stretched. Before standing up she sat at the end of the bed just to let the blood circulate. When she stood up she got her robe and went into the kitchen. Chris was at the stove frying up some bacon.
"Hey I was supposed to Make you breakfast this morning." Jill said with obvious tiredness in her voice.
"Yeah well I beat you to getting up and I was hungry. I didn't want to wake you." Chris said as he finished up the cooking.
"Thank you" Jill took a plate and sat down. Jill forgot to make herself coffee. Not realizing it she reached for a mug that wasn't there and when she clenched her hands there was a mug to meet it. She stopped momentarily and thought about it then realized Chris was behind this sorcery.
"You even got my coffee right." Jill said after taking a sip.
"You know me, I always like to get things right." Jill just smiled back at him
"So what time are we supposed to be at Wesker's?" Chris looked at his watch.
"At twelve" Chris replied
"Well what time is it now?" Chris took another glance at his watch
"11:30" Jill sprang up from her chair and ran towards the bathroom
"What the frig Chris you had a reason to wake me and you chose not to. I have to shower get an outfit, and get my EDC. You know Chris I think your mind is as useful as it was last night. You need to use common sense…" While Jill rambled on Chris was chewing on bacon and reading one of her books.
"You know Jill with all of the time you just spent criticizing me you could have had an outfit out and been halfway through your shower." Jill stopped and processed his words.
"Ugh, men" Chris without moving his head lifted his eyes and gave her a death glance.
"I'll be showering now" Jill turned around quickly and disappeared into the bathroom.
"What EDC weapon do you carry?" Chris hollered at the bathroom door.
"A Smith & Wesson Ladysmith" A voice responded over the sound of water rushing
Chris walked over to her safe and saw a number pass code. He thought for a moment and then typed in 6161. He was able to open it. The code was her badge number
"He pulled it out. It was lighter than his PPK/S. That is because it has and aluminum frame. Chris closed the safe and gave it to Jill in its holster.
"Here ya go" Chris got a confused look from Jill.
"How did you get into my safe?" Jill walked past him to see if the safe to see if it was broken.
"It was your badge number. I just guessed no magic or anything." Jill turned around and pushed him out of the room.
"OUT, I need to change." The door slammed shut. Chris put on his shoes and waited for what seemed like an hour.
"Ok I'm here lets go" Jill walked out with a simple v-neck shirt and jeans.
"It took you that long to put on clothes." Chris shook his head
"Well I was going to where something else but in the end this isn't to causal or formal so I am good not lets get moving." Chris was once again pushed out another door.
When they arrived at Wesker's house Jill was surprised. His house was huge. It was similar looking to the second mansion in the Mountains (Picture Alice's house from the first Resident Evil movie). They walked up and Chris knocked at the door. After a few moments the door opened
"Ah, hello Chris" Wesker gave him a friendly hug. Wesker was wearing a simple blue plaid button up shirt and dark blue jeans.
"Jill, I am so glad Chris asked you to come. I thought he would forget to extend my offer." Wesker and Jill gave each other a hug as well.
"Come on in." The two of them walked in, and now Jill got a whole big view of the inside.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you afford this house?" Jill stared around and looked at the priceless building.
"Being captain has its advantages." Wesker left it at that and he let them roam about.
"Chris you like Bud Light, and Jill what would you like?" Jill turned to Wesker and thought for a moment.
"Bud Light is fine thank you." Wesker tossed one to Jill and then she raised it to show thanks.
"Well, Chris you are about to have your ass handed to you because the Red socks are good this season." Chris shook his head while taking a sip from the can.
"Sorry bud but the Yankees have it." Wesker signaled for Chris to follow. Jill was still wondering around. Chris and Wesker sat on the couch watching the game, and a short while after Jill joined them.
"Go, go, go YEAH!" Wesker jumped from his seat and fist pumped once before sitting down.
"You were saying something about the Yankees?" Chris was staring at the TV complaining.
"Jill what is your favorite team? You are very quiet. Do you not like baseball?" Jill just sat there for a moment and then answered.
"No, I love baseball it is just… I love the Yankees and frankly this isn't a joyous moment for us." Jill laughed a little to lighten the spirits.
"Well I am sorry that you team sucks. Truly I am, but we got this game…" Jill jumped in the air the same time as Chris.
"YES!" Chris and Jill yelled simultaneously. Wesker look at the TV and yelled no. There was a triple play.
"Now Wesker lets see who wins this." Wesker sat back and prayed that nothing more would happen.
When the game ended it turned out to be a tie even in over time. The three of them were relaxing and talking about nothing in particular. Then they heard Wesker's radio go off.
"Attention all units there is a massive shooting Lexington Bank. Subjects have been identified as Edward Van Burke, and his son Martin Van Burke. We require all units including off duty to report for further instructions.
"What?!" Chris and Jill looked at each other.
"He is here? This is unbelievable." Jill ran her fingers through her hair.
"Jill, are you ready for this." Jill looked back at Chris and nodded.
Chris, and Jill shot up immediately and Wesker followed. Jill took the holster off of her belt and pulled her Samurai Edge from her purse and attached its thigh holster her leg. Chris went outside and did the same. He also got himself a bullet resistant vest from his car trunk as well. When he came back inside Wesker and Jill were standing there waiting.
"Are we all ready?" asked Wesker.
"I'm going to murder that son of a bitch." Jill said through her teeth as she violently walked to Chris's car. Chris ran and jumped in as well.
When they got their there were gunshots ringing out from all directions. Wesker went over to a fellow officer and tried to get more detail on the situation. Wesker looked around and saw a building.
"Chris we need a sniper on the roof. Take a rifle and head on up." Chris nodded and went up quickly. Before he did so he grabbed a Steyr Scout Tactical and then proceeded up to the roof.
"Jill I need you to lead a tactical team into the building and clear it out. Also I just got news that more men showed up. It won't be easy getting around the building when you do get in stay frosty." Jill chambered a round in her handgun.
"With pleasure" the eerie sound of revenge resonated from her voice. She met up with two other members. They were police and were suited up in SWAT grade armor and weapons.
"Are we ready?" Jill asked and they all nodded. Jill waved her hand and they followed. Their trip was cut short because the crossfire was too much. As they were taking cover all of the gunfire stopped. All of the radio's picked up a signal.
"I will stop all of this useless killing under two conditions. One, you give me an escort out of here with my men and I. Two, you have that female officer of yours fight my son. He said that if she were to die he would want a beautiful woman such as herself to die at his hands after he got his time alone with her." The voice stopped.
"We don't negotiate with terrorist." Wesker responded back on the radio.
"Well, there is a catch to this all. If you don't do what I say and I mean both of the things I said. Then I will detonate a nuclear bomb that we so graciously borrowed from you very own government." Wesker gulped in worry.
"Fine… we will do as you say." Wesker uttered
"What… No Jill you can't do this. Jill looked up at the building.
"Chris you remember why we are both here. Let me do it for both our sakes." Jill just heard a sigh over the radio followed by a stay safe. Jill walked forward and so did another man. He seemed to be in his mid thirties. He looked just like his dad but younger.
"Hey you looked like you can get it on real good." Jill pulled her gun quickly and aim for him. He smacked it away and kicked her in the chest. Jill fell backwards and got up slowly. Jill got up and waited for him to throw the next attack. He threw a punch and Jill moved towards his right and pushed his hand aside. She kicked at his face twice but he put his forearms up and blocked both kicks. He did a back kick and just missed Jill. She kicked the back of his leg and he fell to his knees. She then threw a single punch that knocked him to the ground. When he got up the two of them went after each other but nether of them got to hit each other from there on. They kept blocking each other until they both backed off for a breath.
"Krav Maga" Jill said as she panted. "My friend knows it and taught me how to defend myself against it."
"You do mix martial arts. You stand no chance. I have studied all types of fighting styles that law enforcement use. He then went after her once more. She blocked and kept getting knocked back. She thought that he might be able to over power her. Then she got a glimpse of him. His father stood there watching with a pleased look. She growled with anger. She ducked and sweep kicked him off of his feet. She took her knife and stabbed him in the chest while he was on the ground.
"EDWARD!" Jill slowly walked towards him and then she picked up her gun. She saw a smile grow on his face. Then she stopped moving. She heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and wrapped her arms around the now risen son of Edward. She gripped with all of her might and then stared at Edward in the eye. She pulled her elbow towards her back.
*CRACK* the arms that held onto Jill fell limp and then she release the now ragdoll body. Edwards made his way towards her with a fiery look on his face. She went to throw a punch and he caught it in his palm and wrapped her arm around her neck.
"You… you bitch. What did you do?" Jill gasped for air as she tried to give an answer.
"I did to him what you did to my mom in his name." Edward thought for a minute.
"Valentine" Edward said with trembling in his voice.
"You killed my mother and two other innocent parents." He racked his mind for a minute.
"How do you know about the Redfields?" Jill gasped for air to answer him again.
"Their son is the one putting the red dot on your forehead." He looked up and saw a sniper with him in his line of fire. He pulled out his H&K P7M13 and then put it to Jill's head.
"If you shot me then she dies." Chris kept his laser sight on him. Jill stomped on his foot and then elbowed him in the gut. She turned and stabbed her knife in his chest. He fell to his knees. Jill followed him down.
"You do not have the right to *ugh* do this to me Jill." He coughed and sucked at the air.
"You had no right to do this to our families and to your brother." Jill said with tears of anger in her eyes.
"I will take you all with me" He pulled a remote from his pocket and right before he hit the detonator a loud crack sounded through the air. The remote shattered into pieces. The barrel of the sniper rifle smoked. She manually re-chambered a round and Jill gave a nod of approval. Jill got up and slowly walked away. A feeling of hers said to not turn her back against him. She turned and fired her handgun at him as he stood up. He slowly got up again and Jill shot a second shot and at the same time a sniper rifle shot rang out again. Half of Edward Van Burke's face was gone. Chris spoke on the radio at Jill.
"We did it. It is finally over." Chris sighed with relief. Jill walked to his body and picked up his gun.
"See you in hell you son of a bitch." Jill looked at Chris but by the time she had noticed he was standing right next to her.
"The only way you can move on is to forgive those who have caused you pain." Chris put a hand on her shoulder.
"I… I need to tell my dad." Jill turned and gave him such a heart rending look that all he could do is ask why.
"I need to tell my father." Jill repeated and so Chris pulled out his cell phone and gave it to her. Jill quickly took it and dialed her dad's number as fast as possible. She put it to her ear to wait for it to dial.
"Hello… dad" Chris kneeled next to her to wait for her to finish.
"Yeah I am fine but… I… just killed Uncle Edward." Chris's face drained in color and he stared at her. "This can't be true. I just shot one of Jill's relatives. Oh God help me. He killed my parents. Why didn't she tell me this? Can I even trust her? What else has she lied to me about?"
"Cousin Martin too" Chris covered his face with his hand. Jill took a few more minutes on the phone. When she hung up Chris signaled her into an alley. When she came into the alleyway he grabbed her by the arm and slammed her back against the brick wall.
"I have had your back ever since you joined this God damn department. Now if you have any else to tell me like maybe the people we killed in the subway tunnel were all your brothers or something. Tell me know Jill before you loose every ounce of trust in me." Chris glared into her bloodshot eyes. Jill stared back in fear and aggravation.
"He isn't my blood uncle. He was my dad's stepbrother. He always had a thing for my mother but in the end my dad got her. He wanted to marry her but…"
"Jill just cut the crap and get to the part where he became a psychopathic murderer." Jill gulped and tried to think.
"Well my mother caught his son in the act of investment fraud and she reported him. When my uncle found out she reported him he got into and argument with her and it made its way into the garden. When she turned her back for a split second to tend to the garden he did it. He continued a rampage and became drunk. That is where your parents got involved." Jill spat out information aimlessly and all Chris could do was absorb it all.
All Chris could do was sigh. He let go of Jill and walked away. She held her arm.
"This really should have been something you told me." Chris yelled angrily at her
"Yeah right that is definitely something that you tell your new partner. Oh hi my name is Jill and my uncle MURDERED YOUR PARENTS!?" Jill lost all of her sorrow and turned it into pure, raw anger.
"I just shot my uncle and killed my cousin and all you can think about is oh how you just have to remind me of what he is. I know he killed your parents but you seem to have forgotten that he took my mother away." Chris turned around and fired back fight after Jill finished that last sentence.
"Yeah but at least you still a parent left. I am an orphan. Do I have to spell it out for you? I can't believe you think that I only care for my own personal vendettas. I wanted this man dead for both our sakes but you could have told me this before I took off his head. I am going home. If you need a ride then here is money for a cab because right now I can't even think about this." Chris walked away and got in his car. He drove off leaving Jill behind him. Jill just walked out into the streets and kneeled next to her uncle. She picked up his gun. It was a custom weapon, and had golden engravings all along the slide. The grips were ivory with an eagle carved into it. She put the handgun in her belt. She kissed her hand and touched what was left of his head. She walked over to a cab and took a ride home.
When Jill got home she got back to her apartment. She went to her phone and called Chris. He didn't answer his phone. She thought it was because he was out somewhere. Chris sat at the other end of the phone and listened to Jill apologize.
"Chris… I don't know when you will get this message but when you do please call me. I am really sorry that I didn't tell you that my uncle was Van Burke. I just didn't know if you would still trust me or even want to be affiliated with me. Once again I am sorry and I hope you can forgive me… goodbye.
"Chris sat there listening to the answering machine as the message came in. He stared at a picture of his mother and sucked down a shot of whiskey. Chris loved his mother so much. He was a really big mama's boy and losing his mother destroyed him so badly. Chris picked up the phone and called Jill. A few seconds later Jill picked up and said "hello' in a very desperate tone.
"Jill I am sorry. I shouldn't have over reacted. I just miss my mom and my dad. I lost it to find out I was working with the niece of my parent's murderer." Chris sniffled every now and then.
"I know what you mean, but I am nothing like him. I have made an oath to protect others and not to do what he did. You made the same oath when you joined the force" These words were common sense to each other. They already knew what each other were saying was true but earlier was just a big wave of arrogance and when those two butt heads it was less then pretty.
"Hey Jill, lets sort this out over a drink later. I'm buying." Jill gasped in a big breath of happiness and quickly responded "Yes"
The Months of May and June came and went as fast as possible. Jill and Chris had made amends with each other and were one again good friends. Chris and Jill sat at their desks doing absolutely nothing. They had both finished their paper work and had nothing else to do. Jill had fully gotten over the death of her homicidal uncle. Chris was folding a piece of paper while everyone else had seemed to be sleeping including Wesker.
"Hey Jill check it out." Chris showed her a piece of paper that was folded in a weird way.
"Chris what the hell are you going to do. Jill whispered being cautious not to wake her sleeping comrades.
"This" Chris pinched the paper and whipped his towards the ground. The paper made a deafening pop. Everyone sprung out of their sleep and pointed their service arms at Chris. A few of them yelling "Shots fired" Chris doubled over in laughter. Wesker was about to yell at him but then chief Irons walked in. He whispered something in Wesker's ear. Wesker nodded and assembled Bravo team. He also assembled alpha team in the conference room.
"We need to take action on a recent case that has gotten to big for our normal officers. It is about the cannibalistic murders that have been taking place in the Arklay Mountains. I have decided to send Bravo team to investigate. We do not know if these murders are for some occulting rituals but from what we heard our murderers attack in numbers by eye witness reports. Should anything go wrong I will send in Alpha team for reinforcements. You will be briefed on your mission later, but now come and take a folder. It contains all of the information that you need to know about the case." Wesker pulled a stack of manila folders and placed them on the table next to him. Everyone lined up and took one.
"Hey, Jill can you help me get some supplies?" Jill turned around to see Rebecca Chambers standing there with her hands folded in a shy fashion.
"Sure Rebecca" Jill got up and left to go help her.
"I am really glad you joined the force Rebecca. Now I have another female to testify all of the sexual harassment that goes around here." Jill's joked caused her to giggle.
"Jill, I am scared about this. This is my first major case and I am not sure if I can handle the possibility of me taking a life." Jill looked at Rebecca sympathetically.
"It is ok trust me. Just think about it this way. Take one life save a million. You are doing it to protect men, women, and children and… well animals or something. It is a last resort and it has to do with the safety of others and yourself. It is as hard as you may think." Jill obviously saw that she was troubled by this all.
"I don't have a heart of a lion like you. I am shy and very timid. If I am like that normally then how intimidating is an 18 year old rookie police officer with a gun." Rebecca was over reacting.
"Listen the fact that you are a police officer is intimidating enough to the majority of the world's population. You aren't just a normal cop though. You are a STARS member and you have elite combat skills. No one alive would have the balls to mess with you." Rebecca smiled a little at the thought of Jill's words.
"What if it is a female? Ten she wouldn't have balls." Jill gave her a sarcastic look
"Don't get technical with me young woman." They both laughed as they picked up ammo and weapons for Bravo team.
Chris saw that the clock was about to strike seven. He was tired as a dog and need to sleep, but wasn't sure if asking at that time was good.
"Hey, since my shift has ended can I go home?" Chris asked wesker as he rubbed his eyes.
"Sorry Chris, but we need you here no matter the reason." Chris moaned at Wesker's response and just walked buck upstairs and to his desk. He put his face down and slept. He awoke to Jill sitting on his desk and rubbing his back.
"Hey, you ok?" Chris saw the blurry vision that was his partner.
"Yeah, just really tired. What time is it?" Jill looked at the clock
"It is about 12:00 midnight." Chris sighed again and let his head hit the desk.
"How is Bravo Team?" Chris got up and stretched
"*sigh* We lost contact with them. Wesker said he was going to try to reach them for another hour or so and then if he didn't get anything then he would deploy us." Chris shook his head at his news and sprang up from his chair.
"I better get ready then. If he hasn't been able to contact them by now then chances are we aren't going to now." Chris tightened his vest and his thigh holster.
"This is going to be a very long night." Right as Chris said that Wesker barged in. We have to go now. We just got a faint message on the radio and it was a distress call. They need help." Chris and Jill quickly walked towards the helicopter pad and waited for the team.
"Chris what do you think happened to them?" Chris casually brushed his hair backwards and it nearly destroyed his spikes.
"I don't know but whatever it is we are going to find out." Everyone got into the helicopter and then they ascended to the air. They were off to a nightmare that would change the world and their lives for every. The sad part is the only lives changed are those of who make it out…ALIVE!