Chapter: 9
A glass of wine and 2 stops later, Claire found herself by the sea side, walking down she found herself dipping her hand feeling the warmth of the water.
"Europe's bathtub. Everyone in the-" Wesker was cut short by his cellphone ringing, instantly picking it up with a clipped yes.
"Of course you still have to complete the mission... No... Given the circumstances I assume you should be capable of such task... Yes... Get back to me when you're finished." His conversation lasted 3 minuets in total, in the end he slicked his hair back with ease and tapped his chin in thought.
"Since Jill was lost at the Queen Zenobia, it would honestly only make sense for Chris to try and be a hero and save the love of his life." Claire glared at Wesker who seemed to pay no attention to her and paced the sandy sea side.
"We can go to either the Queen Semiramis, that's where Chris was last contacted in. It's all up to you dear heart." Claire sighed pulling a fist full of her hair in frustration.
"What's your expert opinion." Wesker shrugged and smirked.
"Since I'm an expert at the foolishness your brother brings upon himself, I would say Queen Zenobia sounds like his type of trail. If we find Valentine, we find your bafoon of a brother."
"Could you do without the insults." Wesker shook his head and began to walk the beach side having Claire following him out of instinct.
"The day is not getting younger dear heart, and your brother is not getting any closer by your side with us two just babbling." Approaching a unoccupied boat Wesker cut the rope binding it to the coast with ease.
"You even got a boat?" Claire said climbing into the small boat.
"No."
"Then who's is this?"
"A locals."
"Why did you-"
"You ask a lot of unimportant questions Redfield." Claire's eyes narrowed, her lips set in a straight line and sat on the edge.
"I'm borrowing the boat."
"You're stealing it." Her words were cut with the roar of the engine and Wesker pulling away from the dock.
"If it annoys you so much I'll buy them a new damn boat." He mumbled, his sunglasses blinded Claire for a few moments until the shine disappeared. Her mind disappeared into the silence they found themselves, one she was accustomed to since they seemed to always find themselves in constant silence. They continued down the water for what seemed to be forty five minutes until she saw a huge vessel in the distance. Cupping her hands to see a clearer view of the ship, she saw it seemed to be a luxurious but was clearly abandoned from the vacancy and dark hall ways that seemed to not be touched in months, rust eating away at the metal. Claire swallowed hard and looked at the ship in despair.
"Cheer up dear heart, you'll be seeing your brother in just a few moments, I thought it would be much more difficult looking for your ignorant brother, but as always, everything seemed to be so plain and easily in sight for him. He just couldn't figure it out to his expense." Claire glanced back at Wesker, debating on pushing him off of the boat but over looked the thought as she probably would be switched the roles and end up stranded in the middle of the ocean. With the lifting ropes they soon found themselves ascending the ship and Wesker exited first stepping onto the hard flooring. He extend his hand out towards Claire, assisting her exit only for her to decline. The boat creaked and she felt her footing slip as the small boat shifted and Claire felt the ground leave her. Her heart dropped as she felt her unexpected descend until she was met with a nearly bone crushing grip and looked up to see Wesker had gotten down to his stomach and was laying down, he was grunted in disapproval at Claire and shook his head. Pulling her up he sighed.
"Tch-tch, when I offer my help, it's for good reason." He pulled her up completely, Claire still visibly shook she wrung her hands in order to find some sort of comfort. Wesker took off his glasses and whipped away the salt water that was swept across the surface. Claire couldn't help but stare at his golden red eyes, his pupils were almost as if a felines. Claire swallowed hard and snapping away when Wesker looked up towards her.
"You're reaction isn't much different from others, except that they usually end up too fearful to form a coherent sentence." He chuckled and Claire looked to see him back with his black shielded glasses. A rumble was felt and a smirk spread across his stone cold face.
"Seems your brother is enjoying himself. If you want to survive this hell, try not getting so much as in the way." Nodding they went through a door and Claire was instantly at the his heels.
"Assuming you don't have any weapons, don't try and play hero like your brother if things get ugly." Wesker bit out, pulling out his gun and cocking it off the safety. He turned on the flashlight and Claire was able to see rusted doors, foggy windows, as well as bloody messes at the seams of the doors. The new smell of decay swept across every so often, making Claire want to gag, using the mahogany cardigans cloth in an attempt to block the smell. Claire was met with an idea when the never ending hallway continued, she used her own flashlight and pointed out the area. Wesker chuckled and turned his flashlight off.
"What got you in trouble is now helping you." He put his gun down and walked at a steady pace that Claire could keep up with at the same time.
"Don't you just admire the decor of this place."
He simply nodded and coughed.
"God, that's such an awful smell." He covered his mouth for a more powerful cough.
"I thought you'd been ignoring it this whole time."
"God no, my senses are more heightened than yours. Fuck me." He mumbled into his glove.
"Let's just go down this way, hopefully we find an air freshener or something to get rid of this awful scent."
"I'd think we'd have to go through ten cans of febreeze to get rid of that." Claire laughed lightly and for once since she arrived, let her guard down for a moment.
A/N: short chapter, I know. Seems like I'm almost at the conclusion to this story so I hope you guys enjoyed it! I might include a second part since even though it took me two years to write, I enjoyed it! Tell me what you guys think, I got a lot of different ways this story can go!