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A/N:I'm not english native speaker, so you might find some typos or grammar mistakes, I do apologize for that.
"International News: The Chinese authorities have a mystery in their hands. A local group of fishers found the body of a man floating at the shore. According to them, the man was found full of wounds mainly in the upper body and face. The man's right arm had been recently dilacerated and blood loss was the most plausible cause of death. They called the police that took the body to the morgue and there was when the most shocking moment happened. The man was back to life, but only for a brief moment said the doctor of the case. They made new tests to confirm his weak vital signs and since then, the man has been kept under an induced coma to help his body to recover from the injuries. The doctors made a surgery to amputate the remains of his right arm. The authorities look for answers and for someone that might recognize him…"
Chris stood up out of sudden from his chair; he could not believe his eyes. The man's descriptions matched his late friend Piers.
Claire felt her legs weakening when she saw the picture of the man, it was hard to recognize, but a voice screamed in her inner, "It's him… Piers…"
The ginger started sweating cold and didn't feel good. Chris ran to her aid while Laureen ran to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"Claire?" Chris spoke in concern, holding her
"It's him Chris. I know it's him!" she spoke in between breathes, "Piers…" she whispered
Laureen returned with the glass of water and offered to Claire who drank sips of the liquid.
"There's only one way to confirm that, but I don't want to inform his family and give them false hope." Chris said
"I agree. We can go as civilians." The ginger replied
"We?"
"Yeah. if you won't go it's up to you, but I will get a fly ticket right away! I know it's him…" the younger Redfield spoke putting her hand over her chest in gesture of her inner intuition. There was hope in her tone of voice.
"Of course I'm coming with you. I owe that to him!
Laureen listened to their conversation and couldn't help to give her opinion, "It's noble your impetus to want to see your boyfriend again, but you two are forgetting one detail… You are not his family. How are you supposed to confirm his identity since you don't have anything to confirm it physically? It's not about giving false hope to his family, but it's logical to take a family member with you. If it's Piers, he won't talk, so doctors will need to make tests to confirm the relation… I'm sure his family would rather have the false hope he's alive than the annoying feeling of betrayal if you act behind their back…I tell that from experience…"
Chris rolled his eyes at her unnecessary last comment, he knew she was implicating his own rescue, "Not everyone is like you, Laureen." He replied
She chuckled, "I'm sure of it… Look, you don't need to feel offended, I'm not against you going. I just meant that you should take a relative with you, you will win time with it. Imagine having to wait more days just because you'll have to wait for them to reach you?"
Chris opened his mouth to reply his wife, but Claire didn't let it happen and spoke first, "You have a good point Laureen. Doctors and the authorities will need confirmation of his identity either ways since he lost personal documentation."
"Exactly." The brunette replied
"Chris, you should talk to them since you two were close. I'm going to the bedroom to take some rest and then you let me know their decision, since they are the priority in this case while I'm not anyone…" Claire replied leaving them alone
Chris gave a disapproval look at Laureen, "You didn't need to hurt my sister to hit me." he spoke in annoyance
"What do you mean I hurt your sister to hit you? I didn't say anything to hurt anyone…" she shrugged
Chris gasped, "Right! I know who you are Laureen!"
"You know who I am? I thought you didn't remember me." she spoke with irony
Chris swallowed, "The fact of me not having memory of you doesn't annul my capacity to watch and judge your attitudes." He replied
She chuckled, "You are judging me wrong! I'm not who you think I am from what you have been told."
"On the contrary, have you ever thought that maybe my lack of memory proves that there weren't really good things to remember about you or us?" He replied leaving the living room without waiting for Laureen's reply
In the afternoon, Claire went to pay a visit at Jill's. She talked to the door attendant who called Jill informing her about her friend's visit. Jill gave her permission to get in.
Claire pressed the doorbell button and not long after, she saw the door opening and for her surprise who answered was a familiar tall and muscular man, shirtless wearing a black and blue Bermuda.
"Leon!" she greeted him
"Hello Claire." He greeted her back gesturing for her to get in
They hugged friendly, "I didn't know you were here…" she commented
"Better get used to it." he replied
"What do you mean?"
"I live here now." He replied with a smile
Claire widened her eyes, "Oh my god, really? I mean, finally!" she spoke with a joking way
Leon laughed, "Yeah."
Jill entered the room and greeted Claire with a friendly hug. Leon gave them privacy to finish keeping his belongings in the bedroom.
"So he finally made a decision?" Claire commented as they sat on the couch
"Yes… When I had decided to put an end in this."
"I thought you would get happy to see him."
"It's not that I didn't get happy. I was shocked in the first moment. I didn't know how to react, I was still pissed at him and I didn't even see his luggage behind him."
"You mentioned his brother had commented about his plans to move in."
"Yes, but I thought he would consult me first and we would plan it together."
"Leon and his improvisations…"
"Yeah…" Jill sighed in agreement, "Honestly, I'm still adjusting to the idea."
"Isn't it what you wanted?"
"Yes and I'm happy he's here. I'm adjusting to the idea that it's not just for the weekend."
"I see. Now all you need is to make official and adopt that girl to be a family." Claire said with a light smile
Jill nodded, "Yeah, but let's do it one step at a time and now let me ask, how are you?" she asked getting the atmosphere a bit more serious as she referred to Piers
Claire gave a deep sigh, "I'm getting better and that's the real reason why I'm here. Did you hear the news?"
"No, I still didn't have time to watch TV, what happened?"
"In resume: a group of fishers found a presumably dead body of a man at a shore and they called the police. The man's body was taken to the morgue, in there he suddenly woke up, and his vital signs were confirmed. Now he's in under an induced coma and the picture they showed resembles Piers', not to mention all his injuries. Chris went to verify the case alongside Piers' mother." Claire explained
"I see, but why didn't you go with them? You cried so much that he wasn't coming back and now that he's possibly alive, you don't go?"
Claire shrugged with a sigh, "I don't think I have that right…"
"What do you mean you don't have that right? You two had some story!"
"But we weren't related. It's not like Laureen that is Chris's wife or you now that is Leon's domestic partner and girlfriend… after all Piers and I were just friends who happened to have a nightstand."
"You have feelings for each other; that makes you someone."
"Did he?" Claire glanced at her
Jill shrugged, she couldn't really answer that with 100% precision.
"That's why I prefer to keep on waiting. I can't be so sure if it was mutual from his side to feel the same way I do. I don't want another heartbreak. I know he is a good man and I even got Chris's approval…" she laughed a bit
Jill widened her eyes in surprise, "You told Chris?"
Claire nodded in confirmation, "Yes and he accepted maturely. He said he would never forbid us to have a relationship, but he would separate things on field."
"Of course!"
"Yeah, but then I got thinking and came to conclusion that I should wait. I know if it's confirmed that it's despite my heart telling me that it's really him… I know things will be very different from now on as he will live as an amputee and will need all the support to face the new reality that he won't be a soldier anymore…"
"Not to mention that he has been infected with the enhanced C-virus. He won't return home for a long time and he will have to face all that inside a lab." Jill completed Claire's sentence
"Yes, that's going to be his fate after being discharged… I would have to wait any way or another…" the ginger spoke looking down
Jill took her friend by the grip in support, "Everybody will need to be strong for him and all the love will make all the difference."
"Yes it will. I don't care about his new condition. When the time comes, I will be there for him! For now I send him my best wishes." Claire spoke with a faint smile
Jill smiled back, "We are going to send him positive vibrations too."
"Yeah and I hope the Snake could do that too. You know she used to get bothered about Piers too and since you told me that Piers had some argues with her when Chris was in Bohma… I don't know if she will be that happy with the news."
"Yeah, Piers did lose his temper with her, but I told a few things to Chris about his relationship with her. I haven't tried to unmask her to Chris since he doesn't seem to be in love with her anymore and I also don't want to be the bitchy friend, so I play according to her game in front of him." Jill commented
"Yeah, me too. Chris is really changed. I'm in their house for the meantime, but I still didn't buy her "change" yet."
"Yeah, me neither! I'm sure she hadn't change her feelings for me, but I really hope Chris can solve his matter with her before things get bad…" Jill said making a face
"Yeah, I know what you mean… he told me he's in love with Evana, a woman he left in Bohma."
"Oh, he told you her name. He didn't tell me that." Jill said
"Yeah and I hope Laureen will never find this out!"
"Well, maybe if that happened could be good. She would show her real face."
The women continued talking for long hours.
Bohma
Evana was eating a meal when Yana woke up from her nap on the couch.
"Oh damn…" the ginger spoke after yawning
"What happened?"
"I just had a terrible nightmare…Geez!"
"What was it about?"
"Chris…Damn!"
"What about him?" Evana asked in curiosity
"I dreamed that Chris would get super ugly, I didn't even recognize him… Damn… I don't know what happened to him!" the ginger spoke shaking her head in perplexity
Evana chuckled, "It was just a dream. It just shows how much you don't like him." She said rolling her eyes continuing her meal
"Yeah, I guess, but it was so real and surreal!" Yana replied standing up from the couch,
"Dreams are like that…" the blonde replied with a vague tone
"I'm going to dress for work. Will you two be all right staying alone?"
"Yeah, don't worry. We will be fine…"
"Sis, you know you need to rest. I haven't seen you sleep properly since Chris left."
Tears started forming in Evana's eyes, "I miss him sis… These fucking hormones are killing me but I can't stop thinking about him… I just want him back!"
"So why don't you just fucking call him? You still can do it!" Yana almost yelled
Evana looked at her with an astonished expression, "You don't need to scream!" she said surprised with her reaction
"Yes I do! I don't understand why you are doing this to yourself! You still have the chance with the man you love and have a family with him! You still can make your dreams and plans to come true! You still have the chance to leave this fucking hole! You still can have your man back! You are carrying your man's seed!" the ginger yelled hiding her face
Evana had her mouth open confused by her friend's exaggerated reaction and then she finally derived a conclusion. She immediately stood up from the couch and took her friend into a supportive embrace. How could she have been so oblivious to her friend that she knew for so long and knew the ginger had issues expressing her vulnerability? How could she had been so oblivious to the fact that her friend suffered in silence and used her jokes to pretend she was fine?
"I'm sorry sis… I'm very sorry for your loss…" the blonde whispered
Yana's timid tears finally cored down one by one on her face
"It's your all right. You can cry…" Evana whispered as she felt the warm liquid on her skin
"I can't sis… I can't fall in love with someone that is gone…"
"Of course you can't!" Evana made a pause, "Because you already are in love."
"Sis…he's dead!" Yana finally busted out in tears, "Why did I fall in love with that bastard? Why love chose to fuck me?" she questioned in sobs
Evana remained in silence. She didn't have those answers, "We don't choose for who we are going to fall for… Love just happens…" she tried to reason
"Not me sis… Not me!" she spoke, "This is a forbidden love! Not yours!"
"I wish I had the words to make you feel better, but I know how painful it is to lose someone you love. Someone you shared intimate moments. Someone you gave all of yourself… But it's not here anymore. I know you don't usually cry, but it's good to wash the soul."
"It ended before even starting… What am I saying? Nothing would never start! Dammit I hate being this crying girl! Fuck!"
Evana just caressed her friend's hair in silence listening calmly to her venting, "We should pray for him. A love prayer will help him wherever he is…"
"May I curse him in prayer just to vent? A loving curse…"
Evana didn't know if her friend was joking, but she couldn't help her laughter, "I think God will understand your point…" she replied
The women held hands with their eyes closed and prayed feverously.
Thank you Xaori and silver scropion for the reviews. :D
First of all, I needed to vent about what Crapcom just did to Chris! I don't know if everyone here have played RE7, so I won't tell anything else... I just needed to put it out of my chest. That almost gave me a block! Thank god I'm bringing someone back! xD I'm sincerely still recovering from the shock T_T
Thank god this story takes place mainly in 2013 and is based on RE6 xD Phew...
I have studied a lot of theories for RE6 Chris' ending and maybe work on an AU, something I never did before. It's just I can't accept what Capcom did to Piers... He needs to live on somehow, even if I have to bring his spirit back hahaha I could also give him an heir xD
Lemme know what you think :D
Stay tuned and have a great weekend!