"We found C.A.T. Co."
Helena sat up upon hearing Hunnigan's words. She didn't expect them to find the facility so fast, but she also wasn't complaining.
"Okay so let's go and bring them down."
"No," Hunnigan says quickly, "we can't do that just yet."
The two agents looked at each other, "why not?"
"We need information first. I need you two to go in and take as many files as you can. Files on Aliya, Natalia, what exactly they are doing."
"Okay, well how do we get in?" Leon asks, pacing around the room and starting to get dressed.
"Chris and Jill will help you get in and out. I can disable the security system, but you will only have twenty minutes before they realize that you're there."
"Okay but if they're going to be with us, then who's going to be here to watch Aliya?" Helena asks, not liking the idea of leaving the kid alone for even a minute after all that had happened since she came to be under their protection.
"I'll call in a favor, see if I can get Jake and Agent Birkin to do it."
"Leon sighed, "I don't know Hunnigan, what if something happens?"
Leon still saw Sherry as a twelve-year-old girl from Raccoon City that still needed protecting and he didn't understand that she didn't need any of that anymore.
"Leon, she's a big girl and Jake will also be here."
Leon scoffed, "yeah that's also what I'm worried about."
Hunnigan ignored his comment. To say Leon was not very fond of Jake was an understatement, but his distrust mostly came from a place of love, not wanting Sherry to get hurt.
"When will we go?" Helena asks, giving Leon a look to not start anything.
"Friday night. See you at six." Hunnigan says, finally hanging up the call.
"I don't like this." Helena says, getting a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"What? You think it could be a trap?"
Helena shrugged, "think about it. A leak about their location. They want us to find them."
"Then we need to be careful."
Helena nodded as she got dressed and the pair began to go downstairs and to the kitchen.
"Hey, let me cook tonight." He says as he saw her getting pots and pans out.
"You know how to cook?" she asks, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Okay I have lived on my own for years. I think I can cook a simple meal."
Helena stepped out of the way and gestured for him to take over, making him roll his eyes as he went into the fridge and grabbed a beer, handing it to her. Helena took the drink and went to sit down in the living room until dinner was either ready or Leon had completely failed, whichever came first.
It wasn't long before she was prove right and she smelled burning coming from the kitchen followed by seeing smoke, prompting her to immediately get up and rush over. The smoke detectors started blaring and Helena opened the windows to help clear the smoke and get the alarms off as Trevor and Aliya came rushing down.
"Was Dad trying to cook again!?" Aliya asks, covering her ears, feeling as though they were going to start bleeding.
"I take it your mom is usually the one that cooks!?" Trevor asks, covering his ears as the alarms finally slowed to a stop.
"Yes I am. How'd you know?" Helena asked as she grabbed some oven mitts and picked up the pot, putting it in the sink and turning the water on to let it soak.
"Alright, I say we just order pizza tonight. Trevor, are you staying for dinner?" Leon asks, getting his phone out to dial the local pizza place.
"Sure. My parents both work a lot, so I would be eating by myself anyway."
"Alright, what kind of pizza do you want?"
"Pepperoni?" Aliya asks, looking at Trevor.
"Pepperoni's fine."
Leon nodded as he disappeared down the hall to order the pizza while Helena started to wash the burnt pot and the two pre-teens went to watch TV on the couch.
"By the way Aliya, me and your father are going out on Friday night so your Uncle Jake and Aunt Sherry will be here." She says, Aliya looking over at her in confusion.
"My…oh! Yeah, I haven't seen them in a while."
Helena chuckled as she continued to scrub the pot, Leon coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her.
"You know, it's nice that your parents still show love for each other. Mine are gone so much that I don't ever see them like that."
Aliya shrugged, "yeah I guess I'm lucky in that sense."
Trevor nodded as the two watched TV until the pizza arrived and the four of them sat down at the table to eat.
"So, where are you two going on Friday?" Trevor asks, attempting to make conversation.
"Virginia. We are visiting Helena's sister who lives up there." He lied as the four of them ate.
"Then why can't I go?" Aliya asks, also just trying to join in on the conversation.
"Because we're going to be doing adult things not meant for kids."
"I am not a kid. I will let you know that in a few months I'll be thirteen. I will be a whole teenager."
"That's a scary thought." Leon muttered under his breath, earning a laugh from Helena.
Aliya rolled her eyes, finally eating her pizza and finding it surprisingly good. She had never actually had pizza before, growing up in a lab and all. Aliya looked from Helena to Leon, noticing that they were giving each other looks and gently kicking each other under the table.
Once dinner had finished, Helena and Leon cleaned everything up and Trevor went home for the evening, thanking them for letting him stay before doing so and Aliya turned to look at them after he left.
"Okay so what's going on with you two?" she asks, putting her hands on her hips in typical girl fashion.
"I mean we're finally together if that's what you mean."
Aliya threw her hands up, "well it's about fucking time!"
"Language!"