Code Cadou: 𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙰𝙻 |Leon S. Kennedy x Reader|

chapter VIII

m e m o r i e s  f r o m  t h e  p a s t

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Take Me Back pt. 2

-1999

"F/n." Your name had been called a few times already before you felt a hand on your arm. Turning your head you get a full view of your friend, Claire Redfield.

"Hey, what's on your mind?" She asks softly. You shook your head as to say nothing, since being here you never really spoke. Only nodding and or shaking your head in response.

"Come here, let me show you something," Claire speaks before straightening her posture and walking over to the dining table, red hair swishing as she walks. You stand from your spot by the window and mosey over to a chair settled beside the table.

"I've been meaning to show you these." You looked down at some photos, unsure of what she was even doing.

"Ah, here they are," She picks two photos from the table holding one out to you. You take the photo, not recognizing the man in it, only noticing blue eyes and dark blonde hair.

"That's my friend, Leon and that's Sherry." She speaks, sounding as if nostalgia just shook her soul for everything it was worth. You nodded again, still unsure of her motives.

"A year ago I found myself in Raccoon City. I was looking for my brother, Chris." Her eyes moved around the pile of photos, only having one of each of her close friends. Her fingers grazed the pile softly.

"Well, he wasn't there, but a lot of others were. Especially, those who hadn't made it, they began to rise from the dead." Your eyes widened at that, keeping your gaze fixed on her eyes that were looking away.

"You're not supposed to know this, but those people that died, they weren't actually dead." Your brows furrow before your mouth opened.

"The undead." Your voice reached her ears as her eyes widened like yours moments ago.

"Yes, exactly. However, I ended up meeting Leon. He saved my life, along with young Sherry's."

You listened as she continued her story to the end. You knew that the things she told you had been kept under wraps and you had just gotten a second row seat to the truth.

"I just thought that since you've been through so much yourself, you'd trust me a little more after this." Your mind was currently running through your own past, placing the things Claire told you into your own timeline.

Umbrella, Wesker, Birkin. It was all sinking in as memories broke into your mind.

"Actually, there are a few things you should know." You had spoken again to Claire's surprise.

She walked over to your side before sitting in the empty chair beside you, "you can talk to me."

"It's no secret to you and a few others that I was locked up inside of Umbrella." Claire nodded. You had finally felt more than comfortable explaining to her the things you went through.

The idea of speaking was terrifying, but you'd been living with Claire for a while and took note of her words when she told her story, so you decided to do the same, turning your head and opening your mouth to talk.

"Everyday was the same up until five years in. They decided that day was going to be different."

You closed your eyes, watching the memory unfold in real time. "I was taken somewhere I'd never been before, most things I went through were nothing like this. I remember there was a woman there I'd never seen before either."