Hellbound | Claire Redfield x Male Reader

Chapter 9

Y/N: See! I told you you'll pass this with ease!

Claire: I can't believe I did it!

She shouted excitedly while she pulled me into a hug.

A short time later she pulled away with a shy face.

Claire: Sorry, I'm just-

Y/N: There is absolutely no need to apologise Claire, you did great and I'm very happy for you.

Claire: Thanks for, y'know being there for me when my brother couldn't.

Y/N: I'm glad I could help. And besides seeing you absolutely crushing it was oddly satisfying.

She smiled.

Claire: Thanks. Happy you liked my performance.

Y/N: Are you up for a little celebration?

Claire: What sort of celebration?

Y/N: You wanna have a dinner with me this evening?

Claire: I- uh, sure. I'd love to.

Y/N: There's a fine restaurant not too far from here. You should try it out, it's good.

Claire: Sure, let's meet by the entry this evening then?

Y/N: Yeah, you wanna go on foot or by car?

Claire: That depends on how far away that restaurant is.

Y/N: About five minutes on foot.

Claire: That's nothing, let's walk.

Y/N: Alright, I thought you had enough exercise for today but seems like you're a true athlete.

Claire: You can't keep underestimating me like that.

She said with a fake disappointed look.

I raised my hands in the air.

Y/N: Sorry ma'am, I'll never do that again.

She just laughed and walked off.

Claire: You better not. See you soon.

Y/N: See ya.

I went back to the main building and went through the hallway.

The Boss was talking to a woman with a skull painted on her face? What kind of freak walks around with that shit?

I tried to go past them but my Boss stopped me.

Boss: Hey Y/N, you have a minute?

I looked at my watch.

Y/N: Two actually.

Boss: Funny as always. Well, this clown is Y/N, he's the leader of the combat unit. Y/N, this is Caveira, the interrogation specialist.

Y/N: Nice Halloween costume.

I complemented as I reached my hand out for a handshake.

She just stared daggers through me, without responding at all.

What a surprise the freak is being a freak.

Boss: I don't think she likes you.

Y/N: The feeling is mutual.

Boss: But you'll still have to deal with her.

Y/N: Excuse me?

Boss: She'll be joining the combat unit soon.

Y/N: We're having more than enough members already. I was hoping we'd take a break from recruits after we take in Claire.

Boss: Claire's abilities are questionable, but Caveira is a pro.

Y/N: Claire just passed her second exam.

Boss: And? Most of the people fail at the third anyways.

Y/N: I doubt she will.

Boss: You're not gonna make it easy for her, are you?

Y/N: No, I treat everyone the same.

Boss: But you do get quite defensive when it's about Claire.

Y/N: I'm not.

Boss: You know, I think she should fight Caveira instead of you.

Y/N: What?

The woman smiled.

Boss: I think it would be more fair. Y'know, a woman fighting against another woman, instead of a man.

Y/N: Oh that's a problem now? You never said it bothered you before.

Boss: It does now. My decision is final, Claire will fight Caveira.

Y/N: We don't even know how good of a fighter she is. She looks like she's a psycho on the loose.

Boss: Are you scared that she'll hurt Claire?

Y/N: Scared that she'll eat our members alive while they're asleep.

Boss: Don't you worry about that.

Y/N: Isn't she a part of the rainbow team or something? I thought you called her over for an interrogation, not to make her join us.

Boss: She said she liked it here, so we're taking her into our team.

Y/N: Said? She can talk?

Caveira: Obviously, dumbass.

Y/N: Woah, that's quite a surprise.

Caveira: Keep that up and I'll give you a second black eye.

Y/N: Tough lady over here. Well, wannabe tough lady at least.

She pushed me away, making the Boss step inbetween us.

Boss: Alright, that's enough. Y/N, why don't you get back to your office and work?

Y/N: You called me over here, it's not like I was bothering you.

Boss: Yes I did, and now I'm telling you to leave.

Y/N: Fine, whatever.

I went back to my office and locked the door.

I turned on my computer and saw that I got a message from an unknown user.

This means it's either a spambot or something important...or someone trying to troll me, like Leon did sometimes.

I opened the message and began to read it.

"You like your new blade, Y/N? You look good wielding it-

The only person that saw me wielding it was Chris...or at least as far as I know.

"This annoying Chris guy told you that your guards have been killed and I have to tell you that it's the truth. I killed them indeed, sorry for lying to you yesterday. I just didn't want to leave a bad first impression, but they started it. They just didn't want to let me through."

So it's Mistral then.

"But let's get to the real subject. I hope you're a fast learner because you will be using that new blade of yours very, very soon. You have a few hours left to train, but that's it. So I hope you'll take this chance and not waste it with a dinner in a fancy restaurant with that Claire girl."

She knows way too much, it's actually getting a bit creepy.

"The Senator apologises for not messaging you himself but he just has a lot of things going on right now. You will be seeing him tonight though, so you better be ready to greet him properly, Jetstream."

"See you soon." -Mistral.

Jetstream? Is that some kind of codename the Senator gave me?

I don't like where this is going.