Resident Evil: Oblivion

Down, Down, Down

Leon was on his Ducati and on his way to the crash site as soon as he got the call.  He knew she wouldn't be there. Eye witness' said the man had gotten out of his vehicle and kidnapped her. That made it ten times worse. His heart was in his throat, and his stomach was ready to empty it's contents.

He was going 50 over the speed limit. The two police officers on the road didn't even try to stop him. Leon wasn't a praying man, but he sent a quick prayer up. He wasn't sure what good it'd do, but he felt like he had to do something, anything.

Just as he knew, Selena was no where close to the crash site. His friend on the Virginia Police Department was there, talking to his chief. When the officer saw Leon, he waved over and sent him up a finger, telling him to wait a moment. Leon climbs off his bike and gets as close to the Trans Am as possible. He almost choked when he saw the stain of blood on the seat and pavement. Glass from the shattered T top glitters the site, and Leon flashed his government ID at the officers working the area to duck under the yellow tape and he took a knee next to the drivers side.

Over a year ago Leon had given a necklace to Selena for her 16th birthday. It was a silver necklace with an 'S' shaped diamond charm. Selena hated having anything around her neck, so she always put it around her rearview mirror when she drove. To keep it from getting stolen, of course, she kept it in a little music box Alice had given her.

Leon holds the necklace in his tight fist, willing the anger and fear to leave his body. He looks in the back seat and sees the bag she always carried. He crawls in through the front and strains to grab it.

"Leon, what are you doing in there," his friends heavy accent hits his ears. Leon ignors it and grabs the backpack, scooting out. When he stands up he sees his dark skinned friend smiling at him. The officer dips under the tape as Leon stands up and grasped his hand, shaking it firmly. "It's good to see you."

"Yeah, it's been a while, Jamar. Is there anything else you can tell me about what happened?"

"We don't know, I'm sorry. We've already called the surrounding hospitals looking for her, but she hasn't turned up. We are doing everything we can."

"Understand that I'm going to do everything I can to get her back."

"Leon, you're practically retired."

"That's my little girl! I'll do whatever it takes to get her back."

Jamar stares at the agent with pity. "Just don't get into too much trouble. I'll keep looking."

"Alright."

******

Chris Redfield is sitting in the helicopter with his team, awaiting their destination. He makes sure his weapon is loaded, checking and rechecking, while the guy next to him watches intently. Until he speaks up.

"So, you're Chris Redfield:expert on the living dead; the big hero. Bet you killed a lot of them, huh? So, Mr. Expert, got any advice on dealing with them?"

Chris cocks an eyebrow and looks up at his long time partner Piers. Piers looks away with a snicker, obviously thinking the cocky bastard was an idiot. Chris looks over his shoulder at the guy next to him. "Yeah. You got friends?"

"Sure," the guy scoffs. "I got friends."

"Family?"

"Yeah; got a wife, my folks, a sister."

"There's corporations out there creating virus'. Turning people into bioweapons. People like you and me. Your friends, your family. There will come a day when you are faced with a decision: kill them, or be killed. Doesn't sound very heroic, does it?"

The guy purses his lips as Chris looks away, getting quiet. "Sorry."

"We're approaching the target, so lets go over this one more time, just to make sure we all understand the stakes," says the operations leader. Chris nods and turns to face the entire team.

"The target is Glenn Arias. He's wanted internationally for weapons trafficking," Chris says. The operations leader pulls up a digital image of Glenn for everyone to see.

"We aren't talking M16's and IED's here. We're talking cutting edge shit. He likes doing business anywhere there is a major conflict. Intel says he is now in possession of a BOW; A.K.A Bio Organic Weapon. That's why the BSAA is here, they know how to handle those things."

Chris pulls up an image of a woman and leans forward. "One of our undercover agents, Cathy White, has come up missing a couple weeks ago. Along with her son, Zach. We have two objectives today: find them, and grab Glenn Arias."

With the teams undivided attention, he shows them pictures of both Cathy and Zach, and Glenn. Piers narrows his eyes at the picture. "Chris, doesn't he look like..."

"Spitting image. But he's dead."

"Leon said there was another guy there. They could be related."

"I don't want to think that there's another one of them out there. It's hard enough to believe anyone would have one child like Albert Wesker, you'd be crazy to have two."

Piers rolls his eyes as the turbulence hits. They are making the decent to the ground.

Everyone exits the copter in an orderly fashion, lights on to see through the trees. They March on in formation, making their way towards a large mansion. Chris shivers, feeling flashbacks toward Arkley. The familiarity was so much that he almost thought he was back there. But no, he had to remind himself he wasnt there.

With Chris' uneasy feeling, he puts a hand up to his ear piece. "Coms check."

"There's no one outside the compound," says the static disembodied voice.  Chris turns to everyone behind him, and talks mostly to Piers.

"Split up into three teams. We're going in."

Piers nods and starts assigning people to their teams. Chris watches, then when everything is settled, he takes a deep breath, nods his head at the operations leader who takes up position at the other double door, and kicks open the front doors. The two go in first, looking around cautiously, and then says 'clear,' loud enough for the team outside to hear him.

Everyone rushes in at the same time, checking corners and watching their teams back, while also looking around. They go off in  separate directions, each hoping to obtain the objective.

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Authors Note: so I just want to say that I don't own Resident Evil Vendetta, it's just playing a role in my plot.