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Chapter 1. Chris Redfield's P.O.V.
June 30th, 2013.
I was sitting at a bar again, I wasn't drinking, I only do that every now and then.
I cut a small piece of the steak I ordered. It was good, just as Piers had told me. But Piers wasn't here anymore, HQ declared him dead even though they never found his body. HQ said they found some other deceased B.O.W.s, and considering Piers's condition, one of those B.O.W.s may have been him. He was a good man, a great partner, and he died for me. He did a lot for me. I told him I would quit after saving Jake and Sherry, but I did some thinking. After everything I've been through, I can't just quit this war I have to live for my fallen brothers. They would've wanted it.
I heard someone come into the bar, and the footsteps came to me then stopped.
"Captain," the man spoke, he sounded familiar. I looked, it was one of my new men. "We have new orders"
I stood up and looked to him. "Better get to it then." I said, then slowly exited the bar.
* * *
I was taken to our B.S.A.A. HQ and I sent myself to my locker room to get ready. The soldier, Kyle, who came to me in the bar filled me in on the basic information, it was a mission in West Africa, reports of some virus selling going on in a black-market. Seems like a simple mission compared to the other crap I've been through, and it was in West Africa, so maybe I could talk to Sheva. I was putting on my suit from 2009, it still fits and I'm glad it does, anyways after grabbing my gear I set out to the helicopter deck seeing my men ready to go.
I looked to them as I boarded the chopper. "Everyone here?"
"Yes, sir" Kyle said nodding to me. He had this look of confidence and ready-to-serve his face. One of the other soldiers was sitting down next to the chopper's door and was looking outside. I looked around seeing another soldier staring straight at me.
"Uh- Um,.... S-sorry, sir" The soldier stuttered as he realized I caught him. He seemed new and he reminded me of Finn Macauley, a rookie I had last year.
"It's alright," I said and sat across from him."Are you one of the rookies?" I asked.
"Yessir, I'm Quentin Alexander." He said really seeming like Finn.
I nodded, smiled slightly, then just stared out the window until we reached our destination.
* * *
We've arrived near a small tunnel, and with we were greeted by old friends.
"Chris?" A familiar voice asked.
I turned around, seeing Sheva Alomar, my partner from a couple years ago, walking towards me.
"Sheva, I hoped to see you" I said with a soft smile.
"It's great to see that you're okay." She said with a friendly hug which I gave back. "Considering what I heard about you."
I was actually a little surprised. "You heard about my amnesia?"
She nodded. "Yeah, I got an e-mail from a man named Piers, he was asking if you'd been spotted because you ran away or something like that."
I stood still, Piers contacted her.......for me? He was a really loyal soldier. After a short pause, I spoke "It was a bit of a rough time.....but that guy, Piers, helped me get back"
She nodded with a soft smile, but another small helicopter came to our area.
It's a woman, with short blonde hair, and an innocent looking face- After getting another look at her, I realized who it was. Sherry Birkin.
She nodded and waved at her pilot, then hopped off the chopper carrying a few things in her arms, it looked like gear or something.
"Do you know her?" Sheva asked when she realized I was looking at Sherry.
I nodded. "Yeah, my sister saved her back in Raccoon City"
Sherry looked around the area then finally spotted Sheva and me. I glanced at Sheva, then walked with her towards Sherry, who also greeted me with a hug.
"It's good to see you, Chris" Sherry said.
"It's good to see you too" I said back to her, then gestured to Sheva. "Sherry, meet Sheva. She's an agent with the BSAA's West African branch." Sheva smiled warmly.
"Nice to meet you, Sheva." said Sherry offering to shake her hand.
"Nice to meet you too." Sheva replied, and shook her hand.
Sherry's phone rang, and she went off to the side to answer it. Leaving Sheva and I to command the troops.
Kyle came up to me. "Captain, we're ready whenever you are"
I smiled softly then said "Good, just sit tight for now and we'll start heading in soon." Kyle nodded and headed to the other soldiers. I turned back to Sheva.
"How did that guy find you? Your partner Piers." Sheva asked.
"I don't really know, I didn't really ask, but he found me in a bar" I said.
"You didn't really ask?"
"Yeah, I was going to..........but he died not to long ago. He did a lot for me, I still don't feel like I thanked him enough." I said, looking down for a second. I honestly missed him.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Sheva said.
"It's alright, I'm used to losing a lot of my men." I said, and she looked at me. I guess you could say that I changed a bit. Sheva probably isn't used to it, we haven't seen each other in a while. Sherry returned to us after that.
"Sorry about that" Sherry said brightly but apologetically.
"It' alright." Sheva said smiling. "So, shall we get started?"
Sherry and I smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, tell us whats going on here, Sheva." I said as we made our way to the soldiers.
"We've been told that there's been people selling viruses, we haven't been told which kind or kinds of them, so we've been sent to find out what it is and sent to contain it." Sheva said then turned to Sherry. "And you're here to take samples, right?"
Sherry nodded "Yes, but I won't have a problem with helping you guys to contain it."
"Then let's get going. You guys know when to pull out your guns, but don't pull them out yet." I said. "Kyle?"
"Yes, sir?" Kyle responded and looked at me.
"Tell the soldiers to keep there guns down, but eyes open for anyone selling viruses." I said.
Quentin was standing by. "Sir? What if we end up seeing other illegal things?"
"We're not here for that, Quentin." I said.
"Oh, yeah. Okay. Sorry, sir." He rambled.
"It's okay." I said "You're nervous aren't you?" I asked him. He sort of blushed in embarassment as he nodded.
"You'll be fine, this isn't a major mission, and you're already in good hands, just remember to do your part." I said comfortingly.
"Thank you, sir." He said quietly. Then we all left to the black market to start our mission.
* * *
We split everyone up in groups of two each, but with Sherry we had an odd number, so she joined with me and Sheva. We were quiet, with our eyes peeled. I was focused on this, trying not to think of.......other stuff.
Sherry tapped my arm. "Chris, is that the Veltro crest? It's on that guy's arm." She said.
My eyes widened for a second. "Veltro, they were disbanded after the Terragriga Panic." I said softly, then looked at the guys she was looking at.
"I heard about that, we're you in it?" Sheva asked quietly.
"No, I had a part-" I decided to change my words before I said partner. Jessica wasn't really a partner, was she? But Parker was Jill's partner, and he was in it. "Jill had a partner he was in it." I'm kinda wondering what happened to Jessica now..............
"We better follow him, see if Veltro is back, maybe he's selling the T-Abyss virus. Maybe there was a virus sample that we didn't get." I paused for a second. "Sherry, I don't think they're an anti-virus, you'll really need that sample." I said.
"Chris, we can't all follow him together, if he has allies here, they'll tell him. We should split up, the three of us." said Sheva. And she was right.
"I'll follow him, if anything happens I'll let you guys know."
The two women nodded to me. "If you can get a chance to get the sample, take that chance." Sherry said.
"Of course." I said then left.