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Weskertine AU: Before the Mansion Incident
Chapter One: Unexpected News and a grusome discovery
*Raccoon City Police Department, 8:30 A.M*
Albert Wesker walked into the S.T.A.R.S. Office as he usually did. Most of the S.T.A.R.S. Office was quiet as everyone was doing paperwork. Albert cursed mentally, paperwork of any kind was the worst part of his job. No use bitching and moaning about it though. Albert walked into his office and got to work on the asinine amount of paperwork he was assigned to do.
After a painfully dull four hours, Albert had finished more than three-quarters of the stack of paperwork by lunch. The remainder of his day after lunch would be a bit more interesting as he and Jill were going to go on patrol of the Downtown followed by one of the residential areas. Armed robbery and gang violence were too common in that particular neighborhood, so R.P.D. often patrolled the area.
Albert left his office and locked it, a habit he'd formed to keep anyone from prying through his belongings. He then left the office to join the rest of the S.T.A.R.S. in the break room for lunch. Wesker retrieved his lunch from the fridge and chose to sit as far from Redfield as possible to avoid being pried for details about his personal life. Jill seemed to want to avoid the same as she sat closer to him.
“ Avoiding Chris's interrogation today, dearheart?” Albert asked.
“ The second you walked in, he started asking why you only go on patrol with me and not anyone else. I wasn't going to just tell him why and risk exposing our relationship.” Jill whispered despite Chris's voice probably could be heard over a jet engine.
Wesker ad Jill ate their lunch quietly until it was time for them to go on patrol. While the rest of S.T.A.R.S. Went back to the office, Jill and Albert went to get a cruiser and patrol the streets. The Residential area was oddly devoid of any of the usual criminal activity in the area.
“Albert, it's too quiet. Maybe they've learned to not commit crimes during the times when R.P.D. Are on patrol.” Jill wondered aloud. The Captain nodded.
“ You're probably right. Let's go Downtown.” It was then when dispatcher radioed in.
“ What is it?” Albert answered. “ We were actually about to patrol Downtown. Jill and I will look into it.” Albert answered.
“ What is it, Albert?”
“ A civilian found the body of a young woman in one of the alleyways. We should be prepared because she was brutally killed.” Albert warned. Jill nodded.
“ Albert, I need to tell you something.”
“ Alright, what is it?”
“ I won't be joining you on patrols for a while after today.”
“ May I ask why?”
“ Albert I found out a few days ago that I'm pregnant...with your child. I understand if you don't want to be with me any more.” Jill said as she looked down.
“ Jill, dearheart. I'm not going to leave you just because you're going to have my child. I assume that you filed to switch to desk work until you go on leave did you?”
“ I did. Which is why I won't be able to join you on patrols.”
“ I understand and I'm not upset,” Albert assured her. He'd always wanted to have children. Of course, when he worked for Umbrella, any family he had would be at risk constantly. Albert cut ties with Umbrella after he joined the R.P.D., he still checked in with Birkin on how their research was going, but he wasn't part of the company anymore. “ Hell, I'm happy to have a kid.”
Albert said as he parked outside of the alley. A very distraught young woman ran up to Albert and was in hysterics as both Jill and Wesker tried to figure out what she was trying to say.
“ Miss. We'll handle this from now on.” Albert said trying to calm her down. Both Albert and Jill walked into the alley and found the victim bloody and abdomen sliced open.
“ Oh...God!” Jill shouted as she ran back to the cruiser to request the coroner and for the Crime scene investigation team to get here. The young woman had calmed down enough to be questioned
“ When did you find the victim?” Albert asked.
“ I was running late to my part-time job at the donut shop, so I was taking a short cut through the alley when I saw the poor girl on the ground. I got closer to see if she was alright when I realized that she had been butchered.”
“ Alright. The Crime Scene Investigation team will be here soon. They might ask you for further questioning.” Albert said as the investigation van pulled up. “ We need to head back to the station and let the coroner and investigators do their jobs,” Albert said as he walked Jill back to the cruiser. “ Jill, are you alright?” Albert asked when he noticed that Jill had gone silent.
“ I just want to know what kind of person would do that to someone,” she said once they got into the cruiser.
“ A sick motherfucker, that's who,” Albert answered bitterly as they drove towards the station. She remained quiet during the drive back worrying Albert. Albert parked the cruiser at the station and they both walked back into the S.T.A.R.S. Office.
“ Captain, what happened on patrol? We heard that you two were called to the scene of a murder.” Chris called out once they both walked in. Wesker cleared his throat and addressed the office.
“ It's true, we were called to the scene of a brutal slaying in an alley downtown. We won't know anything else until the coroner and Crime Scene Investigation team are finished with their jobs. For now, I think we should prepare for more killings in case this is the work of a serial killer.” Albert said before returning to his office to look at the last of his paperwork. Albert decided to put it off until tomorrow. It was only a few more pages and he'd have more to do tomorrow with the murder anyway. A soft knock was heard on his door behind him. “ Yes?” Albert asked. Jill walked into Albert's office. “ Do you think we'll catch him?” she asked.
“ Every killer leaves a trail. I'm sure we will. It's when he'll strike again is the real question. Why are you scared?” Albert smirked.
“ Maybe.”
“ Then, how about you spend the night at my place so you feel more safe, dearheart?” Albert offered. Jill smiled.
“ I think that will help a lot, Albert,” Jill said as she watched Albert get his things together to go home. She went to her own desk to do the same and was finished around the same time he was. They both walked to Albert's car, a range rover and drove to Albert's apartment, which was a five minute drive with traffic.
Jill had been here several times and it was very likely that this was where her unborn child had been conceived.
Albert pulled into his assigned parking space and parked the car, getting out first and waiting for Jill to follow him into the complex. Albert's apartment was a larger unit on the second floor. When they'd gotten up there Albert unlocked the door and let Jill enter first before entering and closing and locking the door behind him.
Albert went into his kitchen to make dinner for the both of them as Jill watched the news. A Breaking News segment caught her eye as in the neighborhood they'd patrolled in earlier was on the news and the reporter was talking about another girl that was killed in the same way that the one they found earlier had been.
“ Albert!” Jill called out
“ What's going on?”
“ They found another dead girl like the girl in the alley earlier.” Jill heard Albert swear from in the kitchen.
“ Dammit, the bastard moves fast!” Albert's fist collided with the drywall in his display of anger.
“ Don't hurt yourself, Albert,” Jill called out from the sofa.
“ I didn't. Come on. I just finished making dinner.” Albert put out two plates and cutlery on the small table in the kitchen. Albert was already sitting on one side of the table his brow furrowed obviously still upset about the second victim.
“ Are you alright?” Jill asked.
“ We have a possible serial killer loose in Raccoon City. I don't think anyone is alright at the moment. We have no information at the moment and no clue when or where he'll strike next.” Albert said poking at the chicken breast and broccoli on his plate. All of Albert's cooking was usually simple, but Jill enjoyed it regardless.
“ Maybe, the coroner and investigators will have more information for us tomorrow,” Jill said optimistically.
“ I hope so,” Albert said before he actually got to eating his food, Jill's words having assured him. Once they both finished eating, Jill turned of the living room TV so they could spend the rest of the evening watching TV in Albert's bedroom before ultimately falling asleep. Albert already stripped down to his boxers by the time Jill had changed into a pair of pajamas she left in his apartment the last time she stayed over. She walked into his bedroom to find him laying in bed watching some true-crime documentary about the Zodiac killer. Jill crawled in next to him and laid with her head on his broad chest before falling asleep after a good hour.
( I'm going to leave off here for now)