45Hey this is my first fan fiction ever so don't be mean okay!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Resident evil or their characters except Becky Kelly who is my own character and maybe some bad guys of my own okay
Pairings: Leon/Claire and Jill/Chris
This IS an AU story ok!
Summary: The STARS team, Leon and Claire all go on a mission but Leon gets infected and its a race against time to find a cure in the zombie infested research facility but wait what's this, the team find a young girl around 17 lurking around the lab, the girl claims her father worked here for Umbrella and she had just been forced to watch him be ripped apart and then had to run away from him and some kind of tyrant that was also after her. Can the team make it through the lab and back to Leon before it's too late?
Chapter One
The Research Lab
"Chris! I mean it now stop cheating" Claire scolded as she busted Chris for hiding a card up his sleeve at poker.
Chris laughed at his temperamental little sister, "Okay Claire you got me, hey I'm gunna go for some drinks anyone want anything?" Chris asked the small group that was sat around the table.
"I'll have a beer" Leon said and Chris nodded before looking over to Barry who only looked at him with an expression that said, 'Do I even need to say what I want?'
Looking over to Rebecca and Jill who at the same time looked at him and in unison both said, "Diet cola with ice" Chris looked at them funnily before turning to Claire.
"I'll just have a Cola with ice Chris please" Claire said and looked over to Leon who she caught looking at her, Claire just smirked at Leon who smiled back and looked away.
Claire shook her head; Leon could be so cute sometimes but it was entirely possible that he didn't feel the same way about her as she did about him that was why she didn't want to ask him, she was afraid of getting her heart broken.
Chris returned with the drinks, handed them out before he went and sat with Rebecca and Jill.
Jill turned around to look at Chris; she couldn't believe her luck when he had asked her out about two months after the Racoon City incident.
Suddenly Claire's phone rang making her jump; pulling it out of her pocket she answered it, "Hello... Sherry! Hey how are you? Oh really! That's great Sherry... Oh you did? Brendon? Ha-ha well done... Happy Birthday sweetie" Claire said through the phone.
Everyone turned at that moment before Leon spoke up, "Oh tell Sherry we all said Happy Birthday" and they all nodded in agreement.
"The rest of the team say Happy Birthday as well" Claire added and moved the phone away from her ear as Sherry squealed down the phone
"Okay see you later Sherry, I hope you have a great birthday sweetie" Claire said and flipped the phone shut.
Suddenly Leon's PDA rang, opening the transmission Ingrid Hunnigan's face and shoulders appeared on the screen, "Leon, I'm sorry to interrupt your vacation but there's an emergency that needs your attention. I don't think your gunna like it either" Hunnigan said before showing Leon the report.
As Leon silently read the report, the rest of the group watched him.
"Okay Hunnigan... I'll leave immediately, when will pick up be here?" Leon asked as he stood up and stretched.
"Five minutes and Leon...NO ONE can know about this mission... no one" Hunnigan informed before she cut the line.
"I'm sorry guys it looks like I have to go... I guess there's no Christmas for me huh?" Leo n said and walked off to pick up his gear from the hallway.
The others all looked at each other before running out into the hallway after Leon, "But Leon you can't miss Christmas... you just can't" Claire protested weakly I mean who could she kiss under the mistletoe now?
"I wish I didn't have to but a mission is a mission and I can't help it" Leon said as he stared at Claire.
Suddenly a helicopter could be heard outside, "Well it looks like my rides here so I hope you all have a great Christmas, don't think about me I want you all to be happy on Christmas okay" Leon said before he looked over them all once more and then turned and left.
"Guys this isn't right, Leon has to be here for Christmas, he just has to be... Chris can't you do anything?" Claire pleaded.
Chris knew all about Claire's crush on Leon so he understood why she wanted him here so desperately over Christmas, what with the mistletoe and all.
"I'm sorry Claire but Leon's agency has nothing to do with the STARS unit or me... you know I would if I could" Chris replied, put his arm around his little sister and guided her back into the living room.
Leon sighed as he stepped into the helicopter, "So how long will it take to get to our destination?" he asked the pilot.
"Not long Sir about four hours until we reach the drop point" the pilot replied.
"So what's your name soldier?" Leon asked
"Joe Sir, Joe Acardos" Joe replied and Leon nodded, "It sucks to be working on Christmas doesn't Sir" Joe said, "I had to leave my wife and little girl, her name is Katie she's six years old" Joe said thinking about how sad his daughter was when she heard that her daddy wasn't going to be there on Christmas morning in fact most of Christmas, he wasn't going to make it back until about six thirty PM.
"Yeah I know how you feel Joe, I don't have a family to go back to though, they... they were killed in the Racoon City incident three years back, the only thing or rather people I have to go back to are my friends, the STARS team and Claire Redfield, Chris Redfield's little sister, Chris told me she was looking forward to putting the mistletoe up" Leon informed Joe as he looked down at his hands.
Joe looked at Leon and could immediately sense that he wasn't happy with this sudden mission, "Man, I'm sorry Sir. This must be awful for you" Joe said and Leon nodded in agreement.
A few hours later Joe spoke up, "Drop point in view Sir, five minutes or less".
Leon woke up from his light slumber as Joe started speaking, "Okay thanks Joe" Leon said as he gathered up his gear and equipped his Blacktail.
"No Problem Sir" Joe replied, "Okay we have arrived at the drop point Sir, I'll send down the rope ladder for you and Sir be careful, I heard this mission was dangerous" Joe said and watched as Leon nodded and climbed down the ladder out of view.
At the bottom of the ladder Leon pointed his gun as he looked around the roof of the research Lab that Hunnigan had sent him to.
Seeing no immediate danger Leon headed over to the roof exit, stealthily opening the door Leon peered around the corner, it was dark, humid and the stench of death lingered heavily in the air.
Pulling out his flashlight Leon fitted it to the top of his gun and carried on down the dark corridor.
Off in the distance Leon heard the groaning of what he thought he had left behind in Racoon City, he thought the nightmare had ended but in fact it was still only the beginning.
Opening the door into the stock room Leon peered inside, he immediately pulled back as he saw a zombie with its back to him, it looked to be a female with short brown hair, a receptionist perhaps?
Leon quietly screwed on his silencer and slowly turned around the corner, brought the Blacktail up to the back of the zombies head and pulled the trigger instantly killing her and blowing her brains along the wall.
As the body dropped to the floor, Leon reloaded his weapon and moved to the next door that led out to the corridor.
Swinging the door open silently Leon jumped out and checked both ways, once he was confident that the way was clear, Leon slightly lowered his weapon, and took the left path that led to the offices.
'I hope the guys and girls are having a better time than I am' Leon thought to himself and stopped as he heard the shuffling of feet and the groaning of walking dead.
"Claire if I don't make it out of here I want you to know that I love you and I always have" Leon said to no one but himself.
Opening the first door he came to Leon regretted it immediately as all of the zombies in the room turned their attention to Leon and began to stumble quickly towards the door where Leon stood.
Leon turned and ran knowing he didn't have nearly enough ammo for the amount of zombies in that room never mind the whole Laboratory.
A few minutes of running and Leon was sure that he'd lost his hungry followers.
Turing and looking at where he had gotten himself Leon realised he had somehow managed to find himself at the stockroom door again.
Wandering around again Leon found himself at a flight of stairs leading towards the lower levels of the research labs.
More groaning alerted him to the fact that there were zombies down here as well, what he didn't realise were how close they were.
Walking down a long corridor Leon as met at the other side by a big crowd of zombies, turning around Leon planned to run back to the stairs but stopped himself as another group of zombies stumbled towards him, looking around Leon realised there was only one way to go... up!
Jumping to grab hold of the vents opening, Leon started to pull himself up but was stopped as a few of the creatures grabbed hold of his legs, kicking the zombies in the face Leon pulled himself the rest of the way up.
The only thing left on his mind now was finding the right Lab and getting the hell out of here but would he make it? The Research Labs were huge and he didn't have a lot of ammo with him, 'I swear this place better have some kind of armoury' Leon thought as he crawled through the dark, dusted vents in search of his goal...
A/N – Okay here is the first chapter I would very much appreciate it if you could leave a NICE review with NO flames thanks.
Okay Joe Acardos is my own character but so far the others are all owned by Capcom.
I know this chapter is short but I promise the others will be longer most chapter will be around 2500 words each.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the rest of the story so keep reading and I'll try to update soon... the fist three people to review each chapter will have their name and comment replied to at the beginning of each chapter that follows the one they reviewed so hurry hurry hurry!
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