Chris Redfield || Resident evil

Low, agonizing creaks of stressed metal echoed through the ruined facility as the Hound Wolf Squad swept the perimeter. The bodies of BSAA operatives littered the floor, spaced almost exactly a meter apart, their limbs twisted into unnatural, frozen angles. The kills had been executed with surgical, terrifying speed. Whoever did this was a master of their grim trade. Chris suspected mercenaries—likely hitmen dispatched by Umbrella's rivals.

A suffocating miasma of pulverized concrete, spent cordite, and the sharp, metallic tang of fresh blood hung heavy in the air.

They needed to hunt the killers down immediately, before the trail went cold. It was the only way to recover what those bastards had snatched right from under the BSAA's nose before it was too late. Those samples could not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.

"Captain Redfield, estimated time of death is fifteen minutes ago. Your orders?" Rolando Elba reported, his tone grave as he materialized beside the imposing man with his trademark, unsettling silence.

Chris exhaled sharply through gritted teeth, his massive frame tightening with the coiled anticipation of the hunt.

"Scout for any alternative escape routes they might have taken. I'm calling it in," Chris ordered coldly, pivoting on the heavy heels of his combat boots.

In truth, he had no other options. The BSAA wouldn't be able to scramble a rapid response team in time, but another special agent had been in this exact sector barely twenty minutes ago. He could still be called back. Besides, Leon had already familiarized himself with the laboratory's labyrinthine layout.

Wasting no time, Chris navigated the debris back to the desolate surface of the dead city, lifting a gloved hand to press his tactical earpiece.

"Patch me through to Leon Kennedy," Redfield commanded. The operators who had worked with him knew that gravelly edge in his voice well; it meant do not argue, just execute.

A beat of silence followed, but the Captain knew they were already scrambling to establish the encrypted link. A brief burst of static crackled in his ear before the line went dead quiet again. When Chris spoke, his tone was uncompromisingly grim.

"Get back to the city." Redfield bypassed any semblance of a greeting. Every ticking second mattered; there was no room for empty pleasantries. "The extraction squad that pulled you and Grace Ashcroft out is dead. I need you here."

He severed the connection before Leon could even draw breath to reply. He didn't need confirmation. He knew Leon wouldn't leave him hanging; he’d turn around immediately. Kennedy was a man you could trust with your life, a fact he had proven time and again in the field.

Redfield sank onto a massive slab of concrete rubble, resting his elbows on his spread knees. His icy blue eyes swept over the apocalyptic skyline, taking in the grotesque, unrecognizable ruin of a city where he had once lived and worked.

Purely on reflex, his leather-clad fingers drifted to a tactical pouch, fishing out a battered pack of cigarettes.

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Leon, unlike Chris, made it a point never to be late. He arrived before Redfield had even reached the filter of his second cigarette.

Chris’s blue eyes tracked the sleek Porsche Kennedy rolled up in, and a low, dry scoff escaped his lips. Leon hadn't changed much since they last crossed paths—maybe his shoulders had broadened a fraction, but that was it.

As their eyes met, neither man offered a smile or even a flicker of warmth. This wasn't the time or place. It never was. Whenever Chris and Leon collided, it was in the crucible of a mission—where there was zero margin for heart-to-hearts, let alone camaraderie.

"Chris." Leon closed the distance swiftly, offering a curt, professional nod. His features were an impenetrable mask of absolute, lethal focus.

"Leon," Chris acknowledged, pushing his heavy frame off the rubble and flicking his cigarette butt away into the darkness with a practiced snap of his fingers.

"Talk to me," Leon said, his voice a steady calm as he adjusted the tactical glove on his left hand, his sharp gaze never leaving Redfield's face. "What went down?"

"You need to see it for yourself." Chris jutted his chin toward the jagged maw of debris the Hound Wolf Squad had partially excavated to breach the dark heart of the defunct Umbrella laboratory.

Without waiting for a response, Redfield descended into the shadows, leading the way. His footfalls were deliberate and calculated, knowing exactly where to place his weight to avoid triggering a collapse.

Chris’s expression remained carved from granite as the slaughtered BSAA operatives materialized in the gloom. He had already processed the carnage and dissected the crime scene.

"As you can see, Leon, there isn't a single soul left breathing down here," Redfield stated, his deep voice shattering the tomb-like silence as he clasped his hands behind his back. "And if a highly trained detail can get wiped out this effortlessly, things are escalating."

Leon gave a tight nod, a deep crease forming between his brows. Chris watched as the agent approached one of the corpses, dropping into a low crouch to inspect the fatal wound.

"One shot, instantaneous death," Leon deduced grimly. "Clinical and incredibly fast."

"They couldn't have extracted through the surface breach. Not enough time. Which means they went deeper," Chris mused. His hand twitched toward his pouch for another smoke, but catching himself in the stagnant, blood-choked air, he aborted the motion. Now wasn't the time for his vices.

"You think there's a backdoor to this place?" Leon asked skeptically, rising smoothly to his feet.

"Possibly. Or they just backed themselves into a dead end," Redfield replied reluctantly. Before he could elaborate, one of his operators interrupted.

"Captain, we've located a breach leading further into the sub-levels of the lab. All signs indicate our targets went down that rabbit hole. Awaiting your orders." Rolando held his assault rifle tight against his chest plate, awaiting the command.

Chris dragged a gloved palm over his heavy stubble, his eyes sweeping over his squad. He gave the illusion of weighing his options, though the outcome was brutally obvious to everyone present. If they wanted those stolen samples back, there was only one path forward.

"We move in. Right now," Redfield commanded, throwing a fleeting, hard glance at Leon.

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With every descending step, the treacherous terrain and jagged debris became harder to discern. While the Hound Wolf Squad operated seamlessly through their night-vision goggles, Chris and Leon were forced to rely on their naked eyes, which were slowly, thankfully, adjusting to the oppressive gloom.

Unlike his partner, Redfield had never ventured this deep into the bowels of an Umbrella facility. Navigating the subterranean maze was a challenge, yet he betrayed no hesitation, stalking forward with the fluid confidence of a man who knew every blind corner.

Acrid dust choked the air, burning their sinuses, but the unit pushed forward in absolute, disciplined silence.

Their advance was painstakingly slow, every sense straining against the heavy silence. Their caution paid off: a faint scraping echoed from beyond the next bend. The unmistakable sound of prey being cornered.

Taking point, Chris threw up a sharp hand signal—weapons hot. A chorus of safeties clicking off cut through the quiet. Redfield let out a slow, controlled breath, snapping the assault rifle he’d been cradling against his chest up to his shoulder, fully prepared to empty the magazine into anything that moved.

Hell broke loose in an instant. Despite his sheer mass, Chris moved with terrifying, explosive agility, every pivot and strike bearing the hallmark of a top-tier operator forged in the fires of countless warzones.

In the ensuing chaos, illuminated only by the strobe-light glare of muzzle flashes, Redfield dropped one of the mercenaries with lethal precision. He was lining up his next target when a deafening, agonizing shriek of tearing metal ripped through the chamber. The concrete beneath their boots violently shuddered as if struck by a massive seismic tremor. For a fraction of a second, the gunfire ceased, and in that suffocating pause, Chris’s hawkish eyes caught the warped ceiling above them buckling downward.

Pure instinct took the wheel. A single, overriding directive flashed through his mind: save at least one of them. His massive hands locked onto the tactical vest of the nearest operator—who was standing dead-center beneath the collapsing structure—and violently yanked {{user}} backward. The sheer force of his pull sent both of them tumbling hard to the ground just as the floor gave way entirely. A massive sinkhole opened up, swallowing Leon and one of the mercenaries whole, while the ceiling above caved in with a thunderous roar, permanently sealing Chris and {{user}} off from the hitmen and the rest of his squad.

Chris let out a harsh, ragged exhale, his brow furrowed in absolute concentration. His boots, along with {{poss}} legs, were resting mere inches from a gargantuan slab of concrete. A fraction of a second slower, and they both would have been crushed to a bloody pulp.

He hauled his heavy frame upward, rolling his broad shoulders to shake off the impact, before casting a sharp, appraising glare down at the operator.

"You hit?" Chris demanded, his voice a gravelly bark as he extended a massive, gloved hand to haul {{obj}} to {{poss}} feet.

There was zero time to catch their breath. They still had to hunt down the surviving mercenaries, secure the stolen samples, and now—figure out how the hell they were going to extract from this buried tomb.

Deep in his gut, Redfield prayed the rest of his squad hadn't been crushed in the cave-in and that they could dig their way out. He also hoped to god Leon had survived the drop into the abyss. He couldn't stomach the thought of losing his people. Not again.

"If you're still in one piece, move. We don't have time to bleed."

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