"Redfield here."

"Chris. It's me."

"Leon? What's wrong?"

"Yeah," Leon rubbed the back of his neck. "That thing that we were worried about happening? I think it's starting..."

Chris didn't answer right away. "Give me a location and we'll be on our way." By we, he meant himself and Jill. And his current unit. Jill had managed staying out of work for as long as she could but between being bored and the fact that B.O.W.s were being a common occurrence. The BSAA needed all hands-on deck. And Jill was one of the best hands they had.

Leon relayed the location and ended the call. The hospital in question was a few hours away by plane. He pondered the timing and decided it was probably not ironic at all but completely planned. When dealing with Wesker, the man never left anything to chance. But how could he know the timing of Sherry's labor? Or was it completely an accident? Were they meant to find the clones? He knew that there were several clones in custody besides the ones he and Jake had uncovered. The fact that they could produce the clones so quickly was disturbing. He remembered the incident with Ada and her clone.

It had been vague, but he eventually discovered he'd been chasing and protecting the clone of Ada in China. One who wouldn't have hesitated to turn him into a B.O.W. He should have guessed it wasn't her. But the discovery of how quickly they were turning clones out hadn't been made yet. He wouldn't have believed it.

He had not been able to reach Ada by any means as of late. That worried him more than he was going to admit. It alone told him Wesker was probably back in some form or another. Ada knew too much about everything. We're going up against the real people in charge. She hadn't elaborated, and he hadn't expected her to. She never did. She was never free with her information, she always talked in riddles.

But she had saved his life more than once, and he was fairly certain a few times that he had escaped out of what appeared to be sheer luck.

He put her out of his mind and focused on the problem at hand. He had arrived and it was time to get moving.

Local law enforcement had been called in to seal the hospital off without going inside, they'd been told there was a viral outbreak inside and to seal the doors. CDC had ordered a quarantine. They'd gone through CDC to avoid the panic that announcing B.O.W.s brought. There were always a few morons who wanted to snap a photo of the creatures. They usually ended up dead. No one would have guessed the true nature of what was going on. Not until Leon showed up and flashed his badge at least. He was fairly certain Jake had just walked in, thinking he was going to be taking a baby home.

He didn't see anything unusual outside of the city. His relief was short-lived though when he noticed a number of news helicopters hovering in the area.

"Well, shit." He parked his rental car on the street and simply walked through to the first officer on the scene.

"Anything?" He asked flashing his badge, the man paled when he saw the Division of Security Operations Badge. Leon frowned, he hoped that the Officer wouldn't panic. The Department of Security Operations wasn't a well-known entity until recently. But then again, the recent outbreaks in the past few years might have gained them some attention. They had become a common occurrence in other parts of the world. Even the BSAA were as well-known at the US Armed forces these days. And just as loved.

Leon was armed to the teeth, but he knew he'd probably be using his knife mostly. Claire had mentioned it was like Raccoon City all over again. He wondered if she noted the irony of having himself, Sherry and Jake there. Chris would be here eventually. If Wesker and a few others showed up it would be one happy family reunion.

Jake had probably gone in guns blazing making a bloody trail all the way to Sherry. Leon shook his head. The younger man's ability to survive had amazed even him. He knew some of it was from the C-virus. He also knew Jake didn't like to talk about it.

"Sir," the officer had tapped him on the shoulder. "The building is secure; we have been told to wait outside."

"I'm going in." Leon stared up at the hospital, noting its central location in the city.

"But-" The Officer started to protest.

"This is my job," said Leon giving him a smile. "It's what I'm trained for." The police officer looked at Leon again and backed up. Leon was wearing civilian attire currently but he was wearing his green vest, loaded with weaponry, guns in two hip holsters, two in shoulder holsters, a large knife attached to the front. The only things that were missing were explosives. He'd left those behind.

There were Marines and BSAA en route but Leon decided to go in first. He wanted to make sure Jake and Sherry didn't get shot by mistake. Their identities were at stake here. If the wrong person spotted them, another manhunt could ensue. If they were shot and healed up on the scene, that was another headache they didn't need. In his mind, he was trying to put together the scene with the clones and the fact that the same hospital Sherry happened to be in was chocked full of infected.

No, definitely not a coincidence at all. So how did they know Sherry was going into labor?

He opened the front door. "Bar this behind me," he said to the two cops who'd followed him.

He heard it clang shut and winced. If the place was crawling with the undead they'd be on him in minutes. Hopefully Jake had cleared some of the mess.

He stared at the lobby area. Blood was everywhere. He heard a few sounds and knew that somewhere the infected were coming. He started forward.

Seven floors between him and his partner. This should be fun.