[TWD x Resident Evil] — Chapter 510 - Naive Rebecca — Words Unspoken

Ada turned over and buried her face in the pillow.

She was just about to close her eyes and process this damnable master-servant link when something came from the corridor.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.

Three light raps on the door.

Ada's nerves snapped taut.

Wesker?

Impossible. That control freak in the sunglasses liked to kick doors in, or bark orders through the internal phone line.

John?

The man had gene maps where his brain should be. He'd blush just making eye contact with her, let alone come knocking on a safe house door in the middle of the night.

She padded barefoot across the carpet and reached under the pillow for the Glock 19.

Chambered.

She pressed herself flat against the door and looked through the peephole.

A girl stood in the corridor.

Ill-fitting lab coat. Both hands strangling the hem. Expression wound tight with nerves.

Rebecca Chambers.

Ada let out a slow breath. Her finger came off the trigger. She opened the door.

"You'd better have a good reason for loitering outside someone's door at this hour."

She leaned against the doorframe and looked the girl over.

Rebecca flinched at the gun, but steeled herself and pushed halfway through the gap anyway.

"I have to get out of here."

Ada raised an eyebrow, stepped aside, and locked the door behind her.

Rebecca's gaze swept the room. The safe house was lavishly furnished, a completely different world from the cramped staff dormitory she'd been assigned.

"Get out?" Ada settled onto the bed. "This place is crawling with things that eat people. How exactly do you plan to do that?"

Rebecca bit her lower lip. Her fingers twisted together.

"I think the Captain has me under house arrest."

"I need to find Leon."

"You told me you know him. And you're the only person here who could actually get me out."

Bold words from a timid girl.

Ada just looked at her.

"What makes you so sure I'll help? We're not friends." She paused. "If I remember right, you've never exactly liked me."

Rebecca's breathing came faster. She held Ada's gaze, and those clear eyes were full of despair, not defiance.

"I don't like you. You hurt Leon. But I have no other options."

"The experiments here are getting worse. They're testing variant viruses on living people now."

"The way Wesker looks at me makes me sick. Like I'm something he owns."

"I can't stay here anymore."

"Leon..." Her voice dropped. "He's the only person who makes me feel safe."

Naive.

Ada sighed, crossed the room, and poked Rebecca's shoulder. It wasn't a hard jab, but it was enough to make the girl stumble back a step.

"You need to fix that."

"In this world, showing your hand to someone you've already decided is dangerous? You'd be dead already."

"Letting the wrong people know exactly what you want is the stupidest thing you can do."

Rebecca backed into the corner with nowhere left to go.

She watched Ada carefully.

"So are you going to kill me? Go earn some points with Wesker?"

"Kill you?" Ada let out a soft laugh and shook her head.

She moved to the sofa and sat down, crossing her legs, unhurried and loose.

"Lucky for you, it was me you knocked on."

Rebecca's frown deepened. She still hadn't lowered her guard.

Ada smoothed her hair back.

She'd already made her decision. No reason to keep sitting on it.

"I'll stop dancing around it."

"That Leon you're so fixated on." Ada met her eyes without blinking. "He's mine."

Rebecca went completely still. Her mouth fell open slightly. For a long moment, she couldn't find a single word.

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