"I don't get it," Devon was complaining to Chris later on a separate flight. They were flying back with the rest of the Chris's unit to the states having acquired their "target." Most of them assumed the guy was being rescued and had information necessary for their mission.

"If he needs to be guarded, why aren't we watching him?" Devon continued.

Chris smiled. "Oh I wouldn't say he needs to be guarded by us per se. I've seen him in action, I think a body guard would just get in the way of him defending himself. Or Sherry for that matter. Quite a few that worked for Neo-Umbrella got in the way."

"I could take him."

Chris looked surprised at Devon's words. "No...he's here to help. And no you couldn't. I'm not sure even I could...and I took on Wesker."

"But still, he sounds dangerous."

"He is," said Chris. "But not to Sherry."

"He doesn't seem to like you all that much." Devon observed.

Chris looked surprised that he'd noticed. "Saw that did you? I killed someone...someone he knew." Chris finished, not getting into Jake's parentage.

Devon digested this. "Bad guy though?"

"Yeah," said Chris warily. Devon was smart and Chris did not like the conclusion he saw the young man coming to.

"So this guy could be in with some bad people." Devon was grasping at anything to use against Jake.

"No."

Devon was surprised at Chris's short response. "No?"

"No, and that's all there is to it. What is this about?" Chris faced Devon and looked him in the eye. Jealousy, he realized. The agent was jealous. Chris had not stopped to ponder the younger man's infatuation with Sherry. He realized the jokes from the rest of the members should have let him know the "crush" was more than just that. It seemed harmless before, but now with Jake back in the picture.

"I don't believe you should even try pursuing Sherry." He said finally, knowing he had hit the problem head on when Devon's face twisted.

"I'm not good enough for her?" Devon said, starting to get angry.

"I didn't say that. But I don't want her to get hurt."

"Hurt by me?"

"Yes, if you pursue it. This isn't exactly the time for romantic entanglements."

"She likes that guy?" Devon deflated a little. He was already predisposed to not like Jake Muller. But this made it worse.

"I don't know," said Chris honestly. "But what they went through together, you need to give that time. You don't just get over it."

Devon sat there and Chris patted him on the shoulder. "She's like a little sister to me. And I wouldn't let Jake anywhere near her if I thought he was going to hurt her," he said. "Truth is; he can protect her better than any of us can."

I'll bet, Devon thought. Hatred rising to the forefront. He muttered to himself, "first time he's a threat to Sherry, I'm dropping him."

"What did you say?" Christ said turning back.

"I said, if he's not a threat to Sherry, then he better do his damn job." Devon said.

"He will," said Chris. "Don't worry."