Leon met them at the gates of the city. He and Jake shook hands. Jake always had the most respect for Leon since they'd met. "Knew she'd be the one to find you." He said, looking them over. They were both covered in grime and blood. Jake had what looked like a small burn on his right arm.

"What happened?"

"Nothing we couldn't handle," Jake responded with grin at Sherry.

Leon looked at Sherry up and down. He was fully aware that she could self-heal but he still felt protective over her after bringing her out of Raccoon City when she was a kid. She didn't seem the worse for wear. Her gear was still fully intact, although she'd lost the brown robe she had insisted on wearing.

"Oh yeah?" said Leon raising an eye brow at Sherry's small tiny hand in Jake's large one. Jake glanced down not even realizing that he was still holding her hand.

Jake let go of Sherry's hand immediately with a little regret.

Leon turned away from them, hiding a grin, and motioned to Chris Redfield in the back with some other BSAA agents. They'd been looking at a map, but when Chris spotted Jake he picked up a radio and started calling his units back in.

"Target acquired, be advised, return to base camp."

Jake scowled when he saw Chris Redfield and the other BSAA agents but didn't talk or look at them. He wanted to be alone with Sherry but he could tell that this wasn't going to happen anytime soon. He almost missed the time they were running for their lives frantically, or even just one moment in the cabin where she was describing her friends to him. She was so animated about it that she even managed to look him in the face without flinching. She'd been so beautiful to him in that moment, even if five minutes later he was shielding her body from the barrage of bullets being shot into the cabin.

As he stood there awkwardly wondering if he had made a mistake a pretty brunette approached and stood next to Leon. She also shook his hand warmly. "I'm Claire Redfield," she offered.

"Yeah, yeah, BSAA guy's sister." He turned to Sherry for confirmation. "Right?"

Sherry nodded. "Sherry's told me all about you saving her from Raccoon City."

Claire only nodded and then grinned conspiratorially at him.

"Did she tell you she wanted to have you come work for the Division of Security Operations?" Claire asked smiling.

"Yeah she did," he replied glancing over at Sherry again. She had gone beet red, her hands balled into little fists.

Claire came closer and dropped to low voice and still smiling at him. "Did she mention it was her idea?"

"Claire!" Sherry said, feeling horrified. She couldn't look at Jake now. Completely mortified she had no idea that Jake was shooting a grin at Claire over her head.

"No, Super girl here, left that part out." Jake suddenly felt warm from head to toe. If it was her idea, then he was more than ready to jump on it.

Claire studied Jake's features for a moment the grin leaving her face. There was something familiar about him. "Have we met?" She said suddenly.

Jake was surprised, definitely Redfield's sister, he thought looking down at her. Because he was used to being so blunt he said the first thing that popped into his mind. "Wesker was my father if that's who you were thinking of."

Sherry gasped and Claire took a step back and before anyone could stop her, she drew her firearm. Just as quickly Sherry was in front of Jake with her arms raised. "No Claire!"

But it was Chris who really surprised Jake. He was suddenly there out of nowhere between Jake, Sherry, and the gun. Jake behind both of them was surprised at how many people seemed ready to take a bullet for him today. No one else had been nearby to hear what was said although several guns were now drawn, no one was sure who to target.

Jake vaguely remembered Sherry mentioning that his relationship to Wesker was supposed to be top secret.

Oops.

"Move Chris," Claire said. She was still studying his features hard now that she could see the resemblance. "Since when did Wesker have a son?"

Leon came up next to her. "I don't know, but he did."

Quietly Chris reached up and put his hand on the gun. "He's not a Wesker," he said in a low tone looking his sister in the face. "He's a Muller, he never even knew his father. And he did save the world last time I met him." Chris added that on for good measure. Claire didn't know all of the details just yet, but he figured she would soon.

"Saved the w-" Claire started as she let her brother lower her gun. Claire knew a little about Sherry's mission in China. She didn't know that Jake was Albert Wesker's son. Claire had had her own run-ins with Wesker. They had left their mark. Wesker having a son was the most ludicrous thing anyone could have said to her in that moment.

Behind Chris, Sherry had turned to glare at Jake, who shrugged and raised a hand to scratch the back of his head. He looked apologetic. "Sorry," he muttered. He refused to look at Chris though. While he knew his father was a real piece of work he had yet to hear the details of their encounter.

Leon interjected into the midst. "I hate to break up the meet and greet but we do need to get out of here." Just like that the tension broke. Leon placed himself between Claire and Jake and put a hand under her elbow. He walked her away from Jake and Sherry Chris after nodding to them both also headed back towards his unit.

"When was anyone going to tell me about him?" She hissed.

"It was top secret." Leon shrugged. "Also we never figured on dragging him out of the middle east again."

"Sherry is my friend." Snapped Claire. "I was there with you when we pulled her out of Raccoon City. You don't think I would have come running if she was throwing herself into danger with, with-"

Leon took a step back. "She isn't in danger from him. Trust me on this one, Claire. We need him. And Chris is right, he did save the world last time, and he did it willingly. He's not Albert Wesker, he's nothing like him."

"Really," said Claire sarcastically. "So he's just after Sherry for his own personal reasons?"

Leon suddenly grinned and started laughing even though he knew Claire was being serious. "You could say that." He said shooting a glance over at Sherry and smiling.

Claire's eyes followed. A moment ago she was giving Sherry a hard time, but now she was sure this new kid was the last person Sherry needed. "I don't trust him." She said finally.

"I do." Leon replied giving her a hard look. "He's earned it."