#armyissued

truths

"I am," She starts, the words the simplest explanation for the dynamic that exists between her and Billy Coen. When Ada had asked her if she'd considered protective detail in that coffee shop, a few people had come to mind- but his had been the first. Someone she knew would have her back without question, who'd done so first without having any reason to do so, when all he'd known about her was her name. Fighting with Billy was easy, even in the CDC it had been easy to fall into step together. But that's how it had always been.

"It's a long one, if I'm honest. I've known Billy since 1998, the night before S.T.A.R.S. went into the Spencer Mansion. He saved my life, and I saved his. We survived the Umbrella Training Facility together." Neither of them would have made it out if it hadn't been for the other, something that, although unspoken at the time, they both seemed aware of.

[ txt: Billy ]: I'm okay, I'll be home soon.

She types the last message, sending it off before placing her phone aside and starting her drive.

Finally, back in her hotel room, a warm shower taken and clothes changed, Rebecca hears her phone chime. She'd already been tired from a day spent in the lab, but after being followed and fighting Plaga in the metro it's turned to exhaustion. Hopefully, the student, Hera, is faring better.

Never is she leaving her gun behind again.

Billy's name flashes across the screen, and she heaves a sigh, taking a moment to consider how to reply.

[ Text: Billy ] Not exactly. I came here to give a second opinion on samples, the incident in the MARTA was not expected.

She pauses, still feeling unsettled when dwelling on it. Someone had been commanding those bows, and C-virus was in play as well. Between this incident, the sample from Palm Springs, and Preston Balfour's visit... there's too much interest in her work currently for her own comfort. Rebecca is no stranger to situations like this, but the last time such interest had been directed towards her work, she'd ended up kidnapped by Glenn Arias.