So this is it: the final chapter. Enjoy!

"Thanks for coming Barry." The man said standing talking into the radio he found in a plane.

"No problem. I just hope we're not too late." Barry landed the plane right next to the plane Leon and Chris used to get to Antarctica.

Claire heard a plane landing.

"Huh?" She looked over and saw a man standing in the dim doorway. It was too dark to see who exactly. He was hunched over trying to catch his breath. She gripped the gun nervously ready to pull the trigger. The man seemed unaware of her presence, and kept running. Claire stood up pointing her gun at the mystery man.

"Hold it! Please help me." Claire begged.

It was the sound of a familiar woman in crisis. "Claire? Is that you?" The stranger ran towards her. His stomach was aching with pain.

"Leon?" She recognized the voice right away. Claire didn't need a face to know it was him. She wanted more than anything just to hold him and hear what happened to him, but the whole base was going to explode.

"1 minute until detonation." The voice from overhead informed them.

"Time to go." Leon started towards the door.

"Wait. It's Chris. He's out cold and I can't lift him."

Leon didn't even notice him. He ran back and lifted him over his shoulder.

"I got him, let's go." With Chris on his shoulders, Leon led the way to the copter that Barry was waiting in.

"Go Barry go!" Leon commanded.

Claire, Chris, and Leon were safely aboard the copter. Just as they boarded, Barry was already off the ground.

"Hold on." Barry turned his head and grinned.

The helicopter flew up as fast as it possibly could. Claire was getting queasy. She wasn't used to going so high so fast. When they were a safe distance away, the whole place exploded to pieces. Leon laid Chris carefully on the floor. Both of them have never seen an explosion quite like this. The wind escaping from the blast shook the plane back and forth furiously.

"What's wrong with him?" Barry asked.

"He got knocked out when a huge ceiling chunk hit him in the head." Claire explained.

"So he's okay?" Barry asked concerned.

"He's fine." Claire reassured him.

"Thanks to you Leon." Claire hugged him and he had his arms around her instantly.

'This is where I belong.' Leon thought to himself. He noticed Barry was eavesdropping on the conversation and he smiled back at him.

"I suppose you wanna know what happened to me." Leon looked deep into Claire's eyes.

"I was about to ask." She smiled with her hand touching his cheek.

"Uh…wha?" Chris groaned, slowly getting off of the ground.

"Chris? You're awake!" Claire came over to hug him.

Chris was taking in the new surroundings. They were in a small helicopter that looked a lot like the one he rode in on the way back from the mansion disaster.

"What happened? I take it we made it?"

"We sure did. On the way out you got knocked out by a piece of the ceiling falling, then Leon showed up and carried you to the plane." She was getting tired of explaining that story now.

"I thought Wesker shot you." He sat down and looked at Leon.

"Bulletproof vest." Leon smiled. "It still hurt like a bitch, but busted ribs are better than dying."

"Agreed. But who's flying this thing?" Chris asked.

"Well Barry was nice enough to give us a lift. I contacted him through the other plane that we took." Leon explained.

"Barry?" Chris walked to the front of the plane and sat next to him.

"Well look who woke up from his nap. Good to see you're ok."

"You're one hell of a friend Barry." He slapped him on the back.

"You're the most reliable person I know. Thanks for saving the day." Chris smiled.

"Me? I wouldn't know where to find you if it wasn't for Leon. You'll have to tell me about your adventure."

Chris sighed, "Later. I'm really tired and I ache all over." He leaned back in the chair and stretched while yawning.

"Sure thing." Barry looked over and Chris already had his eyes closed.

'Leon is really something else. He took a bullet for Claire, then carried me to the plane and contacted Barry. Not to mention he insisted on going on this whole mission. He must have a thing for Claire. I'll have to keep an eye on that.' Minutes later, he dosed off into a deep sleep.

"Bulletproof vest huh? Let's take a look at that wound shall we?" She pulled off his vest gently and saw his rock hard abs. Claire was more than slightly aroused. She saw a huge purplish, greenish bruise forming from the bullet he saved her from. She gently rubbed his stomach with her slender fingers. Leon put his arm around her waist and drew her into him.

"You're amazing Leon. Just when I thought I lost you, you come back and save the day." She leaned her head against his shoulder.

"A second later and I would've been crushed."

"Good timing is all." She was surprised at how modest he was.

"You're crazy just to voluntarily come on a mission like this." They looked deep into each other's eyes.

"I came because I love you Claire. After the Raccoon incident, we connected you know?" Usually when Leon tries to tell a woman how he feels, he stumbles. But to his surprise, he came confidently through.

"I mean, even though your bro didn't want me to come along." He added.

"Sounds like him. Always trying to protect everyone." She snuggled closer to him.

"I love you too Leon." They both smiled looking at each other. They finally locked lips and kissed for the first time. It was a sweet and innocent first kiss.

"It's a long trip home and I gotta catch up on a lot of sleep I missed cause of you." He said playfully.

"Cause of me? I didn't sleep either." Claire yawned. "Let's catch up together." Claire smiled. Leon arched his eyebrow.

"Good idea." Leon smiled back.

The young lovers fell asleep holding each other in the back of the copter. Behind them was one less Umbrella lab they had to worry about. The sun was peeking out of the horizon surrounded by the endless sky. It was a beautiful purple swirled with red, and the smoke rising higher and higher. The sight of justice.

'You were worth the trouble Claire.' Leon thought to himself, already half asleep.

'No major loss for me. I obtained the virus, and a new puppet.' Albert Wesker sat in his submarine planning what to do next.

Alright, so I totally finished! Yea I know it took long enough. I'm going to try and start another story soon that involves that will start where this story leaves off. It will also include Jill and more of Barry. Thanks everyone for reading!