Chapter 3:

Sheva sat properly in her annoying and uncomfortably hard chair as she listened to the questions posed by the three people debriefing the four BSAA agents, and she answered when a particular question was directed at her with a tone somewhere between boredom and professionalism, though she was certain that it was a poorly disguised attempt at seeming like she wasn't bored out of her mind and totally uninterested in the debriefing. The only reason they hadn't been allowed to write up their reports and submit them was because they'd all had first contact with the Uroboros virus, and that Jill, Chris, and Sheva had all had contact with Excella Gionne, so there were things that had to be discussed in person.

"There is something I'd like to know about, that is if I may." asked a thin haired man as he folded his hands in front of him. This was the sort of guy that Sheva hated more than anything else; snide, arrogant, and willing to screw over the people under him if he had to in order to keep his job.

Sheva knew a guy like this once, no twice.

The first guy she knew like that was a college professor who thought he could make Sheva drop out of school simply because she didn't have any of the 'formal schooling' the rest of the students at the school had, but Sheva proved him wrong without fail by not only passing his class but graduated with one of the highest GPA's in her class. The second was one of her instructors during her initial training with the BSAA, the bastard had apparently developed a reputation for being quite a hard ass on the women coming into the BSAA, mainly because he didn't think that anyone woman could ever handle the job of hunting dealers of biological weapons and those affected by them. Of course Jill Valentine had proved him wrong, and after that upset which he should have seen coming, he resolved to do everything in his power to discourage any other female candidates from joining the BSAA. Unfortunately for him, Sheva had probably seen more combat than this guy, and Sheva figured him for some over glorified drill instructor that washed out of his training program halfway through and had managed to fool his way into a job at the fledgling BSAA. This guy was not a teacher, nor was he a former half assed drill instructor, no this man was a politician, and one of the ones that made people hate politicians.

"And that would be?" asked a sensible looking woman on the other end of the table from him.

"What proof do we really have that Albert Wesker is dead? For the longest we've had him listed as M.I.A. and then when Jill Valentine took him off the side of the cliff at the Spencer Estate, we had him listed as Unknown at the request of Mr. Redfield. So what I want to know is whether or not we can accurately confirm whether or not he's dead." the man said frowning.

Chris was about to answer the man with what Sheva and Jill both knew were going to be some seriously dangerous and career threatening words. However the man raised a hand to stop the tirade of words that were no doubt coming. "And also, whether we should fully reinstate Jill Valentine as an active BSAA agent and not some spy of a supposedly dead man." He added.

Perhaps the man should have just let Chris Redfield curse him out and be done with it, but when he called into question Jill's loyalties Chris looked about ready to throttle the man, though he wouldn't get too close to him with Jill, Sheva and Josh to stop him. Oh Chris would try his damnedest to get close enough to do some damage, but he wouldn't. And honestly, Sheva was inclined to let him try, this man clearly hadn't been given the full story, and to be fair he was only doing his job by asking this questions, but to ask them in the manner he'd asked them was disrespectful to both the BSAA's founding member, and the organization itself. However Jill simply put a hand on Chris's forearm and shook her head, she knew what he was about to try and do and she didn't need him being called into question either, right now one of them being accused of something this unfair was fine with her, after all she had been taking orders from Wesker ever since her disappearance and most of them had caused problems for the BSAA.

"If I may, I'd like to answer those questions." Jill said politely, though the look in her eyes was anything but polite, the tone was just a way of keeping things civil while she had the chance.

"Please, continue Miss Valentine." the woman said gesturing to the now blonde.

"Thank you." Jill said before turning back to the man and smiled overly politely. "I can't prove that I am not acting under previous orders from Albert Wesker, or that I won't be later on. I don't have much of a memory of the time before close to when the whole Kijuju incident started." Jill started before the man interrupted her.

"See! She even admits that she may be under the influence of this 'dead man'!" the man said rather loudly and excitedly.

"However," Jill said picking up where she left off. "If you will allow it, perhaps I could stay with a BSAA agent until such a time as the BSAA board of review sees fit to return me to active duty or to discharge me from the BSAA." Jill offered.

Chris looked stunned, Josh simply smirked, and Sheva full outright grinned. Jill had easily made this man look like a fool; where he'd been expecting a reaction along the lines of denial on her end or Chris denying for her, she'd admitted that some influence of Albert Wesker might influence her now or in the future. And even then she managed to get herself into a position where she could be close to the BSAA until they decided what they were going to do with her.

"And how do we know if Albert Wesker is really dead? From Alpha squad's transmissions, this 'Uroboros' virus has regeneration capabilities on par, if not more effective than a controlled exposure to the T-Virus." The man said with a nervous smirk, hoping to reclaim his cocky position once more.

"Sir, I believe that the idea that a man, even with the abilities of the Uroboros virus under his command couldn't have survived two rockets, and a fall into a semi-active volcano. I believe that it would be safe to positively label Albert Wesker Deceased." the woman on the far end of the table said with a smile. Apparently she was on the side of the four BSAA agents that were being debriefed.

The man looked as if he were going to complain about something, but considering how deftly he'd been outmaneuvered by Jill earlier, he thought better of it and shook his head, conceding that Albert Wesker should be listed as dead.

"Well, I believe that we have nothing more to go over. Jill Valentine, you are hereby placed on probationary agent status and not allowed to carry a firearm for any other reason than self defense. You are also not allowed to make any form of arrest until you are cleared." the woman said standing, which the others in the room to do so as well. "Do you understand and agree to these terms?" the woman asked with a smile, knowing that Jill would no doubt agree since she was the one who proposed the idea in the first time.

"Of course, and if it's alright with you I'd like to stay with Rebecca Chambers while I'm being reviewed." Jill countered hopefully.

"Not a problem." the woman agreed before she and the man left the room.

"That was-"

"gutsy as hell Jill." Chris and Sheva said, finishing each other's sentence.

Jill simply smiled in an embarrassed manner before she cleared her throat and looked up at the three other BSAA agents in the room.

"So, how about we pick up 'becca and go get wasted? I don't know of any better way of getting over a nasty little debriefing like that." Jill said with a smile.