Fic: Life's Little Annoyances

[avamclean]

Title :: Life’s Little Annoyances
Progress :: 43/100
Fandom :: Resident Evil/BtVS
Word Count :: 350
Prompt :: #86 Forest
Written For :: tth100, twistedshorts
Disclaimer: Resident Evil and all related characters are copyright Shinji Mikami, Sony Pictures Entertainment & Capcom. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all related characters are copyright Joss Whedon and ME. No infringement intended.

Life’s Little Annoyances

 

Sunlight slipped through the array of trees held at bay by the asphalt road that cut through the forest surrounding the compound. Rabbit turned, ignored the driver, Friedberger, as he punctuated another sentence with the word ‘fuck’ and his partner, Peterson, as he cracked his gum in response. This series of events had happened like clockwork every forty two seconds since she’d left the compound with them twenty minutes before—she knew because she’d been counting.

 

Green eyes rolled as she watched the passing foliage from her space in the backseat and wondered what had happened in less then twenty-four hours to require a complete evacuation of Umbrella personnel. An evacuation that had spurred her into tracking down Cain instead of being a lemming and volunteer her time and efforts to whatever he needed.

 

The forest gave way to grass and neatly maintained yards before the SUV passed over the Ravens Gate Bridge that lead into the city limits. The line of her mouth curbed downward as Rabbit trailed her thumb repeatedly over the narrow scars marking her left wrist. She absently counted the ridges as she watched the semi-familiar world outside the air-conditioned confines of the car and waited for them to reach Ashford’s neighborhood.

 

She’d wanted to go with Angela’s extraction team, confident she could remove her from class with minimal worry placed on the twelve year old, but Cain had nixed that idea quickly and effectively. Instead she’d been assigned to ensure Ashford left his home and ease his worries even as her own grew as she watched the four SUVs following theirs depart to take different side streets toward the other Level Six employees with high priority extractions.

 

A harsh voice cut through her internal musings and Rabbit turned to face the two men sitting in the front seats as the driver growled, “Do you have to fucking do that?”

 

“Do what?”

 

“Crack your fucking gum. It’s driving me fucking nuts!”

 

“Do you have to swear so much?”

 

“Fuck you, pansy!”

 

“Thanks, but I already have a girlfriend.”

 

Rabbit sighed and shifted, rolling her eyes—again. 

Comments

[mymatedave.livejournal.com]

Nice to see you writing this series again. *glasses tilt*

[dharkapparition.livejournal.com]

You know what made an awesome day even better? This!