Shake

Shake is the het ship between Jake Muller and Sherry Birkin from the Resident Evil fandom.

Edonia, 2012
In December 2012, Jake is hired to help take care of the intruding B.S.A.A. (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance). A woman in a blue dress visits the soldiers and provides them with a supply of syringes and injectors that are full of the C-Virus, though telling them it was a form of energy booster to increase and improve their performance. Jake sits by himself and injects himself. He feels no effect, telling one of his mutated comrades as he burst through the door suspiciously. Before then, Sherry had received orders to locate Jake and bring him back to the United States in order for blood samples to be taken for vaccine research. Jake and Sherry first meet when Sherry confirms that he’s got the antibodies. She opens a garbage chute for the both of them to escape through as Jake’s infected comrades run at them. Jake goes first, with Sherry close behind him. At the bottom, Sherry attempts to show her National Security badge, which Jake waves off as a “good for you, but now’s really not the time”. Making his getaway, Jake asks Sherry if she’s coming with him. The two make for an exit where Sherry informs Jake of the B.O.Ws— the “J’avo”.

They find a relativity safe spot to break at where Jake tells her his deals for hire. Sherry informs him that she’s not there to hire him, but rather needs his blood to create vaccines for the C-Virus. After a long pause, Jake changes his offer to 50 million dollars for one pint of his blood, non-negotiable. Leaving the building, they notice J’avo outside, realizing they’ll have to “shoot” their away out of the country. Not long after they’re confronted by the Ustanak, a large B.O.W used in primarily for finding Jake. They manage to run from it, only to be found again inside a worn-down warehouse. Throughout the fight, Sherry tells the Ustanak that it’s “not taking Jake”. With the Ustanak down, Jake and Sherry fall through a weaken part of the floor, landing on a lower level. Sherry makes a comment that “this mission gets harder by the minute, but at least [Jake’s] still safe”. Jake huffs at this, and devolves into a story of how three years prior, while in South America, he was nearly killed by a man with a knife, saying how dying for money was one thing, as it was his choice, though dying for “no good reason” was another. Sherry tells him of the Ustanak and Neo-Umbrella being after him, and follows up with that she won’t “let anything happen to [Jake]”.

Jake and Sherry arrive to an opening where they’re met with the B.S.A.A, meeting Captain Chris Redfield. Sherry flashes her National Security, showing him and his team that she’s no threat. Piers Nivans, Chris’ partner/teammate, takes notice of Jake hanging behind Sherry, realizing he’s a “wanted insurgent”. Sherry is quick to defend Jake, telling Chris and Piers that Jake is “no threat to the B.S.A.A”. Right then, they’re attacked by a massive B.O.W, forcing everyone to work together. With the beast down, Jake and Sherry aboard a waiting Echo team helicopter. While there, Sherry calls her boss, Derek C. Simmons, informing him of Jake wanting 50 million dollars for his blood. Upon hanging up, Jake asks “if we got a deal,” which Sherry informs yes, they do. After minute, the helicopter is attacked by the Ustanak, having located Jake again. After a short battle, the helicopter they’re in falls and Jake grabs a parachute, then pulling Sherry with him. Holding each other, Jake opens the chute. The propeller of the helicopter comes down, slicing through the chute, sending them down fast.

Jake wakes on the snowy ground with Sherry face-down on his chest. As his hand lay across her back, he realizes she’s bleeding heavily. He panics and throws her off of him and sees she’s got part of the propeller sticking out of her torso. Sherry struggles for breath while Jake looks down, asking himself, “What do I do?” Sherry tells him to pull it out and Jake is quick to tell her no, that she’ll bleed to death should he. Sherry weakly begs and Jake gives in and carefully pulls the embedded piece of metal out. Upon the propeller being removed, Sherry groans in pain for a minute as the wound heals up. Jake sits there stunned, asking what just happened. Sherry merely tells him it’s a “long story”. Not long after, Sherry realizes the data chips of Jake are missing, after fallen. Knowing they need them, they must search a snowstorm for them. Jake tells her, “Well come on Supergirl, let’s get lookin’.”

Having successfully located all three data chips, Jake and Sherry find a cabin to wait out the storm in. After a period of time, a near awkward silence has befallen. After Sherry paces the room for a final time, she quickly proclaims that “she’ll go get help” as “it can’t be that much further to the rendezvous”. She makes for the cabin door where she’s met by Jake yelling at her to wait. The snowstorm raging outside slams the door open and Jake struggles to push it closed. Jake and Sherry stare at each other as Jake is still holding onto her by her waist. Sherry leaves for the other side of the room as Jake turns to look outside through the window.

A little later, Jake leaves his place at the window to find Sherry sitting down on the floor. Jake sits beside her, asking her if she’s “always been like that,” referring to her healing factor. Sherry devolves into her story, explaining how her father used to be a scientist and that the G-Virus had adapted and changed, saying how she “got something out of it”. Jake jokes that she got “super powers,” to which Sherry is quick to tell him of Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield, as they became her closest friends having rescued/protected her when she was 12 years-old during the Raccoon City indecent. Jake and Sherry have a moment where the two realize they share a bond, as each of them carries a unique burden, setting them apart from normal people, and it brings the two of them closer together. Seconds later Jake throws her to the ground, shielding her body with his own as bullets penetrate the cabin’s walls.

More J’avo working for Neo-Umbrella attack, forcing Jake and Sherry to leave on snowmobiles, attempting to also evade an avalanche. Closing in a ledge, they jump from their vehicles, landing in a mineshaft. With fallen rocks and ice blocking their path, they descend deeper into the mines. They come across the Ustanak again, working together to evade the B.O.W, before using a mining vehicle to drill it into the mountain. Jake and Sherry run for the exit where Sherry can see the rendezvous in the distance. Upon exiting, they’re attacked by more J’avo forcing them to engage in another shoot out. The Ustanak emerges from the shadows and hits Sherry, sending her down with hard thud. It goes for Jake next, hitting him too. As Jake lay there in pain, he looks over to Sherry’s unconscious form, whispering to himself, “Come on, Supergirl…”

The mysterious woman that had distributed the C-Virus to Jake’s mercenary group suddenly appears before their eyes. She tells Jake about Albert Wesker, a man who had nearly destroyed the world and, according to her, is also Jake’s father. Following the chase through the snow-covered mountains of Edonia, Jake and Sherry are abducted by Neo-Umbrella and taken to a facility in China. Here, they are subjected to test after test, day in and day out.

Lanshiang, 2013
Six months later, in June 2013, Jake finds an opportunity to escape. Once eluding his captors and managing to shut down the facility’s power before making a run for it. Noticing the power-outage, Sherry also seizes the opportunity to escape from her room. The two finally reunite in a locker room where upon seeing Sherry, Jake immediately turns away seeing her in a fairly revealing patient outfit. Sherry quickly covers herself up and hides behind an open locker door. Jake finds clothes in a locker next to hers, where he stares at her bare back has she starts to undress herself. The quite moment is over as Jake is frustrated over his father, Albert Wesker, whom his captors spoke of frequently. Jake feels cheated by life, having been cursed with his father’s blood. Sherry admonishes Jake’s sulking, arguing that how he lives is not up to his father’s legacy, but up to him. To this, Jake has no reply as Sherry coldly hits her shoulder to his as she walks past him.

Jake and Sherry make their way for the communications room where Sherry is able to contact with her superiors, surprised to learn that they’re already in China. Just as they’re about to exit through the front doors, a tank comes plowing in with more J’avo in coming. As they run away, the tank breaks through the outer wall of the facility. Jake is able to manipulate the tank operator into moving a large statue for him to jump a cross for a motorcycle where he and Sherry make another daring escape.

Resident Evil 6
Edonia, 2012
 * Sherry defends Jake from the B.S.A.A once they realize he’s a “wanted insurgent”.
 * Jake covers Sherry’s body with his own as bullets penetrate the cabin’s walls.

Lanshiang, 2013
 * Jake immediately turns away upon seeing Sherry in a fairly revealing patient outfit.
 * Jake can’t help but momentarily stare at Sherry’s bare back as she’s changing clothes.

Quotes
"You’re not taking Jake!"

- Sherry to the Ustanak, Resident Evil 6.

"I’m not gonna let anything happen to you."

- Sherry to Jake, Resident Evil 6.

"Come on, Supergirl…"

- Jake to Sherry, after Sherry’s hit by the Ustanak, Resident Evil 6.

"I’m coming for you, Sherry."

- Jake, upon seeing Sherry for the first time in six months via CCTV, Resident Evil 6.

Fanon
On AO3, Shake is the seventh most written ship within the Resident Evil - All Media Types tag; Jake’s most written, as well as Sherry’s most written.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Sherry/Jake tag on FanFiction.net
 * Sherry/Jake tag on FanFiction.net

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Variations

 * Nivanshake refers to the ship between Piers Nivans, Jake and Sherry

Trivia

 * Jake calls Sherry “Supergirl” once he discovers her “super power”.
 * Jake and Sherry are six years apart in age; born 1992 (Jake) and 1986 (Sherry) respectively.

Gallery

 * Shake/Gallery