From Aleeya: This is based on a combination of the novelization, live-action movie, and the game. This takes place around the time Janel is unconscious than goes on from there. I hope you enjoy!

PROLOGUE

(Narrator's POV)

"I want to know what went on down there."

"But sir, we don't know what kind of-" One of the numerous medics, a timidly looking twerp commented before Cain cut him off. He didn't have time for this – he needed information and the only way was to go look for himself though he could only guess after the information Janel gave him, if the Tyrant got out that means The Red Queen was protecting something and he could guess what that something is.

"Just do it." He snapped.

Janel, who he noticed was loaded gently onto the helicopter along with Abernathy, Ocampo, Kaplan, and that Matt person while the head security of this particular security detail who a former Marine and C.I.A agent by the name of Ward, gathered a group of his people. He could hear the whispers of the other members talking about Janel, yes she was an unique sight to behold but she was his and only his.

"Ready when you are, sir." Ward said sounding unenthusiastic as he snapped Cain out of his thoughts.

"Something bothering you, soldier?" Cain questioned a bit miffed. He absentmindedly noticed that the helicopter was already leaving for Raccoon General Hospital and mentally noted to check up on Janel after he was finished with this problem.

"I'm not even supposed to be here today." Ward's smirk could be heard even though his face was hidden behind the mirrored faceplate of the Hazmat suit. Cain used this time to dress appropriately for the mission, grabbing the spare Hazmat suit that another soldier handed him.

"Tough luck. One's down there somewhere and it's your job to find out what happened to him." Cain commented, dryly after he put on the suit.

"No disrespect, sir but if they took One and most of his team out, we aint got a snowball's chance in hell – Moving in, sir." He stopped his ranting as he quickly added the last statement after the ice cold glare on Cain's face suggested that he kept his mouth shut.

Armed with MP5Ks and dressed in white Hazmat suits, the seven-person team swiftly moved through the high ceilinged rooms of the Arklay Mansion in a tight formation. One of the team; however, probably Schlesinger, was lagging half a step behind the other six while Cain brought up the rear, just in case if shit hit the fan – he didn't owe these people anything...

Ward signaled for a person from his team, a woman by the name of Osborne who was the tech-head, to step forward when they reached the giant mirror that reached from the floor to the ceiling. She swiftly opened a panel with two knob switches beside the mirror which revealed a socket; she reached into her pouch to pull out a plug and plugged it in. The massive mirror smoothly slid open to the side to reveal a secret concrete staircase, the same suitcase Janel and the others stepped out from only minutes before they were captured. Osborne then pulled out a minicomputer and started tapping on the keyboard with glove covered hands.

"Sir, I still can't access the Red Queen. I should be hardwired into it by now." She stated, typing away swiftly.

"Try again." Cain commanded. If The Red Queen wasn't accessible that meant one of two things; first, it could mean that someone had shut her down which means that One's team was successful in that aspect of their mission or it could mean that she still wasn't allowing Umbrella to enter The Hive. Both was problematic in their own ways.

"Nothing, sir. The only way this could be happening is if the computer was totally fired." She stated, looking between Ward and Cain underneath her mirrored faceplate.

"One's team was supposed to shut down the computer and remove the memory." Ward stated.

"They did more than that – if it was just that, I'd be able to restart her in at least a limited mode. But there's nothing left to fire up – The Queen is dead." Osborne concluded which caused Cain to grind his teeth together. Giving Ward a stiff nod, the security head of detail signaled for his team to move down the stairs all the way to the bottom in a tight formation where the route was blocked by a giant blast door, Cain remained at the top of the stairs as back up.

"Open it." Cain instructed, his annoyance was almost present in his voice.

Ward nodded, giving another nod to Osborne who immediately entered commands into her minicomputer and seconds later, the door opened. Entering first, Ward and Schlesinger took point with MP5Ks ready to fire, soon the rest of the team moved in with Osborne and Cain bringing up the rear. Just as soon as they entered, a scream was heard then the slow, malicious rhythm of footsteps. Osborne pulled out a flashlight from her pouch and shined it ahead just as the sound of automatic firearms rung throughout the air ahead of them.

The light revealed Ward shooting into the crowd of incoming people as Schlesinger lay on the floor – his Hazmat hood had been knocked off and a pool of blood was forming next to his shredded neck that was missing a large piece of flesh and muscle tissue. His mouth was open wide in a silent scream with a thin trail of blood coming from the corner of his mouth and his eyes, they were wide and lifeless. Looks like Schlesinger was too slow as always but this time it cost him his life, too fucking bad.

Ward kept firing into the crowd but even as the bodies fell, more and more kept coming towards them replacing the ones that had fallen. They seemed endless and unstoppable. They moved in a fashion as if they were one entity but every now and then it seemed as if the fresh smell of blood caused them to become more aggressive.

"What the fuck are those things!?" Osborne shouted over the gunshots and shouts. She looked back at Cain who could see the fear in her eyes even though the glass was covering her face.

Cain was unresponsive; he simply stared down coldly at the destruction that was heading towards them. All of them seemed to be wearing dark suits or lab coats, all of them were filthy and covered in blood or other substances but the clothing was still recognizable as the strict employee dress code Umbrella had established for the underground facility.

All of their faces were vacant of emotions, they didn't show fear or anger as they were shot down. No, they continue on their march their way towards the fresh meat that was in front of them. But that wasn't the worst of it – a majority of them were missing parts, body parts.

One person's neck was bent at an impossible angle and another's throat was almost completely missing, only the exposed spinal column keeping their head attached to their body was visible. A man had both of his eyes missing and a woman had an empty hole where her cheek used to be. The five hundred employees who lived and worked in The Hive were dead and judging by their appearance they were all killed by the T-Virus. Now Janel's warning made sense, the Queen had locked down The Hive in order to keep the virus from leaking into the general population and it also explained why One and the rest of his team didn't make it out alive.

This was exactly what a small group of Umbrella's top scientists had predicted would happen if the virus went airborne. After the Arklay Mountain Incident which the S.T.A.R.S had investigated, Umbrella had managed to hush up that particular nightmare and moved the project underground which is the reason for the creation of The Hive which they hoped would keep the disaster contained if it ever happened again – it seems they were wrong again. Cain scowled at the thought, this was becoming more and more of a problem - something he didn't want to deal with. It seemed like he was going to have a lot of paperwork to do for the Chairman.

Even as Ward and another member of his team went down, overwhelmed by the tide of undead Umbrella employees, Cain pondered how this could have happened. Most likely, some overeager asshole must have decided to steal the T-Virus and antivirus to sell it on the Black Market. Who could it be? Janel? No, as must as she hated the Corporation she wouldn't risk the chance of people getting infected. Abernathy? Perhaps her friend Matt? Cain seriously doubted it; he also doubted One's own team would do that since he himself had handpicked them for the job. Perhaps Janel could enlighten him on the suspect once she awakened.

The gunfire continued but members of Ward's team that were taken down were now one of them. Schlesinger bit into his former teammate's shoulder, right through his Hazmat suit, the man Shane screamed out in agony. A non-infected member of the team panicked, he shot both the reanimated Schlesinger and the screaming Shane and the pair went down but Schlesinger jumped back on his feet and tackled the panicked Heddle just as a former Hive resident jumped on him and bit into his shoulder.

Osborne had already pulled out her Beretta and ran into the crowd, firing away. A waste of time, Cain thought as he turned and walked back up the stairs. Ward's team would keep the creatures occupied long enough for Cain to evacuate the scene. Cain heard the screams of Ward's team as they died one by one – they had served their purpose. Cain now knew what had happened in The Hive and that was all that mattered.

After all, life was cheap and who knew that better than him?

There it is! The introduction! I just wanted to put something up for all the people who were waiting. The official first chapter should be up around the end of May. The next chapter will be longer, I promise! Please review, fav, and follow!