-I do not own any of the characters associated with the Resident Evil™ franchise, they belong to Copcom, and all the other legal ownership issues-
*Note* This fanfic takes place after C:V, as well as trying to take into account the Movie, Zero, and Gaiden. This is my first RE fan fic, so please review. Also, this includes spoilers from the ending of Gaiden which might upset some Leon fans.
BTW:This story takes place in 2004
Biohazard: Dark VisionThe cold mist permeated the containment chamber of the laboratory, rows and columns of transparent specimen tanks filled the room. Scientists in environmental protection suits monitored the various experiments, cautiously analyzing data, acting almost in fear of the slightest error. This was the most secret and secure facility of the international force known as the Umbrella Corporation, even in the wake of the seemingly constant failures of their various installations, from Raccoon City to Antarctica, the amount of people who knew of its existence could be counted on one hand. Most of the world only saw a benevolent company that was trying to rid the most terrible diseases from humanity. Very few knew the face under the mask, a hierarchy based on family lineage and tyrannical ambition. Umbrella wanted the world, and they saw illegal biological experimentation as their prime champion. It all started so long ago, the discovery of the Mother Virus, a mutagenic RNA virus that had been divulged from the human genome itself. Soon came the Tyrant Virus, the only viable child after countless hours of labor, the beginning of the final countdown.
Then the family tree begins to branch... yet none of them can sire the perfect life form. G-Virus, T-Veronica Virus, even the NE-T Virus all failed. Yet soon... soon my vision will be realized. I wonder what you would think of this, Edward. A lone figure thought to itself high above in a chamber that overlooked the lab. There was a slight chuckle as an almost deathly white hand absently brushed long albino white hair. But then again, you probably expected this all along Monitors showing all aspects of the facility lined the dimly lit room. There was a slight chime as one of the screens focused on one of the figures in the containment suit. "Lord Spencer, we are ready for the first test." White lips curled in a razor of a smile. "Proceed." The monitor switched to a containment room in which a capsule had been transported. A misshapen humanoid mass was visible through the condensation and frost. Ozwell Spencer felt a tinge of nostalgia. "Hello again, Lisa."
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Small black crosses seemed to painfully contrast with the grassy landscape as the sun began to descend. The air was on the verge of changing from crisp to chilly, yet the small group of people congregated in front of the grave markers seemed completely oblivious to the environment around them. This clearing in the forest was right on the border of the restricted zone into the remains of Raccoon City.
"It's been a long time since all of us were here." A woman who looked to be in her late twenties with chin length brown hair said. She wore a casual pair of slacks and a t-shirt with the logo: S.T.A.R.S. To those that knew of Umbrella's other face, the S.T.A.R.S. logo was like an unconceivable scar that ran across their hidden agenda. She was known as Jill Valentine, one of the only survivors who had managed to escape from Raccoon City and had faced some of Umbrella's most unimaginable horrors. She had been at the infamous Mansion incident, the first domino to fall in the slew of Umbrella's evil. She and her comrades all belonged to the same nameless organization that existed to destroy Umbrella.
"It's been six years since it all began...." A man with short-cropped dark brown hair replied. He looked around the same age as the first speaker. He wore a dark military vest over some green combat fatigues. Chris Redfield was a veteran of the whole Umbrella ordeal, he, along with Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, and Rebecca Chambers had faced Umbrella's abominations time and time again. He was their leader, or at least he tried to be. The recent years had not been kind to the anti-Umbrella organization they all belonged to. Although it seemed that almost all of the corporation's experiments had been halted, and their numbers had been growing, slowly, but still growing, Chris couldn't help but feel that they were just in the eye of the storm.
"It seems more like a life time ago." A woman bearing a slight resemblance to the man murmured. "How many lives have been lost...." her voice seemed to falter for a second and it was evident that she was trying to stop herself from crying. It didn't work. She slowly sank to her knees in front of two crosses. Inscribed were the names, "Steve Burnside" and "Leon S. Kennedy".
A grim looking, heavy set man who seemed older than all the others was also deeply affected by the mention of Leon's name. Barry Burton, once the former weapon's specialist of Special Tactics And Rescue Service team, remembered the tragic incident on the ocean liner. Leon was presumed dead ever since the ordeal with the parasite and Lucia, or at least that was as far as Barry was willing to consider. Soon after being retrieved from the ship, Leon disappeared, never heard from again. All Barry found was some splotches of green blood, he didn't want to know what its meaning was. The others also agreed with him. Lucia, once a scared young girl similar to a certain other young woman who Claire had befriended, was now a happy eighteen year old who was adored by both Barry's wife and other two daughters. Unfortunately, Barry was often estranged from his family for their own safety; such was his sacrifice in the war against Umbrella. His heart was full of empathy and his own grief as he watched Claire's quiet sobs.
There was also another name that was the source of the younger Redfield's sorrow. The fact that the name belonged to someone who was still alive only made it all the more painful. "Sherry….", her voice weakly carried over to all the others. The daughter of the late William Birkin had escaped with Leon and Claire to only end up a prisoner again. Claire could never forgive herself for leaving to Europe and leaving Sherry behind. She found out from Leon that Sherry had been taken from him by a group of people who had claimed to be with the United States government. It was only later that the news became even more traumatizing, for the anti-Umbrella team soon found out that it was none other than Albert Wesker, the inhuman traitor who had nearly killed Claire and Chris during the Antarctic crises with the T-Veronica virus. It was also suspected that the agency that Wesker was working for had also taken the body of Steve Burnside. The name Wesker alone conjured up almost as much hatred as the name Umbrella, only on a more personal note, especially for the former S.T.A.R.S. who had once relied on the man as their captain. Once, a couple of years ago, Claire and the others had actually tracked down Sherry to a temporary prison, only to come face to face with Wesker himself. In the chaos that exploded, Claire barely managed to catch a glimpse of the girl before she was whisked off again. Even then, Claire had been shocked by how much the girl had changed with time. It had become her obsession to rescue the girl, yet try as she might to find any leads, the organization which held her was even more elusive than the Umbrella Corporation.
Slightly separate from the trio, the 24-year old medic known as Rebecca Chambers stood in front of the grave markers that remembered the individuals that had once belonged to Bravo team of the Raccoon City S.T.A.R.S. Of course, none of these markers were actual graves, there was nothing left of the horrors of Raccoon City, only a radioactive wasteland left in the wake of the outbreak. The least the survivors could do was to create these symbols as a testament to their fallen comrades. Yet there was one individual in particular that Rebecca thought about, but there was no marker of his death. Billy, I hope that you're doing alright out there, I hope that you've been able to rebuild your life as you said you would. Of course, no one else knew of whom she spoke of. It had been her promise to the accused murderer known as Billy Coen as they departed, she allowed him to remain dead, even asking that the investigation into his reported death be closed. Of course Umbrella had been behind his arrest, the company's influence knew no bounds, easily getting the Navy S.E.A.L. convicted on false murder charges and conveniently transported through the Arcklay Mountains. After the failed Bravo expedition, it was Billy who had worked with Rebecca to stay alive, fate throwing both together in an unlikely alliance. He had put his dog tags on the mangled corpse of one of his escorts and Rebecca left it at that, submitting a report requesting the closing of Billy's file. Even Chris Redfield, the man who had helped her through the whole Spencer Mansion incident, knew nothing of what had transpired the night before. When he found her in the room tending to the poisoned Richard Aiken, she feigned all previous knowledge of Mansion and its secrets. It made her angry, if not totally consumed by hate towards Umbrella, at how the corporation was so eager to destroy lives in its pursuit for power. In Billy's case, his DNA was what they wanted; a prime candidate for one of their Tyrant experiments. Rebecca sighed and said a prayer to all of the people who had perished as result of Umbrella's bloody hands.
They were all interrupted by a coughing noise from a young Hispanic man. Unlike the rest of the assembled individuals, Carlos Oliveira, former Umbrella mercenary, didn't know anyone personally who had perished besides his former teammates. Still, he had escaped with Jill Valentine and had experienced such horrors as the Nemesis and other B.O.W.'s of Umbrella's creation. His specific job was recruiting former Umbrella personnel towards their cause, not surprisingly, there were many ex-Umbrella employees who wanted to see their former bosses brought to justice for their crimes. He stood a respective distance from the others, allowing them to pay their respects, but he glanced at his watch as it approached 5:00 PM; the agreed meeting time. He spoke with a latino accent that was quite obvious, but not hindering to his English. "It's almost time." he called to the others.
The others composed themselves and shuffled back towards the large Humvee they had all traveled in.
"You sure what this chick says is legit?" Chris asked, his face still grim from the grave visit.
Carlos shot him an exasperated look. "Do you think I would risk calling all of us together if I wasn't sure?!"
"Look, she could be a psycho that's screwing with us, or more likely, she's from Umbrella and this is a trap.", the larger man replied.
"You still came, all of you came." Carlos said flatly. The others all lowered their gazes slightly. "If what she says is true, this could help us finally end Umbrella."
"That still leaves Wesker." Claire quietly said to herself. No one else replied.
Rebecca was the one who chose to break the silence. "What did she say her name was?"
Carlos shook his head. "All she would say was that her name was Alice."
~Well, I hope I didn't try to cram too much extraneous detail into this first chapter. To all Leon fans out there, please remember that he is presumed dead. I actually tried to incorporate Gaiden, even though many people are quick to dismiss it as not being part of the official continuity. Gun Survivor may be included, but I never mentioned them because none of the characters were relevant at this point. I will not include anything from the novel's because they are not recognized in Japan. Please correct any of my errors, such as Spencer's first name, I tried scrounging all over the place but couldn't find anything that said his first name. As for the summary of this chapter, basically I think the intro was self-explanatory, a slight teaser that revealed Spencer, and Lisa will have much more dire significance later on. The rest is about the former S.T.A.R.S. and other survivors coming to the out skirts of Raccoon city, after all being called there by a woman named Alice (obvious isn't it?). Anyway, please review~