The Courier.

fanfiction.

Resident Evil.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any recognizable people, places, or events. Pure work of fiction. All rights belong to original owners.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Paradise City

"Welcome to Paradise City, home of the ABU West headquarters. Paradise City is situated in the middle of a valley and experiences outstanding weather year around. Inside our city, you will find state of the arc technology, fresh housing, and outstanding medical facilities all thanks to ABU West. Enjoy your stay in Paradise City. We're very excited to have you."

Damien sat back in his seat and looked out the window. He hated airplanes. The cramped space gave him no room to move and there was no pizza. He wouldn't be making this trip if it weren't for the payoff. It wasn't exactly his usual gig but he was drawn to it. There were no demons but a strange pattern was emerging with sixteen reports of demon sightings. Just sighting with no attacks. It wasn't normal at all but the city government was scared enough to seek help. Damien knew that no attacks so far didn't mean they weren't preparing for a war.

The plane finally landed and Damien made his way through the crowded airport. He watched the crowd. There seemed to be more leaving than coming. He turned and saw it quickly. Only he and two others got off the plane and were walking to the gate. Damien shook his head and continued out, immediately seeing a sign with his name. "That's me."

His greeter nodded and held the sign to his side. "Hello, Mr. Damien, how was your flight?"

"Boring and long. Anywhere to get pizza around here?"

"I'll have some delivered. I apologize for the long flight but I assure you we are very happy that you're here."

"Yeah, I bet." Damien sighed as he walked out the airport. He got into the stretch limo that he knew wasn't sent by the city and he saw a blonde sitting across fro him. "Well, who might you be?"

"Eve and yourself?"

"Damien. Are you from here?"

She shook her head. "No, I'm here on business. I can tell by your attire you're not from here, either. What brings you to Paradise, Damien?"

"Who doesn't want to visit Paradise?"

"There's no casino here. Not even a beach. Not exactly my kind of paradise."

"What kind of business do you do?"

"I make sure things get where they need to be. When and where. Always on time. What business are you in?"

"Nothing like that. I'm an investigator."

"Sounds exciting." The conversation died out quickly as the limo stopped and the pair were escorted inside the tall silver building. Eve walked in front of Damien, holding onto a silver suitcase. "I'm looking for Mr. Wesker," she said approaching the secretary desk.

"Well you have found him. Mrs. Reid, is that correct?" She nodded as she turned towards the tall man with dark shaded glasses. "How was your flight?"

"Fine. I didn't run into any real problems."

"Wonderful. And Damien, isn't it? It's nice to have you aboard."

His attention snapped and he fakely smiled. "Glad to be here. Where do I start?"

"You'll start tomorrow. Tonight, please go enjoy a suite on me. I have a meeting I must make. I hope you two enjoy your stay. Mrs. Reid, the package will be ready when I see you tomorrow. Until then," Wesker nodded and walked off with the package. Eve turned and shrugged at Damien before walking out of the building.

Leon put his weight on the railing of the balcony as he peered out over Paradise City. Word had flown in to headquarters that something was suspicious about this city and he could see why. He looked up at the skyline and the faint outline of a dome appeared. Of course, it was becoming more and more evident that ABU West had something to do with Umbrella. After knowing what happened at Raccoon City, it only made sense to Leon to have the dome. If anything happened inside the city, they could close it off and destroy it. No one would know any better. He looked around as night was falling quickly. He could hear the creaking of the dome as the wind from the valley hit it. He rolled his eyes and returned back inside, laying down, and praying for sleep.

When morning came, Leon stepped out and viewed the city. Something was wrong. Seven in the morning on Thursday and not a soul in sight. No school children, no cars, nothing. It was empty. He looked around and tried to see if anyone was anywhere but he found nothing. He walked back into his room and quickly dressed. Leon caught his eye on the mirror and he looked at it, titling his head as he noticed the red outline of a box near the top corner. "Great, they've been watching me all along. How didn't I notice this?" He huffed as he hurried out of the door.

Leon huddled in the hallway as he slowly walked down, inspecting what areas he could. Still no life. Nothing. He tried to listen for anything that would prove that he wasn't alone but there was nothing but silence. It didn't take him long to make it out to the street and he walked around, still finding nothing. He pulled out his communicator as it made a noise.

"Leon, you're there? Good, we were afraid we lost you. All communications were shut off with Paradise City around five this morning."

"Yeah, I'm here. Something weird is going on. This isn't like Raccoon City. There's no one around."

"I don't know what's going but we got a distress call this morning. Here let me play it for you."

Leon looked up as he heard screaming. It wasn't from the communicator. "I'll have to call you back," he said, shoving it back into his pocket and running off towards the gas station.

He ran in as he saw her flip back and land on the hood of a car, pulling out a gun, and shooting it at a middle aged woman in a dress. "I said back off. Huh?" She turned around as she saw Leon standing in the middle of the street. "And who are you? Are you one of them?"

"No," he shook his head and lowered his gun. "Do you know what they are?"

"Annoying pests called locals?" She jumped off the hood of the car, picked up a backpack, and approached him. "Have a name?"

"Leon."

"Leon, huh? Well, I wish we were meeting on better circumstances. Eve," she extended her hand out to him.

He stood there for a moment and looked at her hand before shaking it. "Yeah, that makes two of us. Have you seen any more of them?"

"Yeah, a few but it's like everyone disappeared." Eve started walking away from him and towards the hospital before turning and looking at him. "You going to stay here and deal with them or do you want to get out of here?"

"Do you know a way out? By now all the roads would be closed."

She titled her head at him, curious. "And how would you know that?"

"I've dealt with something similar a time or two."

"Similar? Who are you, Leon? What do you know about what's going on?" Eve created a fist as she stepped forward towards him. "What's happening isn't natural and you know something. Tell me or I'll shoot you dead."

He watched her as she drew her gun and pointed it to him. He sighed and looked towards the ABU West headquarters. "If it's what I think it is, it's not a good thing."

Her eyes met his at the sight of the headquarters. "And you think they have something to do with it?"

"I'm certain of it. If that's the case, we need to get out of here and soon. It isn't safe for us here. These people you're seeing? They're infected with some sort of virus. You can't be cured from it. One bite and you're dead."

She let out a laugh as she shook her head, her gun lowering back to her side. "Like what? Rabies? You're something, Leon. That something is called crazy."

"Alright, then tell me, did they respond when you spoke to them?"

"No," she said quietly.

"That's what I thought. The virus kills them. Every part of them. They can't think. All they know is they want to kill."

"So, what? They're the walking infected dead? That's ridiculous. This isn't some video game, pal."

Leon exhaled with a hint of annoyance and humor. "I wish it was. I guess you already figured out how to kill them?"

"Shoot them in the head. Heart didn't work. Legs didn't slow them down. Where have you seen this before?"

"More than one place, unfortunately. Usually the only safe way to get out of here would be through the headquarters."

Eve laughed and shook her head. "No, there's an escape route near the hospital."

"And how would you know that?"

She took her backpack off and pulled out a small electronic tablet. "I have the maps."

He eyed her as he took the tablet. She was right. She had maps of every entrance and exit to Paradise City. "Where did you get these?"

Eve shrugged as she took back the tablet. "I'm the prepared type. Always know my way out."

"Right. So, the hostipal, huh? Alright. Let's get going."

"I need to find someone first."

"How long do we have until the dome closes?"

"Two hours but you already knew that, didn't you?" Leon nodded as he looked up at a figure jumping down behind her. She turned around and smiled. "Hey, so you're alive. Good. Now we don't have to look for you."

Damien bowed slightly and looked at Leon. "I guess not. This place isn't very safe. We need to get out of here."

"We're working on it," Leon said, pulling out his communicator and trying to dial his own headquarters but got no response. "Alright, let's get moving. We don't have time to waste."

"To say the least. By the way, Eve, drastic change with your hair," Damien laughed, noticing that her blonde hair was gone and was now sitting in a brown bun.

"Wigs. They're not exactly war approved." She glanced at Damien and shrugged before handing him a gun. "Did you run into any on the way here?"

"Just a few dozen. Nothing I couldn't handle."

"Right, let's get moving," Leon said, breaking up the reunion and starting up the street.

Author's note: I'm only expecting (at most) 3 parts with the highest possibility of 5 parts. Should contain 2 stories rather than just one. I was originally planning on a crossover with Devil May Cry but decided that including that would just cause me to derail the point and plot completely.