Title: Shattered Hearts Prologue

Author note: This is my first fanfic so I hope everyone enjoys it. R & R

Disclaimer: I do not and have never owned any of the characters in Resident Evil, they belong to Capcom.

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Leon looked around the dank facility in dismay; he'd been there over a couple of hours and was ready to go home.

' This place would remind Chris of the Spencer estate.'

The mansion was lavishly furnished on the inside, carpeted staircase that led to a second floor, marble flooring, and a big stained glass window portraying a woman committing suicide, which overlooked the garden outside. Every room looked well taken care of. The mansion looked haunted and had this eerie presence emitting from the walls, and as Leon explored found that it really was, littered with Umbrella's creations and its employees.

Walking down an enclosed corridor, he heard the moans and shuffling of one of those virus carriers, Leon smelled it before the zombie rounded the corner, then he saw it with its rotted flesh, dulled eyes and arms reached out to grab. Leon didn't hesitate, he readied his 357 magnum at the monster and fired twice. The zombie moaned again, a wet, squishy sound and collapsed on the floor bleeding out.

Leon looked at the body for a moment, then stepped lightly around it, and continued down the hall. He opened the door and was led into a long hallway, with a big glass window on the right. Leon started toward the window, but stopped short of breath, he got winded. He held on to his chest as his legs were going numb. The pain was intense but Leon wouldn't let up, crouching low to the ground he looked around the hall, his sight became blurry, his body began to shake violently. The virus that the scientists injected him with was trying to take over. Leon took a deep breath, regaining his conscious and stood up, and walked slowly toward the door, which would lead outside.

' I won't let them control me anymore, they won't win.not this time'

Opening the door, Leon readied his gun and walked out into the brisk October air. He looked around for any creatures and then started toward the stairs at the right of the balcony.

' Time to get out of this hellhole, go and check on the others. I'll give them the files I've found.' "Fuck those scientists" Leon mumbled angrily. After all it's their fault his was in this mess in the first place, killing thousands, creating bioorganic weapons for destruction. They're the ones who forced him to cooperate with them, they threatened to hurt Sherry.

' What else could I have done, she doesn't deserve to be put in anymore pain. '

Six months ago umbrella had captured Claire Redfield in Paris, when all she ever wanted to do was find her missing brother Chris. She didn't deserve that either, what she deserved was a normal happy life, one where she didn't have to run and hide. 'Umbrella has destroyed all of our lives, we'll never be able to truly forget. never.'

Leon started to walk down the stairs to leave when as the mansion was being taken out of view, he saw something shining in the far right corner of the balcony. He walked towards the area and looked on the ground. There on the ground was a customized berretta covered in blood. Leon bent down and felt the gun, and found that the blood on it was fresh. His gaze drifted from the gun and followed the blood trail to.

' . Oh my god.'

Leon's eyes widened as he identified the body lying in the corner.

"Claire!"

There in the corner was the body of Claire Redfield. Her body mangled and slouched against the wall. Her jeans, shirt and leather jacket were covered in blood and had slash marks in the fabric.

Leon ran over to Claire and picked her up. Holding her, he checked for a pulse and found a small faint one. Claire was hanging on to life by a thread. Leon shook her lightly trying to wake her up, but to no avail.

"Claire wake up! PLEASE WAKE UP!!"

Leon shook her again, more forcefully this time.

"CLAIRE!!!!"

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To be continued.