Covering my butt, the awesome Resident Evil games are owned by Capcom. There are a few characters I will be borrowing along with Raccoon City from the series.
*Before you begin reading this just keep in mind that when I originally wrote this RE3 had yet to come out, I think it was probably announced at the time I finished it. So Raccoon City was not wiped out by a nuke at this point in the timeline & I had no idea it would be. Big thanks to any comments & criticisms. :)*
PROLOGUE
Almost a year ago, the S.T.A.R.S.( Special Tactics And Rescue Squad) Alpha team, consisting of Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine & 4 others, were sent to a large mansion deep in Raccoon Forest to rescue the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team. The Bravo team had broken off contact after being sent to investigate strange murders that had happened in the forest. When the Alpha team landed they found Bravo's helicopter with their equipment left inside, but the team itself was missing. One of the Alpha members was killed by what they thought was a virose dog and the others were chased into a nearby mansion. During their search for a way out they found the remains of 4 of the Bravo team & one survivor. They finally figured out that the assignment had been a ruse concocted by Umbrella Incorporated, a major chemical company. Umbrella was secretly creating bio-weapons by using a virus, the T-Virus. The S.T.A.R.S. captain revealed to the survivors that he worked for Umbrella and that they were all a test for the weapons. When the four survivors tried to escape they were attacked by the Tyrant, Umbrella's greatest weapon. The mansion was destroyed & they were able to escape, thinking that they had destroyed the horror hidden behind its doors. They were wrong...
2 months after the survivors returned they disappeared somewhere in Europe while searching for Umbrella's headquarters. They had heard a rumor about a new virus, the G-Virus. William Birkin had created the G-Virus after the failure of the T-Virus. Soon after they disappeared the city was overrun by the new bio-weapons. Rookie Officer Leon Kennedy arrived in Raccoon City for his first day on the R.P.D. force. He ran into Claire Redfield, saving her from the clutches of one of Umbrella's weaker creations. She had arrived in Raccoon City hoping to find information on her missing brother. They each found survivors, Claire found Birkin's daughter, Sherry, while Leon came across a mysterious woman named Ada Wong. Leon & Claire discovered that William had injected himself with the untested virus while it was being stolen from him by Umbrella's secret agents. The G-Virus changed him into the most dangerous creature that Leon & Claire had to go up against. The underground lab was destroyed due to the self-destruct system. Claire took Sherry with her & continued her search for her brother while Leon stayed in Raccoon City knowing that Umbrella wasn't finished.
Mark Birkin had secretly watched what happened in Raccoon City throughout both test runs of the bio-weapons. Both times he'd been unhappy with the results. He knew there had to be a way to create the ultimate weapons. His buyers were beginning to get impatient with the delays in delivery. However, he couldn't ship the package until he was positive they could be controlled. Jacob Atkinson was the next best scientise he had. William had messed up everything when he'd sacrificed himself to the virus sample without testing its stability. His number one agent was keeping a very close eye on a woman who was getting too nosy for her own good. He had thought of getting rid of her at first, but then realized she might come in handy. For the time being anyway.
The story of Raccoon City continues, May of 1999.
*Thanks for reading the prologue & sorry if it seemed kind of boring. When I originally wrote this I wrote it so that people who didn't know much about the game would have some history on what had happened previously. Some reference to game related scenes will be made in the story, but not enough to explain everything to some of the game past as I wanted to try & keep this as much of it's own story as possible.*
