A decade has already passed since the Raccoon City incident and the events that happened in Rockfort Island.
Many people's lives are changed forever thanks to the evil corporation known as Umbrella. Now that the pharmaceutical enterprise is gone, many wonder what will happen next or what can they do now to rebuild their lives.
For one person, she just wants to reminisce some events, better yet, remember someone so dear to him.
A sunny afternoon, she feels the need to pay her last respects to a special someone….
In an undisclosed location, riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle down the road, the Terra Save member, now 32 years of age, has a somewhat stern look on her face, probably thinking of something right now.
"It's been 11 years now and I can still feel his presence"
Now arrived at the designated area, the cemetery, she parked her motorbike near the gates.
Entering the place, she surveyed her surroundings. "So very quiet, am I the only here?" Continuing to look around, she realized she was right; she is all by herself…
"I guess I am all by myself; can't believe I'm saying this but it's just right for what I'm feeling right now… Now all I need to do is find his grave"
She searched everywhere for it.
15 minutes already passed, still no sign of his grave anywhere. "I'm very optimistic he's laid to rest here…"
Not about to give up, Claire looked absolutely everywhere for his grave stone. When it looks like she's running out of luck, she finally found it. It is near an old tree surrounded by several scattered dead leaves and fallen branches and twigs
"There it is his final resting place…"
Approaching it, she bended over a bit and read the encryption
Steve Burnside
1981-1998
"Oh why, why must you be gone too soon…?" He would've been 30 years old right about now.
Now on bended knees, she did nothing but stare blankly at his grave stone, feeling the true emptiness within her heart.
"Steve, why did you have to go away?"
Memories of the two of them in their nightmarish adventure of survival in Rockfort Island began lingering in her mind…
So this is who I am
And this is all I know
And I must choose to live
For all that I can give
The spark that makes the power grow
An image of Steve suddenly flashed in front of her eyes from out of nowhere as if her imagination became real
And I will stand for my dream if I can
Symbol of my faith in who I am
But you are my only
And I must follow on the road that lies ahead
And I won't let my heart control my head
But you are my only
We don't say good bye (we don't say goodbye)
And I know what I've got to be
"Steve Burnside, I remember our very first encounter; since then, I believed it was truly destiny that made us meet" reminiscing the moment of their first encounter where they met outside a nearby facility, she smiled.
Immortality
I make my journey through eternity
I keep the memory of you and me inside
"Oh Steve, you truly are one of a kind. Kinda immature a bit, but that's how I like spending time with you…" remembering the time when they boarded a plane to escape the island going to Antarctica; sitting next to each other, resting her head on his shoulder.
Fulfill your destiny
Is there within the child
My storm will never end
My fate is on the wind
The king of hearts, the joker's wild
We don't say goodbye (we don't say goodbye)
I'll make them all remember me
Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a piece of paper and a bouquet of flowers; inside it is a picture of him and her together.
Cause I have found a dream that must come true
Every ounce of me must see it through
But you are my only
I'm sorry I don't have a role for love to play
Hand over my heart I'll find a way
I will make them give it to me
"I don't want to forget all those fond memories we had together during those times of survival. You're presence will forever linger in my heart and in my memories throughout my life" she muttered, placing the bouquet in front of the gravestone.
Immortality
There is a vision and a fire in me
I keep the memory of you and me inside
And we don't say goodbye (we don't say goodbye)
Smiling at the sky, she remembers all the somewhat awkward but happy moments she and Steve had together; but her smile was turned upside down when the unwanted memory of him as an uncontrollable tyrant trying to attack her bothered her
The final scene playing in her head is him back in human form with his life hanging by a thread with her by his side.
"I love you, Claire…"
"Steve! STEVE! STEVE!"
With all my love for you
And what else we may do
We don't say goodbye
"I never told him that I loved him back…"
Emotionally overwhelmed by that last scene in her mind, she became teary eyed
"Thank you for being there for me…"
Looking down, tears dropped on the grass
"Steve, I LOVE YOU!"
Saying those last 4 words, she wept uncontrollably in front of his grave, facing the unbearable and painful truth that he is gone…
FOREVER