I do not own Resident Evil or any of it's characters. I do however own the original characters I have thrown in here such as Ara and Viktor.

Chapter One: Fated Meeting

Billy Coen held on for dear life as the car began to accelerate up to an un-recommendable speed. Unfortunately he was not the one driving so he had no control of the car. He looked to his right at the woman behind the wheel. She had medium length black hair. Most of her hair was held in a hair clip at the back of her head, while there was a little left down that covered the left side of her face. She wore a black long sleeved shirt under a light purple vest which she wore unzipped. With that she wore black shorts that went down to her mid-thigh. On her feet she wore black boots that came up to mid-shin and had what looked like buckles on the side, but were actually Velcro underneath to hold it down. Under the Velcro bindings was a zipper that held the boot on.

"What are you trying to do?! Get us killed?!" Billy snapped as the car zoomed around the empty street corner.

"Of course not. I'm trying to keep us alive." She said as she looked at him and smiled.

"Then keep your eyes on the road, Ara!" Billy said as he released one hand from his seat and forced her face to look straight again. "Remind me to never let you drive again."

"Hmph. I lost them, didn't I? What's the big deal?" Ara said as she looked in the rearview mirror just to be safe. She began to let up on the gas pedal and slowly pushed down on the brake. "But I guess we do need to slow down a little, don't we? And you know, it's not my fault I was the one closest to the driver side when we made our grand escape back there. So where are we going now?"

"I don't know. Maybe we should go into hiding for awhile." Billy said. He looked over at her as he began to remember how the two of them had ended up traveling together. It was a few days before when he was leaving the Raccoon forest after splitting ways with Rebecca...

After hours of traveling through the woods, Billy had finally made it to a road that led to the next town. He didn't want to go back to Raccoon City where people would be able to recognize him right a way. So he walked down the side of the road, cautious of things that may come out of the woods, and careful of the cars in case any were police cars on the search for him.

As he walked, he heard a rustling in the woods and turned to see what would come out.

He pointed his gun at the area where the bushes shook. Seconds later, a young woman with black hair emerged. She was wearing what looked like a yellow sundress that was splattered with what looked like dried blood. Some of her hair covered the left side of her face. She wore four rings on each hand. She didn't look like a zombie, but he kept his gun trained on her, just in case it was...

"Stay where you are." Billy told her.

"Huh? B-Billy... Bill Coen, is that you?" The young woman said in a weak tone as if your throat was dry.

He looked at her carefully as he noticed that her voice and face were familiar.

She stood in that same spot as he studied her.

"Vivian Sinclair?" He asked, a little shock in his voice.

"Yea. But I go by Ara now. It's a long story. Don't ask... because... I-" Her left hand shot up to that side of her face as if she was having a major headache.

Billy lowered his gun and rushed over to her. "Are you all right? What happened to you?"

"I... don't remember. The last thing I remember is... going over to Jason's house... I wanted to surprise him... then nothing... Jason he was... I mean is... my fiancé... what is wrong with me? It feels more righter to say that he was instead that he is." Tears began to form in the corner of her eyes as she looked up at him. "Maybe he died... maybe those things got him... and I went into shock and forgot everything..."

Billy put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure he is fine." He bit his lip as he thought about something to say to her. "Do you want me to take you back to Raccoon City? Maybe he is still at home. You still live in Raccoon City, right?"

Ara suddenly took a step back, her eyes wide with fear. "No! I don't want to go back there. I can't... please don't make me..."

"It's all right. I'm not going to take you there unless you want too. Calm down." Billy told her.

Ara nodded as she wiped away the tears from her dirty face. "B-Billy... could I... could I come with you? You're running right? From the cops... and whoever else. They were taking you to jail recently, weren't they? But you got away because you're innocent. When I read that I knew that sweet and kind Billy couldn't do stuff like that. Billy! I remember reading about you and them talking about it on the news. I remember..." She tried to remember more of the last few months, but nothing came to her.

"That is good that you are remembering." Billy said as he thought about brining her or not. "It probably wouldn't be safe for you to come with me. Cops are going to be after me when they find out I got away."

"I don't care. You're the only one I can feel I can trust right now. Please..." She looked up at him with her pleading face.

He flinched at it as he remembered all those times she would look at him like that when they had been dating. "Fine. But if things start to get to dangerous, I'm going to leave you somewhere safe, understand?"

Ara nodded rapidly. "I understand. And I won't get in your way. I promise."

"All right. We should be heading to Latham first. Try to get a car there, then from there, who knows."

"Sounds like a adventure." She said as the two of them began to walk. "Billy... what cause those dogs... and people to be like zombies? Do you know?"

He nodded and told her what he had just previously learned.

"Wow... it sounds like something from a movie, or a book or a video game. Who ever thought that-" She stopped suddenly as she grabbed her head as intense pain shot through her body. She stopped walking.

Billy stopped as well and put his hands on her shoulder to keep her steady. "Are you all right? Do you need me to carry you?"

She shook her head violently. "No. I'm fine. I'm sorry. I'm already slowing you down..."

"It's fine. Are you better now?"

"Yes. I'm fine now. Don't worry. Let's go." She said, looking up at him and winked. "All I have is a headache, but that should go away." She smiled weakly up at him.

He nodded. Then he instinctiely reached and held her hand. Billy was surprised by his own action and was about to pull away, but stopped when Ara squuzed his hand gently and held onto his hand.

Ara held onto his hand and was grateful that Billy was the one she found. She hadn't seen him in years, but she knew that he was the same reliable Billy that he had always been.

"What's wrong with you? Falling in love with me, are you?" Ara teased.

"Huh?" Billy said, realizing that he had been staring at her.

"You're been looking at me for quite a few minutes now. I thought that maybe you still had feelings for me." Ara sighed in a playful overdramatic way. "Ah, Billy, you're too late. You should have realized your feelings before. I'm engaged now... or was... I truly do not remember." She said, smiling at him.

"No way. We already tried that. And it didn't work." Billy reminded her, smiling back.

"Yea, I know." Ara said.

"Or... is it that you still have feelings for me?" Billy teased her back.

"You wish." Ara said, laughing. She suddenly stopped laughing and started to cough. She removed one hand from the wheel and covered her hand. As she coughed she felt something warm coming out of her mouth and landing on her hand. When she pulled back her hand, there were a few drops of blood. She looked at the blood for a few seconds. She looked back at the road and slowed down the vehicle as pain shot through her stomach. Ara hid her pain from him.

"Ara, what's wrong?" He looked at her hand. "We have to get you to a hospital. Let me drive."

"No! I can't go to a hospital. They'll... they'll do bad things to me. I can't go back." Ara cried out. "I'll be fine. It's just a few drops, maybe I cut my lip when I was laughing and that is how I got it."

Billy eyed her carefully. "Fine. But if you cough up any more blood, we're going, all right?"

Ara nodded. "Maybe you should drive. Is that ok?"

"Sure." Billy said as he opened the passenger door and got out.

Ara did the same and they passed each other in front of the car. They both got in the car.

Billy started the car and drove carefully down the road, glancing at her every few seconds.

Ara took a napkin from the car compartment in front of her and wiped her hand. She then tossed it into a fast food bag. "You're doing it again."

"What?" He asked.

"Looking at me again." Ara said.

"I guess I can't hide it from you anymore can I? I'm so in love with you." He teased her, looking at her. "Are you happy now?"

"Yes, I am. Now, look at the road." She told him, pushing his face so he looked straight at the road.

Billy looked ahead as he made a left hand turn on a road that would take them to the next town where hopefully they could find a gas station since the car was running out of gas.

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For awhile now I have planned on making a Resident Evil fanfic and I finally got around to it. For the first few chapters there may be some confusing points and such until I can smooth everything out. So I may go back at times to change something and I apologize for that ahead of time. Please R&R...