It all began on the stormy night of July 15th, 2005. The sky was filled with dark, ominous clouds, and lightning arced freely across the open expanse of nothingness. Along the dark road, the high-beams of an approaching 2005 Metallic Blue Chevy Corvette Convertible lit up the lonesome stretch of asphalt. The car belonged to a Mr. Nicolai Vislobakov. He was 45, had cold, dark black eyes, with combed over hair. He was divorced, his marriage lasting 5 years. It ended after a simple argument about him taking too much time at work, and how he needs to be home more often. He sighed, the lights reflecting off a green sign. The sign stated simply, "Exit 45A, Umbrella Research Facility, 1/4th Mile". He grunted again, turning off the exit. All this just for some major breakthrough with the project. It better be worth it, he had to cancel an "appointment" with a busty 26 year old blonde girl. He dimmed his lights, approaching the front gate of the facility. The guard, armed only with a Beretta 9mm, waved him through, knowing who was in the car by memory. He entered a parking space, labeled with a simple white sign with bold, black letters on it, "Head of R&D". Nicolai stepped out, his black dress shoes blending in with the asphalt beneath him. He reached back into the car, taking out his official Umbrella ID, and locked the car up. Scanning the area around him, he found who called. It was none other then Robert McConnell, head of the "Nemesis" Project. Rob, 35, was blue eyed and blond haired. He climbed the corporate latter quickly after marrying the CEO's daughter.
"Ahh, Nicolai, glad to see you could make it. We finished Mark II ahead of schedule, figured you'd like to inspect him," Rob said in a Virginian accent.
"Good to see you Rob, lets check him out," Nicolai said simply, with a slightly Americanized Russian Accent, "You're project always interested me the most. What are the improvements over the first version?"
"Why thank you, I'm flattered. Lets see...Well, New Nemesis is bigger, at about 8 feet, 6 inches. He's substantially heavier, about 3 quarters of a ton with his armor on, which we added more of. We've given him the ability to command the other projects, such as the Tyrants and Lickers. He also has an increased intelligence, and learns about 300% faster then the previous version. Wait 'till you see him, he's a beauty in his own way."
Together, the 2 scientists entered the facility, passing down the halls until they came across a single, heavy door, with a hand-print scanner to the right. Nicolai pressed his palm against it, a light appearing under his hand for several seconds before a beep was heard. The door hissed open, and the lights automatically turned on. They passed several more such doors, the final one guarded by several automatic machine-gun turrets that would retract from the ceiling. In this dimly lit room, a single tube stood in the middle of the room. The tube was filled with a blueish fluid, and in it, was the monstrosity itself, the Nemesis MKII. He was even more brutal looking then the first, his thicker armor bulged out almost a foot in front of him. His biceps were gigantic, almost the width of a mans torso. Its legs, even more massive then the biceps, would eventually be able to hurl the creature into the air. Nicolai Didn't know what to think about the specimen in front of him. He simply stood there several moments, speechless.
Rob looked over to him, "A couple things I forgot to mention...He has increased Eyesight, strength and speed, and his tentacles are stronger and longer then Version one. We plan on activating him in 3 months, once we're sure we have control of him."
Nicolai walked up to the glass tube in front of him, and he stared at the monsters face. It was unmoving behind the foot thick glass, and still horribly disfigured. He had an ungainly stitching stretching from the corner of his right eye down to his neck, and about 4 thick tubes protruding out the back of his skull. His mouth however, was no longer covered, and the new nemesis looked slightly more human. As Nicolai stared at it, its massive, blood red eyes opened, staring back.