A/n: 1st person for interview sections, 3rd person for Raccoon City Sections.

Biohazard Chronicles: Fall of Raccoon City

Chapter One: First Day on the Job.

Interview Beginning 22/11/2011 /Leonard Scott Kennedy

Enough was enough…

I've been stuck in this damned interview room for the last five hours and it's starting to get to me. The room is nice enough, a comfy chair, a steaming mug of black coffee resting between my cupped hands…but I can't drink it…food turns seemed to turn my stomach as of late.

"Mr Kennedy?"

The suit across from me asks my name He looks young, maybe twenty-five, he has kind brown eyes and tidy mousy brown hair. It was strange seeing that face on a suits body, but no doubt, just like all the others before him he was going to no doubt ask me the same fucking questions.

What exactly did you experience?

Were there any survivors?

Raccoon City…that place…that hell, they wanted me to relive every second of what happened there over and over again. I squeezed my eyes shut as images of the rotting living corpses and skinless mutants came thundering back into my mind.

"Mr Kennedy…I understand that you have been involved in a serious traumatic incident but you have to-."

I didn't let the man finish, I stood up shakily but my anger and frustration is clear as see.

"Incident!?" I yell slamming my fist down on the table causing my coffee to splutter and undulate violently.

To the man's credit he didn't even flinch. That look of genuine pity and concern did not fade. Sighing softly the man laces his fingers together on the table and his eyes meet mine, "Leon, I'm not here to interrogate you I'm here to help"

I let out a sharp breath and sit back down and cupped the warm mug once more, "it was Umbrella and their virus…S.T.A.R.S had them down for what they were and you people did nothing!" My tone is bitter and resentful and that's how I want 'them' to feel. If they only knew how many people died….how many lives the government just covered up when they bombed Raccoon city to hell.

The man across from me didn't show the anger from my statement like the others. He simply straightened up placed his hands on his lap.

"Leave us," he said, motioning at the armed soldier by the door.

"Sir, we have orders not to leave Mr Kennedy unsupervised," The soldier barked monotonously somehow reminding me of those mindless freaks that only a week prior were trying to eat me alive.

"And I have a duty of care to make him feel as comfortable as possible, now leave," the man said with a silky smooth voice, not taking his eyes off me.

The soldier saluted and then left the room, leaving me with the man who continued to observe me.

"So, do you want to know how many men, woman and children's heads I had to crush to survive? You know I really enjoy reliving the most Horrific experience of my life," I said dryly, folding my arms.

"I'm not here to upset you Leon…The evidence you gave us on Umbrella is irrefutable but without a full report we can't bring them to justice, I'm sorry but you need to tell me everything,"

The man's seemed sincere which was a lot better than someone shining a torch in my eyes and bellowing at me for answers.

"Can I at least know your name?" I ask tentatively.

The man smiles reassuringly. "My name is Adam Benford, I report to the president and the president only, "

I smile, and for the first time it is out of relief. President Graham is a good man and this Adam seems nicer than most of those military fucks

I sigh and lean forward, a pointless act seeing as I knew for certain someone had to be monitoring us, "If I tell you everything…you have to promise me, the people I escaped with won't have any trouble from the CIA or DSO or anyone else…Their just kids," I couldn't let that happen. I made a promise to Claire and the others that they would be free from this nightmare.

Adam laced his fingers together on the table, "You tell us what we need to know, and they won't have to be brought in, you can end Umbrella,"

I swallow hard as I begin to recall the events at Raccoon city, "Okay…Then where should I start?" I ask.

"From the beginning," Adam said, removing his jacket before leaning back forward.

Interview Terminated

STAGLA gas station and diner.

28th September 2011

"You keep nursing that coffee it's gonna go to nothin'," The waitress said with a chuckle.

Leon shook his head and blinked rapidly before looking at her. It was his first day as a fully trained cop and he had missed it.

A mix up with the planes had left him stranded in Harvardville all day, what would have been an hours flight to raccoon city airport, turned into an inter-state road trip which had taken him at least half a day. He had decided to get an hours rest in a gas station and ended up having a three hour catnap, in short…he was exhausted.

"Here's another officer, on the house," The waitress said sweetly, offering him another coffee, black, no sugar.

"Excuse me?" Leon slurred tiredly, "Don't suppose you know a shortcut to Raccoon City?"

The waitress stopped for a moment and thought hard, with a hand on her hip.

"Well…you could go through the town up ahead would be the long way," Leon rolled his eyes, long way was the last thing he wanted to hear right now.

The waitress continued to think for a moment before turning to a map of the area that was pinned to a notice board above the counter "but looking at this there's a forest path about half a mile from here that should take you right into the city limits," The waitress explained with a polite smile, "You sure you should be driving? You look pretty tired,"

Leon smirked and shook his head, "I just need a coffee…thanks,"

The waitress gave him a strange yet worried look, "No one's heard from the town in a few days…no calls are going through either" She explained.

Leon looked up at her with renewed interest; "Really?" he asked cupping the coffee in his hands and feeling the warmth spread through his fingerless gloves.

He took a sip and stared ahead thoughtfully.

"Yeah, things have been a little crazy down in raccoon lately cannibal killings, riots in the suburbs…don't know if you heard," The waitress explained with a strange grim look on her face.

Leon could vaguely remember seeing something about the killings on the news, it wasn't why he decided on a placement in raccoon city, but he was interested in finding out who was committing the atrocities. Leon looked at the waitress once more.

"I'll be careful," Leon drank down the rest of the coffee; wincing as it was a little too hot but bearable.

"Thanks for the coffee." Leon said with a nod of the head before the waitress left him to take an order from another customer. Leon sighed and rested his head in his hands, letting the caffeine do its work.

.O.

"So…why were you out there all alone?" Claire Redfield asked the boy sitting across from her.

The kid didn't answer but looked anxious, "Y'know, I could have been anyone…ever heard of stranger danger?"

The boy across from her sipped at the cocoa she had brought him and looked at her with dark eyes which were very intense for someone who looked so young.

"You seemed nice…besides, I'm eighteen anything I do is on my own head…" The boy admitted softly. He was British; no doubt about that but what surprised Claire was the revelation of his true age.

he looked at least four years younger, he was a few inches shorter than her and his face had soft features that seemed almost fragile…he looked skinny, like he hadn't eaten for a while. Hell she could almost see ribs through the light grey cardigan the boy was wearing.

"Oh…thank you I guess my names Claire, what's yours?" Claire asked, smiling.

"Alexander…Alex…I go by Alex these days," he said, with a tired laugh yet seeming a little wary of telling her his name.

"Alex…I was expecting something like Albert…or William?" Claire said with a giggle, although at the same time she hoped she hadn't offended him.

Alex gave her a small smile, "Well…Alexander is so…old… but I was hoping to get to raccoon city before Night…damn it…" He said as he looked out of the diner's window into the velvety blackness of night.

"Oh, Raccoon City, why didn't you say I was on my way there too…" Claire explained, "If you want I can take you as far as the college? Then I have to go see my brother,"

Alex looked back at her, "Oh, thank you,, I should have been for my induction days ago…There were problems with my student visa…" Alex admitted bashfully, as though that slight hiccup was an embarrassment.

Claire smiled softly "My brother works in the city, and I used to go that college…dropped out last year to travel the country…nothing but my bike and five thousand dollars to keep me company," Claire said with a little giggle.

"Sounds like a good plan but I want to be a nurse, help people…I come from a family of doctors," Alex explained, wringing his hands nervously but giving her a shy smile.

Claire narrowed her eyes in concern, "Are you sure you're okay?"

Alex smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'm fine…shall we Go?"

He stood up, leaving his hot chocolate half full.

"Yeah…cool," Claire replied standing up and watching as the boy walked past

.O.

Leon cursed softly as he dropped his car key on the floor. It didn't help that he could barely see straight and it was dark…hell he shouldn't even be driving, he was running on coffee and all he wanted to at this current moment in time was get to the city, go to his new apartment and die, Chief Irons could bitch at him tomorrow.

"FUCK!" A woman suddenly screamed, causing Leon to jump and drop his car key again causing him to growl softly. He turned to see a young woman at the gas pump behind him.

She looked young late teens. A real biker chick, she had light brown hair that was pulled into a pony tail, she wore a pink denim jacket with a wide collar and a picture of an angel with the heading Made in heaven on the back, and a black undershirt, she wore blue denim shorts that showed off her shapely legs and western style boots that ended at the knee.

Leon shook his head, as hot as this woman was he was an officer of the law, and while in uniform he shouldn't be taking in every detail of some hot unknown woman. She seemed to be distressed about something though.

"Miss, Can I offer some assistance?" Leon asked, trying to sound as friendly as possible.

"Well…If you can fix this old girl then yeah…" She said putting her hands on her hips and sighing, before patting the big Harley next to her.

A thin boy stood behind her, eyeing Leon warily, he looked ill, pale, the duffle coat he was wearing seemed much too big for him, and considering it was still quite warm this time of year it looked quite strange, he didn't look hot at all, in fact he seemed to be shivering slightly.

"Miss, there's a garage round the back? I can fix her up for ya?" Came the voice of the most stereotypical mechanic Leon had ever seen, from the head to toe coating of bodily grease to the hairy plumbers crack, Leon struggled not to snort a laugh,"

"How much?" The woman said with a weary sigh.

"Won't know till I find out what's wrong with the beauty'" The mechanic said, puffing out his cheeks and looking over the motorcycle.

"Fine, Whatever…Officer? Are you heading towards raccoon city?" The woman asked.

Leon nodded, "Yeah…I'm not sure I can take you through…"

The woman glared, "Arrest me then, I need to get to the city, want me to hold up the diner?" She offered sarcastically, jerking her thumb at the diner.

"That isn't something you should threaten miss…does your brother need a lift too?" Leon offered, smiling at the boy behind her.

"Oh…he's not…" The woman began but the boy cut her off.

"Yes…please," He said quickly with a quick glance at the woman.

Leon thought for a moment before exhaling softly, "Hop in…" He said, opening the backseat door of the land-rover. The boy wasted no time in walking past Leon and hopping into the back seat.

"Always trust a cop huh?" The woman said smiling sweetly at Leon, "I'm Claire by the way," She said as she walked around the passenger side of the car.

"Officer Leon Kennedy," Leon replied, prompting Claire to smile again before looking over his shoulder.

"You take care of the old girl!" Claire called to the mechanic, who was already wheeling the bike to the garage who responded with a grunt.

Leon took one final look at the area before climbing into the rover and starting the engine.

As they pull out Leon could see a Man outside a large gas tank truck with a bloody bandaged arm on the phone.

"Yeah…fucker bit me…In the forest dumbass…yeah,, I'll have that shipment to raccoon soon,"

Leon thought for a moment…someone bit him. What the hell.

.O.

Shortcut My Ass…

Leon had been driving for an hour now, the clock on time's dashboard read 21:03 which marked his journey as a whole 24 hours and for a lack of a better phrase it would be a cold day in hell before he'd step foot in a car again...or at least until the morning.

"I think your little friends all tired out?" Leon said, checking the rear-view mirror to see the boy who he find out from Claire that his name was Alex, was fast asleep, laying across the backseats.

Claire smiled, "He's older than he looks…I found him out on the highway, hitching, he came here to study at Raccoon City college…hard to believe he came all the way here from the UK without enough money to get to Raccoon City…"

"You did good, picking him up like that, guy his size wouldn't have lasted long on that highway," Leon Admitted.

Claire smiled to herself before looking over at Leon and noticing his id badge underneath his leather jacket read RPD.

"You're R.P.D?" Claire asked. Leon nodded without raking his eyes off the road, "you might know my brother Chris Redfield, He's a member of RPD special tactics," Claire asked from the tone in her voice she was quite eager to know.

Leon looked at her for a moment, "S.T.A.R.S? I know of him, name only really, S.T.A.R.S have been headline news a lot lately…all that bullshit over cannibals in the Arklay mountains…crazy stuff…" Leon explained without looking at her memories of the headlines came rushing back.

"My brother is not crazy!" Claire hissed, folding her arms and clenching her jaw.

Leon didn't answer her; he just watched her and felt a pang of guilt, as she looked upset.

"It was hard for me to believe too… last time I called him he…sounded so sick and tired of everything," Claire admitted, her lower lip quivering for a moment before she looked at Leon with a slight blush of embarrassment. "Sorry…I don't usually wear my heart on my sleeve," Claire admitted, a slight smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

Leon smiled back and looked at her, taking his eyes off the road, "It's fine, I'm a listener," he said with a grin, earning a chuckle from the girl before she looked back through the windshield; the smile still on her lips.

As he was about to turn back to keep his eyes on the road a scream made him almost jump out his skin.

"LOOK OUT!" Claire suddenly screamed pointing forwards.

Leon turned in time to see something dark dashing across the middle of the road before he rammed it causing the car to lurch violently and something dark to splat against the windshield.

"Shit!" Leon growled as he slammed the breaks on hard, he heard a yelp of surprise from the back seat and his own seat shudder as Alex was thrown into it.

"Jesus Christ!" Alex cried with a pained grunt, as he pulled himself back onto the seat, "Did we hit something?" He asked, looking around bewildered.

.O.

Claire nearly heaved when she stepped out of the car, the smell of road kill should have been something she was used to on her travels, but this was a whole new thing. Leon shone his small torch over the car bonnet, and illuminated what looked like rotted lumps of flesh strewn over the hood and grill.

"What was this…" Alex asked, covering his mouth and nose with his hand in a pointless attempt to escape the stench.

"I think it was a dog…here's the head…" Leon said, shining his torch at one lump of flesh on the hood, it was a dog, but it looks like it' had been dead for days…smells like it too.

"Wasn't this moving before you hit it?" Claire asked grimacing as the smell got too much.

Leon began to pull the shattered remains off the hood, there was little blood, but what blood there was, was congealed.

"Jesus…I can't," Claire whispered before getting back in the car and slamming the door.

"It can't have been moving…it's…it looks like it's been dead for months…" Alex noted watching as Leon dragged the corpse back to the forest on the other side of the road.

"Get back in the Car!" Leon called, holding his breath so that the smell wouldn't make him vomit.

He dragged the corpse about six feet into forest before dropping the shattered remains.

"Sorry pooch…" Leon said guiltily.

He began to walk back towards the car when he heard a crunching sound behind him.

"Someone there?" Leon called shining his torch in the direction of the sound.

He couldn't quite make out what he saw, as it was far away, and the torch didn't quite illuminate it. He saw what looked like a person on their hands and knees over something big…judging by its movements it seemed to be…eating.

His eyes widened with a gasp as the first thing he thought of was the headlines….S.T.A.R.S…cannibals. He took a step back and winced when he stepped on a stick which broke with a resounding crunch! The figure suddenly snapped its head up and seemed to look at him. Leon's heart was pounding in his chest and his eyes were so wide they were set to pop out.

When the person began to stand Leon quickly turned and ran back to the car, a cold chill ripping down his spine as he tore the door open, ignoring Claire when she asked if anything was wrong. He turned the key and the car rumbled to life, he pressed his foot all the way down and the car sped off into the night, passing a sign which read…

Welcome to Raccoon City.

.O.

Claire felt a little worried watching Leon's pale face; She thought maybe he was ill from handling that dog…to be honest she still felt a little ill from the smell. A thought kept nagging at the back of her mind however…the dog had been dead for a while looking at it's remains; but she had definitely seen it run across the road.

"Leon, you sure you're okay?" Claire asked with a slight cock of the head.

Leon didn't answer her, but his brow furrowed slightly as trees faded to buildings. They had finally arrived.

Alex stirred softly in the back seat causing Claire to turn and look at him with a reassuring smile. "How about you?"

The boy turned from the window to look at her with a tired expression; he simply nodded with a smile.

Leon pulled over on the sidewalk and looked out the window at the street before him…empty.

"Strange…" Leon whispered.

"Where is everyone?" Claire asked; looking out the window into the dark streets. There was literally no life other than some trash getting blown around.

Leon swallowed hard, remembering what the waitress said about people going into the city and not returning. He shook his head of such thoughts; perhaps the killings had forced the city council to enforce a curfew. But if so, why did it feel as though the city itself was dead.

"Look!" Alex piped up from the backseat of the car; his eyes fixed on a diner across the road from where they were parked.

Surely enough through the window there were two shadows. One seemed to be backing away while the other advanced slowly and clumsily…as though drunk.

"What the hell…" Claire whispered her eyes narrowing at the sight. The advancing shadow suddenly lunged at the other and they both went down.

From the car they could still hear the screams…screams that chilled them to the core.

.O. End of Chapter .O.

A/n The first story of my Resident evil Chronicles series, This will be following Leon as the narrator and will span free stories, based on a reimagined, 2, Code Veronica And 4.

This story will be Resident evil 2 but will draw a lot from RE 1.5 such as characters and monsters Also Alex is an OC…I has plans for him, Don't worry he isn't some perfect princess, Hopefully he'll fit right in

Okay…I'm now thinking of mixing this story with RE3 nemesis… that game is too epic to ignore…but RE1 is the same…so I will not be writing it…however there will be mentions of Lisa Trevor…so its based off the remake.