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Resident Evil: VERSUS

Chapter 1: The Gatherings

"Is it finished yet?"

"Not yet Lord, we still have to run a few more tests until we can be sure the device can work properly."

"How long will that take?"

"A few hours, at most sir."

"Good. Do we have all of the cell samples?"

"Yes. However sir, it has come to my knowledge that a few of these cells belong to recently deceased hosts."

"Will it make any difference?"

"No, not really. It will just take a bit more time for the process to finish, considering the fact that they will have to be re-born."

"That is fine. We need to make this little "game", as interesting as we can."

"Sir, a few of the subjects are ready for extraction. It is your call."

"Which ones?"

"Subjects 1, 2 and 3."

"Excellent. Extract them in one hour."

"Yes my lord."

A man lays in a prison cell, knocked out cold. The bars are substituted by blue energy, and seem to not be very welcoming. He is roughly built, rugged, and tall. It looks as if he was just tossed in, and completely unaware that he was captive.

The man awakens.

"Wha…What the hell?" he wonders scratching his head, vision coming back into focus.

This was not the place he had remembered before suddenly collapsing. The last place he remembered was the streets of his current city, he was walking back to his apartment.

"Where am I?"

The man looked at his surroundings. He obtained the very title he NEVER wanted to be in his life. Prisoner.

"This doesn't make any sense, how the hell did I get here?" he pondered, also observing the surging blue energy bars. Not a good idea.

"That is a very good question. Yes, how do you think you got here?" a man's voice responded behind him.

The prisoner was startled and he turned around quickly. He noticed a comm.-link against the wall next to what appeared to be his cot.

"What the.., who are you?" he demanded. "And why am I locked up here?"

The comm.-link displayed a man's silhouette with deep yellow eyes.

"I, am the GameMaster." he replied simply. "And I believe you are Subject 1:

Chris Redfield.

"Subject? What are you talking about!?"

"You see, as my title implies, I organize many different "games", and I selectively recruit others to join in the game. Oh trust me, it is indeed quite……fun."

"I get the feeling YOU are the only one who will think whatever "game" you are organizing is fun. What is this game all about?!"

"I have been watching you Chris, and many others that have completed VERY similar missions that you have done. Raccoon City was it? That was your first mission, the Spencer Mansion. Yes, yes, Umbrella and TriCell sure have been busy haven't they? Luckily I have managed to obtain various samples from those outbreaks and completely and perfectly reconstructed the scenarios, all for your, and others, enjoyment."

"What? What are you saying!?"

"I am saying Mr. Redfield, that you get to experience some good ol' fashioned DejaVu.

"NO! I've finished all that years ago! You can't do this!"

" On the contrary Chris, I can, and I WILL. However, as I have stated before, you are not alone. I have taken the duty of inviting your friends that have accompanied you on previous missions to join this little operation. There are also some you may not know, but that is what makes this game so great, you get to meet new people and possibly become "friends" with them. Look on the bright side of things Chris, I am merely testing all of your skills and abilities. But, if you fail to comply with these games, you, and every body that you know, shall be meet a VERY unfitting end. Trust me Chris, you do not want to test me on this."

"Oh great, first I'm kidnapped and now I am being blackmailed to join in a "game" that the only thing I know about is the fact I'll have to face all the shit I went through to save my sorry skin and the planet's."

"You shall receive more intell on the Game tomorrow via a meeting. In the meantime feel free to communicate with the other, "Players" on this monitor. Goodbye Chris. I expect great things from you. And do not worry, your prize shall be revealed tomorrow, if you follow my rules."

"I'm guessing that "prize" is my freedom?"

"A possibility, Oh, and the removal of the Virus that is inside your body."

"What?!"

"Yes I forgot to give you the details about that, the virus is completely harmless, that is, unless you leave the boundaries of this facility. Then, it will activate and you will become the very monster you have destroyed countless times. My advice, do NOT try to escape.

That is all."

The comn.-link flashed white and then became a dull gray.

Chris stood there and organized every bit of information that made sense to him.

He was captured, forbidden to leave, had to face more bio-hazardous freaks, and for the good part, he had companions with him to have fun on the ride.

"SHIT!" he yelled punching one of the walls, a small dent appearing around his fist.

A few hours later, Chris had nothing better to do than to just lay in his cot and form a basic plan of what he think would happen next.

However, he had just remembered what the GameMaster had said;

"In the meantime feel free to communicate with the other, "Players" on this monitor."

Almost instantly, Chris got up and cycled through the Contacts list on the communicator. There were only two names listed, including which cell they were locked up in.

"CELL B2: LEON S. KENNEDY"

"CELL F3: JILL VALENTINE"

Immediately Chris pushed the send button on Jill's name, completely disregarding the other name, but keeping it in mind.

The terminal was silent for a few seconds, until an image was produced of a girl that looked in her mid twenties but was actually in her thirties. She had reddish-brown hair with a few blonde streaks in it, and she was terrified.

"Jill! Jill! It's Chris!"

"Chris? Oh my god Chris where are we?"

"I don't know, but no matter what happens we have to stick together through this whole thing." It was relieving to see a friendly face, especially one that had been through so many struggles with you that there is an impenetrable bond between the two of you. "Did the "GameMaster" (he said this very disdainfully) fill you in on this mess?"

"Yes, but it was very brief, he said he needed to talk to one of my good friends, I'm assuming that's you. What did he say?"

Chris then filled Jill in on all the little extra "details" that he had been given.

"So I guess we don't have a choice then! Damn! Why? Why is he doing this?

"I don't know Jill, he's probably some freak like Wesker, somebody who enjoys the torment of others." As a matter of fact, it could be him, considering the fact that the man has managed to cheat death numerous times. But this man was different, he did not have the same aura as Wesker, but that did not mean that he was not a threat to consider.

"There is also another person with us, his name is Leon." Chris added.

"Leon? Leon Kennedy?"

"Yeah."

"He was the police officer who survived Raccoon city after my incident with Nemesis."

"Wait, he was the guy who helped Clare too right?"

"Yes, he will be a very formidable ally Chris. We need to get him on our side before someone else does. I heard that there may be different alliances forming from a guard."

"Already? It barely started!"

"Chris, this is a desperate game from what I have heard, many do not want to take any chances, so they are aligning themselves with as many people as they can."

"We'll probably meet him tomorrow at the meeting, and anyone else this creep has taken."

"Hopefully we can fully understand what is going on and try to figure this all out. In the meantime Chris, get some sleep, I have a feeling we are going to need all the rest we can get."

"Yeah, you're probably right Jill. It's not like I can do anything else. Message me if you get any more information."

"Roger that. Tomorrow is going to be a long day."

NEXT CHAPTER: PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

Wow, First chapter of the Resident Evil: Versus series. I'm pretty sure you can guess what inspired me to do this in the first place. It's my first story, but I (not meaning to be conceited) think I did a pretty good job! Any criticism is welcomed, although I'll probably disregard the hate-mail (if I get any), but any means for me to improve some stuff, I will gladly hear it. Also, if you think this is too short, please say so! Also, I'm going to try to update this every 2-3 weeks so you don't have too wait tooooo long.

I figured it would be a pretty sick idea to actually give a cool story to a mode on Resident Evil that relatively has no story at all except for getting picked up on a helicopter and mindlessly killing zombies. I thought, "Hey, people will like it (hopefully) so why not give it a shot?" I don't think this has been done before so why not introduce something fresh to ? Anyway, I am planning to add not only Re5 characters, as you have clearly seen, but all that would seem to be cool and actually add good story material in the Re universe. If anybody has requests, I am more than willing to see that your character can added in!

Q & A: (NOTE: These are questions I think that people will ask.)

Now, some people may be going like, "What is going on here?"

Well, you'll have to read the next chapter to find out! But all I can tell you is that a lot of people are getting together to kick some zombie ass.

What is up with Jill's hair? Well, if you have played Re5 you know when she is brainwashed she has blonde hair, when naturally it is reddish-brown. So, since this is some time after that, her hair is beginning to return to her natural color, but has left behind a trace of what she once was.

Why are you adding characters from different series? Why not? It's better to have multiple character that have great stories than just the limitations of Re5's roster. Plus, it will give all the (insert character's name here)-fanboys something to look forward to.

Also, I give Credit to WingedFreedom622 for inspiring me to write stories with his awesome Gohan's Dilemma series, you rule man!

Later!

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