Resident Evil: Last Hope
Prelude:
Chris looked through his newspapers he collected over the years and wanted to see how it all happened, he forgot sometimes. "Sigh, let's see how it all went". Chris said to himself as he looked over the papers.
Raccoon Inquire May 11, 1998
Raccoon City, a peaceful midwestern city surrounded by beautiful forests and nature. Nothing really exciting happens there until last week. Raccoon Police Department found something horrible outside of Raccoon City, in the Arklay Mountains. A grizzly murder victim was discovered by a local resident and reported it to the R.P.D. and the witness described the victim as "Someone who was gunned down by demons". The Police reports listed that the victim was apparently eaten. He had multiple Canine bites on his lower body but on his neck were signs of human bites. The police are now under investigation.
Arklay ArchiveMay 28, 1998
Over the past weeks there have been more reports of dead hikers, picnickers, and couples that entered the Arklay area. Police have said that there is a cannibalistic cult to blame for these gruesome murders. Raccoon Police Chief, Brian Irons, said, "The R.P.D. are running around the clock to try to figure out who is responsible for these murders and how to stop them. I would recommend that all citizens of Raccoon City stay out of the Arklay Mountain area". Hopefully the murderers will be brought to justice.
Raccoon Inquire June 30, 1998
The outlandish murders continue to grow in the Arklay Mountains and there seems to be no end but hope still remains. Raccoons' Mayor, Michael Warren, has ordered a special authority force group to help with the situation. A team called S.T.A.R.S. (Special. Tactics. And. Rescue. Squad.) They will help the R.P.D. and try to conduct another investigation of the murders. Also the caption of the STARS Alpha Team, Albert Wesker, orders all citizens to stay indoors and don't go outside after 10:00 p.m.
Raccoon RecordsJuly 18, 1998
The STARS have now decided to investigate around the Arklay area and surround the area that they believe were the cults are hiding. Caption of the STARS BravoTeam, EnricoMarini, said, "My team will be sent in first and the Alpha Team will follow. We hope to subdue this cult or who ever is causing the deaths, and we will stop the murders". On July 22nd the Bravo team will be sent in while Alpha Team will go July 23rd.
Arklay Archives July 24, 1998
The S.T.A.R.S. returned from their investigation about the murders but with only five members. Alpha Team member Chris Redfield said, "We were attacked by zombies and they killed the people in the Arklay Mountains". Other members such as Jill Valentine and Barry Burton said, "The Umbrella Corporation was the cause for the murders, they owned the Spencer Estate and ran biological viral experiments underneath it. They produced a virus that turned our teammates into zombies. It was called the T-Virus". Mayor Warren held a conference with the STARS members and dismissed their case. In other news, the abandoned Spencer Estate blew up yesterday and reasons why are still unknown.
World News September 28, 1998
Zombies have overrun some areas in Raccoon City. The U.S. Army is coming in to evacuate the citizens and destroy the threat of the undead on the 25th. Some people think that the government should have listened to the STARS and took them more seriously. Umbrella has planned to barricade the city to lower risk of the undead to spread. Quarantine is now in effect in Raccoon City and it looks like it is getting worse.
World NewsOctober 4, 1998
Raccoon City blew up and massive pharmaceutical company, Umbrella, said that it was caused by a nuclear melt down at the local power plant. But it was really caused by the presidents' plan to destroy the undead threat of Raccoon City. The government found out that it was all caused by Umbrella andits' illegal biological viral research. The T-virus, one of Umbrella infamous products, infected the whole city. The president of the U.S. shut down Umbrella and cut off all of their funds and the president said, "Umbrella is finished!!" Luckily the outbreak didn't spread across the U.S.A. or other countries.
Chris put down his newspapers and chuckled. "They had no idea." He said as he cocked his 9mm. He looked out a nearby window to see the dark cold dead world infested with death. Chris sighed and took a sip of his now cold coffee. Jill came into the room holding her shotgun. "You ready?" she asked. Chris nodded and glanced out the window once more. "Yeah, I'm ready."
The year is 2012 and the earth has become overrun by the T-virus and the parasite known as Las Plagas. The world is in now chaos and Chris Redfield is ahead of one of the biggest strongholds left in the world, called "Haven". After global infection, the viruses infected most of the world but some cities built up walls around them and were able to keep out infection. Chris still tries to look for a way to bring civilization back to the world but he looks for it alone. Nobody knows for sure who let the viruses lose onto the world.
Cast:
Chris Redfield
Survivor of Spencer Mansion T-virus outbreak and leader of last major infection stronghold.
Jill Valentine
Survivor of Spencer Mansion and Raccoon City T-virus outbreak and Co-leader of last major infection stronghold.
Barry Burton
Survivor of Spencer Mansion T-virus outbreak and Co-leader of last major infection stronghold.
Leon S. Kennedy
Survivor of Raccoon City T-virus outbreak and helped stop Las Plagas infection in 2004. Now he is a loner that goes from stronghold to stronghold looking for answers about who caused the global infection.
Albert Wesker
Mysterious characters that help create the T-virus and he now is shadowed with darkness. He is believed to have helped with the global infection.
Jim Foster
Survivor of two small T-virus outbreaks back in 2003 and know lives in the last stronghold, Haven, and works as a Detective. Good friend of the leaders of Haven.
Stacey Morgan
Survivor of one small T-virus outbreaks back in 2003. Wife of Jim Foster and lives with him in Haven and is a stay at home wife. Good friend of the leaders of Haven.
Liz Foster
Survivor of two small T-virus outbreaks back in 2003 and works in Haven as a Doctor. Good friend of the leaders of Haven.
Billy Carson (AKA: BC)
Survivor of two small T-virus outbreaks back in 2003 and works in Haven as a Harvester. He is also the Husband of Liz Foster. Good friend of the leaders of Haven.
Drew O'Connor
Member of STARS and survivor of many T-virus outbreaks and has much information about different outbreaks of the T-virus before the global infection. Helped Chris, Jill, Barry, Jim, BC, Liz, and Stacey in the past. He now is teamed up with Leon Kennedy on the quest to find out who caused the global infection.
Chapter Two
The world is now in chaos and death has taken over earth. Las Plagas and the T-virus run wild and have infected 7,163,869,542 people. That's about the whole world. Some countries went underground, some hoped to escape infection in space. But those left behind… perished or survived. Most people built walls around cities… most didn't survive.
The year now is 2012 and the human race is just about dead. No one knew how the infection started but some looked for answers. People having knowledge over the two plagues seemed to make by. Most people thought that since the Plagas had to be controlled by a higher power, someone had to be ordering the infected.
But it wasn't exactly the Las Plagas; the infected weren't smart enough to tear down the walls. Just to communicate with other hosts and to feed. The possessed would feed on living flesh even thought they could eat normal food. Most people thought that it wasn't the Las Plagas at all but in fact a hybrid of the T-virus and the parasite. Slow and dumb as a zombie but has some brain activity.
Now our story begins with Chris Redfield, he was apart of a resistance that kept out infection in some small cities. He worked his way up to being a general in the army made to protect the city and eventually became leader of the whole stronghold. That stronghold is called "Haven". The infection count still rises and Haven has lost contact with the rest of the strongholds.
Chris woke up in a fuss he was drenched in sweat. "God!" he said. "Same dream again", he said gripping his head. He got up, went to his window and opened the shades. The morning was bright but it shined on a cold, dead world. Just another day, thought Chris. He preformed his morning ritual and put on his dirty jeans and long sleeves T-shirt. Over that he put on his old, ripped up faded black leather jacket.
He went downstairs to find Jill Valentine drinking coffee and eating an apple. In the kitchen, Barry Burton was scrambling some dehydrated eggs and bacon. "Smells good." Said Chris. "Yeah but fresh bacon would be better than this crap." Replied Barry. "Hey Jill, any news from the UK stronghold, Republic?" asked Chris. "No all I got was a recorded distress call and static." She said. "But there is some good news." Said Barry. "What?" "Well Jim and Stacey got married last week." Said Barry. Chris put his head down and muttered, "Good for them".
Jim woke up, stretched, and stared at Stacey laying next him. "Its not polite to stare…" she muttered. Jim got and put on his dress slacks and his dress shirt with suspenders. "Come back to bed…" said Stacey. "I'll be back at 3:00." He said as he walked out. He stepped out his front door and started walking toward the office. Jim was a detective but not with law. He would go around and collect any information needed like, where to find food, how to grow crops, blue prints for the city, ect.
He worked under Chris, Jill, and Barry. He walked in his office building and took the stairs to the highest floor, which was the seventh. He entered the conference room to find Jill and Barry checking the power status for the city. "Hey, hey! There he is! Congratulations on the wedding. How's it feel to be a married man?" asked Barry. Jim shook his hand and hugged Jill. "It feels great."
"So any news from Republic, Jill?" asked Jim. "No not yet." She said. "Well what about my findings?" he asked. "You gotta go down to the outer gate today and check out an abandoned building that supposedly was stocked up with supplies before infection," explained Barry. Jim never liked going to the outer gates. Haven had three gates, the safe gate, which was closest to the city. The middle ring, which where most of the refuges and middle class lived. And the outer gates, which was the strongest wall of all. "Who am I going with?" asked Jim. Barry laughed and said, "Luke".
Liz walked down the long hall of the clinic with speed. She just got a code yellow on here pager. In hospitals code yellow means possible infection. She then heard loud screams and started running. She entered the quarantine room and froze. She saw a man with a Plagas bursting out of his head. Liz then saw three dead nurses on the floor and walked back slowly. The carrier stumbled toward her and Liz just yelled, "Code Red!"
Three guards came and took care of the carrier. Liz found out later that no one else was infected but the nurses were still dead. Liz walked out of the clinic and sat on the stoop. She put her head between her knees and took a deep breath. The sound of a loud car engine scared her. She looked up to see BC in his white 1963 Lincoln Continental. "Hey doll face." He said. Liz walked to the car and started shaking. "What's wrong?" asked BC.
"There was a code red in the clinic today. A man had an adult Plagas in him and it emerged." Explained Liz. "Was any one else infected?" asked BC. "No but three nurses were killed." Said Liz. "Ya know what, I'm gonna stay with you and make sure your safe." Said BC as he got out of the car. "No you have to harvest!" said Liz. "They let me out early and plus, you need the help." Said BC as he entered the clinic.
About an hour later, a woman came to the clinic wearing dark jeans, blue shirt, and combat boots. She also had long brown hair, which she wore in a ponytail. Liz was at the head desk checking the patient charts. A fellow doctor came up to her and said, "A woman just came with out sighing in. She also has a gun, I think she's a Protector". A protector was somebody who worked with or for Haven, like a police officer.
Liz saw the woman from the back and felt she knew her. Liz grabbed her and said, "Excuse me can I help…" the woman turned around and it was Jill Valentine. "Hey Liz. I heard there was a code red." Said Jill.
Drew woke up and stretched a bit, he stood up and saw Leon already awake. Drew had short curly black hair and wore his old Florida STARS uniform form about twenty years ago. Leon had long dirty blonde hair which he wore in a ponytail and had a thick five o'clock shadow. "They've been at it for hours." Said Leon. Drew looked down the mountains edge about three stories down to see hordes of carriers reaching for them. "We're to high for them anyway. We just need to get to Dr. O'Malley." Said Drew.
Drew and Leon left Haven about six months ago to search for who caused the world infection. Just by themselves going form clue-to-clue, city-to-city. Fighting off the infected and trying to save survivors. Before WI (World Infection) a doctor named Zachary O'Malley was associated with Umbrella. He was there cornerstone, the man thinking of new experiments, some thing he tried to stop the WI. He lived high up in the mountains in the Himalayas. Leon and Drew made it to his house and opened the door.
The place was a mess and had a few carriers in it. Drew and Leon easily took care of them and saw a big blast door. It took both if them to open it but when they did, they saw an elevator. They activated it and headed down. "Hope he's here." Said Drew. "Hope he's alive". Said Leon.
Chapter three
Jim drove toward the exit of the safe gate with his small jeep. He was supposed to meet with Luke at the end of the middle ring. Jim use to know Luke, they both fought with Chris, Jill, Leon, Richard, BC, Stacey, Liz, and Drew against an evil company back in 2003. After that Luke just got paranoid with stopping Umbrella. Now Luke just became a Protector and tried to help Chris and them. After going threw clearance at the safe gate, Jim drove threw the middle ring with worries.
He barely even went out to the middle gate but whenever he did, it depressed him. The middle gate is where most of the poor, injured, and less fortunate lived. The middle ring didn't have any cars or protectors, which made this part of Haven hectic. Jim got to the end of the middle ring at "outpost A" just like Barry said. He saw armed men huddled round someone.
Jim pulled over and put on his dirty brown over coat. He walked toward the crowd and it started to split, Luke was in the middle. "Well if it isn't mister man!" called Luke. "Hey I heard you were dead!" said Jim trying to be nice. They walked to each other and shook hands. "Nope you must be thinking of the world." Said Luke. "I was just tellen these guys how I fought of five Plagas with just an ice pick." Said Luke.
Jim heard all kinds of stories about people doing whatever to zombies or Plagases most of them aren't true. "Are we gonna do this or not?" said Jim. "Hold on I've gotta suit up." Luke went into his truck and Jim waited fifteen minutes. Luke showed up in full tactical gear, vest, boots, knee and elbow pads, the works. Jim hopped in his Jeep, as did Luke. "Lets go".
The gates opened and Jim drove off. The outer gates once held a small city, which was the birth of Haven. The founders had just one gate around the city at first but it didn't hold, the remains were in the outer gates. Fallen buildings, and debris laid everywhere. Every once and a while Jim and Luke would drive by some starving infectees but they were no problem. "Where is this place anyway?" asked Jim. Luke pulled out a map and said, "About a half a mile straight ahead".
When they finally reached the abandoned building, they saw a few infectees close by. Luke got out first and I followed. The building looked to be originally three stories high but the roof looked to be caved in. Luke pulled out a M16 and had five clips. "I think you brought to much." Said Jim. "You can never be too careful." He responded. Jim took out his M1911. 45 pistol. With three back up clips just in case. Jim never really used his guns after he transferred to Haven.
Luke entered the building with caution and turned toward Jim. "You stay and make sure those guys don't get to close." Jim looked at saw three infectees about half a mile away. "Whatever." Mumbled Jim. Luke entered the building with his rifle raised. It was dark and wrecked the place was a mess. Luke walked to the stairs and saw a hunk of concrete blocking the way then turned to the stairs leading down.
The stairs were steep and could fall apart at anytime. Luke could barely see and it was very dusty. He reached the bottom and saw a huge blast door in front of him. "Must have been built before WI." Said Luke to himself. Jim leaned against his jeep and looked at the picture of Stacey, which he kept in his wallet. He smiled for a bit and dazed off into another world but a moan form a zombie brought him back.
Gotta stop! Stay alert, stay sharp! Don't daydream, there is no fairytale land just this cold dead world, thought Jim. He looked up and saw six zombies, two maybe Plagas carriers. They were close, too close. Jim reached in his jeep and pulled out his hatchet. When they were close enough, he took' em out. No need to alert the other ones hanging around with my gunshots, thought Jim. "Rrraaaggghh!!" yelled Luke. Jim ran to the house and down the stairs.
Luke was on the ground fighting off a Plagas with it parasite emerged. Jim raised his gun and Luke lifted the infectees' head high. Jim fired and blew off the carriers' head. Luke stood up covered in guts and slime. "Thanks." Said Luke with attitude. "Don't mention it." remarked Jim. Jim walked in the blast door and saw that there were no supplies. "Shit," yelled Jim, "Somebody must have cleaned it out." Said Jim. "Come on let's head back." Said Luke. "Are you ok?" asked Jim. "Yeah I'm fine." Said Luke.
Jim walked up the stairs and Luke fell to the ground. He lifted up his shirt to see a bite on his side and it looked pretty bad. "Ah shit… I'm gonna feel that later." Said Luke.
Chapter Four
Liz stared at Jill with confusion. When Liz and BC found Haven, they had no idea that Jill and Chris were running it. BC would go visit them and ask if they needed any help but they would always say no. So after being rejected, BC just settled with a job as a Harvester. He helps with making and growing crops. After that, Liz and BC lost contact with Jill and the others. So when Liz sees Jill after a whole year, it's kind of shocking to her.
"Hey Jill… nice to see you." She said trying to be nice. "Yeah great to see you now where is the scene?" Jill said not caring about formalities. "It's this way, follow me." said Liz. Liz led Jill to the room where she was attacked and Jill sighed. "This is a mess indeed." Said Jill as she kneeled down next to the dead infectee. "So how's BC? I heard you got married." Jill asked as if she didn't want to hear the answer.
"He's fine but… he's struggling to keep his job as a Harvester." Said Liz. "Yeah he'll be fine." She said. "Why couldn't Billy be a Protector?" asked Liz. Jill sighed and stood up. "There were a lot of people asking for the job and we turned a lot of other people down too." Said Jill. "Oh so he wasn't good enough?" shouted Liz. "No it's not that at all." she replied. "So my brother Jimmy is a perfect candidate but not my husband who helped take down Wesker and BETA!" yelled Liz. "Now that's not fair!" shouted Jill. Jill and Liz were going back and forth but stopped to find BC standing in the doorway.
"Hello Jill, honey. Catching up on old times are we?" said BC. Jill walked out the door but not before saying, "I'll send a clean up crew down to take care of this, until then the clinic is to be shut down".
Chris sat at his desk and looked at the information he collected over the years. He would do this mostly in his free time and was obsessed with it. "It must be here somewhere, I'm just not seeing it." grumbled Chris as he went threw his papers. Then Barry walked in wearing his black cargo pants and red long sleeve shirt.
"You at it again huh?" asked Barry. "I know its here somewhere Barry, I can feel it!" said Chris. "Knowing is one thing but imagining is another. Everyday I walk in on you looking for an answer that's not there. There are two options, one: You are going crazy on finding the answer to fix the world or, two: the answer isn't in those papers." Explained Barry.
Chris looked up at Barry and smiled. "Barry! You're genius!" said Chris as he ran out the door. That's it! I've been searching for all these months but I've been searching in the wrong place. My collection of random papers don't hold the key, I have to find it, thought Chris. Chris hopped in his car and drove away toward the middle ring.
The scene was a two-story building about forty years old. It was built in old fashion way too and it looked like a church. Chris got out of his car and raced into the building. He ran up the outdoor steps dropping all of his papers along. He ran to the front desk and yelled, "Where's Lilly?" There was an elderly woman at the desk. She grabbed Chris by the ear and tugged.
"Young man, the world may be in chaos but this building isn't. This is a library and you have to quiet." Said the woman. "Okay sorry! Now tell me where Lilly is. It's an emergency." Said Chris. The woman nodded and lead Chris to the second floor and in a room labeled, "Manager". Chris walked in and saw a room with stacks of books everywhere.
"Hello? Lilly are you here?" asked Chris. Lilly popped her head out from under her desk. She had reddish brown hair, freckles on her face, and had the face of a goddess with a smile to match. "Oh hey Chris. What brings you down to the middle ring library?" Lilly asked. "Well I think I might be on to something here. I might have a lead on how WI happened." Explained Chris.
"Oh no not this again. Listen Chris just let it go, it's not good to dwell on the past. Concentrate on what's happening in Haven." Said Lilly. "You know I could just order you to help because I'm head of Haven." Lilly sighed and gave Chris a glare. "Just like any other time. Ok what do you need?" asked Lilly.
Drew and Leon rode he elevator deeper and deeper into the earth. Drew and Leon checked their 92mm. berretta handguns and ammo. Then the elevator slowed to a stop and two huge concrete doors opened and revealed a long dark hallway. Drew and Leon walked down the hallway, guns ready. They came to the end and found a door that was open only by a crack. Leon opened the door slowly and Drew raised his gun.
Leon opened the door and raised his gun, Drew followed closely. The room looked like to be a laboratory and an office. The place was a mess and it looked like no one was home. But Drew heard movement behind him. Then all of a sudden an elderly man came out with a bat and hit drew on the head. Leon tackled the man to the ground.
Leon held a gun to the man's head. "Who the hell are you?" asked Drew. "Get off o me! I'm a scientist for crying out loud!" said the man. Leon stood up and said, "Dr. O'Malley I assume?" Dr. O'Malley got up and dusted off his clothes. "Yes I am, now what do you want?" Drew stepped forward with a stern look on his face. "Where's the cure?" Drew asked. Dr. O'Malley frowned and walked away. "What cure?" he asked.
Drew grabbed Dr. O'Malley's arm and pulled him close. "I'll ask you again. Where is the cure?" said Drew. "There is no cure… I failed. Before WI I was close but I lost it. And even if I make one, I cant cure the whole world, it's too unbalanced!" said O'Malley. "So you're gonna give up?" asked Leon.
"No I'm facing reality, as bad as it may be. The whole world is infected. Not one but two viruses are running wild. So I would have to make to cures and have enough for the whole world, and that seems unlikely." Explained O'Malley. "Well there are still strongholds around the world with a lot of people. So we could start there and work our way up." Proposed Drew.
"It won't work! Listen, the population of the world at WI was around seven billion with change. The viruses together had a 99.99% kill death ratio so that means only 0.01% of humans remain! And that means that there are only 7,164,586 humans alive after WI. Think of it this way, that's how many are left when the viruses got lose which was about a year ago. So the ratio has gone up and fewer humans remain! I've spent 6 years trying to stop or delay WI from happening. Six years of going over the same hypothesizes and experiments. Six years of hoping that it won't happen, but the truth is… it did! So… I've failed." Explained O'Malley.
Author's Note: These chapters were written by Miracle Viguy 38, so I can't take credit for his brilliant writing. But from this point on I will continue the story in my writing and hope I can keep you readers entertained.
Agent Krivins.