Resident Evil: By the Crosshairs

Disclaimer-I don't own Resident Evil, Capcom does, duh

Part 1-Celebration with a dark twist

Rated M-Language, Sexual Themes, Crude Humor, Violence

By Toggstasy and REJK2008/REFanBoy2012

September 1998, in a small midwestern town home to many was at peace. People were walking on the sidewalks, driving in their cars, or just sitting down talking to their loved ones. About almost 100 miles out of the peaceful town, Joey Kennedy, Leon's younger brother of a year ran a hand through his hair. He had been recently informed that Leon had made it into the prestigious special forces unit of the Raccoon City Police Department known as S.T.A.R.S. Joey had stopped at a small diner right off the highway leading to Raccoon City, and was having a small bite to eat, he was right next to a window with a view of his bike in case any asshole tried to do anything funny. He smiled as he sipped on the soda, the fizzy feeling leaving the customary tingle on his upper lip. As he finished his food, he left a tip with the tab, and placed his helmet on his dark brown hair, and smiled, mounting his bike, with a small, thick black box, containing his precious Desert Eagle, a gift from Leon when his older brother received his special issue Samurai Edge about a week prior.

Joey's cellphone rang, and he fished his cellphone out of his coat pocket, and steadied his bike with his foot, and answered his phone. "Well, is this my now a cop, older brother?" Joey smiled, with a chuckle. Leon laughed on the other line, "You got it, not much has really gone in yet, considering that I had only arrived in the city a week ago, but I got my outfit and pistol." There was a brief pause, followed by silence, Joey must have surmised that Leon moved somewhere more silent. "So, how far are you, little bro?" Joey cleared his throat. "Hang on a sec, I'm about...I'd say…" He looked around until he spotted a sign. "97 miles out, hopefully it shouldn't take too much longer for me to get into the city limits, I can see it slightly from here, it looks nice enough. I should be there soon enough bro, but I gotta go if I plan on getting there anytime soon." Leon gave a quiet laugh. "You got it, little dude." There was a small beep as he hung up, and Joey placed his feet firmly on the pedals of his bike, and resumed his journey, this was the final stretch, soon, he would be reunited with his brother.

Meanwhile, seven miles below the crust of Raccoon City, William Birkin was pacing back and forth while holding a phone in his hand. "Are you kidding me? We need to get this shit on the fast track, I already made an offer, but the fact is, if we don't hurry the hell up, Umbrella is going to be on both of our asses, and that will be very ugly, trust me. With all due respect, Commander Reynolds, we need to hurry here, it's only a matter of time before Spencer catches on." There was brief silence on the other head. "Very well, the price we will pay for that virus? Fifty million, we'll send in the best of the military to keep Umbrella occupied until we can get you out of there, in the meantime, perhaps this goes without saying, but be careful, Mr. Birkin." Birkin set the phone down, and let out a sigh, pinching his forehead. "Christ, this is not gonna end well…" The coming week would prove to be the beginning of Raccoon City's end.

Joey had finally made it, the full moon hanging high in the sky, bathing the surrounding landscape in a ghostly white. He looked to his right. "Raccoon City, home of Umbrella, huh? Well, you learn something new every day…" Joey dialed Leon again. "Hey, Leon? You there?" Leon affirmed this. "Where else would I be? You here?" Joey nodded, and then came to realize Leon couldn't see through the phone. "Oh, yeah. Sooooo, mind pointing me towards the RPD precinct building, that would help out a lot. I'm on Fox Street."

Leon made a thoughtful grunt. "You're a lot a closer than you think, just head down the street till it ends, and then hang a left, and you are literally right there, I'll meet you outside the building, and I'll show you around." Leon sighed. "Something wrong bro?" Joey arched an eyebrow, "I'll explain later." He said, and hung up, stepping out into the cool night air, the reassuring weight of his vest at his back, the wind blowing through the bangs framing his face. It didn't take long for Joey to notice his older brother, and he smiled, biking towards him rather quick, he leaned his bike against the wall, and removed his leather fingerless gloves, and gave his bro a big hug, it kind of felt like he was hugging a slab of leather and kevlar, perhaps due to the armored vest. "Mind taking that off bro?" Joey chuckled. Leon shrugged, removing it, revealing a blue shirt emblazoned with the letters S.T.A.R.S. "Pretty nice, you're looking pretty official." Joey said, regarding him. "So, the question remains, do you have anyone special?" Joey smirked. Leon tapped his chin, "There is someone, but I'm not sure she feels the same way."

"Well, how would know if you never asked?" Joey said, "It's about communication, that's it really, just at least talk to her, that's really all it takes, and what's the worst that can happen?" Leon shrugged. "It's rarely that simple." Leon steered his brother inside. "I suppose I could show you the workplace, and then you and I have a few things we need to grab." "Such as?" "That's gonna be a surprise kid." Leon had a devious glint in his eye as he regarded his younger sibling. As they stepped inside, Joey let out a low whistle. "Whoa, this place is pretty huge for a police station…" Joey cast his gaze around. "Well, it wasn't always a police station, it was an art museum prior to that, the statue right there is a holdover from when it still was, right now it serves it's current purpose admirably enough. Follow me, and we'll head up to the second floor, and you can meet my friends, don't be nervous, everyone here is really nice, the station has always been known for it's laid back atmosphere." Leon assured him.

As they passed through hallway after hallway, they finally hit a staircase. "Up we go." Leon nodded upward, the wood creaking under his feet, which was typical enough. "There's not much to this room, just three statues. Just past this is the place where my team and I do our jobs whenever we aren't on dispatch, which has been happening quite a lot lately, strange things indeed…" As they approached the door to the S.T.A.R.S. Leon tentatively pushed it open. "Hey everyone, this is my little brother I was telling you about. He's gonna be staying in Raccoon City for a while, I think we should make him feel welcome, don't you?" Joey arched an eyebrow. "I thought there would be a lot more of you." Upon uttering those words, it was as if someone has very suddenly flipped a switch, the entire room fell silent, as everyone looked down, for reasons unbeknownst to Joey. Leon put his hands up. "Easy guys, he's new to all of this, he didn't know." He walked over to Jill, gripping her hand in his. "Sorry if I'm a bit too forward, Jill. It was kind of the spur of the moment, really." Jill shook her head. "Don't worry about it, newbie, the gesture is appreciated. So what's your plan for the evening?" "Take my brother out on the town, whoop it up, go partying, all of that jazz. Why not join us?" Leon prompted earnestly. Jill sighed. "It's not like I have anything else I need to do tonight, it would probably do me some good as well." She grinned. "Let's go, shall we? She nodded to her fellow compatriots, "I'll catch the rest of you later, yeah?"

Leon and Jill exited the room with Joey in tow, Jill turned towards him. "So what do you do, Joey? Your occupation?" "None yet, I attend college, I'm on break right now, so I figured I'd come and celebrate with my older brother the new S.T.A.R.S. member for making it, I was there with him when he made it into the police academy, he was so excited, hard to believe that was two years ago. He hasn't changed much." "What the hell is that supposed to mean, bro?" Leon almost yelled. "Way to put me on blast…" He grumbled, crossing his arms with a small huff. "What about your parents? Not once has Leon told me anything about them." Joey shifted uncomfortably. "There's a bit of a reason for that, they kind of had a falling out, they didn't want Leon to become a cop, said it was too dangerous, but Leon has always been the determined type, and he's old enough to make his own choices, as am I with mine, I'll stand by my bro, no matter what. If he was good enough to make it into S.T.A.R.S. it's not like he's going to lose his life at the hands of some petty thug."

Joey continued. "Even in spite of this, Leon was always our parents favorite, he was calm, cool, and collected all the time, which made it pretty easy for mom and dad, there is no doubt about that." Leon scoffed at that. "They never had a favorite, they love us both the same, with our flaws and all, in any case, lets go get some booze, I don't know about the two of you, but what I need is a stiff drink." Leon did not typically indulge in alcoholic beverages, so the occasional pint/shot was all the more satisfying when he did decide to party. Now that he was by the side of his younger brother and the girl he likes, this shouldn't be a problem for him. The trio made their way into the cool night air, and stopped for a moment to ponder their next action. "Booze." Leon pointed at his brother, and Jill.

They decided to make their way down to Jack's Bar, and so, that is where they headed, perhaps funnily enough, there was next to no one there, just them, and Jack. "Weird…"Leon arched an eyebrow. "Well, hey hey, if it isn't the prestigious S.T.A.R.S. team!" Jack smiled. "Who's the new kid?" "He's my younger brother." Leon explained. Joey waved at Jack and greeted him. "I'm Joey, Nice to meet you sir." Jack simply replied with a smile on his face " Nice to meet you too Joey." Jack looks to all three "So how can I help you three?" Leon slid up on one of the stools. "Hard stuff, Jack, hard stuff." Leon smiled. "I have to break my little brother in, he just turned twenty one, so we're gonna show him the works." Jack sighed. "I'm not normally this lenient, but you RPD members are the law in this town that goes without saying, so I am going to trust you on this one, what you do outside of this bar, has nothing to do with me. Capiche?" Leon smirked. "You got it." He turned around, facing Jill and Joey. "What are you two standing around there all awkwardly?" Leon laughed. "Take a seat, I got this, we got this." Jill arched an eyebrow along with Joey who walked up to Leon and whispered, "Leon, I just turned 20 not 21." Leon replied with a devious looking smirk "That's what you and I only know." Joey also smirked and shook his head away. "Touche Leon. Touche indeed." "Glad I could talk some sense into you man, you gotta live and let live sometimes." Jack produced a bottle of Jack Daniels, and some shot glasses. "Joey, get over here. You gotta knock it back all at once." He patted his younger brother on the shoulder. Joey hesitated for a second, and then knocked it back, and teetered a bit.

"Easy there." Leon said, steadying him. Joey coughed. "My throat feels like it's on fire…" Jill stood him back into a straight stance. "No worries, it's like that for everyone. Just don't overdo it, and keep something like water nearby, it's hard to know your limit to start with, and it's too easy to end up losing the contents of your stomach, believe me."

Hours passed, and eventually the three staggered out of Jack's Bar at about one in the morning. "Well...I think it's safe to say that none of us are driving." Leon stumbled over to a lightpost, and slowly slid down it, looking up at the starlight sky. "This is going to come back to us in the morning, no doubt about that." Leon groaned. Jill sidled over to them, she was more sober then the Kennedy siblings. "You can stand right?" She said, concerned. "Just enough so we can get wherever we are gonna crash." Jill laughed slightly. "Under normal circumstances, I'd say go to hell, but in this case, we can crash at my place." Leon propped Joey up on his shoulder. "That idea sounds golden." After awkwardly staggering in silence, the two eventually reached Jill's apartment building. Leon set his boots by the door when they got in and collapsed on Jill's living room floor, eyes fluttering.

Jill stood over him, while Joey flopped onto her couch. "You gonna just flop on the floor like that? I do have a guest room, you know." She poked his ribs, which caused Leon to jump, due to the ticklish sensation that resulted. "Hey bro, what about you?" Leon looked at his incredibly inebriated younger brother. "Does this couch fold out, it sure looks like it, Jill?" She nodded in the affirmative. "Alrighty, sweet, let's see if I can get through the fog of drunkenness to figure this shit out without hurting myself…" He started fumbling with the framework. "Leon, go to the guest room, I'll catch up with you in a moment. Your younger brother is going to hurt himself at this rate." Leon staggered to his feet, while Jill unfolded the couch. "You keep a sheet on?" Joey arched an eyebrow. "Well, I clean it frequently. But yes, it's too much of a pain in the ass to keep putting on, so naturally, I keep it on for situations like this."

"Bro's getting laid…" Joey muttered. "What was that?" Jill said, curiously. "Nothing, nothing." He waved his hands. Joey kicked off his sneakers and shook out of his patterned light coat, placing his fingerless gloves by his shoes, and also removed his Desert Eagle and the clip from it. "Jesus Christ, kid. You were carrying that with you?" "You never know." He explained. "I have a firearm licence, legitimacy for the win." "That's all said and good, but how in the hell did you manage to get a Desert Eagle magnum?" Joey chuckled. "Leon gave it to me, it was his weapon in the police academy before he got that badass Beretta M92FS that all you S.T.A.R.S. members have. He takes good care of his weapons. I always used to think about how weird it was when Leon said that it was nothing but an extension of himself, but now I think I get it." Jill laughed while Leon sat on the guest bed scratching his head in awkwardness, showing a small sign of embarrassment. Jill eased up on the laughing and was about to ask Joey what he thought at first when Leon said what he did. Jill turned around and saw Joey was knocked out on the couch turned bed stretched out and snoring away. Jill went in to the guest room and slowly closed the door. "I think he'll be alright." Jill quietly said to Leon. Leon replied with a small smile on his face "Yeah he should. I just he hope he can wake up in the morning or else I have to explain to my parents that I got my little brother drop dead drunk." Jill and Leon together laughed so hard they both collapsed on the bed right next to each other and slowly lightened up before they woke up Joey.

"You know...Oh Jesus, I can't believe I am saying this...I know that workplace relationships aren't approved of, but honestly Jill, you are a beautiful woman, and honestly, I dunno about you, but I like you, a lot. But hey, if you don't reciprocate, I won't question it. I am just glad I am finally able to work up the courage to tell you." Jill chuckled as he blushed. "Still just a kid. Look, if you want a relationship, fine, you're handsome, and kind, but we have to keep it on the down-low at work, you got it?" She said, putting a finger to his face. "Secrecy is my middle name. Well technically it's Scott, but you get the basic point." Leon smirked. Jill looked into his eyes. "Your eyes are a rather beautiful shade of blue." Leon gulped. "You really think so, huh?" He pulled her in close. "Well, yup, this is happening." And they locked lips.

Meanwhile, underneath the streets of Raccoon City, things were afoot. William was stressed. He had just gotten a call from Spencer, and it didn't bode well. "William, you have been working on this G-Virus for far too long, and with far too little results, and frankly, ever since Wesker's betrayal at the Arklay Research Facility, I have been very thin on patience. So get some results, or lets just say...your employment will be terminated." With that Birkin was welcomed with nothing but silence. "Shit...what am I going to do?" The phone he was using rang again. "Yes?" "Twenty Million Dollars, for a full case of G-Virus samples. Is that fine?" This must have been another high ranking military official. "That's fine." "Alright, we'll send in a military team to keep you safe, just try to stay on Umbrella's good side for now." "Yes, that's the idea." Birkin hung up, and took a deep shuddering breath. "Oh god, I just hope we can all make it through this."

William had no idea how wrong he would be, this was the beginning of the end…
A few days passed, and Raccoon City was about to become a warzone. The end began deep underneath the streets of Raccoon. HUNK was being briefed on his mission. "Doctor William Birkin has been doing secret deals with the United States Military to broker a deal for the G-Virus, you will be meeting up with the newly formed Delta Team, the Wolfpack, to acquire the samples, if Birkin resists, deadly force is permitted. Now, go." "Roger that, command, Alpha Team out." He nodded to the troop by his side. "Let's get this over with. We can expect armed troops from the US Military, and possibly the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service as well, so keep on your toes." A low voice came from seemingly nowhere, revealing a hooded man. "Aren't they on the same side, can't we just pick up the phone and call?" "They are just mercenaries, they can be bought. We can't expect them to have loyalty for the company." The group moved on silently. "I thought there were five of you?" HUNK pointed out.

VECTOR nodded. "They are up ahead. The plan is we are going to rendezvous with them." Needless to say, Birkin wasn't just going to hand over the G-Virus." HUNK and the troop stepped into the lab. "Doctor, we are here for the G-Virus sample." HUNK had his gun leveled at Birkin, much like Birkin had a nine millimeter leveled at them. "Sorry, I won't just hand over my life's work." He made the mistake of moving too suddenly, and the officer under HUNK opened fire, perhaps out of instinct.

HUNK immediately shoved away his fellow officer's gun and warned him "Stop! You might hit the sample!." Both officers walked toward Birkin's case and made sure it contained the G sample, also ignoring Birkin himself leaning against the table breathing heavily and bleeding badly. "That's it alright. Let's get going." HUNK secured the sample and left leaving Birkin for dead. Not long after the soldiers were far gone, Annette Birkin, William's wife entered the office and noticed her husband in critical condition. "William!" She ran toward him and leaned beside him frantic. "Hold on darling! I'll take care of those wounds for you. Stay here." She left her husband to seek out a first aid kit for him.

As soon as Annette left, William noticed a sample of the G-Virus that the Umbrella soldiers had forgotten right next to him on the floor. He picked it up and knew what to do. He slowly climbed up the table and picked up a syringe which he was able to inject himself with the virus. William with all of his strength, stabbed himself with the needle and injected himself. He immediately felt the effects of the virus running through his body and noticed his vision change as his eyes turned dark bloody red. The transformation had begun.

Moments later, HUNK and his fellow soldier were communicating with the rest of the squad. "This is Alpha, we've retrieved the sample. Rendezvous with us at the extraction point." "Affirmative." Delta responded. Before Alpha could take a step forward, a loud ferocious roar rumbled the long halls of the sewers and a giant dark figure appeared at the end of the hallway Alpha just came from. The two soldiers noticed the figure and were startled by the figure's intimidating presence. "What the hell is that?" HUNK asked his fellow officer. "I don't know and I don't wanna know." he said. "Shoot it!" he yelled at HUNK with him gladly nodding in agreement. "Eat this you freak!" HUNK immediately fired a whole clip into the creature with no effect whatsoever. The creature continued to make its way toward the soldiers and drew out its large sharp claws and quickly attacked HUNK and his fellow officer.

Delta immediately ran toward Alpha's location after hearing the monster and Alpha's blood curdling screams. They knew they made it when they too came face to face with the creature. They witnessed the creature pick up a sample of the G-Virus from the fallen case and eat the entire capsule. The monster drew its attention to the remaining soldiers and once again let out it's intimidating roar right before it dashed towards Delta and killing them both by impaling them with its claws. The monster now ran free in the sewers, making it's way out to commence chaos upon Raccoon City.

Leon and Jill were sleeping soundly, at least until they heard a really loud noise…"What the hell…? Holy shit I have a headache." Jill was still soundly asleep holding Leon close. Joey was apparently on the same wavelength. "Um guys?" He said, rubbing his temples. "Call me crazy, but I think that was a fucking explosion." Leon gently removed himself out from under Jill gently. "OK, let's go see what the hell is going on...You might want to grab your gun, chances are, if there is an explosion, I think I may know what is going on. Strange things have been going around for months now, and I think this might just be the culmination." Leon put up a hand for his brother to hold up. "Just stay here for a few, I have to go see what's going on." He stepped outside, and the sky was tinged orange with flames. People were rioting, and sure enough, Leon spotted something unusual. There were people running, as well as people shambling, making odd noises as they did so, listlessly reaching for the people who wasted no time in running.

A few people had been caught by these "people", and what Leon saw next made his blood run cold, people being torn to shreds, just like the victims of zombies of old horror movies that he had seen when he was a kid, he vomited at the sight of these zombies hunched over their victims like animals, tearing and ripping through sinew and flesh, and organs alike...He wiped his mouth once he was done, and stepped back inside, Joey noticing the look of pure shock on his face. "What's going on out there? You look as though you saw a ghost." Leon sat down on the couch, running his hands through his hair. "It's beginning, we have to get out of here, we can't hope to do that right now as it is." Leon grabbed the remote on Jill's coffee table, flicking to the news channel. "Widespread panic in Raccoon City ensued in the early morning as a strange individual attacked a man in the street in the early hours of the morning that brings to light the strange cannibal murders that occurred roughly two months ago. It seems that it has only gotten worse as the time passed, and the RPD Special Forces have been mobilized, they advise that all citizens, law enforcement and the citizenry alike seek refuge at the police station." The news cut out to a commercial.

"What do we do?" Joey prompted. "The only choice, we have to wait, it's too dangerous to head out there now." "But-" "No. No buts, listen to me. Whatever this is, it's beyond just three people, and I don't think even the RPD will be able to handle this. Especially if what I think it is." As Leon was finished with his brother and made a break for the door, he was stopped once again by Joey. "I never hid anything from you in my entire life and you will not start with me now. What's going on Leon?!" Leon knew it was right to not keep his brother in the dark and to be honest with him. He let out a big sigh and sat down beside his brother and explained what was happening. "About two months ago, there happened to be reports of "cannibal murders" coming from the forests surrounding Raccoon City, the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team was sent in to investigate the occurrences, the city descended into a panic, the roads into the mountains were blocked off by the RPD, and the Bravo Team disappeared. Inevitably the Alpha Team was sent in to investigate as to what happened to their compatriots, and learned the ugly truth behind the murders and Bravo Teams disappearance."

Leon cleared his throat before continuing. "In the middle of the woods where the Bravo Team's helicopter had crashed, Alpha Team naturally went to investigate, and thats where things took a turn for the worse. They were split apart and lost a team member due to the attack of zombified dogs codenamed Cerberus, and made their way into the mansion, which was no safer, because it was actually a front for illegal biological weapons research done by the international pharmaceutical enterprise Umbrella. This research culminated in the frightening T-Virus, capable of turning humans into the living dead that devour the livings flesh just like an old zombie movie, as well as a multitude of other horrific monsters, which for all we know are dwelling within the city right now. The worst part about the Mansion Incident though is that the leader of S.T.A.R.S. deliberately led them to the mansion to gain combat data against the Bio-Organic Weapons that had run rampant within the facility, whilst also wiping out the S.T.A.R.S. Team before they became a thorn in Umbrella's side, that man was named Albert Wesker, and it'd be wise on your behalf not to mention that name around Chris or Jill. And I guess at this point even the mansion self destructing wasn't enough to stop the T-Virus, cuz here we are now."

When Leon finished explaining the whole story to his little brother, Joey leaned back on the couch looking out the window in an almost zoned out fashion. He was in total shock and disbelief like any other person would be. Joey just didn't know what to say. All he could say was "Holy shit…." Leon shared the mutual feeling. He knew within Joey would react this way and once again made eye contact with his disturbed sibling. "Look, I know this is a lot to take in, but remember these words Joey. You are my brother. I love you and I'm not gonna let anything bad happen ever." Those words alone brought a smile back to Joey's face. "You promise big bro?" Joey asked and Leon simply replied with a smile on his face "I promise little bro. Now then, let's just wait it out, and then we can escape. Because let's be honest, tonight's going to be the longest night of our lives."

All throughout the night the sounds of gunfire were echoing through the city, eventually this roused even Jill from her slumber while Joey and Leon sat on the balcony watching the disaster unfold. While they wouldn't be able to undo the disaster, there was no doubt that they would have to find all the information they could to prove Umbrella guilty of their crimes. Leon flicked on the TV. Somehow how the news was still going. "How? Those people don't realize how lucky they are for the time being, but let's hear what they have to say." The newsperson sighed. "This is looking to be the end for Raccoon City, the law has collapsed, and those few who are still alive have taken the law into their own hands, news has reached other towns, and the reaction by the law enforcement is naturally, one of complete law enforcement. And so I say to all watchers who are still alive to hear this, run, survive, your only hope is to escape from this city of the damned." Leon nodded. "We have to go, it's now or never." Leon stood up, "Thankfully, I have all the things we need." Jill followed. "How are you sure that we are going to survive this?" "If we keep our heads we can." Leon muttered, opening a massive trunk he had stored here the last time he had bunked at Jill's apartment. "You sneaky little bastard." Jill said in amazement. "Holy shit." Joey said, slack jawed. Weapons, of every kind imaginable, Shotgun's, SMG's, Magnum's, Pistols...You name it, Leon had it.

Leon turned to Jill. "You should go get your tactical gear." She nodded. Leon meanwhile fished out the outfit of the RPD Select Force. "Joey, put those on." Leon said. "You can slip them over your normal clothing." He insisted when Joey looked hesitant. In roughly an hour, the trio was ready to face the music, all of them were understandably nervous. "Our first order of business I think should be the Raccoon Police Department, we need to be able to regroup there." Leon said, loading a fresh clip into his Samurai Edge. Leon tentatively pushed open the front door, the only sound was the occasional gust of wind, it was very silent. Yet he was sure that in other parts of the city that this was not the case.

Leon gave everything a once over. "Well, we're as ready we are ever going to be. So lets get this show on the road…" And so the longest night of their lives began. "Man it's really quiet out here…" Joey said, casting his gaze back and forth. "I wouldn't count on it to stay that way." Jill quipped. "This is going to be the Mansion Incident, like ten times worse though." Jill said, adjusting her beret. Leon smiled. "You look good in that beret…" "Oh god." Joey muttered. Leon chuckled. "Alrighty, let's get this show on the road." Leon looked up at the sky when the familiar sound of helicopters came overhead. "Rescue helicopters?" Leon squinted. Jill shook her head. "No, not rescue helicopters." Jill pointed out the red canisters dangling from a steel rope on the helicopters underside. Leon was just barely able to make out the numbers on the side. "MA-121...shit." Joey looked about cluelessly. "MA-121? What the hell is that?" "Hunters…" Jill groaned.

Joey gulped. "Well, if I may, I recommend we clear the hell out of here before they actually get to our location, cuz those sons of bitches are really fast." Jill deadpanned. "First one." Leon pointed out as one of the Hunters leapt up onto the roof. "Holy shit, did that thing just leap like, twenty feet?" "Doesn't matter. Just shoot it." Leon said, leveling his handgun with the monster as it leapt into the walkway. Leon wasn't able to put it down before it managed to claw him. "Shit, I got careless…" He clutched his side. "Jesus, it's pretty easy to tell you're still a rookie." Jill produced a first aid spray. "Gonna sting." She warned, spraying the wound. "I wish I could say sit still, but all that's gonna do is say, "Hey zombies free meal." Now, off with the vest and shirt." "Excuse me?" Leon arched an eyebrow. "So I can bandage the wound so it doesn't get worse, idiot. Jesus Christ, even now, and men can't help but think with their dicks." Joey sniggered at this. "Glad you find this so…" "Incoming!" Joey interrupting Leon due to the hunters making their way towards the trio. As it looked like one was about to pounce and attack, they stop and look to their left due to the sudden sound of large footsteps. The hunters shrieked and immediately left. Joey was the first to break the silence, "I wanna say good riddance, but then again…." Joey stopped and spotted a 7 foot 3 inch beast appear upon them. It looked like a man but it's face was a completely different story. Jill, Leon and Joey's jaws dropped altogether as the beast got closer. It had only one eye with the other appeared to be stitched up along with the top of it's head. It looked like there were tentacles attached to it's back and the whole body covered in an out armor padded attire. The creature stopped in front of the trio and spoke only one word that was questioning but bone chilling. "STAAAAARS!" Leon and Jill just stared for a brief second. "Something tells me, it's not here for a friendly chat."Leon pointed out.

Jill looked at him urgently. "Can you stand?" "Gonna have to, whether I can or not." Jill looked at him. "We have to split up, throw it off." Jill muttered. "I'm sorry, but are you fucking insane?" Leon questioned. "We don't have much of a choice, really. He can't come after all of us, and I can handle him. You have to trust me, both of you, get out of here, and that's not a request, get your asses up, and get going!" Leon frowned, and Joey hoisted him up, "Looks like I get to play the older bro for once, right Leon?" "Heh, you're funny, now lets get somewhere safe." "Jill, use the radio that I gave to you whenever you're safe, we'll meet up at the police station." "Got it!"

Leon and Joey were able to gain a good amount of distance from the monster that was now chasing Jill. "Hey, look! A cafe! Maybe someone is inside." Joey said. Leon replied "Yeah, let's take a breather. I need to rest." Joey quickly dragged his injured brother into the cafe with hope of quick rest and relaxation. Joey slowly let Leon down into a booth and barricaded the door behind them to make sure nothing would follow them. Joey sat down in the same booth across from Leon and let out a big sigh. Leon was the first to speak. "I'm worried about Jill. I hope she got away from that freak." Joey knew Leon was truly concerned for Jill and had to cheer him to keep his hopes up. "Leon, she became apart of the STARS team for a reason. She's tough, smart and strong. She's gonna be fine and you have nothing to worry about." The speech brought a smile to Leon's face. "Thank you Joey. Heh, you really know how to be the bigger brother here." Both brothers once again in quite a while shared a laugh that would be cut short due to an out of nowhere scream from what sounded like a woman in trouble. As both brothers looked to where the scream came from, a women dashed through the main doors of the cafe with one of those hunters after her. The women backed up against a wall with the hunter slowly creeping forward toward her. Joey immediately dashed toward the green beast to help the women. "Hey freak! Get away from her!" Joey scream as he aimed down at the Hunter and unloaded 3 rounds from his Desert Eagle, killing the hideous creature. Joey was in a bit of a shock as this was his first kill with his gun but regained his composure and saw to the lady still curled up against the wall. "It's ok Miss, it's dead. Are you ok? Are you hurt?" Joey asked. The lady replied slowly turning to face her savior. "No, I'm ok. Thank you so much." As they finally saw face to face, Joey was taken back a bit as he was looking at a beautiful redhead with sky blue eyes so easy to be hypnotized by. Her beauty struck Joey so hard he struggled for words.

"Hey, Joey, you alright? I guess I should have mentioned that, the weapon will kick you good when it fires, but you handled it well enough, don't lock your elbows though, loosen up before make a shot, saves a lot of time, and trouble." Leon was leaning against one of the counters, taking a deep breath. "So, um…" "Claire." "Well Claire, this was a really bad time to come to Raccoon, city's gone to shit. May I ask why you're here?" "I'm looking for my brother Chris Redfield. He's a member of S.T.A.R.S., but from the looks of things, you already knew that. Do you know where he is?" Leon sighed."He, left two months ago, to investigate Umbrella in France, they aren't the nice company everyone thinks they are, that monster that Joey saved you from? They made that, they're weapons dealers."

She turned to Leon. "The seemingly brightest lights always cast the deepest shadows." He panted, collapsing to his hands and knees. "Holy shit, Leon!" Joey ran over to his brother and hoisted him up. "Are you alright?" Leon nodded. "I got vaccinated for the T-Virus when I was inducted into S.T.A.R.S., but that Hunter nicked me a bit harder than I initially thought, that's for sure." He gritted his teeth. "Claire, we need to get to the police station, and regroup there." Joey pointed out. "And you know the way?" "In fact, I do." Leon could tell that his younger brother was smitten with Claire, and honestly, he couldn't blame him, he just hoped it wouldn't cloud his judgment. Claire looked back at Leon. "Is he going to be ok?" "That's my older brother we're talking about here, he'll be fine, trust me." Joey smiled with determination.

Claire smiled. "He means a lot to you, doesn't he?" Joey nodded. "He's been there for me as long as I could remember. We were born really close together, he was only one by the time I came around, according to mom, we were thick as thieves even then. Whenever anyone messed with me at school, he was there, and he would lay the smackdown even if it meant he got in trouble for it, eventually he taught me how to defend myself against any asshole who tried to start something with me, he's also really smart. And I know that nothing will break the bond we have." It didn't take long for groans to reach their ears. "We gotta go, now." Leon pointed out, opening one of the doors that lead out into the street, which lead to the gunshop.

"You two go ahead of me." Leon nodded. Joey refused. "We all go together. I'm not asking either. I'm telling you. Now come on."Joey once again took on the bigger brother role with no one left behind and this brought a smile to Leon and to Joey's surprise, Claire as well. Joey took his brother over his shoulder and got ready to leave through the door Leon opened. Joey and Leon did a fast gun check before making a break for the gun shop. Joey looked back to Claire. "Claire, once we hit the streets, stay close and avoid anything moaning and groaning and trying to eat you." Claire let out a small smile and assured Joey she'll keep up and be careful. "Ok, let's go." Joey, Leon and Claire were dashed through the street toward the gun shop, avoiding every zombie and debris they came across. The three were still shocked over the chaos going around but had to stay focused toward their destination. They made it toward the shop and dashed through the door. The horror only continued when they came across the gun shop owner being eaten alive on the shop floor. "Oh my god! He's eating him!" Claire screamed and Joey pulled up his Magnum and shouted "Get away from him, you freaks!" Joey fired a round into the zombie's heads to put them down for good. Joey wanted to see if the owner was alive but got stopped by Leon. "Don't man. He's gone." :Are you sure?" Joey asked. "Yeah. Like I said feed on you and if you get bit, you're done." Leon's cryptic but truthful words shook Joey and Claire up. Claire then spoke "Oh my god...what is happening in this city?" The group was then startled by the undead smashing on the shop windows. "We gotta go. They'll get through for sure."

Joey took Leon and Claire through the back door of the shop to enter the back alley way. The alley was so narrow, unnerving and it reeked of the smell of garbage. The trio made it through the alley, the basketball court and they reached a balcony in front of a large poster where they suddenly stopped when the sound of someone speaking through a large speaker announcing refuge at the RPD. Leon's eye lit up when he heard and pointed out to his brother and Claire "The Raccoon City Police Department is close. We're almost there." The trio made it onto the streets again which turned out to be the main street where the RPD was. "We're almost there guys, let's go!" As soon as Leon announced it, the dead showed their ugly faces once more and it overwhelming numbers. The survivors ran through half up the street but were stopped by a line of zombies. "Oh shit! Now what?" Joey said and then noticed an odd smell of gas that was so strong it was like it was right under them. Well turns out, there was a gas leak from the tank near by them and the leak caught fire and the truck blew up. The zombies were disposed of but the explosion also sent the three survivors flying on their backs. Joey was the first to get up and helped Claire to her feet. "Claire, are you ok?" "Yes, I'm ok. Where's Leon?" Joey pointed to him, who was directly behind her on the road barely clinging to consciousness and bleeding. "LEON!" Joey shouted but noticed the dead reemerging. "Claire, please help Leon up. I'll cover you." Joey opened fire on the dead while Claire attended to Leon. "Leon, are you ok?" "Yeah barely. Thanks." Claire picked up Leon and called Joey back to finally make it to the station.

Leon pulled out his radio. "Jill, where are you?" He said desperately as he waited for a response. "I'm in the station, holed up in the second floor, I managed to shake that massive son of a bitch. But be careful, I can't imagine he is too far off, so please be careful, especially you on account of getting nicked by that Hunter, we'll reunite sooner than you think." Claire turned around. "GUYS! There are more of them coming out of the woodwork!" "Ah shit." Leon muttered. Leon kicked open the metal door that lead to the back entrance of the police station. "Sneaking in through the back entrance like common criminals, classic." "I would hardly consider this sneaking in." Joey quipped. "Now which way?" "The lower path, it's the longer way around, but it's less packed." What happened next made things all the more difficult. It was Brad Vickers, or more specifically, what was left of him. "Oh shit...Brad." Leon gritted his teeth. "You know him?" Joey asked. "Look at his vest, that should give you all the answers you need." Leon grabbed his handgun, leveling at his former compatriots head, gritting his teeth, and once he was sure his aim was steady, closed his eyes, and fired. Once, twice, three times, which was enough to bring him down. Leon wasn't necessarily religious, but the stations of the cross seemed appropriate here. Claire had gotten there just quick enough to view the whole exchange. "No one is spared from this, are they?" Joey looked at his older brother. "You gonna be alright?" "I'll be fine, let's just get to relative safety."

As they reached the entrance, a strange growling reached their ears, a dogs. "Ah hell." Leon muttered, a pack of dogs revealed themselves. "DOGS TOO?!" Joey shouted. "Jesus kid, way to bring the whole neighborhood. Now let's get the hell inside." Leon pulled himself off of his brother, and kicked the double doors open while Joey and Claire covered him. "Now let's get the hell in here." Leon nodded in the direction of the open doors. The group ran in, and slammed the doors behind them, which Leon quickly locked. "That should do it…" Leon sank to his knees, taking deep breaths. "This is a police station?" Claire said, their voices echoing in the eerily silent lobby. "It was originally an art museum, that's why it's so big." Joey pointed out. "Well, at least we're safe right? C'mon, let's grab a seat and rest a little. It's well needed." Leon, Joey and Claire stopped at the bottom of the small stairs and sat down next to each other. The night had only begun.