Resident Evil/Biohazard: First Encounter
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Resident Evil are under the copyright of Capcom. All characters of Spriggan are under the copyright of Hiroshi Takashige, Ryoji Minagawa and FROM Software. All other characters are under my jurisdiction.
Summary:
A look at Mark Sy's past as a Center and Spriggan agent. Before Jack Krauser began to do work for Albert Wesker and the secretive group called the Organization, where was he before he met Leon Kennedy and staged Ashley Graham's kidnapping? What was his previous role? A crossover story with Spriggan and another anime series, which will stay anonymous 'til chapter 2.
Chapter 1: Frustration
2002
Makeshift US Army Facility, Somewhere in Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
It was the dead of night in Clark Air Base in the last week of March. In some parts of the former United States Air Force facility, there were some lights that shone around the area in order to give illumination to those who are in the area for either their graveyard shift jobs or to simply use them to guide them around.
They were some lights, however, that were not meant to help those who are doing the night shifts or to guide people around.
Rather, these lights came from the explosions of fragmentation grenades and the barrels of assault rifles.
"Fire!" yelled a blonde man wearing an American Woodland BDU with an Olive Green beret, was armed with a Colt M4 assault rifle. "They're getting away!" Raising his rifle, he opened fire on the enemy up ahead near the entrance of the warehouse.
At his command, various teenage-looking soldiers fired their Heckler and Koch MP5A5 submachine guns at the unknown intruders. However, they were being beaten back themselves by the intruders instead of being on the offensive.
"Take this!" Yu Ominae, ARCAM's Japanese Spriggan operator, fired his Heckler and Koch G3A3 at the soldiers that tried to block his retreat. "Damn soldiers! Using the cover of the upcoming Balikatan 2002 exercises like we did the last time."
"As if you weren't like them, Ominae!" shouted Jean Jacquemonde, ARCAM's French Spriggan operator. Armed with a Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun, he began to blast through the soldier's ranks with buckshot after buckshot, horribly maiming them on their tracks.
Some of the teenaged soldiers were able to corner a man who had a Cheongsam suit on. Strangely, the man zipped left and right until he was behind them.
"Don't fire blindly." grinned the black-haired man, who had long hair. He then raised his arms to execute palm thrusts at them with Dim Mak attacks on them, neutralizing their internal systems in order to incapacitate them. "Shooting like that is very dangerous."
"Hmph!" A black-haired woman with a white blouse and jeans grinned as groups of soldiers surrounded her with their Heckler and Koch MP5A5 submachine guns and Mossberg 500 "Cruiser" shotguns. "You'll regret that you people mess with me..."
Dropping a piece of cloth from her left hand, it transformed into Calling Beast phantoms, assuming the appearance of lions with angelic wings on them. Seeing these phantom beasts, the soldiers panicked and fired their weapons at it like there was no tomorrow already.
"Not a chance." grinned Tea Flatte, ARCAM's British Spriggan agent and an expert on the mystic arts. Using her space continuum technique, Tea psychically twisted the paths of the bullets and shotgun shells back to its point of origin, unleashing much pain to them as bullets and buckshot began to rip through their ranks.
"Chopper's here!" yelled Yu, tossing two M18 smoke grenade at the surviving soldiers. An ARCAM Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk landed near the makeshift facility that had been a vacant warehouse. Tea and Oboro were the first ones to board it before Yu and Jean exchanged more gunfire with the troops on the ground before boarding. As a last resort, Yu tossed an M67 fragmentation grenade after using his activated Armored Muscle Suit to give his throw good distance in making sure the grenade would detonate in the middle of the approaching reinforcements.
"Damn!" growled the blonde man, who had ejected a used magazine from his Colt M4 and slapped a used one, only to realize that the chopper was now gone.
"Captain!" said one of the teenaged soldiers. "The chopper got away. In addition, we've gotten orders relayed via Pacific Command."
"What it is?" The man slinged his Colt M4 on his left shoulder.
"We're being ordered to assess the casualties and to hide any evidences of ARCAM's presence in the warehouse." replied the soldier. "We've gotten reports that the police are coming."
What bad thing! The man adjusted his beret. Ever since we've gotten COSMOS back from the Trident Corporation, we're still beaten back by the likes of those Spriggans...
"Uh..." The soldier interrupted his thoughts. "Captain Krauser? What do we do?"
"Secure the perimeter." ordered Krauser. "Then get the XO to speak with whoever is in charge of the Philippine National Police contingent that's going to investigate here."
"Understood, Captain." The COSMOS soldier saluted him and went back to the interior of the warehouse, while the others were cleaning up the mess caused by the gunfight between them and the Spriggans.
While I'm interim CO of this unit, I'll show those Spriggans who they're messing around. Fuming mad, Jack Krauser went back inside the warehouse and began to supervise cleaning the area before the Philippine National Police (PNP) would arrive outside the warehouse.
Command Center, Organization Headquarters, Unknown Country
Alone in the command center, the enigmatic Albert Wesker was staring at the many LCD screens that were on his control station, waiting for Krauser to call up.
"Ah, Krauser." said Wesker, staring at his blonde colleague from his black shades, who was shown on his main LCD screen. "I trust things are all right with you back in the Philippines."
"I'm having a bad day here, Wesker." replied Krauser, anger in his tone. "So far, some unknown intruders have busted into our area of responsibility while we're suppose to prepare for the upcoming Balikatan exercises."
"I was wondering if you could try to work from inside the army to obtain that skull that we can use to rebuild Umbrella? Would it be a good idea?" asked Wesker
"Not sure about that." replied Krauser. "Even though I'm the interim CO of this damn child soldier unit, I won't be too sure if I might leave clues that we did it."
"Regardless," insisted Wesker, interlacing his fingers. "that skull could mean a major difference in bringing down the remaining Umbrella corporations in the other countries before we can start to rebuild it from scratch."
"So you're using an out-of-place artifact eh?" Krauser grinned. "I never thought that we have to use these damn alien artifacts to turn the tables against the likes of them."
"Naturally." replied Wesker. "Get back to me as soon as you have information on the possibility on allowing our men to retrieve the skull in Japan."
"Understood."
Arrivals Area, Terminal 2, New Tokyo International Airport, Narita, Chiba, Japan
"Here we are." sighed Yu, emerging out of the airport with a duffel bag. "Home sweet home."
"Where are they, anyway?" grunted Jean. "They're suppose to meet us here before we head to Terminal 1."
"Wait." Yu countered. "Isn't that suppose to be Terminal 2, werewolf boy?" His insult earned a glare from the French Spriggan operative.
"No, it's not." insisted Jean.
Tea pointed with her right index finger. "There they area."
Minutes later, Tatsuki Otsuki was being followed by the Sy twin brothers, Mark and Michael.
"Hey guys." grinned Michael, waving hi. He had a brown windbreaker jacket with the words YOKOTA AIR BASE JAPAN written at the back.
"Good thing we were here on time." greeted Tatsuki, wearing a light brown vest with a red sweater underneath. "We just came from the JR Train's Narita Line."
"You guys better have some dough in there." grinned Yu, shouldering his duffel bag on his right shoulder. "It's getting expensive these days."
Mark did nothing but to fix his black windbreaker jacket with the words GAP written on it. "Don't worry. We've got the money and tickets for ourselves." He then smirked at the three Spriggans. "You'll just have to worry for yourselves."
"Fine." Yu huffed, placing his hands on his pants pocket. "Rodriguez was able to hand us some yen that we can use for the ticketing machines in the station."
Japan Railways Train, en route to Narita Line
Riding in the Japan Railways (JR) train from Terminal 1, the six Spriggan agents were in the seats provided by the train car. Yu and Mark were the only ones who were standing near the doors by leaning on the glass pane windows behind them.
"So are there any leads on another Crystal Skull?" Yu asked Mark, yawning to hide his boredom.
"Intel did get some leads that another Crystal Skull was found in Pampanga, I think. COSMOS had managed to wipe out an expedition team sent out by the locals after finding it by accident."
"Damn COSMOS." Jean gritted, clenching his hands into tight fists.
"We can't do anything yet." sighed Michael. "Gotten word from Yamamoto that COSMOS had shipped it here under US Military protection. So that'd be a breaker."
"But where?" asked Tea. "Did intelligence get any new leads?"
"Not yet." Tatsuki shook his head. "Yamamoto is suppose to debrief all of us once we get back to HQ right away. He did mention that he might be getting an update from intelligence, so we could be lucky."
"Right." nodded Yu, shuffling his hands on his pants pockets.
Somewhere in the streets of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Dressed in civilian clothes instead of his military BDUs, Jack Krauser whipped out a Nokia 9210 Communicator while walking Tokyo's busy streets.
"Sir. We've been able to bring the skull in. Yes, I understand. I've gotten reports that Spriggans are being mobilized here as well to prevent its shipping to Hawaii." Krauser halted when he heard the speaker reply in an angry-like tone. "I've activated some of the COSMOS safehouses. I'll get some men from the other units to hinder their progress at once. Yes sir, I understand. I'll take care of it at once."
Cursed Spriggans! Krauser, having ended his call, placed his Nokia 9210 back into his inner coat pocket. I have to get back to Camp Zama and debrief Kanaya about this. I'd better begin a plan and make sure the Spriggans are dealt with ASAP.
Suddenly, Krauser's 9210 rang from his inner coat pocket. Taking the phone again, he began to address the caller on the other line.
"This had better be important." said Krauser, waiting for the caller to reply.
"Greetings, Krauser." introduced the caller. "How's the weather in Tokyo?"
"Wesker." Krauser greeted the apparent caller. "I'm busy with my COSMOS duties as the unit's interim CO. Is there something important?"
"I'd been wanting to inform you about the upcoming plans." explained Wesker. "If I recall correctly, you were selected to be a candidate to undergo training back in the US after a commander is found for the COSMOS unit."
"Yeah. Think I'm going to go attend Secret Service training." replied Krauser. "Don't worry about that part. I've got plans underway in covering up... stuff about me. I'll make sure that I'll give the press and the others a convincing case about me after a certain helicopter crash."
"That's good to hear." Wesker went on to ask Krauser something. "Aside from that, I've gotten reports from intelligence that Spriggans are being sent to Tokyo. Is that related to your duties in COSMOS?"
"Yeah, it is." Krauser replied again. "I was able to secure the landing of the Crystal Skull from the Philippines. Top brass says they have plans to use it after an examination is complete."
"What a shame." sighed Wesker. "I did have plans to use out-of-place artifacts as part of our plan to revive Umbrella. But I had received opposition from most of the staff due to the unconvinced belief that those kinds of artifacts were, as they say, a bunch of hogwash."
"You won't believe it, Wesker." grinned the blonde COSMOS interim commander. "You won't believe the power those things have. I did remember hearing about some kind of Berseker robot the Brits uncovered and some sort of ancient computer virus that can brainwash people."
"I see." answered Wesker. "Still, get the plans ready. I have plans for that thing."
"All right. I have to go." Krauser began, needing to end the call. "I'm suppose to expect another call."
"Of course. There's no reason for me to hold onto our conversation."
"I'll call you soon. Maybe tomorrow." After Krauser ended the call, his phone then received another call from an unknown number. But to Krauser, the number itself is very familiar to him.
Must be him. "Hello?"
"Captain Krauser." addressed the caller. "I apologize for the late call."
"It's all right, Sergeant Kanaya." Krauser answered the caller. "Is there any news on the shipment?"
"Yes, sir." replied Sho. "It's currently being held at Kadena Air Base. It should get to the mainland by tomorrow."
"Excellent. Keep the good work, Sergeant."
"Understood, Captain." Ending the call, Krauser was near the outskirts of the Akasaka Prince Hotel. Greeted by the doorman, Krauser went inside to the lounging area where he would later receive a text message from Sho Kanaya regarding the status of the retrieved Crystal Skull.
Chairman's Office, ARCAM Japan, Shingawa, Tokyo, Japan
"I'm glad you're all here." Yamamoto began to light up on a cigarette that was already embedded on his two lips. "As instructed by the board of directors, I have to debrief all of you on your next upcoming mission."
"So what's the catch today, old man?" Yu was seated on the couch in the middle of the room with Jean and Tea.
"Intelligence has given the latest update on the skull found by locals in the Philippines." began Yamamoto, removing his cigarette from his mouth after puffing it for a few seconds. "Apparently, it already landed in Kadena Air Base in Okinawa under the pretext of transporting US Military equipment from Clark Air Base."
"So they're already here?" asked Tea, seated next to Jean, arms crossed around his chest.
"Unfortunately, yes." sighed Yamamoto, not liking the information that he had received. "But not in the mainland, which is fortunate for all of us. I've heard from intel that it might take a day or two for the flight from Kadena to get around here."
"How come?" Yu sensed an opportunity when he heard about the delay. "Was there something wrong back in Kadena?"
"Probably going to inspect it or something." huffed Jean, facing Yamamoto. "Hey. Do we know where the cargo's heading to next from Kadena."
"My guesses are Camp Zama, Yokoto Air Base, Misawa Air Base or Yokosuka." replied Yamamoto, placing his cigarette on an ashtray to remove the butts that were already used up. "But then again, it could be just one of those bases that I've mentioned. So who knows?" He then shrugged his shoulders.
"So the only thing we can do is wait for intelligence to finalize their research eh?"
The door to Yamamoto's office opened and in came Tatsuki alongside Mark and Michael.
"I'm afraid so, Tatsuki." Yamamoto scratched his bald head. "Intelligence is a bit skeptical on the final location for the Crystal Skull. They're also trying to figure out what this skull's ability is. However, the process of using it is just the same though."
"Meaning a certain amount of electrical charges just for it to work?" asked Michael, scratching his black hair.
"That's right, bro." answered Mark, yawning. "Just like the skull that ARCAM HQ in New York's keeping for us. I just hope that this skull's a bit challenging."
"By the way, where's Oboro?" asked Yu when he faced Jean.
"Don't know." shrugged Jean. "Probably doing his meditation thing or something."
"Hold on a second." Yamamoto picked up the receiver of his desk phone. After hearing what the caller on the other line had to say, Yamamoto replaced the receiver back on the desk phone's cradle and spoke to the assembled Spriggan agents once again.
"We've got recent news that COSMOS has some safehouses in and around the Greater Tokyo area." Yamamato said, having ended his recent call.
"And what about these safehouses?" asked Tea, wanting to get more details.
"We believe that they're being manned by COSMOS personnel. We're not sure who in the unit is manning these safehouses."
"Hey, old man." Yu raised his hand. "What's so special about these safehouses?"
"Easy enough." grinned the bald head of ARCAM's Japanese headquarters. "Intelligence has intercepted a call that Jack Krauser himself ordered those safehouses to be ready by tomorrow."
"What?" shouted Michael. "How many safehouses did COSMOS activate already in Tokyo?"
"They'll provide us a map of the Greater Tokyo area for that in the morning for that, Michael." answered Yamamoto. "Right now, I suggest that all of you turn in to your quarters. You all need the rest to locate and dismantle those safehouses."
"Understood." Tea stood and left the office, followed by Yu and the others as they went back to the building's private penthouse suites to their respective rooms.
"Wait." Yamamoto suddenly blurted out, calling the attention of the Spriggans, including Yu.
"Yeah?" began Yu, waiting for Yamamoto to say something that can be meaningful to their work.
"Kanaya's also in Japan, so better be careful." Yu nodded, closing the door silently.
Somewhere in the Organization Headquarters, Unknown Country
"Ada." Wesker called to her Asian-American colleague somewhere inside the headquarters of the Organization.
"You have a job for me, Wesker?" Ada, ever since escaping from Raccoon City, had been wearing a red dress with black high heel shoes. Some said that it symbolized her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, John. Others believe that it was meant for something. Regardless, Wesker had a mission for Ada to do and he wanted her to do it.
"Yes." Wesker nodded. "Krauser's in Japan right now, currently the interim CO of the US Army's COSMOS unit."
"You mean that unit filled with kids?" asked Ada.
"Precisely." Wesker used his left index finger to push his shades up to rest on his nosebridge. "Krauser's trying to work on a plan to retrieve a Crystal Skull that he found in the Philippines. I believe that we can use to revive Umbrella from the ashes."
"Wait a minute." replied Ada. "I remember that Neo-Nazis were able to retrieve one in Egypt. Do we know the abilities of this particular skull?"
"According to our intelligence," explained Wesker. "some of its properties include the ability to create a powerful projectile that can blind or kill a person and the ability to create some sort of creature. However, they're not sure on the latter."
"So you want me to help Krauser stage an attempt to steal that artifact?" Ada said, tilting her head.
"Exactly." Wesker answered. "I'll get a flight ready to Japan by tomorrow."
"Will I receive backup?"
"Of course." added Wesker. "I'll try and see what I can do about it.
"All right." Ada smirked. "Looks like I can use a vacation for once..."
"Remember." reminded Wesker. "Keep your mind on the upcoming mission plan. I'll brief you on the plan once I'm able to finalize a plan with Krauser."
"Right." Ada said, turning around and leaving him in the corridor.
Leon... Ada mused, still remembering the time that she almost died in front of him if Wesker didn't save his life.
Somewhere in the streets of Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Testing, testing." said Mark, speaking with the Sentry earpiece after leaving the ARCAM Japan building early in the morning. "You guys can hear me with your earpieces?" He received collective nods from Yu, Jean, Tatsuki and Michael. Tea didn't have an earpiece, but paid attention to what he was going to say anyway. All were wearing jackets of various kinds, though Mark was the only one who had a ballcap on.
"Okay, sounds good." Jean tucked his Sentry earpiece more into his left ear's ear canal after hearing Mark's voice from it. "Looks like we're all set to go."
"Can't we do the operation after lunch?" Michael yawned, who had the luck of waking up by 6 in the morning.
Tea smiled and shook her head. "Afraid not. We have to be early so that we can catch somebody from the safehouses and interrogate them."
"I don't think COSMOS soldiers sleep on the job in the safehouse, Michael." Yu commented, using his Sentry earpiece to communicate with him, earning a glare from Michael while Yu only chuckled. "Relax, you should lighten up a bit there."
"All right." Tatsuki took out a map from his jeans pocket. "On the maps given to us on the Greater Tokyo Area, you'll see red dots on them. Those are the known and suspected safehouses as confirmed by intelligence."
"I see." Mark unfurled his map too. "Wait a second, one of them's..."
"Is there a problem?" Tea asked.
"Nothing." Mark shook his head. Tea looked at him, raised eyebrow on him. His mind, however, is telling a different story...
"We can figure that out later." Jean said, pointing to the various locations on the map. "Looks like some of them are close to each other."
"Probably done in case one of the COSMOS safehouses are compromised." answered Yu, hypothesizing his ideas.
"After we get to the Tokyo Tower." instructed Mark. "We can split off from there. Moving in smaller groups would be faster and easier."
From there on, the group had started their trek towards the Tokyo Tower in order to begin their mission.
Chapter 1 END
PS - First of all, I'd like to ask the readers if the color of Jack Krauser's beret is red or maroon and I'd also like to know what is the insignia on it? I just can't seem to figure it out. Can anyone help me on that part? I'd like to do this story as my interpretation of Jack Krauser's pre-RE4 days since I presume that he used to be with the US Army. This story will be set also before seeing the scar on his face when you fight against him in RE4 over his left eye all the way to his upper and lower lips. Hope I did much screen time for him.
Also, if anyone wants to know what Spriggan is, check here at http://en(dot)wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Spriggan(manga)
Needless to say, no one has picked it up for scanlating. So far in the Baka Manga website, there are at least 5 people who want to see this translated in English. Anime Waves and an anonymous group called sirhc tried to do their part in scanlating it, but dropped the projects soon after. Currently, Xamayon is interested in possibly picking this up. Head to their site and look for the "Some suggestions for future manga projects" under the website's manga forum board. If you still don't know what Spriggan after my rambling, watch the OVA. I'd recommend it for those who have heard of Spriggan recently.
But if anyone's curious to see how the manga looks like, I can provide you the link for the mangas in Japanese. Just let me know in the reviews or PM. See ya in the next chapter.