RESIDENT EVIL: REBIRTH OF TERROR
CHAPTER 1: A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
Chapter 1 of my new Resident Evil story, this time taking place within the same timeline of the games, takes the a year after Resident Evil 5, Claire is about to embark on another biohazard incident, however she is about to meet someone rather unexpected.
Disclaimer: Resident Evl belongs to Capcom.
It was March 10 2010, the threat of Albert Wesker and his bio-weapons had been eliminated the previous year by BSAA Agents Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar. Wesker had been working on another project other than Uroboros that he finished but never got to test, the protect was known as Omega. It was apparently administered in similar fashion to the old Umbrella Viruses but was similar to Uroboros in its visible effects. The Omega virus was held in a military base in the US, they had already arranged for a member of the group Terra Save to observe their research, however they were about to receive another guest. A large twin engine helicopter was approaching the base, having announced their intentions to land and due to the helicopter bearing the markings of a U.N. helicopter they were permitted to land on the helipad on the roof of the base. The helicopter landed and immediately the base security personnel took position to watch it carefully as the man in charge of the base approached. The helicopter door opened and a set of steps were let out. A young woman stepped out, the base commander was surprised, she looked to be in her early to mid twenties. The woman was rather pale, she had straight shoulder length blonde hair which was tied back in a low ponytail. Her eyes were hidden behind a pair of black sunglasses and she was dressed in a pair of black trousers; a black button-up shirt, black leather trench-coat, black fingerless gloves and black boots.
The base commander stepped forward and cleared his throat.
"Ma'am, I'll need to see ID please".
The woman casually reached into one of the front pockets of her trench-coat and handed him her ID card. What the man didn't know was it was a fake ID, almost undetectable, since the only things wrong on it were the name and occupation fields. It registered her as a U.N. Inspector. The commander realized his estimation of her age was fairly accurate, it was listed as twenty-four. The man looked up at her.
"Natalie Paige, is that correct".
"Yes, I am here at behest of the U.N. to observe the protocols you are following as well as your research into the Omega virus".
The commander considered for a moment.
"I understand, you won't be the only observer however we…"
"I am aware of the visitor from Terra Save, that won't be a problem, now let's go".
"Yes Ma'am".
He handed her the ID card back and led her to the door, she followed, removing the sunglasses and placing them in the left breasts pocket of the trench-coat. Her eyes were a rather startling shade of blue yet seemed cold and distant. Soon she headed inside with the base commander, the helicopter remaining in place with the second passenger waiting.
A single car drove up to the base, inside was a woman aged thirty-one with medium long straight brown hair tied in a ponytail and blue eyes. Her name was Claire Redfield, a well-known member of Terra Save and survivor of many biohazard incidents involving the Umbrella viruses. Claire was dressed in a pair of simple denim jeans, a red long sleeved casual shirt, a white short sleeved jacket and black boots. Claire was the member of Terra Save who had been permitted to come and witness the research on the Omega Virus and had just arrived, she stopped her car, confused, the barrier at the entrance to the base was up and there was no one in sight, that was unusual, usually there was a guard at the gate. Just then her phone rang, she checked the caller ID and saw it was her brother Chris, she hit the call button and spoke.
"Hey Chris".
Chris responded, cheerful, as he had been since the end of the incident last year.
"Claire, how's everything going?"
"Fine, I've just arrived at the base, something unusual has happened, the barrier's up and there's no guard".
She heard Chris murmur slightly as if thinking aloud and then.
"That is unusual, they are expecting you but surely they'd have to verify your identity".
"Yeah, probably nothing in it, I'll head in and see".
"Okay, be careful".
Claire smiled and then decided to change the subject to something less confusing.
"So, how's Jill".
She heard Chris laugh, after the incident in Africa Chris and Jill had married and Jill was now six months pregnant.
"She's good, we're looking forward to the baby coming".
"That's great, okay, I better get going".
"Okay, bye".
"Bye".
With that they hung up and Claire drove into the base's parking lot, finding an empty space she parked the car and applied the handbrake, switched off the ignition and got out of the car. She locked the door and walked over to the main doors of the base, they opened automatically and Claire walked in.
The main room was large, a single reception desk in the middle, several doors leading off the room, above was a large balcony that covered three of the walls, just then she saw a man, a security guard based on his uniform was standing next to the desk, Claire hurried over to him.
"Excuse me, sir, I'm from Terra Save and I..."
Suddenly the man tried to attack her, she jumped back and then saw his eyes and realized.
'No way, this guy's like the ones my brother fought in Africa, but he looks kinda different, this must be the Omega virus'.
The man tried to attack again, Claire quickly dodged and then grabbed the man's head and snapped his neck, killing him.
'How the hell did this happen, I thought Wesker was dead, this wasn't an accident, it wouldn't have reached here if it was, someone did this deliberately but who?'
Claire's eyes then fell on the security officer's firearm, she quickly picked it up and the spare ammunition clips he had, now armed she looked around, wondering what was happening, then suddenly she heard a voice from the balcony above.
"So, you must be the member of Terra Save, what a shame, you're too late".
Claire looked up and saw a twenty-four year old blonde woman dressed all in black standing looking down at her. Claire then realized who this woman was, there was a discarded ID on the ground in front of her, it belonged to the woman and read Natalie Paige.
"You're Natalie Paige right".
"A fake name, to deceive these fools".
"So you're the one responsible for this".
The woman smirked and nodded.
"Yes, it was an admirable test, now we can put it to good use".
"We?"
"None of your concern, you'll be dead soon".
Claire glared at the woman, she knew now the name Natalie Paige was a fake, just then a flicker of recognition crossed the woman's eyes.
"Well, well, well, Claire Redfield. How nice to see you again".
"What, what do you mean, how do you know me?"
The woman smirked at Claire's confusion.
End of chapter, the mysterious woman, going by the alias Natalie Paige, knows Claire, but how, who is she? Next up, the woman releases more victims of the Omega Virus while Claire tries to figure out who she is. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please.
