PREDATOR
RESIDENT EVIL

CHAPTER 1
TROUBLE AFOOT

What goes around, comes around - this truly was the case on the eventful night of June 14th on the outskirts of Raccoon City. The Umbrella Corporation is vastly known for It's advanced research in medical and technological grounds. But, like everything in life, Umbrella have sinister secrets only few who live know of. These secrets consist of military development and viral weaponry.

What has been stated about the infamous Raccoon City incident is fact - there was a viral outbreak of an Umbrella bio - weapon, called the G - Virus, which caused the dead to rise and feed off the living, resulting in the nuclear removal of the city. What hasn't been completely determined is the source of this outbreak, or the outbreak of the G - Virus' predecessor, the T - Virus. Until now….

In the lush green of Raccoon Forest, just a few miles from the highly acclaimed city, all looked normal. But it wasn't, two heavily armed men emerged from the forest into a huge clearing, this clearing wasn't natural however, this was only a clearing because something had burnt the grass and the trees and vanished without a trace. The soldiers, who wore Umbrella's logo on their arms, had been sent to investigate.

"This is Krueger reporting. Nothing out of the ordinary here except the big smell of burning"

A small, faint, cackle followed with a voice of authority.

"Rodger that, search the area and exercise extreme caution"

"Yes, sir"

He turned to his partner

"Any ideas?"

" A really big campfire by the looks of things"

"Problem is, Smith, where'd the campers go?"

"I don't like this, something doesn't feel right here"

A loud rustle shook their nerves and just when they turned to shoot at what they thought was an attacker, turned out to be nothing, nothing at all.

"What the hell? I could've sworn something was there" said a startled Krueger

"Well the trees didn't make that noise themselves. I'll go check it out, you wait here"

Smith walked slowly into the trees, checking all around him as if he was half expecting someone to jump out at him. He was about 12 feet away from Krueger when he heard the twigs on the ground snapping, meaning someone was walking behind him.

"Stay the hell where you are, man!"

"What are you talking about? I'm back here"

He was right, Krueger hadn't moved, but the twigs continued to snap

"Krueger, there's someone here"

The snapping continued, and began to speed up

"Krueger? Krueger!"

The snapping was quicker and louder now, someone was right behind him. Smith turned quickly and let a burst off from his assault rifle, but hit nothing but air. Just then, Krueger appeared in front of him

"Did you see that?!" There was confusion in Krueger's eyes, and a hint of fear

"See what?"

"I don't know, it was right in front of me, running at me…"

"What was?"

"I don't know, damn it!"

"Oh, fuck this. Control, everything's normal here, awaiting further instructions"

"Rodger that, Smith. Return to base"

Krueger couldn't believe what he just heard

"Smith, you cant just do that man"

"I'm doin' it, come on"

The two made their way back still mystified from what had just happened, there was no way they were alone, they knew they weren't. They were right, but whoever, or whatever, it was, there was no way they could be prepared for what would have been in store for them.

Krueger and Smith had made their way back to their base, an underground facility - again with the Umbrella Corporation logo proudly seen. The path to the facility was an unusual one, a secret elevator in the main hall of a mansion which was situated in the middle of Raccoon Forest. This elevator took them to The Hive, the biggest facility Umbrella has built. The Hive wasn't only a scientific facility, it was also a call centre for the public side of Umbrella's dealings, so not only was there scientists and military personnel, there was also families who live in this building.

This is where it all began, this is where the T - Virus was created. Krueger and Smith were stationed to this area of the labs, the most restricted area of the facility. Although they never complain, they hated this place. It must be the thought of this piece of genius or lunacy, depending on who thought what about it, becoming loose. Such thoughts shouldn't be entertained.

All was well down here, away from civilisation. Away from danger. Suddenly, red lights were flashing, alarms were sounding, civilians were panicking - it was chaos. There was an intruder alert but the intruder was at the front blast doors and they were sealed, this never stopped the military personnel taking action, however. A team of four soldiers were waiting at the blast doors, ready to either apprehend or terminate the intruder, depending on his actions. They opened the doors. Nothing.

"If you have a weapon, drop it and come out with your hands above your head" Still nothing

"OK, go check it out, we'll cover you"

A soldier walked into the opening cautiously, his team keeping an eye on him. There was nothing here when it appeared, the blue light which came at the soldier and ripped through his body, he was dead before he hit the ground. This resulted in a barrage of bullets, tearing walls and floors apart, then silence fell again. The soldiers looked around and saw no blood other than that of their fallen comrade, another joined him though. Another blue light was the end of him, prompting the two others to shut the doors. This wasn't enough, something was hitting the door with such force, it would be through in no time.

"Jesus Christ, what the hell's going on?!"

"That's not gonna hold, fall back!"

Too late. The door was ripped apart by an unseen enemy, even though it was right in front of them. Before they knew it, a throat was slashed and another was impaled.

By this time, The Hive was on full alert. Soldiers flooded the corridors, civilians were escorted to safety, scientists were also given guns to try and protect themselves. Whatever had attacked was slowly picking off people one by one, corpses were littering the floor, blood was everywhere, so was empty bullet shells. One soldier who had been lucky to escape, probably at the expense of another soldier, had been running through the labyrinth of corridors, thinking he was safe when three small red dots appeared on his leg and went up to his head, then came the blue light. Dead. A group of more soldiers appeared around the corner and looked in astonishment. They could see the intruder, but could see everything behind it.

"Where the hell'd you get one of those optic cloaks?" One asked

The intruder never replied but let out a disturbing snarl and then threw a spear - like weapon. It hit one of the soldiers, throwing him towards the wall where he stuck to it with his feet off the ground. The adrenaline of pain coursed through his veins and fired his rifle upwards, hitting the fire sprinklers. As the water came down the invisible enemy was visible. The soldiers couldn't believe it, seven feet tall and of pure muscle. Now for the scary part… not human, it's face covered by a mask displaying no emotion.

"What the fuck is that?!"

"Is it a specimen?"

"No, the sample didn't make anything like that"

"I don't give a shit! Just shoot it!"

They fired but the monster took cover, when they stopped it retaliated, firing a net at them which caught two men and threw them into the wall with the force. They were helpless as the net dug into their flesh. By the time another one turned to face it, it was running at him, claws extended from its wrists, he couldn't do anything but watch as the claws dug into his torso. The monster lifted the corpse and threw it at another soldier, when he stood up the same happened to him but the only difference was he let out an agonising scream. He looked into the blank eyes of the mask, these blank eyes were the last things he saw as life slipped away from him until there was none.

This monster continued its onslaught on The Hive, decimating and eviscerating all challengers, all the way to the labs. It looked into one of the labs and saw a huge group of people cowering in fear. Without thinking twice, it smashed through the door ready to brutalise when a scientist stood up to it. The monster simply picked him up and threw him across the room, another stood up

"Please! Have mercy!" He pleaded

His voice fell on deaf ears as the monster continued with such intent

"Please! There's children here!"

It looked around and saw them, around twenty children aged around 10 at the most, frozen with fear.

"Kill us, but please let the children live"

It done what was thought the impossible, it showed mercy and simply turned away to continue it's task elsewhere. Although this was a ruthless cold hearted killer, it has honour. After all, it was only killing whoever was hostile to it. The monster continued to search the lab for victims when it walked into an open room where there was a huge glass container with dozens of small vials inside. It looked around, something wasn't quite right.

"Now!!"

It was an ambush, Krueger and Smith jumped from behind a desk, firing until the were no more bullets left in their guns. The monster was hit several times and fell lifeless to the ground. The two soldiers walked over to the corpse.

"So, this was the son of a bitch, huh?"

"Yeah, and he fell for the oldest trick in the book. Looks like there isn't intelligent life out there, huh Krueger?"

Krueger chuckled

"Lets get him out of here before he stinks"

When Smith lifted it's arm the monster grabbed a hold of his arm, stood up, and let out a ferocious kick powerful enough to rip his arm off, sending him across the room. Smith writhed in unbearable agony. The monster turned to Krueger.

"Oh shit, keep the fuck away from me!"

It walked towards him.

"Get the fuck back, asshole!"

It still walked towards him, Krueger went to fire but then remembered he had already emptied his clip. Before he could reload, the monster was right in front of him. He used his gun as a club and swung it, the monster grabbed the gun and swung its fist at Krueger, knocking him down. He was back up quickly, but the monster grabbed him by the head and threw him into the wall, crushing his skull. Smith looked on in amazement, he was powerless and defenceless as the monster turned back to him.

"No! Please don't, Please!"

It picked him up and looked into his eyes, it seemed to take satisfaction from the fear he saw in them. Then it saw something different, it saw defiance. Smith un-holstered his pistol and shot the monster in the head. No effect. The mask simply deflected the bullet. With a sense of anger, it threw him into the glass container, smashing all of the vials. An alarm sounded.

"WARNING. WARNING. BIO-HAZARD DETECTED. ALL PERSONNEL ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN IN THE HIVE FOR QUARENTINE." spoke a mechanical voice

"No, you stupid son of a bitch! You have any idea what you've just done?!"

The monster turned away from him and left him to die, he was infected with the T-Virus, although it wouldn't have known this would kill him. It headed for the exit. Smith couldn't move as he was bleeding to death. He also knew if he tried to move, The Hive's defensive supercomputer, Red Queen, would have took action to prevent the outbreak spreading, namely killing him anyway.

The monster rendered itself almost invisible again to avoid detection. It passed through The Hive without having to worry about being quarantined. Exit from The Hive couldn't have been easier, it simply came the way it went in when it followed Krueger and Smith back to the mansion. When it was back in the forest, it heard the computerised voice again.

"HIVE LOCKDOWN COMPLETE"

The T-Virus was loose, no one was getting in or out of The Hive. Not that this creature cared in the slightest, it had found its victims, wiped out all challengers, and stayed alive. It heard a small whine from just beside it, it looked down to see a wolf caught in a bear trap. Taking a pity so rarely seen so far, it pulled the trap apart and the wolf lifted its leg out. For some reason, the wolf wasn't scared of what had just helped it and simply walked over to it and licked its face. The monster was intrigued, it had just made a friend. It stood up, looked at the mansion, and with a sense of triumph, let out a menacing roar which could be heard for miles.

Elsewhere, two Umbrella executives were searching The Hive's surveillance archive before the lockdown and liked what they saw.

"Look at it, the way its killing them. What does it remind you of?"

"A hunter?"

"Exactly, killing one at a time, stalking its prey"

"This is great, think of the technology we could create if we could capture this thing. It's literally out of this world!"

"I suppose we'd better give him a name, any ideas?"

"Just the thing. How about we call him 'The Predator'?"

"Predator… I like that"

And so it had begun, the course of events that would lead to the tragedy that was the destruction of Raccoon City. What was the most sinister about what had just happened was those who died that didn't deserve to. At least this 'Predator' could say they didn't die by his hands directly, although it is doubtful it would matter to him anyway. They would have just been more prey. For both Umbrella and the Predator, the worst is yet to come.