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December 1974

Anna Vladimir was running through the woods in the Arklay Mountains. Her running away from the Arklay Mansion had been secret and she had to get out fast. They would be after her soon. In her arms, she cradled her baby. Anna ducked behind a tree and slowly lowered to her knees. The baby anxiously whimpered.

"Shh shh shhh." She cooed. The baby was named Lydia. She was the illegitimate daughter of Anna and Oswell E. Spencer, the British founder of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals and the Umbrella Corporation. Anna was a fellow scientist at the Arklay Laboratory. She was the sister of Sergei Vladimir and they had both been hired by Umbrella at the same time. A month into her time at Umbrella she had begun an affair with Spencer and it led to them conceiving Lydia. Lydia reached for her mother and Anna let her baby hold onto her hand for a few moments as she looked around. Thinking of the direction to go. She was trying to get to Raccoon City. To save her daughter.

When the Wesker project had been successful with Albert Wesker. Oswell began to develop plans for an Adam and Eve project. As the plans for this began to take form, Oswell began a secret sexual relationship with Anna. When he found out that his mistress had gotten pregnant with a baby girl, he began secret experimentations with Anna and his unborn child. Beginning research into his Adam and Eve project. Since Albert Wesker was successful he was attempting to create a perfect genetic match for purposes of reproduction of his genetically altered race of superhumans. He wanted to mold his daughter to be an Eve to Wesker's Adam. By creating this match Oswell planned to have genetic reproduction through Albert and his unborn daughter, Lydia. However, Anna felt differently. She was unaware of this testing until she found files and records of it just before giving birth. The birth was successful and in the first week of Lydia's life no negative effects of the virus were seen and she exhibited signs of high intellect and increased motor skills. Lydia was now three months old, and Anna had finally taken her away. Lydia yawned and began to fall back asleep in Anna's arms and she wrapped her baby back up and cradled her close to her chest. She began to run again. After a few minutes, she reached the edges of Raccoon City and reached a dirt road and small neighborhood just outside of the city. She was breathing heavily. It was just past 3 am. She looked around and followed a street until she got to a bus stop at the edge of the neighborhood. She saw the bus in the distance and waited for it. When she got on the bus driver was surprised.

"Miss?" He asked. The bus was empty and Anna took a step on.

"Please, I don't have any money, take me into the city. It's important." She begged. The driver looked around nervously.

"Do you need me to call the police?" He asked.

"No please, just take me to the city." She asked. The bus driver noticed her thick Russian accent and was confused. But he let her on. Anna sat in the very back corner of the bus in order to avoid any detection. As they drove she looked out the window as she gently rocked Lydia. They were in the city after a few minutes and Anna quickly got off the bus, thanking the driver. The driver watched her go and got a bad feeling. Anna was thankful that the city was empty. It was far too late and nobody was out. She quickly walked down the road, holding Lydia close. She was looking for the Raccoon City Police Department.

Sergi Vladimir had been out looking for his sister for the past hour. Spencer had gotten up in the early hours of the night to check on his daughter and when he found her and Anna missing he sent Sergi after them. Sergi came upon a bus that was pulled over on the road that led into the city and saw the driver on the phone explaining something to someone on the other line. He parked behind the bus and when the driver got off the phone Sergei walked to the bus door. The bus driver noticed him and perked an eyebrow. He opened the door.

"Can I help you?" The driver asked.

"Yes, I am looking for a woman and a baby," Sergi spoke. The man also noticed the man's thick Russian accent and frowned.

"I haven't seen one." The driver lied. He assumed this was an abuser looking for Anna. Sergi chuckled and took a step onto the bus. The driver shifted uncomfortably. "Are you trying to start some trouble?" Sergi drew a gun and aimed it right at the driver's head.

"Tell me where she went" Sergei repeated. The driver quickly got afraid.

"I don't know. I dropped her off by Town Hall." He quickly spoke. Sergei nodded and shot him so he wouldn't give away any more information. Blood splattered all over the bus and Sergei quickly returned to his car.

Anna had found the Police Department and she was preparing to let her daughter go. She was crying and she kissed her daughter's forehead before setting her down on the doorstep of the department. Lydia woke as her mother laid her down and she reached for her mom. When her mom didn't pick her up she began to struggle in the blanket and cry. Anna felt hot wet tears pour down her face as she heard her baby struggling. She shakily buzzed for an overnight officer at the front door, trying to hold back sobs as her daughter began to scream and cry for her.

"I love you, Lydia." She whispered before turning and running to hide. She ducked into an alley and hid behind a set of trash cans. The officer on duty came to the door and heard the sobbing baby. He frowned in shock and picked up the abandoned baby as she kicked and screamed. He looked around to see if he could see a fleeing parent but the street was empty. The snow had already covered Anna's tracks. The officer quickly grabbed his patrol car keys and went to drive the baby to the hospital. Anna waited behind the trash cans, sobbing as she heard the patrol car's sirens disappear into the distance. After the city was silent she stood and left out of the other side of the alley. She was going to try to leave the city before Sergei could find her. After a few minutes of walking through various alleyways, trying to find her way out of the city a car sped toward her. Anna saw Sergi in the driver's seat and took off running. Anna crossed into another alleyway so she could put even more distance between herself and her brother and so she could draw him further away from the police department. Sergei parked the car and began to follow her on foot.

By the time the officer got to the hospital, Lydia had stopped sobbing and just sniffled in his arms, sucking her thumb. The officer took her to the emergency section of the hospital and explained the circumstances. The nurse agreed to put her in hospital care until the morning so they could make sure the baby was okay and so they could decide what to do with her. The nurse took the baby into her arms and took her back to the baby ward after the officer left so she could be taken care of. She unwrapped her from the blanket and saw she was in a light pink onesie. A note was pinned to it. The nurse perked an eyebrow and opened it out of curiosity.

I did not want to let her go. Please keep her safe. Her name is Lydia.

Sergei had caught up to his sister as they got toward the edge of the city. The road was empty and he shot her in the leg. Anna screamed in pain and fell to her knees. Sergei loomed over her cocking the gun and aiming it at her.

"I won't tell you." Anna cried. "You'll never find her!" Sergei frowned.

"Anna. You're going to tell me." Sergei snapped. Anna shook her head. Sergei suddenly shot her other leg. Anna screamed in pain again, beginning to sob. Sergei stepped on her wound and Anna continued to scream. "Tell me and I'll stop," Sergei shouted over her screams.

"No!" Anna screamed back, she could taste blood. Sergei shot her in the shoulder. Anna began to feel faint, her blood loss was rapidly draining her of life. Drool fell down her face as she sobbed in pain. She tried to crawl away. This was the end. Sergei knelt and pulled her up by her hair.

"It hurts doesn't it?" He observed. "I can end your pain if you tell me." Anna's eyes were shut right, she thickly swallowed and shook her head.

"Kill me." She begged, looking at her brother. Her body was bloody and weak. Her face was dirty and wet with tears. "Without my baby, I don't want to live."

"Where is your baby?" Sergei asked again, he was angry. Anna spit in his face and in his rage Sergei emptied the rest of his clip into her head. He disposed of her body in an Umbrella dump site near the Arklay Mountains and returned to give Spencer the news. He entered Spencer's office. Spencer rose to greet him but his face quickly fell. Sergi was empty-handed and covered in blood. Spencer felt a rage run through him.

"That fucking bitch. THAT FUCKING BITCH!" He screamed as he ruined his office in his rage.

The next morning the officer returned to the Raccoon City Police department. He had returned with a woman and man, family friends of him, who agreed to take in the baby into their custody. The initial idea was that they would care for the baby as the investigation into the baby's parents would be complete. However, when the case became cold the couple took Lydia in as their daughter. 17 years would pass before Spencer would be able to track down his daughter.