"It all began as an ordinary day in September... an ordinary day in Raccoon City, a city controlled by Umbrella. No one dared to oppose them, and that lack of strength would ultimately lead to their destruction. I suppose they have to suffer the consequences of their actions, but there would be no forgiveness. If only they have had the courage to fight! It's true that once the wheels of justice begin to turn, nothing can stop them... nothing. It was Raccoon City's last chance... and my last chance. My last escape...

— A note authored by Jill Valentine on September 27.

"September 28th, daylight. The monsters have overtaken the city. Somehow, I'm still alive..."

It's been one day, one day since all hell broke loose. Dead people were walking in the streets, devouring anyone that crossed their path. One of the few S.T.A.R.S. members alive, Jill Valentine, had been desperately trying to find her way out of the city and right now, the only safe place she could think of was her sanctuary, Raccoon Police Department. Besides, there was a radio working just fine in the staff room. Getting there, she saw a familiar face standing at the front doors.

"Brad? Are you okay?" Jill asked even though she knew the answer. Brad Vickers was also an S.T.A.R.S. member and one of her colleagues. She had encountered him hours ago at the bar Black Jack, where he got bitten. She knew it was a matter of time until he turned into one of them.

"Jill, look, there's something I need to tell you but you gotta…"

A loud noise interrupted him. A noise so loud that made Jill's body froze. Something had jumped from the department roof, and whoever that was, it was now standing behind Brad, holding him with only one hand. Brad had warned her about that thing at the bar, he'd called it a pursuer who had been chasing the few remaining S.T.A.R.S. members. She understood exactly what it was now. It wasn't just a simple pursuer; it was a Tyrant, a highly destructive Bio Organic Weapon sent by Umbrella to silence them, once and for all. Brad was screaming out loud and Jill just couldn't move.

"Aaaargh…" Brad was fighting with everything he could but the creature was too strong. He could see some sort of tentacle moving beside him. Jill realized that if she didn't do anything, Brad would die, so she started shooting. Bullets were not enough to hurt the B.O.W and it was now holding Brad even higher. Jill heard her friend's last breath before one of the monster's tentacles pierce his mouth, and like that wasn't enough, it also broke his neck. That scene terrified her.

"No, Brad…" Jill shouted as loud as she could, forcing herself not to cry.

The grisly Monster threw Brad's dead body against the wall and it was facing Jill in the eyes. The only thing she could feel at that moment was fear. Everything about it was made to generate fear. She couldn't let Umbrella get away from this, she had to survive in order to help her friend Chris taking down the company, or at least see him one last time. She shot its head countless times and avoided every single one of its attacks for a couple minutes.

The creature wouldn't die and she couldn't keep doing that for too long, she had to run. When the B.O.W. lunged at her, she rolled over as fast as possible and got inside the police department, shutting the door behind her. The doors were strong and the walls were thick but those wouldn't hold him forever, she needed to keep moving.

She looked around to see how bad things were at the department but it was surprisingly pretty much the same, maybe a little dirtier. The statue in front of the main desk also appeared to be intact. She smiled when she remembered how creepy that statue looked like, now it was nothing more than a silly woman.

"It's too quiet actually, had someone been here before?" Jill wondered as she began walking to the exit.

"Stop right there." Someone was pointing their gun at Jill. She pulled hers with such agility that the man just couldn't react. "Who are you?" He asked.

That man was Leon, another survivor who had come to Raccoon City for his first job as a rookie at the RPD, unfortunately he got there at the same day the monsters had overtaken the city. They were now both facing each other, the atmosphere as heavy as it could be.

"My name's Jill Valentine, and, judging by your outfit, you used to work here. I've never seen you here though."

"My name's Leon." he replied. "This was supposed to be my first day here. Actually it's my first day in the city."

"What a lucky guy you are." She smirked but the look on Leon's face made her realize that wasn't such a good idea. "Sorry for that…" She tried to change the subject, walking around the place and putting the gun back in the holster. Leon was still clutched at his. "I'm not very comfortable here, you know? Would you stop pointing that gun at me?"

"Sorry, I don't know if I can trust you yet" Leon blurted out.

"I'm a member of S.T.A.R.S. alpha team, right now I'm the most reliable person you'll meet here!" Jill said rigidly.

"Stars? What the hell was that supposed to mean?" Leon was confused but he knew she wasn't the most reliable person he could meet there. He'd met Claire.

"Special Tactics And Rescue Service. The idea was to form a team combining soldiers with scientists, allowing us to operate in both anti-terrorism and urban crime." Jill explained herself the best way she could.

"It doesn't seem to be working out though. This all looks like some act of terrorism to me." Leon said. "We need to leave this place. It's not safe in here, there are monsters everywhere."

An attempt to bring the doors down made Jill shivered. "It's not safe out there either."

"What the heck was that?" Leon asked, turning to the doors with a frightening look on his face.

Jill came close to the doors in order to see if anything was broken. Gladly, it wasn't.

"You have your monsters, I have mine!" Jill turned to look at his face. "Look, you gotta leave. You won't be safe with me." Jill went to the police department staircase and turned back once more. "The thing out there, He's after me so as long as we're not together, you have nothing to fear. I've got a few more things to do here anyway." She needed to stick with the plan.

"I won't leave you here alone" He shouted to make himself clear.

Jill shouted even louder, without looking back. "Just stay then. I must warn you though…you'll die if you stick with me."