RESIDENT EVIL: UMBRELLA'S END
Chapter 1 of my updated Resident Evil story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Resident Evil belongs to Capcom.
CHAPTER 1: MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALL
2nd of January 2010
Four years following the small scale outbreak in Reno, Nevada Umbrella focused on developing the new viruses they were working on and as such there had been no new outbreaks. The survivors of the previous incidents, Kyle Harvey and Angela Mason were still on the run, they had been searching for Umbrella's main HQ, they knew that if they found it they would be able to gather information about Umbrella's entire operation and effectively shut them down. So far they had not been successful and were currently staying in New York.
However, much to their surprise, they were about to receive some unexpected help.
In the Southern Manhattan district in the sprawling urban city of New York, in an apartment block the landlord sighed and continued to reading the newspaper, he had his doubts about the tenants of room 217. They had shown up about a week ago, paid in cash, enough for two weeks and since then he had only ever seen the older of the two tenants. The older one, a young man in his twenties, seemed to leave the apartment everyday, sometimes he came back with several shopping bags, sometimes he came back empty handed. Yet the girl, the younger of the two being only in her teens, had never been seen since the first time they came to the apartment. While suspicious he decided not to do anything about it, they had to have their reasons. In apartment 217 the sun was just filtering in through the windows, the room was sparsely furnished, a simple sofa, an old TV, and a simple kitchen. There were only two other rooms, both small, one was the bathroom and the other the bedroom, in the bedroom was a simple twin bed. Lying in the bed were the two tenants. The older of the two, the male, was in fact Kyle Harvey, he was now twenty-three, his reddish-brown hair was back to the length it was back in 2002 when the whole nightmare started, his hazel eyes no longer showed the strain of sleepless nights as he knew Umbrella's influence, although still present, had been damaged, he was five foot eight and weighed sixty-five point three kilos. He was currently clad in a pair of grey boxers. Lying next to him was a now sixteen year old Angela Mason, her light brown hair was now sleek and straight, rather than the stringy mess it had been four years ago, again due to Umbrella's damaged influence, she had been able to take time in maintaining her appearance. In the past four years the love between her and Kyle had grown and her light blue eyes now positively shone with happiness, she was now five foot three and weighed fifty-five point five kilos. Due to her current apparel a good number of her old, now fading scars were visible, she was wearing a pair of cute black boyshorts and a plain white T-shirt that was rather baggy and nearly reached her knees. The T-shirt actually belonged to Kyle but he had let her wear it, Angela was happy as it still carried his scent and so even when he wasn't in the room it still felt like he was right next to her. Angela was currently still asleep, her head resting on Kyle's chest and her arms wrapped around him, she still suffered from nightmares but not as often now, plus her nightmares were different, they now forced to face her worst fear. Her worst fear was obvious, losing Kyle, last night she had woken up screaming after a nightmare in which she had seen Kyle killed by Wesker, the chairman of Umbrella and Kyle's hated enemy. Kyle had comforted her and she'd gone to sleep in his arms, Kyle himself was currently awake and holding Angela close to him, stroking her hair gently.
Just then the phone in the apartment began ringing, Kyle blinked in surprise, they had been here a week and this was the first time the phone rang, Angela moaned
"Just let it ring," she moaned as she snuggled closer to Kyle.
Kyle sighed sadly and replied, "Sorry Angie."
With a sigh she reluctantly let go of him and he got out of bed and hurried through to the main room, he then picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
The voice on the other end sounded distorted and somewhat desperate.
"I can help you find Umbrella," It said hurriedly.
Kyle narrowed his eyes.
"Who is this?" He asked suspiciously.
"Someone with a grudge against the company," Was the reply, "I know where their main headquarters is."
Kyle thought for a moment, this could be the chance he was waiting for, on the other hand, it could be a trap.
"How do I know you're telling the truth and not setting me up?" He asked; his tone edgy.
"You're just gonna have to trust me," The voice stated, "Where have you been searching?"
Kyle paused for a moment and then answered.
"All over the US, nothing."
"That's where you're going wrong; they don't have their main headquarters there." The unknown person explained, "The main headquarters are in Tokyo",
"Tokyo, their main HQ is in Tokyo, Japan and I'm just supposed to believe that," Kyle replied incredulously.
"I'm here at the HQ right now," The unknown person replied.
Kyle stared shocked, now he really had doubts, what if this was Wesker luring him into a trap to try and kill him.
"Why are you telling me this?" He asked darkly, "Why are you betraying Umbrella?"
"Call me a disgruntled employee, looking to get revenge," The unknown answered before explaining, "Tokyo, Japan, remember that, I'll be expecting you, I'll even help you from the inside".
"I still don't trust you, but, I guess I've got no choice, thank you," Kyle replied.
The person on the other end hung up, Kyle sighed and also hung up the phone and set it back on its stand. He then sighed, Tokyo, it was the best lead he had, even if it was a trap, it was better than nothing. He finally made up his mind, he turned to see Angela standing watching him, he gave her a grim smile and spoke.
"Just got some information, I don't exactly trust the source but it's better than what we had." He told her, "Are you up for a trip to Tokyo?"
"Tokyo".
He nodded and continued, "Their main HQ is in Japan, not here in the US".
Angela nodded, she knew this was the opportunity Kyle had been waiting for, she also knew that they would be doing this together, they were both going to infiltrate the Headquarters and find some means of completely ruining Umbrella. For the past four years Angela had continued her weapons training and was now on par with Kyle in sharp-shooting and use of firearms, the only thing she lacked was his physical strength, but she found a way to compensate for that by focusing instead on improving her speed so she could attack quicker and get more blows in, effectively matching Kyle's own style of close range fighting in which his physical strength gave him the advantage. She smiled.
"Okay, let's do this".
"Right, we'll get dressed and get something to eat," Kyle continued, "Then we make preparations and head for the airport, then we're off to Tokyo".
They knew this would be their last chance, if they didn't find a way to stop Umbrella for good, then Umbrella would find them and kill them, they had to take this last gamble.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.