CHAPTER 2

Rockfort Island

"Tell me what this is all about. No more 'I'm on a need-to-know basis'!", HUNK demands. "I got a line-up of 'wanna be' soldiers with itchy trigger fingers waiting for a mission like this. But I know Umbrella, something about this one doesn't sound right."

"You're the best I got. Since when do you question an order, soldier?" Lt. Rodrigo says, pulling out a sealed file labeled 'confidential' from within stacks of files on his desk. He slides the exposed file across the desk towards HUNK. "Go ahead. Read", Rodrigo pleads.

The decorated commando sets his palm flat on the file laying before his eyes. He hesitantly slides the file across the edge of the desk into both of his hands. He begins to unseal the file and asks himself, "What else are we going to contaminate Rockfort Island with?"

"Before you open that", Lt. Rodrigo suggests, "Make sure you really want to know the information on that file. In your line of work, soldier, ignorance is a virtue." Rodrigo stares HUNK coldly, then waves his hand for the commando to proceed, "This information doesn't leave this room."

Without hesitation, HUNK slides the files out of the broken sealed folder, flips the first page over. "Raccoon City", he say to himself, and begins to read...

UMB underground railway

"We should be about halfway through this tunnel by now.", Jarvis says. The tunnel is pitch black, caved in darkness. The four commandoes walking in single file, with night vision goggles lining their commando masks.

"Remeber, we have six guards awaiting our arrival at the evac train's gate.", HUNK explains, "There's no other way in around it. We're going to have to go through the front door on this."

"Sounds like usual Umbrella territory to me", Drake replies, his cockiness always ready to break the tension.

Grimm, the uneasy of the four ask, "So, why the rescue mission on this doctor?"

HUNK, leads the way, and explains, "Umbrella knows there are others in this world that would want Birkin and his project for other purposes and they would do anything to retrieve it."

"But why are we sent in to extract him and his family?", Grimm questions his squad leader. "Why not just increase security here. Or evacuate the family through proper channels? Why us? Why are we sent in?"

Hunk continues forward. Silent. Then, in a cold, darkened tone he adds, "I don't know the details, Grimm, you have to learn in this line of work, ignorance is a virtue."