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A week after Albert began experimenting with the rats, almost all of them had gotten pale, and really agressive, so Albert went up to Spencer's office. He was the one in charge of the Raccoon Facility, and one of Umbrella's four founders.

Albert knocked on the door, and stepped inside when it opened. The door was electrical, and could be opened by pushing a button on Spencer's desk.

"What brings you here?" Spencer asked, and Albert closed the door behind him. Spencer didn't look up.

"The new skin creme has made the rats very aggressive and pale, though I don't know what in the creme that caused it. It could be anything." Albert sad.

"How long time has passed since you started to test it?" Spencer said. He seemed very interested in what Albert was saying. That didn't happen often.

"One week now, sir."

"And how many rats have you tested it on?"

"Ten, and they all show the same symptoms."

"And the symptom would be aggressiveness, then." Spencer said, and wrote it all down on a paper. "And your name is Albert Wesker, right?"

"Yes, sir."

"Well, Mr Wesker, would you like to work on a new project we've started just recently?" Spencer asked, and finally looked up at Albert. "You would get to work on the second floor, but work a few more hours each day than you do now. Might even be times when you have to work on the weekends. But you'll of course get extra paid for that."

"I don't really know." Albert said. "Guess I'll have to think about it."

"Okay, that's fair enough. Currently there are two spots available on the project, and I'm thinking about choosing William Birkin too. I think you know him."

"Yes, I do know him" Albert said. "But why are you choosing us, of all people working for Umbrella?"

"Because you two seem to know what you're doing, and I'm sure you'll like this project. Let's see..." Spencer picked up a calendar. "Today's Tuesday... Do you think you can give me a response before Friday?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Great. Oh, and can you tell Birkin about this too?" Spencer said and stood up. "I'm going on an important meeting with Dr. James Marcus about this project now."

"Okay, I'll tell him. Thank you, sir." Albert said and walked out of the door. He just had to grab his stuff from his desk, and then it was time to go home.

Everyone in Raccoon City knew that Umbrella's employees worked underground, but also that they didn't have to stay down there during the night if they didn't want to, unless they were working a night shift. Albert rarely stayed more than he had to, he always made sure that he was finished with everything he had to do, and went home when the day was over.

When Albert got to his car a few minutes later, he saw Julie standing a bit away. When he got closer, she looked up and smiled.

"Hi, what are you doing out here, thought your day was already over." Albert said.

"Hi. Yeah, finished work half an hour ago." Julie said. "I was waiting for you..."

"Why?" Albert asked, too stunned to say anything else.

"Well, I-" Julie trailed off, and looked down at her feet, blushing. She took a deep breath. "I just wanted to ask you if you have anything planned..."

"No, not really, what do you have in mind?" Albert asked, and Julie looked up at him.

"I don't know really... Maybe we could watch a movie or something?"

"Sure, sounds like a good idea. But I think the movies is closed-"

"Yeah, I meant at my apartment." Julie said, interrupting Albert. "But you don't have to, if you don't want to..."

"No, no, that sounds really fun, it's just that... I can't stay for too long, I have to talk to William about a thing."

"Oh, okay. We'd better hurry then."

They both got into Albert's car, and drove away. Julie normally took the bus to work and home again, since she didn't really like driving. She told Albert where to turn, and after twenty minutes, they arrived outside of the apartment building. Julie got out of the car first, and started to walk slowly, Albert caught up wih her after a few seconds, and they walked bit faster.

They got to Julie's apartment, which was on the fifth floor, and she opened the door. The apartment wasn't really big, but it was enoguh for Julie. She had a small but very well-organized kitchen, a big living room with white walls, a medium-sized bathroom, and a somewhat big bedroom, where she had two bookcases filled with different books.

"How long have you lived in Raccoon?" Albert asked when Julie had shown him all of the rooms.

"Um... I don't know really, a month or so, I guess."

"Really? Seems like you've been living here longer."

"Maybe." Julie said and laughed. "Which movie do you wanna watch?" She picked out a few movies from a drawer in the TV-table. "This is the ones I like the most." She handed them to Albert, who looked at them all for a few seconds.

"I don't know, I can only stay for less than one hour. Sorry."

"Oh, okay. How about just watching TV then?"

"Yeah, sounds good." Albert said. He put the movies on the table, and sat down in the couch. Julie sat down next to him, but there was a kind of big space between them. Julie turned on the TV, and Albert moved just a little bit closer to Julie. She looked at him, and he looked at her. They both leaned closer for a kiss—

—and Albert's cell phone rang.

"Sorry, I have to answer-"

"Oh, it's okay." Julie looked away, blushing.

Albert hurried to the kitchen, and answered his phone there. "Hello?"

"Hi Albert, Will here. Why did it take so long before you answered? I almost hung up!"

"I'm at Julie's apartment. What do you want?" Albert was a bit irritated.

"Oh, sorry if I interrupted something, but I just have to tell you this!"

"And I have something to tell you too." Albert said, suddenly remembering what Spencer had told him. "But can't it wait until tomo-"

"No, Albert, it can't. I really need to tell you this as soon as possible."

Albert sighed. "Fine. I'll call you back when I get home." He hung up and turned around. Julie stood in the doorway.