Just as Mike was about to climb up the stairs to the main floor of the house at the end of the cave, he wobbled against the wall and coughed up blood onto the side of the cave. He coughed again and covered his mouth, then looked at the blood on his hands. Safe to say, that wasn't a good sign. Mike crept up the stairs slowly and took his first step from solid rock to floor board. Wobbling into the next room he saw nothing but a table and a type writer in the corner. No time to save.

Suddenly his chest hurt and he fell to his knees and muffled his pain as best he could. Coughing blood onto the floor he forced himself back to his feet and spat out the remaining blood in his mouth. Using the wall as leverage he walked to the door and slowly opened it to take a look outside.

"This should be fun," Mike said to himself as he looked at the villagers gathering around the village pyre. One of them was holding something that made Mike smile. The gun that would cure him.

His vision began to blur as he pushed the door open all the way and aimed the gun up at the person holding the P.R.L gun. His hands wobbling he fired his first shot the completely missed everything and everyone, but alerted the entire village. But with a stroke of luck, the man holding the gun placed it down on the ground.

Mike fired again at the first person to get near him and began to weakly run toward the gun. Someone tried to tackle him, but he pivoted out of the way and kept moving. Pitchforks, shovels and other farm tools were in front of him. Someone grabbed him arm, but he just placed the gun to her cheek and fired. Everyone circled him and Mike stopped as they began to converge. Mike placed the gun to his head and waited as long as he had to. Just as his finger was trembling on the trigger, the wind picked up.

A helicopter hovered into position over the village and everyone looked up to the sky. Mike looked up and saw everyone was distracted so ran for the gun again. He knocked down a man and was on a breakaway for the gun. Suddenly everyone looked down and saw Mike was gone as he kneeled down and picked up the gun.

The machine gun fired on the helicopter fired and the villagers spread out for cover as Mike wobbled into a two story house.

"Where is he going?" The pilot asked and saw Mike slam the door shut and vanish from site. Mike placed his back to the door and examined the gun.

"How the hell to you work this thing?" Mike asked himself as he looked at the gun. The gun had two triggers, so he pulled the first one. The only thing the gun did was click. His vision was getting worse. He pressed the second trigger and the gun began to hum. He let the trigger go and the humming stopped.

"It charges," Mike said held the second trigger till the gun was glowing and slightly shaking in his hand. The room was illuminated in blue light as a villager was running for the door Mike had his back against.

Mike held the second trigger and flipped the gun so the barrel was against this chest. Using his other hand he placed his thumb on the firing trigger and closed his eyes. The villager had his hand on the door.

Mike fired and the beam shot straight through him and the door, killing the villager trying to get in. The gun slipped from Mike's hands and hit the ground. Mike slid down the door unconscious as the helicopter finished picked off the villagers. Mike's eyes flickered as he looked around the room, his vision perfect again.

Mike groaned and forced himself to his feet and looked at the stairs in front of him. Walking away from the door he wobbled up the stairs and climbed out of the window to the roof. The helicopter was above the village scanning the area and trying to make contact.

"...do you read...I repeat, this is unit alpha, please respond." Mike reached into the bag and found the radio.

"This is Captain Michael Anderson reporting in," Mike said and looked at the chopper.

"Confirm you're current location, over," the pilot.

"I'm on the rooftops, over," Mike said and saw the helicopter weaving down toward him.

"I can't land here, can you jump, over?" The pilot asked and Mike shrugged.

"Why not, over," Mike said and saw someone coming through the window. Mike shot the man, making him roll off of the roof as the helicopter eased next to the building. Mike dropped the bag on the roof and took a running start. Mike leaped off of the roof and grabbed the leg of the copter and slowly climbed into the seat. Mike shut the door and strapped himself in and leaned into the seat.

"Sorry to tell you this, but the moment we get back, you're being debriefed," The pilot said and Mike just smiled.

"I can live with that," Mike said and looked down at the village as it disappeared from sight.

"Theo, the pilot who went in before you, had three kids," The pilot said and shook his head.

"He lived the crash, he was killed though. He saved my life," Mike said and dug into his pocket and pulled out the dog tags with the wedding band attached to the chain.

"Did Kennedy get out?" Mike asked.

"He arrived back not too long ago, mission success," the pilot said and Mike laughed.

"Wake me up when we get there," Mike said and closed his eyes and feel asleep.

Mike walked out of the office of his ranking officer and walked through the hallway and found a bench to sit on. Mike sighed into his palms and looked down the corridor and saw a man walking down the hallway toward him. Mike smiled and walked toward the man and stopped in front of him.

"Leon Kennedy, sorry I couldn't help," Mike said and Leon figured out who it was.

"Mike, I thought you were dead from the crash or the explosion," Leon said.

"Yeah well, wanna go to a bar?" Mike asked.

"Why?" Leon asked.

"Well, last I knew, you owed me a drink."

It's over, and I've never been happier. I've been stuck on this story more than any other story, and I had to play the game so many times through I actually got a little tired of it. Compared to the other resident evil games, this game was the easiest, but probably the longest. By a show of hands(metaphorically of course), how many people can beat Resident Evil 2 in under two and a half hours. Biggest thing to look forward to right now is Resident Evil: Degeneration, which is a CG movie with Claire and Leon as the characters. I'm just glad they're making a movie that is canon with the games.