'Twas 10:00 am in the city of New York. The streets bustled with people going about their business.Workers,clients,college students.All having fun. Little did they know what was gonna infect and destroy them all. Leon Kennedy was asleep in his room with his handgun close at his side when a when he heard someone knocking at his door. *knock knock knock*

"Yeah yeah. Alright, I'm coming", Leon said sleepily. He hopped out of his bed and grabbed his gun in the process. He put it in the back pocket of his boxers for his own proctection. It has been a few months since the Code Veronica incident, and Leon has lived in such fear of Umbrella. In fear of being tracked down and killed, or being turned into some type of hideous creature like William Birkin.

*knock knock knock *

"Alright, damnit! I'm coming!",Leon said half angered, half asleep. He must always be cranky when he wakes up. He opened the door to reveal two men in black raincoats and black t-shirts. They also wore black jeans and they had little Umbrella Corporation ID tags on them .They, needless to say, were armed with hidden weapons. Leon noticed that one of the agents had slipped in past him and wandered aimlessly around the apartment. Then Leon noticed the Umbrella nametag. He quickly withdrew his handgun and aimed at the head of the agent in the doorway.

"What are you doing here?!!!?!? What do you want from me???" Leon yelled.

"Now now, Mr. Kennedy. You don't have to get all hostile and offensive. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kevin Shane. That's my partner, Kenneth Goldstar. All me and my colleague want is to know a few details about the location of a certain Ms. Redfeild. I think you know her." Agent #1 said

"What do you want with Claire!?!" Leon asked angrily. He lined up the sights on his handgun and prepared to shoot.

"I'm warning you, Kennedy. Any futile attempts at you resisting will result in you being hurt...or killed." The agent replied.

"Then I guess you're gonna have to kill me then." Leon pulled back the hammer on his gun but as he did the agent that sulked into the house stuck him down to the ground with the butt of his 12 gauge shotgun. He hit him repeatedly to try and get some info out of him.

"Come on, Kennedy. Just tell us the location of Claire, and we won't hurt you. It's that simple!" Agent #1 said as he and his counterpart beat Leon senseless. Leon was bleeding internally from his lungs. He cried out in pain as the Umbrella agents jumped him. Then, Agent #2 halted his assault and looked over to a blue snap-up book on a chest of drawers near Leon's stereo system.

"Hey Kevin, come check this out. This book contains the address and phone number of every friend/family member of Leon. Hey, here's Redfeild's place and number.", Kenneth said.

"Really?" Ken said as he looked at the book.

"HehehehehahahahahHAHAHAHAH. We've hit the jackpot." Ken said. Then Kevin looked at him.

" *I* hit the jackpot, Ken. You should know better than to steal my glory." Kevin said as he slapped Ken on the head. Ken kneeled down to a brutalized and unconscious Leon and spoke.

" Thanks for your cooperation, Kennedy. Hehehe." Ken and Kevin trashed the entire house and left Leon in a bloody mess. They had taken Leon's handgun and left.

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Claire Redfield had gotten ready to step out of the house for a while when she decided to stop by Leon's house for little bit. So she hopped in her Mercedes and drove off.

"Man. Traffic's really backed up this morning." Claire said thinking out loud. It was a habit she had picked up off her older brother Chris. She sighed as she reached the halfway point to Leon's house. Claire turned the corner and parked her car on the curb in front of the apartment complex which Leon resides. She anxiously got out of the car and walked up to Leon's apartment only to find that the door was halfway open.

"What? Leon never leaves his door open like this." She said. Claire walked up to the doorway and saw a brutally injured Leon Kennedy lying there with a swollen left eye and a bloody nose accompanied by a bloody lip.

" Oh my god. Leon!!" she said as she ran up to his fallen body. He was unconscious and all attempts to wake him proved futile.

"Hang on, baby" she said with tears in her eyes. "It'l be alright."

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Well, this is my first RE fic. Constructive criticism is welcome.