RESIDENT EVIL: A Novel
By Yagami Iori (Connor Goldsmith)
Author's Note: I know that RE has been novelized by S.D. Perry. However, the REmake, as I affectionately refer to it, for GameCube, is very different from the original. I wanted to novelize this new version. The perspective will switch between Chris and Jill, but only the Prologue is in the first person.
PROLOGUE:
***-Jill-***
My name is Jillian Alice Valentine. I'm 23 years old. My friends call me Jill. So do my enemies. I'm a cop. I work under Captain Albert Wesker in a division of the Raccoon City Police Force called S.T.A.R.S., the Special Tactics And Rescue Squad. We do special missions that the regular police can't handle. S.T.A.R.S. is kinda like Raccoon City's personal SWAT team. I like my job. It feels good to protect the city I grew up in.
Of course, it's also fun because of the people I work with. My partner is Chris Redfield. He's a great guy, always knows how to make me laugh. He's really great in combat. I met Chris when we were working in S.T.A.R.S. in Chicago. When I heard that they were forming a S.T.A.R.S. in my hometown, I encouraged him to transfer with me and Barry.
The other members of our team, Alpha Team, are Brad Vickers, Joseph Frost and Barry Burton. Barry is kind of like a father to me. My dad died in a car crash when I was four, and he was strawberry blonde with a beard. When I met Barry, I was kinda hit by the resemblance between them. Barry regards me as like a sort of daughter. I cling to him sometimes, but he doesn't mind. He has two daughters of his own, Polly and Moira. Sometimes I wonder what I would do without him.
Joseph is a bit of an enigma. We don't know him very well yet. Wesker requested him promoted to Alpha Team from Bravo Team, the lesser team of the S.T.A.R.S. unit. He's our vehicle specialist. The Bravo Team members call him "Curious George", because he always checks everything twice and wants to see every inch of whatever they're examining. I don't dislike him, but Chris loathes him with a passion. Chris worked hard to get where he is now. Joseph just got lucky.
Brad is a sweetheart. He flies our helicopter. Even though Chris is a licensed pilot, Wesker insisted that Vickers work on our team. He's always fun to talk to, but he is often too shy to join us in conversations. We call him "Chickenheart", because he's always afraid that he's going to die on a mission. He always claims that he's "securing the rear", while we go on ahead. We don't really mind. He's the worst in combat, anyway.
My role on the team is machine specialist. Since I was a girl, I've always liked taking things apart and seeing how they work. My mother always asked me why I couldn't do 'ladylike' things like cook and sew. I'm just not that kind of woman. My best talent is at unlocking things. Doors, cabinets, chests... you name it, I can probably open it. Barry calls me the "Master of Unlocking", a title that always garnishes snickers from the team.
We have a new mission. Wesker is going to give us the details at our next meeting. All I know is that it has something to do with the dead woman they found in the forest.
***-Chris-***
I'm Christopher Anthony Redfield. I'm 25 years old. You can call me Chris; everybody else does. I'm a member of S.T.A.R.S., an elite police force in Raccoon City. We're not the best guys around, but we're definitely somewhere at the top. I was chosen for the team based on my experience in combat. I was... dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force. I don't drink anymore. Luckily, I met Barry there, and he pulled some strings to get me into this unit in Chicago. I came here at Jill's insistence. She's my partner. Really cool girl. She's a little wet behind the ears, but she's only been at this for four years.
Lately I've been spending a lot of time with the Bravo Team members. They're really a fun bunch of people, unlike that tightass Wesker. Forest Speyer has become my best friend on that team. He's the vehicle specialist, and he's been training Jill to use a grenade launcher. It's pretty damn cool to watch those targets burn to a crisp. Forest is a good friend. He always knows what I'm thinking.
The other members of Bravo are Enrico Marini, Kenneth Sullivan, Richard Aiken, Kevin Dooley, and Rebecca Chambers. Enrico's their team leader. He's a nice guy. Drinks a lot, but it only makes him funnier. He's really jealous of Wesker, who he thinks got the better deal. He didn't want to give us Joseph, but Chief Irons forced him into it. I wouldn't wanna see Wesker and Enrico in a fight. It would be a bloodbath.
Kenneth's kinda stupid. He's their field scout, and there's a reason why they send him in first; he's worthless in combat. He means well, but often screws things up rather than improves them. He and Enrico are good buddies, but the other members of Bravo are a bit ambivalent towards him.
Richard's a good guy. I wouldn't mind working with him. He's got a cool head. Richard is the communications specialist. He maintains contact between the two teams through radio. The ladies love him, and I can't say I don't envy him for that.
Rebecca is really cute. She's always optimistic, and tries to cheer up everyone on the team. She's only 18, but she was the best medic in her class. Her lack of experience makes her a little nervous in combat situations and around us, but she always wants to help. She's got it bad for Richard, and I think he likes her. If I was a little younger, I might go for her myself.
I don't know Kevin. Bravo Team's pilot, Edward Dewey, was killed in a helicopter crash last week. We're still trying to figure out what went wrong. Kevin is a last minute replacement for Ed.
My role on Alpha Team is marksman. I'm the best shot on the team, but Barry comes close and Jill is learning fast. Wesker's calling us to a meeting. You see, a week ago they found a hiker in the woods near the Arklay Mountains. This wouldn't have been so odd, except that she was dead and torn up. By teeth. Human teeth. Now, I don't know if there is a cannibal in those woods. All I do know is that S.T.A.R.S. has to do something about it.
***-Jill-***
The meeting was very informative. There was another killing, after the woman they found in the forest. A family was on a picnic. While the parents set up the blanket, their two small daughters played in the field by the trees. They didn't see the killers coming. The two girls were torn apart viciously; their throats ripped out, their flesh devoured. Only the mother survived to get to the hospital. She died in surgery three hours later. The father's body was found two days later, the body torn to tattered muscle and bone, one arm missing. The family name was Milne. I had grown up right next to the father.
Jack was my childhood best friend. I was ever the tomboy, refusing to make friends with girls. Jack and I had many adventures as children. He always wanted to be a basketball star. He ended up as a car salesman. Jack always said that I should be a cop. He was impressed at how well I shot my father's pistol. When we were in High School, he met Bethany. I never liked her much, but Jack thought the world of her. I went to their wedding. I was at the hospital when Bethany gave birth to their twin daughters, Sophie and Lorraine. Now all four of them were dead. This case had suddenly become my business.
Wesker is sending in Bravo Team to investigate.
***-Chris-***
It's been twenty-four hours since Bravo Team arrived at the Arklay Mountains. We haven't heard from them. I'm worried about Forest. Joseph is having a nervous breakdown. He wants us to go in after them. Jill keeps insisting we should wait a little longer. Wesker agrees. We're going to wait one more day.
Barry is looking paler every day. I think maybe he's sick. When I ask him what's wrong, he just shrugs. The missing Bravo Team is weighing heavy on all of us. Barry and Enrico are good friends.
***-Jill-***
We got a message from Richard. It was static-peppered. All we could make out was, " Me a...becca... help!... need backup... please hurr..." We're going in.
By Yagami Iori (Connor Goldsmith)
Author's Note: I know that RE has been novelized by S.D. Perry. However, the REmake, as I affectionately refer to it, for GameCube, is very different from the original. I wanted to novelize this new version. The perspective will switch between Chris and Jill, but only the Prologue is in the first person.
PROLOGUE:
***-Jill-***
My name is Jillian Alice Valentine. I'm 23 years old. My friends call me Jill. So do my enemies. I'm a cop. I work under Captain Albert Wesker in a division of the Raccoon City Police Force called S.T.A.R.S., the Special Tactics And Rescue Squad. We do special missions that the regular police can't handle. S.T.A.R.S. is kinda like Raccoon City's personal SWAT team. I like my job. It feels good to protect the city I grew up in.
Of course, it's also fun because of the people I work with. My partner is Chris Redfield. He's a great guy, always knows how to make me laugh. He's really great in combat. I met Chris when we were working in S.T.A.R.S. in Chicago. When I heard that they were forming a S.T.A.R.S. in my hometown, I encouraged him to transfer with me and Barry.
The other members of our team, Alpha Team, are Brad Vickers, Joseph Frost and Barry Burton. Barry is kind of like a father to me. My dad died in a car crash when I was four, and he was strawberry blonde with a beard. When I met Barry, I was kinda hit by the resemblance between them. Barry regards me as like a sort of daughter. I cling to him sometimes, but he doesn't mind. He has two daughters of his own, Polly and Moira. Sometimes I wonder what I would do without him.
Joseph is a bit of an enigma. We don't know him very well yet. Wesker requested him promoted to Alpha Team from Bravo Team, the lesser team of the S.T.A.R.S. unit. He's our vehicle specialist. The Bravo Team members call him "Curious George", because he always checks everything twice and wants to see every inch of whatever they're examining. I don't dislike him, but Chris loathes him with a passion. Chris worked hard to get where he is now. Joseph just got lucky.
Brad is a sweetheart. He flies our helicopter. Even though Chris is a licensed pilot, Wesker insisted that Vickers work on our team. He's always fun to talk to, but he is often too shy to join us in conversations. We call him "Chickenheart", because he's always afraid that he's going to die on a mission. He always claims that he's "securing the rear", while we go on ahead. We don't really mind. He's the worst in combat, anyway.
My role on the team is machine specialist. Since I was a girl, I've always liked taking things apart and seeing how they work. My mother always asked me why I couldn't do 'ladylike' things like cook and sew. I'm just not that kind of woman. My best talent is at unlocking things. Doors, cabinets, chests... you name it, I can probably open it. Barry calls me the "Master of Unlocking", a title that always garnishes snickers from the team.
We have a new mission. Wesker is going to give us the details at our next meeting. All I know is that it has something to do with the dead woman they found in the forest.
***-Chris-***
I'm Christopher Anthony Redfield. I'm 25 years old. You can call me Chris; everybody else does. I'm a member of S.T.A.R.S., an elite police force in Raccoon City. We're not the best guys around, but we're definitely somewhere at the top. I was chosen for the team based on my experience in combat. I was... dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force. I don't drink anymore. Luckily, I met Barry there, and he pulled some strings to get me into this unit in Chicago. I came here at Jill's insistence. She's my partner. Really cool girl. She's a little wet behind the ears, but she's only been at this for four years.
Lately I've been spending a lot of time with the Bravo Team members. They're really a fun bunch of people, unlike that tightass Wesker. Forest Speyer has become my best friend on that team. He's the vehicle specialist, and he's been training Jill to use a grenade launcher. It's pretty damn cool to watch those targets burn to a crisp. Forest is a good friend. He always knows what I'm thinking.
The other members of Bravo are Enrico Marini, Kenneth Sullivan, Richard Aiken, Kevin Dooley, and Rebecca Chambers. Enrico's their team leader. He's a nice guy. Drinks a lot, but it only makes him funnier. He's really jealous of Wesker, who he thinks got the better deal. He didn't want to give us Joseph, but Chief Irons forced him into it. I wouldn't wanna see Wesker and Enrico in a fight. It would be a bloodbath.
Kenneth's kinda stupid. He's their field scout, and there's a reason why they send him in first; he's worthless in combat. He means well, but often screws things up rather than improves them. He and Enrico are good buddies, but the other members of Bravo are a bit ambivalent towards him.
Richard's a good guy. I wouldn't mind working with him. He's got a cool head. Richard is the communications specialist. He maintains contact between the two teams through radio. The ladies love him, and I can't say I don't envy him for that.
Rebecca is really cute. She's always optimistic, and tries to cheer up everyone on the team. She's only 18, but she was the best medic in her class. Her lack of experience makes her a little nervous in combat situations and around us, but she always wants to help. She's got it bad for Richard, and I think he likes her. If I was a little younger, I might go for her myself.
I don't know Kevin. Bravo Team's pilot, Edward Dewey, was killed in a helicopter crash last week. We're still trying to figure out what went wrong. Kevin is a last minute replacement for Ed.
My role on Alpha Team is marksman. I'm the best shot on the team, but Barry comes close and Jill is learning fast. Wesker's calling us to a meeting. You see, a week ago they found a hiker in the woods near the Arklay Mountains. This wouldn't have been so odd, except that she was dead and torn up. By teeth. Human teeth. Now, I don't know if there is a cannibal in those woods. All I do know is that S.T.A.R.S. has to do something about it.
***-Jill-***
The meeting was very informative. There was another killing, after the woman they found in the forest. A family was on a picnic. While the parents set up the blanket, their two small daughters played in the field by the trees. They didn't see the killers coming. The two girls were torn apart viciously; their throats ripped out, their flesh devoured. Only the mother survived to get to the hospital. She died in surgery three hours later. The father's body was found two days later, the body torn to tattered muscle and bone, one arm missing. The family name was Milne. I had grown up right next to the father.
Jack was my childhood best friend. I was ever the tomboy, refusing to make friends with girls. Jack and I had many adventures as children. He always wanted to be a basketball star. He ended up as a car salesman. Jack always said that I should be a cop. He was impressed at how well I shot my father's pistol. When we were in High School, he met Bethany. I never liked her much, but Jack thought the world of her. I went to their wedding. I was at the hospital when Bethany gave birth to their twin daughters, Sophie and Lorraine. Now all four of them were dead. This case had suddenly become my business.
Wesker is sending in Bravo Team to investigate.
***-Chris-***
It's been twenty-four hours since Bravo Team arrived at the Arklay Mountains. We haven't heard from them. I'm worried about Forest. Joseph is having a nervous breakdown. He wants us to go in after them. Jill keeps insisting we should wait a little longer. Wesker agrees. We're going to wait one more day.
Barry is looking paler every day. I think maybe he's sick. When I ask him what's wrong, he just shrugs. The missing Bravo Team is weighing heavy on all of us. Barry and Enrico are good friends.
***-Jill-***
We got a message from Richard. It was static-peppered. All we could make out was, " Me a...becca... help!... need backup... please hurr..." We're going in.