Epilogue

Kat woke up to find Roy kneeling beside her. "Hey," he said, "You okay?"

"Yeah." She replied

"So, you got everything you were assigned to get?"

"Yes…"

"That's good. Well, I'll be piloting again, so if you want anything just call for me, alright?"

She nodded and smiled, "Okay." She watched as Roy walk back to the cockpit. She sat up and opened her side pack, taking a diskette out and brought the laptop to her left, turning it on. She inserted the disk into the slot and opened the memory, opened the file of Mike's Journal, and scrolled down to one with a picture icon. There was a picture of her, hand drawn perfectly by him, in Japanese animation style. At the bottom of the picture there was an icon of a video camera, she clicked on it, opening a video file of him, only him... appearing as he looked after he died on that day.

"Kat…" he started, his voice distant but still audible "In my restless dreams, I see you. Kat. I promised I'd spend more time with you. But I never did. Well I'm alone now... In my home. Waiting... Waiting for the next time to see you. But now I guess I never will. And so I wait, wrapped in my cristlus of pain, agony, and loneliness.

I know I'm gonna do a terrible thing to you.  Something you'll never forgive me for. I wish I could change that, but I can't. I feel so pathetic and ugly here, waiting to see you... Every minute I stare up at the cracks in the ceiling and all I can think about is how unfair it all is...

I know something happened to me before today. A few days before I blacked out, a man from Umbrella came to my house. He told my parents I would no longer have to worry about anything anymore, saying I was sick or something… I can't remember anymore…but he said that I could go to school for a short time.

He said that it's not that I'm getting better. It's just that this may be my last chance... I didn't quite understand what he meant, but I now think I do. I think you know what I mean...

Even so, I'm glad to be coming to school.  I'd miss you terribly if I didn't. But I'm afraid Kat. I'm afraid you don't really want me to come back. It seems that the last time I remember seeing you; I could tell how hard it was on you... I don't know if you hate me or pity me... Or maybe I just… disgust you....

I'm sorry about that. When I first learned that I was dead, I just didn't want to accept it. I am so angry all the time now and I feel as though if progress worsens… I'll strike out at everyone I love most. Especially you Kat…. That's why I understand if you do hate me. But I want you to know this, Kat. I'll always love you.

Even though our life together has to end like this, I still wouldn't trade it for the world.  We had some wonderful months together…being friends… and I hoped it would progress onto something deeper. Well, this vid-letter has gone on too long so I'll say goodbye.  I told the server to attach this to the picture I once drew of you and give this to you after I'm gone. That means that as you read this, I'm already dead. I can't tell you to remember me, but I can't bear for you to forget me. These last few days since I became different...I'm so sorry for what I might do to you, do to everybody else. You've given me so much psychologically and I haven't bee able to return a single thing. That's why I want you to live for yourself now. Do what's best for you, Kat. Kat... You made me happy."

The video ended, leaving Kat dumbstruck and tears began to form in her eyes. "Mike." She said; her voice shaky "I… didn't know you felt that way… and you even had enough humanity to record that whole thing for me… I wish I could do something for you." She let out a gasp as she felt something move inside of her, and she remembered back in the elevator. "Yes, Mike… I will take care of this…. Don't you worry."

~Fin…

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Author's Note:  There! Finally finished! Wasn't quite what you expected to happen, was it? Thanks for reading through my first and probably last Resident Evil fic. Don't forget to review and ask a few questions about the storyline so that I can start to make up the Special Features/Extras section that will follow this chapter!