S.T.A.R.S Office - Raccoon City, January 7th, 2002, 9:14 am

Barry sat at his desk, going through old files, and some of the more important cases the S.T.A.R.S team had dealt with. Flipping through he found a picture of him, and his family. A tear came to his eye, as he remembered how he lost them. It hurt him everyday since it happened. He shook it off, and continued flipping through. Jill walked in, "Why are you in so early?" she asked. "Oh," he replied, "I don't know, I'm just going through some old files." Jill grabbed a coffee, and headed into her office.

When Barry received a call about a possible break-in, he got Jill and they headed to the house as fast as possible. When they arrived, the front door was ajar, and no lights were on. Barry went in the front door, while Jill went to see if there was a back door. Barry came into a kitchen. One drawer was open and knives were scattered around the floor below it. He continued through a doorway into a hall, which had an open door at the end, the lights were on in the room. He heard talking so he walked quickly towards the door, and with his gun drawn, and loaded he entered.

"You say one word to the cops, and I'll be back here, to take you out! Hear me?" said a man, holding a woman up against a wall. "Freeze," Barry said firmly, "Keep your hands where I can see them." The man spun around, then dove into a side room before Barry could act. "I have a gun, man!" Barry heard the man say. Barry motioned the woman towards him, and she ran to him, then out into the hall. "Don't do this," Barry said towards the door. Out of the corner of his eye, Barry saw in a mirror, the man had a gun and was readying himself to jump out, back into the room and shoot. Barry sidestepped behind a dresser, obstructing the path between him, and the door. the man jumped into the room, and fired. The bullet hit only the wall, then Barry jumped up, "Freeze! Drop your weapon!" The man dropped his gun, and Barry handcuffed him. He brought the man to the main room, where Jill was talking to the woman. They brought the man into custody, and went back to the office.

"So what did you learn from the woman?" asked Barry, when they sat down for lunch. "Apparently, she worked for Umbrella, researching and the like, when she discovered that they were developing a chemical, to be put into Adrenaline, you know? I guess Umbrella's in league with a soda company, anyway, it would slowly infect the drinker's with what is called the C-Virus. Like the T-Virus, but it doesn't eliminate the brain cells as bad, so basically, we'd be dealing with smart zombies. She was going to report it, when they sent this guy to threaten her." Barry sat, staring at his coffee, "Smart zombies..." he trailed off.