I DO NOT OWN RESIDENT EVIL OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, JADE, ROB, ADELE, FELIPE, JAY AND RAVEN ARE MINE!!!

Chapter 4 - The Valley of Unrest

Once it smiled a silent dell Where the people did not dwell: They had gone unto the wars, Trusting to the mild-eyed stars, Nightly from their azure towers, To keep watch above the flowers, In the midst of which all day The red sunlight lazily lay. Now each visitor shall confess The sad valley's restlessness. Nothing there is motionless-- Nothing save the airs that brood Over the magic solitude. Ah, by no wind are stirred those trees That palpitate like the chill seas Around the misty Hebrides! Ah, by no wind those clouds are driven That rustle throught the the unquiet Heaven Uneasily, from morn till even, Over the violets there that lie In myraid types of the human eye-- Over the lilies there that wave And weep above the nameless grave! They wave:--from out their fragrant tops Eternal dews come down in drops. They weep:--from off their delicate stems Perennial tears descend in gems.

- Edgar Allen Poe



"Do you still think I'm a fool? Or did I frighten you too much?" He said sarcastically. He had an evil look in his eyes, but it made him look more attractive. His long blonde hair, his neatly shaven goutee, those gray eyes. He must have been working out in the gym because he had muscles that weren't visible before. (Long hair just like Terrance.) She thought. (No, he's nothing like Terrance. Oh Terrance.) "Well, are you interested in what I have to offer or not?" Felipe was getting agitated at her hesitation to answer him. He saw that her mind was made up and stormed out of the office feeling like he had just been reduced to nothing by the woman he had been in love with for years. (She'll probably report me, and she's right I am a fool. I don't care anymore, I don't want to be in this shithole anyway.) Felipe walked into his lab and removed his lab coat, throwing away the empty viles and rubber band. He started packing his belongings, he knew that he could no longer stay there and decided that no one would even notice if he left.



Adele was left in shock and with many questions lingering in her mind about what had just happened. She snapped out of her shock realizing that Felipe's experiment was more or less a prototype of what she would try to achieve. She rushed out the door locking it behind her and made her way to Felipe's lab.



Again, she could not find rest. Jade was shaking with nervousness. (I can't just sleep like everything's ok. I can't wait until tomorrow.) She was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday. She was a mess without realizing it. Taking her keys she hurried to the back door of the house passing Claire's empty room. (Claire where are you?) She saw the neon green lights of the clock read 4:21am. She wasn't tired though. She had been clinically diagnoised with insomnia about a year ago. She was also given medication. It didn't help her much. Opening the door and noticing the rain she looked in her empty umbrella rack. She shrugged remembering she let Claire borrow one a few weeks ago and never got it back. (I wish Rob were here.) She stepped out the door into the rain. It was pouring. After locking the door she ran to her car. Out of the corner of her eye she saw something red but ignored it and made it to her car drenched. (Should have at least covered my head.) She opened the glove compartment pulling out a roll of paper towels and dried her hair. Spotting a rubberband on the floor she scooped it up and tied her hair in a messy bun, then removed her wet socks and shoes. She wrung her socks of excess water and rubbed them against the passenger seat to dry them and tossed them in the backseat. It was raining harder. (I don't know if this is a good idea, maybe I should wait for Rob. I don't want to be alone.) With her mind made up she turned on the car and began to drive.



The doorknob turned quietly to allow Adele into the lab. It was empty save a few lifeless albinoids in water filled tanks. It was clean and a few cardboard boxes were lined up to the right wall. Memeories flooded her mind instantly of days where she and Terrance experimented with albinoids. Her thoughts were inturrupted by a sound coming from the bathroom. Curious, she walked towards the door and it suddenly opened revealing a gun being pointed at her. Adele froze. "Oh it's just you. What are you doing here?" Felipe snapped bitterly and passed her walking to the controls and computer moniters. "Aren't you afraid of me? I do have the T-virus you know." Felipe's French accent became more distinct the more he spoke. Adele stepped towards him becoming enchanted by his voice. She looked as in a trance. She lusted after him without realizing it. She walked to him and just stared at him. He said nothing still upset that she had not reacted to his previous demonstration. "Are you going to recruit me as part of your staff?" He asked imploringly. "Dr. Turnois...the experiment you demonstrated on yourself shows instability and irrationality. Before I answer your question, you must tell me...have you found a vaccine that is...permanant? Was that the T- virus you infected yourself with?" "Recruit me and I will tell you everything I know, including how I cured myself of the T-virus." "Fine." Adele said bluntly. (Thank you for answering my question.) "I want it made official!" She hesitated and with a quick thought she said, "Fine, I'll have the head of the board informed." (I can always have him discharged or fired.) "I won't say anything else until I see that it is officially approved." "You have my word Felipe." She looked into his eyes which caught him off guard. He interrupted her gaze. "Then I think we should get to work." He turned and turned the computer on. "My lab is your lab."

4:38am Jade pulled up to a station and filled her tank with gasoline. It was still raining and she had found an umbrella in the backseat. She stepped into the brightly lit quik-mart of the station and bought some canned fruit, a yogurt, bottled water, and a sandwich. As she headed back to her car she noticed the rain was coming down lighter and made a dash for her car, she was too lazy to open the umbrella. (Ok time to rock and roll.) She set her bag of food next to her on the passeger seat and opened the glove compartment taking an inventory of paper towels, a dagger from a gothic fair, can of mace, and pulling out a road map of the state. It would be about a 6 hour drive. She looked at it with an understanding of the correct route to take and she was off.



8:22am Feeling dizzy and almost nauseous he felt a rush of nervousness build up inside of him. He had woken up in a white room, the sunlight peaking through the slits of the blinded windows to his left. He realized he wasn't home. His eyes were adjusting to the light and his mind trying to make sense of where he was. "You're up, I thought you had fallen into a coma." A female voice chirped with a sothern accent from the right side of the room. He turned and looked at her. (Who the hell are you? And why am I here?) She was wearing a peach bathrobe with slippers, sweatpants and a dulled red tee- shirt with faded writing. Her brown hair wasn't combed but pulled back into a ponytail. Her face bared nothing unnatural. She looked like an ordinary middle-aged woman, nothing in her appearance looked especially appealing. She looked a bit overweight but with the baggy clothes it was hard to tell. "Are you just gonna lay in bed all day and do nothing? The least you could say is thank-you." She said politely. "Thank-you for what, who are you?" "Don't you remember what happened last night, you're car turned over. Me and two of my friends overturned your car and pulled you out before you bar-be-qued." "What!?" He looked stunned as if someone slapped him across the face. "You don't remember?" "I remember some guy chasing me..." "You know I saw a guy get out of his car, I thought he was gonna help you, but he just turned his back and ran away like he was scared of the sparks." "Did you see what he looked like?" "Yeah, he was a cop. Weird, I thought the police were suppose to help people, unless he was chasing a criminal." "If I were a criminal why would a cop run away, I mean you'd think he'd at least try to get me out alive to press charges." "Well I didn't see any cops this morning to concern themselves with you, which is strange." "That is odd." "It's like he wanted you to die." He pondered this and a bell went off in his head. "What's your name?" "Lorraine. And yours?" She knew his name but wanted to avoid his confusion. She took his wallet and found his driver's lisence, no money and a few pictures. "Rob." "You sound like a criminal to me, hope I'm not helping one." She smiled at him. "Thank you for saving my life and giving me some useful information." "You're very welcome, just don't speed anymore, I might not be there to save your ass." She turned around and went to the door. "Let me repay you, I'll take you out to dinner or something." "My boyfriend wouldn't like that idea, besides don't you have a girlfriend to call and let her know where you are?" "No. I just wanted to show my gratitude. I don't have anyone to call except my roommate but he's..." Rob stopped himself, he realized that telling her that his friend was in jail would make him appear to be a criminal. "...visiting his parents for the weekend." (Wait I could call Jade. She and Claire share a phone.) "A thank you is enough for me. And you should call someone, I have to go now. Just wanted to make sure you'd be fine." She walked out the door and was gone forever. Rob looked around the room but couldn't find his clothes. He was clad in a white patient's uniform. He got off the bed and stumbled into the bathroom. In the mirror he saw a horror. His face was bruised severely and stitches replaced one of his eyebrows. He felt his back and lower chest were bandaged. His legs were covered in black and blues. (Geez I look like I got a bad case of vericose viens. Shit my back hurt so much. That fucking cop. I knew I couldn't trust him. I gotta call Jade and make sure she's ok.) He staggered and almost fell as he made his way to the phone beside the bed close to the windows. He picked up the reciever and was startled by an annoyed nurse. "What are you doing out of bed?" She approached him and guided him back in bed. "You have just been taken out of intensive care, do you want to go back there?" Rob just looked at her and reached for the phone again. She watched him as if he were doing something wrong. "I need to call someone to let them know I'm here." He dialed as she spoke. "I need to give you a checkup, with your cooperation you ould be outta here by noon." "Really?" He listened to the 5th ring and heard Claire's voice tell him to leave a message at the tone. "Hey, Jade if you're asleep pick up. I just wanted to make sure you were ok. When you get up please call me at 982 - 3125. If I don't hear from you I'm coming over. L- bye." It almost slipped his mind that they weren't dating. Only in his mind did she exist as his girlfriend.



11:52am Jade was driving for so long she made a wrong turn at the last intersection and was desperately trying to find her way back to it. (Fuck, one wrong turn can throw you off track by one hour.) The drivers were more agressive and testy around here. What should have taken only 6 hours was turning into a frontier's expedition. (Yes. Now this time I make the right turn.) She found the intersection and was happily on the right road again. After an hour and a half traffic seemed to thin out and finally she seemed to be the only car on the road. (This is too fucking weird. Why aren't there any people driving on this road.) She looked at the other side and was shocked that the opposite direction had not one single vehicle. She noticed this for the last half hour and was beginning to feel lost again. She looked at her map. (I should be close.) She looked ahead of her and dicovered a road block. (No wonder there isn't anyone coming this way or going.) It looked eerie to her. But with determination she got out of the car and removed the simple cones and then drove through. She saw a sign that read 'Raccoon City 1 mile'. (I have a bad feeling about this.)



1:45pm Rob stood up allowing the nurse to help dress him. The doctor had his left arm put in a cast due to bone fracture. He was relieved to know that it would heal fully as long as he didn't put any strain on it. His burns and cuts were attended to and his back luckily only suffered mild cuts. He felt horrible and looked like a terror. (Some stud I am.) He was worried about Jade, he called her for the forth time and still no answer. He knew she was an insomniac, but she should be up by now. It was 1:45pm. He was happy that they were letting him leave soon. The nurse was growing impatient as she tried to get his arm through the arm of the fresh white button down shirt. His clothes were ragged and destroyed with burn holes from the accident. He learned that Lorraine had brought him new clothes and saved his wallet and keys which were buried inside his sindged pants. She even paid for his hospital bill. He was upset that his stalker got away leaving him for dead. But without giving it another thought he decided to check on Jade. Then afterwards he could investigate Raccoon City and maybe he would try looking for Lorraine. She saved his life and did more than that. But why? And the oddness that was the burden of bothers...Why hadn't the cop come looking for him? He didn't come to the hospital to even arrest him. It gave him the worst feeling. Rob was considering what Lorraine had said. It was as if he wanted to make sure Rob had died in the car accident. (But why me? It had to be that cop from the precinct. Oh god, what if he tried to kill Jade! ) Rob was suddenly feeling extremely uneasy and very afraid for Jade. The anxiety almost killed him as he had to wait for the doctor to give him a prescription for his numerous wounds. He had to get his strength up and was also debating on just walking out.

3:43pm "What the hell is going on here?" She had come to another block, this time it was a fence that seemed to enclose Raccoon City. Earlier she thought she even saw some rather large road kill. The smell was too disguisting for her to get a closer look. She thought she got an eyefull of the animal that looked like it may have been turned inside out. The fence was secure and there were no signs of security. She did see a bulky woman limping but she couldn't be sure if it was a woman or a man. She yelled for the person but she was clearly out of earshot. The person just disappeared from view. "This isn't even the city, it's a damn forest." She wondered why a forest was fenced off so securely, unless it was private property. She yawned and felt tired. The sweat was pouring off her body like a waterfall. She thought of Rob and wished he was with her. She decided to try to drive around the fence to find and entrance or someone who could tell her something. She checked her glove compartment and saw that her dagger was there as she had left it. All her food was gone and she felt dehydrated.

5:00pm Rob never felt worse in his life. He couldn't get in touch with Jade. She was no where to be found. She disappeared just like Claire. He was allowed to leave the hospital at around 4 and went to Jade and Claire's house. Her car was gone and he shamelessly broke into the house searching for clues as to where she might be. His emotions were mixed with pain he felt through his body. He looked like he had been in a bad boxing match and lost miserably. The doctors promised that he would recover though he would be left with the scar on his eyebrow which was burned off. A few scars on his cheeks from the accident. "Where the hell are you Jade?" Then it hit him, maybe the cop got to her already and tried to kill her or worse maybe she was dead. He went home to call anyone he thought who might know where Jade was. He could only think of one person who might have, Sarah. He had her number only because he used to study or rather flirt with Claire during study sessions. He was banned from their study group.