Author's Note: This is my take on what happens after Resident Evil: Code Veronica. An old friend will come back soon. Mwaha. Also, there are extreme spoilers on what happened in Resident Evil: CV, so don't blame me if I ruined the entire game for you.
This is the revised chapter two, which is slightly different compared to the first version.
-Even Fond Memories Can Come Back To Haunt You....-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated R.
-Startling Revelation-
-Chapter Two-
-The airport in Paris, France-
"Mr. and Mrs. Redfield, the plane has landed, you can wake up now." the flight attendant said kindly.
"Oh...um, thank you ma'am..." said Claire as she started to wake up her brother, who was still sleeping.
"Wha? Oh, the plane's landed now?" said Chris, once again groggy from being woken up from a rather pleasant dream with Jill in it.
Claire nodded and then punched her brother lightly on the arm. "Grr, I hate having to wake up you all the time...."
"Well it's not like I'm excited by you waking me up so early everyday." he replied, shaking his head as he tried to shake his groggy feeling. "Sides, I was having such a pleasant dream too..."
"Tee-hee, you two make quite a lovely married couple," said the flight attendant, as she was still standing there, watching them argue. "It's so cute when couples argue, tee-hee.."
Chris and Claire merely stared at the flight attendant, who had a big grin on her face.
"What?" said the flight attendant innocently.
"We're not a couple! We're brother AND sister!" Chris and Claire said angrily in unison.
The flight attendant blushed furiously. "I'm so terribly sorry...tee-hee, it's just that you two acted like one during the duration of the flight and I just assumed..."
Chris and Claire looked at each other after what the flight attendant said and they both said at the same time, "Let's try to forget what the hell just happened...."
-Meanwhile, at a research facility close to Paris...-
"Are there enough samples of the T-Veronica virus left in Steve Burnside's body?" asked Albert Wesker, as he was examining Steve's body, which was perserved quite nicely and was set on a operation table.
"Actually, there is so much T-Veronica virus in him that it's...well..it's..." said one of the scientists in the room, who seemed very excited and surprised. He was probably one of the younger scientists that had been recruited into HCF seeing as he in his mid-twenties.
"It's what?" he said, sounding quite annoyed while he was tilting his sunglasses over Steve's body. "What is it doing to him?"
Wesker looked a little closer and noticed something definitely odd.
"Why does he look like he's...breathing...?" Wesker asked in surprise.
"It's remarkable...the reason he's breathing...is because the T-Veronica virus is actually repairing his body! He was indeed dead when you brought him here, but apparently the T-Veronica virus suddenly started reacting to his unique blood type and is somehow repairing him. In fact, he'll be revived in a little less than a week if our calculations are correct!" said another scientist who appeared much older then the first scientist but was equally excited.
"Amazing." replied Albert Wesker, who couldn't really put how he felt into words. Afterall, it appeared to everyone, even to himself, that the virus needed to take 15 years to be actually useful. The evidence of this had been especially evident in what happened to Alexander Ashford, who had been turned into a mindless, dangerous, hulking monstrosity, and Alexia Ashford, who put herself into cold storage after predicting that it would take 15 years for the virus to be able to adapt and coexist with a lifeform.
"I suppose Alexia was wrong...it appears that the virus does different things depending on the blood type. Alexander and Alexia both had Ashford blood flowing through their veins, and ended up becoming powerful creatures...however, it seems that the T-Veronica virus is reviving Steve even after he died." said Wesker, in an almost casual manner.
The reason he sounded casual about the rather startling revelation was because he had injected himself with a virus that he had aquired from William Birkin, which had allowed him to come back from the dead as well, even though he had been impaled on the claw of the first Tyrant. Another reason was that his virus, that he kept secret from Umbrella and HCF, was much more stable then the T-Veronica virus as well as letting him keep his human form and his above average intellingence.
However, it didn't make him as powerful as Alexia was, which was especially evident in their fight where he had punched her using his super human strength and his quick agility, only to be backhanded by her and sent flying across the room. She was indeed much more powerful then he was, so he let one of his former S.T.A.R.S. teammate Chris Redfield deal with Alexia while he fled. It made him pissed off when he later found out that Chris had easily dispatched Alexia Ashford with only his magnum, while Wesker had been beaten up pretty badly by her.
"However, the T-Veronica virus is still not quite stable, so take some samples and experiment with them, will you?" said Wesker as he started to leave the room.
"Yes sir, we'll do the best we can to try to stablize it. And don't worry sir, we'll keep the samples in a secure place to prevent a biohazard!" replied the younger scientist, who was quite amazed at the whole thing.
Wesker felt uneasy trusting the T-Veronica virus with them, especially since it seemed like outbreaks would always happen with every virus, but since this was his new workplace, he had high hopes that they would be much more competent then Umbrella was at handling dangerous viruses.
"Perhaps...what I said to little Claire might come true afterall." said Wesker with an evil grin. "I shall get my revenge afterall..."
-Back at the Paris Airport-
"Chris!" yelled out an excited Jill as she ran up to Chris and hugged him. "It's been such a long time since I've seen you!"
"You're a sight for sore eyes...Jill..." he replied while hugging her tightly, missing her dearly, especially since he had not seen in her so long.
"Claire...it's so nice to see you again." said Leon as he shook Claire's hand a bit awkardly.
"It's nice to see you again too...how's your new job working out?" asked Claire, who once again seemed sad.
"It's pretty good...uh...how have you been?" asked Leon as he put his hand around her shoulder, which was out of character for the young cop.
"Um...I'm okay, Leon..." she said, awkwardly putting her arm around Leon, "How have you been..?"
"Good, really good now that you're here..." he whispered softly to her while smiling brightly at her.
She blushed. Did Leon S. Kennedy, a clean-as-a-whistle cop, just say that to her?
"Um...thanks..." she said, accidently making it look like she didn't care about what he had just said to her, when in truth, she was quite flattered.
Leon's smiled faded a bit, with a hint of hurt in his expression.
"Say, how's Sherry?" asked Leon, who tried to cover his hurt by changing the subject.
"She's fine, I think. I had to leave her home alone, but I'm sure she'll manage just fine." said Claire with a smile, as she thought about how nice to would be to be back home and be with Sherry, who had grown to be a sort of sister/daughter to Claire.
"That's great...I can't wait to see Sherry, I miss the little girl. Heh...we better get to the hotel...I think Barry might be getting tired of babysitting Rebecca and Carlos." said Leon jokingly.
"Good idea, let's get there as soon as I can, I haven't seen Barry and Rebecca for a long time...and I'm anxious to meet this Carlos guy." said Chris as he picked up his bags.
"Carlos is a great guy, I'm sure you'll grow to like him." Jill replied while smiling, "He's a little flirty, but he's still a great guy. Heh, he's just like you almost, Chris! I bet in no time at all, you two will be best buddies!"
"I'm sure we will..." mumbled Chris wearily.
The four of them started walking towards the car which was in the parking lot, all anxious to meet up with the last three members of their group so they could plot Umbrella's demise.
-End of Chapter Two-
This is the revised Chapter Two, which mentions Sherry, as opposed to the original version, which mentioned her a little less. Also, this allows the reader to believe that "Sweet, Tender Release" could indeed be the alternate beginning to "Even Fond Memories Can Come Back To Haunt You..." especially since in the first version, Sherry is with Leon, as opposed to this newer version, where Sherry is alone in Claire's house.
This is the revised chapter two, which is slightly different compared to the first version.
-Even Fond Memories Can Come Back To Haunt You....-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated R.
-Startling Revelation-
-Chapter Two-
-The airport in Paris, France-
"Mr. and Mrs. Redfield, the plane has landed, you can wake up now." the flight attendant said kindly.
"Oh...um, thank you ma'am..." said Claire as she started to wake up her brother, who was still sleeping.
"Wha? Oh, the plane's landed now?" said Chris, once again groggy from being woken up from a rather pleasant dream with Jill in it.
Claire nodded and then punched her brother lightly on the arm. "Grr, I hate having to wake up you all the time...."
"Well it's not like I'm excited by you waking me up so early everyday." he replied, shaking his head as he tried to shake his groggy feeling. "Sides, I was having such a pleasant dream too..."
"Tee-hee, you two make quite a lovely married couple," said the flight attendant, as she was still standing there, watching them argue. "It's so cute when couples argue, tee-hee.."
Chris and Claire merely stared at the flight attendant, who had a big grin on her face.
"What?" said the flight attendant innocently.
"We're not a couple! We're brother AND sister!" Chris and Claire said angrily in unison.
The flight attendant blushed furiously. "I'm so terribly sorry...tee-hee, it's just that you two acted like one during the duration of the flight and I just assumed..."
Chris and Claire looked at each other after what the flight attendant said and they both said at the same time, "Let's try to forget what the hell just happened...."
-Meanwhile, at a research facility close to Paris...-
"Are there enough samples of the T-Veronica virus left in Steve Burnside's body?" asked Albert Wesker, as he was examining Steve's body, which was perserved quite nicely and was set on a operation table.
"Actually, there is so much T-Veronica virus in him that it's...well..it's..." said one of the scientists in the room, who seemed very excited and surprised. He was probably one of the younger scientists that had been recruited into HCF seeing as he in his mid-twenties.
"It's what?" he said, sounding quite annoyed while he was tilting his sunglasses over Steve's body. "What is it doing to him?"
Wesker looked a little closer and noticed something definitely odd.
"Why does he look like he's...breathing...?" Wesker asked in surprise.
"It's remarkable...the reason he's breathing...is because the T-Veronica virus is actually repairing his body! He was indeed dead when you brought him here, but apparently the T-Veronica virus suddenly started reacting to his unique blood type and is somehow repairing him. In fact, he'll be revived in a little less than a week if our calculations are correct!" said another scientist who appeared much older then the first scientist but was equally excited.
"Amazing." replied Albert Wesker, who couldn't really put how he felt into words. Afterall, it appeared to everyone, even to himself, that the virus needed to take 15 years to be actually useful. The evidence of this had been especially evident in what happened to Alexander Ashford, who had been turned into a mindless, dangerous, hulking monstrosity, and Alexia Ashford, who put herself into cold storage after predicting that it would take 15 years for the virus to be able to adapt and coexist with a lifeform.
"I suppose Alexia was wrong...it appears that the virus does different things depending on the blood type. Alexander and Alexia both had Ashford blood flowing through their veins, and ended up becoming powerful creatures...however, it seems that the T-Veronica virus is reviving Steve even after he died." said Wesker, in an almost casual manner.
The reason he sounded casual about the rather startling revelation was because he had injected himself with a virus that he had aquired from William Birkin, which had allowed him to come back from the dead as well, even though he had been impaled on the claw of the first Tyrant. Another reason was that his virus, that he kept secret from Umbrella and HCF, was much more stable then the T-Veronica virus as well as letting him keep his human form and his above average intellingence.
However, it didn't make him as powerful as Alexia was, which was especially evident in their fight where he had punched her using his super human strength and his quick agility, only to be backhanded by her and sent flying across the room. She was indeed much more powerful then he was, so he let one of his former S.T.A.R.S. teammate Chris Redfield deal with Alexia while he fled. It made him pissed off when he later found out that Chris had easily dispatched Alexia Ashford with only his magnum, while Wesker had been beaten up pretty badly by her.
"However, the T-Veronica virus is still not quite stable, so take some samples and experiment with them, will you?" said Wesker as he started to leave the room.
"Yes sir, we'll do the best we can to try to stablize it. And don't worry sir, we'll keep the samples in a secure place to prevent a biohazard!" replied the younger scientist, who was quite amazed at the whole thing.
Wesker felt uneasy trusting the T-Veronica virus with them, especially since it seemed like outbreaks would always happen with every virus, but since this was his new workplace, he had high hopes that they would be much more competent then Umbrella was at handling dangerous viruses.
"Perhaps...what I said to little Claire might come true afterall." said Wesker with an evil grin. "I shall get my revenge afterall..."
-Back at the Paris Airport-
"Chris!" yelled out an excited Jill as she ran up to Chris and hugged him. "It's been such a long time since I've seen you!"
"You're a sight for sore eyes...Jill..." he replied while hugging her tightly, missing her dearly, especially since he had not seen in her so long.
"Claire...it's so nice to see you again." said Leon as he shook Claire's hand a bit awkardly.
"It's nice to see you again too...how's your new job working out?" asked Claire, who once again seemed sad.
"It's pretty good...uh...how have you been?" asked Leon as he put his hand around her shoulder, which was out of character for the young cop.
"Um...I'm okay, Leon..." she said, awkwardly putting her arm around Leon, "How have you been..?"
"Good, really good now that you're here..." he whispered softly to her while smiling brightly at her.
She blushed. Did Leon S. Kennedy, a clean-as-a-whistle cop, just say that to her?
"Um...thanks..." she said, accidently making it look like she didn't care about what he had just said to her, when in truth, she was quite flattered.
Leon's smiled faded a bit, with a hint of hurt in his expression.
"Say, how's Sherry?" asked Leon, who tried to cover his hurt by changing the subject.
"She's fine, I think. I had to leave her home alone, but I'm sure she'll manage just fine." said Claire with a smile, as she thought about how nice to would be to be back home and be with Sherry, who had grown to be a sort of sister/daughter to Claire.
"That's great...I can't wait to see Sherry, I miss the little girl. Heh...we better get to the hotel...I think Barry might be getting tired of babysitting Rebecca and Carlos." said Leon jokingly.
"Good idea, let's get there as soon as I can, I haven't seen Barry and Rebecca for a long time...and I'm anxious to meet this Carlos guy." said Chris as he picked up his bags.
"Carlos is a great guy, I'm sure you'll grow to like him." Jill replied while smiling, "He's a little flirty, but he's still a great guy. Heh, he's just like you almost, Chris! I bet in no time at all, you two will be best buddies!"
"I'm sure we will..." mumbled Chris wearily.
The four of them started walking towards the car which was in the parking lot, all anxious to meet up with the last three members of their group so they could plot Umbrella's demise.
-End of Chapter Two-
This is the revised Chapter Two, which mentions Sherry, as opposed to the original version, which mentioned her a little less. Also, this allows the reader to believe that "Sweet, Tender Release" could indeed be the alternate beginning to "Even Fond Memories Can Come Back To Haunt You..." especially since in the first version, Sherry is with Leon, as opposed to this newer version, where Sherry is alone in Claire's house.