(KEYS: ~~ = Narration **= Outside/Nameless Characters)
Chapter 1
~~Alice is wandering around Raccoon City looking for any sign of life. The streets are jumbled with wrecked cars and broken glass. Vehicles are lodged into telephone posts and fixed into the sides of buildings, which have been parched by fire. Dead bodies lay in the sidewalks and in the streets. The only sounds she hears are the squeaking sounds of swinging traffic lights and the shrieking "caw" of flying crows. A cold breeze and eerie silence fill the air. Her vision is blurry, and she doesn't remember much about the incident at the mansion. Only that all her friends were dead, and Matt was gone. She is very disoriented and isn't sure how she got into Raccoon City.
Alice stops at a cop car that has been turned upside-down. There are the remains of two people in the front seats of the car. Between the two bodies is a shotgun. Hesitant at first, Alice slowly crawls through the broken passenger window to get the gun. She can feel broken glass piercing her legs and the passenger's cold dead hands underneath her as she reaches for the gun. She grabs the gun and quickly withdraws from the car.
MALE VOICE: HEY!
~~Alice turns around to find herself staring down the barrel of a magnum.
MALE VOICE: Don't Move! I'll blow your fucking brains out!
~~Neither Alice nor the stranger move. Soon, the strange man realizes Alice is human and puts away his gun.
MAN: Sorry. I couldn't tell if you were a zombie.
~~The man lowers his gun. Still shocked by the fact that there was just a gun in her face, Alice stands staring at the strange man. She figures he is about her age. The man is slightly taller than her with brown eyes and light brown skin. His hair is faded short, and he's wearing a dark gray pull-over sweater with a hood and dark-blue jeans.
MAN: Are you OK?
ALICE: I'm fine. Who are you?
MAN: Stephen Tarantino. I came here to look for a friend of mine.
ALICE: I'm Alice. What happened here? Have you seen anyone alive?
STEPHEN: I don't know what happened here. I got here about a half an hour ago and everything was like it is now. You're the first living person I've seen since I arrived in Raccoon City. I'm really worried about my friend, Rain.
~~A puzzled look takes over Alice's face as she recalls that night. All the blood....all the screams...all the zombies...all her friends....all the death....
ALICE: (to herself) They're all gone....
STEPHEN: What... What is it? You know her? Have you seen her?
~~Alice pauses as an image of Rain's face flashes in her memory. She doesn't know how to tell him that Rain is dead.
ALICE: I've seen....I know....Rain.
~~Stephen's eyes widen with eagerness and he grabs Alice's shoulder.
STEPHEN: What!? You've seen her!? Where is she!?
~~Alice stares at him for a moment, trying to figure out the right words to tell him
ALICE: She's umm....she's......been.......(CRASH)
~~Alice is interrupted by a loud crash in the distance. Both Alice and Stephen look in the direction from which the crash came.
ALICE: I don't think it's safe here. We should get out of here.
~~Stephen lets go of Alice and stares for a moment, still waiting to hear about Rain.
(A LOUDER CRASH)
STEPHEN: ....Oh Shit!. Is there a police station around here we can go to?
ALICE: I don't think the police will be much help considering most of them are lying here dead.
STEPHEN: If anyone is alive, they probably went there.
~~Alice looks around for a moment.
ALICE: Alright let's go.
~~Alice and Stephen take off for the police station. About halfway there, Alice sees, in the distance, a young woman on the ground cradling a man who is moaning in agony. The young woman looks up at Alice and Stephen. She is crying heavily and stroking the man's head softly with her hand.
YOUNG WOMAN: (crying) Please... help us...
~~The young woman's tears keep her from screaming it, so it comes out as a soft whisper.
ALICE: Stephen look!
~~Alice and Stephen run to the young woman's side. Stephen kneels next to the young woman.
STEPHEN: Miss, what happened?
~~The young woman is about 17. Her hazel eyes are filled with tears that are pouring down her face and over her smooth full lips. She has chin- length reddish-brown crinkled hair and a medium tanned complexion. She has a small video camera hanging on her shoulder.
YOUNG WOMAN: (crying, yelling hysterically) (light southern accent) That...THING was just.........and we thought he needed help........then he just bit him!!! He bit him...!...!...
~~The man cries in agony **Huu...rrr.rrtsss.....*
STEPHEN: Bit him!?
YOUNG WOMAN: YES!! HE FUCKING BIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK!!!!!
~~By now the skin on the man's face is disintegrating and turning purple and black in color. **He-he-eelp meee.
STEPHEN: Ok Miss, we'll help him. Alice come on.
~~Stephen looks at Alice. Alice is staring at the man in a daze. She is recalling more and more what happened at the lab under the mansion.....Then she sees a zombified Rain in her mind.
STEPHEN: Alice snap out of it! We need to get this guy some help!
~~Alice speaks softly.
ALICE: We can't help him, Stephen....
** cough -cough - cough (choking noises)
STEPHEN: What are you saying!? He's still alive...We can help him, come on!
YOUNG WOMAN: (crying) Please help him....
~~The man is now bleeding from his ear. When Stephen tries to wipe the blood, the man's ear comes off
STEPHEN: HOLY SHIT!!
YOUNG WOMAN: OH MY GOD!!! NOOO!!!
~~With that, the man's eyes go completely red with blood and his lifeless s body begins to convulse. Alice quickly pulls the young woman away, but before Stephen can stand up and back away, the man (now a zombie) grabs Stephen's arm
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STEPHEN: AAAHHHHH!! NOOO!! LET GO YOU SICK FUCK!!
~~Stephen punches at the zombie's arm and face, but nothing loosens the zombie's grip.
YOUNG WOMAN: NO!! NO!! NO!!
STEPHEN: ALICE!!!
~~Alice pushes the young woman behind her.
ALICE: I'm sorry kid...
~~Alice takes point-blank aim at the zombies forehead and blasts it's head off. The zombie's grip on Stephen instantly loosens and he hurries to his feet and backs away.
YOUNG WOMAN: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
~~The young woman falls to her knees and cries even harder. Alice places her hand on the young woman's shoulder.
ALICE: I'm sorry. He was turning into the same thing that bit him. It was the only way. If...
~~Moans, grunts and growls come from every direction. Alice quickly jumps to her feet and finds that about fifteen zombies have surrounded them.
STEPHEN: (breathing heavily) Miss, we have to go now. Come with us. We'll protect you.
~~The young woman looks at the corpse of the man she was cradling and quickly turns away.
YOUNG WOMAN: (still crying) ...I can't leave him.....
ALICE: He's gone.......it was the only way.........come on, we have to go.
~~The Young Woman doesn't move. The zombies are rapidly closing in. Stephen grabs the young woman and throws her over his shoulder.
YOUNG WOMAN: NOO!!! DON'T LEAVE HIM!!! LET ME GO!!!
~~Alice sees an opening where there are no zombies.
ALICE: Over there! Let's go!
~~The three quickly evacuate the scene and continue to the police station. When they get to the entrance gate of the police station, there is a dead man in a uniform lying on the ground in a pool of blood and a woman backing away from an enormous monster. The gate swings open and the monster looks away from the woman and turns its attention to Stephen. The woman then picks up a long metal pole that has been sharpened at one end and drives it through the monsters head. The monster pulls at the pole and falls to the ground. She runs into the police station, followed by Alice, Stephen and the young woman.