Resident Evil 4: Umbrella's Requiem

Fan-Fiction -- My Version of Resident Evil 4

Text Copyright: © 04/05/2004 DestructoYue

Updated: © 04/11/2004, © 04/13/2004, © 04/14/2004, © 04/17/2004, © 04/20/2004, © 04/24/2004

DISCLAIMER: The original characters and original scenarios contained within this text are copyright 4/5/2004 - 4/24/2004 by me, DestructoYue. The previously created characters (Leon S. Kennedy, etc.) and previously created scenarios and objects are copyrighted and trademarked by Capcom. This story is an original fan-fiction based on what I think could/should happen in Resident Evil 4. It is in no way meant to offend the reader or Capcom.

Chapter 18: Going Downstairs

Drawing his gun, Xan was ready for whatever was on the other side. The door swung open, and two crazed villagers stepped out, moving towards him immediately. Aiming as best he could, he fired five times, missing twice, and hitting their skulls with the other three. "Where did I learn to shoot like that?," he whispered, surprised by his accuracy with the gun. Not standing around to find out if they were dead, he left the room and went on to the "Lion" door. "I wonder if this one is linked with the Eagle door in the main room." He turned the knob, surprised that it was unlocked. Stepping inside, he carefully stepped over a mess of broken vials, pools of blood covering most of the floor near the door. He searched the cabinets, finding nothing, and left. "Maybe I already searched these rooms... or someone else did." The room next door was an examination room. Walking inside, he heard a crunching sound. Looking around, he found a broken slide sample on the floor. "Shouldn't this be in the room I just came from?," he wondered out loud. Looking through the cabinets, he found a note. "I've never been good with words, so I'll keep this short. The doctor is working for..." The rest of the ink was smeared by drops of blood, so he couldn't read further. "Who could the doctor be working for?" Next door, he noticed a "Wolf" symbol near the door knob. "Another animal... is this part of a pattern?," he said, turning the knob and going inside. An X-Ray machine was against the wall, nothing unusual about it. A small office was on the other side of the room. He opened the door and nearly had a heart attack, and almost fired his handgun. A skeleton was sitting in the chair at the desk. With a pen in hand, ready to write on the paper underneath, the skull was facing the door. The empty eye sockets staring him in the face, like it was expecting him. "Geez! I almost shot that thing... I should be more careful in this place." After checking the desk, he left the room, ready to check the last door. His hand reaching for the knob, he heard another sound. In the hope that it was another living person, he jogged back towards the main room. No one was there. Thinking it may have come from the Eagle door, he walked up to it, finding a message written in blood. "UMBRELLA" "What the hell? That wasn't here before! Maybe it's a clue linking all of this back to Umbrella, like I thought all along before," Xan said. Resting for a moment on a bed, he walked back to the last door in the hallway, wondering what could be on the other side this time. Before he could turn the knob, another flash of memory went through his mind. This time, he was standing inside what appeared to be the monitor room. Each screen had a different picture. One in particular caught his eye, because it was focused on his house. "I knew it! They've been watching me all along, trying to keep me from finding out the truth! I'll show them..." About to turn around, he stopped, a strange ringing in his ears, and he blacked out. The memory ended and his hand was on the knob to the last door. "That room HAS to be on the other side of this door, it's the only place left I can check. I need to know why I blacked out in there," he thought to himself, finally opening the door and looking at what lay beyond. Stairs leading down to another floor. "Maybe there's somebody else down here that can tell me what's going on." Carefully climbing down them, he stopped at the bottom, standing in another hallway that led to many doors and one large room. Reloading his gun and turning on the safety, Xan was ready to explore there.

"Is Umbrella really behind all of this?"