Disclaimer: I do not own any people, places, or things associated at all with any of the Resident Evil games.

Note: This is an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE story based off of the Resident Evil universe. This is a DIFFERENT way the story could happen. For you RE diehards who will probably chastise me for doing this, it's only a story. If people can parody this series, then I can do this. And now, the conclusion.

Additional note: The layouts of the mansion, residence and lab are from the Remake of Resident Evil. The layout of the courtyard is from the original.

A Different World: Revelations

By: Striker

Act Four: House of Evil:

Alpha team's helicopter flew over the woods. Everyone was scanning the ground looking for Bravo's copter. Wesker was sitting next to Brad in the cockpit. Chris was looking out the right side of the copter with Joseph. Jill and Barry had the left side. Brad passed the copter's searchlight over the trees. Wesker turned to the back. "Do you see anything Chris?"

"No Captain, I don't." Chris replied. He continued searching the woods.

Jill was beginning to loose hope when she saw a trail of smoke in the distance. "I see something! It's smoke, about ten o'clock. It must be from Bravo team's helicopter."

Brad moved the searchlight in the direction Jill indicated. "That's the copter alright. I'm landing next to it." Brad moved toward the wreak.

"What do you think happened?" Joseph asked. "Maybe the engine blew?"

Wesker shook his head. "Edward and Kevin checked the helicopters the other day. They didn't find anything wrong. It must have been something else."

"I hope everyone is ok." Barry said.

"So do I." Chris added. "I've seen aircraft crashes before. They're not a pretty sight."

The helicopter landed a few feet from Bravo's helicopter and everyone except Brad exited. "Stay here and wait for us Brad. Everyone else check out the situation." Wesker ordered. "We'll see if anyone is still here. If we don't find any survivors we'll search the area. This place is not that far from the Spencer mansion. After we sweep the area we'll head there."

"For all we know Enrico and the others are waiting for us in that place." Barry said.

"One can only hope." Wesker replied. "Now move out."

The team approached the downed copter. Chris was the first to notice the damage to the tail. "Captain, you can cross engine trouble off your list. Bravo was shot down." Chris pointed to the blown-off tail section.

Joseph looked at the copter and turned to Chris. "Yeah right, who would have done that? Maybe it cracked off during the crash. It's probably around here somewhere."

"I know what a hit from an anti-aircraft rocket looks like." Chris said. "I was in the Air Force."

Barry scratched his beard. "Who would have one of those rockets out here in the first place? This doesn't make any sense."

"Yeah, and where is everyone" Jill asked, looking around. "Someone should have stayed behind to meet us."

Wesker looked over the copter, his mind working. "We'll figure that out later. Chris, Joseph, check and see if there are any injured inside. The rest of us will secure the area."

Chris and Joseph nodded and jumped into the copter. Joseph made his way to the cockpit and looked in. He found Kevin with his throat missing and blood all over his body. "Christ!" Joseph yelped.

Chris joined him and saw the body. "What the fuck happened to him?"

Joseph turned to Chris. "Let me guess, the same person or persons that shot down the copter did this too."

Chris started to gag on the smell. "We better tell Wesker." Both men quickly left the copter. Chris ran up to Wesker. "Kevin's dead. Someone or something ripped out his throat."

Wesker was taken back by the statement. "Did you say his throat was torn out? This is getting serious. Bravo must be in more danger than I thought. We better find the others fast."

Jill looked around the woods. She could feel that something was wrong. She made her way over to Barry. "Is it me, or is it too quiet."

"It's night Jill." Barry said. "It's usually quiet around this time."

Jill shook her head. "No, I mean we should be hearing crickets and frogs. Instead, it's like there's nothing alive in here."

"You're just being paranoid." Joseph said, still shaken up by what he saw. "Your imagination is playing tricks on you." He suddenly heard a rustling from the bushes. He spun around and pointed his shotgun in the direction of the noise. He saw nothing. "Ok, now my imagination is acting up." He lowered his shotgun and took a deep breath. Just then a dog burst from the bush and ran towards him. Joseph stared at the dog before coming to his senses. He raised his shotgun and fired off a shot just as the dog leapt at him. The animal took the blast in its stomach and was thrown back. It hit the ground and started to get up. Joseph looked on in disbelief. "That's bullshit; I nailed it right in the chest. It shouldn't be getting up."

More dogs emerged from the woods and ran at the team. "Everyone, take them out." Wesker ordered. The team began firing at the dogs. Chris and Barry fired at the beasts, each missing the fast-moving animals. Joseph blasted one dog and dodged another. Jill dodged a dog and shot it in the back as it ran from her. The dog let out a yelp and fell to the ground. It got back up and growled as it turned to its attacker. Wesker managed to hit two, but each dog got up and shrugged off the wounds.

"I guess this answers the question of why Bravo team isn't around!" Barry yelled over the gunfire.

"Now what?" Chris asked as he fired at another dog, managing to hit it in the leg.

Wesker pointed towards Brad's helicopter. "We'll escape on the copter and head for the mansion. That's probably where Bravo team went to. Chris, Jill, take the lead. Joseph, cover our backs. Let's go before we become dinner." The team made a break for the helicopter, with the dogs hot on their tails.

Brad had the copter ready to go. Ever since he heard the gunshots he knew something was wrong. He looked over in the direction that Alpha team had gone and watched for them. He saw something, but it wasn't his friends. He saw a pack of dogs heading right for the copter and the open door. "Shit!" Brad drew his gun and fired off several rounds at the approaching beasts. He dropped one but the rest kept coming. "This isn't good. If they get in, we're all screwed. Sorry guys." Brad lifted off before the dogs reached the copter.

Wesker saw Brad take off. "What the hell is he doing?" Wesker asked, more to himself than to anyone else.

"Where does he think he's going?" Chris fumed. "Doesn't he see we're in trouble?"

Wesker's radio crackled to life. "Sorry Captain, but I had to take off." Brad's voice said. "Fido and his friends were trying to get a free ride. I'll have to find a more secure place to pick you up."

Wesker snatched up his radio. "I understand. Head for the mansion and pick us up there. There should be a heliport at the rear of the building. Give us the direction of the mansion from our current position."

"Two o'clock ahead of you, maybe thirty feet." Brad said. "I'll see you there, over and out."

Wesker placed his radio back on his belt. "Head for the mansion, we'll rendezvous with Brad there. We may be able to find Bravo team and the scientists. Run as fast as you can and don't look back." The team broke for the mansion, the dogs still after them. After what seemed like forever the mansion came into view. The team bolted through the gate and up to the front door, passing William's car on the way. Chris reached the door first and opened it. After everyone was inside Barry joined him in slamming the door shut. Some of the dogs jumped at the door, but the heavy wood held. Everyone was exhausted from the running. Jill and Joseph collapsed on the floor. Barry leaded back against the door while Chris propped himself against it with his right arm. Wesker remained standing, breathing deeply. When he got his breath back, he spoke. "As long as that door stays closed we'll be safe from those things. As for this place, we better keep our guard up. We don't know what happened to William, but whatever may have attacked him may still be here."

"Maybe those dog things got into the house from some other door or window." Barry said.

"If that's the case, we better be careful." Jill added.

Wesker checked his gun. "Check your ammo and be ready for anything." A gunshot echoing from somewhere in the house caught everyone's attention. "That could be someone from Bravo team. Chris, Barry, Jill, check it out and return here. Joseph and I will stay here and secure the hall."

Barry and the others quickly made there way to the dinning room. Barry opened the door and Chris rushed in, sweeping the room. He gave the all-clear and the trio made their way to the door at the other end of the room. As Barry passed the fireplace a large puddle caught his attention. "What the hell?" He bent down and ran his finger across the liquid. "This looks like blood."

"What the hell happened here?" Jill asked. "This is getting creepy."

"I'll check the other room." Chris said. He left the dinning room and entered the hallway. He looked to the right and then to the left. In the middle of the small lounge he saw someone lying on their stomach. He walked over and nudged the body with his foot. Getting no response he flipped the body over with his foot. What he found was a corpse that looked partially decayed. There were several bullet wounds in the person's chest. Some of the wounds looked current. Around the mouth was fresh blood. "Ok, it's official. Something fucked up is going on and it's not good."

"Where do you think this blood could have come from?" Jill asked.

Barry looked around the room. "Who knows, but we better see if Chris found anything. Staring at a puddle all day isn't going to get us anywhere." Barry and Jill entered the hall and walked over to Chris, who was still kneeling over the dead body. "Shit, this is just what we need. First the hellhounds and now there's some gun-toting psycho running around the place. Wesker won't like this at all."

"From the looks of him he's been here awhile." Jill said.

Chris stood up and turned to his friends. "I don't think so. I recognize him from the party last night. Also, he looks like he was shot two different times. Several of the bullet wounds look like they were made maybe an hour ago. We better tell Wesker about this. I don't think we're safe in this place."

"Good idea." Barry said. "The sooner we find our friends and those scientists the better."

"Anything on the second floor?" Wesker asked.

"I don't see anything unusual." Joseph replied. He finished looking around the balcony of the main hall. "Good thing we got the grand tour of this place last night. At least we know where most of the rooms are."

"The others should be here any minute now." Wesker said. "Get back down here." Wesker looked back towards the front door while Joseph descended the stairs. The dogs had stopped trying to get a few minutes ago. The door to the dinning room opened and the rest of the team walked over to Wesker. "What did you find?"

"We found a body." Barry replied. "It's in bad shape, but the funny thing is the poor bastard looked like he was shot two separate times. The latest wounds look fresh. We haven't found any trace of Bravo team."

Wesker took in the information. "You better show me the body. After that we should start searching the mansion. We'll start with the west wing and work our way to the east wing. Maybe we'll find some answers along the way, a maybe someone who can tell us what happened." The team made their way back to the body. Wesker looked at the corpse. "This is definitely odd. We better check this area for survivors. Chris, Jill, take that door over there. Joseph, check the lounge. Barry and I will go down and check the kitchen. Meet back here." Everyone split up and began the search. Chris and Jill entered the west hall and made their way to the stairs. Chris ran up the stairs and checked the landing. Jill noticed a puddle of blood at the foot of the stairs. Chris also found blood stains on the second floor. Joseph looked through the lounge and looked behind the bar. Wesker and Barry searched the kitchen and found signs of a struggle. Blood was smeared on the walls and floor, like people had been executed. Everyone returned to the room with the body. "What did you find?" Wesker asked.

"Nothing in the lounge." Joseph said. "The room was empty."

"Our room was empty too." Chris said. "However, there was blood everywhere."

"Same in the kitchen." Barry said. "Someone definitely got trigger-happy in this place. I don't what to know who did it as much as I want to know where the bodies went to."

"It's a possibility that whoever killed the people here moved the bodies." Wesker said. "We'll search the next hall. Maybe we'll find some more clues."

Alpha team moved to the next hall and split up again. Joseph entered the first door to the right and found a room with a tiger statue. Barry moved to the end of the L-shaped hall and entered the door. He found a greenhouse and more bloodstains. Jill and Chris tried to enter the first door to the left but found it locked.

"Jill, think you can pick the lock?" Chris asked.

Jill smirked. "I have a better idea." She took a step back and kicked the door open. "Who needs to pick locks when this will do?"

"Very subtle." Chris said as he followed Jill into the room.

The pair searched what looked to be a guest room. Jill recognized the suitcases lying in the corner. "I think this is Alexia's room."

Chris scanned the room and saw an envelope on the desk. "Someone left her a letter. We better take it. You never know."

Jill pocketed the letter. "At least we'll be able to give it to her if we find her." The pair left the room and met back up with the others. "We found Alexia's room, but she wasn't in it. We did find a letter written to her."

"It's probably a personal letter." Wesker said. "Keep it for now. All we have to do is search one last hall and we can move upstairs. Let's go." The group moved through the last remaining door into the next hall. Wesker motioned for Joseph and Chris to check the door to their left. He, Jill, and Barry moved down the hall and around the corners. As they approached a set of stairs they saw a body on the ground. "Joseph, Chris, get over here now." Wesker called. The two men ran towards where Wesker was leaving the room unsearched. As they ran off the knob began to slowly turn.

"What is it Captain?" Joseph asked as he and Chris caught up.

Wesker pointed to the body. "We found another corpse. It's just like the last one. The gunshot came from this direction, so whoever shot this person must still be here."

Barry pointed at the door they were standing near. "They could be in there. Maybe it's someone from Bravo team?"

Wesker looked at the door and nodded. "Everyone get ready. Barry, open it." Barry opened the door as the rest took aim. They were greeted by several guns aimed at them.

"Jesus!" Kenneth exclaimed. "Finally, some familiar faces. What kept you so long?"

"We ran into some trouble." Wesker replied. "Is this everyone that survived?"

Kenneth shook his head. "No, the rest of the team is somewhere around here. If you don't mind me asking, it would be better if you get inside and shut the door. There's no telling how many more of those things may be running around."

Alpha team filed into the small room and shut the door. The room was filled with medical supplies and had a cot in the back. Billy was leaning against the wall next to the door. Rebecca was busy tending to Edward, who was lying on the cot. His right arm was bandaged with blood seeping through.

"What's the situation?" Wesker asked. "And where is the rest of your team?"

"We were attacked by dogs after we crashed." Kenneth began. "We split up and ran to this place. Rebecca and Edward were the last to get here. They brought that guy along." Kenneth pointed to Billy. "His name's Billy Coen. Apparently he was passing through and was attacked as well. Anyway, the place was quiet so we split up to search the mansion. Enrico said he was going to look out back. Forest and Richard took the east wing and we took this side. We've been hold up here for the last hour."

"What happened to Edward?" Jill asked.

Rebecca turned to Jill. "He got bite by one of those…people."

""We just got through the dinning room and went into the hall." Edward said through gritted teeth. "This guy came out of nowhere and chomped down on my arm. Billy and Ken blew him away. Ah man, my arm hurts like hell."

"He's been like this ever since he was bitten." Rebecca said.

Chris pointed to the door. "What about the guy outside?"

"He was trying to get in." Billy replied. "Had to shoot him."

"We heard the gunshot." Wesker said. "But I don't see how what you told me was possible. These people look like they have been dead for days."

"I couldn't believe it either, but that's what happened." Kenneth said. "The other guys must be pinned down as well. They should have started looking for us by now."

"We already searched this area." Barry said. "We didn't find anyone. Did you look upstairs?"

Billy shook his head. "We didn't even try. For all we know there may be a small army up there."

"We better check it out." Wesker said. "Joseph, Chris, did you check that last room?"

"No." Joseph replied. "You called for us before we were able to."

Wesker looked at everyone in the room. "Alright, we're going to search the second floor of this wing and then move to the east wing. If Edward can't move I want Rebecca and Mr. Coen to stay here with him. We'll come back for you after we search the entire house."

"I'll be able to move." Edward said. "The bastard didn't get my shooting arm."

"Good." Wesker said. "Let's move out."

Kenneth nodded and walked to the door. He was just about to open the door when it was pushed open by another one of the corpses. The man grabbed Kenneth and bit into his neck. The rest of the team backed away and watched, helpless to stop the attack. The man pulled back and tore a chunk of flesh from Kenneth's neck. Using his last ounce of strength Kenneth pushed the man out into the hall before falling down. Rebecca rushed to help him, but she couldn't stop the bleeding. Kenneth made a gurgling sound before passing away. Barry and Wesker immediately fired several rounds into the man before he could get up.

Joseph stared down at Rebecca, who was cradling Kenneth's body. "It must have come from that room we didn't check." His voice became heavy with regret. "If only we had looked Ken wouldn't be dead."

"You don't know that." Billy said. "It may have come from upstairs. Must have followed the noise we were making."

"This isn't possible. This person looks just like the others." Jill said, staring at the attacker. "How can dead people be walking around? And why did he bite Ken?"

Wesker and Barry approached the attacker. "I don't know what is going on, but the rest of our friends are in danger." Wesker said. "I can't even imagine what happened to William and the others. We have to find them and get them out of here. We have to move now. Joseph, take Chris and Jill and make sure that last room is clear. The rest of us will secure the stairs."

Joseph, Chris, and Jill took off down the hall. "I can't believe this is happening." Jill said. "It's like we're in some horror movie."

"The sooner we find everyone and get out of here the better." Chris said.

"Amen to that." Joseph added. "We stay here any longer and we're all toast." As they rounded the corner they saw someone standing in front of the door. The person looked different than the others. Its head was bright red and its hands were a pair of sharp claws. As soon as it saw the trio it growled and ran at them. "Shit." Joseph raised his shotgun, but the creature stabbed him in the gut with its claw before he could fire. He dropped the gun and stared wide-eyed at the creature as blood trickled from his mouth. The creature withdrew its claw and Joseph fell to the ground. The creature then shifted its gaze to Chris and Jill. Chris immediately fired three shots. The first two missed but the third hit the monster's arm making it angry. Jill fired one shot, hitting it in the head and knocking it back.

"Someone needs to work on their aim." Jill said, still trained on the creature. The thing regained its composure and prepared to charge. "You have to be kidding me. That was right in the head."

"We need to get Joe's gun." Chris said. "Jill, distract it."

"That won't be a problem." Jill retorted. She fired two more shots causing the creature to focus on her. Chris ran towards the creature and ducked under it as it swiped at him. He rolled past the creature as Jill kept firing. Chris grabbed Joseph's shotgun and blasted the monster right in its back. It turned only to catch a full blast in its face. Its head exploded into pieces, sending blood, brain, and bone everywhere.

Wesker and the others ran over to where Chris and Jill were. "What happened? Wesker asked.

Jill checked Joseph's pulse. "We were attacked by a monster. We killed it, but Joseph's dead."

Chris knelt down and looked at the body. "I don't believe this. This is the same body we found near the dinning room, the one that bit Edward."

"That can't be, that guy was dead." Billy said. "We shot him several times."

Wesker took off his shades and rubbed his eyes. "This can't be happening. First Kenneth and now Joseph. I hope Enrico and the others are still alive." Wesker put his shades back on. "Let's search the rest of this mansion quickly. The more time we waste the better the chance that we won't survive."

Suddenly the sound of moaning filled the hall. Billy turned and saw two people descend the stairs. "We have company. What do we do?"

"Aim for the head." Wesker said. "It may bring them down faster." Barry and Billy took aim and shot each person in the head. Both individuals dropped to the floor and stopped moving. Wesker walked over to the men with his gun drawn. "Good work. How can these people be moving around? Both these men look like they've been shot before."

"I think the bigger problem is how to stop them from changing into that." Rebecca said, pointing to the clawed monster.

"We could burn them." Billy said. "That way we may be able to keep them from coming back. I saw a tank of kerosene in the supply room. I say we pile them up and set them on fire."

"It's worth a shot." Barry said.

Wesker nodded. "Get to it. Billy, get the kerosene. The rest of us will retrieve the bodies." Everyone went to work. Chris and Jill grabbed the clawed monster while Wesker and the others grabbed the ones that were just shot. Billy entered the supply room to get the kerosene. As he took the fuel Kenneth sat up.

"What the…" Billy began to say.

Rebecca and Edward dropped their body on the two in front of the door. "Billy, what's…?" Rebecca paused when she saw Kenneth stand up. "Ken, I thought you were dead?" Rebecca stepped forward, only to have Kenneth moan and lunge for Rebecca. She yelped as she jumped back. Edward saw Kenneth and quickly shot his old friend in the head.

"Becky, are you ok?" Edward asked.

"He looked just like those other people." Rebecca said.

Wesker ran over to the room. "What happened? I heard a gunshot."

"Kenneth came back to life and attacked Becky." Billy said. "Edward killed him again. Looks like anyone who dies after getting killed by one of those things comes back as one."

Edward looked at his arm. "Does that mean I'll become one of those things?"

"Not if we find out what's going on." Wesker said. "Besides, nothing may happen to you. We can't jump to conclusions until we know what's happening." Wesker turned to the others. "Get Joseph's body as well, we have to burn him too."

The bodies had been stacked and the kerosene had been poured. Wesker lit his lighter and threw it on the pile. The bodies went up as everyone watched.

"What do you think those people are?" Barry asked.

"If you ask me, they look like zombies from those B horror movies." Chris replied. "They act like them too."

"That's what we'll call them." Wesker said. "Let's search the second floor and take out any of these…zombies we find. Aim for the heads. That seems like the best way to take them out and save ammo. If we destroy the heads, maybe they won't be able to change. Let's go." With that, the team moved up the stairs.

Brad completed his pass over the Spencer Mansion and was on the way to the helipad. "I hope everyone made it to the mansion. I never knew this place was this big. Well, time to land." Brad closed in on the helipad. He was surprised to see a larger helicopter already parked there. "What the hell? Who does that belong to?" Brad's questions were ended when he saw two men next to the helicopter, one armed with a rocket launcher. The man fired a rocket straight at Brad's copter. "Shit!" Brad yelled as the rocket hit the copter's engine. The vehicle began to spiral out of control. Brad fought the controls and managed to straighten the copter. He flew it away from the mansion and looked for a place to land. He saw a spot with few trees and headed for it. Alarms blared as the copter dropped through the trees, taking out branches. It finally hit the ground and skidded to a halt. Brad quickly made his way out of the flaming copter and to a safe distance before the craft exploded. Brad took one final look at the copter before drawing his gun and heading for the mansion. "That's it; no one shoots a rocket at me and gets away with it."

Wesker waited with Barry for the rest of the team to arrive in the main hall. They had finished searching the second floor of the west wing and found no one alive. Billy, Edward, and Rebecca soon exited from the dinning room while Chris and Jill appeared from the door to the left of it. "What did you find?" Wesker asked.

"We found another zombie on the porch." Chris said. "It was near another blood puddle. It must have been killed there before."

"We got two in the library." Billy said. "We hit another two next to the elevator. We also found signs of an execution. There were bullet holes in the library, like those people tried to run."

Wesker turned to Chris and Jill. "What did you find on the third floor?"

"Nothing." Jill replied. "Looks like no one was up there."

"We got a zombie in the dinning room." Barry said. "It looked like it was previously shot, just like the others. The only other thing we found was some stuffed animals."

"We killed six on the second floor and got another five on the first floor, not counting Kenneth and Joseph." Wesker said. "That makes eleven so far. I know for a fact that there are only twenty people living on the mansion grounds. We shouldn't run into that many more. If we're lucky Enrico and the others may have taken the rest out. We should move to the east wing. We may find our friends there." The group crossed the balcony to the other side. Wesker motioned towards the far door. "Barry, take Chris and Jill and check the porch. We'll wait here for you."

Barry nodded. "Yes Sir. Come guys, we may find Forest or Richard." The trio headed through the door and onto the porch. They slowly made their way across the porch and to the balcony. As they rounded the corner they found themselves staring down the barrels of a shotgun and a grenade launcher. "Forest, Richard, thank God we found you." Barry said.

Forest lowered his grenade launcher. "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes? You sure took your sweet time getting here."

"We got delayed." Chris said. "Did you find any sign of the scientists?"

"No, we've been more concerned surviving." Richard said. "We went through this entire wing and all we found were those things. We must have taken out ten to twelve of them."

"Did you make sure to shoot them all in the head?" Jill asked.

"We tried shooting them in the chest, but that did jack shit." Richard replied. "I started nailing them in the head and that seemed to work. Forest blew the rest into pieces. Why did you ask that?"

"Long story guys." Chris said. "Do you know where Enrico is?"

"He left us after we swept the first floor. He said he was going to go to the garden and check it out." Forest said. "Did you guys find Kenneth and the others?"

Barry nodded. "We just came from the west wing. We found them, but both Kenneth and Joseph got killed. Edward got bit by one of those zombies. We need to meet up with Wesker. He's waiting in the main hall." Both Forest and Richard agreed and followed the others back to the hall.

"What did you two find?" Wesker asked his men.

"Just those zombie things." Forest said. "Those rooms also look like they saw some action. There must have been a fire fight. There're bullets holes and blood stains all over the place."

"Just like in the other wing." Barry said.

Richard looked at the group. "We heard that Ken and Joe got killed. I hope Enrico is still alive."

Forest nodded before remembering something. "I just forget, it may not mean anything but we heard something that sounded like an explosion a few minutes ago. Maybe Enrico had something to do about it. It came from behind the mansion."

"That's where the residence halls for the other scientists are." Wesker said. "William and the others may be there. We should go there now. Let's move out."

Brad made his way to the wall surrounding the helipad. He found a way up and climbed to the top. From his viewpoint he could see three men in black combat clothing with assault rifles guarding a Chinook helicopter. "Time for some payback." Brad said to himself. He took aim and fired at the guards, hitting one in the head. The other two scanned the area and saw Brad. Brad jumped down off the wall and took cover behind some boxes. He fired again at the men and hit one in the leg. He then took off across the helipad as the last man continued to fire. The man saw Brad disappear behind the copter. He followed only to find that Brad had vanished. The man cautiously approached the back of the copter and moved towards the open rear door. He looked inside and found no one. "Surprise." Brad said as he appeared from behind a crate and took the man down. Brad then circled the copter to the injured man. He pointed his gun at the man and saw that he still had his gun. "Don't even think…" The man pointed his gun at Brad forcing him to shoot. The man fell dead as his gun clanked to the ground. "Why does no one bother to listen? I wonder who these guys are?" Brad checked the bodies but found no IDs. He then entered the copter and found two Stinger rocket launchers. One was empty. "I guess I know what happened to Bravo team's helicopter. But still, who are these guys, why are they here, and why would they want to shoot us down? There's definitely something going down, but what?"

Wesker's team made it to the shed that led to the courtyard. Everyone stopped in the shed to check their weapons and ammo. Wesker then began to issue orders. "I want to split into two teams. Forest, stay up here with Richard, Edward, and Billy. Secure the courtyard while the rest of us check out the dorms. If we don't find them there, the last place they could be is in the lab." Everyone understood their orders and exited the shed. As they made their way across the garden Forest heard a noise in the trees.

"Did you hear that?" Forest asked, stopping to look in the direction of the noise.

"It's your imagination." Edward replied. "There's nothing here but us."

The rustling noise continued again. This time everyone heard it. "Do you think it may be the dogs?" Jill asked.

"I hope not." Billy said. "I've had enough of those mutts."

"It sounds like it's coming from behind us." Rebecca said. Suddenly a huge snake burst from the woods next to the shed.

"Everyone spread out and fire." Wesker said. "Bring it down now." Everyone began to fire at the snake as it slithered towards them. Richard fired his shotgun at the snake's face. The reptile continued to advance on him. Richard lowered his gun and tried to run, but the snake was too quick and clamped its jaws over the top portion of his body. The rest of the team continued to fire as the snake thrashed its head back and forth. It finally bit down and severed Richard in half. Richard's legs and gun hit the ground as it swallowed the rest of his body. At this point the team had spread out. Barry used up the clip in his handgun and had switched to his Python. He took aim and fired a round into the snake's eye. The beast screamed in pain and went straight for Barry.

Forest fired a grenade and hit the snake in the back of its head. "Got ya, you prick." Forest sneered. The snake flicked its tail at him, sending him flying into one of the walls. Forest hit hard, dying instantly. His body fell to the ground leaving behind a blood stain where his head had hit.

"Forest!" Rebecca yelled, firing angrily at the snake. This got the monster's attention. It turned and made a beeline for her.

"Rebecca, get out of there now!" Wesker commanded.

Rebecca tried to move, but the snake was closing in too fast. Suddenly Billy dove into her, knocking both of them out of the way just as the snake took a bite. As they stopped rolling Rebecca looked at Billy. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it." Billy replied.

The snake, missing its next meal, hissed. Just then Jill aimed Forest's grenade launcher at its mouth. "Snack on this, bitch." Jill fired a grenade that flew into the snake's mouth. The reptile closed its mouth just before the grenade exploded. It lurched upwards and crashed to the ground.

Wesker holstered his gun. "Is Forest…?"

"He's dead." Jill replied. "I can't believe this is happening."

"Where the hell did that damn snake come from?" Chris asked. "What else are we going to have to fight? This is really starting to piss me off."

Barry picked up Richard's shotgun. "I sure hope Enrico didn't get eaten by this thing."

Wesker looked around the garden. "It's possible, but we have to believe that he didn't. Jill, check the lift over there. We need to take that down if we want to reach the residence hall."

Jill walked over to the lift and tried to activate it. "No good Captain. It won't work."

"What's through that gate?" Edward asked, pointing at the gate opposite the shed.

"The only other way we can go." Wesker replied. "Let's get a move on; there may be other animals like that snake around here."

Barry walked over to Billy and handed him Richard's shotgun. "Take it, you may need it."

"Thanks." Billy said. The group moved past the gate to a concrete drainage ditch that led to a gate. The gate was raised and the water was rushing out of it. A pair of ladders descended down either side if the ditch and was connected by a concrete walkway. Each person carefully climbed down the one ladder and made his or her way to the other ladder and climbed up. They then followed the path to another lift. They rode the lift down to the lower level.

Wesker waited for the last person to ride the lift down before speaking. "All we have to do is take this path to the residence hall. I want everyone to stay sharp. We don't know what is in that building." Wesker began walking towards the residence hall. "And I hope you're all right Will." He said to himself.

Chris and Billy kicked open the door to the residence hall and scanned the hallway with their shotguns ready. When they found the hall clear, they signaled the others. Wesker then ordered the team to fan out. Rebecca and Edward entered the door to the right. They entered a supply room that showed signs of a murder just like in the rest of the mansion. Jill and Barry entered the door across the hall. They found a dorm room with a single zombie. Jill quickly shot it in the head with her beretta. Barry entered the bathroom and found another zombie which he quickly dispatched as well. Wesker, Chris, and Billy entered the door at the end of the hall. They found themselves in what looked like a saloon.

"And I thought the lounge in the mansion was nice." Chris said.

Wesker looked around and saw blood splatters on the right-hand wall. "It appears that someone was killed here too. It obvious someone went through the entire mansion and killed everyone. What I want to know is how these dead people came back to life."

"What about that snake?" Billy asked. Suddenly something landed next to him. He turned and saw a giant spider. It reared up and made a sort of hissing noise. Billy responded by blowing it away with his shotgun. It flipped onto its back and contracted its legs before becoming still "Fucking spider." Billy spat.

Chris looked around the room. "OK, those zombies and dogs I can handle, but huge snakes and spiders are too much."

"There may be more of them." Wesker said. He started walking through the rest of the saloon. He walked around a decorative wicker wall and scanned the area. The rest of the saloon consisted of two levels. The lower level had several tables and chairs. The upper level had a pool table. Wesker made his way up two flights of stairs to the pool table. As he neared another spider crawled from behind the table. Wesker fired several shots into it killing it. He went back to the other two men. "This room is clear. William and the others must be in the other part of this building."

Barry walked in with the rest of the group. "Captain, we didn't find…Whoa!" Barry exclaimed as he saw the spider.

"That's one big bug." Rebecca said, walking over to it. "Is it dead?"

"Let's hope so." Billy said. "It should be since I blasted it with this." He patted his shotgun.

Jill walked over to Chris. "This is getting really weird."

Chris nodded. "I can't wait to see what we come across next. With our luck it'll be giant mutant ants."

"Al, this is getting out of hand." Barry said. He usually didn't call Wesker by his first name during mission unless things were serious. "I suggest that we find Enrico and those scientists as quickly as possible and get out of here. Then we talk to those people from the government and let them send in the Army."

"That's what I have in mind." Wesker replied. "However, I'm starting to get worried. Brad hasn't called in and what Forest said about hearing an explosion has me thinking that something happened to him. In any case, we can't stay here for much longer."

Edward was checking his gun when he felt dizzy. He leaned against the wall and clutched his wound. Rebecca went over to him. "Are you feeling alright?" She checked his forehead and found he had a fever. "How long have you felt sick?"

"Since we left the mansion." Edward replied. "What if that zombie gave me something when it bit me? Ken got bit and he turned into one of those things. What if I do too?"

Rebecca tried to calm Edward down. "Your wound probably got infected. I don't think you're going to become one of those things. It won't be anything serious."

"Maybe we can get Birkin or Alexia to look at it?" Chris said.

"I'm sure they can." Wesker said. "In any case, that's another reason to get out of here. We'll search the rest of this building immediately. Let's move." The group then left the room.

The team went through the door at the end of the short hall that jutted out from the main hall. As they moved down the hall two spiders approached them, one on the ground and the other on the wall. They were taken down quickly and the team advanced. As they neared the end of the hall they heard banging coming from behind one of the doors. Jill opened the door and peered in. She saw a group of zombies trying to break into a room at the other end.

"What do you see Jill?" Wesker asked.

"A group of five to six zombies." Jill replied. "They look like they're trying to get into one of the rooms."

"That may give us the element of surprise." Wesker said. "Plus the fact that they're trying to get in means that someone has to be in that room. Jill, fire a grenade into the middle of the group. The rest of us will mop up. Let's do this."

Jill opened the door and took careful aim, sending a grenade right into the middle of the zombies. The explosion sent the monsters flying in every direction. The rest of the group entered and killed the zombies that were still moving. Wesker then moved to the door the zombies were trying to get into and knocked.

"This is the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team. We're here to help you." Wesker said.

The door opened and William Birkin emerged with a pool stick. He signed with relief when he saw Wesker. "It took you long enough. You have no idea what we've been through."

"I can relate." Wesker said. "Do you have any idea what is going on here?"

William shook his head. "All I know is that we arrived here and found all the scientists had been turned into those monsters. We got attacked and tried to find a safe place in the mansion. But everywhere we went those monsters attacked us. We finally hid here. They've been trying to get in for the last half hour."

"Are Annette and Alexia ok?" Wesker asked.

"We're fine." Annette walked past William, followed by Alexia. "We should have listened to those people. Thank god you got the call. For some reason the phones went out. We know because we tried to call you back."

"If you ask me, we were better off in the mansion." Alexia said. "At least there we didn't run into any spiders. One of them almost got me in the bar."

"How did you make it past the snake?" Barry asked.

William looked confused. "Snake, what snake? What is he talking about?"

"On the way here we had to fight some giant snake." Wesker explained. "It killed two of my men. I also lost some men to those zombies."

"You have my sympathy." William said.

"We also have an injured man." Wesker said. "I was wondering if any of you could treat his wound, we believe it's infected."

"I'll look at him. There's a room with medical supplies here." Alexia said. She walked up to Edward and led him across the room to the supply room.

Wesker watched the two leave and turned to William. "Have you seen anyone else come in here? One of my men is missing and he may have come here."

Annette shook her head. "As much as I know we're the only ones that were in this building before you arrived. We would have heard gunshots. That's how we knew you had gotten here."

"We need to get out of here." Wesker said. "How do we get to the helipad from here? Maybe Enrico went there."

"We'd have to go through the lab to get to it." William said. "We could use the door that connects the helipad to the lab entrance, but it's broken. Do you have a helicopter waiting?"

"Hopefully." Wesker replied. "In any case, if that's where we have to go so be it."

"Captain, ask them if there's any place here where we could get ammo." Barry said. "We're running low on rounds for our shotguns. There's no telling what we might run into in the lab."

"Good point. Is there a security office in this building or in the lab that we can get ammunition?" Wesker asked.

William pointed to the door to the right of the room he was hiding in. "In that room they keep guns in case this mansion is attacked. You should find what you need in there."

Wesker turned to his men. "Chris, Barry, go see what you can find."

Chris and Barry nodded and walked to the door. Chris opened it and ran inside with his gun drawn. All he found was an empty room with two desks and some gun cabinets. Barry followed Chris in. "Looks like this room is clear."

"Yeah." Chris said. "To tell you the truth I was expecting to find something in here. Let's see what we can find." The two men found a load of bullets for their guns and shotguns. "Hey Captain, we hit the jackpot." Chris called. "We'll have enough ammo to handle anything we come across."

"Good job." Wesker called back. "As soon as Alexia is done fixing up Edward we'll leave for the lab. If we're lucky we won't run into anything else."

William led the team out to the courtyard. Barry had distributed the ammo to each member and Alexia had taken care of Edward's wound. The group was now standing in front of a waterfall.

"The entrance to the lab is behind that waterfall." William said. "We have to close the canal gate in order to stop the water."

"Can't we just run in?" Billy asked.

"Technically you could," Annette said, "But it would be difficult due to the force of the water. It would be easier to close the gate."

"If we do close the gate, how would we get down?" Chris asked. "With the gate down we won't be able to cross that ditch. The only other way is to take the other lift, but it isn't working."

"Whoever goes up there will have to climb down." Wesker said. "Who's up for it?"

Jill raised her hand. "I'll do it. I'm better at climbing that the others. Just tell me what to do."

"When you cross the canal you should see a pedestal with a crank." William said. "The crank will lower the gate."

Jill nodded and rode the working lift up. She crossed the canal and found the crack. She closed the gate, cutting off the supply to the waterfall and revealing a tunnel behind it. After closing the gate she made her way to the non-functional lift, walking past the bodies of the snake and her teammates in the process. As she neared the edge she looked down. "Damn, never figured it was this high up."

Chris ran over to the lift and looked up at her. "Hurry up and get down here."

"Believe me, I do." Jill said. "Being around that snake is creeping me out. I just hope I don't fall."

"Don't worry, I'll catch you." Chris said.

Jill smiled. "I'm sure you will. I'm coming down." Jill carefully started to climb down the shaft of the lift. She made it halfway down before she lost her grip and fell. Chris reacted quickly and caught her. The impact knocked Chris to the ground with Jill landing on top of him. "Thanks." Jill said.

"No problem." Chris groaned.

"Are you two done or do you need a room?" Rebecca said.

Both Chris and Jill glared at her as they got up. "We're fine." Chris replied.

"Let's stop wasting time." Wesker said. He made his way into the tunnel followed by Barry. The two men came to a ladder that went down. "The lab had to be underground. This is going to be difficult." Wesker said to himself.

"What's the matter? Didn't you used to work here?" Barry asked.

"I did, but it was a long time ago. I usually used the helipad. It's been awhile since I went through these tunnels." Wesker said. "Listen up, we'll move through here in this formation. Barry, Billy, and I will take the lead. Chris and Jill will cover William, Annette, and Alexia. Edward and Rebecca will cover the back. Let's move out."

The group descended the ladder. At the bottom Wesker chose to take the door to their right. The team moved in the formation Wesker had dictated. The tunnels were lit by dim lights that hung from the roof. This caused the tunnels to be filled with dark shadows and made visibility poor. At the T-intersection the group went left and through a door at the end of the hall. As Rebecca and Edward brought up the rear, Edward heard something move in the darkness.

"What the hell was that?" Edward asked, stopping to try and see what it was.

"What was what?" Rebecca asked. "I didn't hear anything. It must be your imagination or your fever is making you hear things."

"What are you two doing?" Chris called, standing in front of the door. "Wesker doesn't want us to get separated."

Edward heard the sound again, like something hard clicking on the stone and moving towards them. "Tell me you didn't…" Edward was cut off as a reptilian creature leapt out of the shadows and decapitated him.

"Edward!" Rebecca cried. The hunter looked at her and ran to attack. Rebecca retreated, avoiding the swipe from the creature's claw. She fired a few shots until she tripped on the rocky ground and fell backwards. The hunter pounced at her, only to get blown out of the air as Chris fired his shotgun into its chest. The hunter landed in its back and thrashed around. Rebecca got up and proceeded to fire at the monster until she ran out of bullets.

Chris grabbed Rebecca's hand. "It's dead and you're dry. We have to get out of here before any more of them show up."

Rebecca looked up at Chris. "What the hell was that?"

"I don't know." Chris said. "I don't know what's going on here at all."

Meanwhile the rest of the group had stopped when they heard the gunshots. "Now what?" Barry asked.

A loud screech echoing from the hall ahead caught everyone's attention. "I think we're about to find out." Billy said. The room they had entered had a pit in the center. Across from the door they entered was a short hall that led to a small room. Another hall led deeper into the darkness and it was from this hall that two hunters emerged. They looked over their prey and growled.

"Get behind me." Jill told the scientists. She fired two shots at one of the hunters. The bullets hit it in the upper body. The hunter shrugged its wounds off and ran around the pit at Jill. Before it could get to her Barry nailed it in the heart with his Python. The hunter fell back dead. "Thanks Barry." Jill said.

"Don't mention it." Barry said.

The other hunter leaped over the pit and landed between Billy and Wesker. It turned to Billy and screamed. Billy responded by firing his shotgun. The hunter tried to dodge but got hit in the shoulder. Wesker took the opportunity to shoot the stunned creature in the back of the head.

"Keep your guard up, there could be more of them." Wesker said as he turned away from the hunter. More screeches were heard as two hunters emerged from the small room and another came out of the hall that the first hunters had come from. "Shit, this is not good."

"We have to go back the way we came." William said. "These halls lead to a dead end. The lab is in the other direction."

"We have to see if Enrico is here." Barry said.

"If he's in this part of the tunnels he's already dead." Wesker said. "Retreat to the entrance. We're dead if we stay here. William, since you know the way you lead." The group began to exit the room through the way they came. William, Annette, and Alexia left as the others provided cover. In the other hall Chris and Rebecca saw the scientists run up to them.

"What happened?" Chris asked. "You run into more of these guys?" Chris pointed to the dead hunter.

"We have to get out of here." Alexia said. "Those things are all over the place."

Jill followed behind William and the others. As she ran up to Chris, she saw Edward's headless body. "Damn it, they got him." She then turned to Chris. "Wesker wants us to retreat."

"I know." Chris replied. As soon as he said that another hunter appeared at the other end of the hall with another one behind it. "Becky, take the scientists and go. We'll be right behind you." Rebecca nodded and left with the scientists as Chris and Jill opened fire. Billy met up with them and joined in as a third appeared in the hall. Finally Wesker and Barry joined up with a hunter chasing them.

"Chris, Jill, Billy, get out of here as we cover you." Wesker said. He and Barry continued to fire as the rest left. "Barry, let's go." Wesker said. Barry nodded and both men retreated with the hunters right after them.

The team ran through the halls with William leading them. They ran through one door and then entered another. They found themselves in a large room with another door opposite them. Wesker had his men close and barricade the door. Barry found a piece of pipe and slide it through the door handles. The hunters that were chasing them began pounding on the door.

"This door won't hold them for long." Barry said.

"At least it'll give us time to escape." Wesker said. He turned to William. "How far is it to the lab entrance?"

"Through the door and down the hall." William replied. "We need to take an elevator to the surface. I doubt that we'll all fit in the elevator though."

"First we should search the rest on these tunnels." Wesker said. "We still haven't found any sign of Enrico."

Jill looked sorrowfully at the ground. "I hope he's not dead."

"I'm still alive, but I sure wish I wasn't." A familiar voice said from the corner of the room.

"Enrico, is that you?" Rebecca asked.

Enrico staggered out from the shadows. He was limping in his right leg and he had a gash across the left side of his stomach. "I wondered when you would come down here. Now that I think about it, I should have stayed up there."

"What happened to you?" Wesker asked.

Enrico leaned against the wall. "I went to the back of the mansion to see if I could find those guys, but I see you found them instead." He motioned to William and the others. "Anyway, I left that shed and all the sudden this big ass snake comes after me. I saw a lift and tried to operate it. The damn thing was broke, so I tried to climb down. The snake tried to get me so I let go and fell the rest of the way. I messed up my leg on the landing. I shot at the snake and drove it off. After that I looked for a place to hide. I saw the tunnel behind the waterfall and dived into it. After I forced myself past the water I came down here and ran into those lizard men. One got me good but I managed to drive them off with a flash-bang. I've been hiding here since."

Wesker looked at Enrico's wound. "I want to have Rebecca look at that."

Enrico shook his head. "That's not important. Where's the rest of Bravo team?"

"They all got killed." Barry said. "Becky and you are the only ones left."

Enrico closed his eyes. "Shit! Captain, I think we were set up, all of us."

"What do you mean?" Wesker asked.

"When we were coming here someone shot us down." Enrico explained. "Someone wanted us to come to this mansion. They used your friends as bait. We were set up, probably to see how fast those monsters could kill us. I bet whoever screwed us doesn't want us to leave. They may have already shot down Brad."

While Enrico was talking the hunters continued to pound on the door. The metal began to buckle under the assault.

"This door isn't going to hold much longer." Chris said.

"If we don't move, we're dead." Billy added.

"We'll head for the elevator." Wesker said. "We'll get as many of us in it as we can and those who can't fit will have to hold the creature off. If we barricade the other door we should have all the time we need."

"No Captain, I'll take care of these bastards." Enrico pulled out two grenades. "Go, when those things get inside, I'll give them a little surprise."

"You can't be serious." Barry said. "You'll die if you stay."

Enrico looked at his friend. "I'm dead anyway. I lost too much blood. Besides, I'd only be a burden." He turned back to Wesker. "Just promise me you'll get whoever set us up. It's funny; I finally believe what those two were saying."

Wesker looked grimly at Enrico. "Don't worry, we will." He turned to the rest of the team. "We have to go. Barricade the door after we leave the room."

"Don't tell me you're going to let him kill himself?" Rebecca pleaded. "Enrico, you have to come with us."

"It's my decision." Enrico said. "Now go before it's too late." The team reluctantly left the room as Enrico stared at the door the hunters were trying to get in. Enrico heard the door his friends had escaped through being secured. "Come on you pricks, dinner is served." Enrico pulled the pins on the grenades and watched as the door gave way to the hunters. The monsters rushed Enrico as he smiled and let the grenades fall.

The explosion made everyone cringe. Half the group hung their heads in sorrow while the others started yelling and cursing. Wesker stared quietly at the ground. "I want to know who made those monsters that are killing my men. And when I do, I'll make sure they pay."

"We all will." Barry said. The rest nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Thompson and Miss. Wong told me that we'd find the answers in the lab." Wesker said. "Let's go." Wesker headed for the elevator. Everyone else followed him, leaving the tunnels and what had become Enrico's grave.

The team had exited the tunnels and was now standing in front of a fountain. William took out a small keycard from his pocket and walked up to the fountain. He lifted one of the decorative pieces on the fountain to reveal a card reader. He inserted his keycard and punched in a five digit code. A buzzer sounded as the middle of the fountain opened to reveal an elevator.

"We need to take this elevator down to the lab." William said. "The problem is it'll only hold five of us at a time."

Wesker nodded. "Barry, you and Billy will escort William, Annette, and Alexia to the lab first. The rest of us will follow."

Barry nodded as he led the scientists to the elevator. As Alexia walked to the elevator Jill stopped her. "Before I forget, we found this in your room." Jill handed Alexia the letter.

"Thank you." Alexia said. "I found it on my bed last night. I meant to read it earlier"

"I hate to say this, but now isn't the time to be reading letters." Billy said. Alexia nodded and joined the others on the elevator.

Wesker and the rest of the team soon followed. Wesker stepped out of the elevator and headed for the door. "Search every part of this lab. I want answers as to what is going on here." The team walked through the door only to be confronted by several men with assault rifles. "Who the hell are you?" Wesker asked harshly.

A man walked passed the armed men clapping his hands. "Bravo, it appears that you have lived up to your reputation. That is fortunate for us. Now, if you'll please follow me. Oh, and call me Mr. Smith."

"I doubt we have any choice." Barry spat.

The armed men led Wesker's group down the hall and to a room past a flight of stairs where they were disarmed. Inside was a meeting room. A large table with chairs took up the middle. Smith walked in front of a projection screen. Armed men stood to either side of the group as they stood around the table. Three armed men guarded the door.

"What is going on?" Wesker demanded. "What happened to those people in the mansion and what were those creatures we fought in the tunnels?"

"You must be referring to the hunters." The Smith replied. "I think it'll be easier if I explain from the beginning. As you know, in this world weapons are very profitable. In that respect we felt that we should enter the business. Of course we had to come up with a weapon far beyond what was available. So we decided to make ours unique. To do so we employed the best minds in the fields of biotechnology, genetics, and virology. Dr. Birkin and his associated did a wonderful job. Without their work we wouldn't have succeeded."

"You used our research for this?" William said, not wanting to believe it.

"How could you do such a thing?" Annette asked.

"It was simple really." Smith replied. "We knew that none of you would consent to our plan so we strung you along. We played on your drive to make the world a better place, all the while making you think you were in control. Of coarse most of the other scientists here were kept in the dark as well. Only those loyal to us knew the truth. This was made easier by the fact that you were ignorant and never questioned us about what we did with your research."

"So those scientists we saw in the mansion and all those monsters were made by you." Wesker said. "How did you do that?"

"It's all thanks to our ultimate weapon, the Tyrant virus, or T-virus for short." Smith said. "The culmination of Birkin's, Ashford's, and Marcus's efforts. We used Birkin's research on the Ebola virus to make our virus highly infectious. We then used Ashford's gene therapy research to give it mutagenic properties. The wonderful thing about the T-virus is once it infects a host, it mutates the genes making the host into a weapon. In humans it turns them into what you would call zombies, creatures that live only to feed on live prey and spread the disease. Mammals lower on the evolutionary ladder become something similar, but become faster and highly aggressive. In reptiles, insects, and other lower organisms they grow to gigantic proportions. What's more, if a human infected is not decapitated or incinerated when killed they mutate into a faster, stronger variety. The virus can be transmitted through the air, through the water supply, direct injection, and of course through bodily fluids and bites. The virus is most impressive."

"What about those hunter things?" Chris asked. "How did you make those?"

Smith chuckled. "We used Marcus's gene splicing technology to splice together genes from different animals. We then threw in some T-virus and we created the perfect killing machines. The hunters aren't the only creatures we made this way. We have a whole line of monsters that countries will beg for."

"So they were right." William said. "You did use us to make weapons."

"I believe you are talking about John Parker and his partner Ada." Smith said. "They looked like they were going to be a problem. And when Dr. Marcus found out our plans were almost ruined. He suspected us for a long time, but recently he started digging. He planned to give sensitive information to them and if he succeeded that would be the end of us."

"So you solved your problem by killing him." Wesker said. "I figured that it was an inside job. I bet that's how you take care of all your problems."

"To be honest he was going to be killed anyway." Smith said. "You see, we didn't need him anymore. We don't need the services of Dr. Birkin and Dr. Ashford for that matter too. We already have what we required from them. Can't risk them learning about our secrets and talking to the wrong people. So we figured them into our plan. We needed some way to test out our creations on armed and well trained soldiers. We knew that Dr. Birkin and Captain Wesker were close so we used Birkin and the others for our trap. The meeting was just a way for us to draw the scientists together. They would be used as bait to lure you in. Of coarse the situation with Dr. Marcus complicated things but provided a better opportunity. We killed the researchers in the mansion and injected the T-virus directly into them, included Parker. We then let loose our other bioweapons and summoned Dr. Birkin and the others here. He called you and your men came. We would kill the scientists and test out our bioweapons at the same time."

"So your men were the ones that shot our choppers down." Barry growled.

"You used my men as guinea pigs?" Wesker said.

"Why do you think we persuaded you to form a S.T.A.R.S. unit in Raccoon city?" Smith asked. "Everything that happened here tonight was planned in advance. The data we got from you will be put to good use to make more efficient weapons."

Jill glared at Smith. "What data? Were you watching us the whole time?"

Smith nodded. "We installed cameras all over the grounds. Every second was recorded for our experiment. I must say you trained your team well Wesker. It would have been disappointing if none of you made it this far."

"You do realize people will come looking for us after we don't come back." Chris said. "And there are people who know what you're doing. You won't get away with this."

"We took that into consideration as well." Smith said. "This whole complex has been fitted with a self-destruct system tied into the main generator. After we get the data we need we'll leave and destroy all the evidence. And besides, the people of Raccoon City will have more to worry about than what happened to you."

"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.

"Why our second test." Smith said. "We need to see how effective the T-virus is on a large metropolitan area. Raccoon City has already been contaminated with the T-virus. Our bioweapons have been released as well. It should be interesting to see the effects."

"The flu shots." Annette said. "You infected all those people just so you could see what would happen?"

"Spencer would never agree with this." Alexia said. "Once he finds out you'll pay for what you've done."

"You mean Oswald Spencer?" Smith said. "Oswald was an idealistic fool who thought he could make the world better. His son Patrick on the other hand is more practical. In fact Patrick has been running Umbrella for the past year. Oswald was disposed of when he disagreed with the company's business practices. But it seems like I talked too much. We have to complete our final test."

"What final test?" Wesker sneered. "What are you going to do to us?"

"I'm going to introduce your team to our ultimate creation." Smith said. "As for the others they will be taken care of later. Take them away." Several of the guards took William, his wife, Alexia, and Billy out of the room. Smith walked over to Wesker and the remaining people. "Take them to the main lab." The S.T.A.R.S. members were led out of the room and down the stairs. They were then led through the lab to a large elevator. They were herded into the elevator along with Smith.

As the elevator descended Barry leaned towards Wesker. "Do you know what's down here Al?"

Wesker shook his head. "I've never been down here. Neither has William. This area was off limits to us."

"Don't worry; you'll see what's down here yourself." Smith said. When the elevator stopped Smith led the team into a large lab. Computers ran along the walls and cryogenic tubes were set in the middle of the room. "This is where we conducted the true research on the T-virus. Behold the fruits of our labor." Smith motioned to a large cryogenic tube set into the rear of the room. Inside was a huge monster. It looked like a man but stood eight feet high and its one hand was a claw with three foot nails.

"What the hell is that thing?" Jill asked.

Smith beamed with pride as he spoke. "The ultimate soldier. We call it the Tyrant. This is produced when the T-virus fuses perfectly with the human body. Only one in ten thousand people become Tyrants. The rest turn into zombies. Fortunately we've found a way to make Tyrants from any subject. This was the first, and we want to see what it can do. Give them back their weapons. We need this to be a fair fight." The guards gave the S.T.A.R.S. members their weapons back.

"What the hell are you going to do?" Barry asked, not wanting to know the answer.

"You're going to fight the Tyrant." Smith replied. "After we see how well it fights we'll kill the others and destroy the mansion." Smith walked over to a control consol and pushed some buttons. The liquid in the tube began to drain. Smith walked in front of the tube and stared at the Tyrant. "Soon it'll awaken and your fate will be sealed. But don't worry; your deaths will serve a purpose." Just then the arm of the Tyrant twitched. "What the…" The Tyrant suddenly thrust its claw through the glass and impaled Smith. It lifted him up as blood flowed from Smith's mouth and his other wounds. The Tyrant threw Smith to the side and stared down its next target.

"We better get out of here." Wesker said. The team ran to the door, only to find that the guards had already run off and had locked the door. Wesker turned around and tried to think of a plan. "Listen, Smith may have a key to the door. Rebecca, go with Barry and search Smith's body. Chris, Jill, and I will distract it. Now move." Rebecca and Barry ran for Smith's corpse. Wesker, Chris, and Jill started firing at the Tyrant. The monster steadily approached them, the gunfire having no effect on it. As it closed in it swung its claw at them. The three ducked out of the way as the monster's claw missed and hit one of the cryo tubes. The tube shattered sending glass everywhere. Meanwhile Rebecca got to Smith's body and checked it. She found a keycard in his pocket.

"I found it!" Rebecca yelled. Her voice caught the attention of the Tyrant. It turned and started walking towards her and Barry. Barry began to fire his Python at the Tyrant.

"Ah shit, it's heading for them." Chris said.

Wesker ran towards the Tyrant firing his gun. "Shoot it from behind. Barry, get Rebecca away from that thing."

Barry nodded and grabbed Rebecca. "Come on Becky, we got to move."

Jill fired her Beretta and hit the Tyrant in the back of the head. The monster stumbled forward and turned to her. It roared and prepared to charge before Chris shot it in the chest. The Tyrant staggered back, the gunfire starting to have an effect.

"We're starting to weaken it." Wesker said. "Hit it with everything you got."

Barry and Rebecca had run around the room and joined the rest of the team in shooting the Tyrant. The monster finally gave in to its wounds and fell into the control consol, sending sparks flying.

"So much for the ultimate soldier." Barry remarked. "So what do we do now?"

"We get the others and escape from this place." Wesker said. "We'll figure out what to do after that." Wesker took the cardkey from Rebecca and opened the door. He looked out into the hall and found the guards gone. "The other guards must have left while we were fighting that Tyrant. We should hurry; they may try to blow this place up with us in it." The S.T.A.R.S. ran to the elevator and took it up.

Meanwhile Billy and the scientists were waiting in a holding cell. Billy looked out through the bars and leaned against the cell wall. "Well, if anyone has any bright ideas now would be the time."

William sat on the cot with his head in his hands. "How could I be so blind? I should have questioned Umbrella more but I never thought they would do this with our work."

Annette tried to comfort him. "They had everyone fooled. The only thing we can do is find some way to escape and let everyone know the truth."

"She's right, crying about it isn't going to make things better." Billy said. "Now come on people, you're all supposed to be geniuses. You have to have some idea of how to get out."

"I have one," Alexia said, "Though it may sound a little cheesy. I'll pretend I'm sick and get the guards to come in. Then you all jump them and take their weapons."

Billy smiled at the idea. "It's so crazy it just might work. I just hope these guys don't watch spy movies." Billy moved to the side of the door and gave Alexia the signal. On cue Alexia fell to the ground and started to moan in pain. "Hey, get in here now! I think this lady is infected!"

One of the guards looked in the room and saw Annette leaning over Alexia. "Help her!" Annette pleaded.

The guard unlocked the door and entered followed by a second. "Well, we were going to kill you anyway. Let's blow her brains out before she turns."

Billy jumped out from behind the door and grabbed the first guard. He used the guard's gun to kill the second guard before snapping his neck. Billy let go of the dead man and picked up his gun. "I'm sorry you had to see that, but there was no other way."

"Believe me; we've seen worse in this place." William said.

Billy led the scientists down the hall and up the stairs. He stopped at the door and saw two guards talking to a third. "The Tyrant is out and should take care of those soldiers from the RPD. Tell the other guys to kill Birkin and the others and then get to the helipad. Retrieve the data from the computer and set the self-destruct. We're leaving this place."

The other guards saluted as the third guard left. Billy waited a few seconds before barging through the door. He killed the first guard and shot the second in the arm as he rushed them. He then grabbed the wounded guard and held the barrel to the man's neck. "It seems that we have a slight change of plans. You're going to take us to our friends, give us the data, and then help us blow this place to hell. If you're good, maybe I'll let you live."

"Your friends are already dead." The guard said. "And even if I help you the men on the helipad will kill you the minute you show your faces. Anyway you look at it you will not leave here alive."

Billy pressed the gun barrel harder against the guard's neck. "I'll be the judge of that." Billy pushed the man out the door and into the main hallway. He headed around the corner and down the hall. "How do we get to the main lab?"

Just then Wesker and the others came out of the door at the end of the hall. "Billy, we were just coming to rescue you."

"We were going to do the same." Billy replied. "Anyway, Umbrella's goons are about to ditch this place. They have a helicopter on the pad up top. Counting the three I killed and this shit there may be four or five more."

"Good job Billy." Wesker said. "We have to take over that helicopter and find out if Brad is still flying over the mansion. He may be in trouble."

The elevator to the lab stopped and the guards ran onto the helipad. The lead guard looked around the pad. "Where the hell are Toby and the other guys?"

Brad popped out from behind some crates with an assault rifle. "Hi guys, expecting someone else?" He opened fire before the guards could react and dropped all of them. He then walked over to one of the guards and took his radio. "Let's see if the Captain and the others are still alive."

"What do we do now?" Barry asked. "We just can't sit here."

"We need to know what the exact situation is before rushing into it." Wesker replied.

Brad's voice came through the radio on the guard's belt. "Hello, is anyone there?"

Wesker took the radio. "Brad, what's your situation?"

"Still formal as always." Brad replied. "Right now I'm up on the helipad with seven dead bodies and a helicopter ready to get the hell out of here. One of those bastards took out my copter and I've been waiting up here for the last hour. Can someone tell me what the hell is happening here?"

"I'll tell you later." Wesker said. "Right now we have to blow up this lab and the mansion as well. Get the helicopter running and be waiting to lift off when we come up."

"Blow the place up?" Brad asked. "I have a feeling this will be one hell of an explanation."

"Just do it. Wesker out." Wesker turned off the radio and turned to his team. "We need to get any evidence that we can before we destroy this lab. William, would you be able to do it?"

William shook his head. "I doubt that I would have the access. Whatever they didn't want us to know about has to be hidden somewhere in the computers."

Alexia suddenly remembered the letter. "I almost forgot about this." She took the letter out of her pocket and opened it. "It's from James. 'Dear Alexia, I'm writing this to you because I believe my life is in danger. I have the information that both John and Ada need to bring down Umbrella. By the time you read this I will most likely be dead. If you get this please get William and Wesker to believe you and help you get the proof you need. James.' He left me instructions on how to get to the proof he hid on the computer."

Wesker nodded. "Chris, Jill, and I will trigger the self-destruct system. Barry, take Alexia and the others to the main computers and get that information. I also want you to get the tape from the cameras. Our friend here will help us find the self-destruct system." Wesker grabbed the guard and stuck his gun in the man's back. "After you are done get to the helipad and wait as long as you can. We'll see you soon." Wesker left with Chris, Jill, and the guard as the others ran to the computer room.

"Is this where the self-destruct system is?" Wesker asked the guard. He was standing in front of the generator room with Chris and Jill.

The guard nodded. "In the back of the room is a control panel hooked up to the main generator. If we set the system, the whole place will be history."

"Then we don't have any time to waste." Wesker said. "Move." He shoved the man through the door before following.

Chris looked around the power room. Steam filled the room as pipes hissed. "It figures that the power room would be this hot. You'd think Umbrella would opt for electric instead of steam."

Jill smirked at Chris's comment and looked around the room. She stopped when she heard a noise. "What was that?"

"What was what?" Chris replied. "I think we're all a bit jumpy. It's probably the pipes."

"I did hear something moving." Jill said. "I don't think we're alone."

"Chris, Jill, try to keep up." Wesker said. "I don't want you two to get lost in here." Chris and Jill followed Wesker into the next room. The group made their way to the main generator. Wesker pointed at a consol next to the generator. "Is that it?" The man nodded. "Then activate it." Wesker said, pushing the man towards the consol. The man started typing in commands and was almost finished when something swung down from the ceiling and sliced him across the throat. The creature then landed in front of him and pounced. The man screamed as the creature tore him apart. It then turned towards the others and growled. It looked like a monkey with insect legs ending in claws sprouting out of its back.

"What the hell is that?" Chris asked.

"Must be another one of the monsters Umbrella made." Wesker said. He shot the chimera in the face three times. The monster fell back over the body of the guard. "There may be more, keep your guard up."

Jill spotted two more scurrying along the mesh ceiling. "Two more Captain, and I think they're hungry."

"Take them down; I'm setting the self-destruct off now." Wesker ran to the consol and hit the enter key.

"The self-destruct system is activated." A computer voice blared. "You have thirty minutes to evacuate."

Jill fired at one of the chimeras and brought it down. The second chimera swung down and got blasted by Chris. The monster hit the ground and tried to get up before Chris blasted it again.

"We have to hurry. Ignore these things and head for the helipad." Wesker said. The trio ran through the power room as more chimeras emerged from the vents. Chris fired at one chimera and winged it. Out of ammo for the shotgun he threw it at the chimera, stunning the beast and allowing the group to pass. Wesker and Jill fired blind shots at the chimeras behind them, hitting some. The group eventually reached the main door and ran through it. As Chris and Jill pushed the door closed Wesker caught his breath. "I hope we don't run into any more of those things."

Barry's group entered the computer room. Alexia ran to the main computer and began to follow James's instructions. She found a folder with various documents in it. "I found it. Everything we need to expose Umbrella is right here."

"We have to get it out of here." Barry said. "We need a disk."

William ran over to Alexia with a CD. "We can burn this to CD and give it to Ada and Ark, if they're still alive." William began to burn the information to the disk.

"We got all the tapes from the cameras." Billy said.

Rebecca showed Barry a bag full of tapes. "We really have Umbrella by the balls now, don't we?"

Barry chuckled. "Yeah, if we can get out of here." The files finished burning to the disk just as the announcement for the self-destruct system was heard. "Rebecca, you and Billy make sure these people get to Brad with the evidence. I'll wait for Wesker and the others."

Rebecca nodded. "Come on, we have to go." William retrieved the disk from the computer and left with Rebecca's party. Barry watched them run for the stairs before heading for the power room.

As Barry approached the door to the power room Wesker and the others ran from it. "It's good to see you alive." Barry said.

"We almost didn't make it." Wesker said. "We were attacked by more of Umbrella's freaks. Did you get the information we needed?"

Barry nodded. "I already sent Rebecca and the others to the helipad. We should hurry too."

Wesker led his men towards the stairs. "I agree, we don't have much time."

Brad heard the elevator start down. He raised his assault rifle and moved towards the elevator. The elevator soon began to come back up. Brad was relieved when he saw Rebecca and her party exit. "Finally, I thought I would never see you again. Where are the others?"

"They're right behind us." Rebecca said. "Captain Wesker wants you to get the helicopter ready. We're lifting off as soon as they get up here."

"You don't have to tell me twice." Brad said. He ran to the copter and climbed in the pilot's seat. The rotors began to turn as the elevator went back down. Billy led the scientists into the rear of the copter as Rebecca waited by the rear hatch for the others.

Wesker's group sprinted for the helicopter as soon as the elevator stopped. "Hurry up and get in. We only have around twenty minutes left." Wesker shouted over the sound of the rotors. Suddenly the pavement at the far end of the helipad buckled up.

"What now?" Barry asked.

The pavement was hit from below two more times before the asphalt cracked and exploded upward. The Tyrant emerged from the hole and turned to the S.T.A.R.S.

"Not that thing again." Rebecca said. "Brad, get us up now before it attacks the helicopter."

"What the hell is that?" Brad exclaimed.

"Something we thought we killed." Rebecca said.

"Shit, didn't we kill the Tyrant in the lab?" Jill asked.

Chris picked up an assault rifle. "I guess we didn't do a good enough job."

Wesker picked up another assault rifle and threw one to Jill. "Take it down, and this time for good." The team opened fire on the Tyrant as the copter lifted off. The monster roared and rushed the team. Wesker and Barry dodged to the left as Chris and Jill dodged to the right. The Tyrant swung at Wesker, missing and driving its claw into the ground. It turned to Chris and Jill, who were firing at its back. Jill's rifle went dry as the Tyrant charged at her. Chris knocked Jill out of the way and the two fell to the ground just missing the monster's claw. Chris rolled out of the way as the Tyrant attempted to spear him, its claw sticking into the ground instead.

"Get the hell away from them." Barry shouted. He fired his Python at the Tyrant. The beast began to advance on Barry and charged. Barry ducked as the Tyrant's claw sunk into the wall. Barry joined Wesker as the two men continued to fire. The Tyrant pulled its claw out of the wall, taking a portion of it with it.

"We have to do something." Rebecca said. "If we don't, it'll kill them."

Billy looked at his watch. "We're running out of time too. If this goes on any longer we're all dead."

"Can't we land and pick them up?" Annette asked.

"If we do it'll kill us." William said. "Is there anything in here we can use?"

"There's a Stinger rocket launcher on the floor." Brad said. "It's just like the one those assholes used to shoot me and Kevin out of the sky. Throw it to Wesker and have him use it."

Billy took the Stinger and tossed it out the back. "Here, use this on that what-ever-it-is."

"Jill, get the rocket launcher and shoot the Tyrant." Wesker ordered. "The rest of us will get its attention."

Jill ran for the rocket launcher as the men fired at the Tyrant. Jill picked it up and took aim. "Hey ugly, take this." She fired a rocket at the Tyrant. The monster turned and batted the rocket out of the way with its claw. The rocket flew off and hit the ground. "No fucking way." Jill said. The Tyrant moved towards her, ready to impale her.

"Jill, get out of there!" Barry yelled. He ran up and shot the Tyrant with his magnum at close range. The Tyrant responded by backhanding Barry, sending him flying towards the wall. Jill dropped the Stinger before she ran over to him and tried to help him up.

"Are you OK?" Jill asked, concerned for her friend.

Barry groaned. "That hurt like hell."

Chris and Wesker watched the Tyrant move towards Jill and Barry. Both men fired, but the Tyrant ignored them. Chris took aim at the Tyrant's head. "Just this once let me hit it." Chris fired, the bullet impacting the Tyrant right in its eye. The beast stopped and roared in pain.

The helicopter flew over again, this time Rebecca and Billy fired at the Tyrant with assault rifles they had found on board. "Blow that thing up so we can get out of here!" Billy yelled.

"Steer the Tyrant towards me!" Wesker shouted back. "Chris, get the Stinger and shoot it again."

Chris nodded and ran for the Stinger. The Tyrant, enraged, headed for Wesker who was standing in front of the elevator. Chris picked up the Stinger and aimed for the Tyrant. "Game over." He pulled the trigger and sent the rocket flying for the Tyrant. Wesker dove away as the Tyrant turned and took the rocket in the chest. It was sent flying into the elevator. The lift broke and fell as the rocket exploded, turning the Tyrant into bloody pieces.

"Good work Chris." Wesker said. He waved for Brad to set down. "We have to leave now. The mansion will blow up any second." Chris helped Jill get Barry into the copter. Wesker followed and moved up to Brad. "Take off now. We have to get as far away from this place as we can." Brad nodded and piloted the copter away from the estate. Several minutes later the mansion exploded in a giant fireball.

Rebecca tended to Barry's injury as Jill talked with Alexia. Chris moved over to Wesker and Brad. "What do we do now Captain? From what Smith said Raccoon must be already full of zombies. We have to try and do something."

"We also have to give this evidence to the people from the government." William added.

"I'm well aware of the situation." Wesker said. "I also know that you're worried about your sister. I'm also concerned for Barry's family as well as Sherry."

"So what are we going to do?" Billy asked.

"We can't just run away." Brad added.

Barry looked at Wesker. "So what are your orders, Captain?"

Wesker looked out over the woods. "Though we may be heading into a deathtrap, we don't really have any other choice." Wesker turned to his team. "We're heading back to Raccoon City. I want all of you ready to go. Our mission is to save anyone that we can and to deliver this evidence to the proper authorities. I for one won't run and abandon my home. Does anyone have any objections?" Seeing no one disagreeing with him, he turned to Brad. "Brad, let's go." Brad nodded as the helicopter flew towards Raccoon City.

Comments: It's finally done. Umbrella's secrets have been revealed and our heroes have escaped. Well, on to bigger and better things. Look for a possible sequel as soon as I get around to it. I have other projects I'm working on, so stay tuned. Bye.

"Just when I think I've hit rock bottom, someone throws me a shovel and tells me to keep digging."

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