Resident Evil: Chapter 2 Innocence and Experience

Disclaimer: I dont own anything of Resident Evil. Wish I did though.

Author's Notes: The Resident Evil gang enter Umbrella's labs with RE0's Rebecca Chambers. Their basically trying to find a way back into the city of Raccoon and also find Rebecca's friend Billy. And yeah this might get a little crazy in the end character wise.

Reviews are always welcomed and thanks to ResidentEvilRain12 for reviewing. I'm a little new at this so bare with me.

They entered the house.

As dark as it was and considering the situation they were in, Matt felt calm. A stillness in his mind set him at ease. He wondered why he felt that way. Seeing the faces of worry and aspiration around him he wondered why he felt at peace. Why at that time he felt like he didn't have a care in the world.

They decided to examine the house trying to find any important details that might have been missed. Rebecca was reluctant to stay and explore further but Rain insisted. They went in separate directions searching for anything that would be of use.

Alice and Rain checked on an old antique piano sitting at the center of the black and white tiled floors. Rebecca went off and examined the bar counter. Matt went over to a wooden table covered in dust and spider webs.

The table was filthy. Filled with sordid dishes that looked like they haven't been washed in years, fragments of rotten meat surrounded by ravenous flies. Matt spotted a note sitting on the edge of the table. He picked it up with disgust as seeing the stains caused by God knows what. It reads:

" Help! Please if someone finds this note come and help us! We're in the Umbrella Training Facility and they know we're here. Its only a matter of time before they find us. We came here as spies for the US Stractcom, a group determined to stop Umbrella. There were three of us, Benjamin Carver, Thomas McCloud, and me, Sarah Wolfe. Me and Ben managed to escape the terrors of the laboratory, the monsters they keep in there, but Tom wasn't as lucky. I heard one of the scientist say to put him in the quarantine room. A few hours ago, me and Ben got split up too. I can't find him. I don't even know where I am. Help!

Sarah B. Wolfe"

And then, just as abruptly as the feeling of peace and tranquility entered Matt did he feel the sadistic desire to shed blood. To make Umbrella pay for Lisa's death. And JD's. And Kaplan's. And for these people who he have never even met. Would never meet.

He thought about how he would kill them. Each and every one of them who worked at Umbrella. How he would blow one of their heads off with a shotgun or better yet a rocket launcher, how he would go on to impale another. Thinking of the fear and terror in their eyes as he would shove a knife in their God damn throats seeing that stupid Umbrella logo on their shirts stained in blood.

Realizing what he was thinking, Matt felt scared. Not of the dangers they'll probably encounter in the labs, not of the hideous monsters that may be lurking down there. He

was scared of himself.

His thoughts were conflicted. It had turned from avenging his loved ones to vicious mass murder. On one side, he was wondering why he had become so violent all of a sudden. Why he was practically trying to stop himself from laughing with glee at these diseased notions. On the other hand, he wanted to continue with the concept. Of wiping out every Umbrella scientist, worker, anything and inflict as much pain as he could, virtually speaking, torture.

"Matt? Is something wrong?"

Matt turned to look at Alice her voice was concerned, seeing that Matt was totally off in space somewhere. Her voice snapped him back to reality though. He felt normal again. Thoughts like killing another human being became absurd to him. He would never want to become that kind of person, he thought to himself. He would never become that monster consumed by the hate that Umbrella planted inside him. He would never become Umbrella's pet. Their creation.

He looked at Alice who was still at a loss at what was going on in Matt's head. He wanted to confide in her the things going on inside him but he knew it wasn't the right time. A part of him felt like he couldn't trust Alice with this. That she'd turn on him and abandon him if he were to tell her and he didn't want that. He didn't want to lose her.

"I'm fine," Matt said with a serious tone.

Alice nodded her head still a bit suspicious. "Well Rebecca and Rain are waiting for us. You ready to go down the labs?"

"Yeah."

Alice and Matt walk over to the Dining room. There Rebecca and Rain were standing next to what looked like a grand father clock only it was moved over to reveal a small hidden passage inside was a narrow staircase descending down into what seems like hell.

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"This is it huh?" Rain asked Rebecca skeptically.

"Sure is. I know it looks… frightening but we shouldn't have anything to worry about. I'm pretty sure me and Billy got rid of all the zombies near the entrance," Rebecca proposed, reassuring Rain.

"I'm not scared. I just don't wanna go down there if we don't have to."

"Well that's where Billy is and that's where were going."

Rain looked at her with a certain animosity, "Just who is this Billy? How do we know your friend is trustworthy? And you?"

Rebecca looked at her with the same innocence in her eyes, "What about me?"

"I'm just saying, don't think I'm not watching you. Alice might be willing to hide her suspicions but not me."

"Aren't you being a little too paranoid? I mean, we're on the same side."

Rain looked at her thinking she was a little too naive to know that people, mostly, can't be trusted. She learned the realities of that concept back at the Hive when Spence locked them in the flooded room leaving them to rot. At that point, she just wanted to kill herself because of the t-virus taking over her body. That was the time, the one and only time, that she had felt all hope slipping away. That she was vulnerable, not even possessing the strength to stand anymore. She hated Spence for that. For making her feel so small. So weak and pathetic.

Spence almost killed her. He almost killed Matt and Alice too. And all the events that followed after, Rain found herself not being able to trust anyone, not even Matt or Alice, although in most cases she was forced to. She promised that she would never allow herself to be put in that position again. And that if she ever saw Spence in her lifetime again she'll put a gun in his temple and send a bullet straight through his brain. She'll be the one to dance all over his fucking grave.

But now she turned back to Rebecca, so pure and childlike. It would be stupid to think that she would ever possess the wickedness to betray someone. But still, Rain wanted to make sure and aside from that, she just wanted to mess with the poor girl's head, "maybe, we'll see which side your on."

It was with that statement that made the young medic grin, "You'll see. I'll prove myself. I won't let any of you down."

Rain almost smiled at her genuine expression. As hard as it would be for her to admit it, she had a soft spot for Rebecca. Here she is with the young girl, engulfed in darkness, surrounded by the corruption, the greed and the lies. Here they were, total opposites in this sick sad little world, and while Rain was always volatile and defensive in these situations they were in, Rebecca seemed to have an almost angelic glow to her. That there was always a glimmer of hope in those joyful blue eyes of hers.

Innocence was a rare thing to find in these moments of despair. Rain didn't think there was any left in the world. And to find it here in a place like this, was a rare thing indeed.

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Rebecca heard Alice's voice behind her interrupting her conversation with Rain.

"You guys ready?"

"We've been ready. We were just waiting on your asses," Rain said glaring at Matt, who just ignored her. Rebecca noticed, from the first time she met the three, that Rain and Matt always had a love, hate relationship. It always seemed that there was an unspoken war raging between the two, although it was apparent to her that most of it was just fooling around.

She wondered how Alice fit in to all this though.

She saw Alice as the leader who would keep everyone focused on the task at hand. She seemed more caring than Rain, that was obvious, and more outspoken than Matt. Thank goodness Alice was there.

But Rebecca knew that they all had great qualities, personality wise.

Rain, though appearing to be a self-serving jerk, seemed to be hiding most of her thoughts and feelings. Rebecca knew this from the moment she stared into her eyes. She knew Rain didn't mean half of what she was saying to her. A person's eyes are windows to their souls at least in Rain's case. Rebecca knew that deep down, Rain was a good person. And in some people, goodness is harder to show than in others.

And then there was Matt who seemed to have seen his fair share of blood and violence over the years and managed to turn against it, to fight for whats right. Matt was compassionate, and caring, she knew that the moment she layed eyes on him. His vibrant blue eyes and gentle smile seemed to have reached Rebecca in a way nothing else could.

Matt had a more stable relationship with Alice than with Rain. They had always seem to be together. Walking together through the woods side by side, and now entering the room together. She had wondered if there was anything going on with the two, or if they just have a close friendship. Rebecca had hoped it was the latter.

As they descend down to the labs, with Matt behind her, for once, Rebecca felt safe.

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"How long is this stairway?" Alice asked Rebecca.

"We're almost there."

"Alice," Matt said stopping Alice to a halt, "here you might need this."

Matt hands her a Colt Python as Rain and Rebecca continued to descend down, still hearing Matt and Alice's voice echoing throughout the staircase.

"Where did you find this?" Alice inquired curiously.

"It was on the table," Matt said. "it'd do more damage than that knife your carrying around," he said jokingly.

"That's for sure," Alice added. "Thanks Matt."

"No problem."

Matt turned to follow Rain and Rebecca's trail down the stairs when Alice abruptly grabbed his arm. Matt turned once more to face her, "What? Whats wrong?"

"Nothings wrong. I just want to talk to you once we have the time," Alice purposed looking more serious. Matt was a bit confused at what she might want to talk to him about but he saw no harm in talking to her. He simply nodded at her and without a word Alice got ahead of Matt and started down the stairs again. Matt followed.

They finally reached the labs Rebecca and Rain already there waiting for them.

"What the hell took so long?" Rain asked impatiently.

"Sorry, just had to give Alice something."

Rain looked at Matt curious at what that something was before she saw Alice lift up a Colt Python in her hand.

"We should haul ass if we want to find this guy," Rain said keeping Rebecca's presence in mind.

"His name is Billy," Rebecca added. Rain just looked at her in that 'I know' kind of way.

"You said his name is Billy Cohen?" Alice asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Rebecca said with a bit of guilt in her face. As if she was keeping something from the rest of the group. Alice noticed this. Rebecca wasn't very good at hiding her feelings as far as Alice could tell.

"I heard in the news, probably four months ago, that a man killed twenty sum people in cold blood. He shoot them all. His name was Billy Cohen also."

Everyone looked at Alice. Matt and Rain shocked. Rebecca seemingly overwhelmed with guilt. Rain looked back at Rebecca angered by her, "Why the fuck didn't you tell us this guys a fucking killer?"

"I'm sorry…I just-"

Rain cut her off, "We should just fucking leave you here. Let these zombies eat you!"

"Rain!"

It was Matt who shouted her name in an infuriated tone. Alice had never heard Matt shout before and this angry. She regretted saying anything in the first place but the truth had to come out some time.

"Let her speak," Matt said his voice now calm. He turned to Rebecca, "Rebecca, is this true?"

Rebecca stood there for a while. She didn't know what to say. If they would even listen to her.

"Rebecca, just tell us the truth," Alice said softly.

Rebecca stared into her eyes as she did with all of them. Alice's eyes were empathetic, Matt's were concerned, and Rain's were red with anger.

She knew she had to tell them the truth. It had to come out in the open. And for following Rebecca into hell, they deserved to know.

"Billy Cohen was a former lieutenant. I met him on a chance encounter. He was being transferred on a train that just so happened to have crashed in these parts of the woods."

"Where was the train headed?" Alice asked.

"To some prison. He had a death sentence." Rebecca paused all three pairs of eyes on her.

"He was suppose to die today."

Those chosen words by Rebecca rang in Alice's ears as it did with all of them.

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Billy Cohen was tied to a chair in what seemed to be an interrigation room, still unconsious. He could feel three others present in the room but his vision was too blurry. Who ever they were didn't matter to Billy. All that matters is finding a way out of here.

As he sat there with the three shadowy figures circling him as if he were prey, he thought about all the crazy happenings within the twenty four hours. I'm suppose to be dead by now.

Flashback

BOOM!

A man's voice filters the inflamed train, "Everyone, hold on to something! We're gonna crash!"

That was all Billy could here before the ringing of the screeching brakes and the excruciating halt of the train slamming into everything.

It was a good thing he was handcuffed on a steel pole or else he'd probably be banged into the walls by now. All train personnel were running around screaming, yelling, like little school girls. No one ever bothered to stop and help the man with the handcuffs.

With the air now thick with smoke Billy slipped to unconsciousness. As he laid there he thought to himself, life or death? He guessed it didn't matter much anyways. If he wasn't going to fry here he'll fry when he gets to the electric chair. In a way, Billy had hoped to die here instead of the death sentence. He didn't want to be remembered as a murderer. He didn't want human eyes staring at him as if he was some sort of animal. He rather have died without anyone knowing, without anyone caring, than die a killer. A bloodthirsty no good thug.

Billy Cohen was a man of dignity. A man of honor and loyalty. Umbrella smeared his name. Smeared everything he stood for. They knew all too well that an experienced, top notch lieutenant serves as a great threat to their corporation. He still remembered that day when he had found all of Umbrella's secret experiments, bioweapons, the whole package.

The very first day he encountered a real live zombie, as ironic as that was. He had been found guilty by the murders of twenty men, the thing was, they were already dead.

Billy woke to find himself alone. He had no idea how long he was out for. There was a body of a man in front of him drenched with blood. The train crash didn't do this something else did. And that something came in the form of a hellish looking dog dripping with blood It rushed towards him. With his hands still handcuffed he didn't have a chance. The dog leaped at him about to take a bite when Burrrgggghhh!

A gun shot deverted the vicious dog from sinking its teeth into Billy. There standing amist the doorway was a young girl with a gun pointed at the ferocious dog which was still conscious. It got up to attack, this time, it was the girl it was after. She shot it three more times the last bullet entering its head splintering its skull. Shards of muscle tissue and putrid guts splattered across the floor.

With the hideous hound taken down, Billy turned his eyes to his savior. A young girl who looked like she didn't have a clue what she was doing, but she did save him which counted for something, "nice shooting there…"

Billy looked at her uniform, she was obviously a medic. There he saw her name tag, "…Rebecca."

"That's Officer Chambers to you," Rebecca said trying to sound tough.

"Whats with the attitude kid?"

"I'm not a kid," Rebecca grimaced, she knew there wasn't time to bicker with him, "I …I saw your files. You're a murderer. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just leave you here."

Billy flashed a cocky smile at her, "Well for one theres no way in hell your getting yourself outta here alive without me."

"I'm apart of STARS. I can handle myself and I don't need-"

Billy cut her off, "And for the fact that leaving me here defensless with these monsters would be considered murder in itself."

Rebecca knew he was right. Billy could tell she was going to let him free, she looked too much of a 'good girl' not to, especially the way Billy's been giving her this guilt trip.

Billy continued on, "I doubt anyone back at HQ will approve you leaving me here."

"Well, in your case, I think Mr. Irons would make an exception. But…your right, I can't just leave you here."

Billy smiled at her, some people are so easy to manipulate.

End Flashback

A voice interrupted Billy's thoughts. It was a man's voice.

"Billy Cohan."

He opened his eyes and saw three men, all wearing white lab coats. One was grinning at him with a psychotic look in his eyes. At that point, Billy just wanted to bash his face in. How dare they laugh and smile and grin and stare. Billy could already tell just by looking at the three what assholes they were, they deserve to die in this hellhole.

"Mr. Cohan, it is Co-han isn't it? Or is it Co-hen?"

The other scientist stepped in, "No, no Dr. Seyton, its pronounced Cohon."

The scientist on the right of Dr. Seyton joined in, "No, he had it right the first time, its Co-hen. You know, hen, like a chicken."

Dr. Seyton, who seemed to be the leader of the group,spoke once more, "Hen? Hahaha! Mr. Co-hen is a chicken then? Hahahahahahah!"

The other two joined him. They were making fun of him now. Billy was getting aggravated and somewhat creeped out at their hysterical laughter. He just wanted to shoot them all dead.

Their laughter got louder and louder and even more disturbing. Their laughs were not of joy, not of nervousness, nor was it a sign of denial. Billy knew people well, knew how they acted and all that. It was apparent to him that these people were total wack jobs. Even the things they laughed at were completely absurd, something a four year old would laugh at. Their laughter was mind numbing and Billy couldn't take it anymore.

"SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPP!"

The room was silent once more. The three scientist now looking more serious. They looked Billy straight in his face. Billy's face was red, frustrated, "When I get free I swear…YOUR ALL DEAD!"

The two scientist just looked at him. Dr. Seyton turned towards the door. He turned his head in the darkness of the room, "Mr. Co-…I mean Billy, if anyones going to die it will be you.hahahhaha!"

Dr. Seyton continued with his laughter but the other scientist cut him off, "Doctor, what should we do to him?"

Dr. Seyton looked back at Billy who was still infuriated, "leave him here. Let the dead take him."

The two left Billy without the faintest look of remorse. Dr. Seyton still stood there glaring at Billy with that eerie grin.

"Any last words my dear boy?"

Billy looked at the crazy doctor, his eyes dilated, a sadistic grin stretched across his face. Billy realized it was already too late for him. He was too far gone in his little fantasy world where Umbrella was the hero and him, the wanted felon. He almost felt sorry for him. Almost.

"Kiss my ass."

Billy didn't care anymore, not that he ever did. Dr. Seyton was just one of Umbrella's pawns.

The door closed and Billy was left in the dark all alone with the deafening sound of the living impaired