Chapter 3
Alyssa's prequel.
I do not own Alyssa, Ben, chief Irons and Mayor Harris. I am writing this story to give me a break from writing my other story, which I am having writers block with at the moment.
Also can you let me know which resident evil character is you favourite.
"Mister Mayor, Are you confident that the hiring of new officers will put the citizens of Raccoon's mind at ease?" asked on reporter. The mayor just shrugged his shoulders, as to say who knows? Alyssa just rolled her eyes back; it wasn't the fact that the mayor didn't answer the question. It was the fact that the reporter who asked the question didn't know the mayors name. It may seem a small thing, but Alyssa's personal philosophy is that a report is only as good as his or her professionalism, and if you go to a press conference with the Mayor then you could at least know his name.
Alyssa decided to show just how a professional should be. "Mayor Harris, with the cease in the cannibal murders round about the same time of the explosion of the Spencer estate, wouldn't that mean that the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad fixed the problem?" Harris smiled "My dear, the reason for the S.T.A.R.S being dismissed was the miss handling of the case that resulted in the deaths of more then half of the S.T.A.R.S team." The rest of the reporters were hanging on his every word. As for Alyssa it was one of the few times when she was stunned, by the fact that Mayor Harris had so obviously dogged the question and to make it worse nobody else noticed except her.
"How dare that self rightist arrogant son of a…" Mike the editor just gave Alyssa a look to say "Don't finish that sentence." Alyssa took a second to get control of her anger, Mike told her in a quiet tone, "Listen, I agree with you something is out of place in Raccoon, but somebody high up is starting to take notice and not in a good way." Alyssa slowly closed the door to his office before she continued, "Mike, Before the Spencer estate went up in smoke, a full passenger train disappeared." Before Mike could ask, Alyssa handed him some photos. "The first one shows the train not moving, the next one shows the train in motion and picking up speed. The last one is what was left of the train after it crashed into a facility." Mike was looking over the photos for a second time, "Mike I did some checking, that facility doesn't exist on any plans." Mike looked up from the photos to Alyssa smiling, "And you want the cherry to top it all off, Get this if you look at the image closely, you see the company Logo of Umbrella." Mike just looked up at her with a worried look. "Jeez Mike, this is the part where you say, 'Alyssa this is international news congratulations.' Or the very least give me a raise." "Alyssa Ben was arrested this morning on some fake charge." With her reporter instinct kicking in, "Why, what charge?" Knowing full well what would come next, Mike tells her "Position of illegal substances." Alyssa was barely able to hold back the laughing. "That's nuts Ben can't go anywhere near forest because of hay fever." Mike nodded his head, agreeing with her, "Chief Irons is trying to put the squeeze on us, and you know how Ben talks without thinking?"
Suddenly Alyssa checks her watch, "Oh shoot I got to get over to Jay's, I'll take my laptop and get to work on the story later." Mike just raises his eyebrows, "What happened to the workaholic Alyssa we all know?" While rolling her eyes "My cousin Tony, he set me up on a blind date with one of his friends from work, David King, apparently he is my type whatever that means." As Alyssa gets to the door Mike whistles to her and throws her something. Alyssa looks inside the small leather pack to see her lock picks. "You left them here yesterday." While pocketing the lock picks, "I'll have the story ready by the next edition, Mike."
Ok that was how I see both Alyssa and the reason for her being at the bar. Also if you have any ideas for the others I would be really grateful, (especially for Jim)