Author's Note: For those unaware, I have taken certain liberties with the future lives of the Resident Evil cast. In a previous batch of stories I wrote called 'The Umbrella Chronicles', in Episode I Leon discovered Sherry was his sister and William Birkin was his father (he was their child when they were very young at college, explaining the age gap, and he was given away). In the final epuside of the series he discovered he also had a twin – Jill Valentine. His affection for Claire turned into romance, and he got her pregnant. They got married and had two children, Steve and Ada. Chris and Jill also eventually got married and had one child, Hannah. The series ended with them escaping from the town of Burkitt, which contained the last vestiges of White Umbrella, and the whole place was vaporised. So, for ten years things were able to return to normal. The thing was, Leon and Jill were cloned by Umbrella while they had been in deep freeze in the early stages of their life. Their clones, whom they met, were bitter, twisted, practically insane and shared a deeply unhealthy relationship. Leon's clone was killed by Leon, but Jill's clone managed to escape, taking with her a few items and the last words of her lover. Ada, the grown up version, was killed in Episode II of the Umbrella Chronicles, although she ultimately saved his life when she realised that Leon had cared for her enough to name his daughter after her. Ada lives on, through Leon's own daughter. Steve Burnside also did not come back, partly because I don't really like the character but also because of Leon and Claire getting married – though I may have him turn up for a while in Millennium Chronicles because I think it would be interesting to see how he reacts to Claire having had Leon's children…but he will get an equal presentation. I don't do character bashing.
I have written this chapter simply because I don't want people to have to have read the entirety of the Umbrella Chronicles to be able to enjoy my story.
EDIT: I also felt it is worth clarifying something – the reasons for the names of the children of Leon and Claire. Remember this: I am a Claire/Leon fan, always have been, always will. It just seemed logical to me that they wanted something good to come out of two people who met such horrible ends, and whom they got on with – and thus named their children after them. Regardless of your view of Ada and Steve, there was clearly a connection. The Leon/Claire romance IS the core of the story. Remember, these are the kids of Leon and Claire, not the characters themselves. You may find it weird I need to mention all of this, but this story has not been updated in a long time, and it is part of a continuity I invented five/six years ago!