It took me 3 days aboard the plane to come to France. I had to stop several times for a few hours because of the weather, but finally I managed to reach the last safety area point indicated by Tony on the map. I went to investigate discreetly on laboratories headquarters of Umbrella, at least that's what I thought ...
Paris, September 3, 1998
I woke up tied on a chair, in a kind of interrogation room. The room was dimly lit, my vision was blurry and I had a terrible headache. It took me a few minutes to regain consciousness. Obviously I had been drugged, and my memories of the previous day was blur. I remembered the efforts it took me to access information on newly hired employees of Umbrella in the Biologic sector. I also found that one of them, Dr. Peter Gave could be the eaier employee to extract information about access to the building and informations on current experiences. But rabout the events of last night, I still did not remember what happened.
While I was trying to remember, the door has opened, and a woman dressed as an ordinary citizen entered the hall, followed by a man holding a machine gun. The woman was holding a folder she consulted a few seconds before closing it , and took a look at me.
"It was not easy to know who you are ... Mr. Redfield. Former member of STARS in Racoon city, you had a conflict with the Umbrella Corporation, which is why you are here. I doubt that you came for a tourist visit, so close to the Umbrella's headquarters. "
"Who are you? You work for Umbrella? "I asked. Her answer would help me to get an idea of my fate ...
"He does not remember again. The injection I gave him will last a few hours "The man with the gun said to the woman.
"I see ... Mr. Redfield, you have contacted Dr. Gave last night at the Star's Bar. And we found in your hotel room documents certifying that you followed him since a few days. »
"How does this affect you? Are you with Umbrella or not? "I insisted.
The woman sighed and then continued.
"My name is Jane. You do not need to know the organization I work for, but you have to know that we want to steal the samples of virus Umbrella Corporation. We have a common goal Mr Redfield : the fall of Umbrella, even if our reasons are less honorable than yours. »
She knew about the existence of the virus, but claimed not to work for Umbrella. I had a bad feelings about this organization. Destroy Umbrella, only for being replaced by another had nothing honorable indeed ...
"For this reason you will help us to infiltrate the laboratory. Dr. Gave works for us against his will. We threatened his family, so he decided to do what we ask. We saw you as we were keeping an eye on him, we first thought you were an Umbrella agent, so when you left the bar we have captured you to learn more about your identity. And finally it seems that you are the person we needed. »
"If I believe the way you acted with Gave, you don't seem better than Umbrella! Wil you also threatening me to force me to help you? "
"We do not have to do it, at least not for now. Have you heard of the Nemesis program? This is a top secret laboratory of Umbrella in which they work on the intellectual and physical improvement of the Tyrant. They plan to send the their prototype at Racoon city soon, in order to eliminate the enemies of Umbrella. I think to know that a friend of yours stayed there ... Jill Valentine, right ? "
A shiver ran through my body at the mention of Jill and to know that this thing will go to kill her..Maybe Jane was lying, but I could not ignore this ...
"I want proof of what you say, then I could consider to work with you..not helping you, just work"
I knew that I couldn't infiltrate the headquarters by my own. I needed help, even though I did not trust them. Choice was not an option, Umbrella was the most dangerous for now...
Paris, September 9, 1998
It was reluctantly and warily I had joined Jane and her men in their mission. Although I got to know them a little better, I still did not trust them, mainly because of their purpose and methods to fulfill their mission. But if have the opportunity, I would ensure that they can not get these samples.
I also sympathized with Peter Gave, because of his delicate situation. Eventually I was able to convince Jane to leave his family alone. In exchange, if anything were to go wrong, I would take all the responsibilities from the mess, I would be the only one to pay. It didn't scared me to put my life to protect a family. But after this, Jane warned me for not trying something stupid by showing me a picture of my sister, Claire ... I was trapped.
The basis of operation was located in the basement of a dilapidated building, outside the city. Whatever the organization of Jane, they were enough influential for making the mayor gives them access to the building for an indefinite period.
Jane's team had 10 men, who were gathered around a table, listening to the report of Dr. Gave while I could and took a seat.
" Now, let met show you the secret project, this thing is called Nemesis. The perfect weapon according to his creators. He was designed to obey specific orders regarding the elimination of Umbrella's ennemies scattered throughout the world "
The shape of the Nemesis was hideous and didn't seem like anything I had seen before. Peter continued his explanation his capacity for about ten minutes, but I didn't really listen, I was lost in my thoughts and my concerns for Jill ...
"... And finally, Umbrella has more than one specimen, they have two. One of them will be transferred soon to Raccoon city as I told you earlier. I do not have the opportunity to know the dates. »
"Thank you Dr. Gave. " Jane finished, before turning towards us.
"You understood, we have to act quickly and get the two samples in 2 days. During this time we will set up an undercover plan, and prepare for this. That's all for today. "
While the men left the room in silence, I was still lost in my thoughts. I could not ignore also what Jane had plan to do with these samples.
"Redfield? Is there aproblem? "She asked dryly.
"Yes. Why not simply destroy the virus? What will you do with these? »
"I do not have to answer you on this. Just try to keep thinking that you're doing the right thing "
"If it is right, then I need guarantees. Me and my friends we are fighting to prevent a disaster from recurring, by Umbrella or anyone else! So tell me at least who you are! "I was starting to get anger, but Jane stared at me without any expression.
"Even if I wanted to, I'm not allowed to. But let yourself ask you something: you prefer to leave Umbrella act knowing for sure what they will do, or will you prefer to be in doubt when samples are to us? You just have these two options, so you have to choose. »
I remained silent for a few seconds, then I left the room putting an end to this conversation. As I walked aimlessly in the hallway, I decided to go to the computer room. I was allowed to get to since I chose to work with them.
Jill had given me a way to contact her on a piece of paper before I left. I was going to use it to ask her to join me, giving her the address of the base of Jane's operation. No needed to mention the Nemesis, but I made sure she would understand the importance of coming to Paris as soon as possible.
Then I noticed a good news..Barry had sent me a message on my email two days ago : " My family is safe. I am ready to help you full time. Tell me where you are. Barry "
He also mentioned in the message a detail that only he and I could understand, to make sure of his identity: "the flaw of the flawless man", something he said every time he saw me clumsy with a woman when we still were STARS members. He was truly Barry for sure..I was answering him, but while I was typing, I had an idea ... Hoping that he would be there before the infiltration of Umbrella ..
Once the email was send I joined Peter in the office that was assigned to him by Jane. He was reading a document when he saw me and told me I could enter.
"Chris..i ... did not expect to see you. Sit down please "
" Thank You. I wanted to know how are you ? We didn't see us much because of your work for Umbrella, and your reports to Jane, but I want you to know that I will continue to do my best to help you to get you out of this mess. In two days, all will be over. »
"Actually ... I always dreamed of working for Umbrella Corporation. And when time finally arrived, Jane found me. I did not want to believe her when she told me about evil experiments of the company. I simply ignored it, knowing that I was involved in building a better world. At the beginning I did not have access to secret biological experiments, but later they made me have some reliabilities test and this is where I could enter for the first time in this laboratory. I saw what they did, I understood ... but I refused to see it, I prefere to ignore. And Jane realized that, so she chose to threaten my family, to force me to work with her. And since then, I've seen too many things I can no longer ignore. I have to admit ... .Umbrella is not what I thought. "
Peter was morally collapsed. He believed in the benefits of Umbrella Corporation throughout his life, and accepted the reality was very hard for him. I never consider what a normal citizen might feel on hearing the horrors from the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. But it was important to make them know, one way or another.
"... And now I'm afraid they learn that I have betrayed them. If this is not Jane, then it is Umbrella who will go after me or my family ... " he said sadly.
"Trust me. In just 2 days, many things will change but I will ensure your safety to you and your family. Hold out until then, and trust me ".
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