Disclaimer: I don't own Resident Evil or anything. They all belong to the good, good people of Capcom. I'm just a RE fan who loves to write fics for the hell of it.

Authoress' Notes: I DO, in fact, own the character Alexandra "Alex". I'm actually going to have the RE4 style of Leon because it looks cool and I'm going to be sticking weapons from the games in here. Or at least from what I remember of the games. Plus the area and city are fictional and therefore mine!

Final Note: For those who are the stuck up keep-the-game-the-way-it-is people… don't bother reading this fic. There will be some fantasy stuff going on, mostly just with Alex. I promise to try to keep close to the survival horror theme. For those who don't give a rat's ass about what's in the fic as along as it's a good story. Enjoy! Oh, and I never played Code: Veronica so bare with me if I screw up somewhere. Enough talk! On with the fic! (RE, Wesker, and Leon RULE!!!)

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The Resurrection of the Nightmare

Chapter One: The Arrival

It had been exhausting six hours since leaving the airport in New York to get to this city. After four months of rest from the incident at Raccoon City, Leon had received information from Chris that Umbrella activity had risen in Avon City and needed him to check it out since everyone else were too busy with Umbrella raids to go. The rookie cop agreed and departed for the city immediately. Once there, he had driven around the city to get a better bearing of the area before deciding to head to the apartment that ol' Brian Irons' account had so graciously paid for him.

Leon finally arrived at Sunrise Apartments and settled into his temporary home before bringing out his laptop and calling Chris up via underground internet. A static covered screen opened up before a voice spoke to the rookie cop.

"You have five seconds to say the code…" the voice stated flatly. Leon cleared his throat and replied the code.

"Wisdom leads to bravery, bravery earns trust."

"Code accepted." the voice said and the screen cleared, revealing the face of Chris Redfield, who relaxed at the sight of Leon.

"Ah, Leon. Did you reach the city?" Chris asked. Leon nodded as his friend continued. "Find anything?"

"Other than the fact that Umbrella's HQ is right in the middle of the city? No, I didn't find anything worth of interest. But then again, I need more info." Leon answered flatly. Redfield sighed and rubbed his temples for a bit. "Sorry, it's just that Umbrella seems to have decided to place some of their files in encrypted code…"

"Which is a pain in the fucking ass!" yelled a male voice that held a familiar accent. Leon raised his brow at the voice, recognizing it instantly. "Carlos?" he questioned in surprise.

(A/N: Carlos is Brazilian, right? I can't remember.)

Another window of the laptop opened and Carlos' tired yet angry face appeared. And from the looks of him, Leon could only guess that he had been hacking at this file for quite a while. The ex-UBCS member furrowed his brows for a bit before letting out a yell of triumph. Chris and Leon both asked what he found. Carlos grinned and tapped at a few keys. A 3-D map of Avon City took over Leon's computer as Carlos explained on what he found.

"Okay, this is the map of the city and right here…" Carlos focused on the skyscraper that was directly in the center of the city. "is the Avon City Umbrella HQ." Leon sighed.

"Yeah, I know and I've already told Chris that." the rookie cop growled then looked thoughtful, "Can you give me a copy of the building's blueprints so I can plan a raid?"

Carlos gave him a smirk and shook his head slightly. Chris gave him the 'what-the-hell-are-you-hiding' look. The Latino said nothing as he brought up the plans on screen for the two to see. Leon scanned through the plans of the entire building before his blue eyes widen in shock. "Th-this can't be…" Leon murmured as he quickly went through the plans more thoroughly.

Chris was just as shocked, "There's nothing in that building. No BOW labs, nothing that'll link them to the incidents. But there was a rise in activity in that city."

"You're right. There is unusual activity around there but not in that building." Carlos pointed out. Leon and Chris both gave him puzzled looks. The mercenary sighed and typed in a command. A red 3-D arrow went from the Umbrella HQ, stretched across the eastern half of the city and stopped at the forest. "The activity rise centers here. And from what I can read from the data, they're trying to finish up just one project." Carlos focused on the forest and a large castle popped up in area. Chris automatically scowled at the wooded area.

"Great, another lab in the woods. First, it was a mansion. Then, an artic wasteland. Now, it's a fucking castle. What's next? Umbrella gonna dive under the sea and say hi to the Little fucking Mermaid?!" Redfield griped.

The rookie cop and the Brazilian both stared at him during his ranting. "Chris, you need to chill." Leon replied flatly while doing the anime flat look, then turned his attention to Carlos. "Exactly what is this project that they're such in a hurry to finish?"

Carlos rested his head on his fist and read through the file. "Um, Project Nightshade. From what I can make out, it's a near perfect BOW that Umbrella has designed and the only one they've made. Hmm, it seems Umbrella has pumped a lot of combat information into this thing's head because it learned how to excel in close range combat and the use of firearms, without it waking up."

"Wait, you mean this thing learned how to do fifty kinds of kick ass without waking up?" Leon asked skeptically.

Carlos nodded, "Yup."

"But how can Umbrella know that for sure without testing it out?"

"Seems Umbrella can analyze this thing's mind. The rest of the data explaining the process is corrupt."

"Great. Well, anything else worth mentioning?"

Carlos poked around in the file as he sipped on can of soda. "Let's see, they used the DNA of one of their employees to create this BOW, so it's basically a clone. Um…oh, hey! Says here, that the BOW was rejecting a STARS killer program that Umbrella was trying to cram into its head. So they had to redesign the program... the only problem is that they're not done with it yet. But the BOW is actually a blank."

"A blank?" Chris questioned, interested in the words. Carlos nodded as he read what he could on the subject.

"Yeah, also known as the Live 'N' Learn type. If the BOW wakes up before it receives or activates the program it'll have to distinguish what is friend or foe all on its own."

"And…?" Leon pressed.

"So who ever gets to it first can tell it who's good and who's bad and it'll obey that person…I think."

"Hmm, a BOW we can show to the media and finally expose Umbrella for who they're really are. I like it." Leon grinned at the idea.

"Forget about it, Leon. Umbrella may have already completed their killer program by now." Chris growled, taking the rookie cop by surprise.

"But…" Leon protested.

"We didn't get this file until a couple a months ago and in that time Umbrella may have completed that thing's program. So… if you find the BOW…kill it. Or it may kill you." Chris said, looking tired and some what guilty. He wanted to hope that the BOW's program wasn't complete. He wanted to believe that they could covert the experiment to their side to help bring down Umbrella... But being realistic...there may be no choice but to destroy the one piece of evidence that could disband the evil company for good.

"If its inactive and has the program or its already attacking me, I'll destroy it." Leon muttered before Chris signed off. Carlos was silent for a bit before speaking up. "I can't give you the blueprints of the castle, I haven't hacked that far, so you'll have to find the map on your own. But I can give you the directions to the castle."

"Thanks." Leon cracked a smile as Carlos grinned.

"Hey, Leon. If you can...save that BOW. It may come in handy someday."

"I know. I just hope they haven't placed in that program or else I'm going to be running from another Mr. X. And believe me...I don't want to do that again." Leon muttered as he downloaded the data into his wrist-com.

The mercenary shuddered at the idea. "Tell me about it. Nemesis was a bitch to deal with...especially with him carrying around that damn rocket launcher of his."

Leon raised a brow and gave Carlos a cocky look. "I thought Jill was the one who had to deal with the freak and his launcher. You, on the other hand, had a mad dash with him to see who got to Jill first when she was infected. I'm not saying you had it easy but Jill was the one who killed him."

Carlos gave him glare. "Hey, if you can go through a race against him to get to Jill first while he's whipping you around with his tentacles and not be at the brink of death, then brag to me about it. I almost died when he decided that I'd do much better if I FLEW to Jill... head first against the door."

(A/N: That actually happened to Carlos when I played RE3. Nemmy helped me by throwing him to the door. So I got to Jill before him. )

Leon cracked at that point. He laughed as he imagined Carlos flying into the door and going through it while holding up the vaccine to Jill. Carlos scowled as Leon held his sides and continued to laugh, little tears seeping from his eyes from the laughter.

"Haha. Laugh it up, pendejo. You'll get yours one day, Leon, I swear it." the Hispanic growled.

"S-sorry...haha...it's...it's just so funny when you think about it." Leon apologized between chuckles. Carlos only sighed as he rubbed at his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just get some sleep. The sooner you get started on the raid, the better. I don't think the others will like to have a BOW running around trying to kill us off."

"Nope." Leon murmured, his eyes lowering in sadness as he remembered what happened to Ada.

"Well, g'night, amigo."

"Night, Carlos." Leon yawned as they both logged off and the rookie cop headed off to bed to rest up for the day ahead.

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Next Chapter: The Rookie Cop and the Dark Angel

Leon makes it to the castle and runs into trouble. Escaping his current danger for the moment, Leon stumbles upon the BOW clone and sees it in action. He makes two startling discoveries. The BOW's true identity and another enity (no, not the whatever company Ada was working for in RE2) is trying to steal research data from Umbrella's Lab to make better and deadlier BOWs. Who? Wait 'n' see.

(Review please! I'll take comments, positive critizism, and any ideas you guys have for this fic. I borrowed a company name from a movie since I couldn't come up with one of my own. Oh, and some chapters may have more talk than descriptive paragraphs and vise versa. Just to let you know, okay? Any flames will be sent to Umbrella to deal with. I know I was supposed place this at the top but I was too lazy to do it 'til now.)

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