The next morning, Helena, tired and drowsy, drives to the hospital to retrieve her phone. However, as she comes into view of it, she sees police cars and tape around the entrance. Given instant energy from the worrying situation, she parks to the side and heads to the entrance. A cop blocks her path saying "Sorry, no one is allowed…" but stops as she showed her secret service agent badge. He retracts his words and lets her through. Helena scouts around, she sees doctors unconscious and others to the side. She walks over to see the doctor from yesterday, resting in a chair. "What happened?" she asks.

"Helena, why are you here, and how are you in here?"

"I'll explain later, I want to know what happened."

"... Okay, follow me."

He escorts her to the same place from yesterday, she instantly worries if any of the children were hurt. She looks at the door and asks "Did… did something happen to…?"

"Well… look for yourself," the doctor opens the door.

Helena hurries in, but is shocked to see they are all find, not just find, all healthy. Doctors huddle around the surprisingly active children, trying to find out what could have caused this. One of them walks over to Helena and says "Here, sorry I took it" while giving back her phone. "My phone? Wait," she says, seeing a new video in it. She plays it and is shocked to see what was on it. She rushes out of the building, at the same time, calling a number under the name "Leon".

It rings, soon being answered, "Hello, Leon?!" she says in a hurry.
"Helena, what's wrong?"

"Meet me at this address, NOW, it's urgent!"

"I'm sorry, really, but I'm tied up, I need to get my work finished, and at night I'll be at the B.S.A.A. ceremony, sorry."

Helena thinks this over and says "Okay, I'll meet you there, got it?"

She hangs up and pulls out the invite given to her by Verden. She sighs in frustration, gets in her car, and hurries home to prepare.

The ceremony was planned to be held on a cruise ship by the coast. The arrival time was to be in the evening, but from the number of people, it took two hours before it left the dock with all guests. Most awaited the ceremony to begin in an hour on the Dining level. While most people mingled, one person just leaned against the wall, Leon, in a simple tuxedo. He looks out towards the crowd and notices a familiar face, Helena. "Over here," he calls over, she rushes over, he continues "Helena, it's great to…"

"Sorry, but there's no time, there's trouble."

Leon looks around and whispers "What kind?"

"Look for yourself," she replies, leading him to the outside towards the front of the ship. As they stand under the night sky, she plays the video of the figure that broke into the hospital. It was too dark to make out any details. Leon stands silent until the video stopped. "What the hell is that?"

"I don't know, but all I know is someone, or something, broke in and took some medical drugs, and did something to the kids."

"What?!"

"That's the strange thing, last night, they were sick with a serious flu. The next day, nothing, healthy and strong."

Leon stands confused and worried. It's obvious that the figure wasn't human, but nothing like this has happened before, they don't even know if it's a viral creature or not. Leon says "Okay, I'll contact Hunnigan to dispatch a team to find any leads, along with a pick up boat. Chris will understand."

Suddenly, they stand stunned at the sound of "Well hello Helena, who's your friend?"

They turn to see an elderly man, Leon didn't know him, but Helena recognizes him, Mr. Verden. "Helena, I hope you weren't planning on jumping off haha, were are on a boat. But please, let's begin our conversation so you can relax for the rest of the ceremony."

Helena give Leon a look that said "I'll explain later, go" and walks back to the dining level. But as Leon prepared to contact Hunnigan, he notices something strange at the top of the cruise ship. He sees something hopping around, almost appearing to follow Helena and Verden. He decides to stay and investigate. He heads to his guest room to retrieve a handgun from his bag, always be prepared.

Leon manages to spot the anomaly again, near the engine section of the cruise ship. The area was giant, pipes all along the walls, narrow cross sections in between, and steam in the atmosphere. He gives a quick thought before entering the area and locking the door behind him. As the metal sound of the closing door echoed, something is heard moving away on the walkways above. Leon climbs up a nearby ladder, he stopped and looked around when he got to the top before continuing. Most of the noises in the area come from the pipes all over, meaning he'll have to rely on sight to find the anomaly.

Back on the dining level, everyone focuses on the room stage, including Verden and Helena. A man wearing an army uniform and holding a small black box begins. "Good afternoon. As you all know, we are here to honor an amazing captain, with the courage and spirit to help protect our world from Bioterrorism. His whole life has been dedicated to fight off these attacks, no matter how small or large, and no matter the odds. Now, ladies and gentleman, Captain Chris Redfield."

Chris comes out from behind the curtains suspended in the back, baring battle scars on his face gained over the years. The entire room fills with the applause of cheering and clapping, dying down after a minute. The man awards Chris with a gold-plated medal of honor. He comes to the microphone and says "It's an honor to receive this award, but a true reward will be the end of this viral war. I've lost too many allies in this, friends and family.. But no matter the challenge, I will continue to fight, in hopes of a new world, where these viruses never existed. Thank you."

He heads off stage while the cheers explode. As he does, he hears a voice say "CHRIS, CHRIS!"

He looks to see it's Helena. "Oh, hello, you're Helena Harper right? It's nice to officially meet you, you know, without a viral outbreak happening."

"Yes, but it's urgent."

"What's wrong?"

"It's Leon, I think he's…"

"LEON! What's wrong?! Is he hurt?!"

"No, but I saw him following something on the deck, he might be in trouble."

Chris begins to worry, not just for Leon, but the risk of B.O.W.s on the ship. He heads straight for his room, Helena tries to follow, but is stopped by Verden.

"What's wrong?" he asks.

"Mr. Verden, I need to help my friends."

"If he's going and there's trouble, wouldn't it be better for you to stay, in case something happens in here?"

"Well… uh… yeah, you're right." She looks towards Chris some feet away, "CHRIS, I'll stay here in case something happens."

He looks back and gives a thumbs up before continuing.

Leon continues his search, finding a slime trail leading to an engine room, the pipes and steam going as fast as possible to maintain the ship's movement. He hears crashing noises around him, it becomes clear he's not alone. Noises go off all around him. He stays primed and ready, checking every corner and section, not dropping his guard. He hears thumping noises behind him. In an instant, he turns and prepares to shoot, only to see nothing there. Unknown to him, a figure appears above him, lowering itself down with one hand from the tops of the pipe walls. It's feet touch the ground, suddenly, and Leon turns and fires. It dodges and tackles him a few yards away, causing him to drop his gun. The creature walks towards him. Leon regains his balance and runs for his gun. He picks it up and aims for the creature, only to see it gone.

He looks up and to the side for it, not realizing it's right behind him. As he turns, the creature grabs him by the throat and lifts him up while strangling him. Leon struggles for life, landing a kick to its face, but it doesn't flinch. He drops his gun and tries to release its grip, with no success. He was about to pass out, when he suddenly falls to the ground, the creature releasing its grip and started walking away, leaving Leon gasping for air. Leon picks up his gun and fires at it, but the bullets go right through it. The creature turns back, no enraged. "Well, that's a new trick," he says, running off with the creature following behind.

Chris retrieves his handgun and looks for Leon, checking each room. Suddenly, he hears ringing noises coming from the engine room, he races to the door. He struggles to open it, soon deciding to shoot the lock and kick down the door. He sees Leon on the top level and shouts. "LEON!"

Leon looks down, only to be pulled back by the creature. It picks him up by the face and pins him to the pipes. With its other hand, it rips away one of the pipes and bends it around Leon, locking him to the wall. As he struggles, Chris races to the top and shoots at the creature's head, but only succeeds to piss it off. It charges for him. Chris tries to stop his charge, only to be lifted by the head and over, crashing to the ground. It stomps on his hand, he screams in pain as he drops his gun. The creature picks it up and crushes it in his palm.

Leon manages to wriggle out of the trap and shoots at the creature, one of the bullets miss and hits a nearby pipe. Steam shoots out of the pipe into the creature's face. It screams in pain as it runs off towards the door. Leon kneels down to Chris and says "Chris, are you alright?!"

"Been better. Let's go," he replies, reaching for his knife.

"Go back to the dining level," Leon says, "warn everyone and get to the lifeboats."

"Okay."

Chris makes it back to the dining level and runs to the mic saying "Everyone, evacuate, a hostile B.O.W. is on the ship, evacuate!"

With that, everyone rushes for the doors, any other soldiers take action and try to control the panic. Chris looks around for Helena, but doesn't see her leaving with Verden and his large bodyguards. They head to the back of the ship. "What are you doing," says Helena, "the lifeboats are to the sides."

He doesn't answer and stands by the railings. Without warning, grapple hooks launch from the side and hook onto the rails. Helena looks over the side to see an awaiting boat. Verden finally replies, "Helena, this is an emergency, and we are important people. It would be better to leave with more 'protection'. Come with me."

She hesitates, but feels one of the bodyguards pick her up and ripples down on the ropes, the other carrying Verden. They land on the small boat as it speeds off. Helena regains her balance and says "What the hell are you doing?!"

"Ms. Harper, I'm just making sure you're safe so we can talk and…"

"My friends are on that ship and you care about the damn talk, what the hell?!"

He lets off a sigh. "Look, we'll deal with this when we make it to shore, okay?"

"NO! Explain yourself, what do you want?"

He tries to answer, but all focus turns above Helena. She looks up to see the creature on top of the boat. The guards pull out guns, but the creature shoots out spikes that knock them out of the moving boat. It jumps down and walks over to Verden, pushing Helena to the ground. Verden appears terrified, but his eyes show he knows what the creature is, but sees Helena charge at the creature. It turns and grabs her by the wrists, it prepares to strike, but stops. As she struggles, it sniffs her skin. Helena frees herself and spin kicks the creature in the face, only to be thrown down. Before she knew it, the creature's foot hovers over her as it came down, knocking her unconscious.