Resident Evil:

The Whole Story.

Chapter Two

Jill Valentine cupped her hand over her mouth to stifle a yawn. It had been a very long day and she was very near the end of her shift. She picked up her coffee mug and drained what little was left in the mug in a single gulp.

She didn't really have anything to do, she had finished all her reports and all of her other paperwork was done and filed away so really all she had to do was wait for the clock to reach half past twelve and she was free to go and get twelve hours of long deserved sleep.

Jill put her empty mug down on her desk and glanced around the S.T.A.R.S Alpha Team office.

It was a square shaped room with six wooden desks on one side of the office and six on the other side with one large desk at the front of the office. The walls were covered with newspaper clippings and photographs of the team at various functions.

Each of the desks had their own PC's as well three drawers to keep various files and spare paper handy and a white telephone in case any of them had to get in touch with any of the police station's various departments. Each of the desks also had their own personal decorations which had been put there by their owners.

Jill's desk was relatively bare compared to the others, a novelty pencil holder that looked like Bart Simpson, a magazine stack, a sliver coin which she had found on her holiday to Greece which was sort of a lucky charm for her and finally a photo frame which contained a picture of her boyfriend Alex and herself which had been taken at Raccoon Park last summer.

S.T.A.R.S or the Special Tactics And Rescue Services was a special police taskforce that was specifically trained for various tasks from terrorist attacks and bomb threats to rescue operations and missing person operations.

Jill personally never thought of herself as the dating type but Tyler, one of her closest friends out side of the S.T.A.R.S unit had convinced her to go on a date with Alex and she didn't come to regret it, while she wouldn't say she loved Alex she definitely had fun with him and he had fun with her and they made one another laugh, she heard of relationships being built on weaker foundations than those.

Jill's attention was drawn from the picture by a cough. She looked up and saw her partner Chris sitting at his desk and coughing into his hand, Jill had known Chris for five years ever since he moved to Raccoon City, he was a good guy. A bit to easy going for Jill's tastes but as time went on he grew on her, rather like a fungus she thought to herself.

Chris had a little sister called Claire who was currently in collage studying Veterinary Biology as her major and Engineering as her minor and the reason Jill knew that was because Chris would not shut up about her, from what he told her about Claire she seemed like someone Jill would like but she didn't want to hear about her all of the time for god's sake she herself had three little brothers but she didn't go on and on about them all of the time.

Jill herself didn't talk much about her own family but when she did it was mostly about her three little brothers, Adam, James and Chris. Adam was currently serving in the armed forces and was stationed overseas Jill couldn't deny she was a little worried about him after all he was her little brother and it had always been her job to look out for him.

James was currently attending collage in Vermont and was taking a major in Culinary Arts and a minor in Home Economics which made sense as James had always wanted to be a chef and he was the one who was mostly responsible for the cooking in their house after their mother died and after their father…had difficulty coping with his wife's death.

As for Chris he was currently living in New York with their Aunt Emma, in Manhattan to be specific according to his emails and Aunt Emma's phone calls he was becoming something of a socialite there.

As she found herself thinking about them Jill couldn't help but realise how much she missed her brothers, when she had been younger she was always complaining how unfair it was that it had been her job to look after them but now…she was surprised just how much she found herself missing them, she really had to dedicate some time later in the week to get in touch with all of them and to see when they could arrange a meeting, it had been too long since they all saw one another in person.

Chris had since stopped coughing after taking a drink of water and was now looking at the man dressed in a black shirt and dark blue jeans who was sitting at the desk at the top of the office. "Captain, Jill and I've finished all the paperwork and our reports so we can go? Our shift ends in fifteen minutes anyway."

One of Albert Wesker's golden eyebrows raised slightly above the rim of his dark sunglasses which Jill had to admit that she didn't think she ever saw him without them on even when it was dark at night he seemed to insist on keeping them on. Jill sometimes wondered how could even manage to see sometimes.

"Officer Redfield, you and Officer Valentine are not going anywhere until your shift is over at half past midnight. When your shift is over then please feel free to go but until then shut up and before you make any childish claims that I am being unfair I will remind you I myself can not leave until everyone else is gone, understand?" Wesker asked.

Chris nodded. "Yes sir." He said before looking back down at his desk to avoid Wesker's gaze. Wesker nodded his satisfaction, if he could even experience such a positive emotion Jill didn't know but he nodded, and then looked down at some papers on his desk.

For the next three minutes the only sound that could be heard was the steady ticking of the clock that hung above the office door. Jill jumped in her chair when she felt something hit her arm, she looked down to the floor and saw a ball made of scrunched up paper, Jill glanced at Wesker and saw that he was still looking down at his papers, before she leaned down and picked up the paper before unfolding it and reading the message that was on the paper.

"Do you want to go to Jack's bar tomorrow night? the others are all going." the message read, Jill shook her head before picking up and pen from her holder and put it to the paper and replied that she couldn't as she had plans with Alex before throwing the paper back to Chris when she was sure that Wesker wasn't looking.

Chris picked up the paper and unfolded it before reading the reply. He nodded and mouthed "Okay" to Jill before dropping the paper into the wastepaper bin that was on the floor next to his desk.

It was nearly five minutes to the end of their shift when suddenly Wesker's phone rang and Jill already felt a surge of dread as she just knew that whatever this phone call was about it was going to keep all of them here after their shift ended.

Wesker picked up the receiver and placed it against his ear. "Yes?" he asked coolly before waiting for the reply. "I see, give us a moment and we will be there soon." Wesker said before putting the receiver back down on the hook before he stood up and made his way over to the office door. "You two with me now!"

Chris and Jill stood up from their desks and followed Wesker out of the office. The hallway on the outside of the office was clean and sparse aside from a few benches and a vending machine that was the end of the hallway.

Wesker down the hallway with Chris and Jill following after them and didn't stop until they arrived in front of the elevator and Wesker hit the call button. As the elevator began it's slow climb to their floor Jill decided to ask the obvious question. "Captain Wesker, can I ask what that phone call was about and where exactly where we are going?"

"You can ask Officer Valentine yes." Said Captain Wesker as he kept his gaze firmly fixed on the shinny metal doors.

Chris shot a glance over to Jill and Jill sighed. "So, where are we going and what was the phone call about?" She asked gently as she knew that Wesker could and would chew out anyone who annoyed him even if it was over the smallest thing imaginable

"A woman had just come in and has reported that she was attacked in the woods by a, and I quote, "A woman with half her face ripped away." Wesker repeated it as if he was just asked what the time was.

"A woman with half her face ripped away?" Chris repeated as if he wanted to be sure that he heard it correctly. "Has she had a breathalyser test? Because she has to be under the influence of something if she think someone with half a face can attack and wouldn't be screaming for help instead."

Before Wesker could respond the elevator arrived and Chris, Wesker and Jill stepped inside and Wesker hit the button for the first floor. "To answer your question Officer Redfield she has had the test and she is not under the influence of any substance and according to Officer Branugh she continues to insist that she is not insane and that we have to believe her."

Chris and Jill shared a look before nodding in silent agreement that they wouldn't say anything else nor make any judgements until they saw the woman and listened to what she had to say. After a few more minutes the elevator arrived on the first floor with a slight thud and the doors slid slowly open with a slightly musical beep.

Wesker stepped out and led the way to a set of brown double doors and pushed them open before stepping inside with Chris and Jill following him. The office on the other side of the doors was at least three times the size of the S.T.A.R.S office.

Wesker hurried over to a small side office, ignoring all the officers sitting at their desks around him, and pushed the door open without bothering to knock. Inside the office sat at his desk was Officer Marvin Branugh, an officer who had been work at the Raccoon City Police Department for nearly ten years now, Jill liked Marvin, he was a honest man and had a great sense of humour and was a natural leader, knowing when to crack the whip and when to let things side she would never admit it out loud but sometimes Jill though that Marvin would make a better leader of S.T.A.R.S than Wesker.

A blond woman who had been sitting on the other side of the desk jumped when Wesker burst in and looked surprised at his sudden entrance. Jill took a moment to examine the woman and she came across to her as someone who had a great scare, her eyes were wide and her hands were shaking slightly with fear but she wasn't on the verge of breaking down she struck Jill as a very strong person and while she had been surprised at Wesker's entrance was now looking straight at him.

Marvin shot Wesker an annoyed look. "Captain Wesker I would remind you that while you might be a captain you can't burst into any room you please without knocking first especially since Miss Anderson here has been through a very traumatic experience."

Miss Anderson shrugged her shoulders and took a sip of her coffee. "It's fine, I'm alright now." She put the polystyrene cup back down on the desk and then looked up at Marvin. "You do have to believe me through I was attacked and that woman…half her face was gone, it was!" She insisted.

Marvin held up his hands. "Miss Anderson, no one is saying that you are lying about being attacked, but you must understand that someone attacking you with half their face gone is a little unbelievable so all we are saying is it was dark and maybe you thought you something but because of the dark it wasn't what you thought."

Miss Anderson looked up at Marvin and looked him straight in the eye, not looking at anyone else in the room. "I am not lying to you and I know what I saw, half of that woman's face was gone there was no mistake you have to believe me!" She stressed.

"What we need, Miss Anderson, is proof and so far you have given us none." Wesker replied coolly and Miss Anderson put her head into her hands and Jill felt a sudden burst of sympathy for her.

"You want proof? Fine go to that campsite." Miss Anderson said as she shot a glare at Wesker. Wesker's scowl deepened.

"What campsite?" Chris asked and Jill nearly jumped. He had been so quite that she had almost forgotten that he was there.

"The campsite in the woods, that's where that woman attacked me. It looked like a bear had ripped it to pieces." Miss Anderson replied as brushed a few strands of her hair out of her eyes.

"Can you show us where this campsite is?" Asked Wesker. Miss Anderson looked at Wesker and then around at all of them and slowly shook her head in horror as she realised what Wesker had just asked her.

"No, no way in hell am I ever going back into that forest ever again I could have died!" She exclaimed as she rose out of her chair and marched over to the office door before Wesker stood in front of her blocking her way. "Excuse me." She said as she tried to move around him before Wesker stood in front of her again.

Marvin saw where this was going and walked over to them before shooting Wesker a warning glanc. "Miss Anderson." He began gently. "We know that you've been through a terrible time but we do need evidence before we can do anything so if you could shows us where this campsite is it would be a great help to us." He explained.

Miss Anderson looked down at her feet and seemed to be deep in thought before she sighed and nodded. "Fine, fine I'll show you where it is but not tonight okay? I'm exhausted."

"Of course, go home and get some sleep if you can come in tomorrow morning, about ten, then we can go and find this campsite and we will figure out where to go from there, okay?" Marvin asked. Miss Anderson nodded and made her way out of the office before shooting another glare at Wesker which he returned from behind his dark glasses.

Marvin sighed heavily before sitting down at his desk. Wesker said nothing to him and left the office with Chris and Jill following him. Wesker turned to them and spoke plainly. "The two of you go home and get some sleep, it is going to be a long day tomorrow."

With a "Yes sir" Chris and Jill left the office and made their way for the front doors of the police station. As Jill said goodnight to Chris and made her way over to her car she couldn't help but noticed something

Dark, heavy clouds were staring to from in the sky and the sky rumbled with thunder in the distance.

A storm was coming.

End of Chapter Two