Resident Evil:
The Whole Story.
Chapter Eighteen.
Albert Wesker sighed heavily as he pushed his apartment door open and stepped inside, he was exhausted and all he wanted to do was have a hot shower and then crash onto his bed and sleep for a week but he knew that would be impossible. He had far too much to do.
He walked over to his couch and sat down on it, on the coffee table in front of the sofa was an Umbrella laptop that was far more advanced than anything on the market at the moment. He reached out and turned the laptop on and waited for it to sign in.
He was soon faced with an Umbrella screen saver and inputted the password, he scrolled the mouse pad over one of half a dozen small icons before he double clicked and the screen went black.
A female synthesised voice spoke from the laptop. "Please input security clearance."
Wesker typed a series of numbers into the laptop and the voice spoke again. "Clearance accepted, thank you Doctor Wesker, what service may I provide for you?"
"Put me through to chairman Spencer immediately, it concerns X-day." X-day was the codename that upper management had decided to use for the situation in Raccoon City and he could see why, if left unmonitored it could lead to a disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.
"Of course Doctor Wesker, please wait one moment." The voice said before a please wait message appeared on the screen and Wesker sighed heavily while pinching the bridge of his nose, he hated this damn system but every time he wanted to speak to Spencer or any one who was in charge he always had to go through it.
After a few moments the screen switched to show the Umbrella logo for just a moment before it switched to show what looked to be a large boardroom where Oswell E Spencer was sitting at the head of it, he was dressed in a grey business suit which had an umbrella pin on it's lapel, sitting next to him was a large life support machine that was beeping constantly.
Spencer had been connected to life support for the past ten years and Wesker was surprised that he was even still alive, let alone well enough to attend board meetings and take an active role in the running of the company.
It was true that as the founder and president of the company that he had access to some of the best healthcare in the world as well as some of the most advanced medical technology but even that could only do so much, as many genius's that were working for Umbrella as there were even they couldn't change one simple biological truth.
Everything died in the end.
They could stave death off for a while but in the end it would always come and Spencer's delusions of immortality wouldn't change that, but still he had at least delayed death for coming for him, even if it was only for a few years.
He wasn't the only person sitting at the table, the rest of the board of director's were sitting at the table as well and while Wesker didn't know them all personally he knew all of them by their reputations.
Sitting at Spencer's immediate left was Christine Henri, a cold looking woman with long brown hair which was tinged with grey and pulled up into a tight bun, she was the head of Umbrella Europe which she controlled from Umbrella's main headquarters in Paris. She was the Co-President of the company and was one of Spencer's first hires back when he was founding the company.
At Spencer's right was Sergei Vladimir, a grey haired Russian man who was dressed in a large grey overcoat that looked to be custom made to cover his large form. The man was a giant, very nearly eight feet tall and completely made of muscle. His face was very heavily scared, the man was a freak and enjoyed cutting himself with a blade that he always kept on his person.
Sergei controlled all of Umbrella's operations in Eastern Europe from his headquarters in Russia, more specifically the facility in the Caucasus mountain range. Not only that but he was directly in charge of Umbrella's military wing, including the U.B.C.S and the U.S.S as well as being the head of project: T-A.L.O.S and he was also personally responsible for the Red Queen supercomputer that managed all of Umbrella's computer systems and could link to any computer in any Umbrella facility at a moment's notice.
The reason that he had so many responsibilities was obvious, he was utterly loyal to both the company and, more importantly, to Spencer. Sergei had been a high ranking member in the Soviet Union army, a Colonel if Wesker remembered correctly, but when the Soviet Union collapsed Sergei was left without a purpose. A reason to get up in the morning.
Spencer had given him one, and for that simple reason Sergei had nothing but undying loyalty to Spencer. The man would undoubtedly give his life for Spencer without a second thought.
Sitting next to Henri was a Japanese man dressed in a similar suit to Spencer, he was named Iwai Jiro, he was the head of Umbrella Asia and was renowned for being coldly efficient as well as being completely devoid of any emotion.
Sitting across from his was a mixed-race woman dressed in a brown suit with a skirt, her name was Dalays Smith and she was the head of Umbrella Africa. She probably the most stable of any of the people in the room and was well respected by everyone in the company.
There were three other board of director's sitting at the table but Wesker didn't know there names nor did he really care, all that matter was that one of them controlled Umbrella U.S.A and Canada, one controlled their operations in the Middle East and one didn't really control any branch of Umbrella but simply oversaw several small facilities that didn't get grouped in with any of their large branches.
"Albert." Spencer said, his voice a quite rattle and Wesker had to resist the urge to groan, nobody but Spencer or Birkin ever called him Albert, even his parents hadn't called him Albert. "What is your status?"
"I'm fucking exhausted and I want to go to bed and I want you to get your monkey off of his ass and make him do his job, you decrepit, arrogant old fool!" Wesker wanted to yell but his bit his tongue and forced himself to speak calmly. "I've concluded my investigation that virus was not leaked from any of our active facilities, I've checked in with all department heads and they confirmed that all statuses are green."
Spencer's eyes narrowed. "Then that raises the question of how the virus leaked in the first place? It couldn't have just come from nowhere." He said before he began to cough roughly, he gestured with his and a woman dressed like a nurse rushed forward and placed an oxygen mask over his face and began to pump air through it.
"Comrade Spencer." Sergei began after he was sure that Spencer had gotten his strength. "If I might suggest a theory?"
Spencer said nothing but merely gestured with his hand for Sergei to go on.
"It seems to me that it is possible that perhaps the virus leaked not from an active facility but perhaps a deactivate one, If my memory serves me correctly the Umbrella Management Training Facility is located in the same forest that these murders are taking place in. Is it not possible that the virus might have leaked from there?" Sergei proposed.
"I don't see how that is possible." Henri said. "We made sure that the entire facility, and certainly the labs were completely cleared out after Marcus's...accident."
"An interesting point Director Henri." Spencer said, though his voice was weaker than what it had been before. "But I am inclined to agree with Sergei at this moment, we have a confirmed outbreak of T and we can take no chances in this matter."
Spencer turned his head to look at Sergei. "I want you to assemble an investigation to go to the training facility, if the leak did come from there then we need to find out how and why. Once that is done we can move on to the business of terminating the infected hosts."
"Of course Comrade." Sergei said with a respectful nod.
"May I ask a question?" Wesker asked and the board turned their heads to look at the screen which displayed his image, like they had forgotten he was there. "If Director Sergei is sending an investigation team in then may I please return to my work, it's seems to me that I have spent far too much time away from the lab."
Spencer coughed again but this time it seemed more like an awkward cough. "Yes, well, it seems that you won't be returning to the Arklay Lab for the foreseeable future Albert."
"What do you mean?" Wesker asked with a raised eyebrow as a knot of dread tightened in his stomach. He had an idea that he already know what happened but he had to hear it said out loud.
"It seems that somehow the virus managed to infect the lab and the mansion and the guardhouse, we're not quite sure as to what extent as of yet but it is to dangerous for you to go back. For now the facility is considered to be condemned and out of bounds and under quarantine until we've dealt with the infected hosts that are loose." Spencer said, his voice might've been weak but his tone made it clear that he would tolerate no arguments.
"And what am I do in the mean time?" Wesker asked with barely concealed anger in his voice.
"You are to do your other job, stay in the police department and make sure that they and more importantly the S.T.A.R.S do not interfere or discover our operations." Spencer ordered. "If you get bored than offer to help Birkin with his G-virus research, I am sure that he would be grateful for you help. This meeting is over, goodbye Albert." The screen then turned off.
Wesker turned off the laptop and shut it before he took some deep breaths, if he threw the laptop into the wall then the money replace it would be coming out of his pay check.
But he couldn't believe this! His plans were ruined! He needed access to the Arklay Lab and now it was a no go area, and now all he could do was keep S.T.A.R.S out of the way until the U.B.C.S cleared out the labs and assessed the damage and it could end up taking years before he ever got accesses to the facility again, assuming that Spencer didn't transfer him to a new facility and order that the lab's self-destruct mechanism was set off to destroy all eveidence of what had happened within as well as to sterilise the area.
It suddenly hit him like a bolt of lightning, why keep S.T.A.R.S out of the way when he could send them right into the heart of the fray?
Wesker grinned as he picked up a notepad and began to write the details of his new plan down, he had to make sure that everything was perfect before he could proceeded but when it was ready then his long term plans would be one step closer to completion.
And he would be one step closer to saying goodbye to Umbrella for good.
End of Chapter Eighteen
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