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Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A/N: I'm not English native speaker, so you might find some typos or grammar mistakes, I do apologize for that.

A team of BSAA soldiers filed one after into a small room led by their renowned Captain, Chris Redfield. They were currently on a mission in a small Eastern European country called Edonia. There had been reports that the bio-organic weapons being used in the civil war in the region and the BSAA had been requested for its assistance.

It had been 14 years since Chris first encountered this menace in the Umbrella facility and 14 long years that he had been fighting to put an end to this threat but it was nowhere in sight. He was a naïve 25-year old man, who thought stopping Umbrella was the key but Umbrella was just the tip of the iceberg. He spent most of his youth battling the infamous company's legacy, only to find out that it was ready to set back its roots once again.

Everything that he had been doing until now seemed to be in nothing but absolute vain. The fights he routinely waged were in vain; giving up a "normal" life was in vain; being away from friends and family was in vain; missing precious time he could have spent with his bride and children was in vain and all his physical efforts were in vain. It all just seemed to be clouded in doubts than certainties and he didn't know if he was even making a difference.

However, he never let those uncertainties weaken his resolve. It was something he learned after he lost his parents; to always keep fighting and surviving. Life goes on and it won't wait for you to dry your tears. He has to do whatever he can to clean up this mess, so he could just go home.

He has a loving family waiting back at his home for him; his beautiful and dedicated bride: Katerina and a father to their six-month old twin children. He wanted to get back to them and to take on the responsibilities of being a husband and a father. He wanted to resume watching his children grow, acquiring more skills and independence with passing day. However, this wasn't a moment for him to hold homesick and focus back on the mission.

Just as they entered the small space, Chris had a ominous feeling about something and even before he could figure out what was wrong Piers informed him about the woman that they were escorting was no longer with them. The young marksman called out to the rookie, Finn Macauley, in their team for confirmation. The newbie panicked a little telling them that the woman was just behind, in turn confirming their suspicions.

Before Chris could respond to that detail, he heard a mechanical sound and reflexively looked above to see spikes over his head. The next moment the spikes dropped down, giving Piers and him barely enough time to jump backwards to save themselves from being impaled by the metal rods of the door, which blocked the exit.

The two men pulled themselves off the floor and tried to think of a way to open the gate door, when they noticed the door on the other closing as well, there by trapping rest of the men in the team in the small room. Chris heard the sounds of footsteps and recognized the woman dressed in blue dress, approaching the room from the end. He raised his weapon to aim at the woman and his men followed the suit. The woman slyly smiled thanking them for the escort before tossing a spherical device in the room.

Chris fruitlessly rammed against the metal bars of the gate door, as he powerlessly watched the device shoot out a bunch of darts carrying the C-virus and infecting the men on his team. He witnessed the men stumble and collapse to the floor in agony, trying to fight the infection. The rookie called out to him, dragging his feet and holding out his arm to reach out for help. The BSAA captain stretched out his arm to him, only to see him burst into flames and turn into a chrysalid.

Chris collapsed to his knees at the loss of his companions, who he had promised to not leave behind. These men were his responsibility; they admired him, followed his orders without questions and ready to lay down their lives for the cause but he didn't want them to end like this. He wouldn't wish such a cruel fate to befall on his enemies than these were his friends and brothers in-arms.

They didn't even get the time to mourn their deaths properly when one of the cocoons cracked and Piers told him that they should get moving. Just as he pulled himself back on his feet, the cocoon's burst open and hard-shelled monsters attacked them. They both tried to defend themselves but things happened too fast and Chris was sent flying across the narrow hallway.

The sounds of gunfire faded and Chris's vision blurred, reminding him once again of the deaths he just witnessed. The men believed in him and he let them die just like Henry… his son. Too many people died on his watch and he had failed all of them. He wasn't a legend. Chris Redfield isn't anything like this…

"I don't want to see people die in agony anymore. I wish I could switch places with them and cease to exist; then I don't have to feel this guilt or pain that consumes my soul. I didn't want to be the hero that everyone believes me to be but I have never been. I don't want to be burdened with these responsibilities anymore. I just want to forget.

I don't want this anymore…

All I want is to Forget!"

Thank you for taking your time out to read the story and I hope you enjoyed it.

I'd like to thank JennaWilliams for helping me with this start.

This is the last book started on Beyond Time and here you'll know the true end of the saga.

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