Authors Notes: Finally the long awaited chapter two! This chapter will basically follow the movie from Rain’s POV up until a certain point. After that things will begin to change from the Actual Movie events in such a way as to allow for my chosen ending. At that point more detail will go into certain scenes, though it will remain Rain centric. Either way I hope it makes sense and reads well enough that you want to see it finished as much as I do.
Just keep in mind; I literally watched the movie (On DVD) about 50 or so times to create a proper script to follow that would allow me to put in all the proper details. So please don’t complain that there are certain scenes or dialogue missing. I KNOW what they are, and I chose to alter it this way because I didn’t want a simple retelling of the movie.
01 It’s raining in Hell
Dreaming of Death
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT.
SUBJECT:
THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE INCIDENT AT RACOON CITY.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, THE UMBRELLA CORPORATION HAD BECOME THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL ENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 9 OUT OF EVERY 10 HOMES CONTAIN ITS PRODUCTS. ITS POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL INFLUENCE IS FELT EVERYWHERE. IN PUBLIC, IT IS THE WORLD'S LEADING SUPPLIER OF:
*COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
*MEDICAL PRODUCTS
*HEALTHCARE
UNKNOWN EVEN TO ITS OWN EMPLOYEES, ITS MASSIVE PROFITS ARE GENERATED BY:
*MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
*GENETIC EXPERIMENTATION
*VIRAL WEAPONRY
Dreaming of Death -The Mansion Entrance
Rain had been feeling a sense of intense paranoia from the moment she had woken that day, the sweat of her nightmares still clinging to her skin. The feeling had slowly begun to taper off as she had made her way into work, and had nearly gone back to her regular level of combat readiness and paranoia after she had put J.D. down on the mat during their morning spar. It had quickly begun to ratchet back up from the exact moment that One, her commanding officer had called an emergency mission briefing.
That the briefing had been exactly as she remembered the mission from her nightmare to be about had her just a little spooked, but nothing that couldn't be explained away. Still, when prepping her gear she made sure to pack an extra mag of ammo for each weapon and secreted away a third mag for her Colt.
Just in case, after all it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Soon they were prepped and ready to roll, their destination the Mansion Entrance to the Hive located in the Arklay Mountains. They would arrive just shy of five hours after the initial loss of contact, an eternity when dealing with potential Hazards and hundreds of lives. As they approach from the air, Rain spots that someone was clearly in the Mansion, the lights spelling out that someone was still alive down there.
Why does that thought comfort me so much? I haven't been afraid of the dark since I was seven.
Rain ignores the terrible thought that after this mission she would be just as terrified of the dark as she had ever been when she was a child, it scares her too much. Instead she distracts herself by pulling her mask on preparing to rappel into the Mansion, forcing herself to concentrate on landing safely.
Within seconds she is through the window and taking in a scene that feels familiar in a way it shouldn't, quickly disarming the man holding a gun on them.
Matt. She thinks even as she wrestles him to the ground and cuffs him, ignoring the man's yelling about her breaking his arm. One finally steps through the busted window and approaches the blonde Alice for a report, trusting that she and JD had the man under control.
Rain can hear One asking for a report, and can't help but feel protective of the blonde who was so very familiar to her even at a distance. She nearly growls when the large man pushes the other woman into a wall, and catches herself.
What the hell? I don't even know her, why the fuck am I being so protective?
Thoughts of a blonde angel flit across her mind, but she pushes them away into that dark place where dead team mates and being eaten alive dwell. She was not yet ready to revisit that particular nightmare, especially when distraction could get her or her team killed.
She comes out of her thoughts just in time to hear JD say the man's name to be Matthew Addison, and that he wasn't getting a match for the id.
"Who are you?" She practically growls it, only half heartedly holding her gun on him out of frustration.
"I just transferred. They probably don't even have me on file yet."
She spots One giving JD a look, wanting to know if the man's, matt's words had any truth to them.
"The locals are inefficient, it's possible."
"Should I secure him here?" Rain really hopes that One says yes, but knows he won't even as he pulls his mask to look Alice in the eyes.
"No. We take him with us."
"You can't do this!"
Putting her gun away Rain pulls her mask before leaning in close to give her reply, the usual sarcasm missing as déjà vu rears to an intense level.
"Blow me."
Something must have shown in her actions or voice because Matt gave no effort to resist as she led him into the room with the others, and JD who had clearly heard her reply as well gave her a searching glance as she passed him by.
"Prep for entry to the Hive."
A shiver races down her back at those words and a feeling of doom begins to build. Within moments they have come upon a Train platform, Kaplan stating that the power was out. Needing something to do to ease her nerves Rain volunteers to fix it.
"I'm on it."
She quickly pushes Matt further onto the train and then removing her Mp5k proceeds down through the trap door located in the floor of the train with a flash light on hand. Standing she spots the power couplings and reconnects them with relative ease.
A strange noise pulls her attention away from the couplings and she squats to peer to the end of the tunnel, only to find a hole in some wiring down the way. She puts the strange feeling she has off as nothing and rises to her full height only to get scared as JD suddenly peeks down from above.
"Are you done yet? Jumpy?"
He laughs at her, but Rain can tell he doesn't really mean it. Still she smiles when he jumps after she finishes reconnecting the power and the rail near his head sparks. Quickly she exits the underbelly as the train begins to power up and reclaims her weapon as they pick up speed. As she mindlessly checks it over she thinks back to how jumpy she has become in the last few hours.
It's just that dream getting to me. That's all, nothing bad will happen.
Dreaming of Death -The Train Ride
There is a door on the train that won't open, but Rain persists in trying. Finally she gets fed up with it and turns to find both Matt and Alice watching her with curious expressions. Normally the look would rub her the wrong way, and it is on the tip of her tongue to snap at them, but a feeling holds her back from doing more than lightly glaring.
"How's that door?"
"It's sealed shut."
"Let me." J.D. comes from behind One and heads to the sealed door with a cocky grin, one that pisses Rain off just enough to avoid letting him know that there is obviously something on the other side holding it closed.
Quickly she works her way over by One with a grin even as J.D manages to open the door where she had failed. The grin stays as a man falls out and onto JD, causing the other soldier to yell and jump away while pulling his weapon. One has also trained his weapon on the unknown, and Rain can't help but think that killing him now would save them a lot of trouble in the future. The grin drops from her face at that thought and she doesn't even bother taunting J.D it has her so rattled.
What the hell? I'm going nuts, just because this bastard... didn't do anything. I've never seen him before in my life!
She doesn't bother to pay attention as Olga, their medic, checks that the new man Spence Parks is ok and just missing his memory as well. Somehow she just knows that things are about to take a turn for the worst.
Dreaming of Death -Route through the Hive
Thirty minutes into the mission and Rain has officially begun to freak out. They had broken through the main doors, found the elevators crashed, the direct route flooded, and now they were in a place that featured prominently in last night’s nightmare. Everything that had happened up to this point had given her the heebie jeebies associated with déjà vu, but this was literally the start of everything that had her waking in a cold sweat wanting to throw up.
"Maybe the corporation's keeping a few secrets down here. Something you're not supposed to see."
"J.D, you and Rain keep the prisoner here and secure the exit." One's voice broke her from her thoughts and her face paled unhealthily as she realized what had just been said.
Calm yourself Rain, it was just a dream. Just. A. Dream.
"All right. There may be survivors. Give me a search line, but keep it tight." One's command had the others heading off into the surroundings, while J.D and Matt simply looked to Rain to lead.
Half heartedly she gave Matt a shove and the order to 'Move it' as they followed the others part way into the stacks and set up camp with the entrance visible.
"What do you think they keep in these things?"
"Whatever it is, I don't think I want to know."
Dreaming of Death -The Red Queen's Defense
Computer Simulation--
Identifying as: RED QUEEN CHAMBER
Elevation: -1900 feet
Mission Time: 02:13:54
Alice is looking through the small glass window embedded in the sealed door while Kaplan does his job at the control station-- a set of computers and their monitors. One and the Medic watch from over his shoulder.
"What's taking so long?"
"The Red Queen's defenses are in place. She's making it... difficult." Kaplan answers Olga's question even as a bright ding sounds and the once sealed doors begin to open.
"Let's pack it up." One heads over to the open door while Olga, Vance, and Warner grab a large silver cylinder and place it into a duffel bag. Pausing at the doorway he turns to Alice with a warning glare.
"You stay here."
She nods and he heads into the dark hall, weapon at the ready. He is almost to the end when suddenly the walls come to life with a bright white light. One glances back at Kaplan to see what is happening.
*The lights are automated. Nothing to worry about.*
One nods to himself at the sound of Kaplan's voice over the radio, and continues to the far door where he proceeds to place a small silver device. Speaking into the radio he lets the others know that the transmitter is in position.
"Rodger. Running the bypass." Kaplan smiles to himself as he code breaks the door, while Alice watches on from over his shoulder.
The screen itself reads:
PASCODE SEARCH
[X][X][1][X][X]
FOUND
At the same exact time the numbers begin to appear on the doors locking mechanism, eventually reading as:
[1][2][1][7][7]
"Checkmate."
All in the room watch as the door opens automatically, and One does a quick check from his secured position before motioning the rest of his team forward.
"Move up."
As Warner, Olga, and Vance move past her with the device, Alice takes the time to ask what exactly it was supposed to be.
"That's what's gonna shut the Queen down. Delivers a massive electrical charge. Scrambles the mainframe and forces it to reboot."
Alice mumbles the words to herself in an effort to understand Kaplan's explanation, and looks up just in time to watch as the door begins to seal behind the team. Every one of the commandoes draws their weapons as both doors close, trapping them in the bright hallway.
One shouts over the radio for Kaplan while backing up towards the rest of his team.
"It's some kind of dormant defense mechanism. We must have tripped it when we opened the door."
"Then put it back to sleep."
"I'm working on it." Kaplan continues to type frantically at the control systems, the one screen now flashing a warning that scared the hell out of him.
LEVEL 5
WEAPON SYSTEM
ACTIVATED
"Would you open that door now, please?" Spence stands behind Kaplan, urgency in his words as a feeling of doom settles on the room.
"I'm trying."
While Kaplan works to stop the system, One and the others are holding their positions. He and Warner facing the Queen's Chamber while Vance and Olga face the way they entered, keeping watch for anything sinister.
"Hold your positions. Everyone stay calm."
"What's that?" Warner's call redirects One's attention down the corridor where all the light from the walls seems to be gathering. A high pitched whine accompanies two points of light growing stronger until they form a line. Within seconds the line is speeding for the team at neck height, forcing One and the others to duck.
"Down! Get Down!"
Not all of them are quite quick enough.
Outside the chamber Alice is watching these events through the small window, yelling at Kaplan to hurry as she watches the light form and pass through the hall.
"Something's killing them in there!"
"Don't do this to me!"
Back in the lighted hallway, One shouts for the medic as he comforts Warner, who has had a large portion of his right hand cut off by the light. He looks up to see her standing there, unmoving and watches with dawning horror as a red line begins to form slowly across her neck. One looks away as her head drops to the floor, the rest of her body following shortly after.
One continues to hold his teammates hand, trying desperately to keep him awake as shock begins to set in.
"Stay conscious. You’re going into shock. Stay Awake!"
"Sir! It's coming back!" One and his last remaining teammate both look up in horror to see the line forming once more. Standing quickly they back away towards the entrance as the beam approaches.
"It's coming back!"
The beam starts at ankle level and Vance quickly attempts to jump over it, only for the beam to follow him upwards, cutting the man in half at the waist. One seeing this quickly jumps up to the ceiling and grabs a hold of the overhead structure, pulling himself flat and just missing being cut though his tactical knife does not survive.
Alice who has been watching still, screams at Kaplan to hurry and open the door. Helpless to do more than scream impotently as the men who had brought her down here were slaughtered.
"I'm almost there!"
The beam forms once more and One stands ready for it, waiting to move in any direction necessary for his survival. He backs up several steps, almost reaching the door, and is surprised to see the beam form a net like lattice across the entire hall.
"Shit!" There is nowhere to go that will let him avoid the beam, and the despair forces him back just one more step, his back now touching the door. Not wanting to see his death he closes his eyes and waits for it calmly.
Just as the beam is about to reach the team leader it stops and turns off, close enough to cut him should he move just the slightest bit forward. Kaplan had done it, though not nearly fast enough to have done much good.
Alice who has seen the deaths feels herself gag just a little, tears of relief filling her eyes at one less terrible sight to be imprinted in her memory. Kaplan stands from his spot shakily as the door opens once more, letting One collapse backwards to the ground safely.
Alice immediately bends down to help the larger man up, hoping that he would be alright.
"Thank you. I'll be fine." He stands tall and strong a look of determination on his face. "Kaplan. Make sure that bitch is down this time!"
"What?" Alice and Spence give them both a look of confused terror, even as Kaplan double checks the computer before standing and heading shakily towards the room of light.
"We still have to complete the mission."
"There is no way in hell I’m going down there." Spence is adamant, and backs himself up against the nearest wall and away from these lunatics.
"Her defenses are down." Kaplan's voice is shaky, upset that his teammates have died.
"Déjà vu, anyone?"
Dreaming of Death