Storyline, Past and Present

There is much that occurred before Leon S. Kennedy or Claire Redfield ever visited Raccoon City. So if you haven't played RE in awhile or not at all, you might want to catch up on what led to this point. Following is a summary story on what happened before, during, and a little bit after the first Resident Evil battle.

?Pride of Raccoon City

Not an area accustomed to problems. Panic ensued as locals began calling in with missing person reports and sightings of attacks from dog-like monsters. Victims were reported as being eaten. During general investigation, one of the missing people's body was recovered. It turned out to be a female, who was removed from a lake in slashed and mangled form. Autopsy revealed her death was caused from an animal with great fang length. Speculation hinted along the lines of a grizzly or wolf attack. Background information on this woman explained that she had partaken in a tourist group hiking trip, whom walked those mountains only a few days prior.
??? Assuming the location to still be a threat, entrances to these mountains were barricaded. A branch of Raccoon's Police Department named Special Tactics and Rescue Squad (S.T.A.R.S.) assembled a team to search for the other hikers. Code named Bravo, this valiant team proceeds with their search of the area via helicopter. Bravo's feedback stated they've spotted a mansion in the vicinity of this targeted area. Oddly, engine failure with their craft occurs and it goes down in a crash over the mountains. All radio contact is severed. Now, a second S.T.A.R.S. party is assembled, code name Alpha. Their briefly given orders are of greater importance than the first team. They must resume Bravo's mission by investigating Raccoon Forest, also locate the whereabouts of Bravo's helicopter, rescue members of Bravo Team, and put this entire situation to a rest. Unkown to many members of Alpha Team, this would be no standard operation.

Return to "Survival Horror

?Alpha Team spots their colleagues' wreckage. Landing nearby to initiate investigation of the area, it wasn't too long till evidence of a Bravo Team member's corpse was found. Joseph Frost, a member of Alpha Team, is jolted at the sight of these remains. Yet his panic is interrupted by a swift death from an unholy creature that sought him out. Leaping to tear into him, Jill witnesses the scene and screams out for Joseph before everyone retreats in fear of their own lives. Firing their pistols madly at the blood thirsty beast as they rush through thickets of tall grass. Distressingly, their pilot driven by cowardice, flees without his comrades. To no other reasonable alternatives the team seeks refuge in a nearby mansion, and maintain their stay in safety from the thing which lurks outside. Only to somehow be separated from within this mansion!
??? Alpha members Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine reveal many a dreadful thing as they explore the mansion. During their exhibition, they encounter cadavers of scientist who somehow are animated and violently carnivorous. They are faced with fending off the walking dead, and other things of an experimental sort. As the plot unfolds, Chris and Jill find they are pawns in a sadistic conspiracy. They learn of a company named Umbrella, whom funds industries that devise biochemicals for warfare. One of the scientist supporting this project ends up being none other than Albert Wesker, current leader of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team. One twist after another unfolds. Chris's good friend and partner Barry Burton is exposed as a betrayer, a young woman named Rebecca Chambers appears to be the only remaining survivor of Bravo Team, discovered underneath the mansion is an entire chemical research facility, and scattered documents reference all the gruesome creatures as being bi-products of a chemical called T-Virus.
??? Albert along with the help of Barry, ambush Chris and Jill. Albert explains Umbrella's operation obviously leaked, and he came present to settle the matters himself. Yet also complains of others meddling into classified information. Albert also explains that Barry's betrayal is due to a threat for death placed on Barry's family. Then as a finale to this deviation, Chris and Jill soon become faced with Tyrant. Tyrant, an organic secret weapon produced by the T-Virus is awakened from its dormant state. As Chris and Jill cross Tyrant's path, they are attacked. Though quick, agile, and deadly, the monolith weapon is thwarted and rendered unconscious from Chris and Jill's attacks. Suddenly, a self destruction sequence is activated. Pressuring all to immediately evacuate the quarters. The two heroes race upwards to the building's roof. From atop, they find a flare launcher. It is fired in hopes of alerting any nearby craft's attention. Gratefully Brad Vickers, the pilot who initially left his crew, had returned in hopes of redeeming himself by rescuing those he let down. He sees the flare and zooms towards it. Before the helicopter can land, Tyrant rips through the floor and climbs up to block a safe path. Chris and Jill fight this monster while trying to beat the clock before the building detonates. Just as despair almost sinks in, Brad drops a rocket launcher down below to be used on Tyrant. This launcher is used and in one well aimed missile, Tyrant is reduced to a pile of limbs! Certainly Chris, Jill, Barry, and Rebecca Chambers escape the evil. Albert is presumed dead as the mansion blows up in the distance. Despite all that was achieved and solved, this barely set the stage for many more adventures to come. Umbrella had counted the mansion location as a loss a long time ago, and now with all the evidence up in flames it becomes the heroes word against those involved. Umbrella thrives off far more powerful branches located outside Raccoon City. Soon to follow, the problem will grow, but so will the champions who fight the cause!

Nightmares Lurk The Streets??

A calm ensues Raccoon City now that prolonged murders had ceased to be. For Chris and Jill, tension overpowered their time for relaxation. They tried to convince government officials of the outrageous conspiracy at hand, yet failed to grasp any attention or belief. Chris took it upon himself to investigate the matters himself. By mailing key figures with inquiries. This ongoing process was hoped to present names for others involved in this warfare project. Acting alone on the situation, Chris leaves Raccoon City on a lead for more information. Meanwhile unusual symptoms are showing up all around the city. It isn't long until almost everyone becomes the walking dead. It is unknown what is behind all these people turning into zombies. The police station is quickly turned upside down with madness and Jill Valentine is caught in the middle of it all. Struggles to fight for her life begin once again. Finally, Raccoon City is reduced to a ghost town. Yet it is not closed off to the outside public. The new adventure begins now.....