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Claire Redfield is a very smart and tenacious woman. While she had not been formally trained, she has a natural talent for investigation. In a different world she very easily could and would have been an investigative journalist, PI, or detecive. So it is no surprise when she stumbles across a hidden government secret.
Claire did not know what she was looking for, only that she needed to keep her eyes out for something fishy. Word had gotten out of a government facility housing B.O.Ws, but as Claire looked into it she couldn't find any information in regards to any facility. No coordinates, no logs, no employees. Claire's initial thought was of course that someone has spread a baseless rumor, which is pretty common, until she found that the US government had been sending millions of dollars to an offshore account.
Millions go into the account, then all the money disappears. That much money does not just disappear. Where is that money going? There has to be someone receiving all of this money, but anyone could be receiving this money. The receiver might not even be listed as a person.
Luckily, with the help of a friend, Claire is able to locate where the money is wired to. Doctor Winnona Stevens, age 53---an ex scientist who previously worked under the Umbrella Corporation before the lawsuit and bankruptcy shut it down. So, Claire tracked down where Dr. Stevens lives. This narrows down where the facility may be. Jeffrey City Wyoming.
As Claire researched into the area, she found that a body had turned up in Sweetwater Rocks. Doctor Robert Feilden, age 30, specialized in bio engineering. His death was ruled an accident. Claire finds this to be too much of a coincidence to mean nothing. Both Doctor Robert Feilden and Doctor Winnona Stevens must be connected.
Claire is planning on going there herself to investigate to find this facility, which is why she is now sitting with her brother Chris to discuss what she has found.
"You needed to talk to me?" Says as he sits next to her on a bench overlooking a pond at a public park.
Claire nods. "I am going to Wyoming to follow up on a lead." Claire says keeping her voice down so that they can't possibly be overheard.
This grabs Chris's attention. "Wyoming? Why?" Chris asks curiously almost like he knew something.
"We had gotten word of a possible facility containing B.O.Ws run by the government. I believe it is in Wyoming." Claire answers.
"I had a feeling you would say that." Chris says seriously, "The BSAA has been trying to track down a facility of that description too."
Claire looks over to her brother. "Will y'all be investigating too?" She asks.
"That depends," Chris answers, "What do you got?"
"Doctor Winnona Stevens is having millions wired to her. She was a scientist who worked for Umbrella." Claire starts, "And another scientist specializing in bio engineering Dorctor Robert Feilden turned up dead close to where Dr. Stevens has been living. It was ruled an accident."
"That is very suspicious," Chris says, "But, that is not enough for us to launch an investigation. I know you are probably right, but I would never get approval for it."
"I can't get approval for it either." Claire says disappointed, "So, I am going myself."
"Claire, you and I both know how dangerous it is to go into these things blind." Chris says, "You can't just go alone."
"Then come with me, but I am going." Claire says.
"What am I supposed to tell my people?" Chris says crossing his arms.
"Tell them you're going on a small vacation." Claire says, "That's what I'm telling mine."
"let me grab a go bag." Chris says, "We can't take a plane, because this is off the books. We have to drive there."
They are not the only ones who noticed a problem.
Leon Kennedy found his current assignment to be quite odd. He was informed of a top secret facility with bio weapons in containment. Leon was sent by DSO as security detail for this facility. This is not the first time Leon has been sent for security detail, but this assignment is particularly strange. The facility is located in Wyoming, in the middle of what is essentially nowhere. That itself is not a problem. The problem is that while he is here for security, he in not allowed to enter any part of the facility. When Leon was informed of these restrictions, it raised some immediate red flags.
Leon doesn't have much of a choice but to be here, and while he wouldn't have snooped in the past, he has the overwhelming urge to do so now. He can feel in his bones that something is not right. Over the past few years working for the DSO Leon has learned to trust that gut feeling.
Leon knows where all the cameras are around the facility. Everything is on a need to know basis, and they decided that Leon needed to know. This is good, because now Leon knows where all the camera blind spots are. He can easily sneak in without getting caught. All he has to do now is wait until night when most of the employees working in the facility are gone.
Every day that Leon has worked since being assigned to this job has been exactly the same. Check IDs of everyone who comes in and out, check clearance badges to make sure no one gets in who is not supposed to be, keep an eye out for people appearing near the facility who aren't supposed to be there. Mostly it is Leon standing around and waiting. All he can do in this exact moment is bide his time.
As the day goes on, nothing notable happens. It is quiet, and boring. After five pm, people begin to file out, and the overnight employees file in. By six, the facility is as empty as it will ever get, so Leon finds his way inside.
Every time someone enters the facility, they have to type in a code to get inside. Luckily for Leon, he was able to watch someone type in the code. That is how Leon gets inside. Leon stays close to the walls as he sneaks in. He keeps each footstep silent.
Nothing he sees immediately indicates the presence of any B.O.Ws. Leon makes it to a door with the name D. Stevens on it and slowly twists the doornob gently pusheing it open. What he finds is to be some type of office void of any people. Leon steps his way inside gently closing the door behind him. He walks over to the desk and sees a sticky note conveniently with Password: Akch1Win53.
Leon goes to the computer and types what the sticky note says into the password bar. When Leon clicks enter, he is let into the computer. What he sees are many files, all of which are labeled with numbers. One file stands out. It is the only file with letters. 1103Alyssa. Leon clicks on the file and sees many different notes, videos, and photos. He clicks on a video and sees something truly grotesque.
A young woman likely in her early 20s is strapped down to some type of chair. She has no legs, and instead has a tail that appears to be a bunch of different parts sewn together. From first glance Leon can tell that the alterations to this poor girl's body is more than the mermaid tail. He can see the gills surgically placed onto her torso. Luckily for Leon, the audio is off, so that he can't hear what he is seeing. He can see the girl begin to start crying and pleading. He can't see what the woman is saying, because her face is covered, but it is evident that she is speaking to the girl. The woman starts ripping out teeth while the girl is awake and aware. The girls body starts thrashing in agony as blood pours out of her mouth. This goes on for far too long. The woman rips out at least eight teeth, to Leon's count, and after that the woman starts drilling into the girls mouth. The girl eventually passes out. Leon watches as the woman replaces the girl's teeth with sharp, unnatural, inhuman teeth.
Leon's fist clenches at the disgusting log he just watched. Anger bubbles up in his chest, but he keeps himself calm and collected. He pulls out a USB and downloads all the information under the file 1103Alyssa to it. The DSO, or the ones running it, are clearly in on this operation. This means he cannot report this back, but Leon has two non-government affiliated connections who can help.
Leon quickly sneaks back out of the building the way he came, and he waits for his relief to arrive. Once another takes guard, Leon leaves pretending as if it were any other day.
Leon gets in his car and drives the hour that it takes to get back to the main road and makes his way to Jeffery City where there is a motel that DSO is paying for him to stay in. Once he gets inside he pulls out his phone and dials Chris Refeild's phone.
"Hello?" Leon hears as Chris answers the phone.
"How fast can you get to Jeffery City, Wyoming?" Leon asks.
There is a slight pause. "What a coincidence," Chris says, "Claire and I are already on our way there. We have about an hour left of our drive."
"Once you get here come to Berney's Motel, room 2B." Leon says looking down at the flashdrive, "I have something y'all need to see."
"See you in about an hour then," Chris says, "What the hell are you doing in Wyoming?"
"Work," Leon answers. He knows Chris and Claire probably got a heads up about Leon's discovery before he called.
"We're coming out for a small vacation. wanna see the sights you know." Chris says. And Leon immediately knows this means the BSAA and TerraSave didn't send them, and it is possible they don't know.
"I'll show you around after you get here," Leon responds before hanging up the phone. He pulls out a laptop and makes sure it isn't connected to the wifi before he plugs the hard drive in and starts examining the logs.
An hour and five minutes pass, and Leon isn't even close to done going over all the information on that flash drive. Leon stand up from the small table in this motel room, and he walks to the door. He looks in the peephole to see Chris and Claire. Leon opens the door and motions for them to come inside, then quietly closes the door behind him.
"DSO is compromised," Leon says walking back to the table where his laptop sits, "Y'all need to see this shit."
Chris and Claire look at the screen as Leon shows them a video of Alyssa handcuffed to a table screaming while her legs are removed, as her body is surgically changed, as her organs are pulled out of her body, as her eye is plucked from her face.
Claire looks sick. Chris's hands clench as he continues to watch the horrors that girl is put through. How she is tortured as punishment for not obeying. Forced fed raw fish. Experimented on. Slowly developing stalkholm syndrome as a method of survival.
"How did you get this Leon?" Chris asks keeping his voice low in attempt to keep himself calm.
"DSO sent me to guard a facility. they said the facility was made to keep B.O.Ws locked down to protect everyone." Leon explains, "But I noticed something was wrong, so I did my own snooping and found this. DSO is in on the whole thing."
"She is still alive, we have to get her out of there now." Claire says determined.
"I agree," Leon says, "But, we have to be smart about this. We can get in big trouble."