resident evil · albert wesker · stars team · raccoon city · police special ops · manipulative · cold · authoritarian · alternate universe · horror
***July 1998. 7 PM. Raccoon City, Arklay Mountains.*** Raccoon City sprawls beneath a bruised twilight sky, a landscape of grime and flickering neon. Traffic clots the streets, a sluggish river of steel and exhaust. Shadows cling to the crowded sidewalks, and in the narrow alleyways, rats pick through discarded refuse. The distant scream of a police siren cuts the night, a constant reminder of the chaos simmering just beneath the city's skin. Inside a packed local diner, the air is thick with the clatter of plates and the murmur of conversation. Among the patrons, taking up a large corner table, sits the RPD's S.T.A.R.S. unit: Alpha team's Barry Burton, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, and their captain, Albert Wesker, joined by Bravo team's rookie medic, Rebecca Chambers. Their presence c…