t - 5 minutes

~outbreak~

september 16th, 1998

you're sitting in your living room with your cat when you get a call. you check the screen and recognize the number "god damn it it's my day off for christ sake." you pick it up after a couple of rings hoping it was a mistake. "dean i swear to everything that is holy if you're calling about something dumb again i'm gonna make you regret it." dean speaks up from the other side of the line sounding slightly panicked. "y/n listen, the chief wants everyone to come in today. something big is happening on the outskirts of the county. he's briefing everyone on it at 9:30 sharp." your mind races. something big ? what could be that important ? i mean raccoon city is just a small industrial city, why do we have to worry about it ? you sigh, "alright dean. i gotta get dressed and feed my cat. after that i'll be on my way." dean notices your annoyance. "y/n, i wouldn't have called you if it wasn't important. this has the chief really worked up." you reply trying to sound as calm as possible. "dean. i said i'd be on my way soon, goodbye." you hang up and set your phone down on the coffee table before standing.

you walk over to mimi's room, which was supposed to be your office but her many, many cat things have taken over. "mimi, food time !" you yell from her food bowl while filling it with over priced cat food. god this cats expensive. you check her water dispenser, full, good now you don't have to do that before hopping in the shower. you walk out of the room just as soon as you see a long black tail wrap itself around the door frame. good, she's going to eat. you head to the bathroom and turn the shower on, letting it warm up. walking into your room you stop at your closet and pull out your uniform and its many miscellaneous pieces. you walk back into the bathroom that's now full of steam and undress before getting into the shower.

combing your hair into a bun you sigh again. "it's my day off man i don't wanna go in." you think to yourself, but then your mind wanders to what possibly could be going on that's got the chiefs panties in a wad ? you start to rack your brain trying to figure it out but you've got nothing. you finish getting ready grabbing you phone, gun, and keys from the table you left them on. good thing you just cleaned your gun you think to yourself. having no idea if you're actually going to have to use it. you make your way to your car. it's not the best thing in the world but it definitely gets the job done. you get in, start it, and begin making your way to the police station.

          you pull into your parking spot and make your way to the building, feeling something wrong in the air but ignoring it. you walk in through the front doors exchanging pleasantries with the few people you do pass on the way to the meeting room. finally you make it to the meeting room surprised to see the S.T.A.R.S members there. you take your seat settling into the stale air of the room. "glad you could make it l/n, we were just about to get started." the chief says standing up at the front of the room by the whiteboard that's riddled with many pictures and papers with red marking.

  "listen up everyone. i called you all in today to talk about a serious threat the S.T.A.R.S members brought to my attention. i'll let them take it from here." the chief says before taking a seat. the two S.T.A.R.S members you don't recognize stand at the front now with bandages and bruises covering their bodies. " a few months ago we were sent in to investigate something we are only referring to as the outbreak at the moment. me and my team went in undercover to try and get as much intel as we could. unfortunately we were met with something that looked like it came straight out of a horror movie." your mind immediately starts wandering again, what could be that bad ? that a S.T.A.R.S member of all people is referring to it as a 'horror movie' ? the conversation tunes back in smothering the rapid thoughts you had. "we still don't know how or why this happened or why it's happening here but we have another more important mission to carry out, which is why we're briefing you all." packets of paper start being handed out between the lot of us. you're seated next to officer branagh. you look over at him and nudge his shoulder. "hey, marvin. do you have any idea about what's going on ?" he looks over at you and shakes his head "no clue y/n. but it's definitely serious" you nod your head in agreement.

the chief stands up again this time addressing you "l/n, i'm gonna have you at the front desk. your better with calming panicked people down then dean." you nod and dean scoffs. "dean i'm gonna put you in charge of the upstairs office" you tone out everything going on while the chief is telling everyone where he needs them. the meeting finishes and you head to the front desk, sitting next to a girl who started only a couple of weeks ago. "hey y/n ! what are you doing up here ?" you settle into your chair and log into the computer to your left "damage control." the girl kinda laughs saying "did dean mess up that bad ?" you know you can't tell her what happened in the meeting "yeah, chief sent him upstairs." you kinda chuckle pulling up a couple of emails to check while waiting on people to show up. suddenly the phone to the left of your computer rings. "hello this is officer l/n speaking how may i help you ?" you hear a males voice on the other side of the line, he doesn't sound much older then you. "hello officer l/n, my name is leon. leon kennedy. i'm just calling to see what time i should come in it's my first day and i can't find my schedule." you swiftly reply "hang on leon let me look it up." you start typing away at your keyboard and pulling up the email with the newly updated schedule. "alrighty leon it actually says here that you should come in next week. we've got all hands on deck at the moment so we don't have spare hands to help train you. i'm sorry for the inconvenience." leon sighs a breath of relief. "it's okay officer l/n i just wanted to make sure i wasn't late" you reply. "don't worry, you're all good, by the way since we're coworkers now call me y/n !" you say with a smile. "well okay then y/n, i hope you have a nice day. stay safe out there." you hear the line beep before responding.