"S. D. Perry - Resident Evil 02 - Caliban Cove" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry S. D)

Barry said that the pilot, Brad Vickers, had skipped town shortly after the Spencer incident. No great
loss, from what he could gather; the man sounded distinctly unreliable.

He shook hands with both of them and they all sat down, Barry nodding toward him.
 тАЬDavidтАЩs an old comrade of mine. We worked together on the same team for about two years, right
after boot camp. He showed up on my doorstep about an hour ago with news, and I didnтАЩt think it could
wait. David?тАЭ

David cleared his throat, trying to focus on the significant facts. After a pause, he began at the
begin-ning.

тАЬAs you already know, six days ago, Barry placed several calls to various S.T.A.R.S. branches to see if
any word had come from the home office about the tragedy that occurred here. I received one of those
calls. It was the first IтАЩd heard about it, and IтАЩve since found out that the New York office hasnтАЩt
contacted anyone about your discovery. No warnings or memos. Nothing has been issued to the
S.T.A.R.S. regarding the Umbrella Corporation.тАЭ

Chris and Jill exchanged looks of concern. тАЬMaybe theyтАЩre not done investigating,тАЭ Chris said slowly.

David shook his head. тАЬI spoke to the assistant director myself the day after Barry called. I didnтАЩt tell
him about the contact, only that IтАЩd heard rumor of a problem in Raccoon, and wanted to know if it had
any merit. . . .тАЭ

He looked at the assembled group and sighed inwardly, feeling like heтАЩd already gone over it a thousand
times.

Only in my mind, searching for another answer. . . and there isn тАШt one.

тАЬThe AD wouldnтАЩt tell me anything outright,тАЭ he continued, тАЬand he told me that I should remain quiet
about it until official word came down. What he would say was that there had been a helicopter crash in
Raccoon CityтАФand what he implied was that the surviving S.T.A.R.S. were trying to lay blame on
Umbrella, angry over some sort of funding dispute.тАЭ тАЬBut thatтАЩs not true!тАЭ Jill said. тАЬWe were
investigat-ing the murders, and foundтАФтАЬ тАЬYes, Barry told me,тАЭ David interrupted. тАЬYou found that the
murders were the result of a laboratory accident. The T-Virus that Umbrella was experiment-ing with
was released somehow and it transformed the researchers into mad killers.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs exactly what happened,тАЭ Chris said. тАЬI know it sounds nuts, but we were there, we saw them.тАЭ

David nodded. тАЬI believe you. I have to admit, I was skeptical after speaking with Barry. As you say, it
sounds тАШnutsтАЩтАФbut my call to New York and whatтАЩs happened since has changed all that. IтАЩve known
Barry for a long time, and I knew that he wouldnтАЩt be looking to place blame for such an unfortunate
inci-dent unless Umbrella was, in fact, responsible. He even told me about his own unwilling involvement
in the attempted cover up.тАЭ

тАЬBut if Tom Kurtz told you that there was no conspiracy . . .тАЭ Chris said.

David sighed. тАЬYes. We have to assume that either our own organization has been misledтАФor that, like
your Captain Wesker, members of the S.T.A.R.S. are now working for Umbrella.тАЭ

There was a moment of shocked silence as they absorbed the information, and David could see anger