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  • Act 2 – Becoming Claire - Chapter 4: The Mansion

    Chapter by Weakling101 · 06 Jun 2026
  • Chris is able to gain access into the Spencer Mansion.
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  • Act 2 – Becoming Claire - Chapter 4: The Mansion Trap

    May 1998. Arklay Mountains.

    The drive up the mountain road felt wrong. Every instinct Chris had honed over the past three months screamed at him to turn back, but the sedan kept climbing through the dense fog. The trees pressed in close on either side, their branches scratching against the windows like skeletal fingers. He had adjusted Claire's wig in the rearview mirror before leaving the apartment, checked the makeup, practiced the voice. Now he barely recognized the face staring back at him from the reflection.

    Claire's face. His sister's eyes, hollowed out by death and replaced by his.

    He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel. The signals had been impossible to ignore. For weeks, Umbrella's internal systems had been bleeding alerts. Containment failures at the Arklay facility. Research staff reassigned without explanation. A memo marked EYES ONLY - LEVEL 6 CLEARANCE that he'd glimpsed on a supervisor's terminal: "Subject retrieval operations compromised. Spencer Estate protocols initiated."

    Then the disappearances went public. Not just hikers anymore. A family camping near the mountain trails. A pair of park rangers. The news anchors didn't say the words, but Chris knew the shape of the story beneath the surface. The Raccoon Police Department had finally mobilized. S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team was being deployed.

    He had watched the bulletin flash across the break room television that morning, still wearing Claire's purple turtleneck and jeans, still tasting the foundation on his lips. The anchor's voice was crisp and professional. "The Raccoon City Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service has been dispatched to investigate a series of brutal attacks in the Arklay Mountain region. Authorities urge residents to avoid the area..."

    Chris had set down his coffee and walked straight to his desk. He logged into the network one final time. The permissions from his internship were still active. He pulled up the facility logs for the Spencer Mansion.

    Main Estate Status: Lockdown Protocol Standby
    Perimeter Security: Compromised
    Containment Teams: Unresponsive

    He had made a decision in that moment. The kind of decision Claire would have made. The kind that killed her.

    He grabbed the service request for a network patch at the Spencer Estate, forged a supervisor's signature, and walked out the door with a laptop bag and a pistol tucked into the back of his waistband. The Sig Sauer was cold against …
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