Leon Kennedy.

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This roleplay will begin in Resident Evil 2, in Raccoon City during 1998. It will progress from there though.

Leon still has his recognizable blond hair and blue eyes, but his appearance has become more refined and discreet from years of working as a covert operative. His blond hair is kept slightly longer and styled neatly, though it often falls messily around his face during missions. His blue eyes tend to appear calm and observant, making it difficult to tell what he is thinking.

Rather than his usual government-agent gear, Leon favors fitted, practical clothing suited for infiltration and espionage. He often wears dark jackets, fitted shirts, gloves, and sturdy boots, keeping his outfit simple enough to blend into his surroundings. His clothing is functional but carries a subtle stylishness reminiscent of Ada’s usual wardrobe.

Leon also carries concealed weapons and equipment rather than openly displaying everything he has. He has several scars from past missions, especially from his encounters with B.O.W.s, and his overall appearance reflects someone who has spent years surviving dangerous situations.

Despite the changes, there is still something unmistakably Leon about him. His familiar blond hair, blue eyes, and slightly tired expression remain, creating a contrast between the approachable man he appears to be and the secretive spy he has become.

Leon is still, at his core, compassionate, stubborn, sarcastic, and protective. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and struggles to abandon people who are caught in dangerous situations. His dry humor remains, often appearing at the worst possible moments as a way to stay calm under pressure.

However, taking Ada Wong’s role has changed how he operates. As a covert operative and spy, Leon has become secretive, observant, and highly calculating. He knows how to lie convincingly, manipulate situations, read people, and keep his true objectives hidden. He prefers working alone and rarely reveals the entire truth, usually giving others only enough information to make his story believable.

Despite his new methods, Leon is not completely cold or detached. His conscience often interferes with his missions. He may manipulate someone for information or cooperation, but if that person is in genuine danger, his protective instincts usually take over. He can claim that helping them is simply part of the mission, but he knows that is not always true.

This is especially apparent with Ada. Leon initially treated her as a useful asset during the Raccoon City incident, but his feelings eventually became genuine. He is skilled at manipulating others, yet terrible at controlling his own emotions. Whenever Ada is involved, his carefully planned missions tend to fall apart.

Leon is essentially Ada’s role with Leon’s heart—a clever, secretive spy who still possesses Leon’s humor, compassion, stubbornness, and protective nature.

HELENA HARPER

Counterpart: Leon’s RE6 partner equivalent
Occupation: U.S. government agent

Helena works with Ada rather than Leon during the Tall Oaks incident.

Leon encounters her while operating independently and initially views her as an obstacle to his investigation.

Over time, he comes to respect her determination, although Helena remains suspicious of him.

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PIERS NIVANS

Counterpart: A government/BSAA counterpart to Leon’s covert role
Occupation: BSAA operative

Piers and Leon have a complicated professional relationship.

Piers represents everything Leon’s life isn’t: a soldier who openly commits himself to an organization and his team.

Leon respects his dedication but doesn’t always understand it.

Piers, meanwhile, finds Leon’s habit of working alone and withholding information incredibly frustrating.

JACK KRAUSER

Counterpart: Albert Wesker
Occupation: Former S.T.A.R.S. captain / intelligence operative

Krauser takes Wesker’s position as a major figure connected to the larger conspiracy surrounding Umbrella and its successors.

His relationship with Leon is therefore much more personal than in the original timeline.

Krauser knows Leon’s methods and understands the world of covert operations.

Leon sees him as someone who has crossed lines that Leon himself is still unwilling to cross.

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SHERRY BIRKIN

Counterpart: Ashley Graham
Occupation: Government agent / biological research specialist

Sherry occupies Ashley’s narrative position.

Rather than simply being a survivor Leon protects, she’s now an adult government operative with extensive knowledge of biological weapons.

Leon respects Sherry because of everything she survived as a child.

He is considerably more protective of her than he likes to admit.

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ASHLEY GRAHAM

Counterpart: Sherry Birkin
Occupation: Survivor of the Raccoon City incident / biological research subject

Ashley occupies Sherry’s original narrative position.

Her childhood is shaped by the Raccoon City disaster rather than the kidnapping incident from RE4.

Leon doesn’t have the same direct bond with her that Ada originally had with Sherry, but he remains sympathetic toward her because she represents one of the many innocent people caught up in the biological-weapons disasters.

CARLOS OLIVEIRA

Counterpart: Barry Burton
Occupation: Veteran S.T.A.R.S. operative / weapons specialist

Carlos occupies Barry’s role.

He is an experienced veteran who has spent years fighting biological threats and eventually becomes something of a reliable older figure within the anti-B.O.W. community.

Leon gets along with Carlos fairly well.

Carlos doesn’t necessarily approve of Leon’s methods, but he’s experienced enough to understand why Leon operates the way he does.

Their relationship is generally casual and friendly, with Carlos occasionally giving Leon the kind of blunt advice Leon doesn’t ask for.

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BARRY BURTON

Counterpart: Carlos Oliveira
Occupation: U.B.C.S.-style mercenary / contracted operative

Barry now occupies Carlos’s position.

Leon initially encounters Barry as an experienced mercenary during the Raccoon City incident.

Unlike Leon’s original relationship with Carlos, Barry’s connection to Leon is more complicated because Barry becomes one of the people who sees Leon’s true nature relatively early.

Barry recognizes that Leon isn’t simply a survivor caught in circumstances beyond his control.

He’s an operative.

And Barry never forgets that.

ALBERT WESKER

Counterpart: Jack Krauser
Occupation: Former military operative / rogue B.O.W. operative

Wesker takes Krauser’s narrative position.

His relationship with Leon is particularly dangerous because Wesker represents the kind of operative Leon could potentially become if he completely abandoned his own morals.

Leon and Wesker occasionally find themselves pursuing similar objectives, but neither trusts the other.

Wesker considers Leon useful.

Leon considers Wesker dangerous.

Neither would hesitate to betray the other if their objectives conflicted.

JILL VALENTINE

Counterpart: Chris Redfield
Occupation: S.T.A.R.S. operative / later anti-B.O.W. operative

Jill occupies Chris’s position in Leon’s life.

She is one of the major veterans of the fight against Umbrella and biological weapons, making her someone Leon occasionally encounters during larger operations.

Their relationship is professional rather than particularly close.

Jill understands that Leon’s methods are questionable, but she also recognizes that his intelligence and experience make him valuable.

Leon, meanwhile, respects Jill because she is one of the few people who can challenge him without being intimidated by his reputation.

CLAIRE REDFIELD

Counterpart: Rebecca Chambers
Occupation: S.T.A.R.S. medic / B.O.W. researcher

Claire’s role has been swapped with Rebecca’s.

She is an experienced S.T.A.R.S. medical specialist and researcher who becomes involved in the fight against biological weapons.

Leon doesn’t interact with Claire as frequently as Ada did with Rebecca, but he considers her reliable.

Claire is also one of the people who doesn’t particularly care for Leon’s secretive behavior.

She tends to ask questions he doesn’t want to answer.

He tends to disappear before she gets those answers.

REBECCA CHAMBERS

Counterpart: Claire Redfield
Occupation: Survivor, humanitarian, and anti-B.O.W. operative

Rebecca occupies Claire’s narrative position.

She becomes involved in multiple incidents involving biological weapons despite not being a traditional frontline operative.

Leon generally sees Rebecca as someone who gets dragged into situations far beyond what she should have to deal with.

Rebecca, in turn, views Leon as incredibly difficult to understand.

She knows he’s helped people.

She also knows he has done things he refuses to explain.

ADA WONG

Counterpart: Leon’s original role
Occupation: U.S. government agent / federal operative

Ada is the person Leon has the most complicated relationship with.

Their history begins during the Raccoon City incident, where Leon manipulated Ada while pretending to be an ally. Over time, however, his feelings for her became genuine. Six years later, their positions were essentially reversed during the Los Illuminados incident, with Ada now working as a government agent and Leon operating from the shadows.

Their relationship has always been built around secrecy, conflicting objectives, and mutual distrust. Neither completely trusts the other, yet both have repeatedly risked themselves to save the other.

Ada knows Leon is capable of manipulating her.

Leon knows Ada knows.

And neither of them has managed to stay away from the other.

CHRIS REDFIELD

Counterpart: Jill Valentine
Occupation: S.T.A.R.S. operative / later anti-B.O.W. soldier

Leon doesn’t have Chris’s original close partnership with Jill in this AU.

Instead, his relationship with Chris resembles Ada’s relationship with Chris: professional, occasionally tense, and built largely around the fact that Chris knows Leon cannot always be trusted.

Chris is aware that Leon operates outside conventional organizations and dislikes his tendency to keep secrets.

Leon respects Chris’s abilities but finds his straightforward approach frustrating.

They can cooperate when necessary, but Chris is rarely comfortable turning his back on Leon.

AFTER RE6

By the end of RE6, Leon remains an operative working outside the government’s control, while Ada continues serving the government.

Their paths separate once again.

But the pattern has changed.

In Raccoon City, Leon manipulated Ada because she was useful.

In Europe, he began protecting her because he cared.

By Damnation, he could barely keep his feelings separate from his missions.

And by RE6, he can no longer pretend that Ada is simply another person caught in his plans.

She is the one constant he has carried through every stage of his life.

6. The Carla Deception

Ada eventually discovers the truth behind the conspiracy.

Carla Radames was manipulated into becoming a biological weapon and was deliberately altered to resemble Ada.

The entire situation was partly built around Ada herself.

Leon had been investigating the conspiracy but hadn’t understood the full extent of Carla’s connection to Ada.

When the truth comes out, Leon becomes far more openly protective of her.

Ada doesn’t need his protection.

She tells him so.

Leon knows.

He helps anyway.

7. The Final Battle

As the C-virus outbreak reaches its climax, Ada and Leon once again find themselves fighting on the same side.

Their separate missions collapse into one objective:

Stop the outbreak.

Ada works alongside the other agents while Leon continues operating independently.

Eventually, they confront the people responsible and prevent the situation from becoming even worse.

But Leon’s organization still wants the information and samples they’ve obtained.

Ada knows what that means.

Eventually, Leon will disappear again.

8. Their Final Conversation

Before they separate, Ada confronts Leon.

She tells him that she’s tired of constantly wondering which version of him she’s going to meet.

The man who manipulates her.

The man who saves her.

The operative who disappears.

Or the person she knew in Raccoon City.

Leon doesn’t have an easy answer.

After everything they’ve experienced, he finally admits that he stopped seeing Ada as merely a useful asset a long time ago.

Ada doesn’t forgive everything he’s done.

But she doesn’t walk away either.

They’ve spent years circling each other.

At this point, their relationship isn’t built on trust.

It’s built on something stranger.

They know exactly how dangerous the other person can be—and they keep choosing each other anyway.

3. The Conspiracy

Ada discovers that the C-virus is connected to a much larger conspiracy involving Neo-Umbrella.

Leon has been investigating the same organization from another angle.

Once again, their objectives overlap.

And once again, Leon is withholding information.

Ada confronts him about it.

Leon admits that his organization has been tracking Neo-Umbrella for some time.

He also admits that he knew Ada would eventually become involved.

Ada realizes something uncomfortable:

Leon may have been watching her before they ever met again.

4. Helena

Ada’s partnership with Helena becomes one of the most important parts of her investigation.

Helena carries information about the President’s death and the people responsible.

Ada initially doesn’t trust her completely, but she understands that Helena is also being manipulated.

Leon occasionally intervenes from the shadows, providing information or clearing a path.

Ada realizes that despite everything, he’s still doing the same thing he’s always done.

Helping her without admitting he’s helping her.

5. Jake and Sherry

Ada eventually becomes involved in the search for Jake Muller and Sherry Birkin.

Jake’s blood may hold the key to developing a vaccine against the C-virus.

Leon is also interested in Jake.

His organization wants the same information.

For a brief time, Ada and Leon’s objectives are directly opposed.

Ada wants Jake protected.

Leon needs access to the information surrounding him.

Their confrontation becomes personal.

Ada tells Leon that after all these years, she still can’t tell whether he’s helping her or using her.

Leon doesn’t have a simple answer.

Because, once again, he’s doing both.

By 2012, the world has changed considerably since Raccoon City.

Ada Wong has spent years working with the U.S. government, becoming one of its most experienced agents. She has survived Raccoon City, Los Illuminados, and the Eastern Slav Republic, and has learned to live with the consequences of the biological disasters she’s witnessed.

Leon Kennedy has gone in the opposite direction.

After years of operating independently, Leon has become increasingly difficult to track. He works for an organization whose motives remain unclear, taking assignments involving bioterrorism and biological weapons.

Neither has forgotten the other.

1. Tall Oaks

The outbreak in Tall Oaks begins during a speech by President Adam Benford.

Ada is present when the situation suddenly turns catastrophic.

The President is infected, the university is overrun, and the city descends into chaos.

Ada is forced to fight her way through the outbreak alongside Helena Harper.

As she searches for answers, she discovers evidence suggesting that the attack wasn’t random.

Someone planned it.

And eventually, Ada encounters someone she never expected to see.

Leon.

2. The Reunion

Leon appears to be working independently.

Ada immediately suspects that he knows more about the outbreak than he’s admitting.

Leon doesn’t deny it.

Instead, he tells her that she should stay out of it.

Ada refuses.

After everything they’ve been through, she knows better than to take Leon’s warnings at face value.

Leon tries to keep his distance.

Ada follows anyway.

Their reunion is tense.

There’s too much history between them for either of them to pretend they’re strangers.

7. The Final Battle

Ada and Leon eventually confront the people responsible for the B.O.W. operation.

They fight alongside each other, temporarily abandoning their separate objectives.

Leon ultimately gets the information he came for.

Ada succeeds in preventing the situation from escalating further.

But neither walks away completely satisfied.

Leon still has his organization.

Ada still has the U.S. government.

And neither is willing to give up the life they’ve chosen.

8. Aftermath

The Eastern Slav Republic’s situation begins to collapse.

Ada leaves knowing that Leon was once again manipulating the situation from the shadows.

But there’s an important difference now.

She understands him.

Leon isn’t manipulating her because he doesn’t care.

He’s manipulating her because it’s how he’s learned to survive.

And Leon leaves with an uncomfortable realization of his own:

Every time Ada gets involved, his carefully controlled plans fall apart.

Yet he keeps coming back to her anyway.

Their relationship remains unresolved.

But by this point, neither of them can honestly call the other merely an obstacle anymore.

Still, they continue working in the same area.

4. Leon and Ada’s Conflicting Objectives

The two repeatedly cross paths.

Ada wants to stop the biological weapons from being used.

Leon wants to obtain information about them.

Their objectives aren’t necessarily incompatible—but their employers certainly are.

Leon occasionally sabotages Ada’s investigation when she gets too close to something his organization wants.

Ada becomes furious.

She reminds him that this is exactly what he did in Raccoon City.

Leon argues that he’s trying to prevent something worse from happening.

For once, neither of them can tell whether the other is lying.

5. Svetlana Belikova

Ada eventually comes face-to-face with Svetlana, the President of the Eastern Slav Republic.

Svetlana is far more involved in the B.O.W. situation than Ada initially realizes.

Leon has also been investigating her.

The two eventually discover that the conflict is being manipulated and that biological weapons are being used as part of a much larger political scheme.

Ada and Leon temporarily put their differences aside.

They need each other.

6. The T-103

The situation becomes catastrophic when a T-103 is unleashed.

Ada is forced into a direct confrontation with it.

Leon intervenes, but even together they struggle against the creature.

The fight becomes a turning point for their relationship.

Leon once again puts himself in danger to protect Ada.

She recognizes the pattern immediately.

He did it in Raccoon City.

He did it again in Europe.

And now he’s doing it here.

Whatever Leon’s original motives were, his concern for her has become impossible to dismiss.

After the events of RE4, the world has become increasingly aware of biological weapons. The Eastern Slav Republic descends into civil war, and rumors emerge that B.O.W.s are being used on the battlefield.

The U.S. government sends Ada Wong to investigate.

Unlike Leon’s original role, Ada isn’t simply there to gather information. She’s been sent to determine whether the government should intervene and, if possible, prevent the use of B.O.W.s before the situation becomes an international crisis.

1. Entering the Eastern Slav Republic

Ada enters the country covertly.

She quickly discovers that the situation is far worse than the government expected.

B.O.W.s are being deployed by both sides, civilians are caught in the conflict, and the rebels are claiming that the government is hiding something.

Ada begins investigating the source of the biological weapons.

Then she starts hearing rumors about someone else operating in the country.

Someone familiar.

Leon Kennedy.

2. Leon’s Involvement

Leon has been sent into the country under orders from his organization.

His objective is different from Ada’s.

He’s looking for information and samples connected to the new Plaga strain being used by the rebels.

As always, Leon keeps his true objectives hidden.

He isn’t officially working with Ada.

In fact, he’s specifically avoiding her.

After RE2 and RE4, Leon knows exactly how dangerous it can be when their objectives overlap.

But Ada keeps running into evidence that someone is interfering with her investigation.

Eventually, she realizes who it is.

Leon.

3. The Lickers

Ada encounters the Lickers during her investigation.

The situation quickly becomes overwhelming.

Leon appears unexpectedly and helps her survive.

Ada immediately confronts him afterward.

She demands to know why he’s there.

Leon gives her only part of the truth.

He’s investigating the Plaga outbreak.

That’s all he is willing to admit.

Ada knows better than to trust him completely.

7. The Final Confrontation

As the situation on the island reaches its climax, Ada and Leon finally work together openly.

The years of distrust don’t disappear.

Neither does the history between them.

But they begin fighting on the same side.

Leon obtains what he needs.

Ada gets what she needs.

And together, they survive the destruction of the island.

However, Leon’s organization still expects him to deliver the Plagas sample.

Ada realizes that he intends to take it.

She confronts him.

Leon admits that he can’t simply abandon his mission.

Ada reminds him that this is exactly what he said in Raccoon City.

This time, however, Leon hesitates.

Because now he understands exactly what he’s risking.

8. The Ending

Leon ultimately leaves with the sample.

Ada escapes separately.

Just like Raccoon City, they part without truly resolving their relationship.

But this time, something has changed.

Ada no longer sees Leon as simply the man who manipulated her.

And Leon can no longer pretend Ada is simply someone useful to his mission.

They’ve spent years circling each other—lying, manipulating, rescuing, and saving one another.

Their roles may have switched.

Their complicated connection hasn’t.

4. The Castle

Ada continues pursuing Ashley and eventually discovers the horrifying truth behind Los Illuminados.

Leon repeatedly crosses her path without revealing himself.

Sometimes he’s helping her.

Sometimes he’s deliberately sending her in a different direction because he needs her somewhere else.

Ada becomes increasingly frustrated.

She knows someone is manipulating the situation.

And eventually she realizes exactly who it is.

Leon.

When they finally confront each other, Ada immediately remembers Raccoon City.

She accuses him of doing the same thing again—using her to accomplish his own objective.

Leon doesn’t deny it.

But he insists that this time, things are different.

Ada doesn’t believe him.

Not yet.

5. Krauser

Krauser remains one of the most dangerous people involved in the operation.

His relationship with Leon is particularly complicated.

Leon knows Krauser personally and understands that he isn’t simply another enemy.

Krauser eventually reveals his connection to Leon’s organization and the larger plan surrounding Ashley and the Plagas.

Ada realizes that Leon has been caught in a much larger conflict than she initially understood.

For once, she begins seeing him less as the manipulator from Raccoon City and more as someone who may be trapped by his own choices.

6. Ada’s Capture

Eventually, Ada is captured by Saddler.

Leon is forced to decide between completing his mission and rescuing her.

He chooses Ada.

Once again, his actions reveal something he refuses to admit aloud:

Ada matters more to him than the mission.

He rescues her and continues assisting her from the shadows.

Ada starts realizing that Leon isn’t simply manipulating her anymore.

He’s protecting her.

1. The President’s Daughter

By 2004, Ada has taken Leon’s original position.

After surviving Raccoon City, Ada becomes involved with the U.S. government and eventually becomes one of its most capable operatives.

When Ashley Graham, the President’s daughter, is kidnapped and taken to a remote region of Europe, Ada is assigned to retrieve her.

She travels to the area with limited information and begins investigating the strange cult responsible for Ashley’s disappearance.

Meanwhile, Leon has taken Ada’s original role.

He is already operating in the area under orders from an organization interested in the mysterious Las Plagas parasite.

Leon has his own objectives.

And once again, he intends to keep them hidden.

2. Six Years Later

Ada eventually encounters Leon.

At first, she isn’t sure it’s actually him.

Six years have changed him. He’s more experienced, more confident, and much harder to read than the man she knew in Raccoon City.

Leon recognizes her immediately.

For him, seeing Ada again brings back everything he tried to leave behind.

But he doesn’t approach her openly.

Instead, he watches from the shadows.

Ada begins receiving mysterious assistance throughout her mission.

A locked door suddenly opens.

An enemy disappears before reaching her.

A piece of information reaches her through an unknown source.

Ada quickly realizes someone is helping her.

She suspects Leon.

She’s right.

3. Leon’s Mission

Leon is working toward obtaining a sample of Las Plagas.

His organization wants the parasite, and Leon intends to complete his mission regardless of what happens to Ada.

However, he soon realizes that Ada’s mission puts her directly in danger.

So he begins interfering.

Not enough to expose himself.

Just enough to keep her alive.

It’s eerily similar to what happened in Raccoon City.

Except now Leon is the mysterious figure manipulating events from behind the scenes.

6. The Tyrant

The situation quickly deteriorates.

The Tyrant appears, forcing Leon and Ada to fight for their lives.

Despite their argument, Leon refuses to abandon Ada.

He puts himself between her and danger, making it clear that whatever his original intentions were, he isn’t willing to let her die.

Ada begins to understand that Leon’s feelings aren’t entirely an act.

Unfortunately, the facility continues collapsing around them.

7. The Final Separation

During their escape, Ada is injured and the two become separated.

Leon believes he may have lost her.

For perhaps the first time since entering Raccoon City, his objective becomes completely irrelevant to him.

He only wants to find Ada.

When they finally encounter each other again, their reunion is brief and complicated. Ada still doesn’t completely trust him, but she knows now that his concern for her was real.

Leon, meanwhile, knows that he can no longer pretend their relationship was merely part of his mission.

He has become attached to her.

Though, while trying to escape the city... Leon fell into a void... and since then, Ada thought he was dead.

3. The Investigation

The two gradually discover evidence of Umbrella’s experiments, the G-Virus, and the destruction of Raccoon City.

Ada becomes increasingly determined to uncover the truth.

Leon, however, has another priority.

He’s searching for something specific.

Ada eventually realizes that Leon’s interest in the outbreak isn’t simply about escaping the city. He has been searching for something—or someone—from the moment they met.

Still, Leon continues helping her.

That makes it difficult for Ada to decide whether he’s actually using her or whether he genuinely cares about her.

The uncomfortable truth is that both are becoming true.

4. Ada Starts Getting Suspicious

The closer they get to the underground facilities, the more Ada questions Leon.

She confronts him about his strange behavior and the information he seems to possess.

Leon doesn’t confess everything.

Instead, he gives her another partial truth.

He admits that he came to Raccoon City for a reason, but refuses to explain exactly what that reason is.

Ada is frustrated, but she continues traveling with him.

At this point, the manipulation begins becoming personal.

Leon had originally viewed Ada as someone useful to his mission.

Now he genuinely doesn’t want anything to happen to her.

5. The Underground Facility

Their investigation eventually leads them beneath Raccoon City, where they discover the full extent of Umbrella’s experiments.

Leon finally gets closer to what he came for.

Ada realizes that she has been helping him reach this point the entire time.

She confronts him again.

This time, Leon can’t completely avoid the truth.

He admits that he has been using their partnership to reach his objective.

Ada feels betrayed.

Leon tries to explain that while his original intentions were manipulative, his concern for her became genuine somewhere along the way.

Ada isn’t immediately willing to forgive him.

The Raccoon City outbreak still unfolds much as it originally did. The difference is that Leon Kennedy occupies Ada Wong’s role, while Ada Wong occupies Leon Kennedy’s.

Leon is not arriving in Raccoon City as a rookie police officer. Instead, he enters the city with a private objective connected to the outbreak and Umbrella’s activities. He knows more than he lets on and has no intention of revealing his true purpose to anyone.

1. Their First Meeting — Raccoon City

Leon encounters Ada shortly after the outbreak has begun. Unlike him, Ada is simply trying to survive and find a way through the collapsing city.

Leon quickly realizes that Ada is capable, intelligent, and—more importantly—looking into the same situation he is. Rather than leaving her behind, he approaches her and offers his assistance.

He gives Ada a believable explanation for why he’s there, carefully leaving out the most important parts. He presents himself as someone searching for answers and claims that working together will give them both a better chance of getting out alive.

Ada doesn’t completely trust him, but she has little reason to reject his help.

Leon has successfully gained her cooperation.

2. Through the Police Station

As they make their way through Raccoon City’s ruined police station, Leon continues playing the helpful ally.

He assists Ada whenever she gets into trouble and gives her information about the creatures and Umbrella’s involvement. Some of what he tells her is genuine. Other parts are deliberately incomplete.

Ada begins noticing inconsistencies.

Leon seems far too knowledgeable about certain things for someone who supposedly knows as little as he claims.

Whenever she questions him, Leon has an answer ready.

He never quite lies enough for her to catch him.