RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD STORY
EPISODE 2. THE RESCUE
Table of Contents
Chapter 5. Annabelle Mystery
Chapter 6. The End of Evaline
Chapter 7. Lurking Fear
Chapter 8. Lucas' True Face
Chapter 9. The Swamp Man
Story Summary
Zoe reluctantly stays behind and gives a bitter farewell to Ethan and Mia. As he and Mia escape on a boat, they come across the tanker ship where they are attacked by Eveline. Ethan is knocked out and he has a vision of Jack, now sane, who warns him that Eveline has the power to brainwash anybody she infects, which is how he and his family went insane, and he pleads for Ethan to kill her.
The game then switches to Mia's perspective. She wakes up on the wrecked ship and begins searching for Ethan, but keeps receiving visions of Eveline who keeps claiming that Mia is her mother, despite Mia not remembering anything about her. Eventually, Eveline makes Mia watch a videotape to restore her memory. It is revealed that Mia was, in fact, working for an unnamed corporation that was developing Eveline as a bioweapon. It was her job to oversee Eveline as she was being covertly transported to Central America on board the tanker ship. However, Eveline managed to escape containment and cripple the ship. She then infected Mia in an effort to force her to be her mother. Realizing her role in creating Eveline, Mia rescues Ethan and hands him a vial containing Eveline's DNA. She manages to resist Eveline's control long enough to seal Ethan out of the ship so she cannot hurt him.
After leaving the wrecked ship, Ethan makes his way into an abandoned salt mine, where he finds a hidden laboratory. After some investigation, Ethan learns that Eveline is an "E-Series" bioweapon, who can infect people with a psychotropic mold that allows her to brainwash and mind control them. Side effects of the infection include insanity, powerful regenerative abilities, and extreme mutations. She also grew up with an obsession of having a family of her own, which is why she infected Mia and the Bakers. Lucas is revealed to be working in secret with the unknown organization, as he has been given a serum that prevents him from being under Eveline's control, and pretending to be under Eveline's control so that he can keep his cover.
Using the lab equipment and the vial Mia gave him, Ethan is able to synthesize a toxin capable of killing Eveline and proceeds through the tunnels, eventually finding his way back to the original farmhouse. Upon learning that Ethan has the toxin, Eveline begins to assault him with powerful visions and hallucinations in an effort keep him away. Ethan is able to overcome her defenses and injects Eveline with the toxin, and is surprised to discover that Eveline was the unnamed elderly woman the entire time. However, the toxin causes Eveline to mutate further into a massive monster which attacks Ethan, who is only able to destroy her thanks to a special weapon dropped by a military helicopter.
With the threat over, Ethan is rescued by the "Blue Umbrella" Corps Alpha team led by Chris Redfield. If Ethan chose the Zoe path, then he will only find Mia's personal effects in the helicopter, which he tosses out in grief over her loss. If Ethan chose the Mia path, then Mia is also rescued by Redfield's team. Regardless of path, as the helicopter flies away, it bears the logo of Blue Umbrella, a private military company founded in 2007 by former staff of the original Umbrella Corporation after its previous bankruptcy...