Lucas Baker Resident Evil 7 Novels & Stories

“Lucas, tell me the plan.” Lucas was already at the wall, punching a code into a hidden safe. He pulled out a black bag and a heavy jacket. He didn’t look like the man who had just been holding her. That man was gone. In his place was someone hard and sharp, someone who looked like he could kill without blinking. “The video feed had a digital mark,” Lucas said. He didn’t turn around, his hands moving with a speed that showed he had done this many times before.

Lukas focused on the survivor after eliminating its two brethren. He advanced a few steps forward and crouched at the opening that led to the tree with a large trunk. He placed a knee on the ground, aim raised at a bridge to the left which was adjacent to his line of sight. He could see a cultist running across with an M-700, a marksman rifle. He fired steadily, hitting the man's right clavicle, but it was enough to throw him off balance and in turn, make him fly over the bridge. Another cultist replaced him, whom he shot to the chest.

Terrible, but clear. Lucas tilted his face into the falling rain so he wouldn’t have to make eye contact as he said, “I killed a man. Father Webber’s brother. There’s no misunderstanding, no loophole or amnesia or whatever else you might want to try. I did it. I killed him. A man was alive, and then I hit him, and he wasn’t. I’m a killer.”

Their deployment meant one thing: whoever they were sent after was going to die without fail. Was Kairos ready to kill his own son? Even if not by blood, Lucan still looked at him as a father. "Sir?" she questioned carefully. "Objective?" Although she already knew what it was. "Lucan Vale," Kairos stated, the name uttered like a final verdict. "He has deviated. He is compromised." He turned to face her fully, his eyes devoid of any lingering sentiment. "He retrieved the Obsidian Dagger from Caelthorn Island, dismissed his transport, and has likely gone dark. He will likely surface in Velmora City his operational base, his connections, his fiancée."

### LUCAS' FLASHBACK ### "Lucas, I have something to tell you," Evan, Lucas' father, said. Lucas had just arrived from medical school and was greeted with his father's worried expression. In their mansion's study, Evan presented the facts to Lucas. He said, "Lily is in a serious situation. I have used all my resources to find out everything I can about the Alpha Vipers. This isn't much, but I had people investigate the families of its recruits and get this: once soldiers accept Alpha Vipers' 'quantum' level -"

The information, her presence, her transformation, the applause, the whispers, all of it piled high in my head until it was about to topple. “Hey,” Isabelle’s voice cut in. “Isn’t that Lucas Baker from… what’s the name of that country’s top tech company again?” Her words snapped me back, and I turned instinctively. And then I saw it. Lucas Baker , the elusive, young CEO of Orion Systems, the crown jewel of Silicon Valley, the man Fortune magazine had once called the future of global innovation standing there beside Elena. His posture protective, his smile effortless. He leaned down, murmured something close to her ear, and she laughed.

“If you really want to know, come to this address” It was a hotel with a room number attached to it. I drove there and found the room. Taking a deep breath, I knocked. “Come in” That voice sounded very familiar. A tall man stood by the window. He turned to me, a huge smile on his face. “Alpha Ethan?” I recognized him. Lukas' self-proclaimed rival. I had met him a few times but I knew he had quite a bad reputation How did he find out about what I did?

He hadn’t touched it since she left. His phone buzzed. EMBER (UNTRACEABLE ID): come to the bunker. come alone. come unarmed. Then: “Time to find out if anything about you was real.” LOCATION: Vairo Satellite Bunker – Black Room 03 TIME: 11:29 p.m. Lucien stepped into the room with his hands raised. No gun. No blade. No smirk. Just him. Ember stood on the far side of the console, where the screen behind her still glowed with Rafael’s voiceprint file.