Post by Jo on Aug 10, 2006 2:10:13 GMT -5
Background
In 2004, Ashley Graham was kidnapped by Jack Krauser, a mercenary working for Osmund Saddler of Los Illuminados, while coming back home from her college in Massachusetts (in truth, Krauser kidnapped Ashley only to buy Saddler's trust as Krauser would later on confess backstabbing Saddler all along). She is taken to a remote village somewhere in Europe, where she is apparently held for ransom by Los Illuminados.
After receiving intelligence about Ashley's whereabouts (leaked by Ada Wong), the U.S. Government sends agent Leon S. Kennedy to investigate the area. He discovers that the local villagers are actually members of Los Illuminados, converted to their beliefs through parasitic organisms known as Las Plagas. Leon discovered Ashley in a church on the outskirts of the village. Shortly afterwards, the two met with the cult leader, Osmund Saddler, who revealed that Ashley (as well as Leon) was administered with one of the Plaga parasites and that Saddler was planning to return Ashley to the President in order to infiltrate and destroy the U.S. Government from within.
After escaping Saddler and the villagers, the two found their way into Ramon Salazar's castle and later, into Osmund Saddler's island complex. Ashley would repeatedly be recaptured by Los Illuminados during Leon's mission and subsequently rescued each time. Within the island complex, the two found a laser surgery machine built by Luis Sera with the purpose of removing a Plaga internally from its host's body. Leon and Ashley used the machine on themselves, destroying their Plaga parasites and thus, removing Saddler's only leverage on them.
After Saddler was eliminated, Leon and Ashley made their escape from the collapsing island via a jet ski left by Ada. Ashley offered Leon to come over to her place and do some "overtime", which Leon rejected. They supposedly returned to civilization.