The original resident evil 3.5 was based on leon being infected and dieing at the end. we have made a alternate version of this story. leon is infected but, meets with claire in the story. After the events of racoon city the government has rescued leon and sherry. they give leon no choice but the join them, confused on his next move leon asks them for 6 months to decide on his answer, they agree and let him go for the time being.
this is what claire looks like at the beginning of the game, totally normal, but just for added detail we all know a person wouldnt walk out of a fight with hundreds of zombies without a scratch, so as I said in the beginning stages of this game, there will be a more beat up looking character by the end of the game, the next shot will be that version