Carla Radames

"At first you'll be afraid, but don't worry. You're just becoming the monster you always were."

- Carla to Simmons, after he is infected with the C-Virus.

Carla Radames was a researcher working for Neo-Umbrella, and the one responsible for the discovery of the C-Virus. Carla was also the doppleganger of Ada Wong.

Biography
Carla Radames was responsible for the discovery of the C-Virus, and a close confidant of Derek C. Simmons. A prodigy in her youth, Carla completed a doctorate course in genetics when she was only fifteen, after which she was recruited by Derek to work for him manufacturing viruses and B.O.W.s. Derek praised her for her intelligence and successful research, and his praise increased her devotion to him. One way she tried to earn his praise was by developing the C-Virus. As it would turn out, she was nothing more than a tool for him to accomplish his goals. The person Carla Radames ceased to exist when she was used against her will in Derek's experiment to recreate Ada Wong.

Rebirth as "Ada Wong"
Carla is seen being "reborn" by agents Leon S. Kennedy and Helena Harper on a VHS tape labeled "Happy Birthday Ada Wong", which they found in the underground lab under the Tall Oaks Cathedral. The tape depicts Simmons' creation of "Ada Wong", a near-perfect, fully sentient clone of the original. Simmons' obsession with Ada drove him to create this clone and to convince himself that Carla had become the "real Ada Wong".

Sometime before the Edonian Civil War, Carla apparently found out that she wasn't really Ada, but merely a test subject that was experimented on by Simmons. This left in her an intense hatred for Simmons, and drove her to destroy the world that he and his family had created through a series of Bio-terrorist attacks.

Edonia, Eastern Europe
Chronologically, Carla first appeared in Edonia, Eastern Europe during the Edonian Civil War, supplying the mercenaries of the Edonian Liberation Army with syringes of the C-Virus, claiming they were energy boosters meant to enhance combat capabilities. The men injected themselves with the virus, mutating into J'avo. When B.O.W.s. were confirmed to be in the area, the B.S.A.A. soldiers were called in to exterminate the J'avo.

After fighting off a pair of Ogroman, Chris Redfield's squad entered an abandoned building and found Carla, who introduced herself as "Ada Wong", claiming she worked there and had been held hostage by Neo-Umbrella operatives whom she had overheard talking about the C-Virus. The team hesitantly decided to trust her and Chris put Finn in charge of keeping her safe, but also asked Piers Nivans to keep an eye on her as well.

Carla tricked the team into thinking she would show them a way out, but instead led the men into a trap which separated Chris and Piers from the rest of their squad with steel gates. She sarcastically thanked them for the escort before hurling a Needle Bomb into the cage, infecting the squad with the C-Virus. Chris watched helplessly as his men mutated into Chrysalid creatures, that attacked him and Piers. Carla smiled at the sight and left fully satisfied with what she had done.

In the meantime, Carla had sent the Ustanak to find and capture mercenary Jake Muller, the son of Albert Wesker. Jake and agent Sherry Birkin, who was ordered to protect him, were pursued throughout Edonia by the Ustanak and managed to escape it's grasp several times. They were eventually cornered by a group of J'avo as well as the Ustanak who subdued both of them, violently knocking Sherry unconscious into the snow and trapping Jake under his foot.

Carla appeared before Jake and revealed to him who his father was, explaining that he was heir to a very special blood type. She then ordered the Ustanak to knock Jake unconscious as well. Carla had both Jake and Sherry sent to a facility in China to be experimented on.

Lanshiang, China
Six months later, Carla was seen in Lanshiang, apparently responsible for the bio-terrorism attack on Bosawan with the aid of "Neo-Umbrella".

When Chris Redfield and Piers Nivans were investigating a building along with another BSAA operative named Marco, Carla ambushed the trio on a window sill and shot Marco with a needle gun, infecting him with the C-Virus. She proceeded to "welcome" them to China before jumping out of the window, making a quick escape.

She would later be pursued by Chris and Piers throughout Lanshiang, where she was eventually cornered by the two in a warehouse. As Chris was about to shoot her, Leon intervened and got into a brief fist-fight with Chris. Leon, unaware that the "Ada Wong" he was protecting was actually a fake, allowed her to escape during the commotion.

Carla made her escape, jumping into a red convertable and speeding away. It wasn't long before Chris and Piers got into a vehicle of their own and pursued her down the streets of the city. She attempted to lose them several times during the chase before they crashed onto the same aircraft carrier as her. As Chris and Piers both had slight concussions and fell unconscious, Carla easily slipped away once again.

Sometime after her escape, she sent J'avo to shoot Derek C. Simmons with a needle gun, infecting him with an enhanced strain of the C-Virus. It was payback in return for what he had done to her, and she needed to get her revenge on Simmons for ruining her life.

Carla made her way onto an abandoned aircraft carrier with a small army of J'avo, intending to arm the ship's missiles with C-Virus gas bombs, which will then be fired across the globe to infect entire cities with the airborne C-Virus, starting with Tatchi in Lanshiang. Chris and Piers would eventually corner Carla again at the harbour of Lanshiang, where she revealed her plan to infect the entire world with the virus, before one of Simmons' men shot her from aboard a helicopter, causing her to fall several hundred feet to her death. With this information in hand, Chris and Piers tried to stop the aircraft carrier from firing the missiles, but ultimately fail. The warhead fires and explodes over Tatchi, releasing a fog that turns much of the population into Zombies.

Mutation and Death
"And I, Ada Wong, will be queen of the new world!"

- Carla to the real Ada Wong, before attacking her. The real Ada Wong, who had also been chasing after Carla to stop her, eventually stumbled upon Carla's corpse. Ada spoke to her deceased doppleganger, expressing sympathy for Carla because of their common hatred for Simmons and explained that it was her conscience that saw her fail and if Carla had only sought revenge on Simmons alone, she would have helped her.

Having injected herself with a powerful dose of the C-Virus before dying, Carla rapidly began to mutate into a shapeless white goo that enveloped the majority of the ship. Driven insane believing that she was in fact the real Ada Wong, the slime-based B.O.W. began chasing down her "fake" through the basements of the harbour buildings, where Ada eventually exterminated her, ending the life of Carla once and for all.

Personality and Relationships
Prior to her complete mutation into a copy of Ada Wong, Carla was taken with Derek C. Simmons. The works he put into the creation of the C-Virus and the pain-staking lengths she took were all at thought of gaining his recognition and praise. Carla sought only to make Simmons proud of her. Immediately after her transformation, Carla had lost any real semblance of individuality and reacted solely to what Simmons told her at first. However, Carla noted that something in her mind urged her to kill Simmons and destroy his dreams. At some point Carla began to listen to this voice and showed nothing but spite and vengeance towards Simmons and her goals of destroying everything he worked for.

Her interactions with Ada were brief and only occurred after Carla's mind had gone far beyond anything reasonable. Still fully convinced that she, herself, was the real Ada Wong and voiced this "fact" numerous times as she made every effort to kill her "impostor" after her transformation into a shapeless mass.

Carla had complete control over Ustanak as was noted by a Neo-Umbrella researcher. She was the only one he would listen to and would follow her orders to his death. It was also noted that Carla spoke to Ustanak very kindly, much like how a mother would speak to her child. Carla had the tendency to personalize her relationship to the other creatures, referring to the chrysalids as her cocoons and calling the Haos her "special pet."

Skill and Abilities
Carla's full capabilities with any kind of weapon are unknown, though she is seen wielding a pistol when accompanied by the BSAA in Edonia while fighting off the Napad before their retreat. She uses a grappling gun that is identical to Ada's with some degree of proficiency, as well.

Most notable was Carla's status as a prodigy. Having completed a doctorate for genetics at only fifteen years of age, she was immediately employed by Simmons to begin creating viral agents and bio-organic weapons. She was able to improve upon the T-Veronica virus and make it drastically more efficient, labeling it as the "T-02." Later, she was able to use not only the G-Virus but a sample of Jake Muller's blood to push the virus beyond what was expected.

After her "death" and mutation, her body became amorphous, allowing her to expand and shape her body to any degree she desired. Such examples include producing numerous arms to attempt to grab a prey, lining hallways and rooms with her very being and creating spores that would burst when attacked. Although conventional firearms were able to damage her body, the damage was not permanent. Her form was highly susceptible, however, to nitrogen gas and freezing.

The Mercenaries
Carla is a playable character in the Mercenaries. She can be unlocked after unlocking all of the other characters and costumes.

Carla comes equipped with the following:
 * A Picardor with full capacity (16 loaded shots)
 * 6 Health Tablets
 * Grenade Launcher (RE6) with explosive rounds
 * 12 acid rounds, 6 nitrogen rounds and 50 handgun bullets

She shares the same melee attacks as Ada Wong, but has her own quotes and taunt.

Further notes

 * Carla Radames' name was featured in a January 2012 leak of the game, which listed a number of characters whose existence had not yet been revealed.


 * Though Capcom attributed Courtenay Taylor and Michelle Lee as Carla's voice and body actresses at Comic Con, Carla's name does not appear in the ending credits of the game and her true identity is only revealed in Ada's campaign.
 * Things to distinguish the differences between Carla and Ada:
 * Carla wears earrings while Ada does not.
 * Carla's dominant colour is blue while Ada's is red.
 * Carla is psychologically damaged.