Ada Wong is the pseudonym of an otherwise-unnamed red-clad, secret agent of Chinese heritage. Initially a private agent, Ada was drawn into the intrigue and treachery that is the corporate world when she was recruited by a rival company to participate in their activities against their primary rival, Umbrella, and later moved to another.
Biography
Early life/career
Not much is known about Ada Wong's past or motives. What is known is that Ada was a corporate spy working for an unnamed competitor of Umbrella, that intended to procure all sorts of biological weapons and specimens. She was also a trained assassin, who was proficient with several types of weapons and fighting techniques. Presumably, Ada joined the Organization for personal reasons outside of her company's interests, though she has yet to reveal what they are.
She was sent to infiltrate the Arklay Laboratory, hidden beneath a mansion in the Arklay Mountains and was romantically involved with the new head researcher, John Clemens, as a means to steal intelligence for her company. John was very serious about his relationship with Ada, and even used her name as his computer account's password.
John lost his life, due to the t-Virus outbreak caused by James Marcus, after writing one final letter to Ada instructing her to get evidence of Umbrella's experiments and expose them to the public. She never read the letter because she was not in Raccoon City at the time.
Raccoon City (1998)
Several months later, Ada was given another mission by her employers. Like
Ada as she appears during the Raccoon City Destruction Incident
Umbrella U.S.S. agent HUNK, her objective was to steal a sample of the G-Virus from the self-injected and mutated William Birkin in Raccoon City during the t-Virus outbreak.
Ada went to the Raccoon City Police Department to find a reporter named Ben Bertolucci, who claimed to have vital information about the Umbrella Corporation. During her search in the department, she met up with a surviving officer Leon S. Kennedy. With Leon's help, the two were able to find Ben, who had locked himself in the precinct's jail cell for his own protection from the zombies. Ben didn't tell them anything, but he did tell them a way out of the city by going through the sewers. Leon and Ada tried to find a way into the sewers until they came across a closed shaft. Leon gave Ada a boost into the shaft. As Ada got to the other side, she stumbled upon young Sherry Birkin who ran away from her. Sometime later, Ben provided the two with documents detailing the conspiracy between G-Virus Antigen, Chief Brian Irons and William Birkin, the designer of the G-Virus, but not before he was fatally wounded by a mutated Birkin.
Ada and Leon made their way into the sewers as they attempted to flee the infested city, basically cooperating with each other. As they headed towards the sewers, they spotted Annette Birkin, a scientist from Umbrella. Ada chased after Annette, only to get Leon shot when Annette attempted to kill her.
Ada "dies" in Leon's arms.
Ada went after Annette and confronted her. Annette told her everything about the G-Virus and how the city had become infected by the t-Virus, and also told her that John, Ada's boyfriend from Umbrella, was dead. The two fought only for Ada to punch Annette into the pool. Ada fled and caught up with Leon who was still wounded by the bullet. She patched up Leon's wound. They found a lift which led to Umbrella's Underground Lab, but before they could reach the lab, Ada was struck by a rapidly-mutating William Birkin and was critically injured. Leon defeated the mutated Birkin and saw Ada waking up from consciousness while the lift powered down. Leon left to find out where they were, and Ada then left once the lift powered back up. Ada then saved Leon from t-00, whereby she sacrificed her life. Ada was once again seriously injured and presumed dead.
Ada, wounded after the lab incident.
Despite this, Ada managed to save Leon's life during his battle with the T-103R, tossing him a rocket launcher, while remaining hidden in the shadows, to dispatch the monster which had been stalking them for some time. She managed to get out of the laboratory and make her way to the Apple Inn where she was due to meet with an Umbrella worker and contact of the 3rd Organization. When she got to the room, she found that the man had already committed suicide. Even worse, Albert Wesker was watching her live on a computer. Wesker at first believed that Ada had failed him, until she showed him the G-Virus sample from William Birkin. Wesker told her there were moments left until the city was wiped out by a missile. He helped her by telling her a helicopter sent to evacuate the last of Umbrella's workers (who were revealed to be Sergei Vladimir and an Umbrella Executive) was set to leave the city shortly.
Providing Ada with a Hookshot, Wesker expressed his interest that she survived with the G-Virus sample. She fought her way past the horde of zombies and defeated the Tyrant R on one of the highway bridges leading outside the city. She then used her hookshot to grapple onto the Umbrella helicopter as it passed overhead. While she ran as the copter flew away, a Hunter chased her and jumped to grab her as she was lifted into the air. The Hunter failed to grab her by mere inches, and instead got one of her high heels.
Los Illuminados (2004)
"Maybe you forgot, Wesker, I don't always play by your rules.
" — Ada to herself, after Wesker has Leon's death ordered. |
Ada as she appears in Europe, 2004.
Six years after the Raccoon City (1998), Ada was recruited by Albert Wesker to the "3rd Organization", and sent to an undisclosed village in Europe that had been taken over by Osmund Saddler, leader of the "Los Illuminados" religious cult, after he infected the villagers with Plaga. Her mission was to steal a specialized sample of the Plaga held by Saddler. During her mission, she met once again with Leon, who was on a mission to save the president's daughter, Ashley Graham, from the same cult. During the mission, Ada enlisted the help of a researcher named Luis Sera, who knows everything about the sample and is willing to help Ada retrieve it. After ringing the church bell, Ada went to the house of Bitores Mendez, reading a book until Wesker called her to inform her of Luis' whereabouts. She heads to the location, only to discover that both Sera and Leon have been captured. Ada heads back to Mendez's house only to arrive just in time to save Leon from Mendez. However, Mendez caught her and tranquilized her, intending to use her as a sacrifice. Later, Ada finds Luis, who has yet to retrieve the sample. Ada meets Leon in the castle, and a short battle ensues between the two. Ada leaves him under the cover of her exploding sunglasses. Ada learns from Wesker that Luis has retrieved the sample and is given his location. Ada arrives too late and witnesses Luis die by the hands (or, rather, the tail) of Saddler.
Wesker sent another loyal agent of his, Jack Krauser, to work alongside Ada in this mission. However, Ada and Krauser had difficulty seeing eye to eye, with Krauser distrusting Ada and believing her to be a threat to Wesker. Despite her pointing out that she had worked with Wesker longer than he did, he still kept his eye on her and promised to kill her should she try anything clever. Ada was upset by Wesker's desire to dispatch Leon and was reluctant to receive his order to kill him herself. Later, she was even more angered when Wesker decided to leave Leon to Krauser. She then decided to not complete her task exactly as Wesker wanted and would come to save Leon when Krauser came close to killing him.
Ada was responsible for a number of things Leon encountered during his mission, such as puzzles and traps set off in a certain way and so forth. Although her mission was to retrieve a sample of the dominant species Plaga, Ada's primary objective was to get in good favor with the mysterious organization she worked for as a double-agent and was also conspiring against The 3rd Organization and Wesker. Arguably, if it wasn't for Ada's role behind the scenes, Leon's mission would have been a failure. She also aided Leon in battle and even saved him from the influence of the Plaga during the mission. Another of Ada's accomplishments was the destruction of a previously unseen battleship that Los Illuminados had at their disposal.
Shortly before the climax of Ada's mission, she is attacked by what's left of Krauser, freshly burned and scarred from his battle with Leon. Ada takes it upon herself to go on the offensive and kill Krauser, who by now is almost completely corrupted by the Plaga. Having studied his style and mutation closely before, Ada is more than a match for Krauser and he is killed for good. Shortly after this, Ada covers Leon and Ashley's escape from Saddler by blocking the passage, trapping both Ada and Saddler in the same room. A battle occurs, where Ada fights Saddler's human form. With incredible strength, Saddler is quite a challenge, but Ada is eventually able to overwhelm him through her skill. However, this isn't the case, as Saddler comes to his senses shortly after and gets the drop on Ada. Using Ada as bait to trap Leon, Saddler is shocked to realize Leon's Plaga has been destroyed as Leon frees Ada from captivity. Ada and Leon fight Saddler during the final battle and as Leon confronts the monstrous cult leader, Ada struggles in a race against time to find Leon a powerful weapon to use against him. Rushing through hordes of Los Ganados, Ada finds a specialized rocket launcher and throws it to Leon at the critical moment of the battle.
Eventually, Ada is able to steal a dominant species Plaga sample from Saddler's island base after the battle. After she obtains the sample, she gives Leon and Ashley a means of escape and makes her own on a helicopter from a 3rd Organization, who she was a double-agent for. As she rides off, Ada is comforted by the warm light of the sunrise on the horizon. However, she can't help but think that while this mission is over, the battle has just begun.
Ada had obtained the sample, the goal of her mission and one step of Wesker's plan to resurrect the Umbrella Corporation. However, under orders of the organization she was actually working for, Ada double-crossed Wesker and delivered a simple subordinate species Plaga to him. Ada knew, however, that Wesker wasn't stupid and that tough times lay in wait. Though Wesker had obtained only a sample of a subordinate Plaga, he still managed to obtain a dead dominant species Plaga from the corpse of Jack Krauser.
Eastern Slav (2011)
"I've been sent here by the B.S.A.A. My name is Ada Wong." — Ada when introducing herself to the elders and president Svetlana Belikova. |
Ada is first seen when she introducing herself to President of the Eastern Slav Republic, Svetlana Belikova and the elders as a special investigator from the United Nations counter bioterrorism organization, the B.S.A.A.. She provides the information about B.O.W that are being used in war and reveals that there is one way to control B.O.W with a master-slave relationship using the Plaga parasites.
At the night, Ada went out to meet Leon and had a brief combat with him. At first, Leon thinks that Ada was the one who responsible for the Plaga's outbreak. But Ada denies it, saying that she is not interested in defective products and if people attack the capital, it will makes her job a lot easier. Before escape using her grapple gun, she warns Leon that the town is going to be purged soon. Meanwhile, Svetlana learns from her secretary that there is no one by the name of Ada Wong is working within B.S.A.A.
The next morning, while sitting and have a tea with Svetlana, the secretary is seen aiming his gun at Ada. Begins to interogating Ada, Svetlana asking her who is she working for which Ada simply answering she will leave that to Svetlana's imagination. Ada disarm the secretary before engaging in hand to hand combat with Svetlana, finds out that the rumor about Svetlana being a "former" instructor is true. Though Ada attempts to strike down the President, she is outmatched. Ada tries to escape but a metal door shuts the room's exit, revealing the office as also an elevator that descends.
Later, Ada awakens to find herself tied to the ceiling but manages to free herself by using a hidden knife she had stored within her high heels. She makes her way out and encounters Leon in a hive of Dominant Plaga strains. The two are briefly cornered by Svetlana and her armed guards, but are able to escape after a momentary distraction. While Leon deals with Buddy and the Tyrants, Ada remains in hiding only emerging to open the elevator door for Leon and Buddy to escape. She is last seen speaking to an unknown male about Plaga sample she has retrieved, but attempts to haggle, stating that she has not decided whether or not to give it to him. Typing could be heard from that unknown man, and Ada jests that she kinda of liked the international bounty that was added to her profile.
Neo-Umbrella (2012-2013)
"If she wants a game, she'll get one. With the real Ada Wong." — Ada to herself after speaking with Carla via communicator cube. |
Ada appears in her own campaign after finishing the three main campaigns in the game, it is also unique in that Ada's campaign can only be played solo as she has no partner. Ada's campaign also has a strong emphasis on puzzles and will feature parts focused on stealth. Ada also have a crossover event with Leon and Helena to fight a mutated Deborah Harper and later Simmons. On 2013, Ada was contacted by Carla Radames under the guise of her old partner, Derek C. Simmons. Later, she was directed by Carla herself to go to a massive submarine based on the northern Atlantic Ocean. Ada was also informed that there are some informations on board that will interest her.The submarine base was set to read and respond to Ada's fingerprints and voice recognition. Contacting her again as Simmons, Carla asking Ada whether or not she has found anything interesting and mocking that Ada has not figured it out that tommorow the U.S will suffer the bioterrorist attack, followed by China, and then all major cities around the world will suffer the same fate. After surviving the attack in Tall Oaks, Ada was contacted again. By that time, Ada had already seen the video depicting the "birth" of her doppelganger as she says no wonder Leon is confused. Ada had figured out already that it was not Simmons at all that contacted her, reasoning that while Simmons and The Family wanted to keep the world stable, the person who contacted her only wanted to destroy it, what also gave Carla away is that from what Ada knows of Simmons is that he never shows his cards, yet this one was. Amused, Carla simply replied that the world will end up blaming the real Ada Wong before finally cutting off contact with her. Later, Ada also found some file regarding Carla before she was transformed to her doppleganger. When she heard helicopter's sound, she rushing out the room, and seeing Carla fell to her death below. When she confronted Carla, she said that it was Carla's hatred for Simmons that drove her to tear down he has created. And if only Carla was sought vengeance againts Simmons alone, she would have helped her. Suddenly, Ada was shocked when Carla dropped C-Virus container and began to mutating into a white slime. Before Carla was able to attack her, Ada tried to escape by closing a metal door in front of her. Carla Radames was finally defeated when Ada managed to shoot a leak of nitrogen gas that frozee her body.
Later she finally confronted with mutated Derek. C Simmons at the Quad Tower along with Helena and Leon. Simmons became furious with Ada for what she did to him even though Carla Radames was actually responsible for his mutation. He mutated into to a form comparable to a Theropod, but was defeated again with assistance from Ada. Simmons pursued Ada across the rooftops and managed to knock her unconcious, forcing Leon to confront him. Simmons gained the upper hand and tried to throw Leon off the building, gloating over his victory but was stopped by Ada who stabbed him and threw him off the roof. After taking care of Simmons and parting ways with Leon, Ada went on to Carla's Lab and witnessed video footage of Carla's "greatest work yet". However, before Carla's creation could fully hatch from it's cocoon, Ada destroyed it as well as the entire lab. Only a few moments later Ada recieved a phone call about a job, which she happily accepted. Because Ada is the only character not to recieve an epilogue, her's being replaced by the Secret Ending, it is unknown where her current whereabouts are and what she is doing.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sumner, Christian; Shotten, Brian; Owen, Michael, eds (9 November 2005). Resident Evil Archives: Umbrella's Virus Uncovered. Translated by Zpang America, Inc.. BradyGames. p. 121. ISBN 0744006554.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Cast List Revealed
- ↑ Damnation Info Revealed
- ↑ Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles