Deborah Harper was the younger sister of government agent Helena Harper.
History
Deborah and her sister were shown to be held by Derek C. Simmons beneath the Tall Oaks Cathedral laboratory. Helena tried her best to keep her terrified sister calm and reassure her. Under Simmons' command, men come to take Deborah away, leaving Helena to futilely beg and plead for them to let her go. Helena offered herself to Simmons in exchange for her sister. Her pleas did nothing as Deborah was dragged away to a then-unknown fate.
Helena has been known to be very protective of her sister, having shot an abusive ex-boyfriend of Deborah's and wounded him. It is likely due to her sister's protective nature that Deborah was kidnapped and used as a bargaining tool to get her sister to help Simmons. Despite Helena obeying Simmons in causing the death of the President, Deborah was ordered to be terminated. Instead, members of 'The Family' decided to intervene. Rather than kill her and dispose of the body, 'The Family' wanted to see what the C-Virus would do to her youthful healthy body. She was injected with the virus soon after and kept under observation. Despite high hopes and excitement regarding her mutation, Deborah's body showed no signs or visible effects. After an hour of waiting, 'The Family' had to abandon their plans and evacuate Tall Oaks before it was decimated to quarantine the area. Disappointed, they left Deborah in the lower levels where Leon and Helena happened to find her.
Mutation
Ada joins Leon and Helena in the fight against Deborah.
After delving into the depths of the Tall Oaks Cathedral, Helena and Leon find Deborah lying unconscious on a table. Leon fights his way through the underground caverns while Helena carries a weakened Deborah until her condition worsens and they are forced to stop. Deborah becomes even more ill, displaying strange symptoms before suddenly bursting into flames. Leon is forced to hold Helena back as Deborah transforms before their eyes. A strange goo surrounding Deborah hardens over her like a shell. The back of the casing cracks open and a mutated, slimy Deborah emerges. As Helena apologizes to her sister and attempt to comfort her, Ada shoots Deborah with her crossbow.[1] This triggers a battle with the mutated Deborah Harper as the three fight to survive. Despite Helena's pleas to not harm her sister, Ada reminds her that she will kill them and that she needs to be put down if there's any sympathy left for her. The three of them attempt to escape the catacombs on a mine cart but Deborah pursues them and causes the cart to crash, leaving Helena hanging on a platform while her sister moves in to kill her. Ada and Leon rupture Deborah's remaining appendage which momentarily destroys her entire skull and she staggers blindly off the edge. Helena grabs onto Deborah as she slips and falls over a pit. Helena begs for forgiveness, saying she will avenge her sister, and releases Deborah as she falls to her death. After the credits of Leon's campaign, Helena is seen in a cemetery where she looks upon her sister's grave, having avenged her death by destroying Simmons.
Biology
When hatched, the mutated Deborah is found naked though she has no truly notable new anatomy. Her skin has taken on a sickeningly pale green tone, considerably slimy at times. Long trails of veins are also very evident, most notably across her face where they are uncharacteristically red. Her speed and agility is above the average human level and, as acknowledged by Leon, she is exceptionally strong.
A primary and seemingly controllable mutation found in Deborah's new form are very large segmented and jointed appendages, resembling the legs of an arachnid, that spout in and out from her back. The newly-grown appendages are sharp enough to be easily capable of slashing and even impaling an unwary person.
Behavior
Little is known about the cause of Deborah's behavior after her mutation, though it is apparent that the C-virus has taken over her primal instincts leaving behind what little she had left of her humanity. In a file she wrote to her sister, Deborah apologizes and says that she loves her and hopes she finds someone to love while accounting that after being injected her memories of herself and Helena are fading away.
Before mutating, Deborah experienced searing pain as the C-Virus spread throughout her body. Spending her final moments suffering, she burst into flames screaming in agony. After emerging from the chrysalid, Deborah no longer appeared tormented, but instead developed feelings of ecstasy and delight in her new form; laughing maliciously as opposed to writhing in anguish. The only other behavior shown after mutation is an over-sexualized demeanor towards herself and others. These unique characteristics remain exclusive to her mutation, and is otherwise not known to be common traits among the other infected. It could be that Deborah was made to be a breeder for the C-Virus explaining her actions.
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