Rebilly

Reilly is the het ship between Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen from the Resident Evil fandom.

Resident Evil 0
On the night of July 23, 1998, Rebecca and her fellow Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) members investigate a series of unexplained cannibalistic murders and animal attacks. As they’re flying over the Arklay Mountains, their helicopter malfunctions and they crash land. Rebecca and her fellow Bravo Team search the area and find a wrecked Marine MP truck, with its occupants dead. Rebecca finds a file of 26 year old Lieutenant Billy Coen. Bravo Team operates on the assumption Billy caused the deaths of the guards and the crash as a means of escape. Rebecca’s captain, Enrico Marini, orders the team to find him.

Bravo Team splits up and Rebecca finds a recently abandoned train infected with zombies. As she’s investigating the area, a man comes up from behind her, pointing a handgun in her direction. Rebecca turns and recognizes him as Lieutenant Billy Coen from the file she read earlier. Billy jokes if she’s been fantasizing about him, only for Rebecca to immediately deadpan he was the prisoner that was being transferred for execution. Billy drops the light playfulness, seeing her as a member of S.T.A.R.S, commenting how “her kind” doesn’t want him around. He ends their conversation and begins to walk to away, only for Rebecca to follow, yelling he’s under arrest. Billy tells her no thanks, as he’s “already worn handcuffs,” lifting his left hand revealing he’s still cuffed. Rebecca threatens she could shoot him, but Billy is already gone.

Not long later, Rebecca receives a walkie-talkie radio call from Enrico, informing her of more information found about Billy. Enrico tells her Billy has killed 23 people, in addition to having been institutionalized. Rebecca is horrified and attempts to gather more information, but the poor radio signal stops this. The last thing Rebecca hears is Enrico telling her to keep her guard up as Billy wouldn’t think twice about killing her.

A few minutes later, Rebecca enters into another area of the train where she encounters Billy again. Billy tells her it’s going to be dangerous from there and why don’t they cooperate to survive. Rebecca is baffled as to why she should cooperate with him of all people. Billy calls her a “little girl,” and reminds her there are zombies on the train and how he would like to get out of there, believing they wouldn’t have a good chance at doing it alone. Rebecca is confused as to why she should trust him – a wanted felon. She coldly tells him she doesn’t need his help and how she can handle herself, following it by saying not to call her “little girl”. Billy questions what he should call her then, with Rebecca informing him of her name, though telling him to refer to her as “Officer Chambers”. Billy calls her Rebecca instead and asks her to “go and try” while he waits for her.

Inside the dining hall, Rebecca finds man sitting alone. She asks if he’s okay, but the man dissolves into a pile of leeches, having been them mimicking human form. Rebecca is swarmed by the leeches, covering her body. Billy shoots the creatures off her and the leeches crawl away. As Rebecca catches her breathe, he asks if she’s okay. Rebecca gives him a thumbs up as response. The two hear a man singing outside the train, with Billy questioning who that is. They suddenly feel a jolt as the train begins to move, unsure of who’s controlling it. Since saving Rebecca, Billy again makes an attempt at forming an alliance, asking they cooperate with each other from then on. Rebecca is defiant, but Billy snaps at her, asking if she likes being “worm-bait”. Rebecca finally agrees, though threatens to shoot him if he tries anything funny.

Rebecca and Billy head for the front of the train where they find no one is controlling it. Realizing they might derail, they manipulate breaks on the front and rear of the train. The train slows down, but it’s too late to stop and it drives through a cliff and into an underground train station, derailing in the process. Injured, though alive, Billy and Rebecca meet back up. They locate a ladder and climb up into a building which used to be a school used by Umbrella Pharmaceuticals in the 1970s. They explore their new surroundings and open a secret tunnel hidden behind a large portrait of the school’s director, Dr. James Marcus.

Rebecca and Billy find themselves in a cellar full of torture devices. They spot a vent Rebecca could probably fit through. Billy lets Rebecca climb on his shoulders to enter into another room with more devices. The unknown man watches her through CCTV footage, claiming he’s territorial as he’s already claimed the building they’re in. He unleashes a large monkey B.O.W on her. Rebecca is thrown back and the ground beneath her breaks. She manages to save herself by hanging onto exposed metal. She struggles to hang on and screams out to Billy for help. Billy comes to her aid and pulls her to safety. Rebecca thanks him, though Billy tells her he was only “keeping his word,” as they had promised to cooperate with each other. Rebecca says nothing as she gets a radio call from Enrico. Enrico questions whether Rebecca has located Billy yet. She tells him she has not as Billy stands right next to her. She informs her captain she’ll continue to search for Billy, ending their call. Billy is stunned, only able to whisper her name. Rebecca tells him how this is her first mission and she’s “already disobeying orders”. As they’re having a heart-to-heart, Rebecca needs to know the truth about Billy – did he really kill 23 people? She claims she won’t judge him. Billy takes in a deep breath and explains how his Marine unit suffered casualties due to faulty intelligence when searching for a guerrilla base in an African jungle. His commanding officer ordered they fire on innocent villagers. He refused to take part, resulting in him being scapegoated by the unit, with a court-martial finding him guilty to cover-up the other scandals.

Resident Evil 0

 * Billy calls Rebecca 'dollface' and jokes about her fantasizing about him.
 * Billy saves Rebecca from being swarmed by mutated leeches.
 * Billy asks Rebecca if she’s okay.
 * Billy gives Rebecca ammo.
 * Billy helps Rebecca stand up.
 * Billy lets Rebecca climb on his shoulders.
 * Billy pulls Rebecca to safety.
 * Rebecca holds Billy in her arms for a moment as she finds him in the sewer room and says that he's safe, then asks if he's okay.
 * Rebecca doesn’t sell out Billy to her captain and insists she finds him rather than meeting up with her team.
 * Billy tells Rebecca the truth of his capture.
 * Rebecca takes Billy's dog tags from him at the end of the game.

Resident Evil: Zero Hour (Novel)

 * Billy holds Rebecca for a moment as she cries when he rescues her from the basement hole of the training facility. (page 151)
 * Billy jokes about kissing Rebecca, and gets flustered. (Page 159)

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

 * Billy saves Rebecca from falling off a ledge, then wipes her face gently with a cloth.
 * Billy offers to catch Rebecca as she jumps off the train when they reach the training facility. (She declines, smiles and stumbles a bit jumping off.)

Resident Evil 2 (N64)

 * A file titled "Rebecca's Report" can be found on Rebecca's desk in the S.T.A.R.S office detailing a fake report on Billy's death, granting him freedom.

Resident Evil: Zero Hour (novel)
Billy - ''"I could kiss you," he said, lifting the shotgun- and at her silence, he turned to look at her, saw that she'd flushed slightly. She looked away, adjusting her belt. "I didn't mean literally," he said. "I mean it's not that you're not attractive, but you're--i'm--i meant--" (Page 159-160)''

Rebecca - '' 'If things had been different... if circumstances weren't what they are... ' (Page 258)''

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Billy - "Hang on princess!"

Bradygames' Resident Evil Zero guide
Rebecca - '' 'I have no idea how many miles we traveled on that nightmare train. I don't know why those passengers turned into monsters and attacked. But i'm glad the prisoner, Billy Coen, worked with me to activate the emergency breaks in time. He helped save both our lives. But we're stranded now, in some unknown building in the middle on nowhere, surrounded by festering demons. I wonder how my comrades in Bravo Team are doing. Will I ever rejoin them? And the convicted Lieutenant... how well can I rely on someone who would hurt so many people, even if he is the only other human being in this desperate situation?' (Page 78)''

Rebecca - '' 'Hours have passed, and we still can't find a way out of this facility. What was the Umbrella Corporation doing in this foreboding place? Why all the security locks, secret passages and traps? This seems less like a training facility for new employees and more like a charnel house of unspeakable horrors. My sense of dread continues to grow as we encounter more members of Umbrella's first investigation unit, turned into creepy zombies. If Umbrella's own personnel had no chance to survive, how can we live through this night? (''

''Lieutenant Coen has proved to be a valuable ally in almost every situation. I will never forget being trapped in that mutant monsters claws. I was sure it was all over. Yet Billy risked his own life to save me. How did he kill all those people? It must be some kind of mistake! I have to find out the truth about him, and I think we also need to find out what happened to the mysterious Dr.Marcus. Did he really disappear, or could he still be here after all these years?' (Page 91)''

Rebecca - '' 'Again, a man who is a complete mystery to me has saved my life. I have to let go of my apprehensions and trust him. Billy really is a loyal and caring person. I just wish he wasn't a fugitive from justice, because he would make an excellent S.T.A.R.S officer.''

The key we found in the horrible basement of this place should enable us to return to the upper levels of the facility and search new areas to find a way out of here!' (Page 99)

Rebecca - '' 'In spite of how hopeless it looks, I can only hope that Billy survived the attack and that I can find him somewhere on the other end of the cable car line. On my own, managing my weapons and finding some means of escape isn't going to be easy. I just have to take deep breaths and count on the inheritance left to me by that poor man who died on the cable car. Billy must be alive! He must be...' (Page 117)''

Rebecca - '' 'Still no sign of Billy, and tangling with that overgrown zombie didn't help one bit. He must be trapped in the lower levels of this facility... but just how deep underground does it go?''

''While it was a pleasant surprise to be reunited with the captain, I can't shake this sense of dread. Something awful is going to happen, and if I don't move fast, I might be too late to prevent it!" (127)''

Bradygames' Resident Evil Archives
Billy - ' "Are you alright?"

Rebecca - "Yes. Thank you."

Rebecca - '' 'Why was I saying to this murderer? Why did Billy help me? My thoughts began to swim with confusion.' ' (Page 18)''

Billy - '"Rebecca! Hang on, i"ll pull you up!"

I grabbed Billy's outstretched hand, and somehow managed to escape without any serious injury.

Billy - "Don't mention it, just keeping my word. We promised to cooperate with each other, Remember?

''Could this man really be a murderer? Just as doubt seized my mind, Commander Enrico's voice came through on the radio." (Page 18)''

Rebecca - ''Ravenous beasts inhabited the bowels of the factory. They were sickeningly mutated biological weapons created from animals. These B.O.W appeared humanoid, but possessed nothing but the instinct to destroy. I continued to run, searching for Billy.''

''Down, Down, and down further still. How far underground had I gone? After arriving at the disposal plant, I discovered Billy lying unconscious in the water storage room. He was breathing! He was alive. I was going to get out of this factory, together with Billy. (Page 19)''

'However, because of his conduct during the horrible biological disaster, her suspicions about Coen began to soften. Then, when she heard the truth from Billy's own mouth, she made a complete turnaround.' (Page 113)

'' 'From Rebecca's point of view, Billy was nothing more than a criminal deserter in handcuffs. But when he promised to join forces with her during the crisis, he risked his very life to help her. Rebecca was suspicious about Billy at first, but after seeing him play the piano and seeing his honest personality, her distrust if him gradually waned. Then, when their joint investigation of the Umbrella officer training school was finished, Billy recieved his freedom from Rebecca. To cover his tracks, she submitted a report of his death to HQ.' (Page 126)''

Resident Evil 2 (N64)
Rebecca's Report - ''On July 23rd, an MP vehicle was found inside the Arklay Mountains. Corpses of MP members were found near the vehicle.'' ''According to the information from military authorities, the unidentified body was identified as former ensign Billy Koen, who was sentenced the death penalty following a court-martial on July 22nd. While Koen was on transfer via Navy MP escort, they must have experienced some sort of accident.The corpses were severely mauled, apparently torn apart by unidentified wild animals.The following day, we returned to the location to recover the bodies but they were nowhere to be found.Military authorities have requested that we hand over Koen's body as proof of his death. But due to the circumstances described above, it will be a difficult task to recover the corpse.I am requesting that this case be temporarily closed until further notice.''

Raccoon City Police Department

S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team

Rebecca Chambers

Fanon
is a semi-popular ship within the Resident Evil fandom. During the earlier years of the fandom, it was one of the most popular, but over the past 20+ years other ships have taken its spot. This could be in part to how Rebecca isn’t a main character and how Billy is a one-off character, only appearing in one game. Those who do ship are fond of Rebecca and Billy keeping in touch after parting ways at the end of RE0, and often explore what became of their relationship after the fact.

On AO3, has 105+ ships in its romantic/het tag, and 5+ in its platonic/general tag.

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