Note- This fan fiction is a crossover between Parasite Eve and Soul Reaver. I've made some changes to the game's story line, so some things could fit in, and dialogue between Aya and Eve has been changed to reflect the crossover. BTW, I know this is a little short but…. And dialogue is silly... Oh yes, there is NO relationship between Raziel and Aya. Just had to say that. And thanks to Kreliana for giving me the idea to do this. ^_^ You're a sweetheart. – NefertiDagger
DISCLAIMER- The events contained herin this fiction DOES NOT pertain to the Parasite Eve game. So don't flame me if I get something wrong, because it's on purpose.
The characters are © Their respective owners. I'm doing this for fun, so don't sue me!
Day One- Resonance of Souls
December 24th, 2000
New York City, such a pretty sight on Christmas Eve, with the tree lit up in Rockefeller Center and people skating on the ice rinks, merry, carolers singing about the joys of the Holidays, and of course, Carnegie Hall packed with spectators to watch a Christmas Opera.
Admidst all the traffic, a sleek black car pulled up alongside the curb, a valet opening the door. Out came a tall blonde man wearing a black tuxedo, and after him, came a tall blonde woman, wearing a jacket and a spaghetti strap dress. She stepped forward and the man spoke to her-
"Don't be so glum babe! It's Christmas, and besides, you wanted to go to the Opera."
The woman nodded her head and stepped forward, up the steps to Carnegie Hall. She seemed uneasy about the evening, but it didn't matter, she was far to into this to just get back in the car and go home to her apartment. She sighed and opened up the glass door inside past the ticked takers.
Her name- Aya Brea. Age- 24, Occupation- NYPD Rookie Police Officer.
"You're right. I'll try to have a good time." As she walked into the foyer, she didn't even stop to guess what was unfolding underneath the Hall, or who was down there… of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't know…
Down below, in the dank sewers, a chase was going on. Two figures darted in an out of the shadows, one carrying a glowing sword-like weapon, the other had nothing. Why they were there, no one ad any idea, but they sure did.
"Damn you! Come back here!" A blue-ish specter bellowed, his voice ringing off of the wet walls and pipes, a few rants scattered away in fright. The creature rushed forward and bellowed again- "I'm an THIS close to you, don't escape you coward!"
As he turned around a corner, he came to a shrieking stop seeing his prey was not there…. He slammed his fist into the concrete wall, muttering about 'how someday he'd get him'. He walked forward and looked around another corner, also nothing.
"Damn it all… Why must he be this illusive?"
His name- Raziel, Age- Unknown, Occupation- Reaver of Souls.
Raziel then shifted to spectral and phased through a gate, hoping to find, whoever he was looking for…
Aya and her friend sat down in the 5th row, which were the only 'good' seats they could afford. She just brushed away a strand of hair and watched the Opera unfold, the latest scene was of Eva's persecution, and her love's defense. It wasn't very engrossing, but it was enough to hold her attention.
On the stage, a brunette lady was standing tall, as the other actors went about their roles. She hardly moved during that scene, her eyes seemingly empty. She just saw everything unfold, as was expected. The male actor was singing about how Eva shouldn't be killed, and if she were, he would die as well.
The king wasn't very pleased, and wanted Eva killed anyways. That was the Actresses cue to move out there and sing her part. The Actress stepped forward and spoke gently before singing her lines-
"Oh my dearest prince…" She softly said, but her voice resonating off of the Hall's walls. She then started to sing in her beautiful Soprano voice, her eyes darting around at the audience, but then, in the middle of her singing, she narrowed her eyes on someone…
"The Eve inside you will awaken…
"Down below Carnegie Hall, Raziel's frantic chase continued. He had looked almost everyone in those winding corridors filled with sewage water, his whole body starting to smell unpleasant, and his patience wearing VERY thin. He called out in the middle of a 'T' intersection-
"Kain! I KNOW you're here… SHOW YOURSELF!" He swung his glowing sword (AKA the Soul Reaver) around in a menacing fashion, looking up, down, all around, only hearing the maniacal laugh of his prey.
"Ahahahahahaha… Oh Raziel... why don't you just give up now?"
"I'll give up once I hunt you down and KILL you Kain… So help me…" Raziel shouted back, a few rats scattering to dark corners of the sewers. No reply. Raziel looked around, and as he ran down the right corner, he heard something from the surface… something… horrible…
"What in God's name is going on up there?"
Up on the surface, the Actress had her eyes narrowed on Aya. She just grinned, and all Hell broke loose from there. In the blink of an eye, two supporting actors were inflamed to human fireballs. The audience gasped in horror.
"Help… -gack- me….." One gurgled in pain; the other was already dead. As the Actress looked around, she saw more people turn into flames, the audience was now in total panic. People screamed and ran out in fear, while few stayed behind foolishly. Aya looked as the actress then immolated the Lead Male and now, most of the audience…
"What is... going on?" Aya wondered in fear, seeing a few flaming bodies rocket down to the lower levels from the balcony. She darted aside and saw the actress, still singing admidst all this flaming chaos; she seemingly started without even using a match or flame-thrower…
"Aya…" Her date pleaded. "Please... Let's go!" Aya, who had seen enough, pulled out her handgun when the flames had subsided and the chaos was seemingly over, but the lady still remained on stage… looking forward, her gaze never moving. Aya shoved her date aside and said to him-
"Get out of here while you still can and save your sorry ass… I've got work to do…"
Down below, Raziel heard the screams of the people, and saw their souls gently floating below the ground, seeking his presence. Well, being a Devourer of Souls, he swooped them up in his maw and sucked them in, refilling his stamina little.
"What happened up there that caused all these souls to come down?" He walked forward, and heard the sounds above again of fighting, and some speaking. He climbed on a rafter and put his ear up to it, hearing the sounds of 'You will awaken', and 'Mitochondria'. He was confused, and thought to himself-
"What would someone want with 'mitochondria' and 'awakening'? Oh well, no time to think of such things, I must find Kain." He leaped off and continued his search, but he just passed him, for Kain was lurking the shadows just around the bottom U-turn. He chuckled a little and thought to himself-
"Oh Raziel… just give up..."
He crept forward, but he too, heard the sounds of the conversation above, and it made him intrigued as well… but for what reasons? He just silently laughed and headed opposite Raziel's direction, with a new agenda on his twisted mind…
"Hmmm… I can just foresee where this is going…"
He walked into a narrow corridor and his in the shadows... waiting for someone... or something…
Aya walked into the rehearsal room, her mind full of questions. What did this woman mean by 'awakening'? And why did she see a ghostly visage of someone dear to her? She gulped, and gripped her 9mm pistol tightly as she walked up to the piano where the lady in red sat, playing a sad tune.
"I'm… Eve… no! I'm Melissa! Melissa Pearce!" Eve/Melissa sat rigid, arguing with herself, until something horrid happened. Eve/Melissa just grinned and said to Aya, in a deep tone that signaled anger-
"Ha hah hah…. You humans shall never grasp what will happen to your pathetic race…" She chuckled, and then, as she hit the B sharp note, her hands started to mutate into giant, red finger nailed claws, her feet just vanished, and her face mutating. Aya stepped back, holding her gun at the poor woman.
"Oh… my… freaking… god…" Aya thought, scared stuff, her face showing determination. In place of Melissa's feet, out came a strange tail like thing, hanging down, and her arms stretched out, ripping the sleeves. When all was done, the woman laughed like a little girl and said to Aya-
"See? I evolved…. Look at me now… the mitochondria…Once Again…." Eve said, stretching her arms out, and pointing her slender, yet rigid finger at Aya's face. Aya held her gun and determinedly stated-
"What… What the hell?" A small fight ensued, with Eve escaping down a hole she made near the piano. Aya walked over and peered down into the sewers and she though to herself, preparing to go down-
"I know she's down there… but why I feel two others down there as well?"
Down below, things were almost as bad as up there. Raziel had been searching for God knows how long, and he was ready to search the surface to see if Kain was up there. He walked through the murky waters and saw a lone alligator just mulling about.
"Damn it... he isn't here…" Raziel was about to climb up out of the sewer to Carnegie Hall, when he heard something distant on the otherside of the gate. Intrigued, he jumped off and snuck over, hoping to catch a glimpse of what the noise was.
"Could that be…" He though, as he slowly turned his head around the corner. "… Kain?" He slinked around the edge, and held his Soul Reaver close. Perhaps he was finally at him, ready to vanquish him finally, but alas… Raziel thought wrong… He nearly gasped when he saw a blonde woman (Aya) and a mutated woman in red (Eve) talking, the blonde holding up a pistol at the woman, and he couldn't help, but listen to what they were saying-
"... Soon you mitochondria shall evolve… and you shall join me…" The demonic lady in red bellowed, her deep voice reverberating off of the metal walls. The blond shook her head now and shouted back-
"What are you TALKING about Eve? Become something like you?"
Raziel was curious. These women were obviously fighting against each other but... mitochondria? He had never heard of such a thing before, unless… He stayed in the shadows and waited, listening to Eve and the lady arguing. Before long…
"See you later Aya… oh, before I go… I have a nice present… just for you." Eve floated off with Aya shouting back at her. Raziel saw something in the water move, close by his own feet. He scuttled around and got onto a high pipe, and saw the water bubbling profusely.
"What… is that?" He though to himself, seeing go towards the blonde, but he also caught Eve turning her fist into a liquid-like substance, and then she turned her whole body into it, seeping through the gate, and seamlessly coming out whole. Raziel was mortified and impressed by this stunt, but now he had a choice- Help the lady in black, or search for Kain…?
Deep in the heart of the sewers, Eve was making her escape from Aya. She had many things on her mind, such as 'How can I get her to turn to my side', and so on and so forth. But little did Eve know, that someone was watching her, and he had plans for her…
"My you don't look any ordinary mortal or vampire my dear…"
"Who is there… show yourself, and I may spare your mitochondria…" Eve replied, her voice showing tense anger. A figure in the shadows stepped forward laughing, and he ha done hand on his hip, a devilish smile on his face.
"Humph, don't ask questions unless you really want to know the answer." The stranger said, brushing away a strand of white hair. Eve held up her long arm, and pointed her sharp index finger at him. She looked very angry, her green eyes filled with hate.
"Who are you, and why are you here, interrupting my plight to destroy humanity?"
"Why my dearest wench, I am Lord Kain of Nosgoth, you?" He said, motioning his clawed hand in a 'polite' manner. Eve looked suspicious and lightly shook his hand, but she pulled away and ordered in a sharp voice-
"What do you want… Kain?"
Kain walked around Eve and examined her, then he went around to the front and stated to her, looking like a sly devil-
"Why… you wish to eradicate human life?"
"Yes."
"Why, so do I… of course... I have my OWN problems following me…" He growled, trailing off, thinking about why he came here in the first place, to get rid of Raziel from his 'tail'. He punched his hand in his left hand and Eve cocked her head.
"Oh... you have someone? So do I… of course… I'm trying to get her to join my side…"
Kain now had a 'brilliant' idea. He looked at Eve and offered to her-
"If you have someone, and I have someone… why don't we' join sides', or more appropriately, 'team up' against them. I like the idea lady, don't you eh?"
Eve was wary at first, but the idea sounded very intriguing. Hmm... She could use a little help in eradicating the humans AND bring Aya over to her side… how could she refuse? Eve outstretched her hand and said to Kain-
"I will go with you deal."
"Ahahahaha…. Very nice…"
With that, the two exited the sewers discreetly, and up onto the streets of New York City…
Raziel saw the mutant gator attacking the woman, and with might, he swung the Soul Reaver at the beat, making it explode into many pieces, in a painful scream. The woman ducked form the chunks and yelped aloud-
"CHRIST!!! WHAT IN THE FRIGGIN' HELL HAPPENED?!" She screamed, and when she looked up from her crouched position, she saw Raziel sucking in the soul do the beast. She huffed a little and then let out a scream when she saw that Raziel had now jaw and looked like a… freak.
"MARY MOTHER OF GOD!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? AND WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!"
Raziel was hesitant, and held out his Soul Reaver in defense. He was a little frightened by her and yelled back at her, his voice filled with fright and anger-
"Who are you wench? What is your name?"
"What I wan to know is WHO ARE YOU?"
"My name is Raziel, the Reaver of Souls, and your name…?" He replied in a huff. The woman got up and brushed some chunks of swamp water off of her black dress, her face looking weary. She held up her pistol and told him-
"Aya Brea, NYPD Police Officer. Why are you here?"
"I am searching for a man named Kain."
"What a small coincidence, I'm look for a woman named Eve." Aya sighed, resting her gun down. Hesitant, she asked Raziel- "Are you planning to hurt me?"
"Of course not! I would NEVER bring myself to hurt a woman such as yourself. Now, I will ask you again, have you seen a man named Kain?" Raziel demanded. Aya flailed her arms and shook her fist in pure rage.
"I don't KNOW! Have YOU seen a woman named Eve?"
"NO!"
"FINE!"
The two stood apart, and then Aya spoke up to Raziel, her voice showing apology. She stepped forward to Raziel and rested her hand on his shoulder. He almost brushed it off, but he listened to what Aya had to say.
"Listen… I'm sorry I blew up at you… Eve… I'm just remembering a few horrible memories and such… I'm really sorry I yelled at you... not a very good first impression eh?" Aya stepped back and Raziel turned around to Aya.
"Hmm… apology accepted Miss Brea. I just need to find a way to the surface to see if Kain is up there…" Raziel stated, his voice low. Aya got an idea, and shrugged her shoulders and suggested-
"I'm looking for Eve, you're looking for a man named 'Kain'. Hmm… perhaps we could look for them together."
Raziel turned to Aya and replied back-
"I don't want you to get caught up in what's going on between me and him, but… fine, I shall join your side Miss Brea."
They shook hands and Aya said in a nice voice-
"Hey, call me Aya."
Outside, a reporting crew was covering the disastrous events that plagued Carnegie Hall that night. He then noticed Aya and Raziel walking out of the place, and then got the jones to ask her a few questions, along with 'what is that strange beast with you?'
"Ma'am! You are the only human to survive this event that killed the lives of so many people! How did you do it and ahhhhh… what IS that THING?!" He gasped. Aya sighed and Raziel looked annoyed.
"Listen, we don't with to talk to the likes of you." Raziel snapped, his voice irate, but the interviewer just kept pushing. A few minutes later, a tall, medium build black man stepped up and then raised his fist and punched the man off into a light post, knocking him out. The Cameraman ran away and the black man walked up to Raziel and Aya.
"Hey Aya… I heard what happened and I… HOLY SHIT! WHAT IS THAT THING WITH YOU?!" The man gasped, about to pull his gun on Raziel, but Aya stopped him and sighed, then replied-
"Daniel… I just want to go back to that station… and this man… his name is Raziel… I met him down in the sewers… he doesn't mean any harm, but anyways, let's go." Aya and Daniel walked to a parked police car, and then Aya hollered out to Raziel-
"Hey! Are you coming with me?"
Raziel was hesitant, but walked forward, looking out at the New York City Skyline. He then got a sinking feeling about Kain… where was he? He gulped and called back to Aya in an irate tone-
"I shall be there in just a second! Hold On!"
The Reaver of Souls sighed and thought to himself as a light snowfall fell down upon the streets-
"When I find you Kain, and I SHALL find you… god so help me, I will KILL you…"
Little did I know that the next 6 days would bring about chaos and madness.
Aya, my new friend would have familiar memories, and pain.
I never would have guessed that night that Kain and Eve were in league with each other
But… I knew that with Aya's help, we'd find them…
But… would I ever vanquish Kain…?
-To be Continued…-