Monster in the Dark

Chapter 1

She stared out the window with such intensity that Chris was actually worried. Today was the day that the BSAA ran blood tests on all of its employees for any signs of the virus— especially the C-virus, the Progenitor virus or Uroboros.

The only person who didn't have to take the test was Jill, who was still recovering from her events with Wesker. Her hair was returned to the natural color it was (which was brown) and left down for the time being, she was off for the year and therefor not required to take the test.

Chris on the other hand, was more worried for Sheva than anyone else at this moment. He was the only person that knew her secret and could do nothing to help her, each night he had prayed that somehow the uneventful events would somehow transfer to him instead, but his wishes had never been answered.

She turned to him with very light hazel eyes, unnaturally bright, and couldn't keep her head up any longer. Her eyes closed as she thought about her life behind bars or on a lab table for the rest of her living years. There was only so much time she had left before anyone else found out.

"The test is mandatory Sheva" Chris said while gulping hard.

She looked at him with slight anger, what was wrong with him? He acted like she didn't already know that the test was completely mandatory, forced or not forced, employees have to get the test.

"What happens now?" Sheva asked croakily. "What happens when they find it?...I'll spend my life as a lab rat, that's what they'll do" she said helplessly.

Chris rushed over to her and grabbed her shoulders gently, trying to breathe life back into her.

"I'll never let that happen to you..." He looked around the room for any sort of inspiration any sort of miracle to save his friend.

"Chris..my eyes are already changing, the parasite is making its way through my veins as we speak..." She started to tear up and Chris's face slowly started to crumble, her tears were no longer made of water. "You can't go against the whole world for me..."

He tugged on her hand and kissed it gently. "But you know I'll try" he said quietly. "I wish I could shield you from this"

"I would've never thought..that my blood would be..adaptable to both the C-virus and Uroboros" she laughed ruefully. "If someone would've told me this six months ago...I would've pointed to the nearest hospital or something"

Chris smiled sadly. "It isn't your fault that this happened Sheva..no one could've expected this to happen"

A knock on the door made both of their heads shoot up, and in walked Claire, who had no idea the depth of the situation.

"Sheva!" she greeted cheerfully. "Your test is being prepared now so you should go get ready" Claire informed with a bright smile.

Chris's eyes widened as he looked at Sheva with a level of fear in his eyes. She returned the look with a crestfallen part in her lips as she latched her hands onto Chris's biceps.

Claire noticed the somber mood in the room as soon as she noticed the worried look on Sheva's face.

"Sheva?" She called uncertainly. "What's wrong? It's only a test"

Sheva smiled at the young female. "Don't worry honey. I'm fine, I'll be right out"

Claire nodded and left knowing deep down that not everything was fine as Sheva had said.

Chris watched the back of Sheva as she returned to her tired and worn out state. The parasite working its way in her body prevented her from sleeping and exhausted her to the extent of her sometimes slurring her words. Her eyes started changing from their brown hue a little over a month ago, starting with the outsides of her irises, they slowly started to brighten and turn hazel. It was magnificent at first, a beautiful color. The color that showed up when the sun just happened to catch her eyes directly, but they glowed unnaturally.

The blue veins under her skin also started to show more prominently than normal, and her glowing caramel skin dulled, then paled. If anything, she looked like she was starting to die. Chris wanted to scream into the ear of whatever god that was out there when she told him that it was starting to get harder and harder for her to even get out of bed at all, none the less sleep.

He was afraid that if she tried she would never wake up again.

"I'm scared Chris.." She spoke quietly. "I'm really really scared"

Chris shook his head at her and shushed her. "I'm right here Sheva, I'll protect you from this. Everything will be fine you'll see" he reassured her.

Her breath started to come out in puffs of steam as she spoke words to him. It was a fairly warm room, and it was near the middle of July.

Another knock on the door surprised them and in walked Barry, a burly guy that didn't take attitude much less back-lip from anyone.

"Alright Shev, it's time for your check-up" he said in a joking manner.

Sheva stood up on her own, but stumbled a little, her low ponytail swinging.

"You alright girl?" Barry asked as he checked out her appearance (which he did frequently) "You don't seem to be doing so hot today"

Sheva nodded and smiled. "I'm a little sick today, don't worry about it" she said waving her hand away at the matter.

Barry nodded at her and rubbed the back of her head, he knew she wasn't one to hide things so petty as of her health.

"Alright, well you know how the docs are when they check you out, even if your the slightest bit sick with a human ailment they'll give you triple dosages of medicines. So you'll be fine in no time" Barry reassured.

Sheva nodded, only returning the smile by a fifth. "Of course"

She looked back at Chris for the final time before being led out the waiting room by Barry, the door clicking shut behind them with finality. Chris sat down and sighed aloud, the room was filled with chairs from previous S.T.A.R.S and Alpha members being in there with him and Sheva. They all made jokes and kicked eachother around like the good friends they all were, but now that the room was empty, Chris felt nothing but loneliness and dread. I hope this isn't a sign he thought with slight anxiety.

A loud bang was heard that echoed through the walls and a scream from a young girl could be heard. Chris immediately recognized the scream as his sister's and bolted out of the waiting room and hauled ass through the halls of the building until he found her, crouched over and bleeding from the shoulder. He knelt down and immediately started to dress it.

"Oh my god Claire!" He said grabbing her firmly by the face. She shivered in fear and kept murmuring to herself that whatever she saw wasn't real nor human. "Claire listen to me sweetheart...tell me what happened" he told her sternly.

She shook in his arms and sweated profusely. "They tried to kill her...th-they tri-tried to -they g-gave he-her an -ove-overdose of -Uro-Uroboros..." She sobbed loudly and couldn't be stopped.

Chris shook with fury and fear. Knowing what the executive members of BSAA did to Sheva, what they tried to do, but now he had to find her. Who knows what they were trying to attempt now. He carried Claire to safety in the waiting room and murmured in her ear that he would be back before she woke up again, and left swiftly down the halls to at least find Barry.

"Chris!" a female called.

Chris whirled behind him to see who called, and met with a young girl he knew by the name of Rebecca Chambers, a wonderful scientist and an excellent medical soldier. Naturally, Chris was happy to see her.

"Rebecca!" Chris exclaimed. "What's going on?" He asked.

Rebecca's face hardened. "I don't know how to tell you this Chris ,but..I'll just show you instead" she said leading him down the hallway.

Chris wondered frantically what was going on here, just an hour or so ago he was with Sheva and it seemed as if she was being toted off to her public execution, that one last look of desperation. He had to make sure she was ok and that nothing of any harm came her way.

What he got was quite the opposite of what he wanted out of this whole situation.

The labs were destroyed from top to bottom, shattered glass, splattered blood still fresh and dripping down the walls as Chris looked, half torn limbs and body parts, a dead eyes peering up at Chris, a sight he never wanted to see again.

He walked into the large puddles of blood and looked at the destruction of the labs and the dead bodies that laid inside of them.

"Oh my god Sheva, what have you done?" He whispered in shock.

Rebecca walked up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Alomar is gone, she fled the scene as soon as other officals arrived at the event"

"How did she escape?" Chris asked aloud.

Rebecca gestured to the dead soldiers on the ground, as well as the dead scientists that laid scattered around the room.

"No one knows..the only people that do aren't here to speak up about it" she said.

"She couldn't have just disappeared"

"Well she's not here.." Rebecca retorted.

Chris was left stunned and tossed aside. Instead of running away he felt that she should've at least said something to him. 'I'm scared Chris'...'I'm so scared'

He clenched his fists tightly. "I'll find her"

Rebecca stared at him blankly, her brown eyes searching, finding, and calculating. Her pressed, gray business suit making her look older and more adult-like.

"We know she's infected Chris" she told him flatly. "If you try to save her from us we will label that as treason, the only way your going to be granted access to this mission is only if your going to bring her back here...dead or alive"

Chris's eyes widened to new heights. When did this happen? When did things escalate so far? Why did Sheva kill all those people? He couldn't let this happen..no...this wasn't happening!

"What makes her so important to bring her back here?! Let her go."

Rebecca whirled on him with an air of fury about her. "And let her run off with Uroborus running through her veins as well as the C-virus?! Are you crazy?! She could kill half of the population of the U.S if she wanted to! Sheva Alomar is officially a category 6 B.O.W—

"Don't call her that!" Chris shouted.

Rebecca sighed. "She's a category 6 Chris. Her blood bonded naturally with Uroboros almost perfectly! The power she has is almost similar or even the same as Wesker's, maybe even stronger since she doesn't know how to control that power. If we let her run free..she'll kill everyone we care about" Rebecca said with finality.

"You guys don't know that! I know Sheva..she was partner in Kijuju and assisted in finding me during the C-virus epidemic. She's done all those things, have you forgotten that?!" Chris asked dangerously.

Rebecca squinted at him and her mouth formed a thin, straight line. "No one has forgotten what she's done for us Chris ,but...we can't allow someone with her power to live...I'm sorry Chris"

She walked away and left Chris in the room filled with dead carcasses. He didn't know what to do. He walked to a nearby shattered window and leaned his hand on the windowsill, thinking to himself, there was a death warrant on the head of his best friend..and there was nothing he could do. Oh god Sheva...run. Run to your heart's content...I don't think I'll be able to bear your lifeless face.

Cold puffs of air exited Sheva's parted lips at an alarming rate. She was running through a crowd full of people that thought of her mad for running at such a pace anyway, she didn't heed them. Blood streamed down her face as the images of the screaming men and women were being torn apart by just her bare hands. The burning liquid there poured into her veins made her see orange and red colors, and felt as if an electric current was burning her skin and bones away.

She had begged them to stop, but they didn't listen! They wanted to give her more doses, see how much more she could take before she overdosed and maybe died. They wanted to experiment on her..but she couldn't let that happen. So her fear won over as she grabbed at the first scientist that was nearest to her and the next thing she knew, blood was all over her, even under her nails.

She covered her eyes to the best of her ability, keeping a light and mostly see through cloth over them in order to not raise questions. It would get back to the BSAA as quick as lightening, and she would be back at that place, being experimented on. Sheva ran faster and eventually came to a crosswalk, not caring that the sign clearly said don't walk, and hoped a car would hit and kill her.

A car horn honked at her and she flinched, dropping her scarf in the process. The world being seen in an hazy red/orange hue. The driver that stepped out of the limo immediately made eye contact with her and intended to speak to her, but was silenced in awe of the color of her eyes.

This realization and shock appeared on the man's face and sparked fear in Sheva. She gasped and thought that this moment was the end for her, she could see white labs and needles in her near future. The driver dipped back in the limo and shouted something to his passenger. The driver continued to stare at Sheva as the door on the other side of the limo opened and revealed an old man about in his late eighty's and with tubes going up his nose and possibly down his throat, he was balding and had white hair with spores littering his scalp. He wheezed and coughed into a napkin he had kept in his pocket.

"Young lady" he wheezed. "You must come with me" he requested.

She tried to find something to cover her eyes or at least avoid eye contact, but nether aided her as she tried to hide what she now was. She shook her head and waved them away before she killed them accidentally.

"But you must" he wheezed. "Judging by the blood on your clothes, your running from something..I will protect you, my child" he said.

Something in Sheva made her believe him, perhaps it was the first sign of trust between her and this old man, or just the desperation she was feeling crawling through her skin. She nodded and walked to the other side of the limo, feeling slightly colder as she entered the long limo. Now that she wandered, this man must be very important to have a limo. Just who was this person that saved Sheva from her impending demise?

"Hey" she said quietly while still avoiding eye contact with the man. "Who..are you?" she asked.

The man wheezed and coughed haphazardly into a napkin. "I am Oswell E. Spencer, and that is all you need to know"