Chapter 1: Reemergence
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal" ~Albert Pike
"Piers! Piers! Open this damn door! PIIIIERRSSS!"
~Piers
This was the last thing he remembers hearing from his captain before he sent him off to the surface from that damned underwater tomb. He definitely remembered blasting that giant B.O.W. to bits, but what came next he only remembered bits and pieces of after he had realized what was on his back.
He had a black case with him, and in it was something that utterly shocked him but was completely thankful for it. Right after he had sent his captain off into the water and blasted that B.O.W. to bits he noticed something that sat right below where the escape pod had been, it was concealed under an unopened hatch that was pretty obvious but wasn't noticeable until there was no pod in it. He opened the hatch and inside found a black case with a strap on it, and the words on it were big and clear "Emergency Virus Suppression" he grabbed the case and secured it to himself so he would not lose it if he survived, optimistic of what this case could mean, he hoped he would remember enough to get it to someone that could take it to the B.S.A.A. or he would die trying.
Even before he had sent the Captain off in the escape pod, when he was still outside of it, Piers could hear the B.O.W. banging around the underwater facility, trying to escape. He knew there would be no hope if that thing managed to get to them while they were in the escape pod. He made his mind up the moment his Captain reached down to pull him up; he would not be leaving with him, no matter how hard he tried to take Piers with him. After strapping on the case Piers got out of the facility as fast as he could and was ready to let his electricity loose on the damned beast. Once he saw the beast take hold of the escape pod he let his arm shoot forth, his rage flowing through it adding to how much he was going to strike the beast with, *Damned B.O.W. this is cause of you! If you had taken me and left the Captain alone none of this would be happening!*With one lance of lightning, Piers effectively ended the B.O.W., splitting it into thousands of pieces, its blood turning the dark water even darker than before.
Piers then swam to the surface, hoping to see if the Captain was safe. He saw him, standing in his opened escape pod, scanning the waters to see if Piers would ever come up. *Why can't he understand that I'm a monster now? I'm not worth saving… the B.S.A.A. needs him more than it needs me.* Piers at least had to give the Captain some hope, before that helicopter got to the escape pod Piers dove back under the water, taking off his scarf, and let it float up to where his Captain was. He got back to the surface in time to see his Captain grab the scarf out of the water and he said the words, "You are the last one Piers, nobody else will die under my command. But I will be damned if I let this war consume the world."
He let those words sink in, but the helicopter was getting closer so Piers dove beneath the waves until the copter had taken the Captain and left. He climbed into the escape pod and decided to check on the case he had taken from that facility, it was fairly big, it took him a while to figure out how to get it into the pod and still be able to open it completely, he settled for standing the case straight up and opening it like a book, although the case was a little taller than he was, but what he found inside could mean the end of the Bio Terror wars that have been ravaging the world. There were so many syringes in the case, each one of them no longer than one of the fingers on Piers' left hand. There were instructions for the syringes in the case as well, each with many different directions and circumstances, but Piers found the paper of the one that most pertained to him at the moment, the C-Virus.
"This Virus Suppressor is for use in personnel that have been injected with the C-Virus. There are many circumstances or situations on where or how you must inject the Suppressor. They are as follows-"
1)If infected and subject has no abnormal mutations, simply inject the Suppressor anywhere accessible.
2)If injected into an injured portion of the body to regain its use, inject the Suppressor directly into the portion of the body for its maximum effect, see step 4 for further information regarding this injection.
3)If subject has mutations that alter the body in severe ways, i.e.) Extra limbs/ increased or decreased size use five syringes to suppress the virus to bring the subject back to a human form.
4)If subject has taken on a mutation that greatly increases abilities or any new mutation and still has a human form, directly inject the syringe after the expense of a large amount of bio-energy, Note that if being used on a specific portion of the body it should appear to the subject that it has somewhat gained a more human form to it before injecting the syringe.
Piers looked down at his arm, sure enough it did not look as bad as it had when he first injected himself with the virus, it was smaller, and did not have so much of a clawed look to it, he could even see the form of a hand returning to his arm. He decided to push it a little more, and stored up as much energy as he could muster and let his arm loose to shoot into the sky, it worked, but a little too well, Piers almost passed out from the amount of energy he used shooting his arm, but he figured now was a better time than ever to use the syringe.
~During the use of the syringe (after Piers shot lightning into the sky)
Chris was looking out of the helicopter, back towards the escape pod that was now fading into the distance, *You are the last one Piers, I swear nobody else is going to die under my command like you men did.* Chris and some of the other soldiers saw what seemed to be a huge arc of lightning going to the sky from the escape pod. The soldiers started murmuring to themselves "What in the hell was that?! Did that just come from the water?!" Chris looked to the driver "Turn this thing around NOW!" "Sir, we need to get out of here, we need to get back to help" "Turn around NOW there is only one thing I know that could have made that lightning and I will be damned if I leave here without knowing if it really is who I think it is." Reluctantly, the helicopter pilot turned it around to get to the escape pod.
~Piers
After Piers used the syringe he noticed the helicopter coming back around, heading straight for the escape pod *Damn it Captain, don't come looking for me! Get away from here already!* Piers dove into the water, making sure that he brought the case with him, and hid until they had left, he was surprised how easy it was to control his movement in the water, and that the fact he was actually able to breathe underwater. The other soldiers got back onto the helicopter, before hopping back on Chris said "I don't care what happened to you Piers, you WILL be the last."
After they left Piers decided to swim in the direction the helicopter had gone. He reached land after several hours of swimming and set about trying to hide himself among the local population, stealth would be his best friend and his only friend for a long time to come. Walking around the place he found that the B.S.A.A. and local military had sealed off a good portion of the surrounding area from the victims of the bio-terror weapons. He went into a section that people had donated clothing for survivors to wear; Piers grabbed a hat, coat, pants, scarf, and sunglasses so he could hide as much of himself as he could. He happened upon the area that the B.S.A.A. were using to ship people out of this hell hole. He walked up to one of the soldiers to see if he could get out of here when the soldier halted him with his weapon raised. "What do you want here?"
Piers then pointed to his case and said to the soldier, "I have something the B.S.A.A. might want to use in this war." The soldier looked at him skeptically, "Why should we believe this is anything that could help us?" "Because this case I have might be the quickest way to finding a cure for every strain of this virus." The soldier looked at him wide eyed, gawking at him, trying to process the fact that someone was standing in front of him possibly offering an opportunity to the end of the Bio-Terror war that was currently engulfing the planet. The soldier got him on the next flight out of there.
It would be six months after arriving in the United States that Piers would make his first appearance near the B.S.A.A. locations or any of its operatives. During that time Piers collected his thoughts and tried to learn more about the syringes he was using to keep the virus suppressed. Once he had found a quiet place to settle down in for a while he opened up the case to read more of the notes that were in the case, hoping to find out some more about these "Suppressors", on a note in the middle of the case was one simple instruction: All victims using syringes must receive a dose at one month intervals minimum before small signs of the virus will start to reoccur, not taking a dose for more than two months may revert back to being taken over by the virus and the virus will have had a chance to develop an immunity to the Suppressor.
Piers looked in the case and counted the syringes, there was thirty syringes for each virus that was sitting inside of this case, minus the one he had already used on himself almost a week earlier. Piers figured there was nothing more he could learn about these things right now and decided to turn on the TV and see if there was anything on the news about the war.
"News channel 12 with a special interview for you guys tonight, we are going to be able to speak to Chris Redfield for the first time after his mission in China that left him the last remaining member of his team" Piers was surprised at this, he never took the Captain for the kind of person to talk to the news about things like this. This would definitely be something Piers wanted to see, he wanted to see if the Captain still remembered any of them.
After a about half an hour the interview started and Piers watched it intensely from where he sat. (Italicized will be the interviewer, bold will be Chris) "So, tell us Captain, what happened to your team in China?" "They all died while we were pursuing a woman carrying the Virus with her… what happened to them I would rather not say, but they were good soldiers." "Thank you Captain, another question, what happened in the underwater facility, that left you the sole remaining member of your team?" "That… is complicated, I'm not going to go into detail, but I will tell you the words that I said shortly after reaching the surface of the water." Chris took a deep breath for a moment, and his eyes had a faraway look in them, not seeming to be looking at anyone or anything anymore, and he was staring directly into the camera. "The one soldier that I had with me that didn't make it… I made a vow he would be the last one to die under my command. Nobody else would die in this war following my lead, that I would carry on Alpha Team's missions on my own." Piers didn't hear the rest of the interview, he only sat there in silence, registering the words that his Captain had just said. *He never forgot about us, not once did he forget what happened to his team…. And now he's the only one carrying on our mission….*
On the day Piers would need to take the sixth syringe he decided it was time to make an appearance at the North American branch of the B.S.A.A. he walked up to the entrance and waited for a guard to come out. "What is your business here? Civilians aren't allowed inside." Piers looked at him, and patted the huge case he still had with him, "I think you can make an… exception this time, this is something your researchers may want to see." The soldier didn't trust this guy, the only thing he could see was the sunglasses he was wearing, and everything else was hidden under heavy clothing. "Prove what you have is worth us looking into before I even take you inside." Piers thought for a moment, "I won't show you yet, but I will show you something to be cautious of, and then take me to your researchers and I will show you what I have that will interest the B.S.A.A." The soldier nodded at him slowly, "Nice and easy now bud." Piers moved his left arm over to his right, and moved part of his clothing away so that the soldier could see some slight discoloration and deformities in it. The soldier raised his weapon and looked Piers straight in the face, "You make a single move outside what anyone tells you, or against anyone, and you're dead."
Piers nodded at him, "Let us go then, shall we soldier?" The soldier led him to the researcher's area and took him inside. There was a woman sitting at a desk eying them as they walked up to her, "What do we have here today, Mark?" "Someone who says he has something we might be interested in, Maria." The woman at the desk, Maria, eyeballed Piers, "And just what may you have for us today, Sir?" Piers set the large case on the desk, "Something that was recovered almost six months ago in a mission that left a man the sole member of his team, everything you need to know about what is in this case is inside, but perhaps you might want to see its effects first hand." She nodded, Piers opened the case, and took out another of the syringes he had been using, and injected himself with it. As the woman and soldier watched, his arm grew smaller, more to a human size, lost all of its deformities, and the only thing visibly remaining was a slight discoloration in the arm, anything else they had seen was completely gone.
The soldier and woman stood there gawking at him, they could not believe their luck! This strange man, whoever he was, might have just delivered them the cure for so many viruses that are being used by bio-terrorists everywhere! "I thought you might be interested in seeing the effects of what I have here, and if you wish to know anything about where this was obtained, you need only speak to the man who was on that mission six months ago, he will only be able to tell you pieces though, I'm afraid."
Piers turned to walk out when someone grabbed his shoulder from behind, he recognized the voice, and almost passed out from fear, he wasn't expecting to see him here again, "And just what do you know about what happened six months ago?" Piers turned around, his face still completely hidden behind his clothing, and looked at the Captain in the eyes and said to him, "Remember the words you said six months ago, Captain. Then listen to these words now, the last one never died." With that, Piers turned around and hurried out of the B.S.A.A. complex, trying to get as far away as he could from the place, before anyone actually figured out who he was.
Chris just stood there, shocked, and ended up dropping the mug of coffee that he had been holding. The soldier and woman at the desk both looked at him, "Are you okay, sir?" Said the soldier, Mark. Chris turned around and said, "Nothing… just… something that he said… I never thought those words would leave the ocean where I was found…. That man…. He is a strange one…. So what is in the case he brought you guys?" They all then looked inside of the case, Maria said "Well, it seems he might have brought us something that could cure or even stop some of the viruses." Chris' eyes went wide, he sprinted out of the building to try and find the man that had just delivered this case.
Chris found him just after he exited the base, walking on the side of the road, heading off to who knows where. Chris caught up to him and stopped him, "Those words you said back there, how do you know them?" The man turned, and looked him in the eyes, "First before I say anything, you will NOT follow me from here, but I will simply tell you again. The last one never died. Remember the words you said so long ago and as I said before, listen to what I am saying now." Chris stood there, listening to the man and not trying to follow him, watching as he faded into the distance and mumbled to himself "The last one never died… but it couldn't be… that whole place exploded… but yet…." Chris trailed off in thought, not wanting to hope but could only believe the evidence his own eyes were showing him.
