Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil.
AN: I tried looking for a timeline of the RE movies but couldn't find one.
If there's going to be a pairing, it'll be a femslash.
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Resident Evil: a Different Apocalypse
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Chapter One
Time had no meaning.
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She could only hear her heart beating.
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When Heart faltered and stopped
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something from Outside helped start it again.
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She could only hear her Heart beating.
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It was her Universe.
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Heart felt Blood thicken
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Blood began to whisper
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It told her about arms and legs
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It told her of the Oddness from Outside
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that was trying to mix with Blood
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Blood told her it couldn't stop Oddness
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Blood told her it wouldn't stop trying
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She followed Blood to help keep the Oddness Outside
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and discovered Muscles
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Oddness was keeping them asleep
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They stirred restlessly
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Muscles were resting against Bones
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She felt Bones trying to tell her something
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but she didn't know how to listen
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Blood began to sing
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It said Danger was Outside
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Bones groaned anxiously and tried to protect Heart
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She tried to calm them
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Heart told her about Lungs
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Lungs worked with Outside.
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Lungs brought Outside In and fed Heart
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Lungs threw Badness back Outside
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She tried to follow
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Outside was too big to stay in long
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She learned Room and Door and Direction.
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She told Bones they were safe
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They groaned against eachother
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She told them Heart was safe
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They settled down anxiously
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Awareness of Direction told her of Skin
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Skin protected Inside from Outside
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Skin was screaming
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Her Universe was too loud.
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Heart was beating
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Blood was singing
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Muscles were stirring
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Bones were groaning
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Lungs were working
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Skin was screaming
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She went Outside. It wasn't as big as she first thought. She Looked around Room. It was mostly empty. It had Walls, Cieling, Floor, Door, and Mirror. Danger was Beyond Wall.
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She could still hear her Universe. She knew if she went too far she might get lost. She went to explore.
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She Looked around her Universe and saw Monitor. Under was Bed. Above were Lights. She Touched Lights and felt Current. It went Far.
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She Looked at her Universe and learned Body. Body was what her Universe was supposed to be. Body was supposed to Move and Sing as One.
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She Touched Skin and Felt where Needles helped Outside come In. She Touched Needles and Felt nothing.
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She Surrounded Needles and Pulled. They left Body. She Touched Skin and Felt it becoming whole. She went to Walls. Danger was Beyond.
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Beyond Walls was Hallway. In Hallway stood Danger. It was Bad-Kin. She Touched it and knew Hunger. Hunger drove her Beyond.
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Alice rolled off the bed and crashed to the floor. Pain lanced up knees and stole her breath. She tried to crawl towards the door but her body wouldn't respond. She could barely breathe. She rolled onto her side and curled into herself, gasping for breath.
Feeling returned to her muscles, driving pins and needles all over her body. Moving made it worse so she stopped. She closed her eyes and tried to think of something else. Anything.
She remembered the mansion.
Her leg twitched and she groaned.
She remembered the Hive.
She panted harshly.
She remembered surviving.
The feeling settled to a dull throb.
But she didn't remember anything from Before.
Alice stretched out on the floor, trying to catch her breath.
Curiousity replaced Hunger.
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Alice managed to sit up as she looked around. It was an Umbrella quarantine room. White walls, floor and ceiling reflected bright lights that hurt her eyes. They adjusted quickly.
She looked herself over. Her body was healed but she had silver-white scars all over her left arm and legs. Her right forearm had a large teardrop shaped scar on the inside and a long hooked, jagged scar on the outside.
"How long was I out?" Alice wondered. She didn't know how deep the wounds went but she knew it would take a while to become scars.
She touched the long one on her right arm. It felt kind of thick. The surrounding skin too. Closer inspection showed tiny, silver-white lines spreading out from each scar. She pinched herself, slowly increasing the strength she used. It folded easily at first, and she could feel the pressure, but as it started to hurt, the skin seemed to tighten, pulling closer to her body and giving her less to grip.
Weird.
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Alice stood up easily enough but when she tried to walk her right leg moved oddly and she stumbled. She looked her leg over. It seemed fine. She tried to move it. It responded just right. She took a slow step. It held her weight fine. She took another and wavered when her foot left the ground.
Her balance was off.
She focused on her feet and started walking, step by step.
Then wall to wall.
Then around the room.
She was fine.
Alice walked up to the mirror and examined herself. Her hair was the same length but darker than she remembered, and a little wavy. It looked more of a light brown than dirty blonde. It was shaven over the left ear and she had two bloody marks near her temple. She touched them gingerly. They throbbeda bit but had no real pain.
Now what? Alice wondered. She knew she couldn't stay here, under Umbrella's care. She cupped her hands around her eyes and tried to see past the mirror. The other side was dark but she could almost make out a long line of light. Looking harder, she could see blocks of darkness, backlight by a soft glow. The light were off, she knew suddenly. The door was open and there were multiple monitors.
The room was empty.
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She needed to hurry. Alice didn't know how long she'd be unmonitored for but now was the perfect time to escape Umbrella.
Alice rushed to the door and tried to open it. It was locked. She went to the keypad and started typing.
47163483524789
She hit enter. The door hissed open. Huh. The Red Queen was... thorough. Well... however long it's been, the code still worked. She stepped into the hallway and gasped.
Not four feet from her was a thing.
Alice froze. If it moved towards her, she'd take care of it. If it didn't...
It stared at her.
She blinked.
It shuffled on down the hall.
Slowly.
"What the hell is going on?" Alice hissed.
Out.
She needed to get out.
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The hallways were empty of living. A few undead were still wandering around. She saw a group feeding on someone further on down.
Alice felt comfortable enough to linger. She went for a computer and started looking. It was 3:32PM September 30th. She paused. Twelve months in a year, and September was... the seventh month? That sounded both right and wrong.
She ignored it and started searching.
Addison, Matthew. Quarantine Room number 4. Admitted September 29th.
Huh.
Rain...
Was Rain her first name? Alice wondered. Or her last? Was is even spelt R-A-I-N?
She called up a list of patients of the day before.
Her last name was Parks nee Abernathy.
That's kind of long, Alice thought.
Kaplan, Chad. Quarantine Room 3. Admitted September 29th.
Ocampo, Rain. Quarantine Room 2. Admitted September 29th.
Salinas, J. D. DOA.
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Alice ran without care what would happen. All she wanted was to get her team out of there. She broke into Rain's observation room and twisted the neck of the thing inside. The monitors were filled with images of Rain from every angle.
Rain looked very pale under the harsh lights and had straight, angry red scars all over her body. They were all connected like someone removed large sections of skin and then put them back.
Alice really hoped that wasn't what happened because she just stopped whatever was going into her.
Alice ordered the door open and rushed to Rain's side.
Quickly, before Rain could wake, Alice removed the needles. It was difficult because Rain's body seemed like it didn't want to let go.
Rain's body clenched abruptly, startling her. Alice grabbed Rain's arms in case she started thrashing.
"It's okay!" she shouted. "It's okay! You're okay! We're fine! Just calm down!" Rain lashed out, breaking her grip and clipping her shoulder. The world spun and Alice was on her back. She leapt to her feet and grabbed Rain's arm with both hands. "'We're OKAY'!" Alice shouted desperately.
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Rain snapped awake and screamed. Her body felt on fire. She could feel something moving beneath her skin and tightening! She turned away and fell. She landed on something softish. She clutched at it and just tried to breathe.
'We're okay. We're okay. We're okay,' kept repeating in her head. 'We're okay. We're okay.'
Something loosened.
Then tightened again.
Rain gasped. She turned her face into the warmth below her.
'We're okay. We're okay.'
It loosened cautiously.
'We're okay.'
Rain placed her tongue against someone's neck.
It relaxed. This person tasted like her.
'We're okay. We're okay.'
Rain panted. Whatever was inside of her started dozing, but the damage was done. She could feel something under her skin. Waiting.
'We're okay. We're okay.'
Rain blinked. She forced herself up and looked down. It was Alice.
'We're okay.'
Alice's eyes were open and fully dialated. Her body was limp.
'We're okay. We're okay.'
Her mouth wasn't moving.
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"Come on, Alice, we need to leave!" Rain shouted. Alice started blinking. "That's it, come on!" Rain gripped Alice's arm and forced her to stand. "You said you'd follow me anywhere!" Her legs trembled, but she stood.
"M't," Alice rasped. She cradled her head in her hands. It felt like it was going to burst.
"You said we were partners!" she yelled. Alice looked at Rain and startled. Rain's eyes were a milky blue color. "Are you here?"
"'m h're." Alice nodded.
"I can't hear you!"
"I'm here," she restated strongly. Rain and Alice looked at eachother.
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Horror dawned on Rain. She raised her hands and cupped her ears. She heard nothing. If she could hear, she would have heard the air circling. She tapped her ears with her palms. Nothing.
Panic set in and it roused itself.
The skin under Alice's hand shifted as something tightened in Rain's shoulder.
'Calm down,' Rain heard. It was Alice. She looked at her partner. 'You need to calm down,' was whispered in her head.
Alice's lips weren't moving. She had a worried look on her face. Her pupils looked normal.
"Okay, okay," Rain's voice trembled. "I'm calm." She felt chilled.
Shock crossed Alice's face, followed quickly by horror. She grabbed Rain's wrists. Her hands were covered in blood.
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"Are you hurt?" Rain barely whispered.
But Alice heard her. She looked herself over and saw blood on her left side. She lifted her arm and showed it to Rain.
Rain touched the area carefully, glancing up at her often. She pressed against her ribs but Alice barely felt it.
They were confused. Where did the blood come from?
"We need to go get Matt and Kaplan," Alice stated.
"J. D.?" Rain whispered. Alice shook her head. Rain sighed but didn't seem surprised.
They were leaving when Rain stumbled awkwardly, head moving side to side. Alice put Rain's arm over her shoulder and wrapped an arm around her waist. They moved down the hall and past the undead.
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... end of chapter one...
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AN: I wasn't sure what I expected but this wasn't it.
Alice seems a lot different than before because she was bitten so many times and even had her heart stop at one point. She was more aware of what was going on in and around her and knew why she couldn't move. So found a way around that. Subconsiously.
Can anyone guess what Rain's becoming?