Chapter One: Altered Fate

A/N: This story was written by Ken Dasin. As with all the stories to be published, I will put the wording of the original request up as well "A story where Piers Nivans from Resident Evil Six is saved from his fate by The Almighty One, with the intention of making Piers something a bit more than Human."

"My name is Piers Nivans, I am a BSAA Sniper and an expert driver as well. I serve in the Special Operations Unit on Alpha Team."

This was all Piers had to comfort him as he waited to either die or lose his mind to the virus, although he sincerely hoped it was the former. He wanted to be fully himself when he met his end, not like Finn or Marco. Piers looked back at the BSAA Tactical Vest that he had removed before he infected himself, and felt a strange urge to pick it up with his human hand, so he did. Little did Piers know, however, that he was being watched, not by the BSAA or anyone he knew, however. No, it was by a being far more powerful, who wanted to give Piers another chance at life, but not in this dying version of Earth. As Piers held the vest, he felt a sudden fatigue wash over him. Deciding it was probably the virus combined with all the things he had been doing over the past few hours, he lay back against the wall and placed his vest on his chest, falling asleep with no intention of waking up again.

Two Days Later

He DID wake up, however, just not where he expected or how he expected. When Piers awoke, he immediatly noticed a few things. First, he could feel the right half of his uniform, even though it had been torn off. Second, the vest wasn't on his chest any longer, but on his body. Third, he wasn't laying against a hard metal wall, but something that felt much softer. Fourth, and certainly most important...he could feel his real right arm again. His eyelids opened almost instantly and he looked around. He was in a moderately sized room, decorated in a Japanese style, which he recognized from his 4 year stint in the Marines, as he'd been assinged to a base in Japan. Then, he looked over to the right side of his body. Sure enough, there was a human right arm, and it was exactly like the one that had been severed from his body. Cautiously moving it, he found it behaved exactly like his arm as well. He then gently touched the right side of the face, feeling for the infected goop-like substance that had been there, but felt only his natural human face. Then, however, he heard a woman's voice.

"Your awake! The Almighty One said you would wake up quickly."

Instinctively, Piers mentally translated her words to English in his head, she seemed to look at him for a moment, thinking, then she spoke again, this time in English

"I'm sorry, I forgot you weren't Japanese! You look...confused, is it because of your arm? The Almighty One showed me what you looked like and how you came to look like that, and I am deeply sorry you had to do that."

Piers was about to speak, when all her words actually caught up to him. Almighty One? Who the heck is this 'Almighty One'? Come to think of it, how in the living heck did his body get back to normal? Slowly, tentatively, he spoke in English to her.

"I'm Piers Nivans, and I really need to get out of here and back to the B.S.A.A."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I should introduce myself too. My name is Belldandy, and I live here, I found you when the Almighty One dropped you here."

She lived here, then. Well, that wouldn't be likely to be helpful to Piers, but it was nice to know. It wasn't lost on him that she completely glossed over his need to return to the BSAA. He questioned her name, Belldandy, but ultimately decided it was probably a foreign name, after all he'd heard several people comment on the name Piers. It was then that he actually examined her. She seemed to have long, brownish hair. Her eyes were a rather striking shade of blue, matching the color of some strange tattoos on her face. The tattoos, a pair of blue lines on her cheeks and what seemed to be almost a blue slit on her forehead, made Piers feel vaguely un-settled, as the only tattoos he had ever seen that vaguely resembled those had been tribal.

"Well...Belldandy...who is this Almighty One, and why did you ignore the fact that I need to return to the BSAA?"

"Well, the Almighty One is the leader of Heaven, you'd refer to him as Heaven's Commander, He holds immense power, and he took an interest in you."

Oh, so it was a religous belief then. It probably just meant that she found him by chance and took him in. This put Piers at ease somewhat, since he now knew she at least wasn't some cultist, although her terminology was rather strange. She then continued with a frown.

"You can't return to the BSAA...because there is no BSAA."

She then rushed off, as the sound of the phone ringing reached both Piers and Belldandy's ears. Piers sat there in shock, she had to be lying, she just had to be. After all, there was no way the BSAA just ceased to exist. Then, however, he began to feel slightly light-headed, and suddenly, he was somewhere new

A few minutes Later

Piers now found himself standing in a large, cavernous room, which seemed to be a gathering place. Surrounding him were hundreds of men and women, who all had some variation of the tatoos Belldandy had. To his left was Belldandy, behind him were two other women, one had long grey hair and was remarkably tan, and the other had white hair and carried an expression Piers recognized, the no-nonsense expression of a soldier. Finally, to his right was a Japanese teenager, although he was probably College age. He had very dark hair, and as far as appearence went was un-impressive in every way.

At the front of the Conference room was a man, dressed in pure white robes, who seemed to radiate power and authority. Nobody, however, was prepared for Piers's reaction. They all watched as he removed the MP-AF from a clip on his vest, shoved a full clip into it, and aimed at the man. The woman who looked like a soldier rushed forward to disarm Piers, but the man waved her off, and a loud booming voice filled the room.

"Mr. Nivans has every right to be wary, Lind, and you know he does."

Piers, however, was not about to be excluded from this talk. The full room watched him back up until each individual, including the ones who had came with him, were in front of him. At last, he growled softly, but as he expected it was picked up by a microphone or something and filled the room

"Why am I here? What did you do to me to fix my arm? Why can't I go back to the BSAA?"

The man chuckled, angering Piers, before he finally gave a response.

"You are here because you are special, Piers Nivans. To fix your arm required quite the amount of work, butt it only took the Goddesses about an Earth Day to fix it. You can't return to the B.S.A.A because it doesn't exist in this universe, nor do BOWs and, I'm sorry to inform you, neither does your Captain Redfield."

That, however, was the wrong thing to say, and the Almighty One knew it even before he said it. Piers's finger tightened on the trigger, and he opened fire. The bullets raced out quickly towards the man, although another soldier jumped in front of him and took all the bullets and was immediatly being carried away by what was probably a medic. As Lind turned, Piers had already reloaded and leveled the gun at her, much to her surprise. The Almighty One quickly spoke, however.

"Lind, do not harm him, I shouldn't have mentioned his Captain, that was horrible of me. Mr. Nivans, you mis-understood me. He has not died, he simply never came into existence in this universe. While I could explain to you, I doubt you would believe me, so I will allow you to have the knowledge."

The man, this Almighty One, nodded to Belldandy, who murmured something under her breath and approached Piers, gently touching his forehead even as he pressed the MP-AF to her chest. It was then, however, that images and information flew into his mind. He knew, now, that he was in another Universe, one without the BSAA, one without his only friend...one where the girl he'd left behind hadn't died, but hadn't existed either. He also, however, knew another thing. These women...were Goddesses.

Not a single entity in the room wasn't surprised by Piers's reaction, however. They had expected him to bow, or do something of the like, since he was in the presence of deities. Instead, however, the most they got was him lowering the MP-AF as he said, with less bite in his voice

"Why did you bring me here?"

It was the Almighty One, of course, who responded.

"Because, Piers Nivans, you are destined to be more than just a man. However, that is all I can say for now. You will be living with the Goddess Belldandy, her sisters, and her beloved human. In time, the rest of what you seek shall be revealed to you."

With that, Piers felt lightheaded once more. He was quick to re-clip his MP-AF to the vest, to ensure he didn't drop it. Then, he was once again in a different place, instantaneously. When he had fully recovered, he found himself back in the same room as before. Now, while he had some answers, he had been left with so many more questions.