Alice looked over the wasteland that spanned before her. What was the point anymore? What survivors she came across were usually crazed or dying. She'd given up hope of actually finding survivors a long time ago. She couldn't even die. She'd tried before. Blew up a propane tank in the back of a truck that she happened to be standing on. All she'd done was cause herself unimaginable pain that left her disabled for maybe a day. A day. What would have killed a normal human had or left them crippled for life had taken her under 24 hourse to heal almost completly from. She'd had to find new clothes after that.

Now she was simply numb to everything and bored. She'd discovered she could survive on one meal a month, possibly less than that but if she wanted to keep her strength up enough to exterminate the undead she came across. She was safe from their detection due to already being infected.

She hadn't seen another person in damn near a year and by this point she doubted she would again.

Her life consisted of scavenging what she could from the dead towns and, when she was feeling particularly reckless, cities. She kept away from the really large ones. The small cities usually provided enough to keep her going for years at a time, so far she showed no signs of ageing.

"Fucking perfect" She muttered as she walked along a sand covered road that was still visible. "I'm probably stuck like this for eternity. So what does an immortal do with all this free time? Kill off all the undead? For what reason? Who knows how many are left? Likely not enough to sustain a viable human population." Talking to herself had become a common occurrence, it was her way of making sure her voice was still in working condition and that she remembered how to speak.

She felt a familiar prickle in her blood that meant there was undead nearby. Only one though. How disappointing, she was hoping for a fight.

She unsheathed one of her blades and headed onwards up the road to where she knew the undead was waiting.

"Hey there" Alice said casually strolling over to the walking corpse.

It let out a groan as it slowly turned around and started limping towards her making disgusting gurgling noises as it drew closer. Alice sighed and walked towards it, not even slowing as she severed it's head from it's neck.

"Nice to meet you too, names Alice" She muttered cleaning off her blades as she kept walking.

She froze as she heard the unmistakable sound of vehicles approaching. What the hell. Sounded like a damn convoy. She paused. They were maybe twenty minutes away. She stopped and stood in the middle of the road. her bike had long since run out of fuel and she'd left it a few weeks back.

Curiousity got the better of her. Staying on the move was a smart idea and on the off chance that this group of survivors actually had a competent leader, it was possible they could have survived this long, so she stood and waited.


The line of vehicles came to a halt she shifted slightly as the door to a hummer opened. A red head in shades and a hat walked out and strode up to Alice.

The two of them sized each other up. Alice had a good few inches on the other woman and apparently the other woman had decided she was a threat.

"Hello" Alice said offering a hand "Names Alice"

"Claire Redfield" the redhead said shaking her hand. "Need a lift?"

Alice chuckled "Depends, where are you headed?"

"There's a town up this road a ways and we need gas. Could use an extra hand with the undead." She looked at the corpse a short ways from them "Looks like you can handle it"

"Hmm... Nothing better to do I guess" She said "I suppose I can tag along for awhile."

"Alright, you can ride with me" Claire was suspicious of her, Alice could tell. The kind of leader who tried to keep others safe before herself. A noble trait, if a useless one. What would happen to the convoy if she died?

Alice followed her to the hummer and hopped in the passenger seat.

"Hi" Said a cheerful voice from the backseat. A bubbly looking blonde teen was looking at her.

"Hey" Alice said smiling slightly. She found she didn't really know how to act around other people. Claire was talking to some blonde nerdy looking guy. Probably about her.

"I'm Kmart" She said and went back to lying in the back seat "Don't let Claire's 'I don't like you' attitude fool you. If your here, she'll let you stick around as long as you don't piss her off the much"

Alice wasn't sure how long she was going to be sticking around. Wait a minute Alice. You're bored right? You don't want the human race to die out right? So stay and help these guys out. They seem like they could use it.

"Alice" She said. "How does someone end up with the name K-mart?"

"It's where I hid out till these guys found me. I hated my old name and anyone who knew me was dead so..."

"Seemed like time for a change right?" Alice said understanding.

"Yeah" K-mart nodded.

"I still would have picked a better store..."Alice teased "But I dunno, suits you."

Kmart looked at her a second, judging her or something. A second later she grinned "It was that or Costco. I think I picked the lesser of two evils."

Alice chuckled as Claire got into the hummer and shut the door. She picked up a radio "Move out, we need to get in and out of there before nightfall."

The convoy moved on. Kmart was busy chatting at Claire who Alice knew was only half listening like she was.

"So Alice, what's your story? How'd you survive out here all this time?"

Alice considered this "I'm not really human..."

"Huh?" Kmart said confused.

"Before I tell you everything, you have to agree to at least give me a chance here."

Claire regarded her with suspicion. "I can't promise that."

"Let me tell my whole story first then. If you want to afterwards I'll help you with this town and then leave"

Claire hesitantly agreed "Okay"

"I used to work for the Umbrella Corporation. I was there when the virus first got out, I was in racoon city when they 'sanitized' it..." she said and told them everything, starting with the Hive and up till the world had 'ended'.

"So you're telling me that you've been infected for over three years." Claire said in disbelief.

"Yes. I was told my blood bonded with the t-virus in a way they hadn't seen previously." Alice said.

"How? I thought the t-virus was meant to infect and bring back the dead."

"It originally was designed by a doctor working for Umbrella to help his daughter walk, if she took daily doses of the antidote, she wouldn't become infected." Alice paused to let the new information sink in before continuing"Her strain was different from the one that got out though but the same things apply. It restores dead tissue and repairs what isn't dead. When I was originally infected, I was just stronger, I could sense the undead as well. Then they did some other things to me the second time. I can move things with my mind, as far as I can tell I can't die, my wounds heal remarkably fast, getting bitten has no effect on me..."

"So what your saying is they basically made you into a weapon" Claire said. She seemed to be in deep thought. "How do I know your not just shitting me?"

"Got a lighter?" Alice asked. Claire nodded and handed it to her. Alice lit it and focused. The flame grew bigger and started to cause Claire to get nervous. Alice let the flame return to normal and put a hand in it, not even twitching as her hand started to burn. When her hand was scorched and black and her hand was burnt severely she gave Claire back the lighter.

"Give the virus... Ten minutes? There won't be any sign that was even there.

Claire was pale and looked fairly disgusted.

"Didn't that hurt?" Kmart asked.

"Not really no. I've had worse than this. I'm mostly immune to pain."Alice said watching asbthe wound already began to heal itself. It would be healed in a few minutes and the scars would fade shortly after.

"Wow." Kmart said showing her a now fully healed hand. "That's so gross... but cool at the same time."

"It can come in handy... I swear that was unintentional." She said realizing the pun.

Kmart giggled and Claire smiled slightly.

So... Do I get to stay?" Alice asked'

"Hmm... We'll see how this goes" Claire said.

Alice thought for a second about going into a town. "You want to protect your people right?" Claire nodded "Then let me go in first. I'll clear most or all of them out and keep an eye out for them while you get supplies."

"I don't know..." Claire said then sighed "If you think you can handle it..."

"Claire, I've damn near cleaned out small cities on my own. Trust me okay?"

Claire met her eyes and hesitantly nodded "Okay."

"Are we there yet?" Kmart asked, eager to see Alice in action.

"Actually... There it is" Claire said pointing to what looked like it had once been a grain tower.

Alice estimated they had fifteen or so minutes till they were there. She casually pulled out her blades and checked that they were still sharp. She obsessively took care of her weapons so naturally they were. Satisfied they were sharp enough to get the job done she checked her guns.

"Jesus,you're just a walking armory aren't you" Claire said.

"If it helps kill undead I'll take it" She said checking to be sure everything was in good condition. "There is roughly fifty undead. I can probably take care of all of them"

"So you can sense them individually?" Claire asked as they drew closer to the town.

"With numbers under 1000 I can tell exactly how many. When we stop I'll let you know how many we're actually up against." Alice said.

Claire just shook her head in disbelief while Kmart looked amazed.

"Sixty" Alice said slicing yet another zombie's head of before moving onto the next. She made it's head explode, with her mind while throwing one of her blades at the last remaining undead."Sixty-two"

When she was certain all undead in the area had been cleared out she started back to where the convoy was waiting on the outskirts of the town.

Claire went wide eyed at the sight of Alice covered head to toe in blood and other things she didn't even want to think about.

"All clear. I'd still be on your guard, more could wander in at anytime" Alice said "Someone have a towel or somethimg?"

A dumbstruck guy with sandy brown hair handed her a towel.

She started wiping herself off "You guys wouldn't happen to have somewhere I can get these washed..."

"Best we can do is wet that. sorry, we need all the fresh water we can get" Claire said handing her a canteen. "Okay people you know the drill, get whatever you can, don't take unnecessary risks, yada yada yada."

The survivors split up into groups, each with at least one person who looked like they could actually handle the weapons they had.

"You can stay, I don't trust you, but I can't deny you could be an essential part of keeping us alive." Claire said. She expected as much, Claire was just as smart as Alice had guessed. Her respect for the woman went up a few notches.

"Works for me. It'll take awhile to get used to being around people again." Alice said looking around. Kmart was rushing over.

"That was completely amazing" She said "You were completely kick ass."

"They're just the undead. They kinda lack anything resembling a challenge." Alice said with a shrug. Then she saw someone else approaching. Someone she knew "Carlos?"

"Alice! Man aren't you a sight for sore eyes" He said walking over.

"Nice to see you too. Where's L.J?"

"Motherfucker" A familar voice said. L.J. emerged from behind an ambulance. "Alice, where the fuck you been?" He walked over and gave her a hug "Shit you got tan. What happend to you."

"Wasn't safe for you guys. Whatever hole Umbrella's hiding away in now, I don't think they'll be to concerned with me. If anything I help them out by chasing after all the undead. Not intentionally of course but..."

"Always liked the danger didn't you?" Carlos said "C'mere you" He pulled her into a bear hug.

"Missed you too guys" Alice said not fully comfortable with her personal space being invaded.

"You three know each other?" Claire asked watching the exchange with an unreadable expression.

"You remember when we first met up with you I told you about Racoon city and I mentioned some badass that was the only reason we got out" He gestured to Alice "This is she"

"Hmm you said you were in racoon city, you never gave specifics"

"Didn't see a need. Not exactly a pleasant place to remember"

"I am sincerely offended" L.J. said. "That's where you met me"

Alice chuckled "Oh yes, a pivitol point in my life"

"You know it" L.J. said.

"Now, reunions aside, don't you two have some work to do" Alice asked seriously "I know you two can use those guns, so go help."

"Always so serious." Carlos said "But as usual, correct. Let's go L.J."

They headed off in the direction the others headed.

"Small world" Alice thought out loud.