Disclaimer: This is a fan fiction and is meant to be taken as a rewritten non canonical interpretation of the Parasite Eve game and its storyline.

Chapter 1: Rebirth

"In biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage."

November 4, 2007.

Manhattan, New York.

Aya awoke somewhat sleeply but immediately felt the warmth on her face. Mostly on her cheeks. Was it the heater of her apartment? Usually it wasn't this warm. She would look over at Kyle whom was fast asleep. If he hadn't noticed how warm it was. Then she must be the only one. Though it was curious that she wasn't particularly prone to fevers anymore. Then she'd feel it. She could feel Eve in the other room. She was not in her bedroom but in the living room.

Looking at the clock, she was surprised at how early it was but it was also unusual that she could feel Eve's presence and with the warmth she was feeling. She immediately knew something wasn't right. Immediately pushing the semi thick white duvet off of her and sat up, not bothering with her slippers this time. She walked in her white tank top and panties toward the door of her room. Quickly grabbing a silk white robe she usually wore when she needed to wake early in the night to use the bathroom.

She'd fasten the her robe as she walked into the living room, seeing Eve standing closely by their high rise apartment's window. The city would be bright amid the darkened skyline with some lights on in the many towers that made up the borough of Manhattan. Eve silently stared on in the distance. Aya would notice something about Eve. She had been sweating. Walking over, she'd stare at Eve with concern. Eve immediately looked over at Aya, "Somethings wrong..."

Aya feeling the same feverish feeling somewhat. Was starting to worry, putting her hand over Eve's forehead. "Your feverish. I think we need to take you to the E.R.", Aya would tell Eve in a more increasingly worried tone. What Aya was trying not to think about was that Eve could be reactivating. Aya would then walk towards her home phone. Which had Maeda on speed dial. Since it was still relatively early. Maeda should be still awake. They hadn't spoken in quite some time but Aya still kept in touch with him to hear all his weird theories to her amusement.

Suddenly, Aya would feel a wave go through her as she was going through her phone's contact list. As the warmth she was feeling would immediately wear off. She even took a breath as she could immediately feel the cool air running throughout her apartment. She knew her heater wasn't usually on full blast. The sudden change in temperature reassured her of that. Although she'd immediately look over at Eve.

"Aya... I'm fine.", Eve would wipe the sweat off her forehead. "I don't know but I'm no longer warm. I'm just covered in sweat tho'...". Eve immediately covered herself with her arms. The sweat actually made her cold since she wasn't as hot as she felt anymore. "I don't know what happened but I know it wasn't me." she'd look at Aya with a look of uncertainty.

Aya stared at Eve unsure of what to say. Although she'd put the phone down and walk over. "Okay... I felt it too.. I just wasn't sure...", Aya seemed to question everything but knew now it wasn't Eve. She felt relieved but had questioned. Although despite all of this. She was still somewhat tired but she fought it because what just happened seemed like a lot. She normally wouldn't care so much but the warmth even she was feeling wasn't right. Especially since Eve was sweating.

"Maybe just take a shower and hop into bed. I'll call around and see if anything else happened."

"Okay... Thanks. Aya."

"Don't worry. I'm sure it was nothing..."

Aya decided to call Maeda while Eve went to go shower. Over the phone, Maeda wasn't sure of what might have happened but said it could have been a relapse in Eve's mitochondria. Reawakening to a much stronger potential. He also mentioned that it might not actually be Eve. If she could sense something else. He wasn't sure what it might have been. Aya thanked Maeda and said she'd call him, if she found out anything else. Aya decided to call around, after a few phone calls. It was actually her old precinct that would give her info on a recent occurrence. It appeared someone had hit something with their car. It appeared to be mutated creature that ran into some traffic. They hadn't called MIST yet about since they were going over witness reports.

Aya had questioned them on whether or not these types of occurrences had been happening frequently in the area but was told there wasn't any sighting until tonight.

Just as she was hanging up the phone. Kyle would walk into the living room.

"Hey..."

"Hey..."

"Why aren't you in bed? You running the shower...?"

"No. Eve's in there. She's... not feeling well."

"You wanna talk? Your not usually phoning people this time of night."

"I know, it's just..."

Aya would look at Kyle with concerning eyes.

"There's been a recent sighting of what could be a NMC."

"Your not telling me everything.", Kyle would say to her while looking concerned.

"I know.. it's just... Eve was sweating. Like feverish sweating. She told me something was wrong and I wasn't sure what it was. I mean.. I felt it too but I wasn't feverish. I just felt really really warm."

"Are you saying... Eve?"

"I'm not sure... I don't think it's her. She seemed to be staring out at something."

Aya and Kyle would look at each other with deep concern amid their tired expressions. After a bit of small talk, Eve would go to bed after her shower and Aya and Kyle decided to go back to sleep too. As Aya lay in bed, she'd wonder about everything and what might have been happening. Although it wouldn't take long for her tired eyes to close as she drifted off into sleep. Hoping everything would be okay.