Hey people! First of all, I am pleased to receive reviews from you guys! I'm liking this story so far, but the ladies are asking for more romance, so I'm going to add some in this chapter, remember this is a present for Kit2000's sister Annya after all.

Speaking about Kit2000, she also got a medieval styled story named "The Prince and Valkyrie". In conversations with her, and due to the similarities between our stories, we decided to have my story being a prequel story for "The Prince and the Valkyrie", so I may start calling this story: "The Prince and the Valkyrie Cero!" Hahaha, just kidding. At any rate, this story and that one will be linked ONLY in which the ending of this story will be the beginning of hers, so don't worry about having to read both stories, you will only have to IF YOU WANT, but it's not strictly necessary, both stories are still INDEPENDENT from one another, just like every Resident Evil Game.

Oh well, having said that last, there is nothing left to do our say but to answer to the reviews:

kunfupandalover: If by updating soon you mean me not waiting for it to be weekend to update, then you are on! I mostly update on Saturdays since I know people read more on Saturdays, but this story have been messing with my mind for a while, and won't let me concentrate in other projects. So, if there is inspiration, there will be early updates too!

Guest: Point taken, I totally erased the babe reference from all chapters. I am addressing the Billy and Rebecca relationship in a civil manner. But I got this weird idea of having a different approach, I hope it doesn't bother you, I actually like your reviews. I totally understand the time and acceptance you mention, and all my stories are like that but… I'm co-writing this with the birthday girl and her sister, so their wishes are my commands, so I need to speed up the romance, my own style by the way, so I'm not totally accepting their demands, hahahahaha. I usually correct the grammar later, because if I don't release the story once I'm finished, I fall into the "I want it to be perfect mode" And the update sometimes becomes two of three times bigger than the first version, and the story grows tedious and boring, so I will proof-read it tonight and post the fixed version tomorrow morning. And yeah, Umbrella is not involved, we will get more of the necromancer in this chapter.

Kit2000: And the stories are linked, I got your messages and will fix the story accordingly to your and your sister's likings, it is a present after all. The relationship between Billy and Lady Cham is still developing, and I don't know how I will work the execution part yet, you will have to wait for that. I also liked the kiss part, and I'm glad you liked it too, being honest, I'm more the slow romance type, but changing my usual style is also a nice practice. The eye color dilemma came to me when I found out they changed Rebecca's eye color from Resident Evil Zero from brown to green when they made the remake, so I wasn't sure what eye color to use, so I used them both, lol. By the way, you and your sister better finish "The Prince and Valkyrie" fast! I can't wait T_T.


Prologue:


July 24. 480 A.C. Raccoonheim River.

"Are you sure?" Billy suddenly asked, and Lady Cham couldn't help it but gulp hard, but somehow she managed to nod in agreement. "This is the first time I try this… but if it is you… I guess it will work…" He added carefully, his face too close to hers, and the girl couldn't help it but blush a little and feel nervous. "Are you sure you are ready."

"We already went this far… it would be stupid not to do it…" Lady Cham added, and then faced Billy with teary eyes. "Be gentle… I know it will hurt… but… I trust you will be a gentlemen this time and be easy on me…" And Billy breathed out in defeat, and began moving. "Slowly! Wait! If you do it this fast you will hurt me!"

"If I do it fast the pain will only last a second! Here I go, Rebecca!" And then it happened, and Billy moved wildly, forcing Lady Cham to react horribly and to arc her back. "Are you all right?" He wondered, and Lady Cham just faced him with teary eyes.

"Do I look all right to you?" She yelled. "I told you to do it slowly! It hurt!" She complained, and Billy sweated a little. "Forget about it, just, keep going! I think it's feeling better!" And Billy moved wildly once again. "Wait… I'm going to… Billy!" and then it happened, Billy lost his footing, and Lady Cham felt on top of him. "Ouch! It hurts a lot!" She suddenly complained, and began rubbing her reddish hand.

Billy had the brilliant idea of pulling her end of the handcuff and trying to force her tiny hand to slide down the handcuff. Doing it so would release Lady Cham from her end of the handcuff, and leave the chain entirely on Billy's end. But his plan only ended hurting her hand a lot.

"Did it loosen even a bit?" Billy wondered, and Lady Cham just rubbed her wounded skin. "That… doesn't look too good… it's a very uncomfortable tone of red." And Lady Cham continued rubbing her hand in pain. "Let me look at it."

"You have done enough already!" She complained, and then stood up from the grass with her eyes in tears. "For the love of the divine one… you really hurt me… I think you sprained my wrist! Ouch! It hurts!" And Billy smiled for her oddly. "What's your hurry of releasing me from my end of the handcuff anyway? I thought we were getting along just fine." She added with a blush on her face, and Billy delivered another one to her.

"I got no problem getting along with you, princess! But my body got needs! And I'm not going to please its needs in front of you!" And Lady Cham faced him oddly. "For the love of… are you certain you are a prodigy?" He wondered, and Lady Cham nodded in agreement. "Then you know what happens when a man drinks too much water."

"Rehydration?" Lady Cham wondered, and Billy slapped his own forehead hard, and Lady Cham began rubbing her chin. "If it's not then…" And then she flinched, and Billy could even tell the girl's hair grew messier out of the sudden surprise. "Of course not!" She yelled hard.

"Well I need to cover that need!" Billy yelled back. "And bless the divine one that it is only spraying the plants! Because I'm making sure we take these off before any other need arouses!" And Lady Cham blushed madly, and in the end, she slapped Billy hard for his uncaring words.


Resident Evil: Necromancer Chronicles.

Chapter Three: Chain.


"Do it fast!" Lady Cham complained, as she hid by a side of a tree while at the other side, Billy tried to concentrate. "Seriously… what is taking you so long?" She continued, and Billy began moving his hand. "Don't you dare…" She began with embarrassment.

"Just shut up, doll face! I'm working here!" And Lady Cham felt a horrible embarrassment while she waited for Billy to finish. "Oh, but if it were you the one with the need, I'm sure you wouldn't be complaining." And Lady Cham flushed even more, while she hit her back with the tree and tried to ignore the situation. "Done." Billy added while coming out from the other side of the tree. And Lady Cham faced him in embarrassment.

"You are not." She mentioned, and then began pulling her end of the chain, and leading him toward the river. "Clean your filthy hands! And just to be sure, clean the chain as well!" And Billy faced her with hatred. "Just do it!"

"All right! I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" Billy complained and began washing his hands and the chain. "You are not my spouse but you surely act like one!" And Lady Cham bit her lips in hatred and continued blushing. "Done… now what, princess?"

"Will you stop with the nicknames already?" She added, and then faced her end of the handcuff. "Yet… it is true… this one, despite being an embarrassing and unpleasant situation, was a very controllable one… we won't be able to ignore our needs for long." And Billy faced away not wanting to think about it. "We need a town… and we need it now."

"Following the river will only lead us both back to Raccoonheim. And that's probably a couple of weeks away." And Lady Cham nodded. "Settlements are usually built around rivers, but never too close. Wild animals may roam the riverside. Our best option is to continue toward that direction." Billy explained, and then began walking.

"You are only going to lead us deeper into the forest!" Lady Cham added while pulling her end of the chain. "I say we stick to the riverside and try to find a fishermen settlement!" And once again the arguments arouse between the two. "I swear that I will vouch for you if we run into any guards!" She insisted.

"No thanks doll face! I got enough with the damn chains! I promised to help you only if you freed me of these chains! And we will only accomplish it once finding a town!" And Lady Cham faced down the river. "Raccoonheim is in that direction, and so is my grave."

"I get it, but what assures me that you won't just run away and leave me defenseless against the necromancer once we get free?" And Billy made a mockery. "I knew it! You were going to escape once we broke the chain!" And Billy faced away. "Unreal! I can't believe you! How dare you lie to me like that?" And Billy remained in silence. "Forget it… before you cut my hand off for bickering with you, I'm going to help us get us both released, and then we will both part ways." And Billy faced Lady Cham with interest. "I can't believe I was weak around you." And she began pulling her end of the chain away from the river, leading Billy toward the forest.

"You don't understand… you never will…" Billy added, and Lady Cham refused to listen to him. "I am a murderer… regardless of who vouches for me… I am to be executed if discovered…" And Lady Cham lowered her head ashamed and stopped her march. "If they see me with you… your head will roll too for helping me escape captivity…" And Lady Cham refused to listen and continued her walking.

Arukas Village.

Surprisingly enough, Billy's idea of searching on grounds meters away from the river, lead the couple toward a small village by the name of Arukas. It was only a small farming town, nothing out of the extraordinary, but it was civilization.

The city, however, was surrounded by the forest, which forced them both to feel uneasy. There weren't guards either walking by the grassy terrains, and it was evident that the small town barely reached a populace of at least 20 people.

There was an inn by the name of Apple Inn, and a blacksmith store just in front of it. Seeing the blacksmith however, proved to be a way better news than the inn, and so, both rushed toward the blacksmith, where a fat man with long orange beard was hitting a sword with a hammer.

"In the name of the divine one! My prayers arrived to his ears!" Lady Cham suddenly yelled, and the odd blacksmith raised an eyebrow at her, and saw the chain linking her to Billy. "I will pay whatever it takes, please, break this chain!" She begged, and her eyes watered a little. Billy in the other hand felt a little disappointed for the girl's enthusiasm for getting them both freed. Yet, he was also anxious. He couldn't wait for the moment in which he could try to run away and escape the girl. "Will you accept this as payment?" The girl wondered, and took a golden bracelet off and delivered it to the man, who faced the object with enthusiasm.


An hour later, both Billy and Lady Cham were sitting boringly, each at a side of a metal made table, while Arvor, the blacksmith, did his best to break the chain. He began with Billy's side, under his own petition, since it was clear his relationship with Lady Cham was running into an end. He wanted to escape before any Bravo Brigade could find the girl, and so, Lady Cham accepted when Billy asked the blacksmith to release him.

"What kind of instrument is this? I have never seen anything like this before." Arvor mentioned, and then hit Billy's handcuff hard with a hammer and a steel-made stick, which of course forced Billy to grow nervous, since with every hit, Arvor placed more effort into his hammering. "You two aren't criminals trying to escape, are you?" And Billy gulped hard while seeing Lady Cham.

"Would a criminal carry such precious jewels?" She wondered, and Arvor raised an eyebrow at that last. "Fine, maybe a thief would, but certainly they wouldn't dress as I am." And Arvor nodded in agreement, and after a last hammering, he released Billy from his end of the handcuff. "It worked?" Lady Cham suddenly exclaimed, and she and Billy exchanged looks. Arvor just cleaned the sweat away from his forehead exhausted. "It broke… the chain… it… we are free…" Lady Cham added, and Billy faced her in disbelief. "I'm sorry… I guess… I should be glad…" She informed, and Billy nodded in agreement. "What now?"

"I…" Billy began, and Lady Cham faced him with concern. "I'm sorry." Was his reply, and Lady Cham nodded in agreement. "There is nothing you can do… and nothing ties me to you…" And Arvor faced Billy with curiosity. "…Stay alive…" He added, and then turned around and began walking away, disappointing Lady Cham a lot.

"Yeah… you too…" She informed and sat down once again, while Billy just left the blacksmith. "…I hate him so much…" She added, and then waited boringly for Arvor to release her from her end of the handcuff. "Why are men a bunch of idiots? Oh…" And Arvor faced her with a smile. "No offence." She added with a silly smile.

"None taken." Arvor added and then began hitting Lady Cham's end of the handcuff. And with each strike, she grew even more nervous. "Perhaps a little friendly chat will light your mood." Arvor mentioned, and Lady Cham bit her lips in defeat. "Why did you and your friend argue?"

"We didn't argue… and he is not my friend…" She admitted, and Arvor grew suspicious. "He was only an acquaintance… who continuously disrespected me by calling me by my name of birth instead of calling me Lady Cham… it… it was as if he treated me as his spouse! He truly… got some nerve calling me by my name." And Arvor smiled. "Damn farm boy…" And then Arvor smiled at her once again. "No offence."

"None taken." Arvor mentioned and hit her end of the handcuff strongly, and Lady Cham grew suspicious about his strong hammering, not knowing if it was because of her words or his efforts to release her from the handcuff. "I don't quite understand the purpose of this chain… if you were to ask me, all it is good for is to keep a prisoner from wielding a sword."

"No it's not!" Lady Cham immediately mentioned, and Arvor grew more and more suspicious. "This chain… it… it was crafted to make sure a mercenary wouldn't lose his or her client in the darkness of the night while travelling inside of a forest! We… simply lost the key and I couldn't release my bodyguard from his contract until finding a blacksmith!" And Lady Cham felt horrible at that very moment. She was lying. She, a noble, a scholar from the Scholars Training Academy for Royal Sorcerers, was lying to protect a betraying companion.

"You sure?" And Lady Cham nodded in agreement. "But this chain is too short to serve that purpose." Arvor mentioned, and Lady Cham nodded once again. "It's not long enough to allow the mercenary to fight if needed be. And if the time of need arose, it's not long enough to give each some privacy." And Lady Cham blushed madly. "Umm… Lady Cham… I got an idea." And the girl faced Arvor with interest, as he hammered one last time and released her from her end of the handcuff. "I will fix your chain so you and your bodyguard can use it again." And Lady Cham felt a chill running through her spine at the idea. "I will add some length to the chain, and try to smith a key. It will be ready later tonight."

"Arvor… I appreciate your efforts but… I no longer have a need for that chain." And Arvor faced the girl with interest. "That chain… was the only thing that tied me to that man… and now… I don't need it… it's useless." And Arvor moved his head in negation. "Thanks for your help… I'm leaving…" She added and stood up.

"The chain will be ready later tonight." Arvor insisted, and Lady Cham faced him with annoyance. "Lady Cham, this gold bracelet is really expensive. The less I can do is returning your change. The handcuff will be ready, waiting for your time of need. We wouldn't want you to get lost while traveling at night. Although… I don't know why anyone would want to travel at night." And Lady Cham decided to drop the subject, and just walked out of the blacksmith shop.

The sun was setting outside, and Lady Cham knew the night would only bring her nightmares. The Apple Inn wasn't at all a very enjoyable establishment, she could even see drunkards being thrown out of the Inn, and it wasn't even that late. But Lady Cham was hungry, and she didn't feel like sleeping inside of the forest, and so, she walked inside of the Inn.

Upon entering the inn, however, she had to stand aside when a drunkard was launched outside of the inn. The place was a mess, and extremely low to her usual standards. But she had to tolerate it thanks to her situation.

Yet, Lady Cham didn't expect that all around the bar of the inn, she would win some unhealthy attention from the hunters and travelers from the forest, who hadn't seen a lady in such a while. Much less a noble as gorgeous as Lady Cham.

"What do we have here?" A tall and dark skinned mercenary mentioned, and approached Lady Cham with a perverted smile draw on his brownish lips. "You are too far from civilization. The men around here are a lot of things but civilized." He explained. "Some of us are real animals."

"I can see that." Lady Cham added, and then she faced the man with a noble authority. "Or better said, I could smell it. Your strong odor could easily be mistaken by the odor of a male bear who accidentally slept on top of his own defecation." And the men around the place all laughed at the bold strongman, who then was about to slap Lady Cham, who only readied her dagger and pointed it at his throat. "I am trained." She explained, with her dagger dangerously close to his throat. But the man only laughed at her hard.

"Foolish girl!" He yelled. "You think a dagger would intimidate me?" He made fun of her, and then a sword was swung dangerously close to his eye, and the man had to back off. "Who the hell are you?" The man asked, and Lady Cham slowly turned around and faced Billy, who had swung his sword in her protection. "You bastard!" He yelled.

"Are you sure you want to try?" Billy added, and then the man faced the scorpion-like tattoo he wore. "I invite you to try." And the giant between men bit his lips in annoyance, and then began walking away. "That's what I thought." Billy added, and then felt Lady Cham's strong glare facing him. "…What…?" He wondered.

"I thought it was clear the fact of me not needing anyone taking care of me." She added, and everyone around the tavern faced the girl in confusion. "Why are you here?" She wondered, a small tone of excitement in her voice, wanting to believe that Billy was actually there since he had changed his mind and wanted to help her deal with the necromancy scheme.

"Wine." Was his cold and straight to the point reply. And Lady Cham closed her eyes gently, abandoning all hopes on having him helping her. "Why are you here?" Billy wondered, and Lady Cham took a deep breathe.

"Food." She replied with the same coldness, and then began walking away. "Take care." She mentioned. But then she felt her hand being grabbed by Billy, who then faced her with a smile on his face. A smile she returned. "How bold of you, commoner. I'm not your spouse." She questioned, and Billy smirked at her.

"You wish I was your husband." He countered her words. "Come. I at least can watch over you while you leave this town of filthy commoners. A princess like you shouldn't walk alone around a foreign kingdom." And Billy invited Lady Cham to sit by a table.

"I'm no princess." She explained. "I'm of noble birth, but that doesn't make me a princess. I'm nothing but a scholar who mixes herbs and investigates rare illnesses." And Billy sat at the other side of the chair and began drinking his wine, and once Lady Cham saw that last, she quickly took the wine bottle, and spilled the liquid. Of course that annoyed Billy a lot. "It's perfect!" She added and then took her rag from her belt, and then she carefully pushed the leech inside. With some difficulty since the hole of the wine bottle was too narrow, she forced the leech inside, who then began biting the crystal walls of its new imprisonment while Lady Cham pressed the cork to trap it for sure. "Horrible creatures, are they not?" She wondered, and Billy nodded, while everyone around their table just moved aside scared of the creature. "What did you mean with foreign kingdom?"

"What you heard. It wasn't Raccoonheim's River in which we were sailing." And Lady Cham faced Billy with concern, while he placed a map by the table. "Raccoonheim River divides in three smaller rivers." He mentioned while pointing at one of the rivers of his map. "This one is Marble River. Leading to the northern lands of Redfield Kingdom." And Lady Cham was impressed. "We are no longer on Raccoonheim." He explained.

"How did you get that map?" And Billy faced away in concern. "You stole it?" And he nodded. "Why is it that I'm not surprised?" She mentioned while facing the aggressive leech. "Hey… Billy… what will you do now…?" She wondered. "Isn't there a place you wish to return to…?" She asked while hitting with her nail the crystal corners of the wine bottle, annoying the leech inside who tried to bite her finger.

"There is no place I can return to." And Billy faced the molester he had scared off, and discovered him pointing toward his and Lady Cham's table. The man was surely planning something. "The news seem to have spread. Your little friends at S.T.A.R.S. seem to have revealed about my identity. The man with the scorpion tattoo they call me."

"There are many men with scorpion tattoos." Lady Cham continued, and then asked the bartender to walk toward her. "Bread and cheese, please." She asked, and the bartender nodded in agreement. "I don't think the meat here is fresh… I rather eat hard bread and stinky cheese than risking with a probably contaminated meat." And Billy nodded in agreement, admiring the sincerity of the lady before him. "Can I convince you into helping me?"

"Not a chance, doll face." And Lady Cham stood up from her chair, walked to his side, and rudely pulled his hair, hurting him a little. "What was that for?" He complained, and the girl then returned to her end of the table and admired the leech once again.

"For calling me names." She replied, and then saw the leech moving abruptly toward one of the corners of the glass, as if avoiding the warm light of the candle at the table. "Could it be…?" She wondered, and then approached the candle toward the wine bottle, and the leech began burning when the reflex of the glass toasted her. "They are flammable!" She exclaimed happily. "Oh… and now I need a new test subject." She replied calmly.

"Damn scholars and their disrespect of life in general." Billy added and faced the toasted creature. "Are you going to continue with this senseless investigation?" And Lady Cham nodded in agreement. "Even if I don't protect you?" And Lady Cham nodded once again. "Are you out of your mind, woman? We almost died."

"I'm a scholar… it is my duty to save lives." Lady Cham mentioned, and then began waving the wine bottle as if trying to reanimate the toasted leech. "Soldiers risk their lives in war. Merchants sell stuff. Guards punish the criminals…" And then Billy faced her. "No offence." And Billy rolled his eyes out of annoyance. "Scholars… need to investigate… so we can save people's lives… if I don't risk my life unraveling the true… then what good is there in being a prodigy?"

"Scholars don't fight necromancers." Billy added, and then saw the bartender placing bread and cheese in front of Lady Cham, who was still fascinated by the toasted leech. "Who fights a necromancer?" And Lady Cham gave it some thoughts.

"Lieutenants?" She wondered, and Billy moved his head in negation. "Then… a scholar with a dagger will have to be enough." And Billy grew worried about her. "We met under unusual circumstances… and I hated you… but… you aren't that bad… Billy… thanks for all your effort." And Lady Cham took her bread and cheese and began walking away.

"You forgot your toasted leech." And Lady Cham faced Billy with a smile, and moved her head in negation before continuing her way toward the bartender and asking him for a room. "It's not my problem." Billy added while facing the toasted leech. "If she dies and becomes undead food, it's not my problem. I'm my own priority." And Billy grabbed his sword and approached the group apparently plotting against him. "Hey!" He yelled, and then pointed his sword at the group. "I'm afraid I'm running low of money and I'm getting hungry. So give it to me before I take it from your bloody and unconscious bodies." And a fight began in the middle of the inn, a fight Lady Cham refused to witness as she walked upstairs and toward her room.

Arukas' Riverside.

"I heard our brother yelling." A young man added while hiding from the sunset behind some trees. It was the man both Billy and Lady Cham saw on top of the mountain commanding the leeches. "They tortured him… until he died burned to dead." And the leeches reacted furiously. "They know… about our weakness to fire… but we know about their weakness to tiredness." And the man walked inside of the forest, until finding some of the undead roaming the forest and avoiding the sunlight. "The undead are resistant to fire, my brothers and sisters." The man mentioned. "They may be rotten… they may be slow… they may be failed attempts of resurrection… but they are interesting vessels." And some of the leeches began attacking the undead, and entering their bodies. The weak sound of their groans intensified, and the man smiled at the view. "The undead can't think, or act according to our desires." He explained. "But we can control them! Take over their neuronal activity. This is science to an extent never before heard off! The undead will be our vessels. Their bodies our source of the virus that will rotten this land, and turn it into a malevolent Infected Land!" And the undead began transforming, their skin glowing crimson red. "Reactivate their most savage instincts! Hunger! And Primal Rage! If the undead weren't enough to kill that knowledgeable girl and her damn bodyguard. Maybe Crimson Undead will do the trick!" And the undead tried to leave the protection of the forest, but the leeches were too afraid as to risk their lives against the sun. "I understand your fear, brothers and sisters. We will wait… for when night falls… the know it all girl who deduced our weakness, will die!" The man added, and began walking inside of the forest.

July 23, 1998. Marcus Mansion.

"Billy!" Lady Cham saw in her dreams, herself various years in the future. She grew to understand her dreams a little, that girl was not her at all. If Lady Cham had to describe her, she would use a word: weak. Even thought that would probably not be the most accurate of all descriptions. Perhaps what Lady Cham needed to do was describe herself. If asked she would say, prideful. "Aaaaah! Billy!" Lady Cham never truly believed in reincarnation, and if reincarnation truly existed, how could she see her future self in her dreams when it was obvious these events were not a reality.

"Rebecca!" But Lady Cham decided to ignore the tedious way her brain worked, and decided to observe. Not that she could do anything about it. "There was a giant bug, a centipede, and it had captured her future self between its legs, which was both, disgusting and scary. "Hold on! I'm on it!" She would hear Billy yell, and see him firing iron and steel from a steel made tube which breathed out fire. It was technology that would probably take centuries to be created, or understood. The arrows it launched were rounded, and pierced at their front ends. These arrows penetrated the centipede, and wounded it.

"Do you mind watching where you are firing at?" Lady Cham heard the girl yell, and she realized some things. The girl was brave, or pretended to be brave despite dying of fear. Lady Cham then understood that this girl was just like her. A weak girl trying to be strong in a world dominated by men. A smile adorned her face, she was strong too, and didn't need anyone to protect her. But sometimes, no matter how strong someone is, they should always accept a little help. "I can't get free!"

"I'm on it, damn it! Woman you are so pushy sometimes!" Billy would yell, and the fight would continue, until he finally managed to kill the creature, who before dying released the girl, who hit strongly the floor upon her release. Billy stormed to her side, and offered his hand to her. "Are you all right?" He asked, and Lady Cham noticed both, the tone of his voice, and his handcuff.

"Yeah… thank you…" Rebecca would reply, and Lady Cham would only lower her head ashamed. That man, he wasn't as brave as her Billy. Or so she wanted to believe. She attributed his weakness to attacking from a distance instead of fighting the centipede head on. She called it un-romantic on her mind. And when she recalled her own thoughts, she flinched not believing what she thought. Lady Cham, realized in that very moment, that she was falling for her guardian, and she hated herself for that feeling. And she finally woke up.

Arukas Village.

"At least that Billy… needs no handcuffs to stay close to his Rebecca…" Lady Cham added, and then felt a tickling sensation hitting her nose. Lady Cham then moved her hand toward her face, and cleaned what was bothering her, and when she did, her eyes widened. "Eh?" She began weakly, and then moved her fingers around her eyes. "I'm crying?" She wondered, and continued rubbing the corners of her eyes. "Why am I crying? For someone like him? Am I for real?" And she sobbed a little, and hugged herself not truly believing in her own feelings.

"Everyone! Out!" Lady Cham heard someone yell, and she immediately stood up from her bed. She faced out of the window. It was dark outside, darker than ever since there was no moon, but she could see people around the town running, and Lady Cham readied her dagger. "They are attacking! Stay away! Aght! Aaaaaarght!" She heard, and Lady Cham then walked out of the room and faced downstairs. When she did, she wished she had stayed inside of her room. People were running all around the tavern, fighting what seemed to be red-faced undeads, far more aggressive than the ones she had fought before, and far more brutal, since with their clawed hands they tore the skin of whoever they killed and tore apart.

"…No…" She added weakly and in fear, horrified by what she was witnessing. She suddenly heard a weak sound close to her. And she slowly turned around with her eyes wide open toward the room next to hers, where a Crimsom Undead had let go of the corpse of a man it had killed, since it had found its real prey. "I got a dagger and know how to use it!" She added in defiance, and the undead just roared hard and freaked out Lady Cham, who then began running downstairs, caring little about there being other Crimson Undead around, she just wished to have more space to run to. "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" She repeated time after time, and then a Crimson Undead jumped on top of a table next to her and clumsily fell with the table falling on top of him. "Leave me alone!" She yelled and then stabbed the Undead's head. "Stay dead!" She yelled, and then saw other two running her way. "It's not possible! Their bodies are rotten! There is no way they can move this fast! Unless…" And she finally understood it, and tears fell from her eyes out of fear. "Their… dead cells are… regenerating…" And she fell to the floor scared. "He truly is… resurrecting the dead…" And the Crimson Undeads approached her with their claws ready. "Billy…" She added in fear. "Billy!" She yelled scared, and then heard a weak sound of flesh being penetrated, but it wasn't her flesh.

"I have been freaking looking for you all night!" She heard, and saw a blade coming inside of the opened jaws of an undead moments before the sword was moved abruptly, and cut the brains off the undead. "I need a scientific explanation! Why are these freaking things shining red and moving this fast?" And Billy kicked an undead away, who then launched itself back to him. "Rebecca!" He yelled and slayed the Crimson Undead, while the girl just tried to react. "Wake up dammit!" He insisted and then noticed her shocked state. And so, he continued slaying Crimson Undeads, until the tavern was finally freed. "Rebecca…" Billy insisted, and approached the girl and rudely forced her to stand up. "Are you all right?" He asked, and the girl then reacted, and faced Billy weakly.

"Yeah… thank you…" She added, and Billy nodded. "Why did you come back?" She suddenly asked, and Billy refused to reply and instead grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the exit. "Don't disrespect me like this!" She suddenly complained. "Grabbing my hand like this… I'm not your spouse!"

"And on and on with the damn spouse conversation!" Billy complained, and Lady Cham blushed a little. "If you want a damn husband just say so, dammit! But quit on messing around me with that bullshit!" And Lady Cham felt her blood boiling when hearing such words. "I came back for you because I got a heavy burden in my chest for lying to you! You kept your part of the deal, I'm keeping mine! We are going to kill that Necromancer!" And Billy then took Lady Cham's dagger from her belt and rudely placed it on her hand. "And you are going to help, princess! So don't think for a second that I will be taking care of you all the time!"

"I don't need you to take care of me!" She complained, a blush in her face. "And don't call me princess!" She insisted. "For the love of the divine one! You are such an uneducated man!" And Billy rolled his eyes out of annoyance. "Billy…" She suddenly began, and faced him with teary eyes. "Don't leave me alone like that ever again you brute." She finished.

"I'm not your husband." He added coldly, and the girl blushed madly. "So hurry up and get one so I can be released of that burden! Fool!" And Lady Cham was about to complain, but Billy readied his sword. "Lay low!" He yelled, and Lady Cham crouched toward the grass while Billy swung his sword, decapitating a Crimson Undead. Lady Cham observed its head, and from its nose a leech came out and launched itself toward her face. She stood up, took her dagger and killed the leech. "Those things again?"

"Leeches?" Lady Cham wondered, and then she had an idea. "Fire!" She added, and Billy faced her. "The leech toasted! They are weak to fire!" She insisted and then the girl ran toward one of the torches around the town and grabbed it. "Eat this you freak!" She yelled and moved her torch violently, and the Crimson Undead reacted and stayed away. "Why didn't I see it before? They fear fire! They are nocturnal creatures for that same reason! Even the slightest light burns their jelly bodies. Now that night fell, they left their hiding spots to attack us! But why us?"

"You think they got something against us?" Billy wondered. "What makes you think that?" And Lady Cham pointed at the villagers all reunited at a corner of the town. They were ignored by the Crimson Undead, they all faced the girl. "Ow… maybe they like you. It's a great opportunity for you to get a husband."

"Seriously? Joking in a moment like this?" She added, and Billy just took the torch in his hands and protected Lady Cham. "Can you fight them all?" She added taking another torch and readying her dagger.

"Nice joke. Do I look like a knight in shiny armor to you? I could take four… maybe five… but I'm not a mindless noble protected by a heavy armor. The son of a farmer, remember? Not even as a Lieutenant did I have a classy armor, it was more leather than anything." And a Crimson Undead tried to jump toward Billy. "Doll face? They won't fear our torches for too long." He insisted, and Lady Cham gave the situation some thoughts. "Think about something dammit!"

"If they are nocturnal, we need to evade them until the sun rises." And Billy bit his lips in annoyance. "We will have to be nocturnal too. It will be better to be awake to face them, than be eaten when night falls. We will have to travel at night and sleep during the day, all the way until reaching Redfield Kingdom.

"Are you nuts?" Billy complained and kept on walking backward, keeping the distance between the Undead and Lady Cham. "First of all, why Redfield Kingdom? They will capture me and execute me there!" He complained. "Second! We will get lost in the woods if traveling at night! Since traveling with a torch will start one of two possibilities, whether we start an accidental fire, or are chased by an army of undead!" And Lady Cham nodded, but then she had an idea.

"Arvor!" She yelled, and then she began running toward the blacksmith shop next to the inn. "It's our only chance!" She added, and a Crimson Undead jumped toward her, and Billy had to slay it. "Arvor!" She yelled upon opening the door, and she only found Crimson Undeads inside. "No… Arvor…" She added, and the Crimson Undead all faced her. "Damn you… if you hurt Arvor I swear I will…" And Lady Cham then saw the handcuff Arvor had crafted. It was longer than the original one, and the chain was a little lighter and of a silver color instead of oxide-orange. "Arvor… thank you…" She added and ran toward the handcuff, but then a Crimson Undead jumped on top of it, scaring Lady Cham, moments before the undead was slammed strongly by at spiked round hammer. "Who…?" She began, and saw a weak and covered in blood fat blacksmith, who then faced the girl. "Arvor?"

"Run you fool!" Arvor yelled and then began fighting the Crimson Undeads away. "Lady Cham! King Michael and Queen Elisabeth need to know about these monsters!" And Lady Cham nodded, and then took the handcuffs on her hands. "Forgive me… my lady… I was unable to craft a key for the chain…" And Lady Cham then saw a Crimson Undead biting the man's neck, and causing him a strong pain.

"Arvor!" She yelled with teary eyes, and then tried to run in his aid only for Billy to grab her hand and pull her out of the blacksmith shop. "Wait! Arvor! He is going to die!" And then she saw Arvor's body falling heavily to the ground. "Nooooo! Arvor!" She yelled, and Billy pulled her even harder out of the shop.

"He is dead, Rebecca! And you will die too if we don't run!" He insisted, and Lady Cham nodded in agreement with her eyes drown in tears. "What is this?" Billy wondered, and saw the long chain. "You are kidding." He added. "Do you even have a key for this?"

"It's longer than the first one! And it's our only chance not to get lost inside the forest at night!" And Billy then used his torch to scare the Crimson Undead away. "We can't use a torch to reveal our location to them! And even if Arvor couldn't craft a key, he died leaving only this to us! Please, Billy!" She begged, and Billy saw the chain.

"I hate you so much sometimes." He added, and then took one of the ends of the new handcuff and placed it on his left hand. "My sword arm is my right one! And I'm a better fighter than you, so you better chain your right hand!" And Lady Cham nodded and placed her handcuff on. "I'm going to run for it! This chain is way longer than the first one, so don't stay behind!" And Billy began running.

"If I had to guess, I would say it is two meters long!" She added while pulling the chain around the floor while running behind Billy. "Leave the torch! Once entering the forest we need to get lost inside!" And a Crimson Undead then jumped their way. "Billy!"

"I see it!" He added and lowered his left hand, Lady Cham noticed and did the same, and with the chain lowered, they forced the Crimson Undead to trip and fall down. "Sweat dreams, red head!" Billy added, and launched his torch toward the Crimson Undead, who began burning and yelling, spreading the fire all around the village. "Everyone! To the forest! Save your lives!" And Billy pulled Lady Cham toward the forest. "Are you still alive?"

"If I weren't you would be pulling my corpse!" She complained, and the two tried to get lost inside of the forest. "I can't see you!" Lady Cham complained, and then felt her end of the chain being pulled toward a direction, and she followed the chain. "It's working!"

"Tree!" Billy yelled, and Lady Cham barely dodged a tree she was about to crash with. "Branch!" Billy continued, and she lowered her head evading a branch. "Roots… too many roots… be careful…" And Lady Cham tripped, and when she did, she fell and rolled down a grassy slope, and Billy was pulled down as well and rolled next to her until they finally stopped. "Stand up!" He ordered, and pulled his chain until finding her. Once he did, he grabbed her wrist, pulled her toward his body, and hid behind a tree. Lady Cham was then about to complain, but Billy covered her mouth, and both observed four Crimson Undead running around the forest looking for them. "They are gone now…" Billy added and released her, and Lady Cham nodded.

"Why did you return for me… Billy?" She wondered, and Billy blushed a little. "You could have escaped on your own… I think… a wound in your honor is a lie…" She admitted, and the man hugged her close to him, as he saw more of the Crimson Undead running around the forest. Lady Cham then noticed that his heart was beating too fast, but he didn't look agitated. It was more as if he was nervous. "Billy… do you want… a spouse?" And Billy flinched when hearing that last.

"What kind of questions are you making in a moment like this, woman?" Billy replied, and Lady Cham felt his heart racing even faster. "You are the one obsessed with marriage in case you hadn't noticed." And the girl took a deep breathe.

"You know… I never actually thought about marriage as a possibility… yet…" And she lowered her head. "I am afraid… of dying… and never getting married…" And Billy faced her, as the girl rested her head against his chest. "What if hunting the necromancer ends my life and I never had the pleasure of belonging to a family of my own? What if I die… alone and single…?"

"What are you, an old woman?" And Lady Cham just smiled. "You are a fool, you knew that? I'm the man with the scorpion tattoo. A murderer… I got no life to return to. All I can do is run, and keep on running, never looking back, never settling down. I got no other chance but to kill or be killed. I certainly got no time for romance."

"And I got no time to look for a husband." And Billy blushed madly. "You are at least trustworthy… and somehow I believe… that this chain… is not the only thing linking us together… call me a dreamer if you want… but that's how I feel." And Billy observed her carefully. Even when the girl had mentioned such embarrassing things, she was as calm as ever. That only impressed him even more. "Love is a subject I haven't researched yet."

"So I'm nothing but a research tool?" And Lady Cham reacted to those words, and faced Billy with eyes of concern. "A researcher and a wanted criminal? A noble and a farmer? A girl who got a place to return to… and a man who got nowhere to return to?" And Lady Cham rubbed her chin with interest.

"It would be a fairly interesting experiment, don't you agree?" And Billy rolled his eyes in annoyance. "So I'm ugly?" And he flinched. "Let's pretend I never asked then."

"Your pretending can go to hell!" He yelled, Lady Cham flinched, and then Billy forcefully kissed her, and embraced her in a not so gentle hug. But Lady Cham didn't mind at all, she just kissed him back, and despite the chain burying itself against their chests, the sensation of warmth that grew inside of their chests when sharing that kiss, was stronger than the oppression of steel. "I will call you whatever I want anyway, princess."

"I sort of knew you calling me nicknames wasn't normal on a man. Harsh words on the girl you have a crush on, isn't it?" And Billy flinched and faced away. "I will document my findings." And she blushed a little. "But you know… it's not only an experiment… never before had I declared out not being someone's spouse so many times… I guess I was in negation."

"Seriously… what kind of cold woman are you?" Billy added and grabbed her hand, and the girl reacted violently and out of embarrassment. "That's much better. I don't want a know-it-all and faceless girl as my spouse! So you better start showing your true nature around me, doll face."

"Want to call me a nickname? Then call me your bride." And Billy sweated a little at those words. "And for your information, you aren't at all prince charming. But I suppose you aren't that bad either." And she grabbed his hand gentler. "And my hand gets sweaty whenever you grab it… that's why I never wanted you to touch me like that." And Billy smiled at that confession. The girl was cold, and arrogant, but she was slowly opening up to him. "Let's get married upon reaching Redfield Kingdom then. Just after informing the king about our findings."

"It worries me how your mind works." Billy explained. "Thinking about marriage after being chased by red headed undead? I don't believe you." And the odd couple continued walking away and toward Redfield Kingdom.


While the couple ran away, the man with the white robe and the long silky hair entered the village. He was annoyed. The girl had escaped him once again. Her knowledge was too dangerous, it was obvious when he saw the town burning in flames and the leeches toasting in front of his very eyes.

"That girl… if the word of our weakness to fire spreads… they will turn Arkay Forest into a living inferno to incinerate us." The man mentioned, and then approached the weak and bloody body of the man Billy had argued with at the bar. "Yet, almost anyone could accidentally discover our weakness to fire… but she deduced we were nocturnal… how much more knowledge can she deduce? I wonder… Lady Cham… how smart are you… truly?" The man wondered, and ran his hands against some papers. Notes he found after the accident with the ship. "She is a very fascinating scholar… smarter than anyone I have met… she is a risk, if she continues investigating our little experiment, she could probably research for a cure… or… loud mouth the king and queen of Redfield Kingdom, they would surely try to stop me… they would negate me the right of finding eternal life." And then the leech controller faced the weak man by the floor. "You are a fairly powerful specimen… the horrors I could do to you."

"Please… I beg you… don't hurt me, I will do anything!" The man begged, and the young looking leech controller just smiled evilly at him. "You want the girl… I will get her for you… just please… spare my life!" He continued begging.

"Lord Marcosius got no use for your kind." The man added, and the leeches approached him, and began surrounding the wounded man. "But… I can get some use of your body. After all, a necromancer experiments with the dead… not with the dammed." And the leeches launched themselves toward the man's body, and began penetrating his skin though his multiple wounds, and his screams of pain surrounded the town. "You will become my tyrant… my most precious creation. My weapon to eradicate armies! Hunt them, get their heads! I shall not be bothered during my investigation." And the man's skin began exploding, as his muscles began growing, and a bone grew on one of his hands, until it hit the floor as a huge bone-made blade. "The night belongs to the beasts!" And the necromancer laughed hysterically.


So yeah, I turned away from the Resident Evil Re-make rip off a little. In favor of starting a more original storyline, I'm doing shifts in the story. For starters, Marcusius is the Necromancer and main villain, just as in the original Resident Evil Zero, but Birkin and Wesker won't mess with him, at least not the same way.

As you can also be aware of, I started introducing original characters, one of the is poor Blacksmith Arvor who got eaten in this chapter. Original characters won't last long, they will mostly serve their purpose and be eaten or forgotten, sorry Arvor.

Also, in favor of linking the stories together a little more, I'm going to open this section explaining the continuity progression:

Infected Lands: Is the name given to the lands of the zombies in "The Prince and the Valkyrie"

King Michael and Queen Elisabeth: Original Characters from "The Prince and the Valkyrie"

Redfield Kingdom: King Michael and Queen Elisabeth are Chris Redfield's father and daughter. Chris' name in this storyline is Prince Christopher.

That's all for today, the more references I find, the more I will add, and remember, both, "Necromancer Chronicles" And "The Prince and the Valkirie" are only related in sharing the same continuity, but there is a 25 years gap between the stories. "Necromancer Chronicles" takes place on year 480 A.C. So Basically, and unless Kit2000 says so differently, "The Prince and Valkyrie" takes place (mostly) on year 505 A.C.