"Just listen to my story before you judge." Eva said as Leon and Claire sat in the two opposite chairs. "Seven years ago, I was caught in the Racoon City incident, but luckily I was able to escape with my parents a few hours after the outbreak. Unfortunately, I caught a weak strain of the t-virus when we left. I was bedridden for days, sick as a dog. I was lucky that my body was strong enough to fight the infection. Doctors from the White House examined me every inch after they realised I survived a disease that mutated so many others, turning them into walking, mindless psychopaths. They wanted to use a sample of my blood for further research, but my father wouldn't have any of it and got me government protection." She took a deep breath.

"You would have been eleven years old at the time of Racoon. How did you survive? The t-virus is deadly." Claire said.

"There's more, isn't there?" Leon asked. Eva nodded.

"From a young age," she explained "strange things have happened to me that I can't explain. I can see things, feel things, do things that others can't."

"The electrical problem was you, wasn't it?" Leon asked. Eva's lips turned upward a little.

"Yeah, guilty as charged. My brain's capabilities exceed those of a normal person's. Like when I was first infected, it sent ten times the normal signals to my white blood cells, making them stronger to fight the virus and turning me into a living cure. But I can also hear things in my head, read other energies off people and do things others wish they could. Basically, I'm psionically gifted. (A/N: practice of using the mind to induce paranormal phenomena and to go outside the body's normal limitations). That's what stopped the zombie that dragged you in the building from eating you Leon, I told it not to."

"You can speak to them?" Claire asked.

"Through the t-virus, yes." Eva sat back and looked at the two. "Bet you don't hear this everyday." She chuckled.

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Leon left the tent and walked up to Angela, who was a few feet away.

"It's not polite to eavesdrop." He said.

"Don't worry, i didn't hear much." Angela sighed. "I found out about Eva when i was promoted. Her file was strictly classified, along with other pieces of information that was sent to me. I still find it hard to believe she's a living, breathing antidote."

"Mr Kennedy!" a man in a suit interrupted. "Some things have arrived for you." Leon nodded and turned to Angela.

"She may be an antidote, but Eva's still a human being." He replied, walking away.

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"You have some competition."

Claire closed the part of the tent flap she was peeping through and looked at a grinning Eva.

"What do you mean 'competition'?"

"Don't play dumb Claire, I'm a smart eighteen year old that's been trained by the freakin' military. I can see you have an eye on Leon Kennedy."

"That's not true."

"Liar."

Claire sighed.

"I haven't seen him in three months. I knew Angels had a thing for Leon..."

"But you didn't think she'd act on it. She will Claire, believe me. If not now, definitely after this mess. Do you really want to see the gut you're in love with walk away with second best?" Eva said, putting a hand on Claire's shoulder. They were interrupted by Leon himself walking inside the tent.

"We're needed." He said.

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Okay, so now you know Eva's side of things. A little less confused now? See you next chapter!

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