Author's Notes: Upon receiving a review by a person simply named "Claire" (lol, pun because this is a Resident Evil story), which I do actually understand where it is coming from. However, Ms. Claire, the previous chapter, number nine, is focused on forming the relationships between Alice/Ryan as well as with Alice/Claire Redfield. I understand that June hasn't met them yet, but for a specific detailed reference, at the end of Chapter 8, June is at the spot where Ryan and Carlos first met Alice when they were hunting for the deer (Chapter 5). The entire convoy had been long gone by the time she got to that spot, so bear with me, please and thank you. I intend to make this chapter much longer than the other ones, and will more so be detailing June's more direct route across the desert versus the convoy passing through small towns and along the roads, which is taking place at approximately the same time.
Now, I apologize for such a long, ranting response to that review, and I will now STFU and continue with writing this story, with Ms. Claire's review in mind.
Onwards!
Once morning arrived, June slowly opened her eyes, carefully surveying the rapidly failing trail in her mind's eye. She turned her head to the left, and stood up. She slid her katana free from the sheath and silently walked through the undergrowth in pursuit of the fading trail tickling her nose. A few minutes later she arrived at the remains of what appeared to be a large camp. Several dead campfires were scattered here and there, sand having blown over them for hours, it seemed.
June sniffed the air, and detected a sickly sweet scent of decay in the air. She glanced over her shoulder and saw about a dozen Infected shambling towards her, their arms outstretched with loud groaning reaching her ears.
For some reason, these Infected seemed to be attracted to her presence. She quickly raised her left hand, and her eyes flared with red light more a moment before the group of Infected suddenly flew through the air, a fiery explosion blasting in the center of their group.
June lowered her hand and approached the nearest Infected, which had begun to stand up. She cleanly sliced her katana and decapitated it, then repeated until all of them were about ten pounds lighter above their shoulders.
As she sheathed her katana, June let out a sigh. She was well aware of her Pyrokinetic abilities, and was very skilled with controlling it, but she had to admit, she didn't need to create that large of a blast for so few Infected. She began to follow the trail once again, but this time she decided to jog on the side of the road instead of walking along the center lane like she had done in Las Vegas.
An hour later June slowed her pace when she noticed an abandoned vehicle pulled over on the side of the road ahead of her. She could tell that the vehicle was currently a mirage, but it visually seemed to be a few hundred yards ahead. She raised an eyebrow as she considered using the vehicle, then shrugged. Why not?
ten minutes later she approached the vehicle, which she had a feeling was placed here by Issacs. She saw a note folded on the seat with a rock weighing it down. She swatted the stone aside and unfolded the note.
'June, this is the only time I can do this, so take this Jeep and continue searching for Alice. Chairman Wesker informed me to tell you to refer to Project: Alice ONLY as 'Alice'. Do not reveal to her about her title. Issacs.'
When she finished reading the note, she clenched the paper in her fist and burnt it to hide the evidence. she dusted her hands together after the paper turned to ash, then climbed into the driver's seat of the silver Jeep and turned the key that was hanging in the ignition. The engine easily turned over, so she shifted it into drive and continued along the road in pursuit of the now hard to follow trail.
June actually knew that to gain Alice's trust, she had to call her by her actual name, regardless of her orders. She also had to act as if she wasn't really doing anything for Umbrella. She scoffed as she turned left at a crossroads littered with bodies of Infected. She was on a stealth mission, of course she had to play it off that she was innocent.
June continued driving for several hours, eventually arriving at a crossroad that had a road block on two of the fours sides. She stepped out of her Jeep and walked towards the center of the roads. Logic dictated that Alice must have simply turned left and continued along that road, but her instincts said otherwise.
Turning idly on the spot, June surveyed the area until she had a sudden glimpse through her mind's eye. She saw a convoy of various vehicles coming to a halt here, lead by a yellow Hummer. Alice stepped out of the Hummer and pointed to the right before returning inside. The convoy then drove on the side of the road around the concrete barriers, heading to the right.
June returned from her vision with a smile on her face. Alice had turned them in the direction that at first seemed to be illogical, considering the untouched concrete barriers, but it was smart. June jogged over to the spot and her smile widened triumphantly as she spotted tire tracks in the dirt. She quickly returned to her Jeep and imitated the yellow Hummer from her vision, driving around the barrier and continuing along with her drive. She felt confident that she would find Alice and this convoy she was with by the end of the day.
A town line sign that was heavily damaged by gunfire and disrepair announced a fairly small town was a few miles ahead of June. She slowed down to read it, but the number of holes and the faded words made its name illegible. Before she started to speed up again, she had another vision, one of Alice's face smiling at a dark haired boy wearing reflective sunglasses and carrying an M3 shotgun. Alice said something, but June could only lip read her saying the name 'Ryan'. She returned from the vision and blinked in confusion. That boy's face stuck strongly in her mind, and she couldn't understand why it did so much. She could recount every detail of his face, his pale skin, a small scar just above his lip, his scratchy facial hair, and his smile…
June suddenly shook her head to rid herself of the image, but it was ineffective. She could make out just as many details from Alice's face as his. She assumed that his name was Ryan, since Alice appeared to be speaking to him, but June had only seen their faces, not their surroundings.
Minutes later, June had refocused on the strengthening scent of Alice under her nose, and turned onto the side of the road when she was starting to smell other humans along with her scent. June shouldered her backpack and walked away from the Jeep.
Once she had crossed the road, June clenched her fist tightly, which caused the Jeep's engine to start smoking. She opened her hand again and knew that the Jeep would never start again. She'd caused the entire engine block to melt from extreme heat, and caused it to distort into a useless, beyond repair mess of steaming metal.
June continued along the road for a hundred yards, then turned onto a dirt road that lead to a distant farmhouse near a forest. June checked the sky and saw that the sun was beginning to lower itself. She decided to sleep in the farmhouse later, but first she wanted to see if some animals were in the forest for her to eat. She took her bow off her shoulder and pulled an arrow out of her quiver. She nocked it in the string and soon vanished into the trees.
A few hours later, as the moon was just beginning to rise, June had managed to kill a few small game, but wasn't satisfied with them. She slung her bow onto her back and started to climb a tree. She had barely settled into an upper branch when she suddenly sniffed the air. She could smell a deer…
and Alice.
Closing Remarks: There you go, Ms. Claire, June and Alice/ the convoy have now arrived within a mile of each other, and are set to meet in the next chapter. Now, all i ask is for some patience with me, the next chapter is going to take some brainstorming for how it will play out. Okay?
The 'visions' and her 'mind's eye' are one of her powers, in addition to her Pyrokinesis, she is able to visualize memories from her immediate surroundings, similar to a psychic's vision of the future, or a medium contacting a spirit. However, these visions for her are only visual, there are no sound, no smell, no taste. Basically just a muted video.
The explosion and destroying the Jeep's engine were her Pyrokinesis, just so you are aware. Her abilities with it include: controlling fire at will, she can sense body heat (exactly like thermal goggles, except that she can just choose whenever she uses it. She can use it through walls, and even on objects, not just people. like if a door is recently touched, she can see the place where the hand's warmth had been) She can touch a direct flame (such as a campfire) and not be hurt by it at all (so basically she is fireproof) and she can cause explosions (nothing big, i'll try to maintain a limit to about a block of C4, or a grenade) and also, she can weld things together by touch (she has to concentrate to use it, it isn't all the time) Finally, her body temperature is quite high normally, but it increases whenever she uses her power.
Also, June had gone on a direct route from Point A (convoy's last campsite) to Point B (the farmhouse) while Alice and the convoy went on a curved, longer route from A to B. At some points, Alice and the convoy had actually been behind June, but at times had been ahead of her. Just so you know.
Once again, sorry for the big paragraph, I just needed to explain some stuff, and give my last thoughts for Ms. Claire's review (Happy now?) If you actually read all of this, here is a happy face, you deserved it after reading all of this.
:)