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Chapter Eleven

Evelyn jumped a bit as a door to the right suddenly opened, letting them into a smaller chamber with a tall ladder.

"What's all this nonsense about evolution and being worthy? What does she mean?" Sheva asked, referring to Excella talking about her plan to create a better world with Albert Wesker.

"Something about a philosopher's stone and selecting DNA," Chris answered angrily. "It doesn't matter what she says; she's just a terrorist. End of story." The three soon climbed up the tall ladder and went through a straight hallway. "We can't risk Uroboros getting out of here and infecting people."

"Then let's go take care of business!" Sheva responded. They found the control room where Excella and the other woman were standing, but it was deserted. They turned back around to go through the other hallway that was on that floor as well.

As they were going up a flight of stairs, Evelyn slipped and stated, "I wish there was a bit more lighting…"

The group went through a door and the hallway in it was quite bigger and brighter than the other. They saw some ammo on a table and split it amongst themselves. Chris led them down another hallway through a door where some Majini guards were waiting for them. The three of them made quick work of the Majini and as they were turning a corner on a catwalk, a Reaper broke from its cocoon. After a small battle, the Reaper disintegrated into black tar. More Majini joined in to fight the humans and then, another Reaper freed itself.

Finally, after defeating all of the Majini and the Reaper, Sheva pulled on a lever to bring a lift to them. The power, however, was out, so they would have to find the power source. Evelyn saw a door and led Chris and Sheva to it, but before she could open the door, a Reaper jumped down in front of her, surprising her out of her wits.

Chris, Sheva, and Evelyn took down the Reaper, finding the power source in the room behind the Reaper. Evelyn pulled down the lever and the three made their way back to the platform by the catwalk. More Majini came to give the group a difficult time and a huge Majini man was on the platform. The three had each others' backs and once the platform was on their side, Chris and Evelyn got on the platform and Sheva said, "Here I go. Keep your eyes open."

On their way to the other side, they had to shoot down a Majini or two trying to kill them. When they had gotten to the opposite side, the two had to defeat a few more Majini, but all ended well. Chris pulled the lever, making the platform go to Sheva's side, and waited for Sheva to join them on their side.

Soon, Sheva was back with the two and they continued down a catwalk to their left. They saw Majini come out of a door across the room from them with assault-rifles and a rocket launcher.

"Watch out!" Evelyn yelled as she pulled Chris and Sheva back when a rocket zoomed past them. Chris ended up sniping the rocket launcher Majini while Evelyn and Sheva defeated the Majini that came near them.

The Majini were soon cleared out and the three went into a room which led to a dark hallway. They quickly went through the halls and entered the large chamber where they first fought the U8. This was the large chamber with all of the viral experiments. Once they went down a ramp onto the circular platform, Evelyn and Sheva simultaneously pulled two levers to make the platform go higher. As the platform rose, the three had to shoot at Majini. The platform then slowed down and Sheva stated, "It stopped!"

"No," Chris answered, "something's stopping it." Finally, Chris shot the Majini operating the platform and it sped up.

"It's going up again!" Sheva exclaimed.

After a few minutes, more Majini came to slow the platform down. Sheva shot the one operating the platform and said, "Got him!" as the platform started rising again. When the group reached the top, Majini with guns and grenades began attacking them; however, the three quickly defeated them. After finding a large, metal door, they found themselves in another complex of ruins.

"More ruins. You think Excella is here?" Sheva asked.

"If we wanna find out, we're gonna have to lower that bridge," Chris answered.

"Then we need to locate the controls," Sheva answered. "Maybe they're in that building."

Evelyn walked over to the building only to not be able to get inside. "It's locked…"

"Over here," Chris shouted from behind the building. He had found a lever. Chris then pulled it, but it did not lower the bridge. Instead, it activated another lever by an elevator. The group then walked over to the elevator and Sheva pulled the lever, allowing the elevator to fall to their level.

"Evelyn, you and I will go check out upstairs," Chris stated.

"Alright," she replied, getting an uneasy feeling about going up to the next level. When the two jumped out of the elevator, Lickers began to climb up the chain-link fences to the level Chris and Evelyn were on. Evelyn quickly holstered her PX4 handgun and replaced it with her stronger magnum. The Lickers jumped Evelyn's way, but she shot them down before they could reach her. She and Chris continued past the disintegrating corpses and soon, more Lickers showed up to cause trouble. Chris just kept running to the hallway near the building so Evelyn followed.

"Chris, can you move that crate?" she asked as they ran.

"Yeah, cover me," he replied.

"Of course," she answered with a smile. She turned around in the middle of the hallway, a few feet from Chris who was busy pushing the large crate out of the way. A group of about fifteen Lickers rounded the corner and Evelyn whispered, "Come and get me."

Licker after Licker fell as Evelyn shot them, protecting both herself and Chris, who was having a little difficulty moving the crate. Evelyn was startled when she heard a loud crash. She was momentarily distracted and that was just enough time for a Licker to rush past her to Chris.

"No!" she yelled, grabbing onto the Licker's foot. She threw it back to in front of her as its skin burnt her hand. Evelyn saw the confused look that Chris had sent her. He helped her defeat the rest of the Lickers and soon the two were climbing down a ladder inside of the building. Chris pulled a lever as Evelyn unlocked the door for Sheva. The three saw the bridge lower and quickly made their way across it to the tall door on the other side.

The three cautiously entered the room and saw Excella standing in the middle of the room with her back to them. Chris and Sheva raised their guns, pointing them at Excella.

"Excella Gionne! Stop right there!" Sheva yelled.

Excella just clapped her hands in mockery, saying, "Bravo!"

"Damn it," Chris yelled, "where is Jill?"

"Hmph! Jill? Maybe I'll tell you, maybe I won't," she stated. Suddenly, the lady with the bird costume on jumped at Chris and Sheva, leaving Evelyn out of their little fight. Chris managed to get a shot on her, knocking off her mask. The woman did a series of flips, making Evelyn wonder what she was that was allowing her to flip that quickly. She stood up again, making sure her hood covered her face.

"Stop playing around, we want some answers!" Chris demanded.

"You haven't changed," Wesker drawled, standing at the top of the stairs.

"Wesker! You are alive!" Chris growled.

"This is Wesker?" Sheva asked.

"Albert…" Evelyn whispered, surprised that he survived the Tyrant attacking him ten years previously.

"We last met at the… Spencer Estate, wasn't it? Well, isn't this just one big family reunion? You even brought Evelyn along. Though, I would expect you to be happier to see us," Wesker said, walking up behind the woman.

"Us…?" Chris asked.

"So slow to catch on…" Wesker mocked.

He pulled the woman's hood down and Chris lowered his weapon, coaxing, "Jill… Jill! It's me, Chris!"

Evelyn's eyes widened when Chris uttered that name. Evelyn thought, 'So this is Jill?'

"What?" Sheva gasped. "Are you sure that's her?"

Albert answered for him, "The one and only."

Jill suddenly whipped off her cloak to reveal a tight blue jumpsuit, attacking Chris and Sheva who were hesitant about hurting her.

She then went for Evelyn, who was prepared for the attack. As Jill lunged for Evelyn's neck, Evelyn used her speed to her advantage and jumped, coming down on top of Jill's body. Jill hissed and started clawing at Evelyn, who was sitting on top of her. Jill flipped the two of them over and, now being on top, began choking Evelyn. Evelyn managed to roll backwards, knocking Jill off of her and struggled to regain her breath.

"Ah, Evelyn, my dear Evelyn," Wesker drawled, coming up to her and caressing her face.

"Don't touch me, Albert," she hissed, recoiling from his touch and smacking his hand away.

"Why so cold, dear heart?" he asked.

"You left me to die!" Evelyn seethed. "You left me at that horrid city to rot. How could you?" He chuckled, which only served to anger the woman even more. She slapped him harshly on the face.

He glared at her and inquired, "Tell me, Evelyn, do Redfield and Alomar know what you are?"

Her breath hitched in her throat and she trembled, "You… You wouldn't…?"

"Ah, so you haven't told them, then…" he smirked.

He circled around her like a predator when Chris growled, "Haven't told us what?"

"Evelyn is not so different from myself," Wesker began, gesturing to himself with his hand.

"Stop it!" Evelyn yelled. "You know nothing!"

Wesker began his tale again, "Almost seven years ago, Evelyn injected herself with a virus. A virus she had created by herself at Umbrella."

"No!" she cried, covering her ears in misery. "My virus is stable! I am not a monster!"

Chris looked hurt and asked Evelyn, "You worked for Umbrella?"

She glanced up at him and saw the hurt in his eyes. "You don't understand, Chris."

"What don't I understand, Evelyn?" he growled. "That you worked for the enemy? What more could I not understand? And you are even a Tyrant?"

"I was forced to work at Umbrella! I'm not a Tyrant! I created the Leverne virus as a virus against Umbrella!" she answered. "I didn't create that virus as a means to hurt anyone! I created that virus hoping to bring Umbrella to its knees, not as a method of violence... You don't understand what I've been through."

"We can finish this once and for all, Evelyn. I think the odds are fair enough, basically two on two. Right, Jill?" Wesker commented. "Seven minutes. Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you."

Chris began shooting at Wesker, who easily dodged them with his inhuman speed. Jill shot at them with two machine-guns and used her acrobatics to gain the upper hand.

"Poor performance indeed," Wesker taunted. "I was even expecting more out of you, Evelyn."

She growled and lunged at him, making him fall onto his back and straddling his waist. She punched him in the face as he growled and glared at her. Evelyn punched him in the face a few more times and bent down to his ear, whispering, "Would you like me to show you more?"

Wesker hissed and viscously threw her off of him. She could see his eyes remaining a constant red behind his sunglasses. Evelyn got to her feet before he threw her against the wall, pinning her there by her neck, effectively cutting off her air supply. She clawed at his hand and tried to pull it away with all of her strength.

"We all know who is stronger, Evelyn," she heard Wesker say.

"When did things go so wrong between us?" Evelyn whispered. As her vision was beginning to blacken around the edges, she heard a gunshot and Wesker let her go. She collapsed to her knees and wheezed loudly, trying to reopen her windpipe.

"Evelyn!" Sheva exclaimed, going over to the other woman. Chris fought off Wesker for a while before he was thrown over by the women. Sheva was looking out for Evelyn while she continued to try to regain her breath. Once she had her breathing mostly under control, Evelyn stood on shaky feet and pointed her magnum at Wesker.

"Albert…" she whispered. "Die." She shot at him and hit him in the chest. Chris ran to attack him and punched him repeatedly, knocking Wesker down. Sheva and Evelyn shot at him again, but he just charged at Sheva and kicked her. That attack sent Sheva to the ground in pain.

He then went for Evelyn, going to kick her as well. Evelyn ducked beneath his attack and kicked upwards, contacting his chin. He grabbed her arm and slammed her back onto the floor. She hissed in pain, but jumped back up and punched him in the face. Chris shot Wesker in the back and he doubled over in pain, allowing Evelyn to punch him in the face, the stomach, and the back, making him collapse on his knees, hissing, "Self-righteous fools!" He ran from them to the balcony on the level above them.

"I expected more of a challenge after all this time, Chris," Wesker drawled. "How disappointing." His phone rang and he answered, walking away. "Yes."

"Go!" Chris commanded, running up the stairs and pointing his gun at Wesker. "Wesker, stop!"

Wesker put his phone away and smirked as Jill rounded the corner to attack the group. First, Jill kicked Sheva, sending her into the wall. Then, she kicked Evelyn as hard as she could, knocking the breath out of and sending her towards Wesker. Evelyn grabbed onto him to steady herself as Jill went for Chris. Chris ended up being pinned on the floor with his arm and wrist in an awkward position. Wesker smirked down at Evelyn, making her remove herself from him.

"Come on, Jill! Get yourself together! Wake up! Jill Valentine!" Chris shouted.

She hesitated for a moment before gasping, "Chr…Chris…" She forcefully let go of Chris, as if resisting herself.

"Jill!" Chris exclaimed.

"Remarkable! Still resisting at such an advanced stage," Wesker said like he was surprised. He pulled out his PDA and pressed a button, making Jill writhe in pain. "Commendable, yet futile. No more time for games, Chris. I've got work to do. Have fun watching Jill suffer."

"Wait!" Chris demanded. "What did you do to her?"

Wesker stepped into an elevator, which slammed shut in Chris' face. Meanwhile, Jill screamed in pain and ripped the front of her battle suit, revealing a red contraption on her chest.

"What's that on her chest?" Sheva asked.

"We have to get it off her!" Chris stated. Jill calmed down and her mind was once again controlled by the device.

"If we can remove that device on her chest, she might return to normal!" Sheva suggested.

"Alright… Then that's what we're gonna do!" Chris agreed. Chris ran to Jill, avoiding her line of fire. "Jill! What are you doing? Stop this, Jill! Answer me!"

She struggled against herself and Chris grabbed onto her. Sheva shot the device, then jumped up and straddled Jill's head between her thighs, bringing her down to the ground.

"Now!" Sheva exclaimed. "Hold her down!" Chris tried to tear the device from her chest, but he was eventually kicked off of her.

"It's me, Chris! Don't you recognize me?" he shouted at her desperately. She hesitated again and Evelyn restrained her, allowing Sheva to pull the device. After a while, Jill kicked Sheva off of her and attacked Evelyn, sending her halfway across the room. "Come on! Snap out of it! Don't do this, Jill!" Chris yelled. "I don't wanna hurt you! Jill! What are you doing?" Chris restrained Jill and Evelyn pulled on the device. Jill kicked her off, but Chris dodged the attack. "Come on! Snap out of it!" Jill stumbled once more and Sheva restrained her. Chris began pulling on the heavily sparking device and soon tore it away from her chest, throwing it to the ground a few feet near Evelyn. Jill moaned in pain and then collapsed to the ground. "Jill!" he yelled, bending down to hold Jill. "Jill, are you alright?"

She soon regained her senses and said, "Chris… I'm so sorry."

"It's okay," he replied.

"You're Sheva, right?" she asked, looking at Sheva. Then she turned to Evelyn. "And Evelyn?"

"Yes," they both said.

"I couldn't control my actions, oh, but God I was still aware. Forgive me," she stated.

"It's all right," Sheva responded.

Evelyn nodded and answered, "It's okay, Jill. I understand."

"Thank you," Jill nodded to the two women. Chris helped her up and she said, "Listen. I'm gonna be alright. You three need to stop him."

"We can't just leave you here!" Chris albeit shouted at her.

"You have to! This is your only chance! If Wesker succeeds, Uroboros will be spread across the globe! Millions will die!" she stated.

"Well yeah, but-" he was interrupted by Jill.

"I'm all right! You need to stop him!" Jill yelled. Chris looked hesitant, but Jill grabbed him in desperation. "Chris! You're the only one who can. Before it's too late. Don't you trust your partner?"

"All right," he sighed. Chris turned to leave, but rethought something and turned to face Evelyn with an angry look. "And you," he growled, "explain."

"What do you want to know?" Evelyn sighed in misery.

"How do you know Wesker?" he asked, to begin with.

"My parents worked for Umbrella before me and Wesker showed up at my thirteenth birthday party. I began working with him and William Birkin when I turned fourteen. Up until his 'death' in 1999, we worked together and looked out for each other. After his 'death' I continued working for Umbrella until 2002, which was when I technically died," Evelyn explained.

"You died?" Sheva gasped.

"Yes, I was shot to death, by the Umbrella Security Service, after they found out about my virus," she answered apathetically, lost in her memories. "Dispensable, like all Umbrella employees…"

"If you were killed, then how are you standing before us today?" Chris asked.

"I had guessed that they would try to murder me like they murdered Birkin four years before, so earlier that day I had injected myself with the only sample of the Leverne virus I had created. I didn't mutate because I had been changing properties of the Leverne virus to adapt to the DNA of humans," Evelyn answered.

"What does this virus do? Is it like the Umbrella viruses?" Sheva asked.

"No!" she exclaimed. "I would never create a virus like Umbrella's! My virus is for the benefit of the people. It is a strengthening virus that allows the host to retain their humanity and memories. Leverne is Swedish for 'life', thus Leverne virus is supposed to be a life-giving virus."

"If you were so against Umbrella, then why did you work there?" Chris asked.

"As I said before, I was forced to work there. I wanted to use my intelligence to help people, not hurt them like Umbrella. That is why I created the Leverne virus," she replied.

"That still doesn't excuse the fact that you lied to us!" Chris growled, narrowing his eyes at her.

"Chris, I did it to protect you and Sheva and, lastly, myself. If you had known about me, what would you have done?" she asked. He could not answer her. "You would have hated me because I would remind you of what you have been fighting against for years."

"I have a question for you, Evelyn…" Sheva stated.

"Yes?" she responded.

"If you worked for Umbrella, then I'm sure you had plenty of money. Why did you move to Kijuju?" Sheva asked.

"Ah, I needed someplace that would be small and Kijuju would let me hide for a while until my 'death' had blown over," Evelyn answered sheepishly. "Kijuju was randomly selected. It could have been anywhere."

"I see…" Sheva replied.

Chris had continued to glare at her and she reached out to put her hand on his shoulder. "Chris…" she never finished her sentence as he shrugged her hand away. "Hmm… I see… Perhaps one day you'll be able to forgive me," she stated sadly, before turning and walking to the elevator. "Until we meet again, goodbye," she said as the elevator doors closed, blocking Chris, Sheva, and Jill from her sight.

She stepped out of the elevator and saw Wesker and Excella walking towards a cargo ship. She waited until they were out of sight and shot down the few Majini guards standing in front of it, sneaking her way onto the ship and into another adventure.

Author's Note: So finally! My favorite chapter! Haha. I can finally reveal Evelyn's background story. Yay? Nay? After this chapter, it's just kinda...downhill. Got a few more chapters and then I'm dooone! Please, review, favorite, tell friends/random people about it. Show your appreciation? Please! I'm needy! But anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it! Thanks! xDD