Resident Evil: Operation: A.R.C.H.A.N.G.E.L.

Ch. 7: Knight vs. Queen Pt. 2

June 23, 2005 in the early morning hours of the village that Jezebel ambushed.

Michael hung unconscious on the ceiling like a piece of meat from some chains and cuffs attached to a strong makeshift hook. His comrades below him were all tied up and looking at him. All of a sudden, there entered in three eight people, clearly infected with Las Plagas to retrieve them. They were struggling with their captors when the deadly duo of Jamisha and Jezebel convinced them to stop only for her to approach Michael with a stun gun. She hit in his back causing to wake up screaming. They delighted in his pain, considering they were both rejected by the young adult.

"Enjoy your nap? Time to have some fun, handsome…" She said grabbing him by his throat and throwing him through a wall. He groaned in pain as struggled to get up off the ground. Michael was then punched in the face hard enough to cut his left cheek. He started to bleed from his mouth. He got up to face his tormentor. She scowled as he smirked at her attempt to humiliate him by beating him.

"You fucking weakling! You couldn't even kill me if you tried! You should've been more careful who were dealing with!" She said punching him in the gut. He then keeled over in pain as he was dragged by his vest to the courtyard. He was then thrown in the central portion on his back. He started wheezing as he got up with the cuffs on his wrists. Upon getting up off the ground, he noticed that both the Terrasave people and Israeli troops were all tied up and were terrified by the sight before him. He looked to his shock at the kids scared by the subordinate Las Plagas hosts holding a knife to one of the girl's throats with her shedding tears over her life on the line. Claire and the team could only watch with horror that the man meant to save their lives is being thrown around like a ragdoll. She removed the cuffs and chains with her distinguishable black and red sword. He was confused at her pointless gesture of mercy.

"Get up, boy. Stand up and try to take a swing at me. I won't fight you…" Jamisha said taunting him. He obliged by going for her midsection and performed a mild combo of a haymaker and a kick. The haymaker broke her nose, but the kick was caught and countered with a leg sweep that made him land on the ground hard. "Did I say fight back? I meant to say not right away." She said as set her nose back and backhanding him to break his nose in retaliation. He held his nose as it was bleeding lightly.

"Why are you doing this, Jamisha? Money? Power? Revenge? Tell me!" He asked as attempted to stop the bleeding with a bandanna in his pocket.

"If you should know, it's not the money as you once believed, it was the fact that Spencer said that I failed him when I couldn't convince you to come back to the fold. Not to mention, he knew I failed before I began to date your sorry ass. If you should know, I was like Wesker, I worked for the Umbrella Intelligence Division." She admitted to him causing him to be shocked with how dangerous she truly was.

"The spooks of Umbrella… So that's how Umbrella knew my every move with me dating you. You were feeding them information! You treacherous b-" He said as he attempted to say before she threatened put a sword to his chest.

"If you say that one word about me, I am going to drive this blade in your heart.!" She threatened him with her eyes and teeth bared.

Undeterred, he grabbed the sword and placed it over his heart. "Go ahead, I have nothing left. No family, no relatives, no heirs. You would be doing me a favor. And I bet you that Wesker wouldn't like you to lose a sample from me. Would he?" Michael said as the sword was taken off his chest. She smirked and giggled at his statement.

"Nothing to lose, Agent Galia… Did you hear that, your brother-in-law just said he had nothing to lose?" She said taunting Michael.

"Galia, what is she talking about?" Michael said with a furrowed brow.

"Michael, we meant to tell you, Gabriel and I were husband and wife. I told her to ambush us, because she has my child. She kidnapped her not long after she killed your brother. I'm so sorry, forgive me!" She confessed as Michael collapsed on his knees. It all made sense it wasn't an order to make him suffer, it was a trap. He nodded his head to her as his way of acknowledging his forgiveness.

"Since you kept your end of the bargain, Galia, your daughter is yours!" Jamisha said with a sadistic grin. "Go to your ima (Hebrew for mother), okay?" The three-year-old was scared, but she looked at Michael with pity. He nodded for her to go. She ran straight into her mother's arms.

"So, Agent Galia, she is Gabriel's little girl? I should've known why my brother hung out a lot in Israel. I should've suspected months ago." Michael said surmising the situation.

"Yes, she is. Galia was in the process of getting her daughter and herself moved to the US for protection after giving birth to her little girl three years ago after it was discovered she possessed the same robust immune system as you do. Only it doesn't just come from your brother or father, it comes from her beautiful mother. Upon learning this, the United States and Israel came up with a secret deal to have her carefully transferred to the CIA under Hannah." Jamisha said taunting the reunited mother.

"So, in other words. In time, if she were to go through what I did, she could become like me?" Michael questioned.

"Correct, my little feeble friend." She responded saying to him. His only response was a subtle laugh that slowly picked on volume. The laughter grew so loud and intimidating that even the parasite and its host was nervous and afraid for its life. "I don't think I've ever seen you laugh before. It's creepy! CUT IT OUT! You're not being funny!"

"You little fool, the Almighty will use that excessive pride of yours to bring you down. If you think you do to her what you did to me, you are in for a rude awakening. There can only be ONE Archangel." Michael said as she grabbed his hidden knife and charged at Jemisha, catching her off guard. He tackled and started punching her hard causing some bones in her cheeks to be fractured. Only the intervention of the lieutenants and two subordinates saved her from having her whole skull smashed in. They quickly disarmed him and gave his KA-BAR to their leader. Her eyes were glowing red with fury over his defiance. "Oh, so you like to hit women like me, do you? Let's see if you like it if I cut your girlfriend. Let's see if you desire or love her with a scarred face." Jemisha said ordering him to bring Helena from the crowd. Anna attempted to stop them but was only met with a rifle butt to the nose, causing her to bleed not long after.

Jemisha then used a flaming oil barrel's heat to make sure the heat was hot enough to permanently scar skin. After it was done, she approached the young teen to burn her. She struggled against one of the subordinates. Her beautiful brown eyes were widened with fear as saw the knife was approaching her. Suddenly, Jemisha said patting her on the cheek, "On second thought, I have someone more deserving of it than your pretty face."

Without warning, she sprinted towards Michael and brought the hot blade right above his eyebrow and down his cheek. The superhuman screamed in pain causing Helena and Galia to look away at his humiliating and painful experience. When she finished, she slapped him so hard that he hit his head against the wall causing it to crack under his virus enhanced skeleton. She folded her wings and threw Michael around like a rag doll by throwing him through a small hut made out of wood causing sharp splinters to dig into his skin. Eventually, he was lifted off the ground by his throat and thrown into the middle of the courtyard again this time with enough force to dislocate his right shoulder.

"OW! Damn it to hell! My shoulder! Is that all you got?!" Michael exclaimed and taunting her with a middle finger from his hand. Filled with rage, she gave a hard right hook to his mouth breaking the right side his jaw. Helena cried knowing that the love of her life was getting the holy hell beat out of him sadistically. Galia cried even more knowing she just sent her friend on his most painful way to die.

Michael saw his sword and weakly began to crawl to it. His vision was hazed with red knowing he was at death's door and that without his serum or weapons, he would die. Jemisha then began to chuckle at his futile attempt to make a last stand. With blood in his mouth, he began to cough violently before he could grab the sword, however he did grab his syringe and inject himself. The evil woman laughed at his pain and she quickly grabbed his sword, flipping him over on his back, and holding it over his left side of his chest. She also pulled her own sword and held it over the right side of his chest. "Was that your serum? Can't help you now, stud. Any last words you want to say before I send you to your so-called Maker?" She said taunting him inadvertently throwing his knife down near.

Turning his head, he weakly said, "He…lena, I… love…you. Please, forgive me…" Unknown to the parasite, he grabbed his knife and stabbed her in the thigh causing her to scream in pain. She then stomped on his chest hard. She roared in his face to intimidate him on what she believed what would be his last day on earth. Even in pain and submission, Michael roared back in defiance to show his refusal to surrender. A move that mirrored the Spartans and some of their allies in Thermopylae. Outraged, she stabbed him in both of his lungs taking the breath out of his body and causing blood to come out of his mouth. She took his sword out of him only to throw it down beside his body. He closed his eyes as death's cold fingers reached for him.

"Good riddance! Try coming back from that one. Now that he is gone, what shall be done with you all? Anna, Leon, Claire, Helena, Debbie, and Galia. I will leave you and your friends to weep over your guardian angel's body." She cruelly said as she approached the Mossad agent. "On second thought, agent Galia, you're coming with me! Men! Seize her and head to the base. We are may need a hostage!"

So Galia, in her grief-stricken state, did little to resist only for her little girl to cry begging them to let her go in Hebrew. Anna took the girl and comforted her until they were gone. They were all grieving for their friend when, all of a sudden, a timer on his watch went off. Puzzled, at first, they went to shut it off until his arm began to move in a twitchy way causing them to freak out. His dislocated shoulder put itself back in place, his jaw was beginning to repair itself, and all the blood around his body was absorbed right back into his body. It even fixed the stab wounds in his wounds in his chest and lungs. The only thing that that it did not heal was his facial scar. His eyes opened and groggily try to stand up only for Anna and Helena to help him to his feet.

They were shocked to see Michael alive and very much breathing. "But…But… How?" Helena was perplexed, along with the others.

"Similar to Wesker, my abilities, at full strength, do not allow me perish like normal humans. You'd a have better shot of killing a Hunter than what she did. Plus, when it comes to the Lord, bringing me back to life and restoring my strength is child's play to Him, but impossible for us. Speaking of which…" Michael stated before moving his head to the right and catching one of the lieutenant's wrist with his left hand.

"We saw you die. Why won't you die?!" The Plaga lieutenant stated before the superhuman turned and grabbed him by his throat lifting him off the ground. The evil man was shocked at such power that made the Plaga he carried seem like a pup in comparison. "What the hell are you?!" He spoke with what little breath he had.

"A soldier of my Lord… and you are dust, little insect." He said throwing him against the wall knocking the wind out of the Plaga host. Michael quickly untied the rest of the hostages in the village. As he was doing so, the parasite within the disgraced Marine had took over and began to make six tentacles come out of his guts and his eyes turned red with fury. It then caused his hands to have sharp claws and his heart began to stick out of his chest painfully. He wanted to kill the brat that had Jeff allow the tribunal to testify against costing him his career and life as a Marine. As the kid finished untying the last hostage, he heard the man-turned-monster roar and try to bisect him as the kid rushed him. He tore off the parasite's limbs but as he did, they grew in two as he did. He then was then thrown on the ground as he did.

"Did you really think that it would be that easy, you little punk?" The man taunted. Unknown to him, he didn't realize that his target was right near his sword. Michael picked it up and held it carefully in a stable stance. The monstrous killer then carefully approached him with his tentacles and attempted to swing at his head only for Michael to duck and slice one of the arms with the sword cutting it off cleanly.

When he pulled his tentacle back he discovered the end of the appendage where the sharp end once was. It was a steaming bloody stump. He was shocked when he saw Michael with a smirk showing his blade's hidden feature: a glowing orange edge. "What the hell is that?!"

"My special weapon. When my powers are at full strength, the bio-electricity that goes up and down my arms allow it to heat the blade to heat up enough to burn and cut, but not enough melt the metal. In other words, it is facsimile of a flaming sword, something I highly doubt your Plagas can withstand. Bet you were expecting me to come unprepared. Think again." Michael answered confidently.

In a rage, the Plaga host attempted to hit him with a flurry of arms to kill him. Each of the missed strikes resulted in his arms torn to steaming shreds. Weakened by the cuts, he fell to his knees, his final words were, "Huh, welcome back to the top of the food chain, you bastard!" He said as he attempted to devour Michael's head only to be impaled in the heart with the hot blade then decapitated with one fast slash across the neck.

When he turned to the untied people, they noticed that his eyes were no longer glowing red, but instead were glowing blue reptilian eyes. They were astonished as to how he survived. Leon then asked, "How did you come back from that stab wound?" Michael sighed carefully.

"You want the long story or the short version?" Michael asked as he untied his girlfriend for last only for her to grab the sawed-off shotgun off his back hitting the vengeful Plaga with hot pellets and fired the last two shots putting the insect-like monster in the ground forever.

"Short, but include the details." Leon asked as he rubbed his wrists.

"Okaaay… Umbrella's viruses left me in a state where situations that would be lethal to normal humans, such as Anna or yourself, is not so lethal to me. A headshot could kill me, but if the body is wholly intact, I cannot die by certain normal means. I have six strains that hybridized into one. Essentially, I can't be killed easily due to my body's abilities to regenerate. In other words, it is both my gift and my curse. I let the Lord help me deal with it." Michael said as his little device went off.

"Zion to Archangel, come in. Repeat, come in." Hunnigan said.

"This is Archangel. Over." Michael answered.

"Thank God, you're all alright. What happened? Agent Kennedy, explain." Hunnigan said.

"Well, we took out two of the parasite's subordinates, but she knew we were coming and she had us captured. Agent Galia was kidnapped, turns out her daughter was used as leverage to lure us into a trap." Kennedy stated.

"She also attempted to kill me but was unsuccessful due to the fact that I had injected myself with the second sample of my blood, effectively regaining my lost abilities." Michael added as he gathered his stolen weapons and his allies. "My ex took my brother's wife hostage, and I intend on collecting Jezebel's head to mount on my wall."

"Take a deep breath, Agent Michael! Last thing you want to charge at her without knowing what you're up against." Claire warned.

"Relax, that just good ol'fashioned Southern hot air. I have a plan to bring her down. When I stabbed her, I threw a tracking device on Galia when Jezebel was hollering in pain." Michael stated holding up a GPS on his BSAA device. "It looks she is at a cave near Tel Meggido. Time to go for a bug hunt."

Helena stopped him and said, "Please tell me you're not going to fight her…" She said with worry in her voice.

"Babe, I have to. The team and I are the only ones that can stop her. We do the things that many in both this country and ours can't."

Galia's daughter then approached and spoke to him in Hebrew, "Mister. Would you please help my mother; I beg of you!" She then began to cry only Michael to lift up her chin to his eyes that shifted back their natural dark green eyes. "I'll do my best, little one…" Before he took off, Helena gave a kiss for luck.

At the hidden area…

Jezebel threw her a violent temper tantrum when Wesker came by to attempt to collect the sample of blood from her sword. He told her that the blood was too tainted by the oxygen in the air to collect. "What the fuck do you mean, that it is not good enough?! That fucking bastard stabbed me in the thigh and you expect me to go back to get him?!"

"Yes… Unless you have a better plan than arguing with me." Wesker replied. She then grabbed her radio and said, "Lieutenant! Grab Michael's body, over!" Leon, heard the radio and grabbed it before he could in the Humvee. "Roger, already on it! The route is delayed to due to the Israeli military combing the area for Michael and his team's bodies." Michael said sounding like the dead lieutenant. Jezebel was a little suspicious of the response, but went along with it.

"Roger that, get over here ASAP!" Jezebel responded with an unimpressed Wesker crossing his arms.

Anna, Leon, and Raymond were all confused as to how he did that to fool her like that. "How the hell did you do that?!" Raymond asked.

"I have really strong vocal cords and sharp hearing. Kind of like Superman, only difference is that it took years to practice the technique and only works better if the individual is a male. Female voices are typically too high to imitate." Michael answered with a smirk.

"You know; you could just use a voice manipulator to do that." Raymond stated.

"Yes, but someone with really sharp hearing, like me, can tell an electronic imitation from an organic one." Michael retorted. "We should be there in two hours. It would give us time to plan our strategy." So they continued to talk about the plan until they were near the area. Michael had a bright idea that involved a combination of deception and silent, but deadly assault tactics.

"Here's the plan, we are going to set this truck to blow up with napalm to get them on their toe and to let them know that we are coming for them." Michael said before Leon's communication device went off.

"Leon, we have a problem. Lansdale decided to they were going to hit Jezebel at the cave without letting the President know. About twenty of their finest is already at the cave. Make your way over there now before they are killed. Now!" Hunnigan responded.

Two hours later…

Some of the FBC's most elite operatives just entered into the cave with their P90s and Benilli M3 Super 90s on standby. Lansdale then chimed in on the team, "You know your orders: capture or kill Jezebel and her lieutenants and bring Galia into custody."

"Yes, sir." The leader of the group said as they entered the cave. The team delved deeper into the cave and realized that this wasn't a cave, it was laboratory for Jezebel and her lackeys. The area was very dark with very little light. In some of the rooms, they smell blood and rotten food in the mess hall. They then found writing on the wall that read, "Wrong place, wrong time…"

Before the leader realized they were in a trap, he said, "Oh shit…" Then Jezebel swooped down and sliced off the leader's head from his shoulders with her sword and then ordered her subordinates to capture the rest. Just as she was going to give one of the men her Plaga children. All of a sudden, she some crackling on the radio with the words," … come in, this is Archangel…. Do not go in…. Jezebel will…."

Wesker was clearly displeased at Jezebel's failure not only for failing to get a sample of his blood, but for also failing to properly kill him. "I guess we now know that that man you left behind failed his job. I am giving you one last chance, kill him and collect his body. If you fail, I will not help you. Here's a little something, in case things become difficult for you." Her left a sample to her that read, (T-Veronica v.1.75).

"My Lady, what should we do with these men?" The first lieutenant asked looking at the captured FBC agents. Jezebel merely smirked at the agent's terrified looks. She then tossed the leader to the rest of the men and told them, "Grab a long metal pipe, two long chains and some rope. I am going to make Archangel work hard to save these men. This will be very enjoyable. My powerful subordinates take care of Michael's allies and I will take care of the foolish fucker." She injected herself with the virus and waited for her former host's return.

Fifteen minutes later…

The Humvee arrived with the men and women in tow. Michael grabbed his rifle and tried to contact the men once only to hear empty static on the radio. "Spread out and find the men, but if you see Jamisha and her Jezebel friend, avoid fighting her. The lieutenants that are more powerful are yours, might I suggest using this specially modified flashbangs if it becomes too much for you. I am going to look in the deeper parts, however before we go in there, let us see what we going into. White Queen, uploading you into the system, find out what you can about this place." He said as he loaded a specialized dongle key to hack into the system.

"Uploading…. Online. Master Michael, it appears this is not a cave, but a secret laboratory. Whoever it belongs to, they were a major hurry to cover up evidence of their involvement. Sir, Jezebel is here, along with the team. They appear to be somewhere in the complex. Projections shows she and her servants are aware of your presence. I will download as much as I can from this terminal, but proceed with caution." White Queen stated as he quickly pocketed his device.

"Roger that. Hunnigan we are going inside the cave; I am sending you a map of the area. Let us know if you spot anything out of the ordinary. We will search from room to room. One floor at a time." Michael said loading his weapons and sheathing his sword.

"Affirmative, keep your radio on." Hunnigan replied as Michael's eyes glowed blue with his allies behind him with night vision goggles.

They saw the bodies of scientists all over the place. Michael and the others grimaced at what did this. "Jeez, everyone humped the bunk." Stated Raymond as he turned on the room lights.

"When you deal in this shit like I once did, you learn to quit while you can, this is the end result: betrayal to your death." Michael stated as he helped the team search the rooms. "Clear on this floor!" We need to split up. I will look for Jezebel and everyone else look for the lieutenants and subordinates. If they look infected, restrain so I can look-" A medical pan fell to the floor spooking the team. Suddenly, Anna was knocked to the floor causing her to accidently fire at the breaker causing darkness and red emergency lights. The breaker sparks spooked Michael before his sharp vision noticed quick movement.

"Michael find Jezebel! We'll take care of this thing and his buddies! GO!" Raymond yelled. Michael reluctantly complied and ran with his rifle firing at the creature as he began searching room to room to find his former girlfriend and parasite. The team then began to split up to give the creature multiple targets. It roared as a flashbang was thrown at it exposing it to the light, they then opened fire on the creature killing him. Just then a group of the Ganado-like villagers were charging toward them at fast speed toward the group, only for Michael to fire a grenade towards them to take down most of them. They then part of them started chasing him while others started converging on the team.

Jezebel smiled as he was corralled right into the area where she held the men hostage, alongside Galia. He entered the door and allowed them to approach before opening fire right at their heads. When the Plagas erupted, Michael threw a flashbang on the ground where they landed. As he took a breather, he heard a sharp whistle and turned around seeing the men who were captured, along Galia. Jezebel with her hand on a rope holding six heavy sand bags. "Which do you prefer? Justice or mercy?" She said before dropping it and Michael noticing the ropes around their necks, he quickly dropped his rifle and grabbed the rope to hold up the sandbags. The superhuman took several steps back to keep the weights in place. He had saved their lives but put himself at the mercy of his enemy to save people he barely knew.

"I see you have your hands full, sweetie! Did you really think that I was easy prey? I knew that you were coming. An acquaintance of yours told me you would be here. I have to say, I am impressed that you would rescue these men despite the fact the BSAA and the FBC do not see eye-to-eye." Jezebel said.

"Let me guess: that acquaintance is Wesker, correct? You're a fucking bitch to put me in this position!" Michael said with gritted teeth struggling to hold on to the rope. He was strong and hardy, but he knew he couldn't hold the rope forever. Michael had to come with a plan and fast to save everyone on his team and his sister-in-law.

"Correct, too bad for you he left a little edge for me. I injected myself with the T-Veronica strain. Only this strain is more powerful than yours. Check it out." She said as she allowed the virus and the parasite to adapt to one another. The sickly green flames burned off her skin-tight leather outfit revealing her muscular but deathly green skin covering her body with a chitinous armor, particularly her more private regions. (Think of Alexia's transformation but more refined.) Her eyes became more bright crimson reptilian, the mouth starting sporting more carnivorous teeth, and her body became more succubus than human female. Her wings also became more semi-insect and mixed with the reptilian features. She then sashayed over to him and touched him with her claws sensually from his abs to his strong chest to his scarred right cheek

"Keep your hand to yourself, you monstrous little-" He attempted to retorted before she threatened to cut the rope connecting the weights and the nooses around their necks. "I wish you would, because when they die, I am going to send your sorry ass straight to hell. And I will personally punch that ticket for you!"

"Bold talk for someone who is trying to compensate himself with a sword on his back." Jezebel and Jamisha said together in a dark voice. (Think of a dark combination of Kari Wahlgren and Karen Strassman.)

"Says the woman who looks a succubus from mythology. At least, my weapons are practical, yours are for showing off!" Michael said with a smirk. Outraged, she attempted to use her wings to impale him only for him to carefully duck and use the momentum to have the rope to pull him towards the hostages. He quickly unsheathed the sword and cut all of the ropes saved them all from getting strangled to death. "RUN!" He told them as he growled and roared to his dangerous ex. He then sheathed the weapon and started opening fire with his Lightning Hawks. Each shot managed to penetrate her skin, but really make her angry. Before he could reload, she moved so fast that the impact on his chest sent him flying into a wall knocking over a radio inadvertently playing, "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin. Even with his abilities, he was in awe of her rage and power.

"Amazing how power goes a long way, dearie." You are nothing more than an assassin who is pretending to be a hero. I am a parasite and you are a virus. I can briefly overpower you. Time to die, you good-for-nothing son of a bitch!" She said before he threw a flashbang at her. The bright light blinded her and irritated the parasite. Her eyes cleared up to see that he disappeared. Unknown to her, he hid under her in the vents. She hit a computer violently smashing it against the wall.

"WHERE ARE YOU, YOU MOTHERFUCKER?!" She yelled going on a rampage. Michael carefully maneuvered around her. "THERE'S NO POINT IN HIDING! I'M GOING TO FIND YOU!"

Michael smirked at her idle threats. He carefully lifted up the vent and carefully grabbed his rifle. Before he ducked down, he took his katana and threw it away against a wall getting her attention. He quickly got back in the vent only for her to discover his hiding place. "AH! THERE YOU ARE!" She attempted to grab him only for him to stab her hand with his KA-BAR. The resulting stab got her to let go only for him to discover that her blood is now a flaming ichor as he felt some of it burn his skin. She proceeded to dump a bit of her blood on the see through grates when he was on the move, at the same time, he was trying to get the burning blood off his skin. He was able to move to a vertical area and grapple his way up and move to higher ground, only for her to be waiting as soon as he came out of the vent. She grabbed him, released him from 25 feet in the air and dive bombed him into the ground knocking the wind out of him. The impact caused the concrete to crack from the slam that the Plaga host did to Michael. Her body became more mutated and she panicked.

"What? What is happening to me?" She said as she become more and more deformed.

"That's the thing about the T-Veronica, you have more strength, but without properly adapting to it like Alexia did, then you risk your inner monster coming to the surface."

"AAAAHHH! I CAN'T CONTROL THE CHANGES! YOU HAD TO COME HERE AND FUCK THINGS UP!" She said as the virus revealed her inner monster and mutating the parasite on her back. Her wings remained the same, but with her body became more reptilian with scale grow all over her body. And she increased in muscle mass. She grabbed the sword from her hip. "Say goodbye to your pathetic life, insignificant fucker! Too bad, you mother didn't live long enough to see you die. I would've loved to see her or your little girlfriend weep over your corpse."

Just as she raised the blade to stab Michael once again, she was hit with a grappling harpoon that pierced her shoulder. She looked and turned around to reveal it was Galia with her eyes glowing golden with Michael's grappling gun in her hands. Filled with rage, Galia pulled Jezebel towards her and delivered a powerful boot to the face. The two superwomen clashed as the Plagas host slapped her hard enough to throw her into a wall. She then grabbed the Israeli by her throat proceeding to choke her. Galia broke out of it and hit her in the left eye causing her pain. She attempted to repay the gesture with a violent slash, only for the Israeli to counter with a leg sweep. Jezebel and Jamisha were getting angry over the humiliating hand-to-hand combat situation. She threw her sword to the side and was about to hit her Galia with her sharp wings only for her to be hit by 6.8mm rounds that stung like a hornet. Her rage then turned towards the attacker: Michael.

Michael began opening fire on the pissed off parasite. She retaliated by charging towards him with a wing stab that almost hit his shoulder, only for him to dodge it and then have flaming ichor thrown near him. Jezebel then then took to the air with her wings and began trying to dive bomb him. Galia then began to throw heavy objects at her. The monster then threw more ichor at her to get her to back off. By the time she turned towards him, he was already dual wielding with two PKMs and opening firing on her. The powerful bullets proceeded to take off chunks off her chitin armor, poking holes in her wings, and penetrating her organs. Jezebel couldn't handle that much damage and so she slammed into the ground on top of a desk, smashing it to pieces. Her wings twitched upon her what Michael thought would be her death.

"Good riddance, treacherous little sneak thief." Michael said to her spitting on her body. Just then he heard White Queen ping his PDA. "Yes, My Lady?"

"I just finished downloading the files here. It reveals something interesting." White Queen answered. "It involves Tricell…"

His interest piqued, he answered and said, "Oh, really…? What is interesting about it?"

"Normally, Las Plagas comes in two forms. The subordinate and the dominant-strain. The third one is the queen. This particular one is a chimera of the three forms, but mainly dominant strain. It also has been mixed with great octopus, praying mantis, coconut crab, and flying dragon lizard DNA. This explains why she was so strong, even at your half-strengthened abilities. And… Uh-oh…!"

"What is it?" Michael answered with concern. Galia pulled him away just as Jezebel began to mutate again. Her dark green eyes turned completely black and the parasite dug further into her back. The semi-nude human was quickly taking on a more grotesque form. Her chest became more armored, her hips and legs became more arthropod than human, her wings fell off, her arms turned into deadly pincers, her ears fell off and became like antennae, her face became more sharp in the teeth, and her abdominals had her intestines turn into deadly tentacles, much like the lieutenant's transformation hours before. She screamed in agony over the transformation. (Think of her a human-coconut crab hybrid with tentacles.)

"Jamisha?" Michael asked with him keeping his weapon trained on her.

"Jamisha is dead, I am Jezebel! Prepare to be ripped to pieces!" She threw her sheath at Galia and charged towards them with the tentacles being used as a makeshift grappling hook and pulled herself to Mike and Galia. They immediately ducked a slashed towards their heads. They quickly got out of the vicinity, but they were quickly grabbed by their throat with a tentacle when they attempted to punch her. More arms soon grabbed their limbs, she began to pull on them attempting to violent dismember them. "Soon, I will kill you both, and I will take your blood and make myself human enough to destroy the world! Burn in hell!"

Just then, a flashbang grenade interrupted her thoughts and she was faced with a barraged of NATO rounds thrown at her. This resulted in her inadvertently letting them go. She retaliated by throwing her ichor at Leon and Anna causing them to retreat. The FBC men then proceeded to open fire on her resulting in her throw ichor at them, hitting two of the poor guys. The smell of burning flesh soon filled the air and their bodies burned until they were a complete crisp. Michael and Galia then grabbed their swords, Galia threw her sword at Jezebel so hard, that it hit her chest. Michael then made his bioelectric abilities hit his blade and it heated up even more. "Cover me, Galia!" He said as he handed her the Lance. She opened fire on the Plagas host distracting her. He succeeded in hitting hard enough with the hot sword to expose her heart. Jezebel retaliated and sent him flying back in a backflip. She was visibly annoyed, but he smirked and discovered to her horror, her own blade near her heart. He charged up a bolt of lightning and sent to the metal weapon. She screamed as the blade's conductive properties coursed through her and brought her down. He passed out from the exhaustion of the fight. The FBC and Michael's team approached him and got him on his feet. Galia then gave him his grappling gun and his assault rifle. He gave her Jezebel's sword and sheath, then used a special device that cooled his blade and sheathed it. She then asked, "I'm sorry about all of this…"

"Nothing to forgive, my sister-in-law. By the way, nothing will happen to you. Anna, Leon, Raymond, and I will make sure of it. Grab the dead and make your way up. I'll be right behind you. I need to make sure that whatever-." Michael said before smelling something being sprayed them. "Anhydrous ethanol."

"Sterilizing agents, but why?" Anna asked as she began to cough from the smell.

Leon noticed the sprinklers pushing down something revealing a lighting device. Michael saw it as well, his eyes widened as he deduced what was going to happen. "Gather the bodies and survivors! Make your way to the front door! Haul ass! NOW!" He ordered. As the alcohol was finished spraying, they were finally able to get to the door. The bodies and the survivors were able to get to the front entrance, however, as Michael approached, the door tried to crush him. He back flipped out of the way as it shut in front of him. "WHAT THE HELL?!" The superhuman then heard grunting and groaning and saw her up and ready to fight again. He was about to raise rifle and fire, only to remember that the area began to smell like methane and alcohol. Reluctantly, he was forced to run for his life. "Detonation of the facility in two minutes and counting!"

"White Queen! Is there any other way to escape this place?!" Michael said running from the pissed-off Jezebel. Using a combination of Greek athletics and parkour to navigate that the parasite threw at him to avoid her. He eventually reached an area where danger of the alcohol and gas wasn't prevalent. "There is a vent that is closing! It is behind Jezebel! Hurry, Michael!" The AI said giving Michael an idea. He noticed some sharp steel rebars and when she stuck her pincer near Michael, he brought the rebar down with all his force and impaled her hand. She struggled against him climbing on her, but ultimately, he pounded her neck joint protecting her from any attempting at slashing. She screamed as he began ripping pieces of the carapace off. She then cursed at him saying, "I should've killed when you were still mourning your first love and your mother! That's right! That same one who killed your brother was the same one who led the women you loved the most to their untimely deaths! Now we both get to die together, you're as foolish as your daddy, son of Marco Wesker!" Michael was confused, at first, but he pushed it past his mind as realized that he had one minute to kill her and escape. She grabbed his throat with other pincer. However, he was filled with determination and shocked her limb with his electric abilities paralyzing her pincer.

"Like you said, Jezebel… Go to hell!" He then took his sword and decapitated the cruel Plagas host. Her eyes widened as he swiftly decapitated her and proceeded to use his electricity to make sure that Jezebel stayed dead for good. Her body twitched and then stopped moving for the last time. He then sheathed his sword, grabbed her head, and shot his grappling hook up the vent. He zipped up through the vent, burst through it, and then ran with the head in his hands.

"Get the vehicles ready, it's going to blow!" Michael stated as he ran to the vehicles from down the hill. Everyone got the vehicles started as he climbed in with her head and they punched it as the facility exploded in a fireball taking all the dangerous parasites with it. White Queen then informed him that the facility was intact after the sterilization. She then disconnected as they escaped.

Thirty minutes later…

They met up after the debriefing going over what happened during the mission. Michael was contacting O'Brian. "Hey boss, I am reporting in."

"Good, glad you finished what you started. I heard you died." He replied in a cheeky way.

"I believe those reports were highly exaggerated, sir. I got the bitch's head right here. There is something that you need to see. I believe Tricell knew more about Jezebel than they let on. I will show you more, but only when I arrive. In the meantime, I will pass on what I know to Agent Kennedy. I know they are one of our sponsors, but I do not trust them." Michael said showing Jezebel's head.

"I know, son, but for now, play nice. I will keep an eye on them, in the meantime. We are going to present a you a medal for your courage and bravery. I know you don't like crowds, but just bear with us for the sake of your reputation." The director said attempting to placate his subordinate. "Just try to relax and help out where you can over there. Don't worry yourself, over and out."

Michael sighed as he heard Galia enter the room with her daughter. "Hey, what did they say? You didn't sound to happy."

"I am fine, just a little unhappy about being given a medal. Not to mention I am not happy with Tricell at the moment. Aside from that, everything is fine. That's not why I got into this… I got into this to help the undo the mess I helped create when I worked with Umbrella. Any reason, you brought your daughter in here?" Michael asked with his eyebrows furrowed.

"She wanted to meet her uncle for the first time. Gabriel and I told her so much about you… I just thought it would be good for you see your family." Galia stated. "By the way, thanks for covering for me, I didn't know what else to do, if I resisted…"

"I wouldn't have met my brother's daughter. What Jamisha meant for evil, God meant for good. Think nothing of it. By the way, after your training with us. I am supposed to give you this: your BSAA recommendation." He said hand her an emblem of the BSAA looking at his niece carefully. "How old is she?"

"She is two years old and her name is Sephora." She said as she motioned her daughter to hug her uncle. She obliged, Michael was caught off-guard, but her reciprocated holding her close as he began to shed tears of joy knowing Gabriel's legacy lived on through her. The little one told him, "Nice to meet you."

"Likewise, little one. I am your uncle, Michael Sue Valentine." He said causing her to chuckle at his middle name. Galia was about to correct her daughter about the middle name, but Michael looked at her letting her know that it was alright. Sephora was startled to how his eyes changed from blue reptilian eyes to green. He assured her with a gentle pat that he was not dangerous. She hugged him telling him, "I love you, uncle!"

"You too, little one!" He said with tears in his eyes knowing he avenged his brother and kept his loved ones safe. He ruffled her knowing that he now had an additional responsibility to protect his niece. Unknown to them, they were being watched by Wesker from his laptop. He smirked as he knew he had one knight to remove one queen. Behind him was Excella Gione. "I told you… Jezebel would fail."

"Yes… Yes, you did. No matter, I got rid of someone who had no business fighting Michael. In the meantime, let's find another way that does not involve parasites or viruses. Hopefully, he will be caught unaware next time." Albert Wesker mused looking at a solution labelled P30. "So you managed to face your demons, I am going make sure that you fight for the ones you love." He contacted his former boss Spencer know where Michael was to get him to capture him and his significant other…

Meanwhile…

Tricell was digging through the wreckage of the facility and found what was left of Jezebel they found an egg that had hardened itself against the heat of the self-destruct mechanism. Puzzled they surmised that she left it as a surprise for anyone who found it. On the radio, they were ordered to grab it and name it after Athaliah, in a sense of twisted irony to mock Michael's so-called victory. Surprisingly, it let them grab it as it was placed in a biohazard container labeled: Type 1 Plagas…

A/N: Sorry if this took a long while to do, but as stated in my profile, "Haste makes waste." I referenced the following in this chapter: Batman: The Animated Series, Cabin in the Woods (2012), Godzilla vs. Kong, Justice League (Zack Synder version), Resident Evil: Degeneration, and The Thing (2011).