Wow…after like, a whole month, I have returned! Sorry about the looong wait folks, I've been busy trying to get my stuff together for college…which starts next Monday for me. ~_~ Anywho, I fixed that horrible, horrible typo in Chapter 11…no Rebecca did not shoot David…XD Rose did…me and my sleep writing…pah…anyway, here's Chapter 12 after like…years…lol…sorry about the wait again…
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"DAVID!" screeched Rebecca as she took a step to run to him, but was held back by Billy. Smiling a cruel smile, Rose reached down, picked up the fallen man's rifle and swiftly kicked him in the side. "Stupid man...they always are. They'll do anything for a pretty face..." said Rose sweeping her hardened gaze to the now trembling Rowena. "Now be a good girl Rowena and go back to sleep you worthless little marionette." Said Rose. Rowena backed away slowly, her skin glowing a dim yellow. "Leave me..." she rasped. Snorting, Rose sneered at the corpse-like girl. "You're pathetic. Why Wesker would dare to keep such filth is beyond me. He should have disposed of you when you were first created. Worthless. Of course it takes a woman to get the job done." Holding up a hand, a small purple ball of electric energy formed in her hands and slowly grew to the size of a melon. Rearing her arm back, she let it fly. The room exploded in a ray of turquoise and purple light. Angered, Rose whirled to see Miki standing beside Rebecca, her hand still outstretched. "Miki...you little brat. Why aren't you somewhere in the forest being chased by the undead? Even if you do have that disease you're harder to get rid of than a damn cockroach!" Billy, finally over the initial shock of watching Rose and Miki's powers, cut in. "Rose, what the hell are you doing?" Rose turned and smiled at him coyly. "What? Don't tell me you actually thought I was a good girl? You've been with that little pixy over there too long...right...Rebecca?" spat Rose, her voice dripping with venom.
Billy turned to Rebecca in surprise. "You know this girl?" Rebecca shook her head. "It doesn't matter if you know who I am or not...you're about to die anyway..." said Rose raising her hand slowly, her hair waving slightly as an invisible wind blew from her materializing power. Rebecca looked down to see Miki coughing uncontrollably, her little body shaking like a rag doll. "Miki...Miki are you ok?!" Miki continued choking. Panicked, Rebecca looked from Miki to Billy, to Rose's energy beam aimed directly at the three of them. Quickly thinking, she reached out her arms on either side of her, closed her eyes and prayed she would be right about this one. Two small, light turquoise balls of energy blasted both Miki and Billy away on opposite sides of her, knocking them out of harms way right as the blast nailed her directly in the chest, sending her flying through the wall behind her and into the next room, out of sight.
Cackling, Rose lit another one and turned to Rowena. "It..." Rose was cut off as a shot rang through the air and hit her from behind, sending her flying face first into the ground. Screaming in agony, Rose swiped at the bloody mass on her shoulder blade from where the shotgun bullets had struck her. "I knew there was something wrong about you." Said Claire glaring angrily at the Rose. Chris looked over at Billy, who seemed to be digging through a mass of splintered wood from a huge hole in the wall. Looking around he didn't see Rebecca anywhere. Gritting his teeth, he looked back at Rose, who was now standing. Taking a hand from her wound and snarling Rose turned back to the group. Seeing how she was outnumbered, she quickly retreated to a corner of the room. "This isn't over." She snapped before disappearing through the wall. Relieved that she had gone, Claire quickly hurried over to the little girl lying on the floor, a look of pain twisting her diminutive features. "Are you ok?" she asked. The little girl only pointed to the stuffed rabbit that lay on the floor nearby. "Please...give her to me..." she said weakly. Quickly obeying her, Claire handed the child the stuffed animal as she helped her into a sitting position. Quietly, the girl reached into a pouch in the back of the rabbit and withdrew a strange looking puff inhaler. Too weak to do it herself, the little girl allowed Claire to take the inhaler from her.
As Claire tended to the ailing child, Chris watched in worry as Billy carried an unconscious, wounded Rebecca from the rubble. "What happened to her?" "Rose did." said Billy setting her down and checking her pulse. "She's still alive, but she took a lot of damage." Said Billy reaching for his first aid spray. "Don't use that." Said Leon stepping up beside Chris. "What?" Leon handed Billy a piece of paper. "Read this...apparently these girls are all part of some sick attempt at playing God...and Rebecca is the key to the whole thing." Taking the paper, Billy unfolded it and began reading.
Robert Chambers
August 12th, 1983.
We've finally done it...we successfully created the Perfect Being by splicing the special chemical I created with the DNA of my own daughter, Rebecca. Despite the toxicity of the chemical, Rebecca's unique cell structure and DNA made her the ideal subject. Her body responded to it perfectly. Only 3 months and 10 days old, she has already started showing signs of enhancement. Able to lift things with her mind and control things with just a simple thought, she is remarkable. I am extremely proud to be her father. I know she will prove most useful to all my future endeavors..."
Billy paled and lowered the paper, looking down at the unconscious Rebecca. "What does this mean? That she's just like all the rest of those...those things running loose out there?" Chris shook his head. "It gets worse," said Leon handing Billy two more papers.
Robert Chambers
April 10, 1996
Rebecca seems to be very listless nowadays, even today, on her 13th birthday. Despite her extreme intelligence and her ability to solve any puzzle given to her, she seems restless and languid. Because of this, her appetite has diminished and has affected her psychic ability performance considerably. Without proper nutrients and minerals found in common compounds such as water, she is of no use. I better find out what is wrong fast, or else they will destroy her if they find her obsolete. I know Birkin would jump at the chance to ruin my hard work...he's always been jealous of me..."
Robert Chambers
January 12th, 1998
"I have decided to pull the plug on this whole operation. Rebecca will die at this rate and it is evident that she lacks the social contact she longs for. I, unfortunately, cannot give it to her, so I have arranged that they erase her memories and seal her knowledge of her gifts and give her false ones of a happy childhood in a foster home. This will be my last deed as I am sure I will be discharged for this...I suppose this is my atonement to Heaven for all the dark sins I've committed over the course of my life. I pray that if Rebecca ever comes to know the truth of this that she will find it in her heart to forgive me."
Billy fell silent as he looked back up at Chris. Not meeting Billy's gaze, Chris turned his attention to a nearby spot on the wall and pretended to stare intently at it. Claire, who sat not too far away from them with the now resting Miki in her arms, broke the silence. "Aside from those papers, we found evidence of the experiments being performed on these girls. According to one researcher's diary, the only somewhat successful experiment was test subject number 003, Rose...but according to the researchers, she was wild and uncontrollable, so they had to place her in suspended animation until they could find a way to brainwash her. As for the others...the original first clone, Rowena, and clone number two, this child Miki, they were written off as failed experiments, but were left to live to see just how long they would survive." Looking down at the slumbering child, a mixture of anger and sadness crossed her face. "Rowena contracted terminal cancer to her heart, lungs, and liver...the only reason why she's even still alive is because of the constant mutation of her cells, which enables the healing processes these girls have. Since she was the first clone, basically a prototype, they decided to keep her and performed experiment after experiment on her steadily weakening and decaying body." Claire trailed off as she clenched and unclenched her hands into angry fists, glancing over at Rowena, who had been cowering in the corner watching them all since Rose had left. She resembled a phantom crouched in the corner of the room watching through sunken in eyes. Shuddering, Claire quickly looked away, and, after taking a few deep breaths, continued her story. "Not too long after Rowena was diagnosed with cancer was Miki bred. This time with the second clone, they opted for a younger version of Rebecca in hopes that her youth would sustain her vessel. Miki's powers resemble Rebecca's the most, even in color and intensity. Unfortunately, she too is sick. Apparently her young and undeveloped body couldn't sustain the genetic process and the results mutated into a throat cancer. She developed a tumor in her throat and had to become dependent on her daily throat spray just to be able to breathe. As for Rose, they spliced Rebecca's genes that had already been tampered with and used a new virus called the R-Virus. This seemed to stabilize Rose's cells, but there were nasty side affects. Rose's eyes turned yellow, and her psychic energy is purple. Ever since she was made she's loathed and despised Rebecca. She hated it that she was just the clone of Rebecca and resented the fact that Dr. Birkin and Wesker were always talking about how they were going to find Rebecca and perfect her for their plans."
Barely able to register all of this, Billy tried to make sense of it all. Rebecca was someone he cared about, but she was also a possible threat to the world because she had components of a mutating virus in her blood...which meant she could change into some kind of monster at any time...especially now that her powers were awakening. Torn, he tightened his grip on the girl and said nothing.
Rebecca stirred as she felt pressure on her arms. Groaning, she became aware of how sore and painful she was.
"Rebecca?"
She felt her heart leap as she slowly opened her eyes to see Billy looking down at her with a strange look. Suddenly aware that she was in his arms, she made a move to slip out of them, but failed and quickly clung to him before she took a fall. Clinging to his chest, she breathed shallowly as sharp pains filled her consciousness. "Are you ok?" asked Chris quickly running over to the two. Nodding, she shut her eyes and concentrated on not passing out.
Leon, who had been quiet through all this, turned to David's corpse. They had just left the poor guy lying there to die. Scanning the room's floor, his eyes came to rest on the spot near the doorway. There was a small puddle of blood...but there was no sign of him. "Chris! David's body is gone!" "What?" said Chris looking around in disbelief. "Where the hell could he have gone so fast with those wounds?" "I don't know, but I'm going to go look for him!" said Leon. Chris gave him a long stare for a moment, then nodded. "Ok, but I'm coming with you...it's dangerous for you to go alone." Turning back Chris looked at Rebecca and Billy. Quickly reloading his shotgun, he regarded Billy with a dagger filled look. "If she gets hurt again, I swear I'll kill you." Billy just glared back and didn't respond. Having said this, Chris turned and headed out the door with Leon following in close pursuit.
Yeeea...let me know what you guys think…things should start picking up in the story now…