Degeneration of WilPharma (Degeneration and Code Veronica AU)
After reading Ashfield Legacy, it inspired me to write this.
15/03/2020: Made some minor edits to the story. Adaption of The Airport Escape Part I
Chapter 9: The Giant Chainsaw Man
Leon watched The Giant Chainsaw Man advance towards them. He and Angela fired at this man. He shrugged off their shots. He continued advancing waving his double chainsaw wildly. Destroying stuff in his way. Suddenly Alexia jumped at him. He tried to slice her in half, but he was too slow. She wrestled him for the control of the chainsaw. He was stronger than he looked as he managed to be hold onto the chainsaw for around twenty seconds. Alexia eventually ripped the chainsaw right out of his hands. She stabbed it through The Giant Chainsaw Man's chest. She then ripped off the head. The Giant Chainsaw Man's Las Plagas emerged but Alexia burnt that thing up with her blood. She threw away the dead Giant Chainsaw Man's body. All in all, was very anticlimactic. Definity would need something more to kill her Leon thought. Especially since a shot to the head did nothing to her and the Las Plagas inflected people were no match. He was worried that Alexia was using Claire since he had read documents recovered from Rockfort and Antarctic before his mission. These files had painted Alexia as a sadistic monster that other Umbrella researchers even Spencer, Wesker and Sergei Vladimir feared. These files documented the creation of the t-Veronica Virus as one of Umbrella's Senior Chief Researchers and that she turned her father Alexander into the monstrous Nosferatu, her growing murderous annoyance of Alfred & her growing insanity, bouts of mindless intense rage and self-delusions of godhood. Leon walked over to Claire who was focused on Alexia. "Claire, we need to talk before we move on."
"So, talk." She said coldly having not forgiving him for shooting Alexia the first time. She couldn't see that Alexia was a dangerous person. What he read painted him the picture that despite being a child Alexia was deeply psychotic and thought herself to be superior to everyone including her brother Alfred who he was sure wouldn't have lasted much longer in any case. God knows what the virus or years of isolation had done to her mental well being if before she was frozen, she had already started to create insane scribbles and had intense rage issues. After having murdering various Umbrella employees in violent rages, she had been shipped off to the remote Antarctic Base. As he approached Claire, he felt Alexia's intense glaze on him. She wasn't blinking which unnerved him. He could see the madness in her eyes as she stared at him. "In private." He said not wanting Alexia or Angela to overheard. Angela for more she wasn't cleared to hear this information and Alexia as she was greatly unnerving him. He also didn't want her to know what he will tell Claire.
Claire said bluntly, "Ok" and allowed Leon to pull her away to the other side of the room. Alexia moved to follow but Claire nodded no so she stopped with a pout. She then started glaring intensely at Leon but did not move any closer.
Leon started speaking in a lower voice to make sure Alexia couldn't hear him, "I read some files recovered from Rockfort and Antarctic. Some were written by Alexia herself."
"What did they say." Claire said interested.
"Nothing good I'm afraid." Leon stated. "They detailed a woman who was clearly insane since day 1. A journal from Alexander..." With the mention of Alexander, Alexia had tensed up even more if that possible. "He mentioned that Alexia had hurt Alfred severity in a fit of rage when she was only three. She gotten worst as time went on as her fits of rage only increased and she started gaining delusion of godhood most likely due to an inferiority complex, Alexander theorized. He didn't know why she would feel that way since she was the most intelligent person, he knew having singlehandedly started designing what would be the t-Veronica Virus herself when she was 5 years old"
Claire did not have the reaction he wanted as she said with awe, "Wow I knew she was smart but to design a virus by herself at 5." Before adding on concerned, "Poor Alexia. I couldn't imagine what it was like for her with Umbrella breathing down her neck on top of that."
Leon continued with hoping to convey how dangerous Alexia was, "Alexander documented many other incidents where Alexia had murdered staff or various Umbrella employee whist enraged. She nearly killed William Birkin one time after an argument. Her mental state deteriorated over the years where only Alfred could have gone near her safety and even, he had been borrowed time it seemed. She started seeing other people as disgusting insects that need to be squashed. She even tested her virus on her father and the result was something known as Nosferatu."
She then said surprising him, "I know."
"You knew?" Leon exclaimed. "And you okay that she is capable of that?"
"I have known only for a few minutes." Claire stated, "Besides I don't fully trust what that the man wrote down. I do trust what I have seen first-hand with her."
"Claire, I am worried that if she was entertaining murdering Alfred and turning her father into a monster then what she would do you…" Leon started worried for Claire before he is interrupting by Alexia appearing in his face and growling at him. Her eyes were filled with animalistic rage.
"I will not harm my beloved Claire." Alexia growled at him before threatening him with her dark voice, "You on the other hand I would glad to tear limb from limb."
Claire said sternly, "Alexia" Alexia froze before she could land her hands on him and turned around.
Leon heard her mumble, "Sorry Claire" as she hung her head and shuffled towards Claire. Claire pulled her into an embrace. Alexia looked at Leon with distaste before whispering for a little while in Claire's ear. Claire's eyes softened as Alexia spoke. Claire picked up Alexia who once again buried her face into Claire's neck.
Leon said confused, "Claire?"
Claire said soothingly ignoring him, "Its fine, I understand. I know you won't hurt me"
Leon repeated himself with, "Claire."
Claire said, "She told me that she was sorry for threating you." Before saying harshly, "It just that she is very concerned with hurting me and it not helping her if you keep saying things like that." Leon was sure she didn't say sorry but didn't comment on that. "As you can see Alexia needs me and I won't abandon her."
Leon said worried for his friend, "If she could turn her father into a monster and wanted to murder her brother, then what's stopping her from doing it to you."
Claire said intermediately starting to rant, "Her love for me as I can tell she held no love for her father. Plus, she had a few chances to hurt me, but she never did. She could have killed me when she first woke up. I seen the look in her eyes and in that moment, I decided to hug her as I saw past the insanity to see the innocent kid behind all that. It worked out as Alexia calmed down. You know what she said to me, she said that my hug was so nice and warm. Her thoughts of anger melted away and that no one ever hugged her before like that. All she all needs to someone to care for her and keep her from going off the deep end." They both stood in silence at the end of Claire's rant.
Angela to break the silence that had fallen asked, "So what are Las Plagas?"
Leon answered knowing Claire won't listen to him, "A parasite that takes over humans. Someone with a Dominant Species Plaga can control these infected. The Los Iluminados Cultist looking guy must use them to control the rest of the militants for some reason." He pondered out loud, "I wonder if the militants died in the plane crash and then were brought back by the T Virus creating the undead Militant. If so, that is horrifying as someone could use that"
Angela said disrupting the awkward silence between Claire and Leon again, "We better move on." She made motion to leave and Claire carrying Alexia and Leon followed her to the door leading out to the main lobby. Leon saw the crashed plane was blocking the entire lobby. He spotted Zombies and some Crimson Heads loitering between them and the wrecked plane.
"Alexia can you deal with them please?" Claire asked the woman in her arms. Alexia stomped off displeased at having to move. Leon watched as The Zombies and Crimson Heads were dispatched effortlessly by Alexia. The Cultist and two large Veltro Bajirib Militants wielding massive Gatling Guns appeared on top of the plane alongside eight Veltro Bajirib Militants wielding machine guns who exited the wrecked plane to stand in front of it. All Veltro Bajirib Militants wore gas masks. The Gatling Gunners fired on Alexia who quickly fled back out lobby. She was unconcerned about more wounds that she had from being hit by The Gatling Gunners. The Cultist yelled something, and Leon could only hear the words, "Farfarello." Leon thought about what on earth would it take to bring this woman down. As on cue, a giant claw slashed its way through a surprised looking Alexia. A massive Hunter that must have been The Farfarello appeared from nowhere. It must have been invisible or something. He threw Alexia away before turning his attention to the rest of them.
Claire screamed out worried, "Alexia." Leon was trying to think of a plan as on one side was the well-armed Veltro Bajirib Militants and the other was The Farfarello.