Chapter Two is up, enjoy and dance in my tormental chamber of cliffhangers!!! BWAHAHAHA!
Sand In An Hourglass
"For far too long I have been kept in the dark, and now it is my chance to shine,"
Chapter Two
Ally felt a warm hand on her side as she was lifted from the place she was sleeping in and cradled. Opening her eyes she looked at who was carrying her. A man with brown spiked hair… a pair of blue eyes… tan skin… and a tacky green armor vest? She shook her head and looked at him more directly, her hands feeling the wound which was now too shallow to be considered life threatening.
"Hey are you alright?" The man asked as he sat the young girl onto the ground.
Ally immediately checked her surroundings. They were surrounded by a cold air which wiped at Ally's face like a hard whip. The place had been trashed by a fallen airplane and several tentacle like protrusions fell from the walls. Looking up once more she smiled, "I'm fine thank you," she stood up and brushed off some frost from her legs, her slippers clinging to her feet. She shuddered being weak against the cold as well, though she never fully understood why…
"Well, then… you should stay here alright? It'll be safer for you,"
Ally shook her head yet again confused. Was this her father's artic base? It was as if hell froze over for it… why was she here? Looking at the man she asked, "Have you seen father?"
"Father? I found you in this plane when I landed, I'm sorry to say but your father's probably…" he trailed off.
"You mean dead…? You don't have to be afraid to say it you know. I know he is still alive, he wouldn't die to a simple take over," with that she strolled off away from the man.
"Wait!" he called to her.
Ally ran from him. She was much faster than him and would most defiantly escape this… kidnapper… that's what he had to be. Someone sent to kidnap her and use her as ransom. She'd taken on monsters bigger than this man, she wouldn't be swayed easily. Passing by one of the tentacles she was surprised to see it didn't attack her at all, but lunged at the other man as if he were the worst thing in the world.
Ally tripped falling into a vent and rolling out onto some concrete. As she peered about she saw she was on a patio in front of a large mansion. Her mother and father's mansion… this was where her mother was kept.
Ally ran over to the doors and tugged at one. She fell backwards in defeat though, finding they were locked up tight. She gave a vicious growl as she wanted to see her mother.
"Damn it! Open up the door!!" she pounded on the door and gave a few quick gasps. Indeed it was warmer in this area, but the earlier exposure to the cold had made her body feel stiff and hard to move. She looked around for another way into the building and failing miserably.
Suddenly she saw a shadowed figure move towards pillars which resided by an opening. Curious and hoping for an alternate way in she followed and found herself in a large laboratory. She stopped to gaze at some machines, most of which had once contained millions of ants for her mother's experiments.
She then saw the shadowed figure was a dirty blonde. She'd never seen this man before either. Sliding herself towards him she grabbed the slack of his pants and tugged, the man turned around at lightning speed and aimed a gun at the young girl before lowering it in surprise. Though the man remained silent and seemed to be calm, peering through a pair of dark sunglasses.
"Hello sir, who are you?" Ally took to blonde easier than any other person because of her parents.
The man looked sown at her, "None of your concern…" he replied as he typed a few things into the computer and left her there alone in the darkness. She swore she heard him curse once as he ran into something in the dark, but she could have just been hearing things.
Ally huffed as she looked around easily in the dark, her vision actually being a lot better at night than in the daylight. Some things radiated heat while others emanated cold, she could easily sense the difference.
Moving into another room she found a drawer had been left shoved open and a key dangled over the drawers handle carelessly as if the person were in a rush. Ally grabbed the key and tucked it into her pocket knowing it was the house key from its royal king and queen ant engraving upon the handle of it.
As she tailed back to the mansion she found the pond to be slightly noisier than when she had first been there. Cautiously she looked around and saw a huge purple toad like creature swimming in the water around the house.
Tip toeing she slid the key into the door and clicked it open, slipping inside before the creature could notice her.
Being back inside the mansion was a great feeling for little Ally. She smiled again as she looked upon the steps she would run up and down at her leisure when her father would come back to check on her.
Though surprisingly, and to speak of the devil she saw the door leading to her mother's chamber was open. She gave an existed chuckle and ran up the stairs into the room that was on the other side. A long hallway followed the door and curled around many rooms, two being her mother and fathers, and hers being hidden behind some drapery and untouched.
Ally followed this hallway to a room full of insects, ants to be correct. She walked towards her mothers' chamber as the ants parted a pathway as if she was Moses. Ally knew her father would be there for sure, he always went there to see mother. She stopped and her smile faded once she saw all the blood which trailed down the wall. It appeared as whatever had made the mess had done it with the last of there strength.
Ally honestly wondered if it was either the man from earlier with brown hair or maybe... was it the dirty blonde haired man dressed in black? She shook her thoughts away and walked towards the sliding door as she proceeded though it.
The room was deathly still, even the normally beeping monitors were silent and only the sound of the generator below was heard to be running. She approached the stairs which held ridiculous amounts of blood, upon there once clean marble physique.
As Ally looked around she saw the tube from earlier that had held her mother. It seemed to be quiet as well as there was no water heard bubbling inside of it. And no steady respirator to be heard either. She gulped and input the pass code into the tank.
As it opened she fell backwards at the weight of something falling onto her. Scared she heaved it off the top of her and gasped looking at what had ensued to attack her. She crawled over to the body and shook it, a cry captured in her throat, "Father?!" she gave a shaky whimper, "FATHER!!" she fell atop the body and sobbed.
After a few moments she wiped away her sniffles and tears, pulling the lids of her father's eyes shut as well. That man… he was right… her father had been killed… and she was sure he had something to do with it.
Mixed with emotions of fear, loneliness, scared, angry… she marched towards the main entrance only to feel a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and drew her knife ready to attack any intruder with tear filled ayes.
Thrusting the blade down it was caught by a gloved hand. Ally gasped and dropped the knife as it stuck in the metal railing, "M… mother…?"
Alexia stood before her, her blonde hair cascading down her back in silky perfection while her eyes stayed locked on Ally. Ally let out a sob and hugged onto her mother for the very first time. Alexia's purple dress caught the tears as she picked up the small child and snuggled her under her chin, "I know your sad little one… but mommy will protect you now…"
"B… but father… he's…!"
Alexia shushed the scared and saddened child as she pressed her to her bosom, and held her in her arms, "Till one day strolling in his court, an arrow pierced the kind kings' heart, he lost his life and…his lady love…" Alexia sung to her daughter.
Ally felt her head become light as she sniffled again and felt warm, her mother's body being seemingly much hotter than her own…why was this? Why was all this weird stuff happening? Why was she so… sleepy…?
Ally gave a yawn and once again fell asleep.
Ally awoke with a start as some shots were heard from another room. Looking around she found she was tucked into her mother's bed and was dressed in a pair of clean black sweat pants, white socks and a clean blue T-shirt. She rubbed her eyes and searched for her glasses, which she soon discovered were on the table. Throwing them onto her face she followed the sounds of the gun fire, more than sure that they were dangerous.
This made no sense to why she followed them.
Maybe she was desperate… maybe she was curious, or maybe the years of unstable DNA were finally taking affect. All she knew was that the explosions were dangerous and one way or another she had to get to the source as soon as she could.
Stumbling up a flight of stairs she found herself on a balcony of steel above the ant nest that she'd seen earlier. Ally also saw the man from earlier, the brunette. Her mother, who was now in a vicious yet beautiful looking monster like form, took on the man fluently and efficiently as well. Smashing her fist into his face before throwing fire at him she laughed.
Chris fired a bullet at Alexia, nailing her in the chest. As she stumbled backwards, Ally screamed, she couldn't lose her mother too! She ran to her mothers' side to have her own mother throw a barrage of flames in her pathway stopping her, yet knowing they wouldn't hurt her.
Alexia turned to her baby with the saddest face a monster could give and smiled whispering, 'I love you'.
"Mommy!"
Alexia shook her head and a tear rolled down her face as her body began to transform into a secondary stage, "I won't be a good mother after this… then again, I never was a good one to begin with was I?"
Alexia turned into a monstrous creature which resembled an ant.
Ally fell to her knees begin her mother to look at her, but she never did and kept attacking the human, whom soon destroyed that form causing her to turn into yet a third form.
Ally screamed as the fire finally died down and she jumped through it and threw herself at the brunette even though her frame was too small to do anything as all.
Ally reached for her knife to discover that it had been removed from her person. Had her mother done it? Had she known this would happen in the end? She was an intelligent woman. Ally bit the offenders' leg as he fired the final blow and rendered the woman helpless as she disintegrated into nothing.
Ally cried, "No…. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" she pounded her fists into the grate beneath her as she saw the ants in the ant hill die and fall away. She knew she had now lost her mother as well.
She glared at the brunette as she pounded her small fists into his leg, "WHY! WHY'D YOU AVE TO KILL HER!? YOU! YOU BASTARD!" she fell to her knees, feeling as if it was too much for a five, almost six year old to handle. She sniffled feeling the man lift her up as she went limp in his arms and lost her will.
She felt her body being slung around and being evaded from zombies. Even though the complex was falling apart and exploding the whole room seemed silent, everything seemed to move in slow motion. She shook violently a moment before throwing up.
The man's shoes were covered in it, and luckily it had missed Ally. She let one more tear fall from her face as she felt something crinkle where the knife had once been held.
The man stopped and sat the small girl sown as she saw the sandy haired man again. They were arguing about something that Ally had no idea about.
Pulling out the paper she saw it was written in fancy hand writing.
Entry Log 1128
I had to report today that I have taken with child. I also have to report I know how my experiment will work but, I will have to die for it to be successful. It is for the glory of the Ashford family! I must say it is a brilliant idea indeed and the child will be blessed with extremely useful and unmatched abilities. I hope my husband may care for the child, for I will not be able to while in this state I will be frozen in… it will take ten years before I will awaken and give birth… this is why I shall die.
I will wake up before the metamorphosis is complete.
I am sorry Alfred…
I am sorry my unborn child….
Maybe I am being selfish but,
I wish you all the brightest future.
I may die but I do not regret your birth Ally…
I love you dearly….
-Alexia Ashford
Mother
Ally stopped and crumpled the paper in her fists. It was her fault her mother had to die!? Did it mean it was her fault her father was driven to insanity..!?
She looked to see the two men were fighting now, and the blonde had easily endured a strong amount of steel girders to the head. He was fast like a dragonfly, strong like the worker ant, determined like the queen and defensive like the drone…
Ally wiped her tears away and frowned before giving a weak growl. No it wasn't her fault… it was that mans! The man in green! He killed her mother! He had to have killed her father as well! She let out a low growl as the man in green retreated and left the blonde in the falling rubble. She looked over at the man and approached him, the man once again looking confused.
"I have something you want, don't I?" Ally smirked, her eyes flashing a blood red.
The man looked in amusement before going down on one knee and looking the young child in the eyes, "You're the child of Ashford… aren't you…?" he said smugly.
"Yes, I am… Ally Ashford,"
"Hmm… what are your standards…?"
"All I ever wanted was to feel I had a purpose…" Ally gave a weak smile.
"A purpose hmm? Fine," He extended an arm and held his hand out to the small girl his burns starting to heal themselves, "My name is Albert Wesker… come with me to umbrella corp."
"I will under one condition only,"
"I wish for you to kill the brunette I saw earlier," she growled tears being held back once more.
"Chris has been on my list for far too long, I planned to do it anyway…" the man's words were venom.
Ally smiled, now serving another purpose besides revenge. She would make sure that this man would smile as much as possible around her, no matter how tough it would be.
Ally nodded and took the man's hand, "Yes, I will go to umbrella corp. Then I will follow you to the ends of the earth, I promise,"
"What ever you say dear heart…" he stated it as he did to Claire when he had called her heart.
Ally followed Wesker to the evacuation chopper and escaped before the island blew itself up. As she looked at the now destroyed island, she strangely enough smiled, knowing that there parents deaths were befitting to only the greatest of kings and queens.