Tumgik
slifarianhawk · 2 days
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 4: in the ring
It has been roughly a month since the start of my stay at the Fortress of Meropide. To say I was adapting would be an understatement. In the few short weeks I'd been there, I had become someone the residents of the fortress could count on.
While on the work floor, I was handling the molding of gears and carrying heavy parts. When someone was mildly injured, I helped either patch them up or help them get to the infirmary. I had seen Wriothesley doing rounds but kept my distance. Hell, I hadn't even requested to have tea with him. I felt like it would bring him under scrutiny with his guardes.
Some guardes were warming up to me. However, many still viewed me as a threat. The one who caused my wound to reopen from what I heard was stationed in the abandoned production zone after his grace finished his investigation. However, he seemed to have his fingers wrapped around the hearts of some of the guardes. I have found letters at my work station and on my bunk telling me various horrible that will be done to me if the writer ever got the chance to.
I was tempted to tell Sigewinne about this. However, I didn't want her to worry. She is so sweet and cares for everyone here. I couldn't add more to her plate. That's not how I was raised.
I had found another letter on my work bench, this day. It had been covered in what appeared to be dried blood. The contents were particularly vile this time. I sighed, shoved it to the side, and started to mold the gears. I focused on making sure no excess was being put in the mold.
That was when I heard a massive crash a short distance away. I quickly looked behind me and saw an elderly man on the floor, and a cart of large gears toppled over next to him. I ran over to him and helped him up.
"Hey, are you alright?" I asked as the man braced himself against the wall.
"Oh, it's just my knees. You have no need to worry about me, lass." He said, looking over the mess as he collapsed onto his knees,"I think these old bones of mine just aren't cut out for manual labor anymore."
"Hey, are you guys alright?" A guarde asked, running up.
"Hey Sam, I'm OK, but I'm pretty sure he needs to go see Sigewinne." I said, offering my hand to the man.
The gentleman sighed, taking my hand as I helped him up. He had torn through his pants. He had peeled off a good amount of skin. I could tell it was nothing major, but if it wasn't treated, it would hinder his next days work, and the older people in Meropide had a rougher time without having a decent stash of coupons
"Come on, old timer, let's get you to nurse Sigewinne. Are you okay with that, Sam?" I asked, draping the gentleman's arm over my shoulder to lessen the pressure on the guy's knees.
"You do what you always do, Silva. Feel free to call it the day after. I'll bring up your earnings to the mess hall after we get this mess picked up." Sam said, his eyes looking exhausted.
"I'm grateful to you, Sam. How about I treat you to a Fonta after you get me those coupons?" I said as I started towards the lift.
"I'll look forward to it." He called out after me as he started to load up gears on the cart.
I sighed and made my way to the infirmary. The walk was quiet mostly. The man winced every now and then as we slowly made our way through the fortress.
"I noticed you're quite strong, young lass. I find it strange I haven't seen you in the Pankration ring." The gentleman said as we entered the hallway that led to the infirmary.
"I've heard of the fighting ring in the fortress, I just haven't had much interest given why I'm here." I said, looking into the man's dull eyes.
"You seem to have a lot on your mind. So I won't push you on it, but I do think you should give it a chance. You might even surprise yourself with what you can do." The man chuckled as we walked down the stairs into the infirmary.
"Hey, Sigewinne, got one for ya." I said, helping the gentleman on to the right most bed.
Sigewinne turned from her desk and walked over to us, "Robbie, what did you do now?"
So that was the guys name, I probably should have asked.
"Oh, it's nothing head nurse. My knees just gave out while on the production zone." He tried to brush it off only to wince when Sigewinne lightly tapped his knee.
"He is neglecting to say it was while he was pushing a fully loaded gear cart." I sigh, sitting at the desk.
"Robbie! I told you to take it easy! It's only been three days since you were last in here." I heard Sigewinne chew him out.
After a while, Sigewinne wrapped Robbie's knees and sent him on his way. She walked over to me and smiled. There was a look of concern on her small face. After a brief, second    curiosity killed the cat.
"Something on your mind, head nurse?" I asked, standing up to crack my back.
"Your eyes are strained. How long have you been dealing with that headache?" She said, looking up at me.
"Sigh, that obvious, huh?" I said, rolling  my neck, trying to relieve the tension that had been there for the past three days, "It started about two days ago, I think."
"You keep pushing yourself to make others' lives easier here. You really should be taking care of yourself. You have even been pulling long shifts in the production zone. You need to take a break tomorrow." She said her voice as soft as it was had a depth of worry to it.
"OK, but only for you, Sigewinne." I said, earning a resounding hmph.
After a moment, we both chuckled, and she handed me a couple of dried marcotte,"Chew these and drink some water after. That should ease your headache. But come back tomorrow if it persists."
"You got it, boss." I said, taking the flowers popping one in my mouth as I walked down towards the mess hall.
I shook my head lightly. It had been a long while since I had relaxed. How could I? I went to the post station a few days after mine and Wriothesley's tea session. To my horror, it cost around two thousand coupons to send a single letter to Liyue harbor. I didn't make a fuss, I just bit my nails and got to work.
Little did I know that I had only been able to save about roughly a hundred fifty coupons a day. But that didn't include budgeting for soap and other necessities. I was almost there, just roughly five hundred to go. Two long shifts more, and I would have been able to send Baizhu a letter requesting a contract for Sigewinne as I said I would.
Had I really been running myself ragged? I didn't even that bad. It was just a typical migraine. I hadn't  been taking the medicinal tea Baizhu made for me to prevent them. I was a fucking coward.
As I got down to the cafeteria, I noticed Sam speaking with Wosley. Wosley was a nice man but perfered to be in his kitchen rather than around a bunch of inmates. Who could blame him in all honesty. I knew that some inmates who were nonviolent and trusted by Wosley worked beside him making the welfare meals. Honestly it sounded like a good deal.
"Hey guys," I said, walking past them and over to Ban.
"Oh, there you are, Silva. I was just about to head up to the infirmary. You took your sweet ass time to get here." Sam said, standing up from his hunched over position.
"Yea, sorry, Ms. Sigewinne told me to take the day off tomorrow. That's four hundred coupons down the drain, sadly. Not that I'm mad about it. I was just so close to my goal finally." I sigh, grabbing my welfare meal and walking up to Wosleys window.
"To be far, you haven't taken a day to rest for about two weeks." Sam said, "I understand her concern."
"What can I get you today?" Wosley asked a calm sparkle in his hazel eyes.
"Two Fontas Wosley. I'm treating Sam to one today." I chuckled as a sharp pain pierced my temple.
"Coming right up, Silva." He said, turning, grabbing a couple from a cold box on the side of the kitchen.
"Sam, I got a question for you." I said, taking the Fontas from the window and sitting at the first table.
"What's up?" He asked, sitting in front of me.
I handed him a beverage and opened the meal... purple steak again. I sighed and dug in. This was the fifth day in a row that this was my meal. I just bit my tongue and ate. The conversation I had with Robbie replaying in my head.
"How many coupons does one rake in if they win a match in the Pankration ring?" I asked taking a sip of my drink.
The look Sam had on was priceless, it was of shock and bewilderment.
"W...well it can very I've seen as low as three hundred and as high as a thousand five hundred but that person had received a share of the bets and a few tips from on lookers." Sam said coughing a few times once he had finished speaking, "Your not thinking of fighting right? I know your strong but you don't seem like you'd hurt a crystal fly."
"In all honesty, I might have to. Robbie, the man I brought to the infirmary said I should try it out and seeing that's it has been a month of me working the production zone and I've barely saved over a thousand six hundred coupons I might have to. I promised someone I'd do a favor for Ms. Sigewinne. After all she treats us all with such kindness. I just want to help her. However that requires sending a letter to my friend in Liyue. Which unfortunately cost two thousand." I shook my head finishing the strange tasting meat.
"That is fair enough I guess. So would you like to go talk to the ring manager? I have to be back on duty in a bit but I can at least walk you there." Sam offered but I swiftly decline.
"I'll pass, I don't want you reputation to be soured with other guardes just because you've been seen with me." I say heavily sighing.
"Some guardes still giving you trouble huh?" He asked pulling coupons out of his pocket and placing them on the table.
I simply nodd and stare at the stack he placed on the table. Three hundred coupons if my calculations were correct. I would of been just shy of the amount I needed but I wasn't about to ignore Sigewinnes orders. That sets me back to around thousand five hundred.
"Keep your chin up Silva. Who knows, maybe if you do make a name for yourself in the ring they'd show you some respect." Sam said walking away, "See you in a couple days."
I waited for him to be out of sight then headed for the ring. I walked straight there and took the lift down. I wasn't exactly afraid. I knew how to fight both Ayato and Mr. Zhongli saw to that. Then the thought of the ten guards came to mind and I shuddered.
Hey it's OK! You haven't been in contact with that drug you were dosed with. Nothing will happen. My inner self screamed at me.
Stopping and taking a deep breath I gathered myself. I took a moment to think this over logically. My thoughts ranged from coupon budgets to work schedule impacts if I got injured. But on thing sold it for me. What happens if my skills rust while I'm in here. Tevat is a dangerous place and while I know I could always use alchemy to cover my ass. I needed to keep my instincts sharp.
I carried onward to my destination. The room had the smell of sweat and iron tinged with a slightest hint of blood.  The ceiling was high and the stands had quite a lot people in them.
It was just the middle of the day and there was a match playing out in the ring. It being a Saturday, this made sense. I stood along the side lines as the inmate fought a decent sized armored crab. He was using a standard iron point pole arm.
The crab and the man exchanged a few blows before the guy managed to get the tip of the spear into a crack in the chitin of the crabs underside. Slamming the poor beast on the steel head first created a loud crunch that echoed throughout the arena. After letting out a squeaky screech the beast mouth bubbled as it collapsed to the floor of the ring.
The audience burst with mild bouts of applause. The inmate stepped out of the ring as a crew went up and dragged the carcass of the crab off.  The man started to talk to the person in front of a bulletin board.
I approached cautiously. The man by the bulletin board quickly noticed me and smiled. Placing a hand up as if to tell the winner of the match we just witnessed to give him a moment.
"I was starting to wonder if you would ever grace our presence." The burly man said with a smile.
"Who me?" I asked curiously when I reached him.
"Who else would I be speaking to. I am Roussimoff. I manage the ring and the fighters." He said offering his hand.
I placed my hand in his, "I'm Silva, I was wondering it I could sign up for a match. I can't let my training go to waist, right?".
Roussimoff shook my hand with gusto, "Well for the girl who put ten guards in the hospital, you are very polite. I'm sure I can line up a match for you tonight if you can cover the entry fee. I can't garentee a high pay out but it will be at least Six hundred since it will be later in the evening. The buy in is three hundred coupons. Are you in?"
I was about to pull out the coupons Sam gave me from my time in the production zone when I heard a snort.
"Roussimoff, you can't be serious? Look at this girl! I doubt she's ever seen a real fight! Look at her! She's more built for the brothel than the battlefield!" The man wielding the pole arm exclaimed.
"Excuse me! Would you care to repeat that again?" I said harshly, my eye twitching in annoyance.
"Not now girl, men are talking." The asshole said.
"That enough Renard! You know that anyone in the fortress can partake in the ring so long as they have a buy in and aren't banned by his grace!" Roussimoff shouted, "I expected better from you than this slander. I'll have you know I've watched Ms. Silva in the production zone more times than naught carrying heavy equipment and parts with out breaking a sweat."
"Then why don't we see if she can prove me wrong! You seem so sure of her then place her up against me, your top rookie!" The pole arm wielder shouted as a loud resonance of cheers backed this guy up.
"I'm sorry about this Ms. Silva, but perhaps you can wait a few day til this blows over?" Roussimoff said a comforting tone in his voice.
I simply chortled and pulled out the coupons and slammed them in Roussimoff's hand.
"You have no need to worry about me.   I think I'll have to instill proper manners into this bastard of a man." I said looking Renard in the eyes.
"I'd like to see you try wench!" He said, "seven thirty be here and maybe I can beat that unsightly language out of your mouth."
He walked away laughing. I felt a wave of calm wash over me. I hadn't felt this in roughly four years. Not since the Tenryou commission demanded I'd be arrested for spilling tea on their master while serving the Kamisato clan. Ayato had my back at that time but I was on my own now.
This calm was the silence before a storm. Roussimoff pulled me to the side. He had a stern look on his face. I could tell he wasn't pleased with the situation.
"Are you sure about this? While I don't know your skills I can tell you Renard isn't a pushover. He just started just over a month ago but hasn't lost a single time. While there is no killing in the ring rule, you could end up severely hurt. Worse than you were when you arrived at Meropide." He said his expression shifting to one of concern.
"I know, I've seen plenty of fighters crushed and broken on the infirmary beds after what I heard were gruesome fights." I said rubbing my now throbbing temple, "However, I couldn't just stand there and accept that asshats disrespect. I was raised by house Kamisato, I was taught to not take slander lightly."
"So you're from Inazuma then? We have a few inmates from there. So I assume you fighting style would be typical Inazumian sword martial arts?" He asked.
"No, sadly, I wasn't taught swordplay during my years at the Kamisato estate. i learned a decent amount of mixed martial arts. I learned how to fight with arms after I left Inazuma. Is there a place where I can get a weapon?" I asked, looking around the arena.
"Head to the rag and bone shop, tell them I sent you. They will get you something you like." Roussimoff said.
I quickly thanked him and ran off towards the shop. As long as I had a weapon, I could make a strategy again a pole arm wielder. Mr. Zhongli, he made sure I was able to defend myself before I started to travel.
I arrived at the rag and bones shop within a few minutes of leaving the ring. There wasn't a line, just Alvard shouting at the stockers to be careful. Unfortunately, I hadn't timed my slow down quickly enough and ended up slamming into the steel wall.
The noise caught Alvards attention. I stood up as he walked over to me. He was wearing a confused look on his face.
"Silva, are you alright? Normally, you don't sprint in, nor is it the time of the week you normally come and get your toiletries." Alvard said, scratching  his head.
"Not this time, Al. I have a Pankration match tonight, and I need some form of weapon. Preferably something good against a pole arm.
"Sadly, we haven't had a restock of Pankration accessories. But you can look around for things you think you can use Silva. Can't have ya be stuck in the infirmary for too long?" Alvard said an airy chuckle pushed past his chapped lips.
"Thanks..." I sighed as I looked through the near barren stock.
There wasn't much, just some rusted short swords and a couple of ripped up tomes. That was troublesome. Swords never really fought well against pole arms, and I had known very little about using catalysts. That was when I noticed the long wires bound together in the corner of the last crate.
Picking up the bundle, I studied the wires.  They had a slight familiar purple glow about them... eletro crystal. I had heard rumors that the research institute of Fontaine was experimenting with the element infused stones. Were these wires a prototype that was discarded and sent here by mistake?
The group was of four ten to twelve foot long glowing wires. I had read previously that certain combat scenarios wires could be used to tangle and entrap enemies without the usage of intricate knots. I held the wires in my hand and felt the hmm of the electro energy purring through them.
I pulled them out of the crate and turned to face the shelf behind me where various empty bottles just lined the shelves. Some of them reminded me of the jars Baizhu had stacked in his shelves. I noticed a set of vials behind the rest of the bottles and called Alvard over.
"Hey Alvard, how much for the flight of vials on the shelf?" I asked curiously.
"Those old things just take them. We haven't had a place for those since the change of wardens. His grace doesn't need to carry around poisoning agents like the last warden did. Heck, I think we have another few dozen in the storage area." Alvard said, reaching behind the many jars and bottles, pulling them forward.
"Depending on how my fight goes, I might be back for them." I said, grabbing the little bo⅞ttles from him.
"What's your plan?" He asked, staring at the items in my hands.
"You'll just have to come to the arena and see." I said, smiling and walking out.
I knew what I'd do and what it would take. I had to be fast. The steeping time and brewing would take the most time. I always had one thing that stood above most of my foes, and tonight, I was going to show that.
(Time skip seven twenty-six)
I breathed heavily as I walked up the steps. My dark navy hair pulled back into a high pony, the odd forest green highlights standing out against my pale skin. I was in a sports binding for my chest and tight-fitting khaki shorts with deep pouch-like pockets. My secret weapon tucked inside those said pockets, clinking away as I strode up the stairs.
Renard stood at the other edge of the ring pole arm slung over his shoulders. I could hear his snickering through the cheers of the crowd. Many calls to kick her ass or show her  what she's good for. Not a sound escaped my lips. All there was on my face was a smirk.
"You ready to be shown to the kitchens?" Renard laughed, swinging his spear down, pointing the tip at me.
"Yeah, she's been making it hard for us to keep up with quota in the production zone! Knock her down a peg." A random inmate shouted from the stands.
I took a moment to look out towards the stands. It seems he rallied some people who were less than fond of me, and one person stood out in particular, the guard who escorted me into Meropide. He was standing right up front against the stands railing.
"Gathering my fans, aye? That's not going to help you, Renard. You're just adding more fuel to the flame." I say pull out the wire from my right side pocket and loosely wrapping the ends around my knuckles.
"Well, well, it seems this girl has a spark after all. What do you guys say? Shall I run her through, like I did that crab earlier?" Applause roared from the crowd.
Roussimoff walked over to the edge of the stairs, and the crowd got even louder. He stared at the two of us for about eight seconds each and shook his head.
"Residents of Meropide! Welcome to our main event of the evening! On the left corner, he is strong with a pole arm and has captured your hearts in a short span of the past month. The local rookie, please welcome Renard!"  Roussimoff shouted as Renard slammed the butt of his spear on the metal floor.
I rolled my eyes as Roussimoff started my introduction, "In the right corner, she made her name, taking out ten guards unarmed before arriving. She works to keep the production zone efficient and safe. Put your hands together for our newcomer, Silva!".
A couple of claps rang out from the stands. No one nearly as excited about me as they were my opponent. Roussimoff shook his head at the disparity between my and Renards support.
"You both know the rules! Now fight!" He shouted, jumping from the steps.
Without blinking an eye, Renard charged forward. The tip of his pike was aimed at my ankles. As he got close, I reached down and grabbed the  head of the spear. Yanking the spear forward, I prepared my unwired fist. Once he got close to me, I delivered a raging upper cut.
A gasp rang out from the crowd. Then roars of disbelief. Renard recovered at the roars of the inmates and jumped back. A serious look growing on his face.
"That was a ballsy move wench!" He spat quickly, pulling his lance into a defensive position.
"I have more balls than you, more than likely!" I said, dashing behind him slowly unfurling the wires.
He was quick on his feet! He spun around and slashed at my face. Barely managing to duck underneath the pole arm, I felt the sting of the blade cutting into my forehead. I jumped back, swinging my right fist down to my side. The wires followed the command without hesitation.
There was a tearing sound as the wires cut through Renards clothes. The scraped fabric hung off his body, revealing welling up lashes that were prominent on his torso. I saw singed threading where the wires had cut.
"I see the electro crystals amplify the cutting power of the wires." I said, noting the stunned look on Renards face.
There was an enraged outcry from the stands. Confusion raced through the crowd. The wires were no more than three eights of an inch thick. To one far away, it would appear as if nothing had just ripped apart my opponent's clothing.
"Whips are you insane? Dumbass broad!" Renard shouted, clenching his welted abdomen.
"You make use of what you have in prison, right? Not everyone has the luxury of being able to receive a mid grade spear such as that!" I smirked, tucking my left hand, and pulled out a couple of clear liquid filled vials.
"Like I'd let a rat like you take my spotlight! I worked to earn this weapon!" He said, lunging towards me.
I side stepped tossing the vials. Crack! The vials shatter soaking his clothes and face in water. I heard him sputter as he wiped water from his face.
"What the hell? Did you just throw water on me?" Renard said, swinging blindly.
I spun around, wrapping the wires around his legs.  His motions stopped as he looked towards his legs. I pulled them tight, noticing the thin current running through the wire. Quickly, I grabbed another vial of water and threw it his bound legs. As the current surged, I yanked the wires, sending Renard toppling to the steel floor.
Renard choked on his voice as if trying to hide the pain he was in. Sounds came out in a rattled motion. His body had purple bolts of electro energy racing through the water. I yanked once again, pulling the wires free, shredding his pant legs, and caused deep gouged areas on his ankles.
"Just who the hell do you think you are?" He manages to gasp out between spasms.
"Me... I'm just a poor lost girl looking for her mother. You, on the other hand, renard are so jaded and disgusting towards women you couldn't even see the leagues between us expirence wise." I said pulling out a large chilling vial, "It's time I end this match."
Renard growled as he tried to stand. The electro energy still flowing over him. The water dripping from his shredded clothes. He looked pitiful as I slammed down the vial.
The mist flower corolla potion acted fast coat his body in a thin layer of ice supercharging the remaining electro energy. I watched as the foolish man tried to fight against the elements only to pass out completely pass out.
Roussimoff rushed up, lifting my arm.
"That's it, we have the victor for this match. In an absolute upset, the winner is Silva." Roussimoff shouted, staring down at my form, "hardly broke a sweat it appears too."
"We were leagues apart in battle experience. That's what did him in." I said as the crowd burst into a bout of cheers and chaos. The bastard who escorted me storming off.
Little did I know that his grace was over on sidelines, slowly applauding.
13 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 10 days
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 3: Osmanthus and Jasmine (Normal. P.O.V.)
"Hush child and listen well. You breathe Dendro as I. You are so much like i strong and just. Do not dwell on the past, for we shall meet soon enough." The deep voice resonated deeply within me, "now awaken."
I jolted awake, sweat dripping down my face. My vision was hazy, but the room I was in smelled different from the hallway I was in prior. This place smelled of medical herbs and antiseptic. I rubbed my hands down my legs and onto what felt like a mattress. Did I make it to the infirmary? No, I couldn't have made it.
"Hey, you're awake!" I heard a gentle voice say as I heard small footsteps walk towards me. I rubbed my eyes, yet my vision was still foggy.
"Hi, um... I hate to be a bother, but do you have a cloth with some water on it? My vision is a bit off currently." I say, looking at a blurred short figure standing by my feet.
"Of course! Let me get you a damp cloth. So you're Ms. Silva?" The sweet voice said, walking away.
"Yeah, I am Silva, although here I guess I'm going to be known as one zero six four. May I ask how you know of me, I had only arrived a few hours ago. I haven't introduced myself to anyone." I said sadly, bringing my hands to my lap.
"Don't be so down. Monsieur Nuevillette wouldn't have told me to make sure you were taken of you if he thought you were evil." The small figure ran back towards me.
I felt something wet dab at my eyes. It was soft and warm. Oh, she must have brought the clothes and the water was warm. That was not a luxury I was not expecting. After she wiped my eyes, I blinked a few times, and my sight was as right as the rain.
I closed my eyes, and a soft smile graced my lips, "Thank you... Ms?"
I looked beside me and saw a kind smile returning my own.
"Sigewinne, head nurse Sigewinne," the small human-like Melusine said.
"Thank you, Ms. Sigewinne." I bowed my head.
"Don't worry about it, but if you should, thank anyone. It would be his grace. He carried you into the infirmary after you fell unconscious." She said, lifting my shirt.
I stared at my side, noticing fresh bandages and a massive reduction of the pain in my side, "Did you heal me? Ms. Sigewinne."
"Yes, while you still have a gash on your side, it no longer requires stitches. I healed it up using my vision. However, you should still take it easy for the next few days." She smiled, sitting at her desk in the front of the room.
"So the infamous Duke of Meropide carried me here, that's sweet of him to do... especially since I had just arrived." I said, smiling, turning to get out of bed.
"You should tell him that. He invited you to his office for some tea. He said no one's first day in Meropide should be spent in the infirmary." She said, opening a drawer and pulling out a large envelope, "Here I need this brought to his grace. Could you take this to him? I have to go make myself some dinner."
"Alright, I can do that. I am remiss, though I haven't been shown where his office is." I said, standing and stretching my back.
She let out a small chuckle, "I'll show you just follow me."
"Alright, lead the way," I said following after the small Melusine.
She led me down the main corridor and to the lift I had taken earlier with that asshole guard. Ms. Sigewinne was greeted happily by both the staff and inmates. It filled my heart with hope that maybe that guard was just a one-off coincidence.
"You seem well-respected, Sigewinne. It's quite nice to see." I smiled.
"Why thank you, Ms. Silva, I can tell by the way you walk, you are well-traveled. Your posture is a bit ridged, but each step has meaning. You're guarded but free-flowing it's quite refreshing." Sigewinne said, leading to a massive set of double doors.
"I guess this is his grace's office?" I ask, marveling at massive bronze or perhaps brass handles.
"It sure is. Now, it's best not to keep him waiting." Sigewinne said, walking off behind me.
I gulped and took a centering breath. As I reached out for the handle, I noticed my fingers twitching. With another breath, I steel myself. I pulled open the huge door open.
I was met with a gentle scent that reminded me of my found home in Liyue. I ascended the stairs that were wrapped around the edge of the room. There was an interesting music playing in the background.
As I reached the apex of the stairs, I noticed a tall man standing in front of a massive desk. There was a coat covered in black wolf like fur draped over his back. There was a small create opened next to him.
"Excuse me, your grace? You wanted to see me?" I spoke, noticing his hair swish slightly at my voice.
"Yes, and thank you for coming, Ms. Silva." He said, turning to face me.
I was stunned, and this man was gorgeous. He was roughly six foot two and well built. But what stood out to me was his cold, calculating, icy blue eyes.
"Please have a seat on the sofa." He said, motioning to the worn red couch snapping from my thoughts.
"Of course." I said, sitting down, noticing the items that were left in my hotel room were either on his desk or in the small crate, "Pardon me, your grace, but why do you have these items? I was told by the guardes they'd be destroyed."
"Ah, monsieur Nuevillette had the champion duelist had them brought here for you. I must say for a traveler from Inazuma you have a lot of documents that don't pertain to your travel in Fontaine." He said, looking over his shoulder at me.
"I was here for research regarding my family. He and my mother traveled throughout Tevat just before I was born. From what I found out, my mother abandoned me and him at Port Ormos when he was trying to escape his family in Sumeru. I was but a newborn at the time. From what I found out during my time in Liyue, they spent the most time in Fontaine. They were herb farmers. I was trying to find where my mother went." I said  the decision to be truthful, weighing on my mind.
"That's quite the story. Would you care for some tea?" He asked, putting a kettle on a small tea nook.
"That sounds quite lovely, actually."  I said Sigewinne did say the invite was for tea after all.
He turned towards his desk, sitting down in the well constructed chair as he interlocked his fingers, "So tell me, do you know why the guard whom escorted you to your room was so rough with you?"
I looked down at my feet, "It's because of my attack on the guards... according to him, I had put his brother-in-law in the hospital. He was seeking revenge. At least, that's my perspective on the matter."
"I feel that I must apologize for being so remiss in retraining my guards. I had just taken over Meropide. It appears some of the guards haven't been properly trained in my new policies."  He said, staring into my eyes.
"There is no need to apologize, your grace. I brought this upon myself." I said a deep sense of remorse coursing through my heart.
"No one brings abuse from others on themselves, no matter the circumstances." He said as the kettle started to whistle.
That struck me deep. It reminded me of something Ayato said to me as I departed Inazuma.
"No matter where the journey takes you, remember you don't have to take the plate given to you." Ayato's voice rang in my ears.
I smiled slightly, "Thank you, your grace."
"Please, if it's not too much, call me Wriothesley while in this office." He said, standing up, going over to the kettle.
"Wriothesley... that's a lovely name." I murmured under my breath.
I stood up and walked over to the crate containing my belongings. I felt his gaze shift to my back. There was a feeling of tension between us. I didn't blame him for the suspension.
"Forgive me, Wriothesley. I don't have any weapons. I was just wondering if we are having tea, could we use the blend that my close friends in Liyue made." I said slightly bowed.
"It's alright, Ms. Silva. I had already gone through the crate. I know there were no weapons in there. Is the tea in those carved cor lapis jars?" His grace said, pulling the kettle of the heat.
"In the largest one, yes. The rest of the jars are other dried herbs that are sensitive to the open air." I said, pulling out the intricately crafted cor lapis jar that had a carving of a dragon on the lid.
He brought the cups over to his desk, " That's quite lovely,".
"Thank you, Wriothesley. It was a gift from two friends whom I became close with in Liyue harbor. They gave them to me along with the tea before I departed for Fontaine." I said, placing the jar on the large desk.
"If you don't mind me asking, what blend of herbs are in this tea?" He asked, turning towards me.
"Mainly osmanthus and jasmine, there is also violet grass and dried glaze lilies. It's meant to help with migraines and exhaustion." I said, taking off the lid, "My friend, Baizhu, blended it with my goal in mind."
"Dr. Baizhu of Bubu pharmacy, maybe you can put in a word for Sigewinne. She has been wanting to order some herbs from them but can't seem to get a response." Wriothesley said, measuring out some of the loose tea for our cups, "We do have a post station here in the fortress. So long as you have the coupons, we can send and receive anything from or to anywhere. So long as it passes inspection first."
"I can at least try. Both you and Sigewinne have shown me a great deal of kindness in the few short hours I've been here. It is the very least I can do." I say as Wriothesley hands me the freshly steeped tea.
"Cream or sugar?" He asked, gesturing to the tray on his coffee table.
"Just some sugar, cream mutes the flavor of the osmanthus petals." I said, sitting down on the couch once more.
"Well, I shall take your word for it." He said, placing a cube of sugar in his cup, and I did the same.
"Do you have any other questions for me?" I asked, slowly sipping the steamy beverage in my hand, warmth spreading through my chest as a sense of familiarity eased my thoughts.
"Yes, actually, this was waiting for you at the front desk of the hotel you were at. According to the champion duelist, it had arrived today." Wriothesley said, pulling a golden envelope out of a folder on the coffee table, "Would you care to read it for me?"
I recognized the golden hue and glaze lily wax seal. It was from the man who had been looking after me when I arrived in Liyue. Mr. Zhongli, he found my travels a curious topic and had taken interest in my quest.
"May I ask why? It's not like I have anything to hide, I'm just curious." I asked, lifting up the wax seal.
"It's a favor to Nuevillette. He, as you know, is continuing to investigate your attack. There seems to be a possibility of a connection to the increase of drug overdoses in the Court of Fontaine. I want to help him get to the bottom of it." He said.
"Ahh, I see. I will read it for you. However, there will be little information to assist you, I'm afraid." I said, pulling the stationary from its confinement.
"I'll guess we will see, won't we." His grace said, his icy eyes closing as he sipped his tea.
I unfolded the nicely penned letter and began to speak, "Good day, Silva, I have heard of what befell you in Fontaine. While I am unsure of all the details, I know that the Fontaine justice system is a fair one. While I have accepted the fact that it may be a fair bit of time before we see or even exchange letters. I want you to know I still shall help you find your family. Once you are able to reach out to me and tell me of your journey. I shall a wait for the day can share tea and exchange stories once again, my honored friend."
"Your friend is quite well written." Wriothesley said placing down his empty cup.
"He is." I agreed with his grace, "Did anything aroused your suspensions?"
"No, it just seems you have someone on the outside of Fontaine who cares for you." He said standing up.
I subtly looked up at his face. His grace looked like he was trying to suppress a sorrowful expression. A face I knew well. I looked at the shelves behind me and happened to notice a small clock reading it was past eight at night.
"I must apologize Wriothesley, but I feel as if I have taken up too much of your time. Someone of your status must be busy. I'm sorry to have wasted your time." I said embarrassedly as he put up his hand.
"No need for the apologies Silva. I was the one who invited you. If I am to be honest I don't view this as a waste of my time. It's not often I invite a prisoner to my office their first day and of the times I have done that, this time has been relatively enjoyable. Now I shall have a guarde bring you this create by tomorrow however I'm sure you wouldn't like your lovely herb jars stolen. So as a favor I'll keep them locked in my office and if you feel you need some of your tea just send a request through Sigewinne. I'll be glad to share another cup of tea with you." He said offering his hand to help me off the couch.
I felt a slight warmth glaze my cheeks as I took his hand, "Thank you, your grace."
"Please, just Wriothesley." He said helping me up.
"Thank you, Wriothesley." I smiled as I felt his gaze soften.
"Your welcome. Now go talk to ban, the robot next to the cafeteria. It'll provide you with your daily wellfair meal." He said walking over to the stairs.
"I appreciate it. Have a good night." I said bowing to him and walking down the stairs. I quickly walked out
Maybe, just maybe.... things will be okay.
12 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 16 days
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 46: Lock and Key (Normal P.O.V. DARK CONTENT)
I sighed, staring at the drab colorless walls. My little ones rustling in my womb. They knew something was wrong. They hadn't felt their father's presence in about five days.
My hands were various shades of purple and barely healing. There was no source of anything in this room. Even the plush queen sized mattress in the center of the room was merely a necessity for my condition.
Alex had an IV inserted in my arm, keeping me pumped with various liquids. Most of which had different sedating effects on my body. I could hardly move now. The medicine was being pumped into me on an hourly basis.
I was fed three times a day. That was the only point in the day I looked forward to. The meals were very nutritionally rich and were tailored to a high-risk pregnant woman's diet. I knew that I was only being kept alive because I was bearing Albert's young.
Alex, I haven't seen her since I was dragged into this cell. The first day, I killed and slaughtered around fifteen mercs, trying to escape. After that, I was muzzled with a metal gag that made me unable to bite. The second day, a scientist injected me with the destabilizing agent for the Angelis virus.
I couldn't feel the Uroboros that dwelled within me. My working  theory was that the agent destabilized the main strain of the progenitor virus, which led to a lack of communication between cells. In short sight, I had no access to my abilities. I was most worried about my children, however. They were more active and somehow stronger. Their movements were painful. With what little sense I had with the weakened state of Angelis, I knew they were as strong as Albert and I with our mutations active.
On the third day, I didn't leave the bed. My children drained my energy to the point that I was barely able to keep awake. I felt the bags under my eyes grow more strained as each minute passed.
It was now day five, and the bed held my weakened body.  The room had windows with metal bars over them, showing me the sun setting. What was I to do.
I was pulled from my thoughts by a loud kerchunck from the heavy lock upon the door. My eyes are looking down now at the door. If my virus wasn't so weakened, my eyes would have flared. In a white suit she strode in, the source of my problems. Alex Wesker, she had finally revealed herself.
"Good evening, deary. I'm glad to see you're making yourself at home." She said, walking over to the bed.
All I did was snarl. My natural teeth were bared over the gag. She simply chortled and ran her freezing fingers over my belly. I thrashed out, launching the IV out of my arm.
With a single push, she sent my body tumbling.  I guarded my little ones from harm. My arm moved on their own. Alex laughed. The cruel peels of her voice echo threw out the barren room.
"Now, now deary, do you not realize your situation? I'm the one in charge of your care now. My foolish brother could never comprehend the true magnitude of someone of our caliber."  She said stalking over to my crumpled up body on the edge of the wall.
I growled as I slowly felt heat crawling through my veins and a chill glaze my skin. All to familiar comforts I thought had been taken from me. Angelis and Uroboros were returning.
I stood up. My body is shaking like a leaf in autumn's cold eerie drafts. My eyes flared, the glow brighter than normal. Alex merely clapped at the sight.
"There we go. See, even when locked up, when you're in my care, you are  constantly evolving, and getting more adapted to what flows through your veins deary." Alex smirked as she stood in front of me.
I let a feral growl rip from my throat, her baseless lies falling upon deaf ears. That was when she did something strange. She leaned in, pushing me against the wall, her hand on my sternum.
"Oh, you poor little lost lamb. Are you scared without your flock? Your precious guardians, no where to be found?."She whispered in my ear.
Suddenly, I had a flash of thoughts quickly speeding from Gale to Juna, then from Jill to Albert. She had shot Nighthawk, who was under her control. She was right. All I had was me and my little ones.
The support I had built was nowhere in sight. In the daze, I felt something wet drag across my neck. I quickly snapped out of it. I recognized the feeling and shoved Alex away, mustering up as much strength as I could. That was her tongue against my neck.
"Little lamb, are you sure this is the path you wish to take? My brother doesn't know the location of my island. You are completely under my mercy. As you can see, I could easily keep you from accessing your abilities and strengths. I've been kind enough to relent in drugging you with that destabilizing agent for the past few days." She said, pulling out a syringe from her coat pocket, "I wouldn't test your luck. If you become destabilized so frequently, what would happen to the young you carry? Especially seeing as how it was the Angelis virus that brought you back from when Albert killed you in the Russian base."
I stopped as I was about to take a step. What! How did that not cross my mind!?! The extreme exhaustion and the consistent draining feeling I'd been having. The children are bonded to both Uroboros and Angelis. If I continued to be destabilized, they could kill my body and perish alongside me. I felt the fear and panic build up in my body.
I collapsed onto my knees hands, covering my mouth. I felt sick. She literally had me in the palm of her hand. She said my island, we were on an island. That was also a disservice to my escape. I've never been a strong swimmer, and not to mention I never have been able to fly long distance when in either of my mutated states. It drained my energy in normal times, but with the little ones taking a good portion, that wasn't an option.
"I see you realize your situation. Now you have four paths ahead of you, little lamb. Submit and serve me, and I'll return you to your master in due time. Your second path is similar to how you have been treated the last few days, just with lessened doses of the destabilizing drug. The third I'll make your life exactly like how it was after raccoon city, a sleeper agent new holes in your memory only aware when I'm experimenting on you and by extension your children. Lastly, I'll knock you out and put you in a hyperbolic chamber and have you unconscious just floating there. No bonding with your unborn children, no thoughts, no dreams, just missing time and endless darkness." She sounded so smug at the end of her  monolog.
I was stuck once again, this time between a rock and multiple hard places. I knew eventually Albert would come for me. A nauseating thought ripped through my mind at that moment. What if he wouldn't? His time crunch with Uroboros. It's not like he's saved me from these situations before. Russia weighs heavily on my mind at this moment. The burning phantom sensation from the bullet wounds flares up.
I felt so flush and weak, my stomach churned, and I lost what little food was in my stomach. This triggered what I thought was long dispensed with morning sickness, making me throw up once more. My vision hazed and tried to refocus.
"Aw, poor little lamb, feeling lost without your shepherd to guide you. Is my brothers precious lotus flower withering without him?" She laughed, grabbed my matted hair, and ripped off the gag off my face.
She made me face her, and she held a wicked smirk that I hated to admit, put Albert's to shame in this moment. Her harsh eyes didn't flare or glow like mine or Albert's. No, they didn't need to in order convey her emotions or intentions. She was a monster in sheep's clothes. A perfectly normal face, for a horrific beast that lurked beneath.
"Tell me your choice, little lamb. Do you want to live comfortably and not have to risk  harm befalling your children, or do you want to be a prisoner to your own mind once again." She said, her cold steel blue eyes piercing my soul.
I felt beaten. She played my mental illnesses like a fiddle. She used my undying love for my unborn children to gain the upper hand. She knew I'd refuse to be a sleeper agent again. She knew I'd never give up bonding with them. She had clearly planned this out. Clearly, it's not just over these past few days that she has been. This was a long game she had played since before she sent Axel.
"I...I submit Alex." I bowed my head.
I was beaten before I even fought. Alex didn't have one thing Sergei did, an attachment to me. I knew she'd never harm Albert's offspring. I was a different story. I was naught but a bug in the way of her plans.
She released my head and turned away from me, "Good, it's about time you remembered what you were made for. Now come seven forty-eight, I need to get you cleaned up and changed. I can't have my servant looking like rotting filth now, can I? Not to mention you are past due for your weekly check-up. I suppose I should have my medical staff check over the brood growing in your unworthy body. Come."
She held her hand over the door, and it slid open. Sullen, I lowered my head and followed. My heart sank. I yet again was no more than a number.
I followed her to a massive underground mansion. Her servants swarmed her like she was a queen. They did everything from taking her jacket to offer her tea. Brushing them off, she just ordered the room next to hers to be cleaned and made. This earned me glares from the maids.
They rushed off as Alex escorted me to a massive bathroom. She presses an intercom on the wall, and three well-dressed maids walk through the door.
"Yes, lady Alex?" They said in near perfect unison.
"Ah, Aquila, Lyra, and Esther, this is my new personal retainer. Clean her up and be careful those are my brothers' children she's carries." Alex said, sitting in a plush chair in the corner of the bathroom.
"Yes, milady." They said bowing.
In a dizzying frenzy, they got to work peeling off the tattered garb from my sweat covered body. I heard nasty remarks regarding my figure from under their breath as they ripped the stained cotton. It didn't matter. I was but a tool once again.
The middle woman, Lrya, she turned on the white marble tub. As Alex stood up and walked over to the basin.  Sticking her finger in, she immediately scowled and slapped the poor girl across the face.
"You dare draw a cold bath for the vessel of my brothers children! Do your ears not work! You daft mongrel!" Alex shouted, turning the warm water on.
I winced at the yelling, but I noticed a deep blush forming across the girls face.
"GO! Be in my chambers by the time I return. You know how you're supposed to prostrate yourself." Alex barked.
"Yes, lady Alex." Lyra said swiftly, walking off.
The other two looked almost jealous but continued to prep my body for the bath. Alex ordered the maids to help me into the tub. She snidely commented on my sheer size and risk of harming her possible nieces and nephews. As I was lowered into the water, I felt numb. The water was just there, I felt no joy or sorrow. No heat or coldness.
The next few minutes were but a blur. I knew I was being scrubbed harshly, and I flinched when shampoo foam got in my eyes. They were gentle around my belly, but that was after a harsh warning from Alex.
I knew she only cared about the children. I was but another tool at her disposal like these poor girls. After Alex had deemed I was cleaned enough, she had the maids go to check on the room she had ordered cleaned.
Aquila and Esther bowed, taking their leave. I stood up as Alex began to drain the water. My naked body dripped the now tepid fluids on the granite tile. Stepping on the white rug beside the marble basin, I felt Alex's eye wander over my bare form.
"In all honesty, seven forty-eight you are ungodly beautiful. I'm slowly starting to understand why you are my brothers favorite toy." She said, walking up to my body.
I wanted to pull away, to hide from her gaze. She looked like a starved wolf staring down a helpless rabbit. She stopped to face me. An amused look crossed her eyes.
In a flash, she dragged her fingers along the undersides of my breasts. The tips of her fingers are just grazing my areolas as she pulls them away. I quickly snarled and froze as I saw what was dripping from her fingers.
"My my dear little lamb, or should i just call you a cow now." Alex laughed   as a white liquid lightly trickled from her fingertips.
My breasts were  producing milk. How? That didn't happen until late trimester for my last pregnancies. It had to have been from Angelis. It was the only thing that made sense to me. After all, it was made to create the ultimate mother and servant.
"What is with that face, my dear seven forty-eight? Are you confused by chance? Let me explain." She said as the maid named Esther returned with a massive  plush towel.
As the young lady wrapped the soft item around my body, Alex ordered her to leave my leaking breast exposed. Hatred was all that ran through my thoughts. Albert should have been the only one to witness this.
Alex's voice roused me from my loathing, "To be blunt seven forty-eight this is caused my two very simple things going on in your body.
The first and what you have more than likely have already surmised is the Angelis virus. This is the main cause after all you bore more children  due to it so it's preparing your other motherly functions in advance so you can effectively and efficiently take care of them. However that would of started at the end of your second trimester. Seeing as you are still closer to twenty two weeks pregnant than twenty six I had to take matters into my own hands."
I heard the maid start to giggle. Alex grabbed my right breast once again more milk leaking on her hand. I felt tears drip down my face. She looked like she had just struck oil.
"Lady Alex, so she is the one who will make us your perfect pets?" Esther said sickening glee in here eyes as she stared at my breasts.
"Yes Esther, I finally have the last piece of making you and your sisters my darling little angels." Alex said wickedly laughing, "You see seven forty-eight, your breast milk contains anti-bodies for the Angelis virus and you know that it is best spread through blood."
"So you mean," I collapsed trying to back away.
"That's right, I'm just using you to make my perfect angels, seven forty-eight. Now stand or do I have to remind you of the other paths that laid out before you and even if you resist I can complete my goal just as easily as I induced your lactation. " Alex said stepping on my upper back.
I relented and stood up. Esther walking up behind me and Alex walked over to the door opening it. Esther shoved me to start moving. Silently I walked forth my breasts on full display. Aquila walked along side me as soon as we exited the bathroom.  The escort was humiliating.
Alex unlocked a massive bedroom with a medical bed and various medical machines. There were restraining devices on the railing of the bed. The room was purposely made to be a new hell for me. I felt despair on par when Sergei threatened to race Alistar. Alex was just using me as a viral breeding ground.
"Now now deary, don't be so disheartened. Unlike Sergei I won't keep you out of contact from my brother." Alex said pointing at a massive screen with a camera set up next to it and a camera at the head of the bed.
"Once your job is complete and Albert fulfills my requests. You will be returned to him. I'm not Vladimir deary, I do want my dear brother to be happy in his reign. After all you were designed to be his perfect match." She smirked pulling out a business card from her pocket.
On the front was a cyan wolf. I felt no shift in my face but Alex clearly detected something different. She faced me and tsked.
"Alecto, my son... the one you called Nighthawk, he tried to give this to you before I shot him out of our transport here. It's obvious you know what this is do you not deary?" Alex said.
I simply nodded and lied through my teeth, "it's a contact card for a former agent of mine."
"Really, tis ashame the number no longer works. You have no need for contact outside of what I provide you." She said grabbing a lighter and setting the card a blaze.
I watched as cryo wolf's card was destroyed. I showed no hints of hope but little did Alex know she just signed my ticket out of here. All that I needed to do was play my part.
Alex started to speak once more, "Now after I deal with Lyra, you will be examined by my staff to see if the prolonged exposure to the destabilizing agent caused the little ones harm. After the exam is completed your first round of feedings will begin with Esther. They shall be your attendants until they bond with the Angelis virus. Oh and seven forty-eight,"
"What is it?" I snarl as the two maids chain me to the bed the moment I lay down.
"I look forward to your progress." Alex said stepping through the door to the room locking it behind her.
Crack! My heart shattered. Crying??? Was I? I didn't know. My babies finally started to flutter about after the incident. But I felt nothing but fear. Crack!
Wesk, please. 
It's so dark.
Hey everyone! Silfarianhawk here. This went a bit out of hand during the drafting section. But the darksided content is back. Sit back and enjoy the ride. As the bells of despair toll, my name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away!
10 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 17 days
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 45: Where?
I smiled as I stared at myself in the mirror of mine and Albert's room. My belly was covered in many stretch marks. Today was the day my and Albert's vows would be renewed. I was fluttering in excitement.
"Nighthawk to Phoenix, do you read me boss lady?" Nighthawk's voice came through my com choker.
"What's wrong, hawk?" I said, accepting the link.
"Nothing. I was just letting you know everything is set up, and you should start getting ready. I'll be up there to escort you down in roughly thirty minutes time." He said as the coms disconnected.
"Always in a rush." I sigh, shaking my head.
Quickly, I start to change. I wasn't doing anything fancy with my hair and makeup. I didn't need much prepping for these events since being infected with the Angelis virus.
Slowly, I draped the lovely two part gown over my body. The lavender lace clinging to my baby bump, creating a globe of lotus petals. While the fabric was somewhat scratchy, I couldn't help but run my hand over the children. I felt so happy.
I never wanted to lose this moment. I wish I had a camera to save this thought forever. This was a field of mental bliss. Just me and my unborn children, I felt a small set of kicks as I smiled.
I heard the elevator open. Nighthawk must be here to esscort me to the library. I removed my com choker as a tinge of unease fell over me. Nighthawk was never this quiet.
"Wesk! Is that you love?" I shouted out, grabbing my samurai edge from the trunk at the foot of our bed.
Nothing but silence. I loaded my pistol  and stepped out of mine and Albert's room. The common area seemed darker than normal. I walked out facing the elevator, noticing nothing strange. I quickly faced the balcony and living room.
After a brief second, I felt a sharp stinging in my neck that dropped me to my knees. What the fuck! Pain surged through my body. I hadn't felt anything like this since Angelis bound itself to my genetic code. My vision was blurry. My body was burning as I could feel my muscles loosen and contract rapidly. In a searing wave of pain, I released my firearm, unable to keep a solid grip on it
"Well , well, well, just look at you now, dear sister in law." I heard a distorted voice say.
I saw white leather dress shoes step in front of me. My vision was slowly fading, but in my desperation, my body fought against whatever was assailing it. The voice wasn't clear in tone, but I knew for damn sure who did this.
"ALEX!" I instantly covered my mouth.
A jolt of shock and horror shook me. My voice sounded just like my mutated forms. What was happening to me. I grabbed my side and toppled over. My pain had tripled in agony in a matter of seconds.
"Poor poor darling Tabitha, look how you have fallen to me. Vladimir certainly was on the right track with this destabilizing agent. An antigen would have probably killed you by now, so this destabilizing toxin was perfect for you. Can't risk hurting Albert's children after all." She mused at my expense.
A feral growl escaped my throat. I reach for my neck only to remember I has previously removed my choker because I thought it would clash with the dress. I let my guard down for a day that should have been nothing but happy. I was furious, not only with myself but with the obstacle in my way. Should I just lash out or try and drag myself to get my comlink.
"Reduced to base instincts, aren't you? Fight or flight? The itch to kill what is threatening not only you but your unborn brood or the desire to cower away to your and Albert's room? Face it, my silly little sister in law you've always been nothing more than an animal for Umbrellas entertainment." Alex laughed as I heard the elevator open again, Nighthawk strode into my view.
"Lady Alex, have you secured your captive?" He said to my disbelief.
"Agent Nighthawk! Ex-explain your s-self!" I barely mustered out.
He turned to face me, and my heart sunk. His eyes once gleaming hawk like yellow eyes were glazed over and a sullen grey. His eyes were the same as mine when I was under the control of Sergei.
"I must say you train your people well deary. It took the highest setting to control him. Even now, I can see it in his face, his eyes in particular. He is fighting for control. To save you from what he knows is about to happen. But no one can save you now, my dear sweet Tabitha." Alex laughed as she snapped.
Nighthawk walked towards me and slid a syringe in my neck. He lifted me as my body went numb. I could feel his heart pounding against his chest.  Alex walked up to me and pulled out a scalpel from her sleeve.
"Sorry, deary, but I need this to be believable." Alex said, grabbing my head by my bangs.
Even in my drugged haze, I had enough energy to spit in her eye. That earned me a harsh slap across my face. She quickly cut good-sized gash on my forehead as she wiped her eye.
I felt the blood trickle down my face. It's sticky warmth, quickly drying, leaving an irritating path of flaky  ichor. As the drug slowly overpowered my weakened body, I felt soft but yet cold icy arms position me bridal style. 
"Now deary, it's time to rest. When you next awaken, you shall be in your new home." Alex said with her back turned wiping what little blood there was on her hands on the wall leading to the elevator.
I looked into Nighthawk's eyes, and I saw flecks of yellow starting to burst through the grey. He truly was fighting her. He looked down at me, and the concern in his eyes was palpable. He groaned as if to say he knew.
"Knock her out. We can't risk having her giving away our position." Alex barked as the elevator opened.
Nighthawk gripped my pressure point near my carotid artery. As everything went to black.
(Wesker's P.O.V.)
"Ten minutes," I murmured under my breath as I stared out over the library.
My lotus had worked wonders on the Gothic architecture, making it feel hospitable and inviting. The warm atmosphere matched a gentle spring day as what few guests we had invited  chatted amongst themselves.
Jill and Gale were sitting front and center next to the aisle. They were hand in hand. They had appeared to have grown close over these past few months. Even with Jill under my control for missions, she seemed to have stopped fighting against the no contact order. She hasn't attempted to reach out to Chris or the B.S.A.A.
"Ahh, Dr. Wesker, glad to see you." Arias said, walking up to me to my slightest annoyance.
"Welcome, Glen. I'm glad you were able to make it to this important celebration for me and Tabitha." I said, offering my hand in which he quickly took giving it a firm shake.
"Don't think about it. In all honesty, I'm grateful to your wife for extending the invitation. It's quite lovely. Where is Ms. Tabitha? I'd like to extend my gratitude to her as well."  Glen said, looking around the room.
"She is currently on her way from what I was told by my stepson." I said, looking towards the entrance of the library.
Arjuna was there, his blue streaks of hair slicked back, and the collar of his button-up looked disheveled. He seemed on edge. I know he had instructed Nighthawk to fetch my dear lotus so we could start the ceremony.  That was almost forty minutes ago.  He kept messing with him comlink. Something didn't set quite right with me.
"Excuse me, Glen. I'm going to go speak with Arjuna." I bluntly said dismissing Arias from my mind.
With a quickened pace, I walked up to  my step-son. As I got close, I could see in his posture that he was panicked. I pulled him aside.
"What is the situation, Archer?" I said, adjusting my sunglasses.
"The coms are down, I can't get ahold of mom or Nighthawk. Hell, it's not even connecting to Gale or the guards I have stationed around the base." He said, ripping the choker off in frustration.
"How long?" I said unease, setting in.
"Thirty-five minutes, just after my partner went to fetch T." He groaned, "The last contact was between my partner and her. At least, that was what White Queen told me when she finished diagnostics."
"I'm going to check on them. Hopefully, I will run into them on the way." I said about to open the door.
"Take Gale and Jill with you. I hate saying this, but something isn't sitting right with me." Archer said, grabbing my wrist.
He boldness stunned me for a brief moment. Normally, Arjuna was more reticent with his actions. The fact he so brazenly grabbed me stood out.
"If you insist, I shall accommodate your request. Actually, you and I both are thinking something isn't how it's supposed to be." I said, "keep the guests here. We will be back shortly."
I walked over to Chambers and Valentine. When they saw my face, they nodded and stood up. We quickly exited the library.
"You don't think Tabs got cold feet, do ya?" Gale asked Jill as we rushed through the hallways, searching for my lotus.
"Not a chance, Gale. I saw the dress as soon as it arrived. The glee on her face was  unmistakable. She was really looking forward to today." Jill said.
We quickly reached the elevator to mine and Tabitha's room. We hadn't run into my lotus or Nighthawk. However, as soon as I gazed upon the ground, I felt my eyes flare. There smeared on the dull concrete was a moderate blood trail, coming from the elevator. They noticed it, too.
"Gale! You check the room! Jill, follow me! Something happened!" I snarled, calling the elevator for Gale.
"On it! You go find Tabs." Gale said, getting on the elevator.
Jill and I quickly followed the trail. It slowly tappered off, but its direction was leading towards the secret exit that led into the nearby mountains that Markus had built in as an escape route. A primal need to protect was coursing through my blood. As if realizing it's master was in dire need, Angelis activated. My vision drastically became sharper, and my sense of smell was picking up faint traces of blood and sweet pea perfume.
The new information led me down a neglected section of hallways and tunnels. The lights were shattered out, and the tunnels were lit with dying emergency lighting embedded in the wall. There was a thick layer of dust on the floor. Stopping for a moment, I noticed something along the hall ahead leading to the door.
There were two sets of footprints, and neither were my sweet lotus's. The first was a set of boots. Clearly, someone came prepared. The next set of dust tracks was peculiar. They were of a set of dress shoe tracks. They were petite, and the heel was a thick wedge of some sort.
My field of vision turned red, and I bolted, leaving Jill behind. Tabitha was all I had on my mind. I had a task I needed to complete. Get my beloved wife back.
I ripped the door out of the wall with little effort. The rusted object was no match for me. I keep going forward only to stop and see nighthawk being shot out of a black helicopter that was hovering roughly thirty feet in the air.
As soon as nighthawk hit the ground, the helicopter started ascending and flew off. My emotions went cold. There wasn't any anti-aircraft weaponry long the mountains. I decided that when i started using this base, I wasn't going to fully retrofit it with weaponry along the mountains to keep it hidden from Satellites.
I noticed that nighthawk was trying to force himself up. I walked over towards him. My anger flared like a blazing wild fire. As I got to him, there was dust caked on his combat boots.
He opened his eyes that were almost flickering back and forth between his natural color and a hazy grey. His body spasmed as his hand covered the  gunshot wound in his left pectoral. He had landed on his back, and his once immaculate wings were unfurled splayed out on the ground.
"Wesker, sir. I failed." He coughed out as  blood poured from his lips. "Damn that woman!"
I heard three sets of people running up behind me as I lifted up nighthawk  by his collar. He looked like he was on deaths door, awaiting the sickle to swing down to end his suffering. The grey his eyes kept shifting to was the same color that my darling lotus's were when she was being controlled by Sergei.
"Wesker!" Gale shouted, running up behind me, grabbing my shoulder ,"It was Alex!"
Everything just stopped. I felt myself let go of the dying Phoenix Corps agent and turn to face Chambers. He had a look of pure hatred on his face.
Jill and Archer ran behind us and started treating Nighthawk's wounds. With a single motion, Gale opened his hand, revealing a note on worn Umbrella stationary.
I took it from his hands and unfolded it. In dark ink, there was a penned note from Alex.
"Brother, it is a shame thing have become like this. I believe we should talk. Fret not, I won't harm a hair on my nieces or nephews. Your weak, useless, and pitiful wife is in my care now. It would be a shame should anything happen to your favorite toy, right? I shall reach out through Nighthawk in a weeks time. It's time you remember where you belong, Brother. If you don't, I'll be sure your Lotus wilts away and the last thorn in father's side will be destroyed."
White...blank...where!? Where is she!? Where did that bitch take you my love?!?!
"ALEX!!!" I snarled out as the guards of Phoenix Corps. surrounded nighthawk, placing him in B.O.W. restraining  cuffs and escorting him into the base.
"Wesker!" Jill called out to me.
Slowly, I realized that I had to play this strategically. Alex was as intelligent as I was. She clearly had a plan in place, and I could play into her hands if I wasn't careful. 
I looked over the edge of the mountains, "I will not be away from you long, my dear lotus. Of that, I promise."
Hey everyone, Silfarianhawk here. We are on to the next ark. Oh, this will be fun... at least for me, that is. I hope ya'll have an amazing day. As always, my name is Silfarianhawk, and  I'm not so far away.
6 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 18 days
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 44: reassuring memories
It's been roughly three months since Albert and I had departed from Jake's and HUNK's presence. Things were strained between us for a moment. It was as to be expected in the basic psychology of our situation. We pretty much rushed back to try and find some sense of normalcy after just over eight years of the detrimental rift that had been the path our lives took.
While we did spend our evenings together, we weren't really doing much but discussing the Uroboros project and its research.  Every now and again, we'd talk about the little ones. Albert still seemed always on edge. I read the files on the mental hijacking Spencer had done to the Wesker children. I could see the consistent anxiety on his features. It was more prominent now than when he was in Spencer's clutches in raccoon.
He stood on the balcony of our residence in the African base. His golden hair gleamed in the sunset as his back faced me. I heard a deep, frustrated sigh part from his lips. I had just placed the plates from dinner in the sink and sauntered over to the large sectional next to the door.
I was about midway into my second trimester, and gods, were we being cautious. Steve had me on weekly checkups. I knew it was slightly due to age, but the biggest concern for us was how Angelis and Uroboros would affect our little ones' growth and development. So far, with what we've seen, it's been more like a pregnancy someone in their mid to early twenties would have. There were a couple of discrepancies that we believe could be attributed to my infected status. The first is that the amniotic sac seemed to be thicker as the ultrasound images weren't as clear, and the images show a space between where child one was resting and the actual uterine lining. The second is that the children were developing at a seemingly abnormal rate.
There were no signs of sibling resorption, which was a fear both on the back of mine and Albert's mind. The little ones just seem to have random rapid development spurts and the periods of next to no development. Albert and I put together a theory that the virus was actually slowly going through the D.N.A. and building our children more selectively than having one hundred percent being decided at conception.
I placed my hand on my now pretty well-rounded abdomen. I was about the size I was when I was nine months with both Alistar and Jake. I let out a slight chuckle. The past few months went by like a blink of an eye.  I knew Albert's mind was on a seemingly endless time crunch to fix this world, and the more my belly grows, the more it seems to take its toll. I felt a little movement against my hand. With a small smile, I chuckle once more.
"Wesk, my love? Come join me on the sofa. They're moving about." I say over my shoulder, noticing him turn towards me.
"It is about the time they seem to get restless." He said an unusual amount of gentleness in his voice.
He stepped back into the apartment, closing the sliding door behind him. He was wearing his typical collared shirt, but he had it unbuttoned to just below his chest, and he wasn't wearing his belt that he normally didn't take off until we were doing our nightly routine.
He sat on the cushion directly to my left, and to my surprise, he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into his chest. He was breathing slightly heavier than normal.
"What is going through your mind, Wesk?" I said, staring up into his glowing eyes that weren't shaded for once.
"I was just going back to our wedding, my precious lotus. How many things have changed and how little we have actually come." He said his other hand now just above my own on my tummy.
It was as if the children could sense that Albert was there. As soon as his hand was fully rested, I felt three different little shuffles. I heard a completive hmm from Wesk.
"They know when their father is near.  I can't wait to actually see them and hold them." I smile, nuzzling my face against his chest.
"I know, dearheart. Personally I am just waiting for next Saturday to arrive. To see you in a lovely bridal gown once more walking towards me down an aisle, a bouquet of lily's and carnations  in your hand waiting to take mine at the end of your stride. But unlike the vows I made to you fifteen years ago, the promises I make to you this time are for eternity, my goddess." He whispered  in my ear.
I hum contently, we were doing different vows this time. They were based on some interesting one we watched recently but agreed that before we say them, we would give our new oaths to each other and bind them with the vow.
"To be your warm spring sunlight that awaits you at the end of your harsh winters blizzard." I lightly smile remembering our wedding.
"And to be your stalwart shield there to guard and stand affront all that would dare to harm you." He whispered back, a pained expression flickered across his eyes for the briefest of moments,"you my lovely lotus never let that leave your heart as you did as you promised. You came back at the end of my most dreadful winter. You brought me the brightest joy i have experienced since that day so many years ago."
"Albert, my treasure. Do you remember what our first dance was to during the reception? Do you remember the color of the venues walls as we held each other and slowly spun around?" I asked, stroking his cheek.
He let out a resoundingly relaxed breath, "The venue was a deep charcoal grey with mahogany flooring. The rafters were covered with soft white string lights that gently coated the dance floor in the most subtle light. It made your face glow like a starlight. Our song was a testimony to the promise we'd made for each other when you were first sent to Russia in '82, Faithfully by Journey. You never raised your head from my chest during that whole song." He said, rubbing his hand that was along my back through my hair.
"I'm glad you remember my beloved." I sighed as tears slowly slipped down my cheeks, "Surgei tainted those memories for me. Sometimes, when he was experimenting on me or beating me to a pulp, he'd play Faithfully. He gained some sort of sick pleasure from watching me freeze when the song started."
Albert quickly lifted me into his lap and cradled me in his arms. I was able to hide my face as I heard him lightly sush me. He was stern in his tone but resolute in his grip.
"Dry your tears, dearheart." He cooed as his calloused hand ran along the swell of my baby bump, "Think back to that first night we shared a bed together, the night we decided to say screw the standard at the management training facility. When we decided to delve into our intimate selves beyond the meger fingerings and blow job's. Our first times not only at a sexual standpoint but our first time having sex with each other."
I stopped the second he said that and thought for a moment. My tears expodiously stopped as the memory surfaced. The memory took the precipice of my thoughts. The passionate kisses, the heat, and tension between us were still freshly imprinted on my mind.
The way Albert had been slowly building me up with his fingers the week prior, leaving me spaced out and yearning for him to make us whole. My body felt flush against him as the memories of that night washed away the deeply troubling thoughts that were plaguing my heart.
A light flutter under my hand brought me to the present. This was where I was supposed to be. Held by my dangerous beloved curled up in his warm, strong arms as our unborn little ones reach out for us.
It was these moments and the important memories of our that reassured me, the road I walked was right. Challenging is an understatement, but my heart knew that the end would be worth it. Even as a monster, this moment brought me such serene peace.
"Wesk, I have something I need to show you." I said, smiling as I stood up, walking towards our room.
"What is it, my precious lotus?" He asks curiously, following me shutting the door behind us.
I walked over to the closet and pulled out a sealed garment bag, laying it on the bed.
"So it finally arrived then?" He said, running his lips against my ear as I unzipped the thick black plastic cover.
"Yes, I wanted us to see it together. It is not like this is a wedding gown." I smiled as I stroked Albert's jawline, turning to face him, "Pull it out of the bag, Wesk."
And that was exactly what he did. Stepping aside of me, Albert folded the plastic back, revealing a two-piece laced lavender maternity gown. The pieces were perfectly made to expose my very swollen abdomen. The intricate design of the floral lace was made to cradle our little ones. The lavender slowly faded into a soft cream like color along the skirt. While the patterns were shining bright with silver colored thread expertly crafted into the lacy lotus's.
He looked down at my eyes as I looked up for some hint of approval from him. He turned and took my puffy face into his hand. With a couple of strokes of his thumb, he leaned down and captured my lips with his.
"You are still quite a minx dearheart. That you would have our children the center of everyone's attention. Showing off how much you live to serve your god." He whispered in my ear, a deep blush growing across my face,"it's the perfect choice for our renewal, my precious lotus. I can't wait to see you walk down to me in this."
"Soon my treasure. Next Saturday, we will bind ourselves to each other again. I promise I'll be walking down to your arms this time next week." I say as Albert wraps his arms around me and the babies.
"I know, my love. Come, let's get you to a shower so you can rest. You haven't been resting as much as you should be. I know our little ones are as fiery as us both. Even in their unborn states, I can tell they are draining you of your energy." He said, looking at the slightly darker bags under my eyes.
"OK, my love. Will you help me with my back? I could really use someone who knows my body so well that he'd never neglect a single nook and cranny." I said in a luscious voice.
I hear a slight growl from Albert's chest. He took the bait and lifted me into his arms.
"Such a minx indeed, dearheart." He said, walking into the shared bathroom slowly peeling off my clothes and closing the door behind us.
____________
Meanwhile
UNKNOWN P.O.V.
_____________
"It's nearly time birdy. Are you sure you can handle your job?" Alex's voice said through my com.
"If it means saving him, then yes, I'll do as you say you vile woman. To think you'd make me turn against those who care for me is disgusting. I'm only doing this for Archer. Once this task is done, you'll remove that blasted device from my spine, correct?" I said sharply, my tone was a blazing as fire.
"That's correct, I truly must thank my brothers assistant for bringing me such an asset. That chip that surgei designed was flawed and pathetic. However, by studying it and reversing its engineering, I now have you birdy." Alex laughed in my ear.
The barely healed wound along my spine throbs with each peal of her voice. It think I'd be betraying my lady, the one who saved me for her. The one who tried to kill her and nearly killed my mentor.
"Yes, mam, but should you go against our deal or harm your captive in any way, I have no qualms in sending you to your grave even if you are fifty percent of my DNA." I growled fluttering noises shuffling around me.
I couldn't control my mutations very well as my rage was seething.
"Now, now kiddo, that's no way to speak to the one holding the reigns now, is it? The deal is simple, and I'll reiterate it for your dull bird brain. Bring me, Tabitha, and I'll release not only you from my control, but I'll turn your boyfriends brother into your care." Alex said, her tone now dripping with vemon, "however, should you tell anyone or fail, I'll kill your boytoys brother and permanently activate the control device implanted in your spinal column. I will use you to destroy everything you care about. Now I shall expect you at the rendezvous as soon as you capture the target. Do not fail me, Nighthawk."
The line went dead as I sat in the highest tree in the forest surrounding the phoenix corps. I let out an ungodly scream as rage boiled out. My wings, the damn things, furled outward, causing me to lose balance. I quickly dug my rapidly developing talons into the tree trunk, holding me in place.
Damn her! Why did he have to be her sleeper agent? Why wasn't he careful in his last mission? How could he let himself be caught?
"I'm such a fucking failure... Arjuna.....I'm sorry." I mutter under my breath sliding off my glasses.
My yellow eyes were burning from the unrelenting rage filled tears that fell from my stupid face. I knew after this I'd be alone again just like I was during the experiments. Why!?! Why did that awful woman have to be the one whose eggs I came from.
I shook my head and jumped to the forest floor, my face hidden from the light of the moon by the cascade of shade from the trees canopy.
Just like boss, I'm being dragged into Wesker family bullshit. With a heavy sigh, I walked over to my quad parked outside the forest line. Plopping my ass on the seat, I pressed my com.
"Agent Nighthawk reporting in westside forest clear heading back to base." I said my tone cold.
"Understood, captain. Archer is awaiting you in the security office in the lodge." A voice said through the com.
"Roger." I said, disconnecting the com.
I drove back one thought on my mind. Wolf.... he was the one who brought me in. He could be the key to unraveling her plans with the boss, but I have to be careful.
T I'm not going to let you be her play thing like I am.
Hey everyone, Silfarianhawk here. I apologize for the long wait. But I'm back. Mental turmoil aside, things seem on the right track. Hope all have an amazing day. My name is Silfarianhawk, and I'm not so far away.
6 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 3 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 2: an invitation (Wriothesley's P.O.V.)
I picked up the lady who moaned at my touch. Her clothes were tattered and now coated in what appeared to be her blood. Thankfully the infirmary was close by and she was in no real danger.
I jogged over to the next hall opening and walked up the steps. Several guards looked on in confusion but I waived them off saying it was fine. I heard Sigewinne discussing the proper treatment of a rash with an older male inmate who frequented the Pankration ring.
"Now be sure to apply this ointment before going to work in the production zone and before you go to bed." Our head nurse said cheerfully.
"Yes, mam. Oh, Your grace! I didn't see you there. What happened someone passed out in the ring and you happened to be there?" The older man asked staring at the woman on my shoulder.
"Nope, not this time. Was doing my rounds and this newbie slipped down the steps to her dorm hallway. That doesn't explain this though." I said lifting the side of her shirt as I laid her down on the middle infirmary bed.
"Oh, so this must be Ms. Silva then. Nuevillette wrote me about her yesterday. He said a new inmate would be coming in pretty badly injured. He said to expect her treatment at the hospital to be less than stellar given what happened between her and the guards." Sigewinne said staring at the wound, "It looks like her stitches were snapped."
"She tripped down one of the connecting flights of stairs leading from her dorm room hall. Could the fall of caused the damage to the stitching?" I asked, crossing my arms.
I stared at the unconscious lady before me. She had striking deep navy hair with some forest green low lights. It was a rather strange combination. I noticed there was blood on the palm of her hand slowly drying in the stale humid air of Meropide.
"The stitching still had to of been struck multiple times for the edges of the wound to be so far apart. Nuevillette did write saying she could have enemies among our guards." Sigewinne said cleaning the wound and restitching it.
I noted that the male visiting Sigewinne earlier had slipped out without saying anything. Sigewinne took her time with closing up the inmate's wound. Then for good measure, she rubbed some of the salve she normally uses on cuts and bruises I obtain when I fight in the ring.
"So her name is Silva? I haven't read her file yet but did notice one titled that in the new inmate paperwork." I said as Sigewinne put away her medical supplies into a locked cabinet after pulling out fresh bandages. 
"That's right! Nuevillette said for me to help her get adjusted. I think he pities her." The human-like Melusine said shaking her head as she wrapped the fresh bandages around Silva's body.
"What makes you think that?" I said in surprise.
"The tone of his letter was different. It wasn't the usual great things about his day or a warning saying she was dangerous. He also said to be on the lookout for withdrawal effects." She said sitting at her desk, "Isn't the champion duelist visiting you soon?"
"Crap, that was why I was doing my rounds. I knew I would be busy for the next few hours." I said walking towards the exit, "Oh Sigewinne, please invite Ms. Silva to my office for tea when she wakes up. No one's first day in Meropide should be spent in the infirmary."
She smiled at me and nodded, "Yes your grace."
I took one last look at Silva. I felt a twang in my chest. She had a sad look on her sleeping face. It reminds me of how I looked after my trial. I shook my head, my hair tufts swishing a bit.
I left the infirmary and headed toward my office. My office... it still feels surreal. It hadn't even been a third of the year since I'd taken control of Meropide. I went from a lowly criminal in the eyes of the law to the Duke of the Fortress. I could have laughed.
I arrived at the cold doors of my office. With an easy push, they swing open welcoming me back to my solidarity. Ascending the metal stairs, I smiled as I heard the smooth jazz that played on my record player.
I walked over to my sofa and grabbed my kettle from the coffee table. It was nice they installed a tea nook when I became Duke. It saves me the trouble of having to boil water in the kitchen.
"Let's see, what blend do I drink with Ms. Clorinde? Hmm... it's about time for dinner so how about... ahh here it is Fontainian Garden." I said pulling out the glass jar with the loose tea leaves.
This was an uncommon item in the rag and bones shop so I bought it whenever I could. Hopefully, Clorinde likes this blend. She was quite picky when it came to tea.
There was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" I ask out placing a couple of spoonfuls of the leaves into the kettle.
"It's Clorinde. Come on Wriothesley, open the door. We have important things that need to be discussed." A harsh female voice rang out.
"Coming!" I shouted setting down the pot.
I walked down the stairs and opened the door. In front of me was Clorinde with a decent-sized crate behind her. I raised my brow and gave her a funny look.
"I thought you said we were just going to be friends," I said crossing my arms and smiling, "didn't expect you to want to move in after what happened."
Clorinde just glared at me and shoved past, "Just grab the crate Wriothesley. It's your new prisoner's belongings. Not much gets to me but the thought of that woman just skipping
"Alright, alright, Archons you seem like you need a cup of tea. Thankfully I have some brewing." I said lift the crate and brought it into my office.
Closing the door, I ascended the stairs. Clorinde sat down on the couch. I shook my head and sat the box down on my desk. The kettle started whistling as I grabbed the sugar from the bookshelf. I plopped two cubes into a cup and poured the slightly red-colored tea.
"Care for a cup?" I asked looking over my shoulder.
"If you insist. One sugar cube would be nice, please." She said her shoulders relaxing as she laid back and got comfortable.
"So this is the girl who landed ten guards in the hospital. I haven't read her file yet but the steambird sure had decent coverage on it. Said she took them out with a dendro vision. If that's the case why wasn't she sent here as a precaution? That's what they do with dangerous prisoners. It's protocol so why wasn't it followed." I said curiously pouring Clorinde's tea and placing one cube in it.
I sat at my desk placing her teacup at the top of it. She stood up and shuffled through the files until she uncovered Ms. Silva's. Handing me the file she walked back towards that couch, taking her tea.
"Take a look and you will understand." She said.
"You know it's rude to rifle through someone's work desk," I smirked as I opened the file.
"Just read it, then we can proceed with the main reason why I am here." Clorinde huffed.
I started skimming the folder. There wasn't much on Ms. Silva. Her travel records show she came through the Chenyu vale of Liyue and was in Mondstat before that on a job for Dr. Baizhu of Bubu pharmacy in Liyue. She wrote down that her reason for traveling to Fontaine was research. That didn't explain much either.
"Weird how there is so little right, Wriothesley? Normally we would have all her information. We contacted Liyue, Sumeru, and Mondstat. They only have records of her traveling for research. We could only assume she's from Inazuma as her first record is a travel permit to  Liyue from Ritou. It was commissioned by an Ayato Kamisato. Every one of her permits is for research. Nuevillette asked me to bring the belongings from her hotel room and search through the items with you." Clorinde said taking a sip of the warm beverage in her hand.
I continued to read over the file and a note from Monsieur Nuevillette shocked me. I could hear his voice as I read the line.
"Ms. Silva was attacked and drugged using a potent Dendro drug that has been spreading like wildfire through the court of Fontaine. While there have been only a few deaths due to this drug. Ms. Silva has shown us that those with dendritic energy have a horrific effect on these drugs. A Dendritic energy overcharge causes a massive burst of the Dendro element dealing damage once the user is put under stress. What Ms. Silva told me has led me to believe that there is a tie between this drug and a dendro dragon. Keep an eye on her at all costs Wriothesley. Something tells me she will be the key to solving this case." His voice rang in my ears.
"WRIOTHESLEY!" Clorinde shouted snapping me out of my trance.
"Huh, oh sorry Clorinde. It's just Nuevillette's notes. They just have me a little on edge." I said setting down the file and picking up my now cooled tea.
"I was trying to say that you should be careful with regarding her. I just have a bad feeling, call it hunter intuition." She said setting her empty cup down.
"I will now let's get going through this stuff I'm sure Ms. Silva would at least like some of this stuff back. As long as it is appropriate for the fortress of course." I said prying open the wooden box.
As the box cracked open, I was met with a soft aroma. It reminded me of walking into a luxury tea shop in the city.  When the lid came off there was a multitude of sealed glass jars with many varieties of herbs. They seemed to be being kept fresh by cut mist flowers. I've seen the corollas being used but not whole flowers.
"So it seems she does not possess a vision after all," Clorinde said sifting through a small pile of folded clothes.
"There is a small silk pouch right here," I said picking up the purple purse, and with an unfortunate turn of events the contents spilled out.
"Letters and documents?" Clorinde said picking up the papers strewn about.
I glanced down and saw a lovely wax seal of a glaze lily on a golden letter, "What's this?"
"I have no clue. It must be important and it has been opened previously. Why don't you go ahead and read it?" Clorinde asked.
"Everyone has the right to privacy. In one sense or the other. I have no search warrant, so I won't read it." I said setting it down on her pile of documents, a smirk growing on my lips, "I'll ask her directly."
"And how do you plan on doing that? From what I heard from the guard who escorted her, she fell and passed out." Clorinde said crossing her arms.
"Did he now? Because from what Sigewinne has told me she had to of been shoved multiple times with relatively decent force. She was bleeding  when she fell right in front of me." I said with a slight growl in my voice.
One thing I detested among my staff was lying to higher-ups. I knew lying to prisoners was sometimes unavoidable, however, lying to me or a champion duelist would get my blood boiling. Clorinde stared at me with mild shock in her eyes.
"Sigh, I'll leave this to you then but your grace as a friend I have some advice for you." She said as she walked to the stairs.
"Oh yeah, what's that?" I asked staring at the golden envelope.
"Don't forget Nuevillette's warning. That woman is a danger." I heard Clorinde say as she exited my office.
"Tsk. I can handle myself. This is Meropide. No newbie could cause that much of a distraction. Her sorrowful sleeping face came to my mind. Could she?
20 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 3 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 1: Bitter taste
Water splashed beneath my feet. My head hung low as I walked to the reception area of the prison. Only one thing on my mind. How did this happen to me?
"Is that her?" I heard whispered as I slumped along with a decently sized packet of papers.
"Yeah, the one who freaked out and nearly killed ten guards unarmed. They said she was hopped up on some weird drug from Sumeru." The guard said quietly talking with the other guard.
I frown and grit my teeth. So the word had even reached here at the bottom of this stupid ocean-like lake. I wanted to cry.
The truth was the only thing I remember from the night they were discussing was being stabbed by some researcher from my mother's homeland of Sumeru. The blade was a type of Mortal Kris that had a weird green glowing fluid on it.
The memory of when I awoke was hazy.
"The wound through her stomach is not like ones we've seen your honor. It was not from one of the guards who had taken her down." A doctor with deep auburn hair said to a tall man in blue robes.
"Are you saying this criminal was attacked before she harmed any of our guards?" The tall man asked.
"And drugged by the looks of this blood test. It shows the same patterns as the cases with our citizens who overdosed on that new drug from Sumeru. My guess is that's what caused the dendro element to overpower her body." The doctor said.
"Does she have a Dendro vision?" The tall man asked.
"No, we haven't found any traces of a vision. The only explanation is the drug."  The doctor said.
"That doesn't explain a lot, but no matter. Once she awakens, I would like to speak with her." The tall man said.
"Yes, Chief Justice," the doctor said turning towards me, "Archons, apparently the young lady is awake."
I gazed up at the tall man. He had bright white hair and slit purple eyes. A stern gaze lowered upon my frame. When he walked up to the bed, I noticed he walked with a cane.
"Greetings, my name is Nuevillette. I'm the one investigating your case along with several members of Palais Mermonia. You caused quite a stir when you were last awake. You've been unconscious since you were detained." He said staring down at me.
"My apologies, sir. Is there anything that I can help you with?" I asked looking down at the handcuffs that bound my wrists.
"Can you recall the events of the night? Any details would probably help lessen your sentence. You are going to do time sadly. Given your circumstances, it would be in your best interest to help us." Nuevillette said as his fingers twitched on his cane.
"I honestly don't recall much... I was walking along the road to the fountain of Lucine. There was this group of three men, two were ordinary-looking Fontaine men. They were giving directions to this one guy, who had shaggy sandy blonde hair. When that guy turned and looked at me, it was like something came over him. He called me Tia and ran me through with a Kris blade." I winced and held my hand to my bandaged wound.
"My apologies, as the Chief Justice of Fontaine I should have checked that road near the Opera Epiclese. I'm sorry you had to experience that however, that doesn't excuse what you did last night. Now continue if you would." The judge said sitting down next to me.
I nod tears streaking my eyes, "I remember falling over and dragging myself over to the fountain of Lucine. It was raining so I was pretty sure the was no blood trail. Soon I started to feel hazy, and the pain in my stomach went away. I remember standing and stumbling toward the fountain. I looked at my hand and there was this glowing green stuff. The guards were running toward me and the guy who stabbed me was nowhere in sight."
"Monsieur Nuevillette, would you like some water?" A nurse walked over to the door and asked him.
"Yes please and bring a glass for... oh I am sorry I seem to have forgotten to ask your name," Nuevillette asked looking at me.
"Silva, just Silva." I sigh hesitating to bring up the fact I don't know my surname.
"Alright, I shall bring you both some water." The nurse left.
"Thank you, now please continue Ms. Silva." He said looking quite sorrowful compared to the stern glare he had earlier.
"There is not much left to tell. I remember hearing the guards approach me. There was this deep voice. I couldn't tell whether it was male or female but I remember hearing a mantra or prayer of sort." I said grabbing at my left eye as pain seared through it.
I saw Nuevillette's glaze shift to concern. The rain started planking against the windows of the room. Was it raining before?
"What was the prayer?" He asked gently.
"Ode to the kings who walked upon ye ancient lands. Let the primordial mother's blessings flow through you. Let your joy envelop your fears and bloom into a bright tomorrow." I said staring into his strange eyes, "After that last sentence, all I remember is seeing green. It was like looking through stained glass. It was so hazy like looking through someone else's glasses. I heard I assaulted ten of the guards who tried to help. I assume those are my charges."
"Yes, they are. Now your trial is scheduled for tomorrow. I know it is not the best set of circumstances but we do have proof you were under the influence of a drug that is popular in Sumeru. There is a chance if we found the man that stabbed you we could get this thrown out." He said standing taking the glasses of water from the nurse who had just returned.
"There is no point," I said grimacing at the bitter taste in my mouth from the words I had just spoken.
"And why is that? Everyone in Fontaine has the right to a trial in front of the Oratrice Mecanique D'analyse Cardinale be they a traveler or citizen." He said almost offended I declined a trial.
"There is no point for a few reasons. Point a being, all I remember about the man was he had on Sumeru desert clothing and his weapon was a Mortal Kris most likely from Inazuma. Point B is that even if I was drugged I am still responsible for my actions. The final point is that no matter what I went against my morals and harmed unarmed people, I am guilty. There is no need for a trial if I just plead guilty. We can do the sentencing tomorrow." I hung my head.
The rain fell harder as I noticed a single tear fall from the judge's face, "I'll make you a deal... I'll send you to the realm of the exiles in Fontaine, and in exchange you'll keep trying to remember details of the man who stabbed you. You still deserve justice for what happened to you." He said looking expectant.
I thought for a moment and nodded, "Thank you Monsieur Nuevillette."
I shook my head stopping in my tracks. That was three days ago. The doctor wanted to make sure the wound was fully taken care of by the hospital's healers. I sometimes wish I had a vision of my own. At least that way I could be effective at using elements other than the potions I had carried before I came to Fontaine.
"Keep moving prisoner!" A burly man in black and red said shoving me in front of a bored-looking woman.
"Name?" She asked.
"Silva... just Silva." I said looking at her dead eyes.
"Alright, I have your file here. Your prison ID number will be one zero six four. Welfare meals are given out once a day and for the rest of your meals, you will have to pay with coupons. You earn them every day by working in the production zone or wherever you are assigned." She said in the most dreary monotonous voice I had heard since visiting that tea shop in Liyue.
"Understood," I sighed looking at the brass-colored walls.
"Keep moving!" The burly guard yelled shoving me away from the desk.
"Okay! Archons geez! I'm going, not everything has to be a fucking rush!" I spat walking forward, a cafeteria appeared on my right.
"Watch your tongue inmate! Keep sassing me and I'll put you on the hard labor list even though that wound is not fully healed." The asshole smirked pointing at the red stain on the bandages on my side.
"The stitching must have opened because of your shoving! Thanks a lot!" I growled clutching my side, "damn it! That nurse must have lied saying the wound was fully closed."
"Not my problem! Now move if it's that bad I am sure you can waddle your bitch ass to the infirmary for the head nurse to take a look at!" The guard yelled shoving me again.
I sighed and walked along to a lift where the jerk motioned for me to get on. I did as told and proceeded on to the lift. My eyes fell to my soaked sandals and I shook my head. As we ascended I heard grumbling from the guard behind me.
"I swear if it wasn't for the duke's new rules this bitch would be bloody on the floor." He muttered under his breath.
That piqued my interest. I heard the old warden disappeared just before I arrived in Fontaine. Was the new one enforcing new rules within these first few months? Impressive, at least in my opinion. When we arrived at the next floor I felt the jerk shove me once again.
"Come on keep moving." The guard snarled pointing to the pathway to the right.
"Yes sir." I bowed my head again feeling rage boil from my dripping wound.
I followed like a punished mutt. He leads me to an open room with one empty bed. It smelled of cold metal, murky water, and dry rot. Turning my head away from the guard as I stepped inside the room. I heard the guard click his tongue in annoyance.
"I see they put you with no roommates. How unfortunate I was hoping a dumb druggie like you would be beaten to death for your attack on guard. One of them was my brother-in-law, as long as I'm here you better keep your guard up prisoner." The man said storming away.
I felt my hands tremble. That bastard just threatened me. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. I set my small bag of items down in a corner hidden from view. I lifted my shirt only to see my white undershirt stained a fresh wet red.  I looked in my bag and pulled out the map of the prison.
"So it appears the infirmary is the next hall over. Great hope I don't fucking pass out on my way over." I growled as I hurried my butt over to the main causeway.
As soon as I reached the stairs I felt my knees give out from under me as I tumbled onto the metal floor.
"Well now, I haven't seen you before. You must be our...latest...arrival. Hey! What happened?" I heard a soothing voice ask.
I tried to talk but all that escaped my lips was a moan. I felt more of the stitches snap as I moved to sit up. Lifting my hand from my side to my face, I felt horrified. My hand was completely red.
"Ugh?" I fell limp.
I couldn't tell much of what was going on. All I remember was these soft strict ice-like eyes gazing down at my face. I felt something looking into them. I felt warmth spread around my body and a rushing breeze as it all fades to black.
16 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 3 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 43: what belongs where
When we arrived at Jake and Reina's home, Jake got out and opened my door. He was a quiet kid. He had barely said a word the entire ride to his place, only saying Hunk should run to the store for some food. Albert offered to drive him and pay for the food. Hunk agreed.
Jake held the door while I got out of the car. He held himself with a prideful stance. Walking me up to the door I could tell was difficult for him. He knew I was his biological mom... I bet that threw him for a loop.
"Please come in. We didn't have much, but it's where me, ma, and teach called home," Jake said, unlocking the door and letting us in from the rain.
"Thank you, Jake," I said, looking upon the house.
It was indeed small but very cozy. The entranceway opened up to a living room that was connected to the kitchen and dining room. It was more open than I remembered it being in ninety-two. Yet the nostalgic smell of roses, lavender, and sage stayed the same.
"Not what you were expecting? Thought your contributions would go further, hmm?" Jake asked, pulling down a couple of white ceramic mugs.
"No, it's just more open than I remembered, and the paint looks fresher too. Did you and Hunk remodel for Reina?"  I asked, noticing Jake put a kettle on the worn-down electric coil stove.
"Whoa! You can tell, huh? Yeah, teach, and I did it just after Mom got diagnosed with cancer. We thought more open space would be better for her in case she fell we could see her. Shortly after, Ma got with a, and we were a small family." Jake said, turning on the burner, "Unfortunately Ma wasn't big on there being coffee in the house, but we do have plenty of tea. What's your poison?"
I gently chuckle, "Jasmine, if you have it, and the whole no coffee thing was something her mom tried to drill into us. She was a bit of a health nut."
"Jasmine is mom's favorite. She had a special blend made for her at the local tea shop. Jasmine and Rose Hips, the tea is one reason the house smells the way it does." Jake said as the kettle began to whistle, "Sugar or cream?"
"Some sugar would be lovely." I smiled as he grabbed a tray with some chipped and worn china on it.
"Please go make yourself comfortable on the sofa. I'd feel like a total dick if I made a pregnant woman stand for tea that wouldn't be done for several minutes."  He said with a smirk on his face.
Gods did he look just like his father with that shit-eating grin on his face, "And you got my tongue that's for damn sure. I used to get heavy doses of bar soap to the mouth when I was your age."
We both laughed at that as I sat down. The living room was small with a china cabinet against the far wall and a nineteen-inch box TV in front of a blackout-curtained window. The carpets weren't the prettiest color, and they were pretty badly matted. I was curious about how the money I was giving Reina was being spent, but I figured I'd ask later.
That was when I noticed it out of the corner of my eye. There was a piano. Sure, it looked rough, but I knew Reina had a soft spot for it. I waddled my butt over to the piano and sat on the bench.
"Oh, that old thing caught your eye, huh? Mom gave piano lessons to supplement our income. Unfortunately, after a while of being a midwife in a near-constant war zone business dies. The money you sent us mainly covered bills and my school's tuition." Jake said, setting the tray down on the coffee table.
"I'm sorry kid. I would have sent more if I could. Sigh, with Umbrella breathing down my neck I'm surprised you both didn't get found sooner. Fucking Sergei, fucking Spencer, they both deserve to be where they are rotting now." I said as he brought me my mug of tea.
"So let me get something straight, you gave me up so a pharmaceutical company couldn't take custody of me? Sure I know what they did but why didn't you keep me?" Jake asked taking a sip of his tea.
"The same reason why I didn't keep your sister. I didn't trust Ozwell E. Spencer.  He offered to take you both into his care since me and your father were under his watch. I just knew deep in my heart something bad would have happened to you both. I already lost Alistar to Umbrella. She died getting intel for me... she didn't follow my orders. I was supposed to die that day. I had to do what every parent dreads. I had to bury one of my children." I said holding back tears.
"So I had a sister. I bet she was a badass. Tell me, you are pregnant now. What has changed other than it being sixteen years later?" Jake said a bit of a sad expression on his face.
"The people who were after me and your father are dead. Mainly by his hand. Sigh, we were Umbrella scientists and I was one of Umbrella's experiments. Sadly between October ninety-eight and February two thousand three, I was Umbrella's prisoner and test subject. I'm in all senses of the word kid, a monster." I stopped, pulled my contacts case out of my purse, and took out my contacts.
"Jesus Christ! Your eyes!" Jake said stumbling back a bit not dropping or spilling his tea.
"They did this to me and your father to some extent, he wasn't downright experimented on like a lab rat but an Umbrella experiment all the same." I sighed taking a sip of the now slightly cooled Jasmine tea, "I just couldn't let my little ones be raised in such a hell. I left your sister with a lovely Russian couple... I wasn't careful enough though... my bastard uncle... your great uncle... he was a top figure in Umbrella. I went to him not knowing he had become Spencer's right-hand dog.  When I escaped he had tracked down the couple I gave Alistar to. They died in a fire caused by an umbrella facility catching a blaze. It was ordered by Spencer."
"That's why you kept your distance from mom then. You were trying to keep us safe." Jake said with a melancholy tone.
"Yes, you belonged here with someone who was able to love you and not be on the run all the time. Even during my and your father's stable period, we couldn't avoid being tracked by Umbrella. Che, even on date nights we were surrounded by Spencer's goons. Always watching us. The only day I felt free from it slightly was my and your father's wedding day." I shook my head sipping the tea.
"That had to of sucked but you said the bastards that did this to you are dead. Why did you wait to come find me then?" Jake said setting his saucer down and folding his hands together.
"Because Spencer's ambition is still alive in your father..." I took a long sip finishing off the tea and shook my head, "I am going to stop him no matter the costs. I just am here to ask a favor... I know it's selfish but if something were to happen to me I'd like for you to watch over your siblings. I don't think your aunt and uncle on my side would be able to care for them given they both hate your father."
"You said I have an aunt on my father's side why not ask her?" Jake asked finishing his tea.
"Because she sent a merc to kill me and my top guy," I growled clenching my fist at the thought of Alex getting a hold of my children.
"Damn so bad blood there, just let me think about it. That's a tall ask. I don't have much money or space." Jake said.
"If push comes to shove money is no object to me anymore I have a hunting lodge open and running at max capacity not to mention federal grants from the U.N. to keep up my anti-bioterrorism organization. Anything should happen to me they will not only fund you but keep you and your siblings safe." I sigh finishing my tea off as well.
"That's a hell of an offer but I'll have to still think I am a soldier of fortune now. I have to keep myself alive for a bit." He said taking our cups and setting them on the stained coffee table.
"I understand, and this is only if the worst outcome happens and I'm not around. Which isn't the most likely outcome." I sigh hesitantly scratching the back of my neck.
"I will keep my mind open so long as you pay a visit when you can. Teach and I have been quite lonely since Ma passed. It would be nice to have some company once in a while." Jake said putting a hand on my shoulder.
"It's a promise then. It finally seems as if things are where they belong." I heard Albert pull up and I smiled, "We will depart after dinner but before your father and teacher come in take this."
I handed Jake a card with a black and cyan blue wolf emblem on the back.
"What's this?" Jake asked taking the card from my hand and tucking it into his sleeve.
"A crossbow with a golden bolt is what that is. Should you ever need assistance, if your team fails you and H.U.N.K. isn't around. Destroy this, the tracker activates when destroyed. My personal guard dog will come get you, his code name is Cryo Wolf. I don't discuss mine and his terms but I will say that this is for a wipe-the-slate-clean kind of saving. Not only will wolf rescue but also set up with new anything if necessary. I only have so many of these cards. I just want you to have one in case shit hits the fan." I said sternly, "nod if you understand."
Jake nodded as we heard footsteps up the path.
"I wish had these when I was watching over your sister. Maybe then she'd be here still." I sighed as Hunk opened the door.
"I got food for chicken porridge." He said Albert walking in as well.
"Then I'll get started on dinner." I smiled as the three gentlemen walked into the living and started having a chat about Jake's life.
No matter what happens I must save my family. Hell will freeze over before I fail.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and sorry for the wait. I needed to do some serious recovering from the illnesses I'm dealing with and just like Tabitha I broke my damn foot. I'll be posting more regularly again just not as often as before. That is because I'm starting up a second book. It's still in my drafts and I'm going to take some time releasing it so arch angel will still have priority. The new story will be for genshin impact and I do hope if you are a fan of my writing you'll give it a chance. My name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away
6 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 42: Respects
I was crying. The face that Chris had made while I was being pulled away by Albert had broken my heart. I was told by my father to protect Chris, and while this would protect him for now, what are the long-term effects? It was moments like this when I wished I had a vice to cling to.
Albert drank and used to smoke when he was in the army. As soon as I found out, though, I helped him quit. Never did like the smell of tobacco burning. It reminded me of when my parents fought.
I shook my head while I was having a surgical shoe placed on my left foot. We were in the medical wing of Albert's Eastern European base. It was small and formerly a Veltro base. The doctor was nice but had a thick Russian accent.
"I am sorry, lady boss, but you have, without a doubt, fractured your fourth metatarsal on your left foot. Given your superior healing capability, I would say it still would take at least four weeks to heal." The doctor said as he closed the straps to the ugly shoe to my foot.
"And you are sure of this doctor? What about the children? Are they alright?" I asked a worried look on my face.
"You worry a bit too much about children. Your state is perfectly fine. As long as you don't take a fall down a forty-foot staircase, I am pretty sure you will be fine. Take a look at the latest ultrasound I just took." The doctor says, pulling up a picture on his monitor.
"What am I looking at, doc?" I asked, staring at the screen.
"Your virus is causing a special muscle around the children thicker than the average womb. It's like you are wearing a stabproof vest over a set of Kevlar clothing." He said, easing my worries.
"Thanks, doctor, but I should head to the airstrip now. I'm sure my husband is waiting." I said, standing up off the medical bed.
"Da, don't be a stranger. Do come to visit with younglings after they are born." The doctor said as I limped away.
As I was in the hallway, I saw Albert walking towards me. He zipped over to me and lifted me into his arms, bridal style as usual. I chuckled. I'm sure he loved holding me this way.
"I have fractured my foot, Wesk," I admitted shamefully only to have him kiss my forehead as we zipped through the base to the airfield.
"We are not made of diamonds and jade dearheart," Albert said, "we are still flesh and bone, as much as I hate to admit it."
I nuzzled into his chest as we arrived at the plane. The flight to Edonia would be short, but I knew I was going to sleep through it. What I knew was coming was something I had been waiting for a long time. A chance to meet my darling baby boy.
Reina Mueller was a dear friend of mine who helped me with hiding from Umbrella. Her dad had done it for years, so she picked up a few tricks. She was my midwife for my son's pregnancy. She taught me how to play a little bit of the piano, and I taught her how to cook some of my favorite meals. If it weren't for the fact I was with Albert and I loved him with all my heart, I would have stayed hidden.
"What are you thinking about my lotus?"  Albert asked as he stroked the small bump slowly growing beneath our hands.
"Of Reina Albert, she was a good friend. I'm sure Jake was raised well, and my contact has been training him to protect himself. I hope that my contact will recognize me. It has been a long time since I last saw him." I said, closing my eyes.
"I must admit I wish you had told me sooner about our children. I knew when you had disappeared, it was to hide from Spencer. I could have helped you, and we might have been able to see them." He said, stroking my hair.
"I know, the first time I was Sergei's thumb the entire time. He said he would keep the child safe, and little did I know that Spencer had recruited him a few years prior. When I managed to escape his grasp, I landed at a local orphanage. I hid the remaining two weeks of my pregnancy there. I met two wanna-be parents who were unable to conceive. The orphanage director said that I should give my baby to them instead of leaving it there. I agreed they took me to their small house in a tiny village in the Russian badlands. I didn't ask much about them. I knew the more I knew, the higher the chances Spencer would find Alistar. I left shortly after she was born. Gods, it took me so much not to get attached. It took me four days to recover and disappear. During those days, I fed her and helped change her." I heard Albert Shhh me as tears fell onto his lap.
"Breathe, my dear lotus, we will at least be meeting our son soon. Spencer and Sergei no longer stand in our way." Wesker said, stroking my hair.
He was right, and that thought made me smile. All we had to worry about currently was our vow renewal and meeting our son and Alex. However, she could wait. We've put off our happiness for so long. Things are finally coming to fruition.
I breathed slowly, my eyes still closed but a smile on my lips. I place a hand on my tummy, giving the little ones some attention. With a light snore, I faded into black.
When I awoke, I was in the back seat of a black Mercedes. Albert was at the wheel. I let out a soft moan and stretched my back. I noticed Albert looking at me through the rearview mirror.
"How long was I out for love?" I asked, sitting up.
"Four hours and thirty-seven minutes, to be exact. I changed you into funeral attire. We are going to be late, but we were never going to be part of the service, were we." Albert asked as I looked at the simple black dress that accented my belly.
"No, we were going to meet my contact after the wake," I said, pulling out my phone.
"We are here, dearheart. Let's wait in the tree line... there is no one here except a couple of gentlemen and a priest." He said, putting the car in park.
"And one of them is my contact." I sigh. How were we that late? Or did Reina keep hiding after I left?
"Should I step out?" Albert asked about to open his car door.
"No, I will. It's my contact who has been training our son for the past two years. I think you should follow me still, just in case." I said, stepping out of the car.
Albert followed me quickly out of the car and towards the few people in the cemetery. I stood just at the edge of the tree line. The priest was an elderly man and stood next to a tall brunette man who had a U.S.S. standard pistol on his hip. His hand was on a young man's shoulder. The kid looked like Albert just with bright red hair. It reminded me of my mother's hair.
"HEY!!! WHO'S OVER THERE!" The young man said.
I grimaced and walked forward with a limp, "I AM A FRIEND OF REINA MUELLER I WAS TOLD HER FUNERAL WAS TODAY!"
"YEAH, WELL, THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT!! SO GET LOST!!" The kid yelled out.
"Let's just go dearheart, it's clear we are not wanted here," Albert said, placing his hand on my shoulder.
I placed my hand on his face and stroked his cheek, "Just wait one second."
"If you truly are a friend of Ms. Mueller, then tell me what time does the Phoenix rise?" HUNK said, staring deep into my eyes.
The code phrase we had set up years ago. So it was clear he did remember me. He started to walk towards me, pulling out his pistol. The father looked horrified.
"The Phoenix herself rises at seven hundred forty-eight hours and falls when the light burns out of her heart. Who greets and bids farewell to the Phoenix when she falls and returns?" I asked, walking forward with my hands up and motioning for Albert to stay back for the moment.
As I walked forward Agent HUNK spoke, "The Grim Reaper himself greets the Phoenix upon her death arms open, welcome to see his long-forgotten friend and they bid each other goodbye once the fire in her heart is reignited granting her life anew. What treasure did the Phoenix last give the Reaper when they parted?"
We stopped in front of each other, I beckoned Albert forward, and HUNK motioned for Jake to come to him.
"The Phoenix left her chick with The Reaper for she knew her path was perilous and The Reaper her teacher had never let her down," I said, smiling as the Reaper hugged me.
"It has been a long time since we last spoke face-to-face, Tabitha," HUNK said as Jake and Albert arrived.
"You know this lady teach?" Jake asked, carefully eyeing me up and down.
"Yes, I was the one who invited her. Remember how I told you I had a job regarding keeping you and your mother safe." HUNK said, releasing the hug and putting away his pistol.
"Yea and what does that have to do with two random ass people showing up to my mom's funeral," Jake asked looking at me and Albert with a glare, "Why did you invite them, teach?"
"I was the one who paid Mr. Death here to watch over you and Reina," I said pulling out my PDA and handing it to Jake with my financials on screen, "These are my financials following July of ninety-eight six years after you were born. I set up an account to send your mother around two thousand five hundred US dollars every month."
"She told me a long time ago that we had a benefactor from the US. Someone who she was close to for quite a long time. But that doesn't prove that she meant anything to you." Jake snapped, and I noticed Albert's hands tightened.
"My treasure, grab my purse from the car. I need my wallet." I turned towards Wesker, and he nodded, walking off.
"Of course, dearheart, but be careful." He said, walking over to the car.
"What calling off your guard dog? That seems like a dumb move, lady. Especially in these parts, the gangs would tear a rich lady like you up and spit you out in the gutter." Jake said a nasty smirk on his face.
"That's enough, Jake!" HUNK snapped, "Ms. Redfield was my best student when I was employed as a trainer by Umbrella. She probably could kick your ass well up and down this cemetery if she saw fit."
"At ease, Grim, it's not like I couldn't, but I won't. I would not do that to Reina's kid. Not to mention, I'm nine weeks along with triplets. At my age, I have to be extra careful, I already broke my foot in an attempt to escape a B.O.W. I'm not testing my luck anymore this week." I said, Jake, staring in disbelief.
"Damn teach! How old are you?" Jake asked, scrolling through the PDA, "Wait a minute, why are there pictures of me in the photo library? Just who are you?".
"Here you are, dearheart," Albert said, jogging up behind me at a normal human pace and handing me my purse.
"Thank you, love," I said, opening the purse and wallet.
"I asked, who the hell are you?" Jake said, almost getting in my face.
I pulled out my favorite picture, one I knew there were only two copies of. It was of me, Jake, and Reina in the delivery room just after his birth. I placed it in front of his face and softened my voice.
"My name is Tabitha Elise Redfield. This is my husband Albert. Our actual last name is of no consequence. However, this photo is. This photo was taken on June twenty-first nineteen ninety-two. I had just given birth to a male with red hair and beautiful blue eyes. My best friend, who I came to Edonia to find, was beside me in this photo. I was just handed my baby when the doctors took this picture." I said, holding back tears.
"That's the picture Ma had on her nightstand. She always told me that this was her luckiest day. That she would one day tell me about the lady in this picture. When she was on her deathbed, she asked me to bring this picture to her. Said that it was time I knew the truth. I was gone not even thirty minutes. By the time I got back, she was crashing. They wouldn’t let me be by her side." Jake started crying, taking the photo from my hands.
"It's alright, kido. Let it out. You can trust her. It's him I am weary of." HUNK said, pointing at Wesk.
"It has been a long time, hasn't it, Mr. Death? I assure you I'm only here to support my Tabitha." Albert said, holding my stomach, "as well as keeping her and our little ones safe."
"I am sorry to pry, but can we return to Ms. Mueller's funeral? I'm sure you lovely folk can talk after I finish her burial rights." The priest said, walking up behind Jake and HUNK.
"Oh, sorry, Father, I didn't mean to intrude." I quickly apologized as did Albert.
"Then let's head back to the grave site. As long as Mr. Mueller allows it to stay." The father said, walking back.
"Yeah, they can come, but if I find out you're lying to me about who you are, I will not be friendly," Jake said, walking back.
I followed them, but Wesk went back to the car. I could tell Jake was getting under his skin. They were very much alike, temperament-wise, at least. It made me chuckle.
I wasn't going to demand Jake to come live with me and Albert. That wouldn't be right. Reina raised him. I knew I had no claims to call him son. I was just an egg donor. The same could be said about Albert being the sperm donor.
I thought back to my two childhood friends. Jake, who had died of gang violence in Raccoon City when I was fourteen. Reina, who was now beneath my feet from lymphoma. I had a perfectly resin-encased Ice Follies Daffodil in my purse, the same type we had buried with our friend back in seventy-five.
When the priest stopped his prayers, he asked if I had anything to say. I thought for a moment and nodded. HUNK placed his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him and looked at the freshly dug grave.
"Reina, I'm sorry. I honestly don't have much to say. I was a failure of a friend to you. After you moved out of Raccoon to Edonia. It was only by chance I found you again. I stayed with you in hiding for roughly seven months. Those were some of my favorite days. When your son was born, it was the happiest I've ever seen you. You had always wanted to be a mom since we were kids. I knew I had made the right choice when I saw how you held him." I said to the casket.
Jake stared my way with a confused look on his face. He stared at me and then at the picture, then back at me. I saw the gears in his head slowly starting to click into place.
I sighed and lightly kicked my bad foot, "That day while one of my saddest was also one of my happiest. I was able to make my best friend's dream a reality. When we looked at each other and laughed, we both knew then, didn't we? What do you have to name him? Did we not? A name that shared equal meaning to us, Jacob. The name of our friend who brought us all together and held us together like fucking glue. We both know he was in the delivery room that night, keeping an eye on our dumbasses. Reina, just as you promised me that day. I promise the same to you now here and on your grave. I will watch over your son and make sure to do my best to guide him like you did for me. I have something for you, ya know. A daffodil preserved in resin. It's just like the fresh ones we gave Jacob when he passed. You both loved the daffodilys that grew at school."
I pulled out the flower and placed it on the casket. Jake went wide-eyed but smiled and opened the top of the bare casket. I smiled and took one last look at Reina. She looked tired but at peace. A small smile on her lips. Her flowing ginger locks were brushed back and washed. I place the bloom in her cold, fragile hands. Jake closed the casket and I knew the last little bit I had to say.
"Reina, I promise I'll keep him on a path you would be proud of. He is the most sacred bond we have. May you find your way to your eternal spring filled with dillys, and shadows guide you, goodbye." I slightly bow.
HUNK nodded and I saw Jake with tears in his eyes. He was trying to hide it with his arm but it was obvious. When she was lowered into the grave I let my emotions show and cried. The last bit of my contacts dissolved as I wept my tears. I reached into my purse as the rain started to fall. Placing on my new corrective shades I look up to the sky.
"Heaven weeps as a new angel crosses through those golden gates." The Father said pulling out a rickety old umbrella.
Wesker walked up behind me holding a sturdy black umbrella as it began to pour, "Lotus, come wait in the car. We don't want to risk you catching a cold with the little ones still growing. I'll help bury her. That way I can at least pay my respects to Ms. Reina."
"There is no need for that. You four go to Mr. Mueller's home and have a meal. Reina was a member of my flock. I shall see that her grave is fully tended to before the rain stops." The father said reluctantly smiling.
"You both follow me and teach. We will take you guys back to mine and my mother's place, however, once we are there we need to have something settled." Jake said handing me back my picture.
"Are you sure you want to go down this path kid? Where we three are from there is no turning back." HUNK said staring at Jake.
"I sure teach and I think Mom didn't want me to hate my biological mother and father. At least that is the vibe I'm reading. Isn't that right mother, father?" Jake said scratching the back of his neck.
"It would be better if we discussed this at a secure place, but yes you are right. In both senses." I said.
"Then let us take my Mercedes. That way we can avoid this rain." Albert said pulling out his keys.
"Mercedes? Are you guys loaded?" Jake asked a bit annoyed.
"Off the records Yes but it's hard to be rich legally when technically we both have died," I said laughing as we started walking towards the car.
HUNK and Albert laughed while Jake looked confused.
"What does that mean?" He asked trying to catch up.
This was going to be a hard discussion.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and welcome to 2024. Yep already off to a good start. A chapter on the second day of the year. That's a first for me. Well, I hope everyone enjoyed their New Years. The next chapter will be a good one. My name is Slifarianhawk and I'm not so far away.
11 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 41: Little Brother
It was about two weeks since me and Albert found out about our triplets. He barely let me out of his sight however we had a mission coming up, to show what I am to the B.S.A.A. I couldn't afford to let the B.S.A.A. get in the way of my plans. While this would probably traumatize a lot of people including Chris. It needed to be done.
I was ready to embrace the path I was on. I was going to save Albert.  Even if it meant severing all ties I have. I was about three blocks away from the main European branch of the B.S.A.A. The Intel that was collected said that Chris would be at the main Europe office for the next few weeks. The agent didn't know what for but said that he was an integral part of an upcoming mission. Wesker wanted to cripple them one way or another.
This was going to be a slaughter. Many innocent lives were going to be ended by me today. I felt strange about it. Part of me yearned to call Chris and warn him of what was coming. Yet I didn't call. I was ready to let the innocent burn for all my pain. Someone had to pay for everything I was feeling.
Albert rubbed my belly as the black S.U.V. neared the base. I was terrified something would happen to them. I placed my hand on Albert's. It was simple I would transform into the archangel form and go on a rampage.
I was faster in my archangel form. I would be able to dodge bullets with ease. I started to shake what if they were hit? I couldn't lose them so soon after finding out about them. Already they had wormed their way into my and Albert's hearts.
"Uroboros will protect you and our children, my delicate lotus. I'm also sending in a B.O.W. to protect you. You just have to filtrate and find Chris. Once you do soothe him make him feel like you managed to get away from me. Then the beast will attack the base from the B.O.W. study area. I'll let you out here and I'll release the B.O.W. that should surely get you in through the gates or at least draw out Chris."  Albert said reviewing the plan. 
I could tell he was stressed over us being apart too. He used three contractions. I had to ease his worry somehow after all he was easing my worries. I kissed him and shifted my skin cells to appear bruised and beaten in multiple places. I had to be confident in my acting. Not only to make Albert happy but to keep Chris safe.
"You'll be there for the ending, right? Where you collar me and drag me away?  I know that will send a message to Chris." I asked my eyes now appearing dull and lifeless.
"Yes my dear, I hate making you look like this but we do as we must to protect our future." He kissed me then he kissed my lower belly through my torn and bloody shirt, "Your father loves all three of you. Keep momma safe from her bastard brother."
I gently chuckle at the affection he gave our unborn younglings. He was going to be an amazing father to them. But it was time. With a quick kiss on the cheek. I kicked out the door of the S.U.V. and jumped into the nearby forest. I curdled up into the fetal position landing on my back. Uroboros bracing my fall I barely felt a thing. Mine and Albert's creation was protecting mine and Albert's little ones.
I heard restraints snapping and a roar breaking out from behind the tree line. I knew what was released. A tyrant, I moaned in annoyance as I limped away. I ran as fast as I could to the other side of the forest. The base was dead in my sight, and I kept limping on. I heard heavy boot steps behind me. Was this thing going to protect or harm me I couldn't tell. The programming was extremely fickle.
I hurried out of the forest, B.S.A.A. guards quickly drew their Assault rifles and aimed at me, "FREEZE THIS IS A PROTECTED AREA BY THE UN TURN AROUND AND LEAVE!!!" a lanky female yelled.
"P...PLEASE HIC HELP ME!!! HE SENT A TYRANT AFTER ME!!!" I screamed bloody murder falling in front of the base, my arms guarding my stomach.
Shortly after I heard a man scream out "OH SHIT IN THE TREE LINE!!!".
A roar pierced the air, as the tyrant burst through the trees. My heart quickly sank. It was one of Sergei's tyrants, the green glasses one to be exact the one that was always meant to hunt me and return me to Vladimir's side. Albert sure did his fucking research, my PTSD was fucking triggered. More for the part I guess but I was having words with him when we got back.
I pushed myself up and started limping toward the base again. I grabbed my Phoenix Corps. badge from my torn-up shorts as an alarm started to go off. I heard a door open as I limped closer and closer.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!? T WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I heard a familiar voice call out.
"CHRIS HELP ME! HIC WESKER SENT THAT THING TO TAKE ME BACK!" I cry out the lie sorrowful tears leaking from my nearly lifeless-looking eyes.
"WHAT!!?? OH FUCK NO!! HURRY T OVER HERE!" Chris yelled as I fell once more my bare left set of toes extremely hyper-extending as I heard a distinct pop. I shifted to land on my back my slight baby bump exposed. My body was covered in false bruises and faded scars.
The tyrant grew closer as the agents opened fire on the damn thing. I tried to stand but quickly fell again screaming in pain.
That was fucking genuine pain. The first time I felt pain like that in a while. I couldn't stay I had to keep moving. I dragged my body along the asphalt. Chips of silica fell off lightly cutting my body. I felt hazy. My left foot spasmed as I threw up. Damn morning sickness and pain, at least it made my predicament convincing. I knew with the last fall I took I had probably done some real damage to myself as I watched my left foot turn splotched with red and violet hues.
"KEEP FIRING! I'M GOING AFTER MY SISTER!" Chris yelled sliding down the pathway and shooting at the green-lensed Ivan with his M92F pistol.
The monster stumbled back as Chris got closer to me. I tried and successfully managed to stand up excruciating pain ran through my foot. Fuck, at that moment I knew it was at least a sprain. I waddled over to Chris trying to keep weight off my left foot.
"Chris, brother, please stop this thing! I can't go much further." I fell to my knees and drew my Samurai Edge from the holster behind my back. I panted another wave of vomit blew past my mouth. I weakly dropped the pistol, falling into the vomit. Yuck, this was a new low for me.
"T! Oh my God! What the fuck did he do to you?" Chris stared at the fake bruising in horror. Then his eyes came to my distended belly and I saw defeat on his face.
"You're pregnant, aren't you?" He asked lifting me into his arms not caring I was covered in throw-up.
"That's why I had to get away. Couldn't let anything ...happen.... to them." I threw up again most of it was bile and from pain, "I was taken on a mission but I escaped Chris. I managed to get away." I weakly laugh.
"Yeah you did good T, you have no idea how glad I am to see you again," Chris said handing me my Beretta which was spared from the vomit.
"It's retreating!" One of the agents shouted as I looked at the tyrant walking back into the forest.
"Stay on guard its master probably just called it back," Chris said rushing me into the base as I felt even more hazy.
"Chris... I'm so sorry for dragging you into this." I coughed, closing my eyes, "You know I missed you, little brother.".
I decided to take the act even further and fell asleep.
(CHRIS POV)
"NO! GOD DAMN IT WESKER!" I stared at my unconscious sister. I raced to the infirmary where Rebecca was. She would be the only doctor I could trust with her. I knew he had moles in the B.S.A.A. and she wasn't one of them.
"Chris! what's going on?" My trainee asked with his sniper on his back.
"It's Wesker, Piers. He is nearby. My sister somehow managed to escape his grasp. But I'm sure he will be back for her." I said opening the infirmary door, "Rebecca emergency patient!"
I quickly sat T on a medical bed and then rushed to wash my hands. I didn't care that she was covered in vomit when that thing was after her but it was still gross. I looked at her left foot, the top was swelling pretty badly and looked like some small veins had popped when she landed.
"Chris is this her? The former Umbrella operative?" Piers asked a stunned look on his face.
"Yeah, that's her, My older sister Tabitha. She is Wesker's wife." I sigh sitting in a chair next to her. She did not look at rest. I watched as the bruising was slowly disappearing everywhere except her foot.
"What's making that bruising disappear so quickly?" Piers asked.
I was about to answer when Rebecca walked into the room, "That agent Nivans is one of the effects of being infected with the Angelis Virus."
"Rebecca thanks for taking a look at her, I think she might have broken her foot," I said stroking her hair.
"What is the Angelis virus? I have never heard of it." Piers asked setting down his sniper rifle.
"I believe she is the only one infected with it but it's a strain of the Progenitor virus. That's the parent strain of the main umbrella viruses." Rebecca said her hand automatically going to her stomach.
"Chris, I think she's pregnant." Rebecca ran over to a cabinet and grabbed a scanner-type thing.
"I know she told me just before she passed out. That was the reason she escaped." I said staring at Piers.
"She ran away while pregnant, your sister is either brave or a little stupid." He said.
"Or option three a good mom," Rebecca said placing some kind of gel and pulling up a screen.
"She did always want to raise kids of her own. To think Wesker would do this to someone he married. Who had two of his kids before? Why Damn it?" I growled snapping the cheap plastic chair.
"Mmmph!" T groaned in her sleep.
"Sorry T," I whispered taking a deep breath, "Rebecca what do you see?"
"She's pregnant with triplets Chris!" Rebecca shouted stunned, "She's almost at the end of her first trimester!"
"So Wesker did succeed, God Damn it!" I rubbed her forehead.
"Mmmm, huh where am I?" T asked waking up and shifting around.
"Hey T," I smiled as she smiled up at me.
"Hey little brother," She said, and when she moved her foot she winced, "fuck! That is fucking hurt."
"I was about to get you an x-ray of your foot," Rebecca said to T.
Piers stepped out for a moment when a loud rumble shook the building. T's eyes went dark and she started to shake. We were under attack and I damn well knew who it was.
"He's come for us," T said holding her baby bump, "Chris, I'm scared."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure Wesker doesn't get you guys. Here, there is a wheelchair over here. I'll evac you and get you to O'Brian. He will know what to do." I said gently picking her up and placing her into the wheelchair.
"SIR! THAT THING IS BACK! AND IT HAS BACKUP!" Piers yelled running back in an explosion knocking him into the med bay.
"Cough...cough...you okay kid?" T asked shaking.
"Yes thank you, mam," Piers said, "Chris get her out of here. I'll cover you."
Piers pulled out a nine o'nine as the tyrant stormed into the corridor. I heard T gasp in pain as she lept out of the chair curling up on the floor. Her body was spasming becoming encased in a black glass-like material.
"Chris....please run my virus..... unstable.... can't hold back much longer.... I don't have my meds to stop this... I'm so sorry for this..." she said as her body completely crystallized.
"T NO!" I shouted, "Piers and Rebecca lock down the infirmary stay hidden!"
"You sure Chris? I can help!" Rebecca shouted as Piers pushed her into the med bay.
"Dr. Chambers, please stay down." I heard Piers close the door as the glass started to shatter.
T showed me this once before. She nearly killed me then. The monster that Umbrella made her. Their sickening form of an angel. I heard wheezing as the glass shattered and T erupted from the cocoon. She let out a horrendous screech.
"T, please don't make me do this!" I shout drawing my gun.
"HELP LITTLE BROTHER!!!" She shrieked her voice like grinding brakes.
She lurched towards me. That's when I heard him. His fucking cruel laugh rang throughout the hallway. Wesker strutted into view his sunglasses shining in the fluorescent lights.
"There you are my precious lotus. Come to your master." He said beckoning her to him.
A weird sound exited T's throat. Her wings flicked and she hovered over to him. No, the B.O.W. in her listens to him. I shot at Wesker and T charged towards me. Her clawed right foot slammed into my chest sending me flying into the wall.
"Gorgeous isn't she Chris? She is truly a perfect specimen. Look at the obsidian plates along her beautiful womanly parts?" Wesker said as she landed next to him.
"T please fight this!" I screamed falling to my knees as wesker stroked my sister's belly, "GET AWAY FROM THEM YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"Oh dearheart, did he find out? So sad. I guess we just won't be able to leave you out of my sight anymore my precious pet. Our young shall inherit this disgusting world. We can't risk them or you falling into the wrong hands, now could we? We both know what will happen if anyone takes them away right." Wesker said grabbing her chin from in between her fangs.
I looked into her eyes and saw nothing but fear and despair behind them a raspy female voice came out as T's fangs shrunk and mouth opened, "They would experiment on them and do what Vladimir did to me. Make our little ones into weapons."
What? No! That wouldn't happen with us. we'd keep her and them safe. Right? I shook my head realigning my shot at Wesker's head. He was manipulating her with her trauma! No way in hell was I going to allow him to do this to her.
I took my shot and fired my gun only to see Wesker smirk. A horrid noise came from behind Wesker. The monster that was chasing T earlier was holding Piers by the neck. She turned towards Wesker and reverted to her human form.
"Chris stop her!" Piers cried out grabbing his pistol and blasting the bastard's head. "She could be the key to stopping Wesker!"
"Albert, let the young man go... I will go with you. I give up, you win." T said looking away from me.
"T PLEASE DO NOT GO WITH THIS BASTARD! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY!" I cried out.
"There is but you can't do it, Chris. You wouldn't let your friend die and you wouldn't kill me and my babies. This way at least the young soldier lives to fight another day." She said tears of blood falling from her face.
"I will accept this trade my dear lotus." Wesker laughed pulling out something out of his pocket.
My face dropped it was the collar from the video. He wrapped the collar around her neck and tightened it. T bowed her head as the tyrant dropped Piers.
That was when I heard the clacking of combat boots racing towards us. Maybe this is my chance.
I raced toward T and grabbed her wrist. I started to pull her away when I felt a shock course through my body. I saw sparks shooting down her arm.
"THERE THEY ARE! OPEN FIRE!" The Assault team captain shouted.
"WAIT NO SHE'S!" I started to yell out only to see a bright flash of electricity.
T had punched an electric panel and darkness rolled across the base. I felt something warm and wet wrap around me.
I cried in the darkness, "Please T don't go..."
"I'm sorry Chris. My adoring baby brother, this is where we part ways. Good....bye hic" She whispered in my ears.
Then I felt her be pulled away from me as gunshot flashes lit up the hallway. She was gone. The little time I had her in my grasp and she sacrificed herself to him to save one of mine. T why damn it! She gave up her free will to save Piers.
"I failed again," I whisper curling up on the floor.
She broke for him, she fought her bastard uncle but broke for her husband. This just told me one thing. That was a shadow of my sister. She was gone.
I'm sorry T but I can't save you.
Hey everyone Silfarianhawk here and I didn't take as long of a break as I expected. Inspiration struck and I had to get this down. Things are turning up again so let's keep the ball rolling. I'm currently on medical leave from work so I'll have another chapter up soon. My name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away. Good night dearhearts 🪷
7 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 40: Gifts
It had been just under a month since I had bonded with Uroboros. The undying Hadean-level heat finally died down about a week ago and Albert's touch stopped feeling like in inside walls of a walk-in freezer.
He had taken to the Angelis virus perfectly hardly any changes except his skin tone was just a tad paler and his hair was slightly brighter as well. He stood on the balcony of our apartment. With a book in his hand, he stood out looking at the horizon. 
I sighed, I looked over at the calendar noticing the date. It was the twenty-fifth, back before we had taken our separate routes we had spent this day in the past with William and his family. My after my mother passed Chris and Claire busied themselves with either volunteer work or staying on their military base around the holidays.
Albert walked in and saw my cloudy eyes. He places his book on the left-hand side table and walks to the closet.
"I have something for you dearheart." He said walking over to the wall away from the bathroom door. He removed his glove and pressed his wedding ring on the black pad attached to the wall. A secret panel was unlatched and opened up.
"These are some relics from our past I couldn't just let go of. I was planning on giving you this sooner but your body was so hot from binding with Uroboros that I decided it was a better idea to wait. There is also something I couldn't risk Sergei taking after you told me how much it meant to you." He said pulling out a small old fruit-patterned suitcase that we had bought for our honeymoon tour of the Mediterranean.
"Wow! Now that old thing brings back some memories!" I chuckle my eyes brightening a bit at the sight of that.
He set it on the bed and unzipped the old case. The zipper broke off from the track likely due to the lack of use from over the years. Rust is prevalent on the zipper. He pulls out a box wrapped in a plastic bag. He removed the broken suitcase from my sight more than likely in the kitchen. When he walked back in he smiled and removed his sunglasses setting them on top of his book.
"Go ahead open up the package, my lotus." He said sitting next to me on the bed.
With a smile and a sigh, I ripped open the vacuum-sealed bag. Upon pulling out the box I noticed it had a familiar scent to it. It reminded me of our bedroom back in Raccoon City.
I opened the top and nearly cried when I pulled it away. It was our old sky blue and gold cotton comforter. William and Anette had bought it for us for our wedding. It was in just as good shape as the last day Albert and I had slept under it. I stuck my hands into the soft slightly scratchy only to find an even more scratchy material.
"What's this?" I ask slowly pulling out a neatly folded light yellow knitted square. At the moment I saw it, my heart nearly stopped. Yet another item I had thought Sergei destroyed. It was the baby blanket my great-aunt on my mother's side had knitted for me as a baby. I kept it with me even when I went to the Umbrella management training facility. Anette found the fact I kept a hold of it weird but Wesk never did.
"I still remember the day you told me about it, dearheart." He said removing the box and bag from the bed while pulling me and the blankets up to his chest, "The day that one girl tripped you down the stairs and you ended up breaking Marcus's favorite vase. He gave you the worst verbal lashing anyone there had seen. We were just friends at the time but I knew I had to do something."
Tears dripped down my eyes, "Yeah, I heard you told Marcus what had happened.  While I was let go from being sent on dish duty I still remember that bitch being there until she snuck into the leech lab." I said with a sigh bringing up the small knitted blanket to my face.
"I meant when I came to your dorm that night. You were sobbing and holding that blanket up to your lovely face much like you are doing right now. Do you remember what I said to you when you told me it was your baby blanket?" He asked stroking my hair and placing it behind my ear.
I had to think for a moment but slowly the memory haze cleared away and that moment became recognizable again, "How could I not? We shared our first kiss just after you had told me. You said 'Tabitha, it is okay to hold on to the past. We need the past to make a stronger better future. I don't think having a cherished item holds you back but rather it helps move you forward.'"
I looked up at Albert to see a nostalgic smile gracing his lips, "And that is when you planted a small kiss on my lips. It stunned me that you would be so bold as you were very much sheltered by your family."
"Yeah well, I have you still even after all the time apart, we fit together like gears in a clock," I whispered kissing the shell of his ear.
"Given the date, I do have something else for you my precious lotus," Albert said but I pressed my right index finger to his lips.
"And I have something for you as well my treasure but this is not the place. If you would please follow me." I said as my comms choker vibrated.
"Pheonix here," I answered.
"What is taking you so long? I had everything set up like thirty minutes ago and you know I don't like waiting," Gale said in a grumpy voice.
"I was just heading down with him now," I answered clicking off my comm, "Grab what you got me, and let's go."
Albert just shook his head and walked over to the secret panel closet. He grabbed a black large attache case that had two fairly durable locks on it. I smile walking over to my closet. I put on a flowy blue and white dress that covers my feet along with white flats.  I pulled out a snowflake necklace that I had stashed in my pack when I first got captured by Albert.
"Who's necklace is that my lotus?" He asked looking at me in the mirror.
"It was Alistar's. I sent her family this pendant in ninety- two when I was on the run from Umbrella with our second child. She was wearing it the day she died." I said hugging Wesk as he held the white sapphire snowflake in his hand.
"She would have reminded you of a snow-white lily, she was so pure and innocent. Even stained in blood she was as innocent as a turtle dove." I whisper as I head towards our private elevator.
"Wasn't that the name you had chosen for her if you had kept her?" He asked as he grabbed his trench coat from the coat rack in our kitchen.
I smiled and gently brushed the falling strands of hair out of his face, "I'm surprised you remember that."
"Of course, I would dearheart. She was our first after all." He called the elevator and we got on soon after. Albert brushed his hand against my own. He wasn't wearing his gloves for once. His face while stoic radiated an air of serene peace.
"Something caught your eye dearheart?" He smirked turning towards me.
I smiled, "Just you, my god."
He laughed as he pulled me close and kissed my neck, "You are so precious to me, my lotus. I never wish to lose you."
"Merry Christmas Albert," I whispered.
"Merry Christmas Tabitha." He said into my neck.
The elevator door opened and Jill was waiting for us. She was wearing a red sweater with a green overcoat and white leggings. She greeted us with a smile on her face. She wasn't acting I noticed.
"Come on you two. We were waiting for you." She giggled and took the weapon case from Wesker. She started to walk towards the library as Albert had a confused look on his face.
"We? Who did you gather? Excella is not here and most of the staff are B.O.Ws." Albert asked.
"Just some people that matter to us, well more me but you need to expand your horizons my treasure. Some social interaction would be good for you." I said as we arrived at the massive library.
Jill scanned my keycard and the sliding steel door opened revealing a small festive gathering. Gale sitting on a leather sofa next to an ornately decorated Christmas tree. Arjuna standing at the gift table. Steve and Nighthawk are drinking cider next to the fireplace. Irving was drunk and talking to a column.
Jill dropped the black attache case off at the table and then sat down next to Gale, kissing him on the cheek. A light blush grew on his face as he sipped at his vodka cranberry. Jill just chuckled taking a glass of French champagne.
I smiled up at Albert who looked stunned at the small gathering. He shook his head slightly and then looked down at me with the smallest smile I'd seen from him. Clearly trying to hide some emotion.
"However did you plan this without my knowledge dearheart? I'm awake nearly twenty-four-seven save for the times I rest next to you for a few hours. Even then you are normally by my side so how?" He purred in my ear.
"Simple, I did it the same way I'm planning our vow renewal. Alistar programmed White Queen to manage Pheonix Corps. in my absence. That included charity balls and galas as well as small parties for the facility. To do it without you noticing all I had to do was keep an eye on you, my love, and turn up the charm a bit.
Albert chuckled, "You would be an amazing field operative if I were to ever need one but I will tell you this I had planned on at least bringing out Archer for the holidays."
I burst out laughing happily, "That explains why he said that this co aligns with his plans. But at minimum, I'm twice the agent than Ms. Wong is."
"Indeed you are." He said pulling me close.
Albert and I kissed. He walked over to the black leather armchair and grabbed a bottle of Johnnie's blue label. He poured himself a glass on the rocks and relaxed on the chair.
Arjuna walked up and hugged me. He was in his Phoenix Corps. management attire. I was happy he was able to come normally I had the lodge running over Christmas but this year I wanted to give my employees time with their families.
"It's good to see you, Tabitha" Arjuna said with a smile his hair back to being a solid black.
"And it is great to see you, my dear. How are things at home?" I asked floofing his silky hair.
"Things are running smoothly. Billy has taken up more of a managerial role and is the one in charge while I am away. I also brought a batch of viral stabilizing pills and activators just in case you ran out of stock." He smiled and walked toward the grand piano in the center of the room.
I watched as Albert stood up as well and joined him.
"Do you know how to play Arjuna?" Albert asked as he sat down on the bench, his glass of high-quality scotch in hand.
"Yes, it just has been a while, sir," Arjuna said with a slight bow.
"No need for such formality with me, your mother is my wife, and while we haven't bonded in the little time we have had. I do care for you." Wesker said motioning for him to sit next to him.
"Thank you, but still I will address you as sir till I feel comfortable around you," Arjuna said sitting next to him.
"Understandable, now do you know how to play any Christmas music?" Albert asked and Arjuna reluctantly shook his head no.
"I only know a partial of Carol of the Bells. The only song I really know is Moonlight Sonata I learned it for Tabitha."  Juna said earning a chuckle from Wesker.
"Her favorite classical piece. Then take the lead," Wesker said taking a sip of his scotch.
Arjuna started to play and then Albert followed suit. The music of the grand piano danced through the air. The sound sends shivers down my spine. Two of my favorite men playing one of my favorite classical pieces. I couldn't help but smile not letting the negative thoughts of Umbrella ruin this lovely moment.
Jill and Gale kind of cringed at the memories this song brought up. Yet the memories of the mansion incident seemed so far away to me.
"Even after everything that's happened, I can't help but feel nostalgic when I hear this song." I sigh walking up behind my two lovely men.
When they finished playing I pulled them into a warm embrace, "You both were amazing."
"Thanks, ma I enjoyed myself." Arjuna smiled standing up from the piano.
"Tabitha dearheart, I do believe people are ready to exchange gifts," Albert said taking a sip of his scotch. I knew this was difficult for him. He had so many unresolved traumas from the holidays. I was working through them the last few years before the mansion incident. Namely in S.T.A.R.S. but those are memories for another time.
"I'll help pass out the presents then," I said as Jill and Steve walked up to help me.
"Let me do the heavy lifting! Steve said quickly taking the heavy boxes.
"Whoa! OK! Seesh! CALM down, Steve." Me and Jill laughed as I grabbed Albert's presents from the table where they were stashed.
The sorting went swiftly and easily. Not to my surprise Jill and I had the most gifts. She had about two more than me, I would say.
"Alrighty, ladies first," Irving laughed and I rolled my eyes smiling as Jill opened a blue and silver box.
"I wonder who this is from... T." She jeered with a smirk.
I simply stuck out my tongue and Albert rolled his eyes sipping his drink. I doubted he'd get drunk but it was nice for there to be similarities to the past.
Jill smiled as she pulled out a lockpick set that had blue grips and a star on the end of the handle.
"These are nice T. Thank you." Jill smiled setting the case down.
"Now it's your turn boss lady," Gale said his hair slicked back, "the black and red box is from me open it."
"Alright, thanks, Gale." I smiled opening the box, and a gentle smile graced my lips, "These are nice, Gale. Are they corrective?"
"Same prescription and same color just stronger and less likely to fall off your face when in combat," Gale said kissing Jill on the cheek.
I pulled out the black pair of shades with purple lenses. There was an etching of a silver phoenix on the arms. I slide them on and the bright lights dim. The subtle headache that was growing quickly faded.
Quickly we went through the gifts. There was a wide variety of objects were given. From Wesker receiving a watch from Nighthawk and Arjuna. Arjuna finally told us that they were together and had just celebrated their six-month anniversary. I felt proud they had the confidence to tell us.
Irving got a couple of nice dress shirts and a decent-sized leather briefcase. Steve was hard to shop for but was still a kid so I got him a new deck of cards and a guitar similar to Chris's old acoustic one. Gale and Jill exchanged the most gifts with each other. They were mostly small bits and bobs but they had one gift each that they had put work into. Jill got Gale a necklace that matched hers.
"Something is written on it," Gale asked looking at the back of the pendant, "My sniper."
"Something to remind you of me when we are apart," Jill said smiling.
"We had the same idea then, " Gale said as Jill opened her black and red box.
Jill pulled out a leather bracelet that had a gold plate on the front with a lock pick etched into it, "I'm giving you the key to my heart Jill, like I should have when we were in S.T.A.R.S."  Gale smiled.
They hugged and gently kissed each other. When they did, I snuggled into Wesker's chest on the leather couch. I handed Albert a manilla envelope. He looked confused as he sat up and opened it. He pulled out pictures of a young man who was sixteen at this time. He had red-brown hair similar to Claire's and Albert's stormy blue eyes.
"I don't understand dearheart. Who is this young man?" Albert asked stroking my hair gently.
"One of my old contacts, the man who trained me. Hunk was his codename. I had him do some searching as a favor. The name of the lady who I left our son with was Reina Mueller. She was a dear friend of mine. That young man is her only child, the one she adopted in ninety-two. That young man is currently being trained as a Merc. He is being trained by the Grim Reaper himself. That young man's name is Jake Mueller." I said taking a glass of sparkling pear cider from a nearby table, "That's our son, Albert. I know we have that mission in Europe coming up. After we had completed it, I found some lodging. I booked it with Pheonix Corps. Resources and we are attending his mother's funeral. She died of a rare form of lymphoma. We are going to meet Jake."
"You have been quite busy dear lotus. I'm afraid my gift pales in comparison." Albert said unlocking the weapon case in front of me.
"I doubt that my love.  You know I'd cherish anything you'd give me. " I kiss Albert's cheek in a gentle manner
"I know dearheart. I just like making you say that." Albert smirked pulling out a fifty-cal-looking rifle decorated in black snake scale. The scope could switch between thermal, night vision, and regular sights, "I call this rifle scorpion. It can be charged by your electrical prowess. It is semi-automatic and fully modded for maximum damage. It's also lightweight and compact with minimum recoil. It's an anti-B.O.W. gun."
"I love it Wesk. I was always a lock-on kind of gal, not a spread-spray-and-pray kind." I joked around but it was a seriously nice sniper rifle, "Looks like I may be retiring my bow here soon."
"Alright I do believe that is all the presents let's start to pack it in and..." Arjuna started to say when Steve walked up and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Not quite arjuna I still have one gift left and it's for Wesker and Tabitha." He smiled.
"Well, what is it, Steve?" I asked curiously very much confused.
There were no more boxes or envelopes.  So what gift did he have for us? I glanced up at Albert. He wore his usual stoic expression but there was curiosity in his eyes.
Steve pulled out his laptop and went into the medical records portion of the U.M.F.014. White Queen appeared on his screen and smiled.
"Greetings Dr. Burnside, would you like to continue where we were last viewing?" She asked.
"Yes, I would White Queen and blow the image to full-screen," Steve said handing me and Albert the laptop as an image of an ultrasound was pulled up.
"I ran your blood work when you came in to see if you and Uroboros were properly bonded. while that came out with resounding positivity another thing came up. By the time I returned to my office, you were asleep pretty heavily on the medical bed. So I had to check the results and this is what I found." Steve said as tears started to well up in my eyes.
There were three small shapes hugging the walls of my womb. How far along was I? Albert held me close I felt his smile in my hair. We were pregnant and we were going to have triplets. This explained the bouts of nausea I had been having and the extreme exhaustion.
"From my knowledge based on the blood tests and the ultrasound, you are about six to seven weeks along. It seems you have succeeded in your side project." Steve smiled closing the laptop.
"Well, I'll be damned! Congratulations you two. Looks like I get to be a cool uncle after all." Gale laughed kissing Jill.
I started laughing as well pressing my cheek into Albert's chest. Parents, we would be parents.  Tears streamed down my face.
"Tabitha my dear lotus, this is the best Christmas I have had, and something tells me the next ones will just be even better," Albert said kissing me.
"Merry Christmas everyone!" I shouted out and smiled brightly.
This has been one hell of a year.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and Merry Christmas to all. Spend time with your loved ones and enjoy them. I'll be on a brief holiday till the new year so I can spend some much-needed time with my partners (I'm in a trouple ^^) and I love all of ya'll. My name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away.
8 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 39: Morning Song (NORMAL P.O.V.& SMUT)
I followed Albert up to the observation room. It was a strange request. Even when we were working for Umbrella we always escorted guests out. This must have been something serious. I walked into the room the door shutting behind me.
"Over here dearheart." Albert beckoned me over to the computers on the desk of the observation room.
"Why are we not with our guests my love?" I asked sitting on the chair covered in soft white suede.
"There is something I needed to show you in private. It was when you transformed into your archangel form." He said as I plugged in my watch to the computer.
"OK show me.  I'm all ears. "  I activated my watch the Pheonix Corps. emblem appearing on the screen.
"White Queen, please show our lady the combat data collected today November twenty-sixth two thousand and six," Albert spoke the ai appearing from my watch.
" Yes lord Wesker, playing combat data. " White Queen said as a video file played.
Albert paused it once I was transformed into my Archangel form facing the camera.  I noticed something new about the form.  Black markings surrounded my breasts and other womanly parts.
"This is strange. It looks like armor almost." I said touching the screen.
"I pulled the notes from Cordell's files on you from the angel's fall drive. There was one set of notes on the matter. Apparently, he and Sergei had a plan to make you the ultimate motherly type. Protected from all sorts of things meaning harm to your woman's assets." Albert said pulling out a laptop from who knows where.
"From Cordell and Vladimir." I bit my lip holding back a growl.
"Unfortunately so dearheart. They seemed to be so spiteful that the chip Gale had extracted was hardwired to prevent ovulation. So the makings didn't show up because you were unable to conceive." Albert sounded pissed off so I grabbed his hand and looked at him.
"He was more than likely trying to prevent us from trying to rebuild our family." I clicked my tongue rubbing the new scar over the upper part of my spinal column.
"It says angelis was created to have the infected become ultimate guardians and servants." Albert said his hand now atop the one on my back, "It seems in trying to control you, they prevented you from evolving to your full potential."
I clawed at the chair. What else could those bastards have done to me? If Gale hadn't removed the chip Albert and I wouldn't have been able to conceive.
I snarled rage filling my body, "White Queen"
The hologram appeared from my watch.
"Yes, my lady." She asked floating above my watch.
"Pull up Sergei's file on agent seven forty-eight using my credentials," I ordered.
"I've pulled up the files before my lotus I didn't find anything," Albert said looking at me curiously.
"That's why I'm accessing them with my Umbrella credentials, Sergei always hoped I'd come to his side and that he'd left the files unredacted for me." I cringed feeling sick to my stomach.
There were multiple pictures of my naked body chained to a cement floor a certain fluid on my face. There were also several photos of me blindfolded and restrained to a medical bed my crotch stuffed with three massive dildos. Blood was streaming down my eyes in the photos. However, the last one had my blood boiling. It was a screen capture of CCTV footage. It was of Alistar dying in my arms.
A deep guttural growl escaped my throat. I was near tears with each memory I saw. The haze in my mind grew at an exponential rate. The things he did to me creeping into my mind.
"That was when she died, wasn't it?" Albert asked stroking my back as I bit my lip closing down the computer, "There there my lotus. I am here and soon we will have a little one of our own running around. "
I chuckle darkly, my eyes flaring a dark icy royal blue I feel my morality slipping but I laugh, "I'll make everyone who hurt us burn in hell!"
Albert grabbed my chin and kissed me deeply and passionately, "That's my lotus! The world will bow to us."
"Let us go to our lab my treasure. There is something I want to test. White Queen, power down. it's time." The AI nodded deactivating as I stood up facing wesker, "I think it's time me and Uroboros got acquainted."
"Are you sure dearheart? It is still extremely toxic and unreliable." Wesker said in a concerned tone.
"I'm sure, one of the researchers kept calling me unworthy of receiving such genetic aptitude. That the Angelis virus was just a waste to be used on a lower life form such as me. When Sergei brought up the prototype virus to be tested on me that researcher slapped him" I said remembering my eyes darkening.
I heard Albert mutter under his breath but didn't put two thoughts to it. At this moment I was driven to prove to everyone I was worth being alive.
"The fact that Sergei had a vial of the prototype virus must have meant he was working with Alex," Albert said there was a bitter sound in his voice but there was also a gentle smile on his lips.
"Most likely but even if that is the case, I want to carry your creation in my veins. Our viruses swirl together to show nothing can stop me from being your goddess." I said caressing his cheek.
He looked down at me and his smile faded, "I will do it on one condition seeing as how I already possess Uroboros.".
"What is it my treasured god?" I asked staring into his shaded eyes.
"You inject me with the Angelis virus... we could be the same then love, feeling each other's pain. I'll know what you went through somewhat when you were with Sergei." Albert said holding my cheek his thumb caressed my lips, and the faint scent of leather washed across my nose.
I felt panic. The angelis virus never had successfully taken a male host. What ifs started to flit about in my mind. What if Angelis didn't accept him? Would I lose him again?
"But what if you're not accepted? What if it harms or even worse kills you?" I asked terrified at the thought of losing him before I could save him from Spencer.
"Please a mere virus will not kill me. I am a God! Nothing will stop me from curing this world of humanity and nothing will stop me from being with you my goddess." He said with a kiss on my lips that was gushing with passion.
"Alright Albert, I trust you," I said pulling back from the kiss rose tinting my cheeks.
"Then let us head to our lab, my dear." He said heading towards the door.
I followed like a puppy. My heart still racing Albert's promises do little to ease my anxiety. When we arrived at our lab I dropped to my knees, my ears ringing louder than Big Ben. I felt Albert grab my shaking hands. He rubbed them gently and then harshly slapped his on top of mine.
I stood up, the ringing suddenly stopping. I stared at Wesker whose concerned look told me everything. He was worried too but he remained strong.
"Dearheart look at me," he said placing his hand under my chin and pushing up my face.
I did as he commanded. He pulled off his sunglasses and stared into my blue eyes with his red ones. Slowly he embraced me pulling on his jacket. That way he made sure I couldn't move from his arms.
"I will not ever leave your side again. Nothing can separate us from one another anymore. I just got you back. I refuse to be taken away from you again." He said my head on his heart.
It fluttered. His body was showing me how sincere he was. Soon I felt my anxieties melt away into his arms.
"Do you promise me that? Nothing will separate this relationship again?" I asked.
"I promise Tabitha. We are here. The sooner we get this done the sooner we can have some alone time," Albert said kissing my cheek while opening our lab slash office.
Excella was in there preparing his dose of the prototype stabilizer. When she saw us she shrieked, "AH Albert, I didn't see the both of you. I was just preparing tonight's dose."
"Excella out! Me and Tabitha have a very important experiment to conduct!" Albert growled.
"Of course please do find me if either of you need anything." She said scrambling out of the office like there was a fire.
After Albert retrieved a vial from his centrifuge in the lab he pulled a black vial from the storage fridge.
"Uroboros..." I said walking up to him and touching the vial.
He sat down on the medical bed in the back of the room. I followed noticing the grimace on his face.
"Now that we are alone. Come here dearheart." Wesk said pulling me into his lap.
"Wesk I have a condition to your condition. I want to be dosed at the same time as you." I said confidently.
His grimace shifted to a small smile, "You wish my precious lotus."
He prepared two syringes one with the black vial and the other was a clearish white vial. That's why he had Gale draw more blood, that was the concentrated
form of the angelis virus.
He handed me the syringe with the angelis virus and held the syringe with Uroboros in his hand.
"This will hurt my dear I am so sorry," Albert whispered in my ear.
"I'm sorry too Wesk. But we will see each other side my precious treasure."  I said placing the syringe on his neck.
"I love you, Tabitha," Wesker said sticking the needle in my neck.
"And I love you, Albert." I slammed the needle in. I encountered a decent amount of resistance from his skin.
We kissed as we pushed down the plungers.
Nothing... a sweet abyss washed over me. Dark as night. I felt hollow. Like nothing mattered. The tidal wave of numbness took my consciousness out.
(Wesker P.O.V.)
I watched as my dear lotus fell to the floor. Her body shaking and seizing. Shortly after I dropped to a knee in agony. The raging chill froze my body. My muscles felt like they were being shredded and sown back together almost instantly. It was excruciating. My body shook from the pain. But the worries about myself and my blood ran cold when I saw her.
Her seizure had stopped but there was a slight amount of foam around her mouth. It quickly dawned on me she wasn't breathing. NO! I WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS! I knew I shouldn't have allowed this.
I dragged my sorry hide over to her tearing my jacket off of her body. I picked her up nearly dropping her on the floor from the heat pouring from her body. I held her close quickly performing mouth-to-mouth and started chest compressions. I wasn't about to lose her to my creation.  I wasn't about to kill her again.
"Please my lotus, you can do this don't let this beat you. Please Tabitha you are stronger than this." I whispered in her ear pulling her into my lap.  I barely felt a pulse.  Her body only gets hotter and hotter.
It dawned on me pretty quickly. Uroboros and the Angelis virus were battling for dominance in her body. Sorrow filled my heart, I was scared of losing her when I had just promised that wouldn't happen. Then it dawned on me. The vial of blood I had Gale draw when she was with Arias.  I needed to rebalance the virus levels in her body. I was about to get up until I heard something. It was a soft moan.
I looked down and my heart swelled in relief. She was slowly and gently breathing. My precious lotus,  my darling dearheart, Tabitha, you scared me so badly. I hugged her tight, pulling her up I leaned down and whispered something I'd never thought I could confess.
"That's right Tabitha, come back to me. Fight through this fire my gorgeous lotus. I couldn't last again without you.  Rise from your ashes my Pheonix. Rise so once again I can hear your sweet loving morning song. Please rise for me so I won't have to wander this dark path alone once again. " I murmured in her ear.
"Mmmm... Albe? A...Albert?" She gasped moaning out deliciously.
"Tabitha," I called out as black snake-like tendrils grew from her wrists lifting her into the air. The tentacles wrapped around a sturdy pipe in the ceiling. She was dangling by her wrists, her toes barely touching the floor.
Uroboros was presenting her to me. She was stunning. Almost all of her scars had vanished. Her brown hair was now feathery with black and white patches. As she opened her eyes they shone like freshly polished sapphires the outline of her irises and pupils was now platinum colored rather than sliver. She was even more beautiful than she was before.
A moan pulled me from my trance, "WESK! AHHHH!"
She was fully awake now and the tendrils set her down in my arms before shattering into fresh silica. It was as if it wanted me to examine what it did to her. Even more interesting was when I wanted her in my arms it set her there.
"My my, it seems our viruses have mutated together my goddess." I smile standing up.
I watched as her hair returned to brown and the tendrils receded into her body.
"Albert please, it's so hot. Albert mmm I need..." She panted grasping at my button-up shirt.
"What is it that you need my love?" I asked noticing I had my tendrils wrapping around her legs and up her pants. I needed this. I needed her to know how much I loved her. She was about to feel it too.
"Please my love use Uroboros on me to tame my raging internal flame. Please my master use our gifts to allow me to please you. Not to mention you're near my cunt." She moans out.
(NORMAL P.O.V. smut)
I was panting. My body was a flame and Albert's touch was like a soothing menthol gel.
"It seems our mutations have deemed us to be soul mates dearheart. I'm going to enjoy this treat dearheart. Let me show you how much I love you." Albert smirked wickedly as I felt his Uroboros rub against my commando pussy lips as they slowly pushed into my innermost place.
I roared out a moan. The radiating heat from my body pooled to my crotch. The mutation was as thick as my beloved Wesker's cock. The tentacle was like ice. So cold but so refreshing.
Albert placed a kiss on my lips as I clench my pussy around the tendril, "mmmm fuck, why does this feel so good?"
I felt my eyes roll back as Albert ordered the tendril to thrust in and out of me.
He let out a dark laugh Uroboros spreading my pussy like butter, "We were truly made for each other dearheart. It seems my creation and touch are the cure for your aching."
He sent the tendrils deeper kissing my cervix even pushing past. I screamed in pleasure I was being used like a toy and I enjoyed it. I gave into the infectious mood and lay on Albert's office desk.
He laid on top of me quickly stripping us both of our clothes. I panted rolling him onto his back as his Uroboros went back into his skin.
"it seems my needy slut has gained a small second wind." Albert chuckled pulling on my nipples and biting my neck
"Maybe I figured out who the real needy one is Wesk after all it was your tendrils that were in my pussy." I say pressing my body against him.
He smirked and he lifted me off of him by the throat. God did the pain feel amazing. I gasped for air as he sent two tentacles deep into my folds. I released and came on his Uroboros.
"Mmm Albert ahhhh" I moan out cum dripping down my legs, "Albert please it burns. Please cool me down.  Fuck me please"
"Such adorable little noises coming from your whore mouth." Albert smiled slamming me into his desk. The impact caused the the ebony desk to fall apart Albert landed on top of me in a passionate kiss.
With a simple command, his tendrils wrapped around my breast and detached from his arm. The tentacles as they slip into my pussy.
My bound body shuddered. Albert's hard cock twitched at the sight of me writhing beneath our creation. I saw him beam with pride. My body surrendered as I came once again without Albert touching me. My body burned for him.
"Such a lovely sight you make my filthy lotus. Pleasure yourself for me. Entertain me well enough and I'll give you the relief you seek.
"Yes, master." I pant reaching down and massaging my clit.
He chuckled as I felt something press against my behind.
"I know how much you loved being filled in your slutty ass. I am going to fill you to the brim with our creation." Albert snapped as I felt the faceless serpent press deep into my other hole. They squirmed in unison rubbing against each other. The pressure was immense as the tendrils pressed against my cervix and G-spot. I felt myself let go as Albert withdrew the serpents.
"Look at you, feeding our creation with your juices. Such a filthy lotus cumming with my permission. You drive me feral dearheart with your perfect motherly breasts and your tight whorish snatch that clings to my cock." He smirked lining himself up with my entrance.
I moan at the way he grabbed my legs and forced them back. His touch was ice cold against my skin. The temperature difference from his touch before was shocking. It was the opposite of what happened to me. The angelis virus made him slightly paler and chilled his skin. What didn't change were his eyes they remained their brilliant red.
Albert smirked at the distracted look on my face then leaned down to my ear, "Pay attention, Tabitha, I want you to see how much I fucking love you! Call out your master's name when he makes you cum."
"Yes, my god." I moaned as he slammed deep into me. Deeper than the Uroboros could. He delved into my pussys most sacred place. He delved into my womb. Gods did it hurt but it felt so heavenly. He pulled out and slammed right back in grazing my G-spot as he slid in. His cock was larger than he was the last time we had done things. I felt some of the walls in my pussy tear slightly from Wesker's thrusts. My body hastily repaired the damage, making my pussy tighter around his fucking huge throbbing member.
I couldn't hold on anymore. The coil that was building in my stomach snapped. I screamed out as I squirted on Albert's cock.
"ALBERT FUCK YES YES MMMM OHH FUCK!" I moaned out, my tongue dipped below my lip.
"Look at you panting like a slut in heat. Our body's intertwined tangled in passion. Look even your Uroboros wishes to be with mine." Albert smirked my legs resting on his shoulders and my back on the smashed expensive wood covering the floor.
I smirked as new tendrils exited my wrists as did his. They bound our hands together as Albert trusted faster into me. The tentacles hardened into obsidian holding us in place as hours passed by.
Me and Albert spent those hours back and forth in our fight for dominance. There were moments when I had managed to flip us over and was impaling myself on Albert's cock. Squeezing him in a vice-like grip with my sweet and tender pussy. He moaned out and bucked up into me. He took my breast into his mouth and latched on suckling my nipple like it was the only sense of nourishment there was. We were in tears by the time we ended.
We went for roughly ten rounds. Each one lasted longer than the previous. We had nearly limitless stamina yet had spent it all pleasuring each other. That was the longest session we ever had. Being entangled with Albert was like a drug you would automatically be addicted to. It was an intense passionate dance one could never tire of.
I cried out as we came one last time the binds holding us long ago shattered into dust. Albert kissed my temple, sweat dripping down us both. The flame that was in my body quietly subsided for a moment. As we lay out on Albert's broken desk we failed to notice the door open.
"OH, WHAT THE FUCK! I NEED SOME FUCKING BRAIN BLEACH!" Gale shouted out covering Jill's eyes, "REALLY YOU TWO! WE WERE FUCKING WONDERING WHERE YOUR ASSES WERE AND HERE YOU FUCKING ARE DOING THE DANCE WITH NO PANTS! AGAIN!!!"
Gale stormed off pushing Jill along with him. They both had blushes on their faces. They were probably looking for a room where they could do things too. oh well, I'll apologize later as of this moment in time I burst out laughing pulling myself off Albert's cock.
A little bit of our mixed juices dripped down my leg as I helped Albert up off the floor. He grabbed our clothes from the ground and helped me redress. My tired muscles scream out for a hot soak. I smiled as I helped Albert put on his pants and coat.
"Look at you my phoenix all swollen with my semen. I am positive this little experience will gift us with our greatest treasure." He said pointing at the full-length mirror in the corner of the room.
I giggle slightly noticing my lower abdomen is slightly distended. I just stared at myself. A small swollen poof filled to the brim with Albert's seed. I felt overwhelming happiness as Albert picked me up and kissed my lips.
"Soon my phoenix you will have a little one to sing your sweet morning song to," Albert said as he walked out the door holding me.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and Merry early Xmas I will try to have another chapter posted by Christmas for you all to enjoy when you need a break from ya'lls family. Well, I hope You have an amazing day and please leave a comment it keeps me going. Please continue to enjoy Resident Evil Archangel.
8 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 38: Angelis
We walked down to my old research lab deep within the Tricell base. Fear was present in my mind. What if I disappoint Albert with my lack of preparation or worse the actual presentation itself? I know it wouldn't be a slap on the wrist with a kiss on my cheek if I did.
"Here we are my wife's research lab," Albert said.
"Yes, please come on in, " I said, ushering everyone into the lab and noticing Gale had slipped off at some point. Strutting my way to the front of the room. Once I was in front of Arias, I removed my brown contacts.
"My my, your eyes are quite stunning, lady Tabitha," Glen said, staring into the azure fields that my eyes were.
Quickly, I shifted my hair color from brown to white to blonde to black and then back to brown. I grew out my fangs and claws and shrunk them back to normal size. The constant changes through my mutations were extremely painful.
"Cell manipulation, violent but thoughtfully controlled mutations, command over lesser angelis B.O.Ws, these are but a fraction of the abilities I possess. Currently, I am the only one in the world known with these capabilities as I am the only one infected with the Angelis virus, at least the only one who is a complete match for it." I state as my eyes flare their icy blue glow.
"This is quite impressive. You must be proud of your lovely lady, Dr. Wesker," Glen said, staring in wonder as my form morphed back to how I originally looked without the contacts.
"She is my pride and joy, Glen. I am beyond grateful that she has returned to where she belongs by my side." Albert said a smirk on his face.
"The female body is the most receptive of the angelis virus. While the acceptance rate is low, the amount and quality of B.O.Ws it can produce is astounding. It is capable of not only producing standard zombies, crimson heads, and lickers. It can create a vast array of B.O.Ws, all of which can be controlled by one accepted by the virus. The commanding ally would have full control over the lesser ones without the need for the plagas parasite." I explained, walking over to a drawer and pulling out a butterfly blood drawl needle.
With a sigh and wince, I tapped my comm choker, "Pheonix to Galeforce."
Within a few seconds, I got a response, "What's up, boss?"
"I need a vile of my blood drawn you mushroom. Please report to my research lab. Now!" I kinda snap.
"OK, OK, no need to bite my head off. Seesh, so much goddamn sass in you today. " Gale chirped, laughing as I rolled my eyes, deactivating my comms.
Running my fingers through my hair and pushing my bangs back, I gently spoke up, "Until I can procure a vial of my blood, I have something I've been saving for a moment like this I had special ordered it from my hunting lodge back in the States. About two weeks before our brief meet and greet."
"Dearheart, what did you put on your supply order from Pheonix Core?" Wesker asked in a slightly annoyed tone of voice.
"A couple of my lodges specialties, my treasure. Our strawberry apple brandy and my signature lavender macarons, if you must know." I said bent over, pulling out a glass tray from a cupboard q smiling brightly.
Arias chuckled, taking one of the boxes of lavender lemon macarons, "My my, Wesker, refreshments? Someone was well prepared. She has quite the charm and such fancy accouterment, you have more than earned my praise lady Tabitha."
"Please allow me to pour the drinks!" Excella blushed, realizing how behind she was.
I rolled my eyes as I popped the cork off the brandy.
"Best, let that breathe before you pour Excella," Gale said, entering the room and staring at us until he got to me.
"Ahh, Chambers, welcome back," Albert said, his glowing eyes focused on me.
"Alrighty, let's get this taken care of so you can have a drink. You look like you need one," Gale smirked.
"It would be rude to offer refreshments and not indulge with the rest of the party." I sigh, handing Gale the needle and sticking out my left hand.
His smirk grew, "Alright one... two... and three." He jabbed the needle into my dorsal metacarpal vein.
"Son of a.... fun!" I growled out, I hated my rolling fucking veins.
Albert handed Gale two extra vials and he nodded as he drew the blood, "understood sir."
Excella poured the drinks as Gale clicked the lever on the needle retracting the point. He handed me a vial and Albert the vials he had requested as well. Taking a dropper from my lab supplies, I dripped a few drops of my blood onto a couple of microscope slides.
"Glen, do you mind if I have a drop of your blood, I would like to do a quick experiment. Relax no harm shall befall you." I say taking out a clean sowing needle.
"Alright, I'm quite anticipated to see where this goes." He smiled and offered me a hand that he swiftly ungloved.
With a flash, I had punctured his index finger with the needle and lightly dripped two drops of blood onto the second slide with blood on it.
Placing the slide with my blood on the microscope I offered Arias to view it.
"So this is the angelis virus, the cell structure is more refined and replicating at a decent rate. It appears to consume energy at a high rate though. That's quite interesting. May I see the other slide? The one with my blood mixed in." Arias asked, stepping away as I changed out the slide, tossing the old one into a biohazard bin.
"Now observe the power of my virus," I smirk.
Arias realigned himself with the microscope, and his eyes grew wide, "Interesting, it appears to be consuming my tissue, rotting it, and producing new blood cells to match your own."
"Not quite deary, while you are right about the rotting and consuming your tissue there is a deeper meaning to this. By completely consuming your tissue, not only is it showing you would not be a match, but it is also showing the energy creation process. The bow that would be created from your body would be a high-end weapon of terror. My research aims to lower the toxicity of the angelis virus by changing the selection quota from cp4 to the value of ATP and ADP concentration in the tissue." I said standing in a relaxed state taking a drink from Excella and sipping it as he went wide-eyed.
"That would be a remarkable feat of bioengineering! Well, Wesker I must say your wife is such a talent, and a beauty as well. I do believe she would have no match other than my Sarah." Arias smiled taking a drink from Excella as well.
Albert growled placing the two vials in my fridge then racing over to me and wrapping his arms around me protectively, "She is mine Arias. She just agreed to renew our wedding vows. In fact, why don't you, María and Diego come to the ceremony. A sort of peace offering between factions."
I smirk into Albert's chest, he just played a very smart tactical move. Even with Arias's trauma, the offer was a token of respect. It would be hard to reject. Three moves ahead as always. Well played my love, well played.
"I would be honored, Dr. Wesker. Just because of my trauma doesn't mean you both should be denied happiness. The world will suffer soon enough for what they did." Arias said smelling his brandy and offered out his glass to Albert.
Wesker pulled me closer kissing the back of my neck and took a glass from Excella as well.
"Cheers, to this partnership prospering and the love between you and Lady Tabitha," Glen said.
"To your happiness," María said taking a glass and posing it.
"To no one getting in our way. " Excella smirked pouring herself a glass.
"And to the world crumbling at our feet," I said through gritted teeth as my mind raced on my morality," cheers."
Everyone took a sip of their brandy. A resounding round of light moans rings throughout the air. Clearly, they enjoyed my brewmaster's creation.
"That is quite delicious, full-bodied but completely refreshingly light. The one who made this ambrosia deserves many a praise." Arias said smiling in a shocked tone of voice.
"I shall pass your compliments to my brewmaster at my lodge. They know I only accept the best work from them." I said reminding myself to thank Specter for his hard work.
"Well then lady Tabitha, my compliments to you as well. From your research quality to this well-balanced beverage, it is quite amazing. I must apologize, I thought originally you were just a trophy to stare at and show off. However, there are so many layers to you I could never see with that mindset." Arias said bowing to me.
Smirking I gave him the side eye and asked a simple question, "Are you hitting on me? Mr. Arias?"
I kindly laugh taking another sip of my brandy Albert's grip tightened on my waist.
"No not at all!" He choked on the sip of brandy he had just taken, "Just giving a compliment where a compliment is due. After all, I'm sure had I have done that your beloved husband would put me in an early grave. "
I chuckle looking up at Wesk and then back at Glen, "Fair enough, would you like to see some combat data on the angelis virus B.O.Ws?"
"Are you sure dearheart? All we have is your combat data from when we captured you as Alistar." Albert asked curiously.
"How about live combat between me and Gale?" I say staring at Gale who had faded into the background.
"What about me?" He asked looking a bit confused.
"Ready for a fight pretty boy?" I ask motioning for everyone to follow me except Jill who I had headed to the medical bay just in case things got a little messy.
On the walk to the demonstration area, I felt a little apprehensive. I had never gone all out against someone before, not even Albert had faced Archangel. But Gale was fast, faster than Wesk to say the least. I would more than likely have to rely on my electrical prowess. Without a doubt, it would hurt.
Once we arrived I motioned for Excella to lead Mr Arias and company to the observation room.
Albert stalked up to me and whispered in my ear, "Be careful my goddess, don't risk everything just for data."
"Is that concern I hear in your voice my treasure? You do not need to fear for me." I whispered back.
Albert kissed me on the cheek and I handed him my samurai edge, "I'll be back for this."
Taking the gun Albert headed up to the observation room stopping a brief moment, "You better."
Me and Gale walked into the center of the demonstration area the room looked just like the Pheonix Corps containment room just much larger.
I smirk to myself, "You better watch yourself Gale I'm going to send you flying."
"Oh really, I bet I'll drop you like all the rest." He cracked his knuckles, "After all I think we both know who is going to win this."
"Yeah me!" We said at the same time.
"Oh! The fucking hell no! I know you didn't just say you'd kick my ass!" Gale shouted.
"Sorry Gale, the truth is the truth." I laugh.
"Oh Yeah, well you know what! If I win you're naming your next kid after me!" Gale smirked getting into a fighting stance.
"And if I win you need to confess to Jill how you feel!" I shout back shifting into my equinoxal form.
Gale says "I'll tell her on my own time" then proceeds to get into a defensive form.
I lunged at Gale. My taloned feet sweep his body from under him as I take off in the air. My wings create strong air currents in the room, pushing Gale back.
I smirk as Gale unsuccessfully tries to land on his feet due to the current being too strong. I had pushed him back til he had to press up against the wall for balance.
He drew out his Rambo knife and sliced open his hand and blood poured from the wound. With a single flick, he flung his blood into my left eye and it ignited. Fire blazed where his blood was. My eye burned.
I let out a horrific screech which slowly turned to laughing as black silica dropped from my eye revealing fresh new skin, "Sorry Gale looks like I healed too fast. Come on galeforce can't handle the wind" I laughed out flying up to him, and grappling him tossing him into the air, "where is your fire!"
He clicked his tongue trying to push himself off the wall, "Oh it's still here I just wasn't expecting heavy winds today."
He was smiling. But I knew that smile he was trying to hide his concern. My guess is he doesn't want to confess his feelings for Jill.
I spiral kick him on his left side tossing him about in the air, "Then start burning bright damn it! You know this isn't even my strongest ability!"
Gale recovers and tries to use his speed to land a blow on my kidney. But he was unable to dodge my next blow.
I flap out of the way of Gale slamming my heel into his right shoulder sending him plummeting to the floor.
"Show me the power of the Veronica virus or did I waste my time teaching you." I snap sadistically.
"Alright, then let the real show commence." Gale rushed toward me and delivered a kick to the stomach and a punch to my kidney. His body started to burn morphing into this plant-covered fire beast. His first Veronica form.
I smirk as Gale transforms the mutations in his skin covering his arms and private bits, "Let's see some sparks then pretty boy!"
I race over to my belongings  grabbing a syringe, "Prepare to see heaven Gale!"
I injected the viral activator into my neck. I moan in pain as slowly but surely four more wings rip from my back and black obsidian braces around my wrists, and ankles as a full mask appears from her skin. Closing my fists and opening them again revealed sparks of electricity shimmering from her hands "Let's dance you fucking mushroom!"
“Oh, scary no wonder it takes you and wesker so long in the sack.” Gale replies starting to laugh ”Guess I should try a bit harder though. Since this is the form you tell everyone to run from."
I let out a horrific banshee-like screech as I landed on the ground spinning and lashing Gale with tendrils of electricity draped from my hand the currents leaving him slightly stunned.
“Damn never would’ve thought it would go this badly, guess I really should do more training “ is the last thing Gale said before receiving a kick to the throat sending him tumbling down, "I ....cough.... not giving up! I can't tell her yet!"
"Too bad! I'm not losing!" I smirked confidently behind my mask taking off once more and swirling into the air calling forth more silica partials. I formed the silica atoms into fine thin needles, thousands of them. Quickly turning in the air I launched them at him only to see the blood on the floor blaze up brightly melting the needles. Flying through the molten debris I hook him in the nose causing blood to drip.
As the wall of fire grows higher and brighter Gale stands up and wipes the blood off his nose “To think, you resort to taking a type of steroid just to try and finish me, but did you think it be that easy bods lady.”
I belt out another ear-piercing screech but Gale stands strong. His resolve is untapped showing his will and his hunger for victory.
“ Let’s finish this” Gale said as he surrounded the room with fire. Blood flying about. The heat was scarring. If  I had been human my flesh would already be crispy even at a distance.
"Heh, that's my star pupil there's the fire in your belly!"I shout as I Surge through the flame, my wings guarding me from the heat as I summon the bits of silica into six massive spears, hurling them at Gale.
Light on his feet  Gale evades the spears with ease. Using the fire he made earlier, he launches fireballs in my direction.
Reacting quickly I recall the spears blocking the flames. Molten silica spills all over my arms. Gods did it hurt even in my mutated state, molten stone hurts like a mother fucker.
“Looks like I’m gonna have to turn up the heat” he proceeds to increase flame density and the room becomes sweltering, with a turn the fire moves inwards and points in my direction.
My time was up. I had to make the final move or my goose would be cooked. I knew what I had to do. My confidence boomed and I smiled.
"I'm sorry Gale but I believe it's time we end this little game of ours," I said starting to laugh like wesker as I flashed in front of him. My mask shattered revealing my blue eyes glowing like lightning and my fangs were below my chin in length.  I slammed my fist into Gale's stomach the electrical current I was generating sent shockwaves like a stun rod through his body. He flew into the wall a crater forming on impact. Pushing through with my last bit of strength I flap my six wings forcing the fires out. Landing I grab Gale's neck and pin him to the ground.
"Game.....set....." I panted as we reverted to our former forms, "match."
I felt someone pulled my ass off of Gale. It was Albert he cradled my body and covered me in his coat.
"What about Arias, my love?" I asked weakly. I was tired. My virus firing on all cylinders with barely any food wasn't smart.
"Let us get you clothed and Gale to the medical wing first. But my dearest lotus you both did amazing. You showed your abilities flawlessly." Albert whispered walking me into the locker room.
He handed me a simple black tank top and a grey set of basketball shorts. He didn't hand me a bra or underwear nor did I care. I just wanted to see the results of my and Gale's fight. Quickly putting on the clothes I offered Albert his coat back.
"Keep it dearheart. That way I have a mark on you." He smirked.
"Is my ring not enough?" I chuckle as we walk out the door, placing on his oversized coat.
"Nothing is enough when it comes to you, my lotus." He smiles, caressing my cheek.
When we return, Gale is being tended to by Jill. He is clothed as well. He was staring at Jill with a slight blush on his cheek.
"Well, now that you both are here, I must say you both are talented warriors and fearsome weapons. I was most thoroughly entertained and amazed at your prowess." Arias said, clapping, walking up with Excella behind him
While Jill walked away with Gale. I dashed up to Jill and whispered in her ear. Walking back to Wesker and Arias, I had a smirk.
"What was that about, lady Tabitha?" Arias asked.
"Settling a debt between me and Galeforce. Now Glen, what did you think of the angelis combat capabilities?" I asked pushing my hair back nervously.
"Spectacular my lady. While the compatibility is low the quality of those who are are impeccable. I could most definitely procure a sample and test the waters of the market for you. Not to mention I do believe I have found my new drink of choice this trip and meet an amazing woman."
I heard Albert growl under his breath.
"Oh then please you just have to join me and Albert in our apartment for dinner just us three." I offer while elbowing Wesk in the ribs for being a tad rude.
I felt him roll his eyes but then I noticed a smirk grow on his face, "Yes please do us the honor and join us. My wife is an amazing chef.  She is even able to satiate my refined palate and appetite."
Why did he have to say it like that? I hid the fact well but I was a blushing mess as Albert pressed against me. It was payback, wasn't it? For making him play nice with Arias. I felt his semi-hard cock press against the small of my back and the heat welled up in between my legs.
"Unfortunately I must decline at this moment in time. My assistant barely scheduled any time for any leisurely activities. The next time we see each other soon for your vow renewal. We will have to have our dinner date next time. I'll have my assistant pick up the sample of the angelis virus at that time as well." Arias said his followers walked up upon him.
"Alright, we shall see you then Glen," Albert said motioning for Excella.
"Thank you, Dr. Wesker and Lady Tabitha. We shall see each other soon enough." Arias smiled.
I gently laugh, "Excella deary, please escort Mr. Arias to our private docks."
"Of course Tabitha, Mr. Arias, maría, Diego please follow me," Excella said leading them away.
"Dearheart follow me. There is something I need to show you." Wesker said taking me up to the observation room.
(Meanwhile 3rd person P.O.V.)
There was a groan as Gale awoke with a start. Jill was standing at the doorway staring down the hall. With a chuckle, Gale sat up and stared at Jill. His body bandaged up from the obsidian shrapnel.
"What's so funny?" Jill asked a smile on her face for the first time in a while.
“Nothing just looking back at my match with Tabitha,” Gale said scratching the back of his neck.
Jill got to the edge of Gale's bed and bend over. Gale noticed her hair was slightly lighter.“ So Tabitha said you wanted to tell me something.”
Gale just sat there for a moment and he took he deep breath and slightly laughed, “Me and Tabitha had a bet before the match, if I lost I would have to tell you something that I wasn’t able to tell you before.”
He stopped for a moment to think what to say
“ Well Gale, what you wanna tell me.” Jill chuckled but Gale grew a serious face for once.
Gale looked into her blue eyes with his multi-colored ones“ I love you, Jill. I have since S.T.A.R.S. I just didn't have the balls then, but now I have the strength to say this. I am in love with you, Jill Valentine."
Jill was shocked at what Gale had just told her. It came at her in waves. First, there was shock. Then that shock turned into a subtle happiness, “It’s about damn time, Gale. I've known since S.T.A.R.S. you had a crush on me I wondered if you would ever have the balls to say anything."
A few tears slipped down Jill's face, even in this hellish place she could find hope. This hope had just blown down her expectations. Just as Carlos had done for her in Raccoon City, Gale just made her life a lot brighter in a very dim place.
"You know what we should do?" Gale asked snapping Jill to the present.
"What?" Jill responded interested.
"Go to Tabitha's and Wesker's vow renewal together and see what antics they get up to. With how hot and bothered they seem to be it may be steamy." Gale laughed Jill joining him.
They were happy.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here. This was fun smart and a bit off the wall. We have a side story developing here. let me know if I should add little blurbs like this every once and a blue moon. The next chapter is an emotional one so be ready. Have a lovely day everyone. My name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away.
8 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 37: an old grudge
I stalked through the caves. Slowly following Excella with my hand on my samurai edge. Jill and Gale walked beside me.
Albert's voice rang out in my mind, "Take Jill and Gale with you to the meet-up. I don't want Arias to try and take you away from me again, dearheart. Not to mention the natives are less than friendly."
I stare at the heavy ring on my finger. No way in hell was I about to let that happen again.
"Pay attention, you three!" Excella snapped as I sent Gale off to find a good sniping post, "We need to try and mend our relationship with Mr. Arias. He is one of our best buyers and one of our major clients!"
I felt a growl building in my throat. Arias, the fact I would have to play nice with him left a bitter taste in my mouth. Not only for the fact he saw me be an utter embarrassment to Albert by being captured by the B.S.A.A. but I think he was one of Sergei's suppliers. I'm not too sure on that one, though maybe I'd ask. There was also the fact he tried to kidnap me as well. 
I felt a buzzing on my neck, "My comm is going off."
Excella sighed and walked ahead.
"Pheonix here," I said pressing the speaker on my choker.
"No need for codenames with me, my precious lotus," Albert said, his voice echoing through the comms.
"Wesk," I sigh hesitantly scratching the back of my neck, "are you sure me being here is the best idea? I feel it could lead to trouble the last time. The last time I saw him I was our daughter now I'm your wife and partner."
"Don't sell yourself short my dear. Just be your usual cheery self, my love. Just reintroduce yourself as who you truly are." He said a slightly sour note to his tone of voice.
"Of course, my treasure. I shall" I smiled his voice giving me confidence as I heard a chuckle over the line.
Ugh, the fucking mushroom!
"Galeforce! Are you in position?" I snap.
He laughed almost shouting over the comms, "Of course, I'm in fucking position! What do you think I am a dead pigeon!"
Sighing I groan, "Don't listen to mine and Wesker's conversations over comms."
"Now now boss, don't let me blow away the romance." Game said cocking his kar98.
"Tabitha let's hurry. Excella is already at the rendezvous." Jill said behind her mask and cloak. 
"Right. Love you Wesk see you in a moment." I said hanging up the comms and marching on.
Within five minutes we were at the dock. I watched as Irving pulled in with a certain man with white hair. His minions are beside him. I was paranoid something was going to happen. I just felt it deep inside.
"Ah lady Excella, I see Dr. Wesker didn't escort you this time, " Arias said kissing her hand.
"He is making sure everything is perfect for your visit Glen." She said smiling.
"And who are these lovely people with you, Excella? One is certainly familiar." He asked motioning to me and Jill.
"One is the new bodyguard that Wesker assigned to me. The other is..."She started to stammer.
I quickly bow slightly,  "My apologies lord Arias, we have indeed met before although I was reticent about my true identity. When we last met I was using the identity of my deceased daughter,  Alistar Lancaster."
"Ah yes, I remember you now. You were captured by the B.S.A.A were you not? How ever did you manage to escape?" He asked eyeing my form suspiciously.
"Escape would be the incorrect term. They let me go under the UN's orders. As you have your resources, I have mine. If you would allow me the honor of reintroducing myself, I would be most grateful." I said pushing my loose hair back.
"Please indulge me. What is your actual name?" He said facing me completely now.
"My full name is Tabitha Elise Redfield Wesker. I am the matron of the Phoenix Corps., head of security, and the wife of Albert Wesker." I bowed fully this time my mid-length hair draping my body.
"So I tried to capture Wesker's wife?" He said in a stunned tone of voice, looking paler than he did when he arrived.
Raising my body I had a gentle smile on and with a lie on my lips I spoke,  "I harbor no ill will towards you hun."
Taking a moment to examine me, Arias faced his minions and lowered his hand, "Diego, Maria stand down we are among kindred spirits here."
The girl as well as the masked B.O.W relaxed in expression. I turned on my comms and looked down the dock. A certain mushroom perched atop a shack his scope shining in the firelight.
"Stand down galeforce, turns out I was just paranoid," I spoke to the choker speaker.
A loud groan rang from the comms as Gale jumped down from the little shack to the dock, "You need to get that in check boss. Can't be a walking ball of paranoia forever."
"Who is this gentleman?" Arias asked walking up to me. 
"This is Galeforce, my guard. He is also my best sniper. " I say escorting Mr. Arias toward the cargo elevator.
"You had a sniper trained on me? Clever girl you are Alistar, I mean lady Tabitha." He said walking beside Excella.
"My apologies, my husband was worried an incident would occur and this assuaged him," I state spotting a figure in a black trench coat ahead of me.
"You are quite right Glen our lady is as smart as her husband," Irving said nasally.
"With the B.S.A.A. temporarily off my trail mine and my husband's plans are more likely to proceed without a hitch," I say walking up behind Albert and stroking his well-defined neck.
"For you to be so trusting of me after I had four of my trained soldiers train automatic weapons on you. It is quite impressive." Arias said as Albert faced him.
"She has more training than even I do Glen. She is a fine gem amongst all the common trash we have for soldiers.  Also, welcome to our home." Albert says cordially offering his hand. This action surprises me. He despises most touch. He wasn't enjoying this just like me. It reminded me of the old Umbrella balls we were forced to attend as researchers.
"Dr.  Wesker,  thank you for having us. After all the bloodshed last time, I believe it is best if we bury the hatchet." Arias said taking Albert's hand and giving it a firm shake.
"So long as you don't try to kidnap my lotus again.  I believe we shall be fine." He said placing a gentle kiss on my forehead.
"Of course and please allow me to apologize, Lady Wesker.  I should not have been so bold as to assume someone as fine as you weren't already taken." Arias said motioning his crew to board the freight elevator.
As I board I think about Alistar and Sergei growling, "If I had wanted everyone to know who I was it would have been known. After all, parading around as one's dead daughter isn't the best for one's sanity. I had planned to stay as her awhile longer however Ms. Gionne found her original grave and I had to alter my plans." I sigh placing my head on Albert's chest.
"It's always devastating when we lose family. How old was she?" Arias asked looking at me and Albert.
"She died not even a month after her twenty-second birthday. Killed by my uncle, her great uncle.... our commanding officer at the time.... Vladimir Sergei." I spoke growling when I said the bastard's name.
Albert lightly draped an arm around me when I noticed the masked B.O.W. staring at the girl with a sorrowful expression in its eyes. they were father and daughter more than likely. I felt a ripple of sorrow.
"He killed her right before my eyes and walked away laughing.... she bled out in my arms. She died getting me Umbrella's entire intel network and our new computer system. My U.B.C.S. agent I'd was seven hundred forty-eight. Sergei's right-hand slave to say sadly, his prized bitch."
Arias put his hand up, "I thought I recognized you the last time we saw one another. I'm surprised you didn't recognize me. I was the one who supplied the Russian base with weaponry. I remember when I met the infamous Agent Seven forty-eight and her prodigy student One Zero forty-nine. How he described you as what you just called yourself and the other a perfect follower. He went into..."
"I would stop there Glen. My wife is a very easy-going and forgiving woman who has almost limitless patience. But trauma is a cruel mistress who should not be pushed especially when it comes to Sergei." Albert said in a dark menacing voice.
"My apologies lady Tabitha. I did not mean to cause any offense." Arias backpedaled sincerely.
With a sigh, I step away from Albert and shake my head, "There is no offense Arias and I must apologize.  I don't remember you. You see Sergei installed technology onto my spinal cord creating what is known as a sleeper agent. I have holes in my memories from October ninety-eight to February two thousand and three.  The activating phrase was prized bitch in Russian.  I even almost killed Albert here while I was activated. I live through them when my mutations deactivate. I dread the day I relive her death."
"I understand, my wife died in front of me. I couldn't imagine having your daughter die in your arms. My condolences, was she yours as well Dr. Wesker?" Arias asked as the elevator arrived.
"Yes, she was. She was our firstborn although we had to give her up. I wasn't there for Tabitha when she passed. If I knew what Sergei had done there would not have been a corpse, but a pile of ground flesh." Albert growled out.
"Deep breath my treasure, we can't let old grudges be it from our past or with ourselves, rule our lives," I say reaching up and stroking his hair.
"You are immensely wise lady Tabitha," María said.
"Please let us dispense the formalities.  Tabitha is formal enough." I said leading everyone onto the elevator and pressing the down button as I stood beside my husband.
As we descended Albert moved to the front of the moving freight elevator placing a gloved hand on my back "Now dearheart please introduce and detail your research to Mr. Arias."
"Yes show us what I have given you hasn't been a waste," Excella said snobby like.
"As you wish my treasured god." I look up at him ignoring Excella, "Mr. Arias if you would, please lend me your complete and undivided attention. Allow me to walk you through my gift to this disappointment of a world, The Angelis Virus."
I smile wide and bright. Wicked thoughts filled my head and that smile turned into a smirk. Albert stared a me a proud smile on his face. He was showing me off like a prized jewel and I was on cloud nine.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and we are moving decently ahead the next chapter is going to be a decent length. So be prepared my dearhearts. The next chapter will be out within the week. Until then my name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away.
8 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
Resident evil arch angel
Chapter 36: new beginning
After we dressed and left the apartment, we headed down to the training room. In the catwalks, I stare out over Gale, Jill, and Steve.
"So what's that neck scar from Gale? You didn't have it the last time I saw you in Russia." Jill asked running her fingers down the jutting scar along his neck.
"I got shot by this weird Russian asshole. Don't worry though Tabs and Wesker handled it. Made mincemeat of the guy according to the wolfpack. Speaking of the devil. Took you both long enough to get done with the dirty tango." Gale said laughing pointing up at me and Albert.
Jill looks at me pissed off. I knew I would have to have to sit down and talk to her about the shift in plans. More and more it looks like I'm betraying humanity. That was a deep-seated fear in my heart. Would I be able to take him down or would I just want to be with him? I knew I would have to work twice as hard to save him or else my target would remain true. I walked down the steel steps as did Albert. Jill stormed up to me.
"So it was you this whole time?!?!" Jill growled, "How could you betray the B.S.A.A. it makes me sick T."
"That is just the way things are with Pheonix Corps Jill. We are not the good guys. " I lied through my teeth.
"She is perfect the way she is Ms. Valentine," Wesk said standing behind me.
"JUST SHUT UP WESKER!!! THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND HER!!!" Jill said grabbing my collar.
Albert growled pulling out his phone and pushing a button. Jill started writhing in agony and let out a blood-curdling scream. Me and Gale both ran up to Jill. The device on her chest was glowing.
"WESKER STOP THIS NOW!" Gale shouted holding Jill in his arms.
"Albert please, don't hurt her anymore." I cry out," I know you were trying to prevent any harm befalling me but...."
"It's OK you guys." Jill barely whispers out, "I'm sorry T, just trying to put up an act."
"But this thing..." I shake my head.
"This isn't right wesker!" Gale growled.
"You can't blow your cover. I'll be ok" Jill whimpered.
"I was just making sure you were not harmed, my dear," Wesker said kneeling next to me.
I sigh, "I know my love, we can't let sentiments get in our way until Uroboros is complete and the world is ours.".
"We need to become stronger for what is to come," Gale says holding a shaking Jill.
"I know Gale, from the Russian that shot you. To me taking five flash bangs and constantly falling into traps. We have a long road ahead of us." I mutter and Albert nods.
"Then we shall do some sparring, Gale you will be with Jill give her some refresher courses and I shall spar with my precious lotus as we were before the meeting with Arias," Wesker said standing up, "first will be me and Tabitha, that way Jill can recover a bit before her match with Gale."
"Gee, how generous of you," Jill said sarcastically rolling her eyes as she and Gale walked to the other side of the room with Steve.
"You sure about this boss? You have still never beaten him in hand-to-hand combat. Hell, he even whooped my sorry ass last week." Gale called out to me.
"Don't worry about me, Gale! I'm stronger than the last time we fought. Not to mention I was holding back too. I won't let myself lose." I smile kicking off my heels and tossing my sweater to the side.
"Such bold words from Tabitha. She seemed much more confident than she did when we left for the mission. " Steve said scratching his chin.
"That's the boss lady for ya! She always gets cocky before a fight." Gale chimed in, reaching an arm behind Jill.
"Not now Gale!" She said pushing him away blushing.
I chuckled, this was pleasant for once.
"Dearheart come, let us get ready. "He said laying out judo mats and standing menacingly on one side.
"Alright, love, "I said walking over to the very large judo mats.
I smirked wickedly. I knew I wouldn't need any viral stabilizers or activators this round. All I needed was to spar Albert and win.
I got in my basic starting position, "I'm not holding back this time. Think you can go toe to toe with me Wesk?"
"I must say I love this new-found confidence dearheart. Let us see how long it will last." Wesker says launching at me with a palm strike.
I countered with a kick and sent a jab towards his face. Swiftly he dodges reaching for my wrist and attempts to toss me on the floor. I spin in the air and land on my feet recoiling to my starting position. I jump forward aiming a kick to his center only to have him grab my ankle and yeet me into a wall.
"Let's get serious I'm not going to lose this time." I pulled myself off the wall forming an obsidian blade in my hand, awakening the sleeping virus in my veins. The blade was stout and refined. Wesker raced behind me and tried and got me in a chokehold. I relished the lack of air but knew wasn't the time for my antics. I slammed my heel into his shin and sunk the blade into his arm causing him to drop me. I backflipped away.
"Come Tabitha show me your true strength" wesker laughed dashing towards me and landing a strong left on my ribs.
He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Show me you worth my true strength dearheart. "
Swiftly I kicked him on the right side of his chest and followed up with the blade cutting deeply into his cheek.
"You can not always rely on toys my dear," he growled trying to break my grip on the blade.
I smirked breaking free with a decently high jump kicking him square in the jaw.
Grabbing my ankle again he attempted to throw me to the ground. I spun around wrapping my legs around his torso I suplex him mid-air. We both landed on the floor. He hits his head on the mat. I quickly stood up and was instantly concerned I dropped the blade shattering all over the floor.
I heard a chuckle then quickly found myself under him a hand around my throat and a kiss upon my lips. He placed his knee on my sternum.
"That is checkmate, dearest lotus. You should know better than to drop your guard in front of the enemy." He smirked whispering in my ear.
"yeah, but love can you get off me? we have an audience." I blush a deep red.
"AGAIN WESKER! DIDN'T YOU GUYS JUST GET DONE DOING THE DANCE WITH NO PANTS?!!" Gale shouts as Jill has a light blush on her face.
"Well then Chambers, you and Valentine come over here then get ready," Wesker said lifting me and walking us to the bench.
Gale and Jill walk to the judo mats after watching wesker and I go at it. They get to the center and they start stretching.
After a few moments, Jill says "You ready to get your ass kicked Gale."
Gale said smirking " Sorry Jill, that ain't happening."
Jill takes off at Gale swinging a hard left going for a haymaker to the jaw, "I'm going to wipe the floor with you Gale."
Gale dodges saying " Come on Jill I know you're better than that." and sweeps her leg.
I chuckle as she gets back up cracks her knuckles and tries to kick Gale's leg. Gale smirks standing firm as her kick bounces off him. As he speeds behind her jabbing both kidneys and knees her in the lower spine.
"Come on Jill this ain't much of a spar if you keep letting me hit you," Gale says laughing while delivering another kidney shot. Jill turns around and growls. As she catches Gales's hands spreads them apart quickly turns around and head-butts him on the nose then in a similar fashion sweeps his legs as she elbow drops him on the sternum.
Gale rolls out of the way and gets back up on his feet saying "So you do know how to land a hit."
"I've kicked your ass plenty of times before I'm not losing now!" She says punching him between the eyes, "Get off the defensive!"
I clicked my tongue, she was asking for it.
Gale smirks " As you wish."
Then he proceeds to charge at Jill and get ready to throw a punch at her face. Jill gets ready to block but Gale quickly gets behind her landing a bow to the back of the skull and then he suplexes her to the ground.
Jill struggles to regain composure as she tries to stand she is met with a boop on the nose as Gale places her in the advanced sleeper hold.
"Damn it!" She said tapping out dizzy and stunned.
"Looks like I win, Jill" Gale smirks standing over her.
"Yeah yeah, fuck I thought I'd still be able to keep up with you. Seems like everyone I know is running laps around me" Jill sighed sadly as Gale offered his hand.
"Ohhhh somebody likes you, Jill!" I say standing up from the bench as wesker rolls his eyes. I laugh standing up and heading towards my friends.
Steve left the bench as well and walked up behind Wesker. He wore a concerned look as he did.
"Tabitha, Wesker I've been wondering... what was in the package you sent to the B.S.A.A?" Steve asked.
"It was an important step in getting the B.S.A.A. and my brother off my trail. Marking me as a prisoner. That I'm still on the side of humanity." I said looking away from Albert. Was I on the side of humanity?
"And a hope for our soon-to-be future. Dearheart, look at me" Albert said behind me.
Turning to face him he got on one knee removing his sunglasses.
"What are you doing Albert?" I gasp, my knees shaking.
"Tabitha, my most beautiful and precious lotus, I was suffering every day you were out of my life. I nearly killed you in your equinoxal form when you were under Sergei's care. I swear to you my love, till the end of time I will be with you and make up for my mistakes." He said pulling out a familiar type of small blue box.
My heart swelled and I felt my eyes water as Gale snickered behind me. Albert flicked open the box and his signature smirk appeared on his face. In the box was a two-banded platinum ring with a six-karat brilliant cut sapphire in the center and four one-karat black diamonds surrounding the sapphire in the cardinal directions. I cried. I knew this ring and long had I thought it was gone. It was mine and Albert's wedding ring.
I dropped to my knees taking the ring box from his hand and shaking, "How? I thought Sergei had destroyed it."
"That's what I had figured as well however in Spencer's note he had ordered Sergei to hide it from you till you were loyal to him. This was the item I wanted to be found and kept from the connections. My intel was wrong about where it was located. It was in the library of the archives. I saw it on the ground next to the rat's corpse. He probably wanted to make some extra money by selling it. Now Tabitha my lotus what say you? In front of two of the people you care for. Will you be my bride once more and renew our vows with me."
I looked as Jill shook her head a small smile on her lips, "Never would I imagine wesker saying such sweet things."
Using my strength I pull wesk close to me, lightly headbutting his forehead, a smile on my face. Tears streaming down it, "Yes! Albert hic yes... I'll be your bride again".
He chuckled taking back the ring box sliding out the ring and placed it on my left ring finger while kissing the shell of my ear. Fear was there but now it was behind a glass wall of love and desire. To be there with him for him.
I was undercover for nine months for humanity's sake. Now I felt after two weeks humanity could wait.
"My lovely goddess," Wesker whispered in my ear.
"My treasured god," I mumble laying my head on his strong chest.
My mission could wait....humanity could wait.... I was happy....not to mention it now seems I have a wedding to replan.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and yes it came to this I felt the romance this time. Action and romance are almost a perfect pair. Two story arcs are coming before the wedding have any suggestions I'm willing to listen. Have an amazing day and cheer on dearhearts. My name is Slifarianhawk and I'm not so far away 🪷
5 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 35: new home (normal P.O.V and smut)
Once Gale, Albert,  and I landed we swiftly exited the plane.  I left the heavy lifting with my baggage and research supplies up to Gale and the majini. I rested easy after I got off the laptop. So I didn't want to ruin my zen.
I walked up to Albert and gently held him my head on his chest. His heart's rhythm led me to an even deeper peace.
"Are you alright dearheart? you are being quite cuddly with me today." Albert said caressing my cheek sweetly.
I smirked, "Better now that I know that Chris and the B.S.A.A. would not be ruining our plans for a long while. It's very reassuring that I won't have to kill my family."
"Then my dear I have someone I want you to meet," Wesker said pulling up into his arms bridal style.
"I love you, my treasured god." I purred resting my head on his heart again.
“ Hey, I get you wanna play with his ouroboros Tabitha but honey don’t no one wanna see that” Gale laughed as I blushed a deep scarlet.
"It's not like that right now jerk!" I hid my burning face in Albert's shoulder.
"Insolent brat!" Albert growled walking down into the base.
I take a moment and sigh losing the blush on my cheeks, "Don't let Gale get to you my love, he is but a child at heart."
I smiled staring into his deep black shades. His eyes flared up at the contact.
"Must you stare my precious lotus?" Albert sighed smiling slightly.
"I can't help it Wesk. Your eyes are the opposite of mine. They are warm and passionate. Unlike mine, which are icy and lifeless. I wish they were as gorgeous and amazing as yours." I leaned up and whispered sweet nothings in his ear.
"There is no need for that dearheart. It would be completely unnecessary, you are perfect as you are." He said placing me down in front of a white office door.
"What is this place wesk?" I ask staring at the door. 
"You will see dearheart," he said knocking on the door, "Doctor, I have brought you the patient we have been discussing."
"You may enter commander wesker." A female voice rang out from behind the door.
Albert opened the office door revealing a light teal room with a white couch covered in a dandelion-knitted blanket. There was also a desk and two armchairs. Sitting in the left chair was a lovely tall red-headed woman wearing a beautiful paisley dress and black four-inch pumps.
"Greetings Commander Wesker and Lady Tabitha. It is an honor to meet and see you again." The lady said with a slight bow, "Please allow me to introduce myself to you lady Tabitha. My name is Dr. Trinity Lefey, I am a psychological provider that caters to this base."
"Dr. Lefey is one of the top in her field. I hired her after I killed Spencer and the truth of the Wesker children project was revealed to me. It was quite traumatic to me believe it or not." Albert said holding my hand.
"I believe you, my treasured god," I said sweetly while kissing his cheek.
"You two are so loving towards each other even after being apart for so long. I find it quite sweet in all honesty." Dr. Lefty said putting on a deep gray jacket.
"With all that Vladimir did to you, my dear lotus. I thought it would be best for you to see the doctor that I see for my psychological trauma." Albert said kissing the shell of my ear.
He was turning back into the man I married and the treasure I once knew.
"Alright Wesk, I'll trust you but please do me a favor and stay during my sessions. If you think this will help us I am willing to try as long as you stay with me." I ask kindly showing a slight smile as I lay down on the couch.
"As you wish Tabitha. I will be here the entire time my lotus." Albert said sitting next to the doctor.
"Then let us begin our first session," Dr. Lefey said.
With I sigh I closed my eyes and clasped my hands together, "Well doc, where do you want to begin?"
So for the next hour, I lay there and explained how I came to be in this predicament. How my bastard uncle captured me in Raccoon City. How he manipulated my daughter's situation so she ended up in his care.
I told them how he took advantage of me on an almost nightly basis. The fear if I didn't comply would lead to my daughter's death. How Vladimir murdered her in cold blood forcing me to watch my daughter die in my arms.
I went on to explain how just a few days later, I had a glimmer of hope. I saw Albert. I tried to make him realize it was me. Only to end up being shot and nearly dying the hope extinguished within a fraction of a second.
I revealed how broken I truly was. How Vladimir's voice rang out in my head when panic ensued.  The constant ringing when I shift to equinoxal. How each of my dreams were of past good times only to wake up and see they were figments of my memories.
I could not help but start to cry.
Albert swiftly knelt by my side, "Oh my precious lotus, how I wish I had believed you that day. I wish I had been the one to save you, instead of that rat Chris."
"Like I told you before commander, we can't change the past but together now that you both are here we can work towards the future. " She said smiling, "You have had a lot of trauma and you have been through a lot of pain. It will take time to heal and cope with but I can help. For now, be happy that you have your husband back."
"Thank you Dr. Lefey, I will come by once every few weeks for a session. That way we can work on coping with my trauma." I smiled as Albert helped me up.
" you have always been so smart, my dear lotus," Albert said taking my hand.
"I will see you both soon." The doctor said as we walked out of the room.
"Come, my dear, I have much to show you," Albert said holding my hand as we headed deeper in the base.
I followed Albert around the base till we got to his office, "this is my office and lab, my dear. Seeing as you were previously not allowed on this floor as Ms . Lancaster. I thought I should show you where you will be working from now on apart from your old research lab."
He opened the ebony door and revealed a massive office with a black leather sofa and a gorgeous mahogany desk. In front of a large research lab with all sorts of equipment and a medical bed tucked in the corner.
He stared at me with his signature smirk plastered across his face, "I want you to be my research assistant again,  my beautiful lotus"
"But what about my angelis research? I thought that is what you wanted me to work on love?" I asked walking up to him.
"I believe the angelis virus is the key to detoxifying Uroboros but making more selective. That dearheart, it's why I want you to research with me. Just like when we were at Umbrella together." Albert smiled wickedly at my concern.
"There never been any changing your mind once is set on something, "I chuckle awkwardly but then a smile graced my lips, "Alright my treasure, I'll be your research partner."
"Good decision my dear," he smirked, "You know what I miss the most of the old days?" He said wrapping a hand around my waist, one in my hair, slowly together we started rotating.
Resting my head on his chest I smiled, "White Queen"
"Yes, my lady? " the white hologram appeared from my watch.
"Play yellow by Coldplay." I smiled relaxed.
"Yes, my lady. " She said starting to play the music.
"Not a bad choice for a slow dance song dearheart," Albert whispered into my ear as he placed his forehead on mine. He took in a deep breath as we turned.  His strong arms move around my waist.
"I remember when we used to dance in the lab.  Marcus used to get so mad at us." I laugh into his chest.
"The classical music was much more soothing to me but this is nice as well dearheart," he said kissing my hair.
"I love you, Albert," I said looking up at his face and rubbing his chest.
"And I love you Tabitha, my precious lotus," Albert said meeting my gaze and removing his sunglasses, "You are my goddess and no one will take you away from me."
He kissed my lips, our passion melding together. I felt his love as he pulled me closer and draped his arms over my shoulders. I wish I could hold on to this moment for all eternity. This was the man I loved from the start. He may be a monster and my target but at this moment he was my husband through and through. The song ended.
"I have one last place to take you dearheart," Albert said releasing the kiss, "our home."
"Our home love?" I stared at him quizzically.
"Well as much of a home we could have in this old base. Chambers will have your old room next to Jill." He informed me as we walked out of the office and the research lab.
The walk was long but I took my time and memorized my way around. Albert was taking his time to show me around.
He smirks rubbing the small of my back, "Do you need clothes dearest lotus?"
I heard him almost purr as if he were a cat.
"Unfortunately I do, most of my clothes are either combat uniforms or black tie clothes. They're all at the lodge." I said a blush creeping upon my face from Albert's actions.
"Still sensitive there I see, my naughty lotus." He said pressing deeper into the small of my back, all while smirking and walking faster.
I tried to keep up with him to not be left behind.
After a quick moment, we arrive at a black and gold elevator. Albert stopped here.
"Come here my dear" He decongestant me forward, his eyes shimmering a brilliant red as we got on.
I walked up next to him following him on to the elevator, "Yes sir. "
Quickly he pinned me to the wall of the elevator, he took my lips again. The kid stole my breath away my heart raced and Mr body started to heat up.
"Look at you my lotus,  shivering and warming up for me at the same time. Do I get you that hot and bothered?" He smirked stroking my red cheeks, "Such a beautiful face and it is all mine!"
He bit down on my neck and hoisted me into his arms. As the elevator came to a stop, the doors opened up to a large deep charcoal grey living room with a massive black leather sectional and TV.  To the left was a moderately large chef's kitchen that was almost out of my dreams.
He slowly worked his way up to my lips tail off love bites stinging up my neck. Albert walked us to a full-size bedroom inside was a bed with four posts and golden silk curtains. The king-sized mattress was covered in black satin sheets.
"What about Gale and Jill they are waiting for us?" I moan as Albert suckles on my neck as he lays me out on the bed.
"We can worry about that later dearheart, but for now let's enjoy each other's company." He said climbing on top of me and sinking his teeth into my neck.
I gasped, "But of course my master." Leaning up to grab his hair.
As I leaned up, I felt Albert's well-trimmed nails across my clothed back. A blush grazed my cheeks at the slight stinging sensation.
"Master mmm please don't. There is no need to tease. You were right. Almost any time we get like this I melt into your arms." I moaned out caressing his cheek.
"Such a naughty naughty pet, I bet you were picturing this the moment we stepped off the plane," Albert whispered in my ear sending shivers down my back.
" no, I wasn't master." I shook out my answer as  Albert dragged his tongue down my neck.
"Do not lie to me dearheart,  I know how badly you crave my touch. How alone you feel when I'm not around. How the messages you left for me in your captivity, your voice quaked as you rubbed and flicked your sensitive clit as you imagined my tongue dragging along your folds. I know you cried out for me as your orgasm over you." He smirked pulling off my shirt and unclasping my bra.
"Mmm Albert," I panted.
"you have always had such amazing breasts my sweet lotus," Wesk said growling into my chest and biting my darkened perky nipples.
"Ahhhh my god please!" I moan out.
Albert smirked, "Listen to you slut,  praying for relief. You want my cock do you not, my beautiful lotus" He said in a snarky tone of voice.
He lifted me and set me up on his lap stripping my pants off my body, "Have I not told you what happens when you lie to me dearheart?"
He removed my snake-printed thong and shoved it in my mouth. I moan at the brutal force behind the action.
"Mmm fuc...."
A loud smack rang throughout the room,  "Be silent! Only those redeemed by their actions can whimper to me. "Albert growled in my ear.
I tried to be brave for what I knew was coming next. It came, and another smack rang out.
A jolt of pain ran through my body sensually shaking my spine. Albert knew how to discipline me. SMACK! Another smack across my ass. I tried to gasp as he pulled back but the makeshift gag prevented any noise from escaping.
SMACK SMACK! A double hit my eyes rolled back as each whack hit. Trace amounts of squirt dripped down my leg.
"So pathetic! Getting off by my disciplining your lying ass. I think this calls for more severe discipline." Albert smirked as he dropped me on the bed and opened a chest at the end of the bed.
I trembled. My mind switches between despair and blissful thoughts of what it could be.
"I'm sorry master please forgive your whorish pet. " I tried to moan out but the lacey underwear prevented any knowledgeable sound from escaping.
"Oh my poor dear lotus, sounding so neglected and helpless," he smirked his voice like an angelic song, "If you last through this my dear without getting off I shall reward you with what you want. Does that not sound tantalizing pet?"
He pulled out a vibrating wand and I felt the color drain from my face. I was still sensitive from when we made the message for Chris. This was going g to be difficult.
Albert dragged the vibrator up to my clit and turned it on medium-low speed. It was hard to resist the moan building in my chest. I felt weak.  I bucked against the toy as Albert still had his infamous smirk on his face as he slowly removed his clothing only leaving his black silk boxers. I was panting staring at his well-built Physique and growing erection.
"What deliciously pitiful sounds are escaping your mouth. You must be excited to see your master in almost all of his glory. " Albert laughed darkly as he pulled his thick eight-inch cock out.  It was a warm red as it stood at attention. My cheeks flushed at the sight of it throbbing.
"Aw look at my adorable desperate pet,  maybe next time you won't lie about such trivial matters, such as how dirty your little mind is. You know you can't hide anything from me dear lotus." Albert said using the curtains to bind my hands and legs.
Pulling on the curtains I look up at him begging for reprieve, begging for some form of contact. My heavily lidded eyes lowered as he turned the wand on the higher setting.
"That's my pet, now be a good little slut and watch." He said as kneeled over me slowly stroking his dick just below my tips in long teasing motions.
It was torture to my aching pussy. I tried to spit out my underwear but Albert noticed and shoved them back in. He smirked sliding off his glasses and placing them teasingly on the edge of my nose. Then his gaze lowered back down to my chest. With a quick chuckle, he flicked my left nipple with his free hand. 
"You have become much more shapely my dear. The angelis virus has made you look more like a masterpiece than ever.  Your body looks so slutty but so perfect for being my pet." Albert said as I blushed a deep scarlet.
" mmmmm hmmmph." I moan as he bites down on my neck suckling leaving a dark hickey.
"Listen to how you moan. Being unable to scream for your master is a shame. You truly are pathetic my lotus. So needy   begging for release even though you have not earned it." He smirked still stroking his cock as he removed the thong from my mouth.
"Albert please!" I gasped, "Your pet is sorry she lied. Please forgive this dishonest slut. Please master let me pleasure you.".
"Poor little lotus flower, so shy but so vocal about your wants. You must want my cock so much, I bet it is driving you insane." He slid his thick tip among my inner folds my slick lubing up his cock.
Bend over he looked like a predator on the hunt. Even with his cock in his hand he looked graceful. He brought his face close to mine.
"You have done well so far dearheart. I shall let you have some reprieve,0 however,  if you decide to finish without me saying so your punishment will be ten times worse than what is going on right now." He kissed me our tongues lacing together.
Pausing for a brief moment to breathe I spoke, "I will behave my master."
"Such a good pet, now enjoy how I am about to make you feel." Albert cooed as he stop stroking his cock and inserted two fingers deep inside my cunt. 
He quickly started to pump his fingers scissoring them and spreading my pussy.
"FUCK WESKER MMM!ALBERT AHHH!" I cried out as he swiveled his fingers deeper into my cunt.
I held on. My body spasmed as Wesk added a third finger. I bucked against his hand the coil in my stomach almost snapping. I loved being pushed to the fucking edge. I felt full with just three fingers.  But I couldn't cum yet. I couldn't handle another punishment especially with the vibrator still on my clit.
"Good little pet clamping down on my fingers like the little whore you are. I feel you so close to coming undone but you are trying to resist like such a good girl." He smirked adding a fourth finger and rotated his hand massaging my g spot.
"Fuck... so close!" I reached out to Albert trying my best not to break.
Quickly he pulled his fingers out. I whimpered in protest. I was being denied cumming again. My body spasmed as I spiraled downward.
"Do you think I would let you off the hook so easily?" He said kissing me resuming to stroke his member again.
"Albert please,  my master let me please you before I fucking break!" I gasped as he turned the vibrator to maximum strength.
Tears were in my eyes, I was crying in agonizingly blissful pleasure. The coil was slowly starting to snap but I held on for him I would do anything. I felt like I was in a drugged-up high.
"Keep begging for my touch and cock pet. Let me hear your sinful voice call my name out the heavens." He laughed lining his cock up to my folds, "Look what you do to me dearheart. Look how my dick is coated in slick from your nectar and my precum. Is this what you want pet? To be stuffed like a bitch in heat."
I stared at his slick cock blushing an even deeper red," Please master! I love being denied by you but I love being your little sex toy. I love being your pet. I only want to orgasm from your love and attention to me. I'm begging you Albert please fucking put me in my place. Please use me as your seedbed!"
With a dark chuckle, he slammed into my pussy completely sheathing himself inside me, " That's my lotus! You have earned your reward. You have earned the right to be able to have your release."
He untied my ankles and retied them up with my hands. My knees were now up to my breasts. His glasses were on the tip of my nose. His eyes shined like a diamond in a jewelry store.
"Use me, my master, use me and my cunt." I gasped as he started to move. I felt so hazy.
Albert slammed his hot and heavy cock deeper into my dripping pussy. Each thrust snapped bits and pieces off my coil as I became an unraveled mess. I clung on as tight as my pussy would allow. Snap I groaned at the release of the built-up pressure. Felting my release washed over me I tried to cling to Albert.  The contact of our touch was magical.
I felt warm streams spatter against my cervix but Wesk didn't stop, "I am not going to stop until you are swollen with my cum, my beautiful lotus."
He groaned as he started to buck even faster and his thrusts were slamming against my cervix, "purr for me pet."
He placed the vibrator back on my clit.
"Ahhhh ahhhh mmmm fuck fuck master, my owner, oh please my generous God, please breed your slutty wife." I moan out cumming again from the constant friction as he positions him and starts pistoning into my g spot.
"Like this?" Albert laughed dark intent on his voice as he leaned down and bit down on my neck, "Oh dearheart, is this what you've wanted to be? tied up and used like a breeding slave? Tell me, my goddess."
"Yes my god, I want to have the family we have never been able to have." I closed my eyes as my coil started to retighten.
"Do not hide your eyes from me, I want to see into your soul my lotus." He growled in my ear ripping off the glasses and sending them to the floor.
"Yes my god," I opened my teary eyes, to meet Albert's feral gaze. His ruby eyes were shining like stars in the night sky.
"Good girl, you should never have to hide from me dearheart." He smirked in his signature style, "I shall show you off to Chris all swollen with my child. Mark you as mine in every form of the word again."
His bucking son turned into rapid bursts of hard deep bruisingly strong pounding into my G-spot and walls. I pulled on my restrains but they barely budged.
I moaned out over and over again. Needing to cum I scream out, "Albert, please, my god!"
I felt a pair of warm lips crash upon mine. Our tongues tangled against each other once more. After the heated exchange, both of us came hard.
Albert gently kissed me and pulled out. Semen dripping from my cunt. Holding on to me he pushed his cum back inside me, "That way I can be sure our family will grow my love."
I smiled and rubbed my stomach, "I hope we can my love I'm fairly old to be having children. But I do wish to have another child one we can raise now the umbrella is gone."
He chuckled as my phone rang.
I picked it up revealing a text message from Gale saying "You two done yet?"
I sighed It looked like today wasn't over quite yet.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and a tasty new chapter is hot and ready for ya. Please do enjoy. There is more to come. My name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away.
17 notes · View notes
slifarianhawk · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
Chapter 34: Stay Safe
I closed my eyes. Deep breath in and long breath out. The plane's take-off was swift and easy. Albert squeezed my hand, "If I had to guess Vladimir had done something to make you hate flying my dear?"
"Very much, my love," I sigh laying my head on his strong chest, "he made me an unwilling member of the mile-high club after the Rockfort Island incident. It was less than pleasant."
"I know dearheart, however, I promise you. It will never happen again my precious lotus." Albert said reassuringly.
"Are you sure that Chris will receive the message?" I asked staring down at my hands.
"I'm sure love, I even made sure to instruct Mr. Coen where to deliver it to. " he sighed placing n g his hand gently on my head," there is no need to worry dearheart. I am sure that Chris will back off." Albert said stroking my hair
"Thank you Wesk" I smiled up at him.
"It was your idea my lotus, but for right now we should worry about my sister and why she would want to destroy Pheonix Corps. After all my dear, you and your people are a valuable asset to me" Albert said removing the armrest and placing me next to him.
"I know love." I cuddled up to his arm, "I can't help but feel bad for O'Brian."
Albert chuckled sadistically, rubbing my hair more," Why do you not rest up my dear."
"I have something I need to check on something before we start to work on my research into the angelis virus," I said pulling out my laptop.
"Why not check on your idiot brother? It might ease your mind my lotus." Albert said kissing my lips.
I let out a small chuckle, "Alright then my love, but you keep your eyes closed, I have to keep my access to the B.S.A.A network a secret."
"Of course dearheart, I'll go fetch us some water," Albert said walking away.
I quickly typed up my password, pulling up the B.S.A.A. cameras and network. Clive was walking over to Chris holding a small box, my heart dropped "Here we go."
/Chris P.O.V.\
Clive walked up to my desk.
"Clive, what's wrong?"I asked seeing a sour look on his face.
"You got a package, Redfield. it was delivered by one of the Phoenix Corps. Agents.
"I'm not really in the mood, Clive," I sigh "Since she sent one of her agents I'll take it though."
"I think it's from him, Chris," Clive said looking at me dead in the eyes.
I ripped open the package and there was a disk in a case and a small package wrapped in pink and light blue paper.
Turning the disk case over," from t,".
"I highly doubt that Chris, please be careful," Clive said.
I placed the disk in the DVD drive of my computer.
Clive looked shocked," is that agent Tabitha."
"Hello there Chris, It appears you found out what I have been looking for." Wesker said holding a S.T.A.R.S. knife, "Look, Chris, it's your sister, my wife"
I stared in shock at what I saw.
It was T, she was naked and collared kneeling on a floor. Wesker's hand held a chain leash. My sister was blindfolded before my greatest enemy.
"NO! T!" I slammed my fist on my desk.
"I'm sorry Chris he found out I contacted you." T was sobbing as wesker slashed her back with his knife.
"It brings me such pleasure seeing and hearing her cry out in pain," he laughed
"CHRIS PLEASE HIC HELP ME. I CAN'T NOT AGAIN. PLEASE ALBERT HAVE MERCY ON ME." She cried out in agony.
"Be quiet my dear you deserve this for being such a naughty girl. Listen to her, Chris! She is begging for a savior knowing no one is coming for her, not even you, her hero brother who saved her from Russia." Wesker's voice sounded like he was in pleasure and I heard a weird buzzing sound, a vibrator.
Damn you Wesker she is your wife!
"Mmmm Her screams, cries, and moans are music to my ears." He laughed wickedly with a lash to her breast.
"Chris please help me. Ahh gods damn you Wesker. Chris, I'm what he wanted! Don't forget me please." She cried
"the sounds echoing off these walls are a masterpiece," wesker said laughing louder.
"AHHHH FUCK! PLEASE WESK DO NOT DO THIS." T moaned out from another lash.
"And this is on someone I once loved, Chris. Imagine if I got my hands on Claire. That would be most men's dream fucking two sisters at the same time." Wesker continued to laugh as he pulled on the leash attached to T's neck " Memorize my dear pet's face and body, Chris. This will be the last time you see her. Oh don't worry I'll take extra good care of your sister, she will make a lovely pet for me."
He held the knife to her throat as she screamed.
Clive took the disk and smashed it on the floor, "that was horrifying for me I can't imagine how you feel Redfield."
"I'm overwhelmed, Clive. This makes me feel awful for not stopping her." I said crying in a blind rage.
"What's in the cute box?" O'Brian asked pointing the the small box on my desk.
"No clue." I opened up the box and instantly felt nauseated, pregnancy tests. Why would he send me pregnancy tests? Unless he intended to.
"O'Brian I think he's going to knock up my sister!" I shouted throwing my cheap-looking desk from Ikea. The computer and family photo on my desk were trashed.
"Chris go home and calm down you will be a help to no one as an angry mess. Until we have the resources to save her I am marking her as a prisoner of Wesker's. I'm sorry Chris you may want to go home and call Claire, Barry, or someone." Clive said rubbing my back.
"You're right I'm no use to anyone here right now" I sigh picking up the photo from the floor a Crack formed along T body almost hinting at her fate.
I walked off, over to the staircase that excited the office. Once I got to the stairwell I closed the door behind me slamming my fist on the concrete wall as the image of her nude body flashed across my mind. I can't abandon her again but at the same time Clive was right we didn't have enough men or resources to save her, just stay strong t.
Damn, I need a stiff visit with my friend Jack Daniel's since I'm out of Johnnie.
"Please T, just stay safe for me. I can't lose anyone else." I choked out behind my angry tears.
Wesker, you will pay! I'll make sure of it.
Hey everyone slifarianhawk here and boy do I have a lot of work to do. I was in a mental hospital and got a lot of writing 72 pages to be precise done. All for re arch angel my thanks go out to my treatment team and nurses who all encouraged me while I was in there. Thank you for reading my name is Silfarianhawk and I'm not so far away 🪷
13 notes · View notes