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Inside the helicopter there was silence. Pure silence only
broken by the sound of the engines, propellers and breathing. Good-byes had
been quickly given before those fighting had left for the final mission. The
helicopter I was in was one of many. We would be approaching from many
directions as Alice and Umbrella’s fighting had gotten to its peak. There would
be ground support as well as fighter jets to help with the fight.
I turned to Khaleesi and we shared a smile. She had been
with me at the start of this journey and she would be with me at the end. The
other Alice was in a different helicopter as was Sam. I would be leading the
charge as was proper for a leader. It was also something I more than wanted to
do as I needed vengeance. The darkness in me had been able to be kept at bay
but it still needed to be fed.
The helicopter rocked and it was as if I could see the
battle below and around us. This silence would be broken soon as we would
attack our enemies. Our enemies who would be currently too caught up in their
own battle to fully focus on us. And when they could focus on us it would be
too late. It would be far too late for either mercy or safety.
“Isaacs, we are here.” The pilot said over the radio in High
Valyrian. “Permission to find a landing spot to deploy.”
“Permission granted.” I replied in the same language. “Do
not wait for all of us to get off if it endangers your safety.”
“Copy.”
The air was tense before we landed. I went over every
possible outcome in my head yet again. I even played with the idea of failure.
Of fighting this long fight only to lose. Maybe all three sides would fall
today leaving the world to carry on. With or without humans. Khaleesi gave me a
smile and I nodded back.
The moment the door opened I jumped out with my old friend
by my side. It was as if fire was falling from the skies. It was as if I was in a hell that I could never get out
of. I lead my men through the forest of burning trees. Most of the forest had
already been gone by the time we landed. But there were still trees and they
still burned.
I saw two Alice clones fighting with a group of Umbrella
soldiers. With a signal to Khaleesi we disabled the Alice clones. We broke some
of their bones and the Umbrella soldiers went in for the kill not realizing
that another enemy had come onto the battlefield. My men easily disposed of the
enemy and we quickly continued to our main goal. While we would focus on
killing any enemies outside, our main focus was to attack this version of the
Hive.
We made our way to one of the entrances and I could see a few dead zombies.
“I guess we don’t have to worry about them anymore.”
Khaleesi stated.
“Probably not, but we must be careful.” I told her. “There
might be a few in the Hive waiting for us. We can’t afford to be careless
here.”
The entrance was dark and lit only by a few flickering lights.
We walked over dead bodies as we watched out for any new enemies. From the looks of
things the main battle had already taken place with no survivors. I had never
personally met Wesker so I didn’t know his scent. I couldn’t tell his scent
from anyone else and currently there were a lot of people around. However, I
did sense something in what would be the center of the Hive.
I gave Khaleesi a signal and she passed it on to everyone
else. We made our way to the center of the Hive. Finally we reached the
entrance to a room that had a bunch of dead Alice clones. I signaled for my
men to stay put and nodded at my friend. Whatever was in here would require
fire power and backup. Khaleesi and myself were the most powerful while my men
would be the backup.
Khaleesi gingerly pushed the door open and I held my gun to
provide her cover if need be. The sight that greeted us was terrifying and
refreshing all at once. Wesker held Alice up with one hand. She tried to scream
but no sound came out. I would have been glad about this if it was me killing
her. If it was me being the one to see the life leave her eyes. Her death also
wasn’t pleasing as it meant we had to fight Wesker and he didn’t look tired.
Alice tried to scream for a few more minutes before her body
gave up. Wesker tossed her lifeless body to the ground and looked at us. I
smelled him and knew he wasn’t human, at least not fully. He wasn’t a full
Tyrant and yet parts of that being were in him. He would be more than
dangerous.
“The rogue Doctor Rin Isaacs.” Wesker said and sat on a
chair in the center of the pure white room. “You have put up quite the chase.
For that I must congratulate you. And yet in the end it means nothing. Your
rebellion ends here and now.”
“No, it doesn’t.” I replied. “It does not end here, your
reign does. I have worked on tearing every facet of your corporation away and
you are the final piece.”
“Do you really expect a peaceful world after you’re through?
How long do you think the peace will hold?”
Wesker sat in the chair as if he knew he was going to win. A
very expensive chair that was made of oak and had red cushions on it. He looked
at me and then Khaleesi. His speech and gestures were to make me feel like I
would lose. They were made to make me lose control and act foolish. I had no
doubt that Alice had felt overly confident just to die in his hand. I would not
make her mistake.
“The peace will hold long enough for the world to be
rebuilt.” Khaleesi replied calmly. “The Mormonts did not set out to make a
perfect society but one to take over the old world. To take the ashes of the
world you ruined and create a better one.”
“There will be wars, of that I have no doubt.” I continued.
“But the world will not be apocalyptic when the feudings of humans begin again.
As with all societies, the Mormonts will change and become a mockery of what I
built. I will become a legend changed to suit the goings on of the current day.
I know what will happen as history is but a circle.”
“Then why not just let the world fall into ruin?” Wesker
asked. “Why try to improve it? Just accept it as it is.”
“The world won’t be able to support humans if your reign
continues.”
Wesker stood up and started to walk to me. His footsteps
hard enough to make the walls around us echo with the sound. He took his time
walking as if he had all the time in the world. If he walked fast or slow the
outcome would be the same. His enemies would be dead and he would continue his
reign of terror. Once he was a few feet in front of us he looked at Khaleesi.
He smirked. He turned his head to indicate Alice’s dead body.
“I’ve already killed one of you today.” He said with a
smile. “I will kill another and another until you clones are all dead. I
allowed Doctor Isaacs his games and that was a mistake. Clones are interesting
but he gave them too much intelligence.”
Wesker had used Alex’s cloning technology. He had
manipulated clones into doing vast amounts of damage. Or at least that had been
his intention. I had caught his scheme early on and managed to stop that weapon
of the Umbrella Corporation. He and my late husband might have had different
ideas on cloning, but they had both agreed it was useful.
“I have been trained by Rin Isaacs herself.” Khaleesi
replied. “You will find me a harder opponent than Alice. A much harder
opponent.”
“No, you will be the same.” Wesker said with a laugh. “You
clones are limited in what you can and can’t do. You think you have more freedom
than is actually possible. You are constrained by your genes.”
“My blood gives me some help in achieving things, but it is
my choices that make me who I am.”
Wesker laughed and then the battle begin. His focus was on
my dear friend which allowed me to surprise him. At least to a point. We both
started shooting at him as physical contact was something that would be used as
a last resort. He used his psychic abilities to fling the bullets away so
nearly all missed him. Nearly all.
“Ah.” Wesker groaned as a bullet tore through his arm.
Even as the blood poured down he came toward my daughter.
Faster and faster it seemed. With my own abilities I held my gun steady as he
used his mind to try and push it away. Khaleesi wasn’t so lucky. I could tell
that she hadn’t given up easily by the way her face scrunched up and how her
gun cut into her hands as it was flung away. She grabbed a dagger at her belt
and ran at Wesker.
Two balls of energy, invisible to the human eye, smashed
into one another moments before the two humans made contact. The balls made a
crackling sound as they moved through the air and then were silent. When they
collided there was a sense of extreme heat. I shot at Wesker as Khaleesi fought
with her dagger. The man laughed as each attack was ineffective. Khaleesi got
the upper hand for just a moment causing the man to crash onto the floor.
My friend breathed hard. My gun had run out of bullets so I
dropped it and started to walk over to my friend. We would finish thi-
Wesker had waited until Khaleesi was close enough to make
his move. He kicked the dagger out of her hand and knocked her to the ground.
Just as I sent a blast of wind his way he pushed a foot into her chest. The
wind blew him away but it was too late.
I raced to her side while still being alert for Wesker.
Hopefully he would allow me this moment if only so he could gloat. Her eyes
looked up at me and smiled. I remembered so long ago when I had saved her life.
She had originally been created by Alex for me to hunt for sport. For me to
have fun while trapped in the Umbrella base. Khaleesi had become so much more
than that. So much more than I could have imagined. She had created stability
in the Mormonts and had been a shoulder for me to cry on. She had been a voice
of reason.
“My daughter.” I said as I placed a hand on her chest.
“Khaleesi the name of my would-be daughter. Khaleesi one of the titles of the
queen I once served. Khaleesi the woman this world will remember long after
you’re gone.”
“I don’t care about that.” Khaleesi said weakly. “I just…I
care about you. I…did I make you proud, Rin?”
“Yes, you did.”
“Say good-bye to Hail and Robert for me.”
I was about to nod when Wesker came towards me. I walked
back a few feet and watched him closely. He smirked at Khaleesi and stepped on
her neck as he made his way to me. I pushed away all emotions from my mind as
they would only hinder my fight. I had to struggle to push away my feelings
towards Khaleesi as those were starting to tear me apart. They would destroy me
if I let them. In a few seconds I was calm and collected. I was a worthy
predator.
“That was touching.” Wesker said. “You won’t be able to say
good-bye to Hail or Robert. I hope they weren’t too important to her.”
I didn’t allow him to continue. I rushed at him allowing
fire to consume my skin. It did not burn me even as my clothing started to burn
away. Wesker tried to put the fire out with his powers but he couldn’t. He
lessened the heat but not by much. I ran at him as if to hug him. He turned
away at the last second and a rope of fire latched onto his leg. He cried out.
Wesker managed to escape with charred skin. Part of his skin
had turned to ash and floated away in the air. The ash drifted on a breeze I
could not see. Even though this must have hurt him greatly he stood up. He pushed
through all the agony and showed no signs of stopping. He raced at me again and
was fast even though he had to limp along. I was able to dodge his body but not
his mind.
I staggered as it felt as if something had hit my head.
While part of my mind reeled at the pain, another part kicked his side. The
part of my mind that was ready to fight did so as the other part slowly came
to. It felt as if I woke to the smell of a pyre with the way he smelled. But he
didn’t care about the pain as he probably thought he could heal himself
afterwards.
Suddenly sprinklers came on and I had to stop from laughing.
The fire I was using was dragonfire, something that couldn’t be stopped by mere
water. I thought if I pulled his sunglasses off that his eyes would be open in
shock. Though I could still fight with fire, I decided ice would be more
effective. The fire around me stopped and Wesker must have thought the
sprinklers had worked on me.
“For all your talk you are nothing.” Wesker teased me. “For
all your powers you are nothing. Sprinklers defeated you?”
I looked at him and saw how wet he had already gotten. It
was enough for what I needed. However, a person in shock would be easier to
take down. I needed to make him believe that he had defeated me. So I fought
him like a human. His skin was falling off with each punch and kick, yet that
didn’t stop him. He was using tyrant blood which would make him indifferent to
some pain. But just because one is unable to feel pain doesn’t mean injury will
never happen.
He kicked at my legs and I jumped up while pushing away his
psychic attack. I landed and kicked at his hip. He dodged it and attempted to
punch my neck. That worked and I went on the ground. I rolled away as he
attempted to smash my head in with his foot. Just like with Khaleesi’s chest. I
could feel the wind from Wesker’s attempt at murdering me.
“Doctor Isaacs told me you had great powers.” Wesker said.
“I am disappointed.”
He lifted his leg to slam it down on me. I kicked the leg he
kept planted and watched him fall down. I jumped on him in the same manner that
I would make love to my husbands. We tossed and turned as each of us fought to
stay on top. As we did this Wesker tried to shove me away with his mind. This
did not work as I was able to easily avoid the attacks.
Finally I was on top with the sprinklers still pouring down
water for the fire that had been me. I waited a few minutes until I was sure
that he would not be moving away in time. I also waited to see that the Red
Queen would not attack. If she did then there could be problems. But the dead
Alice’s team should’ve disabled the AI as we had made the idea very enticing to
her.
“You wanted to see my powers?” I asked Wesker. “I have powers
from my ancestors and from my own doing.”
My skin became pale white like ice and my hair lost all its
color as it blew in an invisible wind. I used my powers to push off his glasses
and saw his eyes full of fear. I hadn’t killed Alice and got my revenge, but at
least I saw Wesker in fear. Wesker who had caused all of this chaos and death.
Wesker who had tried to doom humanity. I didn’t want to hear his reasoning as
it didn’t matter to me. Billions had died all because he had decided to play
god with things humans had no right to mess with. Wesker had allowed people
like Alex to design horrific experiments. Wesker had been the reason Alex had
decided to toy with Alice. The reason any of this horror had taken place.
“Sometimes we don’t get what we want, Wesker, and we have to
deal with that.” I told him. “I won’t be able to get the revenge I crave but at
least I will destroy the Umbrella Corporation.”
Water dripped off me and turned to ice. At first it was only
the water that fell onto me and then all the water in the room started to
freeze. The sprinklers stopped as water froze over them. Wesker slowly started
to freeze and was unable to do anything. He just looked at me in shock as the
ice covered everything but me. I stood up and gave Wesker and Alice a final
glance before going to Khaleesi.
I picked up her body and walked to the door. My men were
there and they said nothing. As we walked I was told that there were no other
enemies. I barely heard myself ask to go to the communications room. All I knew
was that suddenly I was in one and had been told how to operate it. A few
Umbrella people stood back in fear as they knew the war was over.
“This is Doctor Rin Isaacs.” I said over a few frequencies
at once. “I am the leader of the Mormonts. I am the wife of Doctor Alexander
Isaacs and one of his clones. I have slowly built my organization up to do what
was accomplished today. Albert Wesker is dead and those of the Umbrella
Corporation must step down. You do this and I will show you mercy. Alice is
dead. She died fighting Wesker. Those on her side I will show the same respect
as those in Umbrella, though I wonder why I should.”
I looked around the room with eyes that were now focused. My
men stood proudly and those working for Umbrella were still afraid. Like a
direwolf I would not take prey for sport. I would only take prey that served a
purpose. Killing anyone who wasn’t attacking was hunting for sport. The memory
of the Alice clone’s taste in my mouth nearly made me gag. But I stood strong
because that is what my men needed.
“Myself and my organization had goals beyond curing the
t-virus.” I continued. “The final cure for that virus is being released now
through the air. Some of our allies have improved it so no manual injections
are needed. The Mormonts have also achieved another of their goals by making a
society. I could have ended this awhile back but I needed to be sure a society
was there. A society to hold up the survivors so they wouldn’t be lost. The
final goal is to rebuild.”
I paused to let everyone take the words in. I could imagine
some would still be fighting and would need a moment to pause long enough to
listen. During the pause I thought about Khaleesi and let all the pain enter
me. Tears started to form and I wiped them away. Those would have to wait. For
now I thought about meeting her and how she hadn’t abandoned me when I told her
the truth. She was one of my oldest friends here and I hadn’t been able to save
her. Just like I hadn’t been able to save most of my children.
“Now is the time to ignore boundaries.” I continued not
letting anguish into my voice. “Now is the time to ignore ideologies. For now
is the time we rebuild. Now is the time we make the world livable again. Now is
the time when humans will take their rightful place back from the undead. Those
who don’t want to join the Mormonts need not worry, all we ask is that you work
with us. That you follow our lead. Once the world is made anew then the
Mormonts will fade into the background until such a time as we are needed
again. We will give you two hours to make your choice.”
I turned off the radio and sat back in my seat. I felt the
weight of all I had done. It hadn’t occurred to me until this moment the magnitude
of all I had sacrificed. How many lives I had saved. Everything felt like it
held more importance now that it was over. Maybe it was only right that I
should be praised for accomplishing so much.
“Thank you, Isaacs.” One of my men said. “I have been
honored fighting alongside you. It does not seem right that I should be next to
you as you declare the war over. I promise not to disappoint you in the coming
years.”
“I know you won’t fail.” I told him. “I know you will only
do your best.”
I blinked.
I called Alexander to me using my powers just as my wrist
healed. The moment my ancestral sword entered my hands the Night’s King swung
down. I gritted my teeth as the impact was powerful. From the being’s expression
I could tell that my move had surprised him.
I was able to call on enough of my power to push him away. I
stood up and heard the chaos increase. The other dragons had come and I heard
the sound of wolves. Both direwolves and the smaller variety. Rhaegal appeared
behind all of them and I could tell he was crying out for Jon. When my husband
had been captured he must not been on his mount.
Now as Rhaegal called out for Jon I faced the Night’s King.
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