Confrontation

After hours of hiking and short encounters with the undead, the base of the mountain was now in sight. The three paused in their tracks, knowing a plan was needed. A series of white tents were seen in the distance, conveniently located outside of the city limits. Shiloh's eyes were focused on the tents.

"She's in there..."

Her voice trailed off, Chris and Jill instantly questioning her.

"What do you mean?"

"My mother... I just know it..."

Chris chimes in, "Well at least they might not shoot at us..."

"Hmph, I don't know who she is anymore. I want you two to stay here or just leave... I appreciate your help getting me here but this is my battle now."

Jill began to argue but Chris held her back, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"She's right Jill - If we head in there with her they're going to retaliate. She isn't a threat to them, or so they think."

Shiloh nodded, forcing a smile their way. Her heart was racing. She hugged them both, them explaining to her they would stay behind and watch out to make sure she was safe.

The young girl made her way down the base of the mountain, cautiously approaching the largest of the five white tents. The focused her concentration on the flaplike door to the structure, it quickly ripping wide open. Shiloh entered the tent, four men in white lab coats along with her mother sitting at a large table. Her mother quickly stood from her seat, making her way over, arms open wide.

"Shiloh! You made it!"

Taking a step back, anger fueling her words she snarled , "Don't touch me, mother."

A look of confusion stained the woman's face, tension building.

"Shiloh I-"

"You've lied to me my entire life. I'm here for answers."

A man with dirty blond hair and glasses stood from the desk, approaching her mother.

"Look at her eyes, Waterson..."

Shiloh took another step backward, becoming defensive.

"And who the hell is this clown?"

"His name is Albert Wesker, sweetie... He is a close friend..." Her mother began to approach her before continuing, "Are you infected, Shi?"

"Stop with this bullshit act! You allowed that fucking experiment when I was a child. I'm a fucking monster now, mom. So don't pretend you don't know what's going on. I know you were apart of all of this!"

Her mother took a seat, clearly in shock. Her eyes were wide open, staring into the distance. The room grew silent before she turned to this strange Wesker man and pleaded, "What did you do to my daughter?"

"Hmph, I think you mean our daughter. My only question is how did you -"

Sarcasm filling her voice, Shiloh fired back.

"I made a little visit to the Spencer Manor, Albert. I found the files, everything. You're sick signing off for a CHILD to be injected with your sick virus. I'm certain you didn't know how my body would react. I should have died."

"Smart, beautiful, and deadly - She's incredible Waterson..."

"How could you ..."

"I saw your potential from birth Shiloh, I simply wanted to help you enhance this potential."

"BULLSHIT!" Shiloh screamed out, the large meeting table flying into the air landing with a thud. The other two men stood quickly, guns pointed towards her. Albert held out his hand, instructing them to back off.

"Come with us to our base, daughter... We can help you control your abilities."

"I'm not becoming some sick pawn in your game."

Shiloh rushes out of the tent, her mothers pleading screams heard in the distance. Surprisingly she was allowed to leave with no force. Clearly they had no clue what she was capable of. The young girl collapsed on the ground, letting out a terrifying high pitched scream. With eyes closed, flames sparked around her, quickly engulfing the four other tents. Standing from her position she raised her arm towards the barrier set up to isolate the infection, thick steel beginning to melt and collapse.

Quickly she ran into the woods, soldiers and doctors filing out of the tents into a series of helicopters. Swarms of the undead exited Raccoon City, sprinting towards the flames.

Shiloh joined Chris and Jill, all three disappearing into the woods. Chris senses her anger, holding onto her arm while running, "What the hell happened back there, Shiloh?"

"They will pay for what they've done..."

Sprinting for a few minutes, Chris pointed outwards at a STARS vehicle. All three piled in, Jill choosing to drive. Tears streaming down her face, Shiloh decided to question, "Where do we go from here?"

"The infection will spread soon... We will head north for now and find shelter."

Shiloh filled the two in on what happened - the encounter with her mother and father, confronting them about the experiments, their pleads for her to go with them, and her decision to release the infection.

The vehicle sped off into the distance, Shiloh turning back eyes focused on the destruction she caused. Her eyes moved to the sky, a brightly lit missile heading towards Raccoon City. She couldn't help but snicker, whispering to herself.

"Looks like I destroyed their plans of covering this shit up..."