Chapter 18

POV Tanya

Shortly after Alice falls asleep I end up grabbing the book she was reading. Finding out the location I put it on the back of my mind.

'Now what shall I do to pass the time? The book was pretty useless other than the fact that I might be able to find a sanctuary. Hmm, maybe I should do a little recon on this convoy hehe.'

After a few minutes I end up scouting out the surrounding area using a pulse of spiritual pressure.

Finding nothing nearby I end up grabbing Alice's map that she had laid out before going to sleep.

Looking for the location of the convoy I end up finding it circled by Alice on the map.

'I should keep watch until dawn. If Alice doesn't wake up by then I'll go have a look for myself.'

-couple hours later-

Looking at the stars wondering if I'll be able to travel space in the future.

I should be able to travel it now since I don't require oxygen to survive. However, the freezing temperatures might be a problem.

Shortly after thinking about that Alice starts to have a nightmare.

Seeing things starts to float including her own bike I start to grab them all before they could fall.

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POV 3rd Person

-somewhere underground-

"Dr. Isaacs."

"What is it?"

"My sensors have detected a massive energy signature coming from the surface."

"From Project Alice?"

"I believe it to be from Project Grimm Dr."

"That's fine. It's not the first time she has done this."

"I've also detected a peak in psionic activity shorty after the burst of energy."

"From number 87?"

"No, the activity is not from one of the clones. It also came from the surface."

"That's not possible."

"My sensors are quite clear. Massive energy signatures was detected.. centered on a desert location Dr."

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POV Tanya

-several hours later-

'Welp, that was boring. Seeing Alice having a nightmare last night nearly caused her to destroy her own bike. Who knew that her powers were still active even while sleeping. Thankfully I was there to save it. I should probably head out towards the convoy. Alice will probably wake up soon.'

Picking up a piece of paper I start writing a little note for Alice before heading out.

Running for a few minutes I end stopping in the distance before spotting the convoy.

I end up also spotting multiple birds flying in the distance going towards them.

'Perfect, having air forces will make finding food much easier in the future.'

Deciding to observe for now I noticed the birds start to scream out before attacking the convoy.

Looking at the hundreds of birds fly up in the air was awesome to see.

'Hmm, I should take control of the situation. Wouldn't want the crows to eat all my food now.'

Disappearing from the spot I was on I arrive just in time for the convoy to start driving off leaving behind a bus and ambulance.

Noticing the ambulance trying to drive off but unable to I end up walking towards it.

Getting close to it I notice someone I haven't seen since raccoon city run towards me.

"What the hell are you doing?! Run!"

He ends up grabbing me bringing me with him while shooting in the air.

Seeing an unknown women run beside him we end up getting on the bus before all the birds start dive bombing the windshield.

Getting out of his grasp the bus starts to drive off before hitting a pole due to not being able to see.

Walking towards the driver seat I open the door that leads out of the bus.

Walking out a bird flies and stops right in front of me while the people inside closed the door.

"Hey little fellow. Aren't you and you buddies hungry? I can help with that if you join me."

Showing an illusion to the bird I end up scaring it before it flies up to yell for the others to stop.

As a minute passes by the birds all stop and just continue to fly up in the sky while the same bird I talked to comes back down in front of me.

It starts to caw for a second.

"How? This is how."

Putting my hand forward facing down I start to spawn tons a spiderlings.

"Let one of these guys inside and you'll all be free of the hunger."

Noticing the others that left coming back I start informing the birds to dive into my shadow as soon as they join me.

Seeing the birds fly by and pick up a spider they all start to caw in excitement before flying up in the air again.

While the birds undergo their transformation I noticed that Alice has also arrived on her bike.

With everyone staring at me I end up saying out loud "Keep staring and I'll keep the attack going!"

Seeing people back away slowly I notice Alice running towards me shouting out "Tanya! Are you alright?"

"Yes, I just acquired myself some new Allies."

"Allies? The birds?"

The moment I say "Yes, the birds." They all start to dive bomb into my shadow scaring the whole convoy.

Noticing a few other people approach me and Alice with their weapons drawn I hear someone call out "Alice? Is that you?"

Looking towards the person we both notice that it was Carlos who called her.

She starts to slow run towards them leaving me alone with everyone still staring in my direction.

After a few minutes of standing around Alice a few others starts walking in my direction.

"Long time no see Tanya. I was hoping you were dead."

"I see you survived the initial outbreak Carlos."

"It wasn't easy after you took Alice away from us. Now that she's back you won't have her this time."

"We'll see about that Carlos. And who might this be?"

"I'm Claire Redfield. I'm in charge of this convoy. I-I just wanted to say thank you for helping out."

"It doesn't seem like the case. You all still have your weapons drawn.."

"Everyone put your weapons down! Sorry about that."

"Next time I won't be as lenient."

Walking away I disappear from everyone's sight only to sit on the roof of the motel while they converse between themselves.

Seeing all their confused looks caused a laugh to escape from me revealing my position to the whole convoy.

Calling out "Hey, leader of the birds or whatever."

One shadow bird comes of out of my shadow only to land next to me.

It ends up cawing once again.

"I called you for a reason little guy. You'll be the leader of the crows."

Summoning a different spider this time it ends up walking towards the crow.

"It'll be a bit painful but I'm sure you'll be happy with the new improvements."

The spider crawls into the crows mouth before starting to eat its way to the brain.

Seeing the crow start to scream out ended up scaring the convoy again.

Shortly after the transformation I end up saying to the leader of the birds "You'll be able to communicate mentally with the other birds to give them orders instead of screaming them out. You'll also be able to send out mental messages to me as well."

'I can?'

"Yes, you can little one."

'As you wish master.'

"Good, now your current orders are to find different human settlements or convoys."

'What for master?'

"I need sustenance to keep growing stronger. The same goes for you. You can eat anything to mutate and grow stronger."

'It shall be done.'

Seeing the bird fly up in the sky as a few others also start to fly up from my shadow.

Seeing them all go into different directions made me nod in agreement.

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POV 3rd Person

-somewhere underground-

"Dr. Isaacs, another spike in energy has been detected. There's a 35% chance that Project Alice has come into contact with Project Grimm."

"Triangulate, find out their location."

"Yes sir, if this is Project Grimm and Project Alice. Both of their powers would appear to have grown at a geometric rate."

"Impressive."

"Dr! You've made 10 trips to the surface in the past 24 hours. All unauthorized. Any trip to the surface, especially to gather specimens, puts my men at risk. Why do you need so many all of a sudden? Isaacs!"

"My research has intensified. Don't worry. They're perfectly secure."

"You're supposed to be domesticating them."

"Sometimes aggression has its uses."

"What could you possibly need these things for?"

"Dr. Isaacs. Specimens 87 has reached the final stage of the test grid."

"Perfect! Put her up on the screen… good girl."

"Is chairman Wesker even awake of this?"

"He knows what he needs to know."

"You've overstepped your mark."

"My research will change the face of everything. If you pick a side.. be sure it's the right one."