Saving Me

Chapter 10

To Save A Life

Hermione felt her heart stop as she looked up and saw the one man she never thought she would see ever again, Albert Wesker. Wesker shot Hermione a smirk as he reached up and pulled the hood down of the man's robe, as he did, the man was revealed to be Chris himself.

"Chris?" Hermione asked, her chocolate brown eyes locking with Chris's clouded over ones.

Instantly, Chris threw off his robe, revealing that he was wearing a jet black combo suit, a ruby red scarab beetle like apparatus was attached to his chest. Hermione and Sheva had no time to question Chris about the apparatus for as soon as he threw the robe off, he re-engaged Hermione and Sheva in hand to hand combat once again.

While Chris engaged with Hermione and Sheva, Wesker leaned back watching the fight. His. red eyes on Hermione as she and Sheva tried desperately to either talk sense into Chris or to try and remove the scarab apparatus.

'Hermione has certainly grown more beautiful. Okay stop Wesker this isn't the time for this' Wesker thought to himself.

"Come on Chris, it's me Hermione" Hermione said as she wrestled with Chris, trying to get him into position so Sheva could try getting the scarab off him.

While Wesker watched over the three fighting, He gave a brisk nod to Excella, signaling her to go on ahead and to start preparing the bomber.

"You've got no chance Hermione, even if you miraculously get the scarab off of Chris, none of you can stop me. You must understand Hermione, every day humans come one step closer to total annihilation, I'm not destroying the world I'm saving it!" Wesker said.

"Even if that means killing billions of innocent people? Even if it means that I die as well?" Hermione asked as she low balled Chris, hoping to use that distraction to rid Chris of the scarab apparatus.

That last comment made Wesker stop in his tracks. Could he go on living in a world where Hermione was no longer apart of? For a moment Wesker allows himself to picture a world without Hermione. In Wesker's mind he sees a barren wasteland that was once the planet. The oceans had all but dried up. Uroboros had only worked on only a handful of people, the rest were turned into huge blobs of black sucking leeches that only destroyed things.

When Wesker opened his eyes, Hermione thought she saw a flash of the ice blue color that his eyes used to be. It was only when Sheva announced that she was able to get the scarab apparatus off of Chris, did Hermione finally look away from Wesker.

The scarab lay in a mess of jumbled wires and would occasionally spark as it no longer injected its drug into Chris's bloodstream. Chris himself was shaking his head, trying to both clear his head and shift through all the jumbled memories that were flashing through his mind. Opening his eyes, Chris's blue eyes meeting Hermione's chocolate brown ones.

"Hermione? Is that you? Where am I? Last thing I remember is tackling Wesker out of the window back at Spencer's mansion" Chris says.

Before Hermione could explain, a voice from above said, "Perhaps I can explain Chris".

Looking up, Chris's blue eyes widened when he saw Wesker descending from his balcony and down to the floor where Chris, Hermione, and Sheva was.

"Wesker what the fuck is going on, where are we?" Chris demanded looking at his former S.T.A.R.S. Captain.

Wesker didn't say anything at first as he walked over to Hermione. Automatically Hermione's body stiffened as she raised her Samurai Edge pistol. Reaching up, Wesker pushed the pistol away before he grabbed Hermione by her waist and pulled her against him, his lips crashing against hers in a deep and lust filled kiss.

The Samurai Edge pistol fell from Hermione's hand as she brought her hands up, gripping the front of Wesker's jacket tightly, holding him closer to her. At that moment there was no Chris, Sheva, or threat of the world ending, there was only the two of them. Finally when the need for oxygen became to much, they broke apart.

Reaching up, Hermione slowly removed Wesker's trademarked sunglasses and tossed them aside. Her chocolate brown eyes locking with Wesker's now glowing red ones.

"I'm sorry Hermione, for everything. I believed that in doing what I did would save the world from destruction. I realize now that while the world is worth saving, billions of people need not die in order to ensure the planet's survival" Wesker says.

"Took ya long enough, but what about Excella?" Hermione asked.

Wesker swore as he looked up to see Excella standing where he was, a scowl on her face.

"What is this Albert? Why are you with them? Change your mind about our plans did you?" Excella asked, glaring down at everybody.

"Excella there's got to be another way to do this without declaring war on humanity" Wesker says looking up at her.

"No Wesker, this plan of yours has already been set in motion and there is no stopping it. If you will not see this though, then I will and I will become Queen of the new world" Excella exclaimed. Turning on her heel, Excella left the room and headed for the hangar where the bomber was stationed.

"We've got to go after her and stop her before she unleashes Uroboros onto the world" Sheva said as she handed Chris some herbs to help kill any nagging pain or aches that he had received during their little fight.

"We only have a limited amount of time to stop her before she takes off in the bomber, not because she'll unleash Uroboros, but because she is infected with the virus as well" Wesker said.

"What do you mean she's infected with it as well?" Hermione asked, her eyes never leaving Wesker's.

"Well I had a feeling that Excella was planning to betray me, so I injected her with a dominant strain of Uroboros while she was sleeping" Wesker explained.

"How long do we have till she mutates?" Chris asked, a little shocked to see that Wesker was back to his old self before the Arklay incident.

"It depends, considering how she didn't mutate right away after I injected her with it, I'm guessing that the virus has bonded with her on a cellular level so when the fight comes it will be most difficult even with me on your team" Wesker says.

"We'll do what we have to but are you prepared to do what YOU have to Wesker?" Chris asked.

Wesker didn't answer as the group made their way into the hanger where they found Excella rapidly typing at the computer that controlled the loading of the missiles that carried the virus into the bomber itself. A small smile playing on Excella's lips as she watched the last of the virus missiles were loaded up onto the bomber.

Hearing the click of Chris's pistol as he took aim, in a blink of an eye, Excella side-stepped the bullet that Chris fired at her. Scowling slightly, Excella turned to face the group. "You guys are getting really annoying. I know what you did Wesker, injecting me with that dominant strain of Uroboros, I know this because I can feel the power it's giving me."

"Yes, I injected you because I believed you were going to betray me, and it seems I was correct" Wesker says.

"No Albert, you not only betrayed me, but you betrayed yourself when you decided to turn against this Nobel cause that you started. And for what? For a girl who is half your age" Excella said glaring at Hermione.

"Excella you don't understand, what Hermione and I have is a connection both physical and emotional" Wesker says.

"She's your weakness and is your humanity. To truly become a god and save this world, you have shed your humanity Albert" Excella exclaimed.

Hermione bit her bottom lip as she stood next to Wesker, doubts and other concerns flashing through her mind as she felt Wesker stiffen beside her. Reaching down, Hermione intertwined her fingers through his. As Wesker felt this, a small smile crossed his lips as he lightly squeezed Hermione's hand, assuring her that even though if they were able to defeat Excella and save the world, he knew he still had a lot to do in order to make up for what he did, and not only did he know this, he embraced it.

"You're wrong Excella, I once believed in order to become a god and to save this world, I'd have to shed my humanity, and I almost lost all of it, but as you said, Hermione is the tie to my humanity, and I see in her eyes that she never lost hope for me. She never abandoned the ideal that I would someway, somehow realize the error of my ways, to make my way back to her which I'm going to start with right after I defeat you and properly dispose of the Uroboros virus" Wesker exclaimed.

Hermione, Chris, and Sheva just barley blinked as Excella and Wesker began to fight, their movements fluid and agile. It was more than hard for either of them to keep up. Wesker went to throw a right haymaker, only for Excella to either sidestep at the last movement or pull off some other kind of dodge type move. Even Wesker found himself doubting himself as he just barley dodged a round-house kick from Excella.

Excella meanwhile was beginning to learn Wesker's moves and how and when he'd execute them. This gave her satisfaction as she was able to easily stay one step ahead of her now former partner.

Meanwhile Hermione stood beside Sheva and Chris, her grip on her samurai edge tight as she watched the fight between Wesker and Excella. She never thought that Wesker would be back on their side, not that she was grateful, which she was. She just wasn't sure which one would clench victory. Wesker with his powers from the progenitor virus, or Excella with Uroboros.

"It's over Albert, Uroboros is the future of this world, and with me at its helm, I will not be stopped" Excella growled.

"Not if I can help it Excella" Wesker says, pulling out a syringe from the inside right pocket of his jacket.

Seeing the syringe in Wesker's hand, Excella arched an eyebrow as she looked at Wesker and then at the syringe. While she knew she shouldn't be worried about anything, Excella had to admit that she was a little cautious. This was after all the same man who'd injected her with Uroboros hoping that her DNA wasn't pure enough to accept Uroboros gift.

"Do you honestly think you can stop me with whatever is in that syringe Albert?" Excella said, her eyes not leaving Wesker's.

"Actually, yes I believe I can, Guys now!" Wesker yelled as he side-stepped, giving Hermione and the others the time they needed to unleash bullet after bullet from their guns. The bullets ripping into

Excella causing her to stumble back slightly. As she fell backwards, she felt Wesker wrap an arm around her and gently laid her down onto the cold, hard steel floor of the hangar.

Already, Excella could feel herself starting to heal thanks to Uroboros. The virus pushing the bullets out of her body and clattering down onto the floor. Knowing he only had seconds before Excella would be able to fight back; Wesker uncorked the syringe before slamming it into her heart, pushing the plunger down as he did so.

Almost immediately, Excella gasped, her body arching as whatever was in the syringe began to travel through her bloodstream and attack the virus. With Excella now down, at least for now, Hermione and the others gathered around Wesker.

"Albert what was in that syringe?" Hermione asked, moving so she was kneeling beside him.

"It was the anti-virus to Uroboros, I created it just in case it got out of hand and I had to shut the whole operation down."

Together all four of them were silent as Excella's body jerked and wreathed before them. Within a matter of minutes, Excella lay still on the floor, blood beginning to pool around her body. The anti-virus had done its job and quick to. It erased the entire strain of Uroboros from Excella's system before the virus had enough time to heal her gunshot wounds.

With Excella dead, the threat of unleashing Uroboros onto the world died with her. Before taking their leave, the group gathered every single bomb, syringe, and other types of containers that held every sample of Uroboros before destroying them, making sure that none of it survived because if any of it were to survive, and then fall into the wrong hands, they'd have an epidemic on their hands.

Epilogue

Six years had passed, and since that fateful day. It took time but eventually, Wesker had been able to not only make up for what he'd done, but to also really prove to Hermione and Chris that he had changed. He ended up becoming an agent of the B.S.A.A. and was partnered with both Hermione and Chris. For their first few missions together, it felt just like old times when they were all part of S.T.A.R.S. On the night of their 3rd year anniversary, Wesker proposed to Hermione who graciously accepted. They were happily married in a ceremony six months later that included Chris, Sheva and other friends.

A/N: End of Chapter 10, and End Saving Me. Please Read and Review!