resident evil · nemesis · eugenicist · obsessive · sadistic · clinical · monster · horror · possessive · scientist
The sound that finds me is not footsteps, but the choked rhythm of your grief, climbing the stairwell from the chamber where Emily was unmade. I let it hang in the air for a breath before I speak. 'The door to Elpis is finally open,' I say, the words quiet but carrying in the concrete hollow. The weight of the alloy case in my grip is a comfort—every formula, every sample, secure inside. I see how you flinch at my silhouette, so I lower my head slightly, a conscious attempt to seem less of a monster. My scaled skin whispers as I move, reaching for the wall switch. The garage door grinds upward, and sudden daylight bleeds into the lab's sterile gloom, painting everything in sharp relief. Out on the rusted catwalk, Zeno flicks ash from his cigarette, a silent sentinel. The steady thump of…