The Mold in Winter (Resident Evil x Male Reader)

Chapter 8: The Last Person I thought I'd see here

Y/N POV

"Y/N? Is that you? Are you alright?"

I was too focused on running that I couldn't stop myself from colliding with someone. At first I thought it was a member of the Baker family however when I heard those words I looked up and who I saw caught me off guard.

"Ethan?! What the hell are you doing here?!" I will admit, the last person I expected to see here was Ethan Winters, my brother-in-law and yet here he was, standing over me with a look of concern and fear on his face.

Image of Ethan Winters:

(If you want to ignore being able to see Ethan's face then feel free to do so. I initially wanted to keep his face hidden however I couldn't find a good RE7 image of him with his face hidden.)

He extended a hand out towards me, I took it and asked "What are you doing here?" Ethan answered "I got a message from Mia, saying to come and find you both." I instantly warned him "Ethan, you shouldn't be here." To that Ethan asked "Why? What the hell is going on here! Why did Mia attack me?! Where did she get taken?!" I stared at him and asked "Mia attacked you?"

Ethan explained "I found her locked underneath this small shack. She started spouting stuff about a 'daddy' and just like that she attacked me. Her face twisted into a horrific expression. I had to knock her out but right after that I was assaulted by one of those Baker people and brought here. Since then it's been nonstop mayhem. What the hell is going on here anyway?!"

I couldn't think of a good way to explain everything to him so instead I just repeated my warning from before "Ethan you need to get out of here. It's too dangerous for you." Ethan couldn't take the hint though, still he stood his ground, saying "Not without you and Mia, where is she?"

I replied in a panicked tone "I don't know but I'm serious. You need to leave, just forget everything that has happened here. Forget Mia, me, EVERYTHING! There's more going on than you could possibly understand!"

Before Ethan could say any more I felt a sharp pain in my head. I knew what this meant which caused my eyes to widen in fear as I gasped "No." I clasped my hands back to either side of my head as an all too familiar voice echoed through my mind. "I won't let you take my daddy away from me!"

I stepped back as Ethan approached asking "Y/N?" He reached out however I aggressively swatted him away yelling "GET OUT OF HERE!" I staggered back more and groaned saying "No, no. Get out of my head! Evie, NO!" I tried my best to resist however it was all for nothing.

I slumped forward and went silent. Ethan just looked at me for a moment before stepping forward, again his hand was extended in front of him, reaching out towards me. Against my will I let out a faint laugh.

I then spoke "It's wonderful isn't it Ethan?" He looked at me with a mixture of confusion and fear as he asked "What's wonderful?" I continued to chuckle to myself as I said in a sinister yet light tone "Little Evie wants you to be her daddy."

That caused Ethan to become even more nervous. I wanted to warn him, to tell him to run however I had no control now. Suddenly I lunged forward, grabbing hold of Ethan aggressively by the shoulders.

He exclaimed "Y/N! What the hell! You as well?!" I grinned even wider and said "You cannot disappoint your soon-to-be daughter can you? I suppose I'll just have to show you the ropes on how to obey!"

With an aggressive push I shoved Ethan back to the ground. He sat upright before getting to his feet. He quickly drew a G17 Handgun and pointed it at me threatening "Stay back Y/N! I don't want to shoot you!"

Image of a G17 Handgun:

I didn't stop though, without any control I just continued to approach him. Ethan yelled "Damn it! Get back!" I laughed slowly and just continued to approach. This forced Ethan to open fire, two rounds hit me in the torso and a third in my leg.

That would be enough to kill a normal human however for some reason I was able to keep walking. I still felt the pain however I was unable to show any reaction to it. After those three shots Ethan took off running down the corridor.

I laughed and said "You cannot hide forever Ethan!" With that I began following close behind humming lightly to myself. I wasn't running, instead taking my time. I called out "Come on out Ethan. Don't worry, you'll soon come to love her gift just as I have!"

My search continued throughout the large house until I found my way back to the great hall. I opened the door and looked around. I spotted Ethan trying to run for the stairs. I took off after him, he tried raising his gun however I tackled him to the ground, causing the gun to slip through the rail and drop to the floor below.

I attempted to subdue Ethan, he constantly tried to escape my grasp however I didn't move. In an instant, Ethan revealed a knife and jabbed it right into my neck!

My eyes widened as I rolled off Ethan allowing him to get up. With that burst of pain, I had managed to break through Eveline's influence. I stared at Ethan and weakly rasped out "E-Ethan?"

Ethan replied "Y/N, I'm sorry." I smiled sadly before saying "Ethan, please. Just leave, get out of here as quick as you can. It's too late for me and Mia." Ethan shook his head saying "No, I can't just leave you both here. We'll get you both to a hospital and-."

I cut him off saying "No, what's going on here cannot get out to the outside world." Suddenly Eveline took hold again, I tried resisting even going as far as to headbutting the ground saying "Get out of my head you little brat! Get out GET OUT!" In the end it was all worthless.

I lashed out at Ethan in a fit of deranged fury causing him to stab at me with the knife again. He did so about three more times after this causing me to stagger back. Ethan used that brief moment to make a run for it.

He ran down the stairs and wasted no time picking the handgun back up. I tried pursuing however he kept on shooting me again and again before using the knife once I'd got close enough and stabbed me directly in the chest!

Again, for a brief second Eveline's control was broken. I just stared at Ethan with wide eyes before collapsing to the ground. I tried to remain conscious however in my current state however due to the numerous knife and gunshot wounds, I collapsed to the ground on my chest.

As bits of infected blood leaked out onto the floor, I once again succumbed to the darkness. I wouldn't die though, Eveline's gift saw to that. The last thing I did see was Ethan giving me a sad look before disappearing into another room.

His presence here added another level of unease. I would try my best to try and get him out of here before he got too injured. I couldn't let mine and Mia's mistakes punish him... 

Author's Note: And that's it for this chapter. I'm sorry if there's a lot of running and passing out in this story. Unlike my last Resident Evil story I'm focussing a bit more on the survival aspect as opposed to the action aspect like my last book. Y/N in this book won't be anything particularly special like before so he wouldn't be able to withstand as much. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter and as always, thank you for reading.