The Resident Eviloves : Connections (Lady Dimitrescu - Resident Evil)

Chapter 10 - See your Smile

After the meeting with the Duke and his merchant friend from Spain, Mathias had to return to the quarters he shared with Alcina to try to rest a little there, having not slept for more than 48 hours now in because of recent events and this lack of sleep was beginning to affect his health. Despite his mutant power, he had retained some human conditions.

But as he painfully opened his eyes, a feeling that was both strange and familiar, it was to find himself in a place he already knew. He was still in the large bedroom, lying on the imposing four-poster bed, but the atmosphere that reigned was different, like heavy and empty at the same time, the colors being much duller and above all, the presence of these Mold veinlets and these Mold stains all over the floor, walls and ceiling as part of the decor.

The consciousness of the Megamycete. The invisible but very real world to which all entities possessing a part of it were connected, whether living or dead. Presumably this also included the Megamycete itself, for even after its destruction, its consciousness remained alive. During his sleep, Mathias had already found himself in this world several times, he was getting used to it. He only hoped not to cross Miranda's mind. But then who had brought him here this time? He wondered as he got out of bed and went to open the bedroom door to get out.

_"So Mathias, still not decided to play with me?" said a childish female voice he recognized.

He turned, to see this pale-faced, dark-haired girl, smiling grimly and sitting on one of the chairs in the room, her legs swinging gently in the air.

_"And you Eveline, still not decided to leave me alone? Seriously, don't you have someone else to bother?"

_"Oh you're not funny." sneered Eveline, playing the false disappointment. "There's this new toy, Ethan, but he's so boring...Too bad, maybe next time."

With these words, she disappeared as if she had never been there, leaving Mathias who sighed softly and went out into the corridor to finally find the person who was waiting for him and who had brought him here. Standing in front of one of the windows and appearing to be gazing outward, a woman in her mid-fifties with semi-long brown hair turned to him with a friendly expression. Mathias smiled at her too, but couldn't hold back the small twinkle of melancholy in his eye.

_"Hello Mom." he said.

She came up to him and they took each other gently in their arms, hugging each other tenderly.

_"I miss you so much..." added Mathias during the embrace.

_"I know, you've been thinking about me a lot lately, I could feel it in your heart and in mine." she replied. "I wish I could tell you the truth about our family and our blood, but now you know why I had to."

Mathias understood him well now indeed and didn't blame him anymore, after all, the only person responsible for all that had been Miranda and she had now paid. Mother and son walked together slowly along the hallway of Dimitrescu's quarters.

_"You and the last Dimitrescu together..." said Mathias' mother with a little chuckle not mockingly. "If I had known, but it's not that surprising. Our two families have always been more or less close and this since the friendship that linked our two founders, according to the legend."

_"Yeah..." Mathias breathed thoughtfully and darkly, as if looking worried about something as he stared ahead. "But today our families are threatened by an enemy far too powerful... For the first time, I felt so helpless... I am not afraid for myself, but for Alcina... I could not bear to lose her."

The mother understood perfectly the doubt that animated the heart of her son, being able to easily feel it as if it were in her own. She took Mathias's hand in hers and smiled at him with certain comfort.