S13 - Vampire

He lowered his hand and glared down at Shirou with horrific, crimson eyes.

The eyes of a vampire.

Shirou pushed himself back his feet and drew his bow. His eyes flickered between Wesker and Edward. Between two vampires.

Edward shook himself from his stupor. “I don’t know,” he answered before Shirou could even ask. “But it doesn’t matter. He’s not part of any clan I recognize. A stray most likely. How he was turned or who did it is not important, our goal is the same. He can still die.”

“My, my, you really are naive.” Wesker ran a hand through his hair and flashed his fangs. “That you’d think so low that I’d be ‘turned’. My vampirism is self inflicted.”

He looked at Shirou, and Shirou felt an icy chill run along his spine. “What you know now as Vampirism is, in itself, a mutation of a virus, born from the cell structures of so called Dead Apostles. It’s a mutagenic virus that warps the host body to better defend itself against the elements. Strength and speed to overwhelm any animal, hardened skin to absorb any impact, even a potent venom to improve the ease of hunting.

“And Umbrella was able to study it. To take samples and conduct research from bodies found in Italy. Under my guidance, it was distilled into its basest form. The ‘V-Virus’. A means to transmute anything into a biological weapon beyond any other. A single strain was created, and it was given to me.”

- Season 13, Round 5, /u/7thSonOfSons