Disclaimer: If you recognize 'em, I don't own 'em.
Author's note: For those of you that have played RE4; do you remember all those times you had to "shake off" an enemy or you'd die in a pretty bad way? While I was writing the first bit, I thought to myself, 'Self, what would happen if your story was a game and Leon didn't shake the creature off in time?' This is the result. Enjoy the Leon-death.
Oh, and with the incorporation of this chapter, I'm going to have to mark this story up to Mature. Just in case you didn't notice.
Predator: Boss fight death
He had to get to that console- without the self-destruct device, he couldn't destroy the facility. But to reach it, he had to get past the nest. And to do that, he'd have to get past the mother. And that- she had made clear- would be over her dead body. Which could be arranged.
But the problem was that she was quick, and spent most of her time skittering in the shadows along the walls and ceiling, the claws on her hands and feet making this irritatingly possible. Also, when he was looking for her after her disappearing acts, she had the habit of dropping from the ceiling behind him or springing from a shadowed wall to take a swipe at him. He had been fortunate so far- he had dodged most of her attacks and managed to get a few shots at her- and wasn't hurt too bad yet.
Now if only he could think of a way to light up all the dark corners at once; this game of hide and seek was getting very old, very fast...
Looking for a flash of motion overhead, he heard the familiar sound of claws on the wall behind him, and he quickly turned and sidestepped to avoid the impending claw swipe. He saw the tawny blur go by- as expected- but in the next instant felt something heavy bash against the back of his knees, the unexpected move sending him to the floor. The air left his lungs in a groaned rush. A split second later he felt something tugging on his shirt, and once his vision cleared he saw, from the corner of his eye, the creature with her teeth firmly set into the fabric as she pulled, himself sliding along the floor. Quickly, he reached up with his arms in an attempt to knock her away with his elbow- wherever she was planning on taking him, he was sure he did not want to get there.
However, as soon as his arms were up he felt her clawed hands pin them to the floor- rendering them useless. Feeling the spike of urgency-borderline-panic, he flailed his body around in an attempt to break free as he felt the edge of the outer nest pass by under his back. She was dragging him towards her nest- he had to shake her off; before he got too far...
As he twisted his body in an attempt to spin free from her grip, he caught a glimpse of the ridge surrounding the inner nest; the four babies were all leaning up on the top of it, attentively watching him squirm and flail in the clutches of their mother.
They were learning how to deal with live prey.
His panic building, Leon flailed his legs. Dragging his heels in an attempt to get them to catch on something would do him no good if all he could catch was cloth. If only he could get them up high enough to kick her away...
His head bumped the ridge of bloodied cloth, and he struggled even harder as she gave him a rough jerk to get him up over it. She was now pulling him down into the inner nest where the babies were cheeping and screeching with excitement.
His lower body was still outside the ridge when she stopped, his lower back arched to a painful degree as his legs began to kick at nothing, desperate for escape. With a sudden tearing sound, the kicking paused for an instant for a spasmodic jerk, then continued as his voice could be heard from inside, the noises choked and painful.
"AAGHKT... GSHT..." The kicking slowed, his legs moving less and less. "HNNGKT…"
One leg gave a twitch, the squelching sound of internal organs getting louder.
"... unh..."
With that final noise, Leon stopped moving altogether, his body going limp. The screen goes dark.
YOU DIED
Author's note: So yes. If you don't shake her off before she drags you to the inner nest, Leon will be quite dead.
Of course, there would be other ways to die, such as if she just slashed you to death with her claws. But that's pretty basic, so I didn't write that. Up next is the "special" ending.
