CHAPTER 4

Now she knows what was eating at Leon, a revealing tape of her 'birth' on a tape labeled – Happy Birthday Ada Wong. And there wasn't even a formal celebration, how rude. She slips the tape into the conveniently placed player below the screen.

"Hmph, looks just like me, no wonder Leon is confused."

Funny she thought as her face leaked her amusement, why was Simmons leading her to places they kept hidden. Intending to share his plans with someone who turned her back on him, it just didn't add up. All of the events just didn't make sense. Unless…it wasn't Simmons? Just as her fingers reached for her phone, it rang as if it knew. She looked at Simmons on the screen, still very amused.

"Enjoy the show?"

"Yes, it was quite…revealing."

"How do you mean?"

"Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that you on this tape, 'Ada'? You're the one behind Neo-Umbrella."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Ada started to pace about, it was getting tiresome to play along with her clone's games. Little did she know, 'Ada' had the same sentiments.

"He and his Family want one thing, to stabilize and sustain the system they've created. But you...You want to destroy it."

"And the world will blame you."

The screen shuts off and the glow slowly dissipates. Mixed emotions of anger, relief, sympathy and fear crumbled into one messed up ball of intangible feeling of crap. But quickly she had put those thoughts aside as her brain work wonders for the next step, a trait that allowed her to mock the angel of death far too many times than she should. She looked around the lab, quickly analyzing the specimens and data crawling all over the place. It had a good amount of evidence to frame Ada herself. Her glossed lips curled one-sidedly, she was being toyed about the whole time, and this time her smile reflected an equally dangerous aura.

Distant low roars of the plane puts Leon and Helena in a trance, both sat opposite each other without a sound. Leon was away into his thoughts of ways to apprehend Simmons while Helena silenced her mind from the very chaotic reality she has to live from now on. The night sky of Lanshiang was a quiet one, but the lights below reflect the bustling night life the locals ceremoniously celebrated. Helena stared at the outside, envious of the people who are living their lives completely free from the bullshit that was brewing. She then looked down at her fingers, fumbling as her lips pressed into a hard line.

"Coffee?"

Helena glanced up to a warm smile, in return she gave one back wearily.

"No thanks."

"You're sure? It's going to be one heck of a night."

She thought how could he still fork out a genuine smile, radiating even, after everything that has happened? He hasn't given up on hope, how amazing is that?

"I'm fine, really, thanks Leon."

Leon finishes his cup and returns to his seat and stares out to the night, Helena wasn't the only one feeling the pressure. Everything was just so messed up. And Ada, oh boy, he hasn't seen her since the Eastern Slav Republic incident. Their meetings were so rough and cut, but heck he was happy to even get a glimpse of her. To top that off, she hardly aged. A grin surfaced to his face, like a happy schoolboy he grinned whole heartedly.

"Fond memories?"

His cheeks slightly flushed as he snaps his head back to reality. Helena on the other end took in every moment of this side of the legendary American hero – Shocked and flushed.

"With a certain someone perhaps?"

His face tilted left into his hand, covering partially of that handsome face as he smiled shyly.

"It's…kind of complicated."

Her face dropped, that was unexpected coming from the guy swarmed by the female population. Leon Kennedy, is fond of someone but it's 'complicated'? This guy is in a one-sided schoolboy crush, a big one too.

"Oh…"

The silence could go on but all was interrupted. Both of them leaped onto their feet as the plane jerked to the side, the emergency siren was activated. Back to square one, the same dreaded feeling brewed in Leon, but there isn't time to brood. His survivor demeanor kicks into action, giving Helena and the other commuters some sort of hope.

"C'mon, we need to get to the cockpit!"

The C4 was rigged to blow, nothing will come in or get out anymore, not even Simmons or The Family could salvage anything for their 'under-the-table' uses. Ada picked up her momentum and headed for the exit, her fingers did quick work as she dialed for her former employer. The world was going to burn, no one else was more suited to aid in the destruction than him.

"Who is this?"

"An old friend Simmons, Ada Wong."

"Ada!?"

"Let's ditch the pleasantries, that little doppelganger you brewed up, just told me she had her heart set out to destroy the world."

"What!?"

"There she is, after her!"

"Yes sir!"

Leon spurred forward faster hearing Chris's booming order, no way was he allowing her to be caught, and no way was he letting anyone to lay a finger on his beloved crimson butterfly. He knew Chris wouldn't give in easily, so he had to beat him to his prey.

"ADA!"

She reaches a dead end as Piers cut her off, she turns around to see Chris charging at her, ready to tear her pretty frame apart. A smile that was so twisted reveals on her face, she was mocking Chris, at his fallen self as the righteous hero.

"I've got you, Ada Wong."

A smile that didn't belong to her face grew wider, the fact that her named was called infuriates but yet tickles the poisonous heart she has. As she readied herself, Leon had jumped in and tackled Chris. She watches in astonishment, the facts do not lie, Leon is willing to go out of his way to keep Ada safe. Leon knew he couldn't win a hand-to-hand fight with Chris, so he took the chance to stand between his beloved and his old friend when he got thrown over Chris's shoulder. Both pulled out their most trusted weaponry, not really sure if this might end up with one of them dead.

"Chris."

"Leon?"

Chris saw the determination in his friend's eyes, it was familiar but something was different in his stare. He knew in his gut that Leon wasn't going to move no matter what. But Chris wasn't going to back away either.

"What are you doing here?"

"Put your gun down Chris. She's a key witness, we need her."

Leon watched his friend's eyes enlarged in anger, but he knew Ada couldn't had done it.

"A witness!? She's the one who did all this!"

"No! It wasn't her – it was Simmons, the National Security Advisor."

"I lost all my men because of her!"

"And I lost over 70,000 people, including the President, because of Simmons!"

They were both wounded, from deaths and diseases of the mind that ate their hearts, but they stood firm for one cause – to rid the world of Bioterrorism. But the world has gone to shit, again. And the lady is enjoying it. She watched the gaze of Chris studying Leon and onto her.

"She's working for Neo-Umbrella. You know what that means?"

"Yeah, I do."

"And you're still going to protect this woman?"

The soldier did his best to convince the agent without using bullets, they both knew the malevolent schemes Umbrella did, and they were at the front lines stopping the evil at work. It wasn't pretty. Chris prayed hard for Leon to step down, or he'll be forced to shoot his friend. But for Leon, he had already made up his mind since Raccoon City…Over his dead body, they are getting out of here together.

"I am."

Piers and Helena both stand guarded for their partners, they watched intently as the tension grew between the two men. But as soon as they were distracted, a flash bang slipped from the slithery serpent's fangs.

"CAPTAIN!"

Piers shouted in desperation as the can bounced off the metal platform. A bright flash bursts out immediately, blinding all four of them. A cable line pierced through the light and Ada followed soon after, swiftly and skillfully landing on the concrete floor below them.

"FREEZE!"

Piers had opened a few shots at her but missed her entirely, without missing a beat he runs after her. Helena dashed out to stop Piers, fearing that they'll lose their witness.

"Helena, wait!"

"He's gonna kill her!"

Chris grunts, he quickly follows suit and picks up his gun, he's not letting Ada escape.

"Chris, wait. We both want the same thing here."

"…Alright, the BSAA will handle Ada. You take care of Simmons."

Leon watches Chris sprinting off, even though he had faith in his pal he still feared for the worse. He couldn't help but to reassure for her life.

"Chris! I know you'll do the right thing."

Chris looks into the agent's eyes, and realizes what was different from his powerful gaze. He doesn't want to question Leon about it, but he promised to bring Ada Wong back alive, not only for Leon but for himself.

"You sure we can rely on him?"

"He's been in this as long as I have, I trust him."

"All right."

"C'mon, let's find Simmons."

With that the two directed themselves back on track. Putting their faith on the BSAA, they have all the energy to concentrate on Simmons and only Simmons. Helena jogs alongside with her partner, she studies his cringing face and felt the urge to ask a question.

"What if she was actually behind all of the attacks?"

"I don't know for sure, but I trust her enough to know she isn't that kind of person."

"How do you know?"

With a straight face, he replied quickly, "I don't, but I trust she won't betray humanity." She could hear the confidence from his words, and in that instance her womanly instincts nudged at her conscious, Leon loves her… These same thoughts echoed in Chris's head.

"Just what have you done 'Ada'?"

Ada had just arrived in the midst of chaos-town, Lanshiang, she presses on her earpiece and listens to the B.S.A.A's orders flipping back and forth. Her body was feeling the pain, it was weird because normally it would just fade into numbness until the visit to her doctor. She lets her hand massage her aching neck, and lets her eyes shut for a while. A deep inhale, followed by an exhale. Hazel orbs glisten under the bright street lights, she looks into the distant flaming explosion and pondered.

"…I wonder if Leon had figured it out already."