See? Just as I said. New chapter all shiny and pretty and... new. Well, anyways. Not much to say. Sorry about the last chapter being so short, I told you they would be shorter. But oh well! Enjoy chapter 4! :]
After we walked through the gate, Leon's walkie-talkie went off again.
"Leon, how ya holdin' up?" The woman asked.
"Bad question Hunnigan…" Leon replied. Hunnigan...? So that's her name!
"Sorry to hear that. I'm sending you a playing manual."
"I'll take a look at it, thanks."
After he hung up, I turned to him and asked, "A playing manual? Like... in video games?"
"No, uh, it's basically like a map." He held out his walkie-talkie and showed me the screen. There were a bunch of random numbers and codes that I didn't understand.
"Looks complicated." I said, for lack of a better word.
"Eh, not really. It's actually pretty simple once you get the hang of it."
"Well, will I ever get the chance to 'get the hang of it'?"
"Yeah, I guess I could teach you later."
"Cool." I smiled at him, and he grinned back before we both continued walking.
We came up to a tree, and the entrance to the village. Leon took out his binoculars and furrowed his brows. I tried to peer through the branches of dry trees, but the forest was too dense, and the village too far away to see.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Come on." Was all he said as he grabbed my arm and pulled me along some trail that was invisible to my naked eyes.
Immediately after entering the village, a woman shouted,"Alli esta!"
"They see us!" I cried to Leon as he turned and ran past a cluster of old and worn buildings, pulling me along with him.
We stopped in the middle of the village, now surrounded by sinister-looking men and women, next to a roasting corpse. I had no time to gag, or even think about that, because Leon was already pulling me away, shooting at random people.
We ran into a two story house, and Leon quickly blocked the door. He peeked out a small, rectangular window, too small for anybody to get in through, and I heard him whisper something, though I couldn't understand what.
He quickly turned to me and said "Emily, go hide upstairs!"
"What? Why?" I asked, beginning to panic.
"Just go!"
The loud sound of a chainsaw was heard from outside and the windows began breaking. Yep. Definitely panicked.
"Son of a..." Leon said, just above a whisper.
I quickly glanced around the room for a place to hide and the only place I could find was behind the stairs. I ran behind them just as the downstairs window was being broken into.
Leon ran back behind the stairs too, and stood in front of me. He was either being protective, or he was just trying to get an overall view. Probably both.
A surplus of villagers armed with pitchforks, axes, and even kitchen knives, came crawling in through the window.
Not even a second after they were in the house, Leon began shooting them, one after the other. I was studying him. Studying how his arm tensed up right before he pulled the trigger, how his hair fell into his eyes when he would reload. And how worried I would get when one of those things got too close. But he always shot them. It was the same routine: Shoot the closest person, and run up and kick him, knocking the others back a few steps. Shoot, run kick. Shoot, run, kick, etc.
Sometimes one of the person's head would explode, sending blood and guts flying everywhere. It made me think of my parents. I had never wanted my mom more than anything at that moment. But I would never see her again. Both my parents were dead. Gone. None existing, out of this world, taken away from me. They-
"Emily, get down!" Leon shouted, snapping me out of my thoughts and back to reality.
"What?" I shouted back over the noise.
"Get down!"
I crouched down and blocked my face just as a grenade went off. Looking up, I saw a man with a chainsaw get up. When did he get here? I thought. How long had I been out of it?
Ding!...Ding!...Ding!
Everyone dropped everything. It was like they were being controlled, one by one the men and women exited the building we were in and ran outside, followed by me and Leon.
"La campara…" A villager said.
"The bell…" I translated aloud, glancing around quickly at all of the villagers. Leon looked at me with confusion.
"Es hora de razar…" Said another villager.
"It's time to pray…" I said, and Leon glanced up at the bell.
"Tenemos que irnos…"
"We gotta get outa here…"
Just then, all of the villagers began walking slowly to a door with a red insignia on it. As a man passed by me, I heard him say 'Lord Saddler', whoever that was.
Once everyone left, Leon turned to me and said, "You know Spanish?"
"What?" I asked, confused, and out of my trance.
"You speak Spanish. Whatever they said, you translated into English."
"I did? Sorry… I tend to do that. I've been taking Spanish for the past four years."
After Leon nodded in understandment, his walkie-talkie went off again.
Before the woman could speak, Leon said "Hunnigan, I have some bad news. I've confirmed the body of an officer. Some things happened to the people here…"
"Leon, you need to get out of there. Look for a tower, and follow a trail near it."
"Got it."
Aaannd there's chapter four. How's everyone doing? Anyone asleep yet? No? Good! I really hope you're enjoying this so far, and as always, please tell me what you think in the review box down below. Thanks for reading, guys! I'll see you next time! ^^