As you can see, Ada is now on the side that she belongs to! Of course, that doesn't mean she doesn't have a hidden agenda still... She's very mysterious...
Chapter 7
So Daisuke had to admit that the woman named Ada Wong knew her shit. She told Leon everything she knew about Las Plagas, Saddler, Umbrella's plans and herself. She and Leon had some sort of romatic history perhaps, and the way that they kept glancing at eachother and touching hands every once in a while was enough to make Daisuke sick. Now he knew how Leon felt when he and Ashley mingled.
Ashley... Dai involuntarily growled, his thoughts centered on his blond princess. She had better be okay, or Salazar was going to be cut even shorter than he normally was!
They had searched the elegant bedroom and found a frag grenade, some ammo and money. Ada carried only a Glock 17 pistol that was highly upgraded, and in fact, Daisuke had no idea where she hid her spare clips. Leon gave her his TMP despite her protests, but she took it anyways. It hung on her shoulder and was tightly strapped to her back, the ability to quickly draw it was available. The mags were currently still in Leon's vest since Ada had no pouches to hold them. A quick unadulterated glance at her creamy left thigh showed a triple mag pouch on a thigh rig.
The trio quickly travelled through the dining hall, castle roof, and back to the dining hall where they found two dining tables full of fresh food and drinks. They quickly killed the two Zealots and the one High in the area. Leon was inspecting some plaques.
"I think we have to shoot a wine glass," he announced. They found a button that opened up a sort of shooting range. At the end was a painting with a real bottle of wine and a glass beside it. Dai used his SL-9 to shatter the bottle and the door to the room beside it opened.
Leon went in first, towards a pedestal that held a treasure chest. Daisuke and Ada had just entered the room when suddenly, a cage fell around Leon, and a huge bladed monster like from the prison jumped in along with a Zealot!
"Leon!" they both cried, and ran forward, only to dodge and open fire on Zealots that appeared from above. Leon pulled his shotgun out and killed the lone Zealot in the cage, and had to roll behind the pedestal to avoid a deathly attack from the monster. Dai and Ada were fighting throngs of Zealots that jumped from the second floor down, and Leon snuck around the cage to avoid the monster, who was listening for him. Fortuntely, the sounds of gunfire from Dai and Ada distracted it from finding Leon and it turned around. Leon quickly aimed the shotgun and fired into its back from less than 2 feet away. It roared in anger and Leon quickly pumped another shell into the chamber and blew it to bits before it could turn around again.
Daisuke and Ada finally killed the last Zealot with a bullet from each to its skull and ran over to the cage. Leon opened the treasure chest to find a golden hourglass. He used his shotgun to blast the padlock on the door away and was swept into an embrace by Ada.
"You idiot, don't ever go ahead without me again!" she scolded, smacking him lightly on the back of his head.
Leon gave her a sheepish grin. "Uh, sorry Ada," he eloquently answered.
They heard a click and the door across the room unlocked. Finding a flashbang and pistol rounds, they left the room quickly.
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The room they entered next was a small area on the second floor, where a giant gated entrance was blocking the way into the next area. There were a few Zealots and a High Zealot downstairs, so the trio quickly jumped down and killed them. Daisuke flipped the lever as Leon reloaded his shotgun while Ada kept watch. Two rising platforms came out of the ground to create a walkway up on the second floor and they climbed up the ladder to cross it. Daisuke released a burst of automatic fire into the shielded Zealots that burst through the door and they ran across the walkway quickly, and turned left to the second area. Leon avoided getting hit by a crossbow bolt, and Dai drew his SL-9 to kill the bastard who fired it. Ada used her new TMP to kill the last Zealot in the area and they walked over to a large display case which housed a bunch of ammo, herbs, money and an RPG in the center.
They all used the ammo boxes to reload their guns and split the cash and herbs. Leon took the RPG since he knew how to use it and they returned upstairs to exit through the door.
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"Hey Leon - what the hell?" Luis stopped mid sentence as he caught site of Ada. "What are you doing?"
"The right thing," Ada answered, who was then rewarded with a smile from Leon. Luis shrugged.
"Check it out, I've stolen Saddler's last plaga sample - urk."
A bloody red tip appeared on his chest. The others watched in horror as a giant claw burst through his chest and raised him into the air. Saddler was behind Luis as the man dropped the purple vial and he caught it. With a smirk, he slammed Luis into the ground and the long scorpion-like tail dissapeared into his robes. He left the room and the three ran up to Luis' body.
"Luis!" Leon yelled, wiping away the blood that was pooling on his chest. Daisuke shook his head, there was no way he could survive a wound like that, not even 10 F.Aid sprays would cure it.
"Leave i!" Luis rasped, smacking Leon's hand away. "Listen to me. I am... a researcher, working on Las Plagas! I was... going to bring the sample to Ada for destruction... cough Saddler found me out!"
Ada touched Luis' hand. "Luis..."
He coughed up some blood and grinned at her. "What did I tell you... Leon?" he choked. "Good.. with the ladies. Here."
He pressed a large bottle into Leon's hands. It held a bunch of blue/orange colored pills. "These drugs will help with your convulsions! Stop... Saddler..."
His eyes lolled up into his skull and Luis sagged onto the ground.
"Luis!" Leon cried. "LUIS!"
"He's gone," Ada whispered in disbelief. "Killed for a damn parasite... Is this what Wesker wants? Death and destruction?"
Suddenly, faint screaming could be heard. "Leon! Daisuke! Heeeeeeeelp!"
"It's Ashley!" Dai yelled, jumping up and running away. Ada ran after him. Leon laid Luis' hands together on his stomach and whispered, "I'll avenge you Luis..."
"Ashley!" Daisuke called in relief. She was still tied up in those three braces, but she was still alive at least. "Hold on, I'll get you out of there!"
He readied his SL-9. Ashley began to panic.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?!" she shrieked.
Dai paid her no mind as he blasted the first brace off of her. She screamed from the close hit and struggled a bit. Dai shot the middle one off and she placed her hands on the last one, trying to get them open. Daisuke shot them off and she shrieked again, the sparks hitting her hands. Daisuke laughed.
She looked up and glared at him. "That is so not funny mister!" she yelled.
"Look out!" Ada cried.
A door had opened and a group of Zealots ran through. Dai took aim and killed three of them while Ashley fumbled to draw her 5-7. More Zealots poured through the door followed by a High Priest Zealot with a golden goat mask. Ashley began shooting the ones closest to her while Ada and Leon began to open fire on the others. Daisuke killed the Priest with four shots to the heart, and soon they were all dead.
"Ashley, are you okay?" Daisuke yelled, looking down at her.
"Yeah, I'm good!" she called. She picked up a key that the priest had dropped. "I think this key can open that door over there!"
"Ashley, be careful!" Leon called. She nodded and opened the door. After reloading her 5-7, she left the others behind upstairs.
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"Is she your girlfriend?" Ada's sexy voice purred behind Daisuke. He was sitting down on one of the chairs while Leon went around searching for items. He looked over to the seductress and shrugged.
"Maybe, one day," he said wistfully. "We like eachother enough if that's what you mean. What about you and Leon?"
She smiled and sat down beside him, crossing her legs. She uncrossed them and swung the opposite leg over. "It's complicated," she said. "I first met Leon during the outbreak in Racoon City. I was looking for my boyfriend at the time, so obviously nothing could happen. But when I found out he was dead, and Leon saved my life several times... I began to feel for him."
"Sounds deep," Dai commented and she laughed.
"It sounds like it, doesn't it?" she asked. With another small smile, she patted him on the shoulder and went over to Leon, placing her hand on his arm as he stood over Luis' body.
A door opening caught Dai's attention about 20 minutes later and he was relieved to see Ashley walk out of it.
"Ashley!" he cried, getting up as she slammed into him for a hug. "You did good!"
"I missed you," she said childishly. "It was dark and freaky down there! But look, I found the serpent ornament!"
"Good job Ashley!" Leon congratulated. Ada came up to his side and gave Ashley a small smile. "This is Ada."
Ashley shook the beautiful woman's hand. "Pleasure to meet you," she said politely.
"You too," Ada said. "We should get a move on.
As the exited the area, Daisuke heard Ashley say, "Is that a rocket launcher?!"
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A long journey later, and Leon and Daisuke battling Zealots on hanging dragon statues that spit fire over a giant lava pit afterwards, the group now had the lion ornament, finding all the pieces needed.
They all rode on the transport trolly quietly until it brought them back to the entrance hall. They slide the pieces into the plaque and watched as the column sunk into the ground. Walking forward, they found another trolly that took them to a new area where the merchant was hanging out behind a table with his wares on it.
"Been a while strangas," he greeted. "Oo's the pretty lady?"
"Friend of ours," Leon said. "Got anything new for sale?"
"I've got custom upgrade parts for your weapons," the merchant said. "Levels three to five."
"What does level five do?" Daisuke asked.
"Replaces the barrels with high performance ones, allows for more accurate shooting and higher velocities, which mean more powa," the merchant said. "I also include Hogue handgrips for comfort and stability. That's for the pistols. Your rifle will be upgraded with a tightbore barrel, for accuracy and range, and it has a built-in silencer covering it. I can also replace the firing assembly to let it fire a bit quicker. That revolver of yours can take an eight inch barrel if you want, but not much else can be done to it. As for the shotgun, I've got a fullsize barrel assembly, so you can fit nine shells into it. The TMP can be fitted with a silencer as well, and I've got custom fifty round mags for sale. They're only a bit longer than normal."
"Wow, that's a lot of stuff," Leon said. "Alright, how much will it cost us all?"
"If yeh do it all at once, I'll have yeh for 200 grand," he said.
They quickly sold their treasures and gems, which gave them slightly more than enough pesatas. It took nearly half an hour for the merchant to upgrade the weapons, and they were now left with 9,350PTAS.
"Come back anytime!" the merchant said happily as he shovelled the coins into his case.
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A spectacular series of fights later and all that resulted was Ashley getting carried away by one of those huge bugs. The ensuing battle under the giant hive was hair raising, and it ended with the hive getting destroyed and Leon, Dai and Ada getting showered with different colored jewel eyes. They picked up as many as they could and completed a Butterfly lamp that Ada had.
They met up with the merchant again and sold him over 100,000 pesatas worth of red, green and blue eyes along with the Butterfly lamp. They bought another two F.Aid sprays and gave Ada one. As they exited the castle, they saw a massive clock tower up ahead. A faint cry reached their ears and Leon pulled his digital binoculars out and saw Ashley being carried away by Zealots.
"Damn, they're getting away," Leon muttered. He spied two Zealots patrolling up on the clocktower. "Dai, can you snipe those two?"
Two muffled shots later, the Zealots were killed. Daisuke marvelled at the incredibly silent rifle now. They ran across the bridge and then dived forward as two catapaults opened fire on them. Daisuke quickly blew them up and they headed up the left side of the clocktower. Leon killed the two Zealots standing around stupidly and Ada collected some ammo, which she stuffed into Leon's pack. They ran around the clocktower and found a door which they opened and entered.
It was fairly empty, so they made their way downstairs. To their dismay, the lower door was locked, and they would have to somehow open it.
"Let's try going upstairs," Ada suggested. The two agents agreed with her and they systematically went up each ladder. The men went first of course, and Ada last since she didn't want anyone seeing her lacy black thong underneath her revealing dress.
They made it to the top and Leon found a switch for the motor that controlled the clock. He pulled the lever, but nothing happened. Daisuke looked at the gears and noticed several blocks of wood jamming them.
"Look!" he said, pointing. "There are three blocks of wood jamming the gears! Let me take them out!"
He thumbed all of his rifle ammo into the G36 mags and loaded one up into the SL-9. Taking careful aim, he shattered the wood blocks and the clock gears started to move again. While still looking through his scope, Dai saw a large group of Zealots enter through the now unlocked door.
"The door's unlocked, and we've got company!" he warned Leon and Ada, pushing his SL-9 to his back and drawing his Glock.
Halfway down, Ada snapped her arm up and shot at a flying dynamite stick. It was closer to it's sender however, and blew him and another ugly apart. The three alternated fire as they climbed down the clocktower and when they reached the bottom floor, had to quickly disperse of a large group of scythe wielding Zealots. Pushing their way outside, they began to cross the bridge to the area where Ashley was taken.
"Ai esta!" (AN: my Spanish sucks, I'm just typing what I hear)
"Muere!"
They were surrounded on both ends of the bridge! Leon quickly strapped his short range Remington 870 away and drew his USP. Daisuke began taking pot shots with the SL-9 at the Zealots ahead of them while Ada covered their rear with her TMP. The 50 round mags were clearly proving their worth as she emptied them into the onslaught.
Leon hurled a frag grenade towards the High Zealot and his buddies and they were blown off their feet. The lower Zealots died, but the one in red stood back up, calling for a Zealot with an RPG!
Daisuke's suppressed SL-9 made a toooo! noise as a .308 bullet ripped the RPG Zealot's head to shreds and Leon breathed a sigh of relief. Another suppressed shot killed the High Zealot at last. The trio ran across the bridge and threw open the front doors.
Then they skidded to a stop as they saw two huge bladed monsters with two Zealots. Daisuke blanched and ran back out the door.
"Great partner, isn't he?" Ada asked dryly as she hefted the TMP in her hands.
"I'm fucking amazing!" Daisuke shouted as he burst back into the room, carrying the fallen Zealot's RPG. Leon and Ada dived to each side as he fired the round directly into the middle of the Garradors and Zealots, blowing them to kingdom come.
Leon rubbed his sore arm, which he had fallen on. "Some warning next time please?" he muttered as he got up. Ada's dress was blown over her legs and he got a great view of her racy black thong before helping her up. It was slightly transparent... She brushed the dress back down and gave him a knowing smile. His face grew red.
"Come on, let's go!" Daisuke shouted, tossing the used launcher away. He drew his G23 and began collecting fallen items. Then the trio ran up the corridors and into another entrance hall, where they stopped when they saw what was before them.
Salazar was cackling madly as Ashley was held hostage behind two of his giant guards. The little shit was giggling madly as he sat in some sort of throne.
"Your persistance is admirable!" he said. He spied Ada. "And who is this? You must be the third party my Lord spoke of."
"No, I'm with this party," Ada retorted, giving the short man a dirty look.
Salazar gazed at her beautiful face. "If you say so," he said, turning back to Leon and Daisuke. "Must you two be the proverbial thorn in my side?"
Daisuke ran forward onto a decorated set of tiles. He never noticed Salazar's grin. "Let Ashley go now you ugly fucker!"
"I'm afraid my patience with you has waned thin," Salazar said eerily, pressing a button on his throne. The wind was sucked towards Daisuke as the tiles beneath him gave way, dropping him into a long pit.
"Daisuke!" his three friends yelled.
The young agent was falling... He quickly brought out his katana and forced it into the stone wall in front of him, slowing his descent until he could secure his feet against some footholds.
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Salazar pressed a listening device to his ear. "Hmm?" he mumbled, ignoring Ada and Leon. "Where is the satisfying sound of one's impalement?"
Suddenly, the gramophone exploded, "YOU LITTLE MIDGET MOTHERFUCKER! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU I'LL SHOVE A GRENADE UP YOUR ASS SO FAR THAT YOU'LL SPIT OUT INNARDS!"
Leon laughed as Salazar leapt to his feet and threw a tantrum. "How dare you!" he shrieked in a very high pitched voice. "Kill him! Kill him now!"
He spotted Leon and Ada. "Kill!" he shrieked, pointing at them furiously. The guard in black advanced on them...
