My dear William,
It's strange writing you a letter, but I don't feel like I've seen you in such a long time. It's been almost a week since you've been home. I know how you can be consumed by your work – and goodness knows if anyone can understand that it's me – but Sherry misses you. I know I haven't been around much either, but we need to consider what's really important. Maybe we're not being fair to Sherry. I had my psych evaluation yesterday but it was strange. They seemed to be as interested in you as they were in me. Asking me questions about how I would react to things you'd theoretically done. It was quite unlike all my previous other ones. Still, I suppose they know what they are doing. Anyway my love, we both need to think about Sherry more – and begin spending more time with her. Let's be the family we always wanted to be.
Yours always, Annette
— A Letter from Annette to William found by Ian Sider, who leaked it onto the internet.
Leon could feel the blood flowing through his wound, he could smell it and it was so nauseating that somehow he could even taste it. When he felt the bullet penetrating his back, he realized what he had done. But it was too late to undo it. He blacked out almost instantly, thinking about what Jill would have done if she'd seen his dead body lying on the floor. He had always considered his sense of justice and the urge to save everybody good qualities but, at that time, he had his doubts. He was dying because of those qualities. He couldn't believe Annette when she told him Ada was a spy. No, that can't be right, he thought. Upon meeting Ada for the second time, Leon had asked her what she was doing there again and she had confirmed she was only trying to find her boyfriend. She explained to him that she had asked a reporter by the name of Ben Bertolucci to tell her the location of the underground lab and she also told him that Ben knew about Irons' corruption, just like the notes written by William suggested. He didn't have any reasons to doubt her. They had talked for a while before walking into Annette in one of the dark hallways. Annette was the one who started the accusations and she was the one with a gun aimed for Ada. Maybe this woman's been here alone for too long, maybe she's gone insane, he thought. There was no way he could have changed Annette's mind, she was going to shoot Ada, no matter how much he tried to convince her not to do so. He had to do something so he pushed Ada away from the gunfire. However, one of the bullets hit him.
After a few hours away, Leon was finally regaining his conscious and he was not alone in the cold hallway. Someone was near him, gently slapping his face. Leon, wake up! His vision was blurred and he couldn't identify the voice so he decided to say the first name that came into his mind.
"Jill?" He said, barely able to breathe.
"Hey, there." Jill replied with a smile. Leon could see again and smiled back, happy to see her. "I'm glad you're still alive."
"Of course I'm alive, who's gonna save you if I'm not around?" he grinned, trying to get up and failing drastically. Jill held him before he could hurt himself even more.
"You're the one who got shot and I'm the one who need saving?" She teased, helping him to find a comfortable position.
Leon laughed as he positioned his hand in his wound. It wasn't hurting too much and he noticed a white medicine bandage around his lean chest and shoulder. "Did you…?"
"No." She said, fast. "When I got here you were already all patched up. Seems like you have someone taking care of you." She was happy but Leon noticed there was something odd about her voice.
"Miss Valentine, It's this jealousy I'm hearing?" a sly smile formed across his face.
Jill laughed hard as he said that. "You shouldn't be so arrogant, Leon." She slightly pressed his chest with the palm of her hand, making him jump in agony.
"Okay, okay…I deserved that." he laughed with an agonizing look on his face.
Jill sat beside him and waited as he recovered. She didn't want to say anything yet and he didn't feel like asking anything, so silence filled the cold place. But different from before, this time it wasn't an awkward silence and they appreciated each other's company. After half an hour, Leon was finally able to get up.
"How long have I been out?" He asked as they started walking to the lab.
"Roughly two hours, without mentioning the one and a half hour we've been apart." She answered, noticing how worried he was about the time. "Listen Leon, I know we've only met for merely a day but I gotta ask you this. Why did you trust Ada? She's a spy, Leon, and possibly working for Umbrella.
"So you ran into that scientist woman too, didn't you?" He said, rolling his eyes.
"Yes, she's William's wife. And apparently, William did inject himself with the G-virus." She informed, looking at Leon. "Annette told me that, after you got shot, Ada chased her down the hallways trying to steal the G-virus, even though she didn't have any samples with her. Annette tried to shoot her but she managed to get her gun. She was hit by Ada in the head and blacked out. When she ran into us later, she told me where you were. I came as fast as I could."
"Us? Did you say us?" Leon asked, confused.
"Yes, I found two girls down here. One of them was walking with me and she's in the lab now. The other one is Annette's daughter and she's been infected by her mutated father, William."
"Wow, that's rough." Leon said, raising an eyebrow. "Listen, I don't believe Annette. If Ada were a spy, she wouldn't give a damn about me and she wouldn't have patched me up. Besides, she even told me another way out of Raccoon city."
"What?" Jill's eyes wide opened.
"Yeah, seems like there's an emergency train inside this facility that can take us out of here. At least that's what she heard."
They stopped in front of a big door. Leon tried to open it manually at first but it didn't work. He noticed a mechanical device beside the door and its light was red. He looked at Jill as she drew her handgun, the samurai edge. He pressed the button and, with a beep, it turned green and the door slid opened. As they stepped in, they could see in front of them a long, wide walkway leading to nowhere and big panels on the walls, but no zombies. It was an enormous place, with walkways everywhere, all leading to different doors and directions. None of them was connected though. They tried to find another way out of the room but it was a dead end. When they were about to turn around and head to the exit, a shadowed figure jumped from one of the walkways above. They heard a deafening sound and the whole walkway trembled violently. STARS..., it yelled. Jill didn't need to turn to know who he was because his terrifying groan gave him away. Her pursuer was once again standing between her and the only exit in the area.
"How did the trenchy fellow follow us down here?" Leon shouted, terrified.
They had nowhere to run and even if there were a door behind them, Leon wouldn't be able to run for too long. As the B.O.W. approached them, they could hear their hearts beating faster. Leon took his magnum from its holster and aimed, but before he could shoot, the B.O.W. closed its eyes in pain and blood sprayed throughout the place. Jill saw a woman standing behind her hunter, the woman she could only think as being Ada. What's she doing here? Jill wondered.
"Leon, run!" Ada yelled as the big creature turned to face her.
"Ada?" Leon said, perplexed. The B.O.W. with the rocket launcher on its back was getting close to Ada and she shot him a few more times before running out of ammo. She removed the empty clip and snapped in another one as fast as she could, but before she could start shooting again, she was lifted by the strong, filthy hand of Jill's pursuer. Ada struggled to break free and, realizing she couldn't match its strength, she shot its head countless times. Blood was dripping from its wounds but that didn't seem to have caused any effect. His tentacles began moving and Jill realized what was about to happen to Ada, so she decided to act. She lunged at the tyrant at once and knocked him with her shoulder, making the tyrant stagger. She could feel the smell of blood and flesh coming from its body and it was nauseating. When it saw Jill, the B.O.W. tossed Ada against one of the panels with such force that Ada's blood stained the walls. She fell down, hitting the metal railings of the walkway as Leon ran to assist her. Jill was still facing the tyrant. She took aim and shot its head for a third time and kept shooting. He staggered once more and Jill pushed him from the walkway. He tried to grip the metallic handrail but it collapsed due to his weight. With a thud, her pursuer fell facedown to the ground ten meters below them. Jill approached the broken walkway and she saw its body lying motionless. She sighed in relief and turned to see the Asian spy who had just saved them. Leon was kneeling on the floor, holding her.
"L-Leon…Run." Ada whispered, almost unconscious. Leon and Jill both know she wouldn't resist for too long.
"No, you just saved us. I can't just leave you behind." He replied, holding her tighter.
Jill came close, putting her hand on Leon's shoulder. She thought that, upon meeting Ada, she would be mad at the spy for putting Leon in danger. However, she had no hard feelings, they were saved because of her. "I appreciate what you did, Ada." she said, smiling slightly. Ada glanced at Jill for a moment and turned back to Leon.
"Leon, I…" she placed her hand over Leon's face as Jill stepped back, giving them some privacy. "I just…wanted to say thank you…" She muttered, hardly breathing. "You…saved me." Leon stayed inert as she closed her eyes. She had a peaceful smile on her face, as if she'd just gone sleeping.
"Ada, No…" claimed Leon with a sorrowful tone of voice. Jill knew how much he was suffering. He had always been trying his best to protect everyone and this time everything fell apart. This time, the roles had changed and someone died trying to protect him. She didn't know Ada well enough but she couldn't help feeling sorry for the spy. "…Aaaada!" Leon yelled in despair one last time.
Another sound, coming from the speakers, called their attention. Jill and Leon looked up in unison as the static started. It was a recorded voice of a woman. The self-destructive sequence's been activated. Repeat, the self-destructive sequence's been activated. This sequence may not be aborted. All employees must proceed to the emergency cars at the bottom platform.
A/N: I like Ada. No one can deny she's an interesting character and I was glad Resident Evil 6 was all around her. Besides, she's one hot piece of *** lol Next chapter's raccoon city again, finally.
Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil, its characters or anything at all, unfortunately.
