Omega and Krauser.
Leon, Neena and Ada are on their way to Saddler's fortress. The trip had been silent and really awkward with no one speaking a word. Leon looks at Ada, who smiles at him... then turns the boat hard, making Neena yelp in surprise as she ends up falling on top of Leon as Ada stops the boat at a cliff side. Ada pulls out her grabbling gun and fires, the hook catching at a ledge.
"Got some business to take care of. See you later" Ada zooms off, forcing Leon to fight for control of the speedboat, which he does with some difficulty.
Leon sighs "Women" He noticed Neena glare at him, making him realize what he just said "Oh, uh, that was not a jab at you".
Neena punched him in the gut, knocking the wind out of him "Jerk!".
As Neena steps out the the boat, Leon fights to regain air in to his lungs. Note to self: Watch your words when around Neena, unless you want to suffer her wrath.
Once Leon is on safe ground, he gets a call from his radio. It's Saddler "I hate to break it out to you but Salazar's dead".
"Yes, it seems that way" Saddler said, not sounding the least bit wounded by the death of his follower.
"Saddler, why don't you give up and let Ashley go home?" Leon asked.
"Perhaps you are disillusioned with overconfidence just because you killed my small-time subordinate?" Saddler asked in a calm tone.
"Saddler, you're small time" Leon snarled.
Saddler laughs "Writhe in my cage of torment, my friend".
"The only one who's gonna be in agony is you after we get our hands on you, Saddler" Neena said in a threatening tone.
"Oh senorita. You really think I'm not ready to face your kind, mutante? Come on in then, he has been restless all day and is very eager to meet you both" Saddler said before he hung up.
"Would it kill him to just give us a straight answer and stop being so damn cryptic?" Neena asked.
"I'm starting to think it would. Come on, let's continue" Leon said, earning a nod from Neena as they continued on.
They reached what looked like old ruins of a small town. They could hear Ashley scream for help as she was brought inside and more of the infected people showed up. One was bigger than the rest and was using an minigun. He let our a battle cry as he unleashed a hail of bullets on the two agents, who were forced to take cover.
"Shit! Why do they always get the good stuff?!" Neena asked out loud.
"Well, you did kind of kill the only guy around who was willing to sell us weapons" Leon reminded as her remembered Neena killing the merchant.
"He was a part of illegal weapon trading! Besides, like I was gonna trust such a heavily armed man" Neena argued before a bullet just missed her head.
"Well never mind that for now. We need to do something about that gunman" Leon said.
"I can go around and take him out, if you can keep the rest distracted. Unless you still don't want to follow a woman's lead" Neena said.
"For you, I'll make an exception. Go get him, partner" Leon said with a smile.
Neena smiled back before making her move the moment Leon began providing her with some covering fire. Some of the villagers tried to stop her, but were easily dealt with. When Neena got close enough, the minigun user noticed her and was about to fire at her. But Neena quickly whipped out her guns and fired at the minigun, causing it to jam shut, and making it useless. The large man tossed it away and was about to throw a punch. But Neena easily avoided it, before kicking him in the gut and finished him of by stabbing him in the neck with her knife.
With the heavy gunner out of the way, Leon could get out of cover and with expert aim, he shot the remaining villagers in the head, one by one. Soon enough, more dead enemies where just pilling up on the ground. Neena took a moment to look over all the dead bodies with a sad expression on her face.
"You OK?" Leon asked.
Neena sighed as she shook her head "No... No I'm not. Ever since we started this mission and began killing all these people... I've been unable to stop wondering of what they used to be. What kind of people were they before Saddler and his insane cult began screwing with their minds and turning them in to this... I can't get over the feeling that we've been killing innocent people this whole time, and that they were simply forced in to this against their will".
Leon took a moment to think about what Neena just told him before putting a hand on Neena's shoulder "I'm going to be honest with you Neena. There is a big chance they used to be innocent people once. But whoever they used to be, have been stripped away by what Saddler did to them. What you see now is nothing more than a shell of what was once a person" Neena looked down at that, but Leon continued "But I can promise you this. Saddler will not get away with what he did. One way or the other, he will pay for this".
Neena could not help but to smile and nodded "Then let's go get this son of a bitch".
Leon smiles, happy that Neena got her spirit back. And with that they solved another annoying puzzle and managed to get inside. Later they come across a series of surveillance monitors. Several of which are in Ashley's cell, where she is being cornered by two villagers. She bangs on the door, screaming for help, but is grabbed and thrown in to the floor.
"Bastards!" Neena growled before one of the men sees the camera and motions to his partner. The other man flips several switches, turning the cameras off.
"Heh. Amateurs. Just hang in there, Ashley. We're coming for ya" Leon said as they continued on.
But as they went deeper, they reached something that looked like a lab. And... some kind of creature was lying on a operating table. It appears as a large, vaguely, human-shaped creature covered in hairless, seemingly-rough, gray skin. It's mouth is large, taking up most of it's otherwise featureless face, and are filled with needle-like teeth which force it's mouth into a grin. It has no nose, ears or sexual characteristics. It's internal organs, including the brain, seem to have coalesced into a uniform mass.
All in all, another disgusting looking monster for Neena to add to te list of monsters that makes her want to gag. However, neither Neena or Leon noticed the creature roll of the table as it could sense them. Neena could feel something was not right before turning around and yelped in surprise as the creature was right behind her. She quickly whipped out her knife and cut open it's throat... only for the cut to heal within seconds.
"Oh come on, now they are just copying Logan and Laura!" Neena said in annoyance before having to roll to the side to avoid a sudden speed attack from the monster.
Both Neena and Leon shot the monster, but the bullets seemed to do little more than annoy it as it lashed out with it's long arms, almost taking Leon's head of, had he not moved it back in time. Neena shot a part of it's body away... revealing some kind of leech inside of it. She narrowed her eyes and shot it, making the creature roar in pain and stagger back.
"That's it! Those leeches must be the weak point" Neena said.
"Good to know if we knew where in the body they are located. We are wasting to much amo by just shooting and hoping to hit the right spot" Leon pointed out.
"Then what do we-" Neena began but was caught of guard as the monster tackled her in to a freezer room. It tried to bit her head of, but she managed to use her legs to launch it in to a cabinet.
Leon rushed inside and helped Neena up as the monster was ready to attack again, only for it's legs to be shot of. Leon noticed something inside the cabinet and jumped over the legless monster as it was rapidly regrowing it's lost limbs. With the cabinet damaged due to Neena kicking the monster in to it, Leon was able to rip it open and saw an Infrared Scope. He attached it to his rifle and was able to use it to spot where the leeches where located and shot them. Finally killing the monster.
"Well, that'll do it" Leon said, satisfied with himself.
"I really hope there are not more of them... who am I kidding? Of course there is more" Neena said with a tired sigh.
Leon patted her shoulder and they moved on. They reached communications tower and Leon began using the microphone to call for reinforcements.
"This is Leon. Request backup. Repeat, request backup" All Leon gets is static. The radio isn't working. The signal's jammed, he hits the controls in frustration "Damn!".
"Looks like we're still on our own" Neena said.
"Yeah... let's go get Ashley and then we'll find a way out of here" Leon said and they moved on.
They finally reached Ashley's cell, where said girl was sitting behind some boxes, she jumped to her feet and ran over to them with a smile "Leon! Neena!".
Neena put her hands on Ashley's shoulders "Are you OK?".
Ashley nods and Leon spoke "Come on, let's get out of here".
After he said that, a paper plane was thrown through the window and had a kiss mark on it. Leon picked it up and read it. It said: Perhaps you have it figured out already, but you might be able to get out of here by using the waste disposal vent.
"What is it?" Neena asked.
"A way out" Leon answered with a small smirk.
Later all three of them are standing at the edge of the garbage chute. It smelled like rotten corpses and other disgusting things.
"Looks like this is it" Leon said.
Ashley holds her nose"Ugh, it stinks".
"Sure does" Leon agreed.
At that moment, Ashley looks at Leon and knows what he is thinking "No way, Leon".
But Neena gave her a light kick to the butt, making her fall down with a yell. Neena then looked at Leon and with a quick nod both jump into the chute, and land on a pile of garbage.
"Are you two out of your minds?!" Ashley demanded from where she landed.
"We knew you'd be fine if you landed on your butt" Leon answered calmly.
"I mean, a soft little butt like your's got to be good for something" Neena said with a teasing smirk on her face.
Ashley was red with anger as she stormed up to Neena and pointed at her face "You can talk to me like that! One word to dad and I can make you lose your job!".
Neena only leans in to Ashley's face, making the president's daughter lean back "Our orders where to bring you back alive. He never said we had to bring you back clean. And given all the dirty things we have to go through to save your ass every 5 seconds, it would be nice if you could thank us instead of getting pissy over small things like bad smell. So I suggest you keep your complaints to yourself, or I will lay you over my lap and spank you for being a bad little girl. Understood?".
Ashley paled at the thought before giving a weak nod "Yes... ma'am...".
Neena smiled in satisfaction before ruffling Ashley's head "Good girl, now time to get you home".
Neena walked on ahead and Ashley looked at Leon "Don't you find it creepy she can switch between being nice and scary on a dime like that?".
Leon chucked "She is one of a kind, that's for sure... but I kind of like that about her".
"You have a strange taste in women, Leon" Ashley said, shaking her head before they followed Neena.
Leon opens the first gate, but the the seemingly dead monster comes to life. It looked like the monster they met before, only this one was covered in spikes.
"What is that thing?!" Ashley cried out.
"Do your thing, Leon!" Neena said as she stood protectively in front of Ashey.
Leon used the Infrared Scope to kill the monster by shooting all it's weak points "This one is different. It had more spots than the other one".
"So they upgraded... great" Neena said sarcastically before they continue on.
After fighting their way through several infected people and even driving a bulldozer through a wall, the trio made their way through a Boiler Room. Outside the Boiler Room, Neena, Leon and Ashley encounter Saddler.
"I can feel them. Growing ever so strongly inside you" Saddler said.
"Saddler!" Leon rushes Saddler, who simply raises one hand. The Plagas inside Leon reacts to its master's call and brings Leon to his knees. Leon is in extreme pain from the Plagas acting up inside his body.
"LEON!" Neena shouted as she ran up to him "What is happening!?".
Saddler chuckles "Perhaps you can resist, but you cannot disobey". He turns his hand from Leon to Ashley "Now, come to me, Ashley".
Ashley falls under Saddler's spell. Eyes red, in a trance, she heeds Saddler's call. As she passes Leon, Leon manages to toss a homing beacon on her back as she leaves with Saddler.
"STOP!" Neena shouts as she ran at them, only to be struck in the gut by Saddler's staff, making her fly back in to a wall.
As soon as Saddler leaves with Ashley, the pain stops and Leon stands back up and rushed over to her "Are you OK?".
Neena coughed "I'm fine... but the old man packs some power behind his strikes".
"Well if there is one thing I've learned, it's that those viruses always have a nasty surprise" Leon said as he helped Neena back on her feet.
"Never mind me now. What happened to you Leon? Is it the parasite?" Neena asked.
"I believe so. Saddler is somehow controlling me with it" Leon answered before looking at his hands "It worries me... he might force me to attack you".
"If he tries, I will kick your ass and then I will shoot him in the face" Neena assured.
Leon chuckled "After seeing you in action, I wouldn't be surprised if you could pull it of".
Neena smiles at him "You're sweet. But you owe me dinner after this is all over".
"I will take you to the best restaurant there is, I can promise you that" Leon said.
Neena giggled a little before they continued on to help Ashley.
Elsewhere, Krauser is in a room with Ada. Ada is leaning up against a wall while Krauser is casually tossing a knife into the air and catching it.
"What's the news on our friend, Leon?" Krauser asked.
"He's not making it easy. The sample?" Ada asked.
Krauser is still playing with his knife "Saddler's got it. It seems he's sniffed out our little game".
"Perfect" Ada said sarcastically.
"Just so we understand each other clearly, I don't trust you. Nor does Wesker. If you try to do anything clever, I will kill you" Krauser warned.
"Is that so? You know, I met Wesker long before you" Ada reminded.
"We'll see soon enough if you did" Krauser.
Ada heads for the door "Yeah. We'll see".
But then a hooded man enters the room "You two are not very good at hiding your true intentions".
"Neither are you. It's clear as day that you have your own motives" Ada said.
"I am only here because a friend of my sworn enemy was sent here. I could not pass up the chance to cause him pain by hurting one of his beloved friends" The man said before he raised his head, revealing blood red eyes and a ghostly white face "His pain, fills me with joy".
"Revenge is all well and good, but it better not get in our way" Krauser warned.
"Stay out of my way and I will stay out of yours, simple as that. But if any of you decide to hinder my quest for revenge, you will both suffer for it" The man said before looking at Ada "You already saved that woman before. Do not think for a moment that I will not be able to notice any sort of back stabbing".
Ada smiled calmly at him "Do not worry. I would not dare to get in the way of your boring quest for revenge. I have much more fun things to think of".
But the moment she said that, a metal tentacle shot out of the man's arm and wrapped around Ada's neck and lifted her of the floor "Be careful not to choke on your fun, Lady Wong".
The man dropped Ada before walking away. Ada glared after him while Krauser only watched the whole thing with no emotions on his face. Leon and Neena were in for a nasty surprise.
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