The agent quickly took out his communicator and called Hunnigan.

"I've obtained an object that resembles the cult group's insignia."

"Good work, Leon. Head back to the church. Ashley's safety is our immediate priority. Oh, and also, I haven't been able to find much information on Emily or her parents."

My parents…

"There was a power outage somewhere in the city and half of our researching database is down." She continued.

"So what do you want me to do about it?" Leon asked.

"Let me talk to her. I need to ask a few questions."

"No." I said quietly, closing my eyes. I didn't want to think about them.

"Hold on." Leon said to Hunnigan. It seemed only he had heard me. "Let me talk to her about it first, then I'll get back to you."

"Alright. Try to hurry."

He hung up and walked closer to me, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Hey, Em… You alright?"

I opened my eyes and nodded, looking anywhere but at him. "Um… Kind of?" I couldn't stop my voice from shaking.

He looked at me with obvious concern. "You sure? You know you can tell me anything, it's not like I'm going anywhere."

"It's just… I can't do it. Not yet. It's still too soon…" My voice drifted as the salty tears dripped down my face.

"Hey… it's alright. Listen, you don't have to talk about it yet, but Hunnigan is going to need something so that she knows where to send you when we get out of here."

I simply nodded when the thought of me staying at his place entered my mind. I didn't know why, and honestly, I didn't care at the moment. All I knew was that there was a very kind man standing in front of me and he needed me to be strong so that we could rescue the president's daughter and send her back to her father so Leon could get paid and we could all go home and—

Yet another wave of pain.

"Can we just go now?"

"Yeah," he said and we began walking through the newly exposed tunnel.

We ended up standing on a dock, and there was another boat there, along with about a dozen annoying bats.

Ignoring my urge to shoot every one of them, we got in the boat and Leon quickly began driving away. Before we knew it, we were standing on another dock, this one was very familiar. Then I saw the blue torch flame.

"You wanna stop at the merchant?" Leon asked, nodding towards the direction of the masked man. "Maybe it'll cheer you up."

"N-no, I'm good. Thanks, though." I replied with a weak smile.

"Alright," he replied. "Come on, let's go get Ashley."

I nodded and we kept moving, my thoughts on the president's daughter. What was she like? She was the president's daughter, so was she a rich, spoiled, snob? Or was she just like any other person? Leon seemed so focused on her, and only her sometimes. I wondered if they had some sort of history. I shook my head. He said that she wasn't his girlfriend. Wait, why was I worrying about that anyway? It's not like I cared who he was dating. He was just a guy who had saved my life… multiple times. It was just a coincidence that he was really nice, cared about me, was super-hot, and had really big muscles. It wasn't like we were soul mates or anything. Pshh… yeah. That'd be crazy.

Without a second thought, we walked through the gate, and into the big, empty area where dozens of birds once were.

Suddenly, the doors to the gate began slamming shut, and before I could think about it, Leon pushed me back out, leaving me standing helplessly on the other side.

"Leon! What was that for?" I yelled through the wooden bars.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" He said mysteriously.

As if on cue, two huge doors that were camouflaged to match the stone wall opened and out came eight men grunting and tugging on a thick rope.

And then we saw it. The giant. He was huge, a nasty green-gray color, and he was wearing shorts. I would hate to be the person to get those on him…

I guess being pulled on by eight men angered him, because he brought his fist up and punched the nearest man across the arena and into the wall, killing him instantly. The other men just stood there acting stupid, and, soon enough, one-by-one the giant ogre killed them all. When there was no one left, he turned to Leon.

I gasped loudly. "Look out!" I screamed through the bars of the wooden gate to the man who was about to get pummeled by a giant, pissed off ogre.

Just as the thing swung his fist around, as if to hit Leon like he did the others, Leon did a super-amazing backhand spring, dodging the attack. That really pissed it off. The giant roared in anger so loudly I had to cover my ears to keep from being temporarily deafened.

"Leon!" I shouted. I was terrified. "Oh god… Why did he have to lock me behind here…?" I hit and rattled the gate, but it was to no avail.

"Shit!" I heard Leon shout as the giant swung a tree at him. He dodged and then began shooting again. He had been using his TMP the whole time, even though it wasn't the most powerful, no, that was the rifle. But the TMP was rapid-fire, so it got in twenty-times the amount of bullets the rifle could get in a single second.

Just then, the thing hunched over in pain, clutching his head when a giant parasite sprouted out of his back. Said parasite was much like the one in the villager from before, except this one resembled more of a thick, white worm rather than a squid. Leon quickly climbed up the giant's back and began cutting the thing with his knife. After about eight cuts, the parasite retreated back into the giant's body, and Leon began shooting again.

Suddenly, he stopped: the gun had run out of ammo. My mind was racing as the giant slowly approached the agent.

"Oh, god no, please…" I whispered, waves of panic and dread rushing through my body.

Then suddenly, a howl was heard from up on the rocks.