Chapter 28: Down with the Big Bag Chief
Leon and Ashley left the house and walk up to a map, with two pictures on it and he and Ashley read the letter:
"Just a while ago, I was informed by Lord Saddler that our men has shot down a United States military helicopter. There shouldn't be any more outside interfere for a while now.
Unless the United States government determines who the traitor is, they can only initiate very small covert operations. We must use this time to our advantage and recapture the girl. The two Americans can only get out of our territory by using one of two routes. This is where we will stop them. We shall make use of our forces to the greatest degree.
We will deploy a large number of ganados in one of the routes to ensure that they do not slip by us. For another route, we shall leave that task to El Gigante. Whatever route they take, the agent will never leave here alive. Not with the girl at least."
They finished reading and walks out to the two paths before them, Leon take the one on the left, pulling the lever and the gate opens, they walk into the hall and right to the door.
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They arrived at a small village littered with ganados, Leon makes Ashley hide and she hid in a dumpster and Leon fires at the Ganados. His friend fired at them as well, helping clear the way.
Leon smirks as one came at him, he twists and kicks them, making the ganados fly back and was shot in the head. Leon runs around the area, firing at the ganados in the area as his sniper friend fired at them from a distance, cleaning them out from behind and in front of Leon. He jumps down into an open area and a woman with a bandaged face and chainsaw jumps down and glares at Leon as he saw there was a key around her neck, then another woman broken down the wall and the two sisters charged at Leon. He aims his gun and fired at them. His friend joins in the fight and fired as well, but from a distant, keeping them off him, then more ganados came at him, but the sniper killed them and returns her attention on the sisters.
She refused to let up for a second, but one of them went down as Leon took care of the other sister. The two lower their weapons and exhale. Then Leon walks up to the sisters and took the camp key from her. Then the woman got rip of the reminding ganados and she lowers her weapon, stood up and went on ahead.
Leon uses the camp key and kicks the door open, as he walks inside and makes a turn and ran into more ganados, his friend helps out, but this time, they were faster. A ganados fell down right after the other in a split second. He smirks then whistles, signaling to Ashley that it was safe to come out and they continued forward.
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They returned to the cabin and took the right route, Leon pulls the lever and the right door open.
They walk through the halls and to the door, the woman in red smiles to herself and then followed after them.
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The two were in a valley path as they walk forward to the chained door, but then stop as they felt a heavy thud behind them, they turn and saw the El Gigante blocking the way back, he roars and walks towards them.
"Leon!" Ashley calls out, he looks at her as she points up. He looks up at the boulder then they moved back at the El Gigante was right below it, Leon fired at the boulder and it drops on top of the El Gigante, then Leon turns to the door, broke the chains off and they ran through it, the El Gigante followed after them, breaking down the wooden wall. Leon fired at another boulder, bring it down onto the El Gigante, he fired at the parasite that pops out of the El Gigante back, then he ran up to the El Gigante, jumps onto its back and slices at the parasite. Then he jumps off as the El Gigante stood back up, Leon then broke off the chains and ran through the next door as the El Gigante followed them and Leon fired at the next boulder and he smacks onto the El Gigante and Leon fires at its face and he went to a knee and Leon ran up, jumping onto the monster's back and slices at the parasite.
He then jumps off and the El Gigante cries out in pain as it then collapses onto the ground, dead. He then founds an old key on the El Gigante and then ran to the door, broke off the chains, walks right through it. Then they walk up to a gate, Leon uses the old key and they walk through the gate.
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The walk down the path, stop by the Merchant, Leon sells a few things that he wasn't going to need.
Then he updated his weapons to carry more ammo clips and then they walk into a cabin where Leon found a letter, Ashley looks over his shoulder and they both read the village's last defense:
"I clearly underestimated the American agent's capability. He's still alive. I thought that we could wait until the egg hatched, but that this rate, he could destroy the whole village before it does. We must take care of this nuisance.
We shall change our priorities – for the time being, we will cease our hunt for Luis and the bitch in red and ambush the two Americans. There's a building used to enlighten betrayers just beyond the point where you get off the lift.
It's a perfect place for ambushing them. If all else fails, they still need to face me in order to get past the last gate that leads out of the village. For only before my sight will the gate open."
They look away from the letter then left the cabin and walks up the path, past the locked gate and down the next path to the lifts. They get on the lifts as the woman in red followed from a distance. Leon fired at the ganados that were on the lifts, making them fall right off them into the Abyss below. Making over to the other side, stepping off the lift and they ran down the stairs, Leon clears the way ahead, walking through the tunnel, up the ladder, and into way looks like a ritual chamber, he looks down at the blood on the stone, it was still fresh too.
But he couldn't worry about that, so he ran back to Ashley and made her follow him as they continued down the steps. Passing the Merchant and to the gate.
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They walk along the path, making a turn and ran right to the facility, the two ran up to the door and Leon press his hand to it, but he stops and looks at Ashley, "You better stay outside. Ashley got hide." Leon orders her, "Yeah." she nods her head and took off running.
The woman watches from the shadows as Leon turns the handle and walks inside, she quickly ran to the facility, looks around and saw an open window. She then jumps up to the window, slips in and stayed low on the rafts above. She watches a Leon walks forward into the facility.
Leon looks to his left and then to his right, seeing no one in sight. As took a few steps forward, but then stops as he felt that someone was standing right behind him. He turns and went to aim his gun, but Bitores Mendez grips his wrist than his throat. Leon gaps as he grips Bitores wrist and was lifted up, then thrown back, smacking against the beam above him and smacks right against the ground. The woman gasps as she clutches her fist, seeing her rage boil inside of her, Leon groans as he laid on his side, Bitores turns to the door and with one twitch, he locks himself and Leon inside the facility.
Then he turns back to Leon, as the agent pants and props himself on his elbow, Bitores throws a strike at him, but Leon dodges it, rolling out of the way. The woman exhales with relief and saw that Leon had look at the red oil barrel then he kicks it right over. Bitores looks down at the oil and turns to Leon who aims his gun. "Hasta Luego," he said and fired at the oil, setting Bitores on fire. It trails back to the barrel and Leon jumps out of the way as it explodes. But it didn't kill Bitores, just burn his trench coat away, Leon stood up and looks at him, seeing that the virus inside Bitores had completely changed him, making him way taller. Leon fired at the spine and separated the upper half from the legs. They collapsed onto the ground and Bitores uses his talons on his back to lift himself up onto the beam. The woman huff and she pull out her gun and fired at him.
Catching both men by surprise and then with another two shots, Bitores falls to the ground, he pulls himself up, cries out in pain and went limp onto the ground. Then his red eye falls out from his socket and Leon walks over, picks up the eye and looks at it, then he looks around the facility, trying to see where those shots back from, but then saw a shadow leaving through the window. "Wait!" he calls out. But the woman was already gone.
He sighs then looks over seeing the wall crumble into a passageway, then he took the initiation and walks through the hole in the wall. Arriving back outside, Ashley rejoins him and the two hurried up the path, making a curve and then to the gate.
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They ran down the path, pass the merchant, then back up the flight of stairs, going around the way and steps back onto the lifts and it took them back up to the other side and they step off the lift.
Leon and Ashley ran down the path and were in front of the big gate, Leon went to open it, but it wouldn't budge. Then he looks at the panel and saw that an eye was missing. Then he remembers the eye he stole from Bitoes, he pulls it out and held it in front of the panel. It scans the eye, Leon waited for a few moments and then the door clicks. It was open.
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The two left the village and then walk, but stop as a truck started up then it drove down the path, running over the ganados, Leon fired at the driver, killing him and the truck went out of control and slams into its side and the two exchanged looks and hurried passed the truck, running up the path.
But then heard the door slam open and they hurried down the stone path. They stop and looked back, seeing the ganados had followed them, "On the other side of the bridge." Leon orders. "Yeah." Ashley agrees and so they hurried across the bridge. They were at the castle gate and then looks back at the ganados as they were spotted by them. "You take that one." Leon orders her, "Okay." she agrees, grabbing one crank as Leon grab the other, "Ready?" he asks and she nods at him.
They then started to crank the bridge, bridging it right up and cuts of the ganados, the stop as there was no way to the castle and some of them swore to themselves. The two moved away from the cranks as they panted. "Let's go," Leon said and Ashley nods at him. Then they both ran into the castle. The woman in red watches them enter the castle and she quickly followed them.
