Short chapter is short. Sorry guys, only one more after this for today!
It had been hours since I last saw Leon. All I could think about was him and how I shoved him away like that… what was I thinking? All he wanted to do was comfort me, and I had to act like a five-year-old and run away from him. The parasite must have been messing with my brain, because no sane person would ever run away from someone as nice as him; that's just common sense.
I wished I could tell him how sorry I was— I wasn't sure if he had heard me the last time, but even if he did, I wanted to tell him in person. I didn't know if he would find me… It never occurred to me until then that he might not be able to, and if he didn't what would happen? Would I be stuck there until I died, or would Salazar or Saddler come and take me away?
Before my thoughts could go any farther, I heard a door from the upper floor open. Well, it wasn't much of a 'floor', more like a balcony that wrapped all the way around the room, looking down onto the floor I was on. I couldn't see who it was from the angle it was at (exactly to the left of me), but I could hear two pairs of soft footsteps. I stayed quiet and still. There was a chance it could be Leon and Ashley, but an even higher chance it was Salazar's minion freaks.
Suddenly, the door opened again and I heard a voice, thick with a Hispanic accent, and I knew immediately who it was.
He said, "Leon," So Leon was there!
I opened my mouth to yell out, and let him know I was down there, but Luis interrupted me. "I got it!" Suddenly all motion stopped. Confused, I listened more carefully for what was going on and then I heard Luis screaming in pain.
My eyes grew wide. Did Leon hurt him?! No, that's not-
My question was quickly answered when the agent shouted "Luis!" as if he wanted to help, but he couldn't. Ashley's startled gasp was barely audible next to him.
Out came more cries of pain, and just when I thought I couldn't take any more of it, there was a loud thump, and then a thick, creepy voice said "Now that I have the Sample, you serve me no purpose." It was Saddler.
My eyes were even wider now (if that was even possible) and I was filled with an outrageous amount of fury. Leon wasn't too pleased about this either. "Saddler!" He shouted.
"My boy, Salazar, will make sure you follow the same fate!" Saddler said and, from the sounds of it, left.
I couldn't hear much more after that. I hung my head as a few tears threatened to spill down my face, but I was through with crying. Too many horrible, horrible things had happened to me in a span of only a few days and I was tired of it. It was then that I realized that if I wanted to get something done, if I wanted to stop suffering, I was going to have to stop crying and do something about it.
A few seconds later Leon mumbled something to Ashley that I couldn't hear, but as soon as they were in my line of sight I shouted up to them and saw the relief wash over their faces.
As soon as he looked down, he shouted back. "Don't move!"
I obeyed as he pulled out his rifle and began shooting the bars off. To my absolute surprise, they broke and after three shots I was freed.
"You better watch where you aim that thing, Leon." I said with a small wink that I wasn't sure if he could see.
The man just stood there smiling, and I smiled back. I could see Ashley standing off to the side by the door, but she looked rather sad and depressed, and, even though I knew, I didn't want to think about why.
Before anybody could say anything else, a door to my right opened and out came a group of the cloaked freaks.
"I got it!" I shouted to Leon and pulled out my gun. I aimed for the closest guys face and- click!
"What the hell?" I shook my gun as if it would solve the problem and pulled the trigger about eight more times; nothing.
"I'm out of ammo!" I hollered to the man above me.
"Shit… alright! I'll cover you, just stay back!"
I did as I was told, and every time one of them got too close, Leon would shoot their head off. Eventually they were all gone and I ran for the nearest door, which happened to be locked.
"Leon?" I shouted up to the man while rattling the door handle.
"Yeah?" he answered.
"The door may or may not be locked…"
"Uh… I think the red one dropped a key!" He shouted back, and he was right. I ran over to where the guy in the red cloak was killed and there lay a shiny silver key.
"Kay, I got it!" I ran up to the door, unlocked it, and said "I'll try to find my way back… wait for me okay?"
"You got it." He said, and I opened the door.
