9. Chapter 9
**Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil, Capcom does. I just own my OC Sora.**
**Ch. 9: A Family Reunion, Ashley Taken Once More and U3.**
/ Sora's POV /
'_That is the last time I ever allow that brat to drive a bull dozer again!_' I made a mental note to myself as I got up off the ground and dusted myself off.
"Is everyone in one piece?" Leon asked after he coughed a bit from the flying dust.
"Well I'm in one piece, hey Ashley, you alive here?" I asked knowing perfectly well that she was right beside me.
"I'm right here Sora!"
"Good then we know you're alive." I said to her as I helped her up off the ground.
After I had said that to her Ashley had glared at me and began to walk off with Leon to the next room I quickly followed them after my novistador had caught up with me again. Once we were in the room Leon had purchased a few health items and upgraded his guns along with Ashley's handgun which I had given back to her before the whole dozer incident. After I managed to upgrade my rifle and riot gun we walked through the door to find Saddler with his freaky staff at the top of a small flight of stairs.
"Mr. Kennedy, I really must give you my sincerest thanks for what you have done for me." Saddler had said to Leon and really puzzled me because why the hell would Saddler thank Leon?
"What for? Getting rid of some pests you didn't want around like Salazar?"
"No... what I want to thank you for is keeping my beloved niece out of harm's way."
"What niece?" Ashley asked and then looked at me.
"You didn't know? Of course you wouldn't the surname would throw anyone off except her own family, isn't that right...Sora?"
"What?! Sora, you're Saddler's niece?" Leon questioned me in an angered state.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold everything I swear to you Leon I don't know what he's talking about, but the one thing I am sure of is that I'm no niece of Saddler's." I stated truthfully but something inside me was telling me that what I had just said was wrong.
"Tell me is your father Marcus Saddler... oh wait, since the name change wouldn't it be Marcus Avalon and your mother be Iris Avalon?" Saddler questioned me with a look telling me that he was correct.
"Oh my god, wait but then how come..."
"That damned brother of mine had always hated me for upholding my father's, your grandfather's wish to continue the Los Illuminados."
"If you didn't want Sora harmed then why did you have your goons infect her with the parasite?" Leon demanded, sounding really angry by the fact that my uncle is Osmund Saddler.
"I didn't know she was here at the time but if I had known I would have done everything in my power to get her out."
"Like hell you would've!" I screamed then when I was about to go after him two ganado held me back.
Then as Leon was about to get me out of the ganado's grasp Saddler had extended his hand out and Leon all of a sudden cried out in pain, clutched his chest and fell to the floor but was trying to get back on his feet.
"Perhaps you can resist but you cannot disobey. Now, come to me Sora, Ashley." my 'uncle' commanded.
"No way in hell I would obey you, you bastard!" I screamed at him and tried to get out of the ganado's grasp but stopped after hearing Ashley gasp.
Hearing the blonde gasp told me that it wasn't a good sign and right as I turned to her I saw her eyes turn red and start walked towards Saddler.
"Oh shit no, not again! Ashley stop don't listen to him!" I commanded Ashley while trying to break free. Then I saw that she was hesitating to stop.
"Don't listen to her Ashley, she's young and inexperienced." Saddler told Ashley as she kept walking towards him.
"Ashley damn it stop! Get back here!" I yelled trying to get Ashley back but all of a sudden I started to get a major migraine and that was not good.
As I continued to try to command Ashley to get back to me and Leon my migraine became ten times worse than any normal one and even I knew something wasn't right. My migraine had gotten to where I couldn't even bare it and had lost control to my uncle and before Ashley got up a few steps on the stairs Leon used most of his strength to throw a tracker on the girl's shirt. Once the tracking beacon was latched to Ashley's shirt I fell on my knees in pain from my migraine and Saddler took Ashley thus freeing Leon from his pain inducing grasp.
"Leon... a little help... please." I weakly groaned feeling I could pass out at any moment.
Without a word of reply Leon got up, took out his handgun and shot both of the ganado dead, the last thing I saw before passing out was Leon looking pissed off and that's when I passed out.
/ Leon's POV /
After Sora passed out I let out an exasperated sigh and knelt down to Sora and nudged her to wake her up but it wasn't doing any good. Then I tried lightly slapping her but nothing happened so I managed to get her on my back and made sure Sora's novistador followed. Just before I left the room I noticed a sheet of paper titled "Our Plan" and had a picture of the deceased Mendez and Salazar attached to it. As I finished reading the cult's plan I noticed that the ending sentence stated; "I will not let anyone get in the way of our plan." reading that I figured that the note was written up before Saddler knew of Sora being on the island with me. Putting the paper in my pocket without dropping my partner I opened the door out of here only to find myself in what looked like a boiler room.
/ Ada's POV /
I was ordered to meet up with Krauser in the radio tower and by the time I got to the tower I was low on machine gun rounds, used most of my grenades, and I'm completely out of handgun ammo. When the tower was in sight I took out my grappling hook, aimed it at the railing and fired it, once it was secured I pulled the trigger and reeled myself up to the tower to see some broken windows.
"Krauser what's with the broken windows? Got bored waiting?" I asked, teasing Krauser knowing he hates it when I do that.
"No I didn't, my guess would be that bitch of Leon's" Krauser told me and just by that I knew he was talking about Sora. "What I want to know is why old man Saddler wants that pain in the ass girl alive?"
"Well maybe because that "pain in the ass" girl is Saddler's niece." I haughtily said to the untrustworthy man.
"His niece?! You're kidding, that crazy brunette is his niece, damn now I almost feel sorry for the old man." Krauser laughed in disbelief then got serious, "So what's the news on our good friend Leon?" he asked me while tossing his knife in the air and catching it.
"He's not making it easy. The sample?"
"Saddler's got it. It seems he's sniffed out our little game."
"That's just perfect isn't it." I sarcastically replied to him as I leaned my back against the wall behind me.
"Just so we understand each other clearly, I don't trust you, nor does Wesker." he told me then raised his knife towards me. "If you try anything clever I will kill you." Krauser threatened.
"Is that so? You know, I met Wesker long before you did."
"We'll see soon enough if you did." he forewarned me, putting his knife away.
"Yeah, we'll see." I said back then left the tower using the elevator this time and before I was halfway to the door Wesker was calling me.
"Ada after you retrieve the sample I want you to get rid of Leon." Wesker ordered me but what he didn't know was that I sometimes don't play by his rules.
"Understood." I said to him then disconnected the call and ran to find the sample and find Leon before Krauser gets to him.
/ Leon's POV /
It had been over thirty minutes since Sora fell asleep on me and she still hadn't woken up even with ganados shouting, gunfire from me, and her novistador screeching during its kills. Even I have to admit Sora could sleep through anything if she wanted to but right now it was hard to shoot the ganados while holding up my sleeping partner. By the time we got to a safe area outside I told the novistador to stay here and protect Sora when I had put her down and laid her bag of ammo and weaponry next to her then took the elevator that was outside up to where-ever it went up to. When the elevator stopped I arrived on a grated platform, as I walked forward a bit I got a feeling that something was coming so I drew out my knife and when I got the feeling someone was behind me I quickly turned behind me to see nothing there. Then all of a sudden I heard a pipe rattle and by the time I turned to see what the rattle was I saw a man dive at me with a knife and when I dodged I realized that I had gotten a cut on my right cheek.
When I saw who attacked me I couldn't believe my eyes because the man who attacked me was none other than Krauser, who had died in a crash two years ago.
"Been a long time, comrade."
"Krauser!"
"I died in a crash two years ago?" Krauser spun his knife on his finger using the crescent indention in the knife. "Is that what they told you?" he asked knowing perfectly well that's exactly what the officials told me, then in that second Krauser swung his knife for a kill strike but luckily for me I had fast reflexes and used my knife to protect myself.
"So you're the one who kidnapped Ashley."
"You catch on quick. That's expected. After all, both you and I know where we come from." Krauser said to me trying to circle around me but I followed his movements and quickly dodged his head on attack.
"What do you want?" I demanded, needing to know why Krauser kidnapped the President's daughter.
"Heh. The sample Saddler developed, that's all." was all my former comrade told me before trying to hit me but I used my knife to deflect his attack once more.
"Leave Ashley out of this."
"Oh I needed her to buy Saddler's trust in me. Like you, I'm American."
Just as I thought Krauser was going to attack again he kicked a small barrel towards me and when I hit it out of my line of vision Krauser was deadly close to land a kill hit on me but I once again blocked his attack.
"You got her involved just for that?!" I angrily yelled then charged at my former comrade and engaged in the fight and after a few hits were deflected I had landed a long gash on Krauser's chest. Then after giving Krauser an injury he didn't seem to care about he laughed for some reason, came at me once more but his attack's purpose was to get me on the ground.
"It's all for Umbrella's sake."
"Umbrella?!" I was shocked to hear the company's name because they were finished and yet Krauser wants to bring them back even after the trouble they've caused.
/ Ada's POV /
Unfortunately for me I wasn't able to get to Leon before Krauser found him, as I made sure I wasn't seen by either of the men I made sure that my Blacktail was fully loaded, took aim at Krauser and waited till I had a perfect shot. Then as I tried to shoot Krauser a brunette in a red monk's robe tackled me shouting something about me trying to kill Leon, obviously this girl didn't know my true intentions.
"Listen here Miss Saddler..." I got interrupted by Saddler's niece grabbing my left wrist and twisted it to the point of pain.
"What the hell did you just call me?!"
"Let go of my wrist, I wasn't trying to kill Leon I was trying to save him." I spoke to the angry girl to see if I could calm her down. "I didn't mean to call you by Saddler, I figured that since 'Avalon' was an alias to hide from your uncle it would be appropriate to call you by that surname."
"I had a name change since I was eleven, so basically 'Avalon' is my surname." the girl told me as she let go of my wrist.
"I would love to keep chatting with you but I got someone to save." I told the girl as I prepped my Blacktail once more and shot the knife out of Krauser's hand before he plunged it into Leon's chest and Leon's partner tried to shoot the overly muscular man but only grazed him."
"Ada! Sora!" Leon exclaimed, thankful that he was saved from near death.
"If it isn't the bitch in the red dress and the pain in the ass." Krauser acknowledged Sora and I, then he back flipped all the way to a platform that was above him. "You may have prolonged your life comrade, but that doesn't mean you'll escape your inevitable death and you," Krauser pointed to Sora, "Saddler's niece or not I will kill you if you cause a hindrance in his plans." he said as he fled the area.
"Leon did you and Krauser know each other?" Sora asked when we jumped down on the same platform Leon was on.
"More or less," Leon replied to his partner then turned to me, "Ada maybe it's about time you told me the reason why you're here."
"Maybe some other time." I told Leon as I left him and his partner.
/ Leon's POV /
As soon as Ada left Sora had jumped down from the platform we were on and told me that there was a door out of here, once catching up with Sora I noticed that her novistador was nowhere in sight and she wasn't carrying any of her guns that I seen.
"Sora, where the hell is that bug of yours and your weapons?"
"My guns are under the robe and my novistador is flying above the building to get to an open area to meet us." she told me then opened the door to find a long brightly lit hallway.
"Figure it's another trap?"
"Knowing Saddler, of course it is."
"Don't you mean your 'uncle'?"
"I'm still having doubts that he really is my uncle but it's hard not to when two different people tell me that I'm Osmund Saddler's niece," Sora told me, I could tell she wasn't sure about anything at the moment.
"Well uncle or not we have to stop Saddler no matter what."
Since the room was obviously laced with a trap I took a few steps in the hallway to see what will happen, once taking three steps in lasers activated and moved in an easy pattern. I told Sora to stay in the room while I deactivated the lasers, after going through the first one another set of lasers activated though it was not a difficult so I passed through with ease. I didn't expect this to happen, the next set of lasers to come right at me, fortunately I was able to jump through the gaps in the lasers, when I got back on my feet I was right at the door which was locked and a panel on the right.
"Leon behind you!" I heard Sora yell as I pressed the button to unlock the door.
I turned around just in time to see a wall of lasers coming towards me, I got a few steps away from the door and just when the lasers were in a good enough range I ran to the door, managed to kick off and went over the lasers. I heard Sky gasp in amazement at what I just did and when the lasers disappeared I motioned my partner that it was safe to come in as the electronic panel gave off an alarm signifying that the door was unlocked. After opening the door Sora and I ended up in what looked like a throne room, not even a second passed that Sora ran to the thrown and sat down after picking up an emerald.
"I can feel the power!" Sora exclaimed still sitting in the throne while I let out a chuckle and tried to find a way out of here.
"Damn, this room's a dead end."
"No it's not, there's a door behind the throne. Saddler's tricky alright." My partner informed me.
Without another word to my partner I opened the electronic door which revealed an extremely small elevator that only fits one so I told Sora to wait here while I went down first. When the elevator stopped in a cave I had hoped we wouldn't run into any ganado or anything worse than them, before I searched the area I sent the elevator beck up to get Sora. As the elevator left I searched the area to find a green herb and an emerald under the staircase and a merchant was just up ahead, hearing the elevator come back down I waited where I was and seen my partner run down the stairs and halt to an abrupt stop after seeing where I was. Knowing perfectly well where the merchant was I decided to pay him a 'visit' and buy a new gun and upgrade my weapons, the merchant had greeted us and Sora had searched a storage room and shortly came out to buy a Killer7 at first I wondered why Sky had purchased a magnum but I realized that she had found ammo for it. After I had bought a new shotgun which was the Striker I had the merchant upgrade the fire power and capacity and once that was finished Sora and I had to find Ashley, luckily we had an advantage this time we know where Ms. Graham was.
When we went through the door out of here we found ourselves in an open area but there were four sections of cages suspended over a ravine. Sora had taken a look at the monitor to see how close we were to Ashley and by the time she said that Ashley was up ahead I ran up a hill to find the beacon in a puddle of water.
"Damn it, we're stuck searching .." Sora paused in mid-sentence.
Just as I was about to ask why Sky had stopped speaking I turned to see yellow slime oozing out of the rock wall then out of nowhere a mutated humanoid came crashing through the wall causing Sora and I to fall into the suspended cages. When I managed to get up the creature was by far the most hideous mutation I've ever seen, though not as worse as William when he mutated into his second and fifth form. The creature was obviously what Saddler referred to as "It" and it looked like it was ready to kill us, since me and Sora were almost backed up into a wall we ran to our right to find a big red door but it was locked, while Sky tried to ram it in I found a button and thinking it would unlock the door I pressed it. Instead of the door opening there was a notice that flashed on the screen reading "To drop brig please activate the other switch." I cursed under my breath because I didn't know where the other button was, I was just about to tell my partner about the other button to get out of here until I heard Sora sound like she was choking. I ran around the small corner to find It strangling Sky, I quickly got my handgun out and shot It's arm-like tentacle thus causing it to release Sora. I ran to Sky and ran back to where we started out, then I heard Sora say something about a panel on our left I looked to see the second panel I needed to get this cage open but since there were bars in front it we had to go around trying to avoid the creature's attacks from above.
As we got to the panel I pressed the button to open the door, from the moment I pressed the switch a monotonous voice on a loud speaker announced that in a minute and twenty-five seconds the cage will drop so me and Sora had to run out of here. Though as we turned around to begin heading out It was in out path, I shot the creature with my Striker while Sora shot it with her handgun and once we were able to go around it we did and started running like hell. Just as we hit the twenty second mark we managed to get to the door only to get attacked by It once or twice in Sora's case. Once we got to the next cage the first one dropped into the ravine, just before we went further in the cage a wall dropped and It appeared again, I swear I thought that it fell with the cage but no the creature just had to of jumped onto the next cage before it dropped. Just before It came after us Sora had ran to it head on then jumped on it's head and gotten on top of the cages.
"Leon try to find an opening and get up here!" Sora told me then added, "I'll try to distract it."
Once that was said I ran through the maze, stopping a few seconds to shoot out a green button that opens the walls that were blocking my way. Removing those small obstacles with minimal time wasted Sora had found a nearby hole in the ceiling for me to get up to and once revealing the location I ran to it and managed to get up to the hole without help. When we were on top it was simple to the last cage but the real question was how to get to the ground above us, I noticed that the very last cage had a chain suspended over it so I guessed that activating the cage to fall was the only way to lower the chain. Realizing that Sora and I ran to the last cage but It had gotten on top of the cages and charged after us, luckily when we backed up we fell through a hole which happened to be next to one of the two switches. Upon landing and seeing the switch Sora pressed it leaving only one more to find but just as we were about to go through the maze It crashed through a metal door around the corner then It appeared but all of a sudden a mutation occurred causing the hideous creature to sprout a scissor-like appendage from the back.
I swore under my breath when I saw the bloody appendage before the monster came near us Sora and I first tried to shoot it away from us with our guns and once we saw an opening we took it and ran completely through the rectangular box. As we got out I found the last panel and pressed the button thus activating the countdown along with opening the door and hopefully lowering the chain to get off this rig before it drops. Just as me and Sora ran back to into the dark short tunnel and managed to open the door to see the long chain a few inches away from the edge, but the only way to even get a hold of the chain was to jump and grab it. Sora told me to jump first I was going to tell her to go but she strongly suggested for me to so I backed up a bit and took a running start, then when I jumped I managed to grab the chain and climb up to give Sora room. Just as Sora was about to jump It quickly ran up behind her not allowing my partner to have enough time to get a running start so she quickly gotten on the railing and jumped.
Just as I feared Sora had barely touched the chain and couldn't grab the hook at the end, I tried to slide down to grab Sora's hand but by the time I got the hook Sky was to far out of my sight and reach.
"SORA!"
**A/N: Finally! Sorry about not updating in forever it's just that I have school, typing up my RE:T/D, writing the next chapter to this story and I get distracted easily when I'm trying to type at home. Hope you like this chapter please RxR but no harsh comments.**
