Leon broke the kiss, and held Ada. She rested her head on his chest, and closed her eyes. She slept.
Whoa…Where did that come from? Whatever it was, I hope it happens again. That was strange, but in a good way… Leon thought.
An hour had passed when Leon woke Ada up, and then Sherry. They rubbed the sleep from their eyes, and stood up. Leon was holding the small handgun down by his waist. He was pretty sure whatever was chasing them was far away, but with these types of things, you couldn't ever be 100% sure.
They walked down the side of the river. The water came up to the middle of their shins. Every-thing was quiet except for the slooshing sound that made. Sherry was wearing Leon's shirt. It gave her comfort, along with Claire's jacket. Leon's band-ages had fallen off when they had jumped, so his wound was bare, but it was ok for the moment. He wasn't sure how far they had to go before they reached untainted civilization. Downtown Raccoon wasn't that big, but the countryside was a different story.
Ada dipped down, and ran her hand through the water. She wiped the wet hand across her forehead, to cool her. It was September, but it was ungodly hot. It could've been because of the whole adrenaline rush and terror that was abound in the air. Ada didn't care what the hell it was. It was just hot.
They had the following the river for a long time. Occasionally, they stopped because they heard something. Nothing had attacked them, and they hadn't seen anything. They were paranoid, and with good reason. They had gotten a few miles out of Downtown Raccoon, and had been attacked by more than one monster at the small inn.
"We might camp up here pretty soon, ladies." Leon said, taking charge.
"That sounds great! We don't have any food, do we?" Sherry asked.
"Sorry, Scooter-Pie. I forgot to stop at the local grocery store." Leon said, jokingly.
"Yeah, I know. It was just what I was wishing for, I guess. A nice hot dog with ketchup and shredded cheese, in a bun." Sherry said.
"Oh, c'mon. Don't get me thinking about food. Not now." Ada said.
"I'm sure that we'll be coming up on some kind of civilization in a day or so. I know that's 2 days without food, but we're gonna have to make due. Unless, of course, you can catch fish with your bare hands." Leon said as he watched a few large fish swim by. Possibly bass, but none of them were sure.
"Fishing, eh?" Ada said. She lifted her gun, and fired. The bullet hit the unsuspecting fish square on the top of it's unsuspecting brain. Ada ran into the waist deep water, and grabbed the dead fish by the tail, and help it up, it's wound facing the water.
Leon stood there in shock. The gunshot could've been heard by whatever had been chasing them. On the other hand, Ada had dinner. Very small dinner, but dinner nonetheless.
"Next time, Ada, please try not to make so much noise. We're sorta trying to hide from a giant monster that kills humans, remember?" Leon said.
Ada looked into the water in embarrassment. "Yeah, sorry Leon. I sorta forgot."
"But hey, at least you tagged a big one!" Leon said, making Ada look up with a smile.
Leon could hate Ada. After all, she did attempt to kill him. Even though her gun was empty, she still acted like it wasn't. Leon guessed that's why he still trusted her. She did help him out a few times. They downed zombies together. Then Leon remembered-
"Ada, did you, I mean…Did you drop that rocket launched for me, when I fought the Tyrant, or whatever that was?" Leon said, looking at Ada from across the fire they had made. It was getting dark, and they had camped. Sherry was already asleep.
"Yeah. It was hard, but I climbed up back to you…" Ada said. She pulled her legs up to her chest, and wrapped her arms around them. She was cold.
"How did you get it? Last time I checked, you weren't carrying a yard and half long rocket launcher." Leon asked.
"Well, it was put there. By the people I worked for."
"Umbrella?"
"I said I worked. E.D."
"Why were you there?"
"HCF sent me there incase people were alive. They couldn't risk people getting their data, and other information about the virus. I excelled in all of the field tests. We were put into the wilderness for one week. Seven of us. Four came back. Never found the other three. Then, we had the basic training. Ya know, marksmanship, running, hiking, the works. I was the best. There was only two other girls besides me. They died in the forest. They told me to stop anyone. No matter if it was my parents, or some hot, rookie cop."
"Some hot rookie cop?" Leon said with a smile.
"They think I'm dead, which is good. Cuts all of my strings without problems. HCF is like the Mafia. You ever seen Goodfellas?"
"Can't say I have."
"What? Never?"
"Nope. Never."
"Wow…We should watch that sometime." Ada said. What? I thought you told yourself you couldn't see this guy after you got back to civilization. Even though Trent thinks you are dead, that doesn't mean he won't check to be positive. Ada told herself.
"Sure."
"Anyway, once you are in HCF, you don't leave. Like in Goodfellas. He had to change is whole life, because he was in with the wrong group. Too much for him to handle, I guess. But he did what he needed to do." Ada said.
"He?"
"Damn, I forget his name, but Ray Liota in Goodfellas. I can now say I feel for the man. You think HCF and Umbrella are tough, wait till you see Joe Pesci in this movie." Ada said, and laughed.
"He's a rough one?"
"Extrememly. He shot a guy in the foot, then they guy told him something Joey didn't wanna hear, so he shot him. Right outta the blue, too."
"Ah. Sounds pretty intense."
"Not so much after these past few days." Ada said, and lay back, and looked up at the stars. Leon kept looking at Ada.