resonance
Chapter Ten
And you would say nothing's changed at all
And I can't feel much hope for anything
If I won't be there to catch you when you fall
Again
It seems we meet
In the spaces
In between
We always say
It won't be long
But something's always wrong
-Something's Always Wrong
-Toad the Wet Sprocket
Leon lifted a hand to his mouth, his eyes wide in fear, afaid that he was going to throw up, pass out, or both. His thoughts were manic as he tried to figure out what just happened, but primal instict took over and he rushed out passed the stunned Aya into the hallway. He just needed to get out, get out now.
"Leon, wait, I'm sorry!" Aya souted as she ran after him. "LEON! COME BACK!" She screamed as she sprinted after him, only to halt as Leon did an abrupt stop, then ran in her direction.
"UMBRELLA!" Was all she heard as Leon rushed back, then gun fire. Aya turned tail and ran with him back up the hall and up the stairway. Both moving at one single beat, one single movement, their feet hitting the floor at the same time, exhaling at the same time, running torward the same goal.
Survival.
"Head to the roof!" Leon shouted as they pounded up the metallic stairs. His teeth clenched as they hit the door to the roof, and saw nothing but buildings and sky. Aya gasped behind him as she shoved a piece of wood agaist the door..
"Now what? They'll be on us any second now!"
"I don't know!" If only....if only.... Leon ran to the edge of the roof, looking for something, anything.....
"There!" Aya pointed to the partially full garbage container.
"Think we can make it?" Leon asked.
"Don't know........" At that moment, Umbrella's team broke through the door and the leader opened fire on Aya. Aya screamed as three bullets pierced her leg, shoulder, and hip. She tumbled to the ground, holding her blood in as much as she could.
"Alright, Kennedy.." The leader spoke in a harsh tone, almost mocking them and their foolish attept to run. "...You come with us, and MAYBE, we'll let your lady friend live..." He then shot Aya in the other leg to make his point stick. She screamed and wimpered as she held onto her newly injured leg.
"Aya!!" Leon shouted and turned to face the attackers, growling, teeth bare. He then stepped in front of her, protectingly, still glaring at the leader.
"Common fucker, we don't have all day..." The leader aimed his gun once again at them and fired, only to see his bullet fly sharply north away from her. "The fuck..." He fired again, this time it flew sharply right. "Fine, you want to play..." Turning his gun to Leon's skull, he fired off three rounds. Leon swiftly lifted his hand agaist the bullets and that was the last thing the leader saw as the bullets flew back at him and into his eyes and took his right. He screamed in pain as his hands desperatly clawed to remove the bullets from his eyes as blood trickled from his sockets and down his face like tears.
"Go.....away...." Leon said slowly, threatening.
"Fuck off, shoot that bastard!!!!" The leader screamed. Like pawns and zombies, the squad opened fire on the two, only to see their bullets fly in all directions.
"GO AWAY!" Leon screamed and with a flash, the leader was ingulfed in flames, screaming as his armor melted onto his flesh. The squad stopped and backed away, afraid, as they watched their leader scream and die. Moments after the leader stopped moving and the smell of burnt hair and flesh spread through out the rooftop, the squad looked at Leon, fearful.
"Leave....." He breathed. He didn't have to tell them twice, as they scrambled into the stairway for their lives.
"Leon...." Aya breathed, as she tugged on his pant leg. He turned around and she gasped. His deep blue eyes had turned aqua green and his shin was deathly pale. "L.Leon..." Leon blinked a couple of times and shook his head. The color rushed back into his face and when he opened his eyes, they returned to normal. "Aya....Aya, are you okay?" He shouted, dropping to his knees, his face full of worry.
"Yeah...yeah I'm fine....You...you need to call Pierce...get help...."
"Got it.." He then reached into his coat pocket and flipped open his cell phone, leaving Aya to her thoughts.