Disclaimer: I don't own any of the RE characters. The little kitty in my computer does.
Chapter 14
Leon stood in front of the main computer console with the others.
"Which button is it?" Carlos asked as he eyed the many buttons.
Sara stepped forward and tapped a few keys until the screen read 'Self Destruct'. She looked at the group, who were now giving her a confused look. "When you live in an Umbrella lab they teach you a few things." Her finger grazed enter and a counter on the screen counted down from twenty minutes.
"Please tell me you know the way out of here." Carlos turned around towards the exit.
"Of course I do." She smiled. Everyone started for the exit when the speakers started blaring.
"You have nineteen minutes to reach minimum safe distance, repeat—
"Alright, let's double-time it." Chris said, taking off.
Grey walls whizzed by; steel doors were a blur. Leon heard something behind them and turned around. He saw two of those giant things chasing them. "We've got company!" He yelled.
Everyone turned to look and everyone sped up only to be blocked twenty feet ahead by another monster.
Leon felt something inside him. His rage boiled over. That's ENOUGH! He ran faster than he thought he ever had before ahead of the group. He jumped into the air and, in one quick motion, un-strapped the Remington. He landed on the monster's chest as it roared in his face. "Shut up." He said calmly as he pointed the Remington at the underside of its chin and pulled the trigger.
Blue blood sprayed his face as the monster began to fall to the ground. Leon jumped off and began to run with the others; who had just reached his position.
He got a few stares from Claire and Carlos.
"I'll tell you later." He said.
After that everything blurred by, stares whizzed by his feet and doors flew by his side. Finally they reached the first floor main hallway.
"You have seven minutes to reach minimum safe distance." The cool, calm female voice said.
Suddenly the entire hallway became blue as the emergency lights came on. Then a voice from behind them spoke softly but a little wavered.
"Hello everyone, it's nice to finally meet all of you." Leon could tell he was on something by the way he spoke.
Everyone turned to face him. "Woodrow." Claire whispered.
So this is the guy. Leon's rage built up again. I'll kill him. His mind whispered calmly.
Woodrow didn't look like a typical scientist. He had spiked black hair and everything he wore was black, including his lab coat. His fingernails were painted black and he wore tons of bracelets on each arm. His eyes were dark as well, deep brown and almost black.
"I told you I'd get you Leon." He spoke softly, making it hard to hear him. Some dust fell from the ceiling and the monotone voice over the loudspeaker told them they had five minutes until the place blew.
Woodrow pulled out his once hidden gun from his lab coat and pointed it at Leon, then suddenly jerked the gun towards Claire and pulled the trigger. "I'll kill everything you love."
Leon's eyes went wide and he was at Claire's side in two seconds. "Claire…" He trailed off. "Please don't die…" He laid her in his lap and propped her head up with his hand. "Talk to me Claire." A touch of worry in his voice. He looked back at Woodrow who was grinning like the maniac that he was. Leon was pretty sure Woodrow just wanted to stall for time, and wouldn't shoot.
"Leon?" Claire replied finally. She coughed lightly and a small stream of blood dribbled from her mouth. Everything became quiet. The loud voice became dull and everything seemed to go in slow motion.
"Yes Claire, it's me." Tears started to form in his eyes. "You'll be alright."
"Bullshit." She smiled.
He smiled with her. "Claire…" He brushed a loose strand of hair from her eyes. "I love you."
She closed her eyes. "I…love…you…too…" She said slowly.
He quickly grabbed her hand and squeezed. He didn't know if she was going to make it, she was still breathing at least. The suddenly her chest didn't rise again and her arm became limp.
"No." He whispered. There's still a chance. Everything became suddenly overly loud again and everything sped up. He slowly got up off the ground and turned to Woodrow.
"You have four minutes to reach minimum safe distance, please evacuate immediately repeat…"
More than enough. "Get her out of here!" He yelled to the rest of the group. "She's stopped breathing!" He looked into Woodrow's eyes. Psychopathic wasn't a strong enough word to describe it.
"But what about— someone started to say.
"I'm infected! Get out of here!" He yelled, interrupting whoever spoke.
Barry grabbed Claire easily, she hung limp in his arms. Everyone else stood by the door leading out of the now seemingly cramped hallway. Chris walked up to him and put his hand on Leon's shoulder. "Leon I…"
"I know." He said. "Leave while you can." He kept his eyes on Woodrow who now wore a confused look.
Chris nodded. "Thank you." And with that said he turned around to the others and headed towards the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" Woodrow yelled, pointing his gun at them.
"Right here you fucking psycho." Leon spat, diverting Woodrow's attention while the others escaped.
"Okay then." Woodrow smirked. "You'll have to do." And as Leon began walking towards him he took a shot, hitting him in the arm. Leon didn't even flinch. He couldn't feel the pain. The virus…
Woodrow pulled the trigger two more times; hitting Leon in the shoulder and his thigh. His pace only wavered slightly but then he picked it up again. "Why won't you die?!" Woodrow yelled as he took another shot. It went high above Leon's head and Woodrow went to fire again.
Click.
Leon kept walking towards Woodrow and pulled out his magnum. Leon fired once, hitting him in the leg. Woodrow yelled loudly and fell to one knee. "That one's for Adam." He said loud enough to hear. Leon smiled and shot again, this time hitting him in the middle of his pelvic bone. Woodrow began to breathe heavily as blood began to drip down onto the floor. "And Sara."
Leon stopped in front of Woodrow when he fired again. He'd aimed at Woodrow's liver and scored a direct hit. "That's for Claire, you sick sadistic bastard." He aimed for his lung and fired. "And for putting me through all this hell."
Despite the fact that he had four fifty caliber bullets lodged in vital areas Woodrow tried to get to his feet.
"Where do you think you're going?" Leon asked. He brought his foot up and slammed the bottom of his boot against Woodrow's face.
He fell backward and smacked his head on the floor. Leon looked down at Woodrow. He pointed his gun at his head and pulled the trigger. "And that's for anything I forgot." He said to himself after the noise subsided.
Leon let out a big sigh and looked at the blood covered walls. Finally. He thought. It's over.
"You have thirty seconds to reach minimum safe distance, please…"
"Alright, alright, shut up." Leon said as he lit a cigarette. Please tell me they got out okay. He leaned his back against the cold wall. So exhausted. He thought as he slid down to a sitting position.
Despite his situation he smiled as he looked at the smoking cigarette.
"You have ten seconds to reach minimum safe distance…"
Leon took a long drag.
"The victory smoke…"
One more chapter left, and it'll be super short like the prologue. What did you guys think of the big finale? I bet a lot of you didn't like the fact that I killed off Leon, but that's why it's my story and not yours. ^_^
THANK YOU to everyone that ever reviewed this story, and all that good stuff. You don't know how much this really means to me.