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Luna: Sorry, its been a while… So its time for Chapter 10!

Chapter 10: Sacrifice

Leon

They had managed to get back into the corridor with 5 doors, no problem; when the announcement came on.

" It's…all for nothing?" cried Leon, anger resurfacing, " Ada, what do we do now?"

Ada looked down. " I really don't know."

A bing noise was heard suddenly, and Leon set Ada down gently and took out his Black Tail. The wall across from him opened, and he aimed at it.

" Hey! Don't shoot!" screamed the man in the elevator.

" Chris, right?" asked Leon, lowering his gun, " Sorry about that. Boy, am I glad to see you guys."

" I'm Jill, and who exactly are you; Mr. Trigger-Happy?" asked Jill.

Leon shook his head. Didn't they notice that he was on the mission too?

" Leon, I'm on the mission with you people," he said.

" We know that," said Jill, impatient, " We just never caught your name."

" We found an elevator, so, uh, all aboard!" said Chris, breaking the ice.

" Oh my God," said Jill, noticing Ada, " What happened to you?"

" Shot," she replied, " Several times in several different areas."

Leon helped her up, and they hobbled to the elevator.

" We were hoping you'd know what to do now," said Chris, grimly, " After the mad scientist played us and all…"

Ada would have shrugged , but it would have been too painful. So she said, " I'm not sure. We should track down Andre and dispose of him, but it doesn't take care of the lab itself and all the things in the lab."

" Well, What button should I press?" asked Chris, looking at all the blinking buttons.

" It seems to be divided into actual floors," noted Jill, " Weird. It seemed like this place was all one floor, a huge maze…but with floors."

Leon shrugged and looked at Ada, who remained with a cool composure despite everything they'd been through.

" Jill," said Ada.

" Yeah?"

" Your weaponless now?"

" Yeah, Wesker kinda destroyed my fire arms."

At the mention of her former employer's name, her face whitened.

" Here, take this," said Ada, handing her the Punisher.

" Thanks," said Jill, and began inspecting her new weapon.

Chris punched in a button that had the letters 'B1' on it.

" Shouldn't we find Rebecca and Billy?" asked Jill, remembering the girl.

" We will, or they'll find us. I wouldn't worry too much." she said.

" Ada," whispered Leon, even though Chris and Jill could hear him.

Ada nodded to acknowledge him.

" I'm sorry for saying I didn't care about you at all," he mumbled, " And…I do, but every time I trust you again you do something to betray me. But I'm sorry for what I said back there."

" It's fine, Leon," said Ada, " It's understandable."

She was about to say something else, but was cut off.

The elevator started to plunge down at an increasingly fast speed. Jill was thrown to one side of the elevator, Chris to the other. Ada held onto Leon and they kept falling.

What seemed like an eternity and a fall to their deaths, the elevator stopped.

" Talk about Tower of Terror," mumbled Chris, " Everyone alright?"

Jill nodded, Ada managed an 'okay' and Leon kept silent.

Chris double checked his magnum and said to himself, " Only 3 rounds left…"

Leon checked his Striker. 24 rounds, more than enough.

He and the others made their way out of the elevator.

It was an enormous room that looked like it was a parking lot except there was no cars parked in it. Unless you can count the Bulldozer in the corner as a car. Brings back so much fond memories, thought Leon, sarcastically.

There was a catwalk far across from him, with another door leading into it. There was also a shutter on the far side of the room. But there was a card key reader on the side of it.

Looks like that shutter's our way out of here, he thought, But we can't leave now. won't hurt to find the card key, though.

" Leon, I can stand on my own," said Ada, suddenly.

Leon let her go, and she stood a bit shaky at first; but still balanced.

He then noticed the card key on the floor, and long metal rods tied in chains suspended in the air several feet above it. The rods looked heavy, the type that weighed a ton a piece. They looked sturdy enough….

Chris was busying himself with the shutter, Jill at his side.

" Hey, I found it!" cried Leon.

Might as well get it, thought Leon as he bent to pick it up.

Ada

Ada heard it before the others. The sounds of chains snapping. She looked up and saw a figure with tentacles prodding out from its eyes on the catwalk. Whatever the hell it was, it could use a gun, and was shooting down the chains supporting the rods. And Leon, Leon had just gotten down to pick up the card key…

It began to fall, Leon tried to move himself; but she knew it was useless. Ignoring the stinging pain in her shoulders and ankles, Ada found the strength to run to him. She shoved Leon out of the way.

Leon, I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you, the trouble, the regrets the heartache, she thought, I'm sorry. I love you, Leon.

Those were her final thoughts right before the metal crushed her.

Leon

He was stunned. He saw the metal about to fall. Before Leon could move, he was shoved.

It registered what happened in his mind, as if in slow motion.

The metal, weighing a ton each, roughly; piled on top of Ada.

" Ada! Ada! Ada! ADAAAAA!" screamed Leon.

He ran to her side and grabbed her hand. It was ice cold. He touched her neck for a pulse, anything. There was none.

" No. No. NO!" cried Leon, hysterical, " Answer me, Ada! Answer me, dammnit!"

Tears began to fall down his face.

Demanding didn't work.

So he pleaded.

" Please, Ada, please…" he begged.

It was no use. Screaming at her. Yelling. Crying. Begging. It wouldn't change the fact that Ada was dead.

He saw her murderer. A thing that resembled a man. Except 2 tentcaules poked its way out of its eyes. Leon had no idea how that thing could see, and he didn't care. Words could not express Leon's fury upon seeing Ada's killer.

Leon let out an inhuman scream of pain, sorrow and loss. Then he charged at the Hybrid thing, Striker equipped and ready to blow off its head.

Luna: Wow, that was kinda sad for me…I killed off a character…that's a first for me. Anyway, next Chapter : Loss.