Author's Note: Having fun? I'd like to point out that Wesker intercepted Leon under the pseudonym of STARS. There may have been some confusion about that. Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil.
Chapter 4
When the copter was out of sight, Leon moved towards the collection of houses. Houses were a very vague term for what Leon saw. The main walls were made of thatch and the ceilings were made mostly from banana leaves and whatever could be found. Only a few of these huts had a shabby cloth hanging in front of the threshold. So far there was no sign of life. As he passed by one of the larger huts, the cloth moved aside and a villager came out. Inside the hut Leon could see a small fire with an undefinable piece of meat on it. Obviously he could check that off as a 'life sign'.
"Hey amigo, Tiene usted el poder?" he said.
"Sorry," replied Leon, "I don't speak Spanish. I'm American; Engles? Do you speak Engles?"
"Engles?" spoke the villager, "Ah El enimigo, Yo lo matere ahora, el no entiende cualquiera as lo que el obtiene por le pensar juega al futbol con uta pelona. Of course I speak Engles! Come with me!" He motioned to Leon and went back into his hut.
"Well this is a warm welcome for once." Leon went through the makeshift door where the villager came at him with a hatchet. Leon ducked, pulling out his 9mm pistol and shot the man right in between the eyes. Instead of keeling over the villager just laughed and began to slowly advance on him. Leon did a double take and then decided to go for where it hurt. Taking a burning stake from the fire Leon thrust it right into the man's chest. Not waiting to see what happened, Leon dropped a grenade and jumped out of the hut. The explosion took the ceiling and most of the walls with it, leaving a burning circle behind. The mangled corpse was in several pieces, all on fire.
As Leon collected himself more Ganados appeared from deeper inside the village. Taking his cue, Leon took the remains of the fire and pitched it into the village. Huts caught fire. It bought him time enough that when the villagers reached the edge of the forest; he was long gone.
Stealth was not his primary concern, but if the Ganados were going to all be like that, he was going to run out of ammo real soon. The forest was dark but Leon was sure now that there were no signs of life.
Plenty of signs of death though. Leon soon found the bodies of Echo Squad, strewn about. He arrived at what he thought was a clearing until he saw the fallen trees and the carcass of an El Gigante. Walking on its shoulders Leon moved to the gap where the parasite was. Should have been. The parasite was gone; Leon could see cut marks to the stem that connected to the spinal cord. Someone had removed it, but why? Looking carefully he saw blood marks and the trail of a large object being dragged through the earth. Leon followed it.
Some hours later after following the trail and dodging Ganado search parties he found a collection of villagers around a murky pool. It was located outside of one of the larger complex buildings that had been spotted over the helicopter broadcast. One was dumping the dead parasite into the pool, where it quickly sank. A few others were loitering around. Leon took his rifle and shot two of them down before the others reacted. On the other side of the pool was a large sewer pipe that looked like Leon's only way in.
Running past the Ganados he jumped, kicking one in midair and landed in the pipe. When his foot and connected with the Ganado's head there was a crunch, and he fell into the goo, sinking without resistance. Leon turned around and opened fire with the riot gun, riddling the remaining ones with lead. Putting the safety back in Leon turned around and headed into the pipe.
Ganado Translation: Hey friend, do you have the power? Ah, the enemy. I shall kill him now, he doesn't understand any of this; that's what he gets for thinking you play football with a pigskin.