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CHAPTER THIRTEEN:

FINALLY FOUND

"Sly! Jennifer! Sammie! Can you hear me!" Murray yelled. He listened. Nothing. Disappointed, Murray walked out from underneath the waterfall hidden cave and looked around. After outrunning the boulder for an hour and a half (which is very tiresome for a fat hippo), Murray had tried to go back up the path where he had seen Sly and the girls head. But when he had tried to go up the path, two demon dogs had chased him, and he had taken refuge in a rundown, broken shack, where he was greeted by dynamite throwing village men. Now he was somewhere in the northern part of the island, still looking for Sly and the two Holy Blade carriers.

"Where could they be?" He asked himself outloud. He wondered if they were even looking for him, or if Sly was trying to get the girls to safety. More than likely Sly was trying to get the girls to safety, which meant Murray was on his own until they ran across eachother.

He sighed and jogged down the walkway. He hadn't seen Sly or the girls in about five or six hours, and he was getting kinda lonely. Since the only things that he has been seeing were the demon animals and psycho people.

Murray stopped and looked up at a huge sheer drop cliff. It had a rope that started all the way at the top firmly tied to two strong poles, and fell all the way to where Murray was. "Oh, this is one of those mountain climbing rope things," Murray told himself. But how in the world am I supposed to climb up this? Murray tried to think of a way around, to not to have to try climb the rope, that probably could hold someone else, but not him. Murray shook his head. The only way up there was using this rope or going back the way he had come. And he wasn't about to turn around and face the same enemies and have to run past them again. He had absolutely no strength to run through an entire village with a mob of enemies behind him; closing in on him...

Murray shook his head. Absolutely no way he was going through that again. He had never been more afraid in his life, except the time that Bentley had almost been killed by Clock-La...

Now's not the time to think about the past. Murray concentrated on the present. He looked down at his feet, thinking. How in the world was he supposed to climb up there? Or should he wait for help? Sly and the girls should've gone past here or are coming this way, so maybe he should wait...

"Hey look out!" Murray looked up just in time to see a young man dressed in a government agent's uniform fall on top of him heavily. The young man looked at him funny and got up quickly, reaching down his hand and helping Murray to his feet. "Sorry bout that, bro," the man said. "You were kinda in my way." Murray dusted himself off. "Nah, it's okay. You didn't mean to fall on me and squish my gut." The man laughed, but then stopped suddenly and squinted at him. "Are you Murray?" The man asked him. Murray nodded. The man's eyes lit up. "Me and Sly have been searching everywhere for you and the two girls. I'm Leon S. Kennedy." Leon grabbed Murray's hand and shook it.

Murray looked relieved. "So someone was looking for me," He said outloud. Leon looked over at him. "I thought that Sly and the girls weren't looking for me. But apparently they were." Murray looked around. "Say, shouldn't they be with you?" Leon suddenly had a look of sadness on his face, making Murray suddenly feel cold. "What happened to them?" Murray asked, accidentally shaking Leon violently.

Leon gently removed his arms. "Well, see, I left Sly in this shack while I went out to fight this monster. And I got on the boat and went to the other side of the lake, and passed out shortly after getting off the boat. When I woke up it was night, and when I returned to the shack where Sly was, he wasn't there." Leon shrugged helplessly. "I looked around to where he might've gone, but I didn't find him. And God knows where the girls are."

Murray was entirely upset, almost near tears. "They're not dead are they?" He asked Leon. Leon shrugged. "I have no idea of knowing. The last time I saw the girls was when you guys were running away from the boulder, I haven't really met them yet. It's just that I ran into Sly and he said he was looking for a Sammie and Jennifer and his best friend Murray, and I helped him in his search, but he winded getting lost too." Murray looked at Leon. "So are you saying we should look for them?"

"Yeah," he said tiredly. "Good thing I was trained for this kind of workout, cause I am beat. Looking for four people is tiresome, ya know?" Murray glanced at him. "Four people? We're only looking for Sly, Sammie, and Jennifer." "Actually, the only reason why I'm here is to look for the President's daughter, Ashley Graham. I just ran into you guys. But I'll still search for them. I said I would, didn't I?" Murray nodded. "Alright then," Leon said, slapping in another magazine clip. "Lets do it!"

Leon started toward the waterfall, Murray close behind and thankful for the sudden company.

"I hope you have a good weapon cause I'm sick of running away!"

NOTE: That chapter kinda sucked. But read and review anyway. It finally had Murray show up so be thankful.