At this point, the girl named Amanda had made it to the top so when she had turned around to see the hugely muscular man heading towards her, she nearly squealed. Really, she didn't know if the squeal was meant as a sound of fear – or excitement. Since she was the type for the latter, Amanda chucked it out as if she were in a dream. She knew that the bigger man would not take it easy on her for Krauser obviously played really rough and although some women don't like it rough – she secretly did.
But Leon was being his usual self: heroic. Leon tried to stop Krauser from making it his business to get to her and in that attempt; she couldn't just sit back and watch the bigger guy take the upper hand. The knife was precariously close to Leon's neck and she had to do something. With the sure fire aim she was trained for, she took a shot and allowed Leon to live a little longer.
The bullet had knocked the large knife off of Krauser's hand.
She watched with anticipation their fight – it was like watching two cocks fighting over supremacy and frankly, she silently hoped it was for her. Like many girls, they wanted the best fighter, or the best man to win.
Leon and Krauser were circling each other, their faces set, and their eyes were warily anticipating their opponent's next move. Krauser used his military training and exercised strength to forcefully push forward, lunging and taking stabs. While Leon hadn't had the time to get out of the way, Kennedy was brought back into the position on the concrete ground.
Landing with a backward thud, Krauser had Leon in another predicament.
Krauser laughed harshly, his face so close to Leon; he could see the deep scars caused by combat on the bigger man. As the larger man was about to plant a sucker punch to Leon's pretty boy face, Leon pushed back with all his strength, successfully rolling Krauser off of him - just missing the fist within inches. Krauser's fisted hand planted directly on the concrete, hitting it with such force that the ground broke apart. Lines of uneven cracks formed, creating a halo around his hand
This didnt deter the man in camouflage uniform as he lunged aggressively again at Leon and this time, Leon evaded the attack and used his elbow to knock the other man's back, bringing Krauser to his knees. Kennedy grabbed a hold of his own knife from the strapped pocket around his waist and brought it close to Krauser's neck.
"Don't think I won't hesitate to use it!"
"Go on, use it! I dare you!" Krauser roared with laughter, his eyes glittered with a menacing promise of pain if Leon wouldn't go through with his threat.
"I should, considering you wouldn't even take a moment to think about anyone else's death on your hands."
"You're right, Leon, so what's taking you so long? You want to be a hero in that girl's eyes but not a murderer?"
Leon harrumphed, shook his head, "It's not about that, Krauser and you know it. But it's lost on people like you. Besides, killing you wouldn't be murder and you know it. Self defense is more like it."
"We'll see who wins in the end." Krauser harshly taunted, then with a quick jolt - tried to knock Leon's knife off of his neck but Leon relented, and instead in the process created a severe gash on the former military opponent. Just then, a bang resounded in the air, hitting the knife off of Krauser's near death and sending Leon backward a few paces, holding his hand in pain from the bullet that is now causing a wound. This made Krauser grin maliciously, which now having the upper hand, he took one menacing glance over at Amanda who held a smoking gun in her hand.
It was an open chance to take advantage of Leon's vulnerability.
This didn't fare too well with Amanda either. She saw that coming! She didn't want either man to lose or win - pulling the trigger she shot a bullet in Krauser's leg, making him stumble and groan out.
"Goddamnit, woman! Happy triggering bitch!" Krauser grumbled aloud, holding on to his leg with both hands.
The men had fallen on their butts, both stared at the girl there on the tower with a gun in her hand and obviously a professional in sniper-shooting, aiming and weapons. She had a smirk on her face and then a slow easy smile replaced it, "As much as I love violence, I think it's time for me to decide who gets the spoils eh?"
Leon was holding his hand, which was bleeding from the nick and he looked at Amanda through the fall of his brown bangs. "What's going on?" Suspicion clearly on his face. It was Krauser who said something next, already getting up from the bullet through his leg - pain never really bothered him.
"You don't know who that girl is? All the better." He grinned, starting forward to her, but then she shot another bullet at him - it richocheted off the ground next to him, just barely startling Krauser. He stopped for a moment, still grinning like mad at her, "You think a mere gunshot wound is going to stop me? You better think again, girl."
"Don't try it, big guy, or the next one will go through your head."
He did pause at that, not sure to believe her or not, but he felt that she was crazy enough and grumbled, "What did you tell the government's lapdog here?" Krauser continued, his head jerked over to Leon.
"All he knows is that I'm a spy. What more does he need to know about me?"
Krauser only laughed harder, throwing his head back. The raucous laughter made even the startled ravens on the dead branches fly away. Amanda rolled her eyes, "What? I am too a spy, you big brute!" Her eyebrows furrowed, then in a moment of impetuousness, she reached into her pocket and produced a tube which contained some kind of green and yellow liquid - though the two combined would not mix - like water and oil.
"What's that? One of the herbs you picked up from Leon?" Krauser asked sarcastically. Leon had already tied a bandage around his palm and stood up, "Mind telling me what's going on?"
Amanda prettily ignored Leon and addressed the other guy, snorting, "Krauser, you're such a deadbeat, you know that? But I like you anyway." With that confession, it brought a sneer from him. "It's a special serum..."
"Lady, there's all kinds of special serums. It depends on what kind it does."
She snorted again. "Dumb ass. It's a serum that provides maximum healing while your body takes maximum damage. For example…" she continued as she warily watched the two. "Krauser, when your arm takes goes into full strength, which you haven't demonstrated to poor Leon there, it doesn't last long right?"
He narrowed his eyes at that. "What do you know about my arm?"
"I know enough about it. When you fight the bosses on this island. The big bosses. You don't reserve that for your old buddy Leon or anyone else, because you feel that fighting Kennedy should be on equal turf."
Krauser shook his head, "No, bitch. You got it wrong."
"Oh yeah? Care to wager a bet on it?" Amanda stuck her tongue out, her eyes glittered with spiteful delight. "Seriously you have a bad mouth." She mumbled as an afterthought.
She took out a whistle from beneath her sweater and blew on it.
The sound of an earthquake shook them, only realizing just seconds before it was too late that it was not Mother Nature related – or a phenomenon that results a release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves.
That seismic phenomenon came in the form of man made creation. The El Gigante. Two of them. Coming out of the wall, they crashed violently through, sending rocks and large pieces of the plywood, stone, and rubble all around.
Both Leon and Krauser stood back as the great large creatures with hunched backs started towards them.
Amanda smiled, "Well, boys, looks like you're going to have to find a way to show me what you got." She felt a bit sorry for Leon, but then again, that pretty boy Kennedy always had a 'lucky streak.'
Krauser gritted his teeth, the red scars along his face now defined from his anger. "You just wait till I'm done with these, little girl."
Leon was already on the move. Taking his matilda hidden in his Agent uniform pocket he took aim and shot at the first moving towering creature. It didn't do anything until the next shot.
