Well, I got this up slow as ever! Anyway, let's just start the show!

Chapter 2-2

Are You Still Going to Try to Molest Us?

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Katrina, Leon, and Ashley (Damn! Those little fuckers multiply, don't they?) ran towards the exit of the church before anyone came back from their lunch brake and attacked them. Leon and Katrina didn't exactly know how the hell they were going to get Ashley to defend herself if the time ever came, but somehow they both knew that thinking about it would be a wasted effort. A man standing at the alter stopped the trio in their tracks. He was wearing purple robes and carrying a staff that seemed to be wiggling. "I'll take the girl." His voice was commanding, but at the same time reasonably quiet.

"Who are you?" Leon demanded.

"If you must know, my name is Osmond Saddler, the master of this fine… Religious community."

"Hey," Katrina said, that mischievous glint in her eye aglow, "I know you aren't Catholic, but are you still going to try to molest us?" Leon smacked her in the arm to shut her up.

"Impudent child."

"I get that a lot, actually. But it's probably a lot kinder then the insults that you get, wrinkles."

"Katrina!" Leon cleared his throat and turned back to Saddler. "What do you want?"

"I want to demonstrate to the whole world our astounding power, of course. No longer will the United States think they can police the world forever."

"God bless America," Katrina said crossing her arms. "Now I've got a question: Why'd you kidnap Ashley? You're the only reason why I'm even in this mess!"

"We kidnapped the President's daughter in order to give her our power, and then send her back."

Ashley's eyes shot open slightly as she remembered someone injecting something into her neck. "No… Leon, I think they shot something into my neck!"

"We just planted a little… Gift. Oh, there's going to be one hell of a party when she returns home to her loving father."

"You sick bastard!" Katrina said, narrowing her eyes at Saddler as he laughed.

"But before that, I thought I might bargain with the President for some… Donations. Believe it or not, it takes quite a lot of money to keep this church up and running."

"Faith and money will lead you no where, Saddler," Leon said with a slight smirk.

"I think I forgot to mention, I gave you and your little friend the same gift."

"When we were unconscious…" Leon mumbled to himself.

"Oh, I truly hope you like our small, but special contributions. When the eggs hatch, you'll become my puppets. Involuntarily, you'll do as I say. I'll have total control over your minds. Don't you think this is revolutionary way to propagate one's faith?"

"Sounds more like an alien invasion to me!" Katrina shouted. A pair of monks in black robes appeared and aimed their crossbows at the trio. Leon grabbed Ashley and Katrina and they made a break for a window. The monks fired their crossbows, narrowly missing the trio. They crashed through the window and landed in the shed at the side of the church.

"You two okay?" Leon asked, after dusting himself off. Katrina gave him a thumbs up.

"Leon," Ashley said, her voice shaking, "what's going to happen to us?"

"Don't worry; we got into this mess, we can get out of it."

"That's what my mom said when she got engaged to my father." Ashley's eyes widened in fear, and Leon sent a dangerous glare her way. "What'd I say?"

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"Look Leon!" Ashley said pointing to a large wooden door in a remote corner of the village.

"It's a big-ass door, big-ass whoop!" Katrina said, rolling her eyes.

"I can climb over it if you give me a boost!"

"Good for you, ya stupid ho…" Katrina mumbled.

Leon gave Katrina a hard look and walked over to Ashley. "This might be a way out of the village. Think you could unlock it if you got to the other side?"

"Definitely, Leon," Ashley said with a dreamy look in her eyes.

'Oh, hell no!' Katrina thought. 'This so figures! I get stuck with a total ho who wants to get in Leon's pants. This is my luck!' "I'll give you a boost!" Katrina blurted out. If Ashley thought that Leon was going to look up her skirt, she had something else coming.

"O… Kay…" Ashley looked slightly startled, but she was a (relatively) smart girl and didn't want to instill Katrina's anger again. Katrina gave Ashley a boost, allowing her to climb over and unlock the door. "I've got it!" Ashley said, opening the door.

"Hey, Ash, I've got a question…"

"What?"

"How can you stand wearing a thong?"

Ashley turned bright red but chose not to say anything.

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The trio walked towards a bridge, and almost immediately, Leon's communicator indicated that Hunnigan was calling. "Leon," she said, "I've got some bad news."

"Is there any good news that goes along with it?" Leon asked hopefully.

"No…" Hunnigan said looking exasperated. "We've lost contact with the chopper. Someone must have shot it down, but we can't say who."

"Wonderful…"

"We're prepping another chopper. In the meantime, I need you to head to the extraction point."

"Can do, hot momma."

"Idiot…" Hunnigan sighed, hanging up the communicator.

Leon, Ashley, and Katrina continued walking and as they reached the end of the bridge, groups of villagers surround them on both sides.

"What are we going to do, Leon?" Ashley said, fear rising in her voice.

"There!" Katrina shouted, pointing at a nearby cabin.

"Good plan," Leon mumbled, taking Ashley's hand and running towards the cabin.

As the trio entered the cabin, Leon tried to find something to bolt the door with.

"Leon," the familiar voice of Luis said, tossing a large block of wood to Leon, who uses it to barricade the door. "Small world, eh?" Glancing at Ashley's… Fun bags… His eyes widen slightly. "Wow… I see that the President's equipped his daughter with ballistics, too…"

"How rude!" Ashley shouted, obviously offended. "I don't believe there's any relevance with my figure and my standing. Who do you think you are, anyway?"

"Ho ho! Excuse me, your highness. Perhaps the young lady might want to introduce herself before asking someone his name?"

"Her name is Ashley Graham, the President's daughter!"

Turning to Leon and Katrina, who were busy pushing bookshelves in front of windows, Luis said, "Is she… You know?"

"Don't worry; she's cool," Leon said getting his handgun out.

"And I don't think she's got any cigs either," Katrina said grabbing her new TMP.

Hearing the villagers banging at the windows and door, Ashley gasped slightly. "Ash!" Katrina said, grabbing the frightened blond. "Get upstairs and find someplace to hide!" Ashley quickly obeyed and rushed up the stairs.

"Okay… It's game time!" Luis said, pulling out his Red9.

"Sweet gun, Luis," Katrina said, reloading her ammo before any of the villagers broke in.

"Thanks."

The first group of villagers came through a back window, Katrina held down the trigger of her gun and mowed them down. The second group came from a front window, Leon got them with his shotgun. And it basically continued in this fashion for a while. The sixth group, however, came through the door, and completely overpowered the trio. "Leon! Katrina! Let's get upstairs!" Luis said, shooting another villager.

"Right!" the pair said, rushing up the staircase. Leon threw a grenade at the villagers coming up the stairs. The familiar sound of glass breaking got Katrina's attention and as she spun around, she realized that the villagers had ladders and they were prepared to use them.

"Shit." Katrina ran to the broken window and pushed the ladder down. Another window shattered, and Katrina pushed another ladder over. Eventually all of the upstairs windows were broken and filled with ladders. Katrina kept doing her job of pushing them down while Leon and Luis took care of most of the shooting.

Eventually, the villagers called off their assault and evacuated the area of the cabin. "Well, that was easy," Katrina said, striking a pose.

"Yeah… It looks like their backing off…" Leon said looking out one of the windows.

"So, what's the plan?" Luis asked.

Ashley slowly walked down the stairs and looked around cautiously. "Well," she said, "The bridge that we crossed to get here is out, so I guess we have to keep going…"

"Actually… I just realized I forgot something… You three go on ahead; I'll catch up later."

"Luis…" Katrina mumbled, trying to jog her memory as the Spaniard ran out of the cabin. "C'mon; let's get out of here."

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Sorry about the shortness but… Nothing really happens in this chapter… (sweatdrop) Anyway… Next chapter's the showdown with Mendez! And after that… Well… Y'all get to see Katrina's fangirl-y side! (evil smirk)

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Peace Out!