THE CRIMSON STONE
CHAPTER 11
Leon managed to dodge just in time as one of Chester's tentacles swayed at him. He rolled onto the floor. Chester grew into a size that was as big as a whale and was surprising slow in his movements. Only his tentacles moved dangerously fast. Thankfully, Leon was good in acrobatics. He dodged tentacles after tentacles as Chester tried to get a hold of him, to bring him into a crushing death.
He decided to bring down the other turret down. Charlie who was lying down behind the previous rubble would be safe from the second explosion. Leon aimed at the metal chains and shot it like he did before. It came down directly on top of Steax. The explosion was the same as before, and Leon managed to duck behind some tables to shield him from the impact
The explosion caused Chester's tentacles to fly off in every direction as it detached itself from his body. However, seconds after the explosion, Chester burst out of the rubble he was buried into, unharmed. But it was mad and let out another bone-chilling roar. He regenerated his lost tentacles within seconds, and charged after Leon.
"Impossible," Leon muttered under his breath.
Charlie suddenly awoken as the ground beneath her shook due to the impact of the second turret. She opened her eyes and coughed. The place was full of smoke. Charlie managed to muster enough energy to get up. As the scene unfolds in front of her ocean blue eyes, she felt the energy vibrating throughout her body. It felt good. It made her feel energized.
"Agh!" Leon shouted as he was thrown to the wall by Chester. He landed on the pieces of rocks that littered the once spotless laboratory floor.
Without wasting anymore time, Charlie ran towards Chester at a surprising fast speed and burnt one of his tentacles with her orange ray. Chester roared in pain and attempted to hit her with his other tentacle but Charlie duck just in time to dodge it. Leon, who recovered from his fall, sneaked up behind Chester while he was fighting with Charlie. He climbed behind his back, and quickly Stab the yellow eyed that was Chester only source of sight. Chester let out an ear splitting screeched as he was in pain. Taking advantage of the distraction, Charlie quickly went up to Chester's heart which was on the outside of its body.
"You wanted my powers so badly. So, here!" Charlie said and she produced a large amount of orange ray the flowed out through her arms and into her palm. It burnt Chester's heart into ashes.
Chester roared and roared until the roaring turned into a moan and he was dead. His giant body landed on his line of computer. However, one of his tentacles managed to push down the castle's self-destruct button.
"The building will self-destruct in five minutes," A computer voice suddenly said as the alarms went off. The count down suddenly appeared on one of the laboratory's wide computer screen.
"We got to get out of here!" Charlie shouted at Leon over the noise of the alarm.
"Head to the door!" Leon shouted back as he indicated the only door to exit the laboratory.
Both of them sprinted towards it just as the ground beneath them started to shake. Luckily, Chester wasn't lying when he said the door led out to the main hall of the castle, where the main entrance was. There were two wheels at each side of the door that lets the castle door up and down.
"Quick, get to the other wheel." Leon said to Charlie. They had to roll the castle door down so that they can exit the castle.
Unfortunately, there were a lot of castle guards at the main hall, who was alerted by the alarm. "Shoot them in the head," Leon said as he handed Charlie the hand gun he took earlier as he drew out his machine gun.
Charlie didn't need much explanation for the gun. She knew enough to know what she had to do with it. They made their way to the wheels by shooting the castle guards who blocked their way.
They made it to the wheels, each of them taking one side. Leon signaled her to roll it down and she did, together with him. The castle door instantly dropped down as it was heavy. Both Leon and Charlie ran across the door which now acts as a bridge over the swamp below. However, the castle guards too followed them and managed to grab Charlie. Leon turned around and said,
"Move your head," as he aimed for the guard's head.
Charlie did as she was told and blood splattered on her face as Leon shot the guard who was holding her in the face. She was then free to run. They sprinted across the bridge, away from the hordes of zombies chasing behind them with just seconds to spare before the castle explodes.
BOOOM! The bomb went off and sent and explosion loud enough to alert the whole country. The bomb went off just as Charlie and Leon was nearing the end of the bridge but the blast from the explosion sent them flying whilst destroying the whole lot of zombies behind them as the bridge broke, bringing them along to their final destination.
They landed on the ground just outside the fences that circled the perimeter of the castle.
"Are you alright?" Leon asked as he removed his hand from her head that was shielding it from the explosion.
"I don't know," Charlie replied simply and turned to face his face on the ground.
Leon was the first to get up. He struggled a bit into a sitting position as his right thing was deeply injured.
"Oh, no. How do you feel?" she asked after she saw the cut he had.
"Like a million bucks," Leon replied.
Charlie just shook off his sarcasm and tore her shirt sleeve.
"Here, it can help stop the bleeding," she offered the piece of clothing innocently.
"Thanks," Leon said and took the material from her. "You know, you're not that bad as a companion," said Leon as he tied the material over his cut.
"Finally approving my presence in your mission, huh?" Charlie replied.
Leon just gave her an appreciating smile just as his communicator beeped.
"Leon! Are you okay? I've been trying to get a hold of you since hours ago. But I couldn't get through," Tia said as she appeared on the screen.
"It is okay, Tia. I guess it's safe to say they mission completed thanks to little help," Leon said as he glanced sideways towards Charlie.
"Good to know, Leon. There's a chopper flying above the island now, I'll let them get you at your current position," Tia said before she disappeared from the screen.
Seconds after that, the sound of the chopper's blades were heard.
"Are you ready to go home?" Leon asked Charlie just as the chopper dropped down its rope ladder.
"More than ever," She said as she let out a relieved sigh.
They climbed aboard the chopper and flew over the destroyed castle. Nothing remains of the dark and evil intentions the castle was used for. Only remnants were seen over the mess of rubble that was once a castle of destruction. The chopper went passed it and flew off into the sunset.