Disclaimer: I don't own the super cool series Resident Evil, no matter how much I want to. They all belong to the geniuses of good ol' Capcom! I'm just a RE fan that plays way too much RE and daydreams a lot! So I just write fics for the hell of it!
Authoress' Notes: Alexandra "Alex" is mine. Leon is in his fucking sexy RE4 style. Nickleback's Saving Me is Alex's theme. Leon's Theme is Hero from Chad Kroger, I think it kinda fits him. Anyone who has Sonic Adventure 2 Soundtrack listen to it and tell me if it does fit. Still trying to keep it as close as I can to Survival Horror but can't help sticking in fanstasy stuff. I'm a RPG fanstasy fan freak, so sue me. This chappy is a part of what's happening to Leon and Alex. This may go on for another chapter or two. And it'll be nothing but Leon and Alex on the chapters.
Final Note: What no one wants to guess at Alex's true identity or you just can't figure it out? Can you guess who Zee is modeled after?
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The Resurrection of the Nightmare
Chapter Five: Crazy Castle Of Horrors pt.2!
The foursome walked cautiously down a few corridors, passed through several doors and rooms and so far...nothing. They didn't find anything worth of interest or the damn Gate Key. So far they didn't see anymore traps but knew it was a matter of time before they did. They couldn't afford to relax just because of that. They found a relatively safe room and decided to rest there.
Alex sat on a sofa, stretched out her arms and legs before closing her eyes for a short catnap. Perry leaned against the back of the sofa and checked his weapons while keeping an eye on the door. Zee watched Leon as the rookie cop reloaded a few of his guns and sigh. The grunt looked at the wound still open on the cop's arm and removed a roll of gauze. He walked over and held it out to Leon, who looked at him in surprise.
"Here." Zee handed the roll to the young cop, "It's best if ya dress the wound now or it'll get infected later on."
"Thanks." Leon took the roll of gauze and began to dress his wound. "Why are you two here? Stealing BOW data from Umbrella?"
The grunt sighed and looked a little uncomfortable. "Aye. That and one other thin'." Zee said quietly, catching the rookie's attention. The blonde man raised a brow at the piece of information and slightly narrowed his eyes. For a few seconds Leon stared at the grunt in both confusion and interest. What was the other thing that GenX wanted? Then his blue eyes widen in horror. Could they be...?
"Aye, I know what you're thinkin'." the grunt murmured and nodded slowly. "We be lookin' for Project Nightshade a.k.a The Dark Angel."
The rookie cop avoided looking at Alex as he asked why. Why would GenX want Project Nightshade for? Zee looked uncomfortable and hailed his partner to come over. Perry walked over to the two men as the teen girl continued her nap. The other grunt paused as the other two men looked at him. The blonde one, Leon, gave him a hard glare. Zee ran a hand through his short black hair, looking mighty nervous.
"Okay, what did I do now?" Perry asked in confusion. His partner motioned him closer with a defeated sigh. Oh, shit. If Zee is sighing like then...
"Perry, Leon wants to know why we're tryin' to steal Project Nightshade." his partner said quietly. They didn't want Alex to wake up and hear the conversation. "Don't bother tryin' to lie to him. He knows why we're here."
Ah, shit. Perry thought and sighed. "Okay, the reason why we're trying to retrieve Project Nightshade is to help GenX overthrow Umbrella."
"You guys are anti-Umbrella?"
"No."
"What Perry is tryin' to say, my friend... Is that GenX wants Umbrella out of the way, so they can take over the company's virual facilities to make their own creations."
"In other words, GenX wants all the money Umbrella has and make a profit from their damn labs, right?"
"Aye, that be it."
Leon placed a hand over his face and let out a soft, but irritated growl. "This is just fucking great. Two twisted companies after the same fucking goal." All this shit for money and profits?! What is GenX thinking? Umbrella is bad enough but if they overthrow them and take over... He blew out an angry breath. This has just gotten worse than before. Two rival companies that specialize in virual experimentions was bad. Only to find out one twisted company wants to swallow the other and make even more deadlier BOWs. Fucking perfect.
"Wait," the rookie looked at the two grunts, "that still doesn't explain why GenX wants Project Nightshade."
The two grunts cringed and sighed, looking at each other. Zee ran his hand through his hair again. "Ah, well..." he mumbled as he avoided looking at Leon directly. Perry scratched at his cheek.
"GenX wants Project Nightshade to get rid of the Raccoon City STARS and take Umbrella out from the inside." the grunt said bitterly.
"Then what does Umbrella plan to do with Project Nightshade?" Leon asked angrily, "Other than wiping out the Raccoon City STARS."
"Take out GenX and use the BOW as a weapon of war. But its true purpose is unknown." Zee put in, earning him a confused Leon.
"True purpose?"
"Aye, only the creator knows the BOW's true purpose."
"Is that so? Well, that's just perfect."
"What'cha ya talking about?"
The trio froze and looked at the teenager as she got off the couch and walked toward them, looking like a lost child. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and watched them, waiting for them to speak up. They shifted nervously in front of her and fumbled for an excuse. Zee walked away briskily to check on the door of the room. Perry became extremely interested and focused on his weapon. They both left Leon to explain to her. He gave them both a deadly glare, silently swearing to get revenge on them.
"Leon." Alex crossed her arms over her chest and looked at him, "You hiding something?"
Her brother shook his head and got up. "No, Alex, we're not. We were just discussing on a plan to get out of this fucking castle." The teenager blinked for a second, smiled and scurried over to her brother.
"Found something out?" she asked eagerly. He avoided looking into her eyes. Damn it, I'm lying to her again. When will I be able to tell her the truth? He sighed and grabbed his stuff. "No, not much I'm afraid. Just keep searching for that key and gate."
She sighed, "No fair. Trapped in a crazy castle, no plan, no cheap key, and the only way out is up high."
Leon grinned a little at her sarcasim. If they got out of this alive, none of his friends found out who she is besides Carlos, and have her join up... She'll fit right in. "Yeah, it sucks Alex, but that's how Umbrella works. They like making us suffer and making the situation even crappier than before."
"Hey, you guys ready to go?" Zee called over his shoulder, cocking his Colt and peering out of the doorway. Leon, Alex and Perry fell in line behind him, ready to head out in to the halls of horror. The grunt walked out cautiously and motioned for them to follow. The group soon left the safety of the room and returned to their search of a way out.
Several hours later...
"Can I shoot myself?" Alex asked dryly as the group continued their walk, "I promise to be as quiet as possible." The trio of men gave her an irritated look at the suggestion. She frowned a little and walked along her brother back in serious mode. The group wandered from room to room for a few hours with no avail. The situation was looking pretty grim. Leon reached out and rubbed her head little, trying to relieve her stress. He didn't blame her for thinking that, he was pretty stressed himself. That and his gun was looking really friendly...
"No, Alex you can't. We need all the ammo we can get..." Leon said, earning a sour look from her. He smiled. He knew exactly how to get her in high spirits again. "Besides, I was planning on going to Baskin Robins for some ice cream pizza once we leave. And I was hoping for a certain someone to come with me and share it..."
Alex's sour expression and seriousness disappeared in a flash at the statement. Her chibish grin, wide and starry gaze returned and she quietly squealed in joy. "Ice cream pizza?! Really?! YAY!" she cheered joyfully, clasping her hands together. Then she looked lost at the idea, "Wait, what's ice cream? And pizza?" Leon couldn't help but bite down on a laugh that threatened to burst from his mouth. She looked so adorable in her chibi state of mind.
"It's something really yummy but you're going to promise me that you won't shoot yourself, okay?" he ordered her as she nodded eagerly, agreeing to the order.
They soon came to a fork in the hall, a corridor leading to the right, another leading to the left and the other is continuing the same hall they were in. Zee, Perry and Leon looked at the three branching halls, unsure of which to go. Alex stared at each one, almost as if she was scanning them. The grunts were trying to decide which way to go while the young cop consulted the map for help. The teenager, however, backed away from the hall on the left, fear crossing her ice blue eyes.
Leon looked up from his map and watched her back away from the corridor. "Alex, what's wrong?" he asked as headed for her, dropping his map. The other two looked at them then at the map lying on the floor. This guy had the map to this crazy place and didn't tell them? The grunts gave Leon a dirty look, which he didn't notice, as he tried to console his little sister.
"No go there." the teenager murmured as she continued to stare at the hall. Her brother looked at her with concern as she repeated the same words again. "Alex, why? Why do you say the hall is bad? What makes it bad?" Leon questioned softly.
The girl only looked confused, "I...I don't know. I just feel it bad. Something tell me to no go here."
"Are you sure? The..." the cop began but was interrupted.
"The map," Perry bit out, holding up the piece of parchment, "says to go this way. When in the hell were you going to tell us you had the damn map?!"
The rookie sighed irritatibly, "Sorry. Remind me to tell you as we run from another giant spiked ball of death, okay?!" he hissed, "Besides, Umbrella was one who drew the maps. You can't always trust them..."
"Yet ya had one, Leon." Zee questioned, a brow raised in suspicion.
"Just in case if it was right."
"And what if this is right?"
"And what if it's wrong? Alex says not to go through there."
"Aye, I see yer point, but still..."
"Yeah, what does you sister know about this place? Nothing right? So why trust her word?"
"Are you saying you trust a piece of paper than an actual person?"
"Maps don't lie."
"Umbrella's maps do."
"Look," Perry snapped, "I'm going to prove to you that this map doesn't lie and we shouldn't listen to the words of a child." He tossed the map toward Zee and marched toward the left hall. Alex rushed from Leon's grip and blocked Perry's path. The grunt gave her an ugly look, but she ignored it. "Get out of my way, Alex."
"No! No go here!"
"I said, 'Get out of my way'."
"And I said, 'No'. This is bad."
"This whole place is bad! Where the hell have you been?"
"Please, no go."
Perry glared at her, ignored her plea and pushed roughly past her, walking into the hall. He turned around and held out his arms as a smug look grew on his face. The hall was safe. Relief spread on Leon's and Zee's faces, glad that the map didn't lie, but Alex continued to stare at the man with a grim expression. She knew better than that. Why she knew it, she didn't know.
"Well, I'll be damned. I was wrong..." the rookie cop chuckled.
"Aye, the map is good and we are out of here." Zee agreed as the two began began to follow but the teenager stayed put. The two looked back at her in confusion.What was wrong with her? Perry was fine, the map is good, so why...?
"No move." Alex growled, staring down the hall.
"Alex, Perry just proved that the map was good. So what's wrong?"
"Map lied. Map bad."
"No, he just prove it. Nothin' bad happened to him."
"Yet. Perry goner."
"What?" they asked in confusion but the girl gave no reply as she continued to watch Perry stroll down the hallway. The duo turned around to watch him just as he stepped on a discolored tile...
BOOM!
The hidden mine exploded underneath his weight and sent him flying back. Perry screamed in shock and agony as he stared out in space, pain streaking through his leg. The walls of the mid-section of the hall was splattered with blood and chucks of flesh and only then that the grunt realized that one of his legs had been blown apart by the hidden bomb. The blood and flesh covering the walls was his own.
Both men screamed in horror and ran to help, but Alex reached out, grabbed the backs of their shirts and braced her legs, stopping them from going in. Zee flailed, trying to break away and get to his partner.
" 'ey! What are ya doin'?! Let us go to help my friend!" he snapped but the teenager refused to let go.
"Alex! He needs help!" Leon protested as he looked at his younger sister, who shook her head in dismay.
"Too late. Perry dead."
"What?!"
"Jesus Christ!"
Perry was coming down from his flight and was on the path to another discolored tile. He landed roughly on the hard floor, blood still gushing from whatever was left of his leg. He felt one of the tiles between his shoulders give way and only gave him a few seconds to think about what he done. He knew he was going to die, if he wasn't getting blown to pieces, he'll die from blood loss. Either way he was dead. One thought was that he should have never joined GenX's troops. He knew that they didn't give a shit if you died or not as long as you got the job done but he needed the money.
The second thought was to have never questioned Alex's word. He should have believed in her. She was trying to save his life and he ignored her pleas. Now he was going to die from his own ignorance. And that look...the sad, helpless look that the teenager gave him before he marched into the hall. That look, her pleading eyes will haunt the rest of his short life and afterlife. From his lying position from the floor, he looked at the group and mouthed out that he was sorry.
"PERRY!" Zee howled as the hidden mine finally triggered. He watched in horror as his friend erupted into a bloody shower that stained the walls as shrapnel mine tore the man's body apart. Leon only stared at the event with mixture of fear and disgust on his face. Alex wanted to cry but pulled them aside, away from the hall's entrance to escaped the flying fragments that charged from the hall. The sharp bits flew past them as they laid sprawled on the corridor floor in disgust, horror and sorrow. They've lost a friend and comrade to another of Umbrella's deadly traps. Will this never end?
Leon lifted himself off the floor and glared at the tile as he silently vented his anger toward the egomaniac company. Alex sat up and stared out into space in sadness as Zee thrashed wildly on the floor in rage.
"Why?! WHY?! WHY IN THE HELL DID HE HAVE TO DIE LIKE THAT?!" the grunt snarled to no one in particular, "What in God's name is 'rong 'ith this company?!"
The teen girl flinched at his raging words, she knew the wound in his heart was deep and wasn't yelling at her but it still hurt her to see him like this. She began to cry over the loss of their friend and the fact that they may not live to see another day if things kept up at this rate. Leon came to comfort her while trying his best to vent his anger at the same time.
"It's because of the real board commitiee members. They act like fucking five-year-olds playing spy games and Clue. No one has ever told them that life isn't a fucking board game!" the young cop spat as he thought about the group forty year old men gathered together, playing the world like it was their personal game board.
"My fault. Didn't stop Perry." the teenage girl wailed as she continued to cry. Leon tried to console her again.
"No. No no. You did try to stop him. You did your best." he murmured reassuringly but Alex wasn't buying it.
No, she did not try her best. Her best would have involved knocking Perry out and drag him down the correct hall. She merely tried to block his path and then stood by as he walked by her. Why she didn't grab his arm to stop him was beyond her. It was almost like something told her to not do anything and watch the events unfold. Whatever this was... it scared her. Scared her so badly that she wanted to tell her brother but for some reason she couldn't. That and she didn't want to bother her brother with anything unimportant. The goal they needed to focus on now is to figure out the right path, find the key and get the hell out... not figure out what was going on in her head.
"Still not good enough." she muttered bitterly as she rubbed at her eyes to dry her tears. Her brother blew out his breath as he watched Alex continue to berate herself. It seems that things are actually getting more complicated by the minute. And exactly how did she know that the left corridor was a trap? This was first time she was out of her capsule so...?
"Which way is it, Alex?" Zee asked suddenly as he sat up and looked at her.
She blinked and looked between the two halls that were left. One hall was filled with light by the windows running along the walls of the hall way up high. The other was dark save for the torches that were placed within the hall, even then it wasn't very well lit. Now a normal person would go directly down the shiny hall. Light meant it was good...light meant it was safe. But Alex had a very bad feeling about the well lit corridor, something told her that just because there was light didn't mean it was safe. And the way it was lit... it wasn't right. Light streamed from the windows and covered every inch of the hall's floor, leaving no shadow on the tiled floor. Odd. She stared at it. The light had to play an important role in order for it to bathe the entire floor with "safe" light.
"Not that way." the teen said, glaring at the "heaven" hall. Both Leon and Zee looked at one another then at the hall then to Alex. She was just staring at the light as if studying it and when they asked why, she didn't say anything. She merely picked up a broken bit of rubble and chucked it down the hall. It sailed through the air, cutting the endless stream of light and adding shadow to the floor. For a few seconds nothing happened as the little slab of rock continued its flying path. At first Leon and Zee figured she must be wrong this time, although the rookie cop was pretty sure that she was right about something. Then it happened... the trap triggered.
Dozens of hidden ports opened in the hall and fired hundreds of arrows everywhere. Up, down, left, right, and even diagonally! Not one spot in that hall was safe. The rainstorm of arrows covered the hall like a thick cloud and shredded the rock to bits. Just as suddenly as it happened, it quickly stopped. The hall was now a riddled with arrows. A few seconds later, the trap triggered again then stopped. Triggered and stopped. Triggered and stopped. Over and over the hall continued to cover itself with arrows with every few seconds that passed.
Zee stared at the death trap and cocked his head to one side confused. " 'ey. Why does it keep on triggerin'?"
Leon studied it as it continued to turn itself on and off. "Alex, what was so weird about this corridor?"
"No shadow was touching the floor and nothing distrubed the light." she answered automatically, sounding disturbingly close to a computer. The rookie cop flinched inwardly and sighed. BOW, remember Kennedy? She's a BOW and probably can tell which way is the safest. Ah, that explains why she didn't want to through mine hall that killed Perry.
"So?" Zee muttered as hall continued to fire arrows into itself. Leon turned to him with a grim expression.
"She means that the light is the trigger of the trap. Anyone going through it will disturb the light and add shadow to the floor. That's what sets this thing off.."
"Aye, okay. So why does it keep triggerin'?"
"Because the arrows are casting shadows on the floor. As long as there's a shadow this, " Leon jerked his thumb to the arrow covered hall, "will keeping going. Until hopefully it runs out of ammo. And Ill bet that it has a very large supply since Umbrella can afford to do this."
The group turned to the dark corridor. It didn't look as friendly as the light one.
"So...we go down hell's hall?" the grunt asked dryly.
"We're going to have to go through the nine levels of hell just for a fucking key...so it makes sense." the young cop answered just as dryly.
"Hell's hall...?" Alex murmured to herself. Why did the name sound so familiar? Hell, why does she even know anything about this? This is her first time being here, right?
Does little Alex have problem?
No.
Does Alex want to know a secret?
No.
...Well, I'll tell you anyway.
Not caring.
To tell you the truth, Alex... you've been through here before.
Liar.
I'm actually 100 percent telling the truth.
And I'm actually 100 percent not giving a damn.
Fine...be that way.
I plan to.
Here's some advice for you. Use it if you wish. Watch your surroundings carefully, don't hesitate, and let your senses guide you.
You actually care? Aw...
Don't flatter yourself. I'm telling you this for my own benefit but you may want to take it into consideration if you want your dear big brother to live.
Are you threating me?
Tch. No. Why would I waste my time threating you?
You're threating my brother.
I'm not. I'm just merely warning you. Careful. Being a sandwich or a whole head shorter isn't exactly fun...if you get my drift.
Shut up and go away.
The voice vanished and Alex was staring at the dark hall. Exactly what did that voice mean? And why does it sound so familiar? She shook her head, thinking that the annoying voice was merely playing with her. She stepped toward the entrance and froze. Something was telling her to go last. Telling her to let Leon and Zee go first, not as bait but somehow it was a lot safer for them if she went last. She stepped back from the entrance.
"Alex? What's wrong?" Leon asked as he watched his little BOW sister back away from the hall. Zee watched her as well.
"Aye, don't tell me that this hall is wrong too." he griped.
"It's not. You and Leon go first...I'll go in last."
" 'ey, whoa! I'm not goin' there first!"
She looked at them with a expression that Leon knew he saw before. Claire had used it plenty of times on Chris and on himself once. Big eyes, small mouth and sad expression always seemed to work whenever Claire used it to get out of trouble or convince someone of something crazy. Chris had dubbed this look as "Sad Puppy" but picturing Alex as a puppy just didn't fit her. Leon pictured Alex as a varitey of small animals but none fit...except one. She looked more like small, helpless, lonely wet kitten. A tiny blonde wet kitten with big icy blue eyes and looking at you in hopes of you picking it up and giving it a home... or at least feed it something. Leon sighed, he's going to call this expression as "Wet Kitten" and hoped that Alex won't use it again.
"I'm not going to ask why you want us to go first. Now, please..." Leon sighed, "don't look at me like that. It's depressing."
Apparently, Alex didn't know what he meant by a "depressing look". She just wanted the two safe and sound...nothing more.
"I'm not goin' in first." Zee muttered, digging his heels in on the subject. The rookie just glared him.
"I'll go first if it makes you happy just move before she looks at us with that expression again." he griped, "It makes me feel like adopting kittens from the street."
The grunt stared at him in suspicion.
"Don't ask."
"Aye, I don't wanna know."
The two men walked into the dark hall carefully, trying to make sure they don't set off a trap as Alex followed them in a few steps behind. Nothing happened so far and it seemed to be a safe hall but one can't be too careful. As they walked through the corridor, they noticed that it was actually a pretty long one. Like the one that housed the spiked ball and giant pit of death. Leon scowled.
"If another ball comes at us from behind, I'm going to shoot myself in the head."
"Aye, I hear ya. If we have to jump over another pit then I'm just goin' to jump into it."
Alex walked behind them, eeriely quiet. She didn't say anything or heard their conversation as she tucked her ponytail beneath her coat collar. Which is just as good since they were talking about how to kill themselves it this turned out to be another cliché trap. The teenager was too busy trying to keep alert and watch her surroundings. Nothing was happening and she felt herself growing bored. What was wrong with her? Traps are bad and meant to kill people. Silence and nothing happening in a crazy castle was supposed to be a good thing. So why was she getting bored? Did she thrive on danger and excitement? If she did then something is definetly wrong with her but she'll tell Leon about it later.
Shhhh...
The trio froze in mid step and listened carefully. What was that? Where was it coming from? Wait...Didn't the voice tell her not to hesitate?
Shhh...
They looked over their shoulders. The sound was coming in from behind but it wasn't a giant anything. It was much too soft to be a rolling thing of death or giant opening maw of a pit. What was it?
Shh...
BAM!
The sudden loud sound caused them to jump, startled. Alex squinted through the darkness and noticed a terrible thing. The tiny speck of light that once marked the entrance of the hall...was gone. Something big was blocking the entrance to the hall.
Shhhh...
That sound again. What was it?!
Shhh...
Shh...
BAM!
The teen listened to the sound carefully even as the group jumped again at the loud sound but it came a little sooner than the last one. It was familiar and there was pattern. Alex sifted through an odd mental list of sounds she found in her head and found a match. That match made her icy eyes widen in horror. Oh...SHIT!
"RUN!" Alex shrieked, pushing the two in front of her like Leon had done to her. The two men didn't bother to ask what was wrong, they just took the sounds and her word for it and ran down the hall. So that's what the voice ment by "being a sandwich" wasn't fun!
"Aye, Alex! Don't wanna sound dumb or anything... but what are we runnin' from?" Zee asked as he pumped his arms for more speed as they continued to race blindly down the dark hall. Leon ran ahead of him and snapped back.
"I don't want know! I don't want to know!" he yelled.
"If it helps you move your asses faster then I'll tell you! We're running from crushing walls!"
"Gah! Didn't you hear me?! I didn't want to know!"
"Sorry!"
Suddenly her senses were screaming at her that something was coming at them. Not just the ever hugging walls behind them but there was something else. It was above them, below them, all around them. Whatever it was, it was going to strike soon... like right now! From above!
"DUCK!" the teen yelled and the men obeyed. Ducking down just as a large flat object swiped the area above them, cutting the air with a loud whistle.
"Ayi! What was that?!"
"Zee, if you keep asking her questions I'm going to kick your ass!"
From the left!
"RIGHT!"
They swerved to the right as another large flat object lashed out at their left. The air shrilling once more and the walls behind them continued to slam shut.
Bottom left!
"Keep right!"
Another large object popped up from the floor slashed at the left side. Alex caught a good look at the object. They were axes! Crushing walls and axes?! Overkill!
Uh, oh! Double whammy! Bottom right, top left.
"Go left and duck!"
The group followed orders as the twin axes swiped at the two sides, barely leaving a small square of open space. The walls behind them were slamming shut much faster the further they progressed through the corridor. They continued to run through the nightmarish hall, darkness and torches whipping past as they rushed by. Alex called out a few more dodging directions as the axes kept trying to slice into them. The last section of the hall and the door that led out were close! Almost out! Almost out!
Triple whammy! Top right and left, bottom center.
"Jump and dive through the center!"
Leon carefully followed the instructions. He leapt up and over the center section and slammed into the door. The door gave way and the rookie cop rolled through. Zee followed suit and dove for the door. Now it was Alex's turn but with a couple of problems.
One, the axes switched places at the last minute. Two swung from the bottom, dodging them was no problem. The real problem came when the center axe decided to go the top side and slash there. The other problem? The walls in the final section of the hall were beginning to close and she had already jumped. Leon and Zee screamed in terror as they saw what was happening. She was going to be sliced in half!
Not if she could help it!
She needed to live for her brother's sake and see the world. Alex angled her body and forced herself to dive for the bottom center space and hope that the axes didn't decide to switch back. She hit the ground roughly and rolled under the swinging axes, then pulled out of her roll at the last second and skidded out of the door. She made it through just as the walls crushed the axes with a terrible scream and settled in the center. The hall now was nothing more than a new wall.
Leon was by her side in an instant, checking her over and looking at the wall with wide eyes. "Jesus Christ," he said breathlessly, "What the hell kind of trap was that?!" Alex stood and winced a little. She was fine, a little bruised from her fall but otherwise fine.
"I don't know." she murmured, still slightly unnerved by her knowledge of the trap, "But that was close."
Zee paced back and forth on the plush carpet, trying to calm himself down. "Aye, ya can that again. Crazy ass castle from hell!"
Leon couldn't help but smirk at the name Zee had given it. If it weren't so damn dangerous this place would be a nice setting for a movie or a game.
"Crazy Castle of Horrors." he murmured, "That's a pretty good name for a book or something."
Alex grinned, "Yeah, and we could the ones writing the book."
"Aye, we could make millions."
"True... but for now... let's get the hell out of here before something else goes wrong."
As the group left the new found hall, Alex grew worried. Why did this all feel and look so familiar? And...should she tell her brother how she knew about the traps...or the voice that was in her head. Something told her to not say anything for two reasons. One, he probably wouldn't believe her. Two, how would he react to the news? Another reason occurred to her as she followed them through another door. Would it endanger him if he knew? The teenager frowned at the idea but it was a possiblity. No, she shouldn't tell him anything now until she knew more about it. And... she would never endanger her brother for any reason. She'll kill herself and anyone else that so much as dares to harm her brother. Leon was all she had and all she needed. No one was going to take him away from her. Not even herself. She looked at Leon from behind and nodded to herself. She would say nothing about this...for now.
"Sorry, Leon. But I can't tell you anything about what's going on in me for now. I can only hope that I'll figure it soon. Only then I can tell you and hope nothing bad happens because of it..."
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Next Chapter: (Pending)
Okay, now I need some help. Should I have Sally release the BOWs now or continue to have crazy trap adventures? You decide! Chapter Six is under contruction right now! But I still need to know what goes next, traps or BOWs... maybe both? Plus, if you got any good ideas, be it what BOWs or traps to use... or something like that. Drop me a line, please. My e-mail address is in my bio if you need to know. Thank you! And hope you'll love chapter six when it's posted!
Oh, Sabertooth and Wolf... I may have a surprise for you in chapter six. Or maybe after that chapter...who knows but I hope you like it!
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