Plague of Darkness

A/N: My last chapter was rather short, so let's make this one a little bit longer shall we?

Leon released the chamber for his sniper and then stuck in eight rounds of his sniper ammo. He cocked the rifle and then slung it over his shoulder as the gondola came to the Canyon Station. He and Ashley stepped onto the solid ground, and looked around. Leon suddenly heard gunshots.

Ada

"Bastard!" Ada jumped out of the way as a Ganado threw an axe at her. She rolled as she hit the ground and fired two shots into his legs. The Ganado wobbled and fell onto the alter in the cave area. He was moaning in Spanish and clutching it his legs, shaking uncontrollably. Ada turned and saw another one wearing a straw hat. He shot it point blank in the head. The bullet exited and slammed into the wall. Guts and blood sprayed on the wall, and the Ganado fell to the ground.

"That's that." She heard the moaning and turned, and saw the Ganado. She walked over to him and pulled out her Punisher. She let the targeting laser find its way to the middle of the head, and she pulled the trigger. Blood sprayed all over the alter.

Leon

"That was a gunshot!" yelled Ashley, pointing to a cave complex. Leon looked where she was, and he swore he saw a flash of red up there. There was definantly someone up there.

I remember the sound of a shot like that earlier…at the Chief's house…

It's the same person.

The woman in the window?

"Ashley, let's just keep moving. We need to find somewhere to lie low, and that castle seems to be a good place for now." Ashley nodded, and began to go to the Gondola Station. She looked inside and found that there was broken glass all over the place. She picked some small shards with her fingers and smiled at Leon.

"This looks freshly broken…someone broke in." Leon looked at Ashley and then walked over to the door on the other side. He opened it. There were some villager bodies all on top of each other, all with a single round red hole dead center on their head. Leon regarded them darkly, it was definantly the work of a professional. Someone else was here. He turned around and left the station.

"Leon, I found some bullets, what do you make of them?" asked Ashley, catching up to him. He turned and held the pack that Ashley handed him. They were six shot bullets. He smiled and handed them to her.

"They're for your gun. C'mon, let's go. We need to find the Village chief, he has the key to that scanner." Ashley nodded and stuck the pack of bullets in her belt. Leon went down another pair of steps, and then he found himself looking into a canyon. The blue flame of the creepy merchant could be seen in the darkness. Leon stepped forward, looking above him for boulders. They came to a steel gate. Beyond it was a dense forest. Leon grabbed his pistol and slowly opened the gate.

"Stay behind me Ashley." Ashley nodded and was close behind Leon. They went into the dark forest, and shut the gate behind them.

Krauser

"Ah…they are about to approach Mendez. He wanted to do this alone, so I let him. Krauser, I must finish my preparations in the castle, and I need to get a hold of the Plaga Sample that has been misplaced. It is somewhere in the castle, I have every available man searching for it. I want you to head to the island and brief my Marines on the situation…if you can. Also prepare "It". Krauser stopped looking onto the Lake, and faced Saddler.

"Yes, My Lord."

"Also…try and get a hold of Ashley if possible…she's been a real pain in the rear. And…kill Mr. Kennedy." Krauser nodded. Saddler nodded, and exited the balcony. Krauser turned and waited for his footsteps to cease. He smiled and then pulled out his radio.

"Ada, this is Krauser. Respond."

"Ada here."

"Ok, Mendez is in the warehouse beyond the small valley. Do you have visual assurance that the Agent passed through there? If he did, it will make my job a lot easier then it already is." Krauser could sense hesitation at the other end of the line.

"…Yes, he has already passed through. He should be arriving soon." Krauser laughed, and then turned around and faced the moon.

"Mendez will take care of him. Start heading to the castle." Krauser cut the transmission.

Leon

"Ashley…wait outside…go hide." Ashley nodded and ran to the side of the warehouse. Leon opened the door, and aimed his pistol inside. There was no one. Inside the warehouse there were barrels and boxes stacked on top of each other. There were also a top level with a ladder that would allow someone to go up there. There were also two windows, on the east and west sides of the warehouse. Leon didn't like the feeling of the place. There was also an explosive barrel at the side. He could use it possibly. He suddenly felt someone breathing on his neck. He shot around but his attacker grabbed him by the throat and began to lift him up. Leon recognized it as the village chief. The chief held his arm out, but Leon kept hold of the gun. The chief grunted and threw Leon into a beam in the room. Leon smashed the beam hard and felt the wind get kicked out of him.

My god-

Leon coughed, clutching his throat, gasping for air. The Chief walked towards him, and bared his yellow rotting teeth. He reached back and shot at Leon's throat again to finally kill him. Leon rolled out of the way and kicked the flammable barrel down. Gas began to leak out of it, and it pooled around Mendez's feet. Mendez looked at it curiously.

"Hasta Leugo." Leon shot at the pool of gas and it went up in flames. Leon stood up, and smiled, when suddenly heard the sound of a sword coming out of its sheath. He looked at the burning flames, and almost threw up.

The man's huge coat was gone, revaling a long centipede-like spine coming from a pair of legs. The chief's head was on top of the long spine, along with his upper body.. He had prey mantis-like hands coming from his back. He lunged at Leon, making an inhuman growl. Leon jumped out of the way and fired a volley of pistol rounds at the monster. It roared as the bullets pierced the flesh. Leon holstered his pistol and pulled out his TMP. He looked to his side and climbed the ladder up to the second level. The fire that he had made now completely consumed the warehouse. The flames licked up the walls and the barrels, luckily none of them were flammable. Leon turned on his laser sight and aimed at the monster's head which was it his level. He held the TMP with his left hand and began to sprint along the walk, firing bullets. It screamed in pain and the head fell to the lower level. Leon ran to the middle of the walk and quickly reloaded his TMP. He then jumped, firing into the things head, and grabbed onto the beam the Chief had thrown him into. He landed, and then faced the monster. It was trying to keep its balance, when suddenly he heard a huge crack.

The top of the chief's body broke off from the spine, and the bottom half of the body fell to the ground, dead, except for the legs which began to wander aimlessly. The chief began to hang from the beams with the arms that had emerged from his back. Leon put away his TMP and pulled out his shotgun.

"Eat this bastard!" He pumped the shotgun and blasted a shot into the chief's face. It squealed in pain and fell down. Leon put his hands on his legs and bent over, huffing and puffing. Suddenly the monster jumped into the top of the warehouse, and disappeared in the smoke. Leon aimed up but couldn't find it anywhere. Suddenly a body smashed into him and sent him flying into the door. He felt a crack-

My spine-

And he slid down the door, wincing in pain. The monster cackled, and Leon's adrenaline began to pump through his veins. He jumped up and fired a shotgun round into the monster's torso. It swung on the beam it was hanging on, and seemed disoriented. He ran up to it and did a spin kick, sending it into the boxes. It squealed again. Leon ran up to it and began to fire rounds into its torso. As he fired his last round, he threw down his shotgun and twisted the monster's neck with his legs. It twitched, and then died. Leon's heart took five minutes to become normal again. The heat was beginning to get to him. He reached up, very dazed, and pulled out the monster's red glass eye without even realizing it. He stood up, with his hand on his shotgun, and suddenly blacked out.

Ashley, don't tell him that we talked, alright?

Ok…

A/N: I have updated yet again, I hope you enjoyed!