-Chapter 7-

Penultimate

Author's Note:

I know I had tipped this as being the final chapter in this story but reading some of the previous comments from you guys got me thinking. I was advised to do something with Ada's wit and Leon's humour so I tried to add that in and add more character to the other survivors in the inn. This is more classic survival this chapter and a get to know of the added characters. I own Penelope Young and Lucas (the inn owner) I do NOT own Resident Evil or any of their characters.

5 hours until midnight...

Leon and Ada had successfully slithered into the territory of a chinese businessman's inn near the rondavu. The younger girl seemed easily shaken, not blaming her for the current state of affairs of planet Earth. The young boy seemed reluctant to release himself from his grasp on his fathers leg. Reloading, the undead killing duo sorted out their equipment in the dining area. Wooden planks had been nailed to the original door Ada and Leon had entered in by, so they would have to escape from the back door. Dust seemed to have made itself a habitat here in the inn as it was strewn on old decorations and objects.

"Do you have any water?" Leon asked as he inspected the amount of bullets his blacktail handgun was currently holding. The owner nodded and disappeared into the kitchen followed by his children. "Do you trust them?" Leon asked as Ada stopped what she was doing and stared blankly at him.

"Honestly, I don't trust anyone," she bite back as she resumed her task. Leon frowned.

"So what's the plan?" Leon tried to get more of a flow in the conversation.

"We do as Wesker asks, I hand you over, then we kick his ass," the man returned with two glasses of water and with his children close by him.

"Thank you," Leon said as he took one glass and took a long drink. Ada took her drink but just shoved it on the table not giving it anymore notice. Leon shook his head at her. "Ada, what's gotten into you?" "Nothing," Ada exploded as she threw her machine gun down. The room fell into an abysmal silence.

RING...RING...

Ada grabbed her phone and walked out the room to answer the call.

"Is she always like this?" the man cut his silence.

"Pretty much, but not normally as on edge," Leon answered as he reloaded his last gun. Ada's tone sounded commanding and irritated. Various intervals of her heated conversation with Wesker.

"Well you'd better be there Wesker, you've put me through hell today and you know how much I hate to clean up other people's mess," Ada sounded down her phone. A grunt was returned and the phone hung up. Ada returned into the dining room looking more furious than ever. The owner retreated into the kitchen with his kids as a fallout seemed to be looming. Ada noticed Leon's expression that showed that he was expecting her to say something. "Can I help you?" she hissed as she returned to her seat. Leon held his hands up and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well I don't know, do you expect me to be a psychic? Whats the deal with Wesker now?" Ada simply looked down pretending he hadn't spoken to her. Leon just lifted his left eyebrow and stared her down. "Leon, seriously, I've had enough, first Carla messing me about, now Penelope," Leon admitted she had a fair point. "But at least, what are we going to do, Wesker's smart," "He may be smart, we just have to be smarter," "How?" "He has multiple guards, we need to eliminate them first of all or they'll just get in the way," Leon nodded slowly, not being to sure about this. "You'll be bait,
that'll drag Wesker out and we can finally end his pathetic existence,"

2 Hours Until Midnight...

Lucas, his name is Lucas. The owner of the inn had finally identified himself earlier on. His kids, Rachel and Dean, had all been here since the mass outbreak in China a few days ago. They said that they were being invaded from the main doors and what was left of their guests, got infected. They said they'd seen a man in a dark coat riding a motorbike in the distance through their binoculars. Who could that be? Luckily, no other hordes of zombies seemed apparent to storm into the inn anytime soon. The wait for the confrontation was dragging out and beginning to get on Ada's nerves. She wasn't used to staying in the same environment for so long. She illustrated being in a place for a lengthy period of time was like being an animal in a bolted cell at a zoo. There was more chance of being exterminated if you were just left standing around.

1 Hour Until Midnight...

Suspense fluttered around as Ada perched herself on the edge of the sofa, eager to go. However, Leon didn't exactly feel like he could trust Ada at all. Her tactics were always to benefit her. It wouldn't be the first time she's thrown Leon in front of a bus and he's had to find himself an escape route. Lucas had bought the two some sandwiches to eat before the rendezvous at the bell tower.

Midnight Approaches...

"Time to go Leon," Ada hauled herself up from her comfortable position on the couch. Leon equipped himself with a blacktail so the two could emerge from the inn without being mobbed quite as much. Parted on each side of the back door, signs of forced exiting were calculated between the two and they opened the door efficiently and walked out. The coast seemed clear as they were in a back alleyway. Lucas tapped on the window from the first floor to make them aware no infected were currently near. Leon gave him a thumbs up to thank him for the hospitality. Ada simply made her way back to the front where the taxi was still parked. "Ada, wait up," Leon said as he chased after her. "How about you keep up," she retaliated. Slipping into the drivers seat, Ada took the main role in the car this time and awaited Leon to flood into the passengers side.
Leon looked through the windscreen to notice Lucas waving his hand madly looking distressed in the front window of the inn. "Ada look," he pointed Lucas out and Ada rolled her eyes. "He's probably upset were leaving," she gave out a cold laugh as she made the engine kick into action. Uneasiness crept into Leons stomach. What if they were in danger? Out of the blue, the back of the car smashed down and the roof of the back smacked onto the back seats. Leon jumped as his heart pounded. Ada chucked herself out of her seat to the surrounding concrete. Leon mimicked this motion only a split second after. Unbelievable, there stood yet another malicious and terrifying axeman. Leon gulped as he got to his feet and started inflicting the biohazard with bullets from the handgun. Ada did the same but from the other side of the car. The axeman drew it's axe from the dead metallic structure of the car that it had just initiated as it was being pounded over and over by bullets from each side. Swiftly, a loud smacking bullet infiltrated the axeman's head. Leon turned to see Lucas in the window of the inn with a rifle. "Leon!" Ada called out as the former police officer swiveled round to find the axeman flinging his axe down in his direction. Leon immediately executed a clean back flip that avoided the impaling axe that just hit concrete on its descend. Ada continuously fired ammunition at the axeman and began a needed retreat back to the inn. Meanwhile, Leon continued his assault on the biohazard as he fired bullets at its head with the occasional shot from the impactful rifle thanks to Lucas.

So? What you guys think? This is the second time Ada and Leon have encountered an axeman. The reason for this is because I think trhe axeman is the best creation in the Resident Evil series and plus the axeman earlier on I killed off to early (in my opinion). The next chapter will definetly be the finale for Resident Evil : Struck At Midnight, and if you thought this was action packed, you've going to be amazed by the ending. Review Please :)