Chapter 8 - Saving Ashley Graham's Life
So, Luis was sadly killed by Saddler only to give Leon and Sarah 'the rest for Ashley when they find her' the pills to slowing down the Plagas within them until they get the cure, for them to show their love and staying close to winning this. With Ada following and hoping to find the missing people with Bruno's help to tracking them down besides following Wesker's orders, she goes in a small room where Jack Krauser was in working for both Wesker and Saddler. Great… Had a shaved blonde hair, a scar on his right eye, a red hat, black tight shirt, so much belt all over his chest, with a belt around his waist, lots of hand grenades on hold around, greenish brown army long pants, black knee pads, long black boots, and carries a long sharp knife he was throwing around in the room. It would seem those two are talking about something to each other about the job quick, I don't trust him one bit and neither does Ada. Are they working with each other uncover or against each other?
"What's the news on our friend Leon?"
"He's not making it easy. The sample?"
"Saddler's got it. It seems he sniffed out our little game."
Jack looks at Ada.
"Perfect…"
Looks like Ada's keeping her guard to stop Jack if needed since he works for Wesker a bit and Saddler since he fixes his arm, he was no longer human anymore.
"Just so we understand each other clearly... I don't trust you, nor does Wesker. If you try to do anything clever, I will kill you."
Either way, Ada wasn't afraid of Jack's words.
"Is that so? You know, I met Wesker long before you."
"We'll see soon enough if you did."
"Yeah, we'll see."
Ada leaves the room for Jack to continue his job with his laughing a little to say one more thing to her.
"Whatever… Who's the other girl traveling with him?"
"Her name's Sarah Lamar, she's very special in Leon's life."
"And what I heard to be Saddler's wife. I don't see why he wants with the likes of her. Why him getting a woman of all people…?"
Jack looks at a photo of Sarah and Betty having fun in one of their trips together that came out of the plane crash to hold on to.
"Just so you know, she means nothing so leave it that way."
Ada leaves for Jack to do his part until further orders, what is Wesker are other plans he has for Ada to do later…? Back with Leon and Sarah since they took their pills to give the other to Ashley once they found her to slow down the Plagas from inside their bodies, all because of Luis did his part to doing so but failed to giving them the cure since Saddler murder them before their eyes. For Sarah to be brave to herself and her Leon, he will do the same to avenging his death.
"They'll pay for your death, Luis. I promise."
The two kept on going in search of Ashley and saying their good-byes to Luis one last time.
"We'll be sure to get the cure back from Saddler, Leon, for Luis's sake. Let's go."
They leave the room for Sarah to feel out on where Ashley was at and Leon knocking down the huge photo frame of Saddler off the wall when they leave the room. Soon hearing a familiar noise coming somewhere of the room, it sounded like Ashley almost, she was downstairs still trap from the walls calling for help for it was no doubt her.
"Help!"
Sarah tells Leon the good news.
"Leon! She's alive! She's downstairs! Come on!"
The two go down a bit to freeing Ashley one shot from the sniper rifle and out of the straps very carefully not to hit her. Though she screamed a bit, she was happy to be out of the mess.
"Talk about near death experience."
"Ashley!"
"Sarah!"
Once Sarah jumps down, the two ran up to hugging each other and happy to be back together as friends with some pills to take.
"Here, Ashley, take these. From Luis, can slow down the things until we get the cure from Saddler."
Ashley takes a few.
"Thanks, so where is Luis and Bruno?"
Before Leon could answer that to Ashley, the three see lots of Zealots come out of the secret doors to stopping them.
"Sarah! Get Ashley out of there!"
Leon had to shoot some from up top and Sarah protecting Ashley from down below.
"Get behind me, Ashley! I got this!"
"Be careful."
Leon shoots many times and Sarah does the same and uses her butterfly knife to stab the rest away for she had to be strong and she knew where to strike at, quick thinking there. After it was all cleared the two girls make a run to the door but it was locked.
"Great! We're trapped!?"
"Leon it's locked...We can't get out!"
More Zealots coming at the girls for Leon to stop so more and Sarah too until someone finds the key in getting out. One try to grab hold of Ashley, but Sarah goes up to him by stabbing him in the back and then kicking him hard.
"Oh, no you don't!"
A quick kick puts this loser down for Ashley to stand next to Sarah.
"Thank you, Sarah."
"Just stay close. I got these guys; Leon will get us out of here."
Leon guns down the other guys including some to shoot flame arrows at him. For one of them had the key for Ashley to get a hold of for her and Sarah to getting out of there.
"Ashley, look!"
Ashley tells Leon from up top.
"Leon, I got the key, we can get out!"
Sarah grabs Ashley arm to stay close to her and opens the door in the other they must find a way out of here. For one Zealot to stopping them, Ashley thinks quickly to use a lamp to putting him on fire and for Ashley to climb under the table to get away with Sarah keeping her safe up front the tow see a lever for Ashley to use in opening a gate door to go through for one end for Ashley and the other for Sarah to turn.
"Come on, Ashley! Nice throw you did there."
"Well, a girl got to protect themselves, don't they?"
"Got that right. I'm sure we can make it through ourselves here."
"Then let's go!"
Once they go down the hallways and into another door being dark, Ashley uses her small flashlight to getting around for her and Sarah. A maze room for them to go around to using the buttons to unlocks paths for them to go to at a time they must follow, as well as being in an old living room now so rotten looking t getting another stone tablet to use for later hiding in the fireplace. Discovering a hidden basement once the puzzle door opening was solved, they go down there with lots of knight statues standing still to solve another puzzle that must be put together for Sarah to do.
"Let me try this out, I was always good solving puzzle pieces."
From moving around a few times for all eight pieces to fit, only one was missing for Ashley gives her that to place on the last spot for the door to open.
"Thanks, Ashley."
"You're welcome."
They enter in a small room with cob webs everywhere, with treasures left out, money, and out of the armor on the chest was a piece of a Salazar Family Insignia metal piece for it might come in handy for the girls again. To showing a hidden thing to turn showing a blue treasure chest and the door closing to getting another item of a shape serpent ornament, looked important for them to leave before the knights come after them. They're alive!?
"Sarah!"
Sarah couldn't shoot those things down so she kicks them hard to fall on top of each other and was hard to getting back up, and she dodges the rest to protecting Ashley.
"Let's get out of here!"
The two make a break for it and some to avoid the incoming axe fall in time to getting out of there. Both Ashley and Sarah got back to the room for Ashley to use the button for the gate to close and the knights unable to getting through or in that was luck for them to leave this time by using the item as they ticket slowing Ashley to making fun of them.
"Freaking morons!"
Ashley gives them the raspberry for them to leave in the next room seeing a note to read together as soon as Sarah says something to her.
"You know those knights weren't really alive but Ganados controlling them, right?"
"Well, yeah. But they did try to kill us. Serves them right."
The girl read the memo from some butler…? Hmm… Looks like Ramon didn't have a family much for Saddler made him unseal the Los Plagas, using him. It looked like the madness changes the awful man on what he was for that person who was writing this was too late in stopping it, too late in stopping Ramon being used by Saddler until he was no more and the Plaga he has within his body was growing and unable to saving him now; in other words no turning back once the Plaga reaches to its adult form inside the body for you're good as dead once hatch and fully grown to killing you or turning you into a monster. Could Ramon know about Saddler using him but only wanted the power he dreamt about? For that the butler continues the work even if it kills him, that's a real shocker there.
After reading that, Sarah and Ashley see a wheel to be turned once Ashley places the metal in the metal to making it work and for Sarah to turn it, for a ladder shows for them to climb up to and then using another key from Ashley's lucky hairpin to getting to Leon.
"He's waiting for us in the next room."
"Then let us unlock this door and go see your man."
Sarah turns red when Ashley mention that to her.
"I knew it!"
"Yes, we're close now. We love each love."
"And keep it that way, you two are very cute together."
"Thanks, Ashley."
The door opens for Leon to see both Ashley and his Sarah alright in getting out of there as a team.
"Leon!"
"Sarah!"
The two hugged each other and kissed.
"I thought I wasn't going to see you again."
"Me too, I'm so glad you're alright. But where's Ashley?"
Sarah points out to Ashley coming out next.
"Right behind me safe and sound."
Ashley says hit to Leon and happy to see each other again.
"Hey, Leon."
"Hey, Ashley. You two did great."
"You guys… I'm sorry if I was..."
Sarah and Leon understood.
"Don't worry about it; we're in this together after all."
"Really?"
"We all get scared, but we must also fight back if we have to. Now come on, you two, let's move on."
The girls followed Leon for Sarah on guard like he was and Ashley staying close to them.
"Here we go once again."
As well as finding the cure and stopping Ramon, all three hope that Bruno was doing alright for he comes running out from somewhere and in a hurry to finding Leon for some reason as Ada makes her way there being quiet and sneaky about it. Did he find the missing people or what? Leon gets another call from Ramon again to answering it for Sarah knows that her boyfriend was strong for Ashley not to run away or hide from the likes of him again.
"Aw...what a touching moment we have here."
"All spoiled thanks to your interruption. Why don't you do us all a favor and leave before the audience gets pissed off?"
"You're nothing but an extra in my script, so don't get too carried away. Your biggest scene is over."
Tayla: like hell he is!
"I don't ever remember being a part of your crappy script."
"Well then, why don't you show me what a first-class script is like: Through your own actions."
Once Ramon hangs up, Leon, Sarah, and Ashley move on and out of the room for good but first Ashley sees that Luis was killed and pays her respects to him before leaving.
"This is just terrible. Poor Luis."
"I know, we'll avenge him."
Sarah tries cheering Ashley up too.
"We'll make sure of that."
"Yes, you're right."
Going all the way back must be a pain to do, huh? But they must in getting where they needed to be at. Leon and Sarah take care of Zealots in the way with gun, fighting skills, and knives until they were all good as dead. They left the place to go back outside, by getting to the door that was lock from the inside as Leon gets Ashley through the window to opening it allowing him and Sarah to go in with her. Then goes back inside going all the way back again for something… Also, buying and selling from Merchant to tell them something even more, like what this time?
"Ah, glad to see you three together again."
"Leon…"
Leon has Sarah's back.
"I got you."
"What a weirdo…"
For Ashley to say to him, as Merchant speaks up.
"What you seek is soon on what you'll soon regret. Before for the Queen of the Parasites to be shown and strike, for a friend holds on to dear life to say something to you, my dear…"
Merchant was talking about Betty and the missing people for what Saddler was doing to them and for Sarah to go save them.
"Betty!"
The three went inside the main church-like hall with purple flames lid up all over, for they had to go on a platform for Leon, Sarah, and Ashley to get across the other side for down below had a pool full over hot lava. Also, Bruno finally comes back after seeing Luis's dead body, he barks and circles around to tell the three something.
"It's Bruno!"
Bruno was just going crazy, not really, he was trying to tell them something.
"What is it, boy?"
Sarah could already tell by feeling Bruno's pain for Merchant was telling the truth for they were getting closer to Betty and the others, he has found them.
"Bruno's found the missing people. Both Betty and me and Ashley's too."
"No way…"
Bruno moves his paw to point to the platform for them to get on for Sarah and Leon to go first and Bruno to protecting Ashley.
"Ashley, wait here with Bruno."
"Okay."
With Bruno and Ashley safe outside and Leon and Sarah to taking care of things through the door being armed and ready to go, in a hot room of boiling pool of lava like being inside of a pyramid where a big blue treasure box was left up top for them to get, Sarah knows that but her mind was on saving her friend after the plane crash to see if she was alright and the others, but Leon didn't want her to go alone.
"Sarah, please. Stay with me."
"But, Leon…"
Sarah's hands were shaking with her gun in her hand, for Leon places his on hers to calming her down.
"It's okay, I know how you feel. Let me stay by your side through this, please?"
Sarah knew she wasn't alone anymore and she was in love.
"If you say so. Let's go."
"Thank you."
Looking around the hot room for the two to stay very close and on guard, it was so humanity to being in but no doubt having some dead bodies chop into tiny pieces all over was one proof to be shown all over the ground and some burning up in the lava for the statues of dragons had them pouring out of their mouths fast, can die from a powerful burn in seconds there. Soon seeing lots more women all dead and chain up with leftover food all rotten and flies all over 'for most', they were all dead for Sarah to feel out. Looks like her and Leon got their answers where the other missing people have gone to for most even for Sarah and Ashley getting trapped. They soon see lots of what appeared to be egg shells from something unreal, if it was the Plagas how can that be? Doesn't it be made from the host's body to grow and kill from the inside out? Looks like it must be done by a living human girl, once the Plagas are fully grown if it's a male will be pregnant to the females into her stomachs to feed on things to be raw like meet. Reminds you of Slither movie, doesn't it? It's similar almost…
The more they eat even though they don't want to but they must to give birth, they grow and explode for the stomach to split open wide for the eggs to be born. As for the female ones, can b cared for in somewhere special leaving the males to all the dirty work. So, this is what Saddler was planning on the other girls he didn't want leaving Sarah to be his unharmed and might do the same to Ashley to be brought back as a beast until she gives birth and dies. That's his plan! For some to show up dead with their stomachs a bit big and ripped out all over, Sarah felt one still alive from behind being a bit bigger to see, she didn't want to know who it was but she had to see for herself with Leon behind her.
"Sarah, it's okay. I'm here for you."
It looks like this business seem to work in hot rooms because the Plagas are fine around warm places like the one Leon and Sarah were in… Once they walk up to the other side of the big hot room, they come across a horrible sight 'if you could image in your heads by describing it while reading this part next', it was no doubt Betty for Sarah to see her barely breathing right in front of her. From her reaction, she looks shocked and upset in tears coming out for she and Leon see Betty so bloated up like a balloon ready to burst out next for she was bigger than the rest and still alive, but sadly not for long and soon to give birth to more Plaga eggs after she was the use carrier Saddler needed until she was dead. Bastard! Leon felt so bad for Sarah seeing her this way and knowing she survive the plane crash but got capture. Okay, think of someone who way over 400 pounds or more of a woman's weight and what Betty has turned into by force feeding and pregnant is gross and painful to image, right? Who was also having trouble breathing right and coughing up blood for it was time, she sees Sarah standing next to her for she knew she was alive and Bruno would bring them to her before she passes away. As she spoke, it was hard for her as she couldn't move any muscle from her body at all, it was a nightmare.
"Sa… Sa… Sarah…? Is that you…?"
Sarah answers back to Betty.
"It's me, Sarah Lamar…."
Betty smiles a little and coughs again for Sarah walks up to Betty's big body slowly.
"I knew it. I knew you were alive. My parents were right about you, you are the one. You are special."
Sarah places her hand on Betty's stomach gently.
"Go easy, will you? You were always a worry wart."
Sarah now knows it was really Betty.
"Oh, God Betty! What happen to you?"
Leon was gross out but couldn't do anything to save Betty though he wishes he could.
"Excuse me, Betty? But what's been happening to you? To the other girls here?"
Sarah painfully answers that to Leon.
"Saddler's doing. He uses the girls he doesn't need to make more Plaga eggs until they explode like my friend here."
"You got to be kidding me."
Betty soon screams in pain for her stomach was pushing from the inside out to breaking out.
"No! Not yet-!"
"Betty!"
Leon grabs Sarah away from Betty's body.
"Get back!"
Though Sarah and Betty were far apart again, they reach their hands to each other a little to touch for they always played together and growing up for six years as a fun memory until now.
"Betty! Don't leave me again!"
"Sorry, but I am. Sarah, I see you got someone with you and more friends. It's the end of me. So, protect them and him for a better tomorrow. Save yourself from being Saddler's wife. He's a monster-!"
Betty tires holding up a little longer before it happens to say one more thing.
"But why me!?"
"Just don't forget about me for our friendship's strong. Sarah! I know how you can stop that damn monster Saddler and those Plagas! You are the key! Your blood can cure those that are having them to die off, find it and use your blood! Only from you can come from a man you really love after having-!"
Betty tries telling Sarah the last few words to say so fast that she couldn't catch it too well to only read the lips then soon she splits open to bleed out and die for all the Plaga eggs scatters all over the room for Sarah to scream in terror and sorrow once she saw that, Leon covers her head by hugging her. Betty will be missed; poor thing die so horribly.
"Don't look, Sarah! Don't look! Look at me, okay? You've been through too much!"
Leon just kept saying that to Sarah and moving slowly standing up and hugging her without let go until Sarah calms down, and for him not to cry to seeing her best friend gone like Luis to getting back at Saddler for good after what he has done. Soon some comes crawling out of the shed body of Betty's being a female appearance of a Plaga flying around and it was huge leaving the body of a shell to be burn into the lava and the creature to killing the two of them.
"Betty…?"
"That's not Betty anymore. Another Plaga who's very nasty looking."
Leon was right for he and Sarah see one that was brownish gray with wings of a dragonfly of four, an arrow like head with no eyes, having large teeth and a nose to smell and hear out the prey, having claws for the long arms, as the other six legs were long like a spider's, body was long like a worm's, and had a long stringer like scorpion does with a needle sticking out. For it flies, crawls, and fights of the She-Plaga was born and out of Betty. Leon had to get the item some way and get out.
"Sarah! Stay behind me!"
But Sarah walks up to the monster surprising Leon that she wasn't afraid of this one to be facing with.
"Leon! Go get the treasure chest, I got this one."
Before Leon could stop Sarah from putting herself n grave danger, again he felt what she was feeling to understand her pain if she would do the same for losing someone he cared about ever again so he loads up and so did Sarah to doing one thing from side to another and then getting out.
"Alright, I understand. Don't let Betty's death be in vain. I got this. Just promise me you'll be careful."
"I promise you, Leon."
"Good luck."
With Leon shooting down the hot chains holding the part that were moving a pool of it to the other side with his riffle, from the left and the right for two red treasure chests to be shown he goes to them one side after another. As Sarah takes on She-Plaga on her own to shoot at it many times to dodging each bullet from flying away and coming down to clawing or stinging her unstop for Sarah to avoid her striking moves, to soon tackling her to the ground and trying to bite Sarah's face off to move away in time by kicking it off her. Then flies after Sarah to stinging her to getting it suck on the walls because it was so hot for the She-Plaga to removing it giving Sarah a chance to shoot all four wings off her painfully being shot out.
Screaming loud like a wild animal, the She-Plaga could still climb, crawl, and run fast after Sarah for she couldn't shoot it down this time so she had to out run it until she can strike at a better angle again when she has the chance to. Really Sarah was making sure that She-Plaga doesn't go after Leon.
"You want me, Plaga Queen!? Then come and get me!"
With the chase and fights continuing for a girl on girl battle all over the room, Leon makes his way across the spinning platform and getting to the other side in stopping lots of Arabian-like Ganados in his way to shoot down and wearing wear clothes on, he was more worried about Sarah's safety. Sarah runs around the place until she got the creature close enough to her to shoot in the mouth but was still standing, moving back from She-Plaga to bumping into her large eggs to fall in the lava making her mad for she had to do it any way without getting kill from the queen first. The creature tackles Sarah to fall into the pool of hot lava instead for her to hold her ground by blocking her large mouth with her butterfly knife.
"Sorry, I'm not on your menu."
She-Plaga tried using her sharp legs and claws instead to cut Sarah down, though she gets hit in the arm badly and many times to bleed a huge wave of lava comes popping out of the bottom where they were standing in to splash down. For Leon sees it thinking it got to Sarah.
"Sarah!"
Leon took care of the Ganados by shooting, kicking, and cutting them down while getting some items to soon making sure if Sarah was burned up. She wasn't… Sarah grab on to a moving metal chain to be picked up in the air in time for She-Plaga to smell her out too and climbs on to the walls to getting her. Though she wasn't burned, half of her shoulder almost getting her skin was.
"That was a close call."
Leon was happy to seeing Sarah alright, and then more Ganados comes down with dragon statues breathing out fire at him all over for him to avoid. Leon shoots the chain off to putting him down under for when Sarah saw that and the She-Plaga got burned a bit to losing a leg to lip gave her an idea by fighting it head on with her knife since she couldn't shoot it down. The creature goes to her from biting or clawing to cutting was like watching sword fight happening for Sarah stayed on her guard trying to stop the Plaga Queen herself for she was doing that for avenging Betty and the other people too; a stairs was made for Leon to go on to for inside the blue chest had a piece of a ion ornament, like the other three that could open the door now as he also fights with more Ganados after him, with She-Plaga killing some in her way.
"I got it."
Looks Leon's good for he fights back and hopes that Sarah's doing well in her first big fight. For she was staying alive just from many cuts for She-Plaga to be bleeding wasn't doing her any good. Trying to get her off the edge to burning to death, Sarah jumps over the She-Plaga to kicking her hard to the face, leaving the monster mad to stinging her again; only this time she crushes her own children to be crying out in pain and the hot room causing the goo eggs to melt really fast to hardening to trapping her for the claws couldn't break free in many scratches to soon Sarah shoving a couple of eggs in her mouth so she wouldn't try to bite her faced off again. The creature was defenseless for Sarah to shoot another bucket full of lava to come pouring all over her body like a huge wave from the ocean's shore. She looks at She-Plaga once more to fire to shots from her gun and gets up in time as if she knew what she was doing in battle, from her powers.
"This one is for Betty!"
A huge splash created a huge wave of lava to pop up all over She-Plaga to be burned all over her body and all over her eggs to in a gruesome way to die. For Sarah got out to higher ground for Leon comes back to her to see that the lair of force feeding nightmare in creating more Plaga eggs was no more or the queen, Betty could now rest in peace.
Tayla: What? I wanted a female boss in this story of the game made up at least. So, I did.
Sarah did her part, but didn't get what Betty meant to tell her before she died being left as a mystery. Leon comes up to Sarah hugging her.
"Sarah…"
"Leon. I can't believe I did it."
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
"No, I'm good. Thanks for asking me."
The two kissed.
"It must have hurt stopping that thing alone after what she did to your friend."
Sarah cries a little knowing she can stop Saddler to making sure that the people, Betty, and Luis can all be avenging.
"It had to be done. I know Betty didn't want me to give up fighting. So, whatever she means from before, I will find out. Leon, will you help me?"
The two hold hands.
"I will. Help you learn about your special gift and finding your long-lost brother."
"Thank you, Leon. At least we destroyed the eggs. Let's head back to Ashley and Bruno."
Leon still had like three stone keys to use on the wall puzzle to be open.
"You're right. We got a door to open up."
Leon never had seen how well Sarah could fight back, she proven herself to him well but for one part to do alone there for a human with a cure. If what Betty said a bit so far and Luis for her to save herself, Leon, and Ashley can stop the Plagas with the cure Luis made for them that Saddler has. I hope so too… Getting back outside of the room being no room but an empty grave yard, Leon and Sarah reunite with both Ashley and Bruno for the dog knows what they had to see was horrible 'and the same with Ada from afar seeing the whole thing quietly for herself to leaving afterwards'. Bruno leads the way to the door for Leon to using the keys for Ashley to check on Sarah if she was alright, she will be for she knew her friend didn't want her to see her this way.
"Ah, Sarah?"
"I'm good, Ashley. We got what we needed and stop something from happening, let just keep on going."
"What did you two see in there?"
Ashley wanted to know at least.
"Just a painful thing that we couldn't save any lives, but never forgetting our place to live on along with discovering something too."
Looks like a bit sad but Sarah's a strong girl for Bruno barks with a smile on his face telling Ashley that all was well for her to believe in that and so she did. Soon seeing a cart 'looking like a ride than transporting to somewhere in the building' for the four to go on, getting to somewhere of the place to going through a metal door where it leaves them back from a while back before Ashley was capture in the trap by unlocking the door to get where they needed for Bruno, Leon, Sarah, and Ashley to go to. Leon sees the walls for three pieces to fit on to unlocking the door – from lion, goat, and snake of a chimera picture. Making a path to walk through from where Ramon was standing up on top when they first met him, to going to a golden door outside of the church.
"You girls stay close to me. You too, Bruno."
Bruno barks meaning he understands, as well as Sarah and Ashley understanding their place too with Leon protecting Ashley same with Bruno and Sarah.
"Okay, Leon."
"If your fights are as tough as the one n the lava room and the barn, must be kind of rough afterwards."
Another cart to go on again being outside instead for Sarah and Leon to sitting closer together and Bruno laying down next to Ashley for them to go somewhere else, but where to…? Inside of the building that was hidden well, just not well enough. All four were inside now to getting off and then through the door of a nice hallway-like living room area being so big, for the winds to come out from the big windows being opened and the curtains to move around, all didn't seem so peaceful and quiet besides nice things inside a very strange building.
Going to the next room, it looks like Leon and Sarah must solve a puzzle by moving things around to unlocking something from one statue to the hidden opening doors on the floor.
"Sarah, you get one end and I'll get the other."
"Alright, let's do this."
With Bruno and Ashley waiting for them, once Leon and Sarah carefully push all two statues from one corner and the other leaving Ashley and Bruno to stand on the remaining two of the four. And for that, the lights turn on and the door opens for them to go into, not after Leon and Sarah shoot out the traps from above the ceiling that could be dangerous.
"All clear, let's go."
Once that was done… Leon, Sarah, Ashley, and Bruno enter inside for Sarah to sense out more danger close by and Bruno to bark and growl at as well, for it was Ramon meeting up with them by surprise, what the hell does he want this time? Another kidnap? A trap? Capturing Ashley and Sarah? Or trying to kill Leon in front of them to see?
"It's Ramon!"
Ashley got behind Leon, Bruno, and Sarah to protecting her.
"You!"
"Ah, Mistress… Naughty, naughty for killing our beautiful Plaga eggs and the queen once inside your fussy friend of yours now dead. But you fought so well. No wonder why Lord Saddler wants only you… As for you, Mr. Kennedy, I think you've lived long enough. Let's see if you, the girls, and the puppy dog can survive this time."
The door closes shut and the ceiling started to come down slowly with spikes on them for the four were about to be in paled to death.
"No!"
Ramon escapes to the other door laughing for Bruno runs up to biting him in the arm as he tries to push him off.
"Ah! Stupid mutt!"
Ramon runs off with Bruno chasing after him for he summons lots of deadly wolves and his gun out just in case about to shoot at Bruno in the other room. While back inside the trap, Leon, Ashley, and Sarah better get out quickly to follow Bruno too where they just left.
"Bruno!? Bruno!?"
"Bruno!? Where are you!?"
The three got out alright for the ceiling was taking too long to be closing in on them, for Ashley and Sarah try calling out for Bruno with no luck for they kept on going with Leon trying to find him first, they see blood on the ground belonging to Ramon after being bitten by Bruno.
"This way."
The further they ran, the closer they were getting to Bruno hearing loud barking and growling from him and other wolves stopping him in a big dog fight for Sarah to feel out and then it happens, a loud bang coming from a gun was shot out twice and all was silence for the wolves gotten quieter and no signs of Bruno anywhere.
"No! Bruno!"
Sarah goes to see if Bruno wasn't shot at all and saying to herself not to be dead repeatedly with Leon and Ashley following her.
"Sarah! Wait up!"
It looked like it took place in a wine storage room where the trail of blood ends, for they see an animal lying dead in a pool of blood all over the floor. Ashley didn't want to look and Leon feared the worse if that was Bruno, but Sarah touches the fur for she didn't look worried at all in other words…
"It's not Bruno. It's a dead wolf with the Plaga in it. He's still alive."
Ashley was so happy to hear the good news.
"So, he's alive!"
"But where is he?"
Leon, Ashley, and Sarah search all over with no sign of Bruno to be found.
"I don't know. Be happy he isn't dead. We better go find him."
"Good idea. And watch out for anymore booby traps."
Looks like Bruno's alive somewhere, but where at? Is a good thing he wasn't shot from Ramon, meaning?
That he shot one of the wolves without looking? Coward…
Tayla: Yeah, like I'll have that cute white dog to die in my story. So nope.
After finding no signs of Bruno in the room but a grail to use for later to unlocking something again, Leon, Sarah, and Ashley try to find Ramon somewhere. But Ashley steps outside of the storeroom for Zealots in a huge driller machines comes crashing through the walls to kill off Ashley and trapping Sarah and Leon inside with the gate down, so they must shoot them down.
"Ah!"
"Leon, let's take them down!"
"Ashley, keep your head down!"
Leon shoots the one on the right and Sarah on the left, and then the door opens back up for Ashley to joining back with them to go to the other room. Close call there!
"Too close, I thought I was going to turn into cheese."
Ashley stays close to the two in protecting her.
"No time to think of food at a time like this, Ashley."
Leon, Sarah, and Ashley headed to one small room with a table for a picture of Luis was shown with darts sticking out and a note saying 'sample retrieved'. Looks like someone working for Ramon says that they got the cure back thanks to Saddler's doing from Luis trying to save the three, also says that they're hiding it from Ada getting her hands on it 'figures'. It seems they'll get back Sarah to Saddler's arms, capturing Ashley, and kill off Leon for sure… And that's it I guess being that short. Leaving that room to go into an art gallery-like with paintings all over the walls and a lion statue in front of them to see.
Seeing more knights, Ashley knows it's another trap for Leon to dodging all over their incoming axe throw downs and Sarah too until they all fall apart. Entering in the next room Leon grabs the King's Grail along with having the Queen's Grail for another trap to be made once the door closes on the three, for lots of knights to come to life and stopping them for Leon and Sarah take them on and Ashley ducks and covers quickly.
"Not these guys again!"
Leon shoots on for the helmet to be removed showing that Plagas were controlling them.
"There's your problem. Time to put them down."
Sarah shoots all three at point blank range for Leon to throw a flare bomb to blowing them up and the armors to fall apart.
"Piece of cake there."
"Sarah, now you're mentioning food."
"Sorry…"
The two girls laugh together and soon the door opens back up for them and Leon to get out of the room. They enter in a dark looking room from the beginning to where they started from to one where Merchant gives them things once again and feeling bad for Sarah in discovering the truth.
"My dear, please forgive me for telling you everything. I'm sorry for your lost."
Sarah seems to trust in Merchant a strange man he was but an alley to them.
"It's fine."
Merchant soon turns his attentions to Leon to say something to him next.
"Can I help you with anything?"
"Well, just one… An old friend has turn against you to be very aware of. No longer human, more of a monster. So, keep that in mind. Also, go luck on your search for the cure, you three. Again, come back anytime."
Once they left, Leon was very confused, but he knows he has Sarah by his side.
"I wouldn't worry, Leon."
"I know. Like you, I wish I knew what he met there."
Getting back to the hallways, Leon and Sarah see Zealots standing by with swords in their hands to strike down at the three if they try to come by. Will they? Nope. Leon and Sarah shoot them all down even the ones using the shields. Losers… Once that path was cleared Leon, Sarah, and Ashley kept on moving. For near the door stood two statues on each side for Leon to place both grails of the king and queen allowing the door to open and go into. Going into the room seeing an opening window for Leon to walk out 'wit the girls following him' to see something very big and ugly in the next room looking like an eye for something to hatch out of. He shoots it down many times, leaving a huge hole down below.
For Leon walks through allowing Sarah and Ashley to go down once that was cleared up from following him.
"Let's go, Sarah."
Sarah stops for something was watching them. Another insect of the Novistador to come flying down and snatch Ashley in the air to being capture yet again from the two for Ashley to scream in terror and being carried out.
"Damn it!"
"Not again!"
"Leon! Sarah! Help!"
"Ashley!"
Leon and Sarah couldn't keep p with the giant bug in time to flying off with Ashley, though Sarah tries to keep Leon strong like she was too with a kiss on the cheek for there was hope left.
"Don't worry, we'll get her back."
Soon they heard a noise meaning there was more than one Novistador for Leon shot down their nest and their queen to all come swarming out to killing them from underneath.
"Great! More of them! Sarah, stay close!"
"What!? I so hate bugs!"
The two stay close from back to back to shooting all the bugs down coming at them, much freakier than the way Sarah fought against She-Plaga. They shoot them in order to leaving the room they came from, but they come crashing through the door and won't stop 'with their eyes glowing bright red until they kill their prey'; Leon kicks one of them and Sarah tries cutting one flying above her with her knife allowing Leon to getting them closer to throw a hand grenade and blowing up clean dead in time, but more came to shooting down the rest and one was on Sarah trying take her away.
"Sarah!"
Leon grabs her from the foot to pulling Sarah back to him for the Novistador to getting her back from him. For Sarah shoots it in head to fall on top of Sarah but pushes it right off her. Leon burns the rest of them down with his flare grenade and Sarah sees one freaking her out more like the way her Father and the woman experimented on her body with horrible flashbacks happening, seeing her Mother gone without remembering her much, her friend Betty dying, Luis's death, and Saddler doing terrible touching all over her body made her blow up. To taking her anger out of her Father, Ramon, and Saddler for what they had done to her.
"Father… Saddler… Luis is gone, so are Betty, Bruno's missing, and Ashley's kidnapped again… I HATE YOU!"
Leon sees Sarah go charging in at the giant bug to kill using her knife to stab right in the head to go down dead and bleeding all over.
"DIE!"
Sarah kept stabbing until her arm got tired to shooting until the body was all splatter-like everywhere in her anger, for afterwards she ran out of bullets to shoot no more to be kicking the left-over body many times to screaming her lungs out in pain for getting all of it out of her fear and anger gone, for Leon came up to calm Sarah down from behind just holding her.
"Sarah! Calm down! You won!"
Sarah started to breathe slowly to soon coming back to reality to see she nailed the Novistador well, but seeing the bug guts all over her and the knife to seeing how dangerous she could be from her gift and what she did during the fight with She-Plaga.
"My God… What have I done…?"
Sarah started to cry with Leon turning around to lift Sarah's chin up for him to see her face and hated to see her crying so much and feeling her pain she went through.
"It's not your fault, Sarah… It's no wonder they were abusive, stuck in from being a test monkey and raped by Saddler, that sick bastard. Like this...It was for the better, you did no wrong...You're not going to suffer from them anymore... and you made sure of that."
Leon helps Sarah back on her feet.
"Thank you, Leon. It looks like I'm free."
Leon kisses Sarah on the lips.
"You are, I'm here for you. I will be for you always."
"I love you so much."
"I love you too, Sarah."
The two went back to the room all cleared out, for Leon to pull the lever to lower the bridge down allowing Leon and Sarah to shoot the chains right off with their guns 'once Sarah reloaded hers'. Making their way through to the next room to stopping some Zealots from standing around outside, to getting inside to another building to go in from one room and then again to the next; Leon and Sarah stayed strong for them to finding Ashley once again and Bruno for they both hope for Ada was doing fine on her end, don't wanted her to be dead. Soon Leon gets a call from Ramon for him to answer.
"I wonder if you can see me, Mr. Kennedy? I got the girl and me still waiting for Mistress to return with me."
Sarah shouts out to Ramon to hear her.
"Shut up!"
"If you scratch her, I'll break your bones."
"First, we'll see if you can make it this far. I'll be waiting."
Once Ramon hangs up, Leon looks from his binoculars seeing Ramon with the other Zealots bringing Ashley to the other building all tied up for he knew they were watching them.
"Shit."
"We're coming for you, Ashley!"
Sarah had the right to saying that out loud for her and Leon went to the other side to getting to Ashley and getting rid of Ramon next. If their love was strong, they can beat Saddler and his goons to saving the world. For Sarah, will try to be strong for her man and saving her friends like Ada and Bruno wherever they were, so what lies for the many traps left for them? Also, when is Ramon going down? Stick around for more surprise and fight to happen next time… :D