Disclaimer: I don't own Resident Evil...and I've just lost two seconds of my life saying it.
Authoress' Note: (Please READ) Thank you dear readers for reading this fic and your lovely reviews! As I have mentioned in the summary, this was inspired by 1wingangel's fic: Resident Evil 4: Real Life Edition! Truly an amazing fic and you should read it before reading mine. Savin' Me is done by Nickleback and Hero is done by Chad Kroeger. Man, I love these songs! They fit, right? I apologize for leaving out the fanboys of Leon, sorry!
1wingangel and Nicole this fic is for you!
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Resident Evil 4: A Fangirl's Dream Come True!
Chapter Six: The Bella Sisters and the Gondola Lift.
We trekked back toward the first area of El Gigante's passage, by passed its muddy corpse and through the gate. As Leon pulled the lever to the left, I was shaking from both the cold and the fact we had to get through the Bella Sisters in order to get to the final village gate and leave this place for good. With Leon's current weapons, I wasn't sure if we could live through their attack or worse...Leon wouldn't be the one to make it. I decided that I wasn't going to allow the agent to face them alone.
As my hero went past me to go through the left door, I reached out and stopped him. Startled, the agent looked at me in surprise as I gave him my best hard gaze. "Leon, whatever is behind that door, I want to let you know that I'm going to help you whether you like it or not."
Leon blinked in surprise, "But what if there is something a lot worse than the giant or the villagers?"
I didn't soften my gaze, "I said, 'Whether you like it or not'. I'm not going to let you charge off and get hacked to pieces by yourself. As long as I have grenades and able to fight, I'm going to help you out."
The agent returned the cool stare, "I don't like it. I prefer if you hid and I take care of whatever is going to attack us. I was instructed to protect you at all costs."
I narrowed my eyes. "I don't care what the government says, they didn't experience the horrors that you faced in Raccoon City. They didn't have to wade through the city sewers, fighting off zombies and who knows what else. They're not going through the dangers we're facing now." I growled angrily, "Like I said before at the farm, 'Your mission fails either way if one of us dies.' What's the point of you dying heroically if I'm going get captured and turn into their religious figure?!"
Leon sighed, knowing well that I could argue about this all night. And the fact that what I said so far was true. "Fine, but at least keep close where I can see you."
I grinned suddenly, "Are you sure you're not part Hispanic? That's the Latio way of babysitting...'Be where I can see you.' " (I'm Texan, half of my family is Mexican and the other is Tex-Mex. Confusing, huh?)
The agent cracked a grin at my comment before bursting out in laughter. I guess he watches George Lopez as well. I quickly joined in the laughter since I've never once seen him laugh in either game. Now I wish they start making the characters laugh. His laugh is so cute! Caleb sat there and watched us laugh as if we both lost our minds, tilting his furry head to one side in confusion. Animals were far from stupid, they could teach us a thing or two about survival. But he didn't get the joke and he wanted us to move so that we could leave the village. I didn't blame him, I wanted out of here too.
After our laughing fit was over, we got back to business by getting ready before heading through the left door. Leon gripped his shotgun tightly and pushed open the weathered door. We stepped through and listened intently for the sounds of Ganados, even Caleb kept his ears open for the villagers. Right in front of us was another little wagon filled with explosives but there weren't any villagers behind it. That was odd, in the game as soon as Leon stepped through the door a group of Ganados would attack. Where were the villagers? What does the "game" have in store for us now?
"I don't like this..." I muttered as we looked around the area, "Where are the enemies?"
"I would like to say this is a good sign," Leon growled, "but yeah, this is creepy."
I stared at the cart for a second before taking an Incendiary grenade and another shirt string. If my guess is right, the villagers know we're here already but are waiting for us to make the first move. I looped the sting around the grenade's ring. And I'll bet they'll ambush us as soon as Leon goes past the cart. I walked toward the cart, keeping my eyes on the wooden wall covering part of the platform. I tucked the grenade between two barrels of gunpowder and edged back.
"Hey, Leon, I bet the villagers are waiting for us to go."
"Yeah, I figured this was a trap. Will you stay here while I go flush 'em out?"
"Alright, but will you keep to the right of the cart's path?"
"Uh..okay, why?"
"You'll see..."
Leon looked a little confused but decided not to argue, instead he went went around to the right side of the cart and stayed there as he walked forward. As if on cue, the villagers rushed out from behind the wall, shrieking out in spanish and waving their weapons. Leon fired into the crowd, keeping them at bay as I ran to the cart. Time to set my trap in motion. I reached the back of the cart and gave it a hard kick toward the crowd. The little wooden wagon rattled down the path, past the agent, I yanked on the shirt string, setting the cart ablaze. The two forces met and...
BOOM!
Ganados flew everywhere, some were blown back, a few were set ablaze, and others were completely blown to bits. The agent gave me a thumbs up as I smiled back at him, feeling a lot better now. Another small group of Ganados rushed out and Leon fired on them, trying to keep them away from me. I merely stood back and wished to have a gun of my own, a few managed to by pass my hero and headed straight for me. I tensed and Caleb leaped out and tackled the nearest villager, gnawing on the person's neck. I waited for the others to get within range and lashed out with a more-or-less imitation of Leon's roundhouse kick. Just watching him do it was enough for me to learn it... somewhat.
There was a sick crack! as the female villager's neck broke from the force of the kick. Wow... I didn't know I could break necks. Caleb leaped at another Ganado, making sure that I wasn't overwhelmed as I kicked out at the others. I paused in my attacks and ducked as the last duo's heads exploded in a gory mess of blood and brain matter. Thank you, Leon! With them done, the agent jogged back to me and gave me an amused look. I blushed.
"Wow... When did you learn how to do the roundhouse kick?" Leon asked, a proud tone in his voice, "Nice going."
"Thanks. Um, I learned it by watching you do it." I said, rubbing the back of my neck in embarrassment, "It's not as good as your kick, though."
"With a bit of practice it will."
"True."
Before we left to climb the platform, Caleb coughed up a piece of Ganado flesh and looked rather sick. Poor Caleb. Equipped with natural weapons, protecting us and ends up swallowing a piece of human flesh. Ick. The dog coughed up another piece and spat it out. Yeah... I would do that too if I were him. Leon scrunched up his face at the sight.
"Hey, Leon." I murmured, stopping short on the path. The agent turned to me, waiting for me to continue as Caleb kept an eye out for anymore villagers.
"Yeah?"
"Um, in places like this, don't bad guys keep lookouts around here?"
"Hmm... yeah, they would." He switched to the rifle and peered through the scope, "Ah ha... I see now. Thanks, Rally."
I smiled as he cocked the rifle, aimed and fired a perfect head shot to the female villager that walked right into the weapon's sights. No Ganado heard the shot and therefore none came to attack. The agent turned and looked behind the wooden wall and saw another Ganado wandering around aimlessly further down next to the ladder. He aimed and fired, blowing Don José's head clean off. Again, no one came to attack after two of their own were killed. Maybe they just didn't care unless we showed our faces.
We headed for the ladder and climbed it, keeping low and out of sight of the villagers until we could get Caleb up the ladder. Leon spotted the other rusty red container and told me to hide in it. I scowled a little but obeyed if Leon took Caleb with him and to not jump into the circular pit just yet. He agreed and I hopped into the container and readied myself by taking a two grenades in my hands. A flash and a hand grenade. I sat there as I listened to rapid footsteps of Leon and the villagers, my hero's weapons blazing, villagers falling under the assault and Caleb taking down a few.
I restrained from leaping out of the container at Leon's cry of surprise and Caleb's savage bark. A villager must've gotten a little too close to the agent and was attacked by our faithful friend. I waited anxiously for Leon's whistle when... I heard it. The sudden, loud snarl of a chainsaw, followed closely by a feminine shriek of rage. What scared me was that she was next to me when the villager brought her weapon to life. Oh shit! What did Leon do!? Wait... the cry of surprise... one of the villagers pushed Leon into the pit!
CRASH!
Sister two smashed her way through the boards with her chainsaw and shrieked with rage as she spotted the agent.
The Bella Sisters have arrived
I heard Leon swear and heard him clamber out of the pit via a ladder and kicked it over. I knew he was fearing for my life besides his own since he didn't whistle for me to come out and help. Oh no you don't Leon! I said I was going to help and I am! I popped out of the container and threw a hand grenade into the pit where most of the villagers had jumped into in an attempt to surround Leon. The little grenade exploded and sent villagers flying. Unfortunately, this only irritated the Bella Sisters since it only knocked them over. I climbed out of the container and spotted Leon blasting a few villagers away from himself as Caleb bit a few in the ass to distract them. There were a lot more villagers now than in the game which made it a lot more difficult to help Leon with my weapon supply running low.
The ladder was placed back up and one of the hags was climbing up to slice the agent into bits. The other waited for her turn to climb. How in the world can they climb a ladder with a chainsaw in one hand? I ran to Leon as soon as he dispatched the villagers that were attacking him.
"Leon, come on we have to move! The chainsaw maniacs are coming!" I wailed and began to pull him to one side of the outer rim of the pit. Thankfully, the villagers must've forgotten the second ladder was there and are following us around the rim.
(A/N: I'm going to call the one with the Camp Key, Mary. And the one who has the ruby...Ruby. Is that okay?)
Mary, leading the charge, screamed and ran at us, chainsaw held high. Leon blasted the villagers crowding around her with his shotgun as I waited for my time to strike. It came when the agent blasted one villager into Mary's path, which she paused to push the dead Ganado aside. I threw the flash grenade and earned a handful of cries of pain. I pulled Leon away from the fight as quietly as possible as Mary swung her chainsaw blindly in front of her in hopes of nailing us with her weapon. A Ganado yelled out in frustration, catching the chainsaw hag's attention. She turned in that direction, thinking that was one of us, and swung. She's nailed the ganado in the chest and she shoved her weapon against his body, the chainsaw ripping into his torso.
Leon and I, even Caleb, cringed at the sight as the villager screamed in pain, his blood and tissue flying everywhere as the chainsaw dug deeper into his body. That's a painful way to go...ouch. Sorry, dude! Mary shoved the villager away from her weapon as he slowly died in his own pool of blood. She looked up, no longer blind, and saw that she did not hit us with her toy and that pissed her off. She lifted her chainsaw once more and screamed in rage. Ruby, her twin sister, soon joined in and chased us around the rim. I threw a grenade into the crowd and sent them flying. Mary and Ruby were only thrown back by the blast and landed on their group, their chainsaws slamming into anyone who was unfortunate to meet the sharp end of the saw. Arms and legs, even a few heads were thrown everywhere as the chainsaws ate at anyone who was too close.
Leon grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the entrance of the area, knowing that the platform was too narrow to fight the hags on. And I agree, sure it was perfect to fight them on there since they couldn't surround you but villagers can crowd around them and act like human shields for them. I wasted a lot of ammo in the game, trying to hit the sisters only to end up doing minimal damage to them since the villagers absorb most of the gunfire. We leaped over the edge of the wooden platform just as the Bella Sisters managed to get up and lead what was left of their group after us.
We took our defense by the entrance with Caleb sticking close to me, as the villagers followed us down by jumping down the same edge we used. I turned to my escort and gave him an odd little grin. "Leon, let me take care of the chainsaw hags."
The agent looked at me in surprise, "What?!"
I winked at him. Okay, scaring Leon at times was fun. I love his expression of surprise, it was just cute. "One grenade is all it takes to take care of them. But I need them to be alone, okay? Trust me."
He looked reluctant to listen but nodded, earning a smile from me. Agent Kennedy switched his weapons, bringing out his handgun and fired into the crowd, taking out the villagers. I waited for my chance as Leon avoided firing at the Bella Sisters. Believe me, my plan was good but still, it made me feel uneasy whenever Leon glanced at the sisters, trying to judge their distance and whether or not to keep to my plan. I sometimes wish I wasn't so stubborn. I smiled a bit at the thought. Maybe a little bit of Leon's personality is rubbing off on me. Then again, I was a little stubborn before.
I wonder if we're better off if I acted like Ashley more? I shook my head at the thought. Nah. Running away, screaming at the top of my lungs, and allowing Leon to run around by himself getting hurt to save my ass isn't my style. Besides, how many times does anyone get to run around with a sexy guy like Leon in a hostile environment kicking bad guy ass? Not everyday! This may be my only time to spend with Leon before we part ways when we get back home. I scowled a little. Lucky little bitch, Ashley. You get to have Leon watch over your worthless ass for the rest of your life while I get stuck with only my memories about our misadventures. At least I've got something to remember him by...
"Too close!" Leon suddenly yelped as he wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me away from our defensive position. I blinked in confusion and blushed at his act then nearly shrieked as gray, loud blur swiped the air next me just seconds after I was pulled away from there. Holy shit! Ruby nearly hacked me in half! The agent dodged Mary and somewhat carried me over to the platform away from the chainsaw wielding bitches. I glared at them but then berated myself for not pay attention.
"Hey! You want to hack something!?" I yelled angrily, waving my left arm threateningly at them, "Get over here and try that again!!"
"What are you doing?!" Leon hissed, looking at me like I lost my mind. I guess I kinda did. I mean, I telling two chainsaw maniacs to come over to where we are to hack us to bits...
"Uh... all part of the plan?"
"I think you're just making this up as you go along, aren't you?"
"Uh..yeah...but the end result is still the same."
"Maybe one of the two will... if you don't make your move."
I turned to the entrance and saw the Bella Sisters had halved the distance between us while I was arguing with Leon. I grinned. That was just perfect! I chucked my grenade and bright flash erupted from it, blinding the sisters. Leon blinked in surprise as I motioned him to keep quiet while I was loading my slingshot. Mary and Ruby swiped the air in front of them with their deadly toys, completely blinded by the flash grenade. I aimed my slingshot and fired a rock right between the two sisters. The twins, relying on their hearing now, both turned at the sound between them and swung.
"That is just gross." Leon muttered as we watched the twins shove their chainsaws at each other. Mary and Ruby both thrusted their chainsaws into the other's abdomen, letting the machines borrow into their bodies as they screamed in pain. This lasted only a minute before the twins fell back and died in pools of their own blood with the other's chainsaw embedded in their bodies. Eww... that is gross. But cool!
I walked over to them cautiously, heading over to Mary first. I saw the Camp Key that hung around her neck and reached out to grab it... When Mary decided to come back to life and made a sudden grab for me. I shrieked in shock and leaped back to get away. She was still alive?!
BLAM!
Mary's head dropped back to the earth with a neat round hole in her right temple. Well, she's dead now. I clutched the front of my shirt to calm the furious beating of my heart. I glared at her as I took gulps of air to keep myself from fainting.
"Gah! I hate it when they do that!" I yelled, "If they don't kill you outright, they try to scare you to death!"
Leon rushed to my side with Caleb following close behind. "Are you okay?" he asked as he kept an eye on Ruby's body. I shook my head, still clutching the front of my shirt.
"No... I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack." I hissed, then pointed to the key around the hag's neck, "I think that's the key that'll get us out of here."
The agent reached over and snapped the chain off, claiming the key as ours. I reached over and grabbed the ruby that the other sister held in her pocket. I kicked her out of spite, then followed Leon to the platform. We raided the area, giving me some more grenades to throw. But I was no better off than before. I had fifteen grenades, five of each one but now I have thirteen. Five hand grenades, I used one here but found another to replace it. Five Incendiary, never used one yet since the cabin. And three Flash grenades, I used two here and one with El Gigante, reduces to two but found another to add...making it three. This sucks.
"Leon," I called to him as I placed my flash grenades away, "I'm going to need another weapon. I can't help you with just grenades."
Leon paused for a moment and gave me a sympathetic look. "Then don't. Let me handle the enemies for now, okay?"
"But-"
"You've done enough to help me and I thank you for it, believe me I do. But my mission is to get you home alive and in one piece. You putting yourself in danger to help isn't actually keeping to the mission. I don't want you getting hurt for my faults..."
I lowered my gaze as I realized that it was true. Leon's mission is get me out of here alive and I'm not really helping him in that department when I'm running around, tossing grenades at the poor infected villagers. He's right. He won't accomplish his mission if I sliced in half by someone when I'm helping him... No wonder he freaks out whenever I try to help... I'm putting myself in danger for his sake. Heroic? Yes. Smart? Not so much.
I guess I must've concerned him when I didn't respond with a retort. He grinned at me as he reloaded his handgun. "Besides, you're making me look bad for a government agent." he joked and I cracked a grin. True. He's a government agent, trained to survive anywhere! Protect his subjects with his bare hands! Excels in many kinds of fighting styles! And is getting help from an average twenty-year-old college student who has no knowledge of self-defense. Unless you count the basic stuff and tossing grenades as self-defense...
Yeah... that'll make you blush in the next secret service meeting when the rest of the guys in black poke fun of you.
"I'll try to keep that in mind, Agent Kennedy." I laughed, agreeing to taking a break from fighting for a while... At least until I think Leon needs my help again.
We jumped into the circular pit and headed for the door that led out of the platform. Leon unlocked it and pushed it open quietly as I hid behind him. He edged forward cautiously, listening for anymore villagers that may try to ambush us. Caleb stuck close to me, ears perked and growled softly. So there were villagers guarding the exit. The agent knelt down and looked through a small hole in the wooden wall and sure enough there were villagers guarding the exit, waiting patiently for us to turn the corner.
"Wait." Leon ordered softly which I obeyed with a nod. Caleb took that as his cue to stand by and guard me. The agent walked ahead, ready for the villagers and a fight broke out. Guns were blazing, villagers screaming, and kicks were dished out. My hero jogged backwards, firing his handgun and blew a villager's head apart. Thankfully, no plaga emerged, Leon hailed me over as reloaded his weapon.
"Follow me!" he called and I followed him toward the exit, glad for this part of the nightmare to be over. The agent lifted the doorjam from the handles and pushed it open. We stepped through and came upon the final gate area, the last stop in the village level. The rain had stopped and a cold wind whipped through, giving the area a hollow feel to it, complete with its own merchant and "save" spot.
Unfortunately, the merchant's shop was on the other side of the area and we had to circle around to get to him as the wind continued to howl mournfully. It felt as the wind was telling us something. It was blowing around like in those old movies where the wind sounded hollow, like it was saying, 'You may be alone now but there is danger lurking in the future.' That's what it feels like now...and it's true, the nightmare is not over yet. As Leon sold off some treasure and buying new stuff, I walked around the lower area with Caleb, heading for the door that led to El Gigante's passage. I wanted to take a closer look at it. No wonder there was no key there. The door was welded shut, to trap us there if we had decided to run from the giant instead of staying there to kill it. Man these guys are tricker in real life than in the game.
I turned away from the door and headed for the old shed that held the typewriter. I wandered in and raided the place, snatching up a new grenade for me to use, some rifle and handgun ammo for Leon, and the Village's Last Defense file. I was reading it and heading back out when the door flew open and Leon raced inside. I shrieked at the agent's sudden appearance, dropping the file. He looked at me and let out a sigh of relief.
"Gah! Leon! What are you doing!? Trying to give me another heart attack?!" I yelped as I tried to calm my breathing. That's the second time I was scared out of my mind. The agent relaxed and let out another breath of relief with a slight grin on his face.
"Sorry." he apologized then turned serious, "Don't wander off without me; you nearly gave me a heart attack. I thought you got kidnapped again."
My turn to apologize. I gave him a nervous grin, "Sorry. Anyway, I found this." I picked up the file from the floor and gave it to him along with the ammo I found. "What do you suppose it means?"
Leon took and read through it quickly, coming to the ending, " 'For only before my sight will the gate open.' Oookay... That's odd."
"You're telling me." I muttered out a lie, "I don't get it either." Sorry but you missed the double jeopardy! Of course I know what the damn letter meant. Leon, you're going to have to kill Mendez in order for us to leave the village for good.
"Apparently, we're going to need something that'll open the gate but it isn't just an old key." Leon muttered, surprising me. Wow... he gets it. Now the challenge is to get it without dying in the process. "And I'll bet my life that Ol' Mendez has it. I haven't seen him recently while we were in the village last... not that I'm looking forward to meeting up with him again."
I wrapped an arm around my waist and felt queasy. It made me nervous thinking about the encounter but what Leon said. Betting his life on it? What if Mendez isn't there and he goes up against someone else? "Please don't say that Leon..." I muttered.
"Hey, I'm not going to die anytime soon. I prefer to die at a grand old age from natural causes."
"Don't. I can't imagine you being old... its creepy."
"How can it be creepy? I am older than you and you seem fine hanging around old guys."
"You're only older than me by six years, so that doesn't count. Now Saddler... Whewww... He's about two thousand years older than sand itself. And I don't like hanging around him."
"That may be true but I am older than you."
"You're not old until you either hit fifty or think you're old. So...hmmm... You're not fifty. And you're a government agent that can do backflips and roundhouse kicks with ease... Nope, you're not old."
Leon sighed, "Whatever. Let's go to the lift station and see if we can find anything useful." I nodded and we headed for the lift station.
When we arrived there, we noticed that the lift was already activated and the lifts were circling to and from other half of the canyon. This made Leon suspicious and I don't blame him, enemies don't activate anything for heroes unless they were up to something. We raided the control room for items and the agent checked the controls to make sure that the villagers didn't tamper with it that may result in our deaths.
(A/N: Okay, I'm going to have the lifts closer together for a reason which you'll read coming up next. Enjoy.)
We boarded the next leaving lift and waited for our ride to be over as the air grew colder as we ascended to the next station. Soon as we were well away from the safety of the station, we saw the pairs of yellow eyes glowing in the dark. Caleb sniffed the air and growled angrily. The agent narrowed his eyes and brought up his handgun. The Ganados had us were they wanted us.
"I knew it." Leon hissed and fired at the approaching villagers, knocking them off their lifts. I relished in their fading screams as they disappeared into the dark abyss below us. Suddenly, our lift pitched to one side and the disturbing sounds of metal banging on metal caused us both to look up. Several Ganados were on top of our lift, hacking away at the chains that linked us to the cable. Leon blasted them off but several more hopped on the roof and continued to hack. Oh, crap! The chains...they're going to bust!
Leon figured that because he was already judging the distance between our lift to the one after it. Oh, god Leon... don't tell me... He perched himself on the rail as the villagers continued to attack the chain and leaped toward the next lift. He grabbed ahold of the lift's rail and pulled himself up and into the ride. Caleb followed suit and landed gracefully inside the lift.The agent turned to blast them off but the look on his face told me everything. Even if he did blast them off the roof of my lift, the damage was already done. The chains were about to break.
"Come on, Rally, you're going to have to jump!" he called out, holding his arms out to me. I shook my head and stepped away from the rail, too scared to obey. "Rally, you have to jump!"
"N-no..."
"I'll catch you, don't worry!"
I shook my head and screamed as an axe flew past me, missing me by an inch. Leon blasted the Ganados from their lift and turned back to me.
"Listen to me, the chains aren't going to hold out long. You have to jump!"
"O-okay..." I stammered and climbed onto the rail. Man I was seriously shaking but it was true. The chains are about to give and I didn't have time to freak out... but my body wouldn't respond. Just then my lift jolted downward, causing me to scream out in fear and Leon to panic by gripping the rail of his lift.
"Rally!"
The jolt also made me look down and revealed just how big and deep the black abyss was below me. That alone froze me solid.
"I-I can't!"
"Yes, you can!"
"B-but-" I glanced downward again, feeling the vertigo.
"Don't look down!"
"Too late!"
"Rally, listen! Focus on me! Forget everything else and focus on me!"
"I-I'll try."
I lifted my gaze and focused on Leon but the lift jolted again and the metal groaned under the extra weight. Holy crap! The villagers were board my lift! The chains can't handle the weight! The agent swore but kept his focus on me and held out his arms. I exhaled slowly and focused on the agent, readying myself for the jump. I heard the villagers chuckling evilly behind me. Oh, god... can I make this jump?
Forget them...focus on Leon. Forget everything else...focus on Leon!
I felt the villagers' hands brush against my sides and I did my best to ignore them. Focus on Leon...Focus on Leon!
"NOW!" Leon yelled and I jumped just as the chains snapped apart and sent the villagers plummeting to their deaths. The agent grabbed my wrists as I slammed against the side with a cry of pain. I breathed hard and looked up at Leon's smiling face.
"See? I told you I would catch you." he murmured, "You did good, Rally."
"Thanks...to...you..." I gasped out with a shaky grin.
An axe whizzed by and grazed Leon's left arm. He cried out in pain and surprise as he reflexively released my wrist as pain shot up his arm. I screamed in fright as I scrambled at bars until my hands hit the floor of the lift, my body dangling beneath the lift and swung like a pendulum. The dog automatically grasped the collar of my shirt with his jaws and braced his legs to hold me fast. Nice thought, but the fabric could tear from the strain.
"Damnit!" Leon hissed as he fired on the villagers as they continued to throw their weapons at us both. "Hang on, Rally!" The wind picked up on force and blew hard against me. I felt like a wind chime being blown around in hurricane force winds. Either the wind is trying to help me up the lift or trying to slap me off of it, I couldn't really tell.
"I'm hanging! Oh, I'm hanging alright!" A sickle whistled past my right arm and I freaked, "Leon! They're throwing their axes at me now!"
"Die already!" the agent snapped at the Ganados and blasted the last one of the current lift. He holstered his handgun and reached over the rail to grab my hand. "Come on, girl. Give me your hand!"
I reached out, grabbing for his lower arm and he grabbed mine. Together we hoisted my body over the rail and onto the lift. The wind blew hard, knocking us both over and causing me to fall on top of my hero as Caleb scrambled out of the way. I blushed fiercely and rolled off, muttering an apology as the lift finally pulled into the station. We quickly got off before it pulled out. As soon as my feet hit the pavement, I felt my body quiver from the shock of our nightmare ride.
The agent rushed to my side and tied to console me when I was near the edge of breakdown. Hey, you would nearly breakdown too, if you were dangling off a lift and over a thousand plus foot drop into darkness! Leon pulled me into a hug and murmured a few things that I couldn't understand as I continued to shake and tried hard not to cry. I blushed a bit at his kind act but really didn't focus on it... Believe me, it would be for the best if I didn't concentrate on the hug or exactly how close he was to me.
He pulled away a bit and looked at me with concern. And I wanted to cry because I could see the worry, fear and pain in his blue gaze for not being able to protect me well enough on the lift. "Are you okay?" he asked softly and I nodded wordlessly. No, I'm not. I'm still half freaked out about the nightmare lift and the hug you gave me. I won't be like Ashley...I won't be like Ashley!
We raided the station and descended the stairs beneath the lift station. I hung back with Caleb watching out for me when Leon ventured into the caves and returned with the Yellow Catseye. I noticed that he didn't heal his arm injury when blood dripped from his fingers. "Leon... you're still hurt." I said, tearing the leaves of both the Green and Red Herbs. He shrugged and held out his arm for me to heal. I sprinkled the torn bits onto the injury and watched them work their magic and heal the injury.
"All better!" I joked lightly and Leon grinned at me as we descended the second set of stairs.
"Ah.. feeling better are we?"
"Yeah... a little at least. I'm still kinda shaky from what that jump."
"I would be scared if you weren't shaky from that jump."
"Why? You weren't shaking in your boots when you made the jump."
"Believe it or not but I was seriously scared to make the jump. I was afraid that I wasn't going to make it and you'll end up falling with me."
"But you're an agent! I'm sure they trained you guys to make those jumps everyday."
"Well, sort of. They didn't train us to jump from ski lift to ski lift from a thousand foot drop or under a time limit for real."
"Wow... you're putting all your training the test in this mission and undergo some new training that the higher ups in the government hadn't thought of."
"Yup."
"Hey, there's the merchant!"
"Great, I can sell off the Beerstein and buy some new upgrades."
"Sweet!"
We headed for the merchant who was more than glad to show us his wares. As Leon sold off the completed Beerstein and bought new upgrades for his TMP and shotgun, I poked around the stacks of weapons.
"Hey, are you done with the Chicago Typewriter yet, merchant?" I asked, then remembered I still had the ruby I took from one of the chainsaw twins. I handed it to Leon and saw that the merchant's eyes glowed at the sight of the rare stone.
"No, lass, it's not done. I won't be sellin' that li' beauty 'til the time is right and when ya really need it." he said sternly as he continued to stare at the stone. I pouted. Aw man... he probably won't fork it over until the end of the adventure. "Ah... I'll be buying it at a high price."
"What about the rocket launcher?"
The agent perked at the mention of the weapon, "Rocket Launcher? You have a rocket launcher?"
The robed figure narrowed his eyes, "Ya don't need it for what's up ahead, strangers. When the worse of things start poppin' up then I'll yeh the item. 'Til then don't ask for it again."
"What's up ahead?" Agent Kennedy questioned suspiciously, narrowing his eyes at the merchant, who only grinned in return.
"That's for yeh to find out, strangers. But believe me, ya better watch yer back. Now are yeh goin' to sell me the ruby or not?"
"Yeah, I will."
The merchant held out a large pouch full of pesetas, which he placed on a weighing scale and read it out. It was ten thousand pesetas for the ruby. Leon considered it and smiled.
"Deal." he said, handing the ruby over and getting the bag of money for it. He then used some of it to buy his upgrades, which the merchant took from and modified it. It was actually interesting to watch him tinker away at the weapons to make them more powerful than before. "Come back anytime."
After our shopping was done, we turned to the gate that was a feet from the merchant's shop. Leon held up his handgun and started for the gate, I followed. I blew out a shaky breath and set my face.
Alright, Mendez. Time to fork over the False Eye, you Leon hating jerk!
It's time to meet up with the village chief for one final time...
I only hope Leon will be the one walking out...
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Okay, time to vote!
Do you guys want me to follow the rules of the game and get caught by the trap Ashley was caught in or do you prefer that I bend the rules and follow Leon throughout his little ordeal? Think carefully though! You may or may not hear Leon's cute line of "Don't worry, Rally! I'm coming for ya!"
Oh, and if you want Luis to die or not. (I'll probably kill him to make this fic a little more dramatic and not have to carry him all over the place but I still want to hear from you guys). I may do an alternate chapter of this and maybe a bonus chapter after this fic is done. Got ideas for the fic or one of my fics...? Then drop me a line on my email, which is in my bio. See ya!
Oh...I will be doing the whole ritual deal as well but I'm not good at translating. My spanish is pretty off in both writing and speaking. So any of you good translators? I'm working on the ritual chant that will be said during the deal, so if you're a good translator tell me please may be leave me your e-mail address and I'll send you the english version of the chant and you can translate it for me. I'll credit when the chapter pops up, okay? You get Leon huggies and stuff! (hold out a plushie. Which is Leon in a chibi form.)
It talks too! And can say all the phrases in the game and more so! (Squeezes the plushie)
Leon Plushie: (in a squeaky absolutely cute voice) Monsters... I guess after this there'll be one less to worry about.
(squeezes again)
Leon Plushie: Waaay.
(squeezes again)
Leon Plushie: I knew you'd be fine if you landed on your butt.
(squeezes again)
Leon Plushie: Hang on, sweetheart!
This plushie can do it all! Fights monsters, blows up villagers, saves damsels in distress! And... (whispers) if you look closely at night you can see it play RE4 in your room while you're asleep! Or cuddle up with you in your bed and hug its Chicago Typewriter!
Enjoy!!! Please R&R!
