CHAPTER 7

What that had woke her up didn't sound comforting. Still glazed brown orbs wander into crystal blue ones, his eyes screamed relief and joy as it reflected her banged up form. She could feel his arm still snaked around her shoulders, it was warm she thought.

"I was just resting my eyes."

"Shouldn't sleep on the job."

She couldn't help but smirk, merely his presence gave her such reassurance. That warm fuzzy feeling, and that reason to kick Simmons's sorry ass harder for hurting her rookie cop. Oh, now there's a reason for some blood.

Oh yeah, reassuring…it made everything better when she saw Leon dangling on the edge. Always playing with death. Simmons was so concentrated on the punk that he had decided to deal with him without mutating. He was going to wring his mangy neck, making sure to feel the crackling sensation of his bones getting destroyed by his righteous hand. His footsteps became heavy until finally, he slammed his soles onto Leon's hand. The boy was clinging onto his life single-handedly.

"Do you want to live?"

Dangerously glowing eyes glared into his own, it sent chills down his spine. The agent could only return his glare with a weak struggle, never breaking eye contact from the monstrosity holding his life by his foot.

"Then beg! Beg for your life!"

I'll have you crushed! Who the fuck do you think you are!

Simmons was enjoying his little session, he wanted to tear Leon's face off. It infuriated him that Ada Wong had chosen someone else instead of himself. Someone of her caliber had decided to pick up trash…at least that was what he saw this as.

"I'll pass."

"Still trying to play the hero!? Your life hangs before my feet and you dare play your little stunt! Leon Scott Kennedy I'll have you-"

*SLOSH*

He could feel his body getting flung onto the air, a pair of black leather gloves around his waist as he felt the air begun to surge against his skin. Simmons was falling. Someone had pushed him off, then he had realized something was lodge into his side. His eyes lost the glow when he could see the perpetrator…Ada!

"Can't get what you always want, Simmons."

It was his mistake, he had completely forgotten Ada. Or perhaps, it was his intention, to die in her arms because he knew there was no way out of his madness except for death. No one will ever know. As her words brushed his ears lightly, with a distant beeping emanating from the bolt cleanly lodged in him, he falls. His arms flail helplessly, with his dying strength he tried to hold onto her. The man who was once the protector of the country was diving into an inferno below as his last visions was a lady in red swinging away in her signature stance.

"You should have really moved on…"

Ada whispered to herself. She stood still, as her swing had flung her across to the insides of a nearby connector. She thanked internally as the structure was holding up well. Coming back to reality, she looked over at Helena, who could only stare in astonishment. Her eyes then traced its way to Leon, her gaze linger on him. Her emotions failed to settle down, so all she could give was a small smile. I guess the tables had finally turned. This time, her ass was saved instead.

"So cute…you're really confused by all this, aren't you, Leon?"

His form stays put opposite of her, his stare was solid but filled with question. Ada knew that in the next run-in they have, she'll have to answer some of them. A small chuckle escaped, he had the same look as the day they first met.

"It's kinda fun to watch."

Her fingers tapped quickly on her phone.

He stood still, not sure if Simmons's body was already burnt into a crisp or had melted away becoming part of the fallen debris. But his eyes lock onto the red figure opposite of him. So close, yet so far. The number questions Leon needed to ask her was an accumulation over nearly a decade.

"What are you…why are you helping us?"

Then, the adrenaline faded slightly, the realization that Ada was still in one piece almost made his knees weak. The years of experience had honed his focus so well that all he thought of for the past hour or so was 'Kill Simmons'. Then his phone rang, it was a message.

Wish I could stay longer, but I've gotta run.
I've left you a little parting gift on the roof.
See you down the road, Leon.

He looks up to see her walking away, waving a subtle farewell.

"ADA!"

Her form disappears into the darkness of the walkway. Leon needed to go after her, he needed to hold his butterfly again.

"What are you waiting for? Go after her."

Helena couldn't stand him just doing nothing than to shout 'Ada', a little push she wanted to give for Leon. But he knew well that if he were to run after Ada now, it was going to be another futile effort. He knew well that they would meet very soon. That he had no doubts.

"No. We're sticking together."

Helena looks over, not knowing she should feel touched by his camaraderie or confused by his selfless act in that moment. But never mind that, they needed to get out of this place. She needed to escape from this place, now that everything had boil over. Once again as she stood way above him, she watches Leon managing to climb his way up. The blonde was thankful his body still had some adrenaline left. They quickly left the ripped apart vicinity, as their tired legs sprinted for the helipad above them.

Her black leather gloved fingers twirl gracefully as the odd-shape device slid between, it was the item she had looted without much hesitation while on the cruiser before Carla exploded into a white gluey mess. Her brown eyes never lost its tint, she was amused. Knowing that was imparted to her with a purpose. No way would such information lay around loosely for her to chance upon, if Carla was really Ada's clone.

"The key to your last message, Carla…Fine, I'll play genie for you this time."

Hey all, haha had uploaded the chapter in DocX file just now, and was wondering why's my font so HUGE. /laughs at my hopeless self/ I need to first thank and apologize for those who had waited for months for this chapter, just recently I had time and energy to sit down and finally churn out the last parts and also the start of Chapter 8 ! Mmhmm ! I know this one is short, but the next one will have more I promise :) So, I hope my writing isn't that terrible, cuz I know somewhere the quality was lost into the nether and never to be seen again...CRAP \(A")\ But I hope y'all will be willing to wait for the next, and hopefully a bonus chapter ! YES, MOAR ! Mainly on cute AEON moments (I cannot guarantee fluff, not a fluff writer OTL). So until then, thanks all for the faves and giving this story love !

Btw I'm releasing a Life is Strange ff soon ! It's gonna be trippy - plot doesn't flow well - for the first few chapters, gonna have an OC as one of the game changers in it. And probably gonna make you go, "Wtf? Why's are the characters LIKE THAT?", but hey ! That's the whole point ! My little experiment on writing styles :3 So for those who are fans of Life is Strange, watch out~ (Hope I don't get virtually smacked, so I'm writing a couple of chapters before releasing it.)