Resident Evil/Biohazard: Hostage Rescue
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Resident Evil/Captain Commando/Street Fighter are under the copyright of Capcom. All characters of Martin Mystery are under the copyright of Marathon. All characters of Kara no Kyokai are under the copyright of TYPE-MOON. All characters of Spriggan are under the copyright of Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa. All characters of Jiraishin are under the copyright of Tsutomu Takahashi. The appearance of Kenneth "Kenny" Feng is under noctorro's jurisdiction. All others are under my jurisdiction.
Summary:
Leon and the others were caught by Bitores Mendez, a high-ranking member of Los Illuminados. Will be able to escape from captivity and move on with their missions? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
Chapter 3: Assistance
Unknown Room, somewhere in Spain
Great. We're all tied up.
When Leon had the time to regain conscious properly and observe the place, he sighed and wondered how long he was tied up. That's despite the fact that everything was too quiet.
Way too quiet. When a place was way too quiet, it meant something bad was about to happen.
The others are out cold too.
Leon saw that the others were out cold too and on the floor. He frowned when he remembered about the dream regarding the injection of something on his neck.
I'll take care of that problem later. Right now... The agents saw that Luis Sera was tied up.
"Hey, are you okay?" Leon asked Luis when he saw the Spanish man regained full conscious.
"I am now." Luis told him.
"Didn't get your name, by the way."
"Luis Sera." Luis grinned. "And I know you. Leon Kennedy and your partner appears to be Kevin Ryman."
Leon raised an eyebrow. "How did you..."
"Surprised?" Luis gave a weak chuckle. "I used to be with the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía a few years ago. So I heard about you guys here and there when the Raccoon City crisis was in the international headlines." He shrugged. "After all, I left the CNP since I don't think us police officers don't get any respect these days."
"That's... interesting. Never knew that a few of the survivors from the crisis became headlines aside from CNN and from the BBC if I recall correctly. Besides, I was in the force for one day."
"Interesting."
"So what now?"
"We need to get out of these chains." Leon then gestured to the others chained up on the ground. "They're also in the same predicament too. Plus I need to locate a hostage."
"You mean the daughter of the American president?" Luis asked when nodded. He told him. "Word out there is she's in a church somewhere."
"Right." Leon nodded. "Now I really am urgent to get out of these chains."
"But how?" Luis asked the man. "It's not like that we can get something that we can use."
The two men heard a door slam very loud.
"How's that?" Leon told Luis.
"Depends on what's going to happen next?" Luis told him, seeing a villager drag a halberd. From the way he looked, it seemed that he didn't take a bath for a very long time. The man ignored any concern of a lack of hygiene, having old cuts and wounds on his arms and hands while dragging the halbered with him.
"Oh great." Leon groaned. "I guess we're suppose to be disposed off."
Luis felt scared. Very scared. Scared that their lives could come to an end with just one full slash or chop if the villager can muster all of his strength.
"Do something, cop!"
Unknown to the two, a ninja had infiltrated the house to follow the halberd-wielding villager from behind. As the villager came closer with the halberd, the ninja drew out his ninjato from his saya as he held the bladed weapon with both of his hands.
"Shit." Leon cursed, seeing that the villager was about to raise the halberd.
"EIYAH!"
The two men clearly heard someone shout in a loud voice before the villager was stabbed at the back of his head.
"What the?" The ex-SPF officer whispered, seeing the villager drop down on his knees after he released his grip on the halberd.
"Are you all right?" The ninja asked after he saw the villager drop dead, face first on the floor.
"You're familiar..." Leon said when he saw the star emblem on the ninja's chest.
"I'm surprised if someone doesn't know me." The ninja chuckled after hearing Leon's comment. "I am Sho of the Commandos."
"Nice to see someone is here to help us." Luis grinned at Sho as he raised his ninjato known as Lightning Light before cutting the chains in half, freeing Leon and Luis.
"Thanks!" Luis shouted as he got up from the ground.
"I'll need your help in freeing the others." Leon told Sho after getting the chains off him.
"Of course." The two went to work in getting the unconscious Cammy and Chun-Li to sit upright. Sho was able to slash the chains off them once it was clear that the ninjato wouldn't harm them.
"This will take a while to get everyone out of the chains used to bind them." Sho said to himself as he kept slashing the chains. His ninjato was no ordinary ninjato as it was able to cut through anything, even at a molecular level.
"My head..."
Jean groaned as he was freed from the chains, being tied up with Yu after being knocked out by Bitores' superhuman strength.
"You're not the only one who had a headache."
Yu shook his head after he stared at the French Spriggan.
"I feel something else actually."
The two Spriggans stared at Tea, who had a frown.
"What do you mean?" Yu said as he shook his wrists.
"It feels like something was injected to my body." Tea told Yu, still frowning.
"You mean like a parasite?" Jean asked.
Tea nodded. "It looks that way, Jean."
Eriko went to scratch her neck, feeling an itch.
"Are you all right?" Chun-Li asked the detective as Cammy helped to see the others who were still unconscious.
"I just felt an itch. Like someone used a syringe or something."
"I don't like this feeling." Hiryu told Chun-Li.
"I agree." Hien added. "For one thing, where are our weapons?"
"That is a good question." Jill said when she noted that her sidearm was not with her. "My pistol's not with me..."
"Probably stashed them someplace near." Yu suggested, seeing that his personal sidearm was taken from him gear.
"How about we try this?" Kevin said after he got up, walking towards an armoire. He slowly opened it to make sure it wasn't booby trapped in anyway.
"Looks like our gear is here." Kevin told the others, taking his Glock 21 Mariner pistol. "And it still works." He did a brass check by pulling the pistol's slide back slightly to see if a bullet was in the chamber. The agent nodded to himself before he holstered it, satisfied that the villagers didn't do anything to the weapon.
It would be a while before the others were able to gear up with their equipment taken from them previously.
"Hey, Leon." Kevin called Leon. "I notice that you don't have your jacket."
"I know." Leon told Kevin. "Must've been taken while I was out cold."
Forests, somewhere in Spain
"I take it that you have some news for me?"
Ada was now talking to Wesker via smartphone. Kenny was standing nearby, ready to defend her should it be deemed necessary.
"Bad news." Ada told the shades-wearing man. "Luis was caught by the villagers under Mendez's command."
Wesker frowned when he heard the news. "Then your mission objectives will change, Ada. Not only will you have to secure the Plaga sample. But you'll have to make sure that Sera lives to make sure he can lead you to the sample."
"Yeah, I got that." The Chinese-American said, wanting to roll her eyes in frustration.
"And be sure to use Kenny when you can. He's not much, but I've seen him handle a pistol quite well. Not to mention on his unarmed combat skills."
"Don't worry on that, Wesker." Ada told Wesker. "I'll be sure to remember that."
"Good." Wesker nodded. "I look forward to an update with Sera later on, Ada."
"So what now?" Kenny asked after Ada kept her smartphone.
"You'll be playing bodyguard for a little while, my dear." Ada grinned at Kenny, who responded by muttering Great.
"Did you say something there?" Ada looked at Kenny, who simply glared back at her.
"Nothing." said the orphan.
Unknown Room, somewhere in Spain
Everyone inside the room was now fully awake after taking back their stolen gear. Most of them wondered how it was easy for them to do so when Leon told them that they were suppose to be "taken care of". Tea added more info that something was injected into her neck.
"I'm not liking this one bit." Jill frowned after hearing what Tea said. "If this is true, then we don't have much time before whatever the heck was injected into us will take over our bodies."
"Even if I'm an immortal, I'm not ready to die."
"Master." Hiryu greeted the ninja by bowing.
"You know him?" Martin asked him, seeing the ninja sheath his ninjato.
"You don't know him, Martin?" Diana told her stepbrother. "He's the Ninja Commando of the Commandos."
"He also happens to be the SHADOW's unarmed combat instructor back in the day when the group first started." Dan explained.
"Oh right!" Martin said after hearing Diana's explanation. He then told Sho. "I almost forgot about you! I'm a big fan of yours among the Commandos!"
"I am pleased to meet you all." Sho told the group. "But I am assuming that most of you are wondering why I'm here."
"Indeed." Leon told the ninja. "But we are grateful for your assistance."
"There will be a time and place for me to tell my story." Sho told the group. "But for now, we must leave."
As the ninja led them to the only door exiting the place, an unknown person wearing a black hood and violet scarf covering his nose and mouth appeared by the window.
"Over here, strangers." The hooded man told Sho before he walked away from the window.
"Who was that?" Kevin said, seeing the hooded man. He was about to draw out his sidearm when he noticed that the mysterious person did not mean them any harm.
"Don't know." Leon told him. "But it seems that he wants to help us." He motioned to the others to get out of the house and search the area around it.
Outside House, Compound, somewhere in Spain
The group got of the house, glad to leave it especially when they were held captive for an undetermined period of time. The day was still cloudy without any rain as it was from a while ago.
"Now where is that guy anyway?" Martin asked, checking the compound. He's not around the front...
"Over here!"
The hooded man shouted, getting the group's attention.
"From the back." Eriko told the group, pointing to a path that can go to the back of the house.
"I shall cover the front." Sho told the others. "And do not worry, I am more than capable of taking care of myself."
"Let's go." Leon said, taking the lead. He made a turn to the left and saw the hooded man standing between two flame pillars. Blue flame pillars to be specific.
"Whoa." Hien whistled. "Nice touch."
"Welcome strangers." The hooded man chuckled before he introduced himself. "You can call me the Merchant."
If anyone were to study his name, they would know that he had a British Cockney accent and not a Spanish accent.
So he's not a local. Diana thought to herself after hearing the Merchant speak.
"An interesting name." Yu said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh please." The Merchant chuckled at Yu's disappointment. "After all, I've got sumthin' that might interest ya."
"Interest us?" Kevin asked, raising an eyebrow on whether the Merchant was just saying it for the sake of saying it.
"I'm quite serious here, stranger." The Merchant shook his hand. He brought his left hand to his cloak before he moved it to show the interior of his hood.
"OH MY GOD!" Diana shouted, wanting to close her eyes. "A FLASHER!"
Chun-Li sighed after she heard the young Center agent shout.
"He didn't flash, Diana."
When Diana looked at the Merchant, she was greeted by a chuckle.
"What the hell are you talking about, stranger?" The Merchant's cloak was full of various weapons, including many kinds of pistols, revolvers and knives.
"Are you an arms dealer?" Yu asked the Merchant. "'Cause you got some weapons that don't seem to be very appealing."
"That's where you're wrong, my boy." The Merchant placed down the wooden backpack that he's been carrying behind his back.
"Is that thing made of wood?" Jill asked no one, wondering how a person like him can carry it without having some kind of back problem.
"Don't worry about that, stranger." The Merchant began to open the backpack like an armoire. "I've been through a lot worse."
"Seems like he's got something for us." Leon whispered to Kevin, watching the Merchant take something from his wooden backpack.
"That I can tell." Kevin nodded in agreement with his partner.
"Here you go." The Merchant showed off a bolt-action sniper rifle from his backpack to the group. "I'm thinking that your little group may need this weapon."
"What is that?" Leon said, studying the weapon. "That a Remington-based rifle you got there?"
"Almost, but not quite." The Merchant told Leon. "It's an Austrian Steyr SSG P IV or Scharfschützengewehr 69 in German since the weapon's made in 1969. This rifle has a silencer already mounted as the barrel with a 5-round rotary magazine to handle 7.62 NATO rounds. Has a Leupold scope on it."
"Sweetness." Kevin whistled after hearing what the Merchant had said. "Sounds like a pretty good weapon to me." Especially since the ammo needed at best is subsonic 7.62 NATO rounds.
"Of course I don't just give this weapon for free, stranger." The Merchant faced Kevin.
Course he doesn't.
"So I'll take that this costs a lot of money?" Hiryu asked the Merchant, who nodded in reply.
"It'll cost ya around 13,000 pesetas to buy this rifle."
"That's... quite a lot of money." Martin mumbled, wondering if they got a lot of pesetas collected from the villagers killed off by the group or by pillaging empty houses and buildings in and around the El Pueblo.
"Hopefully this can cover whatever we need." Tea stepped forward and handed the Merchant the Pearl Pendant.
"I'll buy it at a high price." The Merchant replied before taking the pendant from Tea. "Thank you. So you guys now have 10,000 pesetas taken care of, which leaves 3,000."
Tea handed in several Spinels to the Merchants, examining each one of them before he pocketed them. The arms dealer counted at least eight Spinels from their possessions. But he took two and gave Tea everything else back.
"Two Spinels will do as they cost 2,000 pesetas." The Merchant told the group before he asked them. "Is there anything else that you need to purchase from me today?"
"Couple of First Aid Sprays." Leon told the Merchant.
"Sure." Tea gave him a Spinel before the Merchant pocketed it, grabbing a couple of First Aid spray cans from his backpack.
"Here ya go. Two First Aid Spray cans, just like you asked." Cammy got one of them and showed it to Leon and Kevin.
"Least it doesn't belong to Umbrella." Leon said, seeing the can's label to be from the Tricell Pharmaceutical Company.
"I can take one of those." Jill took the second First Aid Spray can from the Merchant, placing it at her rear hip pouch.
"Looks like business is done." Kevin said as the Merchant handed him the SSG P IV, checking the black stock and body to ensure that it was working. He then went to pull and push the bolt to check its functionality. "Doesn't seem to be loaded to me."
"That's where I come in, stranger." The Merchant handed Kevin a couple of 7.62 NATO rifle box ammo, the latter taking it from him. "Since you people are my only customers, I'll throw in a couple of them rifle ammo on the house. How does that sound?"
"Seems fair." Jill said when she heard the Merchant. "But why are you being so nice? And how do we know that you're not in league with the villagers?"
"Stranger." The Merchant began to respond to Jill's queries. "You can trust me that I'm not with them. Besides, I'm not from this place."
"Think we can see that." Jean sighed, scratching his head. Kevin was on the side, loading up on the SSG P IV with bullets. When he was done, he slinged the rifle on his back while he kept the ammo.
"I can handle this one." The ex-veteran RPD officer said after he slinged the sniper rifle. "I'm one of the best shooters in the RPD, so I can handle this rifle with no problem."
The others did not object to Kevin's plan on hanging onto the silenced sniper rifle, especially Jill and Leon as the two of them had heard of Kevin's impressive shooting abilities when Raccoon City was still around. At least they can get the jump on the enemy without getting themselves into trouble.
"We better move." Leon advised the group. "The longer we stay here, the more we'll be in trouble."
"Don't worry about me, strangers. I'll be here if you need me." The Merchant said as he watched the group walk away from him.
"Right." Martin waved the Merchant after he heard him. "Let's go Di, Java."
"Hooded man look very creepy." Java told Martin after he took a good look at the Merchant a while ago.
"Relax, Jav." Martin reassured the caveman Center agent. "Sure, the hooded guy looks creepy and all, but he's on our side."
"I hope so." Diana told Martin and whispered. "He honestly gave me the creeps."
The radios of Leon and Kevin went on, making the two stop in their tracks and contact Ingrid.
"What happened there?" Ingrid said, sounding concerned. "I was trying to get a hold of you two..."
"Sorry we couldn't get in touch sooner." Leon responded. "We were a bit tied up."
"You guys are okay, right?"
"Don't worry about us." Kevin insisted. "Sure we were tied up and all, but we're all right to continue the mission."
"There was a male civilian with us." Leon told Ingrid. "According to him, Ashley's held in a church somewhere."
"What happened to him?" Ingrid asked.
"He managed to escape."
"Do you have a fix on the location of that church?"
"No, but apparently there's a secret passage that leads there."
"We'll head back to the village and check the place for leads." Kevin told Ingrid. "Kevin and Leon out."
Front of House, Compound, somewhere in Spain
"I hope all of you were able to speak with the mysterious stranger." Sho greeted the group as they approached the gate of the compound.
"We did." Kevin replied. "But he's a merchant. Not to mention that he was willing to sell us stuff that can help us do our job better."
"Then it must be a sign from the kamis." Sho said while nodding. "But I must point out that there are hostiles outside."
"Great." Martin was about to get to the gate when Kevin placed a hand on his right shoulder.
"It's better if we can pick them off from here." Kevin told the young Center agent. "After all, I was a good marksman back in the day."
"I agree." Hien told Martin. "The less enemies we can see from here, the better."
"Over here." Cammy told Kevin, seeing a crack on the wall. "The crack on the compound wall's small for them not to see us, but it's good to use as a sniping point."
"Nice one." Kevin grinned as he unslinged his SSG P IV before he shouldered the bolt-action rifle. "Alright, let's do it. Everyone else, cover me in case the villagers decide to breach this place."
Leon told the others to get ready while Kevin peered down through the Leupold scope.
"I'm sighting two villagers on the outskirts of the compound." Kevin reported back to Leon, who placed his back on the compound wall next to him. "They don't know that we're free from captivity."
"Take them down, Kevin." Leon said after he drew out and held his Silver Ghost. Even though Kevin had excellent marksmanship in the RPD, there was no telling when a horde of villagers will raid the place and bring down the gate. It was better to be prepared than not to be at all.
"With pleasure, Leon." Once Kevin had the Leupold's sights down on the head of a villager, Kevin squeezed the SSG P IV's trigger with confidence.
Bingo. He watched the subsonic 7.62 NATO bullet crash into the forehead of the villager. But instead of making a hole into the man's forehead, his head exploded like a balloon that was popped after someone used a pin to burst it open.
"Shit." muttered the ex-SPF officer. "It's not right."
"What happened?" Leon saw Kevin's face was full of frowning.
"The villager with the sickle outside." Kevin told his partner. "When I shot him in the head, it exploded instead of making a hole in the forehead." He continued to work with the SSG P IV, sniping two more villagers on the way. One was on the roof of a house while another was on a tower. Both shots resulted in headshots.
"That's not right." Leon frowned as well. "The last time I saw that was in Raccoon City with zombies..."
"Hold on." Kevin aimed the SSG P IV again, seeing that another villager was checking the first villager shot by him. He took aim and this time, shot him in the right temple. Not again. Kevin saw that the second villager's head exploded when he went down. He then pulled the bolt back and went to reload the sniper rifle.
"Got him." Leon heard Kevin tell him of his success. "But be ready. It won't be long before the villagers start to make their way towards this place."
"¡Te voy a matar!"
"They're coming!" Hiryu shouldered his Heckler & Koch G36C. "Everyone, get ready!"
There were some sounds of running, but no one knew how many were coming for the group.
As everyone else aside from Kevin began to get ready for an attack by the villagers, the double metal doors were opened. Four villagers armed with farming tools stared at the group before one of them charged in with a pitchfork.
"This again..."
Leon sighed as he got his sidearm ready. As the villagers didn't focus on either him or Kevin, the former took aim at the pitchfork-armed villager and fired a shot from his pistol. He went down, forcing to kneel.
"On the offensive, Java!" Martin said as he activated the U-Watch to get out his I-Cutter. Java charged in towards the first villager, punching him on the left temple before delivering a sharp uppercut on his chin.
Martin charged towards the sickle-armed villager, destroying the farming tool before kicking him back towards another villager behind him.
"Smoke bomb!" Sho joined in the fight by stunning the villagers that came in the compound by hurling smoke bombs. Jill and Eriko fired their pistols at the villagers still standing until they were down on the floor.
Dan moved in, firing his SIG Sport 552 at the villagers after they were on the ground while Hiryu joined in with the G36C and Hien with the Pindad SS1-M5 Commando.
The villagers groaned after they were shot several times before they dissolved.
"Okay." Kevin said as he slinged the sniper rifle. "Path's clear, but we better move or else more of them will come."
Leon took the lead as the group moved out of the compound and down the steps.
"Be sure to cover all sides." Kevin reminded the group. "There's no telling what the villagers will do next."
"Hopefully it'll be better." Jill had her Beretta Px4 Type F pistol ready, covering the rear as they went down the steps.
Outskirts of Compound, Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
Leon and the others were at the base of the steps when they saw what was around the compound. Several houses in and around the area were connected by wooden platforms without any railings on the side. Flags of the Los Illuminados were seen, although they placed on rags that were used as makeshift flags. Looking at the wooden floors, one wrong step would send anyone of them down to their deaths. One would wonder if the complex was created with obvious defense in mind.
"Now we need to be careful around here." Diana told the group. "One wrong step and we're done for."
"Agreed." Cammy said, looking at the wooden floors. "Chun-Li and I wouldn't be able to do any of our moves since we need a lot of room."
"Question is how did these guys construct the place? I mean without even modern construction tools..." Yu was amazed at the complex's location and how they only used wood at a construction tool.
"It is amazing." Jean told Yu before he shouldered the Franchi SPAS-12 on his right shoulder. "But we have more company."
"¡Por aquí!"
Another bunch of villagers were now approaching the group, some of them now armed with dynamite sticks.
"Look out!" Leon told the group. "They got dynamite!" He raised Silver Ghost and aimed the laser sight at the villager's dynamite after it was lit. Jill and Eriko joined while Kevin provided sniping support. Hiryu, Hien and Dan fired their assault rifles to provide suppressive fire in order to give the three enough time to shoot the lit dynamite sticks and cause massive casualties among the villagers.
Explosions took place once the dynamite was shot, taking out a number of villagers in the mix without leaving any bodies behind.
"Whoa..." Martin murmured, looking away from the explosions. He was not the only one as the others did the same thing.
"That was loud." Diana said, covering her ears when the explosions had occurred. "Really, really loud."
Leon then looked at the floor before he looked up, seeing that there was no one shouting anything hostile at him or at the others in Spanish. As usual, no bodies were seen as they usually dissolve after they were killed. But this time, the villagers were killed by the dynamite blasts that there were no traces of their body parts.
"Alright, they're gone." Leon told the group before he stared at the house at his left. "For now, we can check the houses here." He pointed to the house connected by a wooden walkway.
"Leon and I will search the houses." Kevin the group instructions. "The rest of you keep an eye out for any hostiles."
The two DSO agents approached the first house with guns drawn out before Kevin kicked the door open.
Inside Unknown House, Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
"Clear left!" Leon said, being the first to enter.
"Clear right!" Kevin said, noticing a door again inside. He slowly walked in and pushed it carefully before he peeked to ensure that no hostiles were inside.
"How is it?" Leon asked Kevin, covering his back.
"Looks clear." Kevin opened the door, showing Leon that the room was clear. With the exception of a locker, there was no one inside.
"Let's take anything that isn't clamped down on the ground." Leon told Kevin, approaching the locker and opening it. Inside was a flashbang grenade.
"I'll take this." The ex-RPD officer murmured, taking the flashbang and closing the locker door.
"Hopefully the others will be all right outside." Kevin said as he spotted another door, leading outside.
The two agents moved out. But before they got out, Leon handed Kevin a box of 7.62 NATO rifle ammo.
"Thought that you may need this. You're a better shot than me after all."
"Thanks, Leon."
Outside Unknown House, Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
Leon and Kevin barged outside, their pistols leading the way as they checked the outskirts. Once it was clear, Kevin motioned to Leon that a ladder was propped up on the roof.
"I'll stay here." Kevin said, pointing to the ladder. "You get up there and take a look."
"Right." Leon climbed up the ladder and stopped on the way to smash a barrel to take a Green herb. I'll remind myself to combine these two later on.
As Leon got up the roof, he saw a chest that was left unguarded by any hostile villagers. Given that Kevin had initially cleared the place up, it was easy for Leon to stroll up to the thing and open it to grab whatever was inside there.
"I hope it's not booby trapped." Leon aimed the Silver Ghost at it while using his free hand to open the chest. When he peeked inside, he sighed in relief that it was not booby trapped or anything.
"An emblem." Leon saw that it was the right half of an emblem. But where is the left one?
He holstered his pistol and held onto the emblem as he jumped down from the roof without any problem.
"Whatcha got?" Kevin said, seeing the emblem Leon had.
"Looks like an emblem piece." Leon showed Kevin. "But we need to locate the other half. Probably somewhere with the other remaining houses."
"We better move." Leon and Kevin made their back to the group. After Leon told them that he and Kevin secured the emblem, Tea volunteered to hang onto it. Leon accepted Tea's offer and gave it to her.
"Here they come." Jill told Leon, seeing more villagers charging at them from a distance.
"We can go over there!" Jean told the group, pointing to higher ground that was accessible via ground.
Outskirts of Church, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Kenny and Krauser were speaking to Saddler outside of the church. Since the three of them were the only living souls around, it was perfect for them to have their private meetings.
"So you're saying that someone got in the church?" Krauser asked Saddler, pointing to the church.
"Indeed." Saddler told him. "But it is of no importance as the intruder was not able to find out where Ms. Ashley Graham is."
Kenny stared at the church behind him. There it was and Saddler hand mentioned where the hostage was. If he could just get inside there and rescue her, then they could escape...
"Ahem." Krauser was pretending to cough, getting Kenny's attention.
"Sorry, Krauser." Kenny apologized to the ex-special forces operative. "I was trying to remember something."
"I hope that it can wait." Krauser said, rolling his eyes. "Apologies. So I'm wondering if we can take the lead in securing..."
"I appreciate it." Saddler threw a fake smile to Krauser. "But there is no need really. I've... taken the necessary precautions so that the same incident won't happen twice again."
Krauser nodded. Hopefully that can throw off whoever's trying to rescue the girlie.
"I also have some good news for you." Saddler told Krauser. "I've been told that among the intruders seen here were ex-survivors of the Raccoon City incident. Their names are Leon Kennedy, Kevin Ryman and Jill Valentine."
Kenny's eyes were almost wide open when he heard the news. Can't be. They're actually here? Shit. They might complicate things unintentionally...
"That is interesting news indeed." Krauser's face had a grin when he heard Leon's name from Saddler. "I've worked with one of them before in Operation Javier."
"So I take it that you have no problem in handling them?"
"Of course not."
"Very good." Saddler nodded. "In addition, we've got agents from the Center, ARCAM and the Japanese National Police Agency on this little thing we're doing for the American government."
"Well looks like this'll be an interesting for us." Krauser said as he began to crack his knuckles. "Ain't it right, kiddo?"
"Uh, um yeah! That's right!" Kenny shouted in reply.
"Aren't you really spunky today?"
Elevated Pathway, Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
Leon and Kevin led the group through the elevated pathway, which had sandbags around the area as they got up. Those with bullets left in their weapons fought off the advancing villagers while those who don't have advanced ahead to check the path to make sure it was safe.
"Keep moving!" Dan shouted, firing his Sport 552 to cover the others in semi-auto mode.
"Keep the fire up!" Jill fired her Px4 Type F at the villagers, stopping only to get the empty magazine out of her pistol and reload with a fresh one.
"Here's one!" Leon said, motioning to the others to get away as he hurled one of the frag grenades he had previously secured. The explosion took out a few of the villagers.
Java saw that a villager was about to climb the ladder going to the pathway. He snarled his teeth and kicked his face.
"Good one Java!" Martin said, getting his I-Cutter before he slashed the cover open by slicing in half. He then saw the left side of the emblem Leon had acquired earlier.
"Seems to be like an emblem." Diana said, looking at it. "Or at least part of it." The gunfire seemed to die down after Kevin hurled an incendiary grenade at the surviving villagers, the fire burning them up.
"Over here!" Martin motioned to Leon, showing him the emblem he got.
"Good work, Martin." Leon grinned at Martin while patting him at his left shoulder. "Tea should have the other emblem half..."
"Right here." Tea smiled while giving the emblem to Leon. Yu, Jean and Hiryu were a bit surprised and scared at this, since Tea was unpredictable.
"So they use emblems to lock down doors?" Yu said as he watched Leon combine the emblem halves into one. "Not surprising, considering the line of work the old man does..."
"We should locate the gate out of this place." Cammy told the group.
"What about securing the place for additional supplies?" Dan asked after he reloaded his assault rifle.
"I can do that." Cammy told Dan before he jumped onto the ground and went towards another house. She saw some of the villagers coming at her with axes, but the Delta Red operative was quick enough to avoid them while executing some of her kicks before stomping on their heads to make sure they were dead permanently.
Gate, Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
Jill and Kevin were the first to stay at the gate while Leon took some of the others to check the houses for ammo, pesetas and healing equipment. So far, the two had the "best job" ever.
"So how were you holding up prior to getting here?" Jill asked Leon, trying to get some conversation going.
"Not bad." Kevin responded to Jill's question. "Been chilling in Miami for a while before DSO recruited me alongside Leon." He then told her. "I will assume that you're familiar with them."
Jill nodded.
"What about you then? How have you been since the end of Raccoon City?"
"A lot of things happened. I was recruited by a Private Regional Biohazard Containment Unit to raid Umbrella's Russian facility with help from the FSB." Jill told Kevin her part of her story. "I was recruited into the Center."
"The anti-paranormal organization?" Kevin asked. "That's a big surprise."
"I know." Jill nodded once more. "But I'm told that the UN is preparing to raise an anti-terrorist unit with emphasis on bioweapons prevention. In a few years, it'll take over from the Center since it's the only organization conducting that role after Raccoon City."
"So you're placed in the Center to get anti-bioweapons experience?" Kevin surmised. "That is interesting..."
"I hope that we can meet each other again, but not under these circumstances."
"Couldn't agree with you more there."
"Sorry we're late." Leon told Jill and Kevin as he arrived with the group. "Some stragglers were around, so we had to take care of them."
"Hopefully you guys had the time to reload." Kevin told Leon before he stared at the others.
"Don't worry about us." Yu insisted. "We're here. Right now, we need to get out of here."
"Kevin." Leon handed Kevin the combined emblem. "It's for the door behind you."
"No problem." Kevin got the emblem from his partner. He then attached the emblem onto the door, hearing a clicking sound as it was in place.
"All right." Kevin told Leon. "It's in."
Yu and Jean went towards the gate, getting it open before aiming their weapons towards the other side of the gate to make sure it was clear.
"Clear left!" Yu said, aiming his Heckler & Koch G3A4 battle rifle.
"Clear right!" Jean said, aiming his Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun.
The group saw that a long dirt road was beyond the gate. No one was around the place.
"All clear." Yu told the others. "We can proceed."
Leon nodded after hearing what Yu had said.
Dirt Road, outskirts of Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
The group advanced down the dirt road, most of them having their weapons aimed down as they walked slowly in order to avoid being caught by surprise in case a villager would ambush them.
"As usual." Yu sighed while he had ported the G3A4. "It's too quiet. We'll be bound for an enemy attack sooner or later."
"Some boxes." Hiryu went to the boxes to look around for a barrel to smash in. He found money and a Green herb.
"Anyone with injuries?" The masked SHADOW agent said as he showed a Green herb.
"I can take that." Leon took the herb. "Besides, I can combine this with the other two Green herbs I got."
Up ahead was a blue gate, which had a barrel next to it. Martin directed Java to smash it open with a kick, taking some pesetas with a total of 900 pesetas. He allowed Tea to get the money with no problem at all.
"Man I wonder how much space does she have?" Hien whispered, seeing Tea keep the pesetas with the money pouch given to her from Diana.
"Stealth or Dynamic Entry?"
The group was quiet when they heard Jill's question. They were silent before Eriko raised a suggestion.
"I would suggest that we head in quietly. If there are hostiles in there, we can catch them off their guard."
"It's a good idea." Jill agreed with Eriko. "Least we won't get into bigger trouble than we have to make noise."
"All right." Leon approached the gate and pushed it slowly. An eerie sound was made by the gates as they were pushed open towards the inside of the building.
"Looks like no one's home." Dan commented, seeing that the interior was all clear.
"Time to get inside." Hien murmured, being the first to get in.
Inside Building, outskirts of Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
When the group went inside, they saw various boxes that were littered around the room. A barrel was seen in the corner and Leon saw it. He ran towards it and kicked it open, only to see nothing inside.
"Forget it." Leon told the group, showing them the only metal door leading to another part of the building.
"Time to stack up." Leon and Kevin were on the right side of the door while Yu and Jean were on other side. Jill and Eriko were near the door entrance with Chun-Li and Cammy ready to assist when needed. The others stepped back to allow them maneuvering space.
"Here goes." Jean got the doorknob before he slowly opened it. Jill raised her sidearm when she sighted a villager at the corridor. Aiming the iron sights, Jill fired a single shot to hit the villager at the left kneecap to make it kneel before aiming the pistol at the forehead.
Jill did not react when she saw the villager's head explode. "Seen that coming." She gestured to Yu and Jean to immediately get to the other side as she heard more people shouting Spanish from the other side.
"Let's move!" Jean shouted, being the first to get in followed by Yu. Leon and Kevin followed their lead before latter told Jill and Eriko to secure the rear.
"More of them!" Leon shouted, raising his sidearm when he caught sight of three villagers, all of them carrying axes except one with a pitchfork.
"I'll handle this!" Yu fired the G3A4 after he shouldered the assault rifle, doing body shots while doing a few leg shots on the way. Jean teamed up with Yu and fired the SPAS-12 at the downed villagers, aiming at their heads. Only a couple of them died when their heads exploded from the closeness of the shotgun's barrel to their head. One screamed in pain before his body was dissolved with the others.
Sho dashed in and stabbed the last surviving villager on the forehead after he got up with his ninjato. "EIYAH!" He then went down permanently.
"All clear..." Jean told Leon, reloading his SPAS-12 with 12 gauge shells found previously. Leon told Jill that it was safe to get in the corridor with them.
"So we got company?" Chun-Li asked after stepping into the corridor.
"Yeah." Kevin replied. "But the French guy took care of it." He pointed to Jean via hitchhiker's thumb.
"The name's Jean, mind you." The French Spriggan operative glared at Kevin.
"Lay off him." Yu patted Jean's shoulder. "He's not the problem we're suppose to take care of."
Jean sighed when he heard his Japanese counterpart told him that getting angry at Kevin was not going to help. "You're right. Let's go." He then finished putting in the last 12 gauge shell before he pumped it to load a round into the chamber.
"I wonder if they were waiting for us?" Hiryu sighed, porting his G36C.
"Doubt it." Hien told him. "Best that we get around this place ASAP."
The group moved on, going around the U-shaped corridor before they stopped in front of a barrel and two windows. Leon went to check the barrel by kicking it, seeing a box of pistol ammo bullets.
"Since there aren't any enemies for the time being, let's use this opportunity to reload our weapons." Leon said before handing the two pistol ammo boxes to Eriko. "And don't worry about me, my pistol ammo's okay."
"Thank you." Eriko said as she accepted the ammo box. Taking her empty Sig Sauer P228 magazines, the detective carefully loaded each 9mm bullet into the magazine by hand until they were full.
"I guess we should dive right in." Martin said, pointing to the windows. "Since I don't see any doors around here."
"So any volunteers?" Kevin asked the group.
"I'll go." Hiryu said after Kevin asked. "I'll bet villagers are awaiting there with dynamite in hand."
"You sure you don't need to reload?" Leon asked him.
"I'll be fine." Hiryu said before he asked Fujino, who was pretty quiet. "Fujino, you're quiet back there. Want to give me a hand?"
"Not at all." Fujino replied. "I'll back you up."
"Here goes." Hiryu made a mad charge at the window, covering his balaclava-clad face and beret with his arms as he dashed in to take charge behind a large dumpster without a lid. Fujino joined in as well.
"What is the plan?" Fujino shouted as soon as they got behind the dumpster.
"Distract them!" Hiryu directed the Japanese SHADOW agent before the sound of dynamite exploding was heard. "I'll go and take them out! Got it?"
Fujino nodded in reply. She began to mentally use her bending powers to twist the arm of one of the dynamite-wielding villagers. The villager was heard yelling and screaming before the dynamite went off.
Hiryu went out of cover and fired the G36C in single shot mode, hitting the lone villager several times in the chest. One shot aimed at the head forced the villager to spin around like he was dizzy.
"Fujino! Now!" The SHADOW agent yelled as Fujino charged in with her I-Cutter, slashing the villager at his knees to make him kneel down before she stabbed him in the forehead.
When Fujino was under her urge to kill prior to being recruited by the Center, she would have enjoyed this as it was her way of calming her own soul since the Reien Girls Academy student didn't feel any pain at all. It was only after her indoctrination in the Center's SHADOW division that Fujino tried to avoid doing well lest she wanted to be branded as someone who enjoys killings. However, Fujino did not care if she killed the villagers or any of the villains behind the Los Illuminados and their allies. They kidnapped someone and it was her job to ensure that she's safe.
"Good work, Fujino." Hiryu lowered his G36C when Fujino lowered her I-Cutter, the blood dripping down from the laser blade as it was deactivated.
"Thanks." Fujino nodded before she used her bending powers in conjunction with clairvoyance to locate and destroy any foothold traps in the room. Loud snapping sounds were heard when Fujino had done this.
"All right, everyone!" Hiryu shouted after Fujino had disabled the foothold traps. "The foothold traps are disabled!"
Leon was the first to climb over the window frame.
"Thanks, you two. So we're clear."
"For the meantime." Kevin followed Leon before the others followed in climbing through either one of the two window frames. A villager came through the room from a door nearby as the Martin and Diana got in the room.
"We got a hostile." Leon said as he fired the Silver Ghost at the pitchfork-armed villager through the head. He was a bit dizzy before Jean came a bit close and fired the SPAS-12 at him. The head exploded as he spun around before the body dropped down on the ground.
"Not anymore." Jean glared at where the corpse was at it dissolved. "Cowards."
Another villager entered with an axe. When he saw Jean, he began to raise his arm in order to slash him.
"Hmph." Jean shouldered the SPAS-12 and fired it in semi-automatic mode at the head twice. The head exploded and made the body kneel before it dissolved once more. "Like I said, cowards."
Kevin searched the bodies and cabinets alike, finding pesetas and ammo alike with a Spinel as well.
"Got any 5.56 NATO ammo?" Hiryu asked Leon. "Might be running out of it soon and I'll need the reload if you got ammo boxes with you."
"Here." Leon handed whatever 5.56 NATO ammo boxes he has to Hiryu, Hien and Dan after telling Tea about it. While the trio began to reload their magazines by hand, Leon got a small piece of cloth from his pants pocket before he got the three Green herbs and placed them on the cloth.
"What are you doing?" Diana asked Leon as the three SHADOW agents were loading their empty magazines.
"I'm combining these Green herbs together." Leon began to explain to Diana on the herbs. "These kinds of herbs have three types. Green, Red and Yellow. Now depending on how you combine them, they'll either result in healing your wounds or they'll just heal the poison from your system. There are herb combinations that can allow the healing of wounds while removing poisons as well."
"But I thought that these herbs are only found in the Arklay mountains."
"I thought so too." Leon began to crush the herbs together inside the cloth, ensuring that nothing spills out of it.
"The path is clear." Fujino said to the group after peeking through the door that the two villagers had previously used before being killed by Jean. "No hostiles in sight."
"Understood." Jill replied after she eyed Leon mixing the herbs together by crushing it.
"What are you doing?" Cammy asked, watching Leon crush the herbs.
"Just getting some Green herbs together. If three of them are mixed, it'll increase the rate of healing wounds with a 100 percent efficiency."
"That is interesting." The Delta Red operative murmured. "I actually never heard of that."
"Me too, until a few years ago after the Raccoon City crisis started." Leon shrugged his shoulders before he checked the cloth. "Right, I'll go and secure the crushed herbs to make sure they don't fall down or anything." He began to tie the cloth in order to secure the crushed herbs and ensured that it was tied up and secured before he placed it on his rear hip pouch.
"We better move." Eriko told the others. "There's no telling when the villagers will come."
"No one here but quiet."
Another room, another break for the group as Kevin got inside the boiler-like room first. Aside from a window with wooden planks with another barrel nearby, it was easy game for the group to head through the next door.
"Hold on." Fujino told the group, checking out the boarded window. "There seems to be something behind here." She took out her I-Cutter and switched on the laser blade before the purple-haired girl used it to cut down the planks.
A mask. Fujino got the Elegant Mask from the bookshelf and showed it to the others.
"Another one huh?" Chun-Li said after seeing the mask. "Might be something we can sell to the merchant if we can find the appropriate item to find into the socket."
"Indeed." Tea agreed with Chun-Li before she asked Fujino to hand it to her as the British Spriggan would keep it for them.
Martin and Java broke the nearest barrel, finding 5.56 NATO ammo and a Red herb inside. The former handed it to Hiryu, who accepted it without any problem.
"Let's move." Leon led the group as he opened the door. It showed a stone-made corridor that resembled the ones you can see in medieval castles with steps going down.
Corridor, Inside Building, outskirts of Unknown Complex, somewhere in Spain
The group went down the stone steps, being careful as to mind where they were stepping to avoid tripping or falling down. The last thing they want is to be detected by any enemies nearby.
"Hopefully we can catch a break." Cammy said to herself, walking down the steps behind Leon and Kevin. As they made a right turn on the corridor, a villager was spotted with a pitchfork and shouting at them.
"¡Puedes correr, pero no puedes esconederte!"
"Take this." Kevin raised his Glock 21 Mariner, shooting the villager twice in order to disarm him of the pitchfork. Gotcha.
Even though Kevin had disarmed the villager, it didn't stop him from charging towards the group like someone who had been pumped full of drugs. He shouted in anger and had raised his arms up, ready to strangle someone.
"Shit!"
Yu charged in, zipping up the collar to activate his Armored Muscle Suit. He intercepted the villager by doing a left cross on his face before the Spriggan executed a roundhouse kick to the right temple. When the villager went down, Yu used his left foot to step on the head hard. This resulted in an explosion, and to some of the people almost wanting to vomit such as Martin and Diana.
"A bit messy there, man." Hien commented, seeing his handiwork.
"Shut it." Yu glared at him. "Got no time for this." He told him before checking on the red Boxing face guard helmet modified to have a headset mounted on it while giving the ARCAM agent's head more protection from concussion and blows alike while ignoring some of the red blood on his left boot.
"There's a ladder we can use to get out of here." Eriko pointed out the ladder at the end, leading to the surface.
"About time too." Diana commented. "Can't wait to get out of here for good."
"Who's going to go first?" Tea asked after all of them had eyed the ladder.
"I'll do it." Leon holstered his Silver Ghost. "Cover me." He gripped the ladder carefully and ensured his feet were on it as well before he began to ascend it to the surface level. Sho followed him next, being quiet as to observe the group for himself.
Outskirts of Unknown House, somewhere near El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
When Leon was able to climb out of the corridor down from the ladder to the surface, the DSO agent had exited to the ground level while climbing out an abandoned well. From the looks of things, Los Illuminados had created it as a way of disguising their passage down to the complex down from the outskirts of El Pueblo to someplace deep in the mountains.
"It's safe." Leon shouted down the well after he and Sho secured the area.
"It is very quiet." The ninja observed. "Not to mention that the cult had concealed their ladder and its entrance by disguising it as an abandoned well."
"I'll have to admit that they used their heads on this one. Probably they don't want anyone to know about it." Soon enough, Kevin and the others began to climb up as well.
"It seems we will have to go up there." Sho pointed to the house nearby.
"And they got a tripwire rigged to some explosives." Kevin pointed to the tripwire nearby as well. "Looks like they went all out to greet us."
"Let us worry about it later." Sho advised Kevin. "For now, let us see if we can secure anything useful to us before we do something about the explosives planted on those trees there."
Chapter 3 END
PS - Chapter 3's up and running, folks. I hope you guys found the conversation between Jill and Kevin okay since I plan to have similar scenarios like this where some of the characters get a chance to talk after killing off the plaga-influenced villagers and all. In the meantime, let me know how the chapter when you review prior to the next one.
After this, I'll alternate with another chapter for Peacekeepers.
