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 Kevin have parted ways temporarily to explore the two paths that would take them on the next leg of their journey in order to find a way out of Spain. But with an El Gigante and several hordes of armed villagers blocking their way, can the teams make it out alive without dying on the way? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
Chapter 10: Journey
Dirt Path, Right Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
After the El Gigante was caught by surprise when the huge boulder blocked his path, the giant roared and punched it with both of his clenched hands. But with the destroyed boulder came Yu, who charged in while he began to empty his Heckler & Koch G3A4 on full automatic on the giant.
"Ikuzo!" yelled the Japanese Spriggan agent, firing the battle rifle at El Gigante's face and body. The young man continued doing this, knowing that he would be at risk for being clobbered outright by the giant with the possibility of being killed even if his Armored Muscle Suit would strongly protect his entire body from sudden impact and crashes.
The El Gigante roared out, on its knees after being shot at by several 7.62 NATO bullets. The parasite emerged out of its back, allowing Sho to immediately charge in and hop onto the giant's back. While the ninja began slashing it from several angles, Kevin assisted him by firing his Steyr SSG P IV from a distance. It was due to Kevin's quick hands in reloading the bolt-action sniper rifle that he added more damage to the exposed parasite, shooting only if and when Sho was out of the way because of potential friendly fire casualties.
"It's coming back!" Fujino yelled to Sho, who jumped out of the way as the parasite went back inside El Gigante.
"I got one of these!" Hiryu yelled out before he hurled a primed frag grenade, watching it go underneath El Gigante.
"Where'd you get that?" Yu asked the masked SHADOW agent.
"Would you believe it if I told you that I got it when I smashed up a nearby barrel?"
Yu fired his G3A4 once more after he reloaded the battle rifle, firing it at El Gigante while he moved around the giant to keep it pinned down. Hiryu joined in and fired the HK G36C, nearly emptying its magazine before the giant roared once more and got on its knees.
"Here goes." Kevin had aimed the SSG P IV still at El Gigante, only waiting for the parasite to be exposed.
"It's coming out." Chun-Li pointed to the DSO agent the exposed parasite.
"That's all I need." Kevin murmured, aiming the SSG P IV's riflescope as he centered the sights on the parasite. Once he got a clear shot, Kevin fired shot after shot at the exposed parasite. With his quick hands honed thanks to the time he spent in marksmanship training after being recruited to the DSO alongside Leon, the brown-haired man made quick work of the parasite.
Sho joined up with Fujino, the two Japanese nationals getting up on the back of El Gigante and used their bladed weapons to slash and stab the parasite. They knew that it had been greatly weakened thanks to the barrage of bullets and it was just a matter of time before the giant was dead permanently. It was thanks to their specialized blades that got the job done easily.
"It's working." Tea watched the fight, the British Spriggan standing beside Chun-Li. The two women witnessed the death of another El Gigante once more. Everyone ran away from El Gigante since it was coming down and fast.
"Move back!" Yu shouted, running as fast as he could before the falling El Gigante could flatten him down.
"So..." Martin mumbled after he felt a slight shock on the ground from the collapse of the giant. "Are we gonna get gold bars from his corpse once again?"
"Come on, Ominae." Hiryu sighed as he began to reload his G36C. "Might as well go and check if we can secure anything from that giant's corpse."
"Right with ya." Yu agreed with his comrade, walking towards the El Gigante's corpse.
"Hey guys." Martin greeted the two. "Is... is it dead?"
Fujino, thankfully, was near Martin when he asked the question. The Japanese SHADOW agent went up to the downed El Gigante, seeing that the giant was not trying to protect itself. She summoned a karambit from her O-Watch and proceeded to stab El Gigante at the right eyelid.
"W-what are you doing?" Kevin shouted at Fujino while in the midst of reloading the SSG P IV with a fresh 10-round magazine. "You could get it after us before it dies or something..."
"I think that answers your question, Martin." Hiryu told Martin after he noted that El Gigante was down for good and was not fighting back against the entire team. "It's not getting up. At least it's staying down forever."
"So what now then?" Martin replied to his Center comrade, now knowing that no giant will be chasing them throughout Spain for a very long time.
"We can search this place with some time on our side at least." Tea told the Canadian Center agent, looking very calm despite the situation they were in a while ago. "For now, let us see what we can dig us from this place. Especially from this giant's corpse."
Camp, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Leon's group had just cleared the initial group of armed villagers, still on the dirt path when they made their approach towards their destination. With the walls covering the side of the dirt path, which are made up of wooden 4x4 nailed up on wooden posts stuck on the ground, the group was able to at least not get lost and just know where to go. On the other hand, this limits their fighting space and it forces them to be on the offensive so that they can move.
"We got incoming, guys." Leon told his allies, noticing an armed villager with a sickle coming towards them. As always, the sickle he wielded had a rusted blade. "Watch out!"
Eriko aimed her Sig Sauer P228 at the villager's legs, firing the pistol at the left leg before doing the right. The villager was then on his knees thanks to the shots.
"Ok!" Jean fired his Franchi SPAS-12, its pistol grip held by his right hand, while watching the villager get hit by the buckshots fired by the shotgun in semi-auto mode.
Leon swore that he saw Jean had a grin written all over his face before he shouldered his Remington 870, which he switched over his Silver Ghost for firepower reasons, as he approached the downed villager.
I wonder if that guy's some psycho or something? Standing just near the downed villager, Leon fired his shotgun in rapid succession. He fired buckshot after buckshot and watched them do their work. At the same time, Leon worked the Remington 870's pump handle to ensure its functionality since the weapon is a pump-action shotgun.
The villager's head eventually exploded from being by multiple buckshots, leading to the corpse being dissolved.
"Let's move. We can't linger around here any longer." Hien told his allies. "It won't be long before we're going to be in a pinch."
At the end of the dirt path, the team could be a ladder propped up against the wooden wall. It was a sure sign that they can progress.
It they can just get the two villagers out of the way.
Jill had her Beretta Px4 Storm Type F pistol at the ready, aiming first at the pitchfork-armed villager. Another villager was behind him, a female one with a rusted kitchen knife.
"Java!" Diana called out for her caveman colleague after she saw Jill fire her sidearm at the pitchfork-armed villager at his kneecaps.
Java charged in and moved his clenched left fist back before giving the final blow, hitting the villager at the face as he crashed to the female villager.
"They're still getting up..." Cammy murmured, who opted to just charge in the fight. The Delta Red operative executed a jab and a roundhouse, which was followed by a Cannon Spike attack.
"Cannon Spike!" Cammy yelled out loud, thrusting her right leg up high from the ground. The two villagers were hit in the process. But Cammy was not finished. As soon as she landed, the blonde woman executed a Spiral Arrow and struck the first villager in chest. The second one, who had been unfortunate to be behind the first one, was also hit as they were sent flying, knocking down the ladder before the villagers were down on the ground.
Just to be safe, Jean emptied his SPAS-12 on the villagers. However, both of their heads exploded and had their parasites exposed.
"Stay back!" Leon aimed his Remington 870 at the villagers after he had reloaded in a few minutes ago, firing it at their chest and legs.
Hien opted to join in, firing his Pindad SS1-M5 Commando at the parasites in full automatic mode. Thanks to sustained fire, the parasites exploded. This killed the villagers as their bodies begin to dissolve.
"They're dissolving again..." Eriko muttered as she helped Cammy prop the ladder back upright.
"It's most likely the work of the parasite being injected into humans." Cammy explained to the Japanese detective. "I'm sure it's to erase any evidence of the cult's involvement."
"All done?" Leon asked Cammy after he slinged his shotgun. Jean kicked the nearby wooden barrel to grab a box of buckshots. He opened it and grabbed the 5 buckshot shells, loading them into his SPAS-12 before the French Spriggan agent threw the empty box away.
Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Dan went over the message transmitted on his O-Watch when Ashley politely tapped on his left shoulder.
"Something I can do for you, Ms. Ashley?" The Malaysian SHADOW agent closed the message before he asked the blonde woman.
"Just call me Ashley." The First Daughter insisted politely. She then told him. "But I'm just here to say that I need to go."
"I'll assume that you can't hold it in any longer now?"
Ashley just nodded.
"Alright. I can't blame you." Dan then frowned before he asked Ashley. "But this cabin doesn't have any toilet facilities."
"I-it's alright." Ashley told Dan. "I'll just relieve myself outside."
"But I'll have to keep an eye on you outside." Dan then explained when he saw that Ashley was giving him a weird look.
Dammit... Dan felt embarrassed, but did not show it in front of Ashley. "Don't worry, it's not like I'm going to take a peek at you or anything."
Outside Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Dan was now outside the cabin, protecting Ashley as she went to relieve herself. He didn't know how she was doing to do it and franky, Dan didn't care since he's not like some other guy who would take a chance to peek at the First Daughter.
Only thing is the guys aren't back yet from clearing the paths and...
The Malaysian heard beeping from his O-Watch.
"From the Center?" Dan murmured before he used his O-Watch to receive the transmission via Communicator. "Yes?"
"Dan-san." Dan saw that the transmission came from Fujino, her holographic image appearing over his O-Watch. "Is everything alright with the First Daughter?"
"Don't worry about her. We're fine here. Is something wrong?"
Fujino shook her head. "The others and I are almost done clearing out path. We've just defeated an El Gigante trying to kill us."
"Another one, huh?" Dan frowned after hearing the news from Fujino. "Is everyone okay?"
"No one is hurt. Right now, we're just trying to acquire anything we can. Ammunition, money, herbs, etc."
"Got it. Just let me know when the path's clear and I'll see you and the others."
"Understood."
Dan ended communication with Fujino, holding onto his SIG Sport 552 carbine when he saw Ashley coming towards the cabin entrance.
"I'm finished now." Ashley told Dan, patting her sweater and arms.
"All right. Get back inside." Dan opened the cabin door, letting Ashley back inside first before him. "Some of the others are clearing up the path ahead for us, but we can't stay outside the cabin for long."
Dirt Path, Right Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Kevin and company began a search on the dirt path they took after killing the El Gigante, starting with the gold bars they found in his corpse. While they had eventually taken a few, most were confused on how and why Los Illuminados had created such a being that the group was able to find gold bars worth 15,000 pesetas.
"This... is pretty weird." Hiryu said out loud after he handed the gold bars to Tea for safekeeping. "What does the cult benefit for letting this giant have the gold bars?"
"Maybe they're just trying to make a getaway with it." Martin said while shrugging his shoulders. "You know how those robbers did in in the Italian Job starring Mark Wahlberg..."
"I doubt we'll find an answer to that, young man." Tea reminded Martin, having a smile on her face as always.
"We've been able to find what we've been able to find so far." said Kevin as he and Yu approached the group, its members now gathering up near the cabins that had been raided for anything worth taking.
"Hopefully some ammo or grenades would be nice for a change." Hiryu commented after he adjusted the sling of his G36C, positioned in front of him for quick and easy access.
"Let's see here." Yu spoke up as he began to recall the items he and Kevin were able to loot from the abandoned cabins. "We got an incendiary grenade for starters..."
"Which I'll be carrying." Kevin tapped on his pants pocket since it was kept there.
"A Spinel, some .45 ACP ammo for Kevin with a few 9mm pistol ammo, some 5.56 NATO for yours truly," Yu handed a box of 5.56 NATO ammo to Hiryu, who accepted it. "some 7.62 NATO subsonic bullets which Kevin took for himself, 2000 pesetas and an Old Key."
"What's the key for?" Chun-Li asked, being a bit confused on why Kevin and Yu had a key with them.
"I guess we'll be finding out soon." Sho told the Interpol officer. "But before we go..." The ninja faced Fujino.
"Hai." Fujino bowed a bit to Sho. "I'll contact Dan and Ms. Graham at once..."
Inside Cabin ground floor, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"Hmm?"
Dan took a look at his O-Watch and noticed that he was receiving a transmission.
From who this time? The Malaysian agent noted that there was a message sent by Fujino.
Right path cleared up. Send the First Daughter along. The others are probably still busy clearing up the left path.
"We need to go right away." Dan went to Ashley, who was on a wooden chair and sleeping on the table to pass the time.
"Hmm..." Ashley woke up, a bit sleep before she rubbed her eyes to stay awake.
"My comrades have cleared up on the paths we can use. Besides we can't stay here forever."
The SHADOW agent opened the cabin door, aiming the Sport 552 outside to spot for any enemies. Once he reported that it's clear, Dan led Ashley to the guardhouse nearby.
Guardhouse, near Cabin, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"You ready?" Dan told Ashley, who nodded as she stood behind him.
"Here goes." Dan pulled the lever to the right, allowing access to the right path with the gate opened.
"Just follow me." The Malaysian shouldered the Sport 552 as he began to approach it. Ashley also began to approach the gate as well, but she stayed a bit back to allow the SHADOW agent to clear the path in case of any hostiles lingering about.
"Alright." Ashley replied to Dan. "As long as you don't run fast."
"Don't worry. I won't lose you. That's a promise."
Dirt Path, Right Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"Dan!"
Hiryu shouted to get Dan's attention as he caught sight of him and Ashley approaching them, the two moving on the side to steer clear of El Gigante's huge corpse because it was blocking their way.
"Hey." The two SHADOW agents greeted each other with a fist bump.
"Good to see you're safe, Dan-san." Fujino greeted Dan as well.
"Things are quiet around here." Dan said, pointing to the giant's corpse. "Aside from a genetically-made giant corpse lingering around here, that is."
"We also got a key." Hiryu told Dan before he faced Yu. "Show him the key, Ominae."
"Really?" Yu wondered why he should show the key to Dan. "O-okay then."
"Why an old key?" Dan asked Yu, who just shrugged.
"Ashley, are you okay?" Kevin went to meet up with Ashley.
"I'm fine." Ashley replied to Kevin's question. "Just wondering if we can get out of here."
"Well there's a gate up ahead." Yu did a hitchhiker's thumb position to point it out. "We can head up there and take a look and see if this old key works or not..."
"You folks go ahead." Tea looked overhead to see a nearby bucket. "I need to take care of this."
"What are you doing?" Martin asked the British Spriggan, who did not reply since she kept her gaze on the bucket.
The blonde Canadian Center agent watched Tea take something out from the overhead bucket, nearly taking him by surprise. It was his first time to see a psychic do her work, aside from the ones he had read about in books and such.
"That was awesome!" Martin shouted out loud, excited to see Tea do her work.
"Thank you kindly." Tea grinned, taking a look at the Purple gem before she pocketed it.
Kevin approached a wooden gate that was blocking their way.
"This is easy." He drew out a Gerber Emerson Alliance-type combat knife and used it to hack down the chains. To his surprise, the chains were easily broken with no resistance. Kevin then executed a forward kick, breaking the wooden gate down.
Kevin's group, Ashley included, walked towards the red double doors at the end of the dirt path. Everyone wondered if they can get out with the old key they found in the area.
"Hopefully this works." Kevin murmured after Yu handed him the key by tossing it to him. "Positions, everyone. Hopefully we won't need to use our weapons until then."
Hiryu, Yu and Eriko positioned behind Kevin, who was now unlocking the right door with the old key.
"Alright." Kevin murmured after he inserted the old key into the keyhole. Afterwards, the brown-haired man pulled the key to the right.
"Let's see if it works." The DSO agent drew out his Glock 21 Mariner and held it with his right hand. He began to push the left door slowly to test if it's unlocked.
"It worked." Yu murmured, telling Hiryu. He just patted his left shoulder, telling him that he got the message. "We did it."
"I'll go and take the lead." Kevin told his allies, gripping his sidearm in his right hand. He aimed the Glock's sights after he pushed the door, being wary of an ambush.
"Understood."
He looked at the others and jerked his head forward, urging them to follow him.
Camp, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
With the ladder propped up, Leon's group had made the decision to climb up and look for the exit. Jean was the first to get up onto the wooden-made platform, using his lycanthrope powers to assist him in taking the leap from the ground up.
"What the?" Leon was surprised to see Jean perform the feat while he was climbing up the ladder.
"Did you know that he can do that?" Jill asked Hien, who was about to climb up next after Leon.
"Sure." Hien shrugged. "Everyone in the Spriggans do know that Jean's not normal." He then insisted. "But he's really a good guy."
Everyone else, Diana included, decided to take Hien's word as the truth.
I'll forget that I asked that kind of question and figure that along with the flow.
It took a few minutes for the others to climb the ladder up. Jean stayed near the ladder, covering for the others while he ported the SPAS-12. The ponytailed man had previously checked if his weapon was already set to semi-automatic mode.
Wooden Platform, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"Anything?"
Leon had just climbed the platform when he had just heard the sound of Jean's shotgun being fired at the armed villagers.
Just what kind of person is this guy? Leon could only watch Jean make short work of the villagers from a distance.
"How's he doing?" Jill asked the blonde DSO agent after climbing up the ladder.
"I think..." Leon replied while hearing Jean's SPAS-12 being fired at a villager. "he's doing fine."
The two later witnessed the French Spriggan at work, crushing the head of a downed villager with his heel of his combat boot. He stepped a few feet back, seeing a parasite take the place of the now headless villager. Jean grinned as he dropped his SPAS-12 and made a rush to get the parasite.
"W-what's happening out here?" Diana climbed the ladder as fast as her legs could take her.
"I think our French friend's taking control of the situation ahead of us."
The trio shuddered in horror, seeing Jean laugh as he took hold of the parasite by his hands and stretched it. Thanks to his lycanthrope powers, the ponytailed man took this as second nature.
"I don't know if I should vomit or not." Jill mumbled to Leon and Diana when she noted Jean's non-human strength in killing the parasite by ripping it apart with his hands.
"I think that's bloody awesome."
Hien now climbed the ladder, giving a whistle. Minutes later, Java, Eriko and Cammy climbed up the ladder onto the wooden platform to join up with their comrades.
Dual Dirt Paths, somewhere in Spain
Kevin's group got out of the right dirt path and into the open, safe for the moment.
Well, the only thing they can do is walk on the path that would take them in front of the castle-like structure. Considering that they've just gotten out of their predicament and that the double door doesn't seem to have a keyhole in it (Not like they can tell unless they get a bit closer for visual inspection), they can't go anywhere. A small shed in on the right side and on the left, there were wooden stairs that would take the group to someone very, very, very, familiar.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The hooded Merchant grinned and greeted Kevin and company. "Welcome, strangahs!"
"You!" Kevin shouted, pointing a finger at him. "What are you..."
"Let me guess." Martin sighed, looking at the Merchant. "It's a trade secret and you're not telling us how you're got here."
"Perfectly well, strangah." The Merchant replied to Martin's inquiry by nodding his head. "But for now, it seems that you want to buy any of my wares today."
"We may want to sell a few of them." Tea slowly approached the Merchant, showing him a gold bar taken from El Gigante's corpse.
"Aahhhh..." The Merchant was becoming more curious and interested. "I have not seen a gold bar like this." He looked at Tea carefully. "How many of these do you have?"
"Quite a lot, my good man." Tea smiled and showed the Merchant at least four more gold bars, held on both of her gloved hands. "Here you are."
"Aahhh..." The Merchant nodded after looking at the gold bars he took from Tea. "I seem to notice from the previous gold bars I got from you lot are UBS-based." He then was in his train of thought before he said. "But that part doesn't matter. For I'll buy it at a high price."
"Same price then?"
The Merchant nodded, who collected the gold bars before he handed Tea a small box of pesetas inside.
"15,000 as promised like the last time." The hooded man asked Tea. "Though I'm not sure how you can handle all the pesetas..."
"Don't worry." The British Spriggan assured the Merchant. "I have ways to handle that problem. As of now, we don't have much."
"I see. Anything else that you want to sell?"
"I have this." Tea showed the Merchant a bunch of Spinels
"Aahhh..." The Merchant was quite happy to see the Elegant Mask, as well as the Spinels Tea brought out. "You're looking good in terms of selling your wares."
"How much?"
"Initial price is 15,000, with the addition of at least a 1,000. Depending on the Spinels I got with me..."
"I think this is going well." Hiryu commented, when he saw the Merchant hand Tea another box full of pesetas. "Especially with the money we're going to make, I think we're going to make this Merchant a very happy camper."
"Now I really wonder how is she going to handle all of those boxes full of money?" Ashley asked her rescuers, watching Tea conduct most of the bargaining in terms of selling the items the team had collected throughout their mission until right now.
"Trust me..." Yu told the First Daughter. "Tea's got a secret on that. And she's not telling anyone." He pointed to Hiryu. "Not even him."
"It must be only me." Sho spoke his mind to everyone else. "But I am most certainly grateful that the Merchant is here when we need his assistance. Almost makes me wonder if the cult does know of his presence." The ninja cleared his throat before he continued. "And if they do, why didn't they notice the Merchant in their territories?"
"That is a good question." Dan told Sho. "I guess we'll never find out why Los Illuminados didn't bother to take out the Merchant. It's a blessing that he's around to help us when we need him."
"So what then?" Ashley asked around. "As much as I want you guys to go off and help Leon get away from the other path, I just want to rest up here. I feel a bit tired all of a sudden."
"Hmm..." Kevin mused upon hearing what Ashley had said. "I have a feeling that it's due to whatever the cult inserted onto us." The brown-haired man approached Ashley and asked her. "Are you going to be okay?"
Ashley nodded.
"If some of you would want to rest up here at least, then go ahead." Kevin told his group. "But we'll need to reinforce Leon so that he can get out from the other side a bit faster." The DSO agent went to press the question. "Any volunteers?"
"I could go." Hiryu told Kevin.
"Same." Fujino volunteered as well.
"I will go with the young ones." Sho told Kevin.
"Then it's settled." Kevin said after hearing who volunteered. "Hiryu, Sho and Fujino will go to the left path and assist Leon to make sure he and his team can get out safely." He then continued. "The others, including myself, will stay here and rest up while we keep an eye on the First Daughter to ensure her safety."
"Let us move then." Sho told Hiryu and Fujino. The two SHADOW agents nodded at Sho's direction, the duo running down the steps and down the paths to follow the ninja as he had made a running start ahead.
Catwalks, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Leon approached Jean, who had just picked up his SPAS-12 after killing off the last villager.
"You know, I just want to say that what I've seen so far is the most disgusting thing ever."
Jean raised an eyebrow after hearing Leon's ranting. "Really?"
"Yes, really." Leon was wondering if the French Spriggan had something to say, considering that Jean didn't look fazed from his ranting.
"It's second nature. I'm used to this sort of thing."
"Remember what I told you..." Hien approached Leon and reminded him.
"Oh, fine."
Jean raised an eyebrow. "Something I should know about?"
"Not really." Hien handed Jean and Leon some shotgun shells. "Got a couple of small boxes with buckshots. Jill found them, looking around while you guys were a bit bickering."
"We're not bickering." Leon told the masked Spriggan.
"Of course you weren't." Hien rolled his eyes after hearing the DSO agent. "Anyway, is it clear from here?"
"Looks like it." Jean told his Spriggan colleague. "But the pit down there is like a death trap, waiting for someone to go down and be killed."
"So... how are we going to resolve this?" Diana asked Jean when she heard his concerns.
"We obviously need someone who's quick on their feet while he or she doesn't hesitate being on the move."
"Great." It was now Eriko's turn to roll her eyes when she heard Jean's proposal. "In other words, you need someone who has no problems being bait with the potential of being killed in the process."
Near Red Gate, Dual Dirt Paths, somewhere in Spain
Fujino, Hiryu and Sho approached a red gate that was adjacent towards another gate. To start things off, the Japanese SHADOW agent tried to see if she can get the red gate to open by just pushing it.
"It is no good." Fujino told the other two. "It's quite shut from the other side."
"Either it's locked." Hiryu prepped his G36C. "Or the villager's got the common sense to bar it with a 4x4."
"Allow me." Sho laid a hand on the masked SHADOW agent's left shoulder.
"Master..." Hiryu was confused why he was stopped.
"Your weapon could bring us more trouble than we ever need." Sho explained to his ex-protégé why Hiryu should not unload his German-made compact assault rifle onto the red gate.
"But are you going to..."
Sho nodded. "Allow me." He drew out Lightning Light from the saya strapped on his back. When the ninja had a very firm grip on the ninjato's tsuka, Sho charged at the red gate before he executed several slashes.
"He's amazing..." Fujino could only watch in amazement to see the Ninja Commando at work.
"He's not the Ninja Commando for nothing." Hiryu told his SHADOW comrade. "After all, he did train the first generation of SHADOW agents before you even came into the picture."
"All is done." Sho told the SHADOW agents. "The only thing we need to do is to greet our hosts from inside this facility."
"Just leave that part to me, master." Hiryu approached the red gate, zipping up the collar of his Armored Machine Suit. When the SHADOW agent stood in front of the gate, he eyed it to locate the area where Lightning Light had placed its blade on.
"Right... here." The masked SHADOW agent placed his gloved hand on what appeared to be blade-made incisions for an entryway that would allow normal humans to pass through.
He flexed his gloved hand and reared it back. A few seconds later, Hiryu brought the clenched fist back to the red gate in order to punch it.
Catwalks, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"Did you hear that? Sounded like someone tried to make a punch."
Jill told Leon after she met up with him and the others.
"I don't know." Leon frowned. "Sounds like a punch to me."
"Well..." Jean told the others. "What are we waiting for? Let's not stick around here."
"Agreed." Eriko agreed with Jean. "We need to move. It could be the others trying to mount an offensive against the enemy from the back."
"Time to move it." Hien got his SS1-M5 Commando at the ready before the masked Spriggan prepares to jump down to the pit.
Leon's group went to prepare their weapons before getting ready to step down on the pit and meet with the opposition.
Long Path, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
The trio were able to breach through the gate, which was destroyed in the punch attack. Thanks to the power of the Armored Machine Suit, despite having some power sacrificed to give the wearer a high degree of agility, the red gate was completely destroyed to the point that it broke away when the punch occurred.
"Such amazing power." Fujino commented when she saw the red gates now moving back and forth like double saloon doors you see in a Western town.
"Thanks." Hiryu smirked. "But we can't stop here. We need to move before the villagers get a jump on us."
The trio moved down the path, passing through a couple of columns that were partially made by wood with the base made by wooden stakes to create a series of palisades.
"Palisades." Sho commented as he ran down the path.
"Hold on a second." Hiryu approached a nearby wooden barrel and kicked it to get a Flashbang, which he placed on his tactical vest.
"Done?" Fujino asked as she navigated through the dirt path, which was made by sandbags, a couple of barbed wire barricades on the side and wooden lumber used to create the path.
"Aahh..." Hiryu told the Japanese SHADOW agent, leaping over some sandbags. "We'll need to move before the villagers get the jump on us."
As the trio were now approaching the end of the path, they spotted a small shed on the side. The ninja told the SHADOW agents to watch his back while he conducts a quick raid to secure whatever can be taken from the shed.
Shed, Long Path, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"Awfully quiet."
The ninja said after he cut down the door with Lightning Light, finding a barricaded window thanks to wooden 4x4s with an open hatch. He then sheathed the ninjato in his saya for the time being.
Sho crouched down and began to concentrate, using his Ninja Eyes to locate any enemies down the hatch. After a few seconds, Sho nodded in satisfaction that no enemies were located.
"Just a wooden barrel." The ninja hopped down and ran towards the barrel. He then executed a spinning kick to break it, revealing an unused Frag Grenade.
Better save this up. He grabbed the weapon and took it with him. Sho ran back up to the main floor, performing a double jump to get there from the basement floor.
And now, for the barricaded window. Sho walked towards the window and got out Lightning Light to slice the 4x4s, revealing a passageway.
"Two barrels." Sho murmured as he ran towards them, kicking each one of them with a forward kick. The Ninja Commando saw that the barrels had a Flashbang and a Red Gem.
"Perfect." Sho knelt down and picked up the Red Gem. "This could be what Tea-san needs."
Pocketing the Red Gem, Sho picked up the Flashbang before he ran back inside the shed and outside to meet up with Hiryu and Fujino.
Long Path, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"Master."
Hiryu slightly bowed to greet Sho when he emerged out of the shed. "Anything of interest?"
"There is." Sho handed Hiryu the Frag and Flashbang grenades. "Considering your current profession, these may be of good use to you."
"Thank you, Master." Hiryu took the grenades and ensured that they were on his tactical vest for easy reach should the SHADOW agent need it for an upcoming battle.
"Let us move." Sho advised the young ones. "We might be able to get the jump on the enemies trying to ambush our comrades."
Pit, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Leon's team had a hard time deciding who should be the one responsible in taking the lead. After some time with deliberation and such, Cammy "agreed" to volunteer in scouting out the pit below and see if it's clear of any villagers.
"I'll go and do it." Cammy told her allies. "Goddamn blokes." She murmured under her breath when the Delta Red operative jumped down from the wooden catwalk.
After the blonde woman did so, she frowned when she thought she heard something being revved up. Like a sedan's engine.
"Wait a second..."
Cammy was hesitant to move, not sure of what she's hearing.
"Got a bad feeling on this." Leon shouldered his Remington 870 and aimed the shotgun down the pit.
The two were right in their hesitation when some wooden 4x4s were broken down, revealing a woman in villager-type clothing with bandages wrapped around her head. The bandages, however, seemed to be falling off. This gave the woman some allowance in her vision.
"Bloody hell." Cammy was stunned to see the woman was brandishing a chainsaw.
And its motor was already turned on.
This type of ganado, known as the Bella Sisters, were a much more dangerous version of Doctor Salvador since they usually roam in pairs. They use this by cornering the opposition before the sisters cut them down permanently with the chainsaws in close quarters. And since they have plagas in their bodies, the opposition would have a hard time in killing them. Except if they have weapons like RPGs and grenades to slowly kill them.
"A chainsaw!" Diana yelled out. "And I though we dealt with them already!"
Another woman leaped down to the pit from the opposite side of the catwalks Leon's group was standing on. Like the first woman, she too had bandages partially wrapped around her and was armed with a running chainsaw.
"They're not the only ones we need to worry!" Jill shouted, aiming her sidearm at four villagers who had somehow shown up in the catwalks despite the fact that it had been cleared of them minutes ago.
"Split up!" Leon told his allies. "Take care of the villagers!" He then aimed the Remington 870's iron sights. "I'll go and help Cammy take care of these bastards!"
Long Path, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Fujino was the first to reach the end of the path, which led to a metallic door.
"A gunbattle." Fujino told Hiryu and Sho. "I can hear gunshots from the other side of this door."
"Then we must not waste any more time." Sho replied to Fujino. "Can the door be opened?"
Hiryu went to the metal door and took a hold of the ring-shaped handle. He then pushed and pulled it. "No good. Locked from the other side, that's for sure."
"Allow me." Fujino went for her O-Watch to access the I-Cutter. After getting a hold of the handle, she activated the energy blade. Seconds later, pure energy dissipated from the handle for it to assume the form of a 7.25 inch blade.
"By all means." Hiryu slinged his G36C at his back and drew out his Fairbarn-Sykes fighting knife. Fujino began her work, using the I-Cutter's energy blade to cut out the ring handle from the metal door.
"Such technology." Sho was a bit surprised to see the Japanese SHADOW agent handle an I-Cutter.
"She's becoming one of the best SHADOW agents after Dan and I became SHADOW agents." Hiryu told Sho, flipping the Fairbarn-Sykes so that he held the combat knife upside down with the blade pointed down towards the ground.
"A great way to use her talents to protect world peace."
"That I concur, master."
"All clear." Fujino told Hiryu and Sho, holding the I-Cutter upside down like Hiryu did for his Fairbarn-Sykes.
"I'll take the lead." Hiryu used his free hand to slowly push the metal door, peeking inside to see Jill and Eriko engage two villagers on the catwalks. Leon, on the other hand, was helping Cammy engage the Bella Sisters.
"Anything?"
"Yeah. They're being engaged. Looks like they've been jumped by chainsaw-wielding villagers."
"Again..."
"Now's not the time to complain. Let us move forward."
"Right."
Pit, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Cammy, used her martial arts to keep the Bella Sisters at bay. Leon and Jean unloaded their buckshots onto the sisters in order to keep them down. She was joined by Java, who decided to use his brute caveman strength to assist.
"Fighting in close quarters is one of Delta Red's specialties..." Cammy muttered diving low to avoid a swipe from the chainsaw's running saw chains. "but fighting against someone with a running chainsaw while under the influence of a cult-based organism is something I didn't have training for."
"And here we are!"
The metallic door was nearly kicked off its hinges, revealing Sho, Fujino and Hiryu. This time, Sho had his Lighting Light at the ready.
"It's them!" Jean shouted as he fired the last buckshot at the Bella Sisters. The ponytailed man moved away a bit to spend some time reloading his SPAS-12.
"Some villagers are up the catwalks! Can you help?" Jill shouted at Sho while she kept her fire at the villagers, only for Eriko to kill one of them by shooting their head.
Sho nodded, executing another double jump to the platform and take down a couple of the villagers, slicing them in half by the waist. The ninja charged for the last villager, going for a head stab.
"He's good." Jill said as she made her retreat back to the direction of the pit. "Eriko, let's go!"
"R-right!" Eriko ran back to the pit as well with Jill.
Dual Dirt Paths, somewhere in Spain
For some reason, the Merchant was kind enough to distribute water to Kevin's group. While most of them thought that it was due to the Merchant's kindness because they were the only ones wiling to do business with them in the Spanish countryside, Kevin thinks otherwise.
I don't know about this. Shouldn't the Merchant be trying to ask us money for this? Not that I question the Merchant's kindness.
Kevin stared at the Merchant, who handed Ashley a plastic bottle of water.
If he does have them...
"Are you alright?"
Yu approached Kevin, who had just consumed his bottle of water.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Kevin sighed before he drank his bottle of water. He then spoke to Yu after finishing it. "I just got this gut feeling that we need to do something else after we meet with Leon and company."
"Is that something you come up when you're with the DSO?"
"Never mind." Kevin was surprised at this since neither he nor Leon never told the others about their affiliation with the DSO as secret agents. "Just something I had ever since I survived Raccoon City. It's something I ran up with ever since I joined up with the agency."
"How much longer do we have to wait?" Ashley asked Kevin, who was seen seated down on the steps to get a break.
"I don't know really." Kevin told the First Daughter. "Are you alright there, Ms. Ashley?"
Ashley nodded. "Tired I guess. But I'm fine. I... just needed to sit down. Feeling a bit tired from running. My feet kinda hurt. Sorry, Kevin."
Kevin nodded when he heard Ashley's answer. "Good to hear. And it's okay. Just try to rest and conserve as much energy as you can until Leon and the other can rendezvous with us here."
"Okay. Thanks."
Pit, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Leon covered for Jean, emptying his shotgun onto the Bella Sisters until Jean could ensure that his shotgun was ready for combat. After a lull in shotgun blasts, the Bella Sisters stood up with their chainsaws at the ready.
On the other hand, Fujino and Hiryu were ready to take the fight towards the Bella Sisters.
"Fujino! Let's split up and take those women down!"
"Understood!"
The two SHADOWs went off to take down one Bella Sister each, charging in with their knives.
One of them has some kind of key placed around her neck. Fujino noted some key was placed in a string, which served as some kind of necklace for one of the Bella Sisters walking fast towards her. Looks like it's for the door, but I better take it to be sure.
The purple-haired teenager made a dash for the Bella Sister, using the I-Cutter's energy blade to cut the string. Once in arm's length, Fujino managed to grab the key before she did a combat roll. Thanks to SHADOW training, this became an instinct to her since all she did afterwards was to spring up from the grounds, legs pushed up first.
Hiryu grinned when he saw Fujino's handiwork. That's the Fujino we know back in SHADOW.
The masked SHADOW agent stood toe-to-toe against the second Bella Sister, who was beginning to swing the chainsaw meant to cut the agent vertically.
"Like that's going to happen!" Hiryu held his Fairbarn-Sykes overhead as the chainsaw's saw chains made contact with the knife's Orihalcon-made blade.
"Heh." Hiryu grinned as the Bella Sister was in shock to see Hiryu's the Orihalcon blade blocking the saw chains from cutting him up. "How do you like them apples now..."
He forced the chainsaw away from him and then followed it by using the Orihalcon blade to stab at the Bella Sister's forehead. This forced the woman to take a few steps back while being in pain.
"Good work!" Cammy shouted at Hiryu before she ran towards the Bella Sister, disarming her by performing a CQC or in her words, Cammy's Quick Combination.
"Here's a present for you." Cammy smirked when she saw the Bella Sister try and attack her with the chainsaw. Thanks to the big pit made in the area, this gave the blonde woman some room in leaping and landing on her shoulders.
"Whoa..." Hiryu was amazed to see that Cammy even could do her CQC in the pit.
The Delta Red operative snaps the Bella Sister by the neck, killing her.
"Easy." But Cammy wasn't finish there. The woman proceeded to another attack by grabbing the Bella Sister's left arm and snapping it by the time she was on the ground.
Cammy completed her CQC combo by spinning around with the Bella Sister on the ground. She grabbed her head and twisted the neck again one more time.
"It's all over."
Fujino collected the key taken from the Bella Sister's neck, pocketing it before she engaged the chainsaw-wielding woman. She dashed towards her, remembering to duck down to avoid being decapitated.
"Take this!" The SHADOW agent yelled out loud, using the I-Cutter's energy blade to make a slash attack on her arm to create a deep wound.
The Bella Sister shouted, being forced to drop her chainsaw with her free hand used to get a grip on the wound.
Java intervened to assist Fujino, delivering a strong punch to the Bella Sister in the face. When the caveman saw her stagger a few feet back, Java delivered another attack by using his clenched fists to strike her in the face to send her flying towards a couple of wooden barrels.
"Thank you, Java."
"Java help Fujino."
As the clobbered Bella Sister tried to stand up and fight back, both Fujino and Java saw that the bandaged woman collapsed onto the ground, back first. They noted that some of the gunshots they heard just now came from Hiryu's G36C, who had used it instead of his stored Fairbarn-Sykes.
"That ought to keep her down permanently."
Dual Dirt Paths, somewhere in Spain
Dan looked up at the night sky when he heard some echoes of gunshots before it ceased.
"Looks like I don't hear any more gunfire from the other side of the area."
Kevin also looked up the night sky and shared Dan's assessment. "Seems to be. I just hope no one's been seriously injured out there."
"I doubt if Jean's the one who's going to get injured in these places." Yu rolled his eyes, giving his thoughts. "He's like a beast when it comes to fighting, with the emphasis of beast in close quarters."
"It sounds like you fought together alongside this Jean guy for so long." Martin spoke to the Japanese Spriggan.
"Indeed I have." Yu replied. "Enough to know when he's in a bad mood or not."
"Anything else we should know?" Kevin asked Yu.
Yu pondered on the brown-haired DSO agent's question. He then said. "Just be careful when Jean's wounded pretty bad."
"Wha?" Kevin and mostly everyone else, except Yu, were confused on what Yu was talking about when he said to avoid Jean in case he was wounded badly in a fight.
"Best we prepare for the eventual reunion." Chun-Li told Kevin's group, who was also seated down on a wooden step. "We don't know what on the other side of this so-called village anyway."
"Hm. Good point."
Pit, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
Fujino, Hiyru and Sho got together with everyone in Leon's group, the trio knowing that they're safe and sound.
"Good to see you bro." Hiryu greeted Hien with a fistbump.
"Fujino." Diana smiled when she saw Fujino, who was with Java. She jumped down to the pit with Java to greet her.
"Where's everyone else?" Jill asked Sho when she came down the catwalk to the pit by jumping down together with Eriko.
"They're waiting outside." Sho told the woman. "But we must hurry. We don't know if there will be other enemies waiting for us to ambush us before we can get out of here."
"That I can agree with." Leon replied to the ninja after he jumped down from the catwalk, reloading his Remington 870. "Is the coast clear?" Jean and Eriko were the last ones to jump down from the catwalk to the pit.
"Yes." Hiryu nodded. "But like my master said, it won't be if we linger around here for long."
"What are we for then?" Eriko said as she reloaded her sidearm then.
"Just follow us." Hiryu told Leon and his group. "Gotta warn you that the villagers tried to make the path a bit difficult with sandbag and a couple of barbed wire barricades, but otherwise the path is still open."
Long Path, Left Path, outskirts of El Pueblo, somewhere in Spain
"I shall run ahead." Sho told Hiryu as soon as the group passed through the busted metal door. "Cover for me, will you?"
Hiryu nodded at his master's command. "Yes, master. And be careful."
Fujino showed the others the key she took from the Bella Sister she fought with.
"Was that the key to the door we just passed through?" Diana asked the younger Center agent. "Looks kinda old and, I don't know, kinda rusty to me. Is it usable?"
"Yes, it was, Diana-san." Fujino replied. "I examined the key and checked it on the keyhole a while ago and it exactly fits." The purple-haired teenager told the Canadian woman. "But since it fits, I don't think we'll need this anymore because it was only used to unlock the door before I rendered it useless completely."
"Oh well." Jean shrugged his shoulders after hearing what Fujino had heard before seeing her discard the key by throwing it away.
Sho was at the other end of the long path, waving at Leon to indicate that the path was clear.
"Better move." Leon slinged his Remington 870 and instead, drew out his Silver Ghost as his main weapon. "I'll go first. The rest of you, go back me up and make sure we're not being followed."
Leon moved first, navigating through the path with Hiryu and Fujino following behind since they had been in the area before. The others slowly walked behind them, not knowing if they'll be ambushed from the back or if they'll expect anything else like the surprise appearance of the Bella Sisters.
"Looks like we'll be in for a rough one." Cammy commented, being one of the last to cover the rear.
"I know that." Hien agreed with Cammy's thoughts, following behind the British woman since he has a firearm and he could cover more ground than Cammy if she fought in close quarters.
Chapter 10 END
PS - I hope you guys enjoyed Chapter 10 as much as I enjoyed doing it. Look for more of my works in Peacekeepers. However, there won't be a chapter update (At least, right away). That's because I need to work on updating Chapter 2 once again, which was overwritten with another chapter thanks to an idiotic mistake I made last night. Since the 2nd chapter's gone, including the timeline, I need to spend some time putting it up once again. The chapter stuff won't be a problem, but the timeline will be since I'll need to go over everything again to make sure I didn't miss a thing.
Who knows, I could use this opportunity to tweak the timeline even better.
*Sigh*
Like I said, don't expect an immediate update for another Peacekeepers chapter until I update Chapter 2 so that I can fix it. Thanks and I appreciate your patience in doing so.
In the meantime, I didn't follow with the left path after the cabin and all in terms of the many villagers Leon would encounter since (1): Fujino, Hiryu and Sho breached the rear end of the left path before the Bella Sisters and (2): The trio caught them nearly by surprise. So I though they'll just navigate along without seeing a lot of opposition and meet up before taking on the next boss, who'll be the bald guy. Be sure to look forward to that part, eh?
Peace out!
