A/N: first story, any criticism welcomed. I'm Navajo, so I will use the oldest excuse in all of fanfic history: english isn't my first language, literally. Just wanted to try making my own story. this chapter isn't done, i will add more to this chapter. I'm just using the AI reading on the app to help me out. So expect rewrites and added stuff. thanks.
Disclaimer: i own none of these characters
Leon S kennedy.
"Wha-what?" Leon's voice echoed as he was floating in the pitch blackness, he looked around trying to make sense of his location and how he ended up here. It was pitch black but Leon could see his body as clear as day and when he looked up, down, side to side and all around, it was like no directions existed here. Leon closes his eyes and tries to focus on his intuition to form an idea of what the hell was going on but only a feeling of heavy dread grew in his whole body. His heart pound on his ribcage and whispers from all directions became louder and louder, so loud he couldn't hear his own thoughts.
Leon tried to cover his ears to shut out the loud whispers and several screams of different people before a sharp pain exploded in his head. He lets out a scream only for the black fog to begin pouring into his mouth, everytime Leon tried to take a breath more fog came rushing in as if the fog was trying to drown him. Leon can only hold his throat as he choked and gagged on the suffocating black fog and Information started flashing in Leon's head.
Generators, lights, escape, run.
Leon felt like he was going to pass out, with the black fog still pouring into his mouth.
Generators, lights, escape, run.
The whispers rang throughout his head like a bell with information.
Generators, lights, escape, RUN!
A bright flash blinds Leon unexpectedly. He feels his feet touch something solid and Leon realizes he's standing and feels his body spark to life. He sees in the distance a bright light so bright his legs move towards it without hesitation. His heart pounding so hard and fast, the whispers becoming quieter with each step, the fog stops pouring into his mouth and he takes gulps of fresh air. Leon only runs faster when he sees that he's out running the black fog. Light consumes his body and dread melts away only to be replaced with hope. Leon with all the hope in his heart reaches out to touch the light, only for the ground to disappear from his feet and he falls. Leon felt something or someone rip the hope out of his body as he fell deeper into the abyss and everything fades to black.
Cold, Very cold was the first thing Leon felt when he started to regain consciousness, he stirred and with heavy eyelids tried to blink the grogginess away. As blurriness from his eyes slowly fades away, Leon realizes he was on his back and tries to make sense of his location and whatever situation he got himself into again. Leon felt a light breeze brush his face and above his head were tall dark trees and just at the edge of the treeline was a full moon illuminating the night sky. Outside? When did he get outside?
"What..where the hell am I?" Leon said his body gaining strength. He slowly sits up, rubs the back of his head and begins to look around trying to orient himself. He was in a thick forest dark and cold with the moon being the only light source. How did he get here? Leon reaches into his mind trying to remember something, anything and slowly flashes of memories begin flooding in vividly like it happened yesterday. Raccoon City, the undead, Claire, Marvin, the lab and the virus.
Leon remembers adventuring deeper into Umbrella's lab to retrieve the G-virus for Ada, to take down Umbrella corporation and bring justice to everyone who was affected. "Ada!" Leon just remembered Ada was injured waiting for him in the transport cart. He remembers the hopeful look and trust she gave him after the kiss. The kiss. Leon couldn't help the heat pooling in his stomach only Ada can create. "Dammit!" Leon shouted, feeling helpless and frustrated. He lost a lot of time being knocked out cold and being dumped in a forest like trash by who knows what or for how long.
Leon with new found determination to return to Ada to continue his search for the G-Virus. Standing on his feet, Leon dust off the dirt and gives his muscle a light stretch, no pain. Leon noticed his shoulder was no longer injured and the patch job Ada had done was gone. He checked himself, his R.P.D uniform covered with some grime and completely mended otherwise they fit comfortably but any gears and weapon he had were gone.
"TCH! You gotta be kidding me.." Leon again felt helpless and frustrated. He gave a heavy sigh "What the hell is going on?" Leon frowned, he focused on his intuition as it never failed him yet and his intuition tells him he's lost.
Leon had been running for a while now and he came up with several conclusions. One, he noticed how his stamina didn't run out and he didnt break a sweat. Two, The forest seemed endless and so was the night, he noticed the moon didn't move an inch from its place in the night sky. Three, something or someone whispers soft and deadly was telling him to head towards the moon. Four, Leon's frustration grew with each step. Five, his intuition tells him they're not in Kansas anymore.
Leon stopped in his tracks, the frustration bubble in him had reached its boiling point. He really wanted to punch a tree right now but his body wouldn't follow his will and that made him even more frustrated. He wanted to shout, rip his hair out and cry. Was this hell? Had he angered the universe or something? He just wanted to help people, he wanted to bring down Umbrella and stop the virus from hurting any more people. So many people counted on him and now here he was lost. He felt like he failed them, Marvin, Claire, ada and the man with the little girl who will never get justice, and the rest of raccoon city citizens.
Leon felt tears threatening to slip from his eyes and before they had a chance to fall. A welcoming warmth spread on Leon's body and a soft light lit up the area. Leon looked towards the light source to see just behind some trees and thick bushes there was light softly dancing in the shadows. Leon heard voices, not like the whispers that came and went, these voices sounded real and clear. Hope grew in his chest with each caution step he took. He didn't want to make any noise as he was afraid to scare anyone away. Leon presses his body against one of the trees trying to not be seen just yet, he peaks over and makes out a huge campfire crackling brightly and several figures sat on a large log.
"I wonder when the new survivors will show up, it's been awhile since we felt their presence." said a man in green with a dirty white scarf, he had a bored expression on his face. The same man turns towards another figure and asks " do you think they're lost?" A man with glasses and a nervous expression bites his nails and mumbles "Jake, you know they're never lost, the entity knows what she's doing." The man called Jake lets out an impatient groan. "Remember Jake, they've been ripped from their homes and everything they know. Have some compassion!" a woman in pink and shiny blue glasses scolded Jake softly. Leon listened intensely, and tried to make sense of their conversation. Survivors? And what did they mean by feeling their presence? Had they felt him coming? An entity? Leon's head was starting to spin as he tried to fill in the dots himself. Jake turned towards the woman opening his mouth and his word was caught in his throat when he met Leon's eyes
Leon froze as this Jake person found his gaze among the trees and Jake had lost his words. The man with the glasses attentively gave Jake a questioning look, for his lack of reply and followed his gaze. At first he couldn't see whatever Jake was staring at and then his eyes focused on a man, but he only got a glimpse of him before he ducked behind the tree.
"Guys." The man alerted as he nodded towards the tree and the group at the campfire all sat straighter and shifted their attention to the tree. Leon felt his heartbeat quicken at being caught. He didn't know these people and he was thinking of making a run for it, but Leon thought about how endless the forest seemed and how the moon never moves. Maybe they knew the way to raccoon city, maybe they're the ones that brought him here or maybe this was all a dream and he'll wake up back at the lab.
"Hey, you don't have to be afraid, we're not gonna hurt you." A soft voice broke through his thoughts. "You must be confused. If you come out and sit, we'll explain everything you need to know." the soft voice belonged to the woman in pink with the blue glasses, she was trying to sound as less threatening as possible. Leon composes and relaxes himself before stepping out from behind the tree.
There was silence as the group and Leon all examined each other. Leon counted only four people sitting on the log, two men and two women. The man in green with a white scarf the group called Jake, a man with white shirt with a tie and glasses, a woman with soft eyes and a soft smile in pink and the last woman unamused, with red braided hair and running shoes. Leon didn't know what to make of this bunch but his Intuition tells him he can trust them.
Leon shifted awkwardly in his spot as all eyes were on him. The woman in pink gave a soft smile "Come and sit.' she said as she got up and offered her spot on the log next to the man in green. Leon hesitates for a moment before he walks and takes a seat, he locks eyes with the man next to him only for the man to look away. Leon frowns, he didn't mean to stare. The woman in pink notices this and quickly places a comforting hand on Leon's shoulder.
"I'm Claudette Morel.'' The woman in pink introduced herself with a kind smile and the rest of the group followed with an introduction.
"I'm Dwight Fairfield."Said the man with glasses and a white shirt with a tie.
"My name is Jake Park." Said The man in green, he locked eyes with Leon again before looking at his feet.
"Meg." Was the only thing the woman in running shoes said. Her expression was still unamused, like this wasn't new to her. Claudette shot Meg a look and Meg did her best to avoid making eye contact.
"So..so what's your name?" Jake asked with a sharp edge in his voice, he crossed his arms over his chest stubbornly and locked eyes with leon. Claudette also gave Jake a look and like Meg, He also avoided her gaze. The group waited patiently for Leon to take in all the information and put the names to the right faces.
"Leon. Leon S. Kennedy." Leon said and nodded a hello at the group and awkwardly looked away from Jake's staring. Claudette, seeing how uncomfortable Jake was making Leon, walks up to Jake, pushes him off the log and takes his seat. She gives Leon a soft smile as Jake grumbles on the ground. Leon only thought this was an odd group that he had the fortune to come across.
Leon didn't know what to think about his situation, he looked in the sky and the moon was still in the same place since he woke up. He ran what felt like miles in what seemed like endless thick dark forest. Leon was just trying to get back to racoon city, the people needed him and Ada needed him. He thought he was lost forever, his Intuition tells him he is but shakes his head to clear that thought. He couldn't be lost, he found this group just camping out here in the forest.
At first he thought they were hippies but after observing the group to get a feel for each person. They're just people but he has a strong feeling they were not his people. They all felt out of this world, like out of place. None of them and himself don't belong here. Wherever here was. Leon didn't know how to feel about any of this.
"Does anyone here know how to get back to Raccoon City?" Leon asked as he looked at the group. The four people all gave each other a knowing look and as if on cue Dwight squared his shoulder and pushed his glasses up.
"Leon, I need you to listen carefully." he starts nervously and looks Leon in the eye. "You're not going to believe what I'm going to say, but you're not in your own world anymore." Dwight paused and let Leon process the unbelievable information.
"The world here, the night never ends and the forest is endless. This world belongs to the Entity." Dwight said and looked at Leon. Leon thought this was a joke. Not in his own world? What does that even mean? And what does Dwight mean when he said this world belongs to the Entity? Who is the Entity? These people must be hippies, crazy cult hippies. They are working for the Umbrella corporation, they knocked him out, dumped him here and are trying to keep him from going back. They probably have Ada held captive too. Leon darts his eyes around looking for an escape route.
"I know it's confusing and it's hard to believe." Claudette put his hands in hers "but you really have to believe us when we say you're not in your own world." Leon only stared at Claudette, she seemed genuine, he looked at Dwight, Jake and Meg. They all believe in this Entity world but crazy cult hippies was the only thing on repeat in Leon's mind.
"Tch, let the Entity put him in a trial and talk to him about it again after, and then he'll believe us" Meg said bluntly. "Listen here golden boy." Meg sits up and looks Leon in the eyes.
"Meg." Claudette warned and gave Meg the look, but Meg ignores her. "Your life before you woke up here is gone. You're stuck here forever as a plaything to the Entity." She pauses and the look of shock on Leon's face makes her continue. "When the entity summons you, you're going to be hunted down and sacrificed, and we're doing you the kindness of giving you a heads up. Don't look at us like we're crazy and let Dwight explain the Entity's rules to you. So you won't die right away." Meg said in one breath her eyes challenging, almost daring Leon to oppose or doubt her.
Dwight places a firm hand on Meg's shoulder "We have a system Meg, we are supposed to break the news as softly as possible! before any trials starts" Dwight said almost demanded but only for Meg to shake off his hand. "like that ever worked with the others." Meg retorted. "Meg..I get all of this is frustrating but you have to be more patient with new survivors." Claudette chimes in and both her and Dwight start to lecture her. Leon sits on the log as his thoughts drowns out the shouting match the three started.
Leon's mind was spinning, could it be true? Was he stuck here forever? As a plaything to an Entity? Trials? He was going to be hunted and sacrificed? If so, by who? Leon put his head in his hands as Meg's words made his head spin. Nothing makes sense. The night that never ends, the endless forest and the Entity. Leon looked up at the moon and there it was shining beautifully in the same spot. His Intuition screamed to believe them but he couldn't, he didn't want to, all he wanted was to go back home.
Leon buries his head in his hands and feels the added weight of his situation put on his shoulders with the weight of all of raccoon city. A situation he was too stubborn to come to term with. Leon closes his eyes and feels his throat and chest become tight as he swallows trying to contain the rising panic. He felt his body shake, his heart beating faster, his intuition screaming to snap out of it, it made his head spin. Leon lets out a shaky breath as emotions and the stress makes him want to throw up.
He feels a hand on his shoulders and looks up to see Jake. They lock eyes and Leon can see in Jake's eyes that he understands. Jake opens his mouth to say something but the whispers interrupts the whole campfire. Dwight, Claudette and Meg's bickering come to a halt before Leon can question anything. The whispers became louder as a thick dark fog seeps out from the forest and surrounds the camp.
Leon felt the deadly whispers calling him, summoning him to the fog. He wanted to resist but the fog engulfs the whole campfire. Leon's vision fades to black, the ground disappearing from underneath his feet and he feels like he is floating gently. He feels the familiar icy cold feeling, the soft whispers of generators, lights, escape, run. Leon starts to hear the sounds of sirens and helicopters and he feels himself get placed gently on solid ground and his vision slowly comes back to him.
Leon S. Kennedy was home.