Aaaand chapter 15! No more for tonight, but I promise, promise, I'll have chapter 16 up by tomorrow afternoon. Well... Enjoy!
"Hey, it's that dog!" Leon and I said in unison.
The dog that we had saved from the bear trap was here to help Leon fight the monster. He used himself as a distraction while Leon now shot at it with his shotgun.
Once again, the giant was on his knees and the parasite was exposed. Leon climbed his back and cut the parasite until it returned back to its hiding place. Leon was almost out of shotgun ammo, too. He would need more to beat this thing.
"Leon!" I shouted. He looked at me and I pointed to the three shacks that were behind him. "I think there's ammo in there!"
He nodded and quickly ran into one of the shacks while the ogre wasn't looking. He came out holding his TMP, so I guessed there had been TMP ammo in there.
He began quickly shooting again and soon enough, the giant was on his knees one last time before making a loud, angry roar and falling on his face. The gates reopened, and I ran up to Leon.
"Are you okay?" I asked, searching for any signs of injuries.
"I'm fine." He said blankly, even though there was an obvious gash on his forehead.
I looked at him sympathetically before laughing lightly and shaking my head.
"I could have helped, you know," I said, looking at his injury again.
"Did you see that thing?" He asked with a hint of playfulness in his voice.
I smiled briefly and stood on my toes, tentatively reaching my hand up to brush his hair back and look at his wound. Surprisingly, he didn't object. I grabbed a can of First Aid Spray from my belt and shook it.
"Close your eyes…" I said softly.
He did as I said, and when I began spraying it, he very noticeably winced in pain.
"S-Sorry…" I stuttered, handing him the can, and looking at my feet. "Y-you can do it. I'll probably just end up making it worse."
"No… thanks. It feels better, actually."
I smiled but didn't say anything. He smiled too.
"Come on," he said. "We're almost there."
As we walked out of the arena, I couldn't help noticing that our arms were a little bit closer.
When we got back to the church, Leon put the key in its place and the doors unlocked. The church was a lot nicer than I expected, with a marble floor, benches, candles, anything you would expect to find in a normal church. Except in this one, instead of a cross on the back wall, there were four circles: one in the middle, one on top of that one, and two on the bottom. The one in the middle was lit up, and on it was the cult groups insignia (the bug looking symbol), and around it was multi-colored stained glass.
We turned left, walking in front of three benches and into a makeshift hallway that took up the length of the church. We climbed up a ladder to our right and browsed around the second floor. There was an opening in the wall in front of a giant chandelier and walking past that led to a door that had bars on either side of it. I guess the people didn't want anyone going through there. Leon rattled the bars, but it was to no avail.
"Ashley's got to be in there," he said, observing the door.
He walked back over to the opening in the wall, getting a good look at the area.
"I'm going to have to jump across here."
"Like… across the chandelier?" I asked.
"Yeah, I need to get to the other side. There's a control panel over there, maybe it can release those bars."
"Alright… just be careful."
"Always am." He flashed me a smile that awoke the butterflies in my stomach and then jumped on top of the chandelier, swung forward, and leapt to the other side. When he safely landed, he walked over to the control panel and began pressing buttons. A few seconds later, the bars were raised, and the door was ready to be opened.
"Well aren't you going to open it?" I asked when the agent stared blankly at the door.
He cleared his throat and stepped forward. "Yeah."
I stood back as Leon slowly pushed open the door. "Ashley!" He said in a relieved tone.
"Don't come!" A frightened girl shouted. Through the cracked door I saw a piece of wood barely miss Leon's face.
This chick is crazy… I thought to myself.
"Hey, take it easy." Leon shouted as he put his gun away.
I slowly pushed the door open the rest of the way and stood there, looking at the two. Ashley was pretty with her short, light blonde hair that came to just below her chin. She was wearing a green plaid skirt, an orange sleeveless turtle neck, and really cute brown boots that came to her knees. But despite her looks, she looked terrified and helpless. Being cooped up in a room with no contact with the outside world for more than eight hours had to have been tough.
"No! Get away!' Ashley backed up against a couple of barrels that were in the corner and slid down to her backside.
Leon bent down in front of her and spoke in a soothing manner. "Calm down, everything's going to be just fine. My name's Leon. I'm under the president's order to rescue you."
The blonde's head snapped up. "What? M-my father?" She looked almost to tears.
Leon nodded. "That's right." He said. "Now come with me."
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