❝do you think the universe fights for souls to be together? some things are too strange and strong to be coincidences.❞ emery allen.
━ In which a journalist and a rookie cop team
up to defeat the zombie apocalypse.
RESIDENT EVIL ━ LEON S...
MEMENTO MORI iii. THE LION, THE UNICORN, AND THE MAIDEN ❝WHO TURNS A MUSEUM INTO A POLICE STATION?❞
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"THIS IS NOT HOW I IMAGINED MY FIRST DAY," Leon mumbled, using the combat knife that Lieutenant Branagh had given him to cut through the thick duct tape surrounding the panel that controlled the gate blocking them from the west side of the building. His words made Ayla pause, feeling some kind of pity for the boy since Raccoon City had turned into a wasteland during his first day on the force. Leon was dressed in a fresh uniform, being stained slightly at the knees and sleeves of blood. But, his clothing offered a lot more protection than hers. Still, she wore Leon's jacket that he had suggested she keep after hers had been torn up by the zombies.
"Didn't expect a city overrun by the dead?" Ayla asked, raising a single brow as she leaned against the wall. She tilted her head, watching Leon mess up the panel as he opened it to reveal the lever inside. "I would assume they teach you that sort of thing at the academy."
"I must have missed the day we went over this," Leon chuckled, lifting the lever up which caused a green light to blink at them. After a few moments, the gate began to hiss as it lifted itself up into the ceiling. They waited until the light remained a steady green, granting them safe passage into the waiting room on the other side. "After you, ma'am."
She entered the room first, glancing back to make sure Leon was indeed behind. They had already gotten one medallion from the Lion statue in the main hall and now, they only needed to find two more in the station. In the waiting room, itself, there was nothing of interest other than a potted plant that Leon took clippings of. He mentioned how Marvin had told him the herbs were good to use for a medicinal paste that sped up the body's natural healing abilities. It was what he had used on her wounds, lessening her chance of getting an infection from the human bites. Ayla had read somewhere that a human mouth had more bacteria than a dog's, but she wasn't sure how true that was. But, she was sure about the herbs' healing properties. They were useful to have and there was always an abundance of them throughout Raccoon City since they grew all over the Arklay Mountains.
"Nothing in here," Ayla said, urging Leon to follow as they moved past the waiting room. Behind the privacy panel that sectioned off the room, they found a door that led them into the area only R.P.D. personnel were allowed.
It was pitch black in the long corridor that awaited them. Leon's flashlight provided some light, but darkness awaited them and Ayla didn't want to think what monsters hid in the shadows. She took out her own flashlight from her backpack, using it to illuminate her path as they continued down the hall. The smell became stronger as they walked and it was difficult for Ayla to ignore as she tried not to gag. Just as the east side of the police station, blood was splattered all over the walls and pooled at their feet. However, deep scratches marred the walls causing Ayla to take a moment to examine them.
"What could have done that?" Ayla wondered out loud, looking back at Leon who stared at the scratches too. No human ━━ infected or not ━━ could have done something like that.
