In It For the Money

VII

Third
Most of the area had been picked clean by Blaze's team, which made looking for the civilians easier. As they searched they came across the remains of several people, all torn into by the weird creatures lying nearby or somewhere in the small village town. As they ventured forward, turning every stone and moving rubbles from doorways, they still hadn't found the people.

Y/n breathed in softly, lifting a large pillar of wood from one entryway, and heard a shaky, anxious cry for help from within. The shock he felt almost made him crush himself under the heavy beam. He called out to Leon and Blaze. Neither male replied to his yell, which confused him. He turned his head to the inside and managed to pull some rubble under the beam to temporarily hold it in place.

With that being secured he stepped inside the nearly collapsed home, eyes scanning the darkness as they adjusted. "Hello?" He heard something shift, claw on the stone as he drew one of his pistols. He slowly made his way, as quiet as he could be as his feet kicked the small concrete crumbs that littered the floor. As he entered the room, gun first, his head slowly peering around the corner.

His body froze with fear, there was a man with his hands held firmly around a woman's throat. He threw curse after curse at her and Y/n didn't know what to do. So he did the first thing his mind came to, he aimed his gun at the man and properly stepped inside.

"Let her go!" Y/n's voice echoed through the room as the man snapped his head to confront him.

"This doesn't concern you! Go home!" He turned back to the woman, hands clasping tighter. Her eyes flashed at Y/n's, an innocent and pleading brown. His eyes flickered with concern as he rushed over and grabbed the man's shirt.

"I said leave her alone!" Y/n snapped, hitting the man in the face with the butt of his gun. This knocked the man out, giving the poor woman time to recover.

"T...Tha...nk you..." she mumbled out after a little while. "For saving me..." The male turned to her and smiled a little, putting away his gun.

"That's just what I'm here for ma'am." He replied cooly. He heard a loud crack and an angry noise from outside of the room, then the deafening noise of the beam falling. His head snapped towards the door, having the perfect view from his spot to see where the pillar was. Standing inside the home, the shattered beam behind it was a large beast.

He heard Leon and Blaze shouting his name from outside, frozen in place as the giant creature scanned the area around it. A hand clasped over his mouth and he was yanked roughly to a room deeper within the house. He looked desperately to figure out who it was, realizing after a moment that the unconscious man had yet to move. This left him with the woman, who locked them in the room.

He went to open his mouth but was hushed by the woman. She peeked through the keyhole in the door to watch as the beast's loud footsteps echoed in the home. He could hear his heartbeat and he was damned sure whatever that thing was could hear it too.

He felt the ground beneath the two shake and vibrate as it drew closer. His heart raced faster and faster in his ears until suddenly. It stopped. "Y/N!" Hearing Leon's yell was a mixed blessing. His face drew blank and he felt the weight of the door as it was harshly shoved in when the mighty beast raced towards Leon.

In only a moment the woman had tugged him to his feet, leading him away. He blinked, looking towards where he'd heard Leon's call. "Leon!" The woman stopped at the broken beams, Blaze's hand reaching down to help her up. Once she was up he reached down for Y/n, and he was about to grab on before he turned. Leon was being pinned down, and with a strange impulse, he ran towards the beast and shot at it to draw it away from the dirty blonde.

"Just go!"

"I can't leave you!" Y/n yelled back, taking in a deep breath as his eyes narrowed down on the creature. With the slight distraction, Leon rolled away from the beast and got to his feet with ease.