Like a tattoo | leon kennedy x fem reader

chapter XXVIII - wounds

A/n: ⚠️ gun violence.

Your heart leaped with solace upon seeing him. There he was, alive and breathing. The tension that had been knotting your stomach dissolved instantly, replaced by an indescribable rush of glee.

Yet, you don't have much time. Alarms continue to wail as yellow liquid fills the room from the bottom up. Every one of Wilson's immortal soldiers is being dropped into the vat, and you quickly realize that it's acid as the sizzling sounds of flesh and metal melt before you. The building slowly crumbles and caves into itself.

With Wilson already taken care of, you must move quickly before the acid reaches you.

You watched as Leon and Shen May, one of the other agents, approached Jason as he threw Wilson like a rag doll.

"Claire! You need to wake up!" You called for her again as she could barely stand alone. Practically dragging her out, the acid was chasing after you. The levels rose faster than anticipated, and you had to reach higher ground.

Barely audible, Claire calls for you again. "Come on! We have to get out of here!" You continue and manage to get her up the flight of stairs. "We're almost there."

You hear Jason's grunts and growls, and you can only hope that Leon didn't piss him off.

Suddenly, the sound of metal clashing against each other was one no one should hear. The ground beneath you shook, forcing you to the ground as pieces of platform had made it in your direction. Ultimately blocking your path.

Turning your attention to the chaos, you see Leon hanging onto a broken bridge, and Jason grabs Shen May by the throat.

"What do I do..." you stammer.

There was nothing you could do. You needed to save yourself and Claire before the acid reached you. You would have to get one of the cranes to save any of them, but you couldn't make it in time.

"I swear I'm getting sick of this shit." you exhaust the breath you had been holding and pick up your feet to turn around and find another route.

Leon finally looks in your direction, and his heart sinks. Why were you here!? Especially in a place of demise. Seeing you in the situation you are in with Claire's unconscious body wrapped around you makes him call out your name.

"Leon!" you shout back for him as you walk in his direction. However, the acid was growing nearer.

Expectedly, as you managed to find another walkway, the acid began to trap you in from all sides. The only option left was to climb onto the desks to reach higher ground.

Yet, the foundation below your feet melts and begins to sink. The bridge connecting to the facility's inner part was just above your reach. So you picked up Claire, threw her and yourself onto the desk, and began climbing.

Leon's dashing footsteps now pounded against the metal in front of you.

"Grab my hand!" He yells as he reaches below you. The eagerness to save the both of you was all he could think about.

"Take her!" you shout back as you pick up Claire and give her hand to Leon.

He quickly lifts her one-handed and gets her on the bridge beside him. Now, the only one that was left was you.

The acid levels are rising closer to your feet, and if you don't grab his hand, you'll die. You look above and see Leon's hand farther away now. "Come on!" he cries in a panic, shaking his hand for you to grab. You quickly jump before the ground beneath you becomes a pool of acid, and you catch his hand.