Affliction {Resident Evil 2 - Leon x !FemOC}

Birkin

I panicked, my heart pounding against my chest. I heard gunfire – meaning Leon was still alive. As I felt another asthma attack coming on, I took a puff from it. I waited for a good half a minute before deciding to jump down into the hole, which was not that deep. On the ground, I saw a name tag with the name "William Birkin" on it. The name sounded familiar as it came out of the mouths, I worked with, but I was positive I never met him before.

But if... that thing was William Birkin then how in the hell did he end up like that? The two were still locked in a fight. I heard explosions and gunfire from Leon's end, and growling from what might be William Birkin. He had Leon cornered, ready to grab him once more. I grabbed the nearest object – a book lying on the ground – and threw it at the creature's head. Now it was looking at me, but I kept my hand on the trigger, ready to fire at it.

"Alina!" Leon shouted. "Aim for its eye!"

I hadn't seen it before, but the creature had developed a huge eye attached to its body as if it were a whole separate entity. I pulled the trigger, leading my shots as Leon told me before, shooting it straight in the eye. The creature screamed in agony and stopped moving for a moment while Leon kept shooting at it.

Leon threw a flash grenade, blinding and stunning it. He ran past it, grabbing me by the arm, and telling me to run. At first, I wasn't sure if this would end any time soon, but the creature was becoming weaker and weaker. I stayed close, reloading the gun and shooting at the eye anytime it opened. That seemed to make it angrier.

The creature grabbed Leon by the chest again. I couldn't find the eye to shoot at it, and when I did, I missed completely. Shit! No! I thought. I panicked, unable to think of what to do next. All I kept thinking of was the creature's real name. "William Birkin!" I shouted at it. The creature halted its attack on Leon as soon as I spoke its name. "I know your name is William Birkin." I flash him the name tag that was dropped on the ground earlier.

"Will...iam," it muttered.

I nodded. "Yes – that's who you are."

"Sher – Sher – ry."

Sherry? I thought, wondering who that was. "You don't have to do this, William." I put my gun away at my side, holding my hands up in the air. The creature dropped Leon, screaming but not in pain – at least not physical pain. Leon backed away toward me.

"Whe – re... is..." The creature shook its head, writhing in pain.

The creature screamed her name once more before diving off the platform. Leon and I exchanged looks, as I struggled to grasp what occurred. I thought I lost him back there. "How did you know his name?" Leon asked, breathing heavily.

"I found the name tag that fell off him during the confrontation."

"Well... it worked, and you saved me." He squeezed my shoulder, smiling at me in appreciation. "What about the name he kept shouting out? Sherry?"

"I don't know who she is. I think she's important to him. Are you okay? Are you... are you hurt at all?"

"I'm fine, just bruised all over," he said.

"That was terrifying," I said, before realizing I was trembling.

"You did great, though. Thank you."

"You saved me last time so it's my turn," I chuckled with him. Honestly, if the creature killed Leon, I wasn't sure what my next course of action would have been. My gun had no more ammo. Fuck. What a damn mess. I tried not to focus on what might have been, glad Leon was with me and alive at that.