Affliction {Resident Evil 2 - Leon x !FemOC}

Determination

Maybe it was being close to Leon in proximity that made me feel safe. He was right about staying together despite how exhausted my body felt, I couldn't stay behind and hoped nothing went wrong. "What are we looking for again?" I asked. We made it out of the prison part of the parking garage.

"The power panel in the jail is broken. There was a note about custom power panel parts. In the generator room."

"Do you think... Marvin is still alive?"

"Not sure. I mean, he doesn't seem like the type to let himself die."

In the Main Hall, it was quiet. I didn't find Marvin in the same spot we last left him. Did he leave or find a way out? Leon had his gun out. "Alina, behind you!" he exclaimed. I looked behind. It was Marvin a zombie, stumbling toward me. He growled loudly, reaching for me with his arms. I backed away before he got me.

"Please don't shoot him," I begged Leon, covering my eyes at Marvin's visage. Just like the others, his face drooped, the dead skin peeling off and turning grey.

"I may not have a choice," he said, backing away as Marvin slowly walked to us. Come on, Marvin. Please don't do this. He was too far gone, and any pleas would fall on deaf ears. Leon dodged him the best he could but eventually, Marvin got too close, and Leon had to pull the trigger. Several times. I would have said my goodbyes to him, but since he was a zombie, I decided against it.

We went to the top floor to the storage room, which had another door leading outside to a balcony in the pouring rain. The helicopter crash barred our way from entry as the fire was too big. Leon climbed down the ladder, which broke off and he fell onto the ground – hard. "Are you okay?!" I called out from above.

He rolled over onto his side, standing up. "I'm fine but now there's no way for you to come down."

Fuck. "What – what do we do?" I asked.

"Stay in the storage room. I'll come find you there when I find the power panel parts." It was a little hard to hear him from the rain. "You can do it. Just stay where you are and talk on the radio if you need me." He went around the corner, disappearing from my sight.

I stood there for a moment, before turning to hide inside the storage room. I stayed quiet in a corner behind a few boxes. I could hear zombies raging outside the room which made me worried. "Everything okay?" Leon asked via the radio.

"Yeah. All good on my end so far," I said, lowering my voice in case the zombies heard me.

"The fire is gone now. I got through."

"Good," I said. My heartbeat started quickening.

"You, okay?"

I didn't want him to know I was terrified. "Don't worry about me, Leon," I said.

"Trust me, you'll be fine. I'm almost at the main hall." I heard the creaking of metal and a gasp on his end. "Jesus Christ!"

"What? What is it?!"

There was a slight pause. "Sorry, I can't explain right now. Something is chasing me."

"What is chasing you?"

No answer. Only static.

Damnit! I thought, rubbing my temples. I heard loud thumps on the floor below me but no gunfire. Was it Birkin? Did he find us from the sewers? My mind went crazy trying to think of all the possibilities. Marvin told me to stay put when the zombies invaded the police station, and he ended up bitten by a zombie. But what could I do? There was no ammo in the gun Leon gave me because I wasted it on the fight with Birkin.