ꜰᴇᴀʀꜱ (ᴸᵉᵒⁿ ᴷᵉⁿⁿᵉᵈʸ ˣ ᴿᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ)

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 23

"We need a damn gear here," Leon sighed after looking at a mechanism that stood in the corner of the room and slumped into one of the chairs that were within the clock tower. "How are we supposed to get that? Where even is that? If we go out there again, we're dead," he added, rubbing his eyes in stress.

"What gear... not this one, surely?"
Leon's eyes snapped back open. Nikola stood there, holding a gear in her hand. He smiled. "Actually... I think exactly this one," he replied, standing up. "If you're a good boy for the rest of this stay, I might give it to you," Nikola replied, smiling mischievously. "Oh what the fuck, really?" Leon asked, dejected. "Oh man, I'm just kidding, Mr. Party Pooper," Nikola sighed and handed the gear to Leon. He rolled his eyes, took it with a long exhale and inserted it. "Where did you get this anyway?" Leon asked incredulously as a mechanism started moving. "Found it," she replied and walked to a descending staircase. "Sure," Leon responded suspiciously. A staircase started moving from up and slowly moved towards the ground. "I'll have a look", she said and started walking around the big clock that was hanging enclosed in an iron cage. Leon heard her walk up the stairs and sat down in that chair again. Next to him on a round table lay some papers. Bored as he was, he took a look at them. It was a repair plan for the clock. He wanted to get up to tell Nikola but he was interrupted.

"Here it is!" Nikola exclaimed. "The part?" Leon asked. "Yeah, the part."
"Can you reach it?" he asked, turning around to see where it was. "No," she said, while trying to reach through the metal bars.

Suddenly, a shot rang out, and the box fell to the ground. Nikola snapped back in surprise and looked down at Leon. He stood there and lowered his weapon. "Are you crazy? My fingers were still there, and you could have damaged the part," Nikola said immediately, annoyed. "I'm a good shooter" Leon said, picking up the perforated box and retrieving the part. "All intact," he said. Nikola rolled her eyes and headed towards the door."Then let's get out of here,"

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Leon led the way, already with his weapon drawn, and he swung the door open. "Clear," he said, stepping forward, followed by Nikola, also with her weapon drawn. "Well then, let's get out of here quickly before the blue bastard comes back," she whispered as they headed back towards the door to the library. Suddenly, those footsteps sounded again. "Wait!" she exclaimed, holding onto Leon. "Damn it, that's him. And where to now?" Leon urged, looking over the railing. "Follow me," said Nikola, and she ran back again. They quickly made their way to the door on the far side.

When they were about halfway there, the door they had stood in front of about 20 seconds ago exploded open, and the blue mutant bent under the frame. When Leon looked over, he felt sick at the speed of this creature. "Damn it, he's already here."
"Just run, he can't follow us into the garage," Nikola shouted and stopped at the door. "He's from Umbrella's Tyrant project. We knew they had... these BOWs, but developed this far already? No."

She ripped the door open and waited for Leon. But by now, he had turned back and stood facing the Tyrant with a confident stance. "What are you doing, are you crazy? You're just wasting your ammo," Nikola cried out, wanting to pull him away. "Trust me," whispered Leon, still aiming. "Come on, let's leave dann it," she called out urgently, but Leon was sure of his decision. Nikola grunted, walked up to him and stood by Leon's side. "What are you doing?" Leon asked, still focused on that rapidly approaching bastard, but confused. "What do you think; helping you," she replied through clenched teeth. Leon turned his gaze back ahead and smiled. "Aim for the head, then he'll go down."

They began to shoot, and as he got dangerously close, the shots seemed to take effect. The mutant staggered back and then fell to its knees. "And now RUN," shouted Leon, sprinting through the door.