Empty Eyes ~ Leon Kennedy FF

Chapter Ten

Leon and Olivia go through the East Storage Room to go downstairs and into the S.T.A.R.S Office to place the USB key into the computer. 

The computer authenticated the account and then opened the door. Leon headed into the room and grabbed the Lightning Hawk. He hummed in curiosity and passed it to Olivia. 

"Why do I need so many weapons?" She asked.

"If you take this one then you'll only have one more than me, Liv. Just take it, please" Leon replied and Olivia grabbed it off of him. 

Leon felt better after she grabbed the gun, knowing that she was protected. He knew that at some point, Olivia would suggest splitting up therefore he would rather her have all the other weapons and she have the rest. 

Leon and Olivia found a letter and Leon read it out to her as she searched around the place to see if they missed anything of importance. 

To my bestest S.T.A.R.S buds, 

How are you all doing in that drab, old station? Hanging in there against old Irons? Me? I just got back from a date with a hot chick. Bet you can guess what we got up to under her extra-large umbrella. 

Europe is amazing. One month is in no way enough to even scratch the surface. Maybe I'll extend my vacation for another six months. 

Barry, don't even think of coming to join me. Wouldn't want to make all the cute girls cry, yeah? So you can just leave the babes to me. 

Jill, if Claire tries to contact you, please let her know I'm OK.

Chris Redfield, August 29

As Leon read out the last sentence to Olivia, something inside of her head clicked. "Claire's brother isn't here" I muttered and Leon narrowed his eyebrows. He forgot who Claire was. Olivia rolled her eyes "The girl" She stated "She was looking for her brother and he's not here. Claire Redfield and Chris Redfield" 

Leon finally clocked what Olivia was talking about and hummed. "We should probably tell her next time we see her"

"I wonder where she is in this goddamn place" Olivia responded. 

Leon then chuckled "Her brother sounds like a lady's craze"

Olivia laughed at his mention of the other things in the letter "Yeah" 

Suddenly, Leon felt a shift in emotion. If Olivia met Chris, would she forget about him? They only shared one kiss, however, he was hoping for much more so losing her to some guy would be heartbreaking. He knew he shouldn't have let himself get so attached. Maybe he's just overthinking...

After a while of silence, Olivia spoke up "We should probably head down to the basement" Leon agreed and they ran downstairs. 

When they were in the basement, they ran through the parking garage and then to the place where they needed to put the power panel parts. Leon and Olivia tried to figure out the puzzle together and once they did, the gate opened and Leon took the key card off of Ben as Olivia turned on the tape. 

Leon went to read a letter and there was something of importance in it so he tried to speak to Olivia but she cut him off by placing a hand on his mouth, trying to listen to the tape. 

"...But that doesn't explain the rumours about the orphanage. I-I Just find it way too coincidental Umbrella's one of the benefactors." 

"You told me this interview was about the new scholarship Umbrella set up"

"Come on, Annette. Nobody cares about that. They want to know about the G-virus and the-"

"Where did you hear about that?"

"-And that big fucking sinkhole in the city, which, by the way, rumour has it goes straight to your underground lab. Now, are you going to talk to me or are you-"

"This interview is over"

"Bitch"

Olivia turned off the tape and Leon showed her the letter. "Codename: Tyrant" Leon pointed at Ben's writing. "That must be the name of The Trenchcoat Man"

"We should get out of here now" Olivia stated "This place is giving me the creeps"

Leon and her stood up and as they walked out of the cell, an alarm started beeping and red lights were flashing. "What the hell does this mean?" Leon questioned no one in particular. 

When they tried to turn a corner, there were a lot of zombies coming their way therefore Leon pulled a lever and walked through the gate. However, the tyrant was coming that way therefore they needed to get through the man. 

"Give me a break" Leon muttered. Leon shot at him a few times before he grabbed Olivia's hand and pulled her with him. 

As we ran further, there were more zombies and we shot at a few and dodged more, getting into the parking garage. However, we were still not safe because the wall busted and the tyrant came through it, grabbing me by the neck.

"Olivia!" Leon yelled and tried to shoot at the man. Just then, we saw lights turn on and the swat van was driving straight into the tyrant. It let go of me and I fell onto the ground. Leon kneeled next to me "Are you alright?" He questioned, helping me stand up.

"I'm fine" I replied, struggling to breathe as I stood up. "Thanks, Leon" He smiled and I smiled back at him but our moment was cut short due to Ada coming our way.

"This is getting old. Saving your asses - That's twice" She said, pointing at us.

Leon rolled his eyes as I tried my best to take a breath normally "I didn't know you were keeping score"

"Look, this isn't a game!" Ada warned but the swat van began moving and we knew it wasn't over. Leon pulled me behind him protectively and we got our guns out. "Nothing dies down here" Ada turned on a switch and the van exploded. Then, she looked over at us "I take it one of you has the key card"

"Yeah," Leon responded.

"And this" I added, throwing her the tape "I was hoping you could explain what's on it"

"Maybe... after I hear it" Ada replied and then started walking "Let's get out of here"