Empty Eyes ~ Leon Kennedy FF

Chapter Twenty-Two

Leon unlocked the door to the Lodge and went in, pulling Olivia behind him. Olivia huffed "You know you don't have to do that anymore? I'm just as trained as you are for these things"

Leon didn't admit it, but he knew, however, he so desperately wanted to find that helpless, sarcastic girl he met at the gas station. 

As they walked further into the room, there was a dead body lying on a table. Olivia made a face of disgust as Leon flashed his light right at it. 

Leon opened a curtain and saw the officer lying on the ground. Olivia panicked and knelt in front of him. She saw blood all over his face and he was pale and blue... meaning he was dead. His walkie-talkie made a noise so Leon reached out for it. 

"I read you!" He exclaimed into the device. The man on the other side was screaming and shouting, not answering Leon's questions so he slammed it on the ground in frustration. "The hell is going on?" He questioned.

Olivia huffed, realising that the two officers, and the two other people they had were dead. However, they had to continue anyway. 

They walked passed the body of the officer and heard footsteps. "Was that you?" Olivia asked and Leon shook his head. 

As they turned the corner to the stairs, a man ran at them. He had his arms outstretched, trying to grab them and half of his face was covered in blood. Leon grabbed Olivia's arm and pushed her back as he shot at the man. Olivia grabbed her gun and shot at him as well. 

Once he collapsed, she looked over at Leon with a stern face "Are you kidding me?!"

"What?" He questioned.

"I already told you, Leon, I can take care of myself. I'm trained too" Olivia stated with her hands on her hips.

Leon sighed "I'm sorry, I just... I don't know" He groaned, frustrated at himself for behaving in such a way.

Olivia slumped, looking at the boy "You have to let me help you" She knew that he wouldn't admit the fact that he was still so protective of her after all these years and after the argument they had... the last time they had seen each other. 

Leon bit his lip in contemplation. All he wanted to do was to protect her. Even after all those years, he wasn't as determined to protect anyone like this but her. From the beginning, he knew that she could protect herself but he wanted to feel as needed as he was to her at the police station.

They walked through to another section of the lodge and at the end of the hallway, they saw a man walk past. Olivia gently pushed Leon against the wall so the man wouldn't see them. He walked off and they walked up the stairs.

Olivia walked in, pointing her gun as Leon shut the door quickly behind them. After realising there was no one inside the room, Olivia and Leon walked to where the candles were lit up. 

There was a picture of the girl they were looking for. She was lying helpless on the ground, tied up and looked like she was struggling. Leon and Olivia looked over at each other and Olivia gave him a light nod.

"Roost, this is condor one," Leon said into his earpiece.

"Hunnigan here. What's your sitrep?"

"The president's daughter - Baby Eagle. It's likely she's in this village" 

"Our intel is correct, then. Well done"

"Need a location on a nearby lake. She may have been taken there"

"Copy that. I'll see what I can find"