Mechanical Animals: Resident Evil 4

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Leon sprang back into consciousness with a gasp and a horrible pain in his shoulders. The clanking of chains alerted him to the reason why. His arms were being held over his head. He sighed. "Oh, what the fuck?" He yanked down harshly on his chains.

"Hey!" Cried the man he and Rose had rescued. He was suddenly alert, eyes searching desperately for her form, but she wasn't in the room. Panic swam in him like he'd never expected. Where was she? What had those bastards done to her? "Stop it!" Hissed the man whom Leon had thus far ignored. He was chained up just behind Leon, and with a temper so short, the blonde didn't give a damn about this guy's discomfort. "Hey Yankee, got a name?"

Leon sighed again, not really wanting to be distracted by conversation. "Leon."

"Quiet type, aye? I'm Luis Serra. And guess, you, me, and your lady picked the wrong place to vacation, eh?"

Instead of answering, Leon walked around and yanked on the long chain again.

"Hey. Stop it!" Luis whisper yells. "You move, I move...and I'm beat up enough as it is!"

Leon continued to ignore him, instead pulling on the chain and looking up at the joint up in the ceiling rafters that was keeping them in place. Luis looked up, too, and smirked, impressed by Leon's sharp mind.

"I can see what you're thinking. Bet you've been in spots like this before, huh? My guess...," Leon grunted with effort as he yanked and pulled, his muscles glinting with sweat and his irritation spiking further when he realized his $600 jacket was missing. Luis didn't know when to shut up. "You're here looking for someone. One more guess...maybe, some missing senorita?"

Leon paused, looked over his shoulder from where he'd been forcing the chain, and whipped the chain so that he could force Luis to stand in front of him, arms strained way above his head. "Talk. Now," he said dangerously, nose to nose with Luis.

"Alright," Luis said, his voice strained with the effort. "Heard chatter talking about moving a senorita."

"Moving her," Leon relented on the chain and allowed Luis to drop his arms. "Where?"

"Who knows? But, later, saw some men dragging someone to the old church." He grunted and coughed when Leon finally managed to break the joint and yank the chains down. He fell to the side but caught himself before he could faceplant. Leon's shoulders screamed with relief as he wrapped the chain around his fist, eyeing a sneaky Ganado that had entered the room. Luis was completely unaware as Leon swung the chain with force at his head. Luis ducked out of the way, allowing for the chain to knock against the Ganado's head. Leon rushed forward, twisting his arms and throwing the chain around the man's neck, and pulling back as hard as he could while Luis pulled in the opposite direction, finally understanding what was happening between them. The Ganado fruitlessly swung his axe at them, hitting nothing but air.

Leon let out a guttural sound between his clenched teeth as he turned with force and knelt on the chain, snapping the Ganado's neck and ending his life. "And what about the girl I was with?" Leon grunts, turning his head when he hears Luis scurrying towards the body and rooting around in his clothes.

"No idea! I was knocked out-again," says Luis unhelpfully as he exclaims in victory, producing the key to his shackles. Luis quickly undid his own chains and held his arms out smugly as he backed away from Leon, who was advancing on him slowly.

"Hey, we're not done here!"

Luis shakes his head, a bitter smile on his face as he tosses the key to the other side of the room. "Later amigo," and then he turns and runs away. Leon sighs, feeling exhaustion and annoyance making his entire body ache as he shuffles toward the key to free himself. He had to find Rose and Ashley now, though his main priority had to be Ashley, he couldn't help that the person he was would never leave his partner behind. He'd grown to like her quite a bit since they'd gotten here. She didn't deserve this any more than Ashley did.