Nine Flowers

Chapter Eleven

Leon stepped out of Chris' car after he parked it in the driveway. The blonde didn't recognize this house but he could see Claire and Sherry moving around inside.

"So.. Whats going on..?"

Chris laughed at him. "Its a get together Kennedy. Ya know, friends and stuff coming and hanging out?" With that he walked up the small stairs and into the house.

Nervously, Leon followed. Closing the door behind him he looked around the quint little house. Nothing seemed like it came from a zombie apocalypse, no guns or other weapons around. It was actually very normal. Photos on the wall and happy chatter in the living room. Leon peeked inside, standing in the door way and saw a lot of people he had met over the years.

Sherry and Claire were laughing at a joke Jill must have made. Chris was shaking hands with a large man that Leon assumed was Barry. His daughter Moira was pushing in to be next to Claire. Even Jake and Piers were there, arguing like cats and dogs.

It looked so normal, it was amazing...

"Something wrong, Leon?" The man spun around and his heart leapt as he saw a certain asian in red. She was smiling at him, in the same attire she wore when they first met. "You look like you've seen a ghost."

Leon stared dumb struck at her, theres no way she could just be here- in broad daylight no less. "What are you doing here...?"

She gave a soft chuckle and walked up to the blonde, giving him a soft kiss and on the cheek. "I live here."

"This is your home..."

"No..." She smiled at him, squeezing his hand. "Its our home." She then walked into the living room to greet everyone. Leon couldn't help but stare at the whole scene. This was all he wanted, everyone to be care free and happy. For the T-virus to never have been made, he didn't care how this was happening, he loved it.

He sat down in one of the chairs and listened to one of the conversations, some of them he never thought he'd hear.

"I finally got the pictires from the wedding!" Claire called to Ada who came over smiling.

"Thats good! I'm sorry they took so long." The asian replied. "I dont recomend the photographer. The pictures were amazing! But they took four months just for us to get them."

"Me and Jill will find a better one." Chris said, pulling the blonde in closer. She laughed and pecked his cheek.

Leon could now see the diamond ring sitting on Jill's hand. He smiled feeling happy for them, Jill had become very reclusive after the African incident. Chris rarely got to see her now, so Leon was happy that the two wete getting married now. Like nothing had ever happened.

"Leon come here!" Claire waves him down. The blonde man stood up and walked over to his friend, more than happy to join the conversation.

"Don't let them touch you!" You wailed to Helena as you used the axe to chop down the advancing tenticles.
You had both gone on your search for Leon, hoping to god you found him soon before he was devoured whole. You would cut down anyone you saw in the webbing. Unfortunately many of them were already dead, suffocated by the black mass around them before they had been eaten. The few that did live had run off screaming, probably just to get caught again. But none of them were Leon, and that aggrivate you.

This would be the second time you had to save him and you couldn't help but chuckle. Helena looked back at you, "whats so funny?"

"Nothing." You smiled. "I just think I save Leon more than he saves me."

Helena scoffed. "Not exactly a damsel in distress huh?"

"Oh I wouldn't say that." You swung the axe and stopped the creeping webs from getting to you. "He did save me a few times. From some creepy gray monster thing."

"But?"

You stepped over to her, now able to calm down sense the tenticles had retreated after taking their damage. "I saved him from dying, a pipe impailed his side."

Helena's eyebrows shot up. "Oh. And how did that happen?"

"We fell through a building."

"I'm sorry I asked...."

You both slowly moved down the hall ways but were getting inpatient. Everything looked the same, especially with all the black gunk everywhere. "How is place like this on an island..."

"You'd be surprised..." Helena whispered. She slowly opened another door and that lead to a cat walk that over looked a cage like room. People hung from the ceiling incased in the webbing.

"Leon!" You ran forward to grab the bars as you saw him dangle among the others. The black spider webs had found their way around him and were burrowing in, yet a smile was on his face. "What is it doing to him?!"

Helena came over and looked over the edge of the cat walk then up at Leon. "This black stuff puts you in a dream world where your happy... You never wanna wake up so you don't fight back as it takes you..."

You went quiet for a while before asking. "What did you see..?"

Helena glanced at you then over the edge. "My sister."

"Debora..?"

"....yeah..." She didn't looked very happy so you stopped there, thinking something must have happened to her sister.

"Lily~"

Your skin crawled and your expression grimaced as you looked down at the Woman in red. She was circling the grated floor below you, she looked drunk the way she walked. She swayed and almost tripped a few times, when she circled into the light you could see her skin was literally crawling. It made you gag and you covered your mouth. She a few extra eyes on her face and weird lines going down her cheeks and jaw had appeared, she had. Astrnage texture to her body as well- you could see she was changing.

"Lily I'm sooo disappointed in you... We are trying to be a HAPPY FAMILY." her head twitched violently and she suddenly hunched over and grabbed it. Your own head started to hurt like before, when you had attacked the blackness to free Helena.

"You feel it sister!" She shouted up to you, her six eyes now locked onto your form. "Your purpose in this family... You're starting to wake up... It's such a shame I wont be there to see it..."

"What is going on!" Helena shouted, pointing her gun down at Rose. "Get Leon down!"

The woman twitched violently like some insect as her distorted voice called out. "My body can't handle the Gene anymore... I was so close... My sisters will come for you Lily! Our sisters! You just may be our key..."

"Who is Lily?!" Helena shouted.

"Ah... Thats what she calls me. But my name is (y/n)." You spoke softly. Helena glanced to you then cocked her gun.

"I'm done playing around." She fired her pistol and the bullet blasted through Roses' left leg. She screames and crumbled to her knees.

"You wont get your friend back... He doesn't WANT to come back..." Her form began to bubble in a grotesque maner as she began to change, extra appendages growing from her body. "You're making me so HUNGRY!"