Resident Tale

Chapter 7: Every horror has a beginning

Chapter 7: Every horror has a beginning

Leon leans against the wall as he grips his shoulder that was now bandaged and treated. Jacob pops out of nowhere as he looks around and spots their missing friend. "Claire, I found him!" he calls out and she appeared next to him as well and they both ran up to him, "Leon! What happened?" Claire asks as Jacob leans Leon's weight against him. Claire then turns her attention to the wound. Leon looks at it was well and moves away from Jacob, leaning back against the wall.

"I got shot. There was a woman." Leon answers them, "Ada?" Claire asks him, but he shook his head. "You mean..." Jacob asks and Leon shook his head. "No, not Annabelle. She..." he states, looking at them.

~Flashback~

Leon pants as he was fully awake, Annabelle kneels in front of him as she was cleaning out the wound. "You're loosing a lot of blood. Stay still, I must remove the bullet before it gets worse," she tells him and started to reach for the bullet. "Who was that? She was about to kill you?" he asks her.

Annabelle said nothing as she got the bullet out, then tosses it away. "It's my problem to deal with, and mine alone," she answers, pulling out the bandages. Leon sighs. "Fine, don't tell me. But you better start working with me here, or we'll never make it out of this alive," he tells her, then grips her wrist, making her freeze in her spot. "Please, Annabelle. I need your help. I can't do this alone." he tells her. Her heart skips a beat, but she controls herself and looks at him. "I told you to not trust anyone in this city, but you're right," she states and looks at him. "I'll help you." she agrees to his terms. "Thanks," he mutters and went to fall back, but she grips the side of his face and steadied him.

"Easy, easy, you need to stay awake, Leon," she tells him as she pulls up her make-up clip, a secret compartment opens, revealing medicine. "But right now, I need to finish this, it's the only why I finally beat her," she tells him, pulling her hand back and pulls out the medicine, injecting him with it, then bandaged his wound, then looks right at him as she cups his face and turns it to her as he was out cold. "Don't die just yet, Leon. I still need to repay you for saving me," she tells him, then pulls away from him and took off running.

~End of flashback~

Jacob crosses his arms as Leon was finished explaining everything to them, "I guess she's on our side then. Lucky us." Claire states, "She's got the hots for you." Jacob said as he shook his head and Claire nudge him a little.

"I'm just saying." he states and Claire pulls her eyes, "Let's go, we need to find Sherry," she tells them and they started to walk through the sewage. Leon pants a little and the two look at him, "Leon?" Claire asks him. He just nods and collects himself. "Yeah. Let's just find her and be out of here." Leon tells them and Jacob sighs. "Well, I'll get cracking on that." he jokes and Claire rolls her eyes at him, "You're just full of jokes aren't aren't you?" she states and Jacob just shrugs. "Someone has to keep the mood alive," he answers her.

"Dark in here, huh?" Leon asks them. "Yeah, good thing we have flashlights." Claire tells them, Jacob chuckles at her, "Something's in here... listen!" he tells them. They shine their lights and saw zombies charging at them. "And boom! Headshot!" Jacob said as he nails one in the head. Leon and Claire fired at the other two and the collapse into the water. Then they heard something coming from behind them. They then turn and were shock, "What a second, is that..." Leon states, "A Frog?" Claire asks and Jacob fired at it, "It's some kind of monster." Leon states as Jacob shivers "Now that's cruel. Mutating the poor frogs." Jacob whimpers and they continued forward. "We better be careful in this water from now on," Leon warns them as they walk up to a turn off the hall and he leans against the door. "If they croak at least we'd have some fair warning." Claire jokes and Jacob shot her a look. She then shot in front of the hall and found nothing.