Shady Promises-Resident Evil 4

Chapter 12

The insignia crest key slid perfectly into place, like a missing puzzle piece. Once it was locked in, you pushed the door open, noticing how silently the doors swayed.

The church inside was rather small, like the size of a large living room in a mansion. Pretty small in my book.

Dark wood benches layed in the small rows, the aisle in the center dressed with red carpeting. Candles were lit brightly on their stands, basking the room with decent lighting. Large round glass windows were overhead on the podium, the center glass bore bright colors insignia in white. The rest of the glass windows surrounding were brown and murky, like they've never been cleaned.

"This insignia's everywhere." Leon stepped to the podium, looking up at the glass windows with interest. "Think it's the cult's religion?" You asked, looking at the different colors on the main glass. "Bet so." Leon looked around more, searching for Ashley. "I think she's in a room, let's look around some more."

Their were no stairs to reach the second level, but a ladder was nearby to make it easier. Once you both reached the top, you noticed the iron fence gates shut tightly, blocking the single door where Ashley could possibly be held up in. "How are we gonna get there?" You questioned, not seeing any other possible route.

"I have an idea."

You turned to Leon, ready to listen, yet not expecting his next movements. He jumped over the edge, landing right onto the large iron chandelier. It swung wildly with his movement, swaying back and forth. Leon held a tight grip on the support chains before jumping over to the other edge, landing perfectly.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?!?" You yelled at him, surprised yet slightly angry at his actions. Why were you angry? Sometimes, Leon was too reckless, and it's obviously gotten him hurt before.

Leon looked back at you from the other side, raising his hands up while he shrugged. "It worked, didn't it??" You let out a groan, face palming yourself with your free hand. "Whatever just-what did you find over there?"

"Their's this control panel, I think it unlocks those gates." He tested a few switches, looking up to see if it did anything. A surprised look came on his face, the gates didn't move, but you couldn't tell what else happened. "What??"

"You have to come see this."

"You want me to be Tarzan?? Does it look like I can be Tarzan??"

"Just try it!"

You groaned again, putting down the dufflebag in the corner. You stepped back, bracing yourself before taking a running jump towards the chandelier. You landed on the thick piece of iron frame, the chandelier swaying by your weight. You held on tightly, forcing yourself to move back and forth with the chandelier. After a moment, you jumped, landing on your knees with a faint yelp.

Leon's hand grabbed onto yours as he helped you up, pointing towards a direction to see what the controls did. You gasped a little, seeing multicolored lights pointing towards the murky brown glass, lighting them up with bold color. "What...? That's pretty."

"This is a puzzle, these people really know their ways." Leon began to press some buttons, seeing how the frames of the glass turned different directions each time. "I don't understand. What's it supposed to do?"

"Not sure, but we're about to find out." The frames kept rotating, none of the color combinations seemed to do anything. You kept your eyes on the glass, seeing the different outlined patterns on each circles. "Leon, turn the red one down."