Resident Tale

Chapter 32: I Had Her but Then I Lost Her

After an hour the two walk down the hall in silence, "Do you want to talk about it?" he asks her, she stops, keeping her head tilted to the ground. "You don't have to if you don't want to," he tells her, but she shook her head. 

she exhales as she blinks, with a raise of her head "I arrived here a month ago, looking for the sample and Ashley, I was captured, injected with the parasite and sent to the castle, there I met Luis, we talk and became friends. I help him escape the castle and we hide in the village. He figured out that I was infected with the parasite and went to get help, but the villagers were already infected and I ran." she states, looking away.

Leon looks at her listening to her story, "He would constantly tease me, flirt with me shamelessly. But I kept turning him down, but he knew how I felt and respected my choice, but he still kept on flirting with me, just to make me smile." she states and looks at him. "He was a good person, trying to fix the mistake that Salazar made when he return the power back to the Los Illuminados and for letting Saddler have his way with this place. So I agreed to help him fix all of this," she tells him. 

Leon smiles and places his hand on her shoulder. "I know and you did the right thing. I know it and so does he." Leon tells her, but she just hung her head, Leon places his finger under her chin and lifts it back up, making her look at. "It was not your fault. Don't forget that," he tells her, seeing a tear sliding down her cheek and wipes it away.

Then he cups her cheek "This was not your fault. Don't you dare think that it was." he tells her, she looks at him, wiping away her tears and nods at him he smiles at her, he smiles back at her, then his eyes went low to her red lips, Annabelle swallows as she felt eyes on her lips as her eyes went to his and they lean in closer to each other. 

Both closed their eyes as their lips were inches from each other, but then stop, hearing a grunt. Making them looking down the hall and they followed the sounds. Annabelle was screaming on the inside 

Was he about to...?! No. No. No, that can't be! I mean, I'm a freak and him... a normal person, there's no chance in hell that he can be... can he? 

She questions herself as they followed the sounds. "HEEEELLLLPPP!!!" Ashley calls out as and they both look down at the lower level and found Ashley as she was struggling in her restraints they walk down the steps and then to the spot that overlooks the room. 

Annabelle jumps down and walks up to the young woman. "Nice to see you waited for us." she jokes, Ashley glares at her, "Oh Ha-Ha. Very funny, now, help me out of these." Ashley asks her.

Annabelle nods and looks up at Leon, "Trying shoot the restraints." she informs him, he nods at her, pulling out his sniper and aims at the restraints and fired at them, Ashley screams each time and was freed from the restraints and stumbles against Annabelle, who catches her and steps to the side and hand her hand to her shoulder. "You okay?" she asks her, she just pants and looks up at Leon, placing her hands on her hips. "Talk about near-death experience," she states. 

Annabelle just chuckles. "I think you're okay," she assures her, then her head shoots to the door that opens up. "Ashley, Annabelle! Get out of there!" Leon shouts to them. The two look over at them as Ashley hide behind Annabelle as she pulled out her gun and fired at the Zealots, nailing them in the head. 

Leon fires as well, nailing them in the legs and the smack against the ground. Annabelle fired at them, killing them while they were down. "Go! Go." Annabelle orders her and they both ran for the door.

Ashley grips the handle but the door did not budge, "The door's lock, I can't open it." she informs her, then a zealot leader ran out and pointed at the women, then more zealots ran out. "¡Vete a la mierda!" she shouts at them and fired at them, killing them as Ashley jerked and pulled at the door. Leon and Annabelle fired at the zealots, killing them and Annabelle killed the leader and he drops dead.