Shady Promises-Resident Evil 4

Chapter 45

Leon began to feel piercing pains in his chest again, similar to last time the pain occurred to him, only this was much more potent. He slightly leaned over, letting out struggling groans and gasps, his hands gripping ahold of his chest, slightly tugging on his shirt.

"Leon?" You placed your hand on his shoulder, worried that the entire episode would happen all over again.

Footsteps came behind you, making you turn your head with your fingers grazing your gun. To your surprise, it was Ada, walking in to see the scene unfold in front of her.

"Leon, you okay?" She stopped, seeing him attempting to stand back normally, but failing from the pain.

"Yeah," he strained, gently brushing your hand off his arm.

He took another step forward, before letting out another painful cry, more louder than the first.
Instinctively, you and Ada reached for him, but didn't touch him. You weren't sure how to help, you wondered if he still had those pills with him so he could take them.

You looked at Ada with a worried expression, seeing hers look just as concerned as you.

Leon stopped with his struggled grunting, taking slow, almost silent deep breaths. He turned over slowly, his eyes locking on towards you, giving you a look that didn't look... like him.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the red fabric of Ada's dress, making him focus his attention towards her instead. He took a step forward, slowly reaching his hand out towards her, as if she was a delicate fragile porcelain statue that needed to be touched carefully.

Ada on the other hand, seemed to have thought it was something completely different. You watched as she raised her own hand, her eyes fluttering closed, as if Leon was reaching over to kiss her.

To both of your shocks, Both of his hands shot out to Ada, gripping tightly to her throat. She didn't have any space to gasp in surprise or shock, instead she found her hands grabbing onto his tightly, letting out struggled whines to pry his arms off.

"Leon!" You yelled out in alarm, grabbing ahold of his forearm in attempts to get him off. "Stop it! Let her go!"
Leon didn't hear your voice, in fact in his current state he heard nothing. He felt Ada's beating heart in his palms, something telling him to squeeze tighter, to hear her neck snap and her heart burst in her chest.

"Let her go!!" You cried out again, one hand going towards his hands, helping Ada pry off his fingers. His strength was phenomenal, not budging despite both of your attempts. You don't know where it came from, but you feared this would happen again.

During your haste, Leon's elbow came into contact with your diaphragm, knocking into it hard, stealing the wind from your lungs. The impact made you fall back, curling onto your side while struggling to breathe, feeling as if your throat was shut off from any air.

Ada quickly reached down to her thigh, grabbing ahold of a switchblade she kept in a sheath strapped to her thigh. Taking out the blade, she quickly stabbed Leon's leg, forcing a groan to escape his mouth. Her knee came into contact with his abdomen, sending him back onto the ground, rolling to a stop on his back.

She kept one hand on her throat while catching her breath, rubbing the sore skin while watching Leon regain himself, panting hard from the pain. She looked over towards you, seeing you not moving from your position on the ground. Quickly putting her knife away, she got down on her knees by your side, grabbing ahold of your shoulders to help you sit up.

Your hands were covering your diaphragm, pressing over the spot you were hit. Your breath was slowly coming back to you, but it was hard to talk.

Leon slowly got onto his feet, seeing the two women on the ground a few feet away. Even though he blacked out, he knew what had happened, their was no other culprit in the room other than him. "Sorry," he spoke out, reaching into his pocket for the familiar bottle. He took out three pills this time, swallowing them down before taking a few moments to recollect himself.