Among Us [Volume 2]

Chapter 16

"What a pleasant surprise! But I'm afraid it's Ashley we need. Neither you, Ms. Branagh, nor you, Mr. Kennedy."

"If you don't need us, then get off our backs, old man!" Leon yells.

Salazar gasps. "Awh! Did you say "old man", Mr. Kennedy? It might come as a surprise, but I'm only twenty years old!"

"You look like you've just been rotting for twenty years." I say.

"So, you're just like all the others? A puppet of the parasites?" Leon questions, though it sounds more like taunting to me.

"Surely you don't think I'm the same as those diminutive Ganados! The parasites, Las Plagas, are slaves to my will! I have... absolute control."

"Well, I really don't give a damn." Leon hisses. "Rain or shine, you're going down."

Doors start to open, revealing cultists with scythes.

"Get rid of our American friends." Salazar says before disappearing again.

"Oh, shit" I mutter, pulling out a flash grenade.

Setting off the grenade, and stunning them, we are able to take down a couple. One swings his scythe at me and it gets stuck in the pillar. I jump up, wrapping my thighs around his head and then quickly snap his neck. I crack my knuckles and then pick up the scythe stuck in the pillar. I jerk it out and spin around, decapitating one of the cultists who thought he could sneak up behind me.

Another cultist swings at me and I block it, we are blade to blade. I push onto his weapon, making him fall back a bit. I hit him with the blunt end of the scythe in his face and then stick it right into his chest. I pull it out and then chuck it right at a cultist who has Leon in a corner. It slices his head in two, killing him. Leon gives me a thumbs up and I smile at him.

Two cultists with crossbows come out, and so we duck behind pillars. Leon leans over and starts coughing.

"Leon! Are you okay?"

He waves me away, so I focus on sniping the guys with crossbows. Once I do, two guys with fucking rocket launchers come out as reinforcements. I flinch as a rocket comes too close to the pillars. I quickly snipe one, and then return to hiding. Once the second one launches a rocket, I snipe him out too. Two more come in, and I simply repeat the process, my cover somehow holding up despite being pelted with rockets.

As soon as the chaos is over, I rush over to Leon and kneel in front of him. There is some blood coming out of his nose too.

"Maybe we should take a break." I suggest.

"No!" He shakes his head, wiping the blood away. "We have to get Ashley!"

I furrow my eyebrows, conflicted. I sigh in defeat, running my fingers through his hair. "Okay. Okay. Just tell me if you need to rest, alright?"

He nods, standing up. I know he won't though. He won't say a single word, prioritizing the mission over himself. I know him too well.

We deactivate the security system, and eventually manage to get the doors open after collecting what appears to be a metal or brass goat head.

Another transmission comes in once we get to the Hedge Maze. No doubt it's Salazar.

"Ms. Branagh and Mr. Kennedy... still alive I see... So, do you like my garden?"

"No, it's very dull, and could use some flowers." I weigh in.

"HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEE"

I cover my ears. "Please stop doing that."