Chapter 6

My companion received a call and answered.

- Leon. I've been able to get some new info that might help you... - I heard a woman's voice.

- Fill me in. - Said the American, moving away from me a little.

I couldn't understand much of the conversation, I just heard that they were talking about Los Iluminados and the daughter of the president of the United States.

- Anyway, we had an unexpected run-in with the big cheese of this village. He could have killed us but he let us live... - I heard Leon say. - No... it's okay. I won't leave her, she could be a key witness.

The last thing I heard left me thinking, were they talking about me? I think I am a hindrance to his mission and could end up ruining everything ... Shit, I wonder how he got to the president.

- Understood. - He said to end the call and approached me.

I gave him a half smile and sighed.

- Leon, how did you get this mission? - I asked curious.

He looked at me a brief time, sighed and commented to me.

- I received a special training via secret organization working under the direct control of the president. I was to assume the responsibility of protecting the new president family. It was right before I was to take on my duties of protecting the President's daughter, when she was abducted. - He directed his gaze to the window where the bearded man jumped. - That is the ultimate reason why I'm in this lonely rural part of Europe. According to our intelligence, there is reliable information about a sighting of a girl who looks very similar to the president's daughter. Apparently, she is being witheld by some unidentified group of people. - He looked at the ground. - Who would have thought that my first job would have been a rescue mission?

I kept thinking, what a bad run for that man, I suppose.

- But why? Why you? - I questioned him looking from head to toe.

- Because I'm a survivor of the Raccoon City incident, I suppose. - He looked at me.

Then I decided to put the issue aside to continue our way.

- How about you? - He asked me while we were walking. - You know more about me than I do about you.

- I'm just an exchange student, only daughter, my father was a hunter, you know, my mom was a nurse and the rest of my family works in agriculture, they like nature, but I'm different, I like the technological world. - I watched my surroundings as I walked. - I practiced soccer, krav maga and parkour. What else do I tell you? That do I like basketball and prefer Los Angeles Lakers than Miami Heat? - I said the last sounding sarcastic and he just raised an eyebrow.

- Interesting. - It was the only thing he commented.

We reached the edge of a river and saw two villagers in a boat that stopped halfway, I couldn't see what was the reason for the stop, but Leon with his binoculars took a look.

- Shit, no. - He muttered.

- What? What's going on? - I asked intrigued.

He handed me his binoculars and I could see that those two men were lifting someone else's body, I noticed that he was wearing a police uniform, he must be another agent's partner. They threw him into the river and the villagers returned to our way. We hid behind huge rocks, until the two men left.

- We have to rescue him. - I said and walked with the intention of getting on the boat.

When we suddenly felt small tremors, I thought it was an earthquake until I saw a huge sea monster coming out of the water and bringing the policeman's body to its mouth, swallowing him whole.

- What that fuck! - I exclaimed open-mouthed.

Leon and I watched the scene surprised. The creature returned to the water. My heart was beating at a thousand revolutions per hour. I had never seen anything like this in my life.

- What do we do now? - I asked still stunned by what I had just seen.

- We have to cross to the other side of the river. - The blond said firmly.

- Are you crazy? - I questioned and he handed me the map, I took a look and yes, he was right, all for saving the president's daughter.

I just sighed. In this case, I would wished to have died bleeding to death.

- Come on, get on! - He said already inside the boat.

- Ima-imagine if I'm devoured by that thing, I-I don't think I'm ready to live inside a sea monster like Jonah, I still have sins to commit. - I stuttered scared.

With my heart in my mouth, I got on the boat. I took a deep breath and headed to the river, our goal was to cross over to the other side.

Everything seemed calm, although I could see the face of Leon, he was very nervous. But who the hell wouldn't be like that? Fuck, I was eating my nails and praying that this thing wouldn't devour us.

Unfortunately, on the way that sea creature appeared to us, pushed us under the boat and we fell into the water.

I tried to float with all my strength, the backpack that was on my back was heavy, I was about to drown, but the agent gave me a hand, took off my backpack and swam as fast as possible. I stayed afloat, looking around and soon I saw the monster that was heading towards me.

I swam, desperately, behind Leon, he threw the backpack in the boat that, fortunately, had not passed it any break. He went up and helped me to get safe.

I lay on one side, but soon I put my head out of the boat and vomited, I had swallowed water that stunk.

- Laura, are you okay? - Leon asked me, while he touched my shoulder.

- Y-Yeah ... - I coughed a little until I recovered and just nodded. - Thank you.

I watched the whole river, apparently the sea creature had disappeared underwater. We soon realized that the anchor had fallen, when the blond was going to raise it, it got stuck. We both looked at each other intrigued.

Suddenly we saw the anchor chains stretch.

- Shit, hold on! - Leon exclaimed.

We felt the boat move, apparently the anchor had been stuck by that monster and we were dragged. I was so afraid that I started screaming. I was in a panic.

With my adrenaline to the limit I saw three harpoons in a corner, half covered by a black tent. When the boat stopped I could only hear to my companion cursing, I stood up and saw that the monster was approaching to our direction. Leon tried to start the engine of the boat, but it didn't seem to work. Then I grabbed one of the harpoons and threw it at that creature, it hit him on the head and swam away.

Kennedy looked at me surprised, then he got up and grabbed another harpoon, waited for that thing to return and when it returned he stuck it in the neck.

- You blocked its gills. - I said in Spanish but he didn't understand me. - Throw it in the mouth.

Leon prepared the last harpoon and aimed, launched it just as the monster opened its mouth, it began to lose a lot of blood and to drown in the depths.

- Yeah! Die son of a bitch! - I exclaimed victoriously.

What we had not noticed was that the anchor, which had been stuck by that creature, broke from the boat and the rope became entangled by my foot, which is why it dragged me.

- No, no, shit! - I exclaimed desperately.

Before falling into the water, the american grabbed me, removed his knife and began to cut the rope until I was free, we had lain on the surface of the boat and we sighed with relief.

- Thank you. - I mumbled and sat in a corner of the boat.

- Looks like you could finally take a bath, huh? - The agent commented who leaned on the other corner.

- Same as you, right? - I raised my eyebrow looking at him. And he just refused to splash a little water to me and start the boat. - Hey! - I exclaimed and did the same thing but I did not even bother.

After that, we had reached the other side of the river, we got off that machine and I put the backpack on my back. Suddenly he began to feel bad. I managed to see that he coughed up blood and writhed in pain pressing against his abdomen.

- Leon, what's wrong? - I asked worried.

I held him so he wouldn't fall to the ground, he felt very weak. But how? A while ago he was fine.

I observed a small house and decided to enter it, Kennedy leaned back against the wall while I checked my surroundings with the gun and closed the door, suddenly the blond fell to the ground unconscious.

- Rays, agent. - I mumbled and knelt to verify his condition.

I took his pulse, hw was still alive, I breathed a sigh of relief even though that still didn't take away my worry. Suddenly I felt someone point a gun at my head.

- Don't move - Said in Spanish, that voice sounded to me.

- Pamela? - I asked and I turned around.

- I said you wouldn't move rulita.

I laughed, she looked at me seriously and raised an eyebrow.

- I know that expression. - I said getting up while I kept my gun. - Pamela no! - I exclaimed but it was too late, she gave me one of her diabetic hugs.