Chapter 9

The two americans left the room where we were and my friend and I followed them from behind.

- Are you okay? - Pamela asked me.

- Yes, yes. - I answered.

- Sure?

- Yes, I'll be fine. - I gave her a half smile.

We reached the first floor and when we were going to leave someone interrupted us.

- I'll take the girl. - We heard it saying in english.

That voice, it had to be him. The four of us direct our eyes towards that person. He was a tall, thin man with a half-deformed face, wearing a purple robe that covered his entire body. This tunic had an argyle pattern with the insignia of Los Iluminados ones on the chest, a belt and a cape.

He carried with him a very peculiar scepter, with a kind of insect on the tip, according to the file it must be La Plaga, with which he controls the other inhabitants or carriers of the parasite.

- Who are you? - Leon asked.

- If you must know, my name is Osmund Saddler, the master of this fine religious... Community - He answered.

- What do you want? - Leon questioned defensively, putting Ashley behind him.

- To demonstrate to the whole world our astounding power of course. No longer will the United States think they can police the world forever. So, we kidnapped the President's daughter in order to give her a power and then... Send her back 

- No. - Ashley murmured and I looked at her intrigued. - Leon ... I think they shot something in my neck.

- What did you do to her? - The agent questioned very angry.

- We just planted her a little gift. Oh, there's going to be one hell of a party when she returns home to her loving father - Explained Saddler and let out an evil laugh. - But before that, I thought I might bargain with the president for some... Donations. Believe it or not, it takes quite a lot of money to keep this church up and running - He said looking at the symbol of his sect.

I was very worried about what I had just heard, Leon was very angry.

- Faith and money. Religion's nowhere, Saddler. - The agent commented.

- Oh, I believe I forgot to tell you that we gave to you and that girl the same gift. - He said the last pointing with his finger at me.

Leon and I looked at each other, we were a little confused, but he caught something.

- When we were unconscious. - He murmured.

- Damn spanish asshole. - I whispered, thinking that he could be working with them.

- Oh, I truly hope you like our small but special contributions. When the eggs hatch, you'll become my puppets. Involuntarily, you'll do as I say. I'll have total control over your mind. Don't you think this is a revolutionary way to propagate one's faith? - Saddler continued.

- Sounds more like an alien invasion if you ask me. - Leon replied.

Suddenly two men with crossbows entered the church from the front door and pointed their guns at us. The four of us turned to see them.

- We are fried. - I whispered.

Leon looked to the side and quickly took Ashley's hand to stretch and flee. The two monks fired their crossbows against them, but managed to dodge and jumped breaking a window.

Pamela and I stayed inside the church, both quickly removed our guns and fired at the two iluminados.

- Come on! Run! - I screamed as I fled and with my friend we jumped out of the window where the two americans had jumped. - Fuck. - I murmured.

The broken glass made a small superficial cut on my arm. Luckily the fall didn't affect my leg much.

I saw that the agent helped the screaming girl to stand up and then Pamela approached him pushing him very angry. I stood up to see what was happening, Ashley got scared.

- What the fuck is your stupid problem? - Pamela asked. - You almost got us killed in there.

Kennedy just kept quiet, considering that my friend was of the same height as Leon, she looked him straight in the eyes, face to face. It was terrifying to see my friend with all her fury. The confrontation looks took a few seconds because Pamela decided to get away from him and approached me.

- You okay? - She asked me and I just nodded.

When we left the church, we met with almost all the villagers standing looking at our way, holding torches and carrying different kinds of tools like weapons.

The agent noticed a cart full of barrels, shot a few bullets and it exploded, leaving us a free path in the middle of the inhabitants.

We started running to get away from the site and arrive as quickly as possible at the extraction point.

After a few confrontations against the villagers we met on the way, we were crossing a bridge, Leon received a video call and didn't look very happy about that.

- Damn it! - He whispered after he finished talking.

- What's wrong? - I interrupted.

- Bad news. - He answered. - They lost contact with the chopper. Someone must have shot it down.

- Shit. - I murmured.

- They're going to send another one, meanwhile we have to go to the extraction point. - He explained.

- Good. - I said a little discouraged and then I explained it to Pamela.

We had passed the bridge until we noticed that there was a cabin and two huge access doors on one side.

It was when a group of villagers with torches and "weapons" began to arrive, entered through the doors and crossed the other side of the bridge. They were cornered us.

- Grab him! - They shouted.

- Don't let them escape!

- What are we gonna do, Leon? - Ashley asked scared.

- I hate to say it, but we're sandwiched all right. Quick, in that cabin! - He said pointing to the cabin.

We ran to get into that place and the man closed the door leaning on it.

- Leon. - Said someone calling everyone's attention.

It was the spaniard, he threw a wooden stick at the agent to be able to lock the door.

- Small world huh? - Luis commented. - Well, I see that the President's equipped his daughter with... Ballistics, too   

I looked at him very angry, he was a total pervert that asshole.

- How rude! And I believe there's any relevance with my figure and my standing. Who are you? - Ashley questioned on defense, this time I didn't laugh because the spaniard overstepped the limits.

- Ho ho, excuse me your highness. Perhaps the young lady might want to introduce herself first before asking someone his name? - Sera said with an arrogant tone.

- Her name's Ashley Graham, the President's daughter. - She answered trying to sound rude.

- Is she...? Well, you know. - He asked while looking at the agent.

- Don't worry, she's cool. - Leon replied while making sure that the site was sheltered.

- Ehh, never mind, there's supposed to be some kind of obvious symptom before you turn into one of them anyways. - Commented the spaniard walking and looked at Pamela from head to toe. - and who are you beautiful princess?

Then I decided to push him against the wall and take him from his shirt.

- Shut your fucking beak - I told him in spanish between teeth and with a threatening look. - How do you know that? What are you doing here?

- Oh, sweetheart, what do you think if I invite you to dinner and explain everything? - He asked winking at me.

- I'm not in the mood. - I said and I pulled out my gun to aim him at the head. - Talk now!

- Laura, why are you ...? - Leon tried to reassure me, but I interrupted him.

- Shut up, blondie! - I exclaimed in english. - Look, how's supposed that he knows about the symptoms or that Ashley is infected?

- Leon and you too, except that girl. - Interrupted the spaniard.

- Shut up! You'd better say something in your defense or I'll blame you for everything. Do you know what La Plaga is? - I questioned furiously.

I could see in that Spaniard's face an expression of surprise, I know he knows it.

- Guys, look! - The squeaky interrupted.

We noticed that the villagers were surrounding the cabin.

- Laura, let him. - Leon ordered.

I turned to see him, who believe he is?. Then I looked at Pamela, she was quite confused, then I sighed and stopped pointing him with the gun.

- Then I explain you everything. - I said to my friend. - Now we're going to have to fight.

- I sew. - She took off her gun.

- Ashley upstairs! - The agent ordered and the blonde girl nodded and then went up.

- Ok. It's game time. - Commented the spaniard holding his gun approaching a window next to the american blond.

My friend and I decided to cover the other window and started shooting.

- Pamela, shoot them in the head. - I said and she nodded.

Kennedy came up with the brilliant idea of pushing some furniture to cover the windows to keep us safe, so I decided to help him. Although they didn't do much good because the villagers with their axes broke them.

Before they entered, Luis Sera shot them several times. Some began to enter from the other windows, they were too many. We couldn't with everyone.

One of them, with his ax, almost cut Pamela, but she fortunately managed to dodge and grabbed the object to stick him in the head of the infected.

I could see that my friend was disgusted to see the blood that spilled the body of the man, but she was forced to concentrate and keep firing because they were getting more and more infected.

I continued shooting at the villagers, but a woman grabbed me from behind covering my mouth and pressing my neck, she was so strong that she lifted me a few inches into the air. With my gun I shot her several times and she left me free, I hit another bullet in her head and it exploded. She was one of those special infected.

I was scared to see that her sharp tentacles were going to nail me, so I slid on a table there and fell to the ground. The infected broke the furniture.

I reloaded my pistol and when I saw that she was going to attack Leon, I shot her several times, although that didn't stop one of her tentacles from hitting the agent, just before she died.

I didn't have time to check the state of the american because suddenly we heard broken glass, they were probably trying to enter from the second floor.

- Leon, upstairs! - Luis warned and the blonde went up.

While we were firing we heard Kennedy's voice, it seemed like he was fighting hand in hand with one of them.

- Go and help him! Pamela and I will cover here. - I notified the spaniard.

- So Pamela is her name. - He said as he reloaded his gun and winked at my friend.

- Fuck off. - My friend whispered.

- Go! - I ordered him and Luis Sera went up to the second floor to help Leon.

We continued with the massacre until I ran out of ammunition. Just then a villager jumped on me and we fell to the ground. Pamela arrived and shot him in the head, I sighed with relief and threw my body aside.

My friend gave me a hand to stand up. I reloaded the pistol and we continued firing.

After several minutes of shootings, the villagers began to move away as if nothing had happened.

There were traces of gunpowder and blood everywhere, the cabin had been a complete disaster.

I started coughing and then the three of the second floor came down.

- Looks like they're backing off. - Leon said lowering his weapon. It was there that I could see a cut on his right arm.

- Leon, your arm ... - I pointed.

They all stared at the agent's arm, which was losing blood at the time.

- Oh my God. - The President's daughter said, covering her mouth.

- Calm down, it's just a cut, I've been through worse things. - Kennedy said without giving much importance.

- Come on, give me that here. - I said keeping my gun and asked him for the backpack to remove the first aid kit and cure him.

When I finished cleaning the wound I put a spray so that it would heal or at least stop bleeding. I proceeded to store the kit in the backpack and decided to carry it with me.

- So, what do we do now? - Questioned the spaniard as he turned his gun and walked.

- The bridge we crossed to get here is out, so I guess we have no choice but to keep moving. - The american replied as he moved his arm.

- I forgot something, you guys go on ahead. - Sera commented saving his weapon and then leaving the cabin.

- Luis. - Leon called him holding himself by the door frame but the Spaniard ignored him.

- That son of a bitch. - I mumbled trying to leave but the agent stopped me.

I gave up, because our priority was to get out of here alive. Although I still had issues to solve with that asshole.