Chapter 13

I heard Ashley shouting my name again, and approached the squeaky.

- I told you to keep silencr. - I said. - What happen?

- What happened to your eyebrow? - She asked from below.

- A strange woman attacked me. - I explained while I sat on the floor. - She looked like a chinese person, but I don't know where she's from, anyway she is involved with everything that is happening here, I suppose, she spoke with another man and Luis is her contact.

- Do you think Luis is cheating on us? - Ahsley questioned.

I took the first aid kit out of my backpack to get some cotton out.

- Probably, it's clear that he didn't tell us the truth completely. - I replied while cleaning the blood from my eyebrow. - The woman was ordered to kill Leon, so our agent has to take care of his back.

I could see Ashley's worried face. I threw the cotton I used aside and massaged the back of my neck.

- That woman is very good at fighting, even with an elegant dress. - I sighed and looked at the ceiling, it was quite high. - If I had used that kind of clothes. - I continued. - Holy crap, I couldn't have done a move.

- This is getting more and more mysterious, do you know where Leon is? - She asked.

- Yes, he's on his way.

- It's okay.

- Ashley, I'm going to take a look at this place. - I said while saving the first aid kit. - I'll be back in five minutes. Ok? - I noticed standing up and the american nodded.

I took my gun and recharged it, I wanted to take a look around the area in case I found the red dress one again.

When I opened the door to leave, I crashed with someone and screamed scared. I quickly reacted by aiming my gun, but I realized it was Leon.

- Ugh, I almost shot you, agent. - I sighed as I was one finger away from triggering.

- Where's Ashley? - He asked.

- She's ... ehh, how do I explain ...? - I hesitated while I lowered my gun.

- What did you do to her? - He pushed me back into the place.

- Calm down, the squeaky is fine, she's ... - I was interrupted by Ashley's scream. - There. - I finished my sentence.

Kennedy ran to where Ashley was but didn't go down.

- Ashley. - The blonde said sighing in relief.

- Leon. - The girl muttered.

Yes, that's right, this sounds weird, like Romeo and Juliet or Professor Jirafales and Doña Florinda, whatever. I stayed at the doorway next to Pamela.

- How'd it go with the emo guy? - I asked my friend.

- It was a headache. - She answered and I laughed. - By the way, what happened to you in the eyebrow?

- It's a very strange story, I quarreled with a woman in a red dress. - I answered and she looked at me intrigued.

- Hi girls, how are you? - Interrupted the Spanish that appeared suddenly from the outside corridor.

- You have more things to explain, Luis. Where is the sample? - I asked.

- Oh, so you know. - Sera went to the place where we were and we let him cross in.

Pamela decided to put herself in a place a little further away in the room, while I stood in front of Luis looking at him carefully, to know what he was up to.

- Guys. I got it! - He exclaimed removing an object from his pocket.

At that moment I could see behind his back a kind of tentacle with a sharp sting, it looked like an insect.

That thing was about to attack the spaniard and I quickly jumped on him, saving him. We both fell to the ground. Pamela and Leon turned their attention to what happened.

I saw the tentacle going under the body of a man wearing a purple robe with the symbol of the sect impregnated in it, accompanied by a scepter. It was nothing more and nothing less than ...

- Saddler! - Leon Kennedy exclaimed angrily.

The leader of los iluminados ones smiled evilly. Soon we realized that the object had fallen from the hands of the spaniard and the villain took it.

- No. - Luis murmured.

- Now that I have the sample you serve me no purpose. - Saddler commented. - My boy Salazar will make sure of all of you

Out of nowhere, my friend started firing her gun at our enemy, but the bullets did not damage him. He raised his right arm and pointed at Pamela, it seemed to have a special power that lifted her up into the air to propel her down where the president's daughter was.

- Pamela! - I exclaimed and I got up to observe by the shoreline the state of my friend. - You okay? - I asked and she nodded a little sore. - Bastard. - I muttered looking back to Saddler's direction, but he has gone.

I ran to the door and looked down the hall outside, there was no one, not even a trace of that psychopath. I cursed in my inside and went back to where the others were.

- Cool. - I smiled sarcastically and then sighed.

I went to the edge of the second floor to see down.

- He fled? - My friend questioned looking at me.

- Like a coward. - I replied with a grimace.

- Perfect ... - She whispered and looked at Ashley. - Well, give me a hand, we'll go up there.

- Kennedy, we need your strength around here. - I called him.

Leon then approached the shoreline. Pamela picked up Ashley and the agent was able to grab her, then extended a hand and helped up my friend.

- It's time to give explanations, with the truth. - I went to the Spanish crossing my arms and everyone looked at him.

- It's the sample, Saddler took it and we have to get it back. - He commented.

- Sample of what? - Leon asked.

- Las Plagas. - He answered.

- Only that? I don't think so, that old man attacked you for some other reason. Who is that woman in the red dress? - I questioned and I could notice the tension in him.

- Woman in red dress? - Leon asked amazed.

- Yes, I don't know who she is, but she knows to our spaniard and she's working with another man who ordered her to kill you because you are a survivor of that tragedy in Raccoon City. - I commented. - She also did this to me. - I pointed my eyebrow.

- Umbrella. - The agent muttered and then I understood why they wanted to kill him.

- I thought it was already finished. - I said.

- Not at all it seems. - Kennedy mused.

- Now it makes a bit of sense. - I murmured. - Anyway, you're a double agent, aren't you? - I asked to Luis.

- Not exactly, I worked with Saddler and soon after when he lost his mind, I sent a message of help to a friend, but the message was redirected to that woman who promised to help me out of this fucking town in return of the sample , but I didn't know that she worked for the Umbrella corporation. - The spanish defended himself. - After all I don't mind that old man and his religious followers.

Then everything started to have a little more sense, it means that Luis was used and cheated, Leon on a rescue mission now has to deal with all this, while Pamela and I just want to get out of this hell.

Actually this is a nightmare, my friend and I are getting involved in this, the only thing that is missing is that they kill us, ah but I remember, the dwarf will make sure of that, of course we are his enemies, what horror .

- Guys, I got this. - Luis interrupted my thoughts and took something out of his pocket. - It's a drug that should suppress the growth of the parasite. - He threw it to Kennedy and he caught it.

Next to Ashley we went to check it, it was a small bottle that contained some capsules inside.

- Thank you. - I said looking at Sera.

- Thanks to you for saving me. - He looked at me and I just grimaced. - Let me see that wound. - He approached me.

I touched my eyebrow with my index finger and noticed that it bled again. I sighed and he glanced at the cut.

- Mmm, it's superficial, but it seems that it was necessary to add something to cover it. - Commented the spanish. - May l?

I nodded and he removed an adhesive strip from his pocket and placed it on my wound.

- Now it looks perfect. - He said smiling.

- You should take one. - Kennedy interrupted putting a capsule in my hand.

Then I put it in my mouth and swallowed it. After that, we decided to stay together to be able to go out with Leon from the place.

We walked a good while, touring the castle while commenting to my friend about the current situation.

When we entered a room we saw the eighth castilian of the castle and we stopped.

- I think you've lived long enough. - The dwarf said. - Let's see if you can survive this time.

Salazar raised his right hand and the door through which we had crossed was closed with steel grates.

- Shit. - Luis murmured looking back.

Quickly the dwarf fled and left through another door that was later secured.

Suddenly the roof made a strange noise, the five of us looked up and it was descending, until some blades appeared, we had fallen into a fucking trap.

- No! - Ashley shouted scared.

I think I'm going to panic, the roof was descending very fast. I ran where Salazar fled and I tried to knock down the door with several kicks but I couldn't. Sera joined me to help me but we couldn't. I swallowed and saw how death came to us.

I turned to see the door again, there had to be a way to open it, I noticed that it had a strange symbol in the center and then I calculated that the symbol was badly located, I turned out that it had to be the symbol of los iluminados, it will have taken me a few valuable seconds till I managed to open it.

- Yes. - I muttered. - Guys, let's go!

Suddenly we heard a warning sound and the roof began to descend quite fast, I crossed the other side of the door with only one step to get to safety, while the others had to run.

- Quick! - I exclaimed.

Luis, Leon and Ashley managed to escape in time, but my friend was left behind.

- Pamela! - I screamed.

It was too late, the roof with blades crushed her to pieces just a few steps before crossing the door.

- No! - I shouted, banging my fist on the side of the roof that had blocked the door.

I felt something wet running through the sole of my shoes, I looked, it was blood, the blood of my friend.

I took a few steps back and watched in horror, I didn't know how to react. A drop of tears made its way on my cheek, I couldn't say a word.

Suddenly I felt a hand leaning on my right shoulder, at that moment I had a lot of courage, I broke into a sea of tears and I turned to embrace him very hard without giving him a look.