Chapter 16

We had reached a place and saw the dwarf with the only one of his surviving bodyguard.

- So nice you could join us, guys. - Salazar said.

- You again. - Leon spoke tired.

- The sacred rite that is about to begin at this tower shall endow the girl with magnificent power. She will join us, become one of us. - The little spanish commented.

- This is no ritual. It's terrorism.

- Isn't that a popular word these days? - He continued talking. - Not to worry, we've prepared a special ritual for you.

Suddenly when Salazar raised his right hand, Leon quickly threw his knife and nailed him. The dwarf began to scream in pain, in fact it seemed that he was crying, I made a face imagining what was to be felt and saw that the agent smiled mockingly.

The iluminado one who protected the dwarf didn't hesitate to remove the knife that had been impregnated between his master's hand and the wall, and he threw it back to Kennedy but he dodged it. The blonde's knife was stuck in the wall.

We saw how Salazar and his slave fled, entering an elevator.

- Stop! - Leon exclaimed trying to reach them but he couldn't.

- What a way to attack your enemy. - Luis murmured in spanish.

- He had a very good aim. - My uncle said, removing the knife from the wall while the blonde approached us.

- We have to follow them. - Leon said and Carlos handed him his knife. - We'll take the next elevator.

- Don't you think it will take time? - I interrupted.

Then the three of us, Luis, Leon and I looked at each other together.

- Upstairs! - We said in unison and ran upstairs.

It was exhausting but what other option did we have? It took us a short time, even in some parts we met some villagers and other followers of that sect.

We had to fight against them, the place wasn't very wide and it made it difficult for us to shoot everyone. Although we had finished with some, they didn't stop appearing.

Two had surrounded me and I had run out of bullets, both grabbed me, one lifted me from my feet and the other from my shoulders. I couldn't avoid it but shouted wildly for help as I tried to free myself, until Kennedy appeared nailing with his knife to the man who grabbed my feet and he fell back, freeing me.

While Leon confronted him with a knife, I managed to step on the surface and with all my strength I pushed forward, bending down so that I could lift the other guy, who had grabbed me by the shoulders from behind, and I knocked him to the ground breaking his arm.

- Laura, be careful! - Luis warned when I was recomposing and I turned to see.

An iluminado man attacked me with his ax, fortunately I managed to avoid it, I took advantage of the fact that he lowered the guard and I pushed him off by removing his weapon. I realized that the guy I broke his arm was getting up, so I threw the ax to his head and killed him.

I quickly reloaded my pistol and shot the iluminado one at a time.

- Quick, let's go! - Leon ordered who had already finished with a enemy.

We ran to keep going until a villager jumped on the agent and this in turn hit me unintentionally and I fell to the ground. I rubbed my forehead with my hand and saw that Leon was struggling with the man.

Suddenly I noticed that a huge barrel was coming to our direction, I decided to stretch the american's arm and threw him to the ground, right on top of me. I could see as in slow motion, that barrel pushed the settler, knocking him down. From the ground I watched as the villager lay dead. Then I saw Luis and my uncle both were worried, they had leaned against the wall dodging.

My eyes went to Leon who was still on me, we both stared at each other, until Carlos cleared his throat.

Kennedy and I smiled, he stood up and helped me up.

- Let's go. - He murmured.

We had managed to get to where Salazar was but we didn't see anyone but him and his "bodyguard", there was a table in the center, covered in blood with fire coming from some candlesticks, ideal for a ritual.

The place was so strange that there was a kind of giant flower by the wall.

- Ah, you've just missed her. The ritual is over. She left with my men to an island. - The dwarf commented.

- What? - The blonde was surprised.

- I think it's time I played my due respects towards your impressive and stubborn will. - Said Salazar up the stairs until that giant plant opened its petals and with its roots grabbed the spaniard dwarf. - Guys... welcome.

Then that thing grabbed Ramón's companion, who finally turned out to be another verdugo. Salazar and that monster were inside that huge mutant plant.

We all watched expectantly that scene until the mutant flower released a cocoon and Salazar came out with some deformity in his body, it was horrible.

- Monsters. Guess after this there'll be one less to worry about. - Leon mumbled and prepared his submachine gun.

The american started firing as well as Luis, but I couldn't move a finger.

- I want you to suffer just like Ashley. - Spoke that monster, closed his cocoon and attacked us.

Kennedy and Sera dodged it. When the blow came directly to me, my uncle threw me on the ground and we were saved.

- React Laura! - He shouted at me.

We stood up and grabbed the gun to shoot it. Definitely, the bullets from my weapon didn't cause as much damage as those of the spanish and the north american. I saw the cocoon opening again, and Salazar began to scream. He attacked again and this time he hit Luis, but quickly he recovered his strength.

From my right side came another attack, I shot it several times, but it wasn't effective, I ran and made a vertical aerial turn, dodging it. I felt cramp go through my leg that was bandaged. I screamed a little pain and exhaled.

Then I turned my gaze towards Salazar's mutation.

- We need to find his weak point. - My uncle said.

- There, when he opens his cocoon. - Luis pointed out.

- Leon. - I called him, while removing the AK47 from the backpack and handed it to him.

The agent was put in position, aimed and caused two shots, one at the head and another in the heart of Salazar, meanwhile we support him firing against that aberration.

Suddenly that monster began to wobble, we thought it was going to fall in our direction, so we alerted, but it disintegrated out of nowhere emitting a foul smell.

- Ugh ... - I said making a gesture of disgust and approached the others. - Well ... where can we find Ashley? - I asked.

- They took her on an island. - Leon replied.

- But what island? - I questioned.

- I know an island near here, it's called La Isla, there's a military training for Los Ganados, which are the villagers infected with Las Plagas, maybe we'll find the cure there. In fact, there is the lab with the machine that I created to eliminate the parasite from an infected one. - Luis interrupted.

- And how are we going to get there? - I asked.

- Follow me, I know a way.

Then we followed Sera until we reached a cave that led almost to the exit of the town by water.

- There must be a boat or something. - Luis murmured.

Until we saw a woman inside a boat.

- You! - I exclaimed and removed the gun to aim her.

- Ada. - Leon said.

- Leon, long time no see. - The woman in the red dress spoke, taking off her glasses.

- What the fuck? - I asked confused. - Do you know each other?

- Long story. - The blonde whispered and looked at Ada.

- Need a ride guys? - She asked and I could see the face of the north american when accepted the invitation.

He is in love? I can't believe it. I lowered the gun.

- Leon, are you crazy? That woman punched me in the face, and you accept her, knowing that she has the mission to kill you. How can you trust her?

- Trust me, I know more than you about it, agent life. - Kennedy answered and got on the boat.

I kept thinking, it's okay, he's right, "Agents' Life". Not that he was James Bond.

I looked at Luis who got on the boat too and my uncle came up to me.

- What happened? - He asked confused.

- That asshole in red dress made this cut in my eyebrow, turns out to be our enemy and Leon is in love with her. And the most crazy thing, that she was ordered to kill him. - I explained.

- But it seems that she also likes him. - Carlos commented. - Look, if it was for her mission, she would have killed him right now.

By saying that I reflected on every word, I think my uncle was absolutely right.

- Are you coming with us? - Ada asked and I rolled my eyes sighing.

Until I decided to get on the boat with my uncle. The woman started the boat.

- So it is true. - Spoke Leon.

- True about what? - Questioned the woman while driving.

- You, working with Wesker.

- I see you've been doing your homework.

- Why Ada?

- What's it to you?

- Why are you here? Why do you show up like this? Why did you hit the girl? - Kennedy asked.

Suddenly the woman abruptly stopped the boat, I think we had arrived.

- Got some business to take care of, and that girl isn't a normal girl like the others by the way. See you later. - Ada said and with a hookshot fled leaving the boat.

- Women. - Leon whispered turning off the engine .

- Be careful with what you say. - I whispered.