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Resident Evil 4: Angels with Guns
Chapter 6: What's Wrong?
"Silence complete and utter silence. It's calming, relaxing, and really BORING!" I yelled sitting next to Leon while he was dealing with the merchant. That's all that's been going on ever sense that stupid moment at that stupid shack. SILENCE.
I glanced up at Leon thinking when he would actually talk to me again. There had been so much tension now that all I did was hide behind him and let him handle the Ganado's like Ashley. I shuttered.
"Stupid Ashley." I muttered.
Leon glanced down at me but didn't say anything. I sighed. Stupid Leon.
I couldn't help but think about how Katie would react to how I acted around Leon. I was usually all buddy-buddy with him and probably clingy too. Katie knew everything about me. We've known each other sense preschool. She's knows when I'm lying and I know when there's something wrong with her, like when she's sad or excited and stuff.
If she saw how Leon and I acted before she would probably be all like "OH HELL NO!" and hit Leon with a brick or some shit. Naturally I would jump in the way of said brick and probably start bleeding. There are multiple things that could happen while Katie was around. But I'm sure you want to save that for when we ACTUALLY FIND HER!
Leon cleared his throat and I looked up at him. He was leaving.
"Coming." I mumbled bitterly and followed him up the stairs, up the ladder and outside. I saw were going into the arena thing. El Gigante was waiting for us, with a hunger most likely.
"Uhm...Leon?" I asked nervously. He turned to me with a hard stare. I froze up but shook it off. "I got a really bad feeling about this...could I...?" I was wringing my soaked sweater "...have my gun back?"
Leon didn't say anything for a while before sighing. "No, not yet."
Damn it. It was worth a shot. I looked down slightly depressed but mainly irritated. I could be cute sometime but most of the time really crabby. And Leon was REALLY starting to piss me off.
Leon went on walking without me. I followed slowly and glared at him from behind. I'm an idiot. I will point that out right now.
Leon was so far ahead of me that just as I was walking into the arena-thinga-ma-jig the wooden mesh door closed on me! It nearly hit me in the face so I fell back on the muddy and soggy ground. Leon spun around to see me separated from him.
"Catherine!" He yelled. He took a step towards but spun around to see the other door close. Ganado's came out of the large wooden doors across from him and they dragged El Gigante out. Immediately he went berserk and killed everyone. He tried to stomp Leon but he rolled out of the way.
"Leon!" I yelled reaching my arm threw the wooden pegs hoping I would somehow go threw them.
El Gigante looked at me confused, probably just now realizing I was there. Leon took this moment to unload a clip of bullets into the beast.
The monster payed no attention and kept looking at me. It was really creepy...
Finally El Gigante roared and thundered towards me. I screamed like the little girl that I was and ducked to the side. The wooden mesh collapsed and the beast tripped. I quickly scrambled over his currently laid out body over to Leon.
I tackled hugged him and buried my face into his shirt. You'd be scared shitless too if you almost got barreled over by a 300 hundred pound mass of Plagas.
Leon Quickly grabbed me and stuck me in one of the nearby houses or shacks or whatever the hell they were.
"Stay here!" He had this look in his eyes, desperation? Scared? I'm not sure what it was. I only got a glimpse of it before he ran off to deal with El Gigante who was starting to get up.
I could see through the window as Leon ran around and rolled out of the way as he shot the monsters Plagas. Pretty soon Leon had killed it and all I had to do was sit back and watch as Leon nearly died. Yaaaayyy not really it freaked me the fuck out very often. I mean it was kinda funny watching Leon get punted about 6 feet and I couldn't help but think that he deserved it. I was pissy ok? I felt bad for it later but for now I laughed on the inside at him.
Leon came back over to me and told me everything was clear. I puffed my cheeks at him and pouted. "I told you I had a bad feeling about this!"
Leon actually smiled at me! He did, he smiled! Thus I smiled! I was so happy. I was really scared that he was starting to hate me... If he's capable of that. Has Leon ever hated someone who wasn't a bad guy? I don't think so, and as far as I knew I wasn't a bad guy.
"Let's get going ok?" he said patting my shoulder
I nodded and skipped after him as we left.
Out into the rain again! Yaaaay, FUCK NO! I officially hated the rain. I was cold, wet and shaking in my clothes. It really sucked. You had no idea how happy I was to reach that church, sure I enjoyed watching Leon kill some dogs and I nearly got mauled to death but nothing made me more happy than the inside of a DRY church.
Leon was examining some color strobe light thing while I did my best wring out my clothes again. Have I mentioned how much I hate the rain now? I'm pretty sure I did.
I was just dumping water out of one of my shoes when a loud BANG sounded from a door blocked by a metal gate. I put my shoe back on and walked over putting my hands on the gate. The bang came again and I could feel it vibrate through the gate. "Whoa..."
I heard a click before the gate began to rise and Leon came over. "Thanks." I said and walked over to the door. Another bang and a curse on the other side, it sounded familiar.
Leon walked over and I followed. He seemed suspicious of what was on the other side of the door. I stood behind him as he slowly readied his gun and opened the door. As he did a piece of woods came flying out, Leon dodged, and I got a face full of tree. I flew back words landing on my back as someone yelled "get away!"
"Calm down, calm down!" Leon was saying while I sat up and held a red mark on my forehead.
Another plank was thrown out of the room and nearly hit me in the face again. "What the hell, quit throwing things!" I yelled.
"CAT!?" I heard before I got trampled by an over happy blonde girl. "YOU'RE ALIVE!"
While dislodged the blonde from myself I noticed who it was. "KAITIE!?"
Kaitlin was a long haired blond girl with brown eyes. She had fair skin and was wearing a red tank with a leather jacket and some skinny jeans and black boots.
"What the hell are you wearing?" I asked dumbfounded. To most of you, she probably looks really kick ass right now. But normally she's always in a high collared shirt and long skirt. So this is a BIG difference in her clothes.
"What am I wearing? What are YOU wearing?" She said in response.
"Skirt...sweater...knee socks..." I shrugged.
Katie raised an eyebrow before actually getting a good look at me. Bruised, soaking wet, and covered in filth. Katie looked appalled and horrified. "Catherine, what the HELL happened?! Are you ok?! Who hurt you!? I'll kill them, I will!" suddenly she spotted Leon for the first time. "Was it him!? Did he do it!?"
"Katie, Katie! Calm down, Leon didn't hurt me. He's been protecting me." I said trying to calm her down but it wasn't working.
"I've been worried sick about you ever sense that stupid white thing attacked us! I woke up in this weird room and then these people grabbed me and knocked me out and then I woke up with this stupid bimbo and-"
"Hey!"
I looked around Katie to see Ashley standing next to Leon looking very discouraged.
"Katie...you didn't scar her for life I hope?"
"no." she said standing up and helping me.
"She tried!" Ashley complained. "I thought my dad would send one person to help me not a whole group! And two of them are children!"
"Ashley, calm down. At least we came to help you." Leon said in a soothing tone. Ashley took a deep breath and nodded. "Can we please just get out of here? I want to go home." She sounded exhausted, I gave her sympathy.
"Leon, we've got more people to watch after, can I please have my gun back?"
Leon thought about it but before he could answer Katie butted in. "A gun!? You're not getting a gun! You need to stand back, I'll protect you!"
"Katie, I can handle myself. I've lasted this long?" I gestured to the fact I wasn't missing anybody limbs or organs.
"Right, with a bunch of cuts and stab wounds, look at you Cat! I'm surprised you haven't keeled over yet!" Katie sounded actually worried, which was understandable. I decided not to tell her about Bob and his chainsaw.
Leon came over and defended me. "Catherine has handled herself very well; true she's...Had her moments..."
I flinched at the memory of my outburst in the shack and Leon continued. "But other than that I'm sure she can go through all of this by herself. I have confidence in her."
"I don't care what you think!" Katie snapped suddenly turning to glare at Leon. "Have you known her all her life, I don't think so!"
Leon looked surprised by Katie's outburst. Heck even Ashley and I looked surprised. We even stepped back a few feet while Katie continued her rant.
"That girl can't handle a school bully let alone a place like this where the god damned animals are trying to kill you! She can't make friends to save her life because she never talks to anyone! There is no way she can-"
Katie was interrupted by Leon's sudden burst of laughter. "Catherine has the best survival skills I've ever seen in a fifteen year old! She can fire a gun she's been on her own looking for you half the time she was here and what are you talking about she doesn't talk? She hasn't shut up once!"
Katie looked confused and glanced at me. "What's he talking about?"
I felt awkward. "Well...Here I'm...Different. I feel free here...excited? I hated it before..."
"Hated what?"
"My life; Wake up, get dressed, go to school, do work, come home, do more work, go to bed. All that over and over again...that's no life!" I scratched the back of my head. "This is fun..."
Katie looked surprised at me. She walked over and clapped her hands on my shoulders. "I'm so proud of you!" she pulled me into a big hug.
"Uh...what?"
Katie pulled back with a big smile on her face. "You're finally like me!"
That was not technically a good thing...you see, Katie has a...Bad history with violence, if she wanted to she could snap a man's neck like it was nothing. She resorts to beating them till there black and blue instead of actually killing them though. The good thing is if I tell her not to, she'll listen! I'm the only one who can back sas her and not get a horrible beat down.
I smiled nervously at her then suddenly pushed her off. "Thanks Katie but we really have to go!"
Leon tossed me my gun and I caught it, I shot the floor next to Ashley's foot in the process but I caught it none the less. Katie looked uneasy about me having the gun but she let it go. Leon led the way with Ashley behind him, Katie behind her and me at the rear. Leon jumped down the latter and caught Ashley as she jumped. Katie refused to be caught so she just climbed down the latter and watched me as I jumped down and Leon caught me. I thanked him and grinned at Katie; she rolled her eyes playfully and butted me with her fist.
We were about to open the door to the church when a voice rung out.
"Oh and where are you going?"
We all turned around to see Sadler standing in front of his stupid alter thing. I glanced to Katie to visually see her pail. She doesn't do that often because she's usually not afraid of people. It made me wonder what happened to her.
Leon pushed Ashley and Katie behind him, I point my TMP at Saddler, I would shoot him but I knew it wouldn't do anything.
"Well if it isn't the other insect. Your friend was very worried about you." He pointed to Katie who ducked behind Leon out of fear. "She fought the best she could but that didn't stop us from giving her our gift. Just like the rest of you." He swept his hand referring to us all.
My hand shot to my neck. Shit...
I forgot he had given me that shot...Leon and Ashley too! I glanced back at Katie; she probably got the shot too. But why was she so afraid of Saddler?
Ashley looked up at Leon and mumbled something. "What did you do?" he asked.
Saddler laughed. "I gave her the same gift I gave to all of you, soon you will obey me and rejoice in your new power!"
"Oh shut up you quack." I snapped at him. Saddler just chuckled.
"Full of fire I see. I will have extinguish you won't I?"
His chuckle sent a cold spike down my spine. Something I didn't enjoy at all...
"Burn in hell!" I said, but I didn't sound very courageous. My voice was nervous, scared, and shaking. Saddler laughed again and held up a hand. My memory is kind of funny after that...I remember my head hurting and glass breaking and the next thing I knew I was upside down against a wall in a pail of broken wood.
Katie looked hysterical as she paced back and forth holding her head and mumbling to herself. I fell onto my side and held my own head. A throbbing headache was pounding my scull and my vision had a kind of red tint to it. Wouldn't surprise me if I had some kind of head trauma or a concussion, I've taken a real beating today.
A hand suddenly appeared in front of my face and I saw Ashley offering me a hand. I took it and she helped me up. "Thanks..."
"No problems...were all in this together after all. Might as well look out for each other right?"
Lady, the only thing you'll be doing is screaming "LEON HELP" the entire time.
I saw Leon talking to Katie, she was wringing her shirt out and her face was scrunched up, she was talking rapidly.
"I can't remember!" I heard walking over. "One second I was playing a video game with Cat and the next I was in a room with people...they did something but-"
"What game?" Leon suddenly broke in. "Where were you playing it?"
"Cat's house, I was visiting...It was a horror game for the Wii...I can't remember what it was called but..." she stopped and then stared at Leon confused, almost as if she was really looking at him now, putting pieces of the puzzle together.
"But, what?" Leo asked.
Katie shook her head. "It's so weird; I could have sworn that...The case...On the case to the game...you were-"
Katie couldn't finish her sentence. Why? Because I smacked my hand over her mouth before she could. Leon looked at me with an expression of confusion, and irritation.
"Catherine..." He said slowly. He was suspecting something. "What are you doing?"
Katie said something but it was muffled by my hand. I didn't bother smiling; Leon already knew I was lying about something and this was only making it worse. Pretty soon he won't trust me at all.
"I'm not doing anything." I said.
He didn't look amused. "Let her finish her sentence."
"Do I have to?"
Katie yanked my hand away. "Thanks for letting me breathe!" she snapped. "What I was going to say is that he looks like that guy you're always obsessing over, the one in the game!"
I Stiffened. That was probably slightly less bad than what I thought she was going to say. I Looked over at Leon.
He was shaking his head and smirking. That bastard.
"Good to know you like me." He said. "Guess that means you'll trust me and not do stupid things anymore?"
My eyes wondered to my gun then to the patch wound Leon had over his stomach. I then looked at the ground while Ashley and Katie looked between me and Leon, probably wondering what the hell we had been through looking for them.
I looked up took a deep breath...and pouted. "Fine."
Leon patted my shoulder. "Alright, now let's get you all home."
While he walked away talking to Hunnigan Katie and Ashley came over to me, Katie looking pale and very worried. "What happened to you?"
I looked Ashley; even though she just met me she looked concerned for me. It made me feel good inside and I started to regret calling her useless.
"Well...where do I start?" I told them both about waking up in the woods and being chased by Leon and the villagers, I told them about the kitchen knife to my shoulder (Katie had a heart attack when I showed her the wound) I told them about Leon "abandoning" me, and about both chain saw boys I even told them about De'lago and the Incident in the shack. I had to talk really fast cause Leon told us it was time to go and with all the stuff ahead of us I wouldn't have time to talk much. Actually. That's probably a lie, I haven't shut up once while here.
We all stood in the rain again, I felt like I was going to die from rain water. Katie and Ashley looked fine though. Maybe they liked the rain? God I couldn't wait till we got to the Castle.
Stop your bitching and get a move on!
I smacked myself in the head, making the other girls look at me funny, and made sure I had a full clip in my TMP. Katie still didn't look to happy about me having a gun. Katie had shot before but only with a pistol. Lucky for me I had an army trained brother who liked to use guns. There not as easy to shoot as you'd think by the way...
Leon nodded to me and we both walked back into the cemetery blasting holes in anything that moved or yelled in Spanish. Ashley and Katie stayed close to the both of us making sure not to get covered in blood and guts. I'm only now realizing that I might as well be a sacrificial meat shield.
Ones we cleared the danger and Leon collected any gold or ammo the Ganado's had dropped I reloaded and smashed a few boxes finding shiny jewels and ammo.
Katie and Ashley were talking as we walked. Leon and I exchanged ammo and discussed how we were supposed to look out for both girls. Katie was stubborn and a pain in the ass at times, she's not going to like being protected by the person she's used to making sure was happy. As Leon jumped down into the coffin/tunnel thing and Ashley followed I stopped Katie.
"Listen..." I said quietly. "We need to be careful. You do know what's going on right?"
"Barely, I woke up on an island not in a forest. Plus I didn't have a muscular badass to protect me like you!"
Me face was flushed, I could feel it. "Look I'm sorry Katie; I tried looking for you but..."
"But what?" Her eyes narrowed. I stared at her. Something wasn't right, I could feel it. Katie and I have known each other sense we were kids, I knew her like the back of my hand and vice versa. Wed been able to tell what the other thought just be looking at each other. Usually she tries to hide her feels of annoyance or hate towards me but she wasn't hiding it this time. I could sense it, some kind of thing eating away at her. Like she had a question to ask but didn't trust me or was scared how I would answer or she had something to remember that she couldn't.
I suddenly felt a cold feeling crawling up my back. Katie just watched me, her eyes showing no emotion. Katie just scoffed, ignoring me and bumping my shoulder as she passed.
"Nice to have a friend like YOU." There was something in her voice that made me feel cold all over. She jumped into the coffin and I only stared after her. I wanted to follow, to ask what was wrong but Leon would ask too many questions. It would be difficult to find anything out with him and Ashley around. What if they heard something they shouldn't? I was already on some seriously shaky ground I didn't need to turn it into a shit storm.
I looked back to the church, the walls looking more menacing and the grave yard haunting. I finally found Katie but it wasn't the reunion I was hoping for...
What did Saddler do to you?
"Catherine." I hand on my shoulder made me jump and I turned to see Leon, his gun in his other hand. I looked into face, hoping to find something. I don't know what... sympathy, disgrace, an answer? All that was on his boyish face was a serious expression. I stared at him, then looked down and walked to the tunnel entrance. He seemed to understand I didn't want to talk, he followed me silently.
Something is wrong. Was all that was going through my head as we walked into the wet dripping tunnel. Something is horrible wrong.