Chapter 20

- Set her free, Krauser. - Leon spoke aiming his gun.

- What if I do not? You can't kill me. - He laughed malevolently. - Besides, she has two things that belong to me.

When the muscle man reached down to try to take my backpack off, I pushed him and pulled the sharp knife off my neck, so he wouldn't stab me. Then I bent down and that way I managed to free myself.

I crawled quickly over the surface, reaching Leon's side, he gave me a quick look and I only raised a thumb indicating that I was okay, even though I was bleeding a little in the neck.

- Shit. - He muttered furiously and looked at us both.

- What do you think to do, restoring Umbrella? - Kennedy questioned and I watched them carefully.

- Ha, to bring order and balance to this insane world of ours. - He answered.

- A psycho like you can't order or balance. - The agent commented.

- You don't seriously think a conservative mind can chart a new course for the world. Do you? - Krauser said to then throw a blinding grenade and disappeared.

- You're alright? - Leon asked bending down to check my status.

- Yes, it's nothing to worry about. - I answered.

- What the hell did he do to you? - He saw the blood that came from my neck. - That son of a bitch. - He whispered.

My partner helped me stand up and it was when I saw that Krauser suddenly appeared to attack him, so I grabbed Leon and turned him around to dodge, but the knife cut off part of my left arm, causing a shallow wound.

- Aaaahhh! - I screamed like a pig being mutilated.

Kennedy quickly shot the man but he dodged all the projectiles, managed to get close to the blonde and pushed him, causing him to lose his weapon.

- Prepare for your death, Leon. - Jack Krauser spoke taking distance and raised his left arm, it began to change into something strange. - Witness the power!

- You've lost it completely, Krauser. - Leon commented while I put pressure on my wound and screamed in pain.

I tried to stay a little away from them because I could not fight anymore, so I took a few steps back.

Although suddenly the burly man appeared behind me, but the agent intervened, with his knife stabbed him in the arm, so Krauser stepped back and prepared to attack Leon with his mutated arm, however the blonde managed to dodge.

Then Jack ran so fast that I thought he was going to kill him, but Kennedy managed to elude it and with an agile movement kicked him so hard leaving him confused until he turned his knife with style and stuck it in his chest, the burly man fell to his knees, lost the balance and fell to the ground. Apparently, Jack Krauser had died.

Leon looked at his ex-comrade's body and took him off the insignia.

- Are you okay? - He asked when I approached him and he save the object.

- Do I look so bad? - I joked and I felt completely weak, I lost a lot of blood.

I got dizzy and just before falling to the floor, Leon grabbed me.

- That seems, let me help you. - The blonde said.

He took my backpack and made me lie down on the sandy surface. He started looking for something from the backpack.

- Leo ... I think ... I'm gonna sleep. - I mumbled and it was when I closed my eyes.

- Laura! Laura! - I heard his voice in the distance.

Everything went black, I didn't feel anything else. It seemed that I ceased to exist, there was no light, no wind, absolutely nothing, everything was darkness.

- Laura, wake up. - I heard Leon's voice.

Suddenly I felt pain in my arm and slowly I opened my eyes.

- I'm dead? - I asked weakly.

- No, quiet, you won't die today. - He answered and started coughing.

I looked at my arm, it was bandaged and smeared with blood.

- How you feel? - Kennedy questioned and I could see that his eyes were a little redder.

- Better. - I replied. - You don't look so good. - I said worried and he took the pill.

- I'll be fine. - He whispered.

Then Leon helped me get up, I noticed that he had the backpack hanging on his back, then I decided to put the gun on my hip and that was when we heard an explosion.

We approached the place, the grates that separated us from Luis and Mazen were completely destroyed.

There was a lot of fume and sand running through the air. I was a bit confused but soon Leon pointed his finger at the spanish and the egyptian, both were still alive.

- Laura, what happened? you're fine? - Mazen asked approaching me worried.

- I'm fine, don't worry. - I answered. - How are you? - I asked looking at Luis.

- You know? Being with this guy is a nightmare, he's a bit suicidal. - Sera answered sighing and I laughed.

We had continued until we reached the huge door. Leon joined the three insgnias to open and enter.

Inside we saw Ashley who was inside a capsule, there seemed to be no one in the room.

- You'll soon harbor an awesome power. Yet it seems you rather choose the death. - A dark voice interrupted us and we turned to see, it was Saddler.

- I'm taking Ashley back, whether you like it or not. - Leon spoke with authority putting himself in front.

- Ah, the audacity of the youth. - The old man opined.

He made a movement with his hand and hit the agent hard until he was pushed against the wall.

Mazen started shooting but Saddler knocked him down, the leader of los iluminados raised his hand pointing to the egyptian, but apparently he didn't have the parasite inside because he tried to control him but could not.

Luis took advantage of that time to attack him, however he was neutralized by the old religious. I watched as they were all sore on the floor, I was injured, couldn't do anything, although I tried to remove the gun, but Saddler noticed me.

With a macabre smile he raised his hand, I felt a horrible pain in my head, he tried to manipulate me, but this didn't last long because I soon heard some shots and the pain was gone.

- Ada? - I whispered amazed to see her.

Actually, I did not expect to be saved by someone who cut my eyebrows.

- Leon now! - She exclaimed.

Then the blonde got up and took Ashley out of the capsule, I approached with the others and saw Osmund Saddler furious trying to contain a great power that seemed to have no limits. I could see how the projectiles that hit his body came out of his hands. That scene terrified me a lot.

- Move! - Ada warned.

- Let's go! - Kennedy exclaimed.

We fled the site since Saddler recovered. Soon we heard shots and an explosion sealed the place with a barricade of barrels.

- Ada, no! - Leon called trying to cross but Luis stopped him.

We all were speechless.

- She'll be fine. - Spoke the spanish, calming him down.

- But she ... she's alone! - He exclaimed angrily.

- Hey, calm! - Luis yelled at him. - You know, it's Ada Wong.

Kennedy sighed calmly.

- All right ... you have a mission to finish. - Sera encouraged him.