Distraction. And another distraction (S1)

“I’ll distract the monster! Go get her, Claire!” Leon shouted while firing at G2.

“I’m on it! Be careful, Leon!” Claire ran towards the entrance of the tunnel.

But G2 wasn’t going to let go of these fine host for its embryos that easily. It swung the giant claw at Claire, hoped to grab her before she escaped. But a blast from the shotgun blinded its eyeball on the shoulder, and made it screamed painfully.

Another shot from the magnum pierced one of its eyes on the back. G2 knelt on the ground to recover, and Claire successfully got past it and ran into the tunnel. Leon looked to the side and realized that the mercenary also stayed behind to deal with the monster.

“Thanks. I’m Leon Kennedy.” He nodded to the mercenary.

“Dustin.” The mercenary replied in a cold tone, as he still didn’t trust the police officer in front of him, but he had no better options, “How do we kill this thing?”

“I don’t know...”

Within seconds G2 has fully regenerated and was standing up. Its dreadful howls almost trembled the structure of this area. If the magnum couldn’t kill it, their best chance was to find another way to get rid of it.

Leon and Dustin at the same time ran towards the main power room, and through there, reached the construction site of the proposed water purification room. The platform was small and fragile, however, it was exactly what they’re looking for.

“I’ll hold it here, you go control the crane!”

Leon had a plan, but G2 has already caught up with them at a terrific speed and struck. Dustin took a direct bad hit and flew straight over to the wall behind the construction site. He collapsed on the floor and spilled a lot of blood. Meanwhile Leon was crashed on the crane control and accidentally hit the red button.

A loud noise was echoing in the structure which confused G2 a bit. A large crate was being swung over by the crane and it hit both G2 and Leon. The **** was so strong that they were pushed past the edge of the platform.

If Leon was still a human, he would be dead by now. So there was actually one moment where he felt lucky that he was not. In a daze he grabbed one leg of G2 and saved himself from straight up dropping down.

G2 was also desperately trying to cling on the crate, but the overall weight was too heavy for the crane to hang on. The chain wouldn’t hold much longer.

Leon spotted a large water outlet a few meters below him, so he took the chance and jumped towards it. The water was cold but luckily the current was slow, so that he didn’t get washed away.

Only a second or two later, the chain snapped and G2 fell into the abyss with its screams echoing. A huge crashing sound came from the bottom seconds later and everything went into silence.

“Dustin! Are you alright!?” Leon yelled, but no one answered.

He must’ve been knocked ****. I need to get back to him. Leon followed the outlet and tried to find a way out, but the structure down here was more complex. He took several turns, climbed up two ladders, and still didn’t know where he was.

However, in front of a broken door, he smelled something familiar and sweet. On the floor was dots of bloodstains, mixed with something else. The blood, as he could tell, was Annette’s. And the other fragrant smell...

“Ada...” He could never forget the scent of the vampire who turned him.

Based on the scene, Ada had bitten Annette right here. But after that, Annette was bitten and controlled by another vampire. It’s not here since he didn’t smell the presence of a third party. Who could that “mistress” be?

Leon looked around and tried to find clues. There was an inspection report on a table outside the room, stating that the employees would need an ID wristband to gain access to certain areas of the main facility.

The main facility...The NEST...Of course! Ada mentioned before that there is an Umbrella facility beneath the sewer system. That must be where she took Annette to, and where Annette was taken by that “mistress”! Leon pieced the clues together and knew what his next move was.

Following the other reports Leon found a functional ID wristband, with the visitor clearance, on a corpse inside the incinerator. According to the notes, it could activate the cable car, which would lead them to the NEST.

Leon traced the little bloodstains on the floor and successfully got back to the cable car platform. From there, he ran through the monitor room and the U-area. He busted a door, rushed down the staircase and reached the construction site, where Dustin were sitting by the wall, still ****.

“Jesus...” Leon knelt beside Dustin to check his wounds and noticed that his back was stabbed by a steel shard.

Dustin was losing a lot of blood. If he didn’t get treat in a few minutes, he would probably die.

Fortunately, Leon had a first aid kit, which contained gauze, medical **** and bandages, basically everything he needed right now. He could pull out the shard, cover the wound with gauze and ****, then wrap it with bandages. Yeah, he could save this man.

Yes, the idea was actually pretty good, until the moment when Leon just slightly moved the shard and Dustin’s blood from the wound spouted on his face.

By instinct he licked the blood and immediately lost his mind. It tasted different - from Claire’s, of course - as it was more mature and spicy. If Claire’s blood was a fine wine, he would describe Dustin’s as a strong vodka, and it was equally good.

Leon threw the whole first aid kit away and torn Dustin’s collar apart with his bare hand, to reveal the clean neck. He grabbed Dustin’s shoulder with one hand and forcibly tilted his head to the side to have a clearer view. He could see blood pumping in the vein under his skin, smell its fragrance, hear his heartbeats. All he needed was another taste.

Fangs were sliding down and his vision has already turned red. Leon slowly approached Dustin’s neck, staring at the vein. Just a little bit...I just need a little bit more...

“Leon!” Someone screamed his name and Leon was knocked out of the trance.

He looked up and saw Claire running towards him. She paused for a moment, but when she saw what happened to Dustin, she continued approaching.

No, no, no...This is...not me...Leon fell down on the floor and crawled backwards, while struggling with his thirst. He bit his lips hard to keep his mouth shut, and buried his head in his arms to try and ignore everything around him. The bloodied views...The sweet smells...They were so overwhelming and his heightened senses couldn’t take it anymore.

Suddenly, a hand approached him and he could a strange wet thing touching him. He lifted his head, and realized that it was Claire cleaning his face with a piece of wet tissue. She gave him a warm smile while he was blankly staring at her, with his eyes gradually changing back to normal.

“Why...” Leon asked confusedly.

“I don’t know...” Claire replied with a sobbing voice.

With her help, Leon stood up and noticed that Claire had already patched up Dustin. But there wasn’t anyone following her, which meant that she hadn’t saved Sherry from her wicked mom. Claire just stood there, not knowing what to do next.

“I, uh...I think Annette is taking Sherry to the NEST, an Umbrella facility beneath us.” Leon again didn’t know how to talk about what happened, so he skipped to a topic which both of them were concerning about.

“Yeah. But we don’t have the clearance to get there.” Claire sighed pessimistically.

“Actually, we do.” Leon showed her the ID wristband, igniting the fire of hope in her, “Let’s get back to the cable car. It can take us there.”

“OK. I’ll carry Dustin. You lead the way.” Claire nodded and immediately got on with her plan.

“Maybe I should...Um...You’re right.” Leon was thinking of sparing Claire from doing the heavy work, but the scene that happened minutes ago flashed by his eyes and he quickly negated his own idea.

The cable car platform wasn’t far away from here, but it took them several minutes to get there. The door of the cable car reacted to the ID wristband and automatically opened. Leon got in first to check everything, while Claire carried the **** Dustin to the bench.

When Leon pulled the lever to start the cable car, Claire was standing next to the bench, gasping for air. She must be exhausted, Leon thought. She lost that much blood and...still made it this far. It must be very hard for her.

“This tram is bound for NEST. Do not exit until the final destination.” With the female synthetic voice on the broadcast and a low humming sound from the engine, the car shook slightly and slowly went deeper down, headed into the darkness.

“We need to talk.” Claire carefully walked to his side, and spoke calmly.

“O-OK...” Leon looked at her but didn’t dare to look into her eyes.

“How did this...happen?” Claire softly caressed Leon’s cheek, then his lips, then above his upper lip. When his fangs hidden in the sockets felt her touch, Leon felt like his body was shocked and started to quiver.

“I think Ada - the FBI agent I told you about - is actually a vampire. She bit me...and turned me.” Leon instinctively stepped back to avoid her touch, “I’m sorry...”

“For what? It wasn’t yourself back then.” With Leon backing up one step, Claire took one step forward.

“I wasn’t myself anymore. I’m a bloodsucking monster!” Leon shook his head and cried out angrily, but that wouldn’t change anything, “When this is over, when you and Sherry are safe, I’m gonna end myself. I’m not going to live like this.”

“No!” Claire anxiously objected, “You’re not like those things. You can control yourself! Otherwise Dustin and I would be dead by now!”

“I still thirst for blood! I don’t want to hurt people!” Leon was struggling with his nature, “And the people I bite could be infected too and become monsters like me...I can’t live with that!”

“But I did not turn! That proves that you’re different from those vampires infected with the Umbrella virus, right?” Claire smiled, “It’s OK to be afraid. But together we can beat this, too.”

To Leon’s surprise, Claire took off the red jacket and left herself in a black tank top. The semi-fresh bite wounds on her right arm kept reminding him of what he had done, and the bloodstain around them again aroused Leon’s thirst and lust.

“What-What are you doing?” Leon tried to look away but couldn’t. He stared at Claire’s beautiful neck and found himself salivating.

“You’re still thirsty, aren’t you? You may hurt Sherry when we find her. Here, take my blood.” Claire tilted her head to the side and showed her neck to him, “In the police station, you promised me that we’ll get through this, remember? I’m not letting you face this alone.”

“No...I...Ah!” Leon felt extremely painful as he was fighting the beast inside, but his eyes has turned red and the fangs already slid down, “I...can’t...”

Leon tried to run away from Claire, but the next second he felt her warm hand holding his face and his lips sealed by hers. He was astonished as Claire invaded his mouth with her tongue and deliberately cut it with his fangs.

Immediately he sucked her blood mixed with her saliva by instinct, and lost to the sweetness that stimulated his whole body. The taste of Claire’s blood has reached another level to him, like a red wine combined with lemon juice. Sweet, tart and astringent.

He pushed Claire to the other side of the car, and continued sucking savagely. This elixir of life was everything he needed to distract himself from this painful and horrible nightmare.

“Mm...” Claire groaned when she hit the wall.

That must hurt, Leon thought, so he slowed down the sucking and caressed her cheek gently. She giggled, and the duo continued this bloody kissing passionately.

After consuming this amount of blood, Leon felt much better about the thirst, but the overwhelming lust for sex was still turning him on. Driven by the intoxicating atmosphere, he reached his hand down to her lower part and started touching her.

Claire gasped in surprise once she felt his touch, but she smirked right afterward and grabbed his hand, guiding it rhythmically. Leon could feel the vibration down there and it was beautiful, like strings composing a orchestral music. That, along with Claire’s low moans, was making him lose his mind.

And just when Claire was about to put his hand into her pants-

“Now arriving at NEST.” The cable car began to slow down as the female synthetic voice sounded again.

The duo broke the kiss and let go of each other’s hand reluctantly. Claire’s face was terrible due to the mild blood loss, but she seemed to be better than the last time. Leon was still drowning in the blissful taste of Claire when the cable car parked, however, his thirst was greatly satisfied and he could easily retract the fangs and turn his eyes back to normal.

“When this is over...shall we, uh...continue what’s left?” Claire asked with her face blushed.

“I...I’m...” Leon looked at her, embarrassed.

“Just remember your promise, and get back to me, OK?” Claire took his hand and held it tightly.

“I promised.” And he pulled her closer to hug her, to feel her warmth, and to hear her accelerating heartbeats that he couldn’t have.