Y/N POV

For a while, I just stayed in that room, staring at the different monitors broadcasting different areas of the house. I watched as Ethan  solved Lucas' puzzle, I had no idea where he was but I was relieved to notice that he was grasping what needed to be done.

I watched as he took an explosive, clearly left by Lucas to kill him however Ethan was able to survive by prying a loose piece of wood from the wall and slipping it to a narrow crack. I got an answer to where he was when a sudden explosion right in the corridor I'd just come down!

The loud noise startled me and caused me to turn around! The door to the room had been blown open and I could see smoke and fire in the corridor behind me. Lucas could be heard screaming over the speakers "That was supposed to be for you, GOD DAMN IT!" Seems even when running away, he was still broadcasting to us.

Shortly after this, I heard the sound of coughing and footsteps as out of the smoke, Ethan rounded the corner from the opposite side he'd come down. Apparently, the room he was in was right near the room I'd confronted Lucas in, separated by a thin wall.

Upon noticing me he sighed in relief and exclaimed "Y/N you made it!" I nodded and said "So did you, seems we both had to put up with a few irritating games." Ethan instantly asked "Where's Lucas, and the D-Series? Do you have it?"

Again, I nodded, holding up the D-Series head and saying "Got it right here. As for Lucas, scurried away like a snivelling rat after our little conversation. I know where Mia and Zoe are though." I gestured towards the screen showing the pair.

Ethan stepped towards it saying "Mia? Mia. Mia!" Too my surprise, we heard Zoe weakly reply "She's alive." Ethan replied "Who are you, where are you?" Zoe replied "We're just beyond the pier outside that room. Hurry."

The screen flickered for a moment and the image of them both was soon replaced with that of a grinning Lucas as he said "Well now, boys!" Ethan asked "The hell do you want?!" Lucas grinned even more replying "You two DEAD! I don't care about Evie's wish Y/N! But I guess that's not in the cards. Not yet."

Ethan replied "Lucky me. Look unless you have more surprises up your sleeve, I suggest you-." Lucas cut him off by chuckling "Ohohoho... Now that would be tellin' Ethan and I don't do spoilers." With that the feed cut out and the screen went black.

I spoke up "Come on, we've got to rescue Mia and Zoe." Ethan turned me and said "Wait, Y/N, you're injured. Did that bastard do this?" I chuckled a bit, still somewhat in pain as I replied "No, but his toys did. Don't worry about me."

Ethan replied "Save it. I've got some of that first-aid medicine here." He reached into his pocket and held out a bottle the medicine. This one was a slightly larger bottle and if I'm not mistaken it was an extra-strong version, just what I needed.

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Nodding my head in thanks, I opened up the bottle and began applying the fluid first to my two stab wounds from the spikes. Ethan commented "I was just pouring it on my hand, it seemed to heal my injuries no matter where they were."

Once I'd done that I did exactly what he'd said and poured the fluid onto the acid burns on my hand. Just as you'd expect, surprisingly quickly the wounds healed up as if they'd never existed in the first place.

Placing the empty bottle on the table I turned to Ethan and asked "Now can we go?" Ethan nodded and replied "Sure let's go." We noticed one of those storage trunks in this room as well, opening it up we oddly enough found all our old items we'd stored up to now.

We inspected it, but decided to leave it for now, we'd soon be returning because as soon as we headed outside we found the pier ahead of us was cut off by a bridge-lift connected to a crank, or it would be, if there actually WAS a crank there.

Fortunately Ethan said "One minute." He headed back inside and returned with a wooden crank, he explained "Found this not long ago should work." He inserted the crank into its fitting and I instantly began to twist it and just like that, a walkway lifted from the swampy waters.

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We made our way across the pier, I could see the boathouse off in the distance but before we could get there, our path was once again blocked by another bridge-lift with the wooden plank submerged under the waters, connected to another empty crank.

I offered "Stay here, I'll go back and get the crank from before." Ethan nodded so I went and did just that, retrieving the crank and bringing it along to its new slot where I inserted it and twisted it to raise the path onwards.

It was here we were ambushed by a few Molded, leaping from the swamps onto the walkways. Ethan instantly shot through them, I used my axe to kill one of them in about three precise strikes to its body, still not wanting to waste precious magnum rounds and grenade shells.

Fighting our way through them, we were finally allowed to freely cross the last bridge and enter the boathouse itself! We started in a small room where thankfully I found four magnum rounds and an incendiary shell, all of which I pocketed for later use. Ethan also found shotgun rounds here however aside from that there was nothing more and we ascended the stairs to find a door which when opened lead us to finally be met with Mia and Zoe! Exactly as they'd been on the monitor.

Ethan muttered "Mia..." Before rushing over to her and dropping onto his knees. He revealed a knife and began cutting at the ropes binding her wrists. I also approached my sister and her husband, standing just behind them and watching. I didn't ask if she was alright, the answer to that was obvious.

Instead, I turned my attention to Zoe, kneeling next to her I began "Zoe-." She looked up and instantly said "Not now, we don't have the time. Do you both have the ingredients?" I nodded and said "Yeah, let me cut you loose." Turning to Ethan I asked "Ethan, the knife?" He handed it to me as I cut Zoe's ropes.

Ethan asked "This should be enough right?" Zoe replied as she got to her feet. "If we make 'em fast enough. My father and Lucas aren't far away." My eyes widened. Jack? Jack Baker?! I'd hoped I'd killed him! But I guess I was hoping for a miracle.

Zoe's words made Mia stir and ramble "He's coming. Daddy's coming." I felt bad for her, I remembered Jack trying to convince us both to refer to him and Marguerite as if they were parents. While I never did, it seemed Mia had failed to resist.

I handed the two D-Series pieces to Zoe, she nodded and said "Good, there's enough for three." She went over to a corner of the boathouse and began tinkering about, squeezing liquid from them both.

Ethan asked "There's a boat outside, we'll take that through the swamp." I nodded and said "Sounds like a plan." She finished whatever she was doing and turned around holding out three vials, saying "But neither of us'll get very far without the serum."

I stepped closer and analysed the vials in her hands with utter awe. This was like the fountain of youth for me, the El Dorado, the city of gold! This was what Zoe and myself had spent three years trying to discover! And it was right here, in three tiny vials.

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Ethan took both from her hands which caused Zoe to exclaim "Hey! One of those is mine!" It was at this point I realized, there were four of us, and only three vials of serum. There wouldn't be enough here for us all.

Those thoughts were instantly forgotten though when the entire boathouse shook and a roar sounded throughout it. Turning around the last thing I saw was a giant orange eye before the wall completely broke down!

Author's Note: And that's it for this chapter. The next one should be particularly interesting so I really hope you like it. I also hope you enjoyed this one as well, I know I enjoyed writing it and as always thank you for reading.