Cleaning aid - Leon wants to wash Ada's hair
@agentkennedy-dso
Lying had been easy, after all she had made a full living over it. When she had been given the Elpis injection she simply smiled and went her own way. Letting Leon and anyone else involved think she would take the anti-viral. After all Ada wanted to live as much as anyone else right?
However, much like when she was infected with the Plagas she put it off, in a world where she had felt she caused more damage being alive than good she had come to terms with her own ending the day those black veins hit her flesh.
The Elpis instead was taken to a 30 year old girl who had only been an infant at the time of the outbreak. Someone who Ada felt could do the world better. Afterwards she didnโt reach out, her symptoms having shown later than Leon or Sherry. The Elpis was a miracle for those cursed that day and Ada Wong didnโt deserve miracles.
By the time Leon had discovered the truth, discovered she had given her injection to a civilian. She had been rotting from the inside out for nearly forty eight hours. It wasnโt dramatic, she carried the infection with the same elegance she carried herself with. She could hardly stand when she appeared at his household, wishing to spend her final days with the only person who had made her feel safe in this god forsaken world.
Even now as the steam filled the small bathroom, fogging the mirror. She had tried something so simple, wishing to wash her hair for her own comfort. Because as everything inside her rotted and churned, the last thing she needed was the itchy mass of greasy hair.
Physically she couldnโt herself, her arms so weak she couldnโt even raise them. She choked on the air, her legs buckling knocking over various items. The footsteps seemed louder than they should have, the tank top and shorts she wore didnโt hide how far the black veins had spread. In that single moment of vulnerability Adaโs bloodshot amber gems looked up to meet gentle blues. For the first time in her life with a broken weak voice. โWill you help me was the blood from my hair?โ Her voice laced with a subtle embarrassment.
