I've been away for a while, I'm aware of that. And because I couldn't think of any original plots, ideas or whatever, I'm trying to wake the fangirl back up by using a random word generator. I'll use the random words as prompts and we'll just see what happens next. Drabbles and ficlets, nothing long.

RE4 only. Lots of Leon, other characters may vary.

Don't own RE4, Capcom does.

Shuttlecock according to FreeDictionary;
A small rounded piece of cork or rubber with a conical crown of feathers or plastic, used in badminton. Also called bird, birdie. (The only sport I am good at... -_-)

After fighting Del Lago, finding out about being injected with something creepy and listening to Spanish people all day long, Leon could only think of one thing; He wanted something to make him happy.

The only way one could make Leon happy in the middle of a mission was by making sure he got a new gun. Though, Leon would admit, making him laugh would do too. But that was just an impossibility while being chased by Ganados, monsters and a strange Spaniard that only seemed to care about getting a free cigarette.

So Leon went for the gun, hopefully with this thing called a 'discount', though he doubted the Merchant understood that word. He didn't seem to have a very large vocabulary, and he was awfully fixated on getting every penny Leon was carrying on him.

Still, he wanted a new gun, and he went for it. A bit annoyed by the rain, but happy with the thought of getting a new weapon, Leon got in the speedboat and made his way to the Merchant's lair, which he thought he had seen in a cave by the lake. Upon entering he realized he had been right. Blue flames burned at the sides of the entrance, and that meant only one person could be inside that cave, the Merchant. That is, if he did not have any customers at the moment, anyway.

Leon stood in front of the Merchant and a small smile appeared on his lips. All of those weapons could be his, if he could just find an amount of money large enough to pay for them. A new handgun, a new shotgun, heck, he could even get a rocket launcher if his wallet allowed it. But… what was that thing on the top shelf?

Leon pointed at a cylinder shaped box. "What's that?"

The Merchant turned around to see what Leon was pointing at. "Ahhh strangah… Those are shuttlecocks."

Leon's mouth opened as if he was going to say something, but he quickly closed it again when he didn't know what to say. 'A shuttlecock? Is that some kind of sex toy?' he thought to himself. All of the sudden, the Merchant didn't seem that nice anymore.

"Ya never seen a shuttlecock, strangah? I use 'm quite often, it's the only sport I am good at."

The only sport he was good at? What on earth was that mysterious man up to? "What?" Leon chirped.

"Would ya like to see 'm?"

"N-no, thank you… I think it's best to keep certain things to yourself." Leon nodded to himself, that seemed like the right thing to say. "Though I suppose Luis might be interested, he seems into that kind of thing."

Merchant frowned. "Yes, I know, I've used them more than once when Luis came by. Too bad this cave is cramped, the shuttlecocks always get stuck on the roof when we're playing."

"Eh, I eh… I think I need to go." Leon turned around and made his way out of the shabby cabin. "I remembered a Spinel I forgot to pick up, and I'll come back when I have it, so I can get a better weapon, okay?"

Merchant nodded as Leon got into the boat again. "Good idea strangah, now don't forget to shoot them blue medallions! They'll earn you a nice gun!"

As Leon disappeared out of sight, Merchant grabbed the cylinder shaped box and opened it. He grabbed a shuttlecock and sighed. "Now what on earth scares the strangah so much about badminton?"

Once Leon got back on shore, he left the boat and shook his head. "That was nuts… I knew this mission wouldn't be a walk in the park, but seriously, sex toys?" He went up the path that was ahead of him and opened the gate. Only seconds later, he forgot all about shuttlecocks as a Ganado appeared. The head of the Ganado split open and out came an ugly thing, later to be referred to as a parasite.

With great precision Leon disposed of the first Ganado and the other one that was walking behind it and smirked. "That's what you get for messing with Leon, you damn Shuttlecocks!" And he walked away, the smirk still on his face.

I'm sorry... I had to. Well, at least I didn't erase it after ten minutes, thinking 'bleh, must watch movie'.

I kind of hope you liked the first chapter, and the idea. If you do, feel free to drop a review. I don't do requests though, I've got ten prompts already.

Have a nice week!
- FUNK

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