Leon caught up to Ashley and grabbed her by the hand, "Wait." She turned to face him with an angry look on her face. "Look, I'm sorry... Now if you could please stop being so stubborn, I can take you back home."
Ashley pulled away, "You know, I am here as a foreign exchange student." She crossed her arms.
"Oh is that the lie they told you?" Leon chuckled, "Wow, even I could've come up with something more clever than that...."
"You can laugh all you want, but I'm not going home with you. I don't even know you!"
"I told you your father, the president, sent me here to find you and take you back home!" Leon ran a hand through his hair, he was getting quite exhausted just talking to this girl and having to continually repeat himself.
"Oh I'm so sure... You're probably just some guy trying to get in my pants and I'm not about to believe all this stuff you're telling me like how you're on a mission here to 'rescue' me when I'm doing just fine." Ashley turned away and continued walking as Leon persistently followed behind.
"Look, I'm not gonna just let you walk away. Whether you believe me or not, I am (unfortunately) here to save you and I'm not leaving this hellhole without you! I didn't just travel all the way out to the middle of fucking nowhere for nothing!"
Ashley stopped and it was silent for a moment, "Ugh fine, Leland, or whatever your name is... I'll call my father to confirm..."
"Uh, it's Leon, actually..." He corrected her as she took out her cellphone and realized there was no signal.
"Oh no, I don't have signal on my phone..."
She messed around with it before Leon spoke up "Uh yeah, you're not gonna have any luck with that... There's no way to get signal out here."
"What? But they never told me anything about this." She knelt down like a child about to throw a tantrum because she couldn't have a toy she wanted. "Oh no, what am I gonna do?" She panicked. Leon observed how she seemed to be very dependant on technology as if she needed it for survival and quickly rolled his eyes.
"That's honestly the least of our problems right now... But if you come with me, I can take you back to safety where you'll have wireless connection and anything else your high maintenance requires..." He reached out his hand to her, while slightly grimacing. Ashley looked up hesitant as if it was more of an offer than an order. Leon was about to just pick her up, put her over his shoulder, and forcefully carry her back to where the chopper was scheduled to pick them up. "We're running out of time here, sweetheart, and I'd really like to get you back home to daddy dear as quickly as possible..." Ashley wiped away the tears forming under her eyes and the snot coming down her nose, before reaching out to grab Leon's hand. "Oh fuck.. Couldn't you have done that with your other hand?" Ashley looked up at him with sad eyes as she sniffled and for a second he almost felt bad for the idiot. "Ah, nevermind... Just come with me."
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