Well here it is, finally, I've been trying to start this project for a long time now, and here's the first chapter.
This is a translation from Spanish to English from the story: "Aqui Estoy" by author: Yui Yui Uchiha. I translated the whole chapter and added some of my style and a bit of dialogue with her permission.

I've read all the chapters of the story so far and thought it was excellent, that's why I asked her if I could translate it so more people could enjoy it and she agreed.
So I hope you like it as much as I did. If I get enough reviews I will continue translating the chapters she already wrote.

This is a LeonxAshley story so if you dislike the pairing, don't read. There will be other couples later on.

'thoughts'
"dialogue"

Disclaimer: I don't own Resident Evil or any of its characters, Capcom owns them.

The wind softly stroked her pale face, her exhaustion caused by several restless, sleepless nights had finally started to affect her, she had just barely came out of the horror she experienced in the tenebrous European island.

A slight shake woke her from her sleep, she noticed she was still in the middle of the ocean, but at that moment it didn't mattered to her, because she was finally free.

She was safe from those deadly possessed cultists, safe from the parasite that threatened to take over her body, safe from any danger, because she was close to him and she knew nothing would happen when she was with her hero.

Being by his side made her happy and it showed in her pale face.

She smiled slightly, her arms surrounding her hero's waist, she tightened her hold on him and laid her forehead on his strong, well-built back, she then closed her eyes once again, being able to smell his cologne, even after everything he went through.

"Is something wrong?" He asked in a loud yet kind tone of voice.

"I'm just tired." She whispered softly with her eyes still closed.

"That's normal, but don't worry Ashley, you'll be home soon." He said softly while he accelerated the Jet Ski.

She then realized that she would soon arrive home, be back to her normal life in a couple of weeks after the shock of her nightmare is mostly gone, or most likely controlled, and then she would probably lose contact with her hero, agent Leon S. Kennedy.

"Could we… make a stop?" She asked shyly, knowing her question wasn't prudent at that moment.

"Huh?" The agent was confused by her question and turned his head slightly to look at Ashley.

"A stop? I thought you were anxious to go home." He asked puzzled by her sudden behavior.

"It's just that I'm very tired, and dirty. I don't want my parents to find me looking feculent. Besides the press will be on us, I can't present myself in front of the cameras looking like… this."

The president's daughter said while feeling disgusting in the moderately torn, stinky clothes she had worn for a couple of days.

"So you were kidnapped, and almost became a slave to an infected psychotic cult leader, yet you still care about what the media says about you?" Leon said in an unbelieving and sarcastic tone of voice while he shook his head in disapproval.

"You don't understand." She said sadly while she lowered her sight and pressed her face tightly against Leon's broad back, holding him even tighter.

She somehow already knew he wouldn't understand what she actually wanted, or what she feared at the moment. He didn't felt the same way she felt right now, and he was oblivious to her mixed feelings.

"Nope, I don't get it. Still we can't stop anywhere right now, I have to take you to your father."

"But, Leon!"

"My mission is to take you safely to your father, if we deviated from the path and took more time than needed, the whole U.S. Army would be hunting my ass." Leon said and smirked making sure Ashley saw him.

"Come on, let's stop in a hotel, I'll call my dad from there and tell him I'm fine, that we just stopped to get cleaned up." She said persuasively, hoping he would at least consider her petition.

"Your father is tired of waiting for you to arrive." Leon said in a matter of fact way.

Her effort was of no use, nothing would change Leon's mind, apparently he followed the rules as strict as they were. Of course Ashley also wanted to be home, she missed being in the land where she was welcomed, where she understood the language perfectly, where people cared for her and no one was hunting her or trying to enslave her. She missed her family, her friends, her safety, and her freedom.

Yet despite her longing for her country, she wished the trip back home could be less hasty and more adequate. Being with Leon, by his side, without anyone trying to murder him or kidnap her, was Ashley's most recent dream.

'How is it possible that I fell for you in such a short amount of time?' The blonde young woman asked herself in her mind while her hold on Leon grew tighter, trying to be as close to him as possible while she still could.

Then the answer appeared in her mind. After she was kidnapped and injected with an unknown repulsive plague that slowly consumed her, she was thrown into a prison, trapped alone in the cold darkness, unable to recognize how long she had been there, deprived from her warm loving home. With no hope of being freed, she slowly started giving up with life and resorted to desperation.

Then a miracle occurred, out of nowhere this strong, bold man came to her rescue.

He saved her from her misery, gave her strength when she needed it the most, stayed by her side when no one else was, even when the situation worsened, he remained brave and fought any monster that tried to lay a finger on her. He risked his life more than once just to save her.

'But, those were his orders… it was his duty, he gets paid to do this… he did it for my father.' The young woman thought sadly. She lamented her thoughts, since she Leon didn't show any other interest in her than that of her being his mission subject.

An awkward silence remained since none of them knew exactly what to say now.

Then Leon got a call from Hunnigan via his video transmitter. He fully stopped the Jet Ski to be able to attend the call.

"Hey Hunnigan is that you?" Leon asked while looking at the women in the screen of the device.

"Finally, I can communicate with you." Ingrid said through the transmitter.

"Hey Hunnigan, no glasses…" Leon said in a flirty tone of voice, while slightly smirking.

"Forget about that, what's the status of the mission?" Ingrid said in her formal tone of voice, seemingly unaffected by Leon's tone.

"I've rescued the subject, we're returning home."

'Subject. Not Ashley, not Ms. Graham, nothing but the subject…' The young blonde woman thought getting her hopes of him showing affection for her be almost nonexistent.

"You did it Leon!" Hunnigan said while smiling, she was glad the mission was a success.

"Thanks." Leon said smiling too. "You know you're kinda cute without those glasses." He continued flirting. "Give me your number when I get back?" He asked with confidence.

Ingrid couldn't help but smile and blush slightly at Leon's advances.
"May I remind you that you're still on duty, sir." She said as professional as she could at the moment.

"Heh." The agent smirked at her comment.

"We are aware of your location, you will find land in a couple more minutes the way you're going, once you get there a chopper will be waiting for you."

"Got it."

"Good then, I'll call you in a few minutes to see if you arrived to land safely."

"Always worried about me huh." The government agent said in a playful manner.

"Leon focus on the mission."

"So, when will you congratulate me for this success?" Leon said ignoring her previous comment, and continued hitting on her.

"Your mission is not over yet, agent." She said trying to sound annoyed at his unprofessional behavior, yet she wondered if he was actually seriously hitting on her or if he was just playing, trying to be funny as usual.

Ashley couldn't help but feel even more depressed, it seemed as if Leon was trying to torture her too like those possessed cultists did, even if he didn't mean to hurt her in any way.

"Well, maybe after I return home, we could go out and celebrate for my victory." He smirked seductively.

"You are a lost cause, Leon." The woman said, she was visibly blushing, so she ended the conversation.

"I think that was a yes, don't you think so Ashley?" He asked innocently turning around to see the blonde woman.

She looked depressed, tired, and simply not in the mood to talk further.

"Let's just go." She whispered bluntly, her head turned to the side so Leon couldn't see her face or the tears forming in her eyes.

Leon was slightly surprised by the woman's sudden change of humor.

"Alright, let's go then." He said in a calm tone of voice, not wanting to disturb her or negatively affect her mood, he didn't asked about what changed in her the last couple of minutes.

He put the transmitter away and got back to driving the Jet Ski as fast as he could,

After 5 minutes of awkward silence Leon spoke again.

"So, how do you feel?"

The young woman didn't answer, she just held him tighter to let him know she was awake.

"Why are you holding me so tightly?" He asked curiously, not that he was bothered by her touch.

She again didn't answer and remained with her eyes closed.

"If you're afraid you might fall to the water, don't worry, I won't let that happen… again."

He said jokingly trying to light up the humor.

When he still got no answer, he slowed the Jet Ski down and turned his face around to look at the president's daughter who still held on to him.

"What's the matter, sweetheart?" He asked with slight showing concern in his voice.

Ashley felt better with him showing actual concern for her, she loved the way he calls her sweetheart, she didn't know if he called other women those types of names when he forgot their real names, but she didn't think about that in the moment, she was just glad he was with her and nobody else right now.

She looked up into his blue eyes, her own eyes lit up at the beautiful sight.

"Are you alright?..." He asked confused.

"…Yeah, I'm fine." She said in a low tone of voice, looking down to avoid Leon's gaze.

"Really?"

"Yes. Really." She said without emotion, trying to make him stop questioning her.

"Ok then. If you need to say something, just tell me, don't be shy." The elite agent said while he again accelerated the Jet Ski resuming his way towards their destination point.

'There's millions of things I wish I could tell you right now, but… I just can't… it's obvious you don't feel the same way… you never will…' The beautiful lady thought while again she felt something hurt inside her, not in a physical way. She again laid her head against his back and inhaled his signature scent, knowing she had fallen so hard like she never had before, and she couldn't help it.

After 15 more minutes Leon finally spotted land, when they arrived, everything was total chaos, an specialized platoon had put up a perimeter so no one unauthorized could get close to the president's daughter, soldiers were guarding the area making sure it was safe, several special agents escorted the young woman towards the helicopter, Leon was walking besides Ashley, they both boarded the same helicopter and flew their way towards the White House.

"It's impressive how many agents and soldiers welcomed us here, but when there was real danger no one came to our aid." Leon commented and took a look at Ashley, she just kept looking through the window, so Leon opted to not talk to her at the moment.

After a couple of hours, they finally arrived at their destination. They got off the helicopter guided by the same agents. After walking for some time guarded by the agents, Leon froze at the view before him, Ashley noticed this so she stopped walking and looked at Leon.

"Clare?" Leon asked softly while tilting his head.

"Claire?" Ashley repeated the name Leon just said with a curious tone in her voice, she looked towards where Leon was looking at and noticed the red haired woman.

"What the-"Before Leon could finish his sentence Claire hugged him tightly, Leon didn't move.

Meanwhile Ashley walked faster towards her father after watching that scene, she had no idea who that woman was, but she knew Leon and that woman did knew each other really well.

Well there it is. The first chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading it. :)
If you did please review so I continue writing.
If you didn't like it please review and tell me what you didn't like so I can improve on it and maybe I can inform the original author about it too.

By the way, this is the first time I translate something, to say the least it was pretty easy, since Spanish is my main language I had almost no trouble.

Also I will update my other RE fic soon, its just that I haven't made up my mind about what happens in the next chapter.

Anyways. REVIEW! Please. :3