Merchant Ending

Leon and Ashley walked out onto the rock painfully, still feeling the shock from having the parasite taken out of them. They could see the Merchant humped over solemnly. Leon never asked Merchant any questions other than then the ones about the merchandise that he sells. But he always wondered how he always seems one step ahead of Leon or how he never gets hurt. Or about the freaking bottle caps, you can't sell them… So what's the point? Really. And the one question that really bothered Leon was-

"I've got a selection of good things on sale, stranger." Bellowed Merchant as he swung open his trench coat.

"How the hell do you fit all that shit in there?" Leon blurted out.

"What?" Asked Merchant.

"I mean, here I am carrying this tiny attaché case that can barely fit my weapons alone in it, and here you are popping everywhere stocked like some bakery!"

"Leon." Ashley said silently.

"You really want to know, Stranger?" The merchant said.

"Yes."

The Merchant laughed in his Merchant way, "I've got a lot of pockets."

"AH COME ON!" Leon shouted. "That's not it, I'm sure that rocker launcher is not going fit in some pocket in that coat!"

"They're large pockets, stranger." The Merchant said patiently.

"Can I buy your coat then?"

"No!"

Leon huffed, "Fine have it your way. Could you watch Ashley as I go beat the shit out of Saddler? … I have a score to settle." Images of the burning helicopter filled Leon's head.

"Sure, stranger."

"Thanks!" Leon waved, "Be back soon Ashley."

"Leon?" Ashley whimpered as he walked away.

Soon it was just Ashley and Merchant. There was a long silence between the two. After a while the Merchant started walking away.

"W-Wait! Were you going?" Asked Ashley.

Merchant waved his hand as in for her to follow him… So she did. He picked up the blue torch and went to a large mound, he pulled at the mound and soon it uncovered a large dirty truck. He set the torch in the back, and Ashley noticed that there was a bunch of typewrites in the back as well with other crazy stuff.

"Let's go." Merchant said as he opened the drivers' side door.

"What about Leon?" Asked Ashley.

"Forget about that stranger, I can take you home. I've got a boat just to the east of here."

"Oh, Okay." She said.

She got in to the other side of the truck and they drove off, and as well as he said it. There was a boat to the east and the merchant kept his word and he did take Ashley home becoming a national hero. And soon there were merchant shops across the country. They became more popular then Target. This made the Merchant extremely rich. He became good friends with Ashley as they kept in contact for years to come. Not soon after, Merchant got married to some lucky broad and had three children.

As for Leon, after he defeated Saddler, and Ada set the island to explode, he came back and saw that Ashley and the Merchant was gone. He didn't think too much of it and went on his own way off the island. We'll be soon hear about him on the VH1 "Where are they now?" show.

THE END