{CURRENTLY EDITING/SLIGHT REWRITE.}
Ainsley Ashter was a freak-show. A psychopath. An absolute and utter maniac.... Or so they thought.
She was imprisoned at the age of thirteen when she murdered her parents using nothing but the metal leg of her b...
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"I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDER," The former Chancellor, Thelonius Jaha, said gravely. "Leave or die. We have two days."
It's insane. First, the idea that Jaha is on the ground in the first place, and then the confusing facts of being in the Commander's presence this entire time. His words continuously ring through Ainsley's head, even though Abby Griffin had taken him inside well over an hour ago. Of course Ainsley knew the Grounders had to have some form of command. Yet, it was a slap in the face to actually hear it. Earth is their home now. They can't just pack up and leave. Where would they go? The idea of leaving is so preposterous that she's still frozen in place, barely managing to sidestep a drunken idiot, no doubt unease has settled upon them.
"Watch it," she growls at the drunken man, checking his shoulder with her own to get him to settle down; Although, she doesn't miss the snarl, or his scowl in her direction. "We'renotanimals," she mimics Chancellor Kane, before turning back around to face the front just in time to see Abby and Jaha's return.
"By now," Abby starts. "You've all heard the rumor, and unfortunately, it's true. The grounders are coming. We have a difficult decision to make. Thankfully, Chancellor Jaha has found his way back to us, and we are discussing all options -"
"But to be safe," Jaha interrupts. The look in his eyes tell Ainsley it's only a way to undermine Abby's leadership. "You need to pack. Now. Whatever you can carry. We may need to leave at a moment's notice."
He continues his spiel about a place he had heard in name only; some kind of City of Light. Now, that sounds like wayy too much jobi nuts, or maybe Jaha somehow found a way to drink Monty's moonshine. It is chaotic. Clarke's trying to ask about Mount Weather, but nobody even pays her any attention. Everyone is scrambling to pack like Jaha asked. The former Chancellor in question being dragged off into the Ark by Abby.
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Ainsley loathes the consensus. It's insane, after all of Abby's preaching about caring about the kids in Mount Weather, that she'd ever agree to leave without them. Yet here they are. She doesn't exactly want to fight another hopeless war, but to leave means giving up, and that is a problem. There isn't a single place on Earth they could even go. It doesn't matter that Jaha heard about a City of Light. He's never seen it. How could they possibly know if it's even a real place?
"I know how to stop the attack," Clarke says, stepping out of the shadows and startling Ainsley back to reality, when she steps a little too close to Ainsley for comfort.
