A Place To Call Home

Escape

Ellie woke just before dawn, she could see light creeping through the basement's window. Tommy had taken the first watch and Jesse volunteered for the second watch, Ellie would take the early morning watch until mid day. She yawned while she stretched out on her makeshift bed, it wasn't the most comfortable place to spend the night. She got to her feet and made her way over to Jesse, it looked like he was about to doze off. She whistled at him and punched his arm, he jumped slightly at Ellie's wake up call.

" Hey there sleepy head!" Ellie said, she sat down next to him on the crate. " Go and get your head down for the next few hours, I've got this."

" Are you sure?" Jesse asked.

" Yeah, it's my shift anyway." Ellie said.

" Thanks Ellie." Jesse said.

Jesse left Ellie sitting on the crate, he lay down on Ellie's makeshift bed and got comfortable while she took her riffle that was leaning against the wall near the crate. She aimed her riffle towards the door and listened to the noises around her, she could hear Tommy snoring softly not far away from her. The upstairs part of the house had gone quiet, but they were unsure if the Infected were still up there. Ellie looked around the basement before she looked up at one of the windows, she was tempted to smash one of them. But it may attract some unwanted attention, it had been quiet for the last few hours so she didn't want to chance it. She looked over at Tommy when she heard him stir in his sleep, he soon woke up and yawned.

" Morning." Ellie said.

" Morning little lady, how's the watch going?" Tommy asked.

" Good." Ellie replied while she itched her nose. " Jesse just settled down, he'll be out of it until we're ready to move."

Tommy got up from his makeshift bed and joined Ellie on the crate, he sat down next her while he picked his water canister up from the side of the crate. He took a gulp of water and offered his canister to Ellie, she took it from him. Tommy told Ellie that they would check the upstairs area out in a few hours time, it had been quiet so it may be clear by now.

" It sounds quiet up there, do you still want to chance it?" Ellie asked.

" Well we can't sit down here forever, we've got no other choice." Tommy replied.

" Okay." Ellie said, she looked at him. " Do you think anyone is coming to look for us?"

" You're worried about my big Brother too, huh?" Tommy asked.

" You know what Joel is like, he'll come out here with all guns blazing." Ellie said while she looked down at her riffle. " Just like a cowboy out of one of those western movies he loves so much..."

" You've got that right." Tommy said with a slight smile. " We'll be out of here by then, just give Jesse a few more hours and we'll head upstairs."

" Alright, cool." Ellie said.

Ellie sat with Tommy for the next few hours, but the slience was soon disturbed by a noise coming from upstairs. They could hear something moving around above them, there was footsteps and a loud crashing sound. It sounded like someone had smashed a tray of glasses, it wasn't long until there was screaming coming from the kitchen above them. Ellie got to her feet while her grip tightened on her riffle, she looked over at the basement's window when she heard something hurry passed it. 

"Jesse wake up!" Tommy said. 

Jesse jumped up from his makeshift bed and asked them what was going on, they didn't have a clue themselves. Tommy put his backpack on and grabbed his riffle, he told them to ready themselves because they were going to make a run for it. Tommy began to move the crates away from the door of the basement while Ellie and Jesse got their belongings together, but Tommy soon stopped what he was doing when he heard some gunshots.