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THEY HAD FINALLY MADE it. It had taken over a month of travelling, even with the help of the horses, but they had finally reached the out-skirted forest of Seattle. The once tidy surroundings woods, now grew unruly as trees in the distance blended together with ease due to their overbearing height and massive growth of greenery.
The hooves of the horses clipped along the forest floor, kicking up any loose leaves as they traveled closer and closer to the entry gate that had been put into place by the military way back when the Cordyceps outbreak first occurred. From what Danielle knew, the Seattle QZ hadn't lasted long before everything went to hell.
After around two weeks of travelling with the brunette, Ellie had finally decided that she was trust worthy enough to allow her the choice of riding on either her horse or Dina's. Her sudden imposing feelings for the redhead caused her to choose Dina. She had hoped the distance from Ellie would lessen her feelings but so far, it had done absolutely nothing.
"This hunter was on top of him...drowning him. And Joel couldn't get to his gun." Ellie's voice dragged the brunettes eyes to look in her direction, distracting her from scanning their surroundings for any sudden movements.
Though she hadn't exactly been paying attention, the young girl knew that the redhead had begun explaining the time she had first killed someone. It was quite a grim topic to discuss but who was she to judge?
The pregnant girl's eyes widened. "Jeez. Were you scared?"
"Well, I didn't even think. I just... I just ran in there and grabbed his gun." Ellie explained with ease though Danielle could make out a grimace on her face. While it was good to talk about lost loved ones, to keep their memory alive and whatnot but it seems to pain the redhead greatly. "And shot the guy in the face."
"How old were you?" Dina asked the freckled girl.
"Fourteen." Ellie admitted. She could remember the day as if it had happened just yesterday. But it hadn't, of course. She arrived on time that day, to save Joel. The next time she just hadn't been fast enough. "How old were you when you first killed someone?"
"We talking infected?" Dina inquired for clarification. If it was infected she had probably been around seven or eight, though she the dark haired girl wasn't sure.
The freckled redhead trotted along slightly in front of them. Danielle watched as the Williams girl shook her head. "No. Fully conscious, non-fungal person."
"Ten." The pregnant, dark haired brunette revealed.
Danielle couldn't believe what she had heard. Ten years old and Dina had had to kill someone. Her shock caused the young girl to exclaim a simple, "Fuck."
