The Beginning Of Us

3.

So I'm making some changes bc I'm the author I have the power and you have to deal with it 😚✌️

The timeskip is ten years instead of twenty but it's still at the same spot, Ellie is 18 instead of 14 and Quinn and Vivian are 19
Also I'm using google translate for the French and Spanish because I'm a stupid American so if there's any mistakes...blame google :D
Slay.

Quinn and Vivian are in the living room talking quietly to each other, Quinn messing around with a knife and Vivian drawing in a notebook.

"You think Tess will be back soon?" Parker asks Joel, the two talking in hushed tones.

"She should be." As Joel says that there's a knock on the door and Quinn answers it.

"Tess!" She practically throws herself into Tess's arms, a big smile on her face.

"Hey Kiddo! How're you doin?"

"Good! You okay?" Quinn asks, noticing the blood on Tess's face.

"Yeah I'm all good, Is Joel here?"

"In the kitchen." Quinn whispers with a smile, Vivian waving to Tess as she walks by.

"Shit Tess- what happened to your face?" Parker hands her a hand towel after getting it wet with some cold water.

"I got jumped trying to come back here. Robert doesn't have our damn guns."

"What do you mean?"

"Robert doesn't have the guns we paid for. He tried to fucking kill me when I came back to warn you."

"What should we do?" Parker looks over at Joel, waiting for his response.

"I don't know." He says, glancing over at Quinn and Vivian. "I'd go with you to have a talk with Robert but I don't want to bring Vivian or Quinn,"

"¡Somos lo suficientemente mayores para venir contigo Joel!" Quinn yells over at him, Vivian nodding in agreement.

"She said she's old enough to go with you." Tess translates, a smirk on her face.

"Quinn I don't think you're ready for the outside world. I don't think Vivian is either. You need far more training then you've gotten." Joel mutters, glancing over at Parker for help. Parker gives him a look saying, "Just let them come with us." 

Before Joel can say anything else a knife gets thrown past his head and lands in the wall right next to his head, Vivian standing there proudly because she got the throw right.

"¡No me lances esa mierda de no entrenar! Sabes a ciencia cierta que soy más hábil que cualquier otra persona de mi edad en esta jodida zona de cuarentena." Quinn says, crossing her arms and a stern look on her face.

"Fine. You can come with us the both of you. Go get your bags." Quinn smiles and the two of them run upstairs. Joel sighs and stands up.

"Are you sure it's a good idea?" He asks Parker, a worried look on his face.

"I know you're worried about Quinn, She's going to be fine alright?" Parker says, putting a hand on Joel's shoulder.

"Yeah.." Quinn and Vivian walk back downstairs and they all walk out of the apartment.

"Checkpoints still open."

"Only got a few hours left until curfew. Let's go." The five of them walk out of the alleyway leading to Joel's apartment. They run through the street and Parker turns the girls heads away from two people kneeling on the sidewalk.

"I got us new papers. Should be no trouble up there." Tess says, Them all walking up to the gate and handing their ID's over.

"What's your business here?" The guard asks, handing them all back their ID's.

"Got the day off, visiting a friend." Joel answers sternly. He didn't want to spend any more time by the gate than he had too.

"Move along." The guard steps aside and as soon as Joel goes to walk out of the gate there are loud gunshots and the truck in front of them explodes.

The gate in front of them quickly closes and the guards yell at them to leave, gunshots ringing out throughout the area. Vivian turns to Quinn quickly who is pressing her hands against her ears, tears threatening to fall. Tess, Joel, and Parker run off and Vivian drags Quinn behind her.

They run into a huge building and Tess slams the door behind them.

"So much for the easy route.." She says with a sigh. "They're gonna close the check points. We need to get going now."

They quickly go down the hall and a man nods to them.

"How's the east tunnel?" Parker asks, making sure Quinn is okay.

"It's all clear, just used it. Where you off too?" He nudges Tess with his elbow as the group of them start walking down the hallway.

"Gonna pay Robert a visit."

"You too?"

"Who else is looking for him?"

"Uhh..Marlene. She's been asking around, trying to find him." Quinn glances over at Vivian.

"I swear I've heard the name Marlene somewhere before.."

"It's because she's a Firefly dumbass. Have you lost all your memories or something? You used to work for her you idiot!" Vivian whispers, smacking Quinn on the head playfully and Quinn pulls out her journal.

"Oh shit you're right. Why the fuck is she looking for Robert?" Quinn looks over at Parker and Joel, Expecting the two to know.

"Probably the same reason we are kiddo." Joel answers, Quinn noticing Joel's failed attempt to sneakily let go of Parker's hand.

"See you around." The guy that was leading them walks off.

"This is us. How we looking over here?"

"It's been quiet." Joel and Tess move a large bookshelf out of the way and all of them climb down an old elevator shaft and into a smelly tunnel.

"Let's grab our gear."

"WHOOP!" Quinn yells in excitement, vaulting over a large pipe and walking over to where she'd put her weapons. They all grab their weapons, Quinn worringly happy to have her throwing knives back.

"Come here Tess." Joel stands at the bottom of a ledge, holding his hands out to boost her up. One by one Joel boosts the group up, Quinn and Vivian managing to jump up themselves.

"Use your bullets wisely until we can get everybody more." Tess says, turning to the group. "That means not shooting everything you see." She gives Parker a look.

"I would absolutely never do that." Joel climbs a ladder and moves a large wood plank out of the way, all of them climbing out.

"Ah fresh air finally! The tunnel always smells like such bullshit!"