EIGHT. HUNT OR BE HUNTED
PITTSBURG.
KATHERINE WOKE HP WHEN SHE FELT THE CAR BEGIN TO SLOW TO A STOP. She groaned at the sunlight that was shining on her face, rubbing the tiredness from her eyes. She looked out the window, seeing all the cars that were piled up and blocking their route. "Holy shit," Katherine whispered.
"Oh, no, no, no, no. Well, perfect," Joel mumbled angrily under his breath.
"Now what?" Ellie asked from the backseat.
"Screw it," Joel sighed, making a U-turn and driving toward a small town. He continued down the turnpike and stopped when a man approached their truck, holding his hand over what seemed to be a wound.
"Please...help..." The man croaked painfully.
"Holy shit... Are we going to help him?" Ellie questioned.
"Put your seatbelts on," Joel ordered. Ellie and Katherine didn't question his words, immediately clicking their seatbelts on and staring ahead.
"Help me..." The man said.
"Wait, what about him? Aren't we gonna help him?" Katherine asked, gesturing toward the injured man.
"Oh, he ain't even hurt," Joel grumbled in response, pressing down onto the gas pedal and speeding toward the man.
"Oh, fuck! Go, go, go!" The man shouted as he ran off.
"What the hell?!" Katherine exclaimed, ducking down as bullets started raining down on them like hellfire.
"Jesus. Oh, not good!" Ellie shouted from the backseat.
They rammed into an overturned bus and Joel redirected the car to crash into a storefront.
Katherine groaned, coughing at all the dust as she took her seatbelt off.
"I'm okay. I'm okay," Ellie repeated.
"We both are," Katherine added breathlessly.
"Then get out quick," Joel instructed.
Two hunters opened separate car doors, one grabbing Ellie and the other grabbing Katherine. "Shit, Ellie!" Katherine shouted as the hunter pulled the two teenagers out of the car. "Leave her be! I'll fucking kill you all, you motherfuckers!"
"Shit!" Joel exclaimed as he was pulled out of the cab by a third man.
"Let go of me, you chickenshit! Katherine! Joel!" Ellie yelled out when she saw Joel get thrown to the ground.
The hunter who had a hold of Katherine wrapped his arm around her neck, putting a knife against her cheek. "I'll make it easy, kid," he said in her ear.
"Get the fuck away from me before I bite your ballsack off, you stupid sack of shit!" Katherine screamed, biting down onto the hunter's arm. The hunter yelled out in pain, letting go of Katherine.
"You little bitch—"
Joel shot the hunter, making him fall to the ground dead. Katherine looked down at his dead body before rolling her eyes, not feeling apologetic about his demise.
He deserved it anyway. Creep.
"Motherfucker," Ellie mumbled as she stared down at her dead attacker as well.
Joel glanced between the two girls. "Come on," he said.
"What's wrong with these guys?" Ellie asked.
"Catch your breath you two. We're leaving," Joel informed.
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SAFE AND SOUND, Ellie Williams (1)
FanfictionKatherine and her best friend, Quintel, are encountered by two people-a man and a young girl who was around Katherine's age-who seem to sympathize with their situation and plan to wait out the infection with them until the end. Slow-ish updates? I u...
