𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒊𝒅 | 𝑪.𝑮

PROLOGUE

PROLOGUE
"Stand by me"

"THE DEAD ARE WALKING" The reporter spoke."Nobody seems to know how this outbr-" The television was turned off by Ellie."This is bullshit,"She walked up to her room and opened her window looking out."Holy shit.."When opening the window she seen people, not people,zombies."CHARLIE!!" She called her cousin that was staying for the weekend, they had always hung out after all Ellie didn't have siblings so she would hang out with him as much as she could."Yes Ellie?" He responded, She pointed to the window making Charlie walk towards it , his eyes widened as he looked."What's going on?" He asked "I don't know, some kind of..Outbreak.." She spoke fearfully. "Stay here and keep watch for me bud" She said as she walked out of the room and hurried down the stairs going outside, as she went outside she seen it, it was a zombie not the ones she used to laugh at when playing video games or the ones she thought were so easy to kill with the machine guns that were also in the games, they were human eating robots that wouldn't stop to sit down and rest they just walked forever never stopping unless they were eating a meal. She ran back inside calling out to charlie "CHARLIE! PACK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WE NEED TO GO!" As soon as she heard him answer with a small "ok" she ran as fast she could up the stairs stumbling at the last step but getting up quickly.

That was four years ago.

Ellie protected Charlie as much as she could throughout those years. During those years of protecting him she was at risk of getting herself murdered for him. Until a couple of months ago they got separated. She was left alone wondering where Charlie might be and if he's even made it throughout the months they've been apart, after all, all Ellie did was protect Charlie so he had barely any type of training to live in the new world of The walking dead.

Ellie walked through the forest that seemed to be going on forever trying to find something to hunt and eat.She had caught a baby rabbit the other night in one of the traps she had made, but after  last night she had really no luck of finding anything.Before the apocalypse had started she wouldn't even be able to look at a dying animal but now she would tear it apart for any source of food the new quote she went by was hunt or be hunted and nobody said anything about those choices being pretty.She was disgusted by herself she was covered in blood and grime her hair no longer the dark brown it used to be, it was now a light brunette from being in the sun every single day.her skin a darker tan sense before the apocalypse.

Ellie sat at the make-shift fire she had made by digging a one foot hole with two other holes in each side rubbing rocks together and throwing them on the twigs inside of the hole.She had watched her father make fires each time they had went camping, god how she missed camping with her family.She set the stick down that she had the bunny on, she only had eaten a little bit but was already full the bunny had little fat the doing of this was the little amount of food. Ellie was no longer hungry, she was never really hungry after so many days of having no food she was used to not eating for days she headed over to the tiny hideout she had made for the night and picked up her backpack taking out a dark grey henley shirt with her jeans surprisingly, the shirt wasn't dirty but the pants had rips all over them from every single fight she had been through and zombie attack.She then grabbed her cassette player and her ear plugs making sure to only wear one so she could hear anything from around her.She threw in a tape, "These boots are made for walkin'" She bobbed her head with the music grabbing her back pack putting her thigh holster on with her revolver,she tucked her knife into her back pack heading to the abandoned mall she had seen days ago.

As she walked she came across one of the dead she smirked knowing it was easy to kill one but killing multiple at a time.She plunged her knife through its head violently pulling it out as blood splattered all over her face she made sure to close her mouth so she wouldn't taste it. The blood getting on her clothing face and skin no longer bothered her it was the smell that bothered her, it reminded her of the very beginning of the apocalypse, when she had ran away from home with Charlie getting as far away as possible without a car or any transportation beside her legs.

When she got to the abandoned mall she seen a horse on the right side she ran quickly and slickly so none of them would chase after her, she slipped into the mall looking around it felt quite cold in there compared to outside it felt nice.She took a deep breathe in but instantly regretted it as severe from the ceiling and walls got into her nose making her cough and sneeze attracting some of the walkers.She ran to the end of the mall huffing, she went into Aeropostle this store had been her favorite before the apocalypse. They had fall clothes up that would be great for cold weather but it was summer..well atleast she thought that.She went to the front of the store her eyes widened when she seen fresh clean undergarments it had been a long time since she had changed she grabbed them and went into the changing room, when she opened the door into the changing room one of the dead jumped at her throwing her backwards and she yelped quietly being quite scared of how quick it got to her, she took her knife out of her pocket stabbing it through the dead's head.

After going through some of the stores she had found a black carhartt jacket that she made sure to grab she had also found some new black skinny jeans with no rips she smiled widely as she went into the changing room cautiously  she felt like she was a brand new person putting on the new clothes since she had been in the other clothes for so long she felt so disgusting all the time but now she felt somewhat clean and nicer.She shoved the carhartt jacket into her backpack closing it and heading to the food quart to see if there was any food she could take.Once getting there she looked around it looked as if it had already been hoarded, she looked around at the walkers when she walked closer to one that was speared into a chair still moving she identified the face. She stood still frozen it was Charlie.

After contemplating leaving him there or killing him for good, she had done it she had killed her last loved one. She fell to the ground sobbing and sobbing knowing that she could've done more to protect him, she could've tried finding him harder, she should've never let him out of her sight.

Ellie felt horrible,she had lost someone dear to her.She was alone,but not for long.This was just the beginning for Ellie Benton.

AUTHORS NOTE
My fingers burn 😿