VILLAINESS [TWD]

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Ellie chucks the can of food at a walker's head. The can explodes from the pressure and mixes in with the brain matter when the walker hits the ground.

"Fuck!" she exclaims.

There isn't time to breathe. Another walker eases up behind her. A second.. and a third. Elie spins around and punches the walker across the face- Sasha's old gloves protecting her skin from the teeth. She kicks the leg out from under another.

"Come on, El!" Leah hypes.

Ellie pushes her hair back out of her face. It was just below her shoulders. She could still remember the day she used Beth's scissors to cut the locks in a fit of rage one day.

Ellie scans the abandoned room for a weapon. There was nothing else to use. The broken boards would crumble.. it wasn't worth the risk.

Ellie grabs the arm of a walker and spins under it before wrapping the man's arm around his back. She kicks at his back and forces him to his knees. She tugs and rips at the arm until it breaks off.

Ellie puffs out a breath and swings the loose limb down onto the walker's head. Once he's laid out on the floor, she stomps the heel of her boot into his face over and over until he's done moving.

A gasp rips from her chest when hands grab her shoulder from behind. She nearly falls as the walker's teeth get near her neck. Then, she decides to go with the motion. She drops to her knees and the walker tugs at her shirt. She wriggles around until the shirt is pulled off over her head.

She wraps the fabric around the walker's hands where he was still holding onto it. With a quick motion, she ducks between the man's legs and yanks the shirt which causes the walker to faceplant into the floor. Again, Ellie repeats the stomping method.

She wrings her hands free of the fabric as the final two walkers gain on her. She holds her fists up in preparation.

She charges at the first walker- her shoulder connects to its waist and they fly to the ground. Ellie rolls onto her feet before she slams a kick against the walker's head. It doesn't kill it, but it slows it down.

The other walker reaches for her and.. a knife flies through the air- landing in the man's undead skull.

Ellie pauses. She hurriedly smashes her foot into the previous walker until it stops moving and looks for the source of the knife.

"Carver, what the hell?" she questions and stomps to the window.

"Timer is up," Brandon says, holding up a watch.

"I wasn't going for time," Ellie denies and throws her leg through the open window.

Leah nudges Brandon's arm with a glare. "She was doing great. Why'd you step in?"

"I don't get these traning sessions," Brandon admits. "Facing the deadies out there is one thing.. why do you insist on us locking you in a room with some?"

Ellie takes off her gloves once she's sat comfortably on the window sill. Leah tosses her a rag and Ellie begins to clean her hands of the blood.

"My stepdad was once taken hostage. He was taped to a chair and this asshole threw a deadie at him."

"Yeah?" Brandon says.

"He told us about how he fought out of the situation.. how it made him stronger."

"You could beat half the world's ass in a fighf. Why keep pushing it?"

"I can't stop until I know I can beat the entire world's ass at once."

"We know sbe can take you already," Leah teases Brandon.

Brandon rolls his eyes. "I'd love to see her try."

Leah quirks an eyebrow at Ellie. Ellie grins and tosses her gloves to Leah before suddenly jumping out the window and tackling Brandon.

Ellie and Brandon scuffle about and Leah giggles at the sight. After a minute or so, Brandon catches Ellie in a headlock.

"Say you're sorry," Brandon urges into Ellie's ear.

"Over your dead body!" Ellie flips Brandon over her shoulder.

Brandon has enough wit to drag her with him and Ellie sits on his stomach, trying to hold his hands above his head.

Brandon and Ellie continue play fighting on the ground- rolling around and getting dirt and gravel in their hair.

"Hey!" Leah snaps, slapping at the pair.

Ellie and Brandon release each other and sit upright when they see Pope walking over.

"Having fun are we?" Pope questions.

"Letting off some stem, Sir," Brandon covers.

"How was training?" Pope asks Ellie.

"Well, Sir."

"I want everyone by the fire in no more than twenty minutes. We have some things to discuss."

Pope gives the three a look over. Ellie and Brandon bow their heads and Leah forces a smile. Then, the leader walks away.

Ellie flops onto the ground and looks up at the sky.

"You good?" Brandon asks.

"I ruined a can of corn," Ellie huffs.