{and forget about my
tainted heart.}
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Ellie.
The last week has been extremely difficult and stressful, the temperatures are dropping and we still haven't made our way out of Seattle, each time we try there's Soldiers blocking every way out.
Turns out Fedra is attacking, all we've heard from the last few minutes are explosions and gun shots, soldiers screaming, big ass trucks going down the old rotted roads.
"Ellie, we have to get outta here." Quinn says from beside me, we're watching out of an window in an old beaten down apartment complex.
"I know, but right now our best bet is to wait it out, at least until it's night so we're less likely to be seen."
"Was Boston like this?" She asks me, turning her head to make eye contact,
"Boston didn't have a full blown civil war." I reply, sighing and crossing my arms over my chest.
Another explosion goes off, causing Quinn to jump into me, I wrap my arms around her as I watch the thick cloud of smoke rising in the sky, it's not far from us at all, and that worries me more then anything.
"We're getting out of here soon Quinn I promise." I reassured her, placing a kiss on the top of her head.
As I continue to watch out of the window I notice a man point up at the building, noticing our presence,
I quickly pull quinn down, We begin to army crawl out of the room, making our way into a hallway.
"How are we doing this?" Quinn asks me, moving to kneel down beside me.
"Just follow my lead, there's no way we can wait this out." I reply, checking the bullets in my gun as she checks hers.
We begin to make our way through the building, crouching down under windows to avoid begin seen again.
"Sweep this entire place! I want those scars found!" We hear a solider order from downstairs,
Me and Quinn share a look of nervousness as I signal her out of the back window, jumping down first to make sure it's clear before helping her slide down as well.
We crawl on our stomachs through the tall grass, avoiding any obstacles at all cost.
"What's our ticket outta here?" Quinn asks as we hide behind a old rust covered van.
I look around, my eyes darting in every direction trying to find a way out of here, then I notice it.
"You see that truck?" I ask her, pointing to a military truck a few feet away from us being guarded by one individual who has his back turned to us.
"No fucking way that's your plan." She hisses at me, once I don't reply she sighs and drops her head in defeat, "wait here okay?" I tell her, once I get a nod from her I make my way towards the man guarding the truck.
I sneak up behind the heavily armed man, grabbing him from behind and holding my gun to his head before shushing him and taking my knife clean into his throat.
I slowly lower him to the floor and look around before giving Quinn the single to come on.
I dig through his pockets to find the keys, once I do I make my way into the drivers seat while quinn gets in the passenger side.
"Please tell me you've done this before." She says, a worried look taking over her face as she gets ready to shoot anyone that gets in our way.
"will it make you feel better if I said it was more then once?" I ask her, turning the key over and pumping the gas a few times before the truck roars to life.
"Shit Ellie go!" Quinn yells as a stamped of soldiers come running our way with guns drawn.
I quickly put the car in reverse before putting it back into drive and stomping on the accelerator.
A bigger truck comes up from beside us, crashing into Quinn's side and sending us sideways,
"Take out driver!" I yell to Quinn, my eyes focused on the forest we were about to drive into.
Quinn leans out of the window and begins firing, one, two, three shots and then the truck beside us quickly runs straight into a tree, causing it to burst up into flames quickly after.
As soon as we thought it was over we hear shrieks of the undead, watching as hundreds of infected run for our truck, I stomp harder on the gas as I drive through them, causing one to come flying through the windshield, inches away from ripping us both to shreds.
"Fuck I can't see anything!" I yell in fear, Quinn shoots the runner in the face, then kicks out the window sending it and the infected flying underneath the truck.
"Fuck!" Quinn screams in fear as we feel the road beneath us disappear, I grab onto her as we begin to fall about 10 feet down into a ravine full of water.
I take one last deep breathe before the truck gets completely submerged, kicking my door multiple times before it flys open,
I swim out and then hold my hand out for Quinn to grab, pulling us up to the surface.
Once we got back on land we both laid on our backs, coughing up water as we desperately tried to catch our breath.
I groan in pain as I stand up to help Quinn, that's when I notice the amount of blood pouring out from her side.
"Quinn." I say in a shaky voice, dropping down beside her to lift her blood covered shirt up just under her bra, revealing the gun shot wound that had blood gushing out of it.
"Fuck." She groans in pain as she notices it, trying to grab at it but I quickly move her hands away as I study the wound.
The bullet hadn't gone through her skin, but it did graze her side bad.
As I begin to hear more gun shots in the distance I help her to her feet, letting her lean on me for support all the way to an old beaten down shack with busted out windows and no doors, far away from anyone.
Once we make it in I help her lay on her back on the floor, kneeling down and turning my flashlight on so I had a better look of what we were working with.
as I observe the wound I open my backpack, pulling a small bag of medical supplies out.
"This'll sting a little." I whisper before gently cleaning the wound with an alcohol pad.
Quinn hisses through gritted teeth at the pain, throwing her head back and grabbing my jacket to grip on to.
"Hey it's okay, it's just a little sting, nothing you haven't handled before, yeah?" I ask her, continuing to clean up her wound.
"How ya feeling?" I ask her as I begin to stitch it up, watching her face every few seconds to make sure i'm not hurting her to bad.
"It hurts like a bitch but I think i'll be fine." She replies through deep breaths.
"All done." I say with a small smile, placing a small kiss on her lips before throwing everything back into my bag.
Quinn yawns in exhaustion as she sits up, rubbing her hands through her hair.
I get into her bag and pull her sleeping bag out, placing it on the floor before helping her crawl inside of it.
"Get some rest love, i'll get watch okay?"
She gives me a small smile before leaning her head up to kiss me one more time before sleep takes over her body.
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I Sit up beside Quinn, guarding her at all cost while she sleeps,
Id be lying if I said I wasn't tired, but I have to stay up in order to make sure she's safe, nobody knows how many soldiers are out there looking for us.
I turn my head and watch her chest rise up and down, studying her face as she sleeps.
It gives me time to notice the small details about her.
How her hair falls perfectly all the time, how her eyelashes are long and dark and her lips and big and plump, how her lips slightly part as she sleeps, and the freckles painted on her face.
She's so beautiful, there's not a sight in this world I would rather see.
I could stare at her forever, and be perfectly content with that.
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