Chapter Ten

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Y/N was woken up from his uncomfortable sleep when he was kicked in the gut. He looked up and saw an older version of the girl from years prior.

Y/N: Ellie Williams. You've gotten even more scrawny.

Ellie crouched in front of him.

Ellie: Don't act so casual. You know what you took from me.

Y/N: Look me in the eye, girl. I don't give a fuck! He deserved it!

Ellie punched Y/N in the face as hard as she could, yet it didn't do any damage.

Y/N: You are weak.

Ellie, with tears flooding her eyes pulled out her switchblade and held it against Deathstrokes throat. She lingered there and the mercenary became impatient and angered at her weakness.

Y/N: Do it, pussy! What are waiting for?!

A loud crash and gunshots distracted Ellie. Y/N heard Abby's voice. A rage like nothing ever seen in human history boiled inside him. He broke his chains, grabbed Ellies arm, broke it and took her knife.

Y/N then kicked her leg so hard that her shin shattered. He ran through the auditorium and through a door to see Tommy with a bullet in his head, an Asian guy dead, and a strange woman crying. All while Jack, Lev, Abby, and Barry where all in a stand off.

Abby shot the gun out of Jacks hand while Y/N moved faster than Barry could react and shoved the switchblade into his skull, ending him before he could say a word.

Jack, knowing that he is outmatched used his own speed to run and evade gunfire so that he could use the element of surprise as he disappeared into the next room.

Jack: Follow on Y/N!

Y/N saw his gear on the bar of the room and took his knife. Y/N stared at the crying woman, he summed up that this was the mother of Jack's child. Jack left her alone and defenseless, knowing that he wouldn't dare kill her.

Y/N: Dammit. We spare this one, Abby. She's pregnant.

Abby nodded.

Y/N: Ellies in the auditorium, do what you will with her.

The girl screamed and protested.

Y/N: Look at me! You leave this place and go back home, or I will change my mind. Raise your child and do not come after us again. Should Jack be victorious he will come back to you. Do you understand?!

The girl nodded and slowly stood up before running out the door of the theater.

Y/N traced Jacks steps while Abby and Lev went to go pay a visit to Ellie.

The area that the two were in was dimly lit, Jack's voice taunting the mercenary.

Jack: You think you will survive this? I taught you everything you know, dumbass.

Jack jumped out into the open but Deathstroke was ready. The two began a vicious knife fight, each stroke of their blades, each thrust being met with a perfect parry or a perfect dodge.

Y/N went in for a side thrust but Jack dodged it. Jack tried to go in for a side stab as well, but Deathstroke dodged it as well.

Y/N: The pain you caused me! The pain you caused her!

The two struck at each other with strength, this time both of them landing a few cuts on each other.

Jack: Expecting an apology?!

The two clashed, slamming their blades together, creating a bind. Jack pressed his other hand onto his knife to generate more power. However, Y/N learn from Jack. Y/N used only one hand to hold his knife, and while he was getting overwhelmed, he slipped his left hand through the gaps of Jack's arms and pressed his thumb into one of Jack's eye sockets.

Jack screamed in pain and accidentally dropped his knife allowing Deathstroke to slam his blade through the bottom of Jack's head and out through the top. He twisted the blade and dug it out for good measure.

Y/N watched as Jack fell to the ground, lifeless. The mercenary went the extra mile and cut off the head. Putting an end to the legend of Jack the Ripper.

Y/N: I hope you weren't expecting a cinematic death, Jack. You don't deserve that kind of send-off.

Y/N closed his eye and silently mourned the death of his old friend. Though they may have been enemies in the end, there is always the past.

Y/N walked back to the bar area and looked at Barry. He pulled a large revolver out of the front holster in Barry's jacket.

Y/N: Silver Serpent.

He heard a low gurgling noise and saw Tommy trying to get up. The bastard is still alive.

Y/N pulled the hammer on the revolver and fired one shot into the skull of Tommy, causing his head to explode and putting him down for good.

Y/N clutched his chest, which is where most of the cuts were and walked into the auditorium where Abby and Lev were waiting with a bruised and broken Ellie.

Abby: Tommy killed everyone. Mel, Owen, Manny, Nora. . . Yara.

This information cut Y/N's soul deeper than any stab Jack could give. He stood silently for a moment before firing the revolver into Ellie.

Y/N saved the last bullet and shoved the revolver into Ellie's mouth. She made a choking noise as the end of the barrel reached the back of her throat.

Y/N looked her the eyes before pulling the trigger.

The bullet ripped through Ellie's brain stem and she died instantly.

Y/N watched as every ounce of her blood leaked onto the floor.

Y/N: It's done. Let's go.

The three walked into the bar area where Deathstroke equipped all of his gear and putting Barry's gun into his backpack.

Abby: What now? Should we go back to the WLF? Isaac is bound to be in the final preparations for his assault.

Y/N shook his head.

Y/N: I've been thinking. I had plenty of time to think while I was chained up. Let's just leave all of that behind, you know as well as I do that Isaac is out of his damn mind. With all of our friends no longer with us, let's just leave it all. Enjoy our lives and survive. Maybe find a nice community, or at least an old home to settle down in. I heard that my father captured a place in Southern Kentucky.

Abby stood there for a moment. Maybe in another world, one without her Deathstroke in it, she would have thought that idea was stupid. But right now it sounds lovely.

Abby: Okay.

Abby and Y/N hugged each other tightly and shared a tender kiss.

Lev: Ew. . .

Y/N and Abby laughed.

Abby: Let's get going. Kentucky is a long way from here.

Y/N smiled and gave a playful rub to Lev's head causing the kid to smile as well.

The three left, not worrying about what would await them.

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It's a cruel world. But, there can be beauty found in it. As a matter of fact, you only have to look away from beauty to not see it, because it's always there. There are always brighter days. Even in a world that is shrouded by the danger of zombies and infected, who says you can't live a good life? Sure, life can be short and at the end of the day all we can do is wait for death's touch. But hey, don't look at it as a bad thing, nothing is beautiful because it lasts. Now get out there, and enjoy your life, survivor.

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