The Last Of Us (Fan-Fic)

Joel and Ellie- (Characters)

 Joel grew up in Texas with his brother Tommy. When he was younger, Joel married an unnamed woman and they had a daughter named Sarah when he was still in his teens and because of this never had to the chance to attend college. Joel and Sarah lived by themselves in central Texas, outside of Austin (due to Tommy and Joel saying they need to leave Travis), where Joel worked in construction,  as a carpenter due to the reasonable demand for carpenters in Texas.

During the aftermath of the epidemic that struck the country, he has resorted to working in black-market dealings and smuggling items or people of interest through quarantine zones or other designated areas. Because of this, he has accumulated valuable knowledge in regards to surviving the post-apocalyptic environment and is a ruthless killer when presented with enemies.

Joel is in his late 40s. He has a heavy build, with dark hair and a beard. Joel wears a watch that was a gift from Sarah for his birthday the day before the outbreak; twenty years later, it has broken, likely from two decades of surviving in a post-outbreak world. He keeps the watch in remembrance of Sarah. 

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Ellie was born in the year 2019, six years after the spread of the fungal pandemic. As a result, she grew up in an oppressive military quarantine zone in Boston, Massachusetts with little knowledge of the world prior to the infection. For a time she was raised by mother, Anna, then after the death of her mother, Marlene continued to look after her, a promise she made to her mother, Anna.

Ellie arrived at the Boston quarantine zone on a bus, to the sight of the military scanning a man for infection. She thinks nothing of it until the scan reads positive and the man is forced to his knees at gunpoint. The sight frightens her.

Once she’s safely inside the gates, she and the other survivors leave the bus. She is approached by a soldier who knows her. He warns her not to pull any of her “old stunts” once she’s settled in and tells her that he can no longer look after her. Ellie asks that he take her with him, but he refuses, citing that his responsibility to his own family comes first.

Angry, Ellie declares she can take care of herself without his help. However, shortly after she is caught in a fight with a group of young boys who attempt to steal her belongings. Ellie provokes them, but is saved by a teenage girl as their leader prepares to attack her. The girl intimidates the boys enough to scare them away.

She asks Ellie what they wanted with her, and Ellie implies they meant to steal her belongings. She dismisses the girl when she tries to give her advice on how to function in the military zone, inquiring whether or not she looked like she needed help. The girl notes she has “trust issues” and calls her “new kid." Seconds later, she advises Ellie to flee before quickly leaving. Ellie is confused by what she means and is caught by one of the authority figures in charge of the school. In his office, Ellie is flippant with his show of authority despite the open reading of her rap sheet in previous homes.

He assigns her to cleaning duty. While she is in the middle of scrubbing a bloodied jeep she reaches for her Walkman and finds it missing from her jacket pocket. She realizes that the girl from earlier stole it from her and throws a fit, baffled by how she could have taken it without Ellie noticing.

A moment later she notices an amputated finger near the wheel of the jeep and she is quick to imagine the fight that must have occurred. She dumps the water on the tire and goes to confront the girl about her Walkman. In the mess hall, Ellie demands that the Walkman be returned to her, but the girl denies knowledge of what Ellie is speaking of. Ellie, however, continues to press the matter until the girl gives it up with a backhanded comment about her poor taste in music.

Later that night, as Ellie lies awake in bed, she hears footsteps outside her room. She gets dressed and peers outside her door in time to catch the girl’s figure disappearing through a door. Ellie follows after her without her noticing and is successful in sneaking up on her. Surprised to find Ellie behind her, the girl demands that she go back to her room.