The Last After Us

Chapter 2

Why am I even here?

Ellie was laying on a blanket in her room, pondering where things have gone wrong? She always felt like she was bad luck, even with the immunity from those Infected.. People who she grew close to die while they are with her. Tess... Sam... Riley... Maybe even Joel if she wasn't careful.

Why did we even come back here?

She scowls and rolls onto her side, feeling anger and frustration building inside her. When Joel saw Tommy again, she knew that he will want to come back. At first, Ellie was excited to come back after they are done with the Fireflies. But something changed when Ellie asked Joel if everything he told her about the Fireflies are true. For some reason, she didn't believe him. She knew something was missing. Something was wrong. Something...

Why?!

Ellie slammed her hand on the ground and winced, pain shooting up her arm. She hissed and rolled back on her back. She looked up at the ceiling, sadly remembering everything she went through with Joel. She can't believe she survived, but with Joel she can. Even after four years, even with the tension between them with the Firefly mess, she knew she was safe. She respected Joel for protecting her. She even looked at him as a father she never had. She tells him everything that she that she is scared to tell anyone else. He gaved her confidence, something she rarely had now these days.

As she was getting up , she heard voices. Two of them she was familiar with.

"Are ya sure?" said a voice that sounded like Joel.

"Yes. We should strike now before they do. We can't risk anything right now. We finally have something here-"

"We do, but we cannot just storm over there and just attack them!" scold Tommy towards the man he interrupted. "They may have families, children-"

'We do too, Tommy!" said the male voice. " We have to defend our home! Also, they may have medicine, food, other supplies we may need. Come on Tom-"

"I said no, Jeff!" exclaimed Tommy. "End of discussion. I bet Joel agrees with me. Right Joel?"

"Yeah. However, we do need some supplies. Maybe we can meet a deal with them," said Joel.

Is there really another camp near by? thought Ellie. Ellie never thought there will be another camp near theirs. She should know, she always goes out at night to just be herself. Escaping the judgmental eyes and that tension with Joel.

As Ellie carefully leans against the door to hear more, she thought If there really is another camp, then how did I miss it?

"Alright, I'll go talk to Maria about meeting up with these other people. She'll probably not be happy about it, but she'll agree," said Tommy.

"I bet this won't work. They'll kill us," Said the voice now know as Jeff.

"We won't know until we find out, huh?" replied Joel, his voice becoming softer.

Then Ellie heard footsteps becoming quiet. When she didn't hear any more footsteps, she stepped our of her room. Ellie stared at the path the men walked towards. She turned to the opposite side and found a piece of paper that is folded lying on the floor. Ellie grabbed the piece of paper and opened it up. She then saw a map drawn out on it, leading towards the camp that Joel and the others were talking about. But what really caught her eye were two words written below the map.