The Last Of Us (Fan-Fic)

Fall- Chapter Three- Part 7 Barely Breathing

"Who the fuck are these guys?" Ellie asks as we stay crouched. "It don't matter. We know where to go. Let's get the hell outta here" I reply. I keep my flamethrower in one of my holsters and my revolver in hand. We get out of the room and to the hallway. One of the men charges at me with an axe. I block his attacks and stab him with my machete. As I try to go out another door, a man hits me in the stomach with a plank of wood, I quickly get out the flamethrower and burn him dead. I patch up as I stay crouched. I go through the hallways which was covered in white plastic sheets and I see more men.

Ellie shoots a man dead as I switch my weapons. Ellie takes another man out with her switchblade as I take out the guy next to him by snapping his neck. I see a man hidden behind a desk and quickly take him out with my revolver. We continue forwards and another man comes running at me, this man had a machete, I decide not to reach for my gun, but instead to get my flamethrower and kill him like i had done to one of the other men.

I tell Ellie to run as more men chase after us. We hide behind a wall as men run past us. One of the men jumps through the window and I take him down with my flamethrower. I take some of the men's ammo as we keep going. A man sneaks up on me and tries to strangle me, luckily Ellie is able to jump onto him and stab him in the back. I look around and see two another men run in and I burn them with my flamethrower. I crouch as I start to patch myself up and Ellie covers me. I see a man run past in a different room whilst I was crouched, so I stalk him until he stops and then strangle him to death.

Me and Ellie go down the stairs and more men run at us. One is able to hit me with a metal pipe, but I had a machete in hand, so I cut his neck. The other man had a gun so me and Ellie quickly took cover. I aimed for his head and then shot him in the head. "Ellie. Cover me!" I tell her as I quickly have to make a health kit. "Okay!" She replies. I take the bandages and alcohol and make one as quickly as I can.

We go to the balcony, but there is a man on it shooting at us already. We back up and I take the man out with my rifle from afar. Me and Ellie crouch across the corridor, not wanting to be heard if there was anyone left. I stood up as I opened the door, but there was a man behind the door who kicked me back to the edge of the balcony, "Got you, asshole" He shouts as me. The man places his hands around my neck as I try to push him off. I'm able to punch him in the face, but the balcony we were leaning on collapsed on us.

I could feel myself falling for what seemed like a long time. I expected to hear the crack of my bones once I hit the floor. But before that I felt something sharp rip through my skin, through my body and then out the other side. I have my eyes closed as the pain is too much. I lift my head and see a metal pipe that had ripped a hole through my body, "Oh shit" I say, taking quick breathes. "Oh man..." Ellie says as she makes her way down from the balcony.

She quickly runs over to me and I see the panic in her eyes. She looks at me and then somewhere else as if she didn't want to believe this was true. "What do you want me to do?" She asks as we here the banging on a closed door. "Move..." I say. "What?" She asks, moving her head closer to me. "Move!" I shout, pushing her to the side as I grab my gun. My vision blurs as two men burst into the room, I shoot the first as he comes at me with a metal pipe and and Ellie kills the other.

"Oh man... Joel?" Ellie asks as she kneels down beside me. "I'm gonna need you to pull" I say, getting myself prepared for the immense pain that was to come. "Okay" Ellie replies, with a nod of the head. "Alright. You ready?" She asks, taking hold of my hand. "One, two, three". Ellie pulls me up and I scream as the pipe is pulled through my body. As she pulls me fully up from the pipe my vision blurs again, bright lights flashing upon my eyes. Ellie quickly helps me to stand, "Just get to the damn horse" I tell her and myself. "Okay". I hold my wound as Ellie leads us out of the room, she had her gun ready, and I couldn't help notice my blood on her hands. "I don't see anyone. Let's go!".

Ellie leads me to another room of which I limp to. "Joel, how we doing?" She asks. "I'm fine... I'm fine" I say, in between breathes. Ellie pushes boards out the way of a window and asks me, "Can you handle the window?". "Yeah" I reply quickly. Ellie jumps over the window first and then I do the same, falling in the attempt. "Jesus. Come on, move!" She says. All of a sudden another man bursts into the room. I shuffle over to one of the large tables for cover as he shots at us. "Come on, man" He says.

"Alright, just stay here. I'm gonna flank this asshole" Ellie tells me, "Ellie" I say, putting my arm out to her. Could she handle it herself? I couldn't do anything to stop her though, I could barely move. "Those were my friends you killed, asshole" He says as I get my gun in my hand. "Come on out. You want to do this the hard way?".

Suddenly Ellie shoots at him, "You little, bitch" He says as I am able to shoot him dead from my sitting position. There's a buzzing in my ears as the man falls down. I can hear my heart beat as I sit, starting to close my eyes. I try to get up, but I fall back down "Shit" I say, feeling as weak as ever.

"Oh man. We gotta get you out of here" Ellie says. Ellie helps get me to my feet, "I'm ok" I say. This wasn't the right move, she didn't want me to feed her lies, "You're not okay, Joel. Now come on!".

I hold onto the table as we make our way out of the room, "Move it!" Ellie tells me, keeping her gun out. "There's no one here. Hurry" She says as we reach the door. I loose my balance as we exited the room and fall onto a cabinet. "Oh man" Ellie says, running over to me, "Here, lean on me". "No" I say, pushing her off. "Well can you walk?" Ellie asks. "Yes" I reply. "Then fucking walk".

"There's the exit. Just a little bit more, come on" She urges. I can see the exit, it would normally take us a a few seconds to reach it. But being like this, it felt like we were never going to get there. Suddenly I can't take it any more, I fall onto something else. "Joel!" Ellie shouts out to me. I see figures behind her, "Behind you!" I try to shout, but it comes out more like a whisper. "What?" She asks. Before I fall to the floor I shout, "Ellie!".

"The kid's got a gun. Watch out!" I hear one of the men shout as they run down the stairs. "Stay the fuck back!" Ellie shouts out to them. She shoots at them and is able to kill one but the other starts to run at her. "Oh shit, oh shit" I hear her say. It wasn't because she was scared, it was becuase she had to reload her gun. The man is able to hit her with a pipe so that she falls to the ground, but Ellie shoots him in the face before he can kill her.

"Joel" Ellie says as she gets up. "Here, stand up" She says, pulling me up. "Put your arm around me". This time I don't refuse, I needed her help. "All right, let's go".

We start to walk at quite a slow pace, but I just wanted to get outta here. "I swear to god, I get you out of this, you're so singing to me" Ellie jokes. "You wish" Is my weak reply. We make it to the door and Ellie opens it for me. I go through and as we reach the second door I fall down the steps as light patches of snow fall down on me. There was a man trying to get the horse to come with him and as he sees me he says, "What the fuck?". I guess you could see it as a distraction as Ellie is able to shoot him dead before he can do anything. "Come on" Ellie says, walking over to me.

"Just... Get the horse" I tell her. Ellie brings the horse over as I get up. "Can you get on?" She asks. I don't answer as I put all my strength into getting up and onto the horse. Ellie gets on after me and we ride off.

Ellie's POV:

We had been riding for a while and the snow seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. I look behind us and say "I think we're safe". As I look back, I see Joel swerving to one side. "Joel" I say. I try to grab him as he falls off the horse and onto the road. "Ah, shit". I say, jumping off the horse. "Joel - here" I say as I try to pull him up. But I couldn't, he was too heavy. And he wasn't responding, or move, I wasn't sure if he was even breathing. "Get up, get up, get up..." I say in hope that he would open his eyes and do what I said. I look down at him and say "You gotta tell me what to do". Just one instruction... All I needed was one instruction and I would make sure he was safe... Jut one.