The Last Ones Left

Chapter 11: Destruction

The worst part about death is that you know it's coming, whether it be today or tomorrow, it will happen. You can't stop death, it happens to everyone eventually. So looking at this pack of clickers and the small gun in my hand, I realized that I'm scared. I'm scared of a lot of things actually, but dying to these stupid fuckers is not how I wanted to leave this shitty world, I've seen too many people die because of these fuckers, I'll be damned if I become the next one. I raise the gun to line up with the closest ones head, I pull the trigger, the bullet hits the Clicker in the forehead, one down yet I still have 5 other chances to die. I reload my gun and aim it at the next one, I shoot it twice in the chest and it falls down. Four chances left, I shoot the next one, I'm not ready to die, stop thinking like this Ellie. I realized i'm not ready to die, I have to get back to Joel. I'm not dying. 

I have a world to save. "C'mon Henry!" I yell and run down a long hallway, he runs after me and we pass by a hallway with runners that didn't hear us until we run past them "Fuck me" I mutter. One of the runner's grabs my arm "Fucking thing!" I yell and shoot it in the gut, I spin around quickly and shoot it in the head "Run, Ellie!" Henry yells and pulls my arm away from the infected. I shoot a few more behind me and we run out into a big, open room "Sam!" I hear Henry yell, I look up and see Joel and Sam. Joel smiles happily when he sees me "Oh thank god" I say "we gotta keep running" I say and sprint down the long hallway. "Sam!" Henry yells again "Run! There's too many of 'em!" I yell, we run past a set of doors which Joel closes behind us "Ellie, get away from the door" Joel instructs me, I nod and step back. "I'm glad you're okay" he smiles at me, "Ditto" I smile back, I'm glad he's no longer mad.

"Joel, I need you!" Henry yells as he pushes against the blocked door, Joel rushes over to him and they both push against the door at the same time. Sam suddenly runs over to a small drain door and yanks it off, he crawls through it "Sam!" I yell and look up at Henry "he just crawled through!" I yell and point to it. "He what?" Henry says and looks through the gate slots "Sam, what the hell are you doin'?" Henry yells and shakes the gate "Getting us out of here!" Sam yells back as if it were no big deal. Henry hesitates "Well, hurry up then" he says. Sam swings open the door "Alright, c'mon" Joel says and grabs my hand and we run after Henry and Sam, we jump off of the broken staircase and land hard on our feet, Henry runs over to the door at the end of the room "Damn thing's stuck!" he yells. "Here, gimme a boost. I can get through that window" I say, Henry does as I ask and I crawl through the small window "Open it from the other side" Henry instructs me "Make it fast" Joel adds. "Come on Sam, you're not staying in here" I hear Henry say "What about you?" He asks Henry "I'll be fine. Come on. Go" Henry instructs. 

I see Sam crawl through the opening and he jumps down beside me "Okay, we have to move this thing" I say and press my hands firmly against the side of the vending machine "Get ready!" I hear Joel yell, oh god please be okay. "Alright, push!" I yell, Sam and I both push the vending machine out of the way but very slowly, it's way heavier than it looks "We have to move it faster!" I yell, Sam and I shove it one last time, I open the door enough for Henry and Joel to slide out of "It's open!" I scream over all the yelling. "Let's go!" Joel yells to Henry, they run out the door and Joel closes it behind him. We all push the vending machine back in front of it and catch our breaths "Fresh air..." Henry breathes out "Oh..." I hear Sam mutter "Look at this" he points to something on the wall. "Warning, infected inside. DO NOT OPEN!" I read aloud, "oh, are you fucking kidding me?" I say angrily "thanks for the warning on the other side guys" I scoff in annoyance. "So where's this tower?" Joel asks after we all catch our breath "We're close" is all Henry says "c'mon let's go" he instructs. Sam and Henry walk ahead of us while Joel pulls me back, he hugs me, but doesn't linger this time. "Are you okay? I was worried about you" he says and looks me over "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine" I nod, his eyes stare at mine for a few seconds before he nods and steps back "Yeah, okay" he mutters. I hesitate but then press a kiss right next to his lips, I'm still not sure where he stands so I don't want to make him more mad.