The last of us

Chapter 4

January, 2023

It took almost half a month for them to bring me to where ever they were bringing. On the ride I was chatting with the guard who grabbed me.

~Flashback~
He threw me in the back of the armored vehicle. He then got in the back and sat down as I was regaining my composure. "Why do you want me?" He pointed at my ears. "That's all I know, even if I knew more that's all I'd let you know" "cause I have ears?" He sat there. He didn't answer me, "I get it, keep shut, don't reveal too much, and keep the location a secret. Why take me, a 16 year old, right from my home because I have ears on top of my head?" "All I know is that your some big deal and that the commander needs you for something. Although I don't know why he needs you when he already has one" he mumbled the last part. "What?" Oof, the car hit a bump and sent me falling backwards.
~End Flashback~

He never did answer me. He refused to talk to me the rest of the way. Thw doors opened, the light blinded me. Someone grabbed me and dragged me out. "Were here" the guy that was with me the whole ride said in a sarcastic happy tune. It was a facility surrounded with guards and barbwired fence. Big buildings covered the inner part and big armored cars. I was dragged into one of the buildings and thrown into a room. I got up and banged on the door, "why did you take me!?"I turned around. A female voice spoke, "why hello there" I saw a girl standing there. She had pink hair, wore a red dress with a white rim on the bottom, and had a red headband. I thought she had one of those headbands with ears from the club becuase she had ears. "Damn" she murmured. My face flushed red, "um, I- why are you here?" She smiled and pointed to her ears. "But, those are just fake" she frowned and scowled. "Excuse me!" She stomped up to me. "I suppose they brought you here becuase those are fake too?!" She tugged on my ear. "Ow, so yours are real?" I, in return, tugged at her ear. "Ow, okay sorry" she held her arm from behind her. She looked down at the ground. "I didn't mean to come off so rude. I get defensive when people talk about my ears" she put one side of her hair behind her ear. "Sorry, I shouldn't have done it just because you did" "Yeah that was really immature of you" she got close to me then went to sit on her bed. "Y- wait what?" I folded my arms. "You heard me" she smiled and looked at her nails. "Really? Your one to talk" she stood up with her hands on her hips, "Excuse me I-" the door swung open. "I see you've got to meet" it was that guy with blue hair. "Hellooo" she went over and leaned one his shoulder. "Miss Rose, remove your arm from my shoulder" she backed up with her hands up. "Okay, mister bossy pants" "why am I here?" I tried asking again. "Us" she clarified, "becuase you both have something in common... Your annoying" "haha, the army could always use some humor" she spat. "If there kind of humor was dull" I added, she luaghed. "Nice" she whispered to me. "No one likes a smartalic" I cleared my throat. "Why are you here then?" "I came to see if you were coping well" I turned and looked at her. "Yeah, can I get a different cell" "Hey!" "Joking" I nudged her, she smiled. Her smile reminded me of my mom's heartwarming smile. "Good" he began to walk out. "See ya Sonic" I said mindlessly. "Wha- how'd you?" He said to me shocked, I caught what I said. "I don't know" I simply stated. He walked away and closed the door. "Man, this escalated quickly" she laughed. I sat on one of the beds in there. I sighed deeply, "Hey what's got you down?" I looked at her. "How bout the fact that I'm here and was literally dragged away from my family" "oh" she sat down next to me. "I'm sorry" "for what?" "I sort of forgot the feeling when you first get here" I looked at her. "How long have you been here?" She thought about it, "half a year, I think" I let out another sigh, but of relief. "I thought you were gonna say a longer time" I nervously said. "Yeah, I wasn't dragged from my family though..." I looked at her curiously. "I was more than happy to go" "what!?" She looked at me like I shouldn't be that surprised. "I didn't have the generic happy family" she air quoted the 'Happy family'. "Oh, I'm sorry for you then" I put my hand on her shoulder. "Thanks" she got up, "but I dont need sympathy" I got up. "I understand how it feels to have a family who doesn't love you" "I thought you just said you were 'Dragged' away from your family?" "Yeah, I was taken away from my mom, but I had parents before that.. and some before that, one's I don't remember.." "Your an orphan?" I nodded my head. "So your before parents didn't like you?" "They returned me to the orphanage, at that time I had no idea I was adopted. Then I ran away and was taken in by my current 'Mother'" "um, that's complicated. Now I feel twice as bad for you, but I guess you partially know what I'm going through so now it's empathy" she shrugged her shoulders. We sat there in silence for awhile. Just as she was about to say something 'Sonic' walked in. "Come with me" he grabbed my arm. "Hey what are you-" "that was an order" he repeated more demandingly. "Hey, what are you doing with him!?"