The Last Of Us (Fan-Fic)

Winter- Chapter Four- Part 6 The Butcher

I make my way across and then jump down a small cliff. "Okay" I say, listening in to my surroundings all the way. I was pretty sure that I wasn't being followed. I have to crawl through a narrow pipe to continue my journey. I make my way to another pipe, "Agh, this damn thing is blocking me" I say, examining the wood that was lodged in the pipe.

I make my way back out of the pipe and pull a pull the wood out from the other side. This means I can get all the way through this time. When I come out I see a large building. Was it a house? A restaurant, i wasn't sure. But I knew that behind it was a path which led the way back. "Hang in there Joel" I say, wishing he could hear me. I jump down from the track and hear voices, "Cover the grounds. Make sure she's not hiding somewhere over here".

I hide behind a crate, but can hear two men coming in my direction. I stab one in the back and run to another crate before the other man can shoot me. Two men group up together which gives me the chance to throw a nail bomb in their direction. They both knew what it was, but had no chance to run. It blew them up in seconds. That, of course attracts attention meaning two other men came hurtling in my direction. It takes three shots from my pistol to take one down and one shot from my rifle to kill the other. I decide after a few seconds of listening in to my surroundings that there were no more men around.

So, I run around to the back of the building, look for an open window. No such luck, but I do find a big hole in the roof that i could probably fit through. I take one of the wheelie bins and put it below so that I can climb through. "I don't wanna get trapped in here" I tell myself, when I land safely on my feet. When I first go in I see alcohol and a few rags, so I pick them up immediately. 

After that I go up some stairs and see that the building was some sort of restaurant, or maybe even a hotel. I go to the drawer under a cash register and find nothing, but there were more supplies on a nearby table. 

As I go into some sort of lobby one of the men shouts, "She's on this side of the lodge". Had they seen me? I take some more supplies and I hear more men. Listening closer I hear that none of them were inside, yet. I take a small break to make another health kit and a nail bomb, just in case I run into more trouble. Suddenly one man runs in the building and I start to slash him with my knife. This isn't enough, he starts to strangle me so I quickly bite his arm so his grip his released, I then stab him twice in the stomach so that he was dead.

I then take out another man he nearly grabbed me from his hiding place. I decide that there were no more man in this area and make a run for the double doors which would led the way out. There was something blocking the doors from the outside, so I pushed my shoulder against it a couple times before it opened.

But I couldn't go out as someone grabbed me from behind, he pulled me back inside, my only free hand instantly went into my pocket to find my switch blade. "Relax" He says, pushing my arm down. "I'm keeping you alive here". From his voice, I knew it was David. He tightens his grip around my neck before everything goes black.

I wake up on sold ground. My head hurt a lot. I notice that I am behind bars, and in front of me is a man cutting up something. I sit on my knees and take a closer look. The man wasn't cutting up a human, but instead a person. These people were cannibals, am I their next meal?

"Oh..." I say, sitting back. The man looks around and me and see's the disgust in my eyes before walking off, it was James, David's friend. When he left the room I stand up and try to shake the door open, but it was locked up, I wasn't small enough to fit underneath either. "How are you feeling?" David asks, walking into the room with a tray of food.

"Super" I say, sarcastically. "Here, you should eat" He tells me as he slides the tray under the metal door, I take a step back. "I know you're hungry- Been out for quite some time". "What is it?" I say, glaring at his from behind my cage. "It's deer".

"With some human helping one the side?" I ask, looking over at the body behind him. "No. No, I promise" He says, with a strange smile., "It's... Just the deer meat".

"You're a fucking animal" I say to him before kneeling down and putting the food in my mouth, I was hungry so I couldn't care less if it was deer or even mice. "Oh. That's awfully quick to judgment" He says, also kneeling down, "Considering you and your friend killed how many men?".

I shake my head, "They didn't give us a choice". "And you think we have a choice? Is that it" He asks me. I don't repy. David looks down, "You kill to survive. And so do we. We have to take care of our own", "By any means necessary" He says, finally looking back up to me. "So now what?" I ask, finishing most of the meal, "You gonna chop me up into tiny pieces?". 

It starts to laugh a bit, "I'd rather not". "Please tell me your name" He says, staring into my eyes.

"You're so full of shit" I say, tossing the tray and the plates back to him. I stand back up, holding onto the bars with both hands. "On the contrary", "I've been ah, quite honest with you" He says, gathering all the plates up and putting them to the side.

"Now I think it's your turn" David says quite sternly as he stands back up. "It's the only way I'm gonna convince the others". "Convince them of what?" I ask, not understanding. "That you can come around. You have heart. You're loyal". 

"And you're special" He says, placing his one of his hands on mine. Now I knew, I knew what his intentions were. "Oh" Is all that I say. I slowly place me other hand on top of his, playing along. Before he knows it, I push his fingers up, breaking at least one of them. I then reach out to his trousers to grab the keys, but he grabs my arm, pulling my body back and forth so that it smashes against the bars. 

When he finally lets go I fall back, suddenly feeling very dizzy. I slowly sit back up, feeling blood trickle down my nose. "Oh, fuck..." I say, wiping the blood away. 

"You stupid little girl" He says to me, "You are making it very difficult to keep you alive. What am I suppose to tell the others now?". "Ellie" I say.

"What?". "Tell them that... Ellie is the little girl that broke your fucking finger" I say, sneering at him.

"How did you put it? Hmm? Tiny pieces? See you in the morning, Ellie".