Cleansing

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Ellie P.O.V.

"Ellie, you can open your eyes now," 

No one knows what I've been through. They've seen bits and pieces of my anger, but they're about to see all of it. I cannot hold back much longer.

The wind bites through my coat, my shoes are drenched. Joel is hurt and I need to get medicine and food for him. He'll die if he doesn't get it soon. 

I spot a rabbit, bouncing peacefully through the forest out of it's hole, unknown to what is about to happen. I slowly pull back on my bow, arrow aimed and ready to fire. With a deep breath, I release and see the arrow fly into the side of the rabbit. I quickly walk up to it, pulling the arrow out of it's body. Sighing, 

"This won't last long," 

I shake my head, tying the rabbit to the side of Callus. Accepting defeat.

As I'm about to head out, I notice a healthy buck. I tie Callus to a tree, and I run after him, shooting two arrows and hitting him both times. He doesn't want to die. After following his blood trail, I come upon an area with a couple buildings. I have to go through a building, 

"Everything's cool," I tell myself. "This place is not creepy at all," 

I hold my breath as I walk out to my buck. I hear a branch snap, 

"Who's there!?" I shout. I hold my bow up, ready to kill. 

"Come out!" 

Two men walk out from behind the bushes. 

"Hello... we just want to talk," says one. 

"Any sudden moves and I put one right between your eyes. Ditto for buddy-boy over there," I say to them. "What do you want?" I ask. 

"Um, name's David, this here's my friend. James." He pauses. "We're from a larger group- women, children- we're all very, very hungry," 

"So am I," I respond. "Women and children, all very hungry too," I say hoping he doesn't catch my bluff.

"Well, maybe we could ah, trade you for some of that meat there. What do you need?" He asks. "Weapons, ammo, clothes-"

"Medicine!" I respond quickly, hoping I didn't seem too needful to them. "Do you have any antibiotics?"

"We do," he says. "Back at the camp," as he looks to James. David pressures, "You're welcome to follow us-"

"I'm not following you anywhere," I cut in very quickly, tightening my grip on the bow. "Buddy boy can go get it. He comes back with what I need, the deer is all yours. Anyone else shows up-"

"You put one right between my eyes," David answers for me. 

"That's right," I agree.

David nods and looks to James, 

"Two bottles of the penicillin and a syringe," the other is about to protest, "Make it fast," David whispers. "Go on," he says more promptly. 

James runs off and it's just me and the other. He has a rifle over his shoulder and I instantly don't trust him with it. 

"I'll take that rifle," I say, my eyes pointing to it. 

David looks at it and nods, "Of course." 

He sets the rifle down in front of me, "Back up," I say to him. 

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