1 months later.
Reno, Nevada, nearly to California. I entered the city on foot, as the car was struggling to go further. I come across a sign, it stretches across the whole road, it reads:
'Reno; Biggest little city in the world'
Theres lots of what used to be large lights. I keep walking, looking at the now unlight and dirt covered city. I sigh and look at the load of burnt out, black cars, glass shattered everywhere.
I duck when I see people running from something.
"Shit...infected..." I mumble as I watch clickers and runners chasing the people.
"HELP!" Someone screams as the others clamber onto a bus, shutting the doors. The infected catch up with the person and I get up and start running, trying to stay behind objects. I take my bow into my hands and start shooting at the infected. I grab an old wine bottle and throw it behind me, the clickers running at it, the runners continuing after the bus. I rush after the infected and shoot them down with the arrows before grabbing the limping persons hand and rushing after the bus.
"Come on..." I say, pulling at her hand.
"I...I can't..." She sobs and I wave at the bus. I drag her a little further and see the bus stopping. I watch as a dark skinned man jumps out the back of the bus and runs at us.
"Clementine!" He says, picking her up and my hand drops from hers.
"Clem?!" I gulp and the man looks at me.
"Move!" He yells and I look back and see the Clickers running after us. I start sprinting to the bus and I leap on the back of it, pulling on the man and Clem.
Someone shuts the doors and whoevers driving slams down on the gas.
"Shit..." I mumble as I fall forwards on my knees and then someone walks to me, aiming a gun at me.
"Who the fuck are you... and why the fuck is she in here?" Asks the woman, then she looks at the man, holding a rag to Clems leg.
"I'm...I saved Clem...I saved her..and I left her...I left her in the woods...I needed to be alone..."I say and the woman grabs one of my hands and puts a handcuff on it, clipping the other to a railing.
"HEY FUCK YOU!" I shout and then I hear the bus screech to a halt.
"Who is she?" I hear someone ask as they look back at me. The driver of the bus walks towards me and I look at Clem, whos holding onto the man.
"Shes Ellie...Shes a survivor...step away from her...let her go...she saved my life...twice...Lee tell them!" Clem cries and Lee stands up, putting Clems hand on her wound.
"Okay, okay...everyone settle down...Ellie, is okay, and shes coming with us, if she'd like to, to the camp, and she'll be looked after..." Lee says and then he sits back down with Clem.
"And you can start by taking these off" I say, pointing at the cuffs.
"Fine" The woman spits and she takes them off. I instantly rub my wrist, running my finger over the indent in my skin.
"Wheres your camp?" I ask, sitting down on one of the old bus seats, most of them have been ripped out from the bus.
"We're just outside Sacremento, California" Lee says, still attending to Clem's leg.
"Oh..." I mumble and I look at the girl whos lay across the seats at the front of the bus.
"How many are at your camp?" I ask and the girl looks up.
"6 back at the camp, not including us, theres 10 of us in total" the girl says and I nod.
"I'm Ellie" I say and the girl leans forward with her short cut blonde hair and her brown leather coat.
"Jane" She says, then she leans back.
"I'm Mike" the driver shouts back as he turns onto route 80 again, the road I was travelling on before I stopped off in Reno.
"This thing must attract infected right?" I ask and Jane looks over.
"You mean the Walkers?" Jane smirks, I sigh and she continues, "Yeah, it does, but we only use it when we're going to far distence places.
"How long will it take us?" I ask and Jane looks at Lee.
"Bout 2 hours" Lee says and I look at Clem.
"Is she going to be okay?" I ask and Lee just looks up.
"Clem, lets get you onto one of those seats" Lee says while I look at the way the back of this thing is organised.
Theres my 2 seater facing the front of the bus, and Janes matching one on the other side and then I look at the two seater in front of me with the seats facing the back of the bus, then I look at the one opposite Jane, which is the same.
"What are your people like?" I ask opening for anyone to answer and Lee looks at Jane to answer.
"They're good people, but some of them won't take well to you" Jane says and I nod.
"Thats expected" I say and Jane nods.
"Thanks Ellie" Clem says and I nod.
"Anytime" I say and I get up and walk to her and I sit on the chair beside her.
"I'm sorry I left you in those woods...How long did it take you to find these people?" I ask.
"I found them about a day later, they're my orginal group" She says and I nod.
"Well, I'm happy I found you guys" I say and I watch as Mike pulls over.
"Lee, take over for a bit?" Mike asks and Lee nods, heading through to the drivers area. I see they have some supplies up there too.
I take out my switchblade and clean it off on a rag that was in my pocket.
"Wait...Clem...You told me you were a Firefly?" I ask and Mike looks over from his seat opposite Jane.
"We were, they got rid of us when one of our members fell pregnant, well...We weren't going to leave her, and then we found a small place outside Sacremento, we can keep watching the Fireflies from our base, we're going to be good" Mike explains and I nod.
"So...I'm actually trying to get to the Fireflies...I...I need to" I say and Clem looks up.
"You still want to?" She asks and I nod.
"Of course" I whisper and Jane looks over.
"You'll die trying to get in" She says and I sigh.
"Guards?" I ask and she nods.
"They have Walkers surrounding the whole base too, they use them for defence" Jane says and I look down at my blade.
"One of my friends friend did that...Bill he was called, used the infected to guard his town from the military, he boobytrapped the whole place...me and Joel almost died getting in there..." I explain and I get up, walking over to the seat opposite Clem.
"Mind if I get some rest?" I ask and they all shake their heads.
"We were going to do the same anyway" Jane says and I turn to face the back of the seats and I use my backpack as a pillow. I sigh and then take out the photo of Joel and me from my backpack and I hold it in my hand as I shut my eyes and drift away slowly.
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And thats a wrap!
~ChloeCumberbatch~
