FALL
"Jackson County." Ellie read as we come upon the sign. "That means we're close to Jackson City, right?" She asked us. "You ready to see your dear old brother?" Ellie asked Joel. "I'm just ready to get there." Joel replied. "You nervous?" I asked him. "I don't know what I'm feeling." He sighs as we continue onto the trail until we come up to a dead end.
"So much for this road." Ellie remarks. "We just follow the river. It'll lead us straight to Tommy's. C'mon." Joel told her and we turn, found a side path and followed that. "What happened between you two?" Ellie asked Joel. "What do you mean?" Joel asked, confused. "You and Tommy...you're not together, so clearly something went down." She said.
"We just had a bit of a disagreement, that's all." Joel replied. "Oh, here we go...so what was it about?" She asked, exasperated. "Tommy saw the world one way, I saw it the other." Joel said to her. "And that's why he joined the Fireflies?" She asked. "Yeah, your friend Marlene promised him hope." I told her. "That kept him busy for awhile, but just like Tommy, he eventually quit that too." Joel continued as we follow the river.
"How was it, the last time you saw him?" Ellie asked Joel. "I believe his last words to me were I don't ever want to see your fuckin' face again." Joel replied. "Geez. But he's gonna help us?" Ellie asked us. "I suppose we're gonna find out." I told her as we walk under the bridge. "Well, with or without his help, we'll get there." Ellie said, hopeful. "Let's just keep going." Joel grumbles as we continue on.
"Whoa, what's that?" Ellie asked as we come upon a large structure. "That there is a hydroelectric power plant." Joel replied. "A...hydra who?" Ellie said, confused. "It, uh...uses the river's movement and turns it into electricity." I answered as we walk up the stairs towards the plant. "How's it do that?" She asked us. "Look. We know what it is, we don't know how it does it." Joel said, annoyed. "All right...how are we getting across?" She asked as we get up the stairs and Joel goes over to a crank and turns it.
As he turns the wheel, half of a thin bridge appears in front of us. "Well, that gets us halfway. If we get the other one up, we'll make it across." Ellie said and Joel looks put towards the water then jumps in it. "I'll find something. Just hang tight." He said and he inhales a deep breath and dives into the water.
"Did you ever get involved with their arguments?" Ellie asked me. I look over my shoulder at her then sighed. "No...I felt like that that was not my place to get involved in. But I did have to intervene a couple of time because they almost got into a physical fight." I replied. "Oh man...." Ellie said, shocked, as Joel comes back up to the surface with a pallet.
"Alright, Ellie, I need you to--"
"I know, step on the fucking pallet." She said, interrupting him, then she jumps on the pallet and he ferries her over to the other side. "Go on, give it a spin." Joel told her as she jumps up and runs over to the wheel and starts to crank it, making the other half of the bridge appear. Joel swims back over to me and I help him out of the water then both of us walk across the new bridge.
"Hey, be careful crossing that thing." She told us. "We will." I replied to her and we make to the other side to her. "Teamwork." She said as she raised.her right hand. Joel high-fives her and I do the same. "Yeah." She exclaims, happily, and I chuckle under my breath.
We walk through the plant as Ellie said. "Aughh, I'm so hungry."
"I know. I am too." Joel told her.
"Same here." I chimed in.
"All right, next squirrel I see, I'm totally shooting it." Ellie informed us. "Let's get past this place, then we can scrounge up some food." I told her. "Well, if I starve, you two are responsible." Ellie said and I just shake my head as duck under a fallen tree branch then went around the dam. But the road leading out is blocked by equipment.
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The Last of Us (Joel Miller x Female!Reader)
FanfictionIn September 2013, an outbreak of a mutant Cordyceps fungus ravages the United States, transforming its human hosts into aggressive creatures known as the Infected. 20 years later, Joel, his wife (y/n) and Tess are tasked to smuggle a teenage girl...