The Last of Us (Joel Miller x Female!Reader)

Everything Happens For A Reason

"Wake-y, wake-y. Come on." A man's voice said as the cell door opens and two men come in and grab both me and Ellie. "Let go!" Ellie screamed as both of us try to struggle out of the men's grip. "Stop!" I screamed as David comes over to Ellie and reaches out for her. She bites David's hand when he draws near, earning a knee in the stomach.

"Leave her alone!" I screamed as I try to run to Ellie but the third man hits me in the neck with the butt of his gun, knocking me to the ground. Then he pulls my arm behind my back then lifts me up as David and the other man lift her onto the slaughtering table.

"I warned you." David said as he raises his cleaver. "I'm infected! I'm infected!" Ellie screamed and David stops and stares at her. "Really?" He asked in disbelief. "Ellie, no!" I yelled at her. "...and so are you. Right there. Roll up my sleeve. Look at it!" Ellie exclaimed, frantically, to David. "I'll play along." David said as he stabs the cleaver in the table just a few inches away from Ellie's head.

He goes over to arm, rolls up the sleeve and sees the bite. "What'd you say? Everything happens for a reason, right?" Ellie asked him as David and his friends stare at it. "What the hell is that?" The man holding me asked, fearfully. "She would've turned by now. It can't be real." David said, trying to assure his men. "Looks pretty fucking real to me!" The second man, the one on the other side of the table, said.

Ellie quickly takes the cleaver and cuts into second man's neck, rolls off the table and towards the doorway. David fires a few rounds but misses. "Ellie, RUN!" I screamed as the man knees the back of my knee, knocking me down. "You think she can hide from me?" David asked me as he walks up to me. "No...this is my town. I will find her, easily." Then he looks up at his friend and said. "Deal with this one, I'll get the girl." And he walks out of the room and chases after Ellie.

The man grabs the back of the collar of my jacket and pulls me up to my feet. Then he throws me against the table and, quickly, I turn my head, kick my leg out and hit him in the stomach. The man doubles over and I punch him across the face, the man falls down on the ground and I raise my foot and stomp on this head. 

I take some deep breathes then started to search the man and found a gun and a machete. I grab them and make my way out of the building and into the blizzard. "Fuck, I can't see a damn thing." I muttered to myself as I make my way through the town as best as I could through the wind and the snow.

I jump through a window into a building, where I could have a clearer view around me. As I look around this building, I was suddenly grabbed me from behind. "Gotcha, bitch!" A voice growled in my ear just as another man comes up in front of me. I smacked the back of my head into the man's face then pulled out the machete and swung it into the man's shoulder. I pulled the machete out of his shoulder then slammed it on top of his head just as the second man grabs me and throws me down on the ground on my back.

I yelped in pain and the man gets on top of me and places his hand on my neck. "It's a shame...pretty woman like you, going to waste..." the man growled as he starts to choke me. I raise my fist up and punch him in face. He cries in pain as I go to punch him again but he removes his hands off of my throat and grabs both of my wrists and pins them down over my head.

I struggle under his grip but the guy was stronger as he holds down my hands. Then his free hand goes to my neck again and grips it, tightly. "This is for my friends, you bitch!" The man growls as I could feel myself starting to lose consciousness. That is until a gunshot sounds out and the man's grip loosens on me and he slumps forward on me. I push him off of me as I roll over on my front and cough and gasp for breath.

As I cough, I hear footsteps behind me. I quickly get up to my feet and was about to punch the oncoming threat but the person grabbed my wrist and said. "(Y/n), stop! It's me!" I gasped as I get a better look and see Joel standing before me as he holds on to my fist. "Joel..." I said with relief then I go and hug him. "You're alive..." I whispered as he hugs me back and holds me. "And I'm glad you're alive, too." He whispers to me as I pull back from the hug a bit and he leans in to kiss me.

I kiss him back for a few moments until I break the kiss then look up at Joel. "As much as I would love to continue this...We have to go." I said to him. "Where is she?" Joel asked me. "I don't know. We got separated as she ran off for her safety and I just escaped and went out to find her." I replied just as we heard more voices. Both of us duck down and listen.

"This is pointless. I can't see a thing."

"Just keep searching. If she comes through here, we gotta catch her."

"We should be guarding the shelter. We got an infected running around in the town and we're guarding the damn exit."

"Look. This kid is deadly and we don't know where she's gonna turn up. Just keep your eyes and ears open."

We walk up towards the doorway to see a couple of hunters in front of us. We look at each other and nod as we jump up and grabbed the men and strangle them. As we set their bodies down, we run through the wind and snow until we come upon a building and take refuge in there. Joel shuts the door and I look ahead of me and see shelves filled with bags and backpacks, including mine and Ellie's. 

"Oh thank God." I muttered as I run over to the shelf and grabbed our backpacks. "What is this? Why is yours and Ellie's stuff here?" Joel asked as I put on my backpack and grabbed Ellie's. I go over to the door at the side and sighed. "These men, Joel....they are much worse than anyone we've dealt with." I said and I go open the door and saw that I was in a meat locker, filled with human bodies hanging by some hooks.

"What do you....?" Joel started to ask until he walks up behind me and saw the bodies. "Oh, God." He said in a fearful whisper. "They capture people, chop them up and eat them." I explained and Joel looks at me in shock. "We've gotta find her, Joel. Before...." I stopped as Joel nods and we make our way out of the locker then go through the building and out to the front door.

Once we stepped out of the building and into the street, we see a building on fire. "Oh shit." Joel mutters in shock. "Ellie!" We whispered and both of us head towards the building.

*3rd Person POV*

Meanwhile, in the burning restaurant building, Ellie starts to come to as she looks up to see a machete under a table in front of her. She slowly crawls her way towards it until David came up and kicked her in the stomach. "I knew you had heart. Y'know, it's okay to give up. Ain't no shame in it." He said to her but she continues to crawl. "I guess not. Just not your style, is it?"

He kicks her again, then crawls on top of her, pinning her down. "You can try beggin'." He said to her. "Fuck you." She growls at him. David flips her on her back so that he could look into her eyes. "You think you know me? Huh? Well, let me tell you somethin'. You have no idea what I'm capable of." He said as he grabs her throat and she reaches out, grabs the machete and slashes him, then crawls on him to stab him more in the head.

She would've continued had it not been for someone grabbing her. "Ellie! Stop. Stop." A voice yelled at her as she felt a couple pair of hands grab her and pull her away from David. "No! Don't fucking touch me!" She yells as she struggles and fights. "Shhh. Shhh." Another voice said but she continues to fight. "No--" she mutters, frantically.
"It's okay. It's us, it's us. Look, look. It's just us." 

Ellie looks up to see that it was Joel and (y/n) that pulled her off of David and she looks up at them, tearfully. "He tried to--" she started to say but goes and embraces Joel. "Oh, baby girl." Joel whispers as he hugs her and (y/n) goes to hug them as well. "It's okay, it's okay, sweetheart." (Y/n) whispers to her as she runs her hand through Ellie's hair.

"Joel...(y/n)..." Ellie cries.

"It's okay now." (Y/n) whispers to her, assuredly. They pull back from the hug as Joel looks at his wife and Ellie and said. "I'm never going to leave you two alone again, do you two understand?"  You and Ellie nod at him and you and Joel stand up as Joel helps Ellie up to her feet and the trio run out of the building, leaving a dead David behind.