The Last of Us

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A/N: What if Tess never died. What if she helped Joel get Ellie to the fireflies. What if Tess also grew to care about Ellie as more than just cargo

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"Where was this lab of theirs?"

"Tess what are you doing?"

"Uh I don't know she just said that it was somewhere up west."

"Joel. I know what you're going to say. But I don't want to go back and live that shitty life anymore. I want to do something that matters and this right here matters. She matters. I'm doing this. With or with out you." Tess looked back at the slightly older man. She hoped that he'd agree. That he wouldn't leave her to do this by herself. Cause she knows that to get this little girl half across the country she'd need him.

"You're outa of your goddamn mind." She felt her shoulders dropping, "But I ain't gonna let you do this by yourself. We should head out before those idiots show up." Tess smiled, sighing in relief.

"Come on kid. We got a long road ahead of us."

*

Finding Bill was little hard especially when Joel was pulled from under his feet. Tess and Joel covered Ellie as she cut the rope. And when Bill did show up and took them to safety. Tess snorted when Ellie hit him with the pipe. Even more when she kept on joking Ellie and Tess were getting along just fine. While Joel and Ellie still had there rough patches.

But everything was going just fine. Better then fine. Bill helped. They got a truck they were on there way now.

"You sure you don't want me to dri-Oh man!" The two adults jumped a bit.

"Hey what happened to sleepin." Ellie stood sat up form where she laid and pointed at the comic she was holding.

"I know it doesn't look like it but this here is not a bad read. Only one problem. Right here. To be continued. I hate cliffhangers." Tess looked back and chuckled. Knowing full well that Ellie got that from Bill's. She saw Ellie taking that and few other things but kept quite. She's a sneaky little shit. She'll give her that. And a bit funny.

"What else you take?" Tess asked and Ellie wiggled excitedly as she dug into her bag. "This will make you both nostalgic." Tess let out a laugh and put in the tape. Joel also let out a small chuckle.

"Oh! I'm sure you friend will be missing this tonight."

"Mhmm sure."

Tess was too busy looking at the comic and Joel was obviously driving.

"It's a bit light on the reading but it's got some interesting pictures." The adults in the vehicle shared a look and both looked back at the kid. Eyes widening at what she held.

"Hey now Ellie that ain't for kids." As Tess reached back to get it Ellie leaped to the other side.

"Hold your horses I wanna see what all the fuss is abo-wow look at that. How can someone even walk around with that thing." Tess continued to reach for the magazine.

"Oh why are these stuck together." The older woman finally got the magazine and went back to her seat. Laughing as she looked at the picture and looked back at Ellie as she still tried to look over her shoulder.

"Well damn. He's got a big-Tess!" Letting out an even louder laugh she rolled down the window and threw the magazine out of the window.

"We can't have Joel here keep the magazine can we Ellie."

"Tess!"

*

The journey was hard. Tough. Meeting Henry and Sam was nice. They were..something. That was until Henry left them to be killed. When Tess and Joel saw him again. They both decked him in face. As much as she hated the guy, she in a way understood. So when it came down to leaving there bodies behind it was hard. Especially for Ellie. They couldn't bury them. Where would they burry them? So they used the sheets in the room and covered both of their bodies leaving them in room with the door shut.

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