Third Person POV
It's been months since that day. Everything has been normal. Ella and Skyler both believe they will live a normal life. They believe nothing bad will happen to either of them. They believe they will last forever. That is until one fateful day. It was a normal day. Ella and Skyler were out getting lunch. Both of them sick of cooking. And they didn't want to go shopping for groceries. So instead they went out to eat at a small local cafe. It was a cute peaceful cafe. It was very calming. And both girls let their guards down.
But that was a very bad mistake. But neither of them realized that till it was too late. Neither of them brought any of their weapons. That would be a fatal mistake. The two girls had enemies. But none of them would kill anyone. Or that is what the two girls though. Ella had crossed one to many powerful, evil men. Men that would like to get revenge. And that is what would happen on that seemingly peaceful day. It was beautiful, the bird was chirping. There was a slight breeze. And music could be heard playing in the distance.
But in one second that was all over. The birds stopped chirping. Ella couldn't hear the music anymore. All she could hear was people screaming. Was she screaming? She couldn't tell anymore. Ella just feels frozen as she watches the love of her life get shot. Ella watches as her loves life drains from her eyes. Ella couldn't move. Not even when the cops showed up for questioning. It took Ella two weeks to come to terms with her girlfriend's death. And when she did. She wanted revenge. For the next three months Ella spent everyday, every hour, every minute, every second trying to track down who ever killed her love.
And when she did find them.... It didn't end well for them. And lets just say. That was the first time of many more times Ella killed someone. But her first kill was always the hardest. She can still remember how he tried to reason with her. To this day Ella will have nightmares about it. SHe can hear and see the shot from her gun go off over and over again. With every shot from her gun she can see Skyler. How the life drained from her eyes. How she died in front of Ella. And she did nothing to stop it.
Ella walks up with a jump and a gasp. Her eyes darting all around the car she is in. Looking, searching for a danger. A danger that she knows is not there. Once she can convince her mind that she is safe Ella smacks her head on the door she is leaning on. She checks the time on her watch and decides it's time to go. She looks out a window and sees the sun just barely coming up and into the sky. Ella checks all the windows to make sure the coast is clear.
Once she confirms there are no zombies she grabs her bag and gets out of the car. She grabs a spray can. And on the car she spray paints her tag. She then gets a pint marker and sits it on the hood of the car. Making it so it will not fall over in the wind. "Be safe brother" Ella says as she begins to walk away. As she limps away she reaches up and feels her necklace. 'I'll be strong for you and Lucas.' Ella thinks with a small smile on her face. With that Ella finds a new determination in her body and mind.
A determination to keep living. To keep moving forward. To live. For Skyler, for Lucas, and for herself. Ella makes up her mind then and there. On the road to a town far away. She makes up her mind that if she ever finds Lucas, she will protect him with everything she has. She will protect him with her life. If there has to be a decision on who lives and who dies. Ella will choose Lucas to live. And herself to die. Bit until that day comes. Ella will fight with everything in her body.
It's been three days. Ella has gotten closer to her goal. But she still has a ways to go. The hurt ankle has slown her down more than she thought it would. On top of that Ella has been running into hoard after hoard of zombies. She has also ran into two different groups. Neither groups have been good. Both of them have been the type of people that would hurt others for fun. And that is what they have been doing since the downfall of the world. One of the groups actually decided to ditch normal food.
Instead they have turned to.... Cannibalism. Something Ella would never see. She stumbled upon their camp while they were cooking. Ella felt sick, she heard about it in movies and books. But she didn't think anyone would actually do it. It disgusts her, her faith in humanity. No matter how little faith she has. Her faith went down more. The cannibals gave Ella a choice. Either they kill and eat her... Or she joins them. Ella could never even imagine eating anyones flesh. So she told them that they could try to kill her But she won't be the one to die.
They didn't believe her. I mean who would? Ella is 5 foot fucking 2. Weights barely 100 pounds. And doesn't look intimidating in the slightest. To people that dont know her. She looks like a cockroach would beat her in a fight. But that is definitely not the case. Ella is 10X's stronger then she seems. And the cannibals realized that too late. Some of them was semi smart. And they ran away with close to no supplies. But the majority of them thought they could beat Ella. They couldn't, In the end thirteen people wound up dead. And Ella walked away. With a few more supplies and only a few bruises.
