Hidden Truths|| The Last of Us fanific (Sequel)

Part 16

As she came to, Devyn opened her eyes carefully as she winced by the sight of the light. When her eyes adjusted, she lifted her head to look around the room, curtain draped over the walls, metal stands with tools sat at the side of the table she was laid on.

The moment she tried to move her hands, she heard clinking sounds of metal against the bars and her anxiety started to heighten. Her hands moved as well as her feet, and tear glazed over her eyes as she tried screaming to get someone or anyone's attention.

"Help!! Please somebody get me out of here!"

Sobs escaped her lips, "Joel!! Someone get me out of here!"

Her screams were silenced when she heard the door open and she had seen Taylor rush in.

"Oh my god, Devyn!" 

"Taylor! Get me out of here please! I don't know what happened!"

"O-okay okay, hold on let me find a key alright?" She stepped away and started acting like she was searching around the room.

"Where's Joel?" Devyn asked as she hiccuped from her tears.

"I don't know, I tried to look for him but I couldn't find him anywhere, shit where is this fucking key!?"

Devyn struggled more as she looked at Taylor, "Rowan.. did you get past Rowan?"

"Rowan? Did he put you here..?"

"He drugged me.. last night he came in, he gave me a drink and he fucking drugged me, a-and Joel he.."

It started to dawn on her, "Rowan said you had something for Joel do to.. did you see him at all last night?"

Taylor was quiet and she kept looking for the key, and the two girls heard the door open once again, Taylor whipped around and Devyn had her eyes locked on Rowan, Taylor quickly picked up her pace to look for the 'keys' and Rowan stood in front of Devyn.

"Well, good to know you're awake, and uh, I don't think you'll be finding those keys anytime soon Taylor, because.." He holds them up, "I have them."

Taylor stopped and turned around to look at the two, while Devyn looked at Taylor in confusion.

"Taylor..?"

She smirked and chuckled slightly, "Oops,"

Devyn's eyes widened in fear, "What..? T-Taylor, I thought-"

"I know I know, you thought I was good, you thought I was going to get you out of here right?"

"B-but.."

Rowan rolled his eyes and started getting wires and IVs ready, while Taylor helped him prepare everything while Devyn screamed and pleaded to be let go. Taylor growled and slapped her to shut her up, hearing Devyn wince in the process.

"Are you done?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Why.. why are you doing this?"

"Why would you think we're doing this to you? You killed so many people we cared about. Before you fucking left us you didn't even bother to tell us that you were immune!" Taylor shouted.

"What are you talking about!?"

Rowan stepped forward, "You don't remember what happened.. do you?"

Flashback...

20 years earlier, 5 months prior to meeting Joel.

The base in South Dakota, the night of the explosion, Devyn was having a conversation, or rather an argument with Taylor and Rowan.

"You're kidding? You're actually wanting to infiltrate the neighboring base to steal their shit? That's suicide Devyn!"

"Taylor, we are running low on our fucking supplies, either we run out and starve while tearing each other apart, or we go and do something about it."

"You know you could be less selfish for once, what about that base there? They're doing worse than us, we can't take their stuff! Let's just travel to the neighboring state and find something!"

Devyn shook her and Rowan tried to break them up, "Okay okay, let's just think about this, but Devyn, Taylor has a point. We can't do that to them, we helped them build what they have, we can't-"

Devyn whipped around, "In case you two haven't noticed, this is MY fucking crusade, I am doing everything I can to help MY people, who took you two in huh!? I gave you guys everything and this is how I get treated for trying to bring my base back to decent living?"

Taylor scoffed, "Your base, everything you built, you wouldn't have done shit if we didn't help you. It's YOU who needs to be fucking grateful for US."

"Taylor don't fucking test me, I brought you here, and I can take you the fuck out. You have no idea what I'm capable of."

Taylor stepped forward, inches from Devyn's face. 

"I dare you. Fucking try me."

"Guys, don't."

Devyn and Taylor stood in a stare off for a few seconds before Devyn pulled away, being the bigger person not to start anything. 

"I'm going. You two can stay behind."

Taylor tightened her fists as Devyn walked out on the two of them.

Spending the last forty-five minutes stealing whatever she could from the base, Devyn made it back to their weapons and med tent to put everything away.

She stood up, turned around to see Taylor standing there, looking down to see a gun in her hand.

"You'll regret following through you know." Devyn spoke.

"You're fucking stupid you know that? You may be our leader, but you're pretty terrible at it."

"And what? You think you can do better? Planning to kill me and make it look like I killed myself so you get credit?"

Taylor shrugged with a smirk, "Might as well, see the truth is Devyn, you think you rescued me and Rowan from that group of Fireflies? Well we were set up to be found, because the good word about you was that you were a pretty big jackpot for the organization."

"What? What the hell are you saying?"

"Word got around, of a female tourist that was seen breathing in an ungodly amount of spores, said you were worth big money if it was possible to make a cure from you."

Devyn reached around and pulled out her hand gun to shoot at Taylor's shoulder, hearing a scream erupt from her as she ran passed and bumped into Rowan, feeling his arms wrap around her.

Devyn started screaming, trying to set off for anyone to hear her, and several of her soldiers rushed out to try and help, but set of a wide trip wire, setting off a wide spread of bombs therefore causing an explosion, killing off the soldiers and spread to the tents and cabins in the area.

"NO!" Devyn screamed out.

Taylor stood up weakly and saw the fires spread, hearing screams of every person that was being affected, "No..no it wasn't supposed to spread!"

Rowan called out to her, "Taylor! We can't stay here! We need to go!"

"No! We have to get survivors!"

Devyn threw her head back to smack Rowan in the face, causing him to drop her as she stood up to run, she stood there for a moment, pointing her gun at the two of them contemplating whether to shoot or not.

Seeing Rowan struggling to get up, Taylor tried to rush after Devyn, but was shot down again by another bullet on her arm.

Devyn turned around, not saying another word to run, run as fast as she could to get away from them and the fire.

Flashback ends....

Devyn sat there with tears streaming down her cheeks, remembering everything that she had blocked out for years. 

"You.. you two caused the explosion.."