"You said we'd be partners. Do you trust me with your life or do you trust yourself with killing me?" "Bullshit." I lowered my voice and looked into his eyes,"Just because you seem ruthless doesn't mean you don't have a soft spot." "And how the hell would you know that?" He scoffed, not bothering to even look at me. "I just do..." __________________________________ It all started in 2013, a virus spread throughout the world, causing signs of violence and extremely erotic behavior, along with cannibalism causing everyone to lose their minds to feast on human skin. Meeting Joel was the best and worst thing in my life, seeing Joel everyday made my heart ache to see him, it wasn't healthy for me, I was hopelessly devoted amidst the many Runners, Stalkers, Clickers and Bloaters, but the worst creatures of all, are Hunters... I was one of them, but now, I want to live a life of freedom, but meeting Ellie, this little green-eyed and red haired girl, I didn't know how much she'd mean to me...

In 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, Ellie, who is somehow immune to the infection.