It Can't Be For Nothing | Ellie Williams X Male Reader

Chapter 2

Joel: They will, they'll have no other choice, cuz we won't ask them for permission.

I peeked out of cover but immediately pulled my head back as an arrow landed right before my face.

Joel: They're pretty damn accurate, too accurate.

Riley: What do we do now? We're surrounded.

Joel: Nah, not completely. There's a way that isn't guarded by them.

I explained as I pointed to a glade to the right of us.

Riley: Oh, I see that but how are we supposed to get there without getting annihilated by their fucking arrows, huh?

Joel: We'll have to risk it, it's a matter of a few minutes at a maximum before they'll close the gap and we're completely surrounded.

Riley: You're nuts, I won't run out onto this open field.

Joel: Do you want to see Ellie again, or not?

Riley: I do, obviously, but I won't be seeing her if I run out onto an open, active, battlefield.

Joel: At least you'll have a chance of making it through, just sitting here will guarantee your death.

Riley: Fuck! Look over there, walkers are closing in on us as well.

Joel: Another reason to get the hell away from here.

Riley: I won't fucking die in here!

She yelled as she shot at the walkers with her pistol.

Joel: Riley, we need to move, now!

A man in old fashioned Roman armor appeared behind the walkers and used his sword to cut them down and move towards us.

Riley: Holy fuck, shoot him!

We both opened fire at him, but he was too far away for us to shoot precisely.

Some of our bullets his his iron armor and bounced off.

Riley: He's coming closer and I'm out of ammo...shit!

Joel: We need to run now!

Riley: Then run!

Knowing that I won't be able to convince her, I ran out of cover and crossed the field as fast as I could while arrows landed all around me.

The armored man ran up to her and with a jump, rammed his sword into her chest which made her scream.

Her painful scream echoed through the forest and filled me with guilt.

The man then pulled his sword out of her chest and looked at me while dragging his bloody sword across his throat as a sign that he would kill me soon enough.

This was the day where I truly found out who the Legion was, a bunch of barbaric murderers stuck in the 4th century.

Present Time

Joel POV

Ellie: We have to get back there and avenge Riley.

She said, which snapped me out of my memory trip.

Joel: No!

I grabbed her by her shoulders and pulled her closer to me.

Joel: You will not get near this forest ever again, you got me?

Dina: Joel, she's an adult woman, she can do whatever she wants.

Joel: You!

I pointed my finger at her while slowly coming closer.

Joel: You've been turning her against me since you arrived here.

Dina: What are you on about?

Joel: You think I don't know? Talking her into doing stupid things or taking her on way too dangerous trips? Sneaking around the WLF territory, you think I didn't notice?

Dina: The WLF are not our enemies.

Tommy: Wouldn't be too sure about that.

Joel: They shoot strangers on sight, it doesn't matter if they see us as enemies or not, we're still strangers to them.

Dina: You're being paranoid and you're dragging Ellie down with you. She's young, she needs freedom.

Joel: Freedom? We're struggling to survive and you're babbling about freedom?

Dina: Not everyone is obsessed with thinking about survival like you do, Joel.

Tommy: Thinking about survival is the reason why we're still here.

Dina: I'm sure the three folks that we left in that forest would agree.

She stated sarcastically.

Tommy: We had no chance, if we would've stopped to try and save them, we would've suffered the same fate.

Joel: And besides, two of them were already dead, so there was nothing we could've done to help them.

Dina: Excuses as always. What are you gonna tell their wives and kids when we're back in Jackson?

Ellie: Dina, come on, now you're being unfair, it wasn't their fault.

Viktor: Guys can you save that for later? We need to keep moving.

Joel: He's right, we need to go, so let's finish this when we're back at home.