Apocalypse [Ellie Williams]

◜chapter thirty nine◞

They had been walking for a while, setting up shop for the nights and then walking the day away. They repeated that cycle everyday, scavenging whatever little remains they could in small store on the way. It was winter, they hadnt showered for a week since they last found a place with running water. Cassie had gone back to her usual self, so had Ellie.

They where still mourning but they understood that this was life, they where going to loose people. All three of them dressed in winter coats took shelter in an old couples cbain, Ellie and Cassie instructed to stay upstairs while Joel did the talking.

"he didnt hurt me by the way" The lady said, still unmoving from the chair she was sat in

"yeah i got eyes" The man replied, sitting down "you made him soup?"

"yeah, i did" and it was bloody brilliant soup too, Cassie and Ellie greddily ate while camping out upstairs "its cold out"

"im looking for my brother" Joel stated

"well i aint seen him"

"i havent told you what he looks like" The two conversed back and forth a bit before the woman told her husband that Joel had two girls with him

"can we come down" Ellie called, the two girls now standing up to peer over the balcony. They didnt, obviously, listen to Joel's 'no' and instead ran down the stairs. Both with their guns in their hands.

"what did i just say" Joel scolded the girls

"Joel, come on, theyre like a thousand" Ellie scoffed

"yeah i could outrun them" Cassie squinted her eyes as she looked over the couple

"who are these little psychos" the older man asked Joel who dismissed him and placed down the map "if youve got a map then why are ya lost?"

"mustve missed all the street signs in the enormous fucking forest" Ellie quipped back

"ho-ly" The man joked with his wife, Joel then interrogated the man, Cassie zoning them out and looking over the small cabin the couple called home. Home, it even felt like one which was rare in the apocalyptic world they were in. Small artifacts from their lives together littered on any empty space. Cozy and warm despite the snow surrounding it. Cassie craved a place she could call home.

"anywhere people used to be, you cant go there no more" Cassie caught the man saying as she zoned back into the conversation, taking a seat beside ellie on the small sofa

"so you havent heard the name tommy" Joel questioned

"nope" The man shook his head

"the fireflies? have you heard about them?" Cassie asked the man, crossing her arms

"we get those in the summer" The wife states

"not the bugs, the people" Ellie confirmed sarcastically