Not The Last Of Us

Chapter 47

Chapter 47- Who are they?

" Maria, there's another one." A man boomed.

" Don't shoot," Uncle Joel said as he walked over to us. " We didn't know the place was occupied. We were just trying to make our way through."

" Through to were?" Maria asked.

" They're alright." A familiar voice said.

" Wait," Maria said. " You know these people?"

" I know him," The man said as he opened the gate. " He's my goddamn brother."

I froze, while unknown to me, a tear dropped out of my right eye.

It dripped off before Dad could notice because he was hugging Uncle Joel.

" How you doin', baby brother?" Uncle Joel asked as he broke up the hug.

" Goddamn," Tommy said. " You got fuckn' old."

Maria was now a few feet away from Tommy.

" Easy," Uncle Joel told him. " The same thing is going to happen to you."

" This is Maria," Dad said as he put his arm around her shoulders, then he dropped his arm. " Be nice to her, she sorts runs things around here."

" Ma'am. Thank you for not blowing my head off."

" Would have been embarrassing," Maria said. " Considering your my brother-in-law."

" We all gotta get wangled up at some point," Tommy said, then his eyes switched to Ellie and me. " Who are they?"

My heart skipped a beat.

"I'm Ellie, and this is-" Ellie started.

" Quilla. Hey Dad."

Dad turned and looked at me.

I embraced him with a hug instantly.

" Quill, I-"I started.

"I forgive you," I said as I started crying in his arms.

" It's nice to finally meet you," Maria said.

" INFECTED!" A man yelled above us.

" Where?!" Maria asked.

I turned my head to see that they were a few yards away.

" RUNNERS!" I yelled as I grabbed my baseball bat from the left side of my backpack.

I swung at the one that was running towards Dad.

The blow instantly killed it.

There were ten Runners in all.

We took them down easily.

" Let's get inside before more show up." Dad said

We got inside and Dad shut the door behind us.