Ellie wakes up to a knock at her door, she crawls out of her bed and opens the door to see Jesse.
Ellie: Hey.
Jesse: Morning!
Ellie: Sorry, I totally overslept. Just give me a minute, and I'll get dressed.
Jesse: I heard you had quite a night after I left.
Ellie: I.. She kissed me. It was just Dina being Dina. She didn't mean anything by it.
Jesse: I was talking about your fight with Seth. Wait... you kissed Dina?
Ellie: Oh. I thought that's--
Jesse: We're broken up one week and you make a move on my girl?
Ellie: No... She was probably just trying to make you jealous. I didn't... I would never... Oh, fuck, this is awkward.
Jesse: I'm messing with you, man. I don't care. Get dressed.
Ellie: You're the worst.
She wants to close the door, but Jesse stops her.
Jesse: It's kind of fucked up you did that.
Ellie: (scoffs)
She closes the door. Jesse speaks from behind the door.
Jesse: Get your stuff together, we're already late!
Ellie: Hey, is Joel up?
Jesse: (behind the door) We got reports of infected out north. Maria sent him and Tommy out early to scout.
Ellie: That sucks.
Jesse: Yep. Can't imagine they got much sleep. Definitely not as much as you.
Ellie: Shut up. I was just about to get up.
Jesse: Mm-hmm.
Ellie: I was.
She goes out of the house.
Jesse: You got everything?
Ellie: Yes.
Jesse: Heads up, you're the talk of the town this morning.
Ellie: Ugh. What?
Jesse: Let me see if I got this right: you kissed Dina -
Ellie: She kissed me.
Jesse: Which triggered Seth to call you a... not-so-nice word...
Ellie: Yep.
Jesse: Then Joel decked him--
Ellie: More of a push.
Jesse: And then you got mad at Joel? That part confused me.
Ellie: It was a strange night. man.
Jesse: Sounds exciting. Maria wants a word with you.
Ellie: Where is she?
Jesse: The diner.
Ellie: Is this about Seth?
Jesse: No clue.
Ellie: Just tell her you never saw me.
Jesse: Nope.
Ellie: Where's your fucking loyalty?
Jesse: Excuse me?
Ellie: Hey, so... We're okay, right?
Jesse: You and me? Yeah, of course. Dina and I are done. I think.
Ellie: I know. I just didn't want you to think--
Jesse: Ellie, we're cool. Promise.
Ellie: Thanks.
Ellie and Jesse enter the diner.
Jesse: Want to grab some breakfast?
Ellie: No. Where's Maria?
Jesse: In the back.
A lot of people gathered at the diner. Ellie walks through the crowd
Maria: Ellie! There you are. C'mere. Seth's got something he wants to say to you
Ellie: I don't want to hear what that bigot has to say
Maria: Do it for me. Please.
Ellie: Fine.
Maria: Seth! Seth, C'mere.
Ellie: Fuck me.
Seth: Hey. Look, last night... I was drinking too much. I'm trying to say I'm sorry. Maria tells me that you and Dina are headed out. I, uh, made you some sandwiches.
Seth: They're steak.
Maria: Thank you, Seth.
Seth: Yeah. Well, uh... You be safe out there.
Ellie: Yup.
Seth goes to the back room.
Jesse: What you got there?
Ellie: Bigot sandwiches.
Jesse: Mm. Smells good.
Ellie: They're yours.
Jesse: You sure?
Ellie: It's fine.
Maria: Let me walk you out.
Jesse: Okay.
they leave the diner.
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Jesse: Yo, Dina, assignments!
Dina: Just gimme a minute!
Jesse: (to Ellie) Will you get your girlfriend to the stables please?
Ellie: Hey, Dina! Can I talk to you?
Dina: Hey, guys? I'm tapping out
Dina: Hey.
Ellie: Hey. Um, I just wanted to say sorry for running off last night.
Dina: Oh, that's-- it's okay. I totally get it. I just, I felt bad.
Ellie: Why?
Dina: 'Cause I started the whole thing. I just, I shouldn't have kissed you in front of all of those people and I--
Ellie: You were drunk. It's fine.
Dina: Well, still. I don't want you to think--
Ellie: No, I'm not reading into it or anything.
Dina: You know what I love about you? How you let me finish my sentences.
Ellie: All right... Well, we should get probably get going.
Dina: Yeah.
Ellie and Dina are leave
They go to the stables.
Man: Morning, girls.
Dina: Morning!
Ellie comes to the horse, which was prepared for her by a stable boy.
Ellie: Thanks.
Dina: All right.
They take the horses out of the stables.
Jesse: Ahh! Look who decided to join us.
Jesse brings two rifles.
Jesse: One for you. And one for you. (towards the gates) Open it up! You all know the drill. Run your routes. Mark your logbooks. Clear any infected you see, You run into anything you can't handle, you come back. Be smart about it. All right, get going'.
Ellie and Dean are saddling horses and leave the settlement. They ride towards the snow-covered mountains.
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The scene changes to ellie and dina smoking weed. ellie and dina are sharing stories about their scars while smoking. all of a sudden jesses calls out from upstairs.
Jesse: Anyone down there?
Dina: Jesse? Just stay there, okay?
Jesse: Are you okay? What's going on?
Dina: Will you wait, please?!
[Jesse approaches them.]
Dina: What-- Just turn around, what are you doing?
Jesse: (turns around) Are you kidding me... You're supposed to be on patrol.
Dina: There's a blizzard outside!
Jesse: Is that weed?
Dina: Why are you here?
Jesse: People are counting on you! You get that? What we do matters!
Dina: Well, then why aren't you at the fucking lookout?
Jesse: Because Tommy and Joel didn't show up!
Ellie: What do you mean?
Jesse: I waited for them for an hour. I was looking for their horses when I saw lights.
Dina: Maybe they just went back to town.
Ellie: Without being replaced? No way. How much of their region have you covered?
Jesse: Not much.
Ellie: Then we split up. Go at it from different sides. We can cover the whole thing in a few hours.
Jesse: I don't like you riding solo. We don't know what's out there.
Ellie: Exactly! What if they need help?
Jesse: Okay, I'll head west, Dina can take south, and you come from the east. But be smart about it, yeah?
Ellie: Yeah.
She eventually finds Abby's camp and sees the gate in front of which lies a pile of burnt corpses.
She leaves the horse and goes on foot.
Ellie: Come on. Please be okay. Joel! Tommy! You're okay, you're okay. There it is Joel! Tommy!
She enters the house.
(distant screams)
Ellie: Where is that coming from?
(cries of pain)
Ellie: Joel-- Shit.
It goes down from the top floor to the basement.
(groans)
Ellie: Fuck.
(cries of pain)
(coughing)
When she opens the basement door, she sees a woman beating Joel with an iron club, who is already barely breathing.
Ellie: No
Ellie lifts her double-barrel, but she is attacked by several people and takes away her weapons.
woman: Pin her down!
Ellie: Get off me! Get the fuck off me!
Man: Bitch.
The guy who was slashed in the face several times by Ellie kicks her in the stomach. Someone drags him away.
Ellie: You're gonna fucking die!
Man: What's going on?
Ellie: Let him go!
Woman: Who is that?
Msn: Why aren't you posted up outside?
Woman: We didn't think anyone was going to show up.
Man: The hell did you expect? We gotta get out of here before the whole town's on top of us. You're done.
Woman: You want what I want, right?
Man: End it. Now.
Ellie: Joel, get up. Joel, fucking get up. Please stop! Please don't do this... Joel, please get up!
[Woman cracks Joel's skull open.]
Ellie: Nooo! (sobs)
Man: Burn in hell, pendejo.
Ellie: I'll fucking kill you... No!
Man: (muffled voices)
Ellie: No... I'll fucking kill you.
Man: (muffled voices)
Ellie's ears start humming. She is filled with rage, despair, grief. Abby's group, meanwhile, is discussing something. eventually, the guy with the cutted face knocks Ellie out.
{30 Minutes Later}
ellie wakes up to dina shaking her to wake her up. Dina calls out to Jesse to alert him of her location. ellie looks at the motionless Joel and the scene cuts to black.