Hey fellow readers! This is the first story I've ever put out for anyone to really read. I usually keep my work to myself but my great friend that some or most of you know, Hakuna-fuckin-Matata (That's her pen name in this site), talked me into sharing my stuff here. Please give it a chance. I'd greatly appreciate it. I know how the site works since I help my friend out with her stories every now and then. I know she has a number of followers but if you aren't already following her, you should give her stories a read. They're pretty good. Enough about us though. This story is Glee centric, in the universe of The Last Of Us. I just recently played this game all in a week and fell in love with it, that I just had to make a story based on it. The story is mostly Quinn-centric, but there will also be Dani in this. Are two main characters in The Last Of Us were Joel and Ellie, so in Glee, that'll be Quinn and Dani. If you're wondering if the story will be exactly like the game, it sort of will, but I will do my best to twist a few things and add more into it so you guys don't think it'll be boring. If you haven't played the game, it's okay. I'll try to explain anything you're curious about. There will be Quinntana in this story but that won't happen until much later in the story. I hope you guys enjoy the first chapter!


THE LAST OF US

Chapter One

"Hey, what's up Sam? You do realize what time it is right?" A woman said through the phone as she parked her car. She looked at the car's clock and saw it was almost midnight. "Yeah, yeah, I know sis. I just wanted to let you know that Rick called me when you left work. He asked if you could cover his shift for tomorrow." Sam said. The woman sighed as she ran a hand through her blonde hair. She turned the car off and stepped out, smiling when she felt a small cool breeze. "Why don't you cover for him Sam? He called you." She said. She quietly opened the door to her house, frowning when she saw the TV in the living room on.

"Cause I have to go out of town, remember? Come on Quinn! Just cover for him." Sam said. Quinn groaned as she put her bag and keys on the counter. She couldn't help but chuckle when she heard her brother thank her. "Yeah, whatever! Just know that you so owe me." Quinn said before hanging up. She walked into the living room and shook her head when she saw her thirteen year old daughter asleep on the couch. "I'm so sorry sweetie…" She mumbled as she went to lift her daughter up, but stopped when hazel green eyes met soft hazel ones. "You're supposed to be in bed right now. It's late" Quinn said strictly, but a smile on her face. The blonde girl only giggled as she quickly sat up so her mother could sit down. "What time is it?" The girl asked, looking up so she could check the clock up on the wall.

When she saw that it was still eleven, the young girl grinned at her mother. "It's still today!" She exclaimed before reaching over the desk next to the couch. Quinn quirked an eyebrow when her daughter pulled out a small box and handed it to her. "What's this?" She asked as she took the box from the girl. Seeing that he daughter wasn't going to answer her question, Quinn playfully rolled her eyes and opened the box. She gasped when she saw a beautiful Fendi diamond and ceramic round watch inside the box. "Where on earth did you get this sweetie? Where'd you get the money for it?" Quinn asked as she looked at the watch in awe.

The little girl smiled at her mother's reaction and lied back down, resting her feet on Quinn's lap. "I sell drugs mom. Didn't you know that? I sell hardcore drugs." She said with a small chuckle. Quinn shook her head at her daughter's response but smiled as she put the watch on her wrist. She looked at it again and frowned. "Uhm, Beth, sweetie? It's beautiful and all but I think it's stuck. Look, see?" Quinn said. Beth jumped up to her knees and leaned over Quinn's arm to look at the watch. "What?! No way! It was working when I bought it!" She exclaimed. She groaned when she heard her mother burst into laughter and saw that the clock was really working. "Oh my god! You suck mom! You scared me!" She exclaimed.

Quinn only chuckled when Beth pouted at her. "Aw, you know I'm just teasing you baby girl." She said, pulling her close to kiss her forehead. "You should be getting to sleep though. Come on, let's get you to bed." Quinn said when Beth yawned and rubbed her eyes. Too tired to argue, Beth nodded and stood up, holding her mother's hand as she was led to her room. Quinn helped Beth to bed and tucked her in. She smiled when Beth reached for her plush puppy and cuddled with it. "Goodnight sweetie." Quinn whispered, kissing her head one more time before turning the light off and closing her door.

Quinn let out a tired yawn herself and headed towards her room. She was about to change into her pajamas, when she heard a loud crash coming from outside. "What the hell?" She questioned. She walked over to her window and glanced outside to see fire and smoke a few streets away from them, followed by speeding cars down the road. Her phone began to ring and she glanced at it. She furrowed her eyebrows when she saw the caller ID read her brother's name. "Sam? Is everything okay?" She asked. "Quinn, I'll explain everything later. I'm coming over though. Don't let anyone in." Sam said before ending the call. Confused and a bit worried, Quinn decided to check the TV to see if there was anything going on. A newswoman was in front of a burning building, shouting out what was going on as people ran in the background. She jumped up from the bed when she heard a loud bang coming from downstairs.

She stood up and stopped at her door, waiting to see if she heard anything. She jumped again, startled, when she heard more banging, followed by some yelling. She reached for the bat behind the door when she recognized it as her neighbors yelling and rushed downstairs. "I'll be just out!" She yelled. She opened the door to see a distressed red haired woman out on her front doorstep. "Ms. Pillsbury? What's wrong? Is everything okay?" She asked.

Ms. Pillsbury shook her head as she broke into tears. "It's Will. Something's wrong with him." She cried. Quinn furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. She followed after the older woman when she ran back towards her house. Quinn grew more confused when Ms. Pillsbury carefully opened the front door. Why would she be so scared to go inside her own home? Quinn decided to stay quiet as the older woman called out for her husband. She gripped the bat tighter when she heard a low groan. "Will, honey, Quinn is with me." Emma said softly.

Quinn nodded when Emma looked at her questioningly. The blonde woman took a few steps toward the living room. "Uhm… Mr. Shue? I just want to talk to you." She said, stopping when she saw Mr. Shue huddled by the fire place. She slowly approached the man but stopped again when she noticed a small trail of blood going to Mr. Shue. "What the fu… Mr. Shue?" Quinn tried again, this time reaching for his shoulder to turn him around. She wasn't expecting for him to let out an inhuman screech and jump at her. She let out a small shriek as she fell back. She put the bat up when she saw Mr. Shue try to reach to her. She pushed against it when he tried to push past it, but was struggling with the man's weight.

Ms. Pillsbury jumped in to help Quinn pull Mr. Shue away from her. "Will! What's wrong with you!" Emma exclaimed once they pushed him away. She quickly helped Quinn up and looked her over. "Are you okay Quinn? I don't know what's wrong with him. He came today from work saying he wasn't feeling well." Ms. Pillsbury exclaimed. Quinn let out a shaky breath and looked at Mr. Shue. It wasn't until she actually took a second look at him that she noticed that he wasn't the man she knew him as. "Emma… we need to go back to my house." Quinn said, backing up.

The other woman only cried as she shook her head and looked at Quinn in disbelief. "How could you say that?! He needs help! We need to get hi-"She was interrupted by another inhuman growl and a pair of teeth sink into her neck. Quinn watched in complete horror as Mr. Shue practically ate a chunk of his wife's neck.

"Shit!" She exclaimed. Realizing that Ms. Pillsbury was long gone, Quinn didn't waste another second and quickly ran out of the house. She looked around in shock when she saw people running from others covered in blood. She was heading towards her front door but had to stop when she saw a body on her front lawn. She decided to go through the back door, hoping that no one would be there. She sighed in relief when she saw that it was empty. Quinn looked around one final time to make sure no one was following her before she unlocked the sliding door and went inside, where she saw a worried and confused Beth in her home office.

"Mom? What's going on? What were you doing outside? Uncle Sam called." Beth asked as she rubbed her eyes. Quinn frantically ran to her desk and opened the second drawer. She rummaged through it until she found what she was looking for. "Mom?" She heard Beth ask again.

"There's something wrong with Mr. Shue. He's sick or something." She said, not wanting to say what she had just witnessed. She looked up when she saw movement to her right and saw Beth walking over to the door. "Beth, sweetie, get away from the door!" She yelled just as she grabbed her emergency gun. Beth jumped back and looked at her mother in fright. "Your uncle Sam is on his way right now. Something bad is going on. Did anyone try to come in?" Quinn asked. Quinn turned around when she heard glass break and saw Mr. Shue had broken into her house. Apparently he had seen her come in this way. She grabbed Beth and pulled her behind. "Stay behind me Beth! Mr. Shue! Stay back!" She yelled. Mr. Shue only growled at her as he stood up, not even bothering with the shards of glass pierced through his body.

Quinn took a few steps back when she saw that the man wasn't going to stay put and aimed her gun at him. "I don't want to do this Mr. Shue… I warned you!" She said. She pulled the trigger when he lunged at her and shot him right between the eyes. Beth let out a scared shout and saw Mr. Shue's body.

"You killed him…" Beth mumbled. Quinn mentally sighed at her daughter but didn't say anything. Instead, she just pushed her out of the room and to the kitchen. "There's something going on Beth. We need to get out of here now." She said sternly. She looked up when headlights went through the window and sighed in relief. "That's your uncle Sam. We need to go." She said, rushing her daughter out of the house.

She glared at Sam when her younger brother stepped out of the car. "Where the hell were you?! I've been calling you! Do you have any idea what's going on?!" Sam exclaimed. He stopped when he saw the blood on his sister's shirt."Holy shit… you got blood on you." He commented.

Quinn rolled her eyes at him while she helped Beth in the car. "I got an idea of what's going on… and it's not my blood." She said. "Now let's get the hell out of here." She said. Sam only hummed in response and got back into the driver's seat. Sam quickly reversed the car out of the driveway and drove down the road. Fewer cars were around but there were still a few people running out on the streets.

"Whose blood is it?" Sam asked as he drove on. Quinn only sighed and pressed her forehead against the cool glass of the window. "Mr. Shue. I had to shoot him." She said. "What do you know about this?" She asked. She glanced at her brother when he cleared his throat and waited for him to respond. "Only those who live in the city are infected." He said.

Beth sat up and looked at her mother. "Mr. Shue worked in the city." She commented. Quinn nodded and hummed in response. She was glad now that she lived outskirts of the city with her daughter. They could've ended up dead already or worse: like Mr. Shue. "I saw this house burn down while a family was still wrangled up in there-""Sam." Quinn cut him off sternly. She motioned to Beth in the back and glared at her brother until he apologized. They drove on the road in quiet, not really having words for what was going on because they themselves didn't know what exactly was going on. All they knew is that they had to get away from the town.

Quinn felt herself dozing off when she felt the car come to a stop and Sam muttered a curse. "What's wrong? Why'd you stop?" She asked, sitting up. Sam sighed and pointed up ahead. Quinn then saw the large amount of traffic that went on for a couple of miles. It looked like they weren't the only ones with the same idea. She sighed and glanced to the back, giving Beth a small comforting smile when she saw that she was still up. "What now?" Sam asked Quinn. Quinn looked around, thinking what they should do since she didn't really want to stay stuck in this traffic. She saw a dirt road to her right and was about to tell Sam to head there when a growl was heard, followed by a shout. The three looked as a man got out of his car to check it out, but was tackled by one of the infected people.

"Sam! Get us out of here!" She yelled when she saw more of the infected people coming towards those who were out of their cars. Sam shifted the car into gear and drove out of the street. "Follow the dirt road Sam! That should get us anywhere but here!" Quinn yelled when she saw one of the infected run towards their car. Sam only nodded as he did as his older sister said. They drove through the dirt road for a while until they reached a nearby town.

Both Sam and Quinn looked at the scene in front of them in complete shock. It looked like people were starting a riot. Stores were being broken into. Cars were crashed. There were a few fires here and there. What got them worried the most were the infected people attacking everyone. Sam carefully drove on, trying not to hit any one when he saw a group of infected people coming at them. "Shit…" He muttered before reversing and trying another street, only to come to a halt when a bus was blocking most of the street. "Sam, get us out of here." Quinn warned. Sam slowly drove, afraid he would run someone over. "Sam, get us out now!" Quinn yelled again when she saw more people running afraid.

"I can't! I might run someone over!" He exclaimed. Quinn felt herself losing her patience. "Then go back!" She yelled. Sam sighed as he kept driving slowly. "I can't! They're behind me too!" He yelled. Quinn looked at Beth and saw her worried look. "We're gonna be fine sweetie." She said. She shared an uncertain look with Sam before looking ahead. Sam had a small opening he could drive through when everyone outside cleared out of the corner. "There! Go now Sam." She said. Sam did as Quinn directed and rushed through before any more people got in the way.

None of them were expecting a truck to speed through the intersection, much less hit them. "Beth, hold on!" Quinn yelled when she saw that the crash would be hard. The last thing she heard was Sam's and Beth's yells before blacking out.

Quinn groaned as she came around. She was a bit disoriented when she realized she was upside down, but remembered right away what had just happened. She wiped her face and looked out of the windshield as best as she could. "Oh my god…" She mumbled when she saw an infected eating away at someone else in another car. She looked back when she heard another groan and saw Beth trying to sit up. "Beth, sweetie, stay down." She said softly. She unhooked her seatbelt and situated herself in a way that she could kick the windshield off. She kicked at the windshield a couple of times before she finally broke it off, and crawled out. Sam was crawling out through his door window. "Beth, come on out." She said, kneeling down as she helped Beth out.

Beth cried out in pain when she tried to stand up, but her leg gave out. "What's wrong sweetie?" Quinn asked worriedly. "My leg… it hurts." Beth cried. She tried to stand on her own again but the pain was too much and so she leaned on her mother again. Quinn groaned as she saw her daughter. This wasn't the best situation they were in. She looked up when she saw Sam run around the car to them. "We need to run now." He said, his eyes wide in fear. Remembering she still had her gun, she pulled it out from her back and handed it to Sam. "Whatever you do, you keep us safe Sam." She said seriously. Sam nodded as he took the gun and ran ahead of them to make sure the path was clear for them to go. She quickly lifted her daughter up and followed after Sam as fast as she could. She would've asked Sam to carry her but judging on those who were infected, she didn't have a chance at fighting them. She trusted Sam more with the fighting.

They ran down the crowded streets, avoiding infected and having to turn in different streets because of obstacles that would stop them. Sam would look back every now and then to make sure Quinn was close behind and okay. Quinn felt herself getting tired as they kept running, but she pushed herself to keep going. It was a bit hard for her to keep up with Sam because she had Beth and there were people bumping into her, but she pushed past them and did what she could to keep up. Sam stopped when a car exploded down the street they were running on and saw everyone run back from there. He looked around, looking for another route to take, when he saw the alleyway. "Quinn! Let's take the alley!" He said, opening the gate for her. She ran in and looked back as Sam closed it and threw a couple of trash cans by it, in hopes to slow anyone down if they were followed. She ran ahead when Sam told her to keep going, but she wasn't expecting to be met up with an infected at the turn. Beth let out a shriek when the infected jumped at them and tried to push it away. Not letting Beth down, Quinn did her best to keep the infected from biting at them by keeping him away with one arm. "Sam!" She yelled when she felt her arm giving up.

Sam soon came and punched the infected off of his sister and niece and kicked it to the ground before shooting it on the head. "Come on, this way! They're catching up!" He yelled, running through the alley. He thanked god when he saw a door open and led Quinn in. "Come on!" He shouted, trying to close it just as she got in. Quinn looked around and saw that it was a bar they were in. She looked at Sam worriedly when she saw that he couldn't get the door to close since the infected were pushing against it as well. "Quinn, you have to keep going. You have Beth with you. I can outrun these bastards! I'll catch up! I promise!" He said, struggling to keep it open. Quinn was going to shake her head in disagreement but when she saw that Sam wasn't going to keep the door closed for long, she hesitantly agreed and ran out through the front door.

"We can't leave Uncle Sam behind mom!" Beth cried. Quinn felt herself tear up slightly at the thought of losing her brother but she shook her head. "He'll be fine sweetie. He'll catch up." She muttered out. She let out a small shriek when she saw an infected eating an open body but didn't stop. She ran past it and down the hill ahead, hoping that it wouldn't follow her. "Mom, there's two following us!" Beth informed. Quinn groaned when she heard growls behind her and pushed her legs to run faster. She felt her legs wanted to give out already after so much running, but she kept going. She ran up another hill when she saw a paved street up ahead. She could hear the infected catching up to her but she didn't let out. She kept running up the hill, until she heard a few gun shots go off. She covered Beth when her daughter shrieked out in fear and looked back. Someone had shot the infected down and saved them.

After she made sure her daughter was okay, Quinn looked ahead of her and saw a soldier. "My daughter's hurt sir! I think she broke her le-" "Don't move!" The soldier interrupted. Quinn stopped walking when she saw the soldier was aiming his gun at them. She held Beth tighter and looked at the man uncertainly. "We're not sick." She said.

The soldier ignored her and spoke into his earpiece. "Sir, I got a couple of civilians down here. What should I do?" He asked. Quinn stayed put as she waited for the man to speak to them. "But sir, there's a little girl. She has a broken leg. I, I understand." He said with a sigh. Quinn looked at him nervously when he didn't say anything.

"Mom?" Beth asked in a scared tone. Quinn's eyes widened when the soldier lifted his gun and aimed it at them. She turned when the man began to shoot and tried to run away, but cried out when she felt a sharp sting in her shoulder, causing her to drop Beth, and both roll down the hill. Quinn groaned in pain and clutched at her shoulder when she stopped rolling. She tried to crawl backwards when she saw the soldier run down to her and aim his gun again. She closed her eyes, not wanting to see when he killed her. She flinched when she heard a gunshot go off but when she opened her eyes, she saw the soldier dead on the floor.

"I told you I'd be okay." Sam said, stepping out of a bush. He helped his sister up and looked at her shoulder. "You okay?" He asked. Quinn grunted but nodded. She turned around when she heard a gasp and saw Beth lying on the ground. "Beth!" She cried out, running over to her daughter. She ignored the pain on her shoulder when she saw her daughter bleeding. "No, no, no, no!" She cried when she saw where her daughter was shot. Beth was crying as she held on to her stomach. "Holy fuck…" Quinn heard Sam whisper.

Quinn felt herself tear up as she kneeled down and pressed her hands against Beth's wound. "It-it… h-hurt-s mom…" Beth cried. Quinn let a choked sob out as she tried to keep pressure on her daughter. "I know sweetie… I know. You're going to be okay. We'll get you some help." She said, her voice cracking after every word she spoke. Beth reached for her mother's hand and clutched at it. "I'm going to lift you up okay? We'll get you to a hospital. You'll be fine." Quinn said, not caring if she was crying anymore. She moved to lift her daughter up but stopped when she felt Beth's hand let hers go.

She looked up to her daughter's face and saw that she wasn't moving anymore. "Beth? Baby?" Quinn cried. "Wake up Beth… wake up baby girl. Please… wake up for me…" Quinn began to cry. She looked up at Sam with tears in her eyes. "We need to go Quinn… You know we can't stay here." He said softly. Quinn finally let herself cry when she felt her brother pull her up on her feet. She didn't want to leave. She would rather let those infected people get her now, but that wasn't going to happen. Sam had begun to drag her away from there, despite how much she fought. She cried and yelled as she saw her daughter's body grow smaller while Sam dragged them away to safety.


I hope you guys liked this chapter. This was just the prologue to the story. Hahaha. In the next chapter, we get to the actual story since this was actually just the past, which is why it was in italics. I know that in the game, there is a twenty year time jump, but for this story, I will make it a fifteen year jump. I hope you guys liked this and will follow the story and leave reviews. I can take critics. Hahaha.