The Last Of Us is the squeal to Moments to Remember. The story is also based on the game The Last Of Us, but some of it is also made up by AllWolfXFox and Bloody-Red-Scar.
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FlashBacks
The Last Of Us
Chapter 3
Jet followed Keiko around the corner to meet a large wall blocking their path, and the only way out was over it.
"Alright Dad. Boost me up." Keiko ordered. Jet walked over to the wall and stood there not letting her up. "What?" Keiko asked annoyed. Jet raised an eye and Keiko sighed. "Please?" Jet smirked and linked his hands together. With one foot in his hands, Keiko climbed over the wall and reached down to grab Jet's hand. After a little struggle of pulling up, Jet brushed himself off a little and walked on with Keiko beside him.
A few feet away was a large whole above their heads covered by wood as a cover. Jet pushed up, giving enough room for Keiko to climb through.
"Go on." Jet grunted at the weight, using both hands to push up. Keiko turned round and held the wood long enough for Jet to side roll through the gab and easy the wood back down over the hole.
Keiko started to walk out of the cafe shop that they emerged into, spacing distance between her and Jet.
"Be careful." Jet said. Keiko stopped and turned and rested a hand on her hip, giving a teasing look.
"When am I not?" Keiko questioned.
Jet scoffed. "Tha' a trick question?" Jet shot back. Keiko gave a wink and walked on. Jet stepped outside of the cafe that they were in and took in the sight around him.
Green life had taken over the land in such a wild free way. Cars were covered in roots and leaves that turned to odd angles. Some trees over the years had grown at a certain height and looked to be at its purest state. Builds near were covered in hedges and leaves that crawled the walls like skin.
"It's beautiful. Isn't it Dad?" Keiko asked walking to the building across from the cafe, trending through the long grass.
"Yeah..." Jet sighed. Somewhat happy, it reminded him so much of his old home in the tree tops.
"Shame? Isn't it?" Keiko said. Jet didn't need to know why Keiko said it like that. If it weren't for what was happening around them. Then yes, it would be completely beautiful. "Come on." Keiko called out.
They entered a rotting dark house. Hardly could see in it, even with the outside light that chased away some of the darkness inside, only a few feet away from the door. Keiko flicked on her chest light and so did Jet as they entered through the unstable house. Twisting and turning through the hallways.
"Hold it! Put the mask on!" Keiko called out in an alarming tone. No doubting her words he quickly lifted the mask and wrapped the head band part over his head and breathed through it. Where Keiko was standing, just around the corner was gas.
Gas spores.
Jet walked through the hallway first, the spores gas getting thicker as he went through.
"Where's it all coming from? It was clear last time." Jet stated, his voice hinting confusion.
"Don't know. It's got to be coming from somewhere. Keep a look out." Keiko warned following right behind her. There was whole in the wall at the end of the walkway. Jet bent and walked through the hole. Keiko fallowed after him. They entered into a large room and on the other side of the room in the corner was a dead walker.
"Oh god. That's is disgusting." Keiko twitched her nose.
"Tha' body is still not tha' old. Better keep ya' eyes and ears open." Jet said, looking around. Jet walked to the door. Following through, a large blockage was in the way from moving any further.
"We should be able ta' get through this." Jet grabbed the board, throwing it away. At the same time, the ceiling inched down.
"Oh. Shit. You okay?" Keiko asked. Jet nodded, dusting away the dirt from his jacked.
"Fuck. Tha' ceiling fallin' apart here. Be careful, this way." Jet said turning on his side through the gap, just getting through the gap. "Easy..." Jet pushed out.
*Cough* *Cough*
"Jesus!" Jet cursed. Keiko stepped out through the gap straight after. "Watch it. Watch it." Jet warned pulling Keiko behind him. Jet's chest light raise rested on a guy crushed by the large objects. He was coughing and still moving, and still alive.
"My mask broke." The guy said. "Don't... Don't leave me to turn. Please." The man begged through wheezed coughed. Jet's gazed at the man in pity and a little bit of sadness, raising a gun from the back of his trousers. He pointed it at the guys head.
*BANG!*
The man stopped moving and was limped under the rubble.
"Poor bastard." Keiko muttered behind the mask.
"Language." Jet scowled. Keiko shrugged and moved on. Jet took the lead through the gassed building. Jet ducked under a door frame that collapsed half way.
*CLATER*
"Shit." Jet whispered, crouching down low behind a wall followed by Keiko who crouched behind him. Jet saw a walker, or a half turning Walker standing its back to them. He walked to it slowly. In a flash the walker turned, trying to bit at Jet. Jet grabbed it and forced its head in a nearby spike. The Walker fell to the ground, dead. That got attention from all the rest of the group of Walkers in the building. Jet grabbed a gun, shooting one into the head. Keiko had got the other two Walkers.
"Tha's tha last of them." Jet nodded, opening the door.
"Let's hope tha' was really the last of them." Jet walked behind the corner, seeing a way out of the building. Keiko walked outside, pulling down her mask.
"Ahhh... Some fresh air. That's one thing I love about the outside. Fuck, I hate the smell of the city." Keiko complained. Jet sniggered at her use of language. He would have scolded her again but couldn't help but say.
"I'll get ya' some of those air fresheners." Jet smiled, trending through the water of a small lake and stepping up on the other side. Keiko scoffed and took lead, walking over to a building side.
"If they weren't expired, Dad. That would be a pretty good idea." Keiko said, pulling a wood covering with leaves and bark on it in the wall. Jet entered through last and closed it behind him. After a minuet they both came to a crowded area, filled with built up junky tents and a few people hanging on the sides as they walked through.
"Hay, Keiko. How ya doing baby?" Jet's ears picked up on that and growled. "I heard ya' got some merchandise and-"
"Not now. Tuck."
"No. No. No. No." Tuck said in a defensive tone. "I just thought-"
"Not. Now. Tuck." Keiko warned and walked past him. Jet gave one look over the guy and sneered walking off behind her.
"Who's he?" Jet asked.
"A friend." Keiko said short. Jet eyed her and moved on though the place. A guy near a fence keeping two barking dogs.
"Sorry man. These are all accounted for. Sold out less than a hour ago." The guy nodded at Jet as he passed through. "Try me next week." Jet nodded back even though he didn't even say anything to the guy. It was like that for a few minutes, either getting remarks at him or hearing things over as he walked past.
"Touch it. You buy it."
"Keiko, it's been a while. You don't visits us anymore."
"Who the hell is that?"
"None of ya' damm business." Jet ignored it all and walked through. Jet came to a broken down bus and used the back entrance. Keiko right behind him. Jet heard a fight going on the right side that was blocked off.
"Come on! Ya' cunt!"
"Get him man! Get him!" Jet walked on till someone stood in here's way. He wore a cap and a white jumper.
"Where do you think you're going?" The guy snarled.
"Malick, sit back down." Keiko said calmly.
"Oh, sorry Keiko. I didn't realise that you two where here together. Go ahead." The man said, sitting back down. Jet eyed him, glaring. Jet walked out of the bus. Keiko fallowed him suit.
"Who's tha'?" Jet asked Keiko.
"An old headache. Don't ask." Jet turned around, glaring.
"Keiko, maybe I'm more than thirty years old. But I still can hear what you two are talking about back there." Keiko sighed, rolling her eyes. Jet walked to a small gate where a man with a hood over his head was standing. Keiko walked to him.
"We are lookin' for Long Feng." Keiko said, giving the man money, hoping no one saw it. "He came through here?" Keiko asked. The man looked at the money, twitching his cigarette in his mouth.
"Half hour ago. He went back to the wharf. He's there now." The man said, grabbing the money. Keiko looked at him, walking through the gate. Jet walked behind her. To tell the truth. He didn't liked this place at all.
It was too quiet. It was all too easy. Jet could feel it. Oh, he was right.
"Here we go." Jet said. Three men, armed with a gun each stepped outside a building into a small court yard where Jet and Keiko stood.
"Let us through." Keiko ordered.
That's my girl. Jet thought. Smiling to himself.
"You guys need to turn around and head back if you know what's good for you." The front guy of the three said.
"Our beef isn't with you. We just want Long Feng. You don't want to do this." Keiko said as a warning. Slowly reaching for her gun.
"Turn the fuck around and leave now." The guy said again with a bit more bit.
"I'm not going anyway where without Long Feng." Keiko growled.
"Bitch. I will bash your skull unless you turn around and get your dumb ass out of here." The guy threatened, pointing the gun at them. A moment silence went by.
"Fuck this." Keiko said short out, raised her gun quick.
*BANG!*
"Take cover!" One of the two guys called out getting behind the boxes. Keiko got down behind a box while Jet got behind the other.
"Was tha' really necessary?" Jet cocked a smile at her. Loading his gun while crouched, safe behind a box.
"You would have done the same." Keiko shot back. Shots fired over their heads and Keiko looked over her box and quickly aimed to shoot three shots out. "Damm! Get an angle on them." Keiko said.
"Since when do I take orders from ya'?" Jet teased. Keiko glared at him. Shot's still firing. "Okay. Okay. Women." Jet hissed out. He crouched walked around the boxes to get an angle on them. Jet peaked behind the box corner and lifted his gun at the two guys head.
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
Both shots went into each head.
"Clear!" Jet called out. Walking over to them, collecting any bullets or weapons.
"Thanks." Keiko sighed walking over.
"Where do ya' think he got all these guys from?" Jet asked, standing up and walking into the building that the three guys came out if.
"If it's one thing that Long Feng is good at." Keiko scoffed. "It's writing blank checks."
"Remind me not ta' let him get away." Jet said. Keiko smirked at him and ran off followed by Jet close behind.
They ended up on a loading dock, the place crawling with Long Feng's guards. Jet crouched behind a containment unit and sneaked up on the guy in front. Wrapping his arm under the guys neck Jet pulled him down, cutting off his air. Then limp. One by one. They entered further in and killed each guard that came in their way. Reaching the main docking office. Keiko sprinted to the lobby office and kicked the door in.
"Must have run off in there." Keiko said. Jet nodded and kicked open the door, with a second to spare a bullet went right past Jet's head as he side stepped it.
"Get back! Get back!" Long Feng called.
"We just wanna talk." Keiko called out.
"There's nothing to talk about!" Long Feng yelled. Jet had a past with this guy. Almost killed him he did. Jet felt his long lost insanity creep back into him, feeling the need to gut the guy like a fish.
Long Feng stopped shooting, threw the gun away and made a run for it. Jet raced after him and kicked two doors down to keep running after him. He saw him turn. Long Feng was twenty feet ahead of him and stopped to bend some rocks at Jet when he crossed over earth, and started to run again.
Jet dogged to the side and drew out his hooked swords. Following through another building, Jet jumped through a smashed window and just had to laugh at Long Feng's attempted to push a metal gate that blocked his way out. Keiko came through the smashed window, huffing.
"Hello Long Feng." Keiko said. Long Fang turned sharply and bent a large rock at her. Keiko dogged and Jet threw his hooked sword at Long Feng which caught his knee.
"AHHH!" He screamed out falling to the floor. Jet smirked.
Revenge.
Jet and Keiko walked up to the fallen man. "W-wait! St-stop!" Long Feng pleaded. Keiko smirked and bent down to him.
"All right. I'll let you go. If you tell me what I want to know." Keiko said. Long Feng nodded. "Tell us were the guns are?" Keiko ordered. Long Feng shook his head from the pain in his leg.
"It- it's complicated." Long Feng stuttered out. Jet was losing his patients faster then Keiko was and kicked his foot out at Long Feng's arm. "AHH! GOD!" Jet didn't show any mercy and twisted Long Feng's arm behind his back. "Stop! Stop! Stop!" Long Fang grunted out.
"Quit your squirming." Keiko said lowly and crouched near his head. "You were saying?"
"I sold them." Keiko eyes rolled up as if she couldn't believe it.
"Excuses me?"
"I did not have much of a choice. I owed someone." Long Feng tried to explain.
"You owed us." Keiko pointed out. "I say you betted on the wrong side."
"I- I just need more time. Give me a week." Long Feng offered.
"You know. I've might have done that if you hadn't tried to fucking kill me." Keiko spat out annoyed. "Who has our guns?" There was a silence.
"I can't tell you." Not the answer they wanted to here. Jet pushed pressure on Long Feng's elbow and popped it out with force. "AH! Ah! AH!" *Hiss*" Keiko leaned in close.
"Who. Has. Our. Guns?" She sounded out more forcefully this time. Long Feng breathed through his nose and scrunched his face up in pain.
"It's the Fireflies. I owed the Fireflies." He breathed out.
"What?" Keiko breathed.
"Look. Th-they are mostly dead. S-so we c-can go in there and finish them off. Get the guns. What do you say?" Long Feng smiled. Trying to get out of the mess he made for himself. "Come! W-we can work this out?" He said as Jet and Keiko stood up, giving each other a quick glance.
"That is a stupid idea." Keiko said.
BANG!
Long Feng's head bled as the bullet went through his skull to the floor.
Jet sighed. "Well. Wha' now?"
"I don't know, maybe, will go there and explain it to them." Keiko randomly came up with, walking away from Jet, seeming in deep thought.
"Keiko." Jet growled.
"Well. I don't! You come up... With... Something..." Keiko said slowly. She turned her head and walked further down ally way and turned left.
"Keiko?" Jet called out, watching her go round the corner. "Ah Keiko! We don't have time for this." Jet said jogging after her around the corner. Jet's breath caught in his throat.
Jet's eyes set on an old ruin houses that were falling apart and rotting away. Jet walked on taking in everything around him. Jet spotted Keiko standing in front of a particular house. It only took him a few seconds to realise. Jet new it well. He walked up to her and stood at her side staring at the house; infested with leaves covering the whole house.
"It looks so different." Keiko awed sadly at the house. Jet heart ached at the sight of his once called home.
"... Yeah..." Jet whispered.
"HAHAHA! Come on Keiko!" Honora called out, running out of the house. Honora was three years old while Keiko was twelve. They had been chasing each other around the house and new moving out to the front.
"No fair! You had a head start!" Keiko called out running. Keiko giggled as Honora ran faster holding tightly to her doll. Then Honora suddenly fell over her own feet.
"AH!" Honora cried out falling face first into the ground and lose grip on her doll. "*Whimpers* Ow." Honora chocked, pulling her knee up against her chest, a large red burn appeared on her pale knee.
"Honora. You okay?" Keiko asked. Honora eyes got teary and shook her head.
"What happened?"
The two girls looked up at a man with a scar over his left eye; his expression kind and worried as he stared down at the two girls.
"Mommy." Honora whimpered.
"Aw what did you do?" Zuko cooed motherly. Honora sniffed and again shook her head.
"Hurts." Honora whispered.
"My poor baby." Zuko smiled and brought her into his chest. He rubbed the sore need gentle and gave it a kiss. "It will go away in a bit." Zuko said and Honora nodded, sniffling. Keiko smiled and picked up Honora's doll and gave it to her. All the while Jet was standing at the door watching the scene play out with a smile on his face.
Jet smiled, he always knew Zuko was a mommy sort of person; even when Zuko could kick his ass any day of the week.
Jet smiled sadly. Now everything was gone. His daughter. His life partner. Everything. Even his Freedom Fighters. They were all gone.
Jet walked slowly into the house, looking around. He remembered everything that happened here. Christmas, Birthdays. New Years. All of that was gone now. He remembered how Zuko told him on the day that he died he was pregnant again.
He could of had another child.
Jet smiled. It probably would have been a boy that time.
He walked into the living room. There was a photo of him and Zuko. Zuko was sitting behind him, hugging by his neck, holding sparklers in his hands; their first New Year together.
Keiko walked in her bedroom or hers and her sisters. She felt her foot trend on something and picked up a doll, the one that Honora was always carrying all over the house, always.
She smiled at it.
Keiko wondered where Honora was now. Over the nine years she hoped that maybe she was out there somewhere. Or maybe she was already gone. She then saw her boyfriends mobile, her eyes sank to the floor in sadness at the thought of her boyfriend, Takashi. She was planning on returning it to him the day same day as the Walkers had gotten into the city.
She opened it. Of course the mobile didn't work, but that didn't stop her hoping to at least see a few pictures of them together. She sighed, looking around the room a little more.
Jet had walked over to a bed and sat on it. He felt something under it and removed the covering. There was a small box, curiously, he opened it. It was a dead flower, but it was a dead type of blue. He remembered giving this to Zuko on the day he had injured his leg. He didn't Zuko would keep it.
Jet walked into the lounge and stared at the dusty room. The floor all dirty and covered in soil, but still had the round shaped red carpet laid out neatly on the floor; and that one chair that sat near the end corner of the room, untouched.
CRASH!
BANG!
RAW!
"AHH!" Two distinctive girl screams echoed in the house and ran to a man in a chair. Zuko startled by the two screams dropped his book in his lap and smiled at the two girls that leaped out to him on his lap.
"Girls what's gotten into you?" Zuko smirked at the two, Honora crawled to the left side of Zuko in his lap while Keiko took the right. "It's only thunder." Zuko whispered.
CRASH!
"Yip!" They both screeched and huddled into Zuko's chest and Zuko shushed and stroked their backs.
"Hush little baby don't say a word.
Mamas gonna buy you a mocking bird.
And if that mocking bird don't sing."
CRASH! They flinched, but didn't scream.
"Mamas gonna buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring turns brass.
Mamas gonna buy you a looking glass." Jet heard the singing and came in from the kitchen and watched as Zuko cooed the two children.
"And if that looking glass gets broke.
Mamas gonna buy you a Billy goat." The two girls stared up at Zuko and smiled as they both started to get less scared of the thunder over their heads. Zuko touched Honora's cheek.
"And if that Billy goat won't pull.
Mamas gonna buy you a cart and pull." Honora smiled as did Keiko.
"And if that cart and pull turn over." Zuko smiled at the two. The two started to sing along with him in a hushed voice.
"Mamas gonna buy you a dog named rover.
And if that dog named rover won't bark.
Mamas gonna buy you a horse and cart." The two girls quietened as Zuko finished with a gentle voice.
"And if that horse and cart fall down.
You'll still be the sweetest girls in town."
Zuko smiled bring both girl closer and kissing each on the head.
"Dad?" Jet shook out of a daze as Keiko stood right in front of him smiling sadly at him. She reached out a hand and whipped away a tear.
He was crying.
"I'm alright." Jet said, rubbing his eyes.
"Dad, don't think about it. You still got me." Jet smiled at her. It was true. She was the only thing that was let in his life. "Let's go outside." Jet said, his voice cracking a little. Jet opened walked through the door in the back, walking into the backyard. Keiko smiled a little. She and Honora spent most of their rime here all day when they were young.
Jet looked around the backyard. There was a swing that Sokka gave the girls on Christmas. He could just picture their smiles on their faces.
"Let's go dad." Keiko said, jumping over the fence. Jet was right behind her. "We're getting to the part of the forest, right?" Keiko asked.
"... Yeah."
A few feet ahead into the forest, a small clearing appeared. Five graves appeared in the clearness. Jet stared at them. Ursa, Toph, Bee, Longshot and Zuko. Ursa, died three years after the zombie bliss and losing Zuko and Honora. Ursa was shot during a gang up within the city walls.
Toph. Died three years ago, trying to escape the city. She was trying to see if there was anything out there in the world, but the result lead her to her own death and died from bloaters jumping on her from a high area. She died from all the bites and a gunshot that Sokka personally gave her. He remembered Toph breathing her last breath in Sokka arms. It was horrible.
Bee had died before any of the peacefully times could happen; before New Years, Christmas or anything.
Longshot had died before anything like this had happened. He died trying to save Bee in a cave and ended up getting bitten and infected.
He got in front of Zuko's grave and kneeled down. Smiling sadly at the grave cross.
Zuko
Here lies a beautiful husband
Caring mother with a strong heart
Loving Son
A wonderful friend.
And in graved at the bottom was a fire nation and earth nation symbol.
"Hay... Babe." Jet sadly smiled. "Sorry tha' I... hadn't visited for years... ya' know. Being attacked and all." Jet sniggered. "No... No." He frowned. "Tha' aint a good reason at all... I should have visited more. Even though ya' aint here... Damm. Ya' would so be tellin' me right now tha I'm such a cry baby and tha' I should pick up my swords and shit and move on, but... I told you tha' there wouldn't be anyone else, Zuko. I did say tha'..." Jet gulped. Keiko sniffed behind him and kneeled next to him.
"Ya know what dads like, Ma. He's just all big talk but he's all just sweet and emotional right now." Keiko smiled. She heard a mumbled 'Shut up' right next to her. "But. He misses you... I, miss you. And I'm sure Honora does to. Cause', I love you and Dad does to. And I'll make sure he stays on his feet. And make sure he visits. He's getting to be an old dog soon."
"I'm not an old dog!" Jet yelled. Keiko giggled and nudged his shoulder. "And Toph, Bee and Ursa. Hope ya keeping an eye on him for me." Jet said looking over the other three graves. "Hopefully, ya' keeping him back from me ta' be merciful on me, not letting my head get bashed in and my body disintegrated by my Babe." Jet said with a smile and Keiko barked out with laughter. Keiko placed her head on his shoulder and sighed. Jet smiled at her and wrapped an arm around her keeping her there. Keiko shuddered in his arms and broke out into a small wheezed cry.
"Hay. Shush." Jet comforted. Keiko buried her head in Jets chest and cried. Jet wrapped both arms around her and kissed the top of her head. "Hay. Hay. It's okay. Ya' old dog here will make sure nothing happened ta' ya'." Jet joked and felt Keiko let out a watery laugh. But Keiko didn't notice that tears were coming down Jet's cheeks.
About ten minutes later, the crying stopped and they finally were relaxed.
*Russell*
Jet turned sharply with a gun pointing at the bush. Then someone stepped out. The women with long black hair pined back into side buns and pale white skin, limped over with a gun at her side and a hand placed over her bleeding side.
"Mai?" Jet said.
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To Be Continued...
Next time -
"You ever smuggled a kid before?"
"No. Tha's a first."
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"Holy shit." Keiko breathed. "Is that your people?"
"What's left of them," Mai said tiredly.
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"How do you even know them?" Renna asked with a harsh tone.
"I was close with his lover, Zuko."
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"Okay, okay Pal. Take it easy." Jet said.
No. NO! Don't let this happen again!
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"Oh shit."