Alright before ANYONE reads this. I need to point out a few things.

This was originally supposed to be a one-shot drabble in my story "Enjoy the Little Things", but then I wanted to expand on them, but I didn't want to risk the story because of them. So this whole thing is like a spin-off from "Enjoy the Little Things" as its own separate drabble.

Also, I know its hard to accept original characters because most times people do it poorly or make it all about the original character in the end. So I'm going to try my best in keeping it still about Joel and Ellie but these two mixed in. Plus it's kind of hard to do story about this without having an original character.

These two are what you call people with "dumb luck". We've all these badasses who have survived, but what about the ones who are so naïve and are just lucky? That's who these two are. Sophia was born a year before the outbreak, making her like the last "innocent" I guess? In other words, she's not hardened by everything that's happening around her. While Alex was born during the outbreak, so he resembles more of Ellie in terms of how he acts.

I hope you enjoy this and try to keep an open mind. I hope I did the OC thing well. Tell me what you guys think :) Reviews are always helpful.

Ok sorry for all that I just needed to get that out there before you read it.

I own nothing from "The Last of Us." Just Sophia and Alex.

This town was different. Joel could easily tell just by looking at the place. It was quiet, almost peaceful. There wasn't a sign of Infected anywhere. As they walked away from the truck they had gotten back at Bill's, they searched for any kind of car that could, or should be lying in the street or the on sides of it at least. But there was nothing. Ellie mentioned the idea of bandits or something similar to that group they had encountered before getting here, but it didn't seem that way. The place didn't have any sort of barricade or defense trap. As they entered the city and some of the larger buildings started to tower over them the only thing they saw that looked like someone may be here was a white sheet strung up to look as flag with the letter "A" and "S" painted it in red.

"I sure hope that's paint." Ellie commented as she stared up at it.

"Let's just find some cars." Joel replied as he looked away from it; this place gave me a really bad feeling.

As they walked deeper into the town, they noticed that weren't any booby traps, or signs that read "get out" or "death for freedom". It looked almost clean, minus the dead bodies and old faded graffiti. No matter where they looked, there was not a car in sight, and if there was one it was too rusted and too planted by the growing foliage to use. Ellie's whistling was the only sounded that echoed through the alleyways of the buildings. Eventually Joel stopped in front of a building that read "Town Hall" in big letters. He wiggled on the handle but it was locked. Ellie immediately stopped whistling and looked straight at Joel.

"What the hell are you doing?!" she whispered loudly as if suddenly there were people nearby lurking in the shadows.

"I'm just gonna see if there is anythin' to find." He replied as he stuck his shiv into the lock and popped it popped it open, but destroying it in the process.

"If something pops out at you and I die of a heart attack, it's all on you." Ellie said nervously as poked her head from the side.

"I'll be fine. Just wait here."

"Fuck no I'm not waiting out here by myself." She quickly followed in behind him.

The inside was dark and dirty, just like every other building they've ever entered. Various papers were scattered on the floor along with the bodies of both infected and humans. Yet, all of them had something either covering their whole body or just their face. Ellie noticed this first as Joel searched the area. Something wasn't right here. That's when the sound of soft quiet dark clicks broke the silence. Ellie's eyes opened wide as she held her breath. Her heart was beating hard and fast as she slowly turned her head to the Clicker just inches away from her. Her eyes opened wide as her breath got caught in her throat. Joel was on the other side of the room, still looking through drawers in order to find something useful. Ellie tried to get Joel's attention by waving her flashlight around but it didn't make him look back. He was probably just thinking she was just being normal, since she looked through things very quickly and always wanted to illuminate everything around her. Knowing that Joel wasn't going to be much help, she threw her flashlight across the room, which made a loud clinking noise. She heard the Clicker turn its head and follow the source of the noise. Joel turned at the noise and saw the Clicker walking away from Ellie, who looked like she just shit her pants. Joel quickly moved behind the Clicker and stabbed it in the head and gently placing it down on the floor. He held up his hand to Ellie as he searched the rest of the area of hidden Clickers and Infected. When the coast was clear, Ellie let out her breath loudly and yelled out to the empty.

"What the fuck Joel?!"

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Joel asked as he looked her over.

"Aside from shitting my pants… totally fine." Ellie sighed as she grabbed her switchblade out of her pocket and held it tightly in hand.

Joel quickly led her out of the building and back into the sunlight. There was now Infected walking around outside. They ducked behind the solid gate as Joel reached for one of his guns. But then he remembered that he was out of ammo for almost every gun he had. Ellie looked above the top of the gate and then ducked her head.

"Hurry Joel." She whispered as she heard one of them slugging over to them.

He checked his pistol. There were only twelve rounds left. If he timed it right and only went after the ones that came after him or Ellie, they should be able to make it out here. He looked over to Ellie who had taken out her pistol as well.

"How many rounds you got?"

"Ten."

Damn it, that's still not enough, he thought to himself as he counted the increased number of Infected that were coming into the area. Where the hell were they all coming from? From the other side of town maybe? It didn't matter; they needed supplies so they couldn't just abandon this place. He gave Ellie a signal to move and they jumped out of their hiding spot and ran towards one of the buildings that looked like an old dancing hall. They just needed to get over there and figure out the rest from there. Ellie shot three rounds at three Infected that charged at her. She now had seven rounds. Joel shot two; he was now with ten. They were starting to come at full force from the sounds of gunshots. Ellie had shot the rest of her rounds from saving herself and Joel from close calls. Her gun was useless. He ran back to Ellie and stayed closer as he shot at the rest of the Infected. They all fell around them and just it was just enough to kill them all and use all of Joel's rounds.

"Alright, we should probably start searchin' for ammo before anythin' else got it?"

"Yeah yeah I got—Joel!" Ellie shouted.

There was a lone Infected that had charged at Joel, toppling him over in the process. He held him away with hand as he tried to fight him off. Ellie once again pulled out her switchblade and ran to Joel's aid. But she was too late.

He wasn't bitten, but saved. A loud gunshot came from the side of them and shot the Infected straight in the side of the head. It fell over instantly. Ellie stopped in her tracks as Joel shoved the rotting corpse off of him. He looked to Ellie who shook her head, by showing him the only able weapon she had was her switchblade. That's when they heard a cry of victory come from the same area the shot was fired. They turned to see a rifle propped up on a windowsill and a soft fist raise into the air. The mysterious savior lifted their head up to reveal that it was a girl with softly curled light brown hair and deep blue eyes. She poked her head out of the window and looked down to a boy who was sitting up against the wall. He, unlike his female companion, had jet black hair and green eyes that were darker than Ellie's. The girl giggled as she smiled confidently.

"How was that?"

The boy held up a plank of wood that had the number nine drawn in red paint.

"What the hell no way! That was such a ten and you know it!" She frowned.

"You would've gotten a nine if you didn't almost shoot that guy." The boy shrugged.

"Whatever dumbass I know that was a ten. He's still breathing and I shot that stupid thing right in the head. It was perfect." She threw a pebble at his head.

As these two were having their argument, Ellie helped Joel up from the ground as they looked to them. They weren't a threat; they seemed too erratic and stupid to be considered harmful. Ellie put away her blade as she watched the bicker over something that seemed off to her.

"What should we do?" She asked Joel quietly.

"Ask them if they have anything? They don't seem like they'll hurt us."

Joel cleared his throat loudly.

"Excuse me!"

The two stopped their fighting as they looked up at the same time over to Joel. The girl hopped over the windowsill and jogged over to them. She wore a solid dark pink t-shirt that had dirt and faded blood spots, dark blue jean shorts that had small holes on the sides, and hiking boots. She stopped a few feet away with a smile on her face.

"You're welcome for saving you. My name is Sophia and that lazy ass over there is my little brother Alex." She introduced them as if it was a proud thing to know them.

Alex waved once before dropping his hand back on his knees. He wore torn faded blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and converse. He seemed quiet as he pulled out his own pistol and looked it over, while his sister made all the introductions. Ellie looked over to him curiously.

"You want me to thank you? You almost blew my fuckin' head off!"

"But you're still alive yes?" Sophia countered.

This girl was going to get on Joel's nerves, he could just feel it. Ellie on the hand chuckled as she waved her hand.

"I'm Ellie."

"Well nice to meet ya Ellie," Sophia smiled widely, "at least someone has some decent manners." She shot a look to Joel just shook his head and folded his arms across his chest.

"Look, we just needed to find some supplies and we'll be on our way. Do ya have any or not?"

"Damn pushy. Yes we have some; plenty actually. You guys don't look so hot. Come with us and we'll give you anything you need. Alex! Get their bags will ya?" she called behind her as she motioned them to follow.

Alex rolled his eyes as he stood and offered to take their stuff. Ellie handed him hers but kept her pistol, while Joel just shot the kid a look and he turned away quickly and ran to catch up with his sister. Joel and Ellie walked behind them slowly.

"You trusted them so quickly," Ellie commented after awhile as they walked slower so they wouldn't hear, but they seemed too immersed in their own conversation, "Why? It's a bit unlike you."

"They are just a bunch of stupid kids who are naive and have too much dumb luck; might as well take advantage." He replied as he looked straight ahead.

The boy named Alex turned back to look at Ellie and smiled at her. She looked down quickly as she pulled out her switchblade and began messing with it. Joel raised an eyebrow at Ellie's sudden change behavior.

"Somethin' wrong?"

"Nope. Nothing." She replied quickly.

She felt weird. Maybe she was just hungry. Now all she was hoping for was to find some food. They followed them until they were walking in a neighborhood and stopped right in front of a two story house made of dark red bricks. Joel looked at Ellie who just shrugged. They didn't seem harmless right? What could go wrong just gathering supplies and staying for a night? If they knew what events were going to happen after tonight, they would've never agreed to stay for the night.