Hey guys! Music Dragon here, welcome to my new fanfiction! I'm very excited to start this story, this is my second fanfic, if you would like to read my first one please click on my bio! It's called Let Me Go, a RoWen fanfic that is still in the making. I hope you like this story, please don't forget to follow and review! I love the game Last of us, so I thought it would be cool. Also huge shout out to my friends who inspire me to write, and also GraePearl who inspired me to write this story! So with out further adieu, lets get into the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Last of Us or their characters, sadly T_T
Lucy P.O.V
I crashed down on our comfy leather couch, and squirmed into a comfortable position. It was now five to eleven, my best friend Levy has just left, we just finished an enormous English project that was fifteen percent of our English grade. However it is in exchange for a final exam, so I'm not complaining. Levy and I just worked so hard, and we were so stressed out, we need to get an A on this project.
The T.V. was playing an old movie, I think it was called "The Outsiders", I glanced up to my right, and on the other small couch, there was my little sister Wendy, who was sound asleep. I didn't even notice her presence. 'What is she doing down here this late?' I questioned myself, but I remembered that it's my older brother's birthday today, and Wendy has been working so hard to get him a birthday present.
I quietly got up and grabbed the scratchy blue blanket that was hanging on the side of the couch, that's for some reason Wendy's favorite blanket, and gently placed it on her. I smiled, she's growing up so fast, she'll be thirteen this April, and I'll turn sixteen in July.
I jumped to the sound of the lock rattling, but it was just my brother in his usual work attire. A white button up, and scarlet tie that hung loosely around his neck. I ran up to give him a big hug, and he stumbled back a little in surprise, but he regained his balance quickly. "Sorry" I quickly apologized, "Happy nineteenth Birthday Jellal!" I exclaimed, not to loudly, remembering sleeping Wendy on the couch.
"Thank you Lucy, what are you doing up?" he questioned as he patted me on the head, locked the door, and hung his jacket. "Levy and I just finished our English project, and Wendy fell asleep waiting for you, she wanted to give you your birthday present." I replied, as we walked together to the kitchen.
We have a small apartment that has two floors, it's not much but it's perfect for our little family. Our parents abandoned us when Wendy was born, and Jellal has taken care of us and has supported us ever since. He has been working an office job, from sunrise to sunset, and have made sure to keep Wendy and myself in school.
Wendy let out a loud yawn, and sat up stretching her arms out. Jellal chuckled and walked toward Wendy, and gave her a light kiss on the head "It's time to go to bed sleepyhead". Wendy's eyes snapped open "Happy Birthday big brother! she exclaimed happily, and tackled him with a bear hug, giggling with glee. I too let out a small giggle.
"I got you a birthday present I hope you like it!" Wendy said as she bolted up and down the stairs in less than a second, holding a white box. Jellal had a questionable look on his face, but one that had compassion. He took the box from Wendy and opened it, and his eyes widened, "Oh my goodness, Wendy how did you afford this" Jellal questioned, astonished. It was a brand new silver watch, "You kept complaining that your other watch was broken, so I bought you a new one!" Wendy replied happily.
Jellal took off his old watch and placed on the new one. He then crouched down to Wendy's eye level, "Thank you Wendy, but you still haven't answered my question" Jellal said sternly. "I sell hard core drugs" Wendy answered sarcastically, causing me to burst out laughing.
"Come here you" Jellal said as he brought Wendy and I into a hug, "Thank you guys" Jellal whispered into our ears. We stayed here for a moment. "Now Wendy, head on upstairs, it's past your bedtime, and you have school tomorrow" Jellal instructed, Wendy let out a sigh, gave Jellal and I one last hug and scurried on upstairs.
Jellal waited until he heard the bedroom door close and glanced up at me with worried eyes. "Lucy, I need to talk to you" I looked up at him "Is everything alright?" I questioned, worried. He let out a tired sight and walked over to the couch, and placed his hands on his face, brushing away his fly away hair. "Hey.. Is everything okay?" I asked concerned, he might be stressed out about work.
Jellal took a deep breath before responding to my question. "At the office, one of the reporters told me that there is a new virus, and it's spreading quickly" I gasped, "Is it in the local area?" I questioned eagerly. "It's... Everywhere" Jellal managed to let out.
"Oh my goodness, what are we going to do?!" I exclaimed in panic.
"I don't know yet, but don't worry I promise I will keep you guys safe." Jellal said soothingly "But remember, take care of your sister always when I'm not around"
"Of course, I will protect her too!" I said determinedly, Jellal let out a half-hearted chuckle and leaned in to kiss my forehead. "You should head to bed too, you still have school tomorrow remember?" Jellal instructed. Oh crap, I totally forgot! I quickly gave Jellal a hug and quietly ran up the stairs. I crept into our bed room and there Wendy lay, out like a light.
The three of us share one room, I share a bed with Wendy and Jellal has his own. I crawled right into bed with Wendy, making sure not to move her or to wake her up. As I pulled the covers over Wendy, I heard Jellal walking up the stairs making a phone call.
"Erza, you have to listen to me. I think this virus is going to get worse, there have already been break outs in the near by cities, and I can't afford to loose you guys." What?! How could this new virus be spreading so fast? I questioned myself, I continued to listen to his conversation.
"Yes I know... I know I might just be over reacting, but we should be safe if we head over the border to avoid the spread" He paused for a moment. "I don't know, I'll just pull Wendy and Lucy out of school for a week or two, and when I know it's safe I'll bring them back." Jellal answered in a serious tone.
"Erza this is serious, I'm going to protect Lucy and Wendy at all costs" there was another silence, "I love you too, meet me at the bridge by sunrise, we'll plan the rest there, goodnight" with that he ended the phone call and slowly opened the door, leading to our room. Without thinking I pretend to be asleep.
I woke up with a start I must have fallen asleep , I was breathing hard, screams could be heard from outside. A dream? Wendy was still fast a sleep beside me, I glanced up to the digital clock on the night stand by our bed.
Three in the morning, Jellal was missing from the bedroom. My curiosity hungered, so I jumped out of bed, making sure not to wake the little dragon, and tip-toed out. All the lights were off, however there was muffled voices from downstairs. I looked back to the bedroom, thinking maybe I should go back, but I continued hesitantly down to see what the peculiar noise and faint light was.
My feet were slightly trembling as the muffled voices become clearer.
"There have been several reports of riots, thought to be connected to the nationwide pandemic" a news reporter from the T.V. said. I looked around, but Jellal was nowhere to be found, so I continued to listen to the blurred lady on the screen. This must be the virus Jellal was talking about.
"We have gotten reports that people afflicted with the virus show signs of aggression an-"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE? GET OU-" I let out a scream, there was an explosion both from the T.V. and from the window, that shook the house and let off a fiery light.
"Jellal! Where are you!" I shouted, scared. I walked over to the kitchen and held onto my arms to stop them from shaking. "Jellal?" I called, as I searched for him. A dog barked at the sliding door, screams, sirens, and gun shots where heard everywhere. Tears pricked the back of my eyes in fear.
I heard a loud knock from the sliding door. I screamed and jumped in surprise, it was Jellal! I wiped the tears from my eyes and quickly opened the glass sliding door, and gave Jellal a tight hug as I sobbed into his chest. He pushed me in a little roughly, turned and locked the door. "Are you okay? Did any one come into the house?!" Jellal questioned.
"No, Jellal I'm scared! What are we going to do?!" I sobbed. Jellal crouched down to my level, and rubbed his cold hands up and down my arms, and as my eyes adjusted I began to see blood stains on Jellal's shirt and a pistol in his hand.
"Hey, we are going to be okay, I am going to protect you. Now I need you to do everything I ask okay?" I nodded in response. "Good, now I need you to wake up Wendy, get changed, and pack your necessities. Then take this bag and fill it with the canned goods from the pantry, we leave in fifteen minutes, but we leave as soon as possible." Jellal instructed.
I hugged him around the neck and run up to wake Wendy. "Wendy, Wendy! Wake up" I exclaimed as I shook her awake. "Hmm what's going on?" Wendy questioned as she rubbed her tired eyes. "Get up, grab your things and we are leaving, now!" she looked out the window and saw the huge commotion.
"Lucy, what is happening?!"
" I'm not one hundred percent sure, but there is a virus spreading and there is chaos outside, we need to leave if we want to live!" I explained to her as I rummaged though the closet to find our mountain back packs.
"Are we ever going to come back?"
I paused. Will we ever come back? "No" I responded, I don't want to keep her hopes up, it killed me inside, but it had to be done. I found our back packs and handed Wendy's to her. "Wendy we will get through this, now be brave, get dressed, and let's survive!" I instructed encouragingly with the best smile I could manage.
Wendy gave me a stern nod and took off to grab her things. I slipped into a pair of sturdy jeans, that were a little big but I wore them any way. I also got into a blue long sleeve shirt and my purple rain coat. Then I opened my back pack and stated to fill it with the things I need. A few other shirts, socks, a box of matches, a small book, my trusty pocket knife (Jellal gave me for emergencies, and this definitely is one) and a family photo of me, Jellal and Wendy.
I zipped up my back pack, pulled my hair up into a pony tail, remembering to wrap my watch and hair elastic on my wrist, and fit my cap snug on my head. Grabbing the bag Jellal gave me and my own bag, I sprinted down the stairs. Running into the kitchen, I glanced up to Jellal who was rummaging through his desk. I opened up the pantry and grabbed all the canned goods, while also stopping to grab the first aid kit from the cabinet and shoved it into my back pack.
Beans, fruit, and other items, I spilled them all into the bag, making sure it wasn't too heavy. Wendy came down, in a similar out fit to mine. She too had jeans, and a black shirt, a navy rain coat, and her hunting boots. I then remembered to grab my hunting boots, and ran to the coat closet by the door and quickly slipped them on.
"You guys ready?" Jellal asked, as he turned away from the desk to glance up to us. "Ya" Wendy answered for the both of us. "Okay let's get going" Jellal instructed as he swiftly walked over to the door, and opened it, pointing his gun out side to see if any infected were there. "Coast is clear, get in the car" Jellal instructed, but Wendy screamed, turning my attention to Jellal. "Jellal look out!" I cried in fear.
Mr. Reyes, our neighbor, ran up behind Jellal and pounced on him like a tiger, grabbing his shoulders, pulling him down to the ground. Jellal let out a panicked grunt, and kicked off Mr. Reyes. He was stunned for a moment and Jellal took his chance to kick him in the gut and shoot him in the head. Mr. Reyes let out a gurgled sound before his body lay limp on the pavement. Jellal held the gun with both hands, but I can see him shaking. He flipped on the safety, and took a deep breath.
"You-yo-you killed him!" Wendy stuttered, her eyes wide in fear. I too was trembling, but I placed my hand on Wendy's back and guided her to our red, rusty, pick up truck. "Let's get out of here" I whispered, Wendy nodded in agreement, I opened the door and led Wendy in. "Come on Jellal!" I called, Jellal snapped out of him gaze, and jogged to the drivers seat, and turned on the ignition.
Then headlights flickered as the car engine roared, and we sped down the high way. "Lucy, there is a gun and some bullets in the glove compartment, be careful, put them in my bag" Jellal instructed. I opened the compartment, and surly enough there lay a pistol and a pack of bullets, well an ATM Auto Mag lll to be exact. I questioned myself, where did Jellal get this? But I continued to follow his orders.
I un-zipped his pack which lay beside mine, and carefully placed the gun inside, and quickly zipped it back up. "Where are we going?" Wendy questioned from the back seat, I silently thanked her under my breath, because I needed something to get my mind off of all this. "We are heading to the boarder, there have been no signs of infection there. We will meet Aunt Erza there." Jellal steadily answered.
"Well, don't you think every one else would have the same idea?" I questionably asked, Jellal raised an eyebrow at me queuing me to continue explaining. "If the border is where there are no signs of infection, it should have spread word by now, and any one smart would have the same idea to flee there to avoid the virus." I finished explaining, and Jellal gave me a slight grin, and pat me on the head.
"You're so smart you know." He said proudly, then he took a different turn towards the outskirts, that has a path to lead to the boarder. However every turn we look, there were screams, and rabid shouts, I turned to check on Wendy who brought her knees up to her chest and hug them tightly. I stretched out my arm and pat her leg, "Hey, were going to be alright" I calmly assured her, she bit her quivering lip and nodded.
I gave a half-heart smiled and turned back around. "Damn it!" Jellal cursed under his breath. I looked up, there was a barn burning to the ground, our exit was blocked,. "No" I whispered to myself, how are we going to get out of there. "We have to take the city rout. You guys sit tight." He said, as he backed up and took the next rout.
Not long after, we entered the city, people were running around, screaming. There were fires and broken cars every where, citizens blocked our way down the street. Jellal tried to maneuver around the panicked crowed, but was unsuccessful. "Jellal just drive though, they'll move if you do." I instructed sternly. Jellal followed my orders, and started to drive.
People did dodge the car, and we were able to get around them, good. Now we just need to get to the highway.
"Jellal look out!" Wendy screamed. I turned to my left and a bright light came rushing towards us. It was a car, and it smashed right against us. Sharp shards of glass broke into a million pieces, and the metal of the car caused a symphony of screeching as we slid across the road. I blacked out.
I woke up to the sound of foot steps, and an infected ripping its self into the car that crashed against us. I jolted up, awake. Both Wendy and Jellal were passed out, and the car was turned to its side.
"Jellal, Jellal, wake up, we need to get out of here!" I loudly whispered to him, as I shook his sleeping body. Jellal grunted in pain and rubbed his eyes dizzily, but he quickly bolted upright. "Lucy are you okay" I exclaimed, "I'm fine, let's just get out of here!"
Jellal turned to the window and started to kick it, in attempts to make it our escape. I got up, to kneel on my knees, and shook Wendy awake.
Jellal managed to crack open the window, crawl out and motioned me to do the same. I crawled onto my hands and knees, grabbed Jellal's and my backpack, and crouched my way out the window, making sure I didn't cut myself on any shards of glass. Jellal then climbed back into the car for Wendy, "Take my hand" Jellal called to Wendy, and she graciously took it, and together they got out.
"Ah" Wendy cried in pain, "What's wrong?!" Jellal questioned in panic.
"My leg, it hurts, I think it's broken" Wendy said while lifting her foot off the ground. "I'll carry her Jellal, you have a better shot then I do." I shouted over the commotion around us. Jellal glanced up to Wendy, and worriedly nodded, grabbing his pistol for his back pocket. "Come Wendy" I said as I motioned her to climb onto my back, to piggy-back her.
She limped over to me, and I hoisted her onto my back, and hopped up to make sure she was secure. "You stay right behind me okay!" I nodded, and we took off running. Jellal held onto a piece of my shirt, dragging me along with him. I look to my right, an infected tearing a woman to shreds with no mercy, I had pity for every one, but I have a family to take care of, and they come first.
Jellal came to a sudden stop as a lamp post came crashing down, destroying a car that blew into flames. We took a sharp turn, "Down the ally way!" Jellal cried as he hulled us along with him. We ran down the ally way, cold and dark. Wendy was almost choking me, I could feel her wet cheeks against mine. "We're almost there" I reassuringly told her, then a sickening sound caused me to turn around.
An infected was on our tail, I let out a yelp, but the pure adrenaline coursing through my body, gave me the extra push to out run the infected. I ran past Jellal, "Jellal what are you doing?!" I cried in frustration as he came to a stop.
However, Jellal poised his gun, aimed, and let his bullet fly, lading on the infected's skull as it bounced back and went limp. Jellal ran faster to catch up with us. "Keep running!" He scolded me, I then realized that my feet were still planted on the ground. I turned around and we burst back into speed, running for our lives. My legs burned, and my arms ached, but we kept running.
We ran up the hill and down the path way, that would lead us to the woods, where there is a way to take us to the other side of the border. We ran for what felt like hours only to find that three infected were chasing at us at full speed. The three of us sped ahead, trying to out run the infected, their mouth screaming with blood lust and anger, and their beady eyes narrowed onto us making us their prey.
"This way!" I yelled to Jellal as we made a sharp tun into a nearby forest, not the one that would lead us to the border, in an attempt to loose the infected ones. Once we entered the forest a man ran up to us and stopped us in our tracks, he made a gesture by placing his hand out in front of us telling us to stop. We came to a stuttered stop as the man looked up in surprise, lifting his gun to us.
Jellal stepped in front of us Wendy and I, placing one hand up and one hand protectively on me. "Hey, we don't want any trouble, we are not infected" Jellal said calmly, though his breath was strong and ridged. I looked back to see if the infected were still on our tail, thankfully they weren't, but I could still hear their distance screams coming closer.
The man was in a first responder's uniform, he flicked on his flash light strapped onto his pack, and took a good look at us. However my eyes widened as he cocked his gun back and reloaded, and pointed his gun at us.
Jellal backed us up slightly, and the man fired. I shut my eyes, and squeezed Jellal's arm. There was a pregnant silence. I slowly opened my eyes, Jellal was okay, I was okay, Wendy was okay. I let out a breath of relief, I glanced to my right, and there lay the infected that were chasing us. You could hear our breaths from a mile away, the guard motioned us to follow him.
Why wasn't he talking? I questioned myself, I looked up to Jellal to ask what we should do, but he just tightly held my hand in one and the gun in his other. We followed the man who guided us to what looked like a camp.
"I'm sorry I scared you back there" the man said in a deep, soft voice. "If I talked we would've been heard by those infected"
"It's alright" Jellal nodded in agreement. "This is a check point, there are supplies here, and a path to the border. You just need to go through a medical check and they'll take you there" I man instructed.
"Thank you" Jellal said graciously, the man nodded "Stay alive". Those were the last words the man said to us before he left to go guard the woods. We walked over to the white tents and were greeted by two nurses. "How many do you have?" The lady on the right asked.
"Three" Jellal answered a little too quickly. The other nurse nodded, "Follow me please." the lady instructed as she guided us into the tent. "Sir, I need to to go to your left, that is where the males have their checks, you may see your family afterwords in the check zone" The nurse politely instructed to Jellal.
Jellal had a worried look on his face, but he knew what he had to do. I placed Wendy down, and she gave Jellal a big hug, she was silently sobbing into his neck. "Hey, you're going to be fine. Just stay with your sister, and I will meet you outside okay!" Jellal said with a slight crack in his voice. "Promise me you will meet me there!" Wendy cried. "Of course, now do everything Lucy says until then, got it" Wendy roughly nodded.
Jellal then turned to me and gave me a hug as well, "Take care of your sister okay!" Jellal whispered, I nodded into is neck while fighting back tears. I felt him lift up the back of my shirt and stuff the gun in my back pocket and quickly covered it under my shirt. When we broke from our hug, he placed his finger on his lips, and mouthed 'you know how to shoot, I love you' with that a nurse let him to the other tent.
The metal of the gun was cold against my back, sending shivers up my spine and making the hairs on my back stand up strait. But I stayed calm, and pretend that everything was okay. The lady led Wendy and I to a different tent, I supported Wendy by wrapping my arm around her shoulder as she hopped to get around.
"There can only be one patient at a time" The lady said looking at us to see who goes first. "Go Wendy, I'll wait here" I smiled. "No you should go first, you saved me" Wendy reasoned. But I nodded to the women to take Wendy first, the lady understood and helped Wendy get inside the tent.
I waited around, the check up seemed a tad long, but maybe there is a point to it. Though some thing caught my attention, there was rough breathing from the back of another tent. That's odd, I though to myself, and quietly walked over to check things out. I followed the sound of the breathing and took the fabric of the tent and moved it slightly and took a look.
There lay and infected, no, two. I jumped back in surprise, and gasped. I ran over to the tent that Wendy was in and ripped open the sheet. She wasn't there. The infected near by popped out of the tent and looked right at me, let out a gurgled screamed and came sprinting towards me. I screamed in panic and ran.
The ting was right on my tail, tried to get some one's attention.
"Help, Help!" I screamed and shout. I ran over to the area Jellal would be in, and to my horror, there where many more infected, running around the camp like bees. "JELLAL!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"Lucy!"
He's here! I looked around to find him. When the infected that was on my tail grabbed my arm and pulled me to the ground. I screamed as it lashed out trying to grab my throat. When I heard a bang, the infected's blood splattered and fell dead onto the ground. It was Jellal.
"Where is Wendy?!" Jellal shouted
"I don't know, we need to find her!"
"Let's go!"
I grabbed his hand as he hoisted me up, we looked for Wendy, and avoided the infected as the guards tried to fend them off. Several infected tried to grab us, but we swiftly dodged them, we were just about to escaped the infected zone, until a guard stopped us.
"Let us through!"Jellal exclaimed angrily. "Put your gun down!" the guard threatened as he poised his gun at us.
"Jellal what about Wendy?!" I cried."We will find her" Jellal whispered pushing me back and lowering his gun to the ground. Until he quickly lifted his gun and shot the guard in the chest, the guard had a face of horror as he crashed on to the ground and a pool of blood surrounded his body.
I flinched in surprise, "Let's go find Wendy" Jellal let out with no emotion in his voice, as we ran back into the crowd of massacre. We called Wendy's name several times, until I spotted her inevitable blue hair in the crowed. "There she is!" I cried with happiness and fear, and pointed her out to Jellal.
Jellal pulled me toward her, looking left and right avoiding the crowds of screaming. However due to the sweat and panic, my grip faltered, and I slipped away from Jellal. "No!" I cried in panic as I continued to fall farther and farther by the wave of people running from the infected.
"Lucy!" I heard, Wendy and Jellal cry, but I could no longer see them. I tried, pushing my way through, but the crowd was far more stronger. "Jellal, Wendy!" I shouted, but the last things I heard before the gun shots arose from Jellal.
"Lucy Run!"
Then the crowed was slowly being eaten away by the infected.
And so I did, I ran, I promised that I would do everything he says. He has Wendy and he can protect her, I'm just dead weight. I ran. Ran for my life. Ran for minuets, hours, days, weeks, years. I don't really know.
I held the gun, that Jellal blessed me with, tightly in my fist, I was alone.
And I ran...
I hope you liked it! Ugh so many feels, I can't! This was a long chapter, but it was really fun experimenting. I hope you continue this journey with me! Don't forget to favorite and review, and I will see you guys soon! Thank you so much!
~Music Dragon