So this is a mixture of beyblade characters in the last of us world. There are no last of us characters. Sorry if I disappointed anyone! I wanted a romance and thought it would be weird to do an old man and a child. Yah that got a bit weird. Anyways I hope you guys enjoy.

A little character info.

Kai: 30 (Joel type character)

Aubrey: 25 (Ellie type character) my oc

Ray: 29

Regan: 27 my of

It's been 20 years since the outbreak. 20 long grewling years. Barely anyone remembers how it started. Barely anyone is left alive. Children are orphaned, and parents are now childless. Small communities were built for safety after shit hit the fans, but they weren't really safe. The fireflies saw those communities governed by martial law, not as a place to survive but a place to slowly die. The military ruled with no one in charge of them, no orders coming down the chain of command, everyone just barely making it. Hope lost for any cure to be found and change to happen. But change was about tohappen and the fireflies who never gave up are going to do everything they can to make sure that that happens. When you find yourself lost in the darkness, believe in the fireflies.

"Hey!"

Ray comes out of his daze and looks over to his friend Budd. "Hm?"

"Where did you go this time?" Budd playfully hits Ray on the back of the head. "We have a job to do. Did you even hear anything that I said?"

"Not a word."

"Jesus Ray. You scare me when you space out. Runners and clickers would have to eat you before you get out of your daze." Scans the crowd of people waiting in line for food rations. "Have you heard about the recent food ration cards getting stolen? People are suspecting the fireflies."

"Yah. The fireflies are ruthless. But are they so wrong to try and change how we ration food?" Budd looks at him with disgust.

"You're kidding me right? They want to restore the world to as it was old. The old is what got us here in the first place. Careful what you say out loud to other people Ray. You might be killed just for saying something like that."

Ray laughs it off and shrugs his shoulders. "Not like I mean anything by it Budd." A truck in the distance explodes and the echos of people screaming can be heard. Ray frowns. "More and more riots have been happening lately. At the rate the fireflies are going, they may just end up blowing up the walls, killing everyone." Voices from his radio go off, he quickly scans the area for any suspicious people then radios back, "all clear over here."

A tall this woman with auburn hair and hazel eyes to match, frantically pacing back and forth in an old storage room.

"God dammit, where the hell is he? He was supposed to be here an hour ago." The door to the storage room opens and in walks a woman of small stature. She stood a good foot shorter than the woman ready to gouge her own eyes out.

"Well at least you're on-time, Aubrey. Your God damn escort was supposed to be here already so I could brief him."

Aubrey ran her fingers through her dirty blond hair and sighed. "Can we go over the plan one more time, Regan? I still don't understand why you and I couldn't just make our way to the fireflies headquarters." Regan gave her a look full of sorrow but before she could speak, Aubrey continued. "You have made the trip several times before! You're the queen of the fireflies and I can hold my own. Besides, how do we even know if we can trust this guy? Especially since you had to bribe him to take this job."

Regan let's out a sigh. "This guy wasn't my first choice… or even my second. We need him to make it. I have lost so many men just getting you this far. And word is, he is one of the best smugglers. We'll be in good hands….at least we better be."

Aubrey gives her a doubtful look just before the door opens.

"Finally!" Regan exclaims.

In through the door walks in Kai Hiwatari. He looks over to Aubrey and grunts. "Not exactly what I was expecting to smuggle."

Regan ignores the comment and proceeds with the introductions. "Aubrey meet Kai, your smuggler, Kai meet Aubrey." She watches as they both distrustfully size each other up. "We are going to be spending a lot of time together so you two better get along."

"This is just another job for him. Transporting merchandise, so to speak. I'm sure we will get along famously." Aubrey says in a sparky tone, but sees the glare Regan gives her and tones down her attitude. "Nice to meet you Kai. Hope we survive this journey. You must be getting it made to take this smuggling job."

"Speaking of…" turns to Regan, "where's my payment?"

Regan pulls out a stack of lifetime supply ration cards and hands it to him. "Your weapons will be waiting for you when you get the job done." Grabs his shoulder to make him look at her. "I really appreciate this, you helping us…in the end, we'll make things better for everyone."

"Hn." Jerks his shoulder back to get out of her grip. "I could care less of your appreciation. This is only for my payment. I'm going on ahead to scope out the area. Meet me at Bigg's before sundown. Be ready with your supplies. And more importantly, don't be late or I'll be heading out without you." The girls watch him as he leaves.

Breaking the awkward silence, Regan scoffs, "well isn't he just peachy keen." Sighs and turns to Aubrey. "Alright, let's go get our supplies."

"How do you know he won't just run off with the ration cards?"

"Because I've heard stories. He always comes through. He…really has nothing to lose," stares at the door Kai left from, "and neither do I."

Aubrey let's out a long sigh. "Well then I guess it doesn't matter. I trust you and I know you know what you're doing."

See you next chapter!