Tyler Harrington lay on the bed and looked at his surroundings. A dark, dingy-looking warehouse somewhere just outside of Wyoming. There was a box truck on the other side of the room, with garage doors surrounding the wall.

He looked down at the file in his hands. He had been contracted to bring in the target unharmed. He reread the file over and over. He was nervous, he'd heard things about this girl. The amount of Fireflies she's killed. The amount of infected she's slain. Oh yeah, and the fact that she's immune to the cordyceps virus. He stared at her picture for a few seconds. Tyler concluded that she was too pretty to be that dangerous. He looked over the file one last time and stashed it in his backpack.

Name: Ellie Williams

Age: 15

Possible Location: Jackson County

Notes: IMMUNE TO THE CORDYCEPS VIRUS.

Possible dangers: Known to be good friends with Joel, Maria and Tommy Miller. Incredible survival skills for someone of her age. Will stop at nothing to save the ones she loves. Exercise extreme caution.

'Harrington!' He heard a familiar voice bark. He looked up sharply to see Harrison Abel, a fearsome Firefly general. The elder brother of Riley Abel, he blames Ellie for her death.

'Abel! What do you want?' Tyler jokingly yelled back.

'This is no time for mocking! Are you ready to avenge those lost?' Harrison replied in a rage, 'This is for Marlene!'

'I know, I know. I was just taking the piss, chill out.'

'Well there ain't no time for that now. We've gottta roll out. You ready, soldier?'

'Yeah, I'm ready to kick some Williams butt!' Tyler said a little too enthusiastically.

'You sure?'

'Yeah. Well, not really.'

'Ok, I get where you're comin' from. Everyone's first big mission is hard. And you make sure all you're doin' to that butt is kickin', boy.'

'Woah, Jesus, Harry! She's the target!' Tyler called back disgustedly.

'I know, I'm just fuckin' with you. Now let's get out and get it done.'

'Wait, just us two? I know we're short on men, but that's a small-ass skeleton crew.'

'Who said it was just us? Come on, boys!' Harrison shouted as 30 firefly soldiers marched through the open garage door.

'In the truck! Let's move it, MOVE IT, MOVE IT! You ride shotgun with me, Ty. I mean that literally, here's a shotgun should you need one.'

Tyler took the shotgun and slung it into a holster alongside his backpack. The soldiers piled into the back of the box-truck as Harrison climbed into the cab. It was going to be a long-ass trip.

As Tyler slept in the cab of the truck he dreamed about what Harrison had said. He found himself dreaming of Ellie, dreaming of her picture. He dreamed what would happen if she decided to join the fireflies. No, never in a million years. He dreamed about her face, her beautiful face, her-

'TYLER WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DREAMING ABOUT?' Harrison screamed in his ear. 'You sounded like you DO want to do somethin' else to that Williams butt.'

'Wh-what…?' Tyler said in a groggy, half-asleep slur. 'I was just, just dreaming of…', he quickly formulated something to say. 'Stuff. 'N' Thangs.'

'That's great then. Still, it's about time you hit puberty, Harrington.' Harrison said with the biggest grin on his face.

'Yeah, fuck you too…' Tyler said as he drifted back off to sleep.