A/N: Hi, however you are

This is my first fanfic J

Please note that English is not my first language, so if there's any grammatical errors warn me

Its been white a while I wanted to do this, im kinda anxious and afraid because I do not know what kind of review I'll receive.

For now I'll only upload this chapter but I got 4 other almost ready (need to review them) and im working in chapter 6. I first wrote them using paper and pencil, so it can take a while to "transfer" to the computer.

Any review is welcome


The Promise

Ellie knew that Joel was lying, after all that time living with him she knew when he was bullshitting her. But with all that time together she also learned to trust his decisions cause if wasn't for him they wouldn't have come this far.

When they arrived at Tommy's town Joel told Tommy the same thing he told Ellie.

"They stop looking for a cure", Joel said.

Of course Tom knew he was lying the fireflies wouldn't let Ellie and Joel go away even if there were dozens of immune people, but Tom knew that if Joel lost Ellie all his hope and happiness would fade away. When Sarah died Joel became depressed and even tried to end with his own life.

"I don't want to see my big brother ever again like that" he thought.

So how he could deny a home to his brother and niece?

As one of the Tom's men guided Joel and Ellie to their new home, Tom and Maria watched them by the distance.

"Do you really think the Fireflies would give up in finding a cure Tommy?".

"No, but I trust my brother. Let's just hope that whatever he did back in the hospital doesn't give Ellie some nightmares". He said as Ellie and Joel happily walked in the direction of their new home to start a new life.

Ellie was walking in a long, dark and cold corridor; she was wearing a hospital gown which made her feel even colder. However that was not the worst part. She was alone.

"Where the fuck am I?"

She continued walking fruitlessly, as the corridor didn't seemed to have a beginning or a end.

Gunfire and screams could be heard from behind the doors of the corridor; making fear and the sensation of helpless fill her heart.

"Ellie…"

It was a familiar voice calling her from behind.

"Marlene?" Ellie called as she turned around expecting to see her second mother.

But there was nothing, just the long creepy corridor she was walking on.

As she started to turn around to continue walking, a hand colder than ice grabbed her feet.

She looked down and saw Marlene lying on the ground with a wounded leg and a pool of blood around her.

"Help….."

Before Ellie could do anything Marlene's head blew off.


"FUCK!"

She waked up screaming, sweating with her heart racing.

"Shit….. Why these nightmares can't leave me alone?"

Ellie curled up trying to calm herself.

Ever since winter started she was having horrible nightmares, and most of them involved David.

"Well at least this one was different…." She whispered, trying to comfort herself.

In many of those nightmare she end up dying stabbed, burned or eaten by a pack of clickers. However these were nothing, in other nightmares there were worst things than death.

Thought the glass of the window she could see flocks of snow falling slowly from the sky.

As Ellie get off her bed she wondered why Joel didn't showed up after her scream, he always went running after she had a nightmare.

"He's probably sleeping like a rock" she thought

Ever since they arrived at Tommy's town Joel rarely had nightmares, she envied him.

After putting some winter clothes she headed to Joel's room

"Joel?"

The door was open and the only thing on top of his bed was a note:

"Baby girl

I just went to the woods with some of Tommy's men to hunt.

I should come back soon.

Joel"

She gave a sigh.

The rifle, revolver and bow were missing, but Joel's backpack was in his room.

Joel rarely used his backpack in a hunt now since Ellie and Maria made a special jacket with pouches that could carry ammo, med kits, molotovs and other useful gear without putting too much weight on his back.

After slowly eat her breakfast and finishing it, Ellie felt bored.

There was almost nothing to do, the adults in town wouldn't let her help with most of the work, saying that she should concentrate in study and often treating her as a child.

2 years have passed since they had arrived at the town, Ellie was 17 now.

Tommy had made a school so all children and teenagers could have what he called a normal life. Ellie hated going at school since most of the things she learned she considered useless, besides most of students were way younger or if they had a similar age they were dumb.

She wasn't a kid anymore, not after all the shit she's been thought and she had killed so many people…

The other option was to reread all her savage starlight comics….. for the 17th time.

She didn't like staying there doing nothing, it made her feel useless, it made her remember the things she wanted to forget and also made her think why Joel had lied to her. Because obviously Marlene wouldn't give up in finding a cure all that easily, and besides even when there were dozens of people like her the Fireflies wouldn't have let her go.

Maybe Joel negotiated with Marlene? No Joel wasn't a diplomatic guy, everyone that entered in his way end up dead.

But why would Joel kill the Fireflies? They were the good guys.

Joel would only kill them if they were trying to kill her, but why kill the only girl known to be immune?

These questions passed thought her mind over and over but she couldn't find a answer for them all.

Ellie tried to remember the good things in an attempt to make herself feel better: Joel's reactions when she told him one of her "stupid jokes", she meeting Henry and Sam, the giraffes, when Joel taught her how to swim, the good sensation when they found ammo, food, logs and diaries….

"Wait a moment" she whispered

Joel always kept any diary or log he found during their journey, so what if he got some of those inside the Fireflies Lab?

He wasn't at home and his backpack was at his bedroom…

"But it wouldn't be wrong to check his backpack?" she asked herself

"Fuck it…..I'll take a quick look"

She quickly ran to his bedroom and opened Joel's backpack, there was some ammo, molotovs, a nail bomb, a black rifle that generally the military used in Boston QZ…..

After some time of searching she found them, most of them she saw Joel picking up but she never seen those recorders before….

She grabbed a white recorder and pushed the play button:

It was a male voice, probably a scientist.

"April 28th. Marlenewas right. The girl's infection is like nothing I've ever seen. The cause of her immunity is uncertain. As we've seen in all past cases, the antigenic titers of the patient's Cordycepsremain high in both the serum and the cerebrospinal fluid…."

The rest she didn't understood very well since it was full of scientific and technical words.

She went to the next recorder:

It was… Marlene?

"It's 5:30PM on... April 28th. I just finished speaking... More like yelling at our head surgeon. Apparently there's no way to extricate the parasite without eliminating the host. Fancy way of saying we gotta kill the fucking kid. And now they're asking for my go ahead. The tests just keep getting harder and harder, don't they? I'm so tired. I'm exhausted and I just want this to end... So be it."

"They needed me to…. Die?" she though shocked

"Marlene promised that she would take care of me, she wouldn't let it happen. Would she?"

Hesitantly she went to the last recorder and pushed the button:

"Hey Anna... It's been awhile since we spoke. I uh... I just gave the go ahead to proceed with the surgery. I really doubt I had much of a choice, asking me was more of a formality. I need you to know that I've kept my promise all these years... despite everything that I was in charge of, I looked after her. I would've done anything for her, and at times...

Here's a chance to save us... all of us. This is what we were after... what you were after. They asked me to kill the smuggler. I'm not about to kill the one man in this facility that might understand the weight of this choice. Maybe he can forgive me. Oh, I miss you, Anna. Your daughter will be with you soon."

"Oh my god, if Joel heard all those recorders… Then… He killed them, the guards, Marlene, maybe even the surgeons." She muttered

Ellie was shocked, she wanted so hard to believe that this was another nightmare. She closed her eyes tight, but when opening them she was still there.

Silence filled the room, just as sadness filled her eyes with tears.


A/N: yeah, this chapter is sad. But its kinda difficult to try write something happy while I'm sad.