I woke up to the sound of gunshots, I got up and immediately took my backpack. I ran out the room to see Joel firing off his rifle out the window. ''Joel what the fuck are you doing? There's fucking runners out here and you're firing off a bullet!'' I yelled to him, suddenly a bullet hit the board of the window and Joel immediately got down to cover. He loaded his rifle and looked at me straight in the eyes.

''Fucking bandits!'' Joel told me, and got up from cover and started firing again, he pulled me down into cover.

''Why the hell are you firing them? We can make a deal, or-or something like that! Not making war against these people!'' I yelled.

''That's not how things work anymore, Tommy! Understand that! Now-!'' he was cut off to the door being busted open. A man with a black ski mask came in and fired a shot near Joel's shoulder, Joel fired his rifle and shot the bandit straight in the head. I looked at Joel in disbelief and had to squint my eyes to not look at the bandit's blown out brains on the wall. Joel pulled me up and told me to start shooting.

I took my revolver and started shooting aimlessly, not even towards the bandits until Joel pulled me down. ''I know you can shoot better than that, little brother! SHOOT!'' he yelled. I got up and started firing right next to him.

Suddenly, I heard the cries of a person, I un-squinted my eyes to see someone shot in the chest, but I could tell the bullet hole was too small for Joel's gun, and I knew it was me who fired off the shot, the man fell to the floor holding his chest and soon stopped breathing. I shook in disbelief. I saw another bandit run towards the wounded man to help him but Joel showed no mercy. He shot him in the head without warning and soon enough the last two bandits took off.

''Nice job,'' Joel said. I started shaking out of fear of what I just did.

''Nice job? Nice FUCKING JOB? I just killed a man in cold blood that didn't even deserve it! I only kil- harm when they deserve it! And you finished off the rest of them. How is murdering someone a good job, Joel?''

Joel clenched his fists and turned around to look at me. ''You need to learn that that's not how things work anymore. There is no such damn thing as murdering, Tommy! It's survival! We-!'' I cut him off.

''It's because of Sarah right? You-you just want your revenge against mankind, don't you?'' I yelled at him. He pushed me to a wall and looked at me straight dead in the eyes.

''Didn't I say do not ever mention Sarah? Didn't I, Tommy?'' Joel let go of me and went outside the house with his backpack and guns.

''Let's go,'' he murmured.

We headed straight and as we passed by the dead bodies I looked at the bandit's body I killed, and the other bodies that Joel shot. I shook in fear, wondering what type of monster Joel was becoming…

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