The next day Ellis was the first one up, and after making sure that everyone was ok, he cooked breakfast (well if you could call canned beans and peas, breakfast). The other three woke almost at the same time, shocked looks adorning all their faces. They said thanks, but just got a shrug in return. Rochelle wanted to question why he was so quiet, but she had to guess that the other two were loving the quiet.
Nick had been shot in his left shoulder, he was good to go with some pain pills that Ellis gave him. Once they were on their way, Coach thought that Ellis would start acting right again, but boy was he wrong.
It innerved all of them not to hear Ellis's constant chattering, the only time he really talked was when reloading or calling out a special infected. Even when asked a question, all he would do was shrug or say very few words.
More than once he was asked if anything was wrong, he answer was a shrug. Sure Ellis was hurt and wanted them to know exactly why, but it had to be at the perfect time.
For a while Ellis was pretty good about taking damage, so he couldn't use the line, because no one needed to heal him.
But one faithful day, they were following sign's to a safe room.
"There it is," Rochelle yelled, seeing the room about 100 feet up.
"Shh, I hear a smoker," Nick said.
There was a cough, then Ellis let out a yell, as it grabbed him and started dragging him, in the direction of the safe room.
Thankfully there were no zombies about, but that didn't stop the scrapes and bumps that came with being dragged as far as Ellis was being dragged.
The other three tried to shoot the tongue or the smoker its self, neither did any good. Ellis was dragged about 80 feet, before Coach finally killed the smoker. Ellis was very worse for wear when they got the him, all pretty much at the same time.
"Oh my god, Ellis, are you OK?" Rochelle flipped out, when they got there, and helped get the smokers tongue off him.
Nick pulled out his health kit to try and patch up Ellis, but Ellis raised a hand to him.
"No, I wouldn't want to be a burden to you," His eyes flickered down to the heath kit then back up to Nicks face. "Or your heath kits," Then Ellis turned to the safe room and started limping there.
The three watched him for a few seconds. Rochelle and Coach with shocked faces, Nick with a sad hurt one.
"He - he heard me," Nick said, quietly. Then they realized, that Ellis was almost to the safe room, and they were still out in the middle of the street. "Let's go"
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I know its rather short, but I am like dead tired.
So more will be up tomorrow(hopefully) and will be longer.