The Fox And The Fireflies

by JetSnipe42

After the loss of Tess, Joel and Ellie continue to travel toward the Fireflies. While searching for Bill, they come across a wandering survivor separated from almost all human contact. Experimented on by the military , Felix isn't exactly trustworthy of adults. But the discovery of Ellie, a teen his age (a girl no less), may just break through his emotional wall and open his heart.

4. The Beast Within

Unknown POV:

"Joel!"

I froze at the sound of another survivor, my claws stopping a mere inch from his throat. A- A teenage girl... like me. But that's not the main reason I froze.

I froze because I realize how much of a monster I'd become. Fighting paths through infected, brutally killing hunters that chose to fuck with me and slaughtering all those bandits. I had four year's worth of blood on my hands, and I thought nothing of it. Only now I remembered what it was like to have people I could trust, people I could love. People I could call family.

And that girl's desperate yell, an attempt to save the older man whom I was about to mercilessly kill, made me realize something.

Something that my best friend told me when I was a young boy.

"Every single one of us has a wild, dark side hidden beneath in the depths of our minds. It lies there, waiting for us to lose control, to use us to hurt those closest. But maybe, just maybe, if you can tame the beast within, it can make your wildest dreams come true."