Chapter 9
A man with a hood covering his face came forward he pulled back the hood and shouted, ' We only want the girl and Joel, give them to us and spare your lives' His voice was dark and strong, his hair was a dark blonde and he held a shotgun.
Ellie stood by Joel, breathing heavily.' Joel? '
Joel hadn't said anything until the mn spoke again, ' or i will kill you all, including the two i have asked for.'
Joel raised his hands and Ellie did the same, he put his gun down on the floor and said,
'Okay, I will go with you but Ellie stays here.' He knew he had to try and keep Ellie here and safe.'
'No ! I want you two together!' at this the man's voice broke and he gave the impression of being slightly mad. He raised his gun and shot it straight behind Joel, it found its mark in a man who was now laying dead behind Joel. ' Now come down here or i will shoot again!'
'Ok ok, Ellie come here and stay close to me.' Ellie shaking with fear, did as he said. The rest of the camp's men were standing awkardly with their hand in the air. Joel led Ellie down the slope toward the crazy man and his men.
'Good, now that wasn't so hard was it ?' the man said as he pointed to Ellie. at this Two bulky men came forward and grabbed Ellie and took her away from Joel. Try as she might, she could not get out of their grip.
'Joel!'
'It's okay Ellie Just go with them.'
'Right' the man said ' Introductions. My name is Wayland ' He walked up to Joel and quickly hit the butt of his gun to the back of Joel's leg Causing him to kneel. Two more men came forward and grabbed Joel's shoulders. The man carried on talking, ' I do believe your name is Joel and that girl was Ellie. I also know that you to single handidly Killed my two brothers and half of thier men.
Joel,confused, said ' I dont know what your talking about.' he immeadiatly regretted this as Wayland threw a punch at Joel's face causing his vision to go blurry and his nose bleed.
'I AM WAYLAND...' His voice broke again.' my Brothers were David and Mathius! '
